I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 105 Xu Situ's Regret
Yuan Shu's fighting style, which was ahead of its time and of a high cultural level, left the eunuchs confused and at a loss, while people with the same high cultural level were more or less adaptable to it.

Although Yuan Shu’s fighting style is indeed novel, he only has a few weapons and equipment, all of which have been used before.

The study of the mind, the pursuit of conscience, the unity of knowledge and action, the saints and sages, and the one-hearted understanding.

This series of tactics resulted in more than 3,000 people signing up to apply to join the Isshin Society. As a result, the official forces of the Jinwen School, which had been caught off guard at the beginning, finally came to their senses.

Si Tu Xu Xu, Imperial Tutors Yang Biao, Liu Kuan, Zhang Ji, Imperial College Doctors Han Zong, Xun Qi and others gathered together for a common goal and brainstormed on the direction of this matter.

On the tenth day when Yuan Shu launched his all-out speech offensive, they finally figured out some of Yuan Shu's methods and approaches, and then held an emergency meeting.

Situ Xuxu was the most active and concerned about this matter, but he was also the one who regretted getting involved the most.

When the news that Yuan Shu was going to be a tutor came out, he submitted a petition to exercise the Si Tu's right to speak in culture and education and to express his opposition.

His memorial was only about Yuan Shu's appointment as a tutor, as he felt that it was too hasty.

Unexpectedly, Yang Ci and others followed closely and directly attacked the Yuan family, making him, the person who stood up to oppose at the beginning, seem like the leader of the group behind him.

The family relationship between his Yingchuan Xu family and Runan Yuan family was good. After this incident happened, he quickly realized that something was wrong and wanted to arrange someone to contact the Yuan family and explain things. Unexpectedly, the Yuan family simply closed the door and refused to see anyone.

Xu Xu really felt that he was very unlucky.

The key is that there are some things he cannot say openly. He cannot directly say that he is still relatively timid when facing the Yuan family, so he has no intention of becoming an enemy of the Yuan family at all.

Moreover, he later learned some news that others did not know.

After knowing this, he regretted it so much that his intestines turned green!

The situation at that time developed rapidly, and soon everyone felt that Xu Xu was the first person in the official school of Modern Literature who spoke out for justice, and was the pioneer in opposing the Yuan family and the eunuchs who interfered in state affairs.

The people have been put on the rack, and it feels like they are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off.

He could only continue to play this role and keep trying to cool down the situation.

But he obviously couldn't do it.

Because apart from him, everyone who followed behind wanted to take the opportunity to step on the Yuan family and gain some benefits from them, even including Yang Ci.

Yang Ci did decide to marry his son to a daughter of the Yuan family, establishing a family relationship, but he himself had no good feelings towards the Yuan family.

The reason why he rushed to the front and took the lead in criticizing the Yuan family this time was mainly because he had his own little thoughts in mind - he wanted to catch up with the Yuan family's status, wanted the Yang family to achieve the career of three generations of three officials as soon as possible, and slow down the speed of the Yuan family achieving the career of three generations of three officials.

His son is older than Yuan Shu, the most outstanding son of the next generation of the Yuan family. He hopes to seize a time difference so that the Yuan family can slow down their pace and the Yang family can speed up their pace.

His original intention was not necessarily to completely destroy the Yuan family, nor did he think that the Yuan family could be destroyed by a bunch of empty talk.

Can a behemoth like the Yuan family be brought down by just a round of verbal attacks?

He didn't believe it.

At most you can drink three cups as punishment, and the matter will be over.

These are the three cups Yang Ci wants!
But the reputation will definitely be reduced and the family image will definitely be hit.

This was Yang Ci's goal. He just wanted to keep the image of the Yuan family low and prevent Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei from achieving the legacy of three officials for four generations in just a few years.

The reputation of the Yuan family, which helped the party members to seek refuge, has been slowly rising and has stopped falling. If this trend continues, it will be just around the corner for the family to have three officials in four generations. But how long will the Yang family have to wait before they can have three officials in three generations?
The situation was originally developing in the direction that Yang Ci expected, but Yuan Shu, who took the initiative, turned the situation around with just his mouth.

Yang Ci was almost stunned as he watched Yuan Shu change the situation on the battlefield with his mouth.

They finally gathered thousands and tens of thousands of mouths to attack the Yuan family, but Yuan Shu turned the tide of the battle with just his own mouth.

He even made more than 3,000 people switch sides and throw themselves into his arms, becoming a new group of supporters of Yuan's philosophy of mind.

Is this still available?

Three speeches a day for ten consecutive days. Yuan Shu seemed to be tireless in his verbal attacks. One person was worth ten thousand people. The whole Luoyang was covered by his artillery fire.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly uncontrollable, Yang Ci became anxious. He rushed around to contact like-minded people to hold meetings. Finally, on the tenth day after the Yuanshu counterattack began, he set up such a situation and discussed with everyone what to do next.

"If we watch Yuan Shu continue to teach, it won't be long before half of Luoyang's students fall into his hands. By then, the offensive and defensive positions will change, the Yuan family will counterattack, and Yuan Shu will become a tutor. How should we deal with it?"

Yang Ci presided over this meeting and took the lead in raising the agenda.

