After hearing about Wang Ling's glorious past, in fact, Liu Xin still regretted recommending Wang Ling to Liu Yu, after all, if Wang Ling was allowed to be a county lieutenant under him, Liu Xin could deploy Wang Ling at the forefront of the barbarians in the south of Yizhou, after all, these barbarians in the south of Yizhou basically have little concept of siege warfare, after all, these barbarians have been constantly engaged in civil wars before, and there is no need to attack the city during the civil war, after all, these barbarian tribes are at most just a fence. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And those cities that fell under the control of the barbarians in the south of Yizhou were basically "surrendered without a fight", because although the Han Dynasty set up a governance place here, but not many Han people moved to such remote places to beg for a living, so the people in these cities are either the Han people who have some relationship with those barbarians, or some criminals who have been exiled, or some people who can't stay in other places, after all, who will run to such a poor and remote place with nothing to do. And the most popular places of exile in ancient China were basically in the southern Yizhou and Jiaozhou regions...

At the beginning, because of the strength of the Han Dynasty, after the establishment of the administrative office in the south of Yizhou, there were troops stationed here to carry out deterrence work, consolidate the rule of the Han in the region, so that those barbarians did not dare to cross the thunder pond by half a step, and these barbarians could only carry out friendly trade work with these cities in the south of Yizhou, so both sides maintained a delicate balance.

But the good times did not last long, because the national strength of the Han Dynasty was declining, and most of the troops were sent to the northern border of the Han Dynasty to fight against those nomads, so they lost the military advantage in the southern region of Yizhou, and the barbarian tribes in the southern area of Yizhou were originally very many, and they had always been suppressed by the Han officials and did not dare to make trouble.

But then again, because for so many years, the Han people in the south of Yizhou and the barbarian tribes have been at peace with each other, and there have been no serious conflicts between them, and the two sides have strengthened the ties between the two sides through trade, intermarriage and other links, so the barbarian tribes can "bloodlessly" take the actual control of the southern region of Yizhou, and the local Han people have no opinion on this, after all, these are some indifferent things, as for the Han officials, they also said that there is nothing to say about this. After all, there are not many resources that can be obtained from the southern region of Yizhou, and it can even be said that it is a money-losing business, so even if it loses actual control of the southern region of Yizhou, the Han official does not have any indication.

However, for Liu Xin, Yizhou is already his own meal, how can he allow others to sleep peacefully on the side of the couch?

And Liu Xin's primary goal is to knock Jiaozhou down, and there is only one way to go from Yizhou to Jiaozhou, that is, to attack Jiaozhou directly from Yizhou to the south, unless the brain is in the water, he will go out of Yizhou first, and go south from Jingzhou to attack Jiaozhou...

Therefore, Liu Xin must control the southern region of Yizhou, not to mention that these soldiers of the southern barbarians are also a kind of "strategic resource", especially when attacking Jiaozhou, these soldiers of the southern barbarians are the best way to lead the way.

Therefore, Liu Xin plans to go to Yizhou to take up his post, and then arrange a force to take the initiative to go to the southern region of Yizhou to station, to monitor the barbarian tribes in the southern area of Yizhou, and by the way to find an opportunity to sow discord and divide these barbarian tribes, after all, Liu Xin still remembers that when Zhuge Liang crusaded against the southern barbarians in history, it took a lot of effort, because although the individual strength of these southern barbarian tribes is relatively average, but the various tribes are related to each other, and the united power should not be underestimated. What's more, these southern barbarian tribes occupy an absolute home advantage, so Liu Xin knows that if he fights a southern barbarian tribe, it is equivalent to beating the entire southern barbarian tribe in Yizhou.

Therefore, Liu Xin wanted to send people over to play a discordant strategy before officially attacking the barbarians in the south of Yizhou, so that these barbarian tribes would fall into civil strife, and when the time was ripe, he would lead the troops to fight them all, so Liu Xin felt that this Wang Ling seemed to be a good candidate, but unfortunately he had already recommended Wang Ling to Liu Yu...

Liu Xin shook his head a little depressedly, and secretly said that he was still a little too young, and he forgot about such an important thing for a while.

But the matter has come to this point, and Liu Xin can't regret it anymore, so he still looks light, and sends Liu Yu and Liu Ye away, but before Liu Yu left, he also told Liu Xin a news, that is, Yuan Feng was also in the VIP room on the second floor, because when Liu Yu was resting in the hall on the first floor just now, he heard an official who was good friends with Yuan Feng talk about it.

