The World of Yellow Sky

Yuan Shao died of illness, and the trial and match made Yuan Shang his heir, which led to brothers fighting each other and being defeated by Cao Cao.

Later, Cao Cao besieged Ye, and the judges defended it for several months. Finally, the city was broken and captured. He refused to surrender and died generously.

When being sentenced, he only said a short sentence, "My Lord is in the north, don't let me face south to die!" Then he knelt down to the north, stretched his neck and drew the blade.

Fate is lost because of fainting, heart and ancient ginseng.

Loyalty speaks without concealment, Lian Nengzhi is not greedy.

"Please come over."

Xu An pondered for a moment, and agreed to see you.

Since the judge chose to stay, he naturally had a plan in his heart.

Xu An also wanted to hear what the judge wanted to say. To be honest, he was very curious.

The storm caused by his butterfly flapping wings has already changed the whole world beyond recognition, no matter what happens, he is already familiar with it.

The scouts who came to report left in a hurry.

Xu An walked down from the watchtower built by the courtyard wall, and walked back to the radiation where the headquarters was located. He sat in the first seat, and Xu Hong, who was beside him, had already begun to arrange the task of guarding.

Although there was only one judge, Xu Hong still did not relax his vigilance.

The place where Xu An was located was in a mansion in the east of the city, which had been transformed into a temporary command office of the Ming army. Xu An was located in the main hall, while the staff office accompanying the army was in the side room.

The courtyard is the office of the Military Order Office and the Eagle Guard accompanying the army. It is responsible for sending and receiving military orders, sorting out information, drawing maps, and so on.

Now the Ming army has begun to have its own set of orderly rules and regulations, and the army is moving closer to regularization and orderliness.

After a while, the sound of horseshoes sounded outside the courtyard, and this time no horses rushed into the courtyard.

Xu An raised his eyes and looked towards the courtyard. A middle-aged man in military uniform and an iron crown caught Xu An's attention.

The figure of the visitor was taller than ordinary people, his expression was deep, he could not see any joy or anger, and he carried an inexplicable majesty on his body.

It was similar to the feeling Yan Zhong gave Xu An back then.

"Assessment, meet Daojun."

Under the guidance of Teng Xiangwei, the judge walked into the hall, lowered his head, and saluted respectfully.

His head hangs so low that Xu An can hardly see the look on the judge's face.

"Exemption."

Xu An waved his hand and said calmly.

"Taiwei Shen can speak directly if he has something to say, time is precious, so there is no need to make detours?"

Xu An didn't intend to make many detours with the judge, and asked straightforwardly what the problem was.

The judge's face was slightly stiff, but soon he returned to normal again.

"I am willing to help the Taoist Lord take Ji and You, and lead all the soldiers and horses to join the Taiping Dao. I only ask the Taoist Lord to forgive Yuan's sins and protect the clan."

Xu An raised his eyes to look at the judge who lowered his head, and he understood the meaning of the judge's words.

For the Baoquan clan, most of the Yuan clan are in Runan, and Yuan Shao is the only one in the Yuan clan in Hebei.

The so-called preservation of the clan means that Xu An spared the lives of Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang.

"You mean to say, let Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang go, and save their lives?"

Xu An stood up, looked down at the judge from a high position, and said coldly.

"Our army sent troops to Luoyang in response to the alliance, but you turned your back on it and broke your promise."

"If it weren't for Yingzhou to send troops, I'm afraid that the 20 Taishan Yellow Turbans would be wiped out by Yuan Tan. If I let Yuan Tan go, who will bear the responsibility?"

"Yuan Xi has occupied Youzhou for a long time, and he has plundered Wuhuan of the three counties with his troops. He acted recklessly and oppressed the villagers. If Yuan Xi is spared, how will Wuhuan of the three counties be convinced? How will the villagers of Youzhou return to their hearts?"

Chapter 791 Exchange

"Lieutenant Shen, I'm afraid I haven't figured out the current situation."

Xu An looked down at the trial and said coldly.

"The main force of the Han army outside Fanyang City has already been defeated by our county, Sun Jian has been killed, and Huangfu Song has also been captured by our army. The three counties Wuhuan are our army's internal support, and Gongsun Du is the governor of Liaozhou in our Ming Dynasty. Nanjijing, Changshan County and Zhongshan County were all defeated by our army.

"In today's huge Jizhou, only Qinghe County, Bohai County, Julu County, Anping County, Hejian County, Zhao County, and Wei County have not yet been liberated, but the total number of soldiers in these seven counties is no more than [-]."

"The situation here is just like the land of the seven prefectures and seven counties in the past, but it depends on the spread, how can it be regarded as a condition?"

Xu An pointed to the geomancy map hanging on the wall behind him, and spoke directly.

"Yuan Xi has long been a turtle in a urn, surrounded by all sides, it is impossible to escape, and all the land of Youzhou is mine."

