Chapter 248 Leping Qiao Family
It is hard for woodworms to escape from peach and plum trees when they are born...
This is true for the Qiao family of Yanzhou, and it is also true for the Han Dynasty.
Even Liu Yu's own branch of Prince Gong of Donghai had some troubles after he ascended the throne.
So when Qiao Yan said this, Liu Yu might have felt more empathy than wanting to persuade them to reconcile.
However, due to his reputation for being lenient, he could only rely on Qiao Yan's reputation of winning every battle to dispel some people's ideas. On the contrary, when Qiao Yan made this decision, he was many times more determined and persevering than him.
Directly divide the sect!
Since it is impossible to take care of both his own family and the wider family at the same time, and he is faced with the special situation of the confrontation between the two Han dynasties, instead of letting himself be entangled in the burden caused by the family, it would be better to make a decisive move and directly split off from the clan starting with grandfather Qiao Xuan.
This division does not mean that there is no relationship with the Qiao family of Yanzhou. At least the clan that has been passed down from the "Qiao" character in Qiaoshan where Huangdi was buried still exists.
But if she is really allowed to separate from the Taiyuan Qiao branch, the Yanzhou Qiao family will no longer be able to use the so-called family tree to calculate the relationship of eldership with her, let alone put on airs in front of her by relying on this status of eldership.
If she wanted to maintain a cold relationship with the other party and prevent him from gaining any benefits from the position of Grand Marshal she held, there was undoubtedly a basis for this in terms of etiquette and law.
As long as she can split the sect out!
This division of the clan was indeed beneficial to the court in Chang'an.
From the perspective of the war situation, this directly blocked the possibility of the Qiao family of Yanzhou acting as Yuan family's minions and coming here to spy.
In terms of clan support, the lack of clan support for Grand Marshal Qiao Yan greatly restricted her ability to promote her relatives and form a force that could influence the imperial power and clan.
Perhaps the only situation that might occur is, as Qiao Yan said, that someone would question whether she, the Grand Marshal, has forgotten her roots because of her high position.
But if Liu Yu were to say, what "origin" does this have?
The life she had before the age of ten was due to Qiao Yu and his wife. Her father was the prime minister of Rencheng and received a salary from the court, and her mother took good care of her and raised her with dedication, which allowed a child with disabilities to be raised to this age.
After she was ten years old, ever since she began to instigate the Yellow Turban Army to attack each other and gain military exploits, her constantly rising official rank and title, as well as her constantly accumulating combat and political skills, had nothing to do with the Qiao family of Yanzhou.
Even these people, in their indecisiveness, did not offer her any help other than verbally acknowledging her status.
On the contrary, Qiao Zhen, the second daughter of the former Dongjun prefect Qiao Mao, was raised in Qiao Yan's Leping Academy, so there was a good relationship between Qiao Zhen and the Qiao family of Yanzhou.
Of course, what Liu Yu didn't know was that Qiao Yan also had Qiao Rui's two daughters, Qiao Lan and Qiao Ting. He was taking care of the descendants of the few capable people in the clan.
He just hurriedly helped Qiao Yan up and replied, "It's just a division of the clan. Why do you have to dismiss the position of Grand Marshal? If people say that the division of the clan is ungrateful, I will issue an order on this matter."
Liu Yu's subordinates might have worried that Qiao Yan, the Grand Marshal, was overstepping his authority, but Liu Yu himself did not.
As early as when he and Qiao Yan had come into contact in Liangzhou, he already knew her abilities.
The comparison of the performances of the two sides in the Battle of Youzhou made Liu Yu realize clearly that without Qiao Yan's support, he would not be able to ascend to the throne, nor would he be able to receive the news that Hanzhong was back under the control of the court shortly after he ascended the throne as he did today.
Therefore, Qiao Yan certainly could not let him resign from the position of Grand Marshal.
If a loyal minister like her has to become the General of the Eastern Expedition because of these insignificant people, then what will the court of Chang'an look like!
