Yes! Historically, Cao Cao attacked Tao Qian and massacred Xuzhou soldiers and civilians to avenge his father, but it was just another incident later... Cao Cao had already bloodbathed Xuzhou before the Cao Song incident.
At that time, Cao Cao was completely different from what he is now. He no longer cared about the country and the people at all. He didn't even blink when he massacred civilians. He already had the spirit of a general who accomplished great things... and Sun Ce was under Sun Jian.
After his death, he completely lost his current childish willfulness and transformed into a mature man, becoming the famous little overlord of Jiangdong.
Can a dead father really reshape a person?
The Tao Shang would definitely not let such a tragic event as the massacre of Xuzhou happen again in history. Therefore, he decided to take this opportunity to get close to Yuan Shao. As for Tao Qian... When he returned to Xuzhou in the future, the Tao Shang would talk to him again.
Tao Qian explained carefully.
But if Tao Qian fails to make progress and still stubbornly insists on following Yuan Shu to death... Tao Shang wonders if he will also be transformed.
"Unite with me?" Yuan Shao finally spoke slowly: "Speaking of which, your Tao family's Xuzhou seems to be relatively close to the highway geographically. With such a strong neighbor by your side, why would Mr. Tao want to go to Xuzhou?
If Yuan shows his kindness, won't he be afraid of causing trouble in the future and not being able to live a peaceful life?"
Tao Shang thought to himself that the best way for me to live a peaceful life is to kill you one by one now... The problem is that it really can't be done.
Tao Shang sighed and chuckled: "It is precisely because of the powerful neighbor that Tao wants to join forces with you, Mr. Yuan. Sun Jian and Yuan Shu are both bullies and tigers. How can my father and son sleep peacefully without them? Xuzhou is in the midst of four wars again."
The land cannot be settled in one corner, and just now I saw what Yuan Shu did. He betrayed Sun Jian without mercy. He was really not a righteous person. Compared with Yuan Gong, his character was not the least bit worse. On the one hand, he was a hero of the world, and on the other hand, he was a hero.
Jackals, tigers and leopards, it is only natural for me to choose Mr. Yuan."
Tao Shang's words really spoke to Yuan Shao's heart... Frankly speaking, Yuan Shao just likes others to say that his younger brother Yuan Shu is not as strong as him! As a commoner, he was adopted by his father Yuan Feng to his uncle Yuan Cheng when he was young.
, Yuan Shao's grandma was not close to him and his uncle did not love him. Yuan Shu always prided himself on being his direct descendant, and privately criticized Yuan Shao's origin in public, thinking that he was just a domestic slave born from a concubine.
It is not without reason that the relationship between brothers is like this. At least when Sikong Yuanfeng was alive, he did a very poor job in educating his children. A bowl of water is not balanced... so that the seeds of the gap have been between the two brothers since childhood.
was buried for a while.
Yuan Shao suddenly spoke and asked Tao Shang: "Today the Han Dynasty is in decline, the emperor is imprisoned by Dong thieves at a young age, the edicts are all from the hands of Dong thieves, and the people of the world are in dire straits. Yuan wants to establish Youzhou as a pastor and Xiangbenhou Liu Yu as the emperor."
?How about this move in accordance with Mr. Tao's wishes?"
Tao Shang sneered inwardly.
Yuan Shao saw that the emperor had been taken to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo, and rescue was far away, so he might as well simply establish a new emperor to make it easier to control.
If you establish one today, and the other princes will establish another the next day, how many emperors will appear in the world? Can this world be saved? At the beginning, you, Yuan Shao, said to He Jin, "Gather the powerful generals from all over the world and lead the troops to the capital."
', Dong Zhuo entered the capital and caused chaos in the world once. Now you want to play such a trick of establishing a new king to play against Dong Zhuo... The world has already been caused enough trouble by you.
But it doesn't matter. Liu Yu in history never became this emperor, so what can Tao do to deal with you with some nice words?
"Yuan Gong's method is indeed a good strategy to revitalize the country. Now there is a young king in Chang'an in name, but it doesn't matter, and the officials below the Duke are all flattering the old thief Dong Zhuo. The most important thing now is to send troops to garrison Guanjin.
Fortress, the old thief Dong Zhuo died of exhaustion. And Yuan Gong established another sage king in the east, so that the time of peace is just around the corner." The pottery merchant said this very against his will, and he almost vomited.
Yuan Shao once revealed this matter to several people he considered to be his confidants among the princes, but all he received were ambiguous and perfunctory replies. Even Cao Cao did not agree, which made Yuan Shao feel depressed.
