I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 141 Their Safe Haven
On other levels, because military issues are sensitive, Yuan Shu did not blatantly openly open military courses in Zhixing Academy.

He pulled out the Yixinhui Security Department and opened a military discipline in the military training ground northeast of Liangzhuang.

In addition to the art of war, what is taught in military disciplines are all the serious training content and tactics of the elite Han army. This team of people is also the foundation for Yuan Shu to deal with the eunuchs and seize power in the future.

As for loyalty, to be honest, Yuan Shu is not worried.

For a leader who marches from one victory to another and possesses a strong reputation, loyalty is not something that needs to be deliberately pursued. As long as he conscientiously does what a leader should do, he will automatically have the most loyalty and the highest authority.

For example, Yuan Shu will provide quarterly living allowances, free housing and food to Yi Xin members, provide them with a better environment for living, working and studying, and give them hope for promotion.

On the spiritual level, we provide them with spiritual food through farmer assistance actions and accountability meetings, which inspires them to become more spiritually enriched and to work hard in a group full of positive energy. This kind of spiritual food supply cannot be provided anywhere else.

In this age when only a very small number of people can move up, everyone's psychological expectations are particularly low.

The so-called advantage of low human rights was particularly evident in the society at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to the extent that Yuan Shu could achieve something and make the whole society grateful to him simply by behaving more like a human being than other superiors.

In addition, Yuan Shu has strong speaking and motivational abilities. The future he described gave everyone such beautiful expectations, and this expectation fascinated everyone.

As for Yuan Shu himself, this top-class nobleman with a superior family background could interact with them in such an approachable manner, which could not be found anywhere else.

Therefore, the Isshinkai organization is becoming more and more attractive to the members who join it.

Unless you are expelled just after joining and cannot integrate from the beginning, there is nothing much to say.

The more I understand this organization, the more I cannot let it go, and the more I cannot return to that cold real world.

So there is an interesting phenomenon in Yi Xin Hui.

Former members who have joined Isshin Club for more than half a year and were expelled for various reasons of violating club rules often feel extremely uncomfortable, anxious, and regretful within a month of leaving, and they desperately want to return to this warm group.

As long as they help farmers and take action here, they will be accepted and can live like human beings. They can speak from their hearts, reflect on themselves, comfort others, or be comforted by others.

After putting on the Isshinkai membership badge, a huge change occurred in my whole person. My mental outlook immediately became different from before, as if I was reborn, and I had a completely different perspective on everything in the past.

The relationship among everyone in Yi Xin Hui is very special and warm. If one person is in trouble, Yi Xin Hui as an organization will definitely lend a helping hand and fulfill its promise to help members face the difficulties together.

Many hands make light work. Many problems that are difficult for one person to deal with can be solved in minutes if a group of people come together to tackle them.

Once you leave here, unless you are born a superior person, you are no longer a human being and will never feel that fascinating warmth again.

Here, they can gain enough emotional value and feel that they are engaged in making the world a better place, but once they leave, it will be difficult to gain the same sense of accomplishment.

Therefore, the longer they join, the more difficult it is for them to give up Yi Xin Hui. If they are expelled for making mistakes, many people cannot accept it. They even kneel collectively at the gate of Liangzhuang, begging to be readmitted.

But Yuan Shu's attitude has never changed.

impossible.

Many people never have the opportunity to change their destiny in their entire lives, but you have it but don’t cherish it and miss the opportunity.

Opportunities only come to those who are prepared. If you don’t prepare carefully, you will miss it and it will never come back.

Not allowing expelled members to rejoin the organization is one of the rules set by Yuan Shu for the Yi Xin Society, and it cannot be changed. This is also one of the reasons why the discipline of the Yi Xin Society has become increasingly strict and its organization has become increasingly perfect.

Only by comparing with these regretful and dying people can we better warn the current members.

This is also the reason why the discipline of Yi Xin Hui has become more civilized since its establishment.

Because Yuan Shu was always strict and uncompromising in his governance of the Yi Xin Hui, the difference between Liang Zhuang under the management of the Yi Xin Hui and the outside world was highlighted.

They abide by the rules, are reasonable, and act according to the regulations. They are meticulous. They collect the taxes they say and give subsidies the subsidies they say. Their rule-abiding appearance dumbfounded the local tenants and refugees from other places.

These people have never known that there are such rule-abiding "officials" in the world, nor do they know that following the rules can ensure one's food and clothing. They also don't know that there is only one set of rules in the world and all other rules are fake.

