Three Kingdoms

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, and he was quite uncomfortable. Cao Cao is not as good as the two Yuans, but Cao Cao also has advantages that the two Yuans do not have. First, Cao Cao's early experience gave him a certain reputation advantage in Yanzhou. Second, at present, Cao Cao does not have many gentry children, so there are not many nobles. There will be a mutually restrictive relationship like the two Yuans...

In fact, Xun Yu's treatment at Yuan Shao's side was not bad, but the problem was that there was not much room. In fact, some people were doing the strategic planning that Xun Yu was good at, such as Tian Feng and Ju Suo, 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 letting Cao Cao retreat, he raised such a sharp topic.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed suddenly.

Cao Cao laughed a few times and said covertly: "Why do you talk about being inferior to others? I treat me like brothers and sisters..."

In the Han Dynasty, reputation was extremely important. Whether it is "Xiaolian" or "Maocai", one needs to have a reputation to be able to hold the position, and this reputation is basically equivalent to the evaluation of this person within the gentry circle, so in a sense He said that no matter whether it was Cao Cao or anyone else, they didn't dare to show off to anyone, and that was the reason.

Especially on this current issue, Cao Cao did not dare to speak nonsense.

In a feudal society, the most ideal state is for the royal family to dominate, the common people share the land equally, produce taxes, and then the elites among the common people go through many channels, preferably through relatively fair imperial examinations, to become extraordinary elites at all levels. Only life-long bureaucrats assisting the royal family can form a stable structure.

But in fact, it is only an ideal state that the royal family wants 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 the total in the hands of the royal family.

In an era of low productivity, land was the largest means of production.

Therefore, the gentry families that 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 noble family has become an issue that the children of these aristocratic families attach great importance 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 reputation, and save political capital for himself, this has been Cao Cao's general direction. …

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 butt 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 a concubine? Therefore, Yuan Shao actively cultivated his own faction and accepted all comers, 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 Yingchuan people made great efforts to obtain Jizhou Mu, but when it came to dividing 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 be basically 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, did you recite the original lesson?"

Xun Yu said, "No."

Cao Cao opened his long and thin eyes, a little confused. Originally, he decided that if Xun Yu persuaded him to sever ties with Yuan Shao immediately or rebel and switch to his sect, Cao Cao would no longer pay attention to this Xun Yu, even if it was the Yingchuan Xun clan, because at present, Cao Cao simply Can't do it.

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 area... Without the support of chariots and cavalry, he will be destroyed overnight."

Cao Cao laughed twice 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.

Obviously, Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao to Yanzhou in order to fulfill what Yuan Shao himself had said when he and Cao Cao were arguing: "Conquer the river in the south, block the Yan and Dai in the north, and unite the troops of Di, and move south to fight for the world." To 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 have come to pass. In addition, Cao Cao has actually 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 rode in Youliao and Wuhuan rode 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 Han Valley, 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 now Have you ever thought about your brothers and sisters at home?”

Didn't the people of Yingchuan work hard to get Yuan Shao to serve as the shepherd of Jizhou? In this process, Yuan Shao naturally needs to promise something, but now?

Coupled with the last sentence, it is simply heart-wrenching words.

Everyone said that Yuan Shao was a role model in the world, and he spared no efforts in resisting the evil forces. He also regarded high-ranking officials as rich and well-paid 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 we follow Xun Jun's plan, how should Cao deal with it?"

Xun Yu Fengqingyun smiled faintly, and the brilliance in the entire lobby 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…”