Hearing Li Yan say that he was Yuan Shu's staff, Li Min and Li Qing both felt a little unexpected, but they didn't doubt it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

They knew that Li Yan had been staying in Luoyang before he took up the post of Yuzhou. And their Li family has always had some relationship with the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes.

Li Yan saw that the two brothers had no doubts, and said, "Yuan Shugongzi is the commander of the left route army as agreed. I followed Kong Ling to Yuzhou, in fact, it was also arranged by Yuan Shugongzi, one is to facilitate the exchange of news, and the other is to prevent accidents. ”

"Sure enough." Li Qing didn't seem surprised at all by Li Yan's words, "That's why you have to help kill Kong Tingshi?" ”

"Not bad. Now that Yuan Taifu has been killed, in order to stabilize the situation, Yuan Shu Gongzi will never allow any more accidents to happen. And Kong Ling was an accident, he did not abide by the covenant, and the army was delayed here, and his mind was unpredictable. If Yuan Shu Gongzi wants to bring Yuzhou back under his control, he must get rid of Kong Ling. ”

"Then why do you want to blame Liu Miao again?" Li Qing asked again.

Liu Miao was appointed as the Taishou of Jiujiang County, which was the seat of Yangzhou Prefecture. Yangzhou is also within the scope of Yuan Shugongzi's plan, and if Liu Miao takes office, it will inevitably have an impact on Shugongzi's control of Yangzhou. And it is said that Liu Miao had made an unknown transaction with Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo promised to recommend Liu Miao as the pastor of Yangzhou. Shu Gongzi doesn't want to have Liu Miao's variable anymore. ”

"It seems that the Yuan family really treats the world as a private thing!" Li Qing sighed softly.

"The fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, living up to the expectations of the people of the world, mastering the states and counties, is it more conducive to courting Dong's plan, isn't this a normal thing?" Li Yan always felt that Li Qing was a little strange today, and at this time he couldn't help but ask, "Third brother, what's going on with you today?" Why is the tone always so strange? ”

Li Min also looked at Li Qing, as the boss, he always thought that he knew these two younger brothers, but today he found that the two younger brothers were far from his usual impression.

"It's not that I'm acting strange, it's that the second brother's words made me think through a lot of things." Li Qingdao said, "Originally, I didn't want to believe some things, but I had to believe some of the inside information that the second brother said. ”

"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand at all? Li Yan said urgently.

"It's also about the princes asking for Dong." Li Qing glanced at Li Yan deeply, "I'll just add something that the second brother didn't say, maybe it's something that the second brother doesn't know at all!" ”

Li Min and Li Yan both looked at Li Qing with puzzled faces.

Li Qing didn't care at all, and said to himself:

"The second brother said before that the alliance of princes crusaded against Dong Zhuo was planned by Taifu Yuan Kui, but this was only part of Yuan Kui's plan. Yuan Kui's layout began as early as when Dong Zhuo was summoned to Beijing, of course, maybe earlier, I started with Dong Zhuo entering Beijing.

At that time, Emperor Ling died, and the battle between the scholars and the eunuchs also reached a fever pitch, and it was about to erupt, and the forces of the relatives represented by the general He Jin swayed left and right. But the scholars finally took advantage of the contradiction between He Jin and the eunuch to win over He Jin and reached an agreement to kill the eunuch. At this point, it was very simple and clear, the general He Jin held the military power of the capital, as long as he led the troops into the palace, killing the eunuchs was just a matter of effort. Yuan Kui asked Yuan Shao to instigate He Jin to summon foreign soldiers into Beijing to assist, and the targets of the conscription were Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan.

Yuan Kui's purpose in doing this was nothing more than the fear that after the killing of the eunuchs, the power of the general He Jin would further expand, and he would completely control the right to speak in the court, and the recruitment of foreign soldiers could form a counterbalance to He Jin, while Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan were both typical martial artists, who had no foundation in the court, and would inevitably rely on the scholar group headed by Yuan Kui. In this way, Yuan Kui can still dominate the court.

