After thinking for a while, Yuan Kui thought of a good reason and said: "Lord Wang, you should also know that if you become the pastor of Yizhou now, you will directly restart the state pastor system of the Han Dynasty, so the old man wants to have a discussion with the prince, I hope that you can support the old man to serve as the pastor of Yuzhou, and the old man will be grateful after the matter is completed." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect Yuan Kui to say it so uprightly, but Liu Xin also noticed that Yuan Feng frowned at this time, and understood that Yuan Feng was definitely unwilling to let Yuan Kui serve as the pastor of Yuzhou.

There are many wealthy families.

Liu Xin quickly thought of this sentence, knowing that the brothers Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui were probably just brothers on the surface, and they were also fighting openly and secretly behind the scenes, but here Liu Xin was faced with a choice, that is, should he stand on Yuan Feng or Yuan Kui's side?

Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui were both born in the Yuan family, with the same family background, and both served as the three princes of the Han Dynasty, and they are also highly respected in the Han officialdom, so there is nothing to say in this regard.

However, after all, Yuan Feng is the current third duke of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Kui is the third duke of the Han dynasty who has stepped down, so Yuan Feng's current voice is definitely higher than Yuan Kui's.

However, according to the performance of Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui when they sat down just now, it can be clearly known that Yuan Kui is qualified to sit on an equal footing with Yuan Feng, so it proves that there is an ulterior secret in this, and it is also a secret that allows Yuan Kui to occupy the dominant side.

Then this is interesting, Liu Xin wants to know what kind of secret it is, so that Yuan Feng, who is the eldest brother, the head of the Yuan family, and one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, can tolerate his younger brother, a member of the Yuan family, and Yuan Kui, who has no official position, is on an equal footing with himself, and this is a Han with a strict hierarchy and extremely strict etiquette requirements!

Therefore, Liu Xin now feels that he is not good at betting, after all, as far as the current situation is concerned, Liu Xin feels that Yuan Kui must be slightly better than Yuan Feng, but Yuan Feng is a real power faction after all, and now he is still one of the three princes of the Han Dynasty, and his status in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty is extremely high.

However, after all, Liu Xin has a conflict with Yuan Feng's eldest son Yuan Shu, to put it bluntly, Liu Xin will definitely be an enemy of Yuan Shu in the future, and he will definitely deal with Yuan Feng by the way, so it is inevitable that there will be a contradiction, so Liu Xin doesn't care too much about Yuan Feng making trouble for himself, after all, Yuan Feng has not yet reached the level of covering the sky with one hand above the court, and Liu Xin also has his own solid ally above the court - Yang Ci, and a hidden ally - Zhang Rangzai, can guarantee that Yuan Feng will not do something that harms his interests.

Therefore, Liu Xin began to tend to help Yuan Kui, although Liu Xin still doesn't know how Yuan Kui managed to be on an equal footing with Yuan Feng, but there is an obvious point, Yuan Kui's means are definitely not simple, and Liu Xin also knows that Yuan Kui has been the third prince of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years in the court, although he has now stepped down, but Yuan Kui's relationship network in the Han officialdom has not disappeared, so if you really want to compare, I am afraid that Yuan Kui's relationship network is even closer and thicker than Yuan Feng!

But then again, Liu Xin didn't know what benefits he could get from Yuan Kui, after all, this was a transaction, Liu Xin didn't need some verbal benefits now, but needed something real, after all, there was not much time left for Liu Xin.

Therefore, thinking of this, Liu Xin made a decision, that is, to test what kind of benefits Yuan Kui could give himself, and then make a final decision.

So, Liu Xin said with a smile: "Oh, Lord Yuan, you still want to shine for the Han, it really makes this king very moved, but since Lord Yuan, you said that there will be heavy thanks after the matter is completed, this makes this king feel a little strange, after all, in the current situation of Lord Yuan, Lord Yuan, who is highly respected and is a famous family in Runan, if you want to ascend to the position of Yuzhou pastor, isn't it easy?" Why do you need this king to help you, Lord Yuan? ”

What Liu Xin said is indeed the truth, after all, Yuan Kui has been the third prince of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years, although he has done nothing, but his qualifications are enough, and now if Yuan Kui wants to re-emerge, basically except for those positions that are not easy to move, such as the position of the third prince of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Kui can choose at will, not to mention that the Yuan family is a famous family in Runan, and Runan is in Yuzhou, and there is nothing wrong with Yuan Kui returning to Runan as a state pastor.

So it stands to reason that Yuan Kui doesn't need Liu Xin to help him do this, Yuan Kui himself can become a pastor in Yuzhou without pressure, and he doesn't need Liu Xin's help at all.

Therefore, Liu Xin glanced at Yuan Feng without a trace, and visually estimated that Yuan Fenghe should be the person who least wanted Yuan Kui to become the pastor of Yuzhou.