Even though Qiao Yan can no longer rely on her age of fourteen or fifteen in her early years to gain others' understanding of the child, she is still under twenty years old and is still a young person.
When she was forced to make a choice because of her family, and even reported this decision to the emperor, from the perspective of Liu Yu, who was "one of her own", it seemed that others were still looking for trouble, forcing her to choose to abandon her relatives against her will.
It was definitely not because of more far-reaching considerations that she made this necessary decision at this time.
Look at what his Grand Marshal has been forced into!
Not to mention Liu Yu who treated Qiao Yan as his own nephew, even Tian Feng, who was captured by Qiao Yan as a witness, felt like shedding tears of sympathy for Qiao Yan after hearing what Qiao Yan said and comparing it with the previous performance of the Qiao family of Yanzhou.
She had extraordinary luck in recruiting talents, sending troops to fight, and managing people's livelihood, except for her family relationships...
Maybe it's just like she said, it's better to be alone.
But the moment he realized this sympathy, Tian Feng slapped himself in the face in his heart.
Qiao Yan is the enemy of their Yecheng court!
How could he really regard himself as a member of the Hongwenguan and the Chang'an court just because he was valued by Qiao Yan?
You can't turn against your allies like this.
Amidst this tangled emotion, Tian Feng did not notice that when Qiao Yan was helped up by Liu Yu and heard Liu Yu's promise issued by the emperor, there was a momentary change in his eyes, which was actually not the expression of a person who was coerced to this point.
But this change was so fleeting that even Guo Jia, who was relatively familiar with Qiao Yan, might not have noticed any flaws in her performance.
Liu Yu asked again at this time: "Are you sure you won't change this choice?"
This was not because Liu Yu had any intention of suggesting that Qiao Yan overturn her decision, but he wanted to confirm again whether Qiao Yan would not regret it again.
After all, this is something that needs to be accomplished by the emperor's decree.
If he issued the decree today, and tomorrow Qiao Yan chose to abandon this decision because of the relatives of the Qiao family in Yanzhou and asked him to revoke the order, then he would be in real trouble.
Qiao Yan replied, "To this day, I have not made any decision that I regret. To be honest with Your Majesty, I have thrown out all the Qiao family members who came to Chang'an from Tongguan. I didn't even leave them a coat."
What this means is that now that your face has been torn, there is no question of whether you regret it or not.
Hearing Qiao Yan's childish act of revenge, Liu Yu tried hard not to laugh out loud.
Thinking that it was almost April, and that although Chang'an was in the north, it would not be freezing cold, he said, "Well, I will issue an order immediately to allow you to separate your clan and set up a household."
While he had his men grinding ink and preparing the edict, he asked the witness Tian Feng to talk about the performance of the Qiao family of Yanzhou at that time.
Hearing that Qiao criticized Qiao Yan for Qiao Xuan's ruthlessness towards his eldest son and youngest son, saying that she was like her grandfather who was cold-blooded towards his clansmen, he couldn't help but frown.
"How offensive, Qiao. Lord Qiao and the Grand Marshal are both loyal to the Han Dynasty. How dare you insult them with such words!"
These people are too arrogant!
What's more, when it comes to the word "filial piety", Qiao Yan has taken actions to avenge his parents and wipe out the Yellow Turbans, so there is no room for them to interfere.
Tian Feng's tone clearly did not sound fake, and this was probably the last straw that made Qiao Yan decide to split the clan.
From Liu Yu's point of view, simply throwing them out of Guanzhong was too easy for them.
point! Score indeed!
Otherwise, if she allowed them to suck Qiao Yan's blood in the name of the tribe's elders, how could she continue to concentrate on the cause of recovering the eastern states?
Regardless of whether this was considered an overstepping of the emperor's authority in interfering in the family affairs of his courtiers, Liu Yu felt that this was an imperial decree that he had to issue.
Or maybe...
He cannot save face and cannot make clear reprimands on certain situations, but can he use his attitude towards Qiao Yan's matter to send some signals to the outside world?
