In Chang'an City, Yuan Shao, who had finally settled down, had recently fallen ill again, and his condition seemed to be even worse than last time.

Yuan Shao thought that after occupying Chang'an, his situation would change fundamentally, but what he inherited was just a dilapidated city that had been ruined by Lu Bu and Li Dao for many years.

What made Yuan Shao feel angry the most was that he came to Chang'an to control the young emperor in the palm of his hand, not to pick up the rags left by Lu Bu, but now the young emperor is safe and still in Luoyang, Lu Bu is hiding in Hedong and living hard, Liu Yu went south to preside over the Luoyang Dynasty, but he was left Yuan Shao in Chang'an in a dilemma, and became a soy sauce player.

It's just that this soy sauce is not an easy thing to do.

Yuan Shao occupied Guanzhong and Chang'an for less than a year, or even God felt that he was not doing this authentically, and actually sent down a great drought and locust plague that had not been encountered in a century, completely taking away the little vitality left in Guanzhong, leaving only Yuan Shao with a lifeless, depressed and dilapidated territory, making him feel like he was sitting on the chopping board.

Yuan Shao lay in Chang'an's mansion that originally belonged to Ma Riyan, nostalgic for the happy time he had in Yecheng. At that time, Yuan Shao controlled the richest southern counties in Jizhou, as well as most of the territory of the state, and there were more than 150,000 people under his command, which was a few points stronger than Liu He's strength in Youzhou.

Yuan Shao really couldn't figure it out, whether it was the number of scribes or the number of generals under his command, he was a cut more than Liu He, and the number of troops was also equal, why in the end he had to be driven by Liu He from Yecheng to Bingzhou, and then from Bingzhou to Hedong, and finally to Chang'an. A few days ago, the second son Yuan Xi came to Chang'an from Jinyang and complained to Yuan Shao that his engagement was repented, and Yuan Shao knew that the Zhongshan Wuji Zhen family would rather marry their youngest daughter to Liu He as a concubine. is also unwilling to marry Yuan Xi as his wife.

Yuan Xi complained to Yuan Shao, naturally hoping that he would take this breath for himself, but Yuan Shao is now powerless and has no chance to return to Jizhou. Yuan Shao not only did not have the opportunity to return to Jizhou, but if it weren't for the sudden outbreak of the catastrophe and famine that slowed Liu He's westward advance, it is difficult to say whether Gao Gan would be able to hold Jinyang now.

Yuan Shao was depressed and irritable but had nowhere to vent, and after a long time, he fell ill again, and his subordinates were worried that Yuan Shao's body would not be able to hold on, so they began to secretly form a gang, and some people supported the eldest prince Yuan Tan to take over Yuan Shao's career. There are also people who support the second son Yuan Xi, and some people support the third son Yuan Shang, but Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan is not supported by anyone, and he only listens to Yuan Shao's words on the surface, as for what he plans in his heart, outsiders have no way of knowing.

The three sons of the Yuan family plus the high-ranking cadres who held military power, but this situation deviated greatly from the original history of Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang seizing power after Yuan Shao's death. However, according to Liu He's words, the more ruthless the Yuan family's nest of infighting, the better, and it will be easier to clean it up when the time comes.

Liu He hoped that Yuan Shao's unsuccessful sons would fight among themselves in the west. But these guys just don't want Liu He to worry, and they don't know which one of the brothers should compete to see who can create more trouble and difficulties for Liu He, then it proves who is more qualified to take over Yuan Shao's class.

Yuan Tan's advisors made suggestions for him. Let Yuan Tan send people deep into the desert in the north to find the Xianbei people, and take advantage of the time when the soldiers and civilians of Youzhou are busy with disaster relief, cross the desert to sneak attack Liu He. In the history books, Yuan Tan "has a plan", which means that he is a little clever. And Yuan Tan's decision does prove that this assessment is not false. Yuan Tan felt that the Hu people in the north had been frightened by Liu He, and even if he sent someone to contact him, he might not be able to achieve any effect. However, he also thought that the strength of the Xianbei and Qiang people in the western part of the northwest of Bingzhou was still there, and if these Hu people could be lured to the north of Bingzhou, it would naturally bring a lot of trouble to Liu He, who had already extended his tentacles to Bingzhou.

Yuan Tan had a group of people under Yuan Tan who were not very capable but liked to hold stinky feet, and they quickly found a few messengers suitable for going to the Xianbei and Qiang tribes in the west according to Yuan Tan's intentions, and then secretly prepared heavy gifts and quickly sent these people out.

When Yuan Tan was acting, Yuan Xi was not idle, he knew that he couldn't do anything if he stayed in Jinyang, so he went to Chang'an to take care of Yuan Shao under the pretext of getting rid of Gao Gan's control. When he arrived in Jinyang, he hadn't taken care of Yuan Shao, but because of the Zhen family, he filled his father's heart a little bit with a blockage. As soon as Yuan Tan saw that he had made his father angry, he hurriedly asked Yuan Shao for his life, expressing his willingness to lead the army to Hanzhong to conquer Zhang Lu and solve the problem of food for the army. Yuan Shao knew that his son's catty taels were not material for leading troops to fight at all, so he did not agree to Yuan Tan's request, but handed over the task of attacking Zhang Lu in Hanzhong to Yan Liang and Xu You.

