Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 473 The Situation of Celebrities
It is a good thing for many people that the Qingzhou pirates have been suppressed and the coastal trade routes have been restored. The routes from Youzhou to Xuzhou, Liaodong Peninsula and even the Korean Peninsula have all resumed.

The one who benefited the most from this was not Yuan Xi, but the Gongsun family.

Because Qingzhou pirates firmly stuck the sea area east of Donglai, which almost sealed off the seas south of Liaodong County, Lelang County and Daifang County.

These are also the only two remaining counties of the four Han counties. The remaining Zhenfan County and Lintun County have long been abandoned and gradually occupied by Dongyi and Ma Han.

Even so, when the later generation Gongsun Yuan established himself as the Yan State and was attacked by Sima Yi, there were more than 30 households in the Liaodong area occupied by him, with as many as [-] people.

Today, the headquarters of the Gongsun family is in Xiangping City, Liaodong County. The surrounding water system is rich, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is far away from the Central Plains.

In the mansion in the middle of the city, Gongsun Du and Gongsun Kang and his son were sitting and having a conversation. In addition to Gongsun Gong and other Gongsun's children, there were generals Zhang Chang, Yang Yi, Liu Yi, Wang Lie, Han Zhong, Wang Zan, Liang Mao, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, Guo Yuan and dozens of people, many of them are well-known people in China.

The reason why Gongsundu has so many talents is that during the turmoil in Qingzhou, many celebrities fled across the sea to Liaodong, and secondly, many of them were forced to stay by Gongsundu, and they did not serve Gongsundu wholeheartedly.

For example, Liang Mao, whose name is Bofang, was born in Changyi, Shanyang. When he went to be the prefect of Lelang, he was detained by Gongsun Du. His status has always been regarded as a half hostage, but he has always refused to surrender to Gongsun Du.

For example, Bing Yuan, a native of Zhuxu in Beihai, was poor and lonely at an early age, and learned a lot. He was first cited by Kong Rong, Prime Minister of Beihai. When he took refuge in Liaodong, there were hundreds of people who went to live in Fufu within a year. Scholars who traveled to study People, the voices of professors, come in an endless stream.

For example, Guan Ning, whose alias is You'an, is also from Zhuxu in Beihai County. Together with Hua Xin and Bing Yuan, he is called "one dragon" and can interpret poems, books, and rites.

The three men under Gongsun Du's command are the top celebrities in Liaodong, and everyone else looks up to them. However, these three people don't like Gongsun Du's recruitment. Because Gongsun Du came from a humble background, he was despised by the gentry, and Gongsun Du knew it well. , the two sides look down on each other.

Gongsun Du's situation is very similar to that of Gongsun Zan back then.

Although Gongsun Zan was born in a rich family, but because of his mother's humble status, he could only serve as a small official in the county at first.

Today, these celebrities temporarily live in Liaodong as guest ministers, just for the sake of refuge. They can only be forced by Gongsun Du's harsh punishment and feel dissatisfied, but they dare not confront him openly.

After all, there are lessons learned from the past. Li Min, a famous scholar in Liaodong, was at odds with Gongsun Du and once looked down on him. "Therefore, the prefect of Hanoi, who was well-known in the county, did evil things and feared being harmed, so he threw his family members into the sea. Du was furious, dug up his father's grave, dissected his coffin and burned his body, and punished his clan."

If you offend Gongsun Du, your whole family will be killed, so these celebrities have to hold their noses and give in.

These people lowered their heads in the lower capital, with a look of reluctance, and they seemed to have never heard of the words in the hall.

Gongsun Du didn't care about them, he forced these famous people to stay in Liaodong, and pretended to be a corporal, just to put money on his face and gain fame. As for whether these famous people would really give him advice , he will not care.

He said to Gongsun Kang: "Although the Qingzhou pirates have been calmed down, the Gongsun family has lost face this time."