Liu Yu thought about this and said to Qiao Yan, "I think this is the case. Taiyuan's county seat is in Jinyang, and your fiefdom is in Leping. It is hard to show the confidence of separating the clan and establishing a household. Leping is between Taiyuan and Shangdang counties, and neither county is a small county. How about making Leping an independent county and naming it Leping Qiao Clan?"
Become independent from Leping County?
This was indeed a development that Qiao Yan had never expected.
But if Leping were to be transformed from a county into a county, it would be a pleasant surprise for Qiao Yan.
With the cultural center built on the basis of Leping College, Qiao Yan began to shift from recruiting students and finding teachers outside to having an independent ability to attract the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty, and more and more people have been flowing here.
Leping County itself is not enough to support such a large population.
Some of the people gathered around were thinking of enrolling in the academy, hoping to listen to lectures by great scholars or even become their disciples.
Some people think that such a place is the safest place even when forces clash. After all, no one wants to take the risk of killing celebrities, so they come here to avoid disaster.
But no matter what the reason was, under this circumstance, Leping did have the basic conditions to become an independent county.
If the capacity was not expanded, Qiao Yan would have to consider moving the workshop in the mountain fortress away.
Now that the decision has been made, she won't have to worry so much.
Because of her familiarity with Leping, the moment Liu Yugang made this suggestion, she had already considered which counties to move into Leping.
Unfortunately, she should now show the helplessness of someone who was forced to split up the clan due to the inaction of her relatives, rather than being a shrewd person whose calculations could be heard by everyone. Qiao Yan simply bowed to Liu Yu and replied, "It's all up to your majesty."
This additional matter that would make things develop in a direction more favorable to her was proposed by the considerate emperor Liu Yu. What does it have to do with her, Qiao Yan?
She just gave the people in Chang'an city another topic to talk about.
If they still don't know today who the unlucky guys who were sent out of Guanzhong by Dian Wei personally are, they will know everything when the imperial edict is issued the next day.
Aren’t they the few people who ran to the Grand Marshal’s Mansion to cause trouble a while ago when Qiao Yan sent troops to Hanzhong and had not yet returned?
Now these people did not gain any advantage, but became the laughing stock and were thrown out of Chang'an. Everyone felt that evil would be rewarded with evil.
But the decree she brought back to divide the clan and set up a household undoubtedly caused an uproar.
The Marquis of Leping was an independent household, which actually met the standards according to the laws of the Han Dynasty.
That is, if the father dies and there are no male children, grandparents, or mother to take over the household, the daughter can be the head of the household.
This law was necessary as wars in border areas often resulted in households being left without male adults.
But for a young person like her, who was less than 20 years old, to propose to separate a branch from her grandfather to form an independent clan was an unheard of thing.
There will always be people who want to find out the feud between Qiao Yan and the Qiao family of Yanzhou, but it is difficult to see any clues from the faces of people entering and leaving the Sima Mansion.
The existence of the imperial edict gave this branch of the sect the support of the emperor and suppressed a number of negative voices.
"What's there to discuss about this?" Ren Hong heard some gossip as he walked from Lingtai to Chang'an City to report on the documents and files. "People who discuss this matter are nothing more than people who have no skills and just want to enjoy wealth and luxury. I think the people in the city can use this to figure out whether they should draw a clear line with these people. After all -"
"Today they are just looking for something from their relatives, tomorrow they may be looking to borrow something from their friends."
Behind her followed a group of Lingtai attendants, looking quite powerful in number. Therefore, even though she was talking to her subordinates on the surface, she was actually expressing her views to outsiders, and she did not give these people the courage to argue with her.
Ren Hong looked around and made sure that none of these people could fight, then he walked towards the Shangshu Terrace with the records of the weather in his hand.
Although those who were talking were incompetent, she couldn't help but feel fortunate that three days after the emperor's edict was issued, Qiao Yan inquired about matters in Guanzhong and then returned to Bingzhou to handle the ceremony procedures for the division of the clan. Therefore, she was not in Chang'an City at this time, and naturally could not hear these gossips.
