I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 123 Zhang Hong, You Are a Very Lucky Person
While Yuan Shu was taking active action, Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei were not idle either.

They also finished their own tasks separately, connected with the major families and doctors, urged them to complete the delivery of the exchange of interests, and made sure that they paid all the promised compensation.

Once the compensation is in place, it will be time for Yuan to announce the reconciliation with them.

Before that, in order to prevent them from going back on their words, Yuan Shu will continue to give speeches, teach, and recruit members of the Yi Xin Society, continuing to put pressure on them and forcing them to act faster.

Yuan Shu said - I will never promise not to actively use verbal attacks!
I will always reserve the right to initiate verbal attacks!
Are you unhappy with me?

Come and debate with me!

How could these guys with big families and rich fortunes dare to debate like those students who have nothing?

Han Zong’s previous experience is right in front of us!

By the way, speaking of Han Zong, this guy is also in a miserable state.

Yuan Feng took him as an example and punished him severely to serve as a warning to others.

Yuan Feng announced to the public that it was Yuan Shu who suggested that the Yuan family should be more tolerant towards scholars, so they did not pursue the responsibility of more people. However, this does not mean that the Yuan family did not have the ability to take things to the extreme.

Yuan fully mobilized his political resources, and soon Han Zong lost his position as Doctor of the Imperial College. His school was officially expelled and disbanded, and all his students and disciples were sent away to find their own places.

After Han Zong was dismissed from his position as Doctor of the Imperial College, he was also required to never return to Luoyang and to forever lose the ability to recruit disciples and pass on knowledge. If he disobeyed, Yuan reserved the right to continue to hold him accountable.

Han Zong was slapped into the abyss and could not get up again.

One hour after Yu Yuan announced it, that is, at noon on the third day of June in the fourth year of Jianning, Han Zong's entire family was driven out of Luoyang City and disappeared from everyone's sight forever.

No one dared to see him off, no one dared to bring bad luck to the Yuan family. Even those who had a good relationship with him did not dare to see him off. His disciples were all silent, and did not dare to have any more involvement with him.

Except for one person.

Zhang Hong, a native of Guangling, saw Han Zong off outside the south gate of the Imperial College. He paid homage to Han Zong three times and ignored the strange looks from others.

This incident caused a lot of discussion, and Zhang Hong himself was ostracized and treated strangely in the Imperial Academy. No one wanted to associate with him, and no doctor was willing to accept his advice. His situation in the Imperial Academy became worse and worse.

But at this time, Zhang Hong did something very surprising.

He applied to join the Isshinkai.

Yuan Shu learned the news and became very interested. He asked about the outcome of the matter and learned that Zhang Hong was driven out of the Yi Xin Hui registration office and was not accepted.

Yuan Shu thought about it for a moment and ordered Xu Chong to bring Zhang Hong to him.

So the seventeen-year-old Zhang Hong was brought to Yuan Shu by Xu Chong.

"Han Zong has a bad character and even less academic ability. He spoke ill of me and Yuan without knowing the full story. This is despicable. You are no longer his disciple, so why did you send him off? Are you deliberately making an enemy of me? Then why did you apply to join the Yi Xin Society? Are you waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?"

Zhang Hong faced Yuan Shu with neither servility nor overbearingness. After paying his respects, he began to talk freely.

"People have their own opinions on what Mr. Han did, but Hong received his teachings and must not violate the ethics of teachers and students based on other people's opinions. Even if Mr. Han made a thousand mistakes, he was still Hong's mentor. Hong saw him off at the time of parting, and Hong thought there was nothing wrong with that."

Yuan Shu smiled.

"Han Zong has become a target of public criticism in Luoyang and the Imperial Academy, and the school has been disbanded. You are no longer his disciple, so why did you do this? After doing this, you ran into obstacles everywhere in the Imperial Academy and were ridiculed by others. Even so, don't you regret what you did?"

Zhang Hong shook his head.

"Since we are no longer teacher and student, we will never meet again in this life. I bid you farewell to thank you for your kindness. This is Hong's conscience. I act according to my conscience and don't care about the opinions of others. I insist on following the path of conscience. Hong does not think that I am wrong and will not regret it. If we meet again in the future, Hong will still follow the etiquette of a disciple and will not overstep the mark."

Yuan Shu's eyes lit up.

"Zhang Hong, do you know about the School of Mind? Have you ever listened to my lectures?"

“I’ve heard it, and I’ve also taught myself.”

Zhang Hong bowed and said, "Mr. Yuan has a broad mind. His works, Mengzi Jiegu and Zhixing Lun, are both complete in meaning, well-punctuated, and fully annotated. Reading them is effortless. After reading them once, I can roughly understand the main idea. After reading them twice or three times, the idea of conscience is already in my heart. After reading them four or five times, I am already impressed by Mr. Yuan as a person."

Yuan Shu became even more interested.

"So, your application to join the Isshin Society was not out of helplessness? Rather, you truly agree with the philosophy of the School of Mind?"

Zhang Hong nodded decisively.

