After the Yanjing disaster was resolved, the people cheered, and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty held a banquet in Changle Palace to celebrate with hundreds of officials.

At the end of the banquet late at night, hundreds of officials and ministers returned home one after another, and Liu Yan, a great hero from other places, could only return to his temporary residence.

As soon as he returned to the room, Liu Yan angrily smashed the furnishings in the house, and even drew his sword and stabbed it into the wall.

"Who?"

Liu Yan, who was in a rage, noticed that there was someone outside the door, calmed down, and shouted in a deep voice.

"Little nephew Liu Bei visits his uncle." Liu Bei's calm voice came from outside the door.

Liu Yan suppressed the anger in his heart and invited Liu Bei into the house.

The house was in a mess, Liu Bei turned a blind eye, knelt down and sat in front of Liu Yan, lowered his head and said lightly: "Uncle is there something to worry about?" ”

Liu Yan's expression was calm at the moment, and when he heard this, he replied: "Your Majesty rewards me heavily, how can I have troubles?" ”

This is a typical mismatch, but Liu Yan's counterwords point out the key point.

Liu Bei is a smart person, and he also guessed that Liu Yan was angry because he couldn't get the reuse of the Son of Heaven, although he was rewarded a lot and was promoted to the rank of knight, but the money was foreign to the body, and the official was also idle and unrestrained, so he was naturally unwilling.

"Uncle does not say that he will return to Youzhou, but the yellow turban is in chaos, and there are not a few people who flee from the county officials in Youzhou, why don't you know Your Majesty's current situation, the power of the assassin is light, and he wants to quell the thieves, so that the assassin can lead the military and political power of a state. In just a short time, the world can restore peace. ”

After listening to Liu Bei's suggestion, Liu Yan's eyes suddenly widened, his expression was solemn, and his heart was full of thoughts: If I lead the military and political power of a state, I can not only raise troops and be self-respecting, not afraid of internal strife and external troubles, but also can entrap the scholars to serve as county officials for my use, and the advance and retreat are well-founded, comparable to splitting the soil and claiming the king.

But in this way, if the states do not listen to the dispatch of the imperial court, the Han Dynasty will be doomed!

Liu Yan thought about it, weighed the pros and cons, and finally came up with an idea: I, Liu Yan, am a relative of the Han family, if he says that there is a person who is not a subservant to cut the king, I Liu Yan will naturally hold high the banner of the Han family to raise troops to fight, at that time, not only can I expand the territory, if the Son of Heaven is lonely, this thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, will I Liu Yan not be able to ......

Liu Bei slowly withdrew from Liu Yan's room, and after closing the door, Liu Bei took advantage of the night to look up at the waning moon in the sky, and a pair of deep and shrewd eyes bloomed with unknown colors.

At the same time, in the mansion of Sikong Yuan Feng, Yuan Feng and Yuan Shao sat opposite each other.

These two are biological father and son, but Yuan Feng has passed Yuan Shao as a brother.

Yuan Shao, who had been drinking all night, had already woken up most of the time at the moment, and knew that his father had summoned him to the mansion late at night and sent his subordinates away, so he must have something important to discuss.

Yuan Feng kept looking at Yuan Shao, who was heroic and extraordinary, Yuan Shao only lowered his head to drink tea, sobered up his mind, and did not say anything to ask.

After a long time, Yuan Feng sighed and said: "At the beginning, if there is a difficulty on the road in the future, you must not die without help." ”

Yuan Shao was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The highway is my younger brother, my closest relative, how can I sit back and watch him suffer?" What did my father mean by that? ”

When the Yuan family in Runan arrives at Yuan Shao's generation, only Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu can make people look up to them, and Yuan Shao is a concubine, and Yuan Shu is a concubine. As the father of the two, Yuan Feng also knew in his heart that Yuan Shu was not convinced by Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao had great ambitions, and I am afraid that he would not take Yuan Shu, the son of the Yuan family, in his eyes.

Yuan Feng put this topic aside for the time being, and he said slowly: "At the beginning, what you have done in Luoyang in the past few years, we elders have seen it. A few years ago, you made a wide range of celebrities, and you had the style of a prince of the Warring States. But you forgot that my Yuan family was always on the cusp, and when it was said, a villain said that you had bad intentions in raising the dead, and almost put my Yuan family in danger. ”

"Father, I, I ......" Yuan Shao was speechless, he likes to make friends with famous people in the world, but he has no intention of raising dead soldiers, in those years, he Yuan Shao won a lot of praise from literati and scholars, praising him for being a virtuous corporal, and his demeanor is passing.

Yuan Feng waved his hand to signal that Yuan Shao did not need to panic, and then said: "I say this just to warn you to judge the situation, and you are very pleased for your father and your uncle for your deeds of famous people. Now that His Majesty sells his official and knighthood, my Yuan family has the reputation of the fourth and third dukes, but now the position of the third duke, the money and silk are exchanged for purchase, and they are at their fingertips. If it goes on for a long time, my Yuan family will inevitably decline, so I am calling you here today to entrust you with the important task of revitalizing the Yuan family. ”

Yuan Shao, who was ecstatic in his heart but had a shocked look on his face, said: "How can the child He De take on such a big responsibility? ”

Anyone knows that this is a humble statement, and Yuan Feng didn't want to bother with the side details, and continued: "Your personal friend Cao Apu is an extraordinary person, he said that if he can become your arm, it is good, if it can't be used for you, get rid of it as soon as possible." ”

