"My lord, we have lost tens of thousands of people this month." Xu Youqiang held back the worry in his heart, lowered his head and said cautiously.

As soon as the words fell, Xu You only felt a terrifying momentum pressed over, although it was not straight to himself, but Xu You still felt a burst of depression in his heart, and cold sweat was thick on his forehead. Xu You maintained a posture of bowing his head, not daring to move at all, as if he would all pour out this momentum on him if he moved a little.

At this time, he deeply regretted why he stood up, and at the same time cursed Feng Ji and Guo Tu in the strategist queue not far from him in his heart.

You two bastards are certainly not much less greedy than me, but you want me to bear this pressure!

Feng Ji and Guo Tu looked at their noses and noses, as if they had also guessed Xu You's heart, and couldn't help but sneer in their hearts.

Xu You, a person who can be called the top in the world in terms of resourcefulness and ability, and even has the ability to suppress all the strategists under Yuan Shao in a certain state, and he is Yuan Shao's hair, and he followed Yuan Shao at the beginning and won his trust.

Xu You, who has extraordinary ability and qualifications, has always been regarded as a thorn in the side of Feng Ji and Guo Tu, who want to occupy a high position under Yuan Shao. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's fact that he hadn't made a fortune now, they would have started fighting among themselves a long time ago.

However, although these two people know that they can't fight among themselves now, they can still make Xu You a little trouble and disgust him occasionally.

Although Xu You's ability is extraordinary, his flaws are also extremely obvious, and he is greedy for money. It is said that at their level, money or something is just a passing cloud, power is everything, but Xu You is a strange person who is greedy for money. This is also the reason why Xu Yu has such ability and qualifications, but he is still not the first strategist under Yuan Shao.

The flaw is so obvious, isn't it just a casual pit? How can the grassroots from this small family in Jingzhou be able to fight against them? casually sent out a few hundred gold, and this goods was obediently used as a gun by them.

On the main seat, Yuan Shao's whole face was expressionless, and he quietly glanced at the civil and military forces under his command.

It is said that Yuan Shao should be happy that he has just won half of the state, and it is basically bloodless, but the truth is completely opposite. Bingzhou was taken, but not by him Yuan Shao, but by the family.

The civil and military forces on both sides couldn't help but tremble in their hearts when they saw Yuan Shao in this state, and from time to time sweat droplets slipped on the ground. Even if he was as arrogant as an ugly man, he stood in place seriously at this time, and did not dare to say anything at all. If you talk casually on this occasion, I am afraid that even if Yuan Shao loves him, he will have to be skinned.

At this time, Yuan Shao seemed to have turned back into the model of the world who scolded Fang Xuan and shook the sky under the Tiger Prison. However, at this time, he is not as majestic as leading more than a dozen princes to conquer Dong Zhuo, he is now fighting alone, and he is facing the backbone of his command, the families of Jizhou.

The old Yuan family came out of the invincible lord, with an arrogant personality, and he couldn't tolerate the uncontrollable power under his hands. If you think about Ju Yi and Lu Bu in the original history, you can know how careful Yuan Shao is, and he can't tolerate uncontrolled power under his subordinates.

Originally, Yuan Shao was a little jealous of the family under his command, but fortunately, with the reputation of the fourth and third princes of the old Yuan family, these people were quite obedient and easy to use, so Yuan Shao selectively ignored them for the time being. After all, it is a troubled time now, and it is completely impossible for Yuan Shao's current situation to break away from the family, otherwise it will be a joke to dominate the world.

Yuan Shao in history also started to think carefully after unifying Hebei, and only began to restrict the family, and now Yuan Shao has just made a fortune, not to mention anything else, the two hungry wolves Yuan Shao and Lu Bu beside him have been having a headache! At this time, you must not turn your face with the family.

The families also knew this situation and did it so unscrupulously. No way, the temptation of the fiefdom is too great! Yuan Shu played such a hand, even if he was scheming and calculating, he couldn't bear it.

Since the establishment of the annexed state, the population under Yuan Shao's command has been decreasing, and the rate of reduction is getting faster and faster, and this month there are tens of thousands less. With so many people disappearing inexplicably, Yuan Shao can also think of who did it with his toes.

Thanks to Yuan Shu's blessing, now the whole world is arresting people everywhere, and the family can sell it for money if they don't need it. Especially during this time, the Hebei family and the Jiangdong family were about to fight for the population, and the homeless people and bandits that were everywhere in Hebei before quickly disappeared in this short period of time, and they were not too clean.

