I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 707 Descendants of the Yuan Family

Yuan Shao is now very busy. In the battle with Sili, when the main force led by him and the main force led by Zhao Yun fought at the beginning, his army still had the advantage.

Because the army led by Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Ju Shou and others had elite soldiers and strong generals and northern cavalry that could stop Yuan Shao's progress, but their overall strength was much smaller than Yuan Shao's army.

In fact, this is normal. Liu Jian has now opened up many battlefields throughout the Han Dynasty. At the same time, Bingzhou and Youzhou have to arrange troops to defend and expand. The main troops heading south are still in Yanzhou and Si. Many battlefields were opened on the borders of Li, Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Xuzhou. Therefore, they were placed locally and the overall military strength was not advantageous.

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Yi and others, as well as Ma Teng and Han Sui, all assembled their own superior forces, and Liu Jian was mainly on the defensive side. The main purpose of his army was not only to defeat the opponent, but also to We still have to protect our newly established farms in the Central Plains and Guanzhong.

The side that passively defended was more tired than the side that came to deliberately sabotage. Therefore, although Zhao Yun and others were able to block Yuan Shao's pace and make plans to destroy Yuan Shao's military operations against them, overall, their military operations It has always been passive defense.

Although defensive military operations are relatively successful, they cannot cause a devastating blow to the opponent.

However, the death of Hongnong King Liu Bian gave things a turning point.

The death of King Hongnong caused problems with the overall morale of Yuan Shao's army and his rear, causing his military morale to be unstable. Even the generals who followed the expedition were worried, which made Yuan Shao very distressed.

The battle that was originally going to be winnable had such a chain reaction because of King Hongnong's incident, which made Yuan Shao feel very useless.

He couldn't understand this game of smearing others. The rich and powerful like them had been playing it for more than a hundred years, and they had succeeded every time. Why couldn't it work with Liu Jian?

So what magical power does Liu Jian have that can do such a thing?

Especially this book "On Yuan" can be said to be 70% true and 30% false, which completely exposed the Yuan family's background in front of the world's nobles.

For Yuan Shao, this can be described as a strangulation blow!

Moreover, looking at the contents of "On Yuan", Liu Jian has already conducted an in-depth investigation into his Yuan family, but has been holding back. He has been targeting the Yuan family ten years ago.

When Yuan Shao thought of this, he was so angry that his teeth itched!

"It's all my stupid brother Yuan Shiji. If he hadn't specifically supported Liu Jian back then, how could the Yuan family be in such a decline today?"

"This Liu Jian is just a member of the border county. With the support of Yuan Shiji, he has become one of the best in the world! Now he has become a big problem in my heart, Yuan Shiji. Yuan Shiji must bear this responsibility!"

Yuan Shao said this just to complain. Yuan Ji is dead now, how can he bear this responsibility?

Now Yuan Shu was sitting under Yuan Shao. He looked at Yuan Shao's angry and embarrassed look, and for some reason he felt quite happy.

Although the war between the Yuan family and Liu Jian, if the Yuan family fell, Yuan Shu would not have anything good to eat in the end, but now Yuan Shu's heart is full of hatred for Yuan Shao.

After all, Yuan Shao plotted against him in the battle of Xuzhou, which has always made him resentful.

In Yuan Shu's view, the death of his son Yuan Yao is inseparable from Yuan Shao!

At that moment, I heard Yuan Shu say to Yuan Shao: "At first, it is useless to talk about it now. Shiji has been dead for many years. Even if you want to blame him, there is nothing you can do. It will only increase your anger."

"The top priority is to find a way to open up the situation here. Now because of a book "On Yuan" and Liu Jian using his methods to smear our Yuan family everywhere in every state and county in the world, our Yuan family's reputation has plummeted, even in the south. There are also many families in the prefectures and counties who are now skeptical of us."

"This matter! We must deal with it, otherwise it will cause serious trouble."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he nodded helplessly.

He added: "Highway, in your opinion, who should handle this matter?"

Yuan Shu said: "We have to let our Yuan family members return to the southern border, spread kindness in the southern counties, and find a way to maintain the situation! This way, there will be no chaos in the rear."

After hearing Yuan Shu's answer, Yuan Shao felt very satisfied!

He nodded and said: "Highway! I'll leave this matter to you. You are also a member of our Yuan family, and your reputation is very high among our Yuan family. You will return to the south on my behalf." How about appeasing the local families?”

