Just as Chen Qun thought, with the sincerity of Liu Bei's personal invitation, Xun Yue, who had lived in seclusion in Yingchuan, came out. Of course, the Xun family also did a lot of ideological work.

The Xun family of Yingchuan has always been the leader in the world, and has produced many talented people. Needless to say, the Eight Dragons of the Xun family of the previous generation, the descendants of this generation: Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Chen, Xun Yan, Xun Yue, etc.

, all are top-notch counselors.

Having so many outstanding descendants is also a happy worry, and that is the issue of the position of the head of the family.

The current head of the Xun family simply let these people go out to choose the master. Whoever can help his lord rule the world will be the head of the family.

The Xun family, which has a profound foundation, is even better than the Yuan family. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who are favored by them, both want to get involved. No matter who wins, the Xun family will not suffer too much.

Of course, casting such a wide net will also lead to dissatisfaction among Yuan Shao and others. Although the Xun family may not be specifically targeted in the future, it is impossible to provide focused support.

But the Xun family doesn't rely on these. Once the emperor and his ministers, it doesn't matter if they gain or lose favor? Will it still depend on their talents after a few generations?

The most important thing the Xun family lacks is outstanding talents. In terms of power and connections, it may not be as good as the Yuan family, but when it comes to the excellence of its descendants, the Xun family can be said to be the number one.

The rulers relied on foreign Confucianism and internal law to govern the country, and Xunzi, the ancestor of the Xun family, was the founder of foreign Confucianism and internal law. Therefore, compared to the ability to govern the country and internal affairs, few can compare with the descendants of the Xun family.

The powerful Xun family has never been afraid of falling out of favor. Think about history, Xun Yu fought hard with Cao Cao in the later period and wanted to prevent Cao Cao from claiming the title of Duke of Wei, but Xun You supported Cao Cao. As a result, Xun Yu died, Xun You and Xun Jiamao

Nothing happened.

Later, because Xun Yu's son had a good relationship with Cao Zhi, Cao Pi was very unhappy with and even hated the Xun family. However, with the existence of Chen Qun, Xun Yu's brother-in-law, the Xun family still stood firm.

Later, the Sima family usurped the throne, and Xun Yi, the sixth son of Xun Yu, decisively defected and defected to the Sima family. As a result, he became the third prince. After his death, the crown prince Sima Yan personally mourned him.

Regardless of the changes in dynasties, the Xun family has always stood firm and prospered. If it were not for the fact that the Xun family later became too powerful and controlled the government. Later generations forgot one by one that the foundation of their family was ability, and only focused on political struggle. I am afraid that the Xun family would have been destroyed.

It really can become a prosperous family for thousands of years.

The behavior of the Xun family has taught families all over the world what it means to be a strong faction and what it means to be stable! As long as you have strength, integrity, and vision, it won't matter if you sit on the fence.

Betting everywhere, you will never lose, but you won't win either, just to protect yourself. But relying on their own strength, the Xun family has steadily reached the top of the family.

But even virtuous people like the Xun family eventually fell. After the Jin Dynasty, the Xun family began to corrupt.

Lost in history.

It is not advisable to only rely on the integrity of aristocratic families to manage a country. Even a family as long-standing as the Xun family, known for its virtues, has deteriorated so quickly.

Only a few generations after reaching the top, they began to pursue fame and wealth one by one, and they only paid attention to political struggle. It was because politics was completely controlled by aristocratic families, and it was difficult for poor families to rise to power. This is why aristocratic families degenerated so quickly and only focused on political struggle.

Therefore, it is not feasible to rely solely on moral quality. Reasonable systems are also needed to block the path of opportunism, so that everyone can compete as fairly as possible based on their abilities. Aristocratic families are indispensable, but aristocratic families must be subject to supervision and

limited.

Xun Yue, who was born in the Xun family, also saw this truth clearly. Although the crackdown on land annexation and strict laws he wanted were detrimental to the family, it might not be beneficial to the family in the long run.

