Sun Ce thought carefully for a while. "You mean that the Yuan family has been in business for a hundred years? I remember this, but I don't know very well, and I was hoping to ask you again. What's the other piece? ”

"The Hebei family has a feud with the imperial court."

Sun Ce was stunned. The Hebei family has a feud with the imperial court? This has never been heard of, and there has never been a similar record in the history books.

Guo Jia smiled a little proudly, ate a large mouthful of food, reached out to get the wine glass habitually, reacted halfway, picked up the soup bowl and took a sip. "Emperor Guangwu started in Nanyang, and was later driven to Hebei because of Liu Xuan's affairs. The reason why he was able to replace him was because he had received help from the people of Hebei, and the Guo family was one of them. When Emperor Guangwu married Empress Guo, he had just married Empress Yin for less than a year, and the couple had a deep affection, marrying Empress Guo was purely a last resort. ”

Empress Guo and the crown prince were deposed, and the hopes of the Hebei family were disappointed, so they were naturally dissatisfied. In the twenty-eighth year of Jianwu, Guo Houxue, the son of the first emperor, Shouguang Hou Liu Li's rebellion broke out, implicating Liu Fu, another son of Guo Hou, Emperor Guangwu was furious, arrested the king's guests, implicated thousands of people, and even had a family of three people ambushing Guo Hou's spiritual hall, and Guo Hou's four sons were all driven out of Luoyang to the country.

A few years later, Emperor Guangwu collapsed, Emperor Xiaoming ascended the throne, and the rebellion of King Ying of Chu broke out, involving tens of thousands of people. Chu Wangying's mother Xu is not favored, the Chu State is weak, and the King of Chu has been friends with Emperor Ming since he was a child, how could he rebel, and how could he make such a big noise? Why did the Son of Heaven deal with Chu Wangying himself harshly when he finally implicated tens of thousands of people in such a very clear case, and why did the case drag on for so many years?

Because there is Hebei Group behind it. Emperor Xiaoming also wanted to fight the Hebei group, not the King of Chu himself. Therefore, the Son of Heaven spared the king of Chu, but arrested and imprisoned tens of thousands of people concerned. The Son of Heaven and the Hebei family tore their faces, refused to give in to each other, and were puzzled for many years, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, giving the Runan Yuan family a chance. Yuan An survived more than 400 families because of the trial of the King of Chu case, and he is famous all over the world. ”

Sun Ce suddenly realized. The Han Dynasty was not far from ancient times, the family concept was very strong, there were marriages between families, the local concept was extremely heavy, and the feud was not resolved in a few decades. The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family started from Yuan An, and the support of Hebei people is indispensable behind this. Yuan Shao did not choose his hometown Yuzhou, but still chose Hebei, not only because of the topography of Hebei, but also because there are people in Hebei. In the overthrow of Liu Han, the desire of the Hebei people was stronger than that of Yuan Shao, so as soon as Yuan Shao arrived in Hebei, the Hebei family fully supported it, even if Yuan Shao had the intention of abolishing the establishment, he did not listen to the objections of the Hebei people.

In other words, even if Yuan Shao is willing to surrender, the people of Hebei are not willing, and there is no solution to this matter.

Then I'm relieved.

"The rise of the Yuan family, in addition to the case of the King of Chu, there is one more thing, in terms of how to deal with the barbarians on the grassland, Yuan An has always been a pacifier and opposes military conquest. In the second year of Zhanghe, the general Dou Xian of the chariot cavalry went to conquer the Xiongnu, and Yuan An strongly opposed it. In the first year of Yongyuan, there was a conflict with Dou Xian over how to settle the Southern Xiongnu, and it was the same situation. Although Dou Xian succeeded, the Huns he supported soon rebelled, and Yuan An won another great victory, and he was also grateful to the Huns and Wuhuan people. In fact, without the support of the Hebei group, it would have been impossible for the imperial court to deal with the Xiongnu and Wuhuan people. ”

Sun Ce nodded again and again, no wonder after Yuan Shao's death, his sons Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang would flee to Liaodong and rely on the Wuhuan people. With the support of the Hebei people inside, the Wuhuan people outside, and the fame of the fourth and third dukes, the Yuan family is really far-sighted and cunning.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu didn't catch anything.

