If you don't move, it's a blockbuster! The Han army was like a bamboo, and the two soldiers who took Xu Du and Tabai were divided into two roads, You Yi went straight to Chen Liu, and Tabai went straight to Runan, and there were countless people who looked at the wind and surrendered along the way, until Chen Liucheng did not pause his footsteps.

In the face of the fierce offensive of the Han army, Cheng Yu had to suspend the search and rescue of Cao Ang, personally sat in Chenliu, commanded the overall situation, and sent people to report to the lord Cao Cao on the one hand, and strengthened the city defense on the other hand, and prepared to defend it to the death.

The court lobbyists who had previously used Cao Hong's greed for money to infiltrate the two states of Yanyu played a big role in the advance of the Han army. Liu Xie's conditions are very tempting, stand by and ensure personal safety and property, and you can get a reward for helping. Not to mention Yanzhou, the family there has always been hostile to Cao Cao, otherwise Cao Cao would not have moved the governance office to Xudu. Speaking of Yuzhou alone, there are only a lot more families here than Yanzhou, and there are even more people who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao.

The reason why the family is disgusted with Cao Cao is Cao Cao's mistakes in the employment system...... It's not so much a mistake as a way to hinder the children of the family from entering the official career. To put it bluntly, the local famous people recommend talents to the imperial court, and the family is deeply rooted in various places, and the system of filial piety and honesty has become the private property of the family after buying the official government, and it can be said that the family monopolized the export channels of Han officials.

No one wants to recommend outsiders who have no interest in them for no reason, after all, filial piety also needs to take risks, if the name of the recommended person does not match the truth, as a recommender is also to be punished. Over time, the system of filial piety and honesty has become the product of private teaching.

Cao Cao himself was able to enter the ranks by raising filial piety, so he knew the disadvantages of raising filial piety. can be different from Yuan Shao, Cao Cao does not have the convenience of the fourth world and the third duke, and his protégés are all over the world, and if he wants to recruit talents, Cao Cao can only find another way. At that time, Liu Xie's practice of promoting talents regardless of background reminded Cao Cao that if he didn't get the support of the family, he would use the poor family for his own use.

The meritocracy brought great benefits to Cao Cao, but at the same time, it also buried hidden dangers within Cao Cao. It is not a pity to let one die, and at best he is just a Yanzhou celebrity, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were very few celebrities who could really gain people's respect. Bian Jean, but a clown who is sensational. Cao Cao killed him just to test the bottom line of the family, and Chen Gong and Zhang Miao opposed Cao, but they just used Bian Rang's death as an excuse.

A Yanzhou dispute made Cao Cao realize that his attitude towards the family was inappropriate, and the Yanzhou family also increased their vigilance against Cao Cao. For the sake of safety, Cao Cao placed the ruling office in Xudu and adjusted his attitude towards the family, but even so, the contradiction between Cao Cao and the family could not be easily eliminated.

Cao Cao is not Liu Xie, he does not have the support of the world-famous Confucianism behind him, and there is no signboard of Han orthodoxy to use, even if the family is dissatisfied with Liu Xie's meritocracy, he does not dare to fight against Liu Xie, at most he is hiding in the shadows to make trouble, but there is a large army available in his hands, how can Liu Xie be afraid of other people's trouble. Especially after absorbing Jia Xu and Li Ru, two experts who are good at conspiracy and trickery, Liu Xie is equivalent to inheriting the intelligence resources left by Dong Zhuo's period, and it is almost clear to Liu Xie who supports and who opposes it.

In history, Cao Cao is really a career, that is also after getting Liu Xie, with the Son of Heaven in hand, Cao Cao can pretend to be in the name of the court to levy no ministers, righteousness in hand, even if the family is dissatisfied, can only hide in the bottom of the heart. But now Liu Xie has not fallen into Cao Cao's hands, and Cao Cao's meritocracy has brought him I don't know how much hatred. Before, Cao Cao's army was on the side, and the family did not dare to act rashly, but now that the imperial court sent troops to conquer the Central Plains, those families who were already dissatisfied with Cao Cao immediately took action, and the court envoys who mixed into the Central Plains with the caravan only provided a reasonable excuse for the family to resist Cao Cao. As a Han person, it is natural to listen to the words of the Han family.

These words sound high-sounding, but in fact, how many people can be really loyal to the Han, then only the person who said this understands in his heart.

