Chapter 35 The Yuan family is in turmoil
Regarding Yuan Shao's death, Zhao Feng was not surprised. Although he has changed a lot of things, Yuan Shao's lifespan should not be affected by himself, after all, he should have lost a lot, and he should not have lost a lot. All things considered, it's not bad if you don't die in advance. As for the qi pole on the contrary, it is getting better? No matter how mysterious the butterfly effect is, it is not so mysterious.
Yuan Shao's death is not the biggest problem, the biggest question is whether the Yuan family will make waves again because of the issue of the heir as soon as he dies like this. In history, when Yuan Shao died, Yuan Tan was far away in Youzhou, and as a result, Yuan Shao was located in the third son Yuan Shang, and finally the two Yuan disagreed and fought hard, and Cao Ying was cheapened in vain. Now that Yuan Shang is in Qingzhou and Yuan Tan is in Jizhou, history is so misplaced, what should I do?
Come to think of it, no matter what, you can't let the Yuan brothers fight like this. At least, the Yuan brothers can't be allowed to turn the entire Hebei into a pot of porridge, which will only cheapen Cao Ying for nothing. At that moment, Zhao Feng wrote a letter and sent someone to tell Liu Bei quickly, asking him to pay a little attention to the Yuan family brothers, wake them up at the right time, and don't beat yourself stupid.
As Zhao Feng expected, after Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shang, who was in Qingzhou, abandoned everything as soon as possible and hurried back to Yecheng, Jizhou. However, no matter how fast he moved, he couldn't catch up with the speed of Yuan Shao's death. By the time Yuan Shang arrived at the Great General's Mansion in Yecheng, it was already a blanket of white flags.
"Father!" Yuan Shang, who was dressed in linen and filial piety, cried all the way to Yuan Shao's spirit, crying and crying like rain, at this time not only Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi were also on the side, but the rest of Yuan Shao's wives and concubines, and some civil and military ministers were also present, and everyone was crying.
"Son, why did you come back!" It was Yuan Shang's biological mother Liu who was crying on the side, but there was something else in these words. Yuan Shang cried for a while, and then he said abruptly: "Mother, when my father left, did you have any words left?" ”
"Your father was in such a hurry that he didn't have time to say anything." Liu replied with a cry. In fact, when Yuan Shao was dying, not only she was present, but even Fu Zhu and Zhang Jaw were also present, even if she intended to spread rumors, it would only be quickly exposed.
"Then I wonder who is on the board now?" Yuan Shang looked at the circle of people kneeling around him and asked with ulterior motives. Guo Tu on the side spoke: "After the public illness is autonomous, he is the eldest son and the second son. Before the lord died, he also handed over the important affairs to the eldest prince. ”
"Mr. Gongze, what do you mean by that?" Liu's face changed slightly and asked, and Yuan Shang looked directly at Guo Tu when he heard this, seeing what he was about to say.
Guo Tu was calm, and just said: "When the lord was leaving, although he didn't say it explicitly, he intended to spread the matter to the eldest prince, and Mr. Fu Zhu and General Zhang Jaw were also present, if the third prince didn't believe it, he could confirm it to them." ”
"Is there such a thing?" Yuan Shang was slightly stunned, and then sneered: "Since it has not been explicitly said, how can we know that my father is the eldest brother?" ”
"When the lord was dying, I was with my husband and my husband, and the two sons were there. Although the lord couldn't speak, he first pointed to the eldest prince, then to the general's seal, and finally held the hands of the three of us. We all swore to assist the eldest prince, and the lord nodded when he heard this, and then he was dumbfounded. I think you should understand what this means. It was the open jaw on the other side that was talking. As the only surviving member of the Four Courtyard Pillars in Hebei, this is naturally very weighty. Yuan Tan has been strong and martial since he was a child, and he has a deep friendship with Zhang Jaw, so he naturally wants to speak for Yuan Tan at this time.
"My father was drowsy before he died, how can he count a few eye gestures?" Yuan Shang was quite dissatisfied. At this time, he had not spoken: "The eldest prince has been taking care of government affairs for half a year, and all affairs big and small are without mistakes, and it is natural for him to succeed to the throne now." Madame was also present at the time, so I would like to ask General Zhang and I which sentence was wrong? ”
"Mr. Gonghe?" Yuan Shang was really surprised to see that he actually supported Yuan Tan when he saw that he was frustrated. Since the frustration and Tian Feng arrived in Nanpi, Yuan Shang has tried his best to win over the two of them, and he doesn't want to support Yuan Tan when the matter is coming. In fact, Fu Zhu is also a little helpless: the current situation is that Yuan Tan's succession to the throne is the general trend, and Fu Zhu doesn't want to make any more extraneous branches, so he supports Yuan Tan. If possible, Fu Zhu would rather go to Liaodong than take care of this bird business.
Yuan Shang looked at the people in the mourning hall, opened his mouth and finally didn't say anything, and finally had to say hatefully: "Although I don't have the heir, but eldest brother, I'm afraid that Prime Minister Cao Cheng's troops are pressing down at the moment, and you are also in danger, right?" And the second brother, your lady who hasn't passed the door is afraid that she will never be able to pass the door! Yuan Shang sneered.
"Third brother, what do you mean by that?" Yuan Tan's face changed slightly, and he asked in a deep voice. That is, Yuan Tan has been in charge of major affairs for the past half a year, and his surname is very calm, and he is in front of Yuan Shaoling, otherwise I am afraid that Yuan Shang would have been beaten up at this time.
