Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu

Cao Cao was riding a horse with He Jin and Yuan Shao and the two of them were talking about the affairs of the world, and he suddenly saw a familiar figure, but in a blink of an eye, this figure disappeared into the chaotic flow of people. Cao Cao was puzzled. He Jin and Yuan Shao were stunned by Cao Cao's words just now, He Jin turned his face to look at Cao Cao, and asked puzzledly, "Who did Brother Cao Xian see just now?" Cao Cao looked confused and said, "It seems to be a regular servant." He Jin smiled and said, "Brother Cao Xian is the wrong person, Zhongchang is a close attendant of the emperor's side, he is always by the emperor's side to serve the emperor, how can he wander on the street?" Yuan Shao also said, "What Elder Yin said is also true, Feng Yu is a eunuch, it is impossible to wander the streets in the capital, Meng De must have seen it wrong." ”

In fact, Cao Cao was not mistaken, that person was Feng Zhen. Feng Yu should have stayed in the palace to serve the emperor, but in order to accumulate money, in addition to selling officials, he also listened to the advice of Zhao Zhong, a regular servant, to establish a "market" in the palace like a folk, and took the treasures such as jade, calligraphy and painting in the palace to the "market" to sell, so that the palace maids and attendants accompanied the merchants, and let the ministers accompany the customers to buy, and the Han Ling Emperor often made some fakes to sell as genuine, of course, the ministers also knew, but they still rushed to buy, and the Han Ling Emperor was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, saying that these people were really loyal ministers.

These fakes sold by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty were bought through eunuchs in the folk bazaars, so Feng Yu often disguised himself as a merchant and sneaked out of the palace to buy fakes from the people, and most of the courtiers were still in the dark.

Feng Yu went in and out of the palace for a long time, and occasionally met Ma Yuanyi, a disciple of Zhang Jiao who taught "Taiping Dao" in Luoyang, and the two went back and forth, Feng Yu became a loyal believer of Taiping Dao, and he taught Taiping Dao to the palace officials in the palace, and he was not hindered by anything. Because Taiping Dao advocates the thoughts of the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu, this is "Huang Lao Dao." ”

Huang Lao Tao is a religion advocated by the court at that time, the meaning is that the way of heaven is natural and inaction, humanity should conform to the way of heaven, and the way of peace is to educate people to conform to the way of heaven in order to enjoy a peaceful life. Zhang Jiao believes that the era of the Yellow Emperor is the Taiping world, is the best era of human beings, in that Taiping era there is neither exploitation and oppression, nor fraud and theft, everyone lives a happy life, Zhang Jiao declared that there are ghosts and gods in the sky to monitor people's behavior, and according to the good and evil of people's behavior to increase or decrease their lifespan, requiring people to do more good deeds and less bad deeds. At that time, the court was dim, and although Feng Yu was a eunuch, he also did not hide the social status quo at that time, so Feng Yu quickly became a loyal believer of Taiping Dao soon after he came into contact with Taiping Dao.

This time, Feng Zhen went out of the palace in the name of buying fakes and blended into the flow of people, and when Cao Cao found him, he also found the three of Cao Cao, and Feng Zhen bowed his head and left quickly. Feng Zhen came to the second floor of a tea house, where there were already many people waiting, Feng Zhen came up and they greeted them one by one, and Feng Zhen was let to the upper seat. Sitting next to him was Ma Yuanyi.

Feng Yu sat down and looked at everyone and said, "I came out this time and saw He Jin, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao on the street, the three of them were riding horses, Cao Cao seemed to have found me, He Jin and Yuan Shao are not worried, but Cao Cao has always been careful, and is good at scheming, so we must disperse as soon as possible after we finish the discussion, in case Cao Cao sends someone to investigate." ”

"What Feng Gong said is extremely true." Ma Yuanyi looked at the few people sitting on Feng Yu and said, "Feng Gong, these people here today are the leaders of my Taiping Dao in the capital, and they will obey your command in the future, now our Taiping Dao believers have established 36 parties in the country under the leadership of the Sect Advocate Corner, each side has more than 10,000 people, we are enough to overthrow this faint Han government, the sect leader has an order, let Feng Gong contact the palace personnel and the disciples in the capital, and wait for the sect master to set a time, an order, we can cooperate with the outside and seize power." ”

Feng Yu said, "I have contacted a number of eunuchs in the palace, and I have also contacted some forbidden troops, as long as the sect leader causes trouble, we can find an opportunity to assassinate the emperor in Luoyang." ”

