58 He wanted to gain political prestige

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.

It's hard to use yourself, but if you drop the chain at a critical time, it's hard to say whether there will be another chance.

Cao Cao knew that opportunities were reserved for those who were prepared.

With such determination, Cao Cao planned to fight to the death.

However, at this time, Liu Bei spoke again.

"Just relying on us, the strength may still be relatively weak, relying only on Meng De and Chen Situ may not make us sure of victory, but without the certainty of victory, will Chen Situ really join us to fight against the eunuchs?"

Yuan Shao frowned, and found that Liu Bei had a point.

The discussion here is in full swing, but the plan is still uncontrollable.

Whether Chen Tan will join in the end is a question.

Whether Cao Cao can send the impeachment recital to the palace through family channels for Liu Hong to see is also a question.

Together, two small problems are a big problem.

"What do you think about Xuande?"

Yuan Shao felt that since Liu Bei had raised the problem, he had a solution to the problem.

Liu Bei does have a solution to the problem.

"We want to make sure that Chen Situ will join us, we must ensure that the eunuchs can't stop us, and we have to make sure that His Majesty the Emperor can see our recital, so we can start from the weakest point of the eunuchs and make them powerless to resist."

It is quite trendy to make the extremely violent eunuch powerless to resist, and everyone else thinks it is very strange, so they listen to Liu Bei to continue.

"Eunuchs do have power, and they are very cruel, but they also have weaknesses, their weakness lies in popularity, eunuchs can be described as notorious, no popularity, can support until now, all rely on power, and there is no hope at all.

Therefore, if you want to attack the strong with weakness, you must find the weak of the strong and the weak strong, and use my strength to attack the weakness of the enemy, and the weakness of the eunuch lies in the notoriety, and the strength of our generation lies in raising the arms and shouting, and the responders gather. ”

"It's kind of an art of war."

Zhang Miao looked at Liu Bei with interest: "Xuande has read the Art of War?" ”

"The teacher once taught me some art of war, so I know a little bit."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "No matter how strong a person is, he also has weaknesses, I think that the eunuch's attack on the twenty-six well-known county guards has angered many people, they just lack a chance to fight back, if we give them a chance, they will definitely support us." ”

Liu Bei explained his methods and plates, and after everyone listened, you look at me, I look at you, and finally looked at Yuan Shao together.

Yuan Shao's mind recalled the banquet and debate conference of the Yuan Mansion that Liu Bei had planned for him not long ago, so he decided to trust Liu Bei's planning and organizational skills.

"I believe in Xuande, Xuande, this matter will be handed over to you, and I will also listen to your command."

Liu Bei immediately put on a look of great emotion.

"Trusted by Yuan Gong, what is the excuse for death!"

"Good! Hahahahaha! ”

Yuan Shao looked heroic and smiled happily.

So Liu Bei began to assign tasks and carried out his own operations.

He arranged for Yuan Shao, the little prince of his connections, and Zhang Miao, the old king of his connections, to send out a list of the origins and places of office of the twenty-six impeached local magistrates, and then find the corresponding locals they knew in Luoyang City for these places.

There is no need to find them all, it is almost the same to find a dozen or so, 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 in a unified manner.

During this period, the operation work required Xu You, He Hao and others to help and cooperate with each other, organize them, and not mess up.

When the people were almost gathered, they marched on the streets, creating momentum in the city and spreading public opinion, so that the entire people of Luoyang knew the grievances of the 26 county guards and the indistinguishability between public and private affairs of Xu Yu and Zhang Ji.

Then Liu Bei personally went out and led everyone straight to the Sili Captain's Mansion, launched a letter to the Que, and hit the door directly.

At this time, Cao Cao needs to do his best to get the direct passage to Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, even if it is unsuccessful, he must be as close as possible.

And when all this is ready to be launched, Zhang Miao and He Hao and other people with higher seniority are about to be dispatched, and at this moment, it is time for them to take the initiative to take down Chen Tan.

There is a high-ranking official at the level of the Three Dukes in the palace as a response, even if he has no real power, he can make a louder voice than them, and the emperor can hear it more.

As long as the emperor hears it, he has already won half of the victory.

In short, Liu Bei is ready to launch a huge public opinion offensive, using the public opinion energy that the eunuchs here do not have, to make a huge voice that even the emperor has to hear.

When the voice was loud enough to resound throughout Luoyang City, the eunuchs couldn't do it even if they wanted to cover the sky with one hand.

At that time, everything was placed in the sun, but the eunuchs in the dark place could not make a move, they were powerless to resist, and they only faced recognition.

This is not only to save his father-in-law Han Rong and stabilize Han Rong's position, but more importantly, through this wave of operations, Liu Bei can gain vital political prestige.

Before that, his reputation was academic in nature, and after getting to know Yuan Shao, he received some political attention, but he still lacked political prestige.

Only by gaining sufficient political prestige can you go further in officialdom.

At that time, with the joint promotion of the Guwenjing School and Yuan Shao behind him, he will get more power, not just a small scribe at the moment.

After the plan was set, everyone went their separate ways and met regularly in Yuan Shao's house.

When you meet, you need to summarize the progress of the situation and publicize it so that everyone knows how far they have come.

Liu Bei, as the commander-in-chief, also has something to do, because his father-in-law is also a victim of the eunuch's political action this time, so the manpower of Zhuojun must be operated by him personally.

He wasn't worried about that at all.

There are several Zhuojun locals around him, and the local ones can't be local anymore.

Although Zhen Yan is a native of Jizhou, he thinks that this is the time to repay the favor after receiving Liu Bei's favor, so he is also willing to make a cameo appearance as a native of Zhuo County, Youzhou, to help Liu Bei support the scene.

Through Zhen Yan's relationship, Liu Bei sorted out the seventy or eighty servants, cooks, and guards in his house, and organized them with twenty or thirty people in his own house, and made up a team of 100 people from Zhuo County for this demonstration, and his prestige was beginning to rise.

This matter is not without safety hazards, and there is a high probability that some emergencies will occur, but Zhen Yan obviously doesn't care.