Three Kingdoms

It can be considered that Yi Ji has dealt with Yi Ji before, and Fei Qian knew that this person was Liu Biao's confidant, so it is hard to believe that Liu Biao sent him here without any explanation.

However, what Yi Ji said was not beyond Fei Qian's expectation, but Yi Ji's answer was somewhat interesting -

First, Yi Ji didn’t say yes or no, so Liu Biao probably had an explanation. The reason why Yi Ji didn’t say no was because Yi Ji considered that if Fei Qian knew the truth in the future, and he was at this time If you lie to your face again, you will not be a good person in the future. Another point is to tell Fei Qian that he himself also obeys the arrangements and whose arrangements he obeys. It seems to be answering Fei Qian and saying that he listens to Fei Qian. The arrangement actually means that Yi Ji has to listen to Liu Biao's arrangements, so if he has any questions, he should go to Liu Biao...

Therefore, Fei Qian understood Yi Ji's meaning and stopped asking.

After lying down, Fei Qian calculated that he would almost reach Luyang tomorrow. I wonder what Yuan Shu is doing now? I wonder if Yuan Shu went to Jujube to join the large army?

At this time, Yuan Shu was enduring his anger and listened silently to the nagging of an old man in front of him...

The Nanyang Manufacturing Institute is actually in Wan, but Yuan Shu is currently stationed in Luyang. At present, Nanyang County is divided into two. The area surrounding Luyang in the north belongs to Yuan Shu's direct rule, while the south of Wancheng, including Xinye, etc., is still the territory of Liu Biao and Jingxiang.

The only people who could make Yuan Shu endure this strange thing were the elders of the old Yuan family in Nanyang.

The old man holding the dove stick is named Yuan Zeng. He belongs to Yuan Xu's branch. In terms of generation, he is almost the same as Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei. He is also older and he still holds the dove stick in his hand, so Yuan Shu was also helpless and had to hold back the fire in his heart.

The dove stick is also called the king stick, which originated from the "tooth stick system" of the Zhou Dynasty. The king stick system of the Han Dynasty further legalized and institutionalized it. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Edict of the King's Staff", "Those who are over seventy years old are respected by others. Unless they kill or injure others first, they will not be accused or impeached, and they will not sit down." He also gave "the King's Staff" to those over seventy years old.

The dove stick is nine feet long, and the head of the stick is decorated with a dove bird. The dove stick, like the talismans used by the imperial court, was a voucher for preferential treatment and a symbol of status. The old man holding the dove stick can "enter and exit the government offices and walk on the road", and his status and treatment are the same as those of the "six hundred stone" officials. , even after being beheaded, he still couldn't restrain himself, and the body had to be laid out for three days...

As people get older, they can't help but be verbose. By the time the old man Yuan Zeng finished speaking, tremblingly holding his dove stick and walking away, it was already dusk.

Yuan Shu asked Yan Xiang to see them off for him, but he stayed in the hall, closing his eyes and suppressing his anger. Yuan Shu was not angry with the old man Yuan Zeng, but with those who instigated Yuan Zeng behind his back.

Although Nanyang is rich, this wealth is also relative. At the absolute grassroots level, those poor and lower-middle peasants, the miserable common people, are very happy if they can earn four kilo of millet from an acre of land. How much money can these people have even if they live frugally all their lives?

The reason why Nanyang County is the most prosperous is because Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was able to ascend to the throne. There were two places where the big landowners and local tycoons contributed the most. One of them was Nanyang. Therefore, the Eastern Han Dynasty has always been more important to Nanyang. They are generous, and the appointed governors of Nanyang are generally people from aristocratic families, so the policies implemented in Nanyang tend to favor aristocratic families.

But he didn't expect that after Yuan Shu arrived in Nanyang, he and Sun Jian killed Zhang Zi, the governor of Nanyang, without saying a word.

In fact, it doesn't matter. Zhang Zi is from Yingchuan. Although Yingchuan is right next door to Nanyang and has some connections, if Yuan Shu wants to kill him, he should kill him. The local nobles in Nanyang have no intention of avenging Zhang Zi. Anyway, Zhang Zi was just a prefect, nothing compared to the Yuan family's family background.

But what makes the small and medium-sized landowners in Nanyang unbearable is that Yuan Shu not only supports Sun Jian, but also keeps recruiting troops himself!

Yuan Shu didn't have much money personally, and it was impossible for the Yuan family to provide endless expenses to Yuan Shu. Nanyang was such a big place, and the annual tax collected was only so much. They had to support Sun Jian and Yuan Shu's family all at once. , Nanyang's public treasury couldn't afford it, so Yuan Shu set his sights on these local tycoons.

For the first few times, these local tycoons looked at the reputation of the Yuan family, so they thought they were the fourth generation and the third prince, so Yuan Shu also recruited some soldiers and purchased some armaments, which were being trained under the supervision of General Ji Ling. , but now that he was about to go north to attack Dong, Yuan Shu still felt that the few troops he had on hand were not enough, so he ordered to recruit soldiers again...

Therefore, the landlords and tycoons, whose uncle had already endured it and whose aunt could no longer tolerate it, began to fight, connected with each other, and filed a black complaint against Yuan's parents, Yuan Zeng...

Yuan Zeng, the elder of Yuan's family, came to Yuan Shu with a dove stick. After sitting down, he began to educate Yuan Shu from all aspects. The main idea was to let Yuan Shu pay more attention to some influences, not to be greedy for pleasure, and to learn more from his elder brother Yuan Shao. Learn, don’t always ask for money from these people in the countryside...

Yuan Shu suppressed the anger in his heart again and again, but he still couldn't calm down. Recalling what Yuan had said just now that he wanted to learn more from his brother Yuan Shao, he really didn't have enough control and swept the fruit plate and tea bowl on the table directly. It was smashed to pieces on the ground, and dried fruits and pastries were scattered everywhere, creating a mess.

After Yan Xiang saw off Yuan Zeng, he happened to see the scene in front of him when he came back. He couldn't say what to write, so he stood in the hall.

Yuan Shu breathed heavily for a while, finally calmed down, stood up, bowed his hands to Yan Xiang in the hall, and said, "Let Ziwu laugh."

Yan Xiang, Yan Ziwu was Yuan Shu's chief secretary. He was upright and capable. Yuan Shu recruited him as his staff shortly after arriving in Nanyang.

Although Yan Xiang somewhat knew why Yuan Shu was angry, he did not expect Yuan Shu to lose control so much. However, seeing that Yuan Shu had calmed down, he entered the hall and sat down again.

Yuan Shu called his servants, cleaned the hall, and arranged new utensils. After that, Fang and Yan Xiang said, "This must be the fault of the He family!"

Hejia, the current head of the He family, is a Heyangshi, a native of Xiping. He is also a big tycoon here. He was once promoted as Xiaolian, but after going to Luoyang for a while, he resigned from the Langguan and came back. In the area of ​​Runan and Nanyang It can be considered a small reputation.

The last time Yuan Shu recruited troops, it was said that the He family had a lot of gossip. Unexpectedly, this time he actually dared to instigate the elder of the Yuan family, Yuan Zenglai, to play against Yuan Shu...