Of course we have to be decent. We can't say that we are all people who have stepped on the Yuan family. Now Yuan Shu is talking nonsense so loudly that it shakes the world. We are all about to become victims under his cannon. What should we do next?
Just watch and do nothing?
That is of course impossible.

Xu Xu, who was full of regret, did not take the lead in expressing his opinion. Instead, Zhang Ji, a native of Xiyang, Runan, spoke up.

“What the Yuan kid relies on is nothing more than his so-called philosophy of mind. It’s good in inspiring people, but it was proposed by a junior after all. How can it be as profound and meaningful as the Five Classics and Family Rules? Don’t be fooled by his loud voice. In fact, there is no deep meaning.” Zhang Ji is the representative of the Zhang family of Xiyang, Runan, and is also a member of the family that inherits the modern classics. It’s just that his family background is not as powerful as that of the Yuan family of Runan.

As a member of the inherited family and the Eastern Han Tianlong people, he naturally felt envy, jealousy and hatred towards the Yuan family. This time the eunuch's plan successfully aroused his envy, jealousy and hatred, causing him to take immediate action to oppose the Yuan family's "delusion".

But Yuan Shu's actions shocked him and he felt that the situation was getting out of control.

Despite this, he could not admit that the situation was out of control, especially when the huge public opinion offensive created by so many people was actually reversed by a small-time person with just words.

He didn't believe it.

Compared with him, Liu Kuan from Hongnong was relatively objective.

His family has a very good relationship with the Yang family. The relationship between the two families is much better than the plastic relationship between the Yang family and the Yuan family, so naturally he will attack together with Yang Ci this time.

Compared with Zhang Ji's stubbornness, Liu Kuan had to admit that Yuan Shu's operation was indeed brilliant.

"Although this boy is young, he is quite talented. Some of the children in my family went to listen to his lectures and came back saying that his lectures were very exciting and could attract people's attention. I don't think he is a fraud who is just trying to gain fame."

Zhang Ji was a little dissatisfied with this.

"Mr. Liu, whether he is a fraud or not, Ma Rong and Fa Zhen know better than us, but is it the time to praise the Yuan kid? He is about to turn the whole Luoyang upside down. If he continues like this, we will all have to abdicate and let others take over!"

"I am just telling the truth."

Liu Kuan shook his head and said slowly, "The Yuan family colluded with the eunuchs and did such a thing. I am very angry. I will not change just because the Yuan family boy is talented. The emperor must learn orthodox Confucianism, how can he learn unorthodox ways?"

"I'm just afraid his academic work might be unorthodox."

Xu Xu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "I arranged for my grandson to listen to his lectures, and he repeated them to me after he came back. It was well-reasoned, with roots, facts, and prospects, and it was convincing.

My grandson has been listening to the book for four days and has already started studying Theory of Knowledge and Action. If I hadn't stopped him, he would have signed up for Yuan Shu's Yi Xin Society along with everyone else. Is this a side path?"

Everyone turned their eyes to Xu Xu, with strange expressions on their faces.

Yang Ci frowned slightly in dissatisfaction.

"Lord Situ, some things may not need to be said so absolutely. The official learning of the Han Dynasty today is modern literature, not ancient literature, let alone the study of the mind. If it is not modern literature, it is a side path!"

"Besides us, how many people in the world would be willing to admit what you said?"

Xu Xu shook his head and said, "Mr. Yang, you have to know that the man is Yuan Shu, not Zhao Shu or Ma Shu. He is the legitimate son of the Yuan family of Runan, and he is also from a family of great learning and scholarship. You are forcing him and the Yuan family into a corner. How can this be seen as disgraceful by outsiders?"

"What does Situ Gong mean?"

"Don't you understand? This is a civil strife within the Valyue family!"

Xu Xu sighed and said, "If we are not careful, outsiders will think that even the powerful families themselves are unwilling to accept modern literature. Although the Yuan family is certainly wrong, this matter cannot be publicized! Don't you think this matter is very strange?

I was also inconsiderate. When I first heard about this, I thought it was ridiculous, so I submitted a petition to oppose it. But my original intention was just not to let Yuan Shu be the tutor, nothing else. But I didn't expect that you would follow suit and start pointing the finger at the Yuan family!

"Mr. Yang, Mr. Liu, and Mr. Zhang, what are you thinking? Have you ever thought carefully about who did this? How did the rumor spread? Who said that Yuan Shu should be the tutor? You don't know these things, and you do this. You are putting me on the fire!"

Xu Xu expressed all his dissatisfaction.

Yang Ci and others had different expressions, some were surprised, some were disdainful, and some were frowning in thought.

After a while, Liu Kuan suddenly thought of something.

"Master Situ, do you...know something?"

"Even if we know something, what's the use? The situation has come to this point, and we are all hated by the Yuan family."

Xu Xu laughed at himself and said, "I have been cautious all my life, but in the end, I made such a mistake. I am caught in a dilemma and cannot get off the tiger. Is this God's will?"

Yang Ci couldn't help it.

"Situ Gong, please tell me, what do you know?"

Xu Xu was silent for a while, sighed, and finally spoke.

"If I say that Yuan Shu never saw the emperor after entering the palace that day, and never said a word to him, would you believe me?"

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