I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 279 The Young Master Has Me in His Heart
When Jia Xu saw Yuan Shu, he was stunned at first, but then he immediately walked over quickly with a smile on his face and bowed deeply to Yuan Shu.

"Sir! Are you back?"

Yuan Shu smiled and helped Jia Xu up, saying, "You must have been very busy these past few months. Military and national affairs have always been handled by your Shangshutai. You've worked hard. Now that the war is over, you can take a break. Look at you, you've lost weight. Did you not eat well?"

Jia Xu was immediately deeply moved.

Sir, have you noticed that I have lost weight?
Sir, do you know that I didn’t eat well?
Sir, you have me in your heart!

Woooooooo!
Tears instantly filled his eyes. Jia Xu wiped his tears and bowed again.

"It is my honor to work for you, sir. Xu... Oh! Xu has not yet congratulated you on your achievements and first merit! After this battle, your prestige will surely spread far and wide, far better than before. Xu is extremely happy!"

"Hahaha, it won't be spread far and wide. If I want to spread it far and wide, this is not the time."

Yuan Shu held Jia Xu's hand and patted it. "If you want to spread the news far and wide, that will have to wait until I finish conquering the Xianbei. It will take at least five or six years, right? The Xianbei have 100,000 soldiers. Without five or six years, I'm afraid we won't be able to completely wipe them out. And it will take some time to manage the northern border."

Jia Xu was stunned when he heard this.

"Sir, Northern Frontier? Are you... still going to Northern Frontier?"

Yuan Shu nodded.

"I just discussed it with my father, and he has basically agreed. I will definitely go, but suppressing a rebellion is not enough to gain enough prestige. Only by completely resolving the border troubles in the northern border can we gain enough prestige and promote the spread of the study of conscience throughout the Han territory. This is also something we have to do."

"This is no small matter."

Jia Xu immediately said seriously: "The troubles in the northern border are not a matter of one or two days, and the ice three feet thick is not formed in one day. Moreover, the Xianbei Khan Tan Shihuai is quite a man of both civil and military skills. He has been causing troubles at the border for more than ten years. He is definitely not an easy person to deal with. You must be careful and think twice before you act. He is definitely not someone you can compare to Liu He."

As the Minister of the Chancellery, Jia Xu naturally came into contact with many matters concerning the northern border threats, so he was quite wary of Tan Shihuai. It was understandable that he reminded Yuan Shu in this way.

Yuan Shu also agreed with this.

"I know that Tan Shihuai is not an easy person to deal with, but the Xianbei have a limited population and limited strength, and cannot shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty. I have some ideas about how to deal with him, but forget about it today. In a few days, I will hold a meeting and we will discuss these things together."

Jia Xu nodded and was about to see Yuan Shu off when he suddenly thought of something.

"Sir, if you are going to the north this time, can you take Xu with you? Rather than working in the palace, Xu would rather be by your side to give you advice. What do you think?"

Looking at Jia Xu's expectant look, Yuan Shu hesitated a little.

Then he patted Jia Xu on the shoulder.

"Wenhe, I'm keeping you in the court. You should know what I'm thinking. Going out to fight is just a means. After my father's death, I want to control the overall situation and become the next powerful official who can hold the power of the Han Dynasty. This is my next goal. For this purpose, I will do my best to arrange my confidants in the court.

You are my absolute confidant, so I arranged you in the Shangshu Tai. You should also know what the Shangshu Tai means to the Han court. Although this position is only worth one thousand stones, the power is very great. I can only feel at ease when you are in charge of the entire Shangshu Tai, and my expectations for you are also the pillar of the future court.

If I go out to fight and there is no important assistant in the court who I can trust, the important position will be taken away by others, and my power will decline, which is very detrimental to my future plans. You know, I have two brothers, and they should also have ideas about the position of the heir. "

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu was deeply moved.

The fact that Yuan Shu was willing to say such things to him showed that Yuan Shu truly recognized and valued him, and that was why he told him his true feelings. How could an average person tell such a thing to an insignificant outsider?
At this moment, Jia Xu confirmed his position in Yuan Shu's heart.

He felt somewhat relieved.

For a long time, Jia Xu was worried that his status with Yuan Shu would be affected because he could not stay by Yuan Shu's side to give him advice. Although he was now a member of the most important core team under Yuan Shu, no one could guarantee whether this status would change over time.

