When Yuan Shao appeared in front of everyone again, his appearance had changed.
At this time, he was wearing an apricot-yellow arrow-sleeved silk robe, a Western Region treasure chainmail jacket, an apricot-yellow silk ribbon around his waist, a Wu Bian crown on his head, a white mourning belt on his forehead, and holding a gold-inlaid handle in his hand.
The jade horsewhip has a solemn expression.
His appearance speaks for itself.
Yuan inherited the local virtues of Saint King Shun, so he was naturally dressed in apricot yellow, which showed his determination to overthrow the Yan Han Dynasty. At the same time, the white mourning ribbon on his forehead showed that this time, family hatred and national hatred were combined.
Yuan Shao was originally tall and burly, and his good diet and exercise in the first forty years made his appearance extremely good. Now he was dressed in military uniform, which made him even more majestic and majestic.
Yuan Shaolong walked forward, looked around at the counselors and military officials in the hall, and then Shi Ran sat in the hall.
As soon as he sat down, the scribe at the head of the row stood up.
He had a beard, his face was powdered, and he looked arrogant. He said:
"At this beginning, now the manpower from each county has returned, and a total of four thousand soldiers have been obtained. This is the military register."
After saying this, the person asked someone to carry stacks of military registers to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao waved his hand to stop him and said with a smile:
"No need, I always feel at ease when Ziyuan does things. Ziyuan will be in charge of the rest of the army. Without your plan, how could we have obtained this powerful Jianghuai army?"
The scholar named Ziyuan smiled to himself and continued to praise Yuan Shao.
Both Yuan Shao and his colleagues below were used to this man's arrogance.
Because this person's name is Xu You, Xu Ziyuan. He is also Yuan Shao's current mastermind.
If we want to summarize Yuan Shao's life, twenty years ago was the period when he married a family and raised a family, and the next twenty years were the period when he traveled to Kyoto as an official.
During his years in Kyoto, his house was always full of guests, his bottles of wine were always full, and he was even better at making friends than his nominal father. His nominal father was just a troublemaker, but he, Yuan Shao, was the leader.
, the rescue party members are the true leaders of Qingliu.
At this stage, he had made many friends, but only three of them had a significant relationship.
The first one is He Yong. This person is the leader of Qingliu in Nanyang County. He followed the party leaders Chen Fan, Li Ying, Guo Tai and Jia Biao very early on. Later, he became a backbone figure in the party prison.
When the eunuchs were hunting down famous people in the Qing Dynasty, it was He Yong who kept his name anonymous and helped the party members at the same time.
At that time, Yuan Shao was not tolerated by the party members because he was burdened by his family. It was with the help of He Yong that Yuan Shao emerged among the Qingliu group.
But now, Yuan Shao has to rely on He Yong even more, because he still holds an important position in the Guandong court. It is with He Yong's help that Yuan Shao can understand the specific situation of the Guandong court.
This time, the reason why Yuan Shao stopped dormant was because He Yong sent a letter from Kyoto, telling Yuan Shao that the Guandong court was now weak during the Third Battle of Weihan.
Knowing this change in the external situation, Yuan Shao made up his mind to start an uprising.
If He Yong is Yuan Shao's solid ally at the top, then the next person is his strongest ally at the local level.
This person is Zhang Miao, a powerful man from Dongping Guoshou Zhang in Yanzhou.
Zhang Miao had been living in Kyoto before. It was also during this period that Yuan Shao and he shared the same goals. They both saw that the world was uneasy and it was time for heroes to use force.
Originally, Zhang Miao and his younger brother Zhang Chao also had a good division of labor. Zhang Miao dispersed wealth in Kyoto and befriended the wealthy, while his younger brother Zhang Chao helped the poor in his hometown and recruited troops. The two brothers went up and down to wait for the situation.
Change.
From this point of view, the Zhang brothers are much closer than the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.
But this division of labor was interrupted after the Taishan Army marched out from the west. As the Taishan Army captured the city in the southeast of Yanzhou, these people were both capable of fighting and won the hearts of the people, and they soon invaded the Dongping Kingdom.