As for the people in Bingzhou, they probably wished that their governor would no longer be restricted by the shackles of the Qiao family in Yanzhou and would not have to deal with all these interpersonal relationships. Anyway, Qiao Xuan's temple was in Bingzhou, so it was completely natural to branch out here.
In this way, Qiao Yan could probably also take over the regional affiliation of the Bingzhou people.
That would add to the aura of being one of our own among the Bingzhou people.
It is difficult to say whether Cheng Yu's mentality was contagious to those around him. Probably from the Bingzhou Beijia to the Bingzhou people, even "locals" like Ren Hong who had left Bingzhou for more than ten years, all developed a sense of solidarity with the Qiao family of Yanzhou as the news spread.
If you don’t have the support of those annoying relatives, then forget it!
These subordinates will stand behind her!
Wait... As the Lingtai Cheng, she seems to be receiving a salary from the Han Dynasty, so it's not quite right to call her a subordinate?
Ren Hong realized this belatedly, but when he thought about the fact that the Han Dynasty's salaries could only be paid because of the Lord's efforts, this sense of guilt immediately disappeared without a trace.
In short, all the mistakes were made by the Qiao family of Yanzhou.
When those members of the Qiao family came to Chang'an, they were fully expecting that they could get some benefits from Qiao Yan. Even if they could not be ranked among the Nine Ministers, it would still be good to get a position of prefect appointed by the court from her to make up for the loss of the prefect of Dongjun.
But I didn't expect to be driven out of Chang'an in this way.
What was even more unexpected to them was that when they asked one of them to return to the Qiao family's ancestral home in Yanzhou on the pretext of coming back to report the news, this person was met with complicated gazes from the clan elders after just two words.
"Qiao Bingzhou sent someone here two days ago." Someone interrupted him.
The people who returned to the ancestral home this time thought that Qiao Yan had sent someone to complain, and wanted to say that the words that offended her were not said by him. Maybe next time they would bring a gift of apology, and the matter would be over.
After all, there is no overnight grudge among family members.
The sufferings they endured on their way back should be able to calm her anger.
But what he never expected was that before he even opened his mouth, the Qiao clan leader at the top finally found a way to vent his anger after two days of pent-up anger. He grabbed the cane in his hand and hit him: "What on earth did you do in Chang'an!"
"Do you think she came here to reminisce with the Qiao family and tell them what good things you have done? She came here to inform us!"
"Inform her that with the support of the emperor, a separate branch has been separated from Grandpa Qiao, named the Leping Qiao family!"
Since she is the Qiao family of Leping, she should never allow the Qiao family of Liangguo in Yanzhou to have any unnecessary relationship with her!
"Leping is divided into a county, and the Qiao family is divided into a clan?" Since this news was notified to the Qiao family of Liang State via Yanzhou, it was naturally delivered to Yuan Shao quickly.
Yuan Shao didn't think he could gain much benefit from the breakup between the Liang State Qiao family and Qiao Yan.
If there really is any talent among them, since Qiao Yan is still short of people, she will certainly not miss it, and she probably won't do something like killing everyone with one stick.
After all, splitting up a sect is not something that can be done casually.
Even with Liu Yu's imperial edict to back her up, this was still a very dangerous move.
But Yuan Shao was not a fool. He himself was deeply affected by the clan crisis and would not fail to see the benefits hidden in this crisis.
Thinking that he now had to devote his troops to the battle in Yuzhou and wrest the other half of the Yuan family's power in Runan back from Yuan Shu, he actually felt a little envious of Qiao Yan's current situation.
Her quick and decisive decision directly triggered all the impacts she might face in the future, and it was an impact that she could easily resolve.
Whether she will feel depressed after making this decision is another matter, but the benefits are real!
Moreover, according to the blows Yuan Shao and Qiao Yan had suffered in their previous interactions, he intuitively felt that -
Qiao Yan may not have suffered much emotional torment from this, but rather was happy to see it happen.
This is a cunning bastard!
When he thought of this, he even turned around and asked Ju Shou: "Gong Yu, do you think I have the opportunity to separate the Yuan family of Yecheng?":,w,
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