Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 259 Inheritance
In the Yuan family's mansion in Yecheng, Yuan Shao and the Liu family were sitting together, followed by Yuan Shang, his wife Hong, and Yuan Xing.

Yuan Shao suddenly felt something, and sighed: "It will be much quieter this year."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "My husband is right, it's just that there were more people last year."

"Speaking of the past few years, Yuan Xi was only around last year, but now the adoptive is no longer part of our family."

"It's Tan'er who said that he can't get away, but I don't believe it. There hasn't been any war in Qingzhou."

Yuan Shang heard this, and explained with a smile: "My mother doesn't know, but my elder brother has made a great contribution to the Yuan family by taking Xuzhou Langya into his pocket this time."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu was surprised and said, "There is such a thing?"

"Tan'er has grown up so much?"

How could she not know what Yuan Tan was doing in Xuzhou, it was just singing with Yuan Shang and giving Yuan Tan eye drops.

Yuan Shang said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the cooperation between Xianyi and elder brother this time is simply wonderful. They actually won half of Xuzhou in one fell swoop. With them, why should the Yuan family be unhappy?"

"I would like to ask Father, with such a great opportunity, can the Yuan family annex Xuzhou?"

Yuan Shao frowned and said, "Xuzhou is good, but it's not easy to defend."

"Furthermore, the transfer of troops from Qingzhou to Xuzhou is inconsistent with Yuan's plan to seize Bingzhou, and now the counselors are still arguing."

Yuan Shang secretly smiled, he had grasped Yuan Shao's idea, although Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi seemed to have done things beautifully this time, but it ran counter to Yuan Shao's idea.

Although Xuzhou is rich, it takes a lot of troops to defend, and the south is the Yangtze River. Unless there is a powerful navy, it is impossible to cross the river and occupy Yangzhou.

Therefore, Yuan Shao's idea at the beginning was to occupy only half of Xuzhou in the near future, and give up Xiapi Guangling in the south as a buffer.

In this way, even if Yuan Shu sent Sun Ce to attack the two counties, Yuan Shao would let Cao Cao continue to fight with him, causing both sides to suffer.

This will not only consume Cao Cao's strength, but also drag Yuan Shu to the north of the Yangtze River, making his navy useless.

The most urgent task at the moment is that after Yuan's defeat of Gongsun Zan, he must establish a foothold in Youzhou, and then take the opportunity to expand to Bingzhou, so as to fully occupy the Northland and Hetao areas.

There is a reason for this. Youzhou and Bingzhou have a large number of horse farms and Hu Han herdsmen. As long as Yuan Shao controls these two states, he can obtain a large number of cavalry.

Although these two states cannot afford so many cavalry, the wealthy Jizhou can.

With Jizhou as the backing, it can provide a large amount of food and grass and support tens of thousands of cavalry, thus sweeping the north and occupying Guanzhong, so that the Central Plains can be settled and occupy half of the country.

Then the army swept south, who else in the world could resist?
Yuan Shang has been with Yuan Shao for a long time, so he naturally knows Yuan Shao's thoughts, especially because this idea is the consensus of most of Yuan Shao's advisors.

Now Yuan Xi is clever enough to occupy Guangling in the south of Xuzhou. Although the raid by merchant ships from Youzhou has been praised by a few Jizhou counselors, in Yuan Shang's view, this move is obviously a small loss.

Yuan Shao's expectation for Yuan Xi is to let him occupy Youzhou as soon as possible, so as to prepare for approaching Bingzhou. Now Yuan Xi quietly ran to Xuzhou, occupying a lonely county. Yuan's plan is particularly short-sighted.

Moreover, Guangling faces Yuan Shu's covetousness at any time, can Yuan Xi keep it?

From Yuan Shang's point of view, as long as Yuan Shu defeats Liu Yao and occupies Yangzhou, sooner or later he will attack Guangling with all his strength. At that time, the power of Yuan Xi's county will not be able to resist at all, so he has to abandon the city. Isn't this just a marriage?

So the more Yuan Shang thought about it, the more proud he became. Yuan Xi seemed to have taken advantage, and sooner or later he would suffer a big loss in Xuzhou!

Moreover, Yuan Tan invested all Qingzhou troops in this time in order to eat the Taishan bandits, but the hundreds of thousands of Taishan bandits are not so easy to submit. It can be said that Yuan Tan will not be free to do anything else in the next few years!

Yuan Shang was very proud, since you gave up the opportunity, in the next three years, I will show you how I got out and seized the world!
He was about to make some sarcasm, when Yuan Xing said to Hong Shi: "My sister-in-law seems to be feeling unwell?"

Hong shi forced a smile and said, "Thank you Si Fu, but I just caught some cold by chance."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, what if it reaches your uncle?"

Hong quickly bowed his head to make amends, Yuan Shao said: "It's okay, those who march and fight are not afraid of these things."

He said to Yuan Shang: "Go back and find a doctor to see if it is a cold or not, don't be delayed by other things."

After Yuan Shang heard this, he lost his mind immediately, so he had to agree, and Liu's face was also cloudy.

The two understood Yuan Shao's hint that they wanted Yuan Shang to find someone to see if the Hong family was pregnant.

Speaking of which, Yuan Shang has been married for three years, and the Hong family has never seen any pregnancy. Since Yuan Shao regards Yuan Shang as his successor, he is naturally very concerned about the matter of his offspring.

Only Yuan Shang's mother and son know why, Yuan Shang and Hong's family have not had sex so far, if the doctors found this out, wouldn't things be exposed in retrospect?

In this way, Yuan Shang's status as the heir will be overthrown, and the heir will definitely become Yuan Tan!
Yuan Shang was terrified. This kind of thing must not be covered up forever, and a solution must be found!

