"Yes, there is indeed a reason." Guan Yu focused heavily.
"June asked me to come, I think I have some advice to me?" Lei Yuan asked.
Guan Yu was silent, Lei Yuan was not impatient. Seeing that Guan Yu's right arm was exposed, he first reached out to put a carpet for Guan Yu, and then moved the charcoal furnace closer.
Ma Yu hurriedly came up to help.
Guan Yu was a little drowsy after all, and only then did he find that Ma Yu was also in the room. He glared at Ma Yu: "Go out!"
“Yes, yes.”
Ma Yu hurriedly retreated out and closed the door again. Then Lei Yuan heard him scolding his entourage outside, allowing them to dodge farther away.
"If it were ordinary people, they would probably think that I had been a subordinate of Cao Gong and had received a lot of kindness, so I was favored and unwilling to repay the kindness I had back then. However, I would not think of it like this when I knew that I would not be like this."
"...Yes." Lei Yuan almost wiped sweat from his forehead. Fortunately, the room was dark and Guan Yu was worried and couldn't see clearly.
"I was in troubled times when I followed Duke Xuande in a turbulent era. The first ones who followed Duke Xuande were I, Yide, Xianhe, and Xuande Duke's friend Tian Yutian Guorang. Later, after decades of military service, Duke Xuande failed in Xuzhou and lived in Xudu, Tian Yuren followed Gongsun Zan and scattered with us since then. Duke Tian Guorang had great talents, Duke Xuande had always known that when he left, Duke Xuande cried and said, "I wish I could achieve great things with you."
Speaking of this, Guan Yu leaned his back on the fence behind the bed: "Duke Xuande and Tian Yu both have political talents. And I, Guan, are just a warrior. So it was not until a long time later that I understood what the great cause they were referring to."
"I hope to hear the details."
"Duke Xuande, as the magistrate of Pingyuan County, led his troops to support Xuzhou thousands of miles. After the death of the Xuzhou governor Tao Qian, people such as Mi Zhu and Chen Deng welcomed Duke Xuande and asked to pacify Linzhou. However, in less than a year, Zang Ba gathered people to seize Langya and cut off the connection with Beihai; Zhu Rong led his troops south to rage Guangling; Cao Bao and Xu Dan led the Danyang troops to confront Xuande Duke; Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son, Chen Yu and others were named subordinates, but in fact they controlled the local forces and went alone. There were also famous scholars such as Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, Xu Yi, Chen Jiao, and Xu Xuan abandoned Xuzhou and left. As a result, the huge Xuzhou, the five counties and states fell apart in only one year, so Lu Bu coveted him. Xuande Duke retreated to Haixi, hungry and trapped in the village, and the officials and soldiers were all fed by themselves, and they were poor and hungry..."
Guan Yu came back to his senses from his memories and shook his head: "Have Xu Zhi ever thought about why this is the case?"
Lei Yuan said cautiously: "I think the Xuzhou rich people were insatiable and wanted to invade power, but they were in conflict with Duke Xuande."
"That's right!" Guan Yu clapped his hands: "The reason why the Haomin of Xuzhou asked Duke Xuande to take over Xuzhou was not because he was attracted by the power of Duke Xuande, but because he was attracted by Duke Xuande's young foundation and lacked fame. They thought that since Duke Xuande was in Xuzhou, he would definitely become a puppet at the mercy of the rich people of Xuzhou, and become a tool to bully the head of Qian and seize family interests by them. If Duke Xuande agreed, he would be the lord of a state from then on, and would be qualified to compete for the world... However, Duke Xuande was not a person who abandoned justice for the sake of immediate benefits!"
Speaking of this, Guan Yu took a deep breath. He said proudly: "If Duke Xuande does not want this, the two sides will inevitably break. Later, when Duke Xuande was in Xudu, his horizons and his knowledge increased day by day, he felt that the powerful clans and the people were harmed by the country. If he wanted to rebuild a peaceful and prosperous era, he had to establish a strong center like the previous Han Dynasty, treat the people of the world fairly, and suppress the powerful and local traitors."
Speaking of this, Guan Yu stared at Lei Yuan: "Super, what is Xuande Gong's idea?"
Lei Yuan's face remained unchanged: "I heard that the Han system is mixed with overlords. If you want to cure troubled times, you must use strong medicine. If this is not the case, it will not be enough to achieve peace."
Guan Yu nodded repeatedly: "Okay! OK!"
He continued: "Duke Xuande discussed with Tian Yu at that time. Tian Yu praised Duke Xuande's ideas and admitted that what Duke Xuande was seeking was a real great cause. But he also thought that the world was turbid and turbulent, and it was difficult to save. With the hearts of this world, the prosperity of the former Han Dynasty was like carving a boat to seek a sword. Therefore, he abandoned Duke Xuande and left, not only because he cared for the old master Gongsun Zan, but also because he believed that Duke Xuande's great cause would never be successful."
