The door was pushed open, and it was Wu Ji who came in.
She thought there was only Yuan Xi in the room, but when she looked up, a woman was kneeling in front of Yuan Xi, leaning down. Yuan Xi had a strange expression on his face.
Wu Zhao was startled, wondering what the two of them were doing, and then her face turned red.
The style of the gentry was like drinking wine and prostitutes, which was the case for many young men from aristocratic families. Ever since Wu Zhao entered the palace, he felt that there were no women around Yuan Xi. Even the dozens of dancers who were selected later, he had never called her to sleep with him.
Wu Zhao just confirmed it today. No wonder Yuan Xi usually seems to be stoic. It turns out that he really likes wives!
Fortunately, her face was dark and red, and there was no sign of embarrassment. She turned around in a panic and walked out, saying as she walked: "I came at an unlucky time."
Yuan Xi stopped her and said, "You came just in time."
He was worried about how to send Ma Shi away, so he had to say: "I'll talk to Wu Ji about something. I'll think about your matter carefully."
After hearing this, Mrs. Ma had to stand up and say goodbye to Yuan Xi. Before she left, she glanced at Wu Zhao secretly and closed the door behind her when she went out.
Her actions didn't seem intentional, and the two people in the room felt awkward. They both felt that the air was condensing.
Yuan Xi also reacted at this time and said in a harsh voice: "Things are not what you think."
Wu Zhao became even more panicked and said softly: "I didn't think about anything."
Yuan Xi was helpless, your expression was obviously wrong!
But he couldn't argue. It would be unrealistic to say that he had no impulsive thoughts about Ma.
Because of the influence of later generations, Yuan Xi felt that a woman in her twenties was the right age.
In this era, women of this age have already gotten married, and their children can work in the fields.
The unmarried maids were each younger than the other, which always made him feel strange.
But for the Ma family, Yuan Xi just thought about it, and he couldn't do anything to the orphans and widowers.
Yuan Xi coughed dryly: "What's wrong, madam?"
Only then did Wu Zhao wake up and stammered: "I don't want to stay in Beixin City."
Yuan Xi was quite surprised when he heard this, "You want to go home?"
There was a look of regret on his face: "My wife's talent is rare among the women I have ever met. It's such a pity."
"In the future, I would like to set up a free school in Youzhou and let my wife teach women specifically so that women can also study."
"To be honest, I really can't bear to let my wife go."
"But since Madam is kind to me, I can't force her to stay."
Wu Zhao listened, feeling sour and happy at the same time.
She whispered: "I don't want to leave the young master, but I want to go to Yanzhou with the young master."
Yuan Xi was startled.
Wu Zhao lowered his head and said, "When the young master and my brother were having a secret conversation just now, I happened to be next door, and there happened to be a gap that allowed the sound to pass through."
"I don't know how true or false what the young master said, but I probably already understand what the young master is going to do. It is indeed quite dangerous."
"But based only on Mr. Gongren's letter, I'm afraid there are many variables."
"Young master understands that Zhang Miao and Lu Bu are the mortal enemies of your father. If you are exposed, you will be in danger of being killed."
"Especially Zhang Miao. He is one of the Eight Friends and has a very good relationship with Cao Cao. Yuan Gong sent Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao refused."
"If you want to persuade him to oppose Cao Cao, you should go through the Yanzhou nobles and convince him that Cao Cao killed and gave way to others, but this may not be enough."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi was surprised: "You can actually understand the twists and turns?"
Wu Zhao whispered: "I lied before, but I am actually a servant girl in Cai Zhonglang's family, and I know a little about the affairs between the nobles."
She was also willing to go all out. This period of experience made Wu Zhao understand that Yuan Xi had great ambitions and ideals, but he was completely opposite to the nobles.
The world was in chaos, and the nobles said that the Han system was right, the people were wrong, and the world was wrong.
But Yuan Xi said that the Han system was wrong and the people were right. The people are the world.
These were extremely treacherous words, but Yuan Xi said them lightly. When he talked about his ultimate goal, Wu Zhao saw light in Yuan Xi's eyes.
End the chaos!
It sounds simple, but it is extremely heavy. You may not be able to achieve it in your lifetime.
But compared to those nobles who could only talk, Wu Zhao saw fervent and vigorous hope in Yuan Xi.
It was a dazzling brilliance that no one had ever seen in my father, who was hailed as a model for scholars all over the world.
