I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 233 Liu He's Ambition

Liu He, the current prefect of Jiyin County, is not a simple person.

His identity is very special and incredibly complicated.

If you want to say that he and the eunuchs are mortal enemies, you can indeed say that.

His elder brother, Guanglu Dafu Liu Shu, once joined forces with Dou Wu to support Liu Hong and plotted to kill the eunuchs. As a result, Dou Wu failed and Liu Shu was also killed. As a result, Liu He and the eunuchs had a blood feud.

But if you say that he and the party members are of the same mind, that is not necessarily true.

Because Liu He's father-in-law was the eunuch Cheng Huang, he was the son-in-law of a eunuch. He had some skills and abilities and could get along well with the eunuchs. His brother was killed when he killed the eunuchs, but he was safe and sound and was able to get compensation from the eunuchs afterwards. He was able to work as a two thousand stone official safely, which shows that he was quite capable.

What’s more interesting is that Liu He was a member of the Eastern Han royal family, and like Emperor Huan of Han Liu Zhi, Emperor Ling of Han Liu Hong and the new emperor Liu Kui, he was a descendant of King Hejian Liu Kai. The three of them belonged to the same clan and had a close blood relationship.

If you insist, in a sense, Liu He also has the right to inherit the throne!

He could even be ranked in the order of succession!
Therefore, this guy not only has connections with eunuchs, but also has some connections with party members, and is even a close relative of the royal family. He can be described as a hodgepodge of the trinity and a versatile figure in the political arena of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It was this person who controlled the most convenient road for Wang Ji and Zhang Hao to go to Dongjun.

Sun Zun had thought of this early on, so when he wrote the letter, he also wrote a letter to Liu He. The letter was sharp and directly hit what he thought was the most worrying part of Liu He's heart.

The eunuchs have been purged, and your father-in-law's faction is also finished. As the eunuch's son-in-law, you will definitely be on the liquidation list of the Luoyang court. Even if you may not be killed because of your brother and your royal status, your future is gone.

In the post-eunuch era, how could those in power accept a eunuch's son-in-law holding a high position and wielding power?

If something goes wrong and there are some rumors or slanders, it is possible that you will be killed as well. You are at the mercy of others and anything can happen, so you must not take any chances.

Although the Yuan family has eliminated the eunuchs and controls Luoyang, the identity of the new emperor has not been recognized by the world, and their position is still unstable. If we unite and resist at this time, we can march into Luoyang together, conquer Luoyang and destroy the Yuan family, then depose Liu Kui and re-enthronize Liu Hong, then we can jointly hold power in the world and become the masters of the world!

Besides, as a descendant of the royal family, you are of the same clan as Liu Zhi, Liu Hong and Liu Kui. If they can be emperor, you can also be emperor.

If you really have that idea, then wait until we control Luoyang, find an opportunity to get rid of Liu Hong and frame the Yuan family. Then you will be the next emperor. We will all obey your orders and work with you to achieve great things.

Join us and counterattack Luoyang. After the success, even if you don’t want to be the emperor, you can become a regent second to none and become the second Duke of Zhou!

Whether to take a step forward or a step back is all up to you. You have the final say on everything. Isn't this much better than becoming a prisoner of the Yuan family?
Sun Zun's words nourished Liu He's heart like spring rain.

He seemed to see a bright road slowly unfolding before him.

It was a road leading to the pinnacle of power, and also a road full of glory and splendor. A strong impulse surged in his heart, which was the desire for power and the pursuit of glory.

So when this letter was delivered to Liu He, it really hit Liu He's heart hard and made him deeply shaken.

So he began to analyze the pros and cons on his side.

At first, after learning the news that all the eunuchs were killed, Liu He felt a little bit of happiness, but it was only a little bit and only for a moment. Afterwards, he immediately realized that he was too happy a little too early.

In a sense, he can also be considered a member of the eunuch group. As the eunuch's son-in-law, he was able to survive until now after his brother got into trouble, all thanks to Cheng Huang's protection. It is obviously not the case that he has no feelings.

But it is obviously not the case to say that he had no hatred towards certain eunuchs. After all, his brother was killed by Wang Fu and others. He had never forgotten this hatred and was always thinking about revenge.

However, if we really compare them, he can be regarded as a beneficiary of the eunuch dictatorship system. He only hates individual eunuchs, not eunuchs as a whole. Overthrowing the eunuch dictatorship system will not benefit him at all, but will bring many risks.

