The Yuan family and the Deng family still have a relationship?

Shen Chen and Deng Hong glanced at each other, and they could both see the doubts in each other's eyes.

You must know that the glory of the Deng family was still seventy years ago, and now that so much time has passed, how can they know the previous history?

So after hesitating for a moment, Deng Hong arched his hand and said: "I don't know about this, and I ask the general to make it clear." ”

Yuan Shu sneered: "Back then, my great-uncle Uncle Pinggong was dismissed from his official position because he was unwilling to obey the Deng family's relatives, and he killed himself after returning home, isn't this the origin?" ”

"Uh......"

The grandfather and grandson looked at each other again, and this time there was no doubt in their eyes, but a speechless expression.

Both of them wondered in their hearts if Yuan Shu was deliberately trying to find fault.

Because the uncle Pinggong in Yuan Shu's mouth is the third prince of the second generation of the Yuan family, called Yuan Chang, who was the secretary in the third year of the early Yuan Dynasty.

The four generations and the three princes do not mean that the four generations have three three princes, but that each of the four generations has three princes.

The first generation of the three princes of the Yuan family began with Situ Yuan An during the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, which was more than a hundred years ago.

The second generation is this Yuan Chang, the Sikong during the period of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty.

The third generation is Yuan Shu's grandfather Yuan Tang, the imperial lieutenant of the Han Huan Emperor period.

The fourth generation is Yuan Shu's father Yuan Feng and uncle Yuan Kui, Sikong and Taifu during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

It seems to be a matter of three generations, but the time span is very large, Yuan Chang died in the fourth year of the early Yuan Dynasty, 117 AD.

At that time, it was indeed the world of the Deng family, and the Empress Dowager Deng was in charge of the dynasty, and the relatives of the Deng family were in full swing, and the three princes and nine kings could not compete with them at all, and it was normal for them to be condemned.

The problem is that the Deng family is not a bad person, the Empress Dowager Deng and the Deng relatives have a good reputation, even if they were later framed by the eunuchs, the Deng family was scattered, and during the Shun Emperor period, Liu Bao, the Emperor of Han Shun, had also rehabilitated them.

Therefore, the struggle between Yuan Chang and Deng's relatives is not a simple story of a good official fighting with a powerful person, and then a good official is forced to death by a powerful person.

Rather, it should have been a struggle between two political interest groups, and in the end Yuan Chang failed.

In addition to this, there is a problem.

That is, Yuan Shu and Yuan Chang are not direct relatives, Yuan Chang is Yuan Shu's great-grandfather, that is, the brother-in-law of his grandfather's father, so Yuan Shu should be called Yuan Chang's great-uncle.

And what about Deng Hong?

He belongs to the Xinye Deng clan, not the Luoyang Deng clan, and has a farther relationship with the Empress Dowager Deng at that time, and may have to be related to the generation of Deng Yu, the ancestor of the Deng family during the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu used this matter to find Deng Hong's stubble, which is equivalent to Cao Cao's father died because of Tao Qian, but because Tao Qian was the pastor of Xuzhou, Cao Cao felt that all the people of Xuzhou were guilty, and it was outrageous to slaughter Xuzhou.

Although such an outrageous thing has happened, everyone has to be reasonable.

If you want to settle accounts, even if you can't find the Empress Dowager Deng and the general Deng Qiu, you have to find the head of the Luoyang Deng family.

Now it's been almost a hundred years, and you're going to settle old scores.

When Pangu opened the world, your ancestor was still a cell, and he was bullied by other cells, why didn't you go to your ancestor's enemy from that time?

"Hahaha!"

Seeing that the two of them were speechless, Yuan Shu laughed proudly and said, "Sir, don't be afraid, I'm just joking with you." ”

Deng Hong smiled and said, "General Zuo is really funny. ”

Shen Chen knew that Yuan Shu had already had the heart to be the emperor, and it was his sentence just now that provoked him, so he also said: "General Zuo has elegance and is worthy of being a hero of Jiang Zuo!" ”

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "Mr. and Congsun are indeed rare talents, I want to show you as the prince of Jiujiang County, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you, General Zuo."

Deng Hong immediately said: "Hong is willing to follow the general to make contributions, but the clan wants to return to the Nanyang clan land and find their ancestors and return to their ancestors, so I hope that the general can allow Hong to escort the clan back to Nanyang first, and then come to Huainan Shiyu General." ”

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

Yuan Shu thought about it, then nodded and said: "Runan is now withered, there are countless bandits along the way, and the Langya Zhuge clan also passed through Huainan last month, and I watch Zhuge Xuan as Yuzhang Taishou." If you go to Jingzhou, you can take a boat from Yuzhang to Jingzhou, and you can find Zhuge Xuan. ”

Deng Hong was waiting for this sentence, and immediately said with great joy: "General Xie." ”

Coming out of Yuan Shu, the ancestors and grandsons got what they wanted, so they immediately returned to the north of the city, and used the seals and documents given by Yuan Shu to prepare to set off for Yuzhang in the south.

The reason why they chose to go far away and not go to Nanyang instead of Runan took a big road around Yuzhang was because Runan was too dangerous now.

From Xuzhou all the way south, when entering the territory of Peiguo, he has encountered several small-scale bandits.

That's still in Peiguo.

Cao Cao had just slaughtered Xiapi, and the people and bandits around Peiguo were terrified, and there were almost no people within a radius of 100 miles.

But even then it was still in danger, and if it wasn't for the training of the clan to protect it, I am afraid that the clan would have been wiped out.

Runan is even more powerful, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, millions of Henan Yellow Turbans were scattered by Huangfu Song, and they were scattered in various places as bandits, Funiu Mountain Range, Dabie Mountain Range and the entire Runan County and county, there were countless bandits.