Yuan Shang also tried a variety of methods, but they have not been successful. If the disease cannot be cured for a while, he can only find another way.

To put it bluntly, the key is Yuan Shao, everything else is false.

A terrible idea suddenly popped up in Yuan Shang's mind, if his father died early,
He was shocked suddenly, how could he think so!

My father is dead, with my current self, can I really compete for world hegemony?

But if he wants to keep his position as the heir, the only way is to give birth to an heir.

We must find a way to deal with it!
I can't do it myself, and it's useless to change wives and take concubines. The most convincing thing is to find a way to get Hong to conceive, even if the child is not my own!
Since I can't give birth for the time being, the worst thing I can do is to borrow seeds, and after Yuan Shao dies, I can kill Hong and the child.

As a pretext, Hong's nature is cowardly, and she definitely dare not resist her. After all, her family's life depends on her own thoughts.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shang stared at Yuan Xing who was talking to Mrs. Hong, his eldest sister was an eyesore, and he had to find a way to get rid of it!
Although he had warned Hong Shi not to tell Yuan Xing about his secrets, the matter of borrowing seeds is extremely sensitive. Once Hong Shi loses control of his emotions and reveals flaws in his words, Yuan Xing will probably see the clues!
Thinking of this, he toasted Yuan Xingyao, "Little brother toast to elder sister."

"Speaking of which, Eldest Sister is not young anymore, when Shang thinks of when and where Eldest Sister will marry, he feels very sad."

"I heard that Wuhuan Shan Yu Tadun sent an envoy to marry the Yuan family."

Yuan Xing was in a bad mood when she heard this, and she couldn't drink the wine when she reached her mouth, so she could only say: "I will listen to my father's order."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "Shan Yu Tadun has hundreds of thousands of troops, and he can be regarded as the overlord of the Northern Lands. If Xing'er marries, she can become the Yuan family's arm. In this way, most of the world will belong to our Yuan family." .”

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "Shen Yan, we are still courtiers of the Han Dynasty."

"Whoever dares to offend the world first, the princes will attack together."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu turned embarrassed, she thought to herself that the Han Dynasty has collapsed to this point, so what else is there to pretend?

I'm still waiting to be a queen!

Yuan Xing held Hong Shi's hand and talked, while looking at the people in the hall who were thinking about each other, she couldn't help but sighed inwardly.

Right now, she is the daughter of the Yuan family, and she can only focus on the family. She can see some abnormalities in the Hong family, but she can't do anything.

Thinking of Yuan Shang's eagerness to express his desire to marry far away, Yuan Xing became even more suspicious. How did she offend Yuan Shang, just because she and Yuan Xi were closer?
In Guangling City, Yuan Xi stood on the pier, watching batch after batch of Youzhou soldiers coming off the boat, and thought that it was almost the same here.

After Liu He, Qu Yi and Zhao Yun took down several cities in Yuyang and Guangyang, they recruited some soldiers on the spot, and then transported them from the port of Piaoyuyi, and then stationed them in Guangling.

The composition of these soldiers is extremely complex, including not only Han Chinese, but also Wuhuan Xianbei people. Strictly speaking, Youzhou is a multi-ethnic gathering place. , which can barely be distinguished.

National integration has always been a major trend. Later generations mixed blood even more in the Tang Dynasty. To be able to unite them together, there must be a unified cultural identity.

In fact, on this point, the Qin Dynasty only made a start, and then collapsed, which was far worse than the Han Dynasty, which was a link between the past and the future.

The Tang Dynasty inherited the cultural heritage of the Han Dynasty, so brilliant cultural customs were born. In fact, in terms of openness, some places in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be less enlightened than the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the later generations of the Chinese nation to take the name of Han.

The soldiers brought from Youzhou had their family members in Youzhou, so after they arrived in Guangling, they were far more reliable than the Jiangdong soldiers who fled against the rebellion at every turn.

On the other hand, compared to the bitter cold Youzhou, Guangling is relatively richer, and many soldiers composed of Youzhou border residents are willing to come to defend the city.

There are many soldiers in Youzhou and shortage in Guangling, so the two sides hit it off, so in the past few months, Youzhou has brought in thousands of soldiers intermittently, and with the local soldiers recruited by Chen Deng, even if Yuan Shu's army calls again, Guangling can deal with it calmly.

He said to Chen Deng and Tai Shici: "I will leave this place to you two."

"I also hope that the two of you will work together sincerely. If you have any difficulties, please feel free to send me a letter."

After hearing this, the two clasped their hands together and said, "I will live up to your son's life!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "The only thing I'm sorry for, Brother Yuanlong, is that I have to work for old Mr. Hanyu, and travel a long distance to Youzhou."

Chen Deng said with a smile: "My lord, you are being polite. My father voluntarily said that he also wanted to see if the land in Youzhou is as fertile as you said."

"What's more, the other children of the Chen family don't have enough prestige to convince the public, and most of them are young and energetic. With my father under pressure, they will be more honest."

Previously, Yuan Xi planned to return to Youzhou before the spring plowing to test the improvement method of farming, but Chen Deng could not leave as the prefect of Guangling.

After searching and searching, Cheng Deng's father, Chen Gui, finally decided to follow him to Youzhou.

Yuan Xi thought that Chen Gui was smart enough, he used this to transfer the position of patriarch to Chen Deng, and he himself went to Youzhou to find a way out for the Chen family.
However, the Chen family had placed a heavy bet on him, if he failed, the Chen family would be seriously injured.

After everything was properly arranged, Yuan Xi returned to the mansion and announced to everyone that he would leave for Youzhou in the near future.

Madam Wu hugged her daughter and stood behind the crowd after hearing the news, but her heart was extremely calm.

(End of this chapter)