Chapter 3 Visiting the Virtuous
As soon as these words fell, Yuan Shu said something meaningful, but Yuan Yao was puzzled.
"Why is that?"
After the words fell, Yuan Shu smiled and explained slowly: "Yao'er, do you know that since the capital of Guangwu was once established in Luoyang, the Guanxi Hao clan and the Kanto Shi clan have formed two factions, and the two factions have been fighting openly and secretly for nearly a hundred years due to disagreement in political views and entanglement of interests. β
"And it just so happened that my Yuan family is also the leader of the Kanto clan, and has always led the battle with Guanxi, Yao'er may not know that when Situ Cui Lie proposed to give up Liangzhou, it was also from your grandfather's plan behind it, the purpose is to completely expel the Guanxi scholars from the court, now do you understand why our army can't take Guanzhong as the foundation?"
As soon as these words fell, Yuan Yao's heart was suddenly shocked.
The Kansai Hao clan and the Kanto clan in the Eastern Han Dynasty have formed a factional struggle?
He really didn't know about that.
But he understands one thing, according to his father's words, that is, Kansai and Kanto are already on the same footing, and both sides hate each other.
If the Yuan family really enters Guanzhong and goes deep into the territory of the wealthy families in Guanxi, I am afraid that they will be deeply excluded from the DPRK and the central government, and it will be difficult to develop, not to mention that it will be difficult.
Seeing that his son's face was still a little dazed, Yuan Shu settled down and patiently explained again: "Yao'er, in fact, in the past hundred years, my Kwantung clan has steadily suppressed the Kansai clan in the court. β
Speaking of this, he shook his head and sighed: "Alas, it's a pity that the Dong thief is an outlier, which has caused a great loss to the strength of my Kwantung clan and a great loss of vitality. β
As soon as Dong Zhuo was mentioned, Yuan Shu's face suddenly turned hideous, and he couldn't wait to eat his flesh raw.
After all, Dong Zhuo's butcher's knife uprooted the Yuan family's power in Beijing, and hundreds of lives were also lost.
This is already a life-and-death feud!
After all the words, Yuan Yao was full of thoughts, he received a lot of information from these words that he had never understood, and after a while, he couldn't help but show doubts on his face, so he asked: "But father, since Dong Thief is a person from Kansai, why did Uncle propose to invite Dong Thief to Beijing?" β
"Out of control!"
Hearing this, Yuan Yin said in a deep voice.
Yuan Yin on the side couldn't help but take over the conversation and explained: "Yao'er, you are still young, you used to often not do your job, and you don't know much about everything, although the Dong thief forces are all over the Guanzhong region, but his ancestral home is Yingchuan, Yuzhou, and he also defected to my Yuan family in his early years, and became a protΓ©gΓ© of the old official. β
"And the first brother's ambition is to control the government and control the military and political power, to be honest, if you just want to simply get rid of the ten permanent servants, how easy is it with the strength of my Yuan family, why do you need to rely on foreign troops?"
"But he took the opportunity to bring foreign troops into Beijing in order to control the imperial court and realize his ideals and ambitions."
"It's just that all of us didn't expect that Dong Thief, a member of the Yuan family, who had received the great favor of my Yuan family, would turn his face and deny it after he became the master of Luoyang, and even turned his sword against your father and uncle."
With the analysis of Yuan Shu and Yuan Yin, Yuan Yaocai gradually figured out the entanglement of interests and the calculations behind it.
After some recollection, Yuan Yao asked again: "Then why do you have to support Dong Zhuo?" β
"This ......"
There was no response to this question.
It can't be said that their Yuan family wants to support foreign armies to help the DPRK and China, but they invested in the wrong person, right?
How can such a humiliating thing be mentioned in front of juniors...... So don't mention it!
"The child is thinking of a new strategic plan, but the child thinks that Nanyang County is located in the Nanyang Basin, a flat river, surrounded by no danger but surrounded by strong enemies, which is not suitable for development as a basic plate, and I hope my father will pay attention to it!"
Seeing that they were all ignoring this problem, Yuan Yaosui no longer struggled, but solemnly turned to propose.
As soon as the words fell, Yuan Yao was about to say goodbye and leave, but Yuan Yin on the side couldn't help asking: "Yao'er, I heard that you have been immersed in the military all day long since this month, but you don't learn poetry and war strategies, yes or no?" β
"Yes. The nephew thinks that in today's troubled times, he should be a general who can gallop on the battlefield, rather than a bombastic and useless scholar. β
Hearing this, Yuan Yao had long expected that he would be questioned like this, so he had already prepared the words of response, and at this time, he refuted it with righteous words, every word was justified, and he did not give Uncle Cheap the slightest chance to refute.
