Chapter 0365: Yuan Shao's Heart Disease
Yuan Shao also has another heart disease, that is, Yuan Shu.
Yuan Kui did not arrange for Yuan Shu to go out of Beijing at the beginning, and Yuan Shu's departure from Beijing was purely an accident.
Yuan Kui admired Yuan Shao very much, and he repeatedly publicized Yuan Shao's next generation of family heads in public. But Yuan Valve's generation also has Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu, and their identities and official positions are stronger than Yuan Shao. For the glorious future of Yuan Valve, Yuan Kui handed over the important task of asking for Dong to Yuan Shao, and let Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu stay in the capital and be the same as himself. If this matter is successful, Yuan Shaogong will be high, not only holding the authority of the Han Dynasty, but also becoming the head of the Yuan family as a matter of course.
People are not as good as heaven, Yuan Shu unexpectedly went out of Beijing. This incident caused Yuan Kui to lose his participation in Shangshushi, and handed over the authority to Dong Zhuo alone, destroying Yuan Kui's overall strategy.
The matter of discussing Dong is a matter of social affairs, no matter how confused Yuan Kui is, he will not let the two Yuan lords command at the same time. Not only will the two of them be unable to coordinate their work, but the various forces of the Yuan Valve who are involved in this matter will also be at a loss, who are they listening to?
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have always been at odds.
Yuan Shao looked down on Yuan Shu, thinking that he didn't learn anything, he was a gentleman, a loser. "Yuan Changshui, a ghost in the road" is a vivid portrayal of Yuan Shu. This Changshui refers to the captain of Changshui, and the nickname of Yuan Shu was left by him when he was the captain of Changshui, and he is known as the Beijing Division.
Yuan Shu looked down on Yuan Shao even more, and scolded him for being a concubine, and he was a liar.
Yuan Shao was brilliant and became a Lang official when he was a minor. At the age of 20, he became the magistrate of Puyang County in Yanzhou East County. This year, his mother died, and according to the etiquette system, Yuan Shao abandoned the official and went home to serve the mourning for three years. When the mourning period expired, Yuan Shao was full of filial piety and pursued his father's mourning period for three years.
Although Yuan Shao was mourned in the past six years, he was not idle, making friends everywhere, and he was not noble or cheap, and he did not devote himself to intersecting, so Yuan Shao became famous. Too many friends. Inevitably, there was some gossip, and Zhao Zhong, the regular attendant, warned Yuan Kui and told him to go back and tell Yuan Shao to restrain himself a little, not to show his edge too much, so as not to invite unwarranted disasters.
Yuan Shu scolded him for being a liar for nothing else, but for "a scholar without a nobleman". As long as the nobles have knowledge, Yuan Shao will vigorously make friends, but the scholars and lowly people will not be able to have knowledge, and they must also be famous. There is no fame. Yuan Shao didn't even let the gate in. "Aishi" is true, but Yuan Shao is to "raise a name".
The matter between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu is clear to Yuan Kui, and Yuan Shu will not obey Yuan Shao's orders. When he heard that Yuan Shu had arrived in Nanyang, he immediately knew that something was wrong.
Yuan Shu knew that he didn't have as many friends as Yuan Shao, so he went directly to the foundation of Yuan Shao. Runan, Yingchuan, and Nanyang are full of Yuan Valve's protégés, and Yuan Shu is like a fish in water here, and he wants anything.
Sure enough, after Yuan Shu got the book of the Three Princes, he immediately rushed to write to Kong Ling, Li Min, and Xu Jue in Yuzhou. Wang Rui and Zhang Shi of Jingzhou said to them, "You all have to obey my command and transport the army and food to Luyang for me." He even wrote a letter to Yuan Shao. Tell him not to command blindly, saying that I am the master of the attack on Luoyang, and I am the head of the family.
In order to make up for this accident, Yuan Kui suppressed Yuan Shu. So he came up with the strategy of "undertaking the edict". In his opinion, Yuan Shao is "justifiable" as a general of the chariot cavalry, and you Yuan Shu must be obedient.
