Chapter 358: The Footsteps of History
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As the heavy snow fell, Fang Zhiwen felt that he could almost hear the footsteps of history. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, not as far as he was a few months away, but almost echoed in his ears. Therefore, Fang Zhiwen felt an inexplicable sense of urgency in his heart, and this sense of urgency was unconsciously passed on to his subordinates.
"Yuan Hao, I don't say some things, you should understand that I will definitely not let you go back to Yecheng. Then, in the next great changes, I will take advantage of the opportunity when Han Fu asked our Youzhou forces to intervene and use you as an exchange object. In the future, Yuan Hao, you can choose to serve me, or live a free life in Miyun City."
Fang Zhiwen and Tian Feng sat in the corridor, surrounding a small tea stove with charcoal fire. On the kettle spout on the stove, there was a light mist leisurely. The yard outside the corridor was covered with snow, and there was a thick layer of snow on the branches and leaves of the pine and cypresses. Several gray sparrows were plucking on the snow, as if they wanted to find some buried grass seeds from the snow.
Tian Feng let out a light sigh. In fact, he had already understood this matter. He should not leave Miyun City unless he could ignore his relatives. The problem is that Tian Feng is not the kind of person who can sacrifice his relatives for his ideals. Although he has his own persistence, it is definitely not at the expense of his relatives. Moreover, Han Fu is not worthy of his persistence. What he values is the commanding heights of morality. Political orthodoxy------the emperor!
"Sir, you claim to be a royalist party, so why are you a royalist party? In Feng's eyes, you seem to value the interests of the people in your jurisdiction more and the interests of your subordinates more!"
Tian Feng is indeed a stupid and bold person. He is not a stupid person with low IQ, but a stupid person who ignores the consequences for his own principles. Not to mention that the master is unwilling to tell you, even if he tells you, do you think there will be no serious consequences?
Fortunately, Tian Feng met an alien. Of course, if Tian Feng was a foreigner, perhaps he could meet more aliens.
"Haha, your question is very interesting! Let's put it this way, this is actually a choice, because there are only three in front of us now, oh, no, four choices. First, stand on the side of the emperor and continue to be a Han minister; second. Standing on the side of Taiping Road and be a rebel; third, standing on the side of the aristocratic clan to manipulate a puppet emperor; fourth, becoming the emperor by yourself."
Fang Zhiwen said casually, as if talking about the price of cabbage today.
Tian Feng smiled and asked, "Why did lord choose the first path?"
"Cost! The lowest cost. In fact, separatism in the world is inevitable. The fact that separatism is carried out under the banner of the royal family is the lowest cost. As for what will happen in the future? Who can see through it? It can only be taken one step at a time. To put it bluntly, it is just to protect my current life, protect my subordinates' current life, and protect the current life of the people under my jurisdiction."
Tian Feng looked at Fang Zhiwen quietly. Fang Zhiwen held the teacup without any sense, supported one hand on the floor, raised his body slightly, looked up at the clouds in the sky, with a faint feeling and smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes were a little distracted, as if he was thinking about something quite distant.
Tian Feng smiled and shook his head. Is this considered a lack of ambition? The world is already full of troubles, and with the stranger, what will this chaos look like? Da Ambition! What kind of ambitions are mentioned now, I am afraid that everything is just empty talk.
"Sir, when the Governor of Han agrees to Fenglai and Fengning as a post, Feng will spare no effort to help him. In order to protect my current life, protect my family's current life, and protect the current life of the people under my jurisdiction."
"Haha, okay! I'll get Yuan Hao, I'll be like a tiger with wings!"
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Yecheng, Han Fu's subordinates: Zhao Fu, Cheng Huan, Pan Feng, Zhang He, Qu Yi; Chief Geng Wu, Min Chun, Zhizhong Li Li, engaged in audition and compassion, Xun Chen and Ju Su were also having a meeting, but their atmosphere seemed much more solemn, and even heavy.
To be honest, Han Fu's lineup of civil and military affairs is actually quite powerful. If he is braver and firmly stands on the side of the royalist party, breaks with the Jizhou clan, or simply turns completely to the Jizhou clan and replaces the Yuan family, he may have a different end. Of course, this is just gossip. A person's personality determines his destiny, which is absolutely true.
"Everyone, since the beginning of winter, the aristocratic clans led by the Yuan family have become aggressive. The eastern part of Jizhou has become a trend of splashing water. The activities of Taiping Road in winter are becoming more and more blatant. Thousands of people gather north of Julu. Now the situation in Jizhou is like a burden. Do you have any advice?"
Zhao Fu was quite straightforward. When he heard his lord’s question, he answered naturally: “Lord, my subordinates think that we should guard the four gates and let Taipingdao fight against the clan headed by Yuan, and then we can reap the profits.”
Geng Wu smiled. Although Zhao Fu has a straightforward personality, he is not stupid. He has a good idea of keeping himself in the door and watching the fire from the other side of the river. He is just a little wishful thinking: "Sir, there are probably a large number of Taiping Taoist believers in Yecheng. The idea of keeping himself in the door is good. But what if the disaster strikes Xiao Yun?"
