While Liu Bei from Pingyuan was saddened by the departure of his talent Tian Yu, Cao Cao from Dongjun ushered in the most important moment in his life...
Well, not marriage.
But Xun Yu.
Xun Yu from the Xun family was sitting in front of Cao Cao, calm and composed, with a strong aura, but Cao Cao looked like an unemployed young man being interviewed by the personnel manager of a large company, quite uncomfortable. Cao Cao was not as good as Er Yuan, but Cao Cao also had two
The advantages that Yuan does not have are that Cao Cao's early experience has given him a certain reputation advantage in Yanzhou, and secondly, there are not many gentry children under Cao Cao at present, so there will not be a mutually restrictive relationship like the two Yuans...
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In fact, Xun Yu's treatment at Yuan Shao's side was not bad, but the problem was that there was not much space. There were actually people doing the strategic planning that Xun Yu was good at, such as Tian Feng and Ju Shu, and they were not bad at it either.
How can Xun Yu, who has always had great ambitions, accept this?
Although Yuan Shao was treated well, he was like a guest, tied up and very uncomfortable.
Of course, the most important point is that Cao Cao's territory is not far from the two Yuan Dynasties, and it is also close to Yingchuan...
"Does Duke Cao want to live under others for a long time?" Xun Yu barely gave Cao Cao much room to move. After making Cao Cao retreat, he raised such a sharp topic.
Cao Cao's narrowed eyes suddenly froze.
Cao Cao laughed a few times and said in a concealed manner: "Why do you say that others are inferior? I treat me like brothers and sisters at first..."
In the Han Dynasty, reputation was an extremely important thing. Whether it was "filial piety" or "maocai", one needed to have reputation before he could hold the position, and this reputation was basically equivalent to the reputation within the gentry circle.
People's evaluation, so in a sense, no matter Cao Cao or anyone else, they dare not show off to anyone. This is the reason.
Especially on this current issue, Cao Cao did not dare to speak nonsense.
In a feudal society, the most ideal state is that the royal family dominates, the land is equally divided among the people, the output is taxed, and then the elites among the people become elites at all levels through various channels, preferably through relatively fair imperial examinations.
Only life-long bureaucrats assisting the royal family can form a stable structure.
But in fact, it is only an ideal state for the royal family to completely control the land. Since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, in order to reach a consensus with many wealthy families in the country, they have been making constant compromises and concessions. Up to now, in the hands of the wealthy families
The land is already much more than that in the hands of the royal family combined.
In an era of low productivity, land was the largest means of production.
Therefore, the gentry families that had acquired more land naturally sought greater political protection and immunity to avoid having their heads cut off by the leek-cutting behavior of generations of Han emperors starting from Liu Bang...
Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, the opposition between the gentry and the royal family was basically an irreconcilable contradiction. Therefore, the butt determines the head, and the origin of the gentry became an issue that the children of these aristocratic families paid great attention to.
Everyone knows that Cao Cao's background is not good, so relying on Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and the third prince's family, to clean up his reputation, gain more prestige, and save political capital for himself, this has been Cao Cao's general direction.
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And why would a high-end nobleman like Yuan Shao hang out with Cao Cao and never leave him?
It's because Yuan Shao's own ass is not clean. He is a concubine and theoretically cannot inherit the family business. But even the illegitimate son of a high-ranking official has a lot of energy, not to mention that Yuan Shao is just the son of a concubine? Therefore, Yuan Shao actively cultivates his own faction and embraces all rivers.
He didn't refuse anyone who came, so he got in touch with Cao Cao.
In fact, Xun Yu is not completely calm as if everything is under control. He also has the same problem.
First of all, on Yuan Shao's side, the people of Yingchuan worked hard to obtain Jizhou Mu, but when it came time to divide the fruits, Yuan Shao broke his promise. In order to win over the Jizhou natives to obtain military and financial resources to compete with Gongsun Zan, he
The Yingchuan faction had to be put aside first.
