I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 90 Yuan Shu's Conjecture (Additional chapter for the leader of the alliance, Yi Le Banzhang)
After seeing Chunyu Deng off and returning home, Yuan Wei looked at Yuan Feng who was so excited. For some reason, he felt that in addition to the excitement, there was also a vague sense of uneasiness in his heart.

He shared his anxiety with Yuan Feng.

"If Yuan She hadn't told me this, I would have felt a little uneasy. Although Chun Yu Deng had close ties with Yuan She, but..."

"It's not necessarily true what Yuan She said. Just as Chun Yudeng said, can we find another fifteen-year-old scripture teacher in the entire Han Dynasty?"

Yuan Feng was so happy that he almost lost his usual caution.

Yuan Wei thought about it and felt that Yuan Feng's idea was indeed reasonable. His nephew was indeed very, very outstanding, to the point of being astonishingly outstanding.

but……

His philosophy of mind has not been officially recognized, and he is also good at ancient text classics, not modern text classics. I feel that letting him enter the palace as a tutor would cause some controversy...

However, Yuan Wei changed his mind and felt that this was not a big deal. Even if there were some disputes, with the power of the Yuan family, they could definitely handle it!
Even if we mobilize the entire Luoyang to speak well of Yuan Shu, it will definitely be possible.

Can people from other families be compared with those from the Yuan family?
Can't compare!
So he said nothing more, and Yuan Feng's letter was quickly sent to Youfufeng.

Yuan Shu received this letter at the beginning of the fourth year of Jianning. At the same time, he also received the news sent by Jia Xu from Luoyang.

He first read the letter Yuan Feng wrote to him, which said that the emperor intended to select him as a tutor and asked him to take care of everything in Youfufeng. He should set off for Luoyang as soon as possible to get the position of tutor. Then both the Runan Yuan family and the future Fufeng Yuan family would be secure!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! My dear son, please come quickly!

The excitement in Yuan Feng's letter was beyond words. Even across such a long distance, that excitement could still be conveyed through words, which surprised Yuan Shu a little.

When did that calm, cautious cheap dad become so emotional?
Could it be that caring too much really causes confusion?

But if this is true, it's quite interesting.

Letting himself get close to Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, isn't that equivalent to giving himself the opportunity to brainwash Liu Hong?
Would those eunuchs really allow this to happen?
Or is it that this group of desperate illiterates simply do not understand the power of knowledge and culture?
With doubts, Yuan Shu read the second letter sent by Jia Xu.

This letter is short, but its content is very important.

When Jia Xu learned about this matter in the Secretariat, he was happy at first, thinking that Yuan Shu was going to come to Luoyang and would step onto a higher stage. He was very excited. However, during a drinking party with his colleagues, he accidentally heard from a drunken colleague that this matter seemed to be promoted by the eunuchs Cao Jie and Duan Gui.

Jia Xu hadn't reacted at that time until another drunken colleague blurted out a sentence to remind him.

"I heard before that Minister Cao and Minister Yuan seemed to be at odds and had clashed several times. Why did Minister Cao take such good care of Yuan this time? Did Yuan spend a lot of money?"

The Secretariat was originally the preserve of scholar-official forces, but after the two Factional Persecutions, a large number of scholar-official factions were labeled as partisans and demoted. Those who were able to stay or those who were recently filled in all had connections and backgrounds.

Some of them have connections with powerful academic families such as the Yuan and Yang families.

Another group of people are purely "eunuch flatterers" who have obtained passes from the Secretariat and specifically serve the eunuchs.

So at this moment, the Shangshu Tai really became a distribution center for palace news. It was easy to get some fresh news that was unknown to the outside world. Jia Xu, who was in the middle of it, learned a lot of palace secrets and often passed the news to Yuan Shu, who praised him highly.

And this time, it's no exception.

He was alert at the time and listened to these colleagues who had close ties with the eunuchs talking about the gossip about the conflict between Cao Jie and Yuan She. Then, he remembered that he had heard before that Duan Gui and Hou Lan were from the same hometown.

Alarm bells suddenly rang in his heart. He wanted to inform Yuan Feng, but found it was too late. He could only pass the message to Yuan Shu immediately, asking Yuan Shu to be careful. There might be something fishy about this matter, but Jia Xu could not judge what the fishy thing was.

After putting down Jia Xu's letter, Yuan Shu fell into deep thought.

The information we got from my dad shouldn’t be false. My dad is also a veteran in palace fighting and has rich political experience. What kind of storms has he not seen?

The fact that he was so excited proved that it was true. The emperor did want to choose a tutor and was indeed interested in him. It was also true that Emperor Huan wanted to summon him before his death.

To some extent, I have indeed entered the top leadership's field of vision and have acquired a certain amount of weight.

But this matter was pushed forward by Cao Jie and Duan Gui.

Yuan Shu also knew that Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei used the power of the Yuan family to make a name for themselves. This was a normal practice. The children of other big families who had no practical talents were all making names for themselves, so why couldn't he, who had real talents and knowledge, become famous?
But the problem is that Cao Jie and Duan Gui, two people who obviously should not be friendly to the Yuan family, proposed this thing that seemed to be of great benefit to the Yuan family. This was too abnormal.

Cao Jie and Yuan She had some conflicts, and they were unhappy and argued many times.

Duan Gui is a fellow townsman of Hou Lan, and the two had been in cahoots with each other. Although it is not known how Duan Gui managed to escape unscathed from the previous political turmoil, based on this relationship, Yuan Shu did not think that Duan Gui would have any good feelings towards the Yuan family.

