I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 168 I joined him

Yuan Shu suddenly felt as if ten thousand alpacas were galloping through his heart.

What the hell is going on?
"Is this the reason why your brother is willing to serve me?"

"Isn't this enough?"

Duan Wei shook his head and said, "After you left yesterday, my brother found out what happened and found out it was a misunderstanding. He then severely punished the offenders and executed them. Then he went to find Wang Fu, hoping that Wang Fu could help him.

After all, the 24 million you need is too large a sum of money, and your brother can't afford it, so you go to beg Wang Fu. As a result, Wang Fu just blames your brother and orders him not to make things difficult for you. As for the money, he finally only agrees to give 10 million.

This was something that my brother did for Wang Fu. The former Inspector of the Capital Region simply pretended to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them and did not try his best. My brother tried his best for Wang Fu and offended many people, but ended up like this. Wang Fu has a lot of property, and 24 million is nothing to him.

In the end, he was only willing to pay 10 million, which means that in his eyes, my brother is only worth 10 million. Then my brother has reason to believe that if something happens in the future, Wang Fu will sell him out for only 10 million. In this case, how can my brother still trust Wang Fu?"

"So Duan Ying came to find me?"

Yuan Shu laughed a few times and shook his head, saying, "This reason is not convincing. If I agree, doesn't it mean that he is only worth 24 million to me? If someone offers more than this price in the future, I can sell him out. Isn't this the same principle?
"He will have his own considerations in the future. If he encounters the same thing, he will also betray the original agreement at this critical moment. How can I trust him? If he can betray Wang Fu today, he can betray me tomorrow. Don't I understand this truth?"

Duan Wei smiled.

"Mr. Yuan, this is wrong. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good minister chooses a master to serve. When you meet a master you can serve, you will naturally be wholeheartedly loyal to him. When you meet a master you cannot serve, you will be deceived for a while, and then find that you want to leave, but you can't. There is no such thing in the world.

Moreover, the reason why my brother joined the eunuch was not because the eunuch was kind-hearted. My brother also spent a lot of money to win Wang Fu's favor, so he was able to join Wang Fu. Over the years, my brother has given Wang Fu gifts worth more than tens of millions? But Wang Fu couldn't even help with such a small matter.

"My brother worked hard for him, but he treated me like nothing. If this happened, my brother would be disappointed. If this happened to you, wouldn't you be disappointed? The master can choose his subordinates, and the subordinates can choose their master. Isn't this right?"

Yuan Shu looked at Duan Wei, was silent for a while, and began to pace slowly again.

To be fair, what Duan Wei said made sense. If this was the case, then it was not unreasonable for Duan Xing to want to jump off the pirate ship. If it were me, I would definitely want to jump off too.

Duan Xing was from Liangzhou and had offended too many scholars from Guandong. Without a strong backer, it was almost impossible for him to gain a foothold in Luoyang. He was lucky to have a good ending.

Therefore, it definitely makes sense for him to want to change his allegiance.

Based on the principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, the focus of the current issue is not the fact that Duan Yu wants to jump ship, but what kind of benefits and risks this incident will bring to Yuan Shu.

If Duan Yu was really accepted, there would definitely be some adjustment period for both parties at the beginning, and this matter would probably not be made public at the beginning. Both parties would have some tentative thoughts and would not be really honest with each other.

But when it comes time to do something, this kind of relationship will definitely be exposed.

For example, when the Yuan family was about to launch an attack on the eunuch regime, if Duan Xing decided to join, his 1,200 armed forces would definitely provide significant assistance to the Yuan family.

Let him temporarily act as a deep-water wolf and lurk on Wang Fu's side to provide information, which means that the eunuchs' side is completely transparent to the Yuan family, which will definitely be of great help for future major events.

As for the drawbacks…

It was nothing more than his identity as a Liangzhou native and his countless black history, which made the Guandong scholars extremely disgusted and would become an important political liability for the Yuan family, affecting the Yuan family's reputation.

This was detrimental to the situation in which the Yuan family dominated the government after the coup.

However, from this perspective, if the cooperation was really achieved, then Duan Xing would in a sense be Yuan's "lone minister" after the coup. He would fight wherever Yuan pointed, because he would never be accepted by other forces again.

Or in other words, this possibility will be greatly reduced.

By that time, Duan Xing would become a sharp blade in the hands of the Yuan family, or in other words, a sharp blade in the hands of Yuan himself, who could do some shady things for him and eliminate some people who must be eliminated.

