At the end of winter that year, Yuan Fang's teacher returned to Dingtao.
By defeating Yuan Shao, slaying Yuan Tan, and retreating from Lu Bu, Yuan Fang completed a feat unimaginable by almost everyone in the world in less than half a year under the unfavorable situation of being surrounded by enemies.
At this moment, Yuan Fang is already powerful in the world, making everyone who hates him and respects him look at him with admiration.
The first thing Yuan Fang did when he returned to Dingtao was to reward the meritorious civil and military service, even to the officers and soldiers of the three armies.
The second thing is to settle accounts after the fall.
Yuan Fang showed no mercy to those powerful families who made the most violent noise and supported Yuan Shao during the Lihu War, and severely punished all these disobedient people.
Yuan Fang knows this very well: Paying equal attention to kindness and power is the way to govern people.
For those subordinates who stood firmly by Yuan Fang's side in times of crisis, even in the most difficult period of confrontation, Yuan Fang rewarded them without hesitation and gave them promotions and titles.
And for those traitors who openly jumped out to respond to Yuan Shao, Yuan Fang would never show mercy and would kill them with an iron-blood policy.
For a time, there was bloodshed again in the three states, especially Pei State and other counties closest to Yuan Shao's hometown of Runan. Yuan Fang arrested and imprisoned thousands of exiles.
In this decisive battle between the north and the south, Yuan Fang not only defeated Yuan Shao, but also took the opportunity to see who had disloyal intentions, and eradicated them together, further strengthening his rule in the Central Plains.
The third thing Yuan Fang did was to express his victory over Yuan Shao to the Emperor of Luoyang and report his victory to the Emperor.
As a general of the Han Dynasty and an advocate of respecting the king and repelling the barbarians, Yuan Fangjin defeated Yuan Shao and defeated Lu Bu. In a sense, he defended the territory of the Han Dynasty. Protected the face of Emperor Han.
Therefore, after the war, it was necessary for Yuan Fang to show his achievements to the emperor.
In fact, it is clear that Yuan Fang is asking for a reward from the emperor in order to gain more righteousness.
Yuan Fang¡¯s first visit to Luoyang. Luoyang was immediately ignited, and a group of courtiers headed by Dong Zhao and secretly attached to Yuan Fang gathered together to suggest that the emperor Liu Xie add Yuan Fang to the throne.
In recent years, Dong Zhao¡¯s mission in Luoyang. In addition to monitoring the emperor, he also secretly recruited courtiers who supported Yuan Fang.
In addition to Dong Zhao himself, a group of courtiers, including Zhong Yao, were all won over by him.
Under Yuan Fang's recommendation, these people were also entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, and most of them occupied prominent positions among the three ministers and nine ministers.
Dong Zhao was so inciting. Zhong Yao and others naturally followed him and asked the emperor to reward Yuan Fang.
At the request of the ministers, the emperor had no choice but to grant Yuan Fang the title of Grand Sima General for the first time.
Under the system of the Han Dynasty, the general commanded the soldiers and horses of the world and was the commander of the national army. Positioned above the Three Dukes.
In the Western Han Dynasty, starting from the time of Emperor Wu, Wei Qing, who respected and favored Wei Qing for his meritorious service, was given the title of Great Sima before the General, and was called the Great Sima General.
In the entire Han Dynasty, only Wei Qing and Huo Guang held the title of Great Sima General, which shows their high status.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to curb the power of his ministers, Emperor Guangwu abolished the title of Sima before the general.
Now, hundreds of years later, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has once again bestowed this supremely glorious title on the head of Yuan Fang, a young prince.
With this title. Although Yuan Fang's actual power has not increased much, his reputation for justice has become more important.
Sure enough, with the title of Emperor, Yuan Fang was extremely prosperous and immediately became the focus of discussion among the people in the world.
The number of courtiers in Luoyang secretly showing favor to Yuan Fang is increasing day by day, and powerful families from various states in the Central Plains have also written letters declaring their loyalty to Yuan Fang.
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After the decisive battle between the north and the south, the situation in the Central Plains became more favorable to Yuan Fang
Yuan Fang did not become complacent because of this. He knew clearly that all so-called titles and official positions were actually soft power. Only when the hard power of fists became stronger could soft power be effective.
Not long after he was promoted to Great Sima General, Yuan Fang sent orders to all the states to build boats and weapons, prepare grain and fodder, and ordered all armies to rest and reorganize the surrendered troops in preparation for the march to Hebei.
Yuan Fang must seize this opportunity, take advantage of Yuan Shao's defeat and regain his strength, capture Hebei in one fell swoop, and unify the north!
Hundreds of thousands of troops in various states in the Central Plains are making intensive preparations. Yuan Fang has not been idle either. He has been patrolling various places for two months in a row, inspecting agricultural crops.Compensation for soldiers.
Before you know it, winter has passed, spring is coming, flowers are blooming, and the weather is gradually getting warmer.
The time for the Northern Expedition was getting closer and closer, so Yuan Fang then went to Puyang to inspect the progress of local shipbuilding.
It¡¯s that day, Dutou Shipyard.
Yuan Fang stood on the shore of Ma Ma, looking at the newly built ships, thinking about the future in his mind.