Unexpectedly, the first person who sincerely agreed with him and made suggestions for him was actually the young master of the Tao family. Yuan Shao felt deeply mixed in his heart at this moment.
This kid is really a gentleman and a wise minister in troubled times... a good man, so great!
"Okay! Mr. Tao is indeed very sincere towards Shao. The next day, he is invited to return to Xuzhou and tell your father, Tao Gongzu, about our interests. From now on, our two families will be dependent on each other, and Shao will not let him down."
The pottery merchant bowed to Yuan Shao and said, "Ming Gong is wise."
As he spoke, he had changed his name from ‘Leader of the Alliance’ just now to ‘Gong Yuan’, and at this moment, he changed it to ‘Ming Gong’.
The potter was so moved by his good intentions that he almost cried.
Yuan Shao was in a good mood at this time. He reached out and patted the potter's shoulder and said with a smile: "Master Tao is very far-sighted and very sensible at a young age... He will definitely have a bright future in the future. No wonder Meng De and you are such a good friend, Master."
He is indeed a wonderful person, hahahaha."
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Tao Shang couldn't help but relax, and asked again: "Leader... what about Xu Rong? What do you plan to do with me?"
Yuan Shao waved his hands grandly, and his words were full of pride: "It's just a trivial matter, it doesn't matter. Then Xu Rongyi can do whatever he wants, and leave it to you... With Yuan here, who dares to say that you are not good? I will take care of him."
Layers of skin.”
The man named Yuan is really overbearing. Just now he said he wanted to talk to me.
The pottery merchant cupped his hands in thanks and said gratefully: "In this case, I would like to thank you Ming Gong... Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. If Ming Gong doesn't find a way to solve it, it will not be a good thing in the end."
Yuan Shao heard the string and understood the elegant meaning, and said calmly: "Master Tao, what do you want to say, about the settlement of Wang Situ and other ministers?"
The pottery merchant nodded and said: "It is true. These people want to stay under Ming Gong's account, but if they are taken in, they are a burden. If they are not taken in, they will be afraid of tarnishing their names. They are really difficult to deal with. Ming Gong will deal with them."
Be very careful.”
Yuan Shao snorted softly and said dissatisfied: "You brought this person back, how dare you say that?"
The pottery merchant suddenly looked embarrassed: "I'm causing trouble for you."
Yuan Shao rolled his eyes: "You did cause me trouble, and it's quite a big trouble."
"Tao... I'm ashamed."
Yuan Shao sighed and said, "What's the use of being ashamed? Wang Yun is just blocking Yuan's door to demand justice from me. There must be a reason to send him away."
The potter touched his chin, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, it's not impossible."
"Oh?" Yuan Shao suddenly became interested when he heard this and said, "What can I do?"
Tao Shang considered the words for a while and said in a low voice: "The so-called division and transformation, under the command of various princes, it is actually not enough to support so many people who are free to eat. The worry is just that the ministers have the strength in numbers. Just imagine that there are so many
Sir, in the past, with various positions of high authority, dozens of people gathered under the command of any prince. The political pressure created was so great that I don’t think any prince could bear it..."
Yuan Shao said angrily: "What should we do?"
"Old way, everyone divides it equally."
When Yuan Shao heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
When Tao Shang saw that Yuan Shao was silent, he coughed and continued: "We have more than ten princes here. Even if Sun Jian has left, each of the remaining families will be divided into three or five on average. It doesn't matter if they take them back to their territory for worship.
No family needs to support such a few idlers, and each family only supports three or five in their territory, so they can’t cause much trouble..."
When he said this, the pottery merchant noticed that Yuan Shao's eyes suddenly turned straight when he looked at him, which was very strange and made the pottery merchant feel uncomfortable all over.
"Ming Gong...what do you mean by looking at me like that?" the pottery merchant asked hesitantly.
"When Mr. Tao and Dong Zhuo were divided into courtiers, it seemed that this was what they were doing, right? Now it's still here... It's really a multi-purpose plan, and it's always tried and true... Average score, haha, Mr. Tao is really a fastidious person.
"
Tao Shang bowed humbly and said: "Tao is a man, and what he usually emphasizes most is fairness and fairness."
Yuan Shao shook his head and muttered: "You are so young, how can you come up with so many evil intentions... You are almost catching up with Cao Mengde!"
The pottery merchant asked tentatively: "Ming Gong, do you think my strategy is not good?"
Yuan Shao shook his head and said: "The strategy is quite good and feasible."
Black lines appeared on the back of the potter's head.
The good is also yours, the bad is also yours, everything belongs to your Yuan family!