However, this is nothing for Liu Xin, after all, Liu Xin has not suffered a loss in Yuan Feng's hands, but has taken a lot of advantage of Yuan Feng, so Liu Xin is confident that he will have the upper hand in the face of Yuan Feng, so he is not afraid that Yuan Feng will come to find trouble for him again.

Of course, Liu Xin also knew that Yuan Feng was an old fox, and he must have a plan to participate in this Luoyang auction today, but Liu Xin felt that Yuan Feng's purpose was to formally reconcile with himself, because Yuan Feng had always bowed his head to Liu Xin and made some compensation, but Yuan Feng had not officially admitted to reaching a settlement with Liu Xin, so in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Xin and Yuan Feng had always been in a state of opposition.

Therefore, Liu Xin estimated that Yuan Feng was here to participate in this Luoyang auction this time, wanting to buy the next important auction item, and release a signal of reconciliation to himself in disguise, after all, at the level of Yuan Feng and Liu Xin, it is naturally better to settle the dispute, and it is the best choice to seek mutual interests.

So Liu Xin doesn't have much interest in what Yuan Feng wants to do today, anyway, it's impossible for Yuan Feng to smash his own field...

After Liu Yu and Liu Ye left for a while, Liu Xin heard another knock on the door, and Liu Xin had a premonition that Cao Cao... Well, Liu Xin glanced at Cao Cao, who was sitting on the side, and felt that such a colloquial saying would no longer be available in the future...

Liu Xin motioned for Dian Wei to open the door, and sure enough, it was Yuan Feng who walked in with a middle-aged man who was about his age and had a somewhat similar face, and a young man followed behind them, and his face should also be the Yuan family.

Liu Xin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and he already had a guess in his heart about the identities of the two people brought by Yuan Feng, because the children of the Yuan family who were able to walk with Yuan Feng were afraid that those two people, especially the middle-aged man, still gave Liu Xin a feeling of being on an equal footing with Yuan Feng.

Yuan Feng smiled at Liu Xin and said: "Lord Wang, I heard that the general said that you are also here, so I want to come over to visit Lord Wang, I wonder if Lord Wang is free now?" ”

Liu Xin smiled, and secretly said in his heart Do I know you very well, you have come over now and asked me if I am free, it is really speechless.

However, although Liu Xin was a little speechless in his heart, the surface work must be done well, so Liu Xin shook his head indifferently, and said: "Where is it, a distinguished guest like Lord Yuan can come, and this king is naturally a sweeper to greet him, but I don't know what Lord Yuan is here to find this king today?" ”

Yuan Feng also smiled, and continued to play haha with Liu Xin, "Hehe, since you have said so, I am also relieved, in fact, I came to find you today, because I was entrusted by my brother, that is, the one next to me, and I want to see you." ”

Sure enough.

Liu Xin looked at the middle-aged man beside Yuan Feng, and he could already confirm that the identity of this middle-aged man was Yuan Feng's younger brother - Yuan Kui.

Yuan Kui, the word Ciyang, is Yuan Feng's younger brother, Yuan Shao's uncle of Yuan Shu, Yuan Kui was raised as filial piety at a young age, became an official, and married the daughter of the famous Confucian Ma Rong in the late Han Dynasty (Ma Rong can be said to be related to many famous figures of the Three Kingdoms) as his wife, so Yuan Kui ascended to the position of the three princes of the Han Dynasty earlier than his brother Yuan Feng, and served as a lieutenant, Taifu and other positions, and later after Dong Zhuo's dictatorship, because the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu raised an army to fight against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo came to retaliate, The second is that they were afraid that the Yuan family in Luoyang would become an internal response, and all the clansmen who left the Yuan family in Luoyang City were killed.

And this Yuan Kui, in fact, can be said to be the reason why the Yuan family can become an important figure in the Han super-first-class family, it is not an exaggeration to say that if there is no Yuan Kui, the Yuan family is at most an ordinary first-class family of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Kui became one of the three dukes of the Han Dynasty at a young age, and became a popular talk of the Han Dynasty at that time, but when Yuan Kui was among the three dukes of the Han Dynasty, it was the most intense era of political struggle in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

And at the beginning, the Yuan family relied on loyalty to the country and confrontation with the ministers, from the civilian class, to the first-class family of the Han Dynasty, if according to the character of the ancestors of the Yuan family, then they must fight with the eunuchs to the end, even if they die and the family is broken, they must end up with a good reputation.

