As Chen Qun thought, under the sincerity of Liu Bei's personal invitation, Xun Yue, who lived in seclusion in Yingchuan, still came out of the mountain. Of course, the Xun family has also done a lot of ideological work.

The Yingchuan Xun family has always been the leader in the world, and it can produce many people. Needless to say, the eight dragons of the previous generation are the successors of this generation: Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Xun Chen, Xun Yan, Xun Yue, etc., all of whom are top strategists.

It is also a happy worry to have so many excellent descendants, and that is the problem of the position of the head of the family.

The contemporary head of the Xun family simply let these people go out to choose the master, and whoever can help his lord rule the world is the head of the family.

The profound Xun family is even more desperate than the Yuan family, and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who can be favored by them, all want to get involved. No matter who wins, the Xun family will not lose too much.

Of course, such a wide net will also lead to the dissatisfaction of Yuan Shao and others, although it should not be specifically targeted at the Xun family in the future, but it is impossible to focus on support.

However, the Xun family does not rely on these. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, what if he is favored and disgraced? Isn't it a matter of talent after a few generations?

The most important thing for the Xun family is to have excellent talents, and when it comes to power and connections, it may not be as good as the Yuan family, but when it comes to the excellence of the heirs, the Xun family can be said to be the first.

The ruler relied on the external Confucianism and internal law to govern the country, and Xunzi, the ancestor of the Xun family, was the ancestor of the external Confucianism and internal law. Therefore, compared with the ability to govern the country and internal affairs, there are basically few who can be compared with the descendants of the Xun family.

The powerful Xun family has never been afraid of falling out of favor. Think about history, Xun Yu and Cao Cao were tough in the later period, and wanted to prevent Cao Cao from becoming the Duke of Wei, but Xun You supported Cao Cao. As a result, Xun Yu died, and Xun Yu and the Xun family had nothing to do.

Later, because Xun Yu's son was friendly with Cao Zhi, Cao Pi was very unhappy with the Xun family, and even hated it. But with the existence of Chen Qun, Xun Yu's brother-in-law, the Xun family is still standing.

Later, the Sima family usurped the throne, and Xun Yu's sixth son, Xun Yi, decisively defected and defected to the Sima family. As a result, he was placed as the third duke, and after his death, the crown prince Sima Yan personally mourned him.

Allowing the change of dynasties, the Xun family has been standing tall and thriving. If it weren't for the fact that the Xun family was too strong and controlled the government. Later generations have forgotten that the foundation of their family is ability, and only pay attention to political struggles, I am afraid that the Xun family can really become a prosperous family for thousands of years.

The behavior of the Xun family tells the world what the family is called a powerful faction and what is stable! As long as you have strength, discipline, and vision, even if you ride the wall, you won't be good.

Bet everywhere, you won't lose, but you won't win, just protect yourself. But relying on their own strength, the Xun family steadily reached the pinnacle of the family.

But even the virtuous and virtuous Xun family also fell in the end. After the Jin Dynasty, the Xun family began to corrupt and degenerate. Xun Yi "has no quality and straightforward operation", Xun Kai controls the government and excludes political enemies, and Xun Kai is in a high position and has nothing to do. Since then, the Xun family has gradually disappeared into history.

It is not advisable to run the country by relying only on the discipline of the families. Even a family like the Xun family, which has a long history and is known for its virtues, has corrupted so quickly.

After reaching the top, only a few generations began to pursue fame and fortune one by one, and the corpse was vegetarian. It is precisely because politics is completely controlled by the family, and it is difficult for the poor to ascend to the throne, that the family will degenerate and corrode so quickly and become only interested in political struggle.

Therefore, it is not feasible to rely on moral quality alone, and a reasonable system is needed to block the road of opportunism, so that everyone can compete as fairly as possible by ability. The Maison is essential, but the Maison must be supervised and restricted.

Xun Yue, who was born in the Xun family, also saw this truth clearly, although the crackdown on land annexation and strict laws he wanted to crack down on the family was not good for the family, but it may not be beneficial to the family in the long run.

