Tian Fan fanned the fan seriously, and did not answer for a long time. The fire in the furnace had long since been extinguished, but he hadn't noticed it at all. Hui'er and the family are opposed, they can't coexist, and the family's strong heritage and strength make Tian Fan feel cold when he thinks about it. He didn't have the confidence to deal with the entire family group alone, not to mention anything else, how many family children did Liu Bei have? Among the Wenchens, Chen Gong, Chen Deng, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhuge Jin, Chen Qun and others, the senior military generals are the sons of the family, and the middle-level military attachés and low-level military attachés, as well as officials at all levels, are full of the sons of the family, accounting for ninety percent of the total number.

The identity of these people is destined for them to be promoted more easily, because with them alone, Liu Bei can settle a place, and when collecting taxes and conscription, Liu Bei will be countless times more convenient with their presence. If the number and combat power of the army represent the hard power of the princes, then they represent the soft power of the princes! Liu Bei's reuse of them is clear to everyone.

In the White Tiger Army, Lu Yi is the son of a family, Tian Fan's Shuzuo Yangshu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Lu Xun, and Zheng Yien are all sons of the family, and although Fa Zheng's family has declined, he is also a son of the family.

These are just the sons of the family under Liu Bei's account, they make Tian Fan feel powerless to fight, what about the whole world?

Of course, Tian Fan can turn his family into a family through his own efforts, so that it will be the same as the rest of the family, and there will be no antagonistic relationship, at most it is a contradiction caused by the uneven distribution of internal spoils. However, this is contrary to the goal I am striving for. He wanted to improve the status of craftsmen, he wanted to improve the status of warriors, and even wanted to improve the status of merchants, and none of these goals could be allowed by the family.

For the sake of Hui'er alone, let the whole family suffer, is this risk worth it? I'm also a family and a wife and a daughter now, is it worth risking their fate? Are they willing?

Tian Fan is very conflicted!

However, after thinking about it, even if there is no matter of Hui'er, does the contradiction between himself and the family not exist? As long as I stick to my goals, there will be conflicts with the family sooner or later. Wasn't the attack on themselves by the children of the family some time ago the first attack they launched out of their coveted vested interests? With the first time, will the second be far away?

Thinking of this, Tian Fan's face slowly returned to normal. Since you can't dodge, then there is only one battle!

His heart slowly calmed down, and he found that the fire had long been extinguished, and there was no spark left, so he couldn't help but smile embarrassedly and said, "Master, I'm afraid I can't take this medicine, I'll fry it again!" ”

Old Immortal Peng smiled and said, "No need, this medicine is ready to drink." ”

After speaking, he turned around and took out a bowl, poured the medicinal soup into the bowl, blew a breath, and said: "The medicine is still too hot, it should be cool for the time being, just like the current situation in the world, wait slowly, you will always have a chance." Hehe, let's keep talking. ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Actually, you don't have to be afraid, there are also many contradictions in the family, if you make good use of it, there may be unexpected effects." ”

Tian Fan was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, slowly shook his head, and said, "Master, I feel that this is difficult!" As you said, the family is born into the same class, maybe they have internal contradictions, but they are limited to the distribution of internal interests, and once another class poses a threat to their absolute rule, they will definitely unite and solve the external problems first. ”

Old Fairy Peng smiled, nodded first, shook his head again, and said, "That's it, I'll tell you a story first, and when the story is finished, I think you will have something." ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "In the first year of Zhongping, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, due to the limited number of imperial court troops, it was impossible to fully control the situation in the world, so the general He Jin wrote to Emperor Ling and asked to restart the state pastoral system. This letter is on the surface He Jin, but it is actually Liu Yan's idea. Since it is a state pastoral system, it is natural that the powerful in various places have the power to recruit and train soldiers, and the restart of this system actually laid the groundwork for the subsequent competition for hegemony.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling died, and the general He Jin and the empress dowager He Shi established Liu Wei as emperor. Liu Wei is the eldest son of Emperor Ling, and he is the biological son of the Empress Dowager He. However, this is not in the interests of the eunuchs, and Emperor Ling did want to set up his second son Liu Xie as the emperor before he died, and the ten permanent servants were famous, so they colluded with the Empress Dowager Dong and wanted to abolish the establishment.