Liu Xie, who is far away in Chang'an, does not trust the family, strictly speaking, he does not trust most of the family, such as Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan, who expressed their support for their families in the early years, of course, they are not among them. Liu Xie is very aware of a reality, the family cannot be eliminated. Since the establishment of tribes and the emergence of classes, it has been difficult for families to be eradicated in human society. It may be called differently or in the form of existence in each era, but power will always be concentrated in the hands of a few. It is the norm in society for a few to lead the many.

Human beings are always virtuous and foolish, and smart people lead stupid people, which can better ensure that this race survives in the competition. And it is inevitable that those who are brilliant will use their ingenuity to occupy a large part of the fruits of their labor. In order to keep their results, it has become an inevitable choice for smart people to do whatever it takes.

But natural selection, when the offspring of the wise become stupid, and among the stupid there are wise people, then it is not strange to change the dynasty.

It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business. No one wants to see their hard-earned country being ruined by their own unscrupulous descendants, but it is too difficult to ensure that there will be no losers in their family. So smart people want to set up a system to ensure that their family status is not shaken. Raising filial piety is just one of these means, and the nine-product Zhongzheng system proposed by Chen Qun in the middle of the Three Kingdoms is actually a complete version of the family in order to maintain its own family status. Regardless of talent, only look at the background, if you are from a wealthy family, then congratulations, even if you are an idiot with low intelligence, then you can become a big official of the ninth grade, but if you are a peddler pawn, then I'm sorry, even if your talent can be qualified as the prime minister, then you can only serve as a petty official of the lower nine grades.

The Jiupin Zhongzheng system, Liu Xie does not intend to use it, the practice of judging ability by origin is not scientific, and if a smart person is blocked from his career, he will not be willing to be inferior, once there are more such people, the time will come to change the dynasty.

Liu Xie's preference is the imperial examination system, of course, the imperial examination system he likes is not different from the imperial examination system that is inferior in everything but has high reading. In Liu Xie's plan, those who can participate in the imperial examination are not only scholars, they have specializations in the art industry, and if they want to be officials, they are not the only way to study. Liu Xie hopes that in the future, there will be not only the imperial examination of literati, but also the imperial examination of martial artists, not only the imperial examination of martial artists, but also the imperial examination of top talents from all walks of life.

The Jiupin Zhongzheng system is to try his best to collect the channels of officials in his hands, but Liu Xie's imperial examination is the opposite, he wants to gather the world's talents for his own use. Learning to become a literary and martial artist, selling goods to the emperor's family, Liu Xie, as the son of heaven, has to do as much as possible to provide as many channels as possible for those who have a skill to become officials.

Now, within the area under Liu Xie's control, the soil of the imperial examination system is still being cultivated. Liu Xie, who decided to take the imperial examination of the literati first, was not in a hurry, he knew very well that the power of the family was very huge, and it was not appropriate to abolish the imperial examination of filial piety and honesty now, even if the family did not object, except for those scholars with the label of the family, there were not many scholars who were really qualified to participate in the imperial examination. And what Liu Xie wants to do is to cultivate more readers.

Village, township, county, county, and country, these five levels of education have been laid, and by taking advantage of the return of a large number of retired and wounded soldiers, Liu Xie has basically completed the control of village schools. Those retired veterans who are loyal to the Han Dynasty are not only Liu Xie's supporters in various places, but also a megaphone to spread Liu Xie's thoughts. Today's Han officers and soldiers, not only are their combat power fearful to the princes of all walks of life, but what makes the princes uneasy is that all the officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty can read and write hyphenated. Although reading and literacy does not do much to fight on the battlefield, who would object to learning one more skill that can be used to earn a living?

Today's big man, if Liu Xie does not consider the dead and wounded, he can complete the goal of unification. Fierce generals, wise men and masters, grain and grass are heavy, and Liu Xie is not lacking. But Liu Xie didn't plan to end the troubled times now, because Liu Xie found that the troubled times were also the time for the reshuffling of forces, and if he wanted to deal with the behemoth of the family, it was only possible to succeed in the troubled times, otherwise it would be a big gamble equivalent to the same end.