"Hong has had this intention for a long time, but I have already learned from my teacher, so it is not convenient for me to join. Now that Master Han has passed away and the school no longer exists, Hong has regained his freedom and should follow his heart. Therefore, I apply to join the Yixin Society, hoping to further study the mind in the future."

Xu Chong, who was standing aside and monitoring Zhang Hong, looked disdainful after hearing these words.

"It sounds nice, but it's all nonsense, Boss. I don't think this guy is honest. He waits for the results to be confirmed before doing anything. Isn't he the kind of fence-sitter you mentioned? He didn't help you when you were in trouble. Now that the dust has settled, he wants to switch to Yi Xin Hui. How can such a good thing happen?" Zhang Hong didn't say anything, but just looked at Yuan Shu with a calm expression.

Yuan Shu smiled.

"Chong, a fence-sitter, how could he go to see Han Zong off alone when no one else dared to do so? Besides, I didn't see him come to debate with me when I was in trouble. He didn't add insult to injury or bully the minority with his numbers. When the dust settled, he didn't betray his teacher. He acted according to his conscience. He is definitely not a fence-sitter."

Xu Chong was still dissatisfied.

"Boss, don't be fooled by his sweet words. In my opinion, just throw him out!"

Yuan Shu did not reply, but stood up, walked to Zhang Hong and patted Zhang Hong on the shoulder.

"Zhang Hong, you are a very lucky person."

Zhang Hong was a little confused.

"What do you mean, Yuan Jun?"

Yuan Shu smiled.

"You are lucky that I know what you have done. You are also lucky that I know your name and hometown. Without these prerequisites, I would not meet you, and you would not have the opportunity to join the Isshin Society and prove yourself."

When Zhang Hong heard this, he was confused at first, and then surprised.

"Mr. Yuan, what do you mean?"

Yuan Shu reached out and picked up a bamboo slip and handed it to him.

"Take this bamboo slip to the Yi Xin Hui registration office to register, and then follow the others to attend the interview. As for whether you can pass and whether you can make a career in Yi Xin Hui in the future, it depends on your own ability and luck."

Zhang Hong took the bamboo slips, stared at them for a while, his expression becoming more resolute.

Then he bowed deeply to Yuan Shu, turned around and left quickly.

Xu Chong looked at his departing back, very puzzled.

"Boss, this kind of person should be driven away. Why do you want to keep him? If you give him the bamboo slips, isn't that the same as guaranteeing his admission into the Yi Xin Society? I think this person is unreliable."

Yuan Shu looked at Xu Chong, then at Zhang Hong's back.

"So I say he's lucky that I know his name and hometown, as well as what he did. So I'll give him a chance no matter what, otherwise I'll regret it."

"what?"

Xu Chong looked puzzled.

But Yuan Shu had no intention of continuing to explain.

The incident involving Zhang Hong was just a small episode and Yuan Shu did not care too much about it. He just gave Zhang Hong another chance. As for the rest, it depended on his own luck.

More and more people in Luoyang are willing to join Yi Xin Hui. The number of registered people has exceeded 10,000, and more than 1,000 people have passed the interview and joined Yi Xin Hui.

As for the rest, those who are willing to join the Yuan family's school of psychology can join and become a disciple. Those who do not want to join will be allowed to leave freely. Everything that follows will be carried out in accordance with the established rules of Yi Xin Hui.

The Yixin Society is actually the core of Yuan Shu's power, and the so-called Yuan's School of Mind is equivalent to the peripheral organization of the Yixin Society and is also an organization for training members of the Yixin Society.

Unless one performs well in the interview and is qualified to join the Yi Xin Society, he or she can join the Society on the spot. Others must receive preliminary education in the Yuan family's School of Mind, and then pass further assessments before being allowed to join the Yi Xin Society.

In the school of mind studies, there is also a distinction between disciples and apprentices. Disciples are the new disciples as soon as they come in, while apprentices need to undergo many tests before they can successfully upgrade.

Although both disciples and apprentices can take part in the Yi Xin Society assessment and have the possibility of joining the Yi Xin Society, the probability of a disciple passing is obviously higher than that of a disciple.

With such a screening mechanism, not only can better people be selected to join the Yixin Society, but also some weaklings who have no perseverance, weak willpower, or those who just come here to join in the fun can be screened out.

There are several thresholds in a row, which can help Yuan Shu filter out most of the idlers and poor students. As for whether it can filter out the scum...

Yuan Shu could only say that if there was a selection mechanism in the world that could filter out scum and operate on a large scale, then there would be no need for rules to exist.

Yuan Shu didn't care about other things. The construction of Yi Xin Hui was very important, but it was not everything to him.

Under the supervision of Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei, the compensations from the major scholar families and forces have arrived one after another, and the remaining ones that have not arrived have been confirmed to be in transit.

Yuan Shu even obtained a large number of land deeds, and obtained a total of 52 hectares of land in Luoyang area from these forces, which were basically concentrated in the northeast.

Moreover, some of the land even had tenants, which meant that the entire farm was completely packaged and given to Yuan Shu, as a way of expressing the families' sincere "regret."

(End of this chapter)