Yuan Shao wanted to make Liu Yu the Son of Heaven, and the other Kwantung princes either expressed their support or had nothing to do. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shu objected.

Runan Yuan is a famous gate valve, generations of nobles, the fourth and third dukes let the Yuan family's protégés all over the world, when the battle against Dong Zhuo, there are several state assassins in the eighteenth road princes, but the alliance leader is Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao, responsible for the deployment of military rations is Nanyang Taishou Yuan Shu, the Yuan brothers occupy the two most important positions of the coalition army, it is not difficult to see how strong Yuan's influence is.

Strength is often directly proportional to ambition.

Yuan Shu's prejudice is not as good as that of his brother Yuan Shao, but he is the real Yuan family's son-in-law, according to family practice, it is basically certain that Yuan Shu will become the orthodox heir of the Yuan family, so Yuan Shu has always been "ambitious". Yuan Shu saw the decline of the Han dynasty and already had different aspirations, Yuan Shao wanted to make Liu Yu the Son of Heaven, but he resolutely opposed it.

The reasons for Yuan Shu's opposition are none other than the following:

1. Liu Yu is an adult and is inconvenient to control.

2, Liu Yu is in Youzhou, Yuan Shu is too far away, and Liu Yu is the Son of Heaven, and the cheap ones are Yuan Shao and other Hebei princes, and Yuan Shu, who is far away in Nanyang, has no benefit.

3. Don't let Yuan Shao live too moisturizing. Liu Yu is the son of heaven, and the biggest beneficiary must be Yuan Shao, who is likely to get rid of the embarrassing situation of being under the fence and become the most powerful person in the Kanto. Although the two are brothers, Yuan Shao, who is a concubine, has always been better than Yuan Shu, and the outside world's evaluation of Yuan Shao is generally higher than Yuan Shu. Moreover, although the family has a tradition of attaching importance to the concubine, if the concubine is too good, it is also possible to abolish the concubine and establish the concubine, and Yuan Shu'an is not worried.

In public and private, Yuan Shu can't see Yuan Shaohao.

Yuan Shu opposed the establishment of the Son of Heaven with great righteousness, and Yuan Shao could not say that he was wrong.

After all, the Son of Heaven is young and has no faults, no more than some tyrants in history, just because Dong Zhuo controlled the government, he had to abolish the young and helpless Son of Heaven and set up another one, which is flawed in reason.

But Yuan Shao is not someone who will give up easily.

He knew that Yuan Shu's opposition was out of selfishness, and Yuan Shao himself wanted to establish the Son of Heaven, but in fact, he was also selfish, everyone was for their own interests, and it was not someone who would be willing to give up if they objected. Although there is nothing wrong with today's son, it is also a fact that the government is controlled by Dong Zhuo, and the Kwantung does not obey the king's order, and if it is delayed for a long time, the world will be in chaos.

Yuan Shao ignored Yuan Shu's opposition, and in the name of the Kwantung generals, sent Zhang Qi, the former Lelang Taishou, to meet Liu Yu.

Zhang Qi rushed to Youzhou and presented a public opinion to Liu Yu, saying that the Kwantung princes were willing to make him the Son of Heaven.

Liu Yu, who was loyal to the Han family, flatly refused.

Yuan Shao still did not give up, and suggested that Liu Yu should receive the Shangshu affair and accept the system of worship, but Liu Yu also refused.

Liu Yu did not want to be the son of heaven, and Yuan Shao's wishful thinking of setting up another son of heaven to take over the power was completely failed, so he could only continue to be trapped in Bohai County and bear Han Fu's continuous squeezing of living space.

Success or failure is only between the first line, but the difference in treatment is far away.

If it is not possible to establish another son of heaven, Han Fu is pressing step by step, and the depression in Yuan Shao's heart can be imagined.

There is another thing that bothers him recently, and that is Gongsun Zhan's activity.

Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao have a lot of similarities, both of them are the Taishou of a county, they are both in Hebei, and they participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo together, and even have a disagreement with Shangguan in Benzhou, Gongsun Chan and Youzhou Mu Liu Yu have always had a tense relationship because of political differences.