"The Luoyang area has already been cut off from you. The Luoyang defenders need Hanoi food and grass support. If they don't surrender to our army, they can only surrender to the Han court. Their family members are all in Hanoi, Jizhou and other places. What will they do? select?"

Xu An paused, pointed in the direction of Qingzhou and continued.

"Qu Yi has also surrendered, and the land of Qingzhou in the north is also owned by our army at this time."

The examiner's pupils slightly dilated, raised his head, and looked at Xu An calmly.

"If the Taoist Lord just wants to capture the land of Hebei, then you can pretend that I haven't said what I said today, and kill me right here."

"But if you want to liberate the world, I can be the help of Daojun."

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the judge, the words of the judge caught his attention, he was a little curious, why the judge said that.

Sometimes the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.

As Wei Ting's Taiwei, the head of Wei Ting's three lords, he was the one who formulated almost all of Wei Ting's military strategies, and even submitted information to Yuan Shao, not only to Yuan Shao, but also to him.

So when those defiant demons saw the trial match back then, they still maintained a certain amount of restraint.

"Do you know what I want to do? Do you know what it means to liberate the world?"

Xu An walked down the first seat slowly, and stood at the same level as the judges.

The judge was about the same height as him, and their eyes were almost on the same level at this moment.

"Don't dare to lie to the Taoist Lord, I really don't know what the intention of liberating the world is, and I don't know what you think in your heart and how much your ambition is."

"But I know what Daojun wants to do in Jizhou."

The judge looked at Xu An and did not back down.

He had a condition that Xu An couldn't refuse, and Xu An could actually accept the condition he asked for.

"Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, as shepherds of Qingzhou and Youzhou, cannot escape the guilt. If the Taoist Lord is unwilling to give up punishment, I have nothing to say, but Yuan Shang is still young. Although he is stubborn, he has not committed any crimes. For crimes, Taoist Lord has always been known for his justice, according to the "Taiping Law", Yuan Shang was most implicated in crimes and sentenced to labor reform."

"There is a saying in the "Taiping Law" that those who commit crimes and perform meritorious service, according to the degree of merit, their crimes can be reduced accordingly."

"As a result, the powerful and powerful families in the south of Yizhou were able to receive less punishment. The Taoist Lord revised the Han Law and established the "Taiping Law" to govern the state. He said that "the country is governed by law". Besides, there are no other special rules, could it be that Taoist Lord wants to violate the laws he established?"

Xu An was slightly taken aback. There was indeed this law in the "Taiping Law", and this part was specially written for the special circumstances of this era.

Killing a boatload of people with one stick and forcing everyone to the opposite side is undoubtedly adding difficulties to oneself.

If you want to liberate the world and achieve change, you must not let most people be on the opposite side.

Surrender, uprising, etc. are all positive, just like if Qu Yi is willing to surrender, the Ming army can take down the entire Qingzhou area north of the Yellow River without bloodshed, and harvest more than [-] soldiers with combat experience.

If Qu Yi is forcibly convicted and must be killed, then once Qu Yi falls to the Han court, the more than [-] soldiers under his command will become hostile to the Ming army. It caused huge casualties, and the Ming army had no way to quickly control Qingzhou north of the Yellow River, which would cause a series of chain problems.

And the same is true in the southern border of Yizhou. If Xu An does not mitigate the crimes of the powerful families in the southern border of Yizhou and wants to drive them all to extinction, then they must merge with those tribes in southern border and stubbornly resist the attack of the Ming army.

At that time, the Ming army will be dragged into the quagmire of jungle warfare. Although victory is not difficult, it will inevitably consume a lot of the Ming army's vitality, food and other materials, but the gain outweighs the loss.

Of course, all of this is based on the principle of not violating.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi didn't have the slightest possibility of discussing, so when the request for trial and match was proposed, Xu An straightforwardly rejected the request for trial and match.

At the beginning, the Taishan Yellow Turban Army fled all the way south, and the troops chasing them on the way were Qingzhou soldiers under Yuan Tan's command.

Yuan Xi served as the shepherd of Youzhou in Youzhou, obeying Yuan Shao's order to recruit troops in Youzhou and collect high taxes in the state.

In the first year of Yonghan (189), the Yellow Turban Army marched eastward to Wuhuan, the three counties, and defeated the coalition formed by Wuhuan in Rushui. King Wuyan of Khan and Lu was beheaded, and the power of Wuhuan in the three counties gradually weakened.

Later, Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies joined Yuan Shao's subordinates during the battle against Gongsun Zan. After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao treated Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies fairly well.

It's just that after the battle of Dongjun, and the battle of Qingzhou, etc., they will rush to help Mobei to check and balance the Taiping Dao that was in full swing at that time.

Yuan Shao also began to recruit soldiers in Wuhuan of the three counties, forcing them to send troops to fight, and even collected taxes. However, the Jizhou army basically did not like Wuhuan in the three counties. After all, they had gone south and plundered Jizhou.

