In the hall of Wancheng, Yuan Shao sat on the main hall with a gloomy face, he looked at the people below with great displeasure, and said: "Liu Deran did the abolition of the establishment of the puppet emperor Liu Xie, and now he is doing bad governance in Chang'an City, harming the country and thousands of Li Shu, Yuan Mou, as an important minister of the court, how can he ignore it?" This time, I will discuss this matter with the public and see how this matter should be handled. ”

Everyone present was also hesitant about this matter.

The people who were able to gather around Yuan Shao were all representatives of the Southern Gate Lords who did not agree with Liu Jian's new policy and hoped to maintain the old system, or families who were deeply bound to the Yuan family.

Compared with Liangzhou, the Yuan clan has now built a chain of interests centered on their Runan Yuan clan in the south, and Yuan Shao's method of treating the southern scholars and the powerful people is to decentralize a large amount of power, so that those prominent clans around the Yuan clan in Runan can organize the army at will, and use the Yuan army's army as the center to jointly consolidate their interests in the south.

In fact, the enemy Liu Jian is facing now is Yuan Shao on the surface, but in fact it is not!

The enemy of the south, the spokesperson is Yuan Shao.

However, the real enemy faced by the Han dynasty represented by Liu Jian was the entire group of nobles and scholars who did not want the reform of the Han Dynasty represented by the Yuan clan in Runan, and were the supporters of inherent interests.

The fundamental antagonistic contradiction between the North and the South is the contradiction between the new structural reform and the old system, and that's it.

After listening to Yuan Shao's words, Xiao Ji immediately said: "Lord, Liu Jian pacified Guanzhong, developed Yanzhou, conquered Liangzhou, and consolidated the northern forces, and the purpose of what he did was ultimately just to go south, pacify Yuzhou, Jiangdong, Jingchu, Yizhou, and dominate the world, in order to achieve his ambitions. ”

Yuan Shaochang sighed and said: "In the hateful court, the traitor is in charge, Yuan has tried his best for the Han Dynasty, but it is a pity that until now, he can only sit back and watch the Han Dynasty, and the wolf smoke made by Liu Jian's traitors is everywhere, and the lives are ruined, and I am guilty!" ”

These words were pure fart, but the representatives of the local noble clans of the old system present all nodded again and again, and responded to Yuan Shao with a conscience blinded by lard.

Then, I saw Guo Tu stand up.

"Yuan Gong!"

"What is the opinion of the public rule?"

Guo Tudao: "Yuan Gong, Liu Jian governed Hebei for ten years, and included the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and Xiongnu savages under his command, thinking that he was helping to vigorously develop Hebei, and his strength was strong, and now he also occupied the imperial court, guarding the north, and his power is becoming stronger and stronger, but compared to Yuan Gong, the key is that this fang is now the prime minister of the court, occupying orthodoxy, if Yuan Gong wants to compete with him, he must have a justifiable reason, otherwise he may lose the right way." ”

Yuan Shaoyan said: "This is very true, but Liu Jian acted arbitrarily to abolish the establishment, abolish the son of the first emperor and establish the king of Chen Liu, the crime is not punishable!" He entered Chang'an in the name of the Qing monarch, and now I also denounce him in the name of the Qing monarch, what does the public think? ”

Guo Tu said: "What Yuan Gong said is very true! ”

"However, the subordinates feel that Liu Jian is now the prime minister, and if Yuan Gong is just a Jingzhou pastor, he will inevitably be a head shorter than him Liu Jian, which is not conducive to Yuan Gong's momentum, and his subordinates think that Yuan Gong should lead himself as a general, and call on people with lofty ideals in the world to jointly crusade against Liu Jian, which is a big plan!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he suddenly felt refreshed.

He pondered it carefully and felt that this statement made sense.

"The public rule is very true, what kind of identity is Yuan, how can he be weaker than Liu Deran, the martial artist of Jiebian County? A certain person issued an edict, calling on the heroes of the world to jointly crusade against Liu Jian, and then thought he was a general! ”

Everyone gave up their hands one after another to congratulate Yuan Shao.

Then, I saw Xu You stand up again.

"Yuan Gong, at present, Liu Jian in the north is pouring all the country's strength into the development of Guanzhong, Sanhe, Yanzhou and other places, and there is a great tendency to develop these new territories into the same as Hebei.

Yuan Shao ignored Xu You.

He looked at everyone present: "What else do you think?" ”

Xu You saw Yuan Shao snubbing him, and he was very aggrieved, so he could only slowly retreat into the crowd.

Since the last time Sun Jian was killed, Xu You has not been treated well by Yuan Shao, no matter how hard he tries to give advice to Yuan Shao, how to show himself to Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao doesn't care much about him.

