Speaking of Shuxian Zhou's family, like Yuan Shu, they are all well-dressed giants, and there are several top wealthy families in the world.

In the past two generations of the Zhou family, there are also people who are ranked as the third duke, among which there is the father-in-law Zhou Jing of the previous generation.

Among the father-in-law of this generation, there is Zhou Zhong who joined the dynasty, also served as a lieutenant, and later moved to the position of Jiuqing.

It can be said that in the land of Jianghuai, the Zhou family, can be called the head of the family.

With the influence of the Shu County Zhou clan in the land of Jianghuai, since they sent someone to explain Yuan Shu, then Yuan Shu could not be seen.

As the fourth and third princes, if the Yuan clan wants to be stable in the local area, the most important thing is to use these clans who share their interests to reach a political and interest alliance with them and maintain their hegemony in the local area.

Moreover, the Runan Yuan family and the Lujiang Zhou family are still world friends in a sense.

I think back then, when the two families were just rising, they had communicated with each other in the court.

The most direct manifestation is Zhou Yu's great-grandfather Zhou Rong, who was conquered by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's great-grandfather Yuan An.

Therefore, even if the Zhou family is prosperous now, if you push forward four generations, the Lujiang Zhou family is actually the gate of the Yuan family in Runan.

In the next four generations of Yuan An and Zhou Rong, the interests of the two families are also unknown.

Especially from the perspective of political personnel in the court, the two families have been in the center for many years, exchanging important personnel appointments with each other, which is really a lot.

Therefore, when he heard that the Lujiang Zhou clan had helped the Sun clan escape from under his nose, Yuan Shu was actually extremely angry.

However, due to the relationship between the Yuan family and the Zhou family for many years, even if Yuan Shu knew that the Zhou family had helped the Sun family, he had no intention of doing anything to the Zhou family for a while.

He was still thinking about what method to use to find out about this matter to the Zhou family, but before he could think about it, the Zhou family took the initiative to send a messenger to communicate with Yuan Shu.

This is a good thing for Yuan Shu.

At least he didn't have to think about how to talk to the Zhou family.

This time, the person who came to see Yuan Shu on behalf of the Lujiang Zhou clan was Zhou Shang, a handsome man in the Zhou family's current generation.

And with Zhou Shang, there is also a young man of the next generation of the Zhou family - Zhou Yu, who is only fourteen years old.

Among the Zhou family's generation, the three most prominent people are Zhou Yu's father Zhou Yi, as well as Zhou Yi's two brothers Zhou Shang and Zhou Zhong.

Today, Zhou Yi and Zhou Zhong are both working in Luoyang.

Although Zhou Shang was also in Luoyang before, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Zhou Shang gave up his official position, returned to his hometown, and took on the responsibility of stabilizing the clan affairs in the local area.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can figure it out, like the Runan Yuan clan and the Yingchuan Xun clan, the Zhou clan is also full of people with vicious eyes, and in this increasingly chaotic world, they naturally have to find a way to find the best way out for the family.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is extremely unwise to place all the elites of the clan in Luoyang.

The political situation in the Luoyang court led by Dong Zhuo is extremely unstable, and once a coup d'état occurs in Luoyang, the elites of the Zhou clan will be lost in the court, which is unaffordable for the Lujiang Zhou family.

But if the Zhou family is asked to abandon the political pattern that has been laid down for generations, they will definitely not be reconciled.

For the Maison, eggs are placed in different baskets.

The Zhou family left Zhou Yi and Zhou Zhong in the court of Luoyang, while Zhou Shang returned to his own clan.

In addition to protecting the family and revitalizing the clan affairs in the local area, he also used the influence of the Zhou clan in the local area to take advantage of the chaos in the world to begin to expand his strength, increase the number of apprentices, secretly train soldiers and horses, and hoard grain, grass and ordnance, so as to ensure that the Zhou clan in Lujiang can find a corner of the land in the troubled times.

