I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 299: Just Don't Expand
However, Liu Biao was a mature bureaucrat who had experienced life and death and seen the world. He deeply understood that he could not lose his composure here, and began to further think about what Yuan Shu meant by saying this.

He felt that Yuan Shu did not say this to him for no reason. Yuan Shu must have known the purpose of his visit, so he deliberately spoke in a serious manner.

At this critical moment, what good will it do if the Yuan Group and the Party Group just break up?

What are the benefits for both parties?
The Yuan group was facing a crisis of its ruling status, while the party group was facing a crisis of the possible outbreak of the third Party Persecution. This was definitely not what both sides wanted to see. All of this should not have happened. All the chaos was caused by Zhang Jian and had little to do with the party as a whole.

As far as Liu Biao knew, only a small number of party officials approved of Zhang Jian's attitude, and most people did not approve of Zhang Jian's causing trouble at this time.

The honeymoon period hasn't even ended, and it hasn't even begun yet, but you're already starting to make trouble. How does this serve our overall interests?

So Liu Biao suddenly had a guess in his mind, and he planned to try to take the initiative. If he guessed right, then this problem would be solved.

"Zijia, I certainly understand what you said. Some ministers in the court did behave improperly and said inappropriate things at inappropriate times. I strongly disapprove of this behavior, and many people I know are also very dissatisfied with this behavior and have criticized it.

"In the current situation, the Han Dynasty still has many problems to deal with, and there are constant internal and external troubles. Luoyang is the imperial capital, and under the feet of the emperor, so there really shouldn't be any more trouble. If there are some people who don't understand the situation and insist on causing trouble, we can deal with them, but we must not let the situation escalate. What do you think?"

After saying this, Liu Biao looked at Yuan Shu expectantly.

How could Yuan Shu not understand what Liu Biao meant?
He almost made his cards clear, telling Yuan Shu that the matter regarding Zhang Jian should end here and not expand further. As long as it did not expand further, the issue of how to deal with Zhang Jian would be a drop in the bucket and not important.

It seems that Liu Biao has guessed that the person who launched the public opinion offensive and wanted to depose Zhang Jian was Yuan Shu, and he came here to prove this guess and further judge the purpose of Yuan Shu's doing so. Is it just targeting Zhang Jian, or is there a trend of expansion?
Of course, it would not be escalated. If it was escalated at this time, it would be hard to say how long it would take to clean up the mess and go north to deal with the Xianbei. Moreover, engaging in internal struggles with the party group now would be detrimental to the recovery and development period after the liquidation of the eunuch group's power.

The honeymoon is short but sweet. Even if it will eventually disappear, it existed after all. Why should we give it up?
So Yuan Shu smiled and turned to face Liu Biao.

"Mr. Liu, of course individual bugs will not affect the overall situation. Right now, the rebellions of the Xianbei and Qiang have not been completely quelled, and the remnants of the eunuchs have not been completely cleared up. There are so many important things to do. Luoyang really shouldn't continue to experience any major twists and turns. I completely agree with this.

In fact, if it weren't for some individual insects who took the initiative to provoke the incident, there wouldn't be any complications. At the beginning, in order to attack the Yuan family, the eunuchs probably spread rumors that the Yuan family would join forces with the eunuchs, which attracted a large number of insects in Luoyang City to attack. The Yuan family was in a state of embarrassment for a while. The Yuan family didn't want such a thing to happen again. "

Yuan Shu also told Liu Biao his cards.

After hearing this, Liu Biao was delighted and immediately realized that all his guesses and tests were correct.

This matter was indeed masterminded by Yuan Shu. Everything was not the work of Yuan Feng. It was Yuan Shu who was manipulating it. The target was only Zhang Jian, and there was no intention of expanding the matter.

That's good! That's good!
As long as the goals of both parties are the same and they can reach a tacit understanding, then Zhang Jian is really no big deal.

There is still so much power and so much wealth left over from the demise of the eunuch group that has not been distributed, and so many benefits that have not been obtained. Now you want to make trouble with the people who are wielding the knife to divide the cake?

You will only be happy if someone stabs you in the chest with a cake knife, right?
Now that the tacit understanding has been reached, Liu Biao has nothing to worry about. He relaxes and sighs deeply.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Zijia has grown to this point. It's amazing. In fact, in these years in Maoling Liangzhuang, I and others have heard a lot about Zijia. We are very happy to know that your prestige is getting better day by day.

Your school and your doctrines are likely to become famous in the future. Now you are in power and in a high position. You are still so young, and your future is limitless. I hope you can help me when the time comes!" Liu Biao resumed his smiling face and bowed to Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu found it a little funny that he was so impatient that he didn't care about the age and seniority for the sake of his future.

Where is the gentlemanly demeanor?

But on second thought, Liu Biao might have always been a flexible and adaptable person. He was never a die-hard. He understood very well the underlying logic of the operation of political power. That is why he was able to find a place to survive in the turbulent late Han Dynasty until his death.

As for Zhang Jian...

There is such a huge difference!
After that, the two continued to move forward side by side. Yuan Shu introduced him to many things in the military camp and pointed to the new recruits who had been recruited and were being trained. When Liu Biao saw these high-quality men from Sanhe with majestic and strong figures, he was amazed and praised Yuan Shu for being able to lead a powerful new army.

After a round of flattery, Liu Biao, having achieved his goal, said goodbye to Yuan Shu.

However, before leaving, perhaps because he had a change of heart and still had a conscience, Liu Biao said something to Yuan Shu.

"When you were in Liangzhuang, you may not know it, but Lord Xia and Lord Zhang... Lord Zhang were both quite supportive of your career, praising you for not having to worry about hunger and poverty in Liangzhuang, and for studying your philosophy of mind. They each had some opinions.

They may be a little rigid, but in my personal opinion, just my personal opinion, they are not people who want to do big things. They just deal with things based on facts and want to make changes when they see things that don't suit their wishes.

We are all able to survive under the protection of the Yuan family, and we are grateful for this, very grateful, but everyone may express gratitude in different ways, so... please don't misunderstand too much, Zijia."

After Liu Biao finished speaking, he straightened his crown and clothes, bowed deeply to Yuan Shu, then mounted his horse and rode away.

Looking at Liu Biao's departing back, Yuan Shu sighed slightly.

He believed that what Liu Biao said was true, but the situation was such that he could not afford to be too soft-hearted.

Holding the highest power is a very scary thing, especially since the Yuan family is not a royal family and does not have a very high and unattainable status. In principle, anything that the Yuan family can do, the Ma, Zhang, Wang and Li families can also do as long as they have the strength.

Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, left a talisman for his descendants, called the "White Horse Alliance", which stipulated that only the Liu family could be king, and that if one wanted to become an emperor, one should first be king and then ascend the throne naturally.

Although this is not an unbreakable golden rule, in an ancient society that adheres to a set of traditional values, if you can follow this path, the resistance you face in ascending to the throne will definitely be much less than the resistance you face by directly breaking this set of rules.

Because it is easy to break a set of rules, but it is extremely difficult to rebuild a set of rules, and not everyone can do it.

Liu Bang's move did indeed bring great troubles to the later usurpers in terms of legitimacy and rules.

There are also some obstacles to Yuan Shu's future direction.

(End of this chapter)