Liu Xie needs to grasp the rhythm to assist himself in completing the layout that fundamentally weakens the family. The families of Yan and Henan wanted to curry favor with Liu Xie by betraying Cao Cao, which was a miscalculation. Liu Xie doesn't move them now, just because there are still targets that Cao Cao needs to solve more, once Cao Cao is solved, then it's time to clean up those wall grass.

Liu Xie will not fight against those families with open fire, that will only provoke more fierce resistance from the family, Liu Xie is used to boiling frogs in warm water. And for the court that has the right to speak, there are ways to clean up those families who refuse to obey.

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Qingzhou

Yuan Xi's refusal to strike did not surprise Cao Cao, so when the envoy Dong Zhao returned to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was not disappointed, and even announced the implementation of the second plan discussed with Guo Jia. The soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way back to Yanzhou, and the other to continue to confront and negotiate with Yuan Xi.

Now that the imperial army has entered the Central Plains, the army of the imperial court certainly worries Cao Cao, but what worries Cao Cao even more is the actions of the Yanzhou family. He needs to go back to the town as soon as possible to sit in person, only if he appears in person, can he deter those who have two intentions from not daring to act rashly, and he can't control Cheng Yu alone.

Guo Jia was well aware of the significance of Cao Cao's return to Yanzhou, and recommended Chen Deng to Cao Cao to accompany him. Although Chen Deng was reluctant to leave Xuzhou, it was difficult to disobey the Lord's fate, and Chen Deng was no longer willing, so he could only pack his bags and follow Cao Cao to act together. As for Guo Jia himself, he took Zang Ba, Yu Ban and Xu Chu to stay in Qingzhou to deal with Yuan Xi.

Today, unlike in the past, as soon as the imperial court sent troops, the initiative that Cao Jun had originally occupied was surrendered to Yuan Jun. Yuan Xi followed Tian Feng's suggestion, and after rejecting Cao Jun's proposal for peace talks, he left Tian Feng to lead Yan Liangwen Chou to deal with Cao Jun, and he himself led the army to Yecheng to prepare to end this internal dispute of the Yuan family.

Yuan Shang, who was far away in Yecheng, couldn't help but panic after learning that the Cao army had withdrawn and Yuan Xi led the army to arrive, and hurriedly ordered to summon Xu You to meet, but he was told that Xu You had left Yecheng with his family three days ago. Yuan Shang was furious, he made up his mind to ask Cao Cao to send troops to Hebei because he trusted Xu You, but now Cao Cao was busy saving his Central Plains, and Xu You, the initiator, released his own pigeons, so he didn't need to ask him if he was not optimistic about his future before he gave up himself.

The wind knows the grass, and the board knows the Chengchen. When Yuan Shang needed help the most, Feng Ji, who had originally let Yuan Shang kick to assist Gao Gan in Bingzhou, returned to Yecheng. However, Feng Ji also brought bad news to Yuan Shang, and the senior cadres of Bingzhou also gave up Yuan Shang, and let Feng Ji come back to pass a word to Yuan Shang.

"Mr. Feng is also planning to leave me?" Yuan Shang is no longer angry with the life of abandoning him, and after many times, he gradually gets used to it.

“…… Lord, Feng Ji's relationship with Tian Feng, Guo Tu and others was not very harmonious, if he went, I was afraid that he would be troubled. ”

"Does Mr. Feng have a solution to the current crisis?" Yuan Shang hurriedly asked.

"Uh...... It's not that there is no way, but I don't know if the lord is reluctant to give up? ”

"Mr. Feng, please speak." Yuan Shang is not willing to give up at this time, no matter whether Feng Ji's idea is good or bad, he must listen to it first.

"Since the lord asked, then Feng Ji said. The current situation is extremely unfavorable for the lord, who has listened to Xu Yu's slander before, which has led to the situation of rebellion and separation of relatives, and it is almost impossible to regroup. Even if the lord does not care about those who turn their backs on the lord, I am afraid that those people will no longer serve the lord as lord. In this Hebei, there is no place for the lord now. ”

"......" Feng Ji's words made Yuan Shang feel uncomfortable, he didn't want to admit it, but he also knew in his heart that Feng Ji's words were not wrong, and he was silent for a while before saying to Feng Ji: "Mr. Feng, please continue." ”

Feng Ji nodded when he heard this, and continued: "Since Hebei is already difficult to protect, what the lord should consider now is to protect himself. If the lord vows to live and die with Hebei, then Fengji will have nothing to say. But if the lord still wants to live in the world, he must face two choices, whether to choose to bow to the second son Yuan Xi and live a life of confinement from now on, or choose to go away and live the life of a courtier who admires people's nose. ”

“…… Who does Mr. Feng suggest I vote for? Yuan Shang was silent for a moment and asked Feng Jidao. Let him Yuan Shang bow his head to Yuan Xi, who he looks down on on weekdays, this is even more uncomfortable than killing Yuan Shang, it is better to vote for others, although he does not have the identity of the lord, but with what he has learned in his life, it is no problem to mix up an official and a half-job.