In addition, there is another very important thing, that is, Zhou Shang wants to cultivate outstanding talents in his own family to lay the foundation for the future of the Zhou family.

After seeing Zhou Shang and Zhou Yu, Yuan Shu immediately showed a very unhappy expression.

After all, the Yuan and Zhou families are friends of the fourth generation, and Yuan Shu has known the three brothers of the Zhou family since he was in Luoyang, and he is also direct to Zhou Shang at this moment.

"Brother Zhou, you and I are old acquaintances, and our two families have a friendship of four generations, what is your intention of secretly using a knife behind my back this time?"

What kind of dog temper Yuan Shu is, Zhou Shang knew when he was in Luoyang.

"Why do you say that? When did my Zhou family do something sorry for you? ”

Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes: "At this time, are you still pretending?" Tell me, did you secretly help the people of the Sun clan to escape from the Lujiang River to the west? ”

Zhou Shang showed a surprised expression.

"Yes, the Sun family did help me to donate the boat so that they could leave the Lujiang River smoothly...... However, isn't that what your Yuan family meant? How can it be said that he secretly helped escape? ”

As soon as Yuan Shu heard this, his angry brain hurt a little.

"When did I arrange for you to let them escape?"

Zhou Shang showed an innocent expression: "I didn't mean you, this is what Yuan Benchu wrote to me to do, highway, highway, you brothers fight, it's not our Zhou family's business, you are the Yuan family, and you were originally the Yuan family, I can't afford to offend anyone." ”

"You ......"

Yuan Shu made Zhou Shang speechless.

If someone else dared to talk to him like this, Yuan Shu would kill him directly without saying a word.

But the Zhou family is different from other families.

With Yuan Shu's current position, as long as he still wants to continue to be the overlord in Shouchun, it is best for him to stand on the same front with the Zhou family.

"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou, you can't help me, now the shepherd on the boundary of your Zhou family is me, not the son of Yuan Benchu's little maid, can't you even understand this thing?"

Zhou Shang smiled helplessly: "Highway, highway, the current situation is not as good as before, haven't you seen the pattern of this court and the pattern of the world clearly?" This is not the time for your brothers to fight. ”

"Why did I agree to send Ben Chu's Sun family away, it's not that I don't want you and Ben Chu to have too much trouble, and when the time comes, there will be no room for maneuver, so let others take advantage of it."

Yuan Shu was very unhappy when he heard this.

"Joke, how could I let someone else take advantage of it?"

Zhou Shang sighed when he heard this.

He glanced to the side.

It was at this time that Zhou Yu, a young man who was brought by Zhou Shang to meet Yuan Shu, stood up.

Zhou Yu saluted Yuan Shu very respectfully.

"A certain Zhou Yu, the son of Zhou Yi, meet the envoy."

Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Virtuous nephew."

Zhou Yu said: "The envoy has been busy with Yuan Jingzhou recently, but he has ignored the situation in the court of Luoyang, Yu's father and uncle Cong are both in Luoyang, and recently brought back a major event related to the court for the Zhou family, I don't know if Yuan Yuanjun knows it?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "You have any news, but it doesn't hurt to say it, don't sell it." ”

Zhou Yu said with a smile: "Just when Yuan Zhijun and Yuan Jingzhou's brothers were fighting, Dong Zhuo had withdrawn his troops from Luyang and returned to Luoyang, and Yuan Jingzhou's soldiers and horses also returned to the interior of Jingzhou in order to compete with Yuanjing. ”

When Yuan Shu heard this, he was curious: "What is Dong Zhuo's plan?" ”

"Don't hide it from Duke Yuan, Dong Zhuo is currently going to force two new policies in Luoyang."

"And it is said that these two new policies have also been approved by His Majesty and the Queen Mother."

