Yuan Shu was very happy and immediately ordered to go down and survey the eunuch properties in Runan County, and then arranged for his reliable troops to carry out a comprehensive and precise attack on the eunuch properties.
This kind of attack was actually similar to killing people and stealing goods. They killed many people and robbed a lot of money, which made Yuan Shu's mouth full of food and his pockets bulging.
Yuan Shu tasted the benefits and made a lot of money, and then his appetite became even greater.
He felt that the eunuch properties in Runan County could no longer satisfy him, so he turned his attention to Yingchuan County and Nanyang County and ordered that all the eunuch properties in these two counties be confiscated.
After that, he still felt dissatisfied, so he ordered to send people to the states of Pei and Chen to confiscate the eunuchs' properties.
He did not discuss this matter with Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County, Yang Xu, the governor of Nanyang County, Luo Jun, the Prime Minister of Chen State, and Fan Pi, the Prime Minister of Pei State, and sent people to search for the eunuchs' belongings.
Li Min, the governor of Yingchuan County who had doubts about the situation in Luoyang, had decided not to help each other in the dispute between Liu and Yuan. He would help whomever won, not provide help to anyone, and not set up obstacles for anyone.
Therefore, even though he learned that Yuan Shu was recruiting troops on a large scale in Runan County, he did not set up troops to defend Yuan Shu. He did not think that Yuan Shu would do anything extraordinary unless Yuan Shu really wanted to rebel.
As a result, at the end of June, Li Min was surprised to learn that Yuan Shu had sent troops into Yingchuan County to kill and plunder the people and property of the eunuch families in various counties of Yingchuan County. He acted very arrogantly, not only killing people but also setting fires, and all the looted things were loaded into trucks and transported away.
, not shy at all.
To be honest, Li Min was very happy after hearing about Yuan Shao's punishment of the eunuchs in Jizhou, and he also felt a sense of schadenfreude. He really thought what Yuan Shao did was quite interesting at first, but a few days ago, Luoyang
A notice from the imperial court has been sent.
Liu Bei's words awakened Li Min.
If we really want to let go of the killings, it is really open to question whether the eunuchs will suffer the most losses in the end.
This made Li Min realize that the benefits brought to them by disrupting order were far outweighed by the disadvantages. This was a very dangerous thing, so his attitude changed from support to opposition.
Although he was still a little gloating in his heart, when someone from his subordinates mentioned that they hoped Li Min could follow suit, Li Min firmly refused and asked not to mention the matter again. Such things are not allowed to happen in Yingchuan County.
Even if it happens, it will only happen after the Yuan family wins. After the Yuan family wins, it is naturally politically correct to exterminate the eunuchs. Everyone can do whatever they want, but before that, such a thing must not happen!
Under his strict orders, Yingchuan County was still stable, but he could not have imagined that Yuan Shu would be so arrogant and bachelor, directly violating the rules of the game and privately sending troops into his county to plunder the eunuchs' properties.
Yes, they are indeed heinous eunuchs. If possible, Li Min would also like to kill them. But the problem is that this situation is different. Yuan Shu sent troops to invade Yingchuan County to kill people and set fires without any legitimate reasons. This was a fight.
His Li Min face!
At this time, Li Min deeply felt what Liu Bei meant.
Today he can send troops across the border unscrupulously to kill eunuchs and seize family property. If I go against him tomorrow, will he be able to immediately send troops across the border to kill me?
Yuan Gongli, you don’t follow the rules! You broke the rules!
Sure enough, after this incident, although Yuan Shu's men did not take action against the properties of other local families besides the eunuch family's properties, they still looted the ordinary village farmers they encountered along the way and killed many people.
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This incident aroused collective opposition and panic among the big families in various counties in Yingchuan County. The big families approached Li Min one after another, demanding an accurate explanation. They needed to know the cause and effect of this incident and asked what was going on.
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Of course, Li Min didn't know what was going on, and he was extremely annoyed. While he sent people to appease the major families, he also sent people to go to Yuan Shu to ask for an explanation. However, Yuan Shu didn't give an explanation, and the matter was not over.
The same situation also happened in Nanyang County.
The relatively famous and large-scale eunuch industry in Nanyang County was raided by Yuan Shu's troops, who set fire to, killed, looted, and killed many people. The impact was very bad. Although the famous families in Nanyang County suffered no losses, ordinary farms along the way were still looted and suffered heavy losses.
For this reason, Yang Xu, the governor of Nanyang County who loved the people like his son and was an honest official, was also very angry.
The most intolerable thing for Yang Xu, who is known as the "Xuanyu Prefect", is that someone sabotages his political achievements. He finally made some achievements as the governor of Nanyang County, and he expected to continue to advance with such achievements, but was defeated by Yuan Shu.
Here comes this guy!
You Yuan Gongli, you actually dare to break the rules of a big man!
Do you really want to rebel against your feelings?!
During the fight between the Liu family and the Yuan family, Yang Xu leaned towards the Luoyang court.
Although he is an old official of Yang Ci and was promoted by Yang Ci, he has a relatively good personal relationship with Cai Yong. He once rescued Cai Yong when Cai Yong was on the run and was not afraid of the eunuch's threat. He is a person who has passed his life.
friendship.
