Lu Zhi listened to Liu Jian's advice, did not reply to Yuan Shao, and left Yuan Shao there.

However, Lu Zhi did not reply, and it did not seem to surprise Yuan Shao.

He didn't expect Lu Zhi to give him a reply from the beginning.

Since he arrived in Jingzhou, Yuan Shao has recruited a large number of troops, expanded his troops, and at the same time united the clans of Jingzhou and Yuzhou to do his best to use the power resources of the entire Jingzhou Wang clan.

Liu Jian's soldiers and horses in Hebei did not grow rapidly, not because Liu Jian was unable to recruit more generals, but because his soldiers and horses were all recruited by himself, and all of them obeyed his orders alone, belonged to his descendants, and did not let anyone interfere.

Yuan Shao, on the other hand, chose the crash method.

Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses grew rapidly, but these soldiers and horses are not all his direct subordinates, most of the personnel of these soldiers and horses belong to the high gate of the Wang clan in Jing and Henan, although Yuan Shao is the highest commander of the Jingzhou army, but the authority of the local Wang clan in Jingzhou is also very high, they are in command of their own people, each in their own way.

In particular, the Cai clan, the Kuai clan, the Ma clan, the Huang clan, the Pang clan, the Xiao clan, the Xu clan, the Yin clan, the Deng clan and other big clans in Jingzhou, they gave Yuan Shao great support, whether it was talent, population, money and food, each family rushed to the name of the Yuan clan in Runan, which can be said to be rushing, and Yuan Shao gave back to them was greater power than the original in the locality.

Historically, the person who came to Jingzhou to serve as the assassin was Liu Biao of Shanyang County, although Liu Biao was also a famous party member, but when it came to family background, prestige and his leadership in Shilin, he was not half a star behind the Yuan family of Runan.

Therefore, in the early days of Liu Biao's arrival in Jingzhou, the support he received was relatively limited, although Liu Biao himself was extremely talented, but in terms of the cohesion of the local noble clan and Haoyou, he was completely incomparable with Yuan Shao.

Therefore, Yuan Shao was able to form a political force representing the high family in Jingzhou, which was stronger than Liu Biao in history.

Of course, there is also a hidden danger behind this seemingly powerful force, that is, the people in the noble clan under him, whether in the military or politically, have really high authority.

At least in Jizhou, the authority they have is definitely incomparable with Yuan Shao.

……

Wancheng, in the council hall of the pastoral office, Yuan Shao was playing against a master.

This person is a person who came to Yuan Shao's account from Yingchuan, Guo Tu of the Guo family in Yingchuan.

The Yingchuan Guo clan and the Runan Yuan clan have always been good friends, and both parties belong to the Ruying lineage, and there are countless exchanges of interests between the three generations.

Yuan Shao is not a fool, on the contrary, he is a very shrewd person.

He now occupies Jingzhou, and in order to make his power soar in a short period of time, he cooperates a lot with the local clans in Jingzhou.

But Yuan Shao also knew in his heart the consequences of doing so, the disadvantage was that the Jingzhou clans were too powerful under him for a while, difficult to control, and easy to change.

As a qualified leader, he can tolerate this kind of thing for a short time, but for a long time, it will definitely not work.

Therefore, after Nanyang County, Nanjun County, and Jiangxia County gradually settled down, Yuan Shao turned his attention to his hometown, which is also the basic place of his Yuan clan in Runan - the land of Ruying!

This time, Guo Tu, a handsome figure in the Guo clan in Yingchuan County, was conquered by Yuan Shao and came to Wancheng and became Yuan Shao's right-hand man.