"What do you mean, take a good look, my good second brother, this is your lady's uncle, and now the letter written by Zhen Zheng, the head of the Zhen family, to Prime Minister Cao Cheng was intercepted by Mr. Zhengnan." Yuan Shang sneered. He took out a letter from his bosom and threw it to the two. Yuan Tan took it and unfolded it, but it was a handwritten letter written by Zhen Zheng to Cao Ying. In the letter, Zhen Zheng did his best to flatter Cao Ying, claiming that he was willing to respond to Cao Ying's march into Hebei as an internal response. Yuan Tan's heart was on fire when he saw it, and he shouted angrily at the moment: "Come on, behead Zhen Zheng with me, come and see you!" After a stick of incense, Lu Kuang, who was ordered to arrest Zhen Zheng, came back to report that Zhen Zheng had disappeared. I heard from the people in the palace that he went to Liaodong on the order of Yuan Tan two days ago.
"Why did I send him to Liaodong?" Yuan Tan said angrily. Yuan Shang looked at Yuan Tan, who was a little crazy in front of him, but he was sneering in his heart: "My eldest brother, don't think that you can sit firmly in Hebei." What I can't get, you can't think of! ”
In this somewhat chaotic atmosphere, Yuan Shao was finally buried. The day after Yuan Shao's burial, Yuan Shang returned to Qingzhou. By this time, it was already late autumn, the southern rice had been harvested, the winter wheat had been planted, and in some places there was even a crop of buckwheat.
"There are a lot of people this year, so there will be a shortage of rations, so plant some buckwheat just in case!" Zhao Feng suggested to his long history Shi Tao Shi Guangyuan. Although buckwheat was already being cultivated at this time, it was limited in scope, especially in the south. Zhao Feng knew that this thing was suitable for cultivation in the alpine region, so he ordered people to buy seeds from the north and now experiment in the mountains of Guiyang County. If the output is good, we will increase promotion efforts next year. In particular, if the mountainous Cangwu and Guiyang counties can be promoted, the food ration problem that plagues these two counties will be greatly solved.
"General, the new army has been training for three months now, can you let them transfer Jingbei?" Zhu Ran, who was in charge of military training, asked.
"Let's wait until they have all trained for half a year, and if the food is not enough, they will use the buckwheat they have just harvested." Zhao Feng thought for a while. Jingbei is different from Jingnan, and the soldiers are likely to go to the battlefield immediately when they arrive there, and they need to train well and have a certain combat effectiveness to avoid excessive casualties.
"By the way, the Sand Leader sent someone to tell the General that all his people had migrated. Jin Taishou set up two counties outside of Wuxi, where the Wuxi tribe was settled, and Sha Leader said that there were still some small tribes in Nanzhong who might come here one after another. Shi Guangyuan read another official document and said.
"Well, let them take their time. By the way, he said that he was going to train the army, how is it? Zhao Feng suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.
"The sand leader said that he has selected 10,000 warriors, organized into an army, and is ready to participate in the battle at any time." Shi Guangyuan replied.
"10,000 people, not too much at first, 10,000 people is enough, after all, he still has to farm. The herald ordered Shamoke to be the general of Yamen, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi to be the captains, and assisted Shamoke in forming a barbarian army, so it was called the Wudang Flying Army! Zhao Feng thought about it or copied the name given by Zhuge Liang in history, he didn't believe that Zhuge Liang would sue him for copyright infringement.
After more than half a year of hard construction by Zhao Feng, Shi Guangyuan and others, Jingnan, Nanhai and Cangwu were finally built a little angry. Of course, there is still a certain gap from Zhao Feng's ideal Jingnan. In the context of this troubled world, the calm of Jingnan and Jiangdong is particularly valuable. Of course, the price paid was Zhao Feng and others, especially him and Shi Guangyuan, who had eaten less than chickens and slept later than dogs in the past six months. Although the two wives are in Hanshou, they have been very busy, and it is not easy to make out with them.
"Guangyuan, it's time for you to start a family, right? You see that Kong Mingdu has been married for almost two years, why are you still a single? "I had just finished my work that day, looking at Shi Tao, who was still looking down and calculating, Zhao Feng asked with some gossip.
"Thanks to the general's concern, when Tao obeys his father's funeral next year, he will find someone to propose marriage." Shi Tao said with a smile. Zhao Feng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked him for specific details. Shi Tao sighed and told Zhao Feng the details. It turned out that Shi Tao also had a good woman, who was originally going to get married two years ago, but he didn't want Shi Tao's father to pass away, so he had to keep filial piety for three years before it was delayed.
"Fortunately, a marriage contract has been made, otherwise after Tao's mourning, Sister Ah Lan is afraid that she will already marry someone else!" Shi Tao was a little glad. Zhao Feng looked at him like this, but he frowned a little, thinking of the little sister-in-law who refused to marry within three years, but refused to leave in his own house.
At this point, even if Zhao Feng is a fool, he should see this girl's thoughts, and he used to look for Ruyi Langjun for her everywhere in his dreams, from Guan Ping to Lu Xun. But I didn't know that Zhen Mi had a wisp of love, but it was tied to herself. Zhao Feng once asked Zhen Jiang in surprise, is he really so charming, why can he make her secretly agree?
"Why should the husband be arrogant, how many people are already famous all over the world at such a young age as you? And although the husband is famous all over the world, he is humble in his speech and never domineering. Doesn't a woman want to have a husband who is capable and gentle and considerate to herself? Zhen Jiang said angrily, and the result was that being pressed by Zhao Feng was another reward. Afterwards, Zhao Feng couldn't help but sigh that in this era, the status of women is too low.
Thinking that the last time he made out with his wife was almost a month ago, Zhao Feng was also a little difficult. At this moment, the servant of the house came to tell him that Zhen Jiang was pregnant.
(To be continued)