I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 127 What's Wrong with Making Some Requests?
Yuan Feng was a little curious when he saw Yuan Shu's choice.

"The Jingzhao Du family is quite powerful in Guanzhong, but after leaving Guanzhong, they no longer have much influence. They also lack famous scholars among the Han scholars. Why did my son choose this family?"

Yuan Shu nodded.

"Father is right. The Du family does lack much influence. But I will establish myself in Guanzhong in the future and set up the Yuan family. When I first start building my family, my foundation is shallow. If I can get help from the big families and join forces, I can naturally gain a firm foothold faster and take root in Guanzhong. This is one of the benefits.

As for the lack of well-known scholars, I am a well-known scholar myself, so why do I need more well-known scholars to help me? Compared with Confucianism, I hope to get help in practical matters. It is more important to have more help in Guanzhong. "

Yuan Feng stroked his beard and nodded slowly.

"That makes sense... But, my son, what do you think of Guanzhong?"

"I think it is very important to revive Guanzhong. Not to mention restoring it to the state before the Restoration, at least it should not be so desolate. After all, it was once a land of abundance. How could it decline to this extent?"

Yuan Shu shook his head and said, "Guanzhong is in an important location, connecting the Western Regions, Bashu, Dongqiang and Southern Xiongnu. It is an important transportation hub and an important trade route. It also has thousands of miles of fertile land. If it can be revived, my sect and all the people in Guanzhong will benefit. Why not do it?
More importantly, father, Yuan's future goal is no longer to be on the defensive like before, but to take the initiative, occupy a major position in the court, and hold greater power. Offense and defense are two completely different things and cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

The Yuan family has Runan as their ancestral home, but father, the entire Guandong area has a large population and abundant resources, and the Yuan family owns a large amount of land. This is true, but there are many clans and noble families in Guandong, so how can the Yuan family decide everything?

There are too many noble families in Kanto, each with their own thoughts and ideas. When they are on the defensive, they can still deal with danger together. Once they are on the offensive, different goals of each family and clan will emerge. At that time, bad things will definitely happen. We can add icing on the cake, but we cannot provide timely help.

But it is different in Guanzhong. It is true that there are few people and it is desolate, but this also means that there are no large aristocratic families living here. If you want to get things done and control things, there are not many constraints. The Du family is one of the most powerful families in Guanzhong, but compared with the many big families in Yingchuan, Runan and Nanyang, they are far behind.

The Yuan family is very famous in Guandong, but how many people really respect the Yuan family? My father saw this very clearly during this incident. However, it is different in Guanzhong. The power of the Guanzhong nobles is not as strong as that of the Yuan family, so it is not difficult to suppress them. "

Yuan Feng frowned, thought about it along Yuan Shu's line of thought, and then realized that what Yuan Shu said made sense.

The Yuan family's current goal is no longer to develop in a humble manner, but to participate in the struggle for the highest power, to disintegrate the eunuch regime, and to depose and enthrone emperors. This is a very deadly matter. If you are not careful, you will lose everything.

There are many clans in Guandong, and everyone has their own plans and schemes. Although the Yuan family is powerful, it cannot completely dominate the situation in Guandong, even with the addition of a powerful family.

If the Yuan family really established themselves in Luoyang and looked at the world, they might have to make different plans for Guandong.

Just as Yuan Shu said, Guanzhong's economy is not good and the population is small, so even if there are powerful families, their scale and influence are far less than those of Guandong, so it would not be difficult to fully control them.

It would be very meaningful if we could gain a foothold in Guanzhong through marriage, and then develop Guanzhong according to Yuan Shu's ideas, lay a solid foundation in Guanzhong, and make Guanzhong the rear base and base of the Yuan family.

With such a logistics base and headquarters, the Yuan family is invincible. They dominate the Qin and Han dynasties and overlook Guandong. They intimidate the world with their powerful army. How dare the weak Guandong insects act rashly?

If they dare, Yuan’s armed forces will set out immediately and send them to the sky one by one with ring-handled swords and spears!
Thinking of this, Yuan Feng was very happy, and kept praising Yuan Shu as an excellent talent who would achieve great things in the future.

Yuan Feng even vaguely felt that if his son could become emperor, he would definitely be able to bring the country to an extremely powerful level, perhaps even far surpassing the Han Dynasty.

But the thought was just a fleeting thought.

He still has a typical Han minister's thinking.

After some discussion, Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu decided to contact the people from the Jingzhao Du family first to see what kind of person they would arrange to marry Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu will list some requirements, which must be met.

For example, she must be beautiful and have a good figure. Not to mention being a beauty beyond compare, but also having to be stunningly beautiful. That way, even if their relationship is average in the future, Yuan Shu will not feel that their married life is dull and boring just by looking at that beautiful face.