After all, Yuan Kui, who has no official position, can suppress Yuan Feng now, so it is even easier for Yuan Kui, who has become Yuzhou Mu, to deal with Yuan Feng, so Yuan Feng does not want Yuan Kui to become an official again, especially when he is a high-ranking official like Yuzhou Mu, it is understandable.

Therefore, Liu Xin, who thought he had seen through everything, would open his mouth to probe like this, after all, Liu Xin wanted to find an opportunity to find out the contradiction between Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui, and then profit from it.

After all, Liu Xin is like an arms dealer now, and Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are two neighbors with contradictions, but Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui are temporarily in a relatively peaceful state, so it is not easy for Liu Xin to sell his arms to Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui, and it is not possible to sell them at a high price, so Liu Xin needs to find a way to provoke the contradictions between Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui and make them conflict, so Liu Xin's arms not only have sales, but also can be sold at a high price.

Therefore, Liu Xin is now pretending to be confused, deliberately picking out the possible contradictions between Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng, after all, except for Yuan Feng's intention to obstruct, Liu Xin doesn't think that anyone can prevent Yuan Kui from becoming a pastor in Yuzhou.

Sure enough, when Liu Xin said this, Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui's faces changed slightly, if it weren't for Liu Xin's good eyesight all the time, and he was always paying attention to Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui's expressions, he really couldn't necessarily find that the expressions of the two old foxes had changed, which made Liu Xin more sure of his thoughts.

Yuan Kui sighed helplessly in his heart, as Liu Xin said, it stands to reason that it is an easy thing for him to become a Yuzhou pastor, but his brother Yuan Feng will not sit idly by, and he will definitely find ways to prevent himself from becoming a Yuzhou pastor, Yuan Kui is not confident that he can be a Yuzhou pastor now, so Yuan Kui can only find Liu Xin to help him, after all, as long as Liu Xin speaks, the resistance from Yuan Feng will definitely be a lot smaller.

However, family ugliness should not be publicized, even if Yuan Kui already knew that Liu Xin had guessed that he and Yuan Feng had a discordant relationship, but Yuan Kui could not put things on the table, after all, if these things were turned on the table, then Yuan Kui would have to be ready to tear his face with Yuan Feng.

Therefore, Yuan Feng was also speechless, because Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui both had similar ideas, and they couldn't put everything on the bright side in front of outsiders, so Yuan Feng couldn't stop Liu Xin from helping Yuan Kui, so he could only silently express his onlookers on the side.

However, Yuan Feng has also begun to regret it, because Yuan Feng felt from the beginning that he should not have brought Yuan Kui to see Liu Xin today, there would not be so many troublesome things, and Yuan Feng is now passive, so Yuan Feng began to think about how he should say goodbye to Liu Xin, as soon as possible...

However, Yuan Kui obviously knew Yuan Feng's thoughts, after all, Yuan Kui had been intriguing with Yuan Feng for decades, so he naturally knew each other's thoughts well, so Yuan Kui could guess Yuan Feng's thoughts at this time.

Therefore, Yuan Kui immediately said: "Lord Wang, in fact, as you said, it is a very simple thing for the old man to become a pastor in Yuzhou, but the old man resigned due to illness back then, and now if he wants to become an official again, he needs a suitable introducer." ”

As Yuan Kui said, if a retired high-ranking official like Yuan Kui wants to re-emerge as an official, then he needs a senior official who is in office to recommend Yuan Kui, or Emperor Han Ling himself to re-recruit Yuan Kui, but this is a very troublesome thing for Yuan Kui, because although Yuan Kui can find a suitable introducer, Yuan Kui also believes that his brother Yuan Feng is ready in this regard, and he will never let himself easily get the opportunity to re-become an official. Especially to become a high-ranking official like Yuzhou Mu.

And Liu Xin is now Yuan Kui's best choice, after all, Liu Xin will not be affected by Yuan Feng, not to mention the conflict between Liu Xin and Yuan Shu, Yuan Kui also knows a little about it, so Yuan Kui is willing to cooperate with Liu Xin, after all, the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

Liu Xin naturally understood this, so he was ready to wait for the price to sell, "Oh, since Lord Yuan you have said so, then this king is quite willing to be Lord Yuan's introducer, but then again, the relationship between you and me, Lord Yuan, is actually not so good, so in order not to let people bother to attack this king and Lord Yuan for personal gain, I also ask Lord Yuan to give this king certain benefits, so that even if we are making a deal, we can also block the mouth of Youyou." ”

Liu Xin is talking serious nonsense here, so that Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng both looked at Liu Xin speechlessly, and they didn't know what to say, because the so-called transaction in Liu Xin's mouth must be worse than forming a party for personal gain, so Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng both understood that Liu Xin was asking for benefits...

