Three Kingdoms

At this time, Yuan Shu was presenting to Yuan Wei the plan that he had spent the whole night thinking about yesterday.

Yuan Wei looked through it quietly. Although there was no expression on his face, he was still quite satisfied in his heart. One person alone designed a complete set of steps from launch to retreat overnight. Although there were still some shortcomings, every aspect was taken care of. Overall, the flaws were not concealed.

While watching, Yuan Wei asked: "What do you say about Cao Amo?" - How do you convince Cao Cao to participate in this matter?

Yuan Shu replied: "Cao Cao has been fond of taking risks since he was a child, and he has a very good reputation. So Shu said that although the emperor is deposed, the new emperor will not last long. This move is no less than an unparalleled achievement. Cao will definitely take the bait." ——Although the Young Emperor has been deposed, the new Emperor will not be in power for long. If the Young Emperor comes back, then you, Cao Cao, will have made unparalleled achievements!

"Why do you want to find Cao Gongju?" Yuan Wei then asked. Then why Yuan Shu doesn't do this kind of good deed yourself and instead asks Cao Cao?

"The palace is in chaos, and the matter is urgent, so it must be done by Cao Cao." - There is someone in Cao Cao's palace who can know where the deposed emperor is. Otherwise, the matter is so urgent, there is no time to go to each palace to find it.

Yuan Wei nodded, agreed with Yuan Shu's words, and asked: "When will it be launched?"

"At the time of late cooking, people will go out of the city, so it is easy to hide." In ancient times, there were two meals a day, and the late cooking time was about 3 to 5 pm. People entering the city started to leave at this time, otherwise they would wait until the sun sets. You can't get out without closing the city gate, so it's better to blend in with the crowd and hide your whereabouts.

Yuan Wei put down the scroll, looked at Yuan Shu, and said expressionlessly: "What do you think is the chance of winning this matter?"

"If Cao Cao asked, I would say there is an 80% chance of winning," Yuan Shu paused, "But Shu knew in his heart that he would definitely lose a point!"

"Good!" Yuan Wei was not surprised when he heard this. Instead, he smiled slightly. He then pointed out a few shortcomings in Yuan Shu's plan and improved them. Then he asked Yuan Shu to retreat and prepare, and wrote the plan written by Yuan Shu. The book was put aside in the brazier that had been prepared long ago and burned clean.

If Yuan Wei hadn't kept emphasizing the retreat yesterday, Yuan Shu might have really thought that he was trying to save the deposed emperor. However, after going back and thinking about it carefully, he realized that his uncle Yuan Kui mostly talked about the retreat, and that he could succeed or fail. , but there is no mention of how to deal with the emperor. After all, if it was done together with Cao Cao, and if the emperor was really rescued, then the emperor couldn't get half of it by one person, right?

Therefore, Yuan Shu concluded that what Yuan Wei meant was that just making a gesture was enough, and there was no need to actually kidnap the deposed emperor. In this way, the risk is reduced to a minimum, and you can enjoy the increase in reputation brought by this move.

After all, if the young emperor Liu Bian was really kidnapped, it would be strange if Dong Zhuo didn't go crazy; but it was just a noise, and the deposed emperor was safe and sound, so it wouldn't be a big deal.

Then Cao Cao was the best person thrown out to take the blame. Yuan Wei's original words were "Let him take charge." So if someone is held accountable, the leader will naturally take the blame. If the leader does not take the blame, will the subordinate take the blame? Who told you that Cao Cao understands the terrain, is capable, and has an eye in the palace? You said that our Yuan Shu was also involved?

That's just being led astray and deceived by Cao Cao. Cao Cao is the one who committed the most heinous crimes...

In the final analysis, Yuan Shu just needs fame and does not need a useless deposed emperor. Yuan Shao did not support the deposed emperor and resigned. He was praised by some Qingliu as being caring about the country and daring to act. Now Yuan Shu goes one step further and takes a huge risk to save the deposed emperor from water and fire. How touching is that? Feelings, what a noble virtue?

