Ever since Yuan Xi entered the house, Chen Gong, who had always been extremely calm, lost his composure for the first time in his eyes.
He stared at Yuan Xi, as if he wanted to see something on his face.
Seeing that the situation was gradually coming under his control, Yuan Xi struck a chord while the iron was hot: "I want to know that Zhang Mengzhuo (Zhang Miao), the governor of Chenliu, has always been on good terms with Cao Cao. Cao Cao once said that he could entrust his wife to him, so why did Zhang Mengzhuo want to rebel?"
As soon as these words came out, Chen Gong Lu Bu became even more uneasy.
They thought this matter was very confidential and only a few people knew about it, but someone actually guessed it!
It would be fine if the other party really knows the art of stargazing, but it would be the most terrifying thing if a spy is revealed among them!
Compared to Chen Gong, Lu Bu was the first to calm down.
He clenched his fists and the chair under him creaked, but he said in a deep voice: "You'd better convince me."
"Otherwise, no one will be able to walk out of here today."
Qu Yi snorted coldly and arched his back, as if a ferocious beast was ready to bite people, and might pounce on Lu Bu at any time.
The momentum between the two was so oppressive that Wu Zhao unconsciously shrank behind Yuan Xi.
Just when Wu Zhao thought the two were going to fight.
Lu Bu and Qu Yi burst out laughing at the same time, clasping their hands together.
"Marquis Wen!"
“Texas!”
Chen Gong stared at the two of them dumbfounded. How could the tense atmosphere just now change so easily?
Lu Bu took Qu Yi and said to Chen Gong: "This is Qu Dezhou, which led eight hundred people to ascend first and killed thousands of white horse Yi followers at Jie Bridge."
"I used to work under Yuan Shao with him, and we had similar spirits. We had a few drinks, but I didn't expect that he was still alive."
It is already known to everyone that Yuan Shao set up a sword and ax hand to kill Qu Yi.
When Chen Gong heard this, he quickly stood up solemnly and said, "I have heard of the general's name. I am very lucky to see him today."
There was a trace of disappointment on Qu Yi's face, "Thank you sir for the compliment, but what happened back then has passed, and I am half a cripple now."
Chen Gong quickly comforted him and said: "The general's power is not diminished. If there is a general to help, there is no need to worry about the big thing happening."
At this moment, a stone fell in his heart. If it were Qu Yi, at least nothing big would happen in what happened today!
Qu Yi was framed by Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's hardcore thug. The two sides would definitely be at odds with each other!
Lu Bu's face showed anger: "After Yuan Shao was assassinated in Dezhou, I was jealous of Zhang Yan because of my merits in defeating the Black Mountain Army. He wanted someone to assassinate me."
"Fortunately, I knew the opportunity and left early, otherwise I would have ended up like Texas."
"These wealthy nobles are suspicious of our generals, and after using them, they cross the river and burn the bridge. They really deserve to be killed!"
At this time, there was a saying circulating privately among the people in the court.
Together with the generals, they brought chaos to the world.
Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun, Li Jue, Guo Si, Ding Yuan, Lu Bu, Zhang Yang, and Qu Yi, all of whom have taken turns influencing the general trend of the world over the years, are all Bingliang generals.
The reason for this is that the general Bingliang held military power and had a large number of private soldiers.
The cause of this incident can be traced back to Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and even Wang Mang before him.
Wang Mang spent a long time keeping a low profile and cultivating his reputation among the gentry. The gentry spread his reputation. In the end, his prestige among the people even surpassed that of the emperor, so Wang Mang usurped the throne naturally.
However, Wang Mang began to seek death, comprehensively implemented reforms, restored the Western Zhou Dynasty's royal land system, banned the slave trade, and changed the tax system and currency system. In general, they all strengthened the emperor's centralization of power.
These measures greatly harmed the interests of the gentry as large landowners.
You know, Wang Mang rose to power by virtue of his noble clan!
