Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1166 Conspiracy
Fu Shou originally thought that she was a very persistent and stubborn person. That was why when Cao Cao forced Liu Xie, she was willing to fight Cao Cao to the end even at the risk of her own life.

But what Yuan Xi said now was actually as outrageous as what Cao Cao did, but Fu Shou found that she was not that angry. She was very surprised when she realized this.

She didn't quite understand. The other party's words were no different from rebellion, but she didn't feel much resistance when she heard them. It was not because the other party saved her life, but because it was an exchange of interests.

There was only one answer, which was that in her heart, she had probably already implicitly agreed with what the other party said. This was unimaginable for her as the Queen of the Han Dynasty!

This made Fu Shou feel a little scared. She suddenly realized that the King of Jin in front of her, the legendary ferocious tiger, might be more terrifying than Cao Cao!

What Cao Cao did was still in the realm of conspiracy. He relied on the method of using power to suppress others. Although he could gain power for a while, there were still many people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty and secretly opposed him. Although Cao Cao's behavior was to seize the throne of the Han Dynasty, he was also digging a hole for himself, which might cause trouble in the future.

However, Yuan Xi's approach was completely different. Unlike Cao Cao who took away the magnificent palace of the Han Dynasty, he directly dug up the foundation of the Han Dynasty, took away the cornerstone buried deep underground, and then built a new city!
This will completely undermine the foundation of the Han Dynasty. If this continues, the people's support on which the Han Dynasty relies will slowly disappear, and it will become a footnote for the King of Jin to turn the world upside down and seize the supreme throne!
This made Fu Shou shudder. The reason why Yuan Xi's behavior was so admirable was that he was not plotting to seize power, but a naked conspiracy to divide and conquer. He was trying to win the hearts of the people. Compared with Cao Cao's threat, it was many times greater. If we talk about the gravedigger of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Xi is definitely the first!

Moreover, this conspiracy is almost unsolvable, because Yuan Xi is trying to win the hearts of the people. If Cao Cao or Liu Xie or Liu Bei want to fight against him, they must take corresponding actions to fight against him. From the current perspective, this is simply impossible to do.

Liu Xie was suppressed by Cao Cao and had no real power. Even if he wanted to win people's hearts, he was powerless.

However, Cao Cao took the opposite path from Yuan Xi. If he wanted to follow Yuan Xi's path, he would have to break with the vast majority of landlords and gentry, which was tantamount to seeking his own death and would only accelerate his demise.

Although Liu Bei practiced benevolence and righteousness, he had virtue but no authority, so he could only proceed step by step. It might take at least ten years or even longer. But the King of Jin in front of him obviously would not give Liu Bei that much time!
This is an open conspiracy, combining kindness with force. Yuan Xi is the only one in the world who can do this. If others want to surpass him, they must do better in this regard.

Unless Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liu Xie and others unite, they will be able to have a righteous cause and sufficient strength, but how is this possible?

Thinking of this, Fu Shou felt complicated and said what he was thinking. He sighed and said, "The King of Jin must have started planning this many years ago."

"I really admire you. I can only say that the enemy of King Jin did not lose unjustly."

"I'm afraid it won't be long before Prince Jin ascends to that position."

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows. "The queen's eyesight is sharp. It is really powerful. It can be seen that the emperor is not a foolish person. He just happened to run into Cao Cao."

Fu Shou was somewhat unwilling to accept the result. "Although the King of Jin's actions are powerful, aren't you afraid that under the threat of destruction, Cao Cao will compromise with the emperor, use his status as the emperor to announce to the world, and use the King of Jin's actions to target the King of Jin in return?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Cao Cao is very arrogant. He will never admit that he has taken the wrong path."

"And the most confusing thing about my approach is that if someone defeats me using my methods, I will be even happier.

"Because I firmly believe that my approach is the most correct choice in this era, so if you want to defeat me, you can only use the same method. That means that my enemy will become another me."

"Then what he did is what I hoped for, and since he is stronger than me, he is naturally more suitable than me to take the helm and lead the people of the world onto the path I hope to see."

"In that case, what does it matter if I fail?"

Fu Shou trembled all over. Only then did she fully understand the final meaning of Yuan Xi's conspiracy. The other party was indeed as she said. What he cared about most was not the throne, but that the world became what he wanted it to be.

Since someone did it better than him, it meant that his approach had been recognized by everyone, and this conspiracy had been successful from that moment on.

Fu Shou slowly raised her hands to cover her face which was distorted by pain, so as not to lose her composure in front of everyone. After a long while, she lowered her sleeves, bowed solemnly to Yuan Xi, and said, "Prince Jin's words have made me understand a lot of things."