But Gongsun Zhan's life was much better than Yuan Shao's.

He did not get along with Liu Yu, but Liu Yu was a moderate politician and did not know anything about martial arts, although he was dissatisfied with Gongsun Zhan's blind and tough treatment of nomads, Liu Yu did not use his power to suppress Gongsun Zhan with all his might. Among them, Gongsun Zhan's prestige in Youzhou is not suitable for moving lightly, and Liu Yu's own generous personality is also related to the situation in Youzhou.

Liu Yu knew that the reason why he reacted well to the implementation of the Huai Rou policy of alien races was not how simple and kind these alien races were, but that they were inseparable from Gongsun Zhan's bloody suppression.

In the past, the nomads of Youzhou often raided the border, plundered goods, and made killings, and the white horse general was born out of thin air, killing to stop killing, killing the nomads to be terrified. After Liu Yu took office, he practiced Huairou. For the nomads of Youzhou, it is tantamount to a light in the darkness, and Gongsun Chan is the cornerstone of ensuring order in Youzhou. Liu Yu is an outstanding politician, and he knows that to govern Youzhou well, he must be both rigid and soft, he is soft, and Gongsun Zan is supplemented by fortitude and bravery, so that foreign races dare not act rashly.

Because of this, although the political views are seriously opposed, Liu Yu did not suppress Gongsun Zan too much.

Liu Yu is not familiar with martial arts, and there must be strong force to deter foreign races, so Gongsun Zhan's deterrent power against foreign races can be maintained, although Gongsun Chan is only a county Taishou, the force in his hands is the strongest in Youzhou. With this, Gongsun Chan firmly occupies the throne of Hebei's military strongman.

There is no son of heaven in Kanto, and the princes fight for strength.

Gongsun Chan is the Taishou of Beiping, and is controlled by Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, but Gongsun Zhan, who has a strong military, has not been very peaceful recently and seems to be overly active. After the end of the Yellow Turban Battle for so long, due to the court disputes and natural and man-made disasters, there was no spare strength to conquer the Yellow Turban remnants in various places, and the Yellow Turban Army in many places revived, especially in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan sent someone to tell Yuan Shao that he planned to raise troops to the south to crusade against the Qingxu Yellow Turban.

On the surface, Gongsun Chan is fighting rebellion for the country and should be supported.

But Yuan Shao knew that this was not the case, and Gongsun Zhan wanted to take the opportunity of pacifying the Yellow Turban to expand his sphere of influence.

In today's Kanto, all the princes who have a little strength will have the heart of expansion.

Youzhou is the northern border of the Han Dynasty, and Gongsun Zhan's territory is in Beiping, and with the military strength he currently controls, he will naturally not be satisfied with living in a corner of Beiping. Gongsun Chan wanted to expand, but there were only two options, either to occupy a territory in Youzhou, or to go south to chase deer, and there was no third way.

There are also two options for expansion in Youzhou, to the west or to the east.

To the west of Beiping is the most populous and wealthy part of Youzhou, which is Liu Yu's territory.

Gongsun Zhan didn't have the courage to go to war with Liu Yu directly.

Military aspect: Although Liu Yu does not understand military affairs, but the state minister can mobilize many troops, regardless of the combat effectiveness of the state army, the number will not be small, and the more elite Wuhuan Captain Department, Hu Xianbei Captain Department all follow Liu Yu's orders, and there are many alien races who are afraid of Gongsun Zan stand on Liu Yu's side, with the current military strength of Youbeiping, if you really want to start a war with Youzhou Mansion, unless you win quickly, you are likely to be dragged into the quagmire.

Politics: Liu Yu is a clan member of the Han family, an important minister, and a pastor of Youzhou, his background and official position are above Gongsun Zhan, it is one thing for Kanto to disobey the orders of the Son of Heaven, and it is another thing to openly commit crimes and kill important ministers of the clan, after all, there are no princes who have declared their opposition to the Han family. There is no need for the Son of Heaven to order him to come, everyone in the Kwantung princes has the right to send troops to fight him. What's more, after Liu Yu arrived in Youzhou, he was of a different race and loved the people, and the people of Youzhou loved him very much.

