Speaking of which, the family relationship between Wen Chou's family and the Yuan family is quite interesting.

The Wen family does not belong to any scholar group, one of the family has no scriptures, and the other is that no one in the ancestors worships under the famous men of the Han Dynasty.

It stands to reason that a border county clan like the Wen family is not qualified to become the former officials of the Yuan clan at all.

Imagine that Dong Zhuo sharpened his head and wanted to be Yuan Kui's little brother, but Yuan Kui still looked down on him.

But in the end, it was the Wen family who was lucky and caught up with the tide of the times.

In the past, Yuan Feng was in charge of Yuan's cow ears, and all the brothers of Yuan's family were capable people.

When Xianbei Tanshi Huai was in full strength, the garrisons of Bingzhou, Youzhou and other counties and Xianbei wars occurred from time to time, and the entire frontier of the Han Dynasty was in a high-risk state at all times.

At that time, the Runan Yuan family, although it was the gate of the three princes, was in strict power at the time, and if the party was not careful, the family was in danger of overturning.

At that time, the Yuan family was above the court, and its strength was extremely strong and eye-catching, but the Yuan brothers understood the truth that prosperity must decline, and the two generations of emperors of Huan Ling were not good stubbles.

Not only the Yuan family, but also other valve reading gates, it seems to be possessed by glory, but in fact, there is a crisis at every moment.

In order to maintain the longevity of the family, each family can only sail against the current, and if they do not advance, they will retreat, and they will desperately expand their strength.

From the perspective of everyone at that time, in addition to expanding the family's power in Shimen, at the same time, secretly playing a little bit with the eunuchs, secretly building a good relationship, and then winning over the wealthy right groups in the border counties who started with military merits, it was also a good way to increase the weight of the family.

But at that time, the military families of Youzhou and Bingzhou were much more important than the family power of Liangzhou.

People like Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou are not at the same level at all compared to the military warriors in the border areas of Youzhou during the heyday of Tanshihuai.

When Tanshihuai was alive, its threat to the Han Dynasty completely surpassed the threat of the Qiang rebellion in the northwest, and Xianbei, who was under the leadership of Tanshihuai at that time, did have a certain possibility of subverting the regime of the Han Dynasty in the border counties, which was almost impossible in the history of the Han Dynasty since its establishment.

It is precisely because of this that the martial arts groups in Youzhou and the land of Merge Prefecture are flourishing.

At that time, in Liaodong, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Shanggu and other places, there were strong military clans who could lead the local tribes to fight against Xianbei.

The group of high-ranking ministers in the court began to use the resources in their hands to buy and win over these warrior families.

And for these border county haoyou, being able to climb the door of the valve reading in the court is also what they dream of.

The two hit it off.

Many of the military and martial artists in the border counties became the former officials of the imperial court at that stage, including the Wen family in Liaodong.

If this were not the case, it would be difficult for Wen Chou, a strong man who has no scripture inheritance, to become Yuan Shao's confidant in history.

After all, Yan Liang in Qingzhou still belongs to the Central Plains family, and the Yan family also belongs to the big surname in Qingzhou, and he also has his own set of ways to enter the government in the past, which is far from being comparable to Wen Chou.

If the person who came to Hebei was not Liu Jian, but Yuan Shao, with the master-slave relationship between the Wen family and the Yuan family, I was afraid that Wen Chou would have come to Yuan Shao with people from his clan a few years earlier.

But for Liu Jian, the Wen family has been waiting and watching for several years.

There is no way, this is caused by historical reasons, and it has nothing to do with Liu Jian's personal ability and charm value.

But Liu Jian doesn't blame him.

A person like Wen Chou, behind his every move is the interests of the entire family, and the result of his mistake is that he will lose all the plates and be buried with the whole family.

"Yun Chang, Brother Bo Jue." Liu Jian turned his head to look at the two of them.

"Liaoxi County, Youbeiping, Liaodong vassal state, and Liaodong...... There are many heroes who can fight in battle, and the two of you alone recommend this Wen Mengzhong to me, I think it must have a deep meaning, right? ”

Gongsun Zhan said: "Deran, although there are many people who can conquer and fight in the land of Youzhou, in the eyes of a certain Yunchang, those who can be compared with the two of us are not Wen Mengzhong!" ”

"Oh?"

Liu Jian listened and pretended to be very interested: "Meng Zhong really has such ability? ”

Wen Chou hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Guan Yu said: "A certain person has been in Liaodong for many years, watching local heroes, only this person is similar to me, this person was born in a family of military merits, and knows well the tactics of border counties, especially cavalry tactics, very proficient, even above me, if such people are not used, it is really a pity." ”

Liu Jian looked at Wen Chou and said with a smile: "Even if it is recommended by Yun Chang, there will be no mistakes, but since Meng Zhong is from the door of military merit, martial arts archers and horses must be skilled, I want to see your ability, I don't know if I want to?" ”

Now that there is no war in Youzhou, Wen Chou is naturally eager to take another opportunity to show his skills in front of Liu Jian.

Liu Jian was willing to let him show his martial arts, so Wen Chou was naturally not happy.

"As long as it doesn't stain the general's eyes, Wen Chou is willing to give it a try."

"Good!"

