Hebei, Yecheng.

Doctor Taizhong, who was sent by the Luoyang Imperial Court, rode lightly, crossed the river to the north, passed through Hanoi County, and arrived all the way to Yecheng.

In the edict brought by the imperial court Taizhong doctor, there are happy events for crowning Yuan Shao as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and there is also the edict that Jizhou Prefecture and County will be inspected and promoted as filial piety and Maocai according to the routine this year, and the content of sending officials to deliver grain and tribute.

A very popular minister, a waiting-up general, and a heavy general, he is actually a county of food, this kind of treatment is unique among the heroes in the Kanto region.

I think that back then, when Yuan Shao served as the leader of the Kwantung Dong League, in order to be able to command the officials and the state and county shepherds whose strength was much higher than his own, he also needed to call himself a general of chariot cavalry.

And now what the imperial court gave him was a real general of chariots.

In the final analysis, the Luoyang Imperial Court, or Yan Xing, valued Yuan Shaoxiong's strength in Hebei.

It's a pity that this good intention has not aroused Yuan Shao's interest at all, and Dr. Taizhong stayed in the post house in the city for three days with the edict, but Yuan Shao, who said he was sick, never met him.

So on this day, a group of civil servants and generals who had already heard the intentions of the imperial envoys through various channels rushed to meet Yuan Shao in the palace.

It's just that Yuan Shao seemed to have known in advance that his subordinate Wenwu would come today, so he sent someone to bring the Wenwu who came one after another into the wing, and waited until the number of people was estimated to be full, and then he sent someone to guide them to the backyard again.

Yuan Shao's mansion occupies a wide area in Yecheng, with a deep residence in the high courtyard and a magnificent atmosphere. Entering it, looking up, are all Junyu carved walls, Qionglou high pavilions, plus the rockery pond lake and forest garden dotted in the meantime, the more you go to the backyard, the more beautiful and magnificent beauty you see, so that people are in it, such as in the fairyland, linger and forget to return.

If it was in the past, some of the civil and military under Yuan Shao's command, when they saw such a beautiful spring scenery in Fuzhong, they would inevitably be elegant, stop and enjoy the beauty of the mountains and rivers for a while, but today everyone is in a hurry and has no intention of watching the beautiful scenery.

Yuan Shao has been sick for three days, that is, the Taizhong doctor who came with the edict has been hanging in the post house in the city for three days, and his attitude is vague and unclear, which makes the next group of civil and military officers quite anxious.

Yuan Shao has always refused to recognize the Han court after Liu Xie's accession to the throne, although he accepted the mediation of Zhao Qi from the Chang'an court and temporarily truce with Gongsun Zhan, but it was only an expedient measure, and accepting Zhao Qi's mediation did not mean that he recognized the imperial court.

Later, Li Wei sent an envoy to Yuan Shao to add an official to the knighthood, and wanted to marry Hebei, but Yuan Shao shelved it.

I don't know whether Ming Gong wants to recognize the court and accept the edict this time, or will he be treated with it and treated indifferently like the last time Li Dao sent an envoy to come?

Also, what kind of thoughts did the colleagues who came from the same side around him want to say something to Yuan Shao?

With heavy thoughts, the civil and military forces with their own thoughts came to the pavilion where Yuan Shao was located step by step under the guidance of the servants in the mansion.

As far as the eye can see, Yuan Shao, the male lord of Hebei, is kneeling in the pavilion at this time, wearing a scarf and regular clothes, enjoying the scenery in the wind, tasting wine and reading.

Last year, Dongjun Taishou Zang Hong rebelled according to the city, Yuan Shao personally led the troops to go out, but Zang Hong stubbornly resisted, the army besieged the city for a long time, and at the end of the year, it captured the city and captured Zang Hong.

At this time, seeing Yuan Shao's appearance of appreciating the scenery and tasting wine, coupled with Yuan Shao's wide forehead and beautiful eyes, makes people feel less like a victorious general, but more like an elegant Confucian student, quite a bit of "returning wine to wash the dust" comfortable and leisurely.

"See Ming Gong!"

Yuan Shao's civil and military officers saw Yuan Shao, and saluted one after another, Yuan Shao smiled when he saw this, also put down the scroll in his hand, waved his hand and asked the waiting maid to move a few more seats, and sat in the pavilion with the civil and military under his command.

"Gentlemen, are you here today, do you have something important?"

Although Yuan Shao was confident, he still asked with a smile.

After all the civil and military officers looked around, Chun Yuqiong, who was still the oldest and most famous in the army, spoke first:

"Ming Gong, this envoy from Luoyang has been in the city for three days, I don't know what kind of measurement you are doing in your heart, whether you want to meet the envoy, or put it aside, we do have doubts in our hearts!"

The purpose of the envoy of the court of Luoyang this time, everyone in the pavilion already knows, most of them came for this purpose, since Chun Yuqiong has already said it first, everyone also nodded their heads, admitting that the purpose of their coming is the same as Chun Yuqiong.

Yuan Shao looked around at the civil and military forces in the pavilion, smiled, and asked:

"What do you think you should do with this messenger from the sun?"

"I think that I can meet with him, but I don't have to give an edict, although this court has moved back to Luoyang from Chang'an, but whether it is Li Dao or Yan Xing, they are all Dong Zhuoyu's party, they are all holding the Son of Heaven hostage, vainly trying to order the thieves of the world, Ming Gong according to the land of Hebei, raise volunteers from four states, it is right to get rid of such traitors, there is no reason to obey the edict!"

Guo Tu under Yuan Shao took a clear-cut stand against Feng Zhao, and he took the lead in expressing his views, and Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, Feng Ji, and Shen Pei also made comments one after another, analyzed the situation, debated the gains and losses, and discussed ways to deal with the envoys from Luoyang.

