Xuande

Chapter 56 Why must I confront the eunuch head-on?

Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao in surprise, and found that his eyes were shining fiercely, and he was clearly a man of action.

He is serious.

Obviously, Liu Bei's few words can't completely erase the habitual thinking he has formed over the years. He still habitually wants to eliminate eunuchs to prove himself, and then become an "honorary scholar".

But of course this is just wishful thinking on his part.

Except for Liu Bei, the rest of the people also looked at Cao Cao with weird eyes. They felt that this spiritual scholar was really awesome. In order to get rid of his relationship with the eunuch, he actually had to use such hard-core methods to deal with him. The eunuch is really a hardcore and ruthless person.

But does such pandering action really have any effect?

He Yong asked Cao Cao helplessly what he should do to assassinate the eunuch, and Cao Cao seemed very proud.

"In the past, the eunuch Zhang Rang was arrogant. I entered Zhang Rang's mansion at night to teach him a lesson, but unfortunately I didn't pay attention when I was walking and broke a flower pot, which attracted the attention of his guards, so I was forced to leave. "

When Cao Cao talked about this past event in public, he meant that I was awesome, that I could assassinate him, and that as long as I wanted to leave, Zhang Rang couldn't stop him.

You trust me, give it to me, I can do it.

Moreover, I will definitely not side with the eunuch.

Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Yuan Shao together.

Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao rather dissatisfied.

"I heard that the eunuch's mansion has recently been recruiting brave people to strengthen the defense, and there are a large number of guards when they go in and out. I'm afraid they can't succeed with Meng De's power alone. Let's forget it."

This sounded very polite, Yuan Shao saved face for Cao Cao.

If you really want to say it without saving face, I don't know how much your kid weighs?

That's because they didn't do it because you are the son of Cao's eldest son. If you really want to try it, you will die if you try it!

Do you really think that the nobles of the dynasty are so easy to assassinate?
Take a look at the assassinated dignitaries throughout the ages who have not been reduced to a laughing stock?Which successful assassin is not famous in history?
why?
Isn't the difficulty too high and the success stories too low?

After rejecting Cao Cao's funeral proposal, everyone continued to brainstorm.

One plan after another was proposed, and one plan after another was rejected. In the end, everyone really had no choice but to look at Liu Bei who had been silent all along.

"Xuande, what do you think?"

Yuan Shao couldn't think of any good solutions for a while, so he could only turn his attention to Liu Bei, who was good at planning, hoping that his "conspirator" could provide him with some good solutions.

Helping me is helping yourself, right?

Liu Bei has been thinking about a solution just now, and after thinking of several methods, they were overturned because there was no feasibility.

Obviously, the upper-level route will not work, and the upper-level is controlled by eunuchs.

The middle class...they themselves are also trembling now, and there is nothing they can do.

Then use the method of elimination, you can only go the lower route.

The so-called lower-level route is actually the legendary public opinion tactic, using public opinion to force the enemy to give up their advantages and return to the same starting line.

Before using this method, there must be a prerequisite, that is, your own public opinion base is better than the enemy's public opinion base.

Putting his thoughts here, Liu Bei suddenly found an opportunity to save himself from a desperate situation.

The political power of the eunuchs is indeed strong, but in terms of public opinion, the eunuchs are at an absolute disadvantage.

The scholars couldn't compete with the eunuchs in politics, they lost all their political positions, and they were about to become the eunuchs' vassals, but on the front of public opinion, they have always been in control. Not good.

Of course, eunuchs themselves can't control their own hands. The bad ones are too direct and too obvious. Unlike the scholars, the bad ones are very high-end and high-quality, and they have the upper hand in the field of public opinion.

Under such circumstances, the prerequisites for using public opinion tactics are in place.

The eunuchs did not launch the attack themselves this time either, they used the pawns and puppets they controlled when they launched the attack - today's Sikong Zhang Ji, Taiwei Xu Yu.

These two people were originally the eunuchs of Afu who were able to ascend to the position of the three princes. Now they naturally have to rely on the eunuchs to show their status and power, and they need the cooperation of the eunuchs to stabilize their positions.

When the eunuchs made a request, they couldn't refuse, so they could only charge forward.

Therefore, this actual battle between eunuchs and scholars, on the surface, is an internal struggle among scholars and bureaucrats. It is Taiwei and Sikong's punishment of corrupt officials, which is justified.

And this gave Liu Bei an excellent opportunity.

An opportunity to avoid confrontation with the eunuchs and make them dumb.

"Why do you have to confront the eunuch head-on?"

Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao and asked this question.

The asking of this question surprised everyone present, including Yuan Shao.

"what?"

Yuan Shao didn't realize it: "What does Xuande mean?"

"Why do you have to fight the eunuch?"

Liu Bei repeated the question again, and added: "Isn't Taiwei Xu Yu and Sikong Zhang Ji the ones who pushed this matter? Who said we have to fight against eunuchs? We have always had to fight against Taiwei Xu Yu and Sikong Zhang It's just these two despicable people, and no one else."

Yuan Shao was stunned for a while but did not react.

Cao Cao didn't think about it for a while.

Xu You was the first to understand.

"I see!"

Xu You patted himself on the thigh: "I understand Xuande's meaning! Xuande, what do you mean, we don't need to worry about fighting against eunuchs, we just need to fight against Xu Que and Zhang Ji's banner is enough , although they did this under the behest of the eunuch.

It is precisely because of this that this matter was promoted by Xu Qu and Zhang Ji. As long as we oppose them, it is enough to change the final result of this matter. We don't need to directly attack the eunuchs, as long as we point the finger at Xu Qu and Zhang Ji, that's enough! "

As he said that, Xu You looked at Liu Bei with joy on his face, and his eyes were shining brightly.

"Liu Xuande, you wake up the dreamer with one word! Yuan Gong, gentlemen, we don't need to make trouble with the eunuch at all. We just need to find a way to bring down Xu Yu and Zhang Ji. These two people are notorious, so let's make trouble for them. , absolutely doable!"

After Xu You finished speaking, Cao Cao slapped his thigh with surprise on his face.

"I see!"

Yuan Shao came to his senses and was overjoyed.

"Wonderful!"

He Yong, Zhang Miao and others also reacted one after another, knowing what Liu Bei's suggestion meant, they all showed joy, and looked at Liu Bei with brilliant eyes.

Obviously, this is a way to secretly change the concept.

The struggle between the scholars against the eunuch's political group is subtly transformed into a conflict within the scholars.

You don't need to mention eunuchs at all, and you don't need to attack eunuchs.

All you need to do is focus on Xu Yu and Zhang Ji, find out the black information about these two people, or find a way to make it impossible for these two people to continue to be Sangong. As long as they step down, all problems will be solved.

That is to say, during this period of time, there is no phenomenon of heaven and earth, otherwise everyone will make them step down collectively in minutes!
In essence, this is anti-eunuch behavior, which is digging the corner of the eunuch's wall and cutting off the eunuch's wings, but on the surface, this is the internal struggle between scholars and bureaucrats.

We are rebelling against some stinky and shameless scholars who don't talk about martial arts, and we are not rebelling against eunuchs.

(End of this chapter)