It's not feasible to go west, but what about to go east?

To the east of Youbeiping are Liaoxi, Changli, Liaodong and other places, and the land cannot be said to be less, but the population is not much, and the products are not rich. These places are even farther away from the Central Plains, and it is difficult to participate in the Central Plains hegemony in a remote corner, and the north is full of alien races, so you need to be on guard against foreign raids at all times, and occupying these places will not only get assets, but also burdens and troubles. What's more, these territories in the east also belong to Liu Yu, and Gongsun Zhan's private encroachment will inevitably confront Liu Yu.

If Gongsun Chan is willing to go to war with Liu Yu, what he wants to grab will not be east of Youbeiping, but west!

For Gongsun Zhan, it is currently impossible to expand in Youzhou.

In this way, Gongsun Zhan's expansion direction can only be south.

To the south of Youzhou is Jizhou, Jizhou's assassin Han Fu and Bohai Taishou Yuan Shao have both participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Gongsun Zhan expanded to Jizhou, not to mention whether he can beat Han Fu and Yuan Shao together, the notoriety of betraying the alliance will always accompany him. Although the Kwantung princes have their own plans and are eager to swallow the other princes in one bite, at least for the time being, everyone still maintains a superficial harmony, and no one wants to be the first to be a negative example.

Further south of Jizhou is Qingzhou.

Jizhou can't fight, but Qingzhou is a very suitable target.

First of all, Qingzhou now has no history of state assassination, and there is a power vacuum.

The Yellow Turban Uprising has failed for many years, but Qingzhou has always been the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban, the predecessor of Qingzhou Thorn History is Hanzhong South Zheng Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan left office the year before (189 years), due to the court struggle and other reasons, the new Qingzhou Thorn History has not been appointed, and later Dong Zhuo came to power to make people angry, the Kwantung collective does not buy his account, and it is impossible to appoint Qingzhou Thorn History, so there is a power vacuum in Qingzhou.

Gongsun Zhan easily let Liu Bei become the plain commander, precisely for this reason.

The princes of Qingzhou who participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo were only the Beihai Xiang Kong Rong, and as long as Gongsun Zhan did not move Kong Rong's Beihai State, the other princes could not accuse him of betraying the alliance and messing around.

Secondly, Gongsun Zhan's friend Liu Bei was in Qingzhou, Liu Bei was able to participate in the battle of Dong as a county commander, it was Gongsun Chan who took him to participate in the grand event, and when he retired from the army, Gongsun Chan expressed Liu Bei as the plain minister, so that Liu Bei completed the leap from the county order to the state minister, and officially became a prince. With the relationship between Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, he led his troops south to Qingzhou, and Liu Bei will definitely support him, at least he doesn't have to worry about the grain and grass being unable to help. When he lays down a territory in Qingzhou, he can also count on Liu Bei to take care of each other nearby.

Third, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban was huge, which just gave Gongsun Chan an excuse to send troops to intervene!

Gongsun Chan said that he wanted to go south to Qing and Xu Pingding Yellow Turbans, mentioning Xuzhou was just a cover-up, after all, Xuzhou Yellow Turbans were also making a lot of trouble, Gongsun Chan only pacified Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, but the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans that were close at hand did not care about it, which would inevitably arouse people's doubts and simply put it forward. Xuzhou Thorn Shi Tao Qian also participated in the discussion of Dong, and Gongsun Chan would not regard Tao Qian as a target, at least not yet.

Gongsun Chan sent someone to tell Yuan Shao about this, just to test Yuan Shao's attitude.

