Hearing Yuan Shao's words, the hearts of the people who were originally silent suddenly rejoiced.

It's done!

The actions of the families this time were not all mistakes caused by interests and disregard, but also a temptation, a temptation for Yuan Shao.

Step back, step by step. Yuan Shao's small compromise is of great significance to the Hebei family, which means that the Hebei family will divide and merge states in the future, and Yuan Shao will allow the family to establish a feudal state as Yuan Shu tacitly agreed.

Moreover, Yuan Shao's road to dominance of the world is still long, and the means of the family can be gradually advanced, increasing the probability of this fifty percent to ninety percent or even ten percent.

Although this may anger Yuan Shao, the family has long been mentally prepared. To be precise, since the closure of the country, the conflict of interests between the Hebei family and Yuan Shao has been irreconcilable, and the families will have a showdown with Yuan Shao sooner or later on the matter of the fiefdom, and there will inevitably be a gap between the two sides.

What kind of characters the Yuan family has cultivated, these families all know, just look at Yuan Shu's character. Although Yuan Shao's personality is more introverted than Yuan Shu, the arrogance and domineering in his heart are especially great, and he is definitely not happy for the family to go independent.

Yuan Shu is the general trend in the south, and the families in the south have no ability to resist, so they can only develop under the rules of the game made by Yuan Shu.

But fortunately, although Yuan Shu is domineering, he still has a trace of incense for the family, and he doesn't do too much. In addition to being too strong in controlling the forces under his command, he is not bad for the families and has brought them a lot of benefits.

Speaking from their hearts, although the families in the south now have a lot of dissatisfaction with Yuan Shu, they still agree very much in their hearts, because they have gained far more than they have lost. Sealing the country, which was something that the families didn't dare to think of before, was now taken out by Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu is because he is strong enough, so the family under his command will be so content with the status quo, but the Hebei family under Yuan Shao is different.

Yuan Shao is not as strong as Yuan Shu now, his power is completely based on the support of the family, and most of the civil and military forces under his command are from the family. With his current situation, he can't get rid of the family at all, unless he is willing to break the net.

It is precisely because of this that the families in Hebei took a fancy to this point that they made a decisive move at this time, otherwise it would be too late if Yuan Shao unified Hebei.

"Recently, our army has newly acquired the state, and there have been frequent wars, and it is normal for some thieves to rob the people, and there is no need to pursue them." Yuan Shao erased this matter very casually.

"But now that the war is over, it shouldn't happen again in the future."

Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You, who was still standing outside the queue and didn't dare to move: "Ziyuan, you are good at strategy rather than political affairs, it is hard enough to help me with advice and advice, and you don't have to worry about Jizhou's government affairs in the future, let Youruo handle it." ”

A fluttering sentence directly distributed Xu You's power to Xun Chen.

Xu You was full of anger, so many people were involved, why was he the only one who was punished? He raised his head and looked at Yuan Shao, wanting to explain something to his former little man. But what he saw was Yuan Shao's cold eyes, and the anger and disappointment contained in them made him shudder. Xu You suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, lowered his body and didn't dare to speak, and returned to the queue in a gloomy manner, leaving only a sentence with a weak heart: "Thank you for your understanding." ”

At this time, Xu You felt deep regret, and he knew Yuan Shao's character very well when he played with Yuan Shao since he was a child. From now on, I am afraid that his good days will come to an end.

Unlike Guo Tu, Feng Ji and other children of Jizhou families with deep roots, Xu You's background is just a child of a small family in Nanyang, Jingzhou, and he can have his current status In addition to his own ability, Yuan Shaofa's small identity is the key. Otherwise, relying solely on the character flaw of greed for money, how could Xu You have come to this position today?

"Looks like I've gone a little too far this time." Xu You said secretly in his heart.

"Youruo, are you okay?" Yuan Shao looked at Xun Chen who was hesitant and said with a smile.

"Thank you for your trust, and I will live up to my lord's high expectations." Xun Chen sighed secretly in his heart, but still said solemnly.

A satisfied smile appeared on Yuan Shao's face: "Very good." Now that our army has been recuperating for a long time, and Bingzhou has been basically pacified, it is time to prepare to attack Youzhou. Youzhou has a population of more than one million, which is just enough to make up for the population loss during this period. ”

In the face of such a serious situation of internal and external troubles, Yuan Shao's demeanor as a model in the world was instantly revealed.

On the one hand, he keenly captured the most critical figure in the family that had now united to put pressure on him, Xun Chen, and immediately decided to directly entrust him with important tasks.

A gentleman can be bullied, Xun Chen is a real gentleman. Xun Chen, Xun Yue, and Xun Yu, these three cousins have had a close relationship since childhood, and their personalities are also very similar, they are all elegant and upright people. Yuan Shao was entrusted with a heavy task in front of so many people, and Xun Chen would definitely not give an answer that violated his will and morality. With Xun Chen's character, since this matter should be done, he will definitely do his duty, and it is definitely impossible for the family to want a large number of ignorant people, at most secretly and secretly take advantage of some small loopholes.

Yuan Shao's move can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, which not only stopped the loss of population, but also disintegrated the alliance within the family. You must know that anger is the root of people's inferiority, even if they know Xun Chen's character and the situation of the Xun family, these families will definitely complain about the Xun family in their hearts, and over time, the grievances between the two sides will definitely get deeper and deeper, so that Yuan Shao can slowly restrain from it, gradually disintegrate the family, and achieve a balance.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao directly turned his target to Youzhou, wanting to divert the attention of the family. There are no absolute friends, no absolute enemies, only eternal interests. Since Yuan Shao can't turn his face with the family, and he can't sit back and watch the family sit big, the best way is to turn enemies into friends, and the two sides will work together to share the cake of Youzhou.

All of this is a conspiracy, and so many resourceful people present can easily see through all this, but Yuan Shao believes that they will still choose to accept it.

Everything turned out as Yuan Shao expected, Guo Tufengji and the others almost instantly understood what Yuan Shao was planning, but they chose to accept it as soon as possible.

The reason is very simple, Yuan Shao doesn't have a choice, do they have a choice? If they really fell out with Yuan Shao, who should they go to? Gongsun Chan or Cao Cao?

This was originally a process of mutual compromise between the two sides, and the families obtained fiefs and populations, and it was time to take a step back.

"The lord is wise!" Everyone said in unison.