I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 154 This future must be named Yuan and Shu
At the end of July, Yuan Shu secretly returned to Luoyang and first went to Liangzhuang to meet Cheng Li.

During this period of about a month, Yuan Shu closed the door to visitors on the pretext of recuperating, and left all matters to Lu Zhi and Cheng Li. Yixin was able to function normally, and nothing bad happened.

After all, Yuan Shu had rarely appeared in public before because he was in mourning for three years, and the affairs of the Yi Xin Society had long been handled by Lu Zhi, Cheng Li and others, so no one found it strange and just thought that Yuan Shu was really sick.

As long as Yuan Shu shows up from time to time and lets people know he is still there, it is enough to stabilize people's hearts and allow Yi Xin to continue to operate normally.

When Yuan Shu finally returned to Luoyang, Cheng Li's mission was successfully completed. So, Yuan Shu told Cheng Li everything he and Yuan were going to do as agreed.

Cheng Li was a little surprised, but not too shocked.

He quickly accepted this fact and began to ask Yuan Shu some detailed questions.

Yuan Shu was somewhat curious about his performance.

"Zhongde, you are not surprised by this?"

Cheng Li shook his head.

"I do feel a little surprised, but when I think about what you want to do, I am not surprised anymore. The eunuchs are so perverse, and you have such a loyal heart. If you have nothing to do, it would make people feel suspicious.

I have wanted to completely eradicate the eunuchs for a long time, but you have always put the overall situation first. I was worried that you might have concerns, so I did not make any suggestions. Now that you are finally willing to eliminate the eunuchs, I think this is something worth celebrating. "

Yuan Shu was somewhat surprised at Cheng Li's calmness.

Since Cheng Li had no relatives who were persecuted by the eunuchs, he should have been a bystander regarding the Party and Faction Persecution.

But from another perspective, Yuan Shu didn't think this was abnormal.

And it must be said that Yuan Shu more or less felt that the entire Yi Xin Society was actually filled with hatred for the eunuchs' misrule.

Ever since Yuan Shu was first targeted by the eunuchs, there had been voices within the Yi Xin Hui calling for the complete extermination of the eunuchs. However, at first these voices were relatively small, raised by only a few people, and most people remained relatively calm.

But in recent days, such voices have become louder and louder.

Yuan Shu analyzed the reasons behind this and believed that the main reason was that the eunuchs were too selfish when implementing the Party-Faction Policy.

Not only did they hunt down members of the party and gangs, they also persecuted many innocent people and seized their wealth, thus invisibly expanding the number of their enemies.

There were not many people in the Yi Xin Society who were directly involved in the Factions and Factions Persecution, and the few people including Xun You did not constitute the mainstream. However, the eunuchs' exaggerated handling method caused many ordinary people who originally did not care about it to suffer harm.

Many of the Yi Xin members’ clansmen and friends have been persecuted, and they are all more or less angry about this.

Of course, Yuan Shu also believed that he himself was influenced by the eunuchs' targeting, which led to the members of Yi Xin feeling of common hatred against the enemy.

His speculations are certainly reasonable and close to the facts.

But that’s not entirely true.

Due to the fermentation of the collective consciousness that Yuan Shu instilled into the Yi Xin Society, the eunuchs targeted Yuan Shu, attacked Yuan Shu, and harmed Yuan Shu. In the eyes of the Yi Xin Society members, this was persecuting them as a whole and damaging their personal interests.

In the past, they had never developed a collective consciousness beyond family blood ties, and had never felt this deeply.

The most fundamental organizational ceiling in medieval Chinese society was the family established on the basis of blood ties. Even the centralized dynasty itself was an extremely large family. The same patriarchal system was used to govern the country and the family. There were no regular organizations that exceeded this ceiling.

Yuan Shu was the first person to use academic and ideological means to break the barriers of family blood ties and create a regular organization.

This also enabled the people who joined Isshinkai to transcend the sense of family blood ties and develop a clear organizational collective consciousness that transcended this era.

Their sense of identification with this organization is consistent with their sense of identification with their family, and even slightly exceeds it.

Among them, the vast majority have no good prospects, and the vast majority cannot even enter the Imperial College.

Most of them are not from official families, but from local tycoons. They are not valued and have very limited employment prospects in the future. Basically, they will have to live a life with a foreseeable end forever.

If they had stayed in their hometown and had never seen the world, they could have tolerated such a future. But now that they have seen the world and have made comparisons, it is easy for them to develop a yearning for the future.

But according to their original life trajectory, they would not have such a future.