"If the world had not been in chaos, the King of Jin would have become the emperor's teacher sooner or later and led the world to order."

"But now, this kind of thing will never happen again. It is God's will that the emperor missed the King of Jin."

"The current chaos in the world is not the emperor's fault. I'm afraid it's because God is on the side of King Jin."

"No, maybe it's because King Jin's approach is more in line with God's will that we can get to this point."

Yuan Xi said in a deep voice: "Without destruction, there is no construction. After destruction, there is construction. The dynasty will eventually come to an end." "Just like even if I can open up a new era, it can't last for thousands of years. Sooner or later, my descendants will become corrupt and lead to the loss of justice in the world. Then they will be overthrown by the oppressed people, and then a new cycle will begin."

"The founding monarchs of all dynasties were wise rulers. This is because in the process of fighting for the throne, the incompetents had already been eliminated."

"The one who is left at the end is the most capable one who has gone through many tests. If I lose to Cao Cao, it will only prove that I am just empty talk."

"But the princes and heirs have never gone through this rigorous selection process, so they will naturally degenerate from generation to generation until they reach the end of their rope."

"By then, even if a virtuous person like the one in the world today appears, he or she will not be able to turn the tide."

Fu Shou was unwilling to say: "Is this inevitable?"

Yuan Xi sighed: "It's difficult."

"This is not just the emperor's problem, but a common problem for all rentiers in high positions."

"After all, family wealth will accumulate, and aristocratic families will monopolize power. The upper class formed will not want to hand over power. Therefore, even the emperor must not only prevent himself from falling, but also find ways to thank the landlords and nobles who are dependent on him, so that they will give up some of their interests and give back to the people of the world."

"This is inherently anti-human. The way of a saint is to preserve the laws of nature and eliminate human desires. What they are fighting against is their own most primitive desires. If they want to last for thousands of years, they must make the upper class limit their privileges at all times. How can this be so easy to do?"

“But I believe that after thousands or tens of thousands of years, people will eventually take this path, because their predatory nature will eventually lead to the concentration of power in individuals, which means stifling all possibilities for others and ultimately leading to the destruction of the whole.”

"The term private property was invented by the rentier class to deceive the people. Since private property exists, the strong will always be strong and the weak will always be weak. Sooner or later, the world will become a world ruled by a few people like Cao Cao."

“Only through individual dedication and sacrifice can more people be induced to participate, leading to more possibilities. Only then can the world try more possibilities and eventually find that path.”

"This is everyone for me, and I for everyone. This is incompatible with the emperor's imperial power. As long as he still regards the world as his private property, in other words, as long as the consciousness of private ownership still exists, mankind will sooner or later reach a dead end."

"After all, this world does not belong to the emperor alone, but to everyone."

Fu Shou clenched her hands in her sleeves, turned her head and said, "I am not feeling well, so I will go back first. Goodbye."

After saying that, she ordered the carriage to start moving. When Yuan Xi saw this, he asked several guards to escort the carriage. However, he saw that the carriage was moving faster and faster on the long street, and disappeared at the end of the long street in a moment.

Lu Lingqi smiled at Mi Zhen and said, "The Queen even forgot to call you."

"Is this a breach?"

Mi Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "I have never seen the Queen lose her composure like this. Maybe her husband's words had a big impact on her?"

"After all, she is the queen. Her husband's words are extremely treasonous."

Lu Lingqi snorted angrily, "I think she is just being hypocritical. We have been rebels for a long time. Doesn't she know?"

"I think she was just trying to take advantage of the situation. Seeing that her husband was about to collect the interest, she pretended to be stupid and ran away."

This made Yuan Xi and Mi Zhen burst out laughing. Yuan Xi hit Lu Lingqi on the head with his fist and scolded her, "Don't talk nonsense. She is not that kind of person. It's just that these words do shock her worldview and she can't accept them for the time being."

What he said was wrong. It was not that Empress Fu could not understand, but it was precisely because she understood that she lost her composure like that.

Empress Fu had never thought that there would be such a path, in which the emperor would not strengthen his own power, but instead betray his own class, bring his privileged relatives down to the ground, and distribute the emperor's power to everyone in the world!

This practice is really too terrible. It is equivalent to putting one's neck on countless sharp swords. If you are not careful, the end result will be death and the destruction of your country!
Anyone who can have such an idea has already transcended the thinking scope of everyone in the world. Such a person is either a saint or the most sinister liar. No matter which one he is, the emperor is no match for him!

How to win against such an opponent?
There's no way to win!
(End of this chapter)