Zhang Chao had already been defeated at that time, and he only managed to save his life by diving across the Wen River.
After Zhang Chao returned to Shouzhang, he wrote twelve urgent letters to his brother in Kyoto, asking him to return to Shouzhang to take charge of the situation.
After Zhang Miao received the letter, he could no longer sing at the cocktail party in Kyoto and rushed back to Shouzhang overnight.
But fate played a joke on the Zhang brothers.
Just when the Zhang brothers mobilized their clan troops and prepared to fight the Taishan army to the death, the Taishan army suddenly changed its route. They crossed Jishui north and went to Dongjun.
At this point, Zhang Miao knew that troubled times were coming, so he successively began to annex nearby clan thieves and party thieves. Up to now, his power has expanded to the Chenliu area.
Later, the Guandong court also respected Zhang Miao's strength and granted him the position of Chenliu Prefect.
At this point, the Zhang family of Shouzhang, a powerful man entrenched in the Heji area, became a powerful official of the Han Dynasty.
But Zhang Miao bet on both ends, and after getting in touch with Yuan Shao of Ruyang, he continued to fund his armored weapons.
It can be said that most of Yuan Shao's armored soldiers today are funded by Zhang Miao.
But the above two people all have similar interests. Only the third person, Xu You in front of me, is different.
The relationship between Yuan Shao and him is like the relationship between Guangwu and Deng Yu in the past.
We know each other in Kyoto and suffer together in troubled times. I think it will become a good story in the future.
To be honest, Yuan Shao didn't have a very good temper. He would remember it for a long time if Cao Cao and Zhang Miao offended him in the past, let alone an arrogant person like Xu You.
But Yuan Shao could allow You because Xu You was a truly capable and strategic talent.
When he was in Kyoto, Xu You often praised him and was Yuan Shao's indispensable think tank. Not to mention, during the Jiazi Incident, it was Xu You who suddenly woke up and rushed to find Yuan Shao, and he escaped from Kyoto alive.
And now, relying on Xu You's plan, another major issue has been solved for Yuan Shao.
It turns out that Yuan Shao has been worried about his troops.
But in fact, he is not short of soldiers, because as far as he knows, the Li family of the Cheng family behind Li Dian is a powerful clan with tens of thousands of people.
And among the powerful generals who followed Yuan Shao south to Ruyang, Li Dian was not the only one?
When it comes to relatives, he has Gao Gan, Gao Rou, and Li Xuan. When it comes to Yuan Cong, he has Han Meng and Chun Yu Qiong. When it comes to martial arts, he has Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Ju Yi. When it comes to power, he has Li Zheng, Ying Shao, and Li
Tong, Chen Gong. In terms of leading troops, there were also Li Guan, Liang Sheng, Linghu Jian and other officials of the Southern Army.
Talking about the alliance of big clans, there are three brothers Zhou Xin, Zhou Ang, and Zhou Fan, Zang Hong, Chen Rong, etc.
Not to mention the famous people in the hall who came from Ruying, such as Xu You, Feng Ji, Guo Jia, Zhang Dao, Chen Lin, Xun Chen, Xin Ping, etc.
Which one among them can't recruit an army for Yuan Shao?
But Yuan Shao didn't dare to ask for these people's soldiers. Because now his master is not strong, and if Zhi continues to become stronger, then who will be the master? Who will be Zhi?
And these celebrities in Ruying who were optimistic about Yuan Shao also saw Yuan Shao's concerns, so they did not say anything and came up with a plan to support Yuan Shao.
But now the question arises, if we don’t rely on the families behind his men, how can Yuan Shao’s troops come from them?
At this time, it was Xu You who took care of him.
He told Yuan Shao that there was a strong army in Runan, but it was a pity that its leader could not use it. This was the foundation given by heaven to Yuan Shao to raise an army.
This soldier is Deng Dang and his fellow civilians.