"This ......"
Yuan Yin was blocked for a while, and he originally prepared full words to persuade him to read poetry and books, but at this time he didn't know where to start.
After Yuan Yao left, Yuan Yin and Yan Xiang couldn't help but feel a little curious about Yuan Yao, so they said separately: "Lord, brother, it seems that Gongzi has really changed a lot this month compared to before." β
"Hmm. It is true that it is much more mature and stable than before, but the battlefield is extremely dangerous, and I only have this son under my knees, how can I let him fight on the battlefield? β
With Yuan Yao's extraordinary performance today, Yuan Shu was also relieved in his heart, his son finally stopped messing around, but knew how to share his worries and have a future.
But for the insistence on training, Yuan Shu is still angry.
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Out of the General's Palace.
Yuan Jiao, who was waiting outside, rushed over and greeted him with a smile: "Childe, where are you going next?" β
"Return to the army...... Earlier, we walked around the liquor shops near the market. β
After the words fell, Yuan Yao put his crotch on the horse and ran first.
When he came before, he seemed to have noticed that there were many literati and artists gathered in the wine shops around the market, and Yuan Yao still wanted to try his luck and see if he could meet one or two great talents......
Looking at the back of his son-in-law, Yuan Jiao, the guard, was a little puzzled, shook his head and said, "What has the son-in-law been stimulated by this month?" Why do you act so weirdly? β
"I never entered the barracks before, and I never worried about military and political affairs, but now it's like a different person......
Of course, complaining and complaining, he still quickly followed up.
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Inside the liquor store.
On a futon made of several large cases, several middle-aged and young scholars talked happily while drinking happily.
During this period, a young man who was about seven feet five inches long and was about twenty years old couldn't help but say slowly: "When we are in turmoil today, but after the winter of last year, Sun Wentai, a brave and warlike Jiangdong tiger under the command of the general, unfortunately died under Xiangyang City, and Sun Jian was like a broken general's arm and ear!" β
"Although Nanyang is a rich land, but the terrain is too gentle and surrounded by enemies, as a strategic town is acceptable, but it cannot be used as a foundation, you think, where should the general develop next?"
As soon as the words fell, a young man on the side held the wine lord and said with a smile: "What, is Brother Cui planning to go out to assist the general?" β
"Haha." When these words fell, the rest of the people couldn't help laughing.
"Huh."
Hearing this, the young man laughed twice, and then said with a smile: "If you don't come out, it won't prevent us from discussing the situation in the world." β
"Yes."
After speaking, the young man immediately echoed: "I think that the general should reorganize his army and march north to give full play to his own advantages, the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world, if they can swallow the Central Plains in one fell swoop, then the hegemony can be achieved!" β
"At that time, I will be carrying the power of the Central Plains to conquer Jingxiang in the south, so why worry about not being able to annex the seven counties of Jingzhou?"
"Uh-huh. This is very true. β
"Brother Xu is right."
When these words were over, the rest of the people thought about it carefully and couldn't help but praise.
A moment later, several more young men were talking to each other.
In the middle of the ring, they all looked at the young man known as Brother Cui, and asked, "But I wonder if Brother Cui has different opinions?" β
Hearing this, the young man surnamed Cui looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "I really have a bit of a foolish opinion, so let's discuss it with you." β
After the words fell, he pondered for a moment, and then said: "I think that now that the general has been defeated in the southern expedition to Jingxiang, the morale of the army has been greatly affected, and it is difficult to expand the results of the war if he goes north to the Central Plains, and there are many powerful people in the Central Plains, how can he be easily pacified?" β
"What's more, the Central Plains states are vast and rich, both the north is based on the Yellow River and the north bank of Hebei, Qing, Youyou and other places are adjacent, and to the west are connected to the Guanzhong counties, if the Western Liang army is out of the customs with knights to attack and disturb, how to concentrate on development?"
Speaking of this, he said in a slightly slower tone: "Therefore, I think that the general should lead the people to move to the land of Huainan, take the counties of Huainan as the base away from the hinterland of the Central Plains, first use the strong appeal of his own family to take Yangzhou, and then reorganize the army to fight. β
After a word, the young man surnamed Cui said bluntly.
The words settled, but the surrounding scholars fell into deep thought, thinking about why they left Huainan.
"Brother Tai's words are good, and his vision is indeed unique!"
And just when everyone was thinking deeply, Yuan Yao, who had been quietly listening to it for a long time, suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and praised with a smile.