In Liangzhuang, they could get high-quality farm tools, oxen to help them, and members of the Yixin Society, and they would not be beaten, scolded, or forcibly conscripted or captured. It was only after they were lucky enough to enter Liangzhuang that many refugees finally had a full meal, wore decent clothes, and used farm tools that would not break after a few uses.

So naturally, they were unwilling to leave Liangzhuang and return to that horrible real world.

Liangzhuang is like their safe house, just as Yixinhui is a spiritual haven for its members.

It was precisely because of this observation that Yuan Shu realized the destructive power of the path he was taking in this era. Once conscience and knowledge and action are combined in a collective and effectively implemented...

The power is really huge.

It is precisely because of this confidence that Yuan Shu has more confidence in his subsequent plan to seize power.

He believed that the eunuch forces, which were completely united by interests, would not be his opponent. No matter how many Luoyang garrisons they could mobilize, he and only he would be the one to win in the end.

What's more, the Yuan family has also worked hard at the military level.

After Yuan Wei became one of the Three Dukes, the Yuan family became even more prestigious. Many officials in the court wanted to further establish good relations with the Yuan family. The Yuan family became the most worthy choice and safe haven to serve in this terrifying era.

The closer people were to the eunuchs, the more eager they were to get closer to the Yuan family.

Or perhaps subconsciously, they also believe that eunuchs are unreliable and may lose their power or even their lives at any time.

The Yuan family is reliable.

Zhang Wei, the Lieutenant General of the Imperial Guards, and Chen Ba, the Lieutenant General of the Huben Guards, would visit Yuan Wei's residence and attend a banquet almost every month.

The dove eunuchs represented by Yuan She feasted with Yuan Wei at least three times a month.

Even Cao Jie and Wang Fu took the initiative to give Yuan Wei gifts to maintain superficial harmony.

Yang Ci took the initiative to visit Yuan Feng three times. Yuan Feng ignored him twice. Only on the last occasion did he meet Yang Ci. He pretended to chat and laugh with Yang Ci, and in a trance, they really laughed away their grudges.

Even Yuan Shu was sought to see by the Imperial College doctors and middle and low-level officials in Luoyang City. Although they did not explicitly say they wanted to serve, their intention to curry favor was evident in their words, which made Cheng Li and Jia Xu a little nervous, fearing that their status as Yuan Shu's confidants would be affected.

In addition, Yuan Feng arranged for his cousin Yuan Xun to take up the post of Praefectus Urbi. This armed force was now under his control. Although their combat effectiveness was not strong, they at least controlled the Luoyang arsenal, and might be able to play an important role at a critical moment.

At the level of the Northern Army's five schools, Yuan Shu continued to maintain a good relationship with Dong Xuan, and through Dong Xuan he got to know the Captain of Tunqi and the Captain of Changshui. They had banquets together two or three times, so they became familiar with each other.

These two people also seemed to know how Dong Xuan entered the central military system, so their intention to curry favor with Yuan Shu was quite obvious.

The Yuan plan was progressing so smoothly that Yuan Shu found it a little unbelievable.

But the more this happened, the more Yuan Shu felt it was natural.

Because the Yuan family is so strong.

The family business has been passed down for six generations, and if it is still not so strong after four generations of three officials, then what on earth is the Yuan family doing? What on earth is the sixth generation helmsman doing?
The Zhong family is the most common surname in the world, and its disciples and former officials are all over the country. Eleven of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have former officials and disciples of the Yuan family. They are also a family that inherits the modern Confucian classics, and are an awesome family with noble background.

Things have developed to this point. If they still cannot thrive and be free in the Luoyang court, then what are the Yuan family members doing for a living?
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu couldn't help but feel contempt for the final downfall of the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Your predecessors have laid the foundation for you to this extent, but after all your efforts, you two still failed miserably. What on earth are you doing?
When it was passed down to you, the family business had been passed down for six generations, one generation longer than five generations, but it was overturned by a eunuch who had only made his fortune for two generations. Was it because he was too good at fighting or because you were too incompetent?
With such sighs, time came to May of the fifth year of Jianning.

Emperor Liu Hong issued an edict to change the era name to Xiping, with the fifth year of Jianning as the first year of Xiping, and the Han Empire entered a new era.

The reign title Xiping, like Jianning, has the good meaning of praying for peace and prosperity for the world. However, these reign titles did not have the desired effect, neither did Jianning nor Xiping.

At the end of May in the first year of Xiping, heavy rains fell in the Luoyang area. The rain continued for several days, and the water level in the Luoyang moat rose sharply.

By May 26, the water level was out of control and flooded Luoyang city and surrounding areas, causing a relatively serious flood.

(End of this chapter)