Chapter 158 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey
Although the world's aristocratic families also have hierarchies, such as the Yuan family in Runan, the Wang family in Taiyuan and the Yang family in Hongnong are also among the best large aristocratic families, but it does not mean that these large aristocratic families can be indistinguishable from other small aristocratic families.
There is a saying that "a thousand-year-old family, a hundred-year dynasty".
For example, I won’t say much about Qufu Kong. Except for this gentry that started from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, any family with the word "Aristocratic Family" could be found, and even those who had not lived for a hundred years were embarrassed to say hello to others, so it is said that
Usually they are very influential in the local area.
Starting from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, land annexation became serious. The big landowner class labeled itself as a gentry, controlled the economy and culture, and then sought political expression. From then on, the game between aristocratic families and dynasties began. Those who succeeded in becoming a powerful family became world-wide. However, there were also some
Those families that actually control the grassroots in the fields.
Therefore, the ruling gentry sometimes have to consider balancing the interests and needs of the smaller gentry. They cannot blindly suppress them, otherwise they will be overthrown from the political arena sooner or later...
But Yuan Shu has no intention of balancing the small and medium-sized wealthy people in Nanyang. In his concept, small people should listen to big people. Moreover, now is a critical moment. According to the intelligence he received, some Kanto people
The troops of the nobles had already begun to gather towards Heluo, but they were still holding them back.
"These Yusheng! They are so abominable!" Yuan Shu didn't mean to hide it in front of Yan Xiang, "Now that the allocation is about to begin, food and grass are the top priority, so it's just that they refuse to pay, and they even instigated his uncle to come and reprimand him.
To me! That’s the ultimate bastard!”
Yan Xiang was silent, and it was hard to say anything. After all, this involved Yuan Shu's cousin Yuan Zeng. He couldn't openly complain with Yuan Shu just to flatter Yuan Shu, right?
Yuan Shu asked Yan Xiang: "Ziwu, how long can the existing grain and grass last?"
Yan Xiang, as the chief secretary, is naturally more aware of things like this, so he answered directly without thinking about it: "Based on the current number of soldiers, it can last for half a year, but if we need to increase the number of soldiers, then..."
Yan Xiang's meaning is very clear. Based on the current number of Sun Jian's soldiers plus Yuan Shu's, they can supply them for half a year. However, if Yuan Shu's new recruitment requirements are followed, then the time that can continue to fight will be reduced.
Moreover, Sun Jian's troops are currently preparing to deploy. Naturally, some of the food and grass must be supplied to the army first, and then the supply must be maintained continuously. In addition, Yuan Shu's own troops also need it, so in this half-year period, actually
It's not too long.
Yuan Shu calculated it and found that Sun Jian had nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, but he currently only had more than 10,000 troops. There was still a big gap in military strength with Dong Zhuo, and he would have to compete with the Guandong nobles for territory in the future. This number of troops was really not enough, so
You must go where you want to recruit troops!
But now it is opposed by the small and medium-sized landowners headed by the He family, which is a bit embarrassing.
Moreover, what just made Yuan Shu angry out of control was that Yuan once asked him to learn from Yuan Shao!
The most disgusting thing in Yuan Shu's life was that others compared him with Yuan Shao, no one! That's why Yuan Shu couldn't bear it anymore and broke things to vent his anger.
Although everyone in the Yuan family is surnamed Yuan, they are not a harmonious group. There are also people who support Yuan Shao. Moreover, some time ago, I didn’t know who it was that guy spread the word in Yingchuan that Yuan Shao is a "model in the world". Suddenly Yuan Shao
His precarious reputation is eye-catching, and now that Yuan Shao is one of the first batch of people to respond after the crusade against Dong Zhuo was released, it has captured the hearts of many people.
This situation has also led to the fact that the people of the Yuan family in Nanyang originally supported Yuan Shu one-sidedly, but now they have some words with each other, which makes Yuan Shu very unhappy.
Yuan Shu thought for a while and ordered his servants to find Yang Hong. It would be better to discuss this matter together.
Yuan Shu is currently the post-general, so he naturally has to set up a government office. Yang Hong serves as the post-general's director, and he is also very busy organizing military affairs during this time.
However, since it was Yuan Shu who summoned him, Yang Hong temporarily put aside what he was doing and came to see Yuan Shu. After a while, Yang Hong came to the hall and saluted Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu invited Yang Hong to the table and said directly without any courtesy: "Zi Wu, please talk to Zichong."
Yan Xiang then told Yang Hong in detail about Yuan Zenglai's objection to Yuan Shu's continued recruitment of troops and food and grass.
After hearing this, Yang Hong felt a little embarrassed. Yuan Zeng, that is the elder of the Yuan family. He is over seventy years old. He cannot be beaten or scolded. Now that Yuan Zeng has come out to object, it is really not easy to deal with...
Yuan Shu also knew this, so he said: "My cousin has a very close personal relationship with the head of the He family. He must have been the instigator of this matter. It is really hateful. I wonder if Zichong has a plan?"
When Yang Hong and Yang Zichong heard this, they were relieved, but they were still half stuck, because the He family was not easy to deal with either!
The He family built a fort in Xiping, and usually kept private soldiers. If they wanted to attack the He family, they would kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
However, Yang Hong thought hard and came up with a way, saying: "Nowadays, the soldiers are not yet skilled, so a rash attack on the He family may cause serious damage and be detrimental to the overall situation. It is better to defeat it with force..."
Yuan Shu became interested and said, "I would like to hear the details!"
Yang Hong said: "Nowadays, the most important state affairs is to defeat the Dong thieves. This is the general trend of the world, and anyone who violates it will be punished. Recently, I heard that the Luo family in Kunyang has some private affairs with the Dong thieves. General Discipline can be sent to investigate...
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Yang Hong didn't finish what he said, but everyone understood what he meant. He asked Ji Ling to lead a team and go to Kunyang to perform an operation on a young local tycoon and see blood - killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
The location in Kunyang chosen by Yang Hong is just right. Kunyang is close to Yingchuan. There are some small gentry and local tycoons, but they are not very big and have no famous names. To the east of Kunyang is Wuyang
The southeast of Wuyang is Xiping. Choosing Kunyang to take action will not make the He family in Xiping feel bad or unlucky, nor will they feel nothing at all. It is at an excellent balance point.
In this way, there is no need to say more about these bad words. Everyone understands the consequences of defying Yuan Shu. Don't think that the Yuan family's sword is disadvantageous. If the monkey is not alert, he will be the next one to kill. Besides,
He also used the name of justice in the world, so it was hard for anyone to say anything...
As for whether the Luo family really has any contact with Dong Zhuo - haha, is this important?
The key is that the distance from Luyang to Kunyang is not far, and the army arrives in a flash, even if others want to take action, it will be too late...
Yan Xiang on the side heard this, and although he felt that the Luo family suffered such an unreasonable disaster, it was quite pitiful, but the head of the Luo family, Luo Sen, had never held any big official position, and the Luo surname was a migrated surname and did not have much foundation.
So after thinking about it again and again, I finally didn't say anything, I just felt something in my heart...
"Good!" Yuan Shu agreed almost immediately, and immediately sent people to find Ji Linglai...