Moreover, she must be the legitimate daughter of the family, and her father or other male relatives must have enough say in the family. She cannot just find some random person to marry the famous Yuan. That is absolutely not possible.

Then she must be proficient in needlework, be able to take care of people, and do housework. She must also be tolerant and generous in character, not petty and narrow-minded. It would be best if she has been educated and have a certain amount of knowledge.

Yuan Shu made many requests, and he had no intention of treating himself unfairly on this issue.

This is not something I want to do in the first place. I have to make sacrifices for my family and my great cause. What's wrong with making some requests?
Yuan Feng also wanted to educate Yuan Shu, telling him what it meant to marry a virtuous wife and the necessity of a good family background. He wanted to teach him that his wife's appearance was not the most important, but her family background and origin were the most important.

But Yuan Shu refused to compromise. There are only a few people in the country who are as qualified as me. I am a top scholar and a young master. I have such a high status and such a bright future. Am I not worthy of a top woman?

It's good that she has an interesting and harmonious soul, but if her appearance is not high-end enough, I have no interest in getting to know her interesting soul!
I won’t get married if my requirements are not met!

Yuan Shu adopted an attitude of non-violent non-cooperation and was very firm and unshakable.

Yuan Feng had no choice but to compromise and find the woman of his dreams according to Yuan Shu's request.

In fact, it should be said that given Yuan Shu's status and power, it is not excessive to make such a request.

Yuan Feng did not take it too seriously and sent someone to contact Du, informing him of Yuan's intentions and Yuan Shu's request, allowing Du to make his own choice and take action and give him a reply as soon as possible.

Although Yuan Shu was not very happy about this incident, it did serve as a reminder to him. So he arranged for Xu Chong to go on a business trip to Maoling to pick up Xiuxiu and his two little maids for a reunion.

When they came to Luoyang before, the three of them wanted to come along and serve Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu felt that the future was uncertain and Luoyang was dangerous, so he did not agree. But now that the dust has settled and the overall situation has been decided, the three of them can come.

The main reason is that Yuan Shu found that his body had developed quite well during this period, especially after the dust settled on this public opinion storm. He no longer needed to use all his energy and physical strength on important matters, but could only use them on development.

The hardest part of his body is not his mouth, nor even his hard muscles.

He had previously observed three years of mourning for Ma Rong, and he had also stayed away from women for three years, fulfilling his promise.

After the mourning period was over, Yuan Shu had to manage the development of the Yi Xin Society, guard against possible sneak attacks by eunuchs, recruit disciples, interview, assess, and give speeches. He was so busy that he had no time to rest, and all his energy was put into this.

After finally dealing with all the things that had been piling up for three years, the eunuchs became restless again and he was plotted against. He came to Luoyang to do his business again, and then he punched the Nanshan Nursing Home and kicked the Beihai Kindergarten, and was invincible in Luoyang.

It was not until this time that he was finally able to stop and rest, and finally had time to think about his own affairs.

He felt that he was too hard-working and too upright.

The other young masters are now indulging themselves in some woman or some transvestite's belly, but I am here worrying about national affairs and working hard for the future of this country and this nation. Compared with those guys, I am simply a saint!
But even a saint cannot mistreat himself!

It's impossible to travel around for half your life and then come back as a child, right?

Yuan is really not that kind of person!

Therefore, before he got married, he had to comfort his soul first, otherwise he would always find it difficult to calm down in the middle of the night.

After dealing with his own personal problems, Yuan Shu felt that it was time to move the main body of the Yi Xin Society to Luoyang. From now on, the Yi Xin Society would be run with Luoyang as the center. The headquarters at the foot of Shouyang Mountain was where Yuan Shu’s dream began!

Of course, the main reason was that there were too many things to do in building and developing the Yi Xin Society, and his most capable assistants were still in Maoling and had not come. He was too busy to handle all of them by himself.

He urgently needed capable assistants such as Lu Zhi to share the pressure.

Therefore, Xu Chong not only had to bring Xiuxiu over to reunite with Yuan Shu, but also had to pass the message to Lu Zhi, asking Lu Zhi and others to make preparations and come to Luoyang in batches.

Yes, come in batches, this is very important.

The Yi Xin Society has 5,000 members and 3,000 disciples, a total of 8,000 people. With so many people coming from Guanzhong in a mighty manner, accompanied by a large number of carriages and horses, the target is really too big and too eye-catching.

Those who didn’t know would have thought that Yuan Shu was going to launch an expedition to Luoyang.

Yuan Shu didn't want to attract so much attention.

So he arranged for Lu Zhi and others to come in eight batches, and they should not wear uniform clothes, try to be low-key and not attract too much attention.

(End of this chapter)