Xu You is really aggrieved now.

But there was no way, when he boasted in front of everyone and went out with Sun Jian, Sun Jian died in battle, but he Xu You escaped from the battle, secretly returned to Nanyang County by path, and did not return with the army, which made Xu You's status in Yuan Shao's heart plummet.

So during this time, Xu You tried all means to change his status in Yuan Shao's heart.

Unfortunately, it didn't work out.

Kuai Yue stood up and said: "My lord, now Liu Jian wants to develop Guanzhong and Yanzhou, then we will find a way to delay the development of Guanzhong and Yanzhou, and destroy its Tuntian in Yanzhou and Guanzhong, so that his investment in the Central Plains can be in vain, which can be regarded as hurting the vitality of Hebei, after all, Guanzhong and Yanzhou and other places want to develop, and they are currently relying on the support of Hebei." ”

Yuan Shao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go on." ”

"The lord can gather troops in Jingzhou to harass Sizhou, Yuzhou sent an army, straight to Yanzhou, and then ordered Cao Cao to send troops to Xuzhou to contain Liu Bei, Yizhou Yuan Yi is out of Qinchuan to harass Guanzhong, even if Liu Jian has the strength to deal with it, but also to deal with it, now the north is vigorously supporting Tuntian, and suddenly facing several armies together, it will inevitably greatly delay the development of Liu Jian."

"We are sending people to contact the Central Plains and various families in Guanzhong to encourage them to secretly support us, so Liu Jian will not be able to take care of it."

Yuan Shao listened carefully, nodding as he listened.

And at this time, I saw Yuan Shu slowly standing out of the crowd.

"Brother, brother has a word of advice!"

Seeing that Yuan Shu had something to say, Yuan Shao suddenly came to his senses.

Although this younger brother used to be at odds with him everywhere in Luoyang, but now he has joined his command and has become his subordinate, this feeling of being over his former opponent makes Yuan Shao very satisfied and comfortable.

He was very good to Yuan Shu, treated the guests well, and at the same time, every time there was a military discussion, he also sought Yuan Shu's opinion, it can be said that Yuan Shao really regarded Yuan Shu as his right-hand man.

"What's the idea of the highway?"

Yuan Shu said: "Sending troops to harass Guanzhong and the Central Plains, leading the generals themselves, and announcing the world are all important, but according to the younger brother, the elder brother still has one more thing to do." ”

Yuan Shao hurriedly said: "What's the matter?" ”

Yuan Shu said: "Brother, no matter how we say that Liu Jian is a traitor to the court, but after all, the current court is still in his hands, and Liu Jian still has orthodoxy in his hands. ”

When Yuan Shao heard this, his spirit was shocked.

"Highway is quite reasonable...... Our Runan Yuan clan should have an emperor in the south...... It's just that who should this emperor support? ”

Xun Yan said: "The emperor who was abolished by Liu Jian is now the king of Hongnong, although he was deposed, but after all, he is the son of the first emperor, and he is the orthodox heir to the throne left by the first emperor, and the puppet emperor that Liu Jian is supporting now is just his brother,"

"If it comes to the orthodoxy of the throne, the abolition of Emperor Liu Wei is enough to compete with today's pseudo-emperor!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Youruo Shingo's arm!"

"I should send troops to Hongnong and welcome the king of Hongnong south to Wancheng as the emperor!"

Subsequently, Yuan Shao arranged the tasks of everyone, let everyone perform their duties, and the major families went back to prepare their own soldiers, horses, grain and grass, ready to go north at any time to harass the Central Plains and Guanzhong.

In addition, Kuai Liang also advised Yuan Shao to secretly send someone to write to Ma Teng and Han Sui, the rebel leaders of Xiliang, to communicate with them about the matter.

After all, Ma Teng and Han Sui, as well as the more than ten Liangzhou rebels who followed the two of them, are now living a very hard life.

If they knew that Yuan Shao was going to gather troops from the south to go north, they would definitely cooperate with Yuan Shao and go east together to fight Zhang Fei and Liu Biao again.

This is also very beneficial to Yuan Shao.

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Yuan Shao soon sent people to Jiangdong to meet Cao Cao to go north, and sent people to Shuzhong to communicate with Yuan Yi.

Yuan Shao's thoughts are actually very clear in the hearts of Liu Jian in the north and his capable generals.

With Yuan Shao's temperament, with Liu Jian's brilliant success, he will definitely take action against the imperial court.

It depends on how big the hand is.

Although Liu Jian had long known that Yuan Shao would take action against the Central Plains, he could only delay the development process of Guanzhong and Yanzhou.