Guan Yu looked at Lei Yuan again: "I think what is the great cause of Xuande Gong?"
"I once heard from the old man in the country that things in the world are difficult and easy? If they do it, it will be easy. If they do it, it will be difficult. Now, Duke Xuande has half of the world, holding up the flag of the Han Dynasty, proclaiming Deming kindness to pacify the people, and suppressing the traitors to uphold the rules and regulations. I think that the former Han Dynasty is just like this. And no matter how difficult the great cause is, isn't it done step by step, and is it closer to success little by little?"
Guan Yu laughed.
Over the years, although Xuande Gong has been kind and generous, he actually practiced the rule of law and suppressed the powerful aristocratic families and did not allow him to lead the party to make private contributions. If the right children of powerful clans and tyrants in Jingzhou and Yizhou were talented, they would be able to get high officials and pay high salaries, but they would never feed back to the clan with their own official positions. In the early years, Fa Zheng, Meng Da and others did this, but Fa Zheng was implicated. Meng Da himself and more than 4,000 clan families were moved to Fangling. I don’t know if he could atone for his merits after this battle.
In addition, the only one who can control military power under the command of the Hanzhong King with the power of a powerful clan was Lujiang Leiyuan. Leiyuan himself often fought in the north, and the entire Lujiang Lei family was all south of the Five Ridges.
The Hanzhong King's regime was undoubtedly a regime that dared to suppress the powerful. The situation of the powerful and violent people in Huan and Lingshi was very different, and the situation of the Cao family in the north and the powerful people in cooperation and competition were different.
From a certain perspective, Lei Yuan even felt that it was because of the Lujiang Lei family, an external role model, that Xuandegong and Kong Ming were able to purify the situation internally. Anyway, they would not affect their reputation for benevolence.
"During the war today, Tian Guorang fled from Cao's army and told me a reason." Guan Yu seemed a little tired. After a while, he said slowly: "He said that the reason why Duke Xuande was in Jingzhou and Yizhou was able to suppress the powerful was because these two places were far away from the Central Plains and were not the essence of China. No matter how Duke Xuande acted in these two places, he was not restricted, and the scholars criticized him. However, if we captured and killed Duke Cao this time, the Cao family would probably collapse. The countless prefectures and counties and countless wealthy families in Hebei, Central Plains, would inevitably rush to surrender to Duke Xuande as soon as possible, and ask Duke Xuande to take over as soon as possible. Xuzhi felt that Duke Xuande agreed or disagree?"
Such discussions have already involved major national policies. If Guan Yu had not been unusual in his identity, it would have been a very taboo thing for the two to discuss this.
Lei Yuan thought about it carefully and said in a deep voice: "I have no reason to disagree."
"That's right! By then, the world seemed to be back to peace, but hundreds of millions of countries were still there, and they could easily intercept the authority of the court like Xuzhou back then; they were still like Huan and Lingshi, and they often ravaged the country and poisoned the world. How much effort and time would it take for Duke Xuande to deal with them? And hundreds of years of business have been deeply rooted and mixed, and it has made us unable to get through it once and for all. Unless..."
Guan Yu stopped talking. His body was weak and he seemed unable to hold on at this time, and he leaned backwards more and more against the fence. But he opened his eyes suddenly and stared at Lei Yuan.
Even with Lei Yuan's courage, he was shocked by the meaning in Guan Yu's words. He walked back and forth twice indoors before calming down and returning to Guan Yu's couch.
Lei Yuan lowered his voice: "Na Tian Guorang means that after Cao Cao's failure this time, he must divide the authority of the court at all costs, and thus introduce the power of powerful clans to stabilize the regime and enrich the military. The King of Hanzhong can attack these clans in a righteous war, destroy their power, and then eliminate all the traitors in one breath, kill everyone's heads in one breath, and kill a peaceful and prosperous era that sweeps away all the evil spirits!"
Guan Yu couldn't help but stroke his long beard: "I think this proposal is shocking, but it makes sense. So I followed his opinion and let Cao Cao go. However, this matter is of great importance and I dare not be sure whether it is appropriate... So please Xuzhi come to discuss it, want to know what Xuzhi has to say about it."
Lei Yuan's face was quiet, but there were storm waves in his chest.
Guan Yu always said that this was Tian Yu's idea. In fact, with Guan Yu's character, if he did not agree, would there be a hundred old friends like Tian Yu be used as lobbyists?
In the final analysis, this is Guan Yu's idea. Guan Yu was always the one who was angry at the oppression of the powerful and powerful, and killed people and wandered.
As everyone knows, Guan Yu and the King of Hanzhong are called kings and ministers, and their kindness is like fathers and sons. These two are simply a relationship of one and two, two and one. How could Guan Yu dare to do this at this time and here, but it is not a reflection of the King of Hanzhong's intention?
Guan Yu's inquiry at this time was definitely not because he was unsure of his mind.
He has a strong background, a deep experience, and has no scruples. He has done this, so what else is there to ask?
Chapter completed!