Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao in surprise and found that there was a fierce light in his eyes, and he looked like a man of action.
He means it.
Obviously, Liu Bei's few words could not completely erase the inertial thinking he had formed over the years. He still habitually wanted 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 others also looked at Cao Cao with strange eyes. They felt that this spiritual scholar was really awesome. In order to get rid of his relationship with the eunuch, he actually used such hard-core methods to deal with him. The eunuch is truly a hard-core ruthless person.
But does such pandering really have any effect?
He Yong reluctantly asked Cao Cao what he should do to assassinate the eunuch, and Cao Cao seemed very proud.
"In the past, the eunuch Zhang Rang was arrogant. I once entered Zhang Rang's mansion at night and prepared to teach him a lesson. Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention while walking and broke a flower pot, which attracted the attention of his guards and was forced to leave. "
What Cao Cao meant by talking about this past incident in public was that I was awesome, I could assassinate him, and if I wanted to leave, Zhang Rang couldn't stop me.
Trust me, leave it to me, I can do it.
Moreover, I will never side with the eunuch.
Everyone looked at each other, and then looked at Yuan Shao together.
Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao quite dissatisfied.
"I heard that the eunuch's palace has been recruiting brave people to strengthen its defense recently. There are a large number of escorts coming and going. I might not be able to succeed just relying on Meng De's strength, so let's forget it."
These words sounded quite polite, and Yuan Shao saved Cao Cao face.
If I really want to be honest, I still don’t know how much your kid weighs?
That's because they didn't take action because you are the eldest son of Cao. If you really want to try it, you will die if you try it!
Do you really think that the powerful people of the current dynasty are so easy to assassinate?
Look at which dignitary who has been assassinated throughout history has not become a laughing stock? Which successful assassin doesn't leave his name in history?
Why?
Isn’t the difficulty too high and the success stories too low?
After rejecting Cao Cao's funeral proposal, everyone continued brainstorming.
One plan after another was proposed, and one plan after another was rejected. In the end, everyone was really at a loss and looked at Liu Bei who had been silent.
"Xuande, what do you think?"
Yuan Shao couldn't think of any good ideas for a while, so he could only turn his attention to Liu Bei, who was good at planning, hoping that his "mastermind" could provide him with some good ideas.
Helping me is also helping yourself, right?
Liu Bei had been thinking of ways just now, and he overturned several methods because they were not feasible.
The route to the upper levels was obviously unworkable, as the upper levels were controlled by eunuchs.
The middle-level people... even themselves, are still very nervous now and have no choice.
Then using the elimination method, you can only take the lower-level route.
The so-called lower-level line is actually the legendary public opinion tactic, which uses public opinion to force the enemy to give up its advantage and return to the same starting line.
There is a prerequisite before using this method, that is, one's own public opinion base is better than the enemy's public opinion base.
Putting his thoughts here, Liu Bei suddenly found an opportunity to survive from a desperate situation.
The political power of the eunuchs was indeed strong, but in terms of public opinion, the eunuchs were at an absolute disadvantage.
The scholars could not defeat the eunuchs politically, and their political positions were completely lost. They were about to become the eunuchs' vassals. However, they had been controlling the public opinion very well. The eunuchs were notorious and were absolutely criticized in the public opinion field. No benefit.
Of course, the eunuchs themselves could not control their own hands. Their bad actions were too direct and obvious. Unlike the scholars, their bad actions were very high-end and high-quality, and they had the upper hand in public opinion.
Under such circumstances, there are prerequisites for using public opinion tactics.
The eunuchs did not launch the attack in person this time. When they launched the attack, they used the chess pieces and puppets they controlled - the current Sikong Zhang Ji and Taiwei Xu Kuan.
These two people were originally the eunuchs who were able to ascend to the position of the three princes. Now they naturally rely on the eunuchs to demonstrate their status and power. They need the eunuchs' cooperation to stabilize their positions.
When the eunuch made a request, they could not refuse and could only charge into battle.
Therefore, this actual battle between the eunuchs and the scholars is, on the surface, an internal struggle among the scholars and bureaucrats. It is the punishment of corrupt officials by Taiwei and Sikong, which is justifiable.
And this also gave Liu Bei an excellent opportunity.
An opportunity to avoid a direct confrontation with the eunuchs and make them suffer.
"Why do we have to face off against the eunuch?"
Liu Bei looked at Yuan Shao and asked this question.
This question was asked to the surprise of everyone else present, including Yuan Shao.
"ah?"
Yuan Shao didn't react: "What does Xuande mean?"
"Why do you have to fight the eunuch?"
Liu Bei repeated the question again and added: "Aren't the people who promoted this matter not Taiwei Xu Kuan and Sikong Zhang Ji? Who said we have to fight against the eunuchs? We have always fought against Taiwei Xu Kuan and Sikong Zhang. It's just these two despicable people, Ji, no one else."
Yuan Shao was stunned for a while without reacting.
Cao Cao didn't understand it for a while.
Xu You was the first to understand.
"I see!"
Xu You patted his thigh: "I understand what Xuande means! Xuande, you mean that we don't need to worry about fighting against the eunuchs, we only need to raise the banner against Xu Kuan and Zhang Ji. , although they did this under the instruction of the eunuch.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Kuan and Zhang Ji pushed this matter. As long as we oppose them, it will be enough to change the final outcome of the matter. We don't need to directly attack the eunuchs, as long as we point the finger at Xu Kuan and Zhang Ji, it is enough! "
As he said that, Xu You looked at Liu Bei with a happy face, and his eyes were filled with sparkles.
"What a Liu Xuande, he woke up the dreamer with just one word! Mr. Yuan, gentlemen, we don't need to embarrass the eunuchs at all. We just need to find a way to bring down Xu Kuang and Zhang Ji. These two people are notorious and we are attacking them." , absolutely feasible!”
After Xu You finished speaking, Cao Cao slapped his thigh with a look of surprise on his face.
"I see!"
Yuan Shao reacted immediately and was overjoyed.
"Wonderful!"
He Yong, Zhang Miao and others also reacted one after another, knowing what Liu Bei's suggestion meant. They all looked happy and looked at Liu Bei with brilliant eyes.
Obviously, this is a way to steal a concept.
The struggle between the political groups of scholars against the eunuchs was cleverly transformed into a conflict within the scholars.
There is no need to mention eunuchs at all, and there is no need to attack eunuchs.
All we need to do is focus on Xu Kuan and Zhang Ji, find out the dirty information about these two people, or find a way to make it impossible for these two people to continue to be evil. As long as they are removed from power, all problems will be solved.
That is to say, there are no strange phenomena in the world during this period, otherwise we can make them collectively step down in a minute!
In essence, this is anti-eunuch behavior, which is poaching the eunuchs' corners and cutting off their wings. But on the surface, this is an internal fight between scholars and bureaucrats.
We are resisting some shameless scholars who do not respect martial ethics, but we are not resisting the eunuchs.