In the first year of Jian'an, in the battle of Cao Cao's attack on Runan and Yingchuan Yellow Turban Army, the leaders of Runan Yellow Turbans He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and other troops each had tens of thousands of people.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei went from Yuan Shaona to Runan to prepare to go south to contact Liu Biao, but at that time, there were thousands of people entrenched in Runan Yellow Turban, Liu Pi and Gongdu, so you can know the current situation in Runan.

Moreover, in the history books, it is only recorded that He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man and other departments each have tens of thousands of people, but there are too many that are not recorded.

He Yi, Liu Bi, Huang Shao, He Man, Liu Bi, and Gong are just the six teams with a relatively large number of people, adding up to more than 100,000 horses.

There are countless other small groups of yellow turban thieves with hundreds or thousands of people, and the entire Runan is about to become a den of thieves.

The population of Huangmen Pavilion is only about 1,000 people, and there are only more than 200 people in the fighting power after removing the old and weak women and children.

Therefore, although it is a long detour to go from Yuzhang to Jingzhou, it is still much better than going from Runan, at least in terms of security.

After getting the token from Yuan Shu, Shen Chen immediately urged Deng Hong to return to the clan non-stop and prepare to set off.

On the way, Deng Hong was a little puzzled: "Ah Chen, I think that Yuan Shu seems to be a good person, why do you want me to deceive him, saying that he will come to him after escorting the clan back to Nanyang?" I don't think it's a bad thing. ”

When you are an official, everyone wants to do it. I didn't have that opportunity before, but now I suddenly boarded the hall of Yuan Shu as a descendant of the Deng family, and was promised a county, Deng Hong was naturally very moved.

How do you know that Shen Chen shook his head and said, "Uncle, I advise you to dispel the idea of going out of the Yuan Shu." I don't think he's right, and I'm afraid it won't be long before disaster strikes him. ”

"Huh?"

Deng Hong wondered: "How do you see this?" ”

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "Uncle Ancestor, think about it, why did he immediately change color after I finished saying "With the prestige of the Yuan family, why can't you sweep the universe and support the Han family"? ”

"What do you mean?"

"The year before last, the imperial court sent Taifu Ma Riyan to envoy Yuan Shu and awarded him General Zuo, False Festival, and Yang Zhai Marquis. But uncle, you see? Where is Taifu now? ”

"I also heard about this, I was detained and imprisoned by Yuan Shu for more than a year, and at the beginning of the year, I seemed to hear that I had died of illness."

"Yuan Shu even dared to detain the envoys of the imperial court, which shows that he has despised the imperial court, and I am afraid that it will not be long before he becomes emperor."

"It's not that serious, does he have the courage to be the emperor?"

Deng Hong was surprised.

The year before last, Ma Riyan was sent to Yuan Shu to read the edict of the Son of Heaven, and Yuan Shu did detain Ma Riyan for more than a year.

Although the detention of the imperial court envoy is still a prince and a third duke, the responsibility is comparable to rebellion.

But now there is nothing to say about the way of the world itself.

Yuan Shu could have made an excuse to say that he was afraid that Ma Riyan would not be safe on the way back, so he left him to protect his safety.

At present, the princes of all walks of life in the world are indeed attacking each other, and it is an indisputable fact that the Han family is weak.

Some are like the period of Zhou Tianzi, where the heroes were divided.

The problem is that everyone still maintains a superficial relationship, and verbally expresses respect for the Han Emperor.

It's like in the early Spring and Autumn Period, even the most powerful Jin Kingdom didn't dare to directly claim the king, and they all called themselves so-and-so.

The first to claim the throne were the border states such as Chu, Wu, and Yue, because they were very far away from the Central Plains and were not afraid of the restrictions of the Zhou royal family.

It was not until the prestige of the Zhou royal family declined greatly in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period that the Central Plains countries such as Wei, Qi, and Qin became kings one after another, and there was no longer any need to take care of the Zhou royal family.

This is called righteousness.

People say that they respect the Han family, but behind their backs, they practice secession, which can be regarded as some kind of unspoken rule in today's era.

But no matter what, the unspoken rules are the unspoken rules, and they can't be brought to the surface.

The Han dynasty has not yet declined to the point where everyone can be called emperor.

If Yuan Shu pierced this layer of window paper first, it should not be difficult to think of what it would mean to him.

However, Shen Chen said: "Uncle Ancestor, think about it, if a prince does not have the heart of disobedience and arbitrarily detains a Three Princes Angel, what good will it do to him? ”

"This ......," Deng Hong couldn't answer.

Because if you think about it, this really doesn't do Yuan Shu any good.

Shen Chen said again: "If Yuan Shu wants to support the Han family, he should send Taifu Li back, and even send troops to protect it, instead of taking away Taifu's talisman and imprisoning Taifu so that he dies of anger, this is just challenging the authority of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Like...... That's the truth. ”

Deng Hong felt that Shen Chen was right, wasn't Yuan Shu's actions challenging the authority of the Son of Heaven?

Shen Chen continued: "And when I said the words Kuang Fu Han Chamber, Yuan Shu immediately changed color, which is enough to show that he has misdeeds in his heart, and the heart of the emperor is obvious. If the uncle is in Yuan Shu in the future, the death will be small, and the reputation will be ruined. ”

Deng Hong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Fortunately, Ah Chen saw his bad intentions, otherwise I would have been really moved." However, now that the southern Yuan Shu is powerful, even if he is called the emperor, no one can control it. ”

"Yuan Shu is powerful?"

Shen Chen sneered: "Heh, the dry bones in the grave, sooner or later you will die on the side of the road!" ”