If it were the original Yuan Shu, naturally he would be eager to take advantage of such a good thing that increases his reputation immediately!

But now after a great change in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu has lost everything and has long lost the vigor he once had. He now only has hatred in his heart and does not want any reputation at all.

If it weren't for the support of hatred, Yuan Shu might not be alive today.

And he didn't want Yuan Shao to think he had any ambitions because of this kind of thing.

So I heard Yuan Shu say: "Brother, I'm afraid I can't do anything about this matter. Although I am a member of the Yuan family, the person who rules Jingzhou is you, my brother. Over the years, my brother has been showing kindness and power in Jingzhou, and I also He is just a poor person from outside, and his reputation among the Jingzhou nobles is far inferior to that of his elder brother."

"So brother, please don't leave this matter to me."

"In my opinion, one of my brothers can choose one to go to the south to handle these matters on my behalf."

"A brother's heir represents the brother himself."

"Let them come forward to appease the emotions of the major families, which will make them more acceptable, and they feel that my brother's handling of this will also give them a lot of face."

Yuan Shu's words were reasonable and made Yuan Shao feel very satisfied.

It seems that this younger brother from home has finally accepted his fate and looked away!

Not bad.

Yuan Shao touched his beard, thought seriously for a while, and then said: "I intend to let my third son Yuan Shang handle this matter. What do you think of the highway?"

Yuan Shuqi said: "Shang'er has not yet been crowned, so now he is asked to handle this matter. Are you a little anxious?"

Yuan Shao laughed loudly and said: "This is wrong. Although Shang'er is crowned, he is very similar to his father. He has been both civil and military since he was a child, and he is the most popular with me!"

"Although he is crowned now, he is already sixteen years old. It is also time to take up the important role for the Yuan family. It is also a good thing to take advantage of his youth to gain more experience."

When Yuan Shu heard this, he nodded and said, "What my brother is saying is that it seems that my brother intends to let Shang'er inherit my Yuan family's great cause in the future?"

Yuan Shao said: "That's exactly it!"

"I have four sons. Although I like the youngest the most, Mai'er is young after all and can't tell much about it. Only Shang'er is similar to me in appearance and behavior. I feel very relieved. Therefore, it is appropriate to use this son." Yuan Shu suddenly said: "My brother knows what I mean, but my brother, although Shang'er is worthy of a great responsibility, he is not the eldest son after all, so my brother still needs to take Xiansi's mood into account. yes."

When Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

"He is my son, how can he still question his father's opinion?"

Yuan Shao's words were a bit unpleasant, but Yuan Shu continued to speak.

"As the father of the Yuan family, my brother puts family affairs first. We all know this. But Xiansi is young after all. He doesn't think far enough about some things after all. Maybe he will misinterpret my brother's meaning. I'm afraid it will It affects the relationship between your father and son."

Yuan Shao thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.

After wandering around for a while, he slowly said, "Then according to the highway's opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Yuan Shu said: "It would be better to send Xiansi and his troops to Yuzhou to help Sun Bofu before assigning Shang'er to go south to pacify the various tribes. In this way, Xiansi will feel that his brother has reused him. Even if he sends Shang'er to go south, it will be useless." But it’s just because Xiansi has a big responsibility, he won’t think too much about it!”

As soon as he said this, Yuan Shao nodded immediately.

"Gateway, you thought well this time. This can be regarded as giving Xiansi some face. Looking back, he won't have any prejudice against me."

Yuan Shu said: "What the elder brother said is that the younger brother is doing it for the sake of his elder brother and nephew."

Yuan Shao said with satisfaction: "In that case, highway, let's do what you said."

After the meeting with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu immediately went to see Yuan Tan and told Yuan Tan about Yuan Shao's decision.

When Yuan Tan heard what Yuan Shu said, the expression on his face suddenly became ugly.

Logically speaking, Yuan Shao sent Yuan Tan to Yuzhou to jointly carry out the mission against the Hebei Army with Sun Ce. This was an important use of Yuan Tan, and Yuan Tan should be happy.

But he gave Yuan Shang the task of winning people's hearts and establishing his position in Jingzhou. Isn't this a clear strategy of using Yuan Tan as a general and Yuan Shang as his master?

Let me ask, how could Yuan Tan feel comfortable with such an arrangement?