In this way, Yuan Shu's position as the future head of the family, which was shaken by Yuan Shao's departure, will be stabilized again, and Yuan Wei has already made arrangements for Yuan Shu. When he arrives in Nanyang County, he will naturally need money and people, so Yuan Shu won't have to worry.

And in this case, even if Yuan Wei expresses his opinion that he agrees to abolish the emperor, other Qingliu people will naturally make up for everything - you see, the two sons of the Yuan family are opposed to the abolishment of the emperor, one ran away, and the other actually went to save the abolished emperor, so what? How could Grand Tutor Yuan Wei agree to depose the emperor? He must have been forced to do so by Dong Zhuo...

Everything is perfect.

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The acceptance of students by Taixue is also a scene in Luoyang. Sheds have been set up on both sides of the street early. At this time, Cao Cao was watching the ceremony in the shed.

After all, Cai Yong is his master and is about to accept a new disciple. As a senior brother, he needs to come and take a look.

His master, Cai Yong, really wanted to let this disciple come to Taixue to participate in the ceremony, but it was quite interesting. Watching Fei Qian follow a group of Taixue students and follow all the standard etiquette, Cao Cao felt I was just thinking, why didn't Cai Yong come out like this when he accepted him?

Cao Cao only thought it was funny when he saw Fei Qian, but he didn't expect that it was not easy for Fei Qian to follow the Taixue students and follow this set of etiquette.

Movements should be serious and regular, walking should be straight and straight, facial expressions should be straight during the salute, and no winking, laughing or playing around should be allowed.

Accompanied by ritual music, they first went to the gate of the academy, knelt down for the first time and worshiped heaven and earth. Then, under the guidance of the deacon of Taixue in a high-pitched voice, they stood up and lined up neatly around the academy. After walking around for a while, he walked to the southwest of the Academy, which is south of the Piyongxi Steps, and stood at attention.

Piyong is a three-story hall-shaped building built on a circular high platform. Its shape is a bit like the Mingtang built by Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty in the movie that Fei Qian later saw. It is not as tall or exaggerated as in the movie.

Piyong is a large pavilion-shaped building with a square shape and the shape of "Ya (Traditional Asian)". It is built in the center of the high platform. Surrounding Piyong, it is composed of four walls, four far doors and four-corner curved eaves. Surrounded by a large square courtyard. A ring of water canals is placed around the outside of the platform. The meaning of the ring water is Yong, which means perfection. The water in the canal flows continuously all year round, and it also means the perfection of the king's teachings.

The entire group of buildings forms a dual layout of a round water square courtyard and a round base square pavilion.

There are two small square rammed earth platforms on each of the four corners of the uppermost level of Piyong. A large-scale square room is built on the central platform, called the "Taishi". In addition, a small room is built on the small rammed earth platform at the four outer corners. Together with the Taishi, it forms the five rooms on the upper floor of the central building.

In the middle layer of Piyong, one hall is built on each side of the platform. These four halls are Mingtang, Qingyang, Zongzhang, and Xuantang. The five rooms on the upper floor and the four halls form nine rooms. The overall structure is majestic and solemn, full of grand beauty. .

The lower level of Piyong is the steps on all four sides, which are connected to the approach bridge across the water canal. There are only three approach bridges on the south side and two on the other sides.

The ceremony officer walked up to Piyong and stood under the east steps. After standing facing west, he began to sing three lines of chants. Cai Yong and a group of doctors came out of Piyong and stood on the east steps. In the south, facing all the students from a distance.

At this time, teams of deacons led Taixue students to come forward, salute the doctor, and offer the bundle of repairs. After the doctor took it, he gave a few words of encouragement. In the previous step, after the doctor put Shu Xiu aside and got some wine to drink with the student, the student resigned.

This is a complete set of apprenticeship rituals for Taixue students.

Cao Cao was waiting to see Fei Qian be the last one to step forward, but suddenly he noticed someone coming next to him. When he turned around, he saw that it was Yuan Shu!