During his years of official career, Jia Xu understood a truth very deeply.

That is, there is some kind of wonderful connection between the abstract existence of power and the actual distance.

The closer a person is to the highest power, the greater the possibility that he will gain power, and the farther he is from the highest power, the lower the possibility that he will gain power. This is why it is very easy for eunuchs to take power, but it is rare for powerful ministers to take power.

Because eunuchs are close to the emperor, while ministers are always at a certain distance from the emperor, positions that allow close contact with the emperor, the natural and legitimate holder of the highest power, are the path to promotion and wealth.

It is like the Taifu, one of the Nine Ministers, who was responsible for driving the emperor and was very close to the emperor. In the early years, many famous officials emerged from this position, while there were relatively fewer famous officials from other positions.

After Jia Xu worked in the Secretariat for many years, he finally understood this truth and could not help but begin to examine his own situation.

He found that although he had become the Shangshu Ling who held important power, the distance between him and Yuan Shu seemed to be getting farther and farther.

The reason why he was able to be employed by Yuan Shu was because they had slept in the same bed in the past, which brought him closer to Yuan Shu on a spiritual level. That was why he gained such trust and became Yuan Shu's confidant. He was able to climb further up the career ladder and provide Yuan Shu with a lot of information, maintaining a direct line of communication with him.

Although we can't see each other, the connection has never been interrupted.

However, after arriving in Luoyang, Yuan Shu made many formal changes to the Yi Xin Hui and made detailed divisions of responsibilities. Since Jia Xu was in the Shangshu Tai and Yuan Shu was directly managing Luoyang, Jia Xu was no longer needed to help transmit information.

Yuan Shu handed over all intelligence responsibilities to Cheng Li, and Jia Xu was solely responsible for the work of the Secretariat. From then on, he devoted most of his energy to state affairs and lacked the opportunity to interact and exchange feelings with Yuan Shu on a daily basis.

This made Jia Xu feel more worried and uncomfortable.

Yuan Shu went out to fight and he was not around.

Yuan Shu was out on business and he was not around.

Even when Yuan Shu went out for fun, he was not around.

He was entangled in government affairs and could not spare much free time, so he could not find time to participate in some internal activities and meetings of the Yi Xin Society, which made him feel a little anxious.

If you can’t communicate, you can’t gain trust. If you can’t gain trust, you can’t gain power, which means the possibility of being abandoned is greatly increased.

At the thought of the possibility of being abandoned, Jia Xu was so worried that he couldn't eat or sleep well. He was very anxious. Finally, he met Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu said that he had to go to the northern border to fight against the Xianbei, and it might take five or six years!
After hearing this, Jia Xu’s mentality exploded!

If Yuan Shu hasn’t been seen for five or six years, does he still have a status?
When Yuan Shu comes back, he will definitely be surrounded by a group of scheming newcomers. By then, how can Yuan Shu still care about him, an old man who silently contributes?

People tend to get tired of the old and love the new, so giving silently is not a good idea!

Working is working, but it is very important to let the ruler see it and let him know that you are working and working hard!

With this thought in mind, Jia Xu asked Yuan Shu to accompany him to the north to attack the Xianbei.

However, this does not fit in with Yuan Shu's plans for the future.

Jia Xu and Cheng Li were his two trusted confidants who were placed in the palace. The power they held was won by Yuan Shu and the Yi Xin Hui warriors at the cost of their lives, and it must not be lost.

With the two of them holding important powers, Yuan Shu did not worry that his layout in the palace would be destroyed. Even if he was fighting outside, he had his own people in the court. He would be the first to know about any emergencies and would not be caught unaware by the information gap of his opponents.

Yuan Shu believed that Jia Xu must be able to understand this truth, but since he raised this question, it meant that Jia Xu had other concerns, otherwise he would not have lost his normal judgment.

Yuan Shu's mind turned quickly, and he immediately locked onto the core of the problem.

Jia Xu is worried!
He was worried that he would not be able to stay with Yuan Shu for a long time, and would be forgotten, abandoned, and separated from the core decision-making level.

I actually made my subordinates worry about such a thing!

This is not what a qualified leader should do!
Yuan Shu immediately became alert.

(End of this chapter)