Liu Jian took the case: "Prepare clothes and armor for Wen Mengzhong, and send someone to the army to find five warriors above the commander of the tun, and practice skills in the school, I want to watch Mengzhong's ability!" ”

In fact, Liu Jian doesn't need to look at the results of this competition, he can know who won.

But the reason why he still does this is actually to give Wen Chou a chance to perform.

He wants to let Wen Chou see that he is willing to give Wen Chou the opportunity to perform, and after getting Wen Chou's satisfactory answer, he will naturally reuse it.

When a group of people came to the school ground, Wen Chou changed his battle armor, stepped on his war horse, and held a long stick to engage the opponent assigned to him by Liu Jian.

Liu Jian found five opponents for Wen Chou, and Wen Chou knocked them off one after another without falling.

These five people are all officers of the Jizhou Army who are known for their military force, but under Wen Chou's hands, each of them can't go to ten faces.

This is also because the two sides are using sticks, and small friction can't knock them off the horse, if they use weapons on the battlefield, I'm afraid that they can't survive three moves.

Although he had known the result of this contest for a long time, Liu Jian was still very pleased in his heart.

This is really a fierce general with high martial arts.

He happily stood up and walked briskly to the schoolyard.

Wen Chou saw that Liu Jian took the initiative to come to him, so he hurriedly turned over and dismounted.

"General!"

"Bring the wine!"

With Liu Jian's orders, someone had already brought a good wine to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian held the wine jue in both hands and handed it to Wen Chou.

"Meng Zhong is really a hero, and God has given me talents! You can join my Chinese army, temporarily serve as a guard of the Chinese army, follow me, but in the future, if you have military merits, you will be promoted! ”

In Liu Jian's army, everything must be spoken with merit.

Even if Wen Chou was recommended by Guan Yu and Gongsun Zhan, it was not good to suddenly give him a high position in the army.

Therefore, just like Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and Yan Liang, they are close to the defense before the Chinese army, so they are not only entrusted with important tasks, but also will not let others think that Liu Jian is too biased as a newcomer.

And being able to stay by Liu Jian's side, there are still many opportunities for meritorious service.

As a man from a big clan in Liaodong, Wen Chou naturally understands this truth.

He could see that Liu Jian liked him very much, and had the intention of cultivating and promoting him.

"Wen Chou, thank you for your kindness! From now on, I am willing to serve the Lord! ”

"Okay, Meng Zhong, let's go change your armor and rest for a while, I'll pick up the wind and wash the dust for you tonight!"

"Thank you, lord!"

Wen Chou went to rest with a group of sergeants, while Guan Yu and Gongsun Zan accompanied Liu Jian from the school to the city.

"Deran, Youzhou is established, all the counties in Hebei now respect you, from now on, no one in the world dares to look at you."

After listening to Gongsun Zhan's words, Liu Jian was in a very comfortable mood.

However, he also understands that with the three states of Hebei, Qingdao and Youzhou as the foundation, there is no shortage of basic resources for his side, and the next step is to mainly develop internal affairs and accumulate strength.

With Jizhou as the center, the plasticity of Qingzhou and Youzhou was deeply explored, making Hebei the most powerful ...... of the Han Dynasty It should be said that it is the most powerful region in the world.

It is not a good thing to expand the territory too quickly, and if you don't sort out the interior well, it will form a lot of hidden dangers.

These hidden dangers should be eliminated in a concentrated manner within a certain period of time.

The meal should be eaten one bite at a time, and the road should be taken step by step.

After returning to the Jicheng County Office, Guan Yu asked Liu Jiandao: "Brother, the northern Xinjiang is flat, so can I wait for my brother to return to Jizhou next?" ”

Guan Yu's words were more subtle.

What he was trying to say...... It was he, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Gongsun Zhan and others who led the troops to return to Jizhou with Liu Jian, either plotting against the Central Plains or plotting to merge with the state.

Rise to the occasion!

However, Liu Jian is not in a hurry to do so.

First of all, Chang'an's Liu Wei and Empress Dowager He are still the co-masters of the world.

The Yuan brothers in the south are the leaders of the Shi clan in the world.

Nominally, he was an auxiliary minister left by the first emperor.

The troops sent into Qingzhou and Youzhou were all because there were rebels in the two states, so things went so smoothly, because the name was right.

But this does not mean that the court will want to see him sit big for no reason.

Especially since he attacked other states and counties for no reason.

Some people may say that others are also attacking Zhou County, and they don't see that the imperial court has time to find their faults.

But the problem is that Liu Jian's current strength is really expanding too fast compared to others.

There are always shots to the head.

Liu Jian didn't want Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao to stand together to guard against him.

In terms of territory, Liu Jian is temporarily sufficient.

The counties under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou were the richest counties in the Han Dynasty, and at the same time, they were also the most advanced counties in various technologies.

As long as Liu Jian governs these three states in his own way, the population, money and grain, including the production of materials, and the spread of culture, can overturn most of the world in the future.

From the moment Youzhou fell into Liu Jian's hands, the scales of the Han Dynasty had already begun to fall towards Liu Jian's side.

Looking at Guan Yu and Gongsun Zhan's expectant eyes, Liu Jian clearly told the two of them.

"Yun Chang, Bo Jue, you want to stay here, compared to the civil strife in the middle of the Han Dynasty, your task here should be even more arduous!"

(End of chapter)