Later, the eunuch was really killed, but the general He Jin lost his life. However, this is even more good news for Yuan Kui, because it means that the eunuchs and the clan of relatives have all perished, and only the scholar group remains. And the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family have a huge reputation among the scholars, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are the leaders and spokespersons of the scholars and the vast number of families. If Yuan Kui's previous plan was followed, it would be time for him to pick the fruits of victory. But at this time, an accident happened, and the accident appeared on Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo took advantage of the fact that He Jin died and the soldiers and horses in the capital lost their command, quickly grasped the military power, and used Lü Bu to annex Ding Yuan's forces. Dong Zhuo, who had unprecedented power, did not completely defect to Yuan Kui, but had his own ambition to dominate the court. Yuan Kui's plan came to naught, he was unwilling to make a wedding dress for Dong Zhuo, and started another grander layout - that is, using Dong Zhuo's perverse actions and the mind of winning over the scholars, he planned the drama of the alliance of princes to fight for Dong. ”

Li Qing's narration came to an end, and he found that Li Min and Li Yan were both looking at him with blank faces, so he said:

"Don't believe it, Yuan Kui is a careerist and conspirator, and you can see his arrangements for the release of the princes. The Princes' Alliance was roughly divided into three paths, each of which was under the control of the Yuan family. There is Yuan Shao on the north road, Yuan Shu on the south road, and Yuan Yi on the middle road, all three of which are the most outstanding people of the Yuan family in the Mesozoic era. And the rest of the princes of the alliance are either protégés of the Yuan family, or the gate lords of the family who have a close relationship with the Yuan family, only Liu Dai, the Yanzhou assassin in the middle road, is a relative of the Han family, which is also used to confuse Dong Zhuo, just like the crusade against the text was issued by Qiao Mao, not by the Yuan family or the princes who were released.

The second brother also said before that Yuzhou is the agreed scope of Yuan Shu's command, and he also has a covetous heart for Yangzhou. Judging from the position of the three Yuan brothers, it can be deduced that Yuan Kui's layout is that he intends to let Yuan Shao lead Jizhou, Yuan Shu lead Jingzhou and Yuzhou, Yuan Yu lead Qingzhou, and maybe control Yanzhou or Yangzhou. If this plan succeeds, almost half of the prefectures and counties in the world will fall into the hands of the Yuan family, coupled with Yuan Kui's control of the overall situation in the court, and the huge prestige of destroying Dong's victory, the Han family may be completely controlled by the Yuan family. What do you think he's doing?

It's a pity, there are times when he is scheming and calculating, Yuan Kui underestimated Dong Zhuo's ambition before, and this time Yuan Kui overestimated his control over the princes, or underestimated Dong Zhuo's ability. As a result, someone leaked the secret, and Dong Zhuo was aware of it, anyway, Yuan Kui lost himself and even his whole family. And with his death, the Yuan family suddenly lost the person at the helm, and the more important thing is that the next generation he is optimistic about has not yet fully controlled the situation, and even the leader has not been established, so it is difficult to say whether the Yuan brothers can realize Yuan Kui's ambitions. ”

In the end, Li Qing's tone seemed to be a little gloating.

"Second brother, do you think the Yuan family still has hope to achieve great things?"

Li Yan looked at Li Qing with complicated eyes, he had always thought that he was the smartest of the three brothers and the one who saw the most profound problems, but now the third brother Li Qing subverted his thoughts, but Li Qing's question also aroused his competitiveness.

"The fourth generation and third duke of the Yuan family, the prestige is spread in the sea, and the protégés are all over the world. Even if Yuan Taifu unfortunately died, Yuan Benchu and Yuan Highway are both heroes of the world, as long as they regain their strength, they may not be able to complete the great cause of fighting Dong. ”

"Second brother, you haven't understood that the situation has developed to this point, and it has long been an empty talk to discuss Dong Alliance. The Yuan brothers probably don't have this mind for a long time, they are planning to expand their territory and consolidate their personal power, and they are fighting over who can inherit the Yuan family's family business. Isn't that what you're about to do for Yuan Shu? Li Qing stared at Li Yan's face that was flushed with excitement, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, the Yuan family has nothing to do with me, what I really want to say is, second brother, do you really want to work hard for Yuan Shu?" ”