Apart from anything else, when Zhang Jian attacked Hou Lan, he must have been killing two birds with one stone. Duan Gui's interests must have been damaged, so it was impossible for him not to hate Zhang Jian.

The eunuchs had already learned that Zhang Jian was hiding here. Duan Gui was already generous by not causing trouble. How could he possibly take the initiative to do good things for the Yuan family?
Such a great thing!
There is definitely something wrong here. It seems that we really can't go to Luoyang, a place full of dangers and dangers.

but……

Yuan Shu looked at his father's letter again.

It seems I have to go.

Because this is the emperor's order, the emperor has already sent it to Yuan, Yuan has already accepted it, if he doesn't go, it would be disobeying orders, it's disrespectful, he will be punished. The eunuchs may have calculated it well, using the emperor's name to make him suffer this loss, if he doesn't go, first he will accuse him of disobeying the emperor's order, let's see how he can argue!
Yuan Shu felt that he had been in the underworld for so many years and had always been cheating his father. It was a rare occasion for him to be cheated by his father, which was quite novel.

However, although it was novel, it was no small matter, so after thinking about it, Yuan Shu found Cheng Li and shared this with him.

After Cheng Li understood the situation, he almost immediately blurted out that he could not go to Luoyang.

Anyway, he was very sure that the eunuchs were a group of guys who were not afraid of giving birth to sons without anus, so they did bad things without blinking an eye, and only thought about pleasing their body and mind and satisfying themselves. When dealing with such a group of people, you can't treat them with common sense.

"Sir, there must be something fishy going on. The eunuchs definitely have bad intentions. If you go to Luoyang, you will definitely be framed by the eunuchs. That will be bad. It's better not to go."

Yuan Shu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"The emperor has issued an edict, and Yuan has accepted it. If I don't go, it would be disobeying the emperor's order, which is a crime and I will be punished."

"Then I'll decline the offer on the grounds of illness."

Cheng Li said, "Luoyang is so far away, and the eunuchs don't know whether you are really sick or not. You can just claim to be sick and unable to travel far, and use this as an excuse to refuse. The eunuchs cannot force a seriously ill person to travel far."

"Then my illness will get better, right? I can't just die like this, right?"

"That's a small matter. Eunuchs are all rough and unruly. They have no long-term plans and are impatient. If you delay them for a few months, they will inevitably become impatient and reveal their flaws. By then, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, you can move forward and backward freely."

Yuan Shu agreed with what Cheng Li said. He was about to nod in agreement, but he remained silent for a while and thought about it seriously.

"Zhongde, why do you think those eunuchs want me to go to Luoyang? They threw out such a big bait to lure me to go. They are willing to spend so much money, I'm afraid they have a big plan. I'm very curious about this."

Cheng Li blinked, then frowned and thought seriously.

After a while, he gave his guess.

"Before this, in order to protect your safety, the Yuan family mobilized court officials to force the eunuchs to give in. The eunuchs were so flustered that they not only gave in, but also ruined Hou Lan. In the following months, the eunuchs and the Yuan family seemingly repaired their relationship, but I guess that privately, the eunuchs have not forgotten this incident. With their vindictive nature, they will definitely want to retaliate against the Yuan family. This time, it should be related to revenge against the Yuan family."

"Revenge the Yuan family? They are already the public enemy of the world. Now they want to retaliate against the Yuan family and push the Yuan family to the opposite side. Are they so stupid?"

Yuan Shu wondered, "If they were so stupid, they wouldn't have tried every possible way to mend their relationship with the Yuan family in the past few months, right? They are indeed rude, but they are not stupid."

Cheng Li felt that what Yuan Shu said made sense, but after thinking about it, he could not come to any other conclusion.

"Li's intelligence is limited, and it is difficult to understand the mystery."

Yuan Shu stood up and paced back and forth in the study, thinking about the key points.

This really cannot be blamed on Cheng Li. There is simply too little information and insufficient conditions for speculation.

eunuch.

partisan.

Yuan family.

Reading...

After a while, Yuan Shu suddenly stopped.

"Zhongde, I have a guess. I think the eunuchs do want to take revenge on the Yuan family, but this revenge may be different from what we think."

"What's the meaning of this statement?"

Cheng Li was a little confused: "Is it revenge, but not revenge?"

"Zhongde, the Yuan family has a deep foundation, while the eunuchs have a shallow foundation. After what happened before, the eunuchs must have realized that the Yuan family is not easy to deal with and cannot become an enemy. Otherwise, once the Yuan family and the party members join forces, the eunuchs will be in danger. It is precisely because they understand this that they will work hard to repair their relationship with the Yuan family. Do you agree with this?"

Cheng Li thought about it and nodded.

"Of course, otherwise all the tenderness and affection of the past few months would have been wasted. They wouldn't be so stupid."

"So, the eunuchs' goal should not be to push the Yuan family to the opposite side."

Yuan Shu looked at Cheng Li with a gleam in his eyes: "Perhaps what the eunuchs want is to make the Yuan family inseparable from the eunuchs. The eunuchs want the Yuan family to get closer to them, rather than being close to the eunuchs while secretly colluding with the party members.

The eunuchs thought that Yuan Shi was enjoying the benefits of the eunuchs while enjoying the support of the party members. This behavior was unbearable. They needed Yuan Shi more than the party members, so they could not tolerate Yuan Shi continuing to work for the party members. They wanted to make sure that Yuan Shi had no way out and had no choice but to choose them! "

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PS: The boss is so generous! My saved manuscripts are in danger!

(End of this chapter)