Chapter 383

Yuan Tan couldn't help but be filled with anger.

That old stubborn donkey Tian Feng often stood up to oppose Yuan Tan on weekdays.

This made Yuan Tan quite annoyed.

Fortunately, Yuan Tan had Guo Tu helping him on this side.

So he wouldn't be sprayed by Tian Feng to the point of having no face.

But even so, the relationship between Yuan Tan and Tian Feng was also garbage to the extreme.

Usually, enduring it would be fine, after all, that was an internal problem of the Yuan camp.

But now, Yuan Tan didn't expect that this fellow Tian Feng would actually dare to disregard the life and death of him, Yuan Xiansi!

How could Yuan Tan bear this?

"Sigh."

"Younger Brother Xiansi, actually I really feel sorry for you."

"You should try to imagine."

"On weekdays, do Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Shen Pei, Feng Ji, and others often flirt with your third brother Yuan Xianfu?"

"Clearly you are the legitimate eldest son, yet they want to support your third brother."

"This... isn't this discarding the eldest and establishing the youngest?"

Gu Yi knew the internal contradictions of the Yuan camp very clearly.

At this moment, pointed out by Gu Yi, Yuan Tan instantly reacted!

Damn it, so the problem lies here!

For people like Tian Feng.

If the legitimate eldest son Yuan Tan died, then Yuan Shang, the legitimate son, would have no competitors.

In other words.

Yuan Shang would directly win the heir struggle, smoothly inherit Yuan Shao's foundation, and become the master of Jizhou.

How is the brotherly relationship between Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang?

It is simply terrible!

In Yuan Tan's heart, he, the legitimate eldest son, should be the most reasonable heir.

If it weren't for his mother passing away early.

The status of the legal wife would absolutely not have been the turn of that bitch Lady Liu, Yuan Shang's biological mother!

In an instant.

The resentment in Yuan Tan's heart toward Yuan Shang and Lady Liu reached an unprecedented extreme.

The reaction on Yuan Tan's face was all reflected in Gu Yi's eyes.

What he wanted was exactly this effect.

Seeing that the goal had been roughly achieved, Gu Yi then fooled Yuan Tan:

"Younger Brother Xiansi, why don't you stay here with me for now."

"Hebei is temporarily not safe for you."

"Ju Shou, Feng Ji, Shen Pei, and others, as local aristocratic families in Hebei, have many people and great power."

"Their suggestions and opinions, even your father has to consider carefully."

"However, their good days will soon come to an end."

"You also know that I cannot pee in the same pot as these Guandong aristocratic families."

"Especially this group of Hebei aristocratic families led by Ju Shou, Shen Pei, and others, they are truly hateful to the extreme!"

"After I send troops to eradicate this group of Hebei aristocratic families, I will send you back to Hebei in a grand manner to become the new master of the four provinces, how about that?"

"Master... master of the four provinces?"

In an instant.

It was as if a huge pie had fallen from the sky, landing exactly and squarely in Yuan Tan's hands.

So much so that his breathing became much tighter.

Master of the four provinces!

This identity was Yuan Tan's dream!

After all.

According to the development trajectory of Yuan Shao's forces in the original history.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and seized Youzhou.

Plus Qingzhou, Bingzhou, and Jizhou, three provinces.

He officially became the master of the four provinces of Hebei.

Therefore, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had long coveted the identity of the heir to Yuan Shao's foundation.

But what Yuan Tan had to admit in his heart was.

The Hebei faction under Yuan Shao was far stronger than the Henan faction.

Besides this, Yuan Shang had the backing of his biological mother Lady Liu's maiden family.

In such a situation, even if Yuan Tan was Yuan Shao's legitimate eldest son, the probability of winning was not very high.

After all.

Coming out to mix, one has to pay attention to strength and background.

If Yuan Tan's biological mother were still alive, he would naturally not need to fear Yuan Shang and Lady Liu.

But now, he couldn't get even a tiny bit of help from his mother's family.

Naturally, he couldn't defeat Yuan Shang, who had the support of the entire Hebei faction!

The original history also proved this point.

Although Yuan Tan had military achievements and even captured Qingzhou for Yuan Shao.

But in the final matter of the heir, Yuan Tan still lost to Yuan Shang.

The root cause was that the Hebei faction behind Yuan Shang was far stronger than the Henan faction.

And not some so-called "Yuan Shao favored his youngest son Yuan Shang."

Actually, the saying "Yuan Shao favored his youngest son Yuan Shang" is very lame.

If Yuan Shao really favored his youngest son Yuan Shang very much.

Then he couldn't have been slow to establish his youngest son Yuan Shang as his heir.

It wasn't until the very last moment of his life, after Yuan Shao had arranged everything properly, that he officially established Yuan Shang as the master of Jizhou.

Note, underline this point here.

Yuan Shao only established Yuan Shang as the "master of Jizhou," not the "master of Hebei."

There is a huge difference between the two.

What is even more thought-provoking is.

Before Yuan Shao passed away, he not only did not deprive his eldest son Yuan Tan of his military power, but instead gave Yuan Tan quite a lot of military power and a high degree of autonomy.

This clearly showed that he was worried that after his death, his youngest son Yuan Shang would want to harm his eldest son Yuan Tan.

Therefore, Yuan Shao tried every means to find excuses to increase the strength of his eldest son Yuan Tan for self-protection!

But it was a pity.

This pit-fellow Yuan Tan never understood his father's love for him from beginning to end, and instead chose to unite with the enemy Cao Cao not long after.

Now.

Yuan Tan became a prisoner.

But after Gu Yi's guidance.

He already hated Yuan Shang, Lady Liu, Ju Shou, Shen Pei, and others to the bone!

In Yuan Tan's view, if it weren't for this group of damn guys, his father Yuan Shao's foundation should have been inherited by him, nailed down!

However.

What Gu Yi said also gave Yuan Tan great hope.

Since the Henan faction supporting him couldn't beat the Hebei faction.

Then it would be better to pull Gu Yi, this foreign aid, over to support himself!

With Gu Yi, this "good brother," as foreign aid, what is there to fear from mere Yuan Shang and Ju Shou and others?

Thinking of this.