I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 93: When we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins!

Lu Zhi was a little worried that Yuan Shu didn't have enough people to protect him, so he wanted Yuan Shu to bring more people with him, preferably the entire security department.

However, Yuan Shu thought that in a place like Luoyang, it would be bad if there were too many people protecting him, so it would be safer to keep a low profile.

Lu Zhi had nothing to say about this.

They still have a lot of time to prepare, plan the details, or make some small changes - after all, Yuan Shu would not take a large army directly to Luoyang right away, that would be a direct declaration of war.

Five thousand members plus three thousand disciples going to Luoyang together?

Are you going to attack Luoyang?

Yuan Shu would take a small force to Luoyang first. After initially stabilizing the situation in Luoyang and creating a place for himself with his mouth, he would move all the members and disciples of Yi Xin Hui to Luoyang and officially build the area near Luoyang as the second base.

After he had discussed everything and everyone reached a consensus, Yuan Shu began to prepare to go to Luoyang.

Before leaving, he wrote a letter to Yuan Feng, telling him his speculation and decision, and asking Yuan Feng to prepare in advance. If he could gain a foothold in Luoyang, he would have to build Luoyang as his second base.

The resettlement cost of so many people is too high, he can't afford it, so it's time to take advantage of the rich again.

The Yuan family still has quite a few villas and lands in the surrounding areas of Luoyang, and even if they don't have them, Yuan Shu feels that he can just ask his father for them. After all, his father has just cheated him once, and now he must cheat back, otherwise he will suffer a loss.

Yuan Shu's letter was quickly delivered to Luoyang by a special person before he set out. A few days after Yuan Shu set out, the letter was delivered to Yuan Feng. Before Yuan Feng received the letter, he had already noticed something was wrong.

Because after Jia Xu informed Yuan Shu, he also found time to tell Yuan Feng what he had seen and heard. Yuan Feng felt something was wrong after hearing it, and thought about it carefully. Although he still didn't understand why these eunuchs did this, he realized that he might have made a wrong decision.

He anxiously told Yuan Wei about this matter. Yuan Wei had the same feeling after hearing it and wanted to take some remedial measures, but found that it was too late.

The emperor's decree had been issued, and they had accepted it. They had even sent someone to tell Yuan Shu to come over. Now it was possible that Yuan Shu had already set off.

Moreover, returning at this time would be tantamount to resisting the emperor's edict. If the emperor is angry, the Yuan family will inevitably pay an unknown price.

Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei fell into anxiety. At the same time, they were also very annoyed with the manipulator of this matter - the eunuch.

"Sure enough! Yuan She's leaving Luoyang to do business was definitely premeditated! Why didn't I suspect it more?"

Yuan Wei knocked his head in annoyance, hating himself for not persisting in the doubts in his mind at the time.

Yuan Feng felt even more regretful and angry. Seeing Yuan Wei like this, he could only blame himself.

"Ci Yang did nothing wrong. It was me who was wrong. I only thought about the benefits and didn't think deeper, so I fell into the trap! This is all my fault!"

After blaming themselves, the two men realized that there was no point in saying discouraging words now. It was still uncertain what the eunuchs wanted to do. What was more important now was to find out what the eunuchs wanted to do and to remind Yuan Shu in advance so that he could consider carefully.

"My son is very talented. If he knew the danger, he would definitely take precautions."

The only comfort in Yuan Feng's heart now is that his son is a genius. In this case, if he tells him about the danger in advance, he will definitely be able to prepare for it.

However, just a few days after Yuan Feng sent out the new news, the reply letter that Yuan Shu sent from Maoling before leaving arrived.

When Yuan Feng opened it, he felt a mixture of emotions. Ecstasy, relief, loss, embarrassment, guilt and other emotions continuously echoed and impacted his heart, making him very uncomfortable.

Yuan Shu also received Jia Xu's notification, which made him suspicious. After discussing it with his friends, he felt that the eunuchs had bad intentions and might want to use this method to sow discord between the Yuan family and the noble families, forcing the Yuan family to get closer to and rely more on the eunuchs, thus cutting off their retreat.

The Yuan School of Mind founded by Yuan Shu has a rapid development momentum, and with the promotion of the Yuan family, it is bound to have a certain impact on the world. Today, the New Text Confucianism and the Old Text Confucianism are in love and hate with each other, and there is a trend of fusion, but the actual power is still controlled by the New Text Confucianism.

As the official school of thought, the New Text Confucianism would not sit idly by and watch Yuan's School of Mind, which seemed to be derived from the Old Text Confucianism, gain entry and threaten its own academic status and school interests. It would inevitably come into conflict with Yuan's School of Mind.

If Yuan Shu's School of Mind was limited to the people and did not get involved in the affairs of official schools, the stakeholders of the New Text School would not be too excited. However, the eunuchs wanted to send Yuan Shu to the emperor in the name of a tutor. Once this came true, it would inevitably greatly stimulate the stakeholders of the New Text School.

