Mrs. Wu still had too many worries in her heart, so she had to ask everyone to let her go back and think about it. Everyone only thought that she was hindered by the family's reputation. In their eyes, Mrs. Wu and Cai Zhaoji were both from the Cai family, and they were still different in seniority. It was indeed unjustifiable.
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Seeing that Mrs. Wu's complexion began to deteriorate, she was clutching her chest and feeling nauseated, Zhen Mi quickly asked Cai Zhaoji to help her go back to rest, while arranging for people to go over and serve her.
After the two girls left, Yuan Xi said to Zhen Mi, "Aren't you afraid that Mrs. Cai has ulterior motives?"
"And the position you gave her is so high. If it were a boy, the eldest son would be a problem."
Zhen Mi sighed: "Then we can't just ignore the child, right?"
What she was thinking was that she could just let nature take its course, especially in the Yuan family.
If we really want to talk about it, Yuan Shao is a concubine, and Yuan Xi is also a concubine. The character of the next generation has not been revealed yet. Who knows what will happen in the future.
She said softly: "Actually, it's because I feel guilty about my husband. I thought I knew him well, but I didn't expect that I was still shaken."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi smiled and said, "You know the root and cause?"
Zhen Mi's face instantly turned red and she glanced at Yuan Xi, "My husband is not serious!"
A ridiculous family dispute was temporarily over.
Although it was still calm on the surface, privately it left many people who knew the inside story dumbfounded.
Especially when Yuan Xi visited Guo Jia in person to apologize, Guo Jia looked dumbfounded and hopeless.
We worked together for a long time, but it was really your kid who did it?
It's just that you didn't know you did it the whole time?
It's all for nothing. I thought you were a hero, but I didn't expect you to be a fool!
I'm the one who takes the blame, I'm like a bastard rubbing the bottom of the pot, and my head is covered with ashes!
That night, Guo Jia angrily had sex with several beauties and then put all his worries behind him.
However, this incident more or less affected Yuan Xi's next itinerary. His original plan to go to Yongnu and then to Xu Wushan by sea was also cancelled.
On the one hand, they don't want the women to have a hard time traveling, but the main reason is that now that Xianyu Fu is stuck in Yongnu, restraining Taodun Shanyu in western Liaoning, Xu Wushan is not that important for the time being.
So Yuan Xi changed his plan again and did not even go to Yong Nu. He only waited for Yan Rou to come over, then set off to Jicheng where Zhao Yun was in charge, and then returned to Beixin City.
However, when Yuan Xi thought about it afterwards, almost everyone was at a loss in this matter.
From Zhen Mi to Guo Jia, from Zhao Ji to Hua Tuo, in fact, their words and deeds have subtle deviations from their previous ones, but they themselves are not aware of it.
It was all because Mrs. Wu suspected that this matter touched upon the most fundamental interests. When faced with it, everyone could not and could not maintain a normal mind as previously imagined.
This is the delusion of the authorities. Even if the people in the game realize it, they cannot completely break out.
This is the human heart, and precisely because it is a human being and not a piece of wood, its thoughts will continue to change under the influence of countless unknown factors.
This made Yuan Xi both happy and alert. Fortunately, there was a misunderstanding at home this time. The misunderstanding was resolved by mistake and no loss was caused. But what if something more important happens in the future?
We all know that being open and honest between both parties will avoid many misunderstandings, but as the lord, it is difficult to be completely honest with others, right?
This is easy to say but difficult to do. Just like sending Qu Yi, Yuan Xi cannot tell anyone for fear of harming Qu Yi, not even Zhen Mi and Guo Jia.
If one day you can abandon these worries, think about gains and losses calmly and ruthlessly, and turn everyone around you into your chess pieces, then you can become the person who achieves great things in Guo Jia's words, right?
But, is it really possible?
Within a few days, Yan Rou arrived.
He and Xian Yufu entered the city with dozens of horses and came directly to meet Yuan Xi.
Yuan Xi looked carefully and found that Yan Rou was also tall, with a rough face and three-dimensional eyebrows. She also had the appearance characteristics of the Han Xianbei people. No wonder she was accepted by both parties.
In fact, in the border areas, the Han and Hu bloodlines have long been mixed, and no one can tell where the ancestors can trace their origins. Over the long years, the customs and habits of the two sides have gradually begun to merge.
Everyone sat down respectively. Yuan Xi bowed his hands to Yan Rou and said, "I have heard about the general's name for a long time. When I saw him today, he is indeed worthy of his reputation."