In fact, this "edict" does not have much significance for the Dong army. On the contrary, it will anger Dong Zhuo, not only will it kill King Hongnong, but even Yuan Valve's dozens of lives in Luoyang will be difficult to preserve, and the disadvantages far outweigh the benefits.
Fortunately, by mistake, Li Yi took out the edict of the first emperor, so that the "edict of the undertaking" made by Yuan Kui did not play any role. King Hongnong saved his life, and Yuan Valve's life was not hindered for the time being, but the princes of Dong led by Yuan Valve, but the momentum was greatly reduced.
Is Yuan Shu obedient because of this? No. Another reason why Wang Rui and Zhang Shi have not moved for a long time is Yuan Shu's greed.
Yuan Shu was born in a family of eunuchs, has been in officialdom for a long time, and is very clear about the dirt and darkness of officialdom, and he himself is one of the good hands.
Relatively speaking, he also judged the situation more accurately, he knew how to get out of danger in time, and how to maximize the benefits for himself.
Yuan Shu did not have any confidence in capturing Luoyang. These state and county soldiers and horses have not been trained and have no sophisticated weapons, and they are not comparable to the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army, and they are even less comparable to the Western Liang Army.
The lack of soldiers can be compensated for by numbers, but if the person who leads the army is not good at fighting, and even has the idea of preserving strength, then this battle should not be fought at all, but this is exactly the case now.
Yuan Shu is a general, the official is not small, and the soldiers have barely gathered 10,000 people through various relationships, but he has no money and no food, and relying on alms from others is not a long-term solution. He wants to earn his own flowers, so that the flowers are comfortable, and he doesn't have to look at other people's faces.
So his eyes were on Nanyang and Jingzhou. With a population of more than 2 million alone, Nanyang is the richest county in the Han Kingdom. However, Nanyang is close to Gyeonggi and has no buffer zone, so Yuan Shu still wants Jingzhou.
At this time, Yuan Shu's mind was no longer on attacking Luoyang, he was thinking about how to plot his territory, and he even dreamed about it at night.
A greedy and vicious tiger is eyeing from the sidelines, how dare Wang Rui and Zhang Shi leave their nest? I'm afraid that before the people arrive in Luyang, the state and county have already been lost.
Wang Rui and Zhang Zhi didn't dare to say this to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers, if Yuan Shao protects his shortcomings, then the matter will be a big problem.
At this time, the appeasement envoys sent by Dong Zhuo secretly rushed to Nanyang and Jingzhou, Zhang Zhi and Wang Rui almost did not hesitate, and immediately presented a plea to the Son of Heaven, declaring their allegiance to the Son of Heaven, and also agreed with Dong Zhuo to attack from the north and south and kill Yuan Shu.
Since Yuan Shu wanted to seize Nanyang and Jingzhou, of course he had to strictly monitor Wang Rui and Zhang Shi. This appeasement secret envoy of the imperial court was caught by Yuan Shu before he left the Nanyang realm.
Yuan Shu was overjoyed when he saw the dedication table of the two, what should I do next? Did you send troops to attack the two? Of course not, he wouldn't be so stupid.
He immediately wrote a secret letter to Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, casually telling Wang Rui and Zhang Shi about the betrayal of the Dong Alliance, and asked him to immediately lead troops to Nanyang and kill both of them along the way. Sun Jian went north in the name of courting Dong, and these two people must be defenseless, and they will kill one accurately, without much effort. If he led his troops south to kill, it would be a series of bloody battles, and Dong Zhuo would be cheapened in vain.
Yuan Shu wrote to Sun Jian as early as when he started the army, inviting him to participate in the discussion of Dong. Yuan Shu said, what does it mean for you to nest in Changsha, where birds don't? Come to Nanyang, come to the Central Plains, this is your world. Now that Luoyang is in turmoil, all parties are gathering in Gyeonggi, and a bloody battle is imminent, which is the time for you and me to show their skills. Want to be a hero who makes a name for yourself? Want to make a world mark? Come to Nanyang, come to the Central Plains, you and my brothers join forces, the casino is invincible, and the world is invincible.
