Beast King Three Kingdoms

Chapter 017 Talented and Heartbroken

() Yingchuan Academy, located in Yangdi, Yingchuan County, has cultivated countless talents.

Not long ago, Yuan Shu's order to seek talents was handed down to Yingchuan Academy, and there were many discussions among the students, some admired, some resented, and some were curious.

In a restaurant in Yangzhai, three students from Yingchuan sat down and discussed.

"Hehe! This Yuan Shu is really interesting. As a child of an aristocratic family, he did such a trick. Isn't he afraid of angering the family members?" One of the students said with a smile, his eyes flashed.

"He is now the Patriarch of the Yuan family, and he created a great reputation when he was seeking Dong. His wings are already full. Even if the Yuan family has the heart, they will not dare to disobey his orders." Another student said.

"It's just one-sided, but he is a child of the family after all." The last student asserted.

"Oh? It seems that Zhicai doesn't like Yuan Shu!" The first student laughed.

"Could it be that Feng Xiao is optimistic about Yuan Shu?"

"Hehe! I expect Gongda to be optimistic about Yuan Shu!"

These three were students of Yingchuan College: Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, and Xun You. The first to speak was Guo Jia, followed by Xun You, and finally Xi Zhong.

"Yuan Gong won the land of the two Huaihe Rivers, both Henan and Jingbei. He ruled millions of people. In addition, his talent and reputation spread far and wide. He used soldiers like a god in the battle against Dong. He can be called a generation. I really do You are optimistic about Duke Yuan, but you don’t know what it means to be filial piety?” Xun You looked at Guo Jia with burning eyes.

"Hahahaha! It's not enough for Gongda Yu to vote for Yuan Shu, so don't you want me to go?" Guo Jia laughed.

"That's exactly what I mean!" Xun You admitted directly, his eyes fixed on Guo Jia.

"You..." Guo Jia pointed at Xun You, but he didn't expect him to admit it, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Yuan Shu is a member of the family after all, and will ultimately benefit the family." Xi Zhong interjected.

Apparently, Xi Zhong owes much to the aristocratic family.

Xi Zhong was born in poverty, and the hardships of his childhood made him hate people from aristocratic families.

After studying hard for many years, Xi Zhong finally acquires a talent and learning, but he is unwilling to sell his family.

"Zhicai!" Guo Jia pulled a trick, and glanced at Xun You.

Xi Zhong immediately realized that Xun You is also a member of the family, and his attitude might embarrass Xun You.

"Gongda..." Xi Zhong wanted to explain.

"You don't have to be like this, the aristocratic family is indeed inappropriate. Although I am a member of the aristocratic family, I will not deceive myself." Xun You said calmly without paying attention.

"Okay, okay! Don't talk about the family, let's talk about Yuan Shu!" Guo Jia stepped forward to smooth things over.

Xi Zhong bowed his head and thought for a while, then said: "Yuan Shu is really powerful! Under the pressure of his elder brother Yuan Shao, to achieve this level, Gong Da is not an exaggeration to call him an outstanding man of his generation."

"Oh? Then Zhicai is willing to serve Yuan Gong?" Xun You looked at Xi Zhong with bright eyes.

"He's from a family!" Xi Zhong turned his head away from Xun You's gaze, and replied indifferently, with a very firm tone.

"Ah!" Xun You sighed, secretly regretting that this good friend is full of talents and knowledge, and military strategy is not inferior to him, but it is a pity that he has too much prejudice against the aristocratic family.

Xun You had already decided to serve Yuan Shu in his heart, as could be seen from his address, so he wanted to recruit more talents for Yuan Shu.

"I heard that when Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, Yuan Shu persuaded Yuan Kai to leave, saying: How can a person guess the meaning of a tiger? He also said: People have no intention of harming a tiger, but tigers harm people's hearts. If you intend to control a tiger, it is like being with a tiger by your side. Xing fate is no longer in his hands, how can it be done by a man? It can be seen that he has already seen through Dong Zhuo and has the ability to know people."

After the election of Dong, the story of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Kai spread all over the world, and no one knew about it.

At this moment, Guo Jia suddenly sighed, "What a pity, what a pity!"

"What is Feng Xiao's regret?" Xi Zhong looked at Guo Jia strangely, it was the first time he saw Guo Jia who had a free and easy personality and sighed like this.

"Although Yuan Shu is good, he is not my master!" Guo Jia said shaking his head.

"Why did Feng Xiao make such a statement?" Xun You asked with a frown.

"Hehe! My nature is free and easy, and I don't stick to common etiquette. Although Yuan Shu can recruit talents, but he comes from a family, and I'm afraid he values ​​etiquette very much, but it's hard to tolerate!" Guo Jia secretly regretted that he was still very optimistic about Yuan Shu.