"I heard that in this naval battle, not only did the Gongsun's warship fail, but it was also beaten and fled by the Qingzhou pirates. It's a shame to throw it home!"

"On the contrary, that vicious tiger fought with vigor and vigor. Compared with the two, who in Youzhou is willing to take refuge with my Gongsun family? I'm afraid everyone will go to him in the future!"

Tang Xia Liangmao Guan Ning was startled, looked at each other, then lowered his head, the speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions, they really thought about fleeing to Jicheng.

Gongsun Kang smiled wryly and said: "I have also heard that this battle shows that our Gongsun family's navy still has many problems. The commander of the navy who led the army this time also beheaded according to my father's order, as a warning to others."

Gongsun Du's anger subsided a little, "Now is the critical period for the expansion of our Gongsun Clan, so there must be no loss."

"Now that I have the support of the fierce tiger, I have decided to establish myself as Marquis of Liaodong and Shepherd of Pingzhou!"

When the scholars in the hall heard this, they thought that this was too careless, no matter what, they had to go to the emperor first to ask for the performance, but now Gongsun Du wanted to kill first and then play, simply disregarding etiquette.

And what is this Liaodong Marquis Pingzhou Mu, a self-proclaimed County Marquis?This name is named after the county, so I'm afraid it's not the prince of the county. Does a big man have such a position?

And Pingzhou Mu is even more ridiculous, the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, you have created a state on the territory of Youzhou, which is really unheard of!

Guan Ning and the others shook their heads secretly. This Gongsun Du is not from a good background, and he violates the Han system in everything he does, so he doesn't care about the world's criticism?

But judging by his confident appearance, maybe he really doesn't care!
Thinking of this, all the scholars kept silent, so as not to offend Gongsun Du and kill the whole family.

The scholars slandered, but the people of the Gongsun family were very happy. The Gongsun family was damaged and all were damaged, and all were prosperous. If Gongsundu wanted to be independent, the children of the Gongsun family would naturally follow the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.

Moreover, the sky is high in Liaodong and the emperor is far away. No one can suppress the Gongsun family. Gongsun proclaimed himself a marquis and state shepherd to build momentum for self-reliance. It is not impossible to establish a country in the future!

Gongsun Kang cupped his hands and said, "Now that Gongsun and Yuan are joining forces, do you want to inform him in advance?"

"After all, Liaodong is still part of Youzhou. If we divide it into two halves, I'm afraid Yuan Shi will also be dissatisfied."

Gongsun Du was a little unhappy, and snorted, "What can he do to me? It's just using each other."

"Since you care about face, then you can write a letter to him for me."

Gongsun Kang agreed, hesitantly said: "If there is no benefit, then the fierce tiger is afraid."

Gongsun Du sneered and said, "Does he still dare to attack me?"

"Forget it, didn't he want to set up ports in Lelang and Daifang County?"

"I set aside a few places for him, but I don't care if he has the ability to build it, and whether he can deal with Ma Han's harassment."

Gongsun Kang was a little worried when he heard that, Gongsun Du was too tyrannical, but that fierce tiger is not a magnanimous one, if he offends him, he will surely trip up the Gongsun family in the future!

Just like this naval battle, in order to avenge the slaughter of its merchant ships, the fierce tiger killed all the Qingzhou pirates!
That Qingzhou pirate robbed passing merchant ships, and even landed and robbed near Liaodong. His reputation was so fierce that people panicked and many people were forced to move inland. , and built a Jingguan on the ship!

It is said that after this incident got out, mentioning the name of the fierce tiger in the area of ​​Qingzhou in eastern Liaodong has also become a sharp weapon used by women to teach naughty children at home, and it can scare them to cry at night.

Gongsun Du always speaks the same thing, and now he wants to proclaim himself, and everyone in the hall knows that this is not to call them to discuss, it is just a formality, so they will not jump out to object without being short-sighted, and they all praise Gongsun. Have a good heart.

