I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 292 Yuan Feng in a Dilemma

The people of Sanhe were in action upon hearing the news.

The news reached the Sanfu area a little later, but it still spread quickly. Because Yuan Shu had some places reserved for Maoling Liangzhuang, the people in the Sanfu area also learned about the news.

Then the news spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Before the official notice could be issued, a large number of well-informed people had already packed their luggage and set off at full speed.

Are you kidding? All the good families in Sanhe who had only fought with Yuan Shu once knew that following Yuan Shu meant they had a bright future and could save their lives, not to mention Sanfu, where Yuan Shu made his fortune.

Maoling Liangzhuang has been expanding in recent years. The original population was large, and in the past two or three years, the population has increased by more than 20,000. Even after Yuan Shu's several deployments of troops, there are still more than 60,000 farmers left in Maoling Liangzhuang, which far exceeds the registered population of Maoling County.

And because the expansion momentum was fast and good, Yuan Shu simply approved the construction of a new Liangzhuang, so the cadres in Maoling quickly expanded two more Liangzhuangs around Chang'an, one with a population of more than 20,000 and the other with a population of more than 10,000.

The combined population of the three Liangzhuangs is almost over 100,000. More and more Han, Qiang, Xianbei, Xiongnu and other groups have joined Liangzhuang. In addition to the local people from Sanfu, people from Liangzhou, Hanzhong and Shuzhong have also come here because of their fame.

The three Liangzhuangs have become a hodgepodge of ethnic groups, but under the proper governance strategies of Liangzhuang, no conflicts have occurred. There were some contradictions and disputes at first, but they were quickly mediated.

After that, they all focused on farming, harvesting food, and filling their stomachs, and the five-zhu coins in their pockets increased more and more.

Speaking of which, the propaganda team of the entire Liangzhuang system was first established in Maoling Liangzhuang, and the earliest members of the Yixinhui Propaganda Department were old farmers in Maoling Liangzhuang.

This team included not only Han people, but also Qiang, Xianbei, etc. They also joined the propaganda team and continuously brought people from their tribes to join Liangzhuang to live a good life, which made the powerful landlords in the surrounding areas very helpless.

I feel both hatred and fear!
But what can be done? Liangzhuang has a good reputation. The entire Sanfu area, including Liangzhou, Hanzhong and some places in Shuzhong, even the elderly and children know that there is Liangzhuang in Guanzhong. Liangzhuang has food. As long as people go there, they can eat their fill, not starve to death, and live and work in peace and contentment.

So for a period of time, folk legends have called Liangzhuang "Liangzhuang", believing that Liangzhuang was full of grain and the ground was covered with golden millet.

Liangzhuang has a good reputation, and Yuanshu has a good reputation as well. Once its reputation is good, Yuanshu becomes the only light and the only sun in the hearts of many people in this cold era when anthropomorphic and inhuman creatures are rampant everywhere.

Insects are also attracted to light!

What's more, people?
As soon as the conscription order came, the areas of Sanfu and Sanhe were in turmoil, and the best young men rushed to Luoyang.

By April 10th, more than 10,000 soldiers had arrived at the recruitment camp set up by Yuan Shu in northern Luoyang. And because he was confident in the number of people who would come to join the army, Yuan Shu also set an entry threshold so that not everyone could join.

You must be in good health and be able to master certain skills and tactics. Those who can shoot arrows and ride horses can join directly, as can those who can read and write. Others must go through questioning and review, and be checked for any injuries or illnesses.

When those who came to join the army saw that Yuan Shu even had to set up a threshold and not everyone could get in, they immediately became more active, fearing that they would not be able to get in.

People are like this, the greater the threshold, the more people want to get in, so those who successfully join are ecstatic, while those who are rejected are heartbroken, as if they are not joining an army going to the battlefield, but a group of freeloaders.

Yuan Shu himself also participated in the recruitment process. He personally moved a table and examined the people who wanted to join the army together with other members of the personnel department of Yi Xin Hui. He strictly controlled the people and directly rejected those who were too thin or short.

Once this army is formed, they will soon have to fight and people will die. Yuan Shu does not have much time to allow them to grow. Moreover, even for the sake of the current court situation, Yuan Shu needs to build up this army as soon as possible and then lead them to achieve results.