However, Guo Jia is worthy of being a free and easy person. He put his troubles behind him in an instant, and said with a smile to Xun You: "As far as I know, Yuan Shu seems to have a special liking for Wen Ruo (Xun Yu's character). Gongda voted for it. It may not be reused."

Xun You shook his head and said, "My uncle (Xun Yu) has a great talent, and Yuan Gong naturally favors it. It's a pity that my uncle is too rigid in the world and attaches great importance to the order of seniority. He has already gone to Jizhou earlier. Belonging to Yuan Shao's command."

"Yuan Shao? Humph!" Xi Zhong snorted disdainfully, apparently looking down on Yuan Shao.

"Okay!" Guo Jia clapped his hands, and said to the two: "Gongda has decided to serve Yuan Shu, and he will go south soon. We wish Gongda a smooth journey!" After speaking, he raised his glass and drank it down.

Xi Zhong raised his glass as well.

"The end of the new year is approaching, and I plan to travel south after the new year." Xun You said toasting to drink.

Putting down his wine glass, Xun You looked at Guo Jia curiously, and asked, "If you don't vote for Duke Yuan, but you don't know where you want to go?"

"Wen Ruo and I haven't seen each other for a long time, and we are going to Jizhou for a trip, so we can catch up!" Guo Jia laughed.

"What!" Xun You was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded, "Think twice about being filial piety! That Yuan Shaozhi is short of talent, and killed his own uncle in order to suppress his brother. How can such people be enlightened?"

"Hehe! I just said to go and catch up with Wen Ruo, why did you ever say that you want to vote for Yuan Shao?" Guo Jia blinked and looked at Xun You with a smile.

"This..." Xun You thought about it, and it was true, so he remained silent.

Guo Jia smiled, turned to Xi Zhong, and asked, "Where does Zhicai plan to work?"

Xi Zhong shook his head and said: "I don't have any plans for now, I'll see in the future! Maybe I will die here forever and I don't know, it just depends on the fate."

Xun You and Guo Jia knew Xi Zhong's character, and sighed secretly in their hearts.

Afterwards, the three of them had a drink and went home. <Cheng, Yuan Shu naturally didn't know that he had 'conquered' the heart of a great talent (Xun You), and he was dealing with things in the official residence at the moment.

After the recruitment order was issued, Yuan Shu became even busier.

The matter of expanding the army has been handed over to Xu Chu, and he has been instructed to be strict, rather than indiscriminate, and soldiers must be qualified before they can be hired.

At the same time, Yuan Shu ordered the army to garrison the fields in addition to military training. They did not seek self-sufficiency, but they also had to provide part of the food and grass by themselves, even Runan, which was severely damaged by the Yellow Turbans, was no exception.

After the military affairs were handed over to Xu Chu, Yuan Shu withdrew and began to promote more advanced farming techniques to increase grain production and save people's labor.

Yuan Shu was very tough on this matter, and strictly ordered all people under his rule, regardless of aristocratic families or poor peasants, to use new farming techniques, otherwise the land would be forcibly bought at market prices, and then either sold to others or returned to the government.

Yuan Shu's move dealt a great blow to the aristocratic family.

With new farming techniques, the fields that originally required hundreds or even thousands of people can now only be cultivated by dozens of people, so the aristocratic family has to support a large number of domestic slaves in vain.

The aristocratic families originally wanted to buy a large number of fields and house slaves.

It's a pity that Yuan Shu ordered that the sale and purchase of land must be approved by the government. As long as the sale of land is involved, the government will conduct a detailed investigation to avoid forced buying and selling.

At the beginning, the aristocratic family didn't know what Yuan Shu's order meant, but they soon realized how powerful it was.

The officials in charge of buying and selling land procrastinated, checked and checked, but refused to reply.

Yuan Shu didn't dare to persecute the aristocratic family too much, and secretly ordered to deal with each other, promising that if the aristocratic family gave up a large number of slaves, they would make up for it in other places, and would never let them suffer.

At the same time, Fengji took out one billion coins to buy grain from the family to show his sincerity.

The aristocratic family is not stupid, Yuan Shu told them to give up their slaves and buy food, even a fool can see the problem.

But now that Yuan Shu is powerful, all the aristocratic families finally agreed after weighing the pros and cons, but they also asked Feng Ji to tell Yuan Shu not to go too far and touch their bottom line, otherwise they will unite and resist Yuan Shu.

After hearing Fengji's return, Yuan Shu frowned and thought to himself: "It seems that we have to give them some benefits, otherwise there will be chaos."

Thinking of this, Yuan Shu hurriedly ordered the members of the Yuan family to act quickly.

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