"Okay, this matter must be strictly kept secret and must not be leaked." Ma Yuanyi said to Feng Xu again, "Feng Gong, in the future, I will not be able to come to Luoyang to contact you again because I have to go to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to supervise the believers there, and the sect leader has specially selected one person to replace me, and I will introduce you to you......" As Ma Yuanyi spoke, the person beside him stood up and arched his hand at Feng Zhen. Ma Yuanyi pointed to the man, "This person's name is Tang Zhou, a native of Jinan, Shandong, and he is a cadre of our Taiping Sect, and in the future, he will pass the orders of the sect leader to Feng Gong on my behalf." ”

Feng Yu returned the salute to Tang Zhou, "Brother Tang, thank you." "You're welcome, it's all your own." "Okay, now I'll convey the sect leader's order......" Ma Yuanyi said. The few of them conspired at the inn for a while before they dispersed.

The Yellow Turban Uprising secretly planned by Zhang Jiao as the leader was constantly brewing all over the country, and the unusual atmosphere in the city of Luoyang, the capital division, was also highlighted, and the refugees from all over the country were no longer scattered and wandering as usual, but became a group, with the head of the Taiping Sect indoctrinating them, they traveled in a disciplined manner, did not gather crowds to make trouble, did not cause trouble, and seemed to be transformed by Taiping Taoism as if they were obedient to the people.

In the 184 years when the refugees were flooded, the dignitaries and nobles in Luoyang City still lived a luxurious life, and the children of Luoyang City were still prosperous and prosperous.

Cao Cao, He Jin, and Yuan Shao rode through the crowded streets to the Penglai Inn, and along the way, Cao Cao's attention was mostly focused on those wandering refugees, and he felt that there was an unusual atmosphere in Luoyang City. went up to the second floor of the inn, and Zhang Miao, Wang Fen, Xu You, and Bao Xin, who were waiting for them here, stood up together and gave them a salute. Cao Cao took a few steps forward and saluted the four of them, "Cao Mengde has seen four people with lofty ideals. ”

The four of them hurriedly returned the salute, Zhang Miao and Xu You didn't need to introduce Cao Cao, they were all old friends, but Wang Fen and Bao Xin Cao Cao didn't know each other, He Jin introduced Wang Fen and Bao Xin to Cao Cao, Cao Cao and they met After the ceremony, Xu You took Cao Cao's hand and said, "Meng De, it's hard for me to see you in your official career in the past few years, it's not like we can be together every day when we were children, today we have to catch up with the old days." Cao Cao said, "What Ziyuan said is yes, we haven't seen each other for four or five years, and Brother Meng Zhuo, Luoyang has been farewell for a few years." Cao Cao looked at Zhang Miao again, and Zhang Miao said, "Exactly, Brother Meng De is still in high spirits after four years!" After being polite for a while, they sat down separately, He Jin ordered the wine and food, and a few chatted while drinking, very cheerful.

The wine table is close to the window, through the window you can see the pedestrians and things on the street, Zhang Miao saw Cao Cao's eyes looking at the street from time to time, so he said, "This year's drought has almost wiped out the crops of the civilians, some of the people have been displaced, and there are many refugees in Luoyang City." ”

Xu You said, "Most of these refugees are Taiping Dao believers, I came all the way from Nanyang, and the most I saw were these Taiping Dao believers. ”

Zhang Miao also said, "Now the believers of Taiping Tao have spread all over the world, and they believe in the Huang Lao Taoist thought, teaching people not to do evil things and to be good, praying for a peaceful and prosperous world and no deception." ”

Cao Cao said, "I'm afraid this is just a disguise, now there are so many people in the world who believe in the Taiping Dao, if they gather a crowd to mutiny, it will really be a big trouble for the court." ”

He Jin said, "I heard that their sect leader is Zhang Jiao, I don't know where this person comes from?" Bao Xin said, "Zhang Jiao is a Julu man, he has been engaged in preaching for seven or eight years, claiming to be a great sage and good teacher, wandering in all directions, using Fu Shui to cure people and never charge a fee to network the hearts of the people in the world, he claims to be a great sage and good teacher, in fact, he sees himself as a sage and prophet of the Taiping Dao, practicing the way of Dashun, to teach to save the world and help the people, his heart is unpredictable. ”

He Jin listened and became worried. Cao Cao said, "Why don't Uncle He give this matter to the Holy Lord, and make preparations as early as possible to prevent trouble before it happens." ”

He Jin sighed and said, "The current saint is confused by the eunuchs, and he is obsessed with wealth all day long, and I am afraid that he will not be able to listen to my advice." Wang Fen said, "Uncle He Guo said the same, Uncle He Guo might as well tell Taiwei Yang Ci about this matter, Taiwei Yang Ci is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his words have weight, I believe the emperor can listen to it." "Of course, Wen Zu's words are true." He Jin said happily.