Xu You didn't know about the existence of this force at first. After all, he and Yuan Shao were still in Kyoto when Runan was in chaos. After returning to Ruyang, he saw this group of troops in the county register.
people.
Later, Xu Youduofang inquired and learned that Wang Yun actually had a strong army in his hands back then, but it was a pity that he later disbanded it himself.
What Xu You still doesn't understand is that now that Wang Yun has returned to Yuzhou to take charge, why won't these Jianghuai soldiers be reused?
But how did Xu You know how pedantic Wang Yun was?
The arrogance of celebrities and bureaucrats has penetrated into Wang Yun's bones. Before, he had no choice but to bend his back to these Jianghuai refugees. Now that he is the governor of a state, he still needs these people?
But regardless of Wang Yun, Xu You knew that these Jianghuai soldiers were the key to Yuan Shao's army.
Therefore, in order to obtain these restored households, Xu You and Yuan Shao planned a series of things.
The beginning of the matter was that Wang Yun wanted to transfer military rations from Runan. When the transfer tasks from various places were assigned to the following counties, the county officials who had already communicated with Yuan Shao would allocate all this labor.
Apportioned to local Fumin households.
These county officials were very happy to cooperate with Yuan Shao.
On the one hand, these officials in the counties in Runan are all local snakes, and they are all more or less favored by the Yuan family. And Yuan Shao is fully aware of these relationships.
Therefore, Yuan Shao managed the favors in various counties in Runan using only letters.
However, the reason why the county officials helped Yuan Shao was not only out of gratitude, but also out of interest.
Just like the meritorious officials of King Fupi, these county officials have more or less embezzled a large amount of military rations. In the past two years, Runan has supplied military supplies to Kyoto, and money and grain as huge as mountains and seas have passed through the hands of these county officials.
Do you think these people can resist being greedy?
Originally, everyone was greedy, so everyone was not guilty. But now you, Wang Yun, insist on doing some verification. This is destroying the local interests of Runan.
Then we have to blame them.
Therefore, people such as Wang Gongcao and others conspired with Yuan Shao. When these restored civilian households brought military supplies to Pingyu, Yuan Shao sent people to rob and kill them on the road.
According to Han law, all losses during the transportation process will be borne by the labor households. In other words, these lost military rations will be borne by these civilian households.
Here, the county officials will naturally throw all the military rations they have spent in the past two years on this transfer in order to settle the accounts. No matter who comes to check in the future, they will not be able to find any problems.
But with such a huge sum of money weighing on these households, they can only break up their homes.
At that time, these rehabilitated households will have to sell the mature fields they have worked hard for two years to the county, and even sell themselves as slaves to pawn.
After that, the wealthy officials in each county would buy these fields, and then Yuan Shao would buy these restored households.
When the time comes, who will these rehabilitated households hate?
They will only hate their former general, now Wang Yun, the governor of Yuzhou.
If he hadn't sent this military service, would their family be ruined?
During this process, the county officials settled their accounts, acquired a large number of fields and houses, and established contact with Yuan Shao again. These local cowards would also compare themselves, and Yuan Shao was more favored by them than Wang Yun.
And what about Yuan Shao? It not only showed the Yuan family's connections and strength in Runan to the powerful subordinates below, so that they could return home, but also gained a large number of well-trained and resentful Jianghuai soldiers.
Based on this, coupled with the Yuan family's accumulation over generations and the support of his allies, Yuan Shao's military strength will rapidly expand.
It's five thousand now, and it will be twenty thousand when we take Runan. Then we take Yuzhou, and it won't be difficult to get one hundred thousand troops.
It can be said that Yuan Shao now finally has the foundation for a great cause.
Of course, the most miserable people in this process are these rehabilitated households. They are plotted and exploited back and forth, and deceived into working for their lives at the hands of the murderer who brought harm to their country.
Is there anything more ironic than this?
But this is a troubled world. Even if you pray for a place to survive, you will not get it. Even if you want to control your own destiny for a moment, you will not get it.
Of course, no one in the hall cared about the more than 4,000 Jianghuai soldiers. They only praised Xu You in front of them.