And attract hatred and firepower.

By the end...

Hehehe.

In general, Duan Xing is a sharp blade, but this blade has some ideas of its own, and it places too much emphasis on practical interests and has no loyalty. If you use the right method, you can control him well, but if you don't have a good method, you will be harmed by it.

For example, Wang Fu.

When Yuan Shu thought of this, he had an idea in his mind.

He looked at Duan Wei.

"Mr. Duan, I need an accurate answer. Does your brother want to serve me or the Yuan family?"

Duan Wei felt a little strange.

"Is there any difference?" "For now, there is no difference, but there will be a difference in the future. After all, I am not the only descendant of the Yuan family."

Yuan Shu smiled and said, “But I have to say that I am the only one who will truly accept people from Liangzhou as my subordinates. This can be proved by my more than 3,000 Liangzhou disciples. Apart from them, other people in the Yuan family are not like this.

Including my father, they allowed the existence of Liangzhou people only for my sake. They did not value Liangzhou people and did not recognize the value of Liangzhou. But I am different. I recognize the value of Liangzhou and will not look down on Liangzhou people. "

Duan Wei understood what Yuan Shu meant.

Yuan Shu hopes that Duan Xing will become his, Yuan Shu's, rather than the Yuan family's. He wants Duan Xing to connect directly with Yuan Shu himself, rather than the Yuan family.

Yuan Shu currently holds no official position and is only seventeen years old, still a minor.

This is his biggest disadvantage.

Other than that, it's all advantages.

After thinking carefully, Duan Wei gave an answer.

"I am willing, but I don't know what your brother thinks. This matter is quite serious. Can I go back and ask your brother for his opinion?"

"Okay, but you only have one day."

Yuan Shu nodded and said, "I hope to get an accurate reply. Of course, if Captain Duan insists on joining my father or my third uncle, then I can also introduce him to him."

Duan Wei nodded.

After leaving, he quickly brought the news to Duan Xing, who frowned after hearing it.

"Why did he emphasize so much whether it was him or the Yuan family? Is there a grudge between him and the Yuan family?"

"I don't know about this. I haven't heard any related rumors."

Duan Wei shook his head and said, "Logically speaking, the Yuan family would not treat him badly if they had such an outstanding son. They would definitely provide him with great help. He said this perhaps because he is the second son, not the eldest son, so he asked this question."

"That does make some sense."

Duan Yu nodded and said, "He is the second son, not the eldest son. In the future, the main body of the Runan Yuan family will definitely be inherited by the eldest son, and he cannot inherit everything...

This is interesting. He wants Duan to be his lackey instead of the Yuan family's lackey... Zhongming, what do you think of Yuan Shu's future?"

Duan Wei thought about it.

"Yuan Shu is a man of great talent. Even though he is not yet an official of age, he already has great influence, nearly 20,000 students, and his own doctrines. His future is immeasurable. In comparison, Yuan Ji is a bit mediocre.

This person follows the routine and does not seem to have any talent. Even if Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei die in the future and Yuan Ji inherits the main body of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu will not necessarily lose to Yuan Ji, and may even surpass Yuan Ji. "

"More than just transcendence?"

Duan Xing sneered, "He is not even an official yet, not even an adult yet, yet he dares to let someone like me who has been through many battles be his lackey. He seems to have the confidence to control me. This really makes me a little interested."

After a pause, Duan Ying seemed to have made up his mind.

"Zhongming, go tell Yuan Shu that I have agreed. I am serving him, not the Yuan family."

"Brother, this... is not a trivial matter."

"I know this is not a trivial matter, but if he still has confidence, don't I have it too?"

Duan Yu snorted coldly and said slowly, "I want to see how capable this guy is to dare to recruit me as his lackey. If he can really convince me, I will be his lackey! After all, he comes from a family of three officials for four generations, which is much better than Wang Fu, right?"

"That's true..."

"They are all lackeys. It is better to work for the nobles than for the eunuchs."

Duan Xing waved his hand and said, "Go ahead and tell Yuan Shu that I agree. Ask him how he can arrange for me, what he can ask of me, and what promises he can make to me."

"I see."

Duan Wei nodded, and seeing that it was not late yet, he did not wait until the next day and left Luoyang City directly, thinking that if he really didn't have time, he could just rest for a night in Liangzhuang.

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