On the one hand, some of the children of the Yuan family, such as Yuan Feng and others, maintained a close relationship with those who opposed the eunuch power, and on the other hand, Yuan Kui and the then eunuch Yuan Yu confessed, and the two sides became a family, of course, this is just the two sides using each other, so when the struggle between the scholar forces and the eunuch forces was the most intense, the Yuan family was prosperous and reached the peak of the family's power, After all, the other officials of the family have received blows and stepped down, so Yuan Kui and his brother Yuan Fengcai are both officials to the third duke, and their sons and nephews such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others have also entered the upper echelons of the court early.

In the fierce political struggle, Yuan Kui, who was originally an excellent young man, adhered to the principle of self-preservation like an old man and did not participate in the struggle of any situation, so Yuan Kui sat on the throne of the three princes of the Han Dynasty for 20 years, in these 20 years, Yuan Kui did not have any outstanding political achievements, but he turned his family into one of the best families in the Han Dynasty.

Strong family background, unparalleled qualifications, so that Yuan Kui became the most prestigious minister in the imperial court, although Yuan Kui in order to make room for his brother, chose to retreat bravely, resigned from illness, but after the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Kui because of his prestige in the officialdom, was appointed as the Taifu again, and also led the Shangshu, and became an auxiliary minister together with the general He Jin.

Therefore, although the current position of the head of the Yuan family is held by Yuan Fenglai, in fact, the big boss behind the scenes of the Yuan family is made by Yuan Kui, who is the younger brother!

Liu Xin looked at the person standing beside Yuan Feng and smiled

Yuan Kui couldn't help but pay some attention to it, if Yuan Feng was an old fox. Then this Yuan Kui is a smiling tiger, Liu Xin feels that if he doesn't pay attention, he is likely to be calculated by Yuan Kui.

However, no matter what he was thinking in his heart, Liu Xin would not reveal it on the surface, after all, people like Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are both good at observing words and feelings, and they can see what they are thinking from one of their expressions, so Liu Xin had to cheer up his spirits, continued to maintain a decent smile, and said: "Oh, it turned out to be another Lord Yuan, come on, please sit down." ”

Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng sat down almost at the same time, which made Liu Xin feel a little surprised, after all, this is a big man, and the requirements for etiquette are very strict, especially for a super-first-class family like the Yuan family, and the importance of etiquette is even stricter, so it stands to reason that Yuan Kui is Yuan Feng's younger brother, and now he has no official position, plus Yuan Feng is still the nominal head of the Yuan family, so Yuan Kui should not be "on an equal footing" with Yuan Feng.

But Liu Xin can also see that Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are both familiar with such a situation, so Liu Xin can be sure of one thing, that is, Yuan Kui's current status in the Yuan family will definitely not be lower than Yuan Feng, and it can even be said that Yuan Kui's status is still above Yuan Feng!

After all, back then, it was Yuan Kui who was responsible for the relationship with the eunuchs and married relatives, and he would definitely receive a certain amount of gossip, so Yuan Kui simply turned around behind the scenes and let his brother Yuan Fenglai stand on the front desk, I have to say, this is really a good one-handed stealing beams and changing pillars!

But then again, Yuan Feng brought Yuan Kui to visit him today, which really gave Liu Xin a feeling of seeing a hidden boss.

Compared with the high-spirited Yuan Feng, Yuan Kui gave Liu Xin a feeling of honesty and stability, if Liu Xin didn't know what kind of person Yuan Kui was in history, I'm afraid Liu Xin would really think that Yuan Kui was an honest person.

After Yuan Kui sat down, he said to Liu Xin with a smile: "In Xia Yuan Ciyang, I have seen the prince." ”

After all, Yuan Kui has resigned and become a flat-headed commoner, and he is not the head of the Yuan family, so when Yuan Kui faces Liu Xin, he can only call himself a cousin.

However, Liu Xin didn't dare to take it directly, after all, Yuan Kui has been the third prince of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years, and he is an out-and-out Han minister, and in the Han Dynasty, a place that pays attention to seniority, Liu Xin naturally can't stand in front of Yuan Kui, after all, Liu Xin has just returned to the Han Dynasty and is an out-and-out newcomer.

So, Liu Xin shook his head with a smile, and said: "Lord Yuan, you are tormenting this king, Lord Yuan, your great achievements, this king has heard of it, like Lord Yuan, an old minister who can persist in the position of the three princes of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years, but this king is an example for this king to learn, and this king also hopes that he can make great contributions to the Han Dynasty like Lord Yuan!" ”

Obviously, Liu Xin is talking the opposite, because as long as anyone with a little seniority knows that Yuan Kui has been a vegetarian meal in the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty for 20 years, it can almost be said that he has not made an inch.

Therefore, after Yuan Kui heard Liu Xin's retort, his face naturally sank, and he looked at Liu Xin with cold eyes.