I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 65 High Risk High Reward

Time is a very interesting thing.

Sometimes, you will feel that it is particularly long, as if it will never pass.

But sometimes, time is like the stock in Splatoon's stomach, which will all jump out without you noticing, catching the person off guard.

Yuan Shu had this feeling because three years had passed before he realized it.

On the fifth day of the third month of the third year of Jianning, in the early morning, a piece of information was transferred from Luoyang to the Yi Xin Hui headquarters in Maoling County through Jia Xu.

The president's secretary Cheng Li and Cheng Zhongde did not return home overnight. They took over the information on behalf of Yuan Shu, who was living in a thatched cottage to mourn for Ma Rong. After unfolding it and taking a look at it, their expressions changed slightly.

Then, he immediately found Yuan Shu's personal guard Xu Chong, and asked Xu Chong to take the information to find Yuan Shu, tell him the details, and ask Yuan Shu to come to the Yi Xin Hui headquarters as soon as possible to discuss the matter.

Xu Chong, who was sixteen years old and more than eight feet tall, rode his horse with the information and arrived at the thatched cottage where Yuan Shu currently lived after two incense sticks of time.

He tied up his horse, ran quickly to the entrance of the thatched cottage, and knocked hard on the closed door.

"Boss! Boss! Hurry up and get up, something big is happening! Something big is happening!"

He unleashed a series of deadly blows and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. Each move was swift and powerful. The door of the thatched cottage trembled under his blows and was about to collapse.

Fortunately, the door was opened from the inside in time, avoiding disaster.

Yuan Shu, who was already fifteen years old, was still half a head shorter than Xu Chong, but his aura was obviously stronger. When Xu Chong saw his expression, he felt a little scared.

Yuan Shu's expression was very unhappy, and his eyes were very unfriendly. He stared at Xu Chong.

"You'd better have something serious to say, otherwise, I will let you know how serious it is to disturb my sleep!"

Xu Chong shuddered when he heard this and swallowed his saliva. Countless unbearable scenes seemed to flash before his eyes.

He shook his head repeatedly to dispel the illusion.

"Boss, this is a big deal, and it's quite serious!"

"What's the big deal? Tell me now!"

Yuan Shu yawned loudly, feeling very unhappy.

"Jia Wenhe has received news that the emperor has issued another decree for all states and counties to crack down on gangs!"

Xu Chong said loudly: "Cheng Zhongde has read the letter and said that this time the gang is very involved and there are specific requirements for the number of people. It seems that every county must report the gang, and some key areas must be specially examined by the emperor's special envoys. Youfufeng is one of them."

As he said this, Xu Chong took out a letter and handed it to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu blinked and took the letter from Xu Chong.

"Zhongde asked you to come?"

"Well, after receiving the notification from Jia Wenhe, he immediately asked me to bring you here and asked you to go back to Liangzhuang as soon as possible to discuss this matter. The emperor's special envoy will definitely come, and he wants to make preparations in advance."

"That's it..."

Yuan Shu frowned.

If this is true, then the situation is indeed unusual. No one knows what happened in Luoyang that made the eunuchs know that someone in their place was harboring a party member.

Given the relationship between the Yuan family and the eunuchs, the eunuchs would not have rashly done such a thing without solid evidence.

So he hurriedly looked at the important information sent by Jia Xu.

In the intelligence, Jia Xu informed Yuan Shu that the news of Yuan's action to assist the party was leaked for some reason and known to the eunuchs, so the eunuchs manipulated the emperor to order that it was imperative to suppress the party and to inspect Youfufeng.

The so-called "hooking party" is a concept created by the eunuch group during the second party imprisonment period in order to crack down on the party groups. It means people who are in collusion with the party members.

It was not enough for them to strike down the party members, they also wanted to eliminate those who were in cahoots with the party members, so they created this concept.

Yuan Shu actually doesn’t care whether one is affiliated with a party or not, because he doesn’t have any so-called party affiliated with him.

All the people here are serious party members.