It's like the Thirteen Guardians. Except for the four who came from wealthy families, the other nine were of ordinary origins. According to their original fate, they had no room for advancement and could only return to their hometown to live on their own.

Then, it lingered on in the flames of war at the end of the Han Dynasty and was reduced to ashes.

Even if they could not foresee the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, they could foresee a boring future that was clear to see.

Until Yuan Shu appeared and changed their future.

It was Yuan Shu's sudden appearance that gave them new hope. It was Yuan Shu's commitment and organization that brought them to a different stage and gave them different beliefs. Yuan Shu used a brand-new system of theories to help them sort out the past and the future, and told them that there was a lot to be done in the future!
So Yuan Shu is naturally the only sun in their hearts.

what?
Emperor?

Has the emperor ever given me even one chance?

Sorry, we are not familiar with each other.

Not only did the people of Liangzhou, who were extremely disgusted with the Eastern Han Empire as a whole, think this way, but other members from all over the country were also increasingly inclined to think this way.

The empire gave them nothing, the emperor gave them nothing, and it was Yuan Shu who brought them hope for the future.

Yuan Shu is their light, and Yuan Shu is their entire hope for the future.

As long as Yuan Shu is alive and moving higher and higher, they will have a future.

As long as Yuan Shu is alive and continues to pursue his conscience and integrate knowledge and action, they can see the spiritual reconstruction of scholars and the vitality of all things.

Yuanshu is not only a guarantee of their future, but also a symbol of their ideals.

Are you targeting Yuan Shu?
To the leaders who lead us forward?

Then you can go die.

The attitude towards eunuchs within the Yi Xin Society was surprisingly consistent, and the Thirteen Guardians were the most radical of the radicals, expressing their extreme hatred for eunuchs on many occasions in internal meetings.

Yuan Shu believed that this was more due to the influence of the Party and Factions Persecution, but he did not realize that the dominant factor here was that he, as a leader, was targeted by the eunuchs many times and put in danger.

Not to mention them, even Lu Zhi, who was the most loyal and patriotic person at the beginning, became different under the influence of this organization day after day.

Ever since the arduous Battle of Maoling, Lu Zhi had doubts about the court dominated by eunuchs, and questioned whether this court could represent and lead the Han Dynasty.

He originally thought that things would get better with a new emperor, but after a new emperor was born, the situation became worse and the court became even more inhumane, which greatly disappointed Lu Zhi.

What he witnessed afterwards made him extremely disappointed, especially the flood incident this time. The court did nothing, and it was Yuan Shu who saved people at all costs under tremendous pressure.

Under tremendous pressure and in an unfavorable political situation, Yuan Shu remained true to his original aspirations and was willing to take on major political risks in order to implement the school's purpose of pursuing conscience and integrating knowledge and action.

He always does what he says!

A true gentleman!
Yuan Shu!

From that moment on, the balance in Lu Zhi's heart completely tilted towards Yuan Shu, rather than anyone else.

Yuan Shu is a man of his words, a man of conscience, and a man full of hope.

If the Han Dynasty has a future, then this future must be named Yuan Shu.

Because of Yuan Shu's influence and control over the Yi Xin Society, as well as the strong organization and discipline within the Yi Xin Society, Yuan Shu himself did not realize this very deeply.

He could feel the respect that the members of the organization had for him, and he could feel that he had a high degree of control over the organization.

But it was precisely this high degree of organization and discipline that made him unclear about the fanatical tendencies within the organization.

As a thriving organization, Yi Xin Hui was not only highly organized and disciplined, but also possessed the natural fanatical worship and bellicosity that resulted from the influence of the original society at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is just because Yi Xin Hui also has a profound academic background, and this fanaticism and bellicosity is usually presented in the form of debates under the leadership of Yuan Shu, so it looks more rational.

But as long as Yuan Shu, as the leader, raises his arm and announces that he will change the way of struggle from magic bombardment to physical debate, then this organization will go through fire and water for him and will follow him to wield the ring-handled sword and send the insects of Luoyang to the sky.

This has to be said to be an interesting phenomenon.

So when Cheng Li expressed his quick understanding and acceptance of the whole thing, Yuan Shu was a little surprised.

But he didn't think much about it, thinking that this was the attitude that Cheng Li should have as his confidant.

So he told Cheng Li what he knew so far and the preparations Yuan had made privately.

When Cheng Li learned that Yuan Shu had already set the goal with Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei several months ago and had been preparing for it, he rarely felt a little bit of resentment.

"You have done so much, but you didn't tell us. Is it because you don't trust us enough? Is there something we haven't done well enough? What is wrong that makes you think we are not worthy of your trust?"

(End of this chapter)