Sun Jian didn't hesitate at all, and agreed. He replied to Yuan Shu, saying that when I sent my family to my hometown in Wujun, Yangzhou, I would immediately organize my troops to go north to fight Dong.
During the Chinese New Year, this matter was delayed for a while. A year later, Sun Jian wrote back to Yuan Shu, saying that I was reorganizing the army and horses, preparing food and salary, and I would be ready to set off in about mid-February.
Yuan Shu calculated the time, and estimated that he had not yet set off, which was just right, killing two birds with one stone.
killed two court officials for no reason, and it was unreasonable to be in love or in law. Yuan Shu thought for a while, and wrote another letter to Yuan Shao, saying that Wang Rui and Zhang Shi had not paid food and salary so far, and if Yuan Shao couldn't solve it, he would find a way by himself, and the implication was that he was going to kill someone.
This is, of course, full of nonsense. Wang Rui and Zhang Shi not only gave him food and salary, but also gave him treasures and beauties, lest they would offend him by being inconsiderate.
Yuan Shu wrote another secret letter to Yuan Shao. Brothers are still brothers, although they are not in harmony, but when it comes to the major matter of seeking Dong, what should be said is still to be said, and it cannot be concealed or not reported. If he fails, he will not benefit himself at all. Yuan Shu then explained this matter carefully, and said that Sun Jian should carry a black pot for this murder. Wang Rui and Zhang Shi's surrender to Dong Zhuo cannot be known in any case, and if the news leaks, it will be a huge blow to the morale of Dong Lianjun.
Yuan Shao was worried, but he couldn't say it clearly. Sun Jian has been killing all the way, what will be the situation in the south?
Fortunately, Sun Jian is still reliable, and he did not kill unscrupulously, but only killed Wang Rui and Zhang Shi, and the alliance to discuss Dong has now been successfully established, and he has become the leader of the alliance as he wished.
It's just that Yuan Shao's heart has not settled down, whether it is his brother Yuan Shu or Sun Jian, they are just itching ringworms, a real threat, or Li Yi who looks harmless to humans and animals.
Although I don't know why, Li Yi of the alliance this time behaved very low-key, not only did not fight for the position of the leader of the alliance, but supported himself as the leader of the alliance, but Yuan Shao did not dare to despise him at all. This tiger king from northern Xinjiang is not only noble, but also a great Sima hussar general; And the strength is strong, although now the northern Xinjiang is restrained by millions of aliens, so that Li Yi, the tiger, falls into a nap, but the tiger is a tiger, as long as it wakes up, it will eat people.
Yuan Shao doesn't think that he has the ability to stop Li Yi, a tiger, from eating people now, he only has one county in Bohai County, with a population of no more than one million, how can he be compared with Li Yi, who has four states and a population of more than 15 million?
In Yuan Shao's view, only after completely occupying Jizhou can he have the strength to fight Li Yi.
Over the years, although Jizhou has experienced many wars, resulting in a lot of population reduction, but because the original foundation of Jizhou is too strong, before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Jizhou's population once approached the 10 million mark, is worthy of the name of the world's first state. At present, Jizhou, which has a large population decline, still has a population of more than 5 million, making it the third most populous state after Youzhou and Jingzhou. When it comes to tax revenues, it ranks first among all states. Yuan Shao believes that as long as he takes Jizhou, he will definitely have the strength to fight Li Yi.
Although Li Yi's northern Xinjiang had a large population, two-thirds of it was newly annexed land, and 80 percent of its population of 15 million was newly recruited. These people will not only not enhance Li Yi's strength, but will drag him down. Otherwise, Li Yi's army going south this time would not be 6,000, but 60,000 or even 160,000. (To be continued.) )