Yuan Shao knew what Liu Bei meant when he took out the invitation in public.
This was not only Liu Bei's expression of loyalty, but also a question Liu Bei asked him.
Liu Bei was not a disciple or former official of the Yuan family, but his father-in-law. He was a politically free man. He followed him because he was optimistic about his prospects.
And he also took a fancy to Liu Bei's talent and the power behind him.
This is a two-way selection process. Liu Bei has the right and qualification to ask the questions, and Yuan Shao needs to be the answerer.
He needed to tell Liu Bei and the others watching.
Follow me and you will have meat to eat.
So Yuan Shao personally took the invitation to Yuan Shu's residence, ignored the dissuasion of Yuan Shu's concierge, and went straight into Yuan Shu's mansion, which made Yuan Shu, who was drinking and having fun with his concubine, very unhappy.
"What are you doing here?"
Yuan Shu was wearing regular clothes and looked at Yuan Shao angrily.
Yuan Shao didn't care about his cold attitude and threw his invitation directly on the table.
"Liu Xuande is my disciple and an indispensable and important help to me. You have crossed the line."
Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, looking at the invitation, his face suddenly darkened.
"You did it?"
"Xuande's heart is drawn to me, so how can you change it? I invited him first, got to know him first, got close to him first, and now that he has made achievements, are you interested in him? It’s late, it’s really late.”
Yuan Shao smiled coldly: "Outside, in the final analysis, you and I are still brothers. Don't cause anything that would make outsiders think you are at odds with my brother, otherwise it will not be good for the Yuan family."
Yuan Shu had a dark face and looked at Yuan Shao angrily.
"I'm the legitimate son! It's not your turn, a bastard, to teach me a lesson!"
"Second son."
Yuan Shao sneered and said: "Besides, I am older than you. I am your brother and my father's only successor. I am also the legitimate son. Don't use your status as the legitimate son to oppress me."
Yuan Shu was annoyed for a while.
"Liu Xuande is not your disciple or former official, so why can't I invite him to do things for me? If you strike first, I can't strike second? Which rule prohibits me from doing this?"
Yuan Shao dismissed Yuan Shu's remarks and was too lazy to argue with Yuan Shu.
He needed to let Yuan Shu know that Liu Bei was his indispensable and important assistant, and Yuan Shu could not get involved with him, otherwise he would be openly against him.
This is very critical and involves the principles of internal struggle within the Yuan family.
He said coldly: "In this case, I will pretend that I didn't hear it. You can say this in private, but on the surface, you must not do this, otherwise others will laugh at me. The Yuan family has internal discord and fierce internal fighting. Do you think my uncle will be very angry if the reputation of the Yuan family is ruined?"
Yuan Shu was furious.
"you……"
"You and I are both descendants of the Yuan family. The Yuan family has the greatest reputation. Under the prestige, you and I are just foils. Don't tarnish the family's reputation any more! You're the one who's going to defend us!"
"Yuan Shao!"
Yuan Shu was furious, stepped forward, glared at Yuan Shao, and growled: "Remember your identity as a concubine! Don't think that if you adopt an adopted son, you are a legitimate son! Don't use the family reputation to pressure me! I can do the same things you can do! You Don’t be too self-righteous, otherwise I will never make it easy for you!”
"Whatever, but don't forget, remember to call me brother in public situations, don't ruin the reputation of the family as brothers and sisters!"
Yuan Shao sneered, turned around and walked away, leaving Yuan Shu furious on the spot.
Although he was angry and wanted to beat Yuan Shao to make himself feel better, Yuan Shu knew that he could not do this, at least not publicly.
Otherwise, outsiders will see Yuan's jokes and Yuan's reputation will be damaged.
This is very serious for the Yuan family, which is already in a very delicate situation amid the chaos of party control.
Once something happens, the elders in the clan will never make it easy for him.
It may even affect your ranking among family heirs.
After Yuan Shao left, Yuan Shu was full of anger and didn't know where to vent his anger, so he could only vent his anger on his concubine.
After venting the evil fire, Yuan Shu found Yang Hong, who was advising him, and threw the invitation in front of him.
"This invitation was brought to me by Yuan Shao."
Yang Hong was stunned for a moment, then shocked. Looking at Yuan Shu's face, it was obvious that he was angry.
