I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 300 Yuan Shu's Magical Shock

The Yuan family is not the Liu family, and under the constraints of the White Horse Alliance, they cannot become king naturally.

Even the title of duke was only an exclusive title for the descendants of the previous royal family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was not granted to ministers but to guests. Those who held the duke were equivalent to guests of the Han royal family who needed to be treated well.

Since you are a guest, you must behave yourself and not "take over the show", otherwise it will be very impolite.

Therefore, in terms of identity and status, the Yuan family is no different in essence from many other scholar families and powerful families. What the Yuan family can do, many families can also do as long as they are powerful enough and have strong military force. This negates the uniqueness and irreplaceability of the Yuan family.

If we cannot demonstrate strong absolute deterrence, if we cannot use force to build a terrorist deterrent, it will inevitably trigger rounds of challenges to Yuan’s autocracy, one after another, and will be difficult to end.

Yuan Feng's pacifist policies and coping methods are definitely not enough to maintain the survival of Yuan's dictatorship in such a cruel environment, so some things must be done more decisively and thoroughly, so that everyone can see -

Yuan had sufficient authority and military force to deal a double blow to the rebel on both the spiritual and physical levels, making him face both social and biological death.

All this depends on Yuan's thoughts.

Yuan Shu would not kill Zhang Jian, but he would let everyone know that Zhang Jian would have nothing left except a biological life.

He could have killed Zhang Jian, but he didn't.

In other words, even if Zhang Jian wanted to be eliminated, it would not be done by Yuan Shu or the Yuan family personally. Yuan Shu would not do something that would dirty his hands.

He is the one who should stand in the sun, and this kind of dirty work can only be done by those who are also hiding in the darkness.

With this belief, Yuan Shu sent someone to deliver a message to Yuan Feng, letting Yuan Feng know that he had reached an agreement with the party members and that Zhang Jian had been abandoned. As long as he was not allowed to die in a short period of time, any treatment would be acceptable.

Therefore, Yuan Shu suggested that it was not enough to just dismiss him from office, but he should also be made to deeply understand what despair is.

He suggested that the Sili Xiaowei Mansion should come forward and use his previous negative information to try him, and sentence Zhang Jian to a crime such as manslaughter. According to the concept of "I did not kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me", Zhang Jian should be charged with additional crimes in order to conduct a moral judgment.

This allusion has not appeared yet. It only appears in the catalog of Magic Jin Book.

However, the meaning contained here is quite clear, which is the concept of direct responsibility and indirect responsibility.

Yuan Shu planned to introduce this concept to the Han people in advance to give them a little magical shock.

Anyway, Confucian scholars like to use this kind of moral judgment to convict others. As long as there is a moral stain, they will be criticized. How can this not be considered a form of using magic to fight magic?
Yuan Feng soon learned the result of this matter. He was very pleased with Yuan Shu's ability and even had a little admiration for him. He thought he was amazing to have given birth to such a son, so he directly agreed to Yuan Shu's operation request.

Yuan Shu conveyed the message to Duan Wei, asking Duan Wei to fabricate a moral crime against Zhang Jian from the perspective of indirect murder, conduct a moral trial, and strive to sentence him to death in a social sense, and then sentence him to a punishment such as military service, and let him serve in the victim's hometown to atone his sins.

When Duan Wei learned of Yuan Shu’s request, he exclaimed, “Six hundred and sixty-six!”
I didn't expect there is such a way to deal with people!
Luoyang is indeed a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. The tricks are so complicated that he even wants to go back to his hometown.

However, the security in his hometown of Liangzhou is not very good now. Compared with it, Luoyang, which is full of tricks, is safer. Therefore, Duan Wei chose to comply with Yuan Shu's request and carried out some operations, conducting a moral trial on Zhang Jian for indirect murder.

He announced that he acknowledged the eunuchs' primary responsibility for the murders, and that the eunuchs were a bunch of bastards, bastards, and parasites who had lost all conscience and deserved to die, so they were all wiped out by Sikong Yuan Feng and Hou Jiangjun Yuan Shu, and a final settlement was made. This was in line with God's will.

However, the eunuchs were primarily responsible, and Zhang Jian was also secondarily responsible. He could have chosen to escape into the mountains and forests, away from human habitation. Even if he died for it, he would have been the only one to die. However, he chose to flee into someone's house, resulting in the death of thousands of people.

Since they had decided to fight against the eunuchs, they had already made up their minds to die and put life and death aside. Many of the party members and righteous men who resisted the eunuchs had this awareness and were willing to die bravely for it, showing noble integrity.

Why do you, Zhang Jian, want to rebel against the eunuchs and flee for your life to densely populated areas, giving the eunuchs an excuse to massacre counties and harm loyal officials?

It was originally a disaster for one person, but it had to be shared by thousands of people. Although those thousands of people were not killed by Zhang Jian, they died because of Zhang Jian. Zhang Jian did not violate the law, but he could not withstand the blame from God.

Therefore, the Inspector of the Imperial Capital, Duan Wei, submitted a memorial to the court, suggesting that Zhang Jian be sentenced to seven years of corvee labor, to be performed in seven counties where people had died for him, as a way of atonement. After seven years, the corvée labor would be lifted and he could return home, and he would never be allowed to take up an official position for the rest of his life.

The memorial was sent to the palace and was approved in just half a day.

It is said that Liu Kui accepted Duan Wei's suggestion as quickly as possible and immediately stamped the imperial seal to approve the resolution.

This decision was soon passed back to the Sili Xiaowei Mansion, and the Sili Xiaowei Mansion sent people to read the imperial edict and read out the punishment for Zhang Jian. After hearing it, Zhang Jian's eyes went dark and he fell straight to the ground, and did not wake up for a long time.