Even those Yellow Turban remnants in the dangerous Black Mountain do not dare to come out now, because Montenegro is full of family spies and ambush soldiers, and these Yellow Turban remnants do not dare to move at all when they shrink into the mountains, for fear of being captured by these crazy families.

For a time, the general environment of the whole Hebei Province quickly became peaceful, and there was a feeling of not leaving the road behind and not closing the door at night.

There is no way, even the criminals have been secretly "stolen" by the family, and even petty theft may be "disappeared", and there are many family officials fishing and law enforcement, who dares to commit a crime!

Driven by interests, these families burst out with unparalleled power, which is simply jaw-dropping. In just a few months, the entire Jizhou has presented a peaceful and prosperous era. Even Yuan Shu was shocked and couldn't laugh or cry after knowing this.

And Yuan Shao's mood is even more complicated. Fortunately at first, Yuan Shao felt that although the family did this a bit too much, it was also beneficial to himself, so he turned a blind eye. After all, Yuan Shao's power is extremely dependent on the family, but he far underestimates the greed and guts of the family.

For the sake of the population, these people can do anything. Especially if the family is not monolithic, you played a sidekick and secretly intercepted a few prisoners, then I also secretly hid a few tenants. In this way, under the deliberate ignorance and even cover-up of Yuan Shao's lack of care and Xu Yufengji's other strategists, the actions of the family became more and more excessive, and finally reached the point where they are today.

"What do you think should be done about this?"

Yuan Shao's voice sounded without a trace of emotion.

There was silence in the hall, and the ministers stood as if they hadn't heard it, and they stood in place like statues.

Xun Chen, who was standing in front of Wenchen, frowned, and struggled inwardly. As smart as he has long had a draft in his heart about this matter, but as a child of the Xun family, his identity is destined to prevent him from fully standing in Yuan Shao's position to consider the problem. Although it was contrary to his original intention, Xun Chen still stood in place and closed his eyes without saying a word.

Yuan Shao's empty gaze swept over the quiet ministers on the left, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile that seemed to be self-deprecating and angry, and his heart was cold.

This is the counselor I rely on for my great responsibility!

Especially Xu You and Xun Chen, one is the Fa Xiao he relies on as a heavy responsibility, and the other is a noble celebrity whom he respects a lot, but in this case, they all chose to turn their backs on him for the sake of fame and profit, regardless of the overall situation!

"My lord, what these corrupt officials have done is really hateful, and it is not a pity to die. As long as the lord says a word, I will send troops to kill all the officials who steal people! Wen Chou shouted angrily, looking at that posture, as long as Yuan Shao spoke, this thing would really dare to lead the soldiers to copy the guy.

In this weird atmosphere, no one even among the generals dared to stand up. In other words, most of the generals are reluctant to stand up, and the remaining small part is unwilling to be this bird because of various considerations. At this time, Wen Chou, who was loyal to Yuan Shao and was straightforward and irritable, stood up.

"That's right, my lord, this kind of thing must not be condoned. Even if you can't kill all of these people, you must punish them severely, and you will never tolerate them! ”

Seeing Wen Chou stand up, Yan Liang, who was a brother and sister to him, immediately gave up the trace of hesitation in his heart and said equally seriously.

Although his personality is also very irritable, compared to Wen Chou, Yan Liang is quite calm. He understood what the family stood for, and he must not be offended to death. If Wen Chou really did this, even if he was not killed by the family, he probably wouldn't want to lead the troops in the future, who knows which captain was bent on killing himself.

With Yan Liangwen's ugly speech, many generals from the grassroots in the military generals also agreed. Although there were not many people, Yuan Shao still felt a trace of relief in his heart, and at the same time, a long-hidden thought instantly exploded.

There were thousands of thoughts in his heart, but Yuan Shao was still expressionless on his face, took a deep breath, Yuan Shao calmed down, his face was relieved, and he said with a smile: "Okay, okay!" It's just a few wanderers, and it's not a big deal, why do you care so much? ”

"But, my lord!" Wen Chou was very puzzled and wanted to say something.

Yuan Shao glanced at Yan Liang lightly, Yan Liang instantly understood, grabbed Wen Chou, and stopped him from continuing.

The big picture counts! Although Yuan Shao now had the urge to remove all these deaf and dumb military generals, he knew the consequences of doing so.

Whoever achieves great things will be able to endure what others can't bear!