I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 237: Military and Political Affairs

The news that Yuan Shu was going to lead the cavalry to attack the rebels as a cavalry commander quickly spread throughout the court and the entire Luoyang city.

Many members of the Yuan family and officials from other families who were close to the Yuan family expressed their opposition to this and tried to dissuade Yuan Feng from agreeing to let Yuan Shu go to the battlefield. If such an outstanding heir accidentally died on the battlefield, Yuan Feng would not know how to cry.

In fact, since the Luoyang coup, a considerable number of people in the Yuan group have already tacitly acknowledged that Yuan Shu is Yuan Feng's successor, who will inherit Yuan Feng's position, continue to hold power, and continue to undermine the Han emperor.

Therefore, many people consider Yuan Shu, the heir, as the "Crown Prince".

Naturally, they were very concerned about Yuan Shu's safety and actions.

Now Yuan Shu has just made a breakthrough in the court, just started to make a name for himself in the work of the Shaofu and the Tongzhengsi, and is about to establish his own prestige in the political field. But in a blink of an eye he wants to lead his troops to attack. Isn't this a bit too hasty?
People kept visiting Yuan Feng, but Yuan Feng's attitude was very clear.

This was Yuan Shu's own strong request. He had tried to dissuade her, but it was useless.

Yuan Shu has been a child with his own opinions since he was young. As a father, he does not want to be arbitrary or restrict his son's actions too much. His son will always want to fly on his own when he grows up, so as a father, he should just do a good job of logistics.

More than that, I don’t want to think about it anymore.

Let’s not talk about Yuan Feng’s side for now, there are actually quite a few opposing voices from Yuan Shu’s power group.

Moreover, compared with the concerns of the Yuan family power group about Yuan Shu as the successor, Yuan Shu's own Yi Xin Hui group's concerns about Yuan Shu come from the bottom of their hearts and from the depths of their souls.

As the news spread, people kept running to the cavalry camp to discuss the matter with Yuan Shu, hoping that Yuan Shu would think carefully and not do such dangerous things. They thought that if anything happened to Yuan Shu, what would they do?
Key members such as Lu Zhi, Jia Xu, Cheng Li, the Thirteen Guardians and others came over to persuade Yuan Shu. Even those Yi Xin members who had just obtained their positions and had not yet had time to take up their posts also came over to persuade him.

But Yuan Shu's attitude remained consistent.

"As your leader, I must be the first to act. When the world is in trouble, I am in a high position and I must step forward. If I shrink back, how can I continue to hold the high position? A real man has his own ways and his own ways. I have made up my mind, and you can go back now!"

Yuan Shu's attitude was very tough and he said there was no room for negotiation on the matter. In desperation, the Yi Xin Club could only discuss it on their own and came to a conclusion.

They need to mobilize the strongest warriors of Yi Xin Society to follow Yuan Shu to the battlefield and protect him together.

The number of people does not need to be large, just the 6,000 people who broke into the palace before will be enough. Everyone can go to the battlefield together and take care of each other.

Moreover, everyone is familiar with each other, so when fighting, they will definitely cooperate well and be able to do two things at once.

Yuan Shu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry at that time.

Six thousand people?
We have finally gathered enough food and other logistical supplies for 20,000 people, and now you want to send another 6,000 people over. Are you afraid that the Luoyang court's storehouse is not spacious enough?

"In short! Now we are really sending troops to attack the bandits. We are leaving our base to go on an expedition, understand? An expedition! It is different from the past when we guarded Maoling and attacked the palace. We need to consider logistics! The army is ready and will set off soon. You actually want to join now. Isn't this nonsense? All of you go back!"

Yuan Shu's tough statement left his subordinates speechless, but their will did not change.

They insisted that it was their responsibility to protect Yuan Shu. They could not trust the other troops. If 6,000 people were not enough, then they would cut them in half, to 3,000 people, and let the elite of the Security Department and the earliest farmers attack together to protect Yuan Shu. This would be the best way.

In the end, he was rejected by Yuan Shu.

Finally, they had no choice but to come up with the final plan - Lian Da and Shao Yuan would lead the 1,000 most elite members of the entire security department to join Yuan Shu's cavalry team and take on the responsibility of protecting Yuan Shu to the death.

This is their last bottom line. They will never give up. Even if Yuan Shu does not agree, they will follow the army forward on their own.

This group of subordinates, whose loyalty and trust were at their highest or even exceeded the limit, petitioned Yuan Shu very strongly, saying that they would go to the battlefield with Yuan Shu no matter what, and they could not accept handing over the job of protecting Yuan Shu to others.