In general, most of Yuan Shao's subordinate martial arts were of the same view as Guo Tu, opposing the edict and disagreeing with the Han court, which was controlled by Yan Xing.

It's just that with the deepening of the discussion, there were new differences in the attitude of the Luoyang court, and Yuan Shao's subordinate martial arts.

He suggested that Yuan Shao should take advantage of the opportunity of Yan Xing's main force to focus on the west and fight with Li Dao, send troops to Luoyang, protect the Son of Heaven, and escort him back to Yecheng.

The strategist Guo Tu, the general Chun Yuqiong, the chief bookkeeper Geng Bao and others opposed sending troops, believing that now in the troubled times, the Han family has declined, and the Han Emperor does not have many calling orders at all, rather than spending troops to compete with Yan Xing for the Son of Heaven, it is better to concentrate the troops, first solve Yijing's Gongsun Zan and consolidate the newly acquired Youzhou land.

In a word, Fu Zhu and others did not agree with the Luoyang court under Yan Xing's control, but they agreed with the Han Emperor, while Guo Tu and others denied the Luoyang court and the Son of Heaven.

Under Yuan Shao, Fu Zhu has always been known for his resourcefulness, and Guo Tu is also a man of outstanding resourcefulness, the views of the two are opposed, plus Chun Yuqiong, Geng Bao, Tian Feng, Xun Chen, Feng Ji, Xu You and others stand in line, and in a blink of an eye, they have become two sides of the court.

Yuan Shao faced these arguments, smiled freely, and did not comment on them, and after a long time, he changed the topic again and asked leisurely:

"The Wuhuan of Youzhou, how are you negotiating?"

Faced with Yuan Shao's divergence from the controversial topic, everyone in the debate was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly began to answer Yuan Shao's inquiry again.

Jizhou and Youzhou are both big states, occupying two states, and the land of Hebei has completely fallen into the bag. However, Youzhou is different from Jizhou, and often occupies Youzhou, which does not mean that it can control Youzhou.

This is because the situation in Youzhou is far more complicated than that in Jizhou.

The first thing that can't be avoided is the Wuhuan people in Youzhou.

The Wuhuan people can be divided into two types, the Wuhuan tribes in Daijun and Shanggu are numerous, but most of them do not belong to each other, and there are many fights with Tu Gehu and Xianbei, and the tribes contain each other and consume each other, but it is easy to deal with.

However, Liaoxi County, Liaodong Subject, and Right Beiping County, which is known as the "Three Counties Wuhuan" in the west, is much more difficult to deal with, although their tribe is less than the Wuhuan of Daijun and Shanggu, but they already have a clear command and a stable alliance, plus the deceased Wuhuan Lord Qiu Liju, and the successor of the subordinate Zi Badun, are all wise and heroic tribesmen, so that the strength of the Three Counties Wuhuan continues to expand.

Wuhuan of the three counties has become a major force that cannot be ignored in Youzhou.

In the past ten years, they have killed the Wuhuan captain, the local county guard, and plundered the livestock population, which has become a common thing, and even the son of heaven they have set up one, but fortunately, Liu Yu, the pastor of Youzhou at that time, handled it properly, so that it did not cause a big disaster.

And Gongsun Chan of Youzhou has attacked and suppressed them in the past, but he has not been able to completely eliminate them, on the contrary, he was defeated by these united Wuhuan tribes and the local Haoqiang of Youzhou and Yuan Shao's army.

Now Yuan Shao listened to the advice of his advisor Fu Zhu and others, and used the famous and noble goods to envelop the Wuhuan lords of the three counties, granted them the seal of Shan Yu, gave them gold and silver treasures, and also selected school-age women from his own clan, recognized them as his daughters, and promised them to the Wuhuan lords of the three counties, so as to deepen the relationship between the two families.

Pulling the three counties Wuhuan into his own camp can not only obtain the world's famous Wuhuan cavalry, but also restrict the external dependence of the local heroes in Youzhou.

Xian Yufu, Xian Yuyin, Qi Zhou, and Yan Rou were allies of Yuan Shao's army when they defeated Gongsun Zhan, but when Yuan Shao ruled Youzhou, they became an inherent hidden danger.

Yuan Shao can turn a blind eye to their behavior of encroaching on the fields and raising slaves, but for the smuggling of salt and iron, he secretly maintains an inextricable relationship with Wuhuan and Xianbei, but Yuan Shao can't bear it.

This is just as Yuan Shao tolerated his behavior of establishing a private kingdom in Liaodong as long as Gongsun Du was willing to surrender to him, Yuan Shao took a fancy to the role that these local clans brought to his camp:

Xian Yu Fu, Xian Yu Yin, and Qi Zhou were able to help themselves stabilize the place, and Gongsun Du's family was able to help them resist the encroachment of small states such as Goguryeo, Buyeo, and Wofu.

With the release of his nephew Gao Gan and the annexation of the state, and the eldest son Yuan Tan to Qingzhou, after achieving outstanding achievements, Yuan Shao is also ready to release his second son Yuan Xi to Youzhou in the next step.

It's just that his second son Yuan Xi's ability is mediocre, and he can't compare to his eldest son Yuan Tan and nephew Gao Gan, so before he is released, Yuan Shao, as a father, must help him deal with the thorny problems, so that he can take office in Youzhou with peace of mind.

When Youzhou was generally stabilized, the elite cavalry of Wuhuan in the three counties also joined his camp, and the grand strategy of "according to the big river in the south, blocking the Yan Dynasty in the north, and the people of Rong Di in the south, and fighting for the world in the south" was basically realized.

It's just that before that, Yuan Shao still has two things to deal with!