"Highway, I miscalculated. I didn't expect Yuan Benchu to value Liu Bei so much."
"The more he pays attention to it, the more it proves that Liu Bei is really talented. If such a person can give me advice, do I need to worry about being unable to defeat Yuan Shao?!"
Yuan Shu's anger surged, his face was full of dissatisfaction, and he punched the table with his fist: "How dare you show off your power in front of me, just a bastard! If you don't teach him a lesson, he won't know what dignity and inferiority are!"
Yang Hong felt that Yuan Shu was a little out of control and quickly tried to dissuade him.
"Gao Dao, you must not openly confront Yuan Shao at this moment. This is absolutely unacceptable to the Yuan family. If you do this, Mr. Yuan will definitely be very angry."
The Duke Yuan in Yang Hong's mouth is naturally the uncle of the three brothers Yuan Wei, Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who is now the speaker of the Yuan family after Yuan Feng's death.
Yuan Shu did not dare to disobey Yuan Wei, who was in charge of the Yuan family's foundation and held a high position. Yuan Shu could not raise his spirits at all against the majestic Yuan Wei.
"Don't always use uncle to pressure me."
He could only scold Yang Hong with a stern look.
Of course, Yang Hong had the foresight to relent and apologized to Yuan Shu, but he also pointed out again the fact that the Yuan brothers could not break up openly.
Regarding this fact, Yuan Shu was very helpless, but also hated it very much.
"Are you just going to watch Yuan Shao step on my head?"
"Currently, there is no better way."
Yang Hong is not a clever genius. Faced with this situation, he can't think of any better way. He can only advise Yuan Shu to take a step back and use his status as the legitimate son to win over the Yuan family's disciples and stabilize him. basic disk.
"As a concubine, it is difficult for Yuan Benchu to win over the disciples who have a closer relationship with the Yuan family. The most important strength of the Yuan family is the Yuan family's disciples. As long as he can win over these people, no matter how much Yuan Benchu tries, he will not be able to change the world."
Yang Hong is right. The political power of the Yuan family is mainly reflected in the two major groups of disciples and former officials.
Compared with the group of former officials, whose composition is more complex and people's hearts are more complicated, the group of disciples is the most important political cornerstone of the Yuan family.
Because of their inheritance from the Yuan family, their political interests are highly consistent with the Yuan family's. Their social status is also nobler and their appeal is stronger than the group of old officials with different origins.
To explain it in terms of cultivating immortals, the disciples are equivalent to the inner disciples of the Yuan family, and the old officials are the outer disciples of the Yuan family. There is a distinction between closeness and distance. In terms of political resources, the disciples must be greater than the old officials.
Yuan Shu knew this kind of thing, but compared to Yuan Shao, who was born as the eldest son of a concubine, he still had a major disadvantage.
In the line of succession, he is the second son, not the eldest son. Compared with Yuan Shu, the disciples are more willing to take refuge in Yuan Ji. Unless they are not taken seriously by Yuan Ji, they will abandon Yuan Ji and take refuge in Yuan Shu.
This made Yuan Shu feel that he was the spare tire of Yuan's disciples, and he felt very unhappy, so he always wanted to go against Yuan Shao.
He would not dare to confront Yuan Ji.
But now he is not only suppressed by Yuan Ji, but also suppressed by Yuan Shao. One can imagine his inner distress.
Yuan Shao didn't know Yuan Shu's distress, and he didn't want to know it, because he never regarded Yuan Shu as one of his own. Whether Yuan Shu lived well or badly had nothing to do with him, as long as he didn't make trouble or mess around, so as to harm Yuan Shu. His reputation is enough.
As a concubine, Yuan Shao was very careful in every step he took.
He was afraid that something would happen that would affect the reputation he had finally accumulated, so when he returned to his hometown, he was worried about Yue Dan's comments on the Xu family, and did not dare to let the Xu family know about his trendy tricks to avoid being criticized by them.
From this point of view, as a concubine, Yuan Shao's rise to power was actually full of difficulties. Compared with Yuan Shu, who later played GG in the beginning of Tianhu, Yuan Shao was undoubtedly better.
It's just that Yuan Shao has obvious advantages and obvious shortcomings.
He is a top-notch publicist, but also an extremely bad HR, and a general manager who lacks management skills.
Liu Bei has already seen this.