"General, if you have any requests, just ask, and Xi will do his best."
Yan Rou sat up straight and said, "Thank you for your love. Rou only wants a place to stand."
Yan Rou dared to say it, but Yuan Xi couldn't believe it. The conditions were too low. Who would be willing to be loyal to him?
He said: "I heard that the general is from Guangyang?"
Yan Rou replied: "Exactly, the Yan family has lived in the border area for hundreds of years, during which Han and Hu intermarriages have continued to this day."
He said this because he was still a little nervous. Although Yuan Xi had a good talk with Xian Yufu earlier, who knew whether he would fight one another?
Nowadays, Yan Rouxian doesn't have many choices in Fu. Even Liu He has joined Yuan Xi. People like him must have someone to rely on if they want to gain a foothold in Youzhou.
Yan Rou was ready to sell it at a low price, but Yuan Xi unexpectedly said: "You two have not made any achievements now, and it is difficult to convince the public. I would like to temporarily aggrieve you two and ask Brother Xianyu to be the Grand Administrator of Guangyang and Brother Yan to be the Grand Administrator of the Valley."
,how?"
Shanggu County is in the west of Yuyang County, and Guangyang is in the east of Yuyang County. The three counties are connected. Yan Rou and Xian Yufu looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes, so they quickly agreed.
The prefect already had an official position of 2,000 stones. Although it was inferior to the Colonel Karasuma whom Yan Rou had snatched earlier, he was endorsed by Yuan Jiaming after all.
But even so, Yan Rou felt a little disappointed, because the position of Captain Wuwan was more prestigious and could mobilize the Wuhuan herdsmen. Secondly, Yan Rou still hoped to confront Taodun Chanyu. After all, both sides had to fight against each other.
The leader of the fight for Wuhuan.
Yuan Xi glanced at Guo Jia, who understood and said to Yan Rouxianyufu: "General, does he know the relationship between the Han people in Guangyang Yuyang and Wuhuan Xianbei?"
Yan Rou hesitated for a moment and said: "To tell the truth, in fact, all the ethnic groups in the pass have been mixed together, and it has long been difficult to distinguish each other. What everyone suffers from is the exorbitant taxes and military service. The difference between the two ethnic groups, and even who the Han Dynasty is.
Most of the border residents in Youzhou don’t really care if the master is in charge.”
Yuan Xi thought to himself that this was true. If there had not been blood feuds for generations at that time, the border people did not pay much attention to ethnic distinctions.
Guo Jia asked again: "What about those people outside the customs?"
Yan Judao: "Nomads make a living outside the pass. Whenever the climate gets colder and no grass grows, they will enter the pass and plunder. The people inside the pass are miserable."
"When they raided, they didn't distinguish between Han people and Xianbei and Wuhuan people. So in our view, although they were from the same clan, they were not of the same mind."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded slightly and said, "I have some ideas about this."
He briefly talked about digging ditches and planting rice fields as the second line of defense after the Great Wall. Finally, he said: "In this way, in the future, Guangyang Yuyang will be able to effectively prevent foreign invaders from the north while doing half farming and half grazing.
, life should be better than now."
Yan Rou listened and said: "Shijun's idea is indeed brilliant. The only trouble is that it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it will take at least several years, or even ten years."
Xian Yufu also worried: "To dig the river, we need to collect labor. I'm afraid not everyone can support it."
Yuan Xi understood that what the two men said was true. After conquering a land, he needed to appease the local people and reduce or reduce rents and taxes for several years to win over people's hearts. How could such a large-scale construction work be carried out right away?
You must know that levying labor force is the most likely to cause civil unrest, so you need to be cautious.
Guo Jia said aloud: "Of course the young master knows this, so he entrusted the two of you with important tasks."
"This is not a simple requisition of labor, but remuneration. As for whether the people are willing or not, it depends on their choice."
As Guo Jia stated the conditions one by one, Yan Rouxianyu Fu's face became more and more surprised.
Because if these conditions can be fulfilled, there will be many people vying to do labor service!
In the late Han Dynasty, the border residents of Youzhou and Bingzhou did not actually have a high status.
Since Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, moved the border residents of Youzhou and Bingzhou to the interior, resulting in a scarcity of population in Youzhou, foreigners from outside the customs took the opportunity to enter the customs and occupy large areas of land to live.
The disadvantage is that the ratio of the Han and Hu populations on the border is imbalanced. The advantage is that the two sides begin to intermarry. Wuhuan and Xianbei begin to be influenced by Chinese culture, and they gradually become different from the same people outside the border.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of the Southern Xiongnu" - "Gradually moved to Youyou, joined the border people at Changshan Pass, and settled in the east of Yongguan. The Xiongnu then moved to the fortress."
