Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 26 Withered Bones in the Tomb
There is still a relationship between the Yuan family and the Deng family?
Shen Chen and Deng Hong looked at each other, and both could see the doubt in each other's eyes.

You must know that the Deng family's glory was 70 years ago, and it has been so long now, how do they know the previous history?
So after hesitating for a moment, Deng Hong cupped his hands and said, "I don't know about this, please tell the general clearly."

Yuan Shu sneered and said, "Back then my great-uncle Pinggong was dismissed because he didn't want to be attached to Deng's relatives. After returning home, he killed himself. Isn't this the origin?"

"Uh"

The grandfather and grandson looked at each other again, and this time the eyes of both sides were not puzzled, but speechless.

Both of them wondered whether Yuan Shu was deliberately finding fault.

Because the Uncle Ping that Yuan Shu talked about was the third prince of the second generation of the Yuan family, named Yuan Chang, who became Sikong in the third year of Yuanchu.

Four generations and three males does not mean that there are three three males in the four generations, but that there are three males in each generation of the four generations.

The first generation of three princes of the Yuan family began with Situ Yuan An in the period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and that was more than 100 years ago.

The second generation is this Yuan Chang, Sikong during the reign of Emperor Han'an.

The third generation is Yuan Shu's grandfather Yuan Tang, the Taiwei during Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty.

The fourth generation is Yuan Shu's father Yuan Feng and uncle Yuan Kui, Sikong and Taifu during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.

It seems to be a matter of three generations, but the time span is very large. Yuan Chang died in the fourth year of Yuanchu, 117 AD.

At that time, it was indeed the Deng family's world. The Empress Dowager Deng came to proclaim the regime, and the Deng family's relatives were in full swing. Generally speaking, the three princes and nine ministers could not compete with them at all, and it was normal for them to convict them.

The problem is that the Deng family is not a bad person. The Empress Dowager Deng and Deng's relatives have a good reputation. Even if they were later framed by eunuchs, the Deng family fell down and scattered.

Therefore, the struggle between Yuan Chang and Deng's relatives was not a simple story of a good official fighting against the powerful, and then the good official was forced to death by the powerful.

It should be a struggle between two political interest groups, and Yuan Chang failed in the end.

Beyond that, there is another problem.

That is, Yuan Shu and Yuan Chang are not direct relatives. Yuan Chang is the brother of Yuan Shu's great-grandfather, that is, his grandfather's father, so Yuan Shu should be called Yuan Chang's great-uncle.

And what about Deng Hong?

He belonged to the Xinye Deng family, not the Luoyang Deng family, and was farther related to the Queen Mother Deng at that time, and may be related to the generation of Deng Yu, the ancestor of the Deng family during the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shu took this matter to find fault with Deng Hong, which is equivalent to Cao Cao's father died because of Tao Qian, but because Tao Qian was Xuzhou shepherd, Cao Cao felt that all the people in Xuzhou were guilty, and wanted to massacre Xuzhou.

Although such outrageous things have already happened, everyone has to be reasonable.

If you want to settle accounts, even if you can't go to the Queen Mother Deng and the great general Deng Zhi, you have to go to Luoyang Deng's head.

It's been almost 100 years since things have passed, and you come to settle the old scores.

When Pangu created the world, your ancestor was still a cell, and was bullied by other cells, why didn't you go find your ancestor's enemy from then on?
"Hahahahaha!"

Seeing that the two were speechless, Yuan Shu laughed triumphantly and said, "Sir, don't be frightened, I'm just joking with you."

Deng Hong smiled and said, "General Zuo is really funny."

However, Shen Chen knew that Yuan Shu had long wanted to proclaim himself emperor, and it was his words about helping the Han Dynasty that offended him, so he also said: "General Zuo is generous, and he is worthy of being a hero of Jiang Zuo!"

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "Sir and grandson are indeed rare talents. I want to present you as the governor of Jiujiang County. What do you think?"

"Thank you General Zuo."

Deng Hong immediately said: "Hong is willing to follow the general to make contributions, but the clan wants to return to the Nanyang clan land and find their ancestors to return to the clan. Therefore, I hope the general will allow Hong to escort the clan back to Nanyang first, and then come to Huainan to serve as the general."

"No way."

Yuan Shu thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Runan is now in dire straits, and there are countless bandits along the way. Last month, the Zhuge family in Langya also passed through Huainan. I will recommend that Zhuge Xuan is the prefect of Yuzhang. If you go to Jingzhou, you can Take a boat from Yuzhang to Jingzhou, and look for Zhuge Xuan."

Deng Hong was waiting for these words, and immediately said happily: "Thank you, General."

Coming out of Yuan Shu, the grandparents and grandson got what they wanted, and immediately went back to the north of the city, using the seal and documents and tokens given by Yuan Shu, they were ready to go south to Yuzhang.

The reason why they chose to go far away instead of going to Runan to Nanyang is because Runan is too dangerous now.

Since Xuzhou went all the way south and entered the territory of Peiguo, he had already encountered several small-scale bandit looting.

It was still in Peiguo.

Cao Cao had just slaughtered Xiapi, and the people and bandits around Peiguo were terrified, and there were hardly any people in the hundreds of miles around.

But even that is still in danger, if it is not for the training of clan guards, the clan may have been wiped out.

Runan was even more powerful. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, millions of Yellow Turbans in Henan were scattered by Huangfusong and scattered around as bandits. There were countless bandits and bandits in the Funiu Mountains, Dabie Mountains and the entire Runan County.