If the power of the Xun family was not so great in the future, and the upper class was not so unrestricted, perhaps although the Xun family would not be in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was very likely that it would prosper for a longer time.

This is also the reason why the Xun family can tolerate and even support an outlier like Xun Yue. As a top family, the Xun family is looking for various ways out for themselves. After all, the birth of the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty was not a small problem for the family.

As a top family, what they want most is that their family can be passed on for a long time, rather than flourishing for a while and then declining. Prosperity must decline, but who can resist not letting their family prosper for a while? Without the supervision and suppression of external forces, perdition is inevitable.

Liu Bei occupied Yuzhou, as long as his methods were not too rough and did not infringe on the interests of the family, there was no need for the family to get along with Liu Bei. The Xun family also needs to have someone who can speak by Liu Bei's side now, otherwise the Xun family is really not easy to mix in Yingchuan.

Although Xun Yue was not too optimistic about Liu Bei, under the request of the family and Liu Bei's sincerity, he still went out of the mountain.

With such a bond as Xun Yue, the relationship between the Xun family and Liu Bei eased a lot in an instant, and even the entire family in Yuzhou also fell to Liu Bei.

After all, these people are not stupid, Yuan Shao is busy in Hebei! How could they listen to Yuan Shao again? In troubled times, military power is everything. As long as Liu Bei showed kindness, they were also happy to help Liu Bei temporarily and maintain their position in Yuzhou.

"Zhongyu, do you think Cao Cao has any conspiracy for this move? Could it be that he simply wants to weaken Yuan Shu? ”

After thinking about it, Chen Qun still felt that it was a little strange for Cao Cao to do this.

You must know that weakening Yuan Shu is not beneficial to Cao Cao, and even because it is beneficial to Liu Bei and Tao Qian, it is relatively harmful to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu now has a deep foundation but is not too powerful, not at all to the point where Cao Cao is afraid as soon as he comes up, Chen Qun does not understand why Cao Cao wants to do such an unwise thing.

Xun Yue's bystanders cleared, and immediately discovered the crux of the problem: "There are only two possibilities for Cao Cao to do this. ”

"First, Cao Cao was too jealous of Yuan Shu, after all, they had been friends since childhood. Perhaps Yuan Shu's ability reached the point where Cao Cao felt terrified. ”

Chen Qun thought for a moment and said, "Impossible, we all know Yuan Shu's past performance. It's mediocre, that is, it has only emerged in recent years. Although Jingyang Erzhou is strong, Yuan Shu can only stop here now, and he will not be able to touch the Central Plains in a short period of time. Moreover, Yuan Shu's troops were insufficient, and Cao Cao would not do such an unwise move even if he was afraid of Yuan Shu. ”

Xun Yue nodded, he thought so too, but he still said this possibility for Chen Qun's reference, after all, he was really not good at military strategy.

"Then there is only the second possibility. Cao Cao wanted us to destroy this army, causing Yuan Shu to engage us in battle, and taking the opportunity to weaken both of us. ”

Chen Qun frowned and said: "It's just an army of 20,000, and Zhou Yu is just a new general, Yuan Highway won't make a big deal about it!" ”

Xun Yue said: "Yuan Highway has great ambitions, so he shouldn't be too rash. But apart from these two possibilities, I really can't think of any other plans for Cao Mengde. ”

"The other side can't just target us. If you want to weaken us, you must weaken it with Yuan Shu. Otherwise, Cao Cao is playing with fire and immolating himself. ”

Chen Qun sighed lightly: "Maybe it's really me thinking too much!" Cao Cao may just be simply afraid of Yuan Shu. ”

Xun Yue didn't think as much as Chen Qun, and said with a smile: "In any case, Yuan Highway provoked first, no matter what Cao Cao had in mind, we all have to deal with this Yuan army, right?" ”

Chen Qun pondered for a moment before nodding. Xun Yue was right, no matter what, they had to deal with this Yuan army. Cao Cao's actions were nothing more than to strengthen their victory rate so that they could have a chance to annihilate Yuan Shu's army.