I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 694 Yuan Shao’s Action

In the hall of Wancheng, Yuan Shao sat in the main hall with a gloomy face. He looked at the people below with great displeasure and said: "Liu Deran was good at abolishing the establishment and supporting the false emperor Liu Xie. Now in the The maladministration in Chang'an City has harmed the country and thousands of people. As an important official of the imperial court, how can Yuan ignore it? Now I will discuss this matter with the princes and see how to deal with it?"

Everyone present was hesitant about this matter.

The people who could gather around Yuan Shao were representatives of prominent southern families who did not agree with Liu Jian's new policies and hoped to maintain the old system, or were families deeply bound to the Yuan family.

Compared with Liangzhou, the Yuan family has now built a chain of interests in the south with their Runan Yuan family as the center. Yuan Shao's method of dealing with the noble families and powerful families in the south is to decentralize a large amount of power, so that those around the Runan Yuan family The noble families around them can organize armies at will, and with Yuan's army as the center, they can jointly consolidate their interests in the south.

In fact, the enemy Liu Jian is facing now appears to be Yuan Shao, but in fact he is not!

The enemy in the south is represented by Yuan Shao.

But the real enemy faced by the Han government dynasty represented by Liu Jian was all the noble families and noble groups represented by the Yuan family of Runan who did not want the reform of the Han Dynasty and were supporters of inherent interests.

The fundamental contradiction between the North and the South is the contradiction between the new system reform and the old system, nothing more.

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Pang Ji immediately said: "My lord, Liu Jian pacified Guanzhong, developed Yanzhou, conquered Liangzhou, and consolidated northern power. The purpose of what he did was ultimately to go south and pacify Yuzhou, Jiangdong, and Jingzhou. Chu and Yizhou want to unify the world in order to achieve his ambition. For his own selfish interests, this man is arbitrarily abolishing the establishment of the state. We must not let him succeed!"

Yuan Shao sighed and said: "It's a shame that in the court, there are traitors and sycophants in power. Yuan worked hard for the sake of the Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, now, he can only sit back and watch the Han Dynasty. Liu Jian's traitor caused the smoke everywhere, and the lives of our lives are in ruins." It’s a sin!”

These words were pure fart, but the representatives of local prominent families under the old system who were present all nodded their heads and responded to Yuan Shao as if their conscience had been blinded by lard.

Then, Guo Tu stood up.

"Mr. Yuan!"

"What's the wisdom of Gongzhi?"

Guo Tudao said: "Yuan Gong, Liu Jian has governed Hebei for ten years. He has taken the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Xiongnu barbarians under his command. As a help, he has vigorously developed Hebei. He has strong strength. Now he has occupied the imperial court and defended the north. He is powerful. It is getting stronger day by day, but compared to Mr. Yuan, the key is that this man is now the prime minister of the court and occupies the orthodox position. If Mr. Yuan wants to compete with him, he must have a justifiable reason, otherwise he may lose his right path."

Yuan Shaoyan said: "This is very true, but Liu Jian acted recklessly and deposed the emperor's legitimate son and established King Chenliu. The crime cannot be punished! He entered Chang'an in the name of Qing Junzi, and now I will also punish him in the name of Qing Junzi." What does Gongze think of him?"

Guo Tu said: "What Mr. Yuan said is very true!"

"However, my subordinates feel that Liu Jian is now the prime minister. If Mr. Yuan is just a Jingzhou pastor, he will be a head shorter than Liu Jian. This is not good for Mr. Yuan's reputation. My subordinates think that Mr. Yuan should proclaim himself a general. We call on people with lofty ideals from all over the world to jointly attack Liu Jian, and then we can make a great plan!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he suddenly became energetic.

He thought about it carefully and felt that this statement made sense.

"Young Master, what you said is very true. How can Yuan be weaker than Liu Deran, a warrior from the border county? Yuan should issue a false edict and call on the heroes of the world to jointly attack Liu Jian, and then consider himself a general!"

Everyone raised their hands and congratulated Yuan Shao.

Then, Xu You stood up again.

"Mr. Yuan, Liu Jian in the north is currently devoting all his efforts to developing Guanzhong, Sanhe, Yanzhou and other places. He has great potential to develop these new territories into the same situation as Hebei. Once he succeeds, we will definitely Facing unprecedented pressure, my lord must think carefully."

Yuan Shao ignored Xu You.

He looked at everyone present: "What else do you have to say?"

Xu You felt very aggrieved when he saw Yuan Shao neglecting him, so he could only slowly retreat back into the crowd.

Xu You has not been favored by Yuan Shao since the last time Sun Jian was killed in battle. No matter how hard he tried to advise Yuan Shao and how he showed himself to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao ignored him.

Xu You is really frustrated now.