Yuan Shu was a little bit amused and helpless.

Xu Chong was still by his side to protect him, and he also decided to bring a guard team of one hundred elite members of the security department to protect him. How did that mean he was handing the security work over to others?
But this seemed to be the subordinates' last bottom line. They refused to give in no matter what Yuan Shu said, about rations and horse feed. They even said that they would go to the battlefield at their own expense and follow Yuan Shu.

Lu Zhi and the Thirteen Guardians took turns to persuade him, while Jia Xu and Cheng Li ran directly to Yuan Feng and asked for some additional funds for the one thousand warriors who volunteered to go to the battlefield to protect Yuan Shu.

Finally, Yuan Feng agreed, and decided to add some money to spend on these one thousand warriors and send them to the battlefield together.

Yuan Shu had no choice but to accept the overly loyal protection of his subordinates.

Lian Da and Shao Yuan led a thousand elite soldiers from the selected security department to report to the cavalry camp without saying a word. Seeing these thousand strong men join the army, the Northern Army cavalry and Sanhe Knights who had already arrived were a little surprised. Fan Li was also a little surprised.

"You mean you trained all these cavalrymen yourself?"

Yuan Shu nodded.

It was not convenient to say it openly before, but now that the Yuan family is in power, there is nothing wrong with saying it. It can even further increase one's prestige and demonstrate one's strength, so there is nothing to hide.

"When I was in Maoling, I encountered many Qiang invasions and was besieged by Qiang soldiers. It was a life-and-death moment. Considering that the court had few soldiers, I could only train warriors to protect myself. As I trained more and more, the number of warriors increased."

"More and more?"

"Well, about 6,000 people."

"Six thousand?"

Fan Li swallowed.

He thought that the father-son relationship between Yuan Shu and Yuan Feng was said to be very harmonious, and after the Yuan family seized power this time, it was said that everyone within the Yuan group recognized Yuan Shu as Yuan Feng's successor. If Yuan Feng died, Yuan Shu would be the successor to the Yuan regime.

It seemed that Yuan Feng did not object to this matter, and let Yuan Shu help his subordinates obtain many official positions. Therefore, although Yuan Shu himself did not get any high official position, Yuan Shu's power was really cultivated.

He had heard before that Yuan Shu had led troops and Yuan Feng to attack the imperial palace. He thought those soldiers were from the Yuan family. Unexpectedly, he did not expect that these were actually troops trained by Yuan Shu himself.

Then wouldn’t these 6,000 people be Yuan Shu’s personal troops?
If this is true, even Yuan Feng might not be able to command this armed force. That is an armed force unique to Yuan Shu, and it looks quite elite and good at fighting, not inferior to the Northern Cavalry and the Sanhe Knights.

My goodness, no wonder everyone so quickly recognized Yuan Shu as Yuan Feng's successor, rather than Yuan Ji, the eldest son of the Yuan family. After all, it turned out to be because Yuan Shu himself was too strong and had a backup plan!
Seeing Fan Li's strange expression, Yuan Shu asked curiously, "What's wrong with Captain Fan? Do you think I have too many armed men?"

"No, no, no, that's not the case..."

Fan Li quickly shook his head and said, "I just think that Captain Yuan is quite foresighted, and he has extraordinary financial resources. Even if these 6,000 armed troops were all infantry and did not ride horses, it would probably be a huge expense, not to mention that there are also 1,000 knights..."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shu laughed and winked at Fan Li.

"Captain Fan, do you think that I got the wine from Yuan Sikong and gave it to you?"

"Ah? Isn't it? Then..."

"That's mine."

Yuan Shu smiled and said, "I manage many caravans traveling between Luoyang and Liangzhou. More than 90% of the wine in Luoyang is in my hands. Even the wine that Yuan Sikong drinks was delivered by me. Didn't you expect that?"

Yuan Shu's expression and tone were quite lively and naughty, but the meaning of his words did not strike Fan Li as simple at all.

Caravans from Liangzhou to Luoyang, wine trade, 90% share...

He originally thought that this young Master Yuan was already a very impressive person, proficient in both military and political affairs, and both civil and military, a rare sight in the world. Unexpectedly, he was also involved in business?

Is he really that talented?

At this moment, Fan Li thought of what Duan Ying had said to him before.

He now understood why Duan Ying said that and was so polite to him.

Do you think your wealth and glory and the future of your descendants can just be decided by a word from Young Master Yuan?

Ok!

Fan Li finally knew what he was going to do next.

(End of this chapter)