After the matter was settled, everyone left one after another. After the three of Liangmao Guanning and Bingyuan came out, they exchanged winks and went to Guanning's mansion to discuss together.

The three of them sat down, and Guan Ning sighed: "At the beginning, we avoided disaster in Liaodong, although we avoided the calamity of the Yellow Turban, but now it seems that under Gongsun Du's hands, it is not a good thing."

Bing Yuan nodded and said, "Indeed, Ziyu (Hua Xin) is already the prefect of Yuzhang, but we haven't achieved anything, and we've been wasting our lives until now."

Guan Ning snorted coldly, "It's my shame to be compared with that person!"

The three people in this world are called Yilong together, Hua Xin as the dragon head, Bing Yuan as the dragon's belly, and Guan Ning as the dragon's tail, but Guan Ning looks down on Hua Xin very much.

Because Hua Xin was extremely keen on fame and fame, when Guan Ning met with him, they planted garden vegetables together and saw gold in the fields.

Another day, Ning and Xin were sitting together reading a book. When they heard the sound of shouting outside, a nobleman passed by in the pavilion. Ning sat still, Xin abandoned the book and went to read. , no longer be friends with him.

Bing Yuan smiled wryly and said: "That's what I said, but the world is filthy. Although we can protect our reputation, it is difficult to protect our own lives."

The three of them were silent, and Liang Mao suddenly said: "It's not easy to go back to Qingzhou, then Yuan Tan is very tyrannical, and he and Gongsun Du are not the same."

"How about we go to the fierce tiger?"

Bing Yuan was startled, "Wouldn't the fierce tiger be even more ferocious?"

"In the past few months, he first broke through the Xianbei outside the border, and then killed the pirates in Qingzhou, and built his head as a Jingguan. He doesn't look like a gentry, but like a military general!"

Liang Mao didn't take it seriously and said, "These people deserve to be killed, there's nothing wrong with it."

Bing Yuan hesitated and said: "But he also killed the nobles before, and the head of the city, in my opinion, he should hate celebrities like us."

Liangmao sighed, "But do we have any good options?"

"I, the prefect Le Lang of the Han court, is in vain under Gongsun Du's hands. Is it just a waste of time?"

"I heard that the fierce tiger is quite appreciated by the emperor. If I want to serve the Han court, only he can speak to me."

Bing Yuan wanted to speak out, but Guan Ning took out a tube of bamboo slips, handed it to Bing Yuan and said, "Gen Mo, take a look."

Bing Yuan took it in a daze, and found that it was about the Confucian classics of the world. From a standpoint, the viewpoint was a little different, but when he thought about it carefully, it was a rare masterpiece that had never been published before.

He opened another article and found that it was about an out-of-the-ordinary reason that the three of them had argued before, but this article quoted scriptures and provided evidence, which seemed extremely convincing. Bing Yuan thought that it would be difficult for him to write the book himself Write it down.

He wondered: "This is?"

Guan Ning said in a deep voice: "This is something that is taught to students in Jicheng Free School!"

"Whether you are a scholar, a poor family, or a commoner, you can learn it!"

"What!" Bing Yuan was shocked, "What does the fierce tiger want to do?"

"If this continues, won't our knowledge become a joke?"

Guan Ning said in a deep voice: "So I want to go to Jicheng Free School to have a look."

"The world is changing. If we stick to our laurels and hold on to what we don't have, we're afraid we'll be left far behind."

When Gongsun Du's letter was delivered to Yuan Xi, he was lying on the couch in the study, resting on Cai Zhaoji's knee, enjoying a massage.

Feeling the gentle pressing of Cai Zhaoji's slender hands on her temples, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "To be served by a female wife who moves Youzhou is a worthy life."

He handed the bamboo slips in his hand to Cai Zhaoji, "Look at Gongsun Du's letter."

Cai Zhaoji stopped, took the bamboo slips, glanced at them, and said, "Gongsun Du is so courageous."

(End of this chapter)