In the first year of Jian'an, during the battle between Cao Cao's attack on the Runan and Yingchuan Yellow Turbans, He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man, the leaders of the Yellow Turbans in Runan, each had tens of thousands of people.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei traveled from Yuan Shaona to Runan to go south to contact Liu Biao. As a result, there were thousands of Runan Yellow Turban Liu Pi and Gongdu people entrenched, so we can know the current situation in Runan.

Moreover, the history books only record that He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, and He Man each had tens of thousands of people, but there are too many that are not recorded.

He Yi, Liu Pi, Huang Shao, He Man, Liu Pi, and Gong Du are just six of them with a relatively large number of people, and they all have a total of 10,000+ people.

There are hundreds or thousands of small groups of Yellow Turban thieves, and the whole of Runan is almost turning into a den of thieves.

The entire population of Huangmenting is only about 1000 people. Excluding the old and weak, women and children, there are only more than 200 people with combat effectiveness. It is whimsical to rely on these people all the way through.

So although it takes a long detour to go from Yuzhang to Jingzhou, compared to going from Runan, at least it is much better in terms of safety.

After getting the token from Yuan Shu, Shen Chen immediately urged Deng Hong to go back to the clan and prepare to leave.

On the way, Deng Hong was a little puzzled and said, "Ah Chen, I think that Yuan Shu seems to be a good friend. Why do you want me to lie to him, saying that I will serve him after escorting the clan back to Nanyang? I see that being an official is not a bad thing." .”

Everyone wants to be an official.He didn't have that chance before, but now he suddenly boarded Yuan Shu's hall as a descendant of Deng's family, and was promised to be the governor of the county, so Deng Hong was naturally very moved.

Unexpectedly, Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Uncle, I advise you to give up the idea of ​​becoming an official Yuan Shu. I think his intentions are not right, and I am afraid that he will be in trouble soon."

"what?"

Deng Hong wondered, "How did you see this?"

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "Uncle, think about it, why did he change his face immediately after I finished saying, "With Yuan's reputation, why can't he sweep away the world and help the Han Dynasty?"

"what do you mean?"

"The year before last, the imperial court sent Grand Tutor Ma Rizun as an envoy to Yuan Shu, and awarded him General Zuo, False Festival, and Marquis of Yangdi. But look at Uncle? Where is Grand Tutor now?"

"I've also heard about this. I was detained by Yuan Shu for more than a year. At the beginning of the year, I heard that he died of illness."

"Yuan Shu even dared to imprison the court envoys. It can be seen that he has despised the court. I am afraid that he will become emperor soon."

"It's not that serious, does he have the guts to proclaim himself emperor?"

Deng Hong was very surprised.

The year before last, Ma Rixun was sent to Yuan Shua to read the edict of the emperor, and Yuan Shu did indeed detain Ma Rixun for more than a year.

Although the court envoy was detained, and he was still a Taifu Sangong, the crime was comparable to treason.

But in today's world, there is nothing to say in itself.

Yuan Shu could have found an excuse saying that he was afraid that Ma Rixun would be unsafe on the way back, so he was left behind to protect his safety, etc.

At present, the princes of all walks of life in the world are indeed attacking each other, and the weakness of the Han Dynasty is also an indisputable fact.

It's a bit like Zhou Tianzi's period, when the heroes were separated.

The problem is that everyone still maintains a superficial relationship and verbally expresses their respect for the Emperor of Han.

Just like in the early Spring and Autumn Period, even the most powerful state of Jin did not dare to claim the title of king directly, and they all called themselves Duke XX.

Instead, the border countries such as Chu, Wu, and Yue were the first to become kings, because they were very far away from the Central Plains and were not afraid of the restrictions of the Zhou royal family.

It was not until the prestige of the Zhou royal family declined significantly in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period that the Central Plains countries such as Wei, Qi, and Qin became kings one after another, and there was no need to take the Zhou royal family into consideration.

This is the so-called rightful name.

People pay lip service to respect the Han Dynasty, but secretly practice secrecy. In today's era, it can be regarded as some kind of unspoken rule.

But no matter what, unspoken rules are unspoken rules, and they cannot be brought to the surface.

The Han Dynasty has not yet declined to the point where everyone can be called emperor.

If Yuan Shu pierced through this layer of window paper first, it shouldn't be difficult to imagine what it would mean to him.

However, Shen Chen said: "Uncle, think about it, if a prince has no intention of disobedience and detains a Sangong angel at will, what good will it do him?"

"This" Deng Hong couldn't answer.

Because thinking about it carefully, this is really not good for Yuan Shu.

Shen Chen said again: "If Yuan Shu wants to help the Han Dynasty, he should send the Taifu Li back, and even send troops to protect him, instead of taking the Taifu's talisman and imprisoning the Taifu, so that he will be angry and die. Death, this is nothing more than challenging the authority of the emperor."

"It seems to be the truth."

Deng Hong felt that Shen Chen was right. Isn't Yuan Shu's behavior a challenge to the authority of the emperor?

Shen Chen continued: "And when I said the words Kuangfu the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shu immediately changed his face, which is enough to show that he has misbehavior in his heart, and his desire to proclaim the emperor is clearly revealed. If the uncle will serve Yuan Shu in the future, his death will be a minor matter. It's a big deal to ruin your reputation."

Deng Hong was in a cold sweat and said, "Fortunately, Ah Chen saw his evil intentions, otherwise I would have been really moved. But now that Yuan Shu is so powerful in the south, even if he becomes emperor, no one can stop him."

"Yuan Shu is powerful?"

Shen Chen sneered: "Heh, withered bones in the tomb, you will die by the side of the road sooner or later!"

(End of this chapter)