During the Luoyang Incident, Cai Yong was asked by Liu Bei to write a letter to Yang Xu to tell the story of the incident, hoping to get Yang Xu's support and convey Liu Bei's wishes.
What Liu Bei meant was that the imperial court had previously intended to let Yang Xu go to Luoyang to take up a position. If Yang Xu was willing, it would be settled and Yang Xu could be called into Luoyang to hold a noble position.
Yang Xu received the promise and his own tendency was relatively clear, so he made a statement that he was willing to support the court and the emperor, but not the Yuan family.
Not long after he finished speaking, Yuan Shu sent troops to Nanyang County to burn, kill, loot, and slap him in the face. Many powerful families in Nanyang County came to complain to him and asked him what was going on. Yang Xu looked angry.
blush.
Yuan Gongli, if you don’t give me an explanation, I’m not done with you!
While Yang Xu sent people to question Yuan Shu, he comforted the major families and told them to be less restless. At the same time, he told the court about the matter and asked the court to allow him to recruit and expand troops in Nanyang County to deal with Yuan Shu's threat.
After the memorial was sent, Yang Xu began to search for suitable military talents in Nanyang County to prepare for the subsequent military expansion and war preparations.
The same thing happened in Chen and Pei. Both Luo Jun, the prime minister of Chen, and Fan Pi, the prime minister of Pei, felt inexplicably angry and dissatisfied.
Chen and Pei both had kings from Han clan clans. This time the emperor changed and gave each clan a gift. Therefore, the clan kings of Chen and Pei expressed their support for the imperial court, so Chen Guoxiang and Pei Guoxiang did not oppose the clan king.
, expressing support for the imperial court.
Yuan Shu's recruitment and expansion of the army originally made them very nervous. Now Yuan Shu is sending troops into the country unscrupulously to burn, kill and loot. Although all the things being looted are the eunuchs' property, don't you take the rules too seriously by doing this?
You, the Yuan family, said yourself that you were not rebelling, but Liu Bei was the one who rebelled. Then Liu Bei did not burn, kill, and loot, but it was you, the Yuan family, who burned, killed, and looted!
Who is rebelling?
Is it Liu Bei or you Yuan?
Where is the face?
Both Chen Wang Liu Chong and Pei Wang Liu Cong were furious. While asking Yuan Shu for an explanation, they also reported the matter to the imperial court and asked for support from the imperial court.
Then Chen King Liu Chong and Pei King Liu Cong unanimously asked the Prime Minister to respond and recruit the brave men in the county to form an army to guard against a possible second invasion by Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu once attacked the autumn wind and offended all four surrounding counties. He himself felt that the harvest was great and felt good, but Yan Xiang felt that something was wrong.
"How do they view the general when they plunder all the surrounding counties before the war begins? Once they feel angry, they decide to follow the court instead of the general. The general is surrounded by enemies before he raises his troops. Is this a wise behavior?
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Yuan Shu dismissed this.
"They are just chickens and dogs. Do they have as many soldiers and horses as I do? Are they as strong as me? As long as I have enough money and food, I can recruit more troops. Once I have more troops, I can occupy the four counties and the country."
What I use, when the time comes, don’t I care what they think of me?”
This time, even Yang Hong felt something was wrong.
He only supported Yuan Shu in attacking Nanyang County and Yingchuan County, but did not let him touch Pei State and Chen State.
There are two sect kings there, and taking action against them would be a blatant provocation to the emperor of the Han Empire! This would create an image in the world that the Yuan family was about to rebel and establish a new dynasty!
Although the Yuan family is really doing something like this, we can't let the people of the world think so. We can't expose this true purpose before we have the greatest advantage. Otherwise, how can we call on the people of the world to help deal with the Luoyang court?
Once the people of the world are sure that the Yuan family is going to rebel, who will support the Yuan family?
Yang Hong really didn't suggest Yuan Shu do this, but Yuan Shu did it himself and didn't think there was anything bad about the situation at all.
Sure enough, envoys from the four counties came to Runan County one after another to seek explanations from Yuan Shu.
However, Yuan Shu was furious at their behavior and scolded them for not knowing how harmful eunuchs could be.
He thought that by doing this, he was helping the four commanderies eliminate the threat of eunuchs and collecting a small fee, which was good for them. But now that the four commanderies didn't thank him, they actually blamed him?
Without me, the eunuchs would still be domineering in your place, and it’s because of me that they can be eradicated!
Now you want me to give you an explanation?
How ignorant?
"Go quickly! Stop talking nonsense! Otherwise I will send troops to attack you!"
Yuan Shu had no patience with them and drove away the four envoys after threatening war.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Yan Xiang and Yang Hong hurriedly caught up with the angry envoys, whose faces were red, and explained to them that this matter was a misunderstanding and told them not to think too much, as it would not happen again in the future.
But it was useless, Yuan Shu had said it to that extent, and even the deaf envoys knew what it meant, so they all left angrily, preparing to go back and report to their respective governors and prime ministers.
The situation can no longer be reversed.
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