From then on, the lingering sorrow between the nobles of Jizhou and Yuzhou was created. Such a battle has just begun, but it can basically be concluded that the result must be bloody and bloody. More importantly, among the nobles of Yuzhou,
It is also divided into the Nanyang School and the Yingchuan School...
Under such a situation, how could a young Xun Yu have a place to succeed?
Therefore, Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao and said: "Since we are like brothers and sisters, I wonder if we can consult strategies and adopt advice? Or can we just give orders and act like minions?"
Cao Cao was silent for a while, then suddenly squinted his eyes and said, "...Wen Ruoyu, have you recited the original principles?"
Xun Yu said, "No."
Cao Cao opened his long and slender eyes, a little confused. Originally, he had decided that if Xun Yu persuaded him to immediately sever ties with Yuan Shao or defect to his sect, Cao Cao would no longer pay attention to Xun Yu.
It doesn’t matter what the Yingchuan Xun clan is, because Cao Cao simply can’t do it at the moment.
But unexpectedly Xun Yu denied it. What does this mean?
Xun Yu met Cao Cao's doubtful eyes and said: "The number of soldiers now under the command of Duke Cao is only a few thousand, and the territory under his jurisdiction is only a small amount of space... Without the support of chariots and cavalry, the army will be destroyed overnight."
Cao Cao laughed dryly and said nothing.
"But Duke Cao wants to attack the rear general?" Xun Yu raised another topic.
"This..." Cao Cao didn't know how to respond.
It is obvious that Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao to Yanzhou in order to complete what Yuan Shao himself said when he and Cao Cao were arguing, "Govern the river in the south, block the Yan Dynasty in the north, and join the army of Di, and move south to fight for the world" and occupy Hebei
A grand strategy to compete for the world, and the biggest enemy of this strategy is not Gongsun Zan in Liaodong, but Yuan Shu who is not in Yuzhou.
Compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao actually did not have any new and innovative grand strategic plan at this time. Strictly speaking, even after hearing about Yuan Shao's plan, Cao Cao only used "I will command the intelligence of the world, control it with Dao, and be omnipotent."
"Such clichés are useless. In addition, Cao Cao has not been going well in the past few years, so he has no specific strategy...
Xun Yu also knew this, so he continued: "After Yuan Chao's cavalry settled in Youliao, and Wuhuan's cavalry went south, how did Duke Cao deal with it?"
"this……"
"If Duke Cao is brave and good at fighting and defeats the general, and Yuan Chaqi wants to march westward to Hangu, how will Duke Cao deal with it?"
"this……"
It is a well-known secret that Yuan Shao wants to establish Liu Yu. Under the current situation, all the situations mentioned by Xun Yu may happen.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on Cao Cao's forehead.
Finally, Xun Yu said something lightly again, but it hit Cao Cao's heart like a heavy rock, "Look at the people of Yingchuan in Jizhou today, should they be like Cao Cao tomorrow? In the past, Yuan Chai rode out of the east gate, but can
Have you ever thought about your brothers and sisters at home?”
The people of Yingchuan worked hard to get Yuan Shao to serve as the shepherd of Jizhou, right? In this process, Yuan Shao naturally needed to promise something, but what about now?
Coupled with the last sentence, it is simply heart-breaking words.
Everyone said that Yuan Shao was a role model in the world, and he spared no effort in resisting the evil forces. He also regarded high-ranking officials and their generous salaries as dirt, and left as soon as he said it, and then went to see how big the world was...
But looking back and thinking about it, if it had been someone else, Dong Zhuo might have gotten angry and a knife would have come to his door!
So was Yuan Shao's move intentional?
Or was it unintentional?
Or, is it intentional?
Looking at Yuan Shao's attitude towards his family, where does a "brother" like Cao Cao rank?
Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, then he cupped his hands towards Xun Yu and said, "If you follow Xun Jun's plan, how should Cao deal with it?"
Xun Yu smiled faintly, and the whole hall seemed to be a little brighter because of Xun Yu's smile, and said: "Of course I serve the Lord, uphold justice, and support justice... As for
At this moment, let’s make a plan to turn against the guest and become the main one…”
