Lord Yuan

Chapter 68
Because of Yuan Shao's many performances, Chen Fan seemed to be in a much better mood at this moment.

"I thought Yuan Li accepted you as his student because he valued the Yuan family."

He paused for a moment, looked at the letter with feeling, and felt increasingly happy: "Yuan Li really got a good seedling."

"Tell me, what kind of official position do you want to get today? I am happy with it. As long as it is less than Yibi Qianshi, I will give you my permission."

Chen Fan's love for Yuan Shao is beyond words, and anyone with a discerning eye can see this special treatment.

But what Liu Changshi didn't expect was that when the Taifu opened his mouth, he was like a king.

A thousand stones?This does not directly transform you into a phoenix.

His current official position is to be the chief historian under the Taifu, as the head of the historians, supervising and leading all the subordinates. His main responsibility is to assist the Taifu in overseeing the affairs of hundreds of officials. He has a bronze seal and a black ribbon.

However, he had been working hard for this official position for more than ten years, working hard and working hard without complaint. If he had not met the Taifu who was so fair and impartial, he did not know whether he would have been able to turn around.

Now, in one sentence, the Taifu directly offered a position with a salary equal to his own.

Although there may be a gap in level, it can still be seen from it that the Taifu loves Yuan Shao, the kind of love that he even wants to fulfill all his requests.

He felt very puzzled.

The Taifu obviously does not employ people like this.

Li Ying was obviously not a person willing to lower his stature or posture for a child.

As a result, they all treated Yuan Shao with utmost leniency.

Could it be because his surname is Yuan?
Liu Changshi really didn't understand why.

Yuan Shao's talent was selectively abandoned by him in a corner.

A deep sense of frustration welled up in his heart. How could he admit the greatness of others?

Fortunately, his mood changed quickly, and he, who was well versed in official circles, had gradually become accustomed to those connections who used back doors.

It's just that now the target has become the Taifu.

Liu Changshi had mixed feelings.

Yuan Shao, who was standing aside, was also shocked and at a loss by what Grand Tutor Chen Fan said.

He imagined that he might be entrusted with an important task. He first served as a court official, and after three months of hard work, he was promoted to a regular official with an imperial edict.

But he never thought that the Tutor would directly choose this method.

This method is really a bit too exciting.

Even though Yuan Shao had seen too much of the world, he almost didn't catch this situation.

In response, Yuan Shao could only smile bitterly for a while.

The Taifu saw Yuan Shao's doubts, and then said with a smile: "You are so talented, and you are also a student of Yuan Li. He will not behave like this and humbly come to ask for help. It is enough to see what he really wants."

"In this case, as a Taifu, I am just and impartial, so what if I recommend you to be an official?"

Yuan Shao sighed, took a step forward, bowed his hands and said, "Master Tutor's good intentions are known to my students."

"But if students are recruited in this way, it will not lead other officials to evaluate the Taifu as nepotism."

"Although the student is eager to become an official, if it damages the reputation of the Taifu, the student would rather pretend that he never came here."

Yuan Shao's remarks were impassioned.

He understood that the more loyal people like them were to their country, the more they would value people with sufficient talents like himself.

Not to mention that I still have a network of relationships that I can’t sort out.

The Taifu also didn't expect that he had already launched a killing move, and he wanted to get a suitable official position for Yuan Shao.

As a result, he was worried about his reputation and was afraid of suffering losses due to it.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan smiled even more happily.

Liu Changshi had never seen the Taifu so excited.

When he saw Taifu, who was over seventy years old, he even wanted to stand up and walk to Yuan Shao.

Ignoring the trivial envy in his heart, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold Chen Fan's arm, with uncontrollable worry on his face and said: "Master, your health is urgent." Chen Fan glanced at Liu Changshi, and then He also smiled and nodded.

He didn't have much feelings about Liu Changshi, who had been under his command for more than ten years.

Liu Changshi is serious about his work and always available when called.

But apart from that, there seems to be nothing much to praise.

Now that he saw Yuan Shao, Chen Fan actually had an idea deep down in his heart that he wanted to let Yuan Shao stay with him.

"I thought Yuan Li valued your talent, or the identity of the Yuan family behind you."

"But I never thought that your character would be like this. I take back my previous words."

Chen Fan had a serious look on his face, no longer smiling like before.

"Now, as the Taifu is also responsible for recording ministerial affairs, Yuan Shao of Runan is summoned to serve as an official in the Taifu's Mansion. The specific duties and powers are tentatively determined."

After Chen Fan said this, he motioned to Liu Changshi to write down the edict.

Liu Changshi was also unambiguous. He wrote the edict in a short time and presented it to the Taifu.

Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction and looked at Yuan Shao who was caught off guard.

Yuan Shao was shocked one after another today by the Taifu who was already over seventy years old. Seeing that the Taifu was serious about it, he could only choose to accept it silently.

However, this official position cannot belong to the Taifu Mansion.

"The student deeply feels the Taifu's great love, and there are many capable people in the Taifu's house. The student thinks that it is better to seek an official position at the Chancellery, so that he can convey important information to the Taifu in a timely manner."

Just as Yuan Shao thought, Grand Tutor Chen Fan did not react too well to the plan he proposed.

Whether it's the Taifu's Mansion or the General's Mansion.

There is no good solution to the upcoming September [-] coup.

Faced with the imperial power controlled by the eunuchs, they thought that with the help of Lu Shangshu, they would completely turn the tide of the war.

But the eunuchs didn't play by the rules.

When he learned from Dou Wu that the scholars decided to get rid of the eunuchs by stealing.

The eunuchs changed their past thinking.

Then he held the emperor hostage and used many methods such as deception and inducement to seduce Zhao Rao, the emperor's wet nurse.

They snatched jade seals, seals, talismans, and jade festivals that symbolized imperial power, coerced the minister to falsely pass on the emperor's edict, and kidnapped Empress Dowager Dou by force.

Dou Wu and Chen Fan instantly became the rebels of the century.

Facing the heavily armed and bloody eunuchs.

Chen Fan, who was already over [-] years old, showed no fear at all. Instead, he led dozens of officials from Taifu's residence and Taifu students to charge.

The end result is self-evident.

Dou Wu was also arrested.

Unwilling to give in, he entered the infantry camp and raised troops to resist.

But in the end, the power was in the hands of the eunuchs, who controlled public opinion, ministers, the queen mother, and even the emperor.

Edicts can naturally be issued at will.

It happened that Zhang Huan, the general who protected the Huns, was leading his army on an expedition at this time and had just returned to the capital.

The eunuchs deceived Zhang Huan with edicts.

Dou Wu faced the border army that was waiting for him, and there was no possibility of resistance.

Eventually he committed suicide.

This coup caused a heavy blow to the top power among the scholars. The Chen Fan clan was exterminated, and Dou Wu, his clan, guests, and even his in-laws were also exterminated.

It laid the deep roots for the second disaster of party imprisonment.

(End of this chapter)