There was no way. The situation in the court was somewhat chaotic, and Yuan Feng's situation was somewhat embarrassing.

In order to help Yuan Shu finalize the matter as soon as possible, he did not follow the wishes of some officials to hold a court meeting for discussion, but directly followed Liu Kui's path, asking Liu Kui to use the imperial seal directly, and then sent it to the Minister of Agriculture and the Secretariat for execution, completely bypassing the court. This blatant attitude and practice of directly doing things without the court made many party officials dissatisfied, especially Zhang Jian. He was originally dissatisfied with the fact that Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu were in charge of the government, and publicly questioned Yuan Feng in the court. Now that he knew that Yuan Feng was so unruly, he became even more angry.

After Yuan Feng issued the order and Yuan Shu began to recruit soldiers openly, Zhang Jian submitted memorials many times to inquire about what was going on. After all his memorials were ignored by Yuan Feng, he did not give up and went to the Secretariat to find Yuan Feng in person, asking Yuan Feng to give him an explanation.

What explanation could Yuan Feng give him? He just didn't want to break up with him. However, Yuan Feng was very dissatisfied with Zhang Jian's ungrateful behavior, so he didn't even give Zhang Jian a good look, nor did he explain anything to him. He just asked the officials in the Shangshutai to ask Zhang Jian to leave.

I have important military and national affairs to discuss here, so I'm very busy. Please leave if you are not interested!
Zhang Jian was angered by Yuan Feng's attitude, and went a step further and proposed to meet the emperor and have the emperor preside over the court meeting. He wanted the emperor to decide the matter personally at the court meeting and he had to get to the bottom of it.

Yuan Feng was so furious that he simply had Zhang Jian stopped outside the palace and did not even let him enter the palace gate.

The two of them pushed and shoved each other, and the fight was like an old lady swearing in the street, which made many people want to laugh. This incident also caused a stir in Luoyang.

Some people think that what Zhang Jian did was indeed not fair.

Can't you see how much price and effort the Yuan family paid to protect you during the Party and Factions Persecution?
Even after it has come to this, people still remember you, gave you an official position, and called you back to Luoyang. They have done the most for you. Why don’t you know how to repay the Yuan family’s kindness?
However, some people agreed with Zhang Jian's statement and believed that the two matters should not be confused. Private matters are private matters, and state affairs are state affairs. If the fact that Yuan was too powerful and disrespectful to the emperor was covered up just because Yuan had done Zhang Jian a favor, it would be a bit too much for the emperor.

After all, the Yuan family is just a subject, and Liu Kui is still the emperor. No matter how great the contributions of you, Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu, father and son, are, or how capable you are, you cannot treat the emperor as if he does not exist, right?

Since they arrived in Luoyang, they have only met Liu Kui twice, once was their first meeting and once was a celebration meeting. Apart from that, Liu Kui seemed to not exist. Yuan Feng was the one who handled all the government affairs, and occasionally Yuan Shu would come out and make some reforms.

Does this sound like a word?

It's obviously inappropriate.

Therefore, there were indeed many people who supported Zhang Jian, and there were indeed many people who spoke up for Zhang Jian and put pressure on Yuan Feng, asking Yuan Feng to invite the emperor to preside over the government and not to continue like this.

Yuan Feng did not expect the situation to develop so quickly. He thought that the situation could be delayed a little. As a result, Zhang Jian's fighting power was too strong, which broke the balance and tacit understanding that the Yuan Group had maintained.

Yuan Feng quickly understood why Cao Jie was hunting down Zhang Jian all over the world and wanted to kill him.

This guy is the kind of reckless person who does things without considering the consequences. He rushes around recklessly. He is an unstable factor with great destructive power to anyone. If you are not careful, he can cause trouble.

For a moment, Yuan Feng even had the idea of getting rid of Zhang Jian.

However, the education he received since childhood did not support him to do such a thing. He couldn't bring himself to do it. He had many concerns and was in a dilemma, which made him very distressed.

I don't want to be a good person.

A bad guy can't do that.

Alas, life is so tangled and helpless.

(End of this chapter)