Chapter 140: Yuan's Hands
The next day, Xie Jing personally went to an observation point in Tang Zhou's mansion to see if Gao Pei had really withdrawn. He watched there for a morning, and did not see Gao Pei and the other people who were watching, knowing that Liu Yan must have believed the identity of their Yuan family's servant, so he was relieved.
In the following time, the Taiping Dao believers who entered and exited the Tang Zhou Mansion became more and more frequent, from a group of people coming in and out of the previous day or two, to several groups of believers entering and leaving the current day. And Tang Zhou himself often went out with his entourage to some of the Taiping Dao's contact points in Luoyang.
Xie Jing turned a deaf ear to this, and let them act, but only arranged for the news of these changes to inform Zeng Yu, who was still preparing for war in Anping County, and asked the messenger to tell Zeng Yu that he guessed that the Taiping Dao uprising should be in the near future, and it would not be more than mid-March at the latest.
And Liu Yan is also intensively recruiting rangers in Luoyang, coincidentally, the Yuan family is also doing the same thing, which makes Liu Yan even more sure that the Yuan family must have another plan to stop him before. However, the Yuan family has a big business, and Yuan Feng or Yuan Huai do not need to come forward in person, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are walking outside, accumulating fame and recruiting heroes as their subordinates.
The two Yuan brothers are a concubine and a concubine, and they also walk outside with their backs to Yuan's background, but the results they get are surprising. As a sister-in-law, Yuan Shu is not as good as Yuan Shao in terms of fame, although both of them are Yuan Feng's sons, but Yuan Shao belongs to the concubine, and he was succeeded to his uncle Yuan Cheng in a room, and he is below Yuan Shu in terms of status. The age gap between the two is very small, Yuan Shao is slightly older, but after a few years of raising a scholar and accumulating fame, Yuan Shao's reputation among the scholars and heroes gradually surpassed Yuan Shu, which also made Yuan Feng, as a father, hate Yuan Shu more and more.
But this is also normal, Yuan Shao suffered from the cold reception of the Yuan family when he was a child, and he has suffered from white eyes, and he understands human feelings better than Yuan Shu, a sister-in-law who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. And Yuan Shu always has an aura of looking down on others, can't let go of his body, is not as polite as Yuan Shao, and intersects with people on an equal footing, making people feel respected.
The people who come out to mess around are all a little capable and a little arrogant, eager to be appreciated by a son from a top famous family like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are both heroes, they are righteous, righteous and wealthy, saving people in danger, and have a great reputation. But in the eyes of the scholar next to me, you have the same surname and spend the same money, one eats with me and walks side by side, and the other person is like giving me alms, who do I prefer? The answer is obvious.
In this era, there is no Internet, and the spread of fame can only rely on word of mouth, and these heroes come from all over the world, and they will also leave Luoyang and return to all corners of the world, spreading Yuan Shao's reputation all the way, and Yuan Shao will become powerful in the world.
After several teachings by Yuan Feng, Yuan Shu saw that Yuan Shao, who was a concubine, was more popular than himself, and he also realized this problem, and began to self-correct some of his character shortcomings to a certain extent.
Therefore, through his own operation, Yuan Shu obtained the official position of a captain of Changshui, and his subordinates mastered a real army. Just thought that once the Taiping Road got into trouble, let Yuan Shu lead the troops to participate in the counterinsurgency, mainly not to make a big mistake, regardless of whether he made meritorious service or not, he could transfer the credit of others to him through operation, so as to get the step of promotion.
And Yuan Shao was arranged by Yuan Feng to serve as the general of the tiger Ben, although there is no direct soldier and horse, but it is also a military position, and he can follow the expedition at any time to take charge of the soldiers and horses all the way when there is a war.
Because both of them belong to the military generals, they are all counted as subordinates of the general He Jin. He Jin was originally only from a strong background, and his social status was not high, in order to enhance his reputation, he also recruited a lot of scholars as his staff, of course, these staff members may follow Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao more often to give advice to He Jin.
At this time, the situation between the DPRK and China was still maintaining a delicate balance, and most people were focused on how to gain greater power in the DPRK. The only exception may be Liu Yan, a child of the clan with the right to inherit, and the Yuan family, whose fame is at its peak, and hopes to go further.
In this way, until the end of February, the preparations for Anping County had been fully prepared, and even the workshop on Jinniu Mountain had begun to move downward, and Li Hu divided the craftsmen into several batches, and let them carry some tools in the workshop, and successively stationed in the new locations prepared for them in Anping County. In Zeng Yu's plan, Jinniu Mountain would become a pure mining site in the future, and in addition to arranging the necessary guards, the garrison would all move down the mountain.
Zeng Yu also sent a message to Xie Jing to tell him that he could ignore the situation in Luoyang City now, and let him quickly lead the fifty personal soldiers back to the county seat, and then they no longer needed to delay or detonate Taiping Dao in advance.