Xu You's series of operations and plans would not have led to such a situation unless he had a very deep understanding of the grassroots officials of the Han Dynasty.
Today, Xu You's plan was successful. After becoming the Yuan family's disciples, the more than 4,000 Jianghuai civilian households once again took up arms and resumed the battle formation.
Now the four thousand and one thousand members of Yuan's clan are deployed in Ruyang City. They only need to wait for Yuan Shao's order to raise their troops and raise flags to start trouble.
Therefore, Yuan Shao's mobilization meeting this time was his last feast to raise his troops for revenge.
Looking at the civilized and military people below, I thought about the five thousand sharp soldiers in hand.
Yuan Shao glanced at Xu You beside him approvingly and said to himself:
"What's the point of being a little proud of being able to accomplish such a great thing?"
Seeing that the time was almost up, Yuan Shao shouted to Side City:
"Please give me an ax and a scepter."
Following Yuan Shao's order, two groups of armored soldiers came in from the side corridor.
The leader, Han Meng, held an ax in his hand, and Li Dian behind him held an eight-foot scepter.
Seeing these two things, everyone present exclaimed in surprise.
Because these two things should not appear here.
Among them, the gold-decorated ax was specially given by the state to the generals who went on expeditions. It represented the emperor in conquering all directions and had the authority to kill generals who disobeyed orders without reporting. And the eight-foot yak-tailed staff was the official name of Sili Xiaowei.
Authoritative Han Festival.
How could these two things be in Yuan Shao's hands?
Those present, like Guo Jia, had actually guessed Yuan Shao's plan. Their recognition of Yuan Shao deepened.
Sure enough, when these two things appeared in front of everyone, Yuan Shao shed tears in pain but did not speak.
At this time, Xu You asked:
"Lord, why are you crying?"
Yuan Shao said sadly:
"I cry that the world is in chaos and the clothes are in disarray."
"I cry for the treacherous ministers who rule the country and the loyal ministers who destroy their families."
Yuan Shao said to everyone with red eyes:
"The sun rises and sets, and the moon waxes and wanes. Now the Han Dynasty is facing a great chaos that has not happened in a century. There are moths and thieves spreading poison in the east, Qiang and Di chaos in the west, and thieves are rising in all directions. The former king's masters appeared many times and fell one after another. But now
Father and son are facing each other, and they are at war with each other. My family has been favored by us for many generations, and we share the same righteousness. I should devote myself to the Han Dynasty until my death."
"But trouble always arises from within, and defeat brings about the hall. How can I, a pig dealer and a dog slaughterer, use the power of his relatives to stay in the court, not thinking of repaying the favor and causing trouble, but instead using my young master to control the world and bless himself?
Rewards and punishments are unorganized, and the deeds of disobedience are violent on the road. I have pity on my family, the Yuan family, and they all died in the Golden Palace while helping the young master. If my family is like this, why should I ask the gentlemen present?"
After saying this, Yuan Shao stood up and stood down, holding an ax and ax in his left hand and a staff in his right, and said sadly:
"Before I ran away, I met the emperor in private. The emperor knew my loyalty to the Yuan family and denounced He Jin as a descendant of Liang and Ji. He personally gave me an ax and a staff and asked me to return to my hometown to raise an army. I am ashamed and weak, so I cannot save the emperor.
Water and fire. Every time I think of this, Shao faces the north and weeps, wishing he could have raised an army earlier."
"Fortunately, you have taken your orders, and now we are all together. I want to raise an army and go to the capital. I will remove your side inside, and the Qing Dynasty will rebel outside. May I ask you, do you want to go west with me?"
Everyone present, civil and military, stood up and shouted:
"I am willing to follow my lord, raise a righteous army, attack unruly ministers, support the Han Dynasty, and restore peace."
In the second month of the third year of the Republic of China, Yuan Shao raised troops in Ruyang. For a while, Runan was shaken. The powerful officials in each county responded by killing their officers. In ten months, Yuan Shao captured all the land in Runan, and the world looked at him.