But there was no way. He had boasted about Haikou in front of everyone and accompanied Sun Jian on the expedition. As a result, Sun Jian died in the battle. However, he, Xu You, escaped from the battle and secretly returned to Nanyang County by a small road. He did not return with the large army. This incident Xu You's status in Yuan Shao's heart plummeted.

So during this period, Xu You tried every means to change his status in Yuan Shao's heart.

Unfortunately it didn't work out.

Kuai Yue stood up and said: "My lord, Liu Jian is now trying his best to develop Guanzhong and Yanzhou. Then we will find a way to delay the development of Guanzhong and Yanzhou and destroy his farmland in Yanzhou and Guanzhong, so that he can The investment in the Central Plains region is in vain, which can be regarded as hurting the vitality of Hebei. After all, places such as Guanzhong and Yanzhou currently rely on the support of Hebei if they want to develop."

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Continue."

"My lord can gather soldiers in Jingzhou to harass Sizhou, send an army from Yuzhou directly to Yanzhou, and then order Cao Cao to send troops to Xuzhou to contain Liu Bei. Yuan Yi from Yizhou will go out to Qinchuan to harass Guanzhong. Even if Liu Jian We have the strength to deal with it, but we also have to deal with it repeatedly. Now that the north is vigorously supporting the farming, suddenly facing several armies attacking together will inevitably greatly delay Liu Jian's development."

"We are sending people to contact various families in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and encourage them to support us secretly, so Liu Jian will have a hard time taking care of him."

Yuan Shao listened carefully and nodded while listening.

At this moment, Yuan Shu was seen slowly standing out from the crowd.

"Brother, I have a word of advice!"

Seeing that Yuan Shu had something to say, Yuan Shao immediately became energetic.

Although this younger brother used to be at odds with him in Luoyang, now he has joined his command and has become his subordinate. This feeling of being superior to his former opponents makes Yuan Shao very satisfied and comfortable.

He was very kind to Yuan Shu and treated him as a guest. At the same time, he also sought Yuan Shu's opinion every time there was a military discussion. It can be said that Yuan Shao really regarded Yuan Shu as his right-hand man.

"What's the point of highways?"

Yuan Shu said: "Sending troops to harass Guanzhong and the Central Plains, leading generals on your own, and announcing to the world are all important. However, in my opinion, there is one more thing I need to do."

Yuan Shao asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"

Yuan Shu said: "Brother, no matter how we say that Liu Jian is a traitor to the court, the court is still in his hands after all, and Liu Jian still has orthodoxy in his hands. If we, the Yuan family in Runan, want to confront Liu Jian in a legitimate way, then It is necessary to establish another dynasty and point out that the court established by Liu Jian is a fake dynasty. Only in this way can we gather the hearts of the people in the south and work together to fight against the thieves in the north."

When Yuan Shao heard this, his spirit was shaken.

"Gao Dao's words are quite reasonable... We, the Yuan family in Runan, should support an emperor in the southern border... But, who should this emperor support?"

Xun Chen said: "Emperor Bian, who was deposed by Liu Jian, is now King Hongnong. Although he was deposed, he is the son of the former emperor after all, and he is the legitimate successor to the throne left by the former emperor. The pseudo-emperor Liu Jian now supports ", he is just his younger brother." "If we talk about the legitimacy of the throne, deposing Emperor Liu Bian is enough to compete with today's pseudo-emperor!"

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Friends are really my arms!"

"I will send troops to Hongnong to welcome King Hongnong to Wancheng as he goes south to become emperor!"

Afterwards, Yuan Shao arranged tasks for everyone and let everyone perform their duties. Each major family went back to prepare troops, horses and food, ready to go north at any time to harass the Central Plains and Guanzhong.

In addition, Kuai Liang also advised Yuan Shao and asked Yuan Shao to secretly send letters to the rebel leaders Ma Teng and Han Sui in Xiliang to communicate with them about the matter.

After all, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the dozen or so Liangzhou rebels who followed them were having a hard time.

If they knew that Yuan Shao was going to gather troops from the south to go north, they would definitely cooperate with Yuan Shao and go east together to fight Zhang Fei and Liu Biao again.

This is also very beneficial to Yuan Shao.

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Yuan Shao soon sent people to Jiangdong to meet Cao Cao going north, and also sent people to Shuzhong to communicate with Yuan Yi.

Yuan Shao's thoughts were actually very clear to Liu Jian in the north and his capable generals.

With Yuan Shao's nature, after Liu Jian achieved such brilliant success, he would definitely take action against the imperial court.

It depends on how big the action is.

Although Liu Jian had long known that Yuan Shao would take action against the Central Plains and Guanzhong, it could only delay the development of Guanzhong and Yanzhou.