After Xie Jing received the order, he explained to Feng Bei a few times, telling him to manage it carefully in Luoyang, and then he rushed out of Luoyang City to Anping County under the escort of fifty personal soldiers. In his heart, the Taiping Road incident should be the most recently, and Zeng Yu asked him to go back, it must be that Anping County has been prepared, and he himself hopes to participate in this feast, so he spared no effort to rush back, hoping to rush back to Anping County before the Taiping Road incident.
At the same time as Xie Jing left, Yuan Feng also called Yuan Shu to him and instructed him: "According to our tip-off, Zhang Jiao of Taiping Dao will rebel on March 5, and their sect members in Luoyang City will attack the palace under the leadership of Zhang Jiao's disciple Tang Zhou. You are the son-in-law of my Yuan family, and this credit can only be given to you to take it. ”
There is no need to doubt why Yuan Feng clearly knows the details of Taiping Dao, you must know that Zhang Jiao is only from a poor family, but he was able to develop Taiping Dao into a believer almost throughout the entire Han Dynasty in a few years, and the connection between them is still very close, and even attracted hundreds of thousands of young and strong people to form an army. Without the support of the scholars and Haoqiang from all over the world, this would not have been possible, the Yuan family's protégés and former officials were all over the world, and naturally there were people involved in supporting the Taiping Dao, and these people would naturally tell the benefactor Yuan the news they had mastered.
No matter how the Yuan clan uses the Taiping Dao, they will inevitably be able to gain great benefits from it, and they, as the protégés of the inner response, will definitely receive the Yuan family's commendations, such as adding officials to the knighthood, sheltering their descendants, and becoming the closest lackeys of the Yuan family.
Yuan Shu listened to his father's instructions, and was overjoyed, and his father really took a more fancy to him. No matter how good Yuan Shao's reputation is, he is also a concubine, and the successor of the Yuan family can only be him, and when he exposes the conspiracy of Taiping Dao's rebellion, he will definitely make great contributions and obtain a higher position and greater power in the court.
Thinking of this, he said to his father, "Then I will go and bring my Changshui Lieutenant Battalion now, and let them arrest Tang Zhou and Taiping Taoists in the whole city." “
"No, Captain Changshui has been stationed in the Northern Army camp, and if they are allowed to dispatch, they will definitely attract the attention of others. You can only lead the family's private soldiers, go to capture Tang Zhou first, and take him in your hands, so that the first credit is yours. As for the Taiping Taoist people in the city, after His Majesty knows their intention to rebel, naturally none of them will be able to escape, you only need to seize this first merit. Yuan Feng admonished.
"Thanks to my father's teaching, I'll take people out now." At this time, Yuan Feng gave him such a big credit, Yuan Shu also expressed his gratitude to his father, and at the same time asked him to act now, he couldn't wait, and wanted to see the expressions of regret on the faces of those scholars who followed Yuan Shao after they knew that they had made great contributions.
"Go, there are people among our private soldiers who know Tang Zhou's residence, you must act quickly, don't let me down." Yuan Feng was still a little worried about Yuan Shu, afraid that he would act openly and let Tang Zhou run away after getting the news.
"Father, don't worry, I will definitely bring Tang Zhou back intact." Yuan Shu assured.
After speaking, Yuan Shu left in a hurry, and he summoned the private soldiers in the mansion, a total of more than 300 people, all of whom were trained by Yuan's domestic servants. He didn't worry about the loyalty of these private soldiers, because the families of these people were all in the Yuan family, and these people could almost be said to be their Yuan family's property, so he explained to these people what to do next. Then he asked how many people knew where Tang Zhou's mansion was, and learned that there were seven people who knew the location, so he divided the more than 300 private soldiers into seven teams, and they didn't look like almost fifty people, and then divided into different paths to Tang Zhou's mansion.
The people of Luoyang didn't feel anything wrong with the Yuan family suddenly sending so many private soldiers out, after all, they usually had a similar situation, and they thought they were going to do something or receive a certain celebrity.
Everyone arrived outside Tang Zhou's mansion, and after making sure that Tang Zhou was in the mansion, Yuan Shu divided a part of the back door of the mansion to prevent Tang Zhou from escaping, and then he himself led the rest of the people, about two hundred people in total, to walk directly from the main gate of the Tang Mansion.
There were Taiping Dao believers guarding the gate of the Tang Mansion, and when they saw Yuan Shu bringing people over, although they were afraid, they stepped forward to stop them, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask who Your Excellency is, and what are you doing with bringing people here?" ”
"This official is Runan Yuan Shu, now the captain of Changshui, and he came here to find Tang Zhou and ask him something." Yuan Shu said proudly.
When the Taiping Dao believers on guard heard this, they were shocked, and they were about to say something to stop Yuan Shu, but as soon as Yuan Shu's voice fell, he shouted to the private soldiers behind him: "Kill me in!" Capture Tang Zhou alive!! ”