The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 140 Two Tigers Competing for Food
On the south bank of the Yellow River, Cao Jun's temporary camp.

"Yuan Shao is dead?" Hearing the report from the scouts, Cao Cao's heart seemed to be pinched by iron pliers for some reason, and his complexion was cloudy, as if he couldn't believe it.

Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, and now Yuan Shao, who were regarded as powerful opponents by Cao Cao in the past, have fallen one after another in the long river of history, and disappeared into this world with the turbulent waves. All the glory and glory of the past have faded away, and what is left is only a little bit of well-known deeds, which have become talking points in the mouths of generations after generations.

Many things from ancient to modern times are all being discussed with laughter.

Among the handsome tents, Xiahou Dun, who was the leader among the generals, couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, my lord, now that Yuan Shao is dead, there is no one who can compete with Lord Sikong in Dahan Prefecture! It has withered, and from now on, our army will dominate the world and dominate the world, and it will be invincible in attack and invincible, and there will be no opponent for our army in the world!"

There was no joy or anger on Cao Cao's face, he just looked at the scout who reported indifferently, and after thinking about it for a while, he calmly asked.

"Who is Yuan Shao's successor?"

The scout saluted respectfully: "Master Hui, the successor to Yuan Shao is his third son, Yuan Shang."

Hearing Yuan Shang's name, many of Cao Jun's generals immediately had strange expressions on their faces.

First, Xia Houyuan, who rushed back from Runan, clenched his fists tightly, and strong anger burst out in his eyes.

Tiger idiot Xu Chu subconsciously covered his buttocks, his face full of kicks.

Guo Jia, on the other hand, sighed faintly and shook his head in embarrassment, as if he was very worried about the future prospects.

"Yuan Shang." Cao Cao touched his chin gently when he heard the words, and said calmly: "It's that kid, hehe, in terms of cunning and cunning, he is much more difficult to deal with than before."

When the words fell, I saw Xun You came out of the class, cupped his hands at Cao Cao, and said, "I report to Duke Ming, although Yuan Shang is said to be quite cunning, but in the final analysis, he is not the eldest son, but he has two elder brothers." , he has a younger brother, not to mention that among the four prefectures in Hebei, three prefectures have two elder brothers and one son in charge respectively, which is really the trend of cholera. It is said that Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, has always been brave and arrogant. Minggong might as well follow suit Breaking Lu Bu and Liu Bei's method back then, making two tigers compete for food, it may not have miraculous effects!"

"It's hard to break one person, but it's easy to break two people." Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction: "The words of the public are deeply in my heart, but if you want to provoke tigers and wolves to fight, it needs to be a meticulous job, and how to do it specifically, What is Gongda's opinion?"

Xun You shook his head slightly when he heard this, and said: "With the current situation, I have no good strategy yet. Our army suffered a lot of losses in the battle of Cangting. We might as well go back to Xudu first, wait for the opportunity, and see what happens." Let’s recalculate the situation.”

Cao Cao nodded when he heard the words, then turned his head slowly, looked at Guo Jia, and said, "What's the best idea for filial piety?"

"Hey, Mr. Ming forgives the crime, but Mr. Guo doesn't have any coups. The words of justice are already the best strategy."

Cao Cao heaved a long sigh when he heard the words, and turned his eyes to Cheng Yu and Liu Ye one after another, both of them shook their heads and smiled.

After looking around, Cao Cao's eyes finally landed on the most corner of the counselors.

This person is slightly taller than Guo Jia, but leaner.

There are many bean-sized pockmarks on his face, a pair of protruding ears, a big nose upturned, eyes protruding a lot like edema, his face is ugly, but at first glance, his expression is quite honest.

From the beginning of the tent meeting, this person was like a log, standing in the corner of the tent with his eyes closed, except for panting, he did not move at all.

The whole living dead.

Cao Cao stared at him intently, and unconsciously, there seemed to be a few complicated expressions in his eyes, deep into the pool, making people suspicious and unclear.

"Wenhe." Cao Cao spoke slowly.

Among Cao Cao's advisers, Jia Xu is the one with the most eccentric speech and behavior. Compared with the prodigal son Guo Jia, his eccentricity is even worse.

"Sikong."

Jia Xu's words were indeed the least among the crowd. After hearing Cao Cao calling him by name, he only said two words lightly.

Cao Cao had long been used to the old man's temper, so he didn't take it seriously when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "What calculation do you have in mind to provoke the second son of the Yuan family?"

Jia Xu kept his head down, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He was silent for a long time when Cao Cao asked him, and finally he only uttered one word: "Yes."

Just this one word is enough to move all the counselors and generals in the tent.

For example, wise people like Guo Jia, Xun You, and Cheng Yu are just trying to persuade Cao Cao to return to the army for the time being.

Cao Cao was calm when he heard the words, as if he had expected it long ago, and asked, "Let's hear it?"

Jia Xu took a deep look at Cao Cao and said slowly, "Yuan Shang wants to inherit Yuan Shao's Jizhou pastoral position, so he will definitely play the role of emperor."

In a word, it's over.

Cao Cao seemed a little confused when he heard Jia Xu's endless words, so he said: "Yes, this matter is inevitable. Yuan Shaoxin died. If Yuan Shang wants to inherit Yuan Shao's position in a legitimate way, he must submit a letter to Xudu. Request to take over"

Speaking of this, Cao Cao suddenly came to his senses, as if he understood the meaning of Jia Xu's words, he nodded and sighed: "Wen Hezhen is a rare man in the world, this plan is very clever!"