However, Yuan Kui has already been prepared, after all, no profit can not be early, this is the code of conduct that everyone knows, Yuan Kui knows that if he wants to get Liu Xin's help, he must give Liu Xin enough benefits, especially now, Liu Xin has already known that he and Yuan Feng have the news of discord, Yuan Kui must pay more price.

So, in order to avoid having too many dreams at night, Yuan Kui said decisively to Liu Xin: "Lord Wang, you are right, the old man has already prepared a thank you gift, and I invite you to take a look." ”

As Yuan Kui spoke, he took out a small fold from his sleeve robe, which naturally recorded the thank you gift that Yuan Kui was going to give to Liu Xin.

Liu Xin raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Yuan Kui to be ready, so he took the gift list with a smile and looked at it.

The gifts on the gift list, in addition to some relatively basic gold and silver jewelry, Liu Xin also saw a lot of rare things such as tiger bones and rhino horns, and there are all kinds of rare treasures, Liu Xin estimated that this gift list is worth a lot of money, this Yuan Kui is really willing to pay the capital.

However, Liu Xin touched his chin, although this gift list was full of weight, it was not very attractive to Liu Xin, and it did not give Liu Xin a bright feeling.

Therefore, Liu Xin still looked at Yuan Kui with a smile, and said a little tactfully: "Lord Yuan, your gift list is very good, but for this king, it feels like something is missing, you understand what this king means, Lord Yuan." ”

Of course, Yuan Kui understood that the gift list he issued was nothing to Liu Xin, who returned to the Han Dynasty from the Western Regions, so Yuan Kui also said with a smile: "Lord Wang, you are right, these gift lists are nothing to you, Lord Wang, but these are not the main events, the main events are the one behind the old man." ”

Yuan Kui smiled and nodded to the young man standing behind him, and Liu Xin realized that this young man was still standing here, and he almost forgot about this young man.

It seems that this young man's sense of existence is a little low...

Liu Xin smiled and asked with some curiosity: "Oh, please introduce this king, Lord Yuan, who is this?" ”

Yuan Kui also smiled and said proudly: "This is the old man's brother-in-law, the youngest son of the great Confucian Ma Rong, Ma Riyan." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, he didn't expect this young man to be Ma Rong's son Ma Riyan!

Ma Rongzi Ji is long. Fufeng Maoling people, is the grandson of the famous general Ma Yuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is also a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, successively served as the school secretary, the county Gongcao, the Lang, the general engaged in Zhonglang and Wudu, Nanjun Taishou and other positions, and then because of offending the then general Liang Ji was shaved and exiled, attempted suicide on the way, to avoid the crime of recall, and then appointed Lang, and in the Dongguan school to survey Confucian classics, and then resigned due to illness. In the ninth year of Yanxi (that is, in 166 AD), Ma Rong died of illness at the age of eighty-eight.

However, because of Ma Rong's attainments in Confucianism, he was known as the most famous Confucian in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, with many students, and many Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty were associated with Ma Rong, and Lu Zhi was one of Ma Rong's disciples, so Ma Rong was worthy of Confucius in the Tang Dynasty (that is, enjoying the treatment of accepting sacrifices with Confucius), and was posthumously awarded the title of Fufeng Bo in the Song Dynasty.

And Yuan Kui is Ma Rong's son-in-law, married Ma Rong's daughter Ma Lun, and Ma Riyan is Ma Rong's youngest son (the plot requires, historical records only say that Ma Riyan is Ma Rong's son), that is, Yuan Kui's brother-in-law.

The tiger father has no dog son, Ma Riyan has inherited Ma Rong's doctrine when he was young, and entered the imperial court with his talents, served as a counselor in the court, and together with Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Yang Biao and others in the Dongguan Diandian School official collection of the "Five Classics" biography, and supplemented the "Dongguan Hanji", and later transferred to Guanglu doctor.

When Guo and Li were in trouble in Chang'an, Wang Yun was killed, and Ma Riyan was promoted to Taifu at this time, recording Shangshu affairs, and a month later he and the servant Zhao Qi held a festival to appease the world, and also paid homage to Yuan Shu as General Zuo and Marquis of Yang Zhai.

However, after Ma Riyan came to Shouchun, Ma Riyan repeatedly asked Yuan Shu, hoping that Yuan Shu would send troops back to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu not only did not agree, but also took advantage of this to bully Ma Riyan, and asked Ma Riyan to take the rune to watch, during the robbery did not return, and used the rune to kill the soldiers (equivalent to recruiting troops and buying horses in the name of Ma Riyan), and then Ma Riyan could not claim back the rune, so he asked to leave, but was stopped by Yuan Shu, and tried to force Ma Riyan to be his military division. Therefore, Ma Riyan felt humiliated because he was robbed of the Fu Festival, and died of grief and vomiting blood in Shouchun in the first year of Xingping (that is, 194 AD).

Liu Xin touched his chin, this thing seemed to be more interesting.