Yuan Shao and the noble families surrounding him want to stick to their interests, so they will not take into account how far the Central Plains and Guanzhong have developed. Even if these achievements are destroyed, it is what they want to see. Arrived.

From Liu Jian's perspective, he must not let his plans be delayed by selfish villains such as Yuan Shao.

Liu Jian's ambition and pattern are different.

The development of the Central Plains and Guanzhong does not affect the life of him, the most powerful person in the court, but it affects the lives of thousands of people.

Only by making the lives of the people of the Han Dynasty stable can this dynasty be strong and prosperous! Yuan Shao wanted to destroy it but refused to agree.

His elite sergeants have long been spread all over the country, constantly investigating the movements of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. As soon as Yuan Shao made a move in Wancheng, Liu Jian knew about it immediately.

He immediately summoned a group of his cronies to discuss the matter at his prime minister's residence.

Xun You analyzed the situation for Liu Jian.

"Prime Minister, the Central Plains and Guanzhong have just settled down, and Liangzhou has developed to a certain scale. It is at a critical moment. It is in line with military common sense for Yuan Shao to send troops at this time."

"Now Yuan Shao occupies Jingzhou and Yuzhou. In addition, Cao Cao from Jiangdong and Yuan Yi from Shu are all his strategic allies and arms. The strength of these people is far inferior to that of the prime minister. The prime minister has two of the three parts of the world."

"However, the difficulty is that these people are holding on to the dangerous points. Cao Cao is holding on to the Three Rivers, Yuan Shao is crossing the Han River, and Yuan Yi is relying on the dangers of Yizhou's mountains and rivers."

"If these people were to send troops alone, they would not cause any damage to the Prime Minister's great cause. However, because these people are not as powerful as the Prime Minister, they are afraid of losing their lips and teeth, so they are now connected together. They collude with each other, and things echo each other, so that It’s quite a headache for us if we can’t keep track of each other.”

Liu Jian nodded and said: "That's right! So I have already transferred the main troops of the imperial court to the front line, and all states have also made arrangements. The school affairs office has also deployed a large number of spies in the south, so that they can detect the enemy's presence. When action occurs, respond immediately!”

Xun You said: "The Prime Minister's single-minded planning really makes us admire him. According to me, he only arranged the troops and horses at important places on the front line, and also arranged sufficient sentries in the south. Although the arrangements were very thorough at the military level, But there are still some shortcomings in strategy.”

"I feel that we need to target Yuan Shao and others to contain them. As long as we don't allow them to achieve their strategic goals, we can destroy their morale and disintegrate Yuan Shao's offensive spirit as quickly as possible!"

"Yuan Shao had already sent troops to Guanzhong once before and returned with a huge defeat. The pain of the Northern Expedition can be said to be a major pain point for him."

"As long as we can disrupt Yuan Shao's attack again, it will be even more difficult for Yuan Shao to organize a decent Northern Expedition in the south from now on."

"After all, most of the soldiers and generals in Yuan Shao's power are soldiers and generals ruled by the families under his command."

"Every family under Yuan Shao has the right to command the army. They use their men and food to maintain Yuan Shao's rule."

"But there is also a conflict of interest between Yuan Shao and them. These noble families do not support Yuan Shao with their own troops, horses, and food for nothing."

"If Yuan Shao's two Northern Expeditions returned in vain and wasted military and financial resources, then it would cost not only the military and financial resources of his Jingzhou Mu, but also those of his noble families."

"If Yuan Shao fails this time, then from now on, if he wants to organize an effective Northern Expedition, these noble families will not agree for the sake of the interests of all clans."

"So, as long as we interrupt Yuan Shao's Northern Expedition strategy this time, from now on, these people in the south will have to stand firm and will not attack easily. At that time, the Prime Minister can develop with peace of mind while looking for Opportunity to regain the southern states."

Xun You's words can be said to be of great strategic vision, which deeply admired Liu Jian, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others.

Liu Jian smiled and said: "Gongda really has a sharp vision and far-reaching vision."

"So according to Gongda's opinion, what is Yuan Shao's strategic purpose now?"

Xun You said seriously: "Prime Minister, according to my opinion, if Yuan Shao wants to survive for a long time, he will definitely consider establishing a separate court. On the surface, he may send troops to continuously harass our farms, but he will definitely secretly depose Emperor Hongnong." Receive Jingzhou, then make King Hongnong the emperor and secretly compete with us."

It can be said that these words touched on the painful point and made everyone think deeply.

Liu Jian nodded seriously and said: "In that case, we really need to pay more attention to King Hongnong, but this is okay. We can use King Hongnong and the He family as bait to continue to attract Yuan Shao's attention. , disrupting his overall strategic layout!"

(End of this chapter)