In the post-eunuch era, the Yuan family was bound to become a powerful family, second only to the emperor and above everyone else. The whole world would have to live under the Yuan family's power, and he was not a stranger to the Yuan family.

On the contrary, his relationship with Yuan was like that of a little boy going to Japan - they were all acquaintances.

But it was precisely because of this acquaintance that Liu He realized that the Yuan family’s biggest bottom line was that they had no bottom line.

The fact that this family could rise to the top in such a turbulent era itself means that their political schemes are changeable. Today they can greet the eunuchs with a smile and call them brothers, and tomorrow they can send them all to heaven. The Yuan family is very good at playing this game of turning their backs on people.

I don't know if the old acquaintances will be useful at this time, and it's even hard to say whether they will backfire. They may promise to treat me well, but the next moment they may get stabbed in the butt.

The Yuan family really can't be trusted in matters like this.

Since the Yuan family wiped out all the eunuchs, there is no doubt that the eunuchs' relatives and those who were close to the eunuchs would be rectified, and the scholars would inevitably take bloody revenge on the eunuchs' followers.

As the son-in-law of a eunuch, even if he had his brother and royal family status as amulets, he might not die, but as Sun Zun said, his political future would be gone, and he might even become a commoner, relying on his royal family status to get a sum of money from the court's financial expenditures and live a simple life.

This is not a good destination for someone who has experienced the taste of power.

Of course, such words alone are far from enough to shake Liu He's rock-steady heart. He is not someone who can be easily influenced by others.

What really moved Liu He was the subsequent content that penetrated deep into his bones and touched his soul.

Emperor Huan of Han, Liu Zhi, was a descendant of King Hejian, Liu Kai. He once sat on the throne and enjoyed all the wealth and glory in the world.

The deposed emperor Liu Hong was also a descendant of Liu Kai. Although he had a tragic fate, he once held supreme power.

Now, it was Liu Kui's turn. He was still a descendant of Liu Kai and also sat on the throne of emperor.

And Liu He happened to be a descendant of Liu Kai. Wasn't this fate destined by heaven?
Liu He thought to himself, his three brothers were able to become emperors and experience the pleasure of ruling the world on the magnificent throne, so why couldn't he, Liu He, also get a taste of that supreme feeling?

Once this idea came into my mind, it was like a wildfire, unstoppable.

The ambition in Liu He's heart suddenly became like a raging fire, wild and wanton, as if it was going to swallow him whole.

He felt as if he was driven by an invisible force. An unprecedented impulse surged in his heart, making him feel out of control.

He knew very well that Emperor Liu Kui was most likely just a puppet in name only.

The Yuan family had three dukes in four generations and was very famous and powerful, with students and former officials all over the world. However, Liu Kui was just an unknown prince. He ascended the throne by relying on the power of the Yuan family, so he was bound to be constrained by many obstacles of the Yuan family.

If you want to be a king with real power, forget it. From now on, the world will be decided by Yuan father and son rather than Liu Kui.

There is no need to say much about Yuan Feng's reputation, and Yuan Shu is even more of a young talent.

He became a classics teacher at a young age, established his own school, suppressed Luoyang with his verbal attacks, and impressed countless people.

He even opened a private school, with more than 20,000 disciples following him. His genius was so extraordinary that the whole world was shocked. With such a person, even if Yuan Feng grew old by then, how could the power that controlled the world easily return to Liu Kui's hands?
Therefore, in Liu He's view, the Luoyang court is now the family court of the Yuan family. It is better to say that the world belongs to the Yuan family rather than the Han family.

The Han emperor was controlled by others. As a member of the Han royal family and a close relative of the royal family, how could he sit back and watch the outcome?

As a descendant of Emperor Gaozu and with royal blood flowing in his veins, how could he do nothing in these troubled times and watch the Han Dynasty fall into the hands of the Yuan family?

The apparent righteousness and actual desires intertwined in Liu He's heart, as if adding another bundle of firewood to the wildfire. The fire became more and more fierce, as if it would burn out all his sanity.

So Liu He made up his mind.

He decided to write back to Wang Ji and tell him that he could join their action.

But he had one condition.

That is, this action must be led by Liu He, under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty, using the excuse of "Yuan family stole the country and rebelled", and calling on the world to launch an action of rebellion.

(End of this chapter)