They would suspect that the Yuan family wanted to use this trick to directly promote Yuan's School of Mind to the status of official learning, add a little more to the benefits they already had, and seize more benefits to strengthen themselves.

There are only so many benefits in the world. If the Yuan family eats more, others will have to eat less. The Yuan family has already eaten a lot and is already the most powerful family in the world. They still want to eat more. Aren’t they afraid of being bloated to death?
The other wealthy families in Jinwen would never sit idly by and watch such an insatiable act.

By then, the family reputation that the Yuan family had managed to reverse by protecting the party members would be severely damaged, and even other court factions would target them, which would be very unfavorable to the middle line that the Yuan family adhered to. Moreover, the Yuan family had not subjectively had such an idea before, but the eunuchs took the initiative to bring it up. This was clearly a scheme of the eunuchs. If the Yuan family had to swallow this loss, they would have made too many enemies and would be in a difficult situation.

So Yuan Shu was very worried about this matter at first, and originally wanted to claim illness and not come, but then he changed his mind and realized that he had never intended to limit the School of Mind to the people and not extend it to the court. He proposed this theory and founded the Yi Xin Society in order to change the world.

Now Isshin is developing very well in Kansai, but Kansai has a small population, a declining economy and limited development potential. If Isshin is confined to Kansai, it will ultimately fail to gain popularity, so it must expand its development to Kanto.

If you develop on your own initiative, it may feel like you have no legitimate reason, but if you are invited in the name of the emperor, then it is legitimate and has a legitimate reason.

The eunuchs wanted to use this to worsen the situation of the Yuan family, but on the other hand, this might be an opportunity for Yuan Shu's philosophy to turn the tide and gain a foothold in Luoyang and spread it on a large scale to Guandong.

The eunuchs wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between two tigers, but they might end up shooting themselves in the foot.

The eunuchs wanted to use Yuan Shu as a bargaining chip, but the biggest loophole in this plan was that Yuan Shu was not just a bargaining chip, but a living person, and an eloquent speaker with superb debating and speaking skills.

This is also the only way out of this seemingly unsolvable deadlock.

Yuan Shu decided to join the game himself and become the crucial breaking point. He bet all his abilities and future development prospects and made a big gamble with the eunuchs and the wealthy families of modern literature.

If you win, you will be glorious.

If he loses, the worst that can happen is that he will retreat back to Guanxi to lick his wounds. Anyway, he is still young and has plenty of time. By the time these old antiques die, he will still be in his prime and it is possible that he will be able to make a comeback.

Yuan Shu also said in the letter that he was quite nervous about this gamble and worried that if he failed, it would be very detrimental to the spread of Yuan's philosophy of mind.

But the eunuchs had obviously noticed him and used him as a springboard to attack the Yuan family for the second time.

If he dodges this time, there will be another time. If he dodges the next time, there will be another time after that. He doesn't want to become the eunuchs' target and Yuan's weak spot again and again.

If that happens, sooner or later he will be hated and abandoned by the Yuan family.

Therefore, he chose to take the initiative and go all in to have a big bet with the eunuch to see who the gambling god of the Han Dynasty was!

His last sentence in the letter was, "When two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins."

After reading the letter, Yuan Feng handed it to Yuan Wei, who was amazed after reading it.

"When two people meet on a narrow road, the bravest one wins! Brother, Shu actually has such insight, such strategy, and such courage! He is only fifteen years old! If he can overcome this disaster, who can estimate his future achievements?"

Yuan Feng was silent for a long time, then he raised his head, walked to the door of the room, looked up at the sky, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he turned around and looked at Yuan Wei.

"Ci Yang, Shu is only fifteen years old, not yet an adult, still a child, yet he has such courage and bravery, and is not afraid of the eunuchs at all. As his father, I am timid and hesitant, which is not what a father should do.

The most embarrassing thing for the ancients was a tiger father and a dog son, or a son who was not like his father. Could it be that when it comes to me, Yuan Feng, I will become a tiger son and a dog father, or a father who was not like his son? If so, how will I, Yuan Feng, be mocked and ridiculed by future generations after I die?"

Yuan Wei put down the letter in his hand and looked at Yuan Feng.

"Brother Zhong, you..."

"I want to bet with Shu once. The Yuan family is big and powerful. We can afford to gamble, but we can also afford to lose."

Yuan Feng walked up to Yuan Wei, patted him on the shoulder, and said slowly: "Don't get involved in this matter. If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. If it fails, I will bear the consequences. The position of the head of the Yuan family will be taken by you."

Yuan Wei was shocked when he heard this.

"Brother Zhong! This..."

"Don't worry, I, as a father, will take care of my son's affairs."

Yuan Feng smiled and said, "But as the head of the family, I can't just ignore the burden of the family. If the family is really damaged, I can't continue to be the head of the family, so I'll hand it over to you. As for the rest, I won't care! I've been cautious and follow others for most of my life, but in the end, I'm not as decisive as my own son. Which father can tolerate this? Hahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)