Yan Liang was worried that after he left Chang'an, Yuan Shao's subordinates would have no available generals, but Xu You persuaded Yan Liang to leave Chang'an, the land of right and wrong, and not to get involved in the whirlpool of the Yuan family's sons fighting for power. After Yan Liang and Xu You left Chang'an with 20,000 soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao gave an order to Lu Yi, who was stationed in Jiangyi, to return to Bingzhou to take over Gao Gan's defense of Jinyang, and Gao Gan led his army south to Guanzhong to work under Yuan Shao's nose.

Judging from Yuan Shao's series of arrangements, although he fell ill in bed, his brain was not bad, and he at least knew how to nip some unstable hidden dangers in the bud. And when Yuan Shao was making these deployments, Yuan Shang, as the youngest son, had not made any moves because of his age, but just stayed in front of Yuan Shao's couch every day to ask for warmth, hand over soup and medicine. Yuan Shao likes to judge people by their appearance all his life, and his three sons have the most outstanding appearance in public, and they are very handsome and dignified, and Yuan Shang is very filial after Yuan Shao is sick, so Yuan Shao has the idea of handing over the family business to Yuan Shao.

Historically, when Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang competed for inheritance, most people supported the establishment of the eldest son Yuan Tan as the heir, but Feng Ji and Ju Pei have always disgusted Yuan Tan because of pride and extravagance, and Xin Ping and Guo Tu were close to Yuan Tan and had contradictions with Ju Ji and Feng Ji.

Now Xin Ping and Guo Tu, who support Yuan Tan, stay in Jinyang, and Feng Ji, who supports Yuan Shang, has not been ransomed by Yuan Shao after being captured by Tai Shici in Yecheng, and as for the trial, it does not belong to Yuan Shao's camp at all, so if Yuan Shao wants to support his youngest son Yuan Shang to ascend to the throne, it will immediately cause a split between Jinyang and Chang'an.

There is another person who understands Yuan Shao, that is, Tian Feng, who has remained silent since arriving in Chang'an. Since Yuan Shao took control of Guanzhong, Tian Feng became more interested, and after Yuan Shu in the Huaiyang area braved the world's disapproval to become the emperor, Tian Feng, a righteous person who had served as the imperial history of the Han Dynasty, seemed to see that Yuan Shao was actually the same as Yuan Shu, so he was unwilling to give Yuan Shao ideas again, nor did he want to meddle in the internal affairs of the Yuan family, and he just borrowed wine to drown his sorrows every day.

Yuan Shao was very angry at Tian Feng's negative attitude, he felt that he had come to this point because he had listened to Tian Feng's plan and construction, and it turned out that Tian Feng's plan was not superb, and he actually brought the Yuan family into a muddy pit.

Yuan Shao asked Tian Feng to call him to his bed, and then asked: "In the opinion of Mr. Gonghe, where is the way out for the Yuan family in the future?" ”

Although Tian Feng has a long-term vision and is good at planning, he is too upright and belongs to a person who will say whatever comes to his mind, and he did not shy away from answering: "The Han family is not exhausted, if Yuan Gong wants his children to be safe, please leave Guanzhong and Chang'an, and surrender to Liu He, maybe there is still a way to live." ”

What Yuan Shao hated most in his life was that someone mentioned Liu He in front of him, Tian Feng not only mentioned Liu He now, but also bluntly asked him to surrender to Liu He, and his face turned into pig liver color at that time.

"Tian Yuanhao, you were the one who built the first place to capture Guanzhong, and now you are also the one who disturbs the morale of the army, you are guilty!" Yuan Shao gasped and pointed at Tian Feng with his finger and said sharply.

Tian Feng's expression was blank, and he said stiffly: "Since ancient times, it has been in people who plan things and succeed in the sky, and the Yuan family can only produce characters like Sangong at the highest, how can you blame me for being incompetent?" ”

Yuan Shao was so angry by Tian Feng's words that he couldn't breathe, and Yuan Shang, who was guarding in front of Yuan Shao's couch, shouted loudly to the left and right guards, beat Tian Feng into the dungeon, and waited for Yuan Shao's whereabouts.

After Tian Feng was imprisoned in the dungeon, few people came forward to intercede for him, just because Tian Feng was arrogant, he didn't take into account the feelings of others when he was in power, and he never formed a gang, so he was actually a lonely minister in Yuan Shao's camp. Fortunately, after Yuan Shao was angry, he didn't want to kill Tian Feng immediately to relieve his hatred, so Tian Feng was imprisoned like this, and he didn't know what the outcome would be in the end.

Chang'an is not far from Luoyang, and what happened in the west soon spread to the east, and after Li Yan learned that Yuan Shao had imprisoned Tian Feng, he said to Qu Meng with a smile: "Yuan Shao has self-destructed, and it seems that he is not far from defeat." ”

Qu Meng said to Li Yanjian: "I heard that this Tian Feng has a strategy, and now the masterminds under the command of the prince are only Guo Fengxiao and Li Wenwei, if Tian Feng can be used by the son, wouldn't it be beautiful?" ”

Li Yan shook his head and said: "Yuan Shao now has a grudge against Tian Feng in his heart, if we attack him at this time, wouldn't we force Tian Feng to die alive." ”

"Then just watch Tian Feng being imprisoned by Yuan Shao? In case Yuan Shao gave Tian Feng a cup of poisonous wine one day, wouldn't he have wasted such a high-class talent in vain? ”

"This matter is too difficult to grasp, let's not take it lightly, report the situation to Gongzi first, and then wait for Yecheng's instructions." (To be continued......)