Xuande

Chapter 58 He Wants to Gain Political Prestige
Although Cao Cao knew that this matter was difficult, he did not intend to let go of this opportunity to show himself in front of the scholars.

When it was finally useful to me, if I lost the chain at a critical moment, it would be hard to say whether there would be a next chance.

Cao Cao knew that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

With such determination, Cao Cao planned to fight to the death.

However, at this time, Liu Bei spoke again.

"Only relying on us, the strength may still be relatively weak. Only relying on Meng De and Chen Situ may not give us the certainty of victory. If there is no certainty of victory, will Chen Situ really join us to fight against the eunuch?"

Yuan Shao frowned and found that Liu Bei was right.

Everyone's discussion here is in full swing, but this plan is still uncontrollable.

Whether Chen Dan will join or not is a question.

Whether Cao Cao can send the impeachment memorial to the palace through family channels for Liu Hong to see is also a question.

Two small problems put together make a big problem.

"What's Xuande's opinion?"

Yuan Shao felt that since Liu Bei raised the problem, he had a solution to the problem.

Liu Bei does have a solution to the problem.

"We want to ensure that Chen Situ will join us, we must ensure that the eunuchs cannot stop us, and we must ensure that His Majesty the Emperor can see our performance. Therefore, we can attack the weakest part of the eunuchs and make them powerless to resist."

It is quite trendy to say that the extremely violent eunuch is powerless to resist. Others find it very strange, so Liu Bei continued to say.

"Eunuchs do have power and are very cruel, but they also have weaknesses. Their weakness lies in popularity. Eunuchs are notorious and have no popularity. They can survive until now because of their power and not a little popularity.

Therefore, if you want to attack the strong with the weak, you must find out where the strong are weak and the weak are strong. Use your own strength to attack the enemy's weakness. The weakness of eunuchs lies in their reputation. The strength of our generation lies in raising our arms and shouting. , the respondent gathered. "

"It's kind of like the art of war."

Zhang Miao looked at Liu Bei with interest: "Has Xuande studied the Art of War?"

"The teacher once taught me some art of war, so I understand a little bit."

Liu Bei smiled, and said: "No matter how strong a person is, there are also weaknesses. I think that the eunuch's attack on the 26 well-known county guards has already angered many people. They just lack an opportunity to fight back." , if we give them a chance, they will definitely support us."

Liu Bei revealed his own method, and after everyone listened, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally looked at Yuan Shao together.

In Yuan Shao's mind, he thought back to the banquets and debates in Yuan's mansion that Liu Bei planned for him not long ago, so he decided to trust Liu Bei's planning and organizational skills.

"I believe in Xuande, Xuande, I will leave this matter to you, and I will follow your command."

Liu Bei immediately put on a very moved look.

"Being trusted by Mr. Yuan, what's the point of preparing for death!"

"Okay! Hahahahahahaha!"

Yuan Shao had a heroic look and smiled happily.

So Liu Bei began to assign tasks and carried out his own operations.

He arranged for the well-connected little prince Yuan Shao and the old king Zhang Miao to go out and ask them to count the origins and places of office of the 26 impeached local sheriffs, and then find the corresponding locals they knew in Luoyang City for these places.

It is not necessary to find all of them, it is almost enough to find a dozen or so, and then use their connections and prestige to ask these locals to mobilize the locals they can mobilize to gather in Luoyang and obey the command uniformly.

During this period of operation, Xu You, He Yong and others need to help and cooperate with each other, so as to organize them and not mess up.

When people were almost gathered, they took to the streets to parade, and together they built momentum in Luoyang City and spread public opinion, so that everyone in Luoyang would know the grievances of the 26 county guards and Xu Yu and Zhang Ji's heinous crimes.

Then Liu Bei went out in person, led the crowd straight to Sili Xiaowei's mansion, initiated a letter from Yi Que, and directly hit the gate of life.

At this time, it is necessary for Cao Cao to do his best to get the direct passage to Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Even if he fails, he must get as close as possible.

And when all these are ready to be launched, Zhang Miao, He Yong and other senior people will be dispatched. At this moment, it is time for them to take the initiative to take down Chen Dan.

There is a senior official of the Sangong rank in the palace as a support, even if he has no real power, he can make a louder voice than them, and the emperor can hear it more.

As long as the emperor hears it, half the battle is already won.

In short, Liu Bei is preparing to launch a massive public opinion offensive, using the public opinion energy that everyone here has that the eunuchs do not have, to make a voice that is so loud that even the emperor has to hear it.

When the sound was loud enough to resound throughout Luoyang City, even if the eunuchs wanted to cover the sky with one hand, they would be unable to do so.

At that time, everything was placed in the sun, but the eunuchs in the dark place were unable to make a move, unable to resist, and had no choice but to admit defeat.

This is not only to save his father-in-law Han Rong and stabilize Han Rong's position, but more importantly, through this wave of operations, Liu Bei can gain crucial political prestige.

Before that, his prestige was academic in nature. After getting to know Yuan Shao, he gained some political attention, but he still lacked political prestige.

Only by gaining enough political prestige can one go further in officialdom.

At that time, with the joint promotion of the School of Ancient Chinese Classics and Yuan Shao behind him, he will gain greater power, not just a small copyist right now.

After the plan was made, everyone carried it out separately and met regularly in Yuan Shao's mansion.

When meeting, it is necessary to summarize the progress of the matter and publicize it widely so that everyone knows what each other has achieved.

As the commander-in-chief, Liu Bei has something to do, because his father-in-law is also the victim of the eunuch's political actions this time, so he must personally operate the manpower in Zhuo County.

He wasn't worried about that at all.

There are several locals from Zhuo County around him, and the locals can no longer be locals.

Although Zhen Yan is from Jizhou, he who has been favored by Liu Bei thinks it is time to repay his favor, so he is also willing to play a cameo from Zhuojun, Youzhou, to help Liu Bei support the scene.

Through Zhen Yan's relationship, Liu Bei sorted out the seven No. 80 servants, cooks, and guards in his house, organized them with the 30 people in his own house, and assembled a team of [-] people in Zhuo County for this demonstration. initial shock.

This matter is not without safety hazards, and some emergencies may occur, but Zhen Yan obviously doesn't care.

(End of this chapter)