Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 208 Talking about the Chen family at night, the road to the Chen family!
At this time, the Chen family didn't know that they were being targeted by Yuan Tan, but they also had a certain degree of self-knowledge.

Why?

It is nothing more than the fact that Xuzhou has changed hands several times since Tao Qian's death, but whether it is Liu Bei or Cao Cao, even Lu Bu who briefly occupied Xuzhou.

If you want to really manage this huge Xuzhou well, you will inevitably rely on the local family.

And the head of Xuzhou's aristocratic family, the Chen family, more or less, every time the family changes, it is inevitable to bleed a little.

But how to bleed, and how much blood to bleed, the speed needs to be carefully considered.

If there are too many, it will give the princes in power the illusion that the Chen family is nothing more than that, and maybe they can cut more meat.

That's another hassle.

But if the amount is too little, the princes in power will feel, why, your Chen family looks down on a certain family?Do you still want to stab someone in the back?
If the princes you meet are talkative and reasonable, maybe it’s okay, but at worst, just make up for it.

But if the prince is a stunned young man like Lu Bu, then the real soldiers will come to Chen's mansion.

Put on a posture that if you don't give it to me, you will grab it by force.

Even if the scholastic community will definitely clamor for the Chen family's grievances afterwards, but for the Chen family who have become ghosts under the knife by then.

Such clamor is really useless for half a penny.

Therefore, how to build a good relationship with the princes and ensure the independence of the family under the rule of the princes will extremely test the skills and abilities of each family leader in the Three Kingdoms era.

Perhaps it should be said that the Chen family is really influenced by luck.

The old Patriarch Chen Gui, who has not stepped down from the position of Patriarch, is a man with long sleeves and good at dancing.

And the successor, Chen Yuanlong, who is recognized by the Chen family in Xuzhou as the next generation patriarch, also has strategy in mind, not only good at military affairs.

In terms of governance, his talents are also quite good, and he treats people with a harmonious attitude, which often makes people feel like they are in the spring breeze.

After the Mi family followed Liu Bei in exile, Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong had faintly become the top scholars in Xuzhou.

It's just that this kind of name that is too publicized has always been disliked by the Chen family who are good at protecting themselves.

So it's not just said on the surface.

However, Chen Deng's ability has always been recognized by Xuzhou and even the Central Plains people as outstanding, so that every time Xuzhou changes hands.

The princes who took over Xuzhou would come to the door in person to invite the Chen family and his son to come out of the mountain.

Even Cao Cao is no exception.

However, with Cao Cao's suspicious temperament, it has not been a few years since he took down Xuzhou.

Although the Chen family's father and son secretly assisted Lu Bu in the defeat, in fact, after the capture of Xuzhou, Chen Deng and Chen Gui were both responsible.

The official positions paid by Cao Cao are not big.

Chen Deng also had the title of Grand Administrator of Guangling, but Chen Gui was just a real idler.

Both Chen Deng and Chen Gui could clearly see this kind of deliberate alienation.

However, the father and son didn't mind, and simply stayed in the Chen Mansion in Xuzhou. Chen Deng, who took over as the prefect of Guangling, did not take up the post.

It was to show Cao Cao that the Chen family had no intention of fighting for power with Cao Cao.

Naturally, Cao Cao reciprocated his interest in the Chen family.

Although the actual power of the prefect of Guangling was tightly held by Xia Houyuan, the prefect of Shouchun.

But in the past three years, the official seal of Guangling prefect has been in Chen Deng's hands from beginning to end. Cao Cao not only did not hold Chen Deng accountable for not going to Guangling.

Every year, the Qianshi salary of the prefect of Guangling and the corresponding festival rewards are distributed on time.

In other words, Cao Cao did not give less of the brilliance that the Chen family should have.

The two sides reached an invisible tacit understanding with each other.

but……

No matter how outstanding Chen Deng is, he is still a young man in the final analysis, seeing that people of the same age, such as Guo Jia, have become famous all over the world.

Staying in Xuzhou all the year round, no matter how famous the reputation is, it is only confined to Xuzhou after all.

Therefore, when Yuan Tan invaded Xuzhou, Chen Deng's first reaction was not to be calm like his father, but to feel...

"Father, this is an opportunity!"

The lights in the Chen residence were already on, and Chen Deng and Chen Gui sat opposite each other, looking at the letters in front of them.

Some of them were sent by wealthy families in the countryside of Xuzhou.

Some of the information was obtained from Chen's family members scattered throughout Xuzhou.

What is recorded is a series of actions taken by Yuan Tan after he captured Xuzhou!

Hearing Chen Deng's words, Chen Gui tapped lightly on the table, raised his old but not cloudy eyes, and a faint light flashed in them:

"Yuanlong, did your heart move?"

However, this time, Chen Deng was not as calm as when he had a night talk with his father last time.

After hesitating for a while, Chen Deng said with emotion:
"Father thought, what did General Yuan do after entering Xuzhou?"

Chen Deng's tone was a little excited, and he pointed to the writing on the table:

"First spread rumors among the surrendered troops, and then defeated the forbidden general outside Xuzhou City, so that the surrendered troops would be calm, this is also a conspiracy!"

"Then he publicized the establishment of the Xuzhou Army in the Jiangbing Battalion, and promised to make a lot of money. In a short period of time, Xuzhou's surrendered troops can be used by them. Just these two moves completely cut off my Chen family's desire to borrow troops. A plan to stabilize your position!"

Chen Deng took a deep breath, tried to calm down his heart, looked at his father who was still silent, and continued:

"What's more, now that Xuzhou is isolated from Hebei, Yuan Tan wants to fulfill his promise. Looking at Xuzhou, besides our Chen family and the wealthy families in the countryside, where else can he go for military supplies? Father, don't hesitate any longer. We must make plans early and find a way to deal with him, otherwise, I am afraid that the Chen family will be in trouble!",

Hearing the words that disaster is not far away, Chen Gui raised his eyes suddenly, looked at Chen Deng with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a deep voice:
"Yuanlong, what do you mean by these words?"

Without fear, Chen Deng got up and bowed down:

"Father, our Chen family can no longer hesitate. The Yuan family and the Cao family must make a decision. The situation in the world today is completely different from when Wen Hou entered Xuzhou in the past!"

When Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, there were quarrels among the princes of the world. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, Sun Ce, etc., all these princes surrounded Xuzhou.

In other words, the Chen family, who is based in Xuzhou, has many options for changing the family.

This has made every prince who takes over Xuzhou must be cautious about the situation of the Chen family.

But now, the situation is completely different!

As Chen Deng said.

At present, Yuan Shu has perished, and Liu Bei has been in exile without a fixed place.

Lu Bu was awarded the first Baimen Tower.

As for Sun Ce's basic situation in Jiangdong, with Zhou Yu's assistance, although there is still some commotion, it is indeed developing towards benefits.

Although the Xuzhou Chen family's rash defection had advantages for Sun Ce, the disadvantages were also considerable!
After all, one of the important advantages of Sun Ce's ability to win over the Jiangdong family is that although the Sun family's territory is vast, it cannot go beyond the border south of the Yangtze River.

No matter how much he weakens the Jiangdong family, in the end, it is inevitable to cooperate with the family.

It is nothing more than a little more cooperation, or a little less.

As for pulling out the cancer of the aristocratic family?
Even Zhou Yu and later Zhuge Liang did not have this courage!

But if Sun Ce had more Xuzhou, the situation would be completely different!

(End of this chapter)