She wanted to see with her own eyes whether Yuan Xi could reach the finish line.
After hearing Wu Zhao's words, Yuan Xi thought that it turned out that Cai Yong was a world-famous scholar. Almost all the famous nobles went to visit Cai Yong. Later, when he arrived in Luoyang, he also held a high position and naturally knew the world's nobles well.
As a servant girl in Cai Yong's family, Wu Zhao listened to his conversations for a long time and knew the intricate relationships between noble families, which was reasonable.
Found a treasure!
Wu Zhao added: "The matter in Yanzhou is extremely complicated. It doesn't take Bian Yi's death to make Zhang Miao switch sides."
"So I thought I might be able to help you."
When Yuan Xi heard this, he suddenly realized that he was still too confident!
He did know the general history, and he also knew that Zhang Miao would rebel against Cao Cao, but he ignored it. How many links were hidden in it?
This incident was facilitated by Zhang Miao and others. If he did not know the truth and exposed his flaws with his words, would he be considered a spy and be killed directly by Zhang Miao?
He bowed solemnly and said, "I would like to ask Madam for advice on the joints."
Wu Zhao quickly bowed his head and returned the courtesy, "I'm ashamed, but I just made some lies. Sir, please listen to me."
She slowly opened her mouth and talked about the situation of the Yanzhou nobles.
Of course she is very familiar with this place.
During the twelve years from the sixth year of Xiping (177) to the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Cai Yong took his family to attach themselves to the Taiyang family and lived in Wudi and Yanzhou for twelve years to avoid disaster.
It can be said that Wu Zhao spent his childhood here.
As Wu Zhao talked, Yuan Xi became more and more surprised.
There are so many Taoism among the Yanzhou gentry?
Wu Zhao's simple words revealed many problems within the Yanzhou gentry. They were not monolithic and had many factions.
Listening to Wu Zhao's words, Yuan Xi's thoughts gradually became clear.
Cao Cao's decision to kill and give way to others was just an introduction. The fundamental thing was that Cao Cao also touched the fundamental interests of the nobles.
Farming system.
Yuan Xi and Cao Cao unanimously chose to take drastic measures from the gentry, but Cao Cao used methods such as the farming system to limit the land of the gentry.
Although this method is similar to slavery and is very effective in raising military rations in these troubled times, it also addresses the problem of the labor vacancies left in the local area after the Yellow Turban Rebellion massacred the nobles.
Yuan Xi chose Youzhou as his base where there were few nobles and they were unwilling to live there.
If you want to establish a centralized power, you must not only utilize the gentry, but also restrict the gentry. This coincides with the ideas of the emperors of the Han Dynasty.
It was said to be a eunuch rebellion, but in fact the eunuchs could only stand on the side of the emperor from beginning to end.
Of course, the eunuchs had to fight against the nobles.
However, the gentry and the eunuchs were also inseparable. The ancestors of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao all had a clique of eunuchs.
The emperor, eunuchs, and nobles were entangled with each other, forming a complicated situation for hundreds of years.
But now that Cao Cao's power was not stable, he couldn't wait to kill Bian Rang, making the Yanzhou nobles start to be wary.
The massacre of the city in Xuzhou also had the purpose of massacring the people to cover up the purpose of cleaning up the local gentry.
Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Tao Qian and others are not fools, and they should have seen the signs.
Using this as a breakthrough point, the possibility of convincing them will greatly increase!
Although Yuan Xi had to admit that many aspects of his ideas were actually very similar to Cao Cao's.
But he still couldn't accept Cao Cao's methods.
The more similar they are, the more important it is to differentiate between them.
Although my abilities are far inferior to those of the most evil heroes in the Three Kingdoms, my greatest respect for them is to fight with all my strength without leaving any regrets.
Moreover, Cao Cao fought against the gentry all his life. After his death, the Chaju system was replaced by the more excessive Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system, and the world entered the era of gentry restoration.
Can I change the direction of history a little and make the world a better place?
There seemed to be a fire burning in Yuan Xi's heart.
He leaned down and said: "If Madam can help me, I will have more hope of success. I am very grateful."
"This is a dangerous place, where life and death are unpredictable."
"Whether you go or not, it's all up to you, madam."
After hearing this, Wu Zhao raised his head and smiled brightly: "I advance and retreat with the young master."
Yuan Xi saw that although the color on his face was mottled and mixed, when he smiled, he was suddenly full of glory and filled the room with fragrance.