In just a few months, there have been such huge changes of power and personnel changes in Luoyang and even in various states, which is naturally not as easy and simple as it seems on the surface, and there are many unsightly interest exchanges and ugly deeds behind the scenes.

Yuan Shu gave up Yangzhou and returned to his hometown in Nanyang to be the "King of Ruyang", which is the best proof.

Although the Shadow Officers are all over the Han states and can be said to be ubiquitous, they want to find out the motives and purposes of political veterans like Cao Cao and Liu Bei at every moment, but it is tantamount to a fantasy.

Regardless of the fact that Cao Cao has a large number of top strategists such as Xun You, Cheng Yu, Xun Yu, and Liu Ye around him to help Cao Cao guard against others' secret calculations and surveillance, not to mention that Liu Bei has a wise and close to demon strategist like Zhuge Liang and a powerful swordsman like Shi A to escort him, even if Liu Biao, Sima Yi, Sun Jian and other forces, their inner circle is not something that the Shadow Crew can easily approach and lurk.

Although Zhao Xing has many advanced ideas and concepts from later generations, it does not mean that he can anticipate the enemy's opportunities and predict the prophet everywhere, so this time Liu Bei and Cao Cao have been planning for a long time to launch this great change in the integration of the Central Plains, which also made Zhao Xing a little unexpected.

The first thing Zhao Xing couldn't figure out was what Liu Bei said Yuan Kui automatically resigned from the wilderness, and at the same time asked Yuan Shu to obediently hand over Yangzhou's military power and territory, and "go back" to Nanyang's hometown to be a rich man with peace of mind. Based on the memory of Zhao Xing's previous life, he knew that Yuan Shunai was a typical "emperor fan", when after obtaining the jade seal of the country from Sun Jian, he risked the world's disapproval to establish himself as the emperor, and was finally killed alive by various forces.

In fact, what Zhao Xing didn't know was that Yuan Shu was willing to withdraw from Yangzhou and return to Nanyang this time, so that Liu Bei's forces picked up the land of Yangzhou in vain, and thanks to him for his continuous beating and cleaning up of Yuan Shu over the years, Yuan Shu was really out of line, and finally "confessed" under Zhao Xing's aggressive momentum, stopped playing, and honestly went back to Nanyang's house to be the prince.

Some time ago, after Yuan Yao, the eldest son of the Yuan family, was exchanged by Yuan Shu for Sun Shangxiang, Dian Man, and Sun Quan, he reported to Yuan Shu how he was taken captive and the true situation of Zhang Liao's army that he saw in Huailing City.

At this moment, Yuan Shu finally came to his senses, and he also realized that Shouchun City had actually been infiltrated and controlled by Zhao Xing's subordinates, if his father and wife were still lying in Shouchun City without knowing whether they were alive or dead, and dreaming of splitting the earth and sealing the king, even if they were not scared to death by Zhang Liao's army attacking the city, they would be secretly killed by the spies hidden in Shouchun City.

At that time, Zhang Liao wanted Yuan Yao to bring a message to Yuan Shu, but he showed Yuan Yao a little bit the muscles of the Qinghuai Army and the dragoon, and also helped Yuan Yao carefully analyze the tragic fate that Yuan Shu would face at this time when he was crowned king in Yangzhou.

Yuan Yao didn't approve of him being so foolish, but now the important strategist Zhuge Jin was pried into a corner by Zhao Zhenbang, seeing that Yangzhou's current strength is not enough for the Xuzhou Legion, not to mention that other forces are still eyeing him on the sidelines, so after he returned to Shouchun, he not only brought Zhang Liao's original words, but also added some of his own understanding and opinions.

Zhuge Xuan avoided suspicion because of Zhuge Jin's affairs, and also resigned from all his positions, as far as the remaining third-rate miscellaneous fish under Yuan Shu were concerned, how many of them sincerely supported Yuan Shu's claim to be the king and hegemony in Yangzhou? After the news of Yuan Kui's resignation as Taifu in the court came, everyone was not stupid, knowing that Yuan's century-old store was finally in danger of closing down, so they were naturally busy looking for new high branches to climb, and no one had the heart to continue to provoke Yuan Shu to continue to mess around.

Liu Bei took advantage of this favorable opportunity to go to Yangzhou in person to secretly meet with Yuan Shu, and clearly told Yuan Shu that the court's determination to take back Yangzhou was actually his Liu Bei's determination. Liu Bei said clearly, if the Yuan family continues to toss like this, not only will Yuan Kui end up with a death, but the Yuan family will sooner or later betray their relatives and leave, and in the end, they will be cut down and eradicated, and there will be no scum left.

Although he was very angry at Liu Bei's persuasion and Chi Guoguo's threat to Yuan Shu, he had been completely frightened by Zhao Xing from the bottom of his heart, and he no longer had the same blood and strength that he fought with Zhao Xing back then, even if he didn't think about himself, for the sake of his son and family, he shouldn't have looked at the fire pit in front of him, and continued to jump down like a fool.

After figuring out the pros and cons of this, Yuan Shu finally agreed to Liu Bei's conditions, packed up and prepared as quickly as possible, and then left Yangzhou without looking back, taking his own family and his generals Ji Ling, his younger brother Yuan Yin, and 20,000 still elite troops, escorting the people's fat and people's ointment he had looted during his reign in Yangzhou, and returned to Nanyang with some interest.

However, the Yuan family was not without harvest this time, at least two and a half counties were really fiefdoms, and Yuan Shu himself was crowned as a king with a different surname by the imperial court, and finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish to be the king.

Compared with the tragic ending that sooner or later he will be cleaned up in Yangzhou, returning to Nanyang with dignity and being a king with a different surname with real power in his hands, the ending under Yuan Shu's eyes is already good. As for what will happen in the future, it is unknown whether the Yuan family will eventually be imprisoned and swept the tomb for generations like Yuan Shao's family. At least the Nanyang area is located between Luoyang and Xiangyang, not far to the east and close to the upcoming capital Xuchang, and the west of the Chang'an Sanfu area Gongwei, which can be regarded as the safest area at present.

In addition to the frustrated people above the court, there is also an old guy Yuan Kui, and there is also Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen's roots were originally in the state of the party, but this was the old yellow calendar many years ago. Since Zhao Xing sent someone to slash Zhang Yang on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the foundation of the Zhang clan in the Shangdang for several generations was uprooted by the fierce Zhao Xing and his brothers who were not afraid of heaven and earth, leaving only Zhang Wen because he was above the court, so he was fortunate to escape this calamity.

Over the years, if Zhang Wen hadn't clinged to the big tree of the Yuan family and always been consistent with Yuan Kui in his political position, maybe he would have been driven out of the imperial capital by the big families in Luoyang City who ate people and did not spit out bones, and became a homeless lonely ghost.

Now, the Yuan family is declining, Liu Bei and Cao Cao are on the throne, and Yuan Kui is also squeezed out of the eastern capital Luoyang.

Even a fool knows that Yizhou is still Sima's world, if he Zhang Wen dares to run thousands of miles to Yizhou to ask Sima Yi for a hat, it is estimated that as soon as the front foot enters Chengdu, the back foot will have to be killed by the Sima family, and it is the kind of death without proof.

Zhang Wen also completely confessed, he followed behind his old buddy Yuan Kui and went to Nanyang to avoid trouble.