……

Yuan Shao slowly dropped the sunspot in his hand, and then looked at Guo Tu with a smile: "Gongzhi, the situation is already clear, you lost this game." ”

Guo Tu held the white son in his hand, looked at the old man for a long time, sighed and said helplessly: "This trick is very good, I lost!" ”

Yuan Shao laughed, threw the chess pieces on the chessboard, and said: "Lu Zhi'er doesn't listen to me and doesn't participate in the matter of fighting Dong, this is an iron-hearted desire to be tied to Liu Jian in the same boat!" What a disobedient pawn! ”

Guo Tu sighed: "Lu Zigan's reputation in the sea, if he participates in the discussion of Dong, then the leaders of the ancient scriptures and scholars in the northeast of Guandong should be able to respond in groups, but now he does not participate, and it is a pity to lose the momentum of the ancient scriptures and scholars." ”

Yuan Shao said disdainfully: "It's not a pity, this matter has been expected for a long time, that old thing and Liu Deran complement each other in Hebei and collude with each other...... The letter that Yuan wrote to him was in the sea, needless to say, it must have been taught to him by Liu Jian! ”

Guo Tu said: "Then Liu Deran first left King Chen and His Majesty in Yecheng after the abolition, and vigorously supported the princes of all walks of life to open the mansion, and then in Jizhou Daxing Tuntian, the Zhaoshu clan formed a chamber of commerce, and the piles and piles were all consolidating the imperial power of the Liu family, and his ambition was not small. ”

Yuan Shao slowly stood up and said, "Yuan knows about those things in Jizhou, but this is a good thing for Yuan. ”

Guo Tu hurriedly said: "Why did the public say this? ”

"Whether it is Tuntian or Hebei Commerce and Trade Association, who is Liu Jian's actions and injuries?"

Guo Tu thought about it carefully and said: "The well-dressed room, the world's most famous family!" ”

"Not bad! Liu Deran, as a clan relative, in order to consolidate the imperial power of the Liu family, everything he did was to encroach on the interests of the Wang family, although it could be a temporary profit, but it was to push the Wang family to Yuan's side, the more he pressed the door of the well-dressed giant room in Jizhou, the deeper the fear of the southern gate valve was for him, and in time, the people of the Wang family would gather under Yuan! ”

After that, Yuan Shao looked at Guo Tu and said with a smile: "Gong Ze thinks that what Yuan said is reasonable?" ”

Guo Tu pondered for a moment, and said, "What the envoy said is exact!" ”

"Lu Zigan wants to follow the road surnamed Liu to the black, then let him go and tie up with Liu Jian and die, Yuan took the opportunity of this time to ask Dong to raise righteousness and gather the righteous people of the world! The Quartet came to serve, and when the great success was achieved and the general trend was achieved, Yuan was the co-owner of the world's heroes, forgive him for a mere Liu Jian, Yuan still couldn't cure him? ”

Guo Tu praised with a flattering face: "Make the king far-sighted, have a good plan, and can think what others can't think, and I respect him very much!" ”

Yuan Shao laughed, looking complacent.

"I heard that Dong Zhuo's old thief appointed Han Fu, Kong Ling, Zhang Miao, Wang Fen and other famous people, and all sent them to the local place to guard the history of assassination, in a vain attempt to win the hearts of the scholars, a Liangzhou barbarian, also wants to marry the Kwantung scholars, it's just wishful thinking!"

"As everyone knows, these high-ranking people sent to the place by him are very jealous of him! Sending them to the local government is tantamount to adding wings to Yuan! turned around, Yuan used the people he appointed to clean up Dong Zhuo's old man! Yuan wants him to know what it means to be embattled! ”

After that, I heard Yuan Shao laugh.

Guo Tu's sycophants continued: "Make Jun wise, forgive the Liangzhou tiger wolf, how can he be the opponent of Jun?" ”

Yuan Shao suddenly remembered something: "Gongzhi, I am now going to comprehensively plan a crusade against Dong Zhuozhi, and the talents of the Ruying side still need to bother you to talk about it for me!" ”

Guo Tu understood what Yuan Shao meant.

Jingzhou's local families, such as Cai, Kuai, Huang, Deng and other families, were all reused by Yuan Shao, and now they can be said to be powerful in Jingzhou, and various forces are also all over the Jingzhou army.

Therefore, Yuan Shao continued to attract a group of Ruying families to join him in the Yuan family's basic plate to help him balance the local clans in Jingzhou.

Today, Nanyang County, the most populous county in the Han Dynasty, is now under Yuan Shao's control.

Yuan Shao's next step must be to seek to seize Runan County!

It was the second most populous county in the Han Dynasty, with a population of more than two million.