In the era of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was abandoned. "Book of Han. Chronicles of Emperor Xiao'an" - "In June of the first year of Yongchu, the order was given to dismiss the Protector" and the Changshi Mansion was established instead. The military strength was weakened, and even more so in the later period.
General Shifu also gave up and completely withdrew from the Western Regions.
Unlike the Western Han Dynasty, which took the initiative to attack, strive to expand territory, and create buffer zones on the border, the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted a defensive contraction strategy and ceded the border to foreigners.
Since Liu Xiu set the precedent, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty also turned against the tough style of the Western Han Dynasty and ignored the expansion of the power of the Xiongnu and Xianbei. Later, the Wei and Jin Dynasties also continued this practice of inward migration, thus accumulating hidden dangers and eventually forming the Five Husbands.
China’s pattern.
Yuan Xi's idea is very simple. Since he knows these hidden worries in advance, he will not sit back and ignore them or treat them passively. Instead, he will take the initiative to deal with these stubborn diseases.
Utilize the resources of Youzhou to farm on the spot and establish a protective belt that is half military and half civilian. Among them, regardless of Han or Hu, as long as they join the army and serve in the army, they can obtain formal household registration and get a share of land.
What's more important is that descendants can get the opportunity to enter the free school. As long as they achieve success in any subject of the free school, they can become officials and obtain official positions.
When Yan Rouxian Yufu heard this idea, her heart was shocked. This idea was so bold!
This represents the solidification of the scholar-peasant-industrial-business class, with the possibility of class crossing. Military merit, labor service, and volunteer education selection have given the people at the bottom the hope of turning over!
Yuan Xi was not surprised when he saw the shocked look of the two people, because few people would refuse to integrate into the more superior Chinese culture and living environment. The reason for all the previous resistance was that the court did not regard these border residents as human beings.
As long as they are given hope for improvement, these so-called foreigners who may become enemies will actively integrate into the Chinese national system.
The so-called military attack and strategy can stabilize Youzhou and develop it into a powerful state in the world, so extraordinary measures must be adopted.
In the long run, this method is better than the so-called method of using Hu to control Hu, because the Han Dynasty adopted the method of Southern Xiongnu to contain Northern Xiongnu. Although it was effective in a short period of time, it allowed the Southern Xiongnu to become their own line and gradually became more powerful.
Big, it simply treats the symptoms but not the root cause.
What Yuan Xi did was to unify household registration, so that the people living together with Han and Hu people could gradually eliminate the differences between Han, Xianbei and Wuhuan, and integrate them all into the Chinese cultural system!
In this way, when foreigners enter the customs, they will face the Youzhou border residents who have become one. If they want to settle down in the customs, they can only integrate into this cultural circle honestly.
Of course, for foreigners who don't want to integrate and just want to plunder, we can only use swords, blood and fire to make them run away, or else they will die.
The core of this method is the selection of volunteers, the prototype of the imperial examination system. Different from only testing a subset of classics and history, what Yuan Xi wants is that all skills can be used!
This was the prototype that he and Guo Jia came up with after many nights of discussion. At that time, Guo Jia sighed to Yuan Xi: "I knew that the master's plan was profound, but I didn't know that the master's plan was so big."
"If it succeeds, the young master will leave his name in history."
Yuan Xi smiled and said: "So how can such a thing be done without sir?"
Guo Jia burst out laughing because he understood that if Yuan Xi's plan was to be realized, he must conquer the world!
Sure enough, he was right. The person he followed had no less ambition than anyone else. While other princes were focusing on territory and the army, Yuan Xi was already thinking about changing the Zhou etiquette and Han system!
However, this kind of thing is also very risky. If it succeeds, it will be remembered forever, but if it fails, it will be irreversible.
But for a person like Guo Jia, who is wild and unrestrained and doesn't even care about his life, it is just right for him.
These chapters are probably the most serious ones I have written, and they are also the most labor-intensive. For this purpose, narrative tricks are used, and everyone’s dialogues are actually very unnatural and contrary to one’s will.
If possible, I would rather write a more relaxed and mindless plot.
But these are the chapters that point out the main theme, and discuss the bottom line and choices of doing things as a living person, so I decided to write it anyway.
If you don’t understand or are dissatisfied, it means I didn’t tell the story well, and I would like to apologize to my book friends.