"Then you say, what will Yuan Shao do now?"

"If it were me, I would suggest that he temporarily submit himself to the court." Guo Jia said slowly, after a few mouthfuls of hot soup, his originally pale face turned red, and his eyes were brighter, like stars. "The Son of Heaven is young and cannot govern in the short term, and the power is all in the hands of Wang Yun and other party members. The Yuan family is the leader of the party, General Yuan is dead, and Yuan Shao has no competitors. Entering the dynasty as a general, so that the party is distributed in states and counties, in a few years, Wang Yun and others died, who else in the world can compete with him? When the time comes, some people will naturally persuade them to follow Wang Mang's story. ”

Guo Jia glanced at Sun Ce and smiled. "If the general's father and son are willing to be vassals, they can also get a state."

Sun Ce's eyes tightened, he involuntarily held his breath, and his heart suddenly accelerated, beating like a war drum. If this is the case, Yuan Shao will win, and the Sun family will have no chance at all.

Guo Jia laughed. "General don't worry, Yuan Shao won't listen, otherwise I wouldn't be here."

Sun Ce breathed a sigh of relief. "Why?"

"One is because of impatience, and the other is because of conceit. Before, he was still a little worried about Dong Zhuo, but now that Dong Zhuo is dead, who else is he worried about? Since you can sweep the world, why bother like Wang Mang? Take over the world early, be an emperor for a few more years, why not. ”

Sun Ce thought about it and felt that it made sense. If he is Yuan Shao, he is likely to choose to take it by force.

"People who are good at business often say that people abandon me. Yuan Shao's refusal to surrender is the general's creation. The general could go to the court to show his loyalty and break with Yuan Shao. The princes of the imperial court may not take the general's father and son seriously at first, but once they find that Yuan Shao is unruly, and Zhu Gong is difficult to support alone, he will inevitably rely on the general's father and son. At that time, the general can justifiably compete with Yuan Shao in the Central Plains. Success or defeat depends on whether the general can catch the deer. ”

Sun Ce poured himself a glass of wine and held it up. "Fengxiao, although I support you to quit drinking, you should still drink this cup of sprinkling."

Guo Jia stroked his palms and smiled, and also picked up his wine glass and signaled to Sun Ce. "The last glass of wine in this life, I am willing to drink it with the general."

The two touched each other, looked at each other and smiled, and drank it all.

"Here, one more bite of food. Tell me again, what should we do with this Simbi? ”

"Xin Bi is a Yangzhai person, a brother and a celebrity, but Xin Ping has a false name, not as talented as Xin Bi ......" Guo Jia moved forward, lying on the case, his knees and Sun Ce touched together, but he didn't realize it, while eating vegetables and drinking soup, while discussing with Sun Ce the Ruying celebrities in Yuan Shao's curtain, the Hebei family, analyzing their advantages and disadvantages, and how to treat them differently, and break them down.

The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, until they said that the east was white, and the roosters in the pavilion were crowing, and then they fell asleep.

Yuan Quan opened his eyes, listened to the rooster crows outside and the gradually loud human voices, remembered the events of last night, and felt inexplicable palpitations. She carefully drew her arm, put on her cloak, and listened at the door. There was silence in the hall, no one. She thought about it, freshened up, and went out lightly. The righteous man on duty came up from the guards. Yuan Quan raised his finger and motioned for them to remain silent.

"Has the general ever woken up?"

"Not yet."

Yuan Quan sighed and came to the kitchen of the post pavilion. The busy cooks were taken aback and hurriedly saluted. Yuan Quan didn't say anything, took a turn in the kitchen, took two slices of ginger, a little millet, washed them with his own hands, and cooked a jar of ginger porridge.