He Jin naturally didn't want to be killed, so under Yuan Shao's advice, he lured the princes of the world to the side of the Qing monarch in Beijing and killed the eunuchs. However, the news was revealed, He Jin was killed, and the Ten Standing Servants abducted Liu Wei and Liu Xie and left Beibi Mountain. At this time, Dong Zhuo, who happened to be ordered to enter the king of Jingqin, arrived, killed the ten permanent servants, and rescued Liu Xie and Liu Wei. ”

Picking up the medicine bowl on the low table, Old Fairy Peng took a sip, felt that it was still a little hot, put it down again, and continued: "There are two people who have entered King Qin, one is Dong Zhuo, and the other is Ding Yuan. Dong Zhuo first entered Beijing, and then used an unclever strategy to control the situation in the capital, and subdued the soldiers and horses in the capital, so he became the first prince in the world.

In fact, before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he was full of awe of the high-ranking officials in Beijing, when he was an official outside, not only did he bribe the ten permanent servants, but the high-ranking officials in Beijing also benefited from him. But in the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, the performance of the high-ranking officials in Beijing made him realize their essence. Although the death of the general Liang Ji was his own fault, but also the generals were beaten into the abyss, and since then the military will become a vassal of the civil minister or eunuch, and every military general who fights or defends abroad must have a civil minister or eunuch as his backer in Beijing.

Dong Zhuo realized the essence of the civil officials, it happened that all the ten permanent servants were ambushed, the eunuch group no longer existed, and he had an absolute advantage in Beijing, so he had a different mind, he thought, why should I listen to these civil officials? Why can't I make my own decisions? Since then, the control of the civilian clique over Dong Zhuo has become weaker and weaker, and Dong Zhuo has deliberately done several things that make the civilian officials dissatisfied, and after finding that they can only condemn and roar weakly, it has intensified. In fact, Dong Zhuo's ultimate goal is to let the generals have the same status as Wenchen, so although he has intensified, what he has done is not excessive. He even wanted to repair the relationship with Wenchen and rehabilitate those who had been wronged in the party rebellion.

Dong Zhuo is indeed not a simple character, he originally wanted to win over Ding Yuan to form a pattern of confrontation with Wenchen, and abolish the establishment in accordance with Emperor Ling's edict, but Ding Yuan was willing to be controlled by Wenchen, so the contradiction between the two finally broke out. There was a big battle outside Luoyang City, because Dong Zhuo was prepared in a hurry, and Ding Yuan was assisted by Lu Bu and others, so Dong Zhuo was defeated. Dong Zhuo learned from the pain, and with the help of Li Ru and Li Su, he successfully plotted against Lu Bu and got rid of Ding Yuan. Since then, Dong Zhuo has been the dominant family in the capital. ”

After a slight pause, he looked at Tian Fan and said, "Boguang, do you know why Dong Zhuo was able to plot against Lu Bu?" ”

Tian Fan said: "I will leave this to my wife...... Oh, that is, Feng Xian's wife Diao Chan said, mainly because Ding Yuan treated him badly, although he accepted him as his righteous son, he didn't trust him, his status in the army was not as good as Gao Shun and Zhang Liao, and even Cao Xing's official position was inferior. And Ding Yuan had many good horses, but he was reluctant to give them to him. ”

Old Fairy Peng smiled and said, "In the end, it is a woman, with long hair and short knowledge!" Boguang, do you believe this reason? ”

Tian Fan shook his head and frowned: "I have been friends with Fengxian for several years, to be honest, I don't think he is such a short-sighted person. ”

Old Immortal Peng nodded and said, "Not bad!" Hehe, Boguang, let me tell you, the experience of Lu Bu's kid in this life, you can't imagine it! He was a miserable child, his father was a Hu man and abandoned them, and his mother raised him alone. When he was eight years old, his mother found him a good master......"

Tian Fan interjected: "Master, I have seen Master Fengxian, who is a kind and funny old man!" ”

Old Immortal Peng was almost choked, "What? Kind eyebrows? Funny? Are you sure you're meeting Lu Bu's master? ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "It was recommended by Feng Xian, because of the marriage between the kid and Feng Xian's daughter Lu Xin, so the old man wants to see me, there should be no fake." What's wrong, Master, is there anything wrong? ”

Old Immortal Peng thought about it, smiled, and said, "There's nothing wrong with it!" Well, that's right, the old man is getting older, and his personality may have changed, which is not surprising, just like the old man, when he was young, compared to now, he is like two people. Hehe, Boguang, let's stop talking about those gossips, let's get down to business! ”

He drank the medicine dry in one gulp, grinned and endured the bitter taste, and it took a long time to recover. With a long sigh, he muttered, "This medicine, when will it be a head!" ”

Putting down the bowl, he said: "Boguang, Lu Bu's master is not an ordinary person, this person's scheming ability can be described as a temporary choice, and martial arts are rare in the world, no matter how much he steps down immediately, there are few people who can match him." I think there were many heroes and heroes planted in his hands back then, and they were willing to be used by him. Hehe, your guard Tang Chen used to be his subordinate! In this way, you know how good he is, right? ”

Tian Fan was taken aback, it turned out that the person who defeated Old Man Tang and adopted him as his subordinate was Lu Bu's master, the old man who was kind and kind and very good at teasing? I'm dizzy! It's really unseemly. However, I heard that Old Man Tang said that his master made him do many evil things, so Lu Bu's master should not be a good person, right?