Soon after, these large ships will carry his soldiers to the land on the north bank, directly take Yecheng, completely defeat Yuan Shao, complete the unification of the north, and then
"Master, congratulations, Master." Behind him, Zhuge Liang rode his horse and shouted excitedly, interrupting Yuan Fang's thoughts.
"What's so exciting? Could it be that Yuan Shao is so angry?" Yuan Fang asked with a smile. If Yuan Shao was really so angry, it would save him a lot of trouble.
Zhuge Liang reined in his horse, raised his hands and said excitedly: "Congratulations, master, there is good news from Dingtao. The second master's wife has given birth to a big fat boy for master."
Mi Huan is born!
Yuan Fang was startled at first, and then became ecstatic. Without saying a word, he turned his horse and galloped southward.
Before the decisive battle between the North and the South, Mi Huan had been pregnant for several months. Now counting the days, it was indeed time to give birth.
It¡¯s just that Yuan Fang has been busy preparing for the Northern Expedition recently and was on patrol, so he couldn¡¯t stay with her.
Unexpectedly, Mi Huan gave birth to a baby without knowing it, and gave birth to another son after Yuan Zhi.
How could Yuan Fang not be overjoyed after winning the war and having a son?
For a moment, Yuan Fang didn't care about anything and rode his horse back to Dingtao City under the starry night.
Yuan Fang walked straight into the General's Mansion after a long journey. As soon as he stepped into the courtyard of the Hou Mansion, he met Xiaocha.
"Xiaocha, are Huan'er, mother and son safe?" Yuan Fang couldn't help but asked with joy.
"The second lady and the young master are both safe and are lying in the room now." Xiaocha nodded and smiled.
Yuan Fang was overjoyed and didn't care to say anything more. He turned around and wanted to go to Mi Huan's mansion to see his wife and their newly born second son.
However, Xiaocha suddenly remembered something and called out: "Sir, wait a minute."
Yuan Fang stopped and looked back, and found that there was something wrong with Xiaocha's expression, and there seemed to be some worry in his eyebrows.
"Xiaocha, is there something wrong with the young master?" Yuan Fang immediately had a premonition.
"My young master, he is in good health. Nothing happened originally, butjust" Xiaocha hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say.
In desperation, she could only sigh: "It is better for the second lady to tell the young master personally about this matter."
The young master is in good health, but he is troubled. Yuan Fang has vaguely guessed at Xiao Cha's hesitation.
When little Yuan Zhi was born, he inherited the gene for his biochemical breakthrough and possessed the special ability of innate divine power.
When Mi Huan was pregnant, she was very good at eating. Yuan Fang guessed that the child in her belly would probably inherit his biochemical genes.
Looking at Xiaocha¡¯s appearance today, it¡¯s obvious that his guess may come true, but fortunately, he has already been mentally prepared.
At that moment, Yuan Fang stopped questioning Xiao Cha, took a deep breath, and went straight into Mi Huan's room in the Houfu.
"Xianzheng, you're back." Mi Huan, who was lying on the couch to recuperate, beamed when he saw Yuan Fang and struggled to get up.
Yuan Fang hurriedly took a few steps forward, pressed her down gently, and warned with concern: "Huan'er, you just gave birth to the baby, your body is weak, you should take a good rest, don't move lightly. By the way, I I have a miraculous doctor named Hua Tuo under my command. I will ask him to come over in a few days to see if you are feeling well."
"How can I be so delicate? Look at what you are worried about." Mi Huan said it was nothing, but enjoying her husband's thoughtfulness, she could not suppress a sweet smile on her face.
"Where's our child? Let me take a look." Yuan Fang looked impatient.
Mi Huan smiled lightly and asked the wet nurse to bring the young master over.
Just when Yuan Fang was rubbing his hands and was about to take it over with excitement, Mi Huan said: "Xianzheng, our child is a little different. Don't be too surprised when you see it."
"My Yuan Fang's son is of course different." Instead of having any worries, Yuan Fang was very proud and took over the swaddling clothes without any worries.
In the arms, the little baby showed its cute little face. It was indeed white and plump, making people happy just to look at it.
Although he had the experience of the previous Yuan Zhi, Yuan Fang became a father for the second time, but when he saw his own flesh and blood, he still couldn't help but feel overwhelmed and excited.Already.
"Zhi'er means great governance in the world. Let's call this little guy Yuan Tai. I hope that when he grows up, the country and the people will be in peace." Yuan Fang thoughtfully named his son.
"Yuan Tai, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, well, it is indeed an auspicious name." Mi Huan's slightly pale face also showed a happy smile.
Yuan Fang was holding little Yuan Tai in his arms. The more he looked at him, the more he liked him. He couldn't help but give him a gentle kiss on his little face.
This kiss didn¡¯t matter, the sleeping little guy was woken up by Yuan Fang, his round black eyes widened, and he looked at him curiously.
"This little guy has really big and dark eyes. He looks just like you." Yuan Fang said with a smile.
"Look carefully, his eyes are different from ordinary people." Mi Huan's tone suddenly became serious.
After her reminder, Yuan Fang once again stared at little Yuan Tai's eyes carefully. As he looked, his expression suddenly changed.
He suddenly discovered that next to the pupil of little Yuan Tai's right eye, there was another pupil as thin as a mosquito.