It's just that Yuan Shao originally planned to let Yuan Tan go to Yuzhou first, and then let Yuan Shangnan go to Jingzhou to appease the major families.

In this way, there was a time lag. Even if Yuan Tan felt unhappy afterwards, he could not fault Yuan Shao.

But now Yuan Shu secretly told Yuan Tan about this matter in advance, so the matter changed.

As soon as this matter changed, Yuan Tan must have been dissatisfied with Yuan Shaona, and even more jealous of Yuan Shang, his third brother.

Then, Yuan Tan stomped his feet heavily and said angrily: "For the great cause of the Yuan family, I fought hard and fast on the front line for my father. The third brother is only in his teens. He works as his rich son in Wancheng every day. He has no achievements, but only Because he looks similar to his father, and because of his stepmother’s instigation, his father favors him so much.”

"As the eldest son, I am really not willing to be treated like this now."

Yuan Shu sighed next to him: "It's thoughtful. To be honest, this is your family matter. My uncle shouldn't have intervened, but I really can't stand it."

"Furthermore, since ancient times, abolishing elders and establishing younger ones has been the way to cause chaos. Although I have spoken many good words for you in front of my brother, he just won't listen. I can only retreat and do the next best thing and let him send you to Yuzhou. .”

"Isn't Sun Bofu on good terms with you? If you go to Yuzhou to fight alongside him this time, no matter the final victory or defeat, the Sun family army will become your direct descendant in the future. In this way, your power will grow. In the future, Yuan Shang will be your direct descendant." Even if he wants to compete with you for the position of Lord of Jingzhou, he can't compete with you."

When Yuan Tan heard this, his face suddenly showed a look of realization.

Then he saw him cupping his hands towards Yuan Shu and saying, "Uncle is really wise. If it weren't for my uncle's guidance and help, Yuan Tan's end would have been miserable."

"After I go to Yuzhou this time, I will definitely take advantage of the opportunity of this battle to make good friends with Sun Ce and bring Sun Ce and the Sun family army to my side. As long as I have the support of Sun Ce from Yuzhou, then in the future I will be more capable of military affairs in Jingzhou. With enough momentum, what can Yuan Shang do even if he has his father's promise? After all, he does not have enough achievements to be compared with me, the eldest son."

Yuan Shu nodded with satisfaction and said: "A good man must be ambitious and not fall easily. Don't worry, your uncle will support you when you have to. It's just that your uncle has now come forward to speak out about your inconvenience in family affairs, and Ben Chu has not yet I completely lean towards Yuan Shang, so you still have a chance to do well in Yuzhou, and the Yuan family will be yours from now on."

After listening to Yuan Shu's words, Yuan Tan felt a lot of gratitude in his heart. He cupped his hands towards Yuan Shu and said, "Uncle, don't worry. If Yuan Tan inherits Jingzhou from now on, he will definitely respect his uncle. When the time comes, his uncle will be Yuan Tan's right-hand man. I I will never treat my uncle badly."

Yuan Shu said: "I don't need you to be grateful to me. You just remember that you are a descendant of the Yuan family, and you have to carry forward the Yuan family."

Yuan Shu's righteous speech made Yuan Tan moved.

"My uncle is indeed a righteous man, and my nephew admires him."

……

At the same time, Xuzhou's negotiating envoy Zhuge Liang finally met formally with Jiangdong's envoy Gu Yong.

While Gu Yong was in Xuzhou, although he knew that Liu Bei had selected an envoy to negotiate with him, he never expected that it was such a young person.

Moreover, this man was not only young, but also delayed him for so long. Gu Yong stayed in Xuzhou City for nearly fifty days before Zhuge Liang met him.

Regarding this, Gu Yong was really angry.

When he met Zhuge Liang, the anger in his heart really reached the extreme!

This Liu Bei is really looking down on others. He actually sent such a young boy to negotiate with him. Isn't this a bit disrespectful of him, a hero from Jiangdong?

Liu Deran and Liu Xuande, these two people really regard Jiangdong heroes as rats, and they can't bear it!

"Little friend Zhuge, you are a negotiator from Xuzhou, but why are you delaying the negotiation date like this? Do you want to humiliate me, the people from Jiangdong?"

As soon as they met, Gu Yong was rude and directly questioned Zhuge Liang.

(End of this chapter)