Yuan Shao is the main Guan, Gongsun Zhan wants to make a big move, if he doesn't get Yuan Shao's acquiescence or support, he can't work for a long time, and Bai Huan is happy; In addition, Gongsun Chan did not have his own sailors, and the Beiping army had to transit through Jizhou when it went south to Qingzhou, and the nearest way was to go south from Bohai County, no matter what, Gongsun Chan had to discuss it with Yuan Shao.

The envoy from Beiping came for a few days, but Yuan Shao has not given a reply so far.

promised Gongsun Chan to go to Qingzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban, Gongsun Chan would take advantage of the situation to sit big, and it was very dangerous to let the military strongman in Youzhou sit big, and Gongsun Chan's expansion in Qingzhou was by no means as simple as letting him have more territory.

If Gongsun Chan expands to Qingzhou, the sphere of influence is divided into two parts that are not connected to each other, and with a little common sense, everyone knows that such a situation is not safe, and it is best to connect the spheres of influence together. If you want to connect Beiping and Qingzhou together, it is possible to do it only by annexing Jizhou!

How could Yuan Shao be stupid enough to set himself on fire?

But Gongsun Zhan is under the banner of pacifying the Yellow Turban, and if Yuan Shao refuses, he will inevitably be reprimanded for "ignoring the lives and deaths of the people of Qingxu". Yuan Shao still hadn't thought of how to refuse decently, not giving Gongsun Zhan a chance to break out of Youzhou, and not leaving him under the pretext of being criticized.

This incident made Yuan Shao very sad.

Gongsun Zhan's request to pacify the Qingzhou Yellow Turban reflects that the powerful Kwantung princes are ready to move, and they have even launched practical actions. Other Taishou have been gearing up to open up the territory, but Yuan Shao, who is the head of the Guanasean, is still subject to the suppression of the Jizhou Mansion and survives in the cracks, so how can Yuan Shao not be in a hurry?

A confidant suggested that instead of Gongsun Zan going south to Pingqingzhou, it would be better for Yuan Shao to do it himself, as long as he took Qingzhou and led the Qingzhou Thorn History or State Pastor and had a foothold, it would be better than continuing to stay in Bohai County and being squeezed out by Han Fu.

This proposal made Yuan Shao's heart move, but the opposition was not small.

Opponents pointed out that Qingzhou was ruined, all industries were withered, and the population and materials were far inferior to Jizhou, and if Yuan Shao occupied the land of Qingzhou, Han Fu would not allow him to continue to entrench in the Bohai Sea, thus completely missing the opportunity to annex Jizhou. Moreover, Yuan Shao is now the head of the ASEAN region, and in the name of pacifying the Yellow Turban, he entered and occupied the dilapidated Qingzhou, and made a small profit, but he will be regarded by the outside world as a false public and private embezzlement of land, which will damage his reputation and lose the hearts of the people, and it is likely to directly shake his status as the master of the ASEAN region, which is a big failure.

The worries of the opponents poured cold water on Yuan Shao.

He became the head of Guanasean, relying on his background and reputation, and his reputation was damaged and he lost people's hearts, which was not what he wanted.

Yuan Shao has been struggling in the past few days, weighing the pros and cons repeatedly, and dragging on without giving You Beiping an accurate reply. But Yuan Shao can't drag it out forever, Gongsun Chan has already made a move, and he must make a decision as soon as possible.

Everyone is waiting for his decision.

is not only the envoy of Beiping, but also the confidant of the Bohai Taishou Mansion.

This decision was so important to Yuan Shao that he still hadn't been able to make up his mind.

Between two fires.

Yuan Shao closed his eyes, rubbed his swollen temples, and sighed.

A maid walked in softly and told Yuan Shao that Feng Ji wanted to see him.

Yuan Shao sat up straight suddenly, and the tiredness on his face quickly disappeared.

When Feng Ji came in, he still saw the majestic and confident Yuan Shao.

"Yuantu came to me at this time, what's the matter?"

Feng Ji's face was solemn: "The Black Mountain Army sneaked up on the Flying Fish Collar last night. ”

"Really?"

"It should be true, the unwise city lord is outside, he is furious, and he personally came to the door to ask for the explanation......"