Guo Jia also figured out Jia Xu's intention at this moment, and couldn't help but admire secretly.

Jia Xu's meaning is very simple, the post of Jizhou Shepherd should not be given to Yuan Shang, but Yuan Tan instead!
The plan of two tigers competing for food can open a beginning.

Just a canonized decree, in which there is already Wuji's ultimate move and backhand.

Jia Xu is really a poisonous man in this world!
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However, Yuan Shang chased Yuan Tan, scolded, kicked and shot Yuan Tan, but he tossed Yuan Tan a lot, but unfortunately he still failed to stop him.

Yuan Tan looked east in panic, and rushed back to the camp of his Qingzhou army stationed there. He set off overnight and returned to Qingzhou.

Yuan Shang felt very sorry for not catching up with Yuan Tan, but the matter has come to this point, but he can no longer force it, so let him go back first, and then make more fuss after going back to pay his father's funeral.

Moreover, Yuan Shang has figured out a way to continue to punish Yuan Tan.

Since you have evil intentions, I also have a way to turn you into a loner.

Anyang Mausoleum, fourteen miles west of Yecheng, was the final resting place of Yuan Shao's body.

Yuan Shang led the Liu family, all members of the Yuan family, and all the ministers, standing quietly by the side of the mausoleum, listening to the spirit caller keep shaking the soul-receiving flag, and kept shouting "return from the beginning", he couldn't help but feel twisted. pain.

After all the important memorial words were read, Yuan Shao's coffin was slowly lifted by eight people and walked slowly into the mausoleum.

Seeing the coffin being slowly put into the tomb, the eyes of the members of the Yuan family became moist unconsciously.

As the stone gate of the tomb was slowly closed, it marked the end of the old era, and the bell of the new era, under Yuan Shang's control, slowly knocked open.

After finishing the arrangement of Yuan Shao's offspring, Yuan Shang began to officially ascend the throne of the Lord of Hebei.

From now on, he will no longer be the son of Hebei, but the master of all the four prefectures of Hebei!
After the funeral is done, it is reasonable for Yuan Shang to observe filial piety for his father for one month, but in extraordinary times, extraordinary things should be done. Before observing filial piety, there are still a series of important matters waiting for Yuan Shang to deal with.

Ever since, in Ye City, Yuan Shao's former Great General's Mansion held the first important court meeting since Yuan Shang succeeded to the throne.

But in this court meeting, apart from the important old courtiers of the Yuan family in the past, there were also a group of newcomers who were drawn into this circle by Yuan Shang.

Deng Chang, Zhao Yun, and Sima Yi.

There are two other old friends, Tian Feng and Ju Shou, who are familiar to all the old ministers!
Yuan Shang sat on the main seat, looked at the people standing on the left and right, took a deep breath, and said: "Everyone."

When everyone heard the words, they all listened attentively.

"From now on, Yuan will be filial piety for his father. It will take a long time, which may affect the handling of important military and political affairs in Hebei. Therefore, the top priority is to finalize three major matters first! I hope you will listen carefully!"

All the ministers bowed their heads when they heard the words, and waited for Yuan Shang's order.

But seeing Yuan Shang stretch out the first finger slowly, said: "The first one is about my elder brother!"

Everyone's face remained unchanged when they heard the words, as if they had already thought that Yuan Shang would care about this matter.

"The Great Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. Now my father died before half of his great career. My elder brother Yuan Tan actually slipped away without giving my father a funeral. He is really the leader of all evils in the world. As my younger brother , although it cannot be cured, it should be reprimanded. Chen Lin!"

But when Chen Lin came out of the shift, she cupped her hands and said, "Here!"

"In the name of the Yuan family, write a denunciation article, denouncing my brother's unfilial behavior, and spread it to every state in the world, so that everyone in the world and Hebei scholars can see how my brother treats his biological father's death! "

At this point, Yuan Shang paused slightly and said: "Remember, the words must be sharp, the language must be rigorous, and the content must be rich. Don't care about adding oil and vinegar. The more gossip the better if it can arouse everyone's curiosity."

Chen Lin's writing prowess, even Cao Cao in the past, admired her first-hand writing skills, how could such a trivial matter fail him?

"My subordinates understand!"

Yuan Shang nodded in satisfaction: "Come on, I like you."

It's not that Yuan Shang is cruel to his brother, but that his elder brother is really chilling.

In his previous life, Yuan Shang had read about the Three Kingdoms, and knew that the discord between himself and his elder brother eventually led to the downfall of the Yuan family. In this life, when he returned to Qingzhou from the Central Plains, he was murdered by Yuan Tan and almost died.

But now that Yuan Shao had just died, Yuan Tan sneaked back to Qingzhou without saying hello, clearly showing his resentment.

Yuan Shang is not a soft persimmon, since his elder brother already has malicious intentions towards him, there is no need for him to wait for his elder brother to turn against him, and then find a way to deal with it, then I am afraid it will be really too late.

Instead of waiting for Yuan Tan to go against him, it would be better to strike first, destroy his reputation and wings, and save a lot of energy in dealing with him in the future.

(End of this chapter)