If the power of the Xun family was not so great later, and the upper class was not so unrestricted, perhaps the Xun family would not be as prosperous in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but it would probably continue to prosper for a longer period of time.

This is also the reason why the Xun family can tolerate and even support outliers like Xun Yue. As a top family, the Xun family is looking for various ways out for themselves. After all, in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, the problems of the family are not small.

As a top family, what they desire most is that their family can be passed down for a long time, instead of being prosperous for a while and then declining. The prosperity must decline, but who can resist letting their family prosper for a while? If there is no external force

Supervision and suppression, destruction is inevitable.

Liu Bei occupied Yuzhou. As long as his methods were not too rough and did not infringe on the interests of the aristocratic families, there was no need for the aristocratic families to have trouble with Liu Bei. The Xun family now also needs someone who can speak to Liu Bei, otherwise Xun

It's really hard to live in Yingchuan.

Although Xun Yue was not too optimistic about Liu Bei, he still came out due to the family's request and Liu Bei's sincerity.

With Xun Yue as a link, the relationship between the Xun family and Liu Bei instantly eased a lot, and all the aristocratic families in Yuzhou also followed Liu Bei.

After all, these people are not stupid. Yuan Shao is busy in Hebei! How can they listen to Yuan Shao again? In troubled times, military power is everything. As long as Liu Bei shows kindness, they will be happy to temporarily help Liu Bei and maintain their position in Yuzhou.

"Zhong Yu, do you think Cao Cao has any conspiracy behind this move? Is it simply that he wants to weaken Yuan Shu?"

After much thought, Chen Qun still felt that Cao Cao's behavior was a bit strange.

You must know that weakening Yuan Shu is not beneficial to Cao Cao, and even because it is beneficial to Liu Bei and Tao Qian, it is relatively harmful to Cao Cao.

Yuan Shu now has a strong foundation but is not too strong. He is not afraid of Cao Cao at all. Chen Qun doesn't understand why Cao Cao would do such an unwise thing.

Xun Yue, an onlooker, immediately discovered the crux of the problem: "Cao Cao has only two possibilities for doing this."

"First, Cao Cao is too afraid of Yuan Shu. After all, they have been friends since childhood. Perhaps Yuan Shu's ability is so powerful that even Cao Cao feels afraid."

Chen Qun thought for a while and said: "Impossible, we all know Yuan Shu's past performance. It was mediocre, that is, it was only in these years that he suddenly emerged. Although Jingyang and Yangzhou are strong, Yuan Shu can only stop here for a short time.

There is no way for us to get involved in the Central Plains. Moreover, Yuan Shu's troops are insufficient. Even if Cao Cao is afraid of Yuan Shu, he will not do such an unwise move."

Xun Yue nodded, he thought so too, but he still mentioned this possibility for Chen Qun's reference. After all, he was indeed not good at military strategy.

"Then there is only the second possibility. Cao Cao wants us to destroy this army, causing a fight between Yuan Shu and us, and taking the opportunity to weaken both of us."

Chen Qun frowned and said: "It's just an army of 20,000, and Zhou Yu is just a new general. Yuan Gongli will not go to war over this!"

Xun Yue said: "Yuan Jiujiu has great ambitions and should not be too impulsive. But apart from these two possibilities, I really can't think of anything else Cao Mengde has planned."

"The opponent cannot simply target us. If they want to weaken us, they must also weaken Yuan Shu. Otherwise, Cao Cao is playing with fire."

Chen Qun sighed softly: "Maybe I really thought too much! Cao Cao may just be simply afraid of Yuan Shu."

Xun Yue didn't think as much as Chen Qun, and said with a smile: "Yuan Jiujiu provoked him first anyway. No matter what Cao Cao has in mind, we have to deal with this Yuan army, right?"

After Chen Qun pondered for a moment, he nodded. Xun Yue was right, they had to deal with Yuan Shu's army no matter what. Cao Cao's actions were nothing more than to enhance their winning rate so that they could have a chance to annihilate Yuan Shu's army.
Chapter completed!