For example, Xia Fu, one of the "Eight Gus" and a native of Chenliu County, was a key target of eunuchs' killing.

For example, Zhang Jian, a native of Shanyang County, was one of the “Eight Eunuchs” and a key target of eunuchs.

For example, Liu Biao, one of the "Eight Talents", a native of Shanyang County and a key target of eunuchs' killing.

These three are all true party members in the true sense of the word.

Among them, Zhang Jian also had a great hatred for Hou Lan, the powerful eunuch leader. He was a man Hou Lan wanted to kill, and was once hunted down like a stray dog, living in constant fear.

They now all live in hiding in Liangzhuang, the farm founded by Yuan Shu.

If this were discovered by the eunuch envoys, Yuan Shu would be severely punished even if he didn't die.

But since they came here more than two years ago, the information has been well controlled. How could it suddenly be leaked?
However, Yuan Shu did not have the time to think about this problem.

If the eunuchs really sent someone to Youfufeng, would it be a big problem?

The former Youfufeng Shen Ke had entered the central government as a counselor under the care of the Yuan family, and the current Youfufeng Du was a former official of Yuan Shu's grandfather Yuan Tang.

At the local level, the Yuan family can definitely handle it.

Yuan Shu was not too worried about other aspects. If they wanted to hide people, they could hide anywhere in Youfufeng, a place with a vast area and few people. If they really came, unless they could carpet search the entire Youfufeng and even the three auxiliary areas, and dig deep into the ground, they would never find any clues that Yuan Shu was hiding the party members.

When the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. This is not a big deal.

There is no wall that is impenetrable. Considering that he has so many party members hiding on his side, it is only a matter of time before the news leaks out.

Even if it happened, Yuan Shu wouldn't find it strange. At most, he would be curious about the reason for the leak.

So after thinking about it for a while, Yuan Shu calmed down.

Since we have decided to shelter and protect the party members, we naturally have to take risks. Is it possible to gain such huge benefits without taking any risks?

Yuan Shu, who has received extensive guidance and learning on various funds and stocks, knows very well what high risk and high return mean.

I've let it go a long time ago!
In order to gain world power in the future, hard military power is certainly important, but soft power is also indispensable.

Therefore, in addition to strengthening his own military power, Yuan Shu also wanted to enhance his personal reputation in the Han Empire through various means, and to enhance his social competitiveness in a way that was in line with the times.

These days, personal reputation is really important. Sometimes, the quality of one's reputation can even determine life and death.

For example, Liu Bei.

Old Liu has been running around for most of his life and has been defeated many times, but there are always people willing to accept him and help him. They have helped him to come back to life and make a comeback several times. He is invincible and is known as the American cockroach in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

An important reason for this is that he has a good reputation, a strong character, and respects the rules, so everyone is willing to play with him.

The negative example is Lu Bu.

Not to mention how he backstabbed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. After he became independent, he broke his promise and backstabbed Liu Bei. He and Yuan Shu backstabbed each other, and he also had affairs with the wives of his subordinates, backstabbed his subordinates, and abused his power.

In the end, he was deserted by his friends and relatives and was tied up like a dumpling and sent to Cao Cao. He wanted to surrender to Cao Cao, but his bad criminal record made Cao Cao dare not accept him. He killed him with a knife and ended the matter. This tough guy died in Baimen Tower.

This is enough to prove the importance of personal reputation and credibility in this society.

In view of this, Yuan Shu recalled a series of operations that Yuan Shao had done when he was young to gain fame by making friends with party members, so he decided to take advantage of the background of the second Party Persecution and make a big move!
He wanted to accept and protect party members, hide them in his own farm and shelter them, so as to gain excessive fame and lay the foundation for his future development.

The second Party Factions Persecution far exceeded the first one in terms of intensity, number of victims and duration. It was a good opportunity for courageous people to obtain excess returns.

But it should be said that although Yuan Shu now stands on the side of the party members, he does not think that the party members are white lilies, that they are all upright gentlemen and that they have done nothing wrong.