Old Immortal Peng continued: "With such a master, do you still think that Lu Bu is a simple-minded guy with well-developed limbs? ”

Tian Fan shook his head suspiciously, and said, "But...... Feng Xian's appearance really doesn't look like a scheming person? Could it be that he deliberately covered it up and succeeded in deceiving everyone in the world? ”

Old Immortal Peng shook his head and said, "It's not either." According to my observations over the years, Lu Bu is not a simple person, and his actions are actually traceable. Think about it, he betrayed Ding Yuan, betrayed Dong Zhuo, and then was used by Wang Yun, after Wang Yun's death, he traveled to the princes of the world, and basically couldn't stay in any family for a few days, don't you think this is very much like a short job? ”

He laughed a few times, and without waiting for Tian Fan to answer, he continued: "Actually, Lu Bu is also a very thoughtful person! The reason why Li Ru and Li Su persuaded Lu Bu to surrender is not difficult to understand, Li Su only said one sentence, the name of Wen Hou Yongwu is known all over the world, is he willing to be scolded by a literati who has no power to restrain the chicken for the rest of his life? ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Actually, Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo had similar thoughts at that time, and they didn't want to be subject to literati anymore!" This is the fundamental reason why Lu Bu took refuge in Dong Zhuo! Also, Dong Zhuo once served as the assassin of Liangzhou, and he had old feelings with many generals under Ding Yuan, and they were unwilling to follow Ding Yuan to continue to be subject to the literati, so Lu Bu naturally could only push the boat down the river. It's a pity that when Dong Zhuo moved west to Chang'an, there was a mistake, his generals burned Luoyang and pushed him to the opposite side of Wenchen, which made the possibility of reconciliation with Wenchen no longer exist, and then he broke the jar and fell.

When Lu Bu saw that he had changed, he was naturally unhappy. At this time, Wang Yun appeared, Wang Yun is a native of Taiyuan, and Lu Bu is also a native of Bingzhou, speaking of which, the two are fellow villagers, and it is easier for them to intersect with each other. Wang allowed promise to support Lu Bu, the premise was to first drive down Dong Zhuo, who could no longer represent the interests of the samurai group, and Lu Bu would naturally agree. Hehe, in the final analysis, Lu Bu's idea is good, and he is not simple, but in politics he can't play with Wang Yun. The Liangzhou military generals led by Dong Zhuo can be called the Liangzhou Samurai Group, and the Bingzhou military generals led by Lu Bu are naturally the Bingzhou Samurai Group.

"Wang Yun is a member of the Scribe Group, and the Scribe Group has a long-standing contradiction with the Warrior Group founded by Dong Zhuo, so Wang Yun took advantage of the internal contradictions between the Liangzhou Warrior Group and the Bingzhou Warrior Group...... In fact, there are mainly two things, one is Dong Zhuo's rapid corruption, and the other is the uneven distribution of the stolen goods within the two samurai groups. Wang Yun took advantage of these two points to provoke the infighting between the Bingzhou Samurai Group and the Liangzhou Samurai Group, and the Scribe Group led by him sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.

"I don't need to talk about the rest of the story, right? Lü Bu was defeated, so he went to Kanto to work for the princes for a short time, and now under Liu Bei, the original subordinates were split and scattered, and they could not form influence at all. The Liangzhou samurai group led by Li Dao and Guo Yan fell into internal friction, and in the end, only Zhang Ji and others remained, and the rest were either killed in battle or annexed by the rest of the princes, which was no longer a climate. Of course, Zhang Ji is dead, and his nephew Zhang Xiu is still alive, but his corporal and military generals are not successful, and now he is living under Liu Bei as a long-term worker, and he probably does not have the same ambition as Dong Zhuo before. ”

Speaking of this, Old Immortal Peng sighed and said regretfully: "Hey, if Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu manage it well, with their strength, it should be enough to form a pattern of confrontation with the scribe group, and the situation in the Han Dynasty may change." It's a pity, if you make the wrong move, you will lose the opportunity. ”