Nanyang County and Runan County, these two counties have the most prominent families, and the scholars who are willing to support the Yuan family are also the largest, and the population is also the largest in the Han Dynasty, adding up to more than 4.5 million.

Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yangzhou, these places, the population of a state is a little more than four million, Qingzhou is not even four million people, the population of Nanyang and Runan counties, has surpassed the Han Dynasty a state.

In addition, Guo Tu also knew that Yuan Shao's hardcore brothers Bao Xin, Cao Cao and others had already left Luoyang and went to the Central Plains, each gathering people and horses, preparing to develop forces and respond to Yuan Shao.

With these little brothers as pawns, Yuan Shao's strategic space in the north will inevitably increase greatly, so that he has the ability to compete with Dong Zhuo in terms of overall strength.

Don't look at the quality of his Yuan Benchu's soldiers and horses is not as good as the Xiliang Army, but when it comes to their Yuan Shao's current layout in the south, Yuan Shao can completely stand on a high place, point his nose at the people of the world and tell them:

"From today onwards, half of the Han Dynasty in the south is surnamed Yuan!"

Every time he thought of this, Guo Tu's heart couldn't help but feel excited.

He felt that he had met the most worthy of serving the British lord in the world!

……

……

"Yuan Shao wants to gather the hearts of the people in the world by courting Dong, it is impossible, this is the world of the Liu family, not surnamed Yuan."

In the hall of Nangong County, Liu Jianyi said to Lu Zhi solemnly.

But Lu Zhi did not support Liu Jian's self-confidence, he had lived for decades, and he knew the power of the Yuan family very well in his heart.

"Deran, to tell the truth, although Dong Zhuo is now supporting the Son of Heaven, but the stately and well-dressed giants all regard Dong Zhuo as a thorn in the flesh in the eye, and hate to eat his flesh, Yuan Shao stood up at this time, which can be regarded as the heart of the world's wang clan, saying that he does not gather people's hearts, it is impossible......"

"And I'm not worried about anything else, just ......"

Liu Jian said: "What is the teacher worried about? ”

"To be a teacher is to worry, even among the clans in Jizhou, there are some people who have their hearts towards the Yuan family."

Lu Zhi is right, in terms of interests, Yuan Shao represents the world's famous families and thousands of wealthy families.

The reason why the Yuan family is awesome in this era is because they are the leaders of the wang clan, and the current interests of the Yuan family are in line with the interests of the thousands of local wang clans in the Han Dynasty.

At present, Liu Jian, who represents the interests of the imperial family, although he is nominally orthodox, in terms of actual interests, his power is the opposite of the interests of the world's most prominent families.

The conflict of interests between the local noble clan and the imperial power has existed since the founding of the Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and this is not something that can be covered up by a sentence of "Han orthodoxy", nor is it a sentence of "I am the imperial power, you have to listen to me", which can be fooled.

In the final analysis, everyone is just absorbing resources for themselves, which is human nature.

However, Liu Jian did not want to follow the path of Cao Wei's founding in history, and compromised with the scholars of the Wang clan by sacrificing sovereignty.

Therefore, the longer the time passes, the more prominent families in various places will inevitably tend to Yuan Shao, which is inevitable.

"Therefore, to sabotage the Yuan clan from within, at least pull him down from the moral high ground of the world's model first!"

Lu Zhi was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Liu Jian to say such a thing.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Zhi couldn't help laughing, smiling very happily and happily.

"What is the teacher laughing at?"

"The old man laughs at you, it's too naïve to think about things, the reputation of this model in the world is different from other titles, not a few scholars can flaunt each other, and they can flaunt it,"

"Li Yuanli, a model in the world, is not afraid of Chen Zhongju...... To have this title, it has to be the family that has worked hard, flaunted all the contacts with all parties all the year round, wasted a lot of energy, a lot of money and resources, and can come up with such a number one person! ”

"In order to allow Yuan Shao to lead the party, the Yuan family used almost the resources of the entire clan, which is what your kid said to pull him down, just pull him down, and now Yuan Benchu's reputation as a model in the world has now been ingrained in the hearts of scholars, what should you do?"

Liu Jian sold a pass with Lu Zhi: "When the time comes, the students have their own methods, and the teacher can rest assured." ”