Yuan Shu said disdainfully when he heard this: "What new deal? What's so wonderful? Which emperor was newly enthroned, and which auxiliary minister was newly powered, did not all have one or two new policies to show their merits? What's the big deal? ”

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "Yuan Yuanjun, the problem is that according to Yan Jun and Uncle Cong, these two new policies are related to the lifeblood of a well-dressed gate like you and me. ”

This sentence was not trivial, and it immediately suppressed Yuan Shu.

"It's so serious, what is the new deal?"

Zhou Yu turned his head to look at Zhou Shang beside him.

Zhou Shang stroked his beard and half-closed his eyes.

"Just tell Yuan Yuanjun, don't worry about me."

"Yui."

So, Zhou Yu roughly told Yuan Shu about the news that his father and his uncle had passed back from Luoyang.

Of course, there is also some content about the New Deal.

After hearing the news, Yuan Shu was suddenly stupid.

He never imagined that Dong Zhuo would actually start promulgating a new policy from the two places of taxation and the abolition of inspection.

"Dong Zhuo old thief, is he crazy?!"

Yuan Shu shouted angrily.

"Is he trying to be the enemy of the whole world? He is not afraid of cutting off his children and grandchildren? Will the whole people be destroyed? ”

Zhou Yu said: "I'm afraid things are not so simple, according to Yu's analysis, what has happened in recent years seems to be someone who is constantly boosting behind Dong Zhuo and the Son of Heaven, which seems to be traceless, but in fact they are interlocking. ”

"And what he is plotting is the benefit of a hundred years of precipitation in our well-dressed giant room, and the viciousness of his mind is unprecedented, when this season, Yuan Gong can not compete with his brother again, when he joins forces with Yuan Jingzhou, peel off the cocoon, and carefully find out Dong Zhuo or the driving force behind today's son, otherwise once the momentum falls, I am afraid it will be too late to regret it."

Yuan Shu was still angry at first.

But listening to Zhou Yu say this, his expression changed a little.

Yuan Shu narrowed his eyes: "The affairs of the court, naturally Dong Zhuo must not be allowed to succeed, but my generation does not need to join forces with Yuan Shao, besides, the door of the world's clothes and crowns has the power of a hundred years of precipitation, how can it be that he can be brought down by one or two policies casually?" ”

"But thank you uncle and nephew for being able to inform me of this news so that I can take precautions."

When Zhou Shang heard the meaning of Yuan Shu's words, he didn't seem to want to reconcile with Yuan Shao.

He was amazed.

"Highway, don't be so willful, the stakes are high, now is not the time for your brothers to contradict."

How can Yuan Shu's eyes be higher than the top, his eyes are empty, no matter how Zhou Shang persuades, he is not willing to reconcile with Yuan Shao.

However, the fourteen-year-old Zhou Yu aroused Yuan Shu's interest.

He felt that although this child was young, he was very shrewd, and his gestures were very atmospheric, and he would definitely be a talent in the future, so he intended to recruit him.

However, Zhou Yu refused on the grounds that he was still young and needed to hone his studies.

The uncle and nephew of the Zhou family then walked out of Yuan Shu's mansion and went to the pavilion to rest for the time being.

After going out, Zhou Shang looked at Zhou Yu.

"Nephew, what do you think of Yuan Shu?"

The young Zhou Yu said very decisively: "The dry bones in the grave, short-sighted, and not a long-term person, it seems that it is difficult to point at him to find out the black hand that promotes reform." ”

Zhou Shang sighed: "Then in your opinion, what should our Zhou family do now?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Uncle, nephew said something that shouldn't be said, although we look at the world in chaos, but no matter how the world changes in the future, the benefits of the well-dressed room are immutable!" ”

"No matter who is the driving force behind the court, we must find him out, and the power of the Wang clan will destroy him."

"As for who will be in charge of Yangzhou in the future, it is not a big problem, the prosperity of the Zhou family's talents, no matter who assists, can achieve a great cause."

Some people died, but not completely......