Yuan Shao, as well as those high-ranking clans around him, wanted to stick to their interests, so they would not care about the extent to which the Central Plains and Guanzhong had developed now, even if these achievements were destroyed, that was what they wanted to see.

From Liu Jian's point of view, he must not let his plan be delayed by Yuan Shao and other selfish villains.

Liu Jian's ambition and pattern are different.

The development of the Central Plains and Guanzhong did not affect the life of him, the highest power in the court, but it was related to the lives of thousands of Li people.

Only by making the life of the people of the Han Dynasty stable can this dynasty be strong and prosperous! Yuan Shao wanted to destroy, but resolutely refused to agree.

The elite soldiers under him have long been all over the north and south of the river, and they are constantly exploring the movements of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. As soon as Yuan Shao made a move in Wancheng, Liu Jian's side immediately knew about it.

He immediately called a group of his cronies to discuss the matter at his prime minister's mansion.

Xun You analyzed the situation for Liu Jian.

"Prime Minister, now that the Central Plains and Guanzhong have just stabilized, Liangzhou has also developed to a certain scale, and it is at a critical moment, Yuan Shao sent troops at this time, which is in line with the common sense of soldiers."

"Now Yuan Shao occupies Jingzhou and Yuzhou, and Cao Cao in Jiangdong and Yuan Yi in Shu are his strategic allies and arms, and the strength of these people is far inferior to the prime minister.

"However, the difficulty is that these people are holding on to the danger, Cao Cao sticks to the three rivers, Yuan Shao crosses the Han River, and Yuan Yi relies on the danger of the mountains and rivers in Yizhou."

"If these people all send troops alone, it will not cause any damage to the prime minister's great cause, but these people are not as powerful as the prime minister, so they are afraid of losing their lips and teeth, so they are currently connected together, they collude with each other, and things echo each other, so that we can't care about each other, but it is also quite a headache."

Liu Jian nodded and said, "Not bad!" Therefore, the current main force of the imperial court, I have been transferred to the front line, and all states have also made arrangements, and the school government has also arranged a large number of spies in the south, so that when the other party has a move, I can respond as soon as possible! ”

Xun You said: "The prime minister's single-minded layout, it really makes me admire, according to my degree, just the arrangement of soldiers and horses in the front line, and the arrangement of sufficient sentinels in the south, although the military level is very carefully arranged, but there are still deficiencies in strategy." ”

"Chen feels that he wants to encircle Yuan Shao and the others, as long as the other party is not allowed to achieve their strategic goals, they can defeat their morale and use the fastest speed to disintegrate Yuan Shao's offensive spirit!"

"Yuan Shao had already used troops in Guanzhong once before, and he was defeated, and the pain of the Northern Expedition can be said to be a big pain point for him."

"As long as we can break up Yuan Shao's attack again, then from now on, it will be even more difficult for Yuan Shao to organize a decent Northern Expedition in the south."

"After all, most of the generals of Yuan Shao's forces are the generals ruled by the families under him."

"All the families under Yuan Shao have the right to command the army, and they use their men and food to maintain Yuan Shao's rule."

"But there is also a conflict of interest between Yuan Shao and them, and these noble families are not supporting Yuan Shao with their own soldiers, horses and food in vain."

"If Yuan Shao's two northern expeditions are in vain, and the military and financial resources are wasted, then it will cost not only his Jingzhou Mu's troops and financial resources, but also his subordinates."

"If Yuan Shao fails this time, then from now on, if he wants to organize an effective Northern Expedition, these noble clans will not agree to it for the benefit of all ethnic groups."

"Therefore, as long as we interrupt Yuan Shao's northern expedition strategy this time, then from now on, for these people in the south, they can only hold on and will not attack easily, and then the prime minister can develop with peace of mind while looking for opportunities to recover the southern states."

Xun You's words can be said to be very strategic, which made Liu Jian, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others deeply admire.

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Gongda is really like a torch and far-reaching. ”

"So according to Gongda's opinion, what will Yuan Shao's strategic purpose be now?"

Xun You said seriously: "Prime Minister, according to me, if Yuan Shao wants to be long-term, he will definitely consider setting up another imperial court, he may send troops to constantly attack our Tuntian, but he will definitely secretly take the abolished emperor Hongnong King to Jingzhou, and then support Hongnong King as the emperor to secretly contend with us." ”

This can be said to be above the pain point, which makes everyone think deeply.

Liu Jian nodded seriously and said: "Since this is the case, then I really have to pay more attention to King Hongnong's side, but it's okay to use King Hongnong and the He family as bait to constantly attract Yuan Shao's eyes and disrupt his overall strategic layout!" ”

(End of chapter)