Chapter 140: Charcoal in the Snow
"The stakes are high, let's talk about it in another place." I don't know how long I sat down, Zhen Yu suddenly got up and said, after speaking, regardless of the opinions of the two, he went to the study first.
"Squeak ......" study, the three brothers walked in one after the other, but the study was obviously not the destination of the three, Zhen Yu walked to a corner of the bookshelf, bowed down in a low place and rubbed it a few times, the creaking sound suddenly sounded, and on the wall that was originally a row of bookshelves, suddenly spread out from the middle of the bookshelf, a small door was exposed, and the three of them saw it, and hurriedly dodged in.
"Let's talk about it, this matter is related to the rise and fall of my Zhen family, and I want to hear the opinions of the two of you." As soon as he sat down, Zhen Yu couldn't help but speak.
"Big brother, is it really that serious?" When Zhen Yao was aroused by Zhen Yan, Zhen Yan had already taken advantage of Zhen Yu to send Dong Zhuo and told him the matter in general, but he was still a little confused.
The Zhen family has three sons and five daughters, Zhen Yu is the longest, Zhen Yan is second, followed by Zhen Jiang, Zhen Yao's age is slightly younger than Zhen Jiang. And among the three of them, because of Zhen Yi's early death, the eldest Zhen Yu can only take over the burden of the family, don't look at him now as he looks in his thirties, in fact, he is only twenty-five or sixteen now.
Among the three, Zhen Yan is the most intelligent, followed by Zhen Yao, but now the two of them are not too old, and their experience is not enough after all, not only Zhen Yao, but even Zhen Yan is not very clear about where the current crisis is.
"You also know what the situation is at home, in addition to the thousands of strong men on the surface, there are only 3,000 private soldiers left in the family, compared with the average family, my Zhen family can have today's strength, which is also good, but now what my Zhen family has to face is not a family, but a prince, three thousand people, it's just a joke." Speaking of this, Zhen Yu couldn't help but show a wry smile, he was indeed too arrogant before.
Hearing this, Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao finally understood, both of them are smart people, especially Zhen Yan, he is not only a person who is slightly similar to Wen Mo, but also knows a little bit about the art of war and strategy, after listening to Zhen Yu's words, his face turned pale.
"Han Fu said that he is pro, I am afraid that what he is seeking is also my Zhen family's wealth." At the corner of Zhen Yan's mouth, a touch of self-deprecation hung high, he had already understood, and he suddenly woke up to the family affairs of the three brothers who thought they were a strong alliance, saying that kissing was just a means of Han Fu, and what he was really trying to do was still the Zhen family, but before the ridiculous they were still complacent about this family business, and in the case of Zhen Jiang not marrying, they discussed marrying off the second sister Zhen Tuo.
Zhen Yan thought this well, and what he planned for Han Fu was frustration.
As a resourceful person, after Yuan Shao returned to Bohai, he saw at a glance that Yuan Shao was threatening Han Fu, in order to conspire for him, to control the Zhen family in his hands, and then annex it to strengthen Han Fu's own strength.
In Jizhou, don't look at Han Fu as the head of the state, in fact, Han Fu's decree is only limited to the surrounding areas of Xindu, and almost all other counties are controlled by the local family, and unlike the family, although the Zhen family is also a big family, it is more just a businessman, which is the reason why Frustrated Zhu wants to attack the Zhen family.
"There are many princes in the world, but there are many mediocre among them, since the Zhen family can't be single, they must not be indiscriminate." After being silent for a long time, Zhen Yu suddenly spoke up as if he had made some determination.
"What my brother said is good, but as my brother said, now that the princes are in a crowd, how should we choose?" Zhen Yao was a little stunned, and didn't know what to do for a while.
"In my opinion, the alliance of princes begged for Dong, but in the end it was defeated, Dong Zhuo can be regarded as all the way, and Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the alliance back then, and his talent can also be seen, not to mention the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, whose reputation is in the world, how to make Han Fu can be suppressed, Yuan Shao, can also be counted as a road, as for the other ......" Zhen Yan hesitated, not knowing how to judge.
"Originally, Tao Qian sat in Xuzhou, and he was full of elite soldiers, which was not bad, but he already had the support of the Mi family under his command, and it was not wise for my Zhen family to go again." Seeing that his brother mentioned Yuan Shao, Zhen Yao also reacted a little, frowned and said in a condensed voice: "Yuzhou Yuan Shu may also be used as a road, although Yuzhou is the land of four wars, but Huainan is rich, and now it has been used by Yuan Shu, and now, there are only a handful of people who can compare with it." ”
"Although Yuan Shu of the Yuan family is his son-in-law, Yuan Shao's reputation far surpasses him, and now we can only consider Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao." After thinking for a long time, Zhen Yu raised his head and said in a deep voice.
Seeing that the two were puzzled, Zhen Yu explained: "Dong Zhuo is sitting on Yongliang, and when he withdrew to Chang'an before, he even relocated the people around Beijing, and his ambition is not small, the only thing that worries me is that he has no successor so far; And Yuan Shao, now that the Yuan family controls the court, Yuan Shao's soaring momentum is unstoppable, but the Yuan family is from a wealthy family, and the people under his command are all children of the big family, and they will definitely not look at my Zhen family in their eyes, even if it is effective, I am afraid that it will not be reused. ”
The two listened to the silence, Yuan Shao after returning to Bohai, he began to recruit talents, Yingchuan Guo Tu, Nanyang Xu You, Wei Jun Trial, Julu Tianfeng, Qinghe Cui Yan, Guangling Chen Lin, etc., all of them are big families, compared with his Zhen family, only the family wealth is enough, but with the background of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, will there be a lack of these?
"The icing on the cake is not as good as charcoal in the snow, big brother, bet on it." After a long time, Zhen Yan gritted his teeth and said: "Although the number of people who migrated Dong Zhuo before cannot be determined, it is a fact that Yongliang is short of food now, not to mention the eldest sister ......."
The latter words, Zhen Yan didn't finish speaking, but Zhen Yu understood that with Zhen Jiang here, the Zhen family couldn't really turn a blind eye to Dong Zhuo's lack of food, no matter what, his Zhen family was not as cold-blooded and impersonal as a political family, not to mention that the brothers and sisters of their generation had deep feelings and couldn't give it up at all, otherwise, Zhen Jiang would have been married to Han Fu's son by Zhen Yuqiang now.
"Okay, it's decided, but Dong Zhuo's forces are far away in Yongliang, this matter must not be made public now, otherwise my Zhen family's catastrophe is not far away, this time Dong Zhuo returns, second brother, you will be the leader, take the third brother and a few sisters first, and when I transfer the Zhen family's wealth, I will go to Chang'an to find you." Now that the decision has been made, Zhen Yu no longer hesitates, Huo Ran got up and said firmly.