Afterwards, Duan Wei ordered the search of Zhang Jian's mansion and the confiscation of all his property. All 39 members of his family, including men, women, old and young, had to follow Zhang Jian to the seven counties and states to serve for seven years, not a day more or less, as a punishment for Zhang Jian.

When Liu Biao learned the news, he was at Xia Fu's house, and at the same time, the famous scholar and counselor Xun Shuang was also there. The three of them discussed some recent events together, and then learned together about the court's punishment of Zhang Jian.

After learning about this, Xia Fu was deeply moved.

"Zhang Yuanjie's half-life reputation was destroyed in an instant. What's the difference between being alive and being dead?"

Xun Shuang also sighed repeatedly.

"The ancients often said that one should be careful in what one says and does, and never show off. Although Zhang Yuanjie is talented and virtuous, he was too cautious and rashly made an enemy of someone he shouldn't have been. How sad and lamentable!"

Liu Biao recalled his previous conversation with Yuan Shu and sighed deeply.

"Zhang Yuanjie was almost certain to die, but he still managed to survive. Yuan Zijia is still a kind person after all."

Xia Fu and Xun Shuang were very surprised to hear Liu Biao sigh like this, so they asked. Liu Biao then told them about his previous conversation with Yuan Shu, and told them that it was Yuan Shu, not Yuan Feng, who planned and hosted this matter.

"Yuan Sikong is a kind person. He would not design such a deadly trap. Yuan Zijia is smart and flexible, and he is decisive and resourceful. If he doesn't take action, it's fine. But once he does, he will definitely gain something."

Xia Fu and Xun Shuang were both surprised after hearing this.

Especially Xia Fu, in his impression, he had only positive views on Yuan Shu, and all he remembered were the good things Yuan Shu had done, such as setting up good farms to save lives, selling low-priced grain to stabilize grain prices, etc. These were things that only kind-hearted people would do.

It turned out that the series of punches aimed at Zhang Jian was also launched by Yuan Shu.

He is actually a boxing expert?
So he couldn't quite believe it.

"Jingsheng, are you saying that all these things were done by Yuan Zijia?"

"Yes."

Liu Biao sighed, "Zizhi, you must not underestimate Yuan Zijia. I now even suspect that the relationship between Yuan Sikong and Yuan Zijia is somewhat different from what we thought in the past. We all thought that Yuan Sikong was the main one and Yuan Zijia was the auxiliary one, but no matter how I look at it now, I feel that Yuan Sikong is the auxiliary one and Yuan Zijia is the one in charge..."

"Is this...impossible?"

Xun Shuang came to his senses from his surprise and felt that Liu Biao's idea was too unrealistic. He quickly shook his head and said, "No matter how much Yuan Sikong dotes on his son, he can't let the young man make the decision. Besides, Yuan Sikong is not incompetent. Moreover, there are other members of the Yuan family serving in the court. Do they all obey Yuan Zijia's orders? Is Yuan Zijia already the head of the Yuan family?"

Liu Biao thought for a while and nodded.

"Although it sounds incredible, I feel that these things are inexplicably reasonable for Yuan Zijia. Master Ciming, Yuan Zijia, became a classics teacher at the age of twelve. He is the academic successor recognized by Master Ma. Master Ma taught students for decades, and he has more than tens of thousands of disciples.

There are many outstanding people, not just Yuan Zijia. Moreover, it is said that Yuan Zijia only studied with Ma Gong for more than a year. Why did Ma Gong bypass so many other students and identify Yuan Zijia as the successor? Don't think it's because of his family background. Although his family background was prominent at that time, it was not as prominent as it is now. "

Xun Shuang felt that what Liu Biao said made sense. Yuan Shu was indeed a true genius who had stood out from the crowd since he became famous. Everyone was playing the game of carrying people in fancy sedan chairs, praising each other's slightly smarter children as various kinds of geniuses, and cultivating their reputation and personality since childhood.

But everyone knows clearly in their hearts how much is true and how much is false.

But only Yuan Shu is a true genius, really awesome. Not only is his reputation great, but his reputation is also very real. Not to mention the value of his reputation, he himself is a piece of real gold!
The entire official academic force of Luoyang united to deal with him, but he defeated them all and lost miserably. In one battle, he established his reputation as the strongest scripture teacher in Guanxi. Some people even called him the God of Debate!
At this point, isn't it normal for him to have some political skills and do some miscellaneous things?

And thinking of this, Xun Shuang suddenly remembered something else.

"I was communicating with people in the court before, and I happened to hear that the reform of the Shaofu system and the establishment of the Tongzhengsi were the work of Yuan Zijia. At that time, I thought it was impossible and suspected that Yuan Sikong deliberately sent people to spread it in order to make Yuan Zijia famous, but now..."

"That's how it should be."

Liu Biao nodded and said, "I asked some officials who were in the court at that time, and learned that according to the news at that time, the reform of the Shaofu system and the establishment of the Tongzhengsi were indeed the work of Yuan Zijia. It was he who suggested it to Yuan Sikong, which led to a series of changes later.

At present, the Shaofu system has been restructured, and all the palaces are under the command of the Shaofu. The eunuchs are suppressed, cannot be promoted, and cannot read. They can no longer interfere in the government affairs. It is basically impossible for a powerful eunuch to cause chaos in the government.

There is also the Tongzhengsi, which is in charge of the transmission of all memorials between the court and local governments. It is divided into different categories and is responsible for specific tasks, which has made it much more efficient. Power is still firmly in the hands of the Yuan family. Any news, even if we want to know it, must be released by the Tongzhengsi.

This move completely eradicated the foundation of the eunuchs' disorderly politics, and took control of all the power. The reform was as swift as lightning, which was not something that Yuan Sikong could do. So, although it was strange, only Yuan Zijia could do it. "

(End of this chapter)