In fact, the reason why the second Party Persecution broke out and was so brutal was entirely due to the radical faction of the scholar class - the party group itself. It was not the eunuchs who took the initiative to start a war.

Emperor Huan Liu Zhi died at the end of the first year of the Yongkang period. He was only thirty-six years old.

It's fine if he died, but he died at the wrong time because he had no son and no one to inherit the throne.

A country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and leaving the throne vacant was obviously not a good thing, so Empress Dowager Dou Miao discussed it with her father Dou Wu, and consulted with Liu clan members, and finally determined the successor - Liu Hong.

The twelve-year-old Liu Hong was fortunately chosen to become the next emperor. He came from Hejian to Luoyang to ascend the throne and the Han Empire entered a new era.

As the saying goes, a young ruler brings doubts to the country. The twelve-year-old Liu Hong certainly could not do anything, nor could he exercise imperial power and govern the country, so the power naturally fell into the hands of others.

The one who holds power is Empress Dowager Dou Miao.

After Dou Miao came to power, the first person she trusted was naturally her father Dou Wu.

Dou Wu was not a relative of the emperor as the stereotype suggests. He had literary talent and was very famous among the scholars, so he had the dual identities of a relative of the emperor and a scholar.

During the First Party Persecution, Dou Wu redressed the grievances for these people and eventually persuaded Emperor Huan to pardon the party members, thus ending the dispute of the First Party Persecution.

As a result, Dou Wu became more famous and was called "Three Lords" together with the famous scholars Liu Shu and Chen Fan, becoming one of the three great leaders of the scholar class at that time.

Because of this relationship, Dou Wu had close relations with famous scholars such as Chen Fan, Du Mi, and Li Ying, and they had frequent contacts with each other.

When Liu Hong had just ascended the throne and was unable to govern the country, at the suggestion of Dou Wu, Empress Dowager Dou Miao, who held the highest power, appointed a series of famous scholars to serve in the court.

She recalled all the previously demoted party members including Chen Fan, Li Ying, Du Mi and others, creating an atmosphere of "many righteous people in the court". For a time, the scholars all over the world really felt that a prosperous era was about to come.

But the problem is that Dou Miao is not an honest person who dislikes power.

As a queen who was despised by Emperor Huan Liu Zhi, she had a deep sense of insecurity. Once she endured it and became the queen mother, she naturally had a great desire for power.

While she obeyed her father Dou Wu in appointing scholar-officials, she also followed her own selfish desires and protected a large number of eunuchs who had opposed the scholars during Liu Zhi's period, such as Zheng Sa, Hou Lan, Cao Jie, Wang Fu, Guan Ba, Su Kang and others.

In addition, she also trusted Liu Hong's wet nurse Zhao Rao and created the post of "Female Minister", with Zhao Rao as the head and regarded them as her own trusted team, allowing them to participate in court affairs, which marked the beginning of female officials' participation in court affairs in history.

Zhao Rao accompanied Dou Miao, so she naturally had a close and unclear relationship with Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others around her. The female ministers also colluded with the eunuchs under them to compete with the scholars for power.

This behavior naturally made the "righteous people" in the court dissatisfied.

Chen Fan, Li Ying, Du Mi and others suffered from the first Party and Factions Persecution during the reign of Emperor Huan. Not only did they suffer, but many of their friends and relatives were also killed or injured. They hated eunuchs to the core.

Stimulated by their deep blood feud, they were always thinking about eliminating the eunuchs. How could they tolerate these eunuchs continuing to fight for power with them under Dou Miao's protection?
However, the scholars had been suppressed by the adult emperor before and could not seek justice. Now the emperor was young and the empress dowager was in power. Dou Wu, the person who best represented the imperial power, was the leader of the scholars and one of their own. In the eyes of Chen Fan, Li Ying and others, this was the best time to counterattack the eunuchs and seize power.

The emperor was young and inexperienced.

Empress Dowager Dou Miao was in power.

Dou Miao's father, General Dou Wu, was a leader of the scholars and a true Chinese.

How can we lose in this situation?
Just ask how did you lose?
(End of this chapter)