"Sir, then immediately clear the Taiping Road among important cities such as Guangping Quliang, Yangping Guantao, Qinghe and Yecheng." Zhao Fu blinked, and this sentence was a bit striking.
All the civil servants laughed but didn't say anything. At this time, they made such a big move to Taipingdao. Maybe Taipingdao's goal would be shifted to Han Fu's head.
Xun Chen hesitated and said, "Why not join forces with Yuan for the time being to clear Taiping Road first."
"This is to attract a wolf into the house!" Min Chun immediately retorted, and his eyes looked at Xun Chen with a strange look. Xun Chen's position was actually very problematic, because he was from the Yingchuan clan.
"Sir, if you only discuss interests, you should join forces with Taipingdao first. However, this matter cannot be done, otherwise you will be despised by the people of the world and join forces with Yuan. As Master Min said, it is to lead the wolf into the house. Now the only way is to use calmness to control the movement and keep the door closed and defend yourself is the best strategy. As for Lord Geng's concerns, the people of Taipingdao can be secretly controlled first, and once the incident occurs, use thunder means immediately."
"But there are many believers in Taiping Road..."
"Then at least stabilize important cities such as the county and county governments, and those outside can be slowly cleared."
"If there is a chaos outside the city and the stranger takes advantage of the situation, the situation will be out of control."
"So we should first ensure the safety of important core cities..."
Han Fu looked at the increasingly fierce subordinates, feeling a little at a loss. This situation has appeared more and more frequently recently. Han Fu understood that the reason for this is because everyone understands that the development of things has approached the vital interests of everyone here.
As for Taiping Dao, how could Han Fu not contact him secretly? In Han Fu's eyes, the biggest enemy was the Jizhou clan led by the Yuan family, rather than the Taiping Dao of the mob. However, Taiping Dao has become a little strange and difficult to understand. Han Fu feels panicked, as if the development of things is about to lose control.
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Nanpi, this is the base camp of the Yuan family. The surrounding Anping, Pingyuan, Hejian and Leling are the territory of the aristocratic tribes led by the Yuan family, and there is one more county than the four counties controlled by Han Fu. However, the population is not as large as the area controlled by Han Fu.
While Han Fu was holding a meeting, Yuan Shao was also presiding over the meeting. The talents on his side were not much, or even more, and with representatives from various aristocratic families, Yuan Shao’s conference hall was filled with people!
Yuan Shao still had a bright smile on his face, and his confident and calm expression made everyone feel very good. It seemed that everyone was very confident about the future of Jizhou.
Xu You sat on one side and drank tea slowly, with deep eyes patrolling around. His view was exactly the opposite of the optimistic attitude of these aristocratic races. Taipingdao's active contraction was definitely not a good thing. On the contrary, after the contraction, their strength was even more concentrated, and there were also the army that Fang Zhiwen helped them train. Although there were not many, these trained soldiers could become backbones in the army and greatly improve Taipingdao's military capabilities.
Another thing that worried Xu You was that Yi Ren was becoming more and more active in Taiping Dao, which was definitely very bad news for Yuan Shao, because Yi Ren was too troublesome. Not only was he not afraid of death, but he also had huge financial and material resources and human resources. If these people were to help Taiping Dao with all their might, it was hard to say what the final result would be.
And their contempt for Han Fu in their words is also a problem. Although Han Fu has a weak personality and Han Fu's subordinates are also being penetrated by the power of the aristocratic clans, Han Fu's current strength cannot be underestimated. If Yuan Shao fights with Taipingdao to fight to the death and both sides suffer losses, Han Fu will come to get a bargain, and now there are still a few of these so-called firm allies that can be firm in the end.
Therefore, before this meeting, Xu You and Pang Ji both made prudent suggestions to Yuan Shao, suggesting that Yuan Shao seek stability first, it is best to shrink the army appropriately and focus on defense in important capital cities, because once the Taiping Road is in trouble, it will be a prairie fire. It is necessary to avoid the limelight at the beginning and then seek countermeasures. However, it seems that Yuan Shao does not seem to be inclined to adopt a prudent policy, but is preparing to adopt a more radical strategy.
Drive Taiping Road to Han Fu's territory and then take over Han Fu's power. This idea is very good, but can it be realized? Xu You glanced at Zheng Ji, who was drinking tea like him, and smiled coldly.
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Luoyang City is still as prosperous and lively. Although there are signs of instability in Jizhou and Qingzhou in the south of Yuzhou recently, the big guys in the center are not gods to pay attention to these. In the eyes of these knowledgeable people, the world is actually a small place in the court. As long as it is controlled, the rest are all scabies, which is not worth worrying.
There were rebellions in the Han Dynasty every year, and they came every year. The small Taiping Road and a mob made of ignorant untouchables could make a wave.
Instead of worrying about that, it is better to think about Liu Bei who had just set out to Jingzhou, and he was arguing with the emperor about the establishment of the Yizhou governor. Moreover, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. The judges have a lot of things to worship ancestors and heaven. Taiping Road, don’t make these broken things annoying! ~!
Chapter completed!