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 finally works for me, if it fails at a critical moment, it's hard to say whether there will be another 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.
"Just relying on us may still be relatively weak. Just relying on Meng De and Chen Situ may not give us the certainty of victory. Without the certainty of victory, will Chen Situ really join us to fight against the eunuchs?"
Yuan Shao frowned and found that what Liu Bei said made sense.
Everyone is discussing it here 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 for Liu Hong to see through family channels is also a question.
Two small problems add up to a big problem.
"What's Xuande's advice?"
Yuan Shao felt that since Liu Bei raised the problem, he had a way to solve it.
Liu Bei does have a solution to the problem.
"We need to ensure that Chen Situ will join us, we need to ensure that the eunuchs cannot stop us, and we need to ensure that His Majesty the Emperor can see our memorial. Therefore, we can attack the eunuchs at their weakest point and make them unable to resist."
The idea of making an extremely violent eunuch unable to resist was quite new. Others found it strange and listened to Liu Bei continue.
"Eunuchs do have power and are very cruel, but they also have weaknesses. Their weakness lies in popularity. Eunuchs have a notorious reputation and have no popularity at all. Their ability to support themselves until now depends entirely on power, without any popularity at all.
Therefore, if we want to attack the strong with the weak, we must find the weak points of the strong and the strong points of the weak. Use our strength to attack the enemy's weaknesses. The eunuch's weakness lies in his bad reputation. Our strength lies in raising our arms and shouting. , the responders gathered. "
"This is a bit like the art of war."
Zhang Miao looked at Liu Bei with great interest: "Has Xuande read the Art of War?"
"The teacher once taught me some tactics of war, and I know a little bit about them."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "No matter how strong a person is, he also has weaknesses. I think that the eunuch's attack on twenty-six well-known county guards has angered many people. They just lack a counterattack." If we give them a chance, they will definitely support us."
Liu Bei explained all his methods. After everyone listened, they looked at me, I looked at you, and finally they all looked at Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao recalled in his mind the Yuan Mansion banquet and debate conference that Liu Bei had planned for him not long ago, so he decided to trust Liu Bei's planning and organizational abilities.
"I believe in Xuande, Xuande, I will leave this matter to you, and I will also obey your command."
Liu Bei immediately looked very moved.
"Since Mr. Yuan trusts me, there is no need to be prepared for death!"
"Okay! Hahahahahaha!"
Yuan Shao looked heroic and smiled happily.
So Liu Bei began to assign tasks and conduct his own operations.
He arranged for Yuan Shao, the young prince with connections, and Zhang Miao, the old king with connections, to go out and ask them to count the birthplaces and places of employment of the twenty-six impeached local governors, and then find the corresponding places they knew in Luoyang City for these places. people.
It is not necessary to find them all. It is enough to find a dozen, 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, the operation work required Xu You, He Yong and others to help and cooperate with each other, and to organize them to prevent chaos.
When everyone was almost gathered, they took to the streets to parade, and together they built momentum in Luoyang City, spread public opinion, and let everyone in Luoyang know about the grievances of the twenty-six county governors and Xu Kui and Zhang Ji's indifference between public and private affairs. The crime is extremely heinous.
Then Liu Bei personally took action, led everyone straight to Sili Xiaowei's Mansion, launched a letter to Yi Que, and attacked the gate of life.
At this time, Cao Cao needs to do his best to secure the memorial channel directly to Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong. Even if he fails, he must get as close as possible.
And when everything is ready to be launched, Zhang Miao and He Yong and other senior people will be dispatched. At this moment, it is time for them to take the initiative to capture Chen Dan.
There is a high-ranking official in the palace as a supporter. Even if he has no real power, he can make a louder voice than them and be heard by the emperor.
As long as the emperor hears it, half the battle is 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 loud voice that even the emperor has to hear.
When the sound was loud enough and resounded throughout Luoyang City, the eunuchs would not be able to cover up the sky even if they wanted to.
At that time, everything is under the sun, but the eunuchs in the dark place are unable to take action and are unable to resist. All they have to face is 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 operation, Liu Bei can gain crucial political prestige.
Before that, his reputation was academic in nature. After meeting Yuan Shao, he got some political attention, but he still lacked political reputation.
Only by gaining enough political prestige can one advance further in the officialdom.
By then, with the support of the Ancient Classics School and Yuan Shao behind him, he will have greater power, and will not just be a small scribe at the moment.
After the plan was finalized, everyone implemented it separately and met regularly at Yuan Shao's mansion.
During the meeting, the progress of the matter needs to be summarized and widely publicized, so that everyone knows what each other has achieved.
As the commander-in-chief, Liu Bei also had things to do, because his father-in-law was also a victim of this eunuch's political action, so he had to personally operate the manpower in Zhuojun.
He wasn't worried about that at all.
There are several locals from Zhuojun around him, and those who are local cannot be more local.
Although Zhen Yan was from Jizhou, he felt that this was the time to repay the kindness he received from Liu Bei, so he was 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 70 or 80 servants, cooks, and guards in his house, and organized them with the 20 or 30 people in his house to form a team of 100 people from Zhuojun for this demonstration. The reputation is beginning to rise.
This matter is not without safety risks, and some emergencies are likely to occur, but Zhen Yan obviously doesn't care.