Seeing Yuan Shao's puzzled expression, Yuan Feng explained: "Although Cao Apu is a eunuch, his ambition is not small. In the early years, he killed Jian Shuo's uncle with a cane, won a lot of praise from Shilin, and in recent years, he was demoted several times because he overturned the case for the disaster of the party that year, which shows that this person not only wants to draw a line with the eunuchs, but also to win the support of the scholars. Liang Guoqiaoxuan, Nanyang He Xuan, and Runan Xu Shao all looked at Cao Apu differently, saying that he had the talent to stabilize the country. ”

Yuan Shao nodded as if he didn't understand, what he understood was that Cao Ying was better than him, although he didn't admit it in his heart, but his father thought so, what he didn't understand was that since Cao Ying had the talent to stabilize the country, why did he get rid of him? It is helpful to the Han family, and it is beneficial to the Jiangshan Society.

Next, Yuan Feng's words solved his doubts, Yuan Feng said: "Although the yellow scarf is flat, the eunuch is still there, the ten permanent servants control the power of the court, and the general is naturally unwilling as a relative, and for a long time in the future, it will be an open and secret battle between the two." At the beginning, the four seas were chaotic, the country was uneven, the troubled times were coming, the relatives and eunuchs only cared about fighting for power and profit in the court, but my father hoped that you would look outside the court, in the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. ”

Yuan Shao's heart shook violently, and he had already deeply felt the deep meaning of his father's words.

Yuan Feng also looked at Yuan Shao with his eyes like a torch, saw his expression, and smiled with relief, and said: "The first emperor and His Majesty reused the eunuch relatives, and criticized the Shi clan as a chaotic party, and the Shi clan and the gate lords of the world are all resentful, my Yuan family is the fourth generation and three dukes, and the protégés are all over the world. ”

staring blankly at the fist that his father clenched in front of him, how could that surging momentum be like that of an elegant scribe? Yuan Shao found that he didn't know his father at all, and at this moment, he bowed down and said solemnly and humbly: "Please teach me father." ”

Yuan Feng helped Yuan Shao up and said solemnly: "In the dispute between the ten permanent servants and the generals, you can secretly add fuel to the fire, and when the two sides are in a state of life and death, you can set up your own court, and when both sides are defeated, you can take the position in one fell swoop." ”

Yuan Shao suddenly looked sad and asked: "Although these two parties are on the same page, they may not necessarily fight for life and death, and this matter is difficult to do." ”

Yuan Feng shook his head solemnly, and at the same time pointed to the roof.

Yuan Shao immediately understood, and was shocked.

Your Majesty's funeral? When I think about it again, it dawns on me!

The Son of Heaven has two sons under his knees, the eldest son Liu Wei was born to He Hou, and the second son Liu Xie was born to Wang Meiren.

However, Yuan Shao still had concerns and said, "But Your Majesty has not yet passed the year of establishment......"

At this time, Emperor Han Ling was not even thirty years old, and he would only turn thirty next year, even if he lived a short life, Yuan Shao only dared to imagine that the Son of Heaven would die in his forties at this moment.

But Yuan Feng said in a low voice: "Although the Son of Heaven is in the prime of life, the dragon's body is getting worse and worse, and within ten years, I am afraid that he will die and return to heaven." ”

Yuan Shao was stunned and couldn't say anything anymore.

Yuan Feng finally instructed: "At the beginning, the prosperity and decline of the Yuan family are entrusted to you, don't remember, if God gives a good opportunity, don't hesitate, you ascend to the heights, the world will be headed by my Yuan family, as long as you control the military power with one hand, and the scholar clan with the other, the Yuan family in the world, at that time, if the destiny of heaven is in my Yuan family, you will take it yourself, if not, you can follow Qi Huan Jinwen." ”

Yuan Shao himself didn't know what state he was in when he walked out of Sikong Mansion.

The secret conversation with his father planted the seeds of ambition in Yuan Shao's heart, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: I, Yuan Shao, originally just wanted to be a general loyal to the Han family, and my Yuan family could also have the opportunity to win the world?

No one can say for sure what will happen in the future, but Yuan Shao listened to his father's words today, which was like an initiation, and his vision and ambition had changed essentially.

Although the danger of Yanjing has been resolved, there are still rebellions in various places that need to be quelled, and those heroes and heroes who emerged in the Battle of Luoyang are now leading their troops away.

Dong Zhuo returned to Liangzhou with an irreconcilable resentment, and even threw the sword given to him by the general into the wilderness.

Tao Qian and Gongsun Zhan left with the same indignation.

Some people rejoice, some people are sad.

Sun Jian took the Jiangdong disciples to Changsha to take office proudly, originally just wanted to ask for a Wu County Taishou, but he didn't expect to sit on the Taishou of Changsha, Jingzhou.

Liu Yan, who couldn't help grinning on the way back, was obviously the happiest, he was no longer the assassin of Youzhou, but Youzhou Mu, the chief military and political power, and Liu Guanzhang, who returned with him, was only a small sesame official of the Plains Order by Liu Bei.

After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Son of Heaven issued an edict to change the history of the state to the state pastor, and the state pastor was in charge of the military and political affairs of a state.

Guo Jia, who got the news in Yingchuan, laughed after hearing it, and secretly said in his heart: The Han Emperor dug his own grave, and the power of the state pastor was so great, after a long time, the state pastor must support the army and respect himself, and did not listen to the orders of the imperial court, at that time, the Han Dynasty will exist in name only.