Seeing that Wang Mang was ungrateful to the gentry, peasant uprising armies supported by the Han clan clan and other gentry formed in various places, one of which was Liu Xiu's Chung Ling Army.
In just a few years, Liu Xiu pacified the world and established the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiu's experience is indeed a legend, but it is also related to the fact that he has always had the support of a wealthy family behind him.
However, after Liu Xiu came to power, he did the same thing as Wang Mang, silencing the nobles and kicking away the Hebei nobles who had supported him at that time. Deposing Guo Shengtong was one of the methods.
Therefore, Yuan Shao wanted to seize Jizhou first, which was a reasonable choice. After all, the Eastern Han Dynasty royal family had already offended the Hebei gentry.
The imperial power originally wanted to use the gentry to rule the world, but also to suppress the gentry. However, the gentry also coveted the imperial power and tried to gain the greatest benefits. At the same time, they had to rely on the imperial power.
The two have such a complicated symbiotic relationship, scheming against each other all the time, but coexisting awkwardly.
After Liu Xiu ascended the throne, he learned the lesson from the Western Han Dynasty about the weight of the three princes. All administrative power was returned to the Central Dynasty, and the emperor directly commanded the chancellery. He successfully eliminated the three princes. At the same time, he absorbed the lesson that behind the peasant uprisings there were gentry, county and soldier backgrounds, and abolished the counties.
The county soldiers only retain the border county troops.
Therefore, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the regular army only had the Kyoto soldiers with the Northern and Southern Army as the core, and the border defense army with the Hu people as the main force, that is, the Bingliang soldiers.
At the time, it seemed that this move could effectively prevent peasant uprisings, but it also had the disadvantage that the frontier army was dominated by the Huns, and the Hu people, led by the Huns, gradually became the elite of the army, in order to protect the Qiang and Hu people.
"The Biography of Dou Rong in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" - After that, the Xiongnu punished the Yi and invaded the bandits rarely, but the Qiang and Hu who defended the territory were all shaken and surrendered, and settled down. In the north, the people who fled to the upper counties to avoid danger and hunger kept returning.
However, there are advantages and disadvantages. The Xiongnu in the north and south who were defeated by the Western Han Dynasty took this opportunity to recuperate and their population gradually increased, reaching millions. Together with the more powerful Xianbei Wuhuan, the number of foreigners already numbered in the millions.
You know, after the brutal wars at the end of the Han Dynasty, by the Three Kingdoms period, the total population was only tens of millions!
However, the Three Kingdoms are constantly fighting and their vitality is severely damaged. One is declining and the other is increasing. How can there be no chaos after a hundred years?
Yuan Xi naturally knew this period of history. Although he could understand when he heard Lu Bu complaining, he had to admire that Yuan Shao and other nobles did have some foresight.
At this time, no matter what the purpose of the nobles in the world was to suppress the power of the military generals, it may have been a mistake, because a hundred years later, the Five Husbands actually happened.
After Yuan Xi traveled to this era and had direct contact with top-level nobles like Yuan Shao, he realized how complicated the political situation in the world was. It could not be explained by one or two sentences or the likes and dislikes of one or two people.
From now on, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, these people who can make a difference in life and death, which one will be a simple person?
Yuan Xi's greatest respect for them was that he tried his best to survive in this chaotic and difficult world and tried every means to bite off a piece of flesh from them.
Yuan Xi sat up straight and said: "I have heard about Marquis Wen's incident. Now that we all have a common enemy, it will be much easier to talk."
"I believe that Mr. Gongren (Dong Zhao) has said everything that needs to be said in his heart. It is reasonable for the two of you not to believe me."
"To show my sincerity, I can tell you two some things I saw while watching the stars."
"Cao Cao will attack Xuzhou within a month."
"Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, will die within three months."
"After Tao Qian's death, Liu Bei will get the support of the nobles and take over Xuzhou."
As soon as these words came out, Lu Bu and Chen Gong were even more shocked.
It wouldn't be surprising if the first sentence showed that the two of them could roughly guess Cao Cao's movements because they had long been connected with Zhang Miao.