"The lord can vote for whoever he wants, but he can't vote for Cao Cao?" Feng Ji shook his head and replied.

"Huh? Why is that? Yuan Shang asked puzzled.

"Although Cao Cao and the ancestor are old friends, the lord must be able to get Cao Cao's kindness when he goes, but the problem is that Xu You, a traitor, has defected to Cao Cao at this time. Cao Cao can not be disadvantageous to the lord who no longer poses a threat to him, but Xu Yu will not let go of the lord easily, he will definitely slander in front of Cao Cao and murder the lord's life. ”

“…… Who does Mr. Feng think is more suitable for me to vote for? Yuan Shang hated Xu Yu so much that he had itching his teeth, but he had to admit that Feng Ji's analysis was correct. If he goes to Cao Cao by himself, Cao Cao may be kind to himself in order to recover Hebei in the future, but Xu You, a bastard, will definitely not let himself stay on Cao Cao's side with peace of mind.

"Today, the only one who can compete with Cao Cao is the Chang'an court, if the lord feels that he has nowhere to go, he might as well go to Chang'an to try. After leaving Hebei, the lord will no longer be the lord of Hebei, and the relationship with the imperial court will no longer be hostile. Even if the lord is unwilling to serve the imperial court, with the wealth accumulated by the Yuan family for several generations, the life of a rich man can still be guaranteed, as long as the lord guards himself, the court will not deliberately embarrass the lord......"

"Mr. Feng, aren't you a lobbyist for the imperial court?" Yuan Shang suddenly looked at Feng Ji suspiciously and asked.

Feng Ji couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this, "Since the lord is worried that Feng Ji has ulterior motives, then Feng Ji won't talk much, and the lord promises that Feng Ji will retire." ”

"Hey~ Mr. Feng, Mr. Feng stays...... It was Yuan Shangfang who didn't choose to say anything, misunderstood Mr. Feng, and asked Mr. Feng not to blame. Yuan Shang saw that Feng Ji turned around and left, and couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly ran over to stop Feng Ji and said.

"Lord, when the interruption continues, you will suffer from the chaos, the second son has not much time left for you to leave, you better prepare early. Feng Ji is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has to go back to prepare to leave Yecheng. ”

“…… I wonder where Mr. Feng plans to go? Yuan Shang asked.

"I heard that the imperial court is now recruiting gentlemen who educate foreigners, Feng Ji has read books for a few years, and plans to try his luck."

"Mr. Feng, this army is in chaos, and the road is definitely not safe, why don't I take someone to give Mr. Feng a ride? Mr. Feng doesn't have to be polite, it's so decided, come, send Mr. Feng back to the house to pack his bags. Yuan Shang didn't give Feng Ji a chance to refuse at all, and with an order, someone immediately sent Feng Ji out.

Yuan Shang went to the back house and met his mother Liu. As Yuan Shang's biological mother, when Yuan Shao was still alive, Liu always hoped to see the day when his biological son became the overlord of Hebei, but he didn't expect that the overlord of Hebei would leave Yecheng where he had lived for many years before he was stable.

The uncertain future made Liu a little resistant to leaving Yecheng, but Liu also knew that he would not have a good life if he stayed in Yecheng. Even if Yuan Xi didn't care about what she said bad about him in front of Yuan Shao, she would still be frightened after all, so it was better to follow her own son.

Long before Yuan Shang asked Feng Ji for advice, Liu instructed his family to start packing his bags, compared to Yuan Shang, Liu's vision is more long-term, she knows very well that Yecheng can no longer be saved, those families living in Yecheng may be using their mother and son to please the new master of Hebei.

Under the cover of night, a team of men and horses opened the west gate and quietly left Yecheng......