While a few people were talking, they suddenly heard a noise on the street downstairs, and the three of them left the banquet and went to the window of the building to watch on the street. I saw that there were a lot of people on the street, and there were so many gentlemen in the middle who were arguing with their sleeves, and there were a few people next to them holding pet dogs, Yuan Shao recognized at a glance that one of them was his half-brother Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu was pinching his waist with one hand and scolding the person opposite with one finger.

Cao Cao and He Jin also recognized it, and He Jin said, "Yuan Shao, isn't that your brother Yuan Shu?" ”

Yuan Shao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "My brother doesn't learn and has no skills, he has fun all day long, and my Yuan family is about to fall in our generation." He Jindao, "Why don't we go downstairs and give Yuan Shu a reason?" ”

Yuan Shao said, "It's okay to be so unscrupulous prodigal." Cao Cao said, "You can't ignore it at the beginning, even if your relatives violate the precepts, you should also start to deal with it and deal with it impartially." Cao Cao's words made Yuan Shao unable to sit still, and arched his hand to He Jindao, "Please sit here for a while, Master Yin, and I'll go down and deal with it." Yuan Shao is Luoyang Yin He Jin's official, and he has the right to deal with all kinds of disputes and things that occur in Luoyang, so Cao Cao provoked him, so he ran downstairs, and He Jin and Cao Cao and others also followed.

Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are half-brothers, Yuan Shao is the eldest son, that is to say, Yuan Shao was born to Yuan Feng's concubine, and Yuan Shu is the second son, although he is younger than Yuan Shao, but his status is higher than Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shu's mother is Yuan Feng's main room, because of this relationship, Yuan Shu looks down on Yuan Shao, and the relationship between the two brothers is not so good.

Yuan Shu led the white-haired Pekingese dog who was fighting with that gentleman, Yuan Shao suddenly appeared in front of him, Yuan Shu seemed to see the savior, and said to the man, "What's the matter, you don't want to let me go?" See, Luoyang Yin Peng official Yuan Shao, this is my brother, brother, this group of people bullied me, you arrest them all for me. ”

When the group saw that it was Yuan Shao, they all knew him, and hurriedly gave a salute, and one of them was wearing a silk robe and said to Yuan Shao, "Lord Yuan, we sold this purebred Pekingese dog and your second son, negotiated the price, but your second son only paid half of the money, we didn't let him go, so the dispute started, Lord Yuan, you are not here too, we will not sell this dog, I will return the money to your second son." ”

Yuan Shu said angrily, "You said that if you don't sell it, you won't sell it?" No, you've already taken my money, you have to sell it! Yuan Shao said to Yuan Shu, "How much price have you negotiated with him?" ”

Yuan Shu said, "100,000 yuan." The man said, "It's 200,000 dollars, but he only gave me half of it." Yuan Shao was a little embarrassed, I don't know who said it, Cao Cao said to Yuan Shu, "That's it, didn't you say that you bought it for 100,000 yuan?" Can you sell it to me if I pay 200,000 yuan? ”

Yuan Shu looked at Cao Cao with some disdain, "You can buy it for 200,000?" I'll tell you the truth, this is a purebred snow white, you can't buy it without 300,000, and you still want to buy it with me for 200,000, you think I'm stupid. Yuan Shao understood when he heard this, he didn't know his brother's way of doing things, and he had no credibility to deceive Hao, so he said, "You said that this dog is worth 300,000 yuan, so today my brother will be the master for you, 200,000 yuan you give to this son, and you will take this dog away, otherwise, return the dog to others." ”

Yuan Shu glared at Yuan Shao, "Why are you biased towards outsiders?" We're brothers, you can't do that. Yuan Shao said, "It's decided, if you want, you can pay 200,000 yuan to others, don't, return the dog to others." Yuan Shu glared at Yuan Shao again, this brother didn't argue with himself, let alone outsiders, these onlookers all looked at themselves with serious faces, it was estimated that it would be difficult for him to get out if he didn't finish paying today, Yuan Shu had to take out a few more silver coins from his arms and reluctantly handed them to the man, and the man led a group of men away.