At the beginning, King Wuhuanqiao attacked Bohai, Qinghe and other places all the way south, looted a lot of money, and destroyed many cities, so he became enmity.

Therefore, Wei Jun's policy towards Wuhuan, the three counties, has gradually changed over time, from being called an ally, to becoming a monarch and minister, and then becoming a master and servant.

Wei Ting's attitude towards Wuhuan of the Three Counties was only to regard him as a servant, who would come and leave as soon as he was called.

As a result, it left a root of disaster among the Wuhuan tribe in the three counties, which is why Taton later sent secret envoys into Chang'an to ask Xu An.

During successive years of wars, a large number of Wuhuan people died on the battlefield. Not to mention pensions, they didn't even get much food and grass for military expenses. The Wei army only used the Wuhuan cavalry as consumables and cannon fodder.

"As you said, this is indeed the case in the "Taiping Law", but Yuan Shang's status is special, even if he has committed a crime and made meritorious service, if he wants to seek pardon, he needs to look at the merit."

Although the trial was regressed, Xu An did not directly agree to the trial's request, but asked the trial to tell what he could do.

Xu An knew that the original purpose of the trial and match was probably to preserve Yuan Shang. As for Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, they just proposed it first, so as to make it easier to retreat. Of course, there was a trace of luck.

Shenpei and Fengji have always been hated by Yuan Tan, and they have feuds with Xin Ping and Guo Tu, how could they insist on asking Xu An to forgive and bypass Yuan Tan.

As for Yuan Xi, as Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi actually had the least sense of existence.

In terms of inheritance rights, Yuan Tan is the eldest son, so he is naturally the first.

But Yuan Shang was deeply loved by Yuan Shao, he was talented in martial arts and intelligent.

The trial and matching did not persist to the end for Yuan Xi.

Although the judge is loyal, he is not without his own selfishness.

In the original time and space, after Yuan Shao's death, the judge was worried that Yuan Tan would harm him after he came to the throne, so he changed Yuan Shao's will in private and made Yuan Shang succeed him.

The trial clan also hid sinners under Yuan's rule.

"My Shen family has a solid foundation in Jizhou, and I am willing to set an example by donating land, forest farms, and mines. Next time, I am willing to persuade scholars from all over the world to contribute together."

The judge took a deep breath and continued to speak in a deep voice.

"Feng Ji and I command the military. We have great prestige in the army, and we are the Taiwei, the land of the seven counties. I don't bother the Daojun with swordsmen. I can persuade the soldiers of the seven counties to join Huang Tian and become Jizhou. Avoid the scourge of swordsmen."

"Without the scourge of swordsmen, the people of Jizhou can be at peace for a few minutes, and the farming affairs will not be missed. Millions of people in Jizhou will feel grateful for the kindness of the Taoist Lord."

The judge paused for a moment, with a struggling expression on his face.

"I also know a thing or two about the secret and dirty things of the powerful and powerful families in various places. If the Taoist Lord enters Jizhou, I am willing to point out them one by one for the Taoist Lord."

The judge closed his eyes, lowered his head, his body trembled slightly, and said in a trembling voice.

When he said this, he actually ignored his reputation among scholars.

For a scholar of this class, reputation is sometimes even more important than life.

The reason why Huangfusong knew that Dong Zhuo hijacked the emperor, but still obeyed the edict was because he didn't want to bear the bad name of violating the emperor's edict, and he cherished his wings too much.

If he was willing to lose his reputation, conspired with Gai Xun and relied on the Guanzhong land to raise troops to respond to the Kwantung Allied Forces, with his prestige, the Han Dynasty would not have fallen to this point.

"I would like to donate the wealth of Wan Guan's family in exchange for the pardon of Yuan Shang."

"Yuan's kindness is more important than me, just like Qiushan, first... Yuan Shao has passed away, I can't just sit back and watch his heirs be cut off, I just ask for an amnesty for Yuan Shang, and allow me to properly bury Yuan Shao's body."

After all, that sentence of the first emperor was not said, and the judge did not mention it in front of Xu An.

The state of Wei is now in name only, and everything is just in the past. The Ming army has already invaded the hinterland of Hebei.

As Xu An said, now that the Ming army wants to capture the whole of Hebei, it really doesn't need much help from him, it just needs to spend more hands and feet. There is no longer any force in the whole of Hebei that can stop the Ming army from advancing.

The unification of Hebei by the Ming army is only a question of the length of time and the cost, and there is no suspense.

Seeing that the judge had almost completely lost his energy, Xu An shook his head slightly.

No one is perfect, and most of the time, everyone is an aggregation of contradictions.

Although the judge had selfish intentions, at this time, he was willing to sacrifice his reputation and almost everything, just to preserve Yuan Shang, so that Yuan Shao's blood in this world could continue.

"I heard that the Hebei Zhen family and the Yuan family have an in-law relationship?"

Xu An was going to give the trial assignment a chance, and the conditions offered by the trial assignment were indeed not low.

"Ms. Zhen..."