Yuan Shao calmed down the dispute and left here with He Jin and Cao Cao, and continued to go upstairs to drink. Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Shao and the three of them went upstairs and disappeared, so he spat out forcefully and said fiercely, "You, the son of a concubine and a concubine, dare to compete with me to win, the title and property of this family is inherited by my Yuan Shu, you Yuan Shao still have to stand aside, phew!" After venting the fire in his chest, Yuan Shu picked up the Pekingese dog and walked home.

Yuan Shu only wants to spend a sky-high price to buy a Jingba dog, he has his plans, Yuan Shu has no knowledge, and now his father Yuan Feng has passed away, and it is very difficult for him to enter the official career, although it is said that Emperor Han Ling is now openly selling officials, but Yuan Shu wants to buy it, but he always follows in the footsteps of others and is one step late, and Yuan Shu can only sigh with money.

Suddenly, one day he had an inspiration, he knew that Emperor Han Ling was very fond of pet dogs, and also set up such an official who raised dogs, called the dog supervisor, Yuan Shu had no ingenuity to enter the office, and wanted to seek an official position by offering dogs, even if it was to be a dog supervisor, but also his dream of being an official. However, later Yuan Shu's fortunes changed greatly, and the Yellow Turban Riot gave Yuan Shu the power to own the army, and Yuan Shu also supported the army to dominate, proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun, and dreamed of being an emperor for a few days.

Yuan Shu bought this dog, through a period of taming, this dog can walk upright, can "arch its paws", and can also dance, Yuan Shu bribed Zhang Rang to have a chance to take the dog to the palace to face the king.

It was in an early court, the ministers had finished congratulating, and the Taiwei Yang Ci was about to admonish, but he saw Zhang Rang whispering a few words in the ear of Emperor Han Ling, and Emperor Han Ling, who was still drunk, seemed to be in good spirits, and Xuan Yuan Shu went to the court to see the driver, and Yuan Shu led the dog up, and the ministers were shocked.

Emperor Han Ling saw that the Jingba dog like a ball of snow was very fond of it, unconsciously stood up, and asked Zhang Rang to lead it to the back hall to put on a special court dress for the dog, tie the ribbon, and bring the dog to the Jinxian crown, Zhang Rang led the court, Yuan Shu ordered the Jingba dog to stand, to the emperor bowed his hand, Emperor Han Ling Longyan Dayue, smiled, "What a dog official!" All the ministers present were ashamed.

Zhang Rang said, "After Yuan Shu was originally a famous family, he also raised filial piety, and the emperor can make Yuan Shu an official." "Emperor Han Ling looked at Zhang Rang and seemed to feel a little inappropriate, if he wanted to be an official, it was a matter of offering money, there was a clear price mark in the court, how could he make an exception! Zhang Rang understood, and continued, "Yuan Shu paid five million yuan to repair the palace......

Emperor Han Ling smiled and said, "Zhang Aiqing said that it is appropriate to seal him?" ”

Zhang Rang said, "Since Wang Yue resigned from Hu Ben Zhonglang, this official position has been vacant, Yuan Shu is loyal and good, so I will make him a Tiger Ben Zhonglang in the future." ”

"Exactly." In this way, Yuan Shu became the general of the Tiger Ben who led the Praetorian Guard from a gentleman, but Yuan Kui, the Taifu in the court, was not happy for this nephew, but felt a kind of shame, looking at Yuan Kui's expression at that time, with a bitter face, a crooked nose, and a twisted mouth, he couldn't tell whether he wanted to laugh or cry, and raised his cuffs from time to time to cover the eyes of the ministers...... He seemed to hear: Your old Yuan family is the fourth and third dukes, and now there are children who sacrifice dogs to seek officials, and the reputation of the four worlds and three dukes seems to be unsubstantiated!

Emperor Han Ling ignored the expressions of the ministers and kept his eyes on the Pekingese dog wearing court clothes, the Pekingese dog was led by Zhang Rang to play in front of him, Emperor Han Ling teased the Pekingese dog for a while, and then he felt that he was guarding the ministers in the court and lost his identity, so he asked Zhang Rang to announce his retirement from the court. ”