Chapter 87

People of the world loathed and looked down upon eunuchs very much.

They did not know why their Lord was different.

"You guys! You still suffer from a lack of culture!"

Su Xuan shook his head with amusement upon hearing this, then looked at Wen Pin, who had not spoken, and asked with a smile: "Zhongye seems to have different thoughts. Can you see why I did this?"

Compared to the straightforward temperaments of Huang Zhong and Dian Wei, Wen Pin was more introverted and had his own understanding of the ways of officialdom.

Huang Zhong and the others heard this and looked at Wen Pin one after another.

Wen Pin smiled lightly and said: "You all misunderstood the Lord. The Lord doing this is just superficial flattery, to avoid offending this Zuo Feng and the eunuch faction behind him!"

"The Lord's foundation is still very shallow, and there are no helpers in the court. Offending the eunuchs would absolutely not be a good thing."

"Moreover, eunuchs are just dogs under the Son of Heaven's hand!"

"Whether they bite people or how they bite people, isn't it all up to the Son of Heaven?"

"Don't just follow the crowd. Seeing the local clans and powerful families loathe and spit on eunuchs, you really believe everything;"

"In the end, all of this is just for their own respective interests!"

"Simply put, why was Zuo Feng so friendly to the Lord? It was also just for the sake of interests."

The essence of the world is just like this.

"This..."

Huang Zhong and the others were stunned upon hearing this, and fell into deep thought.

"Well said!"

Su Xuan praised him, then warned Huang Zhong, Su Yi, and others: "You must understand one sentence: villains are the people in this world you must not offend the most;"

"They might not be able to help you succeed, but ruining your affairs at critical moments is what they are best at!"

"That Zuo Feng, and even most eunuchs, can be considered villains, and they are close ministers to the Son of Heaven, capable of influencing or affecting the Son of Heaven's thoughts and judgments to a certain extent. Such people are the ones you must not offend the most;"

"Therefore, I would rather show them friendliness, spend some money to avert disaster, than offend them;"

"At least that is the case for now!"

At this point, Su Xuan paused, then added: "In addition, just as Zhongye said, my foundation is too shallow, and I have no helpers in the court;"

"If this problem is not solved, even if I earn merit later, it might still be embezzled or sabotaged by others;"

"Just like this time, my father's position as Nanyang Administrator was easily taken away by the Yuan clan!"

"Even for the sake of smooth promotion later, I need to befriend Zhang Rang and the others;"

"By then, they will naturally speak for me at the appropriate time, allowing me to obtain promotion smoothly."

"Fortunately, befriending these eunuchs is easy; just give them money."

"And what our Su family lacks the least right now is money, understand?"

When the time is ripe and there is a need, he can also stand on the same front as the vast number of scholars to hate and spit on eunuchs!

By then, he can completely describe his current behavior as enduring humiliation for the sake of the greater good, and that everything was just to utilize the eunuchs.

Such things, it's not like no one among those scholars has done them.

In fact, there are quite a few people who have risen to power in this way.

For example, isn't that the case for Cao Cao's family?

Even more thoroughly.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, simply recognized the great eunuch Cao Jie as his father.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao has always been criticized, saying he is the descendant of a eunuch.

Fortunately, Su Xuan does not need to go to that extent.

Otherwise, he really could not bring himself to do it.

His befriending of the eunuchs is just a relationship of mutual need and mutual utilization.

On this point, he sees it very clearly.

"So that's how it is!"

Su Yi, Huang Zhong, and the others nodded in sudden realization.

They all looked at Su Xuan with apologetic expressions, bowed and apologized: "Lord (Big Brother)! We were wrong! We misunderstood you!"

So, Big Brother (Lord) doing all this was forced by circumstances, enduring humiliation for the sake of the greater good!

They only hated themselves for not being able to help Su Xuan in this matter.

"Alright!"

Su Xuan saw this, felt it was enough, smiled, waved his hand to soothe them: "You guys were also doing it for my own good! I understand! No need to say more!"

"My appointment has also come down. Let's go, let's discuss the countermeasures for the next steps!"

As he spoke, Su Xuan called for Huang Zhong, Wen Pin, Dian Wei, and others, and even had someone call for Su Lie.

He told Su Lie about the appointment first.

He also mentioned that Yuan Feng had sabotaged Su Lie's chance to become Nanyang Administrator.

Su Xuan warned Su Lie: "Father! We must be careful of the Yuan clan from now on!"

"Especially after I earn more merit and continue to be promoted later;"

"They will likely not sit by and watch us grow;"

"After all, to them, this time counts as having offended us, and they cannot allow a future potential enemy to grow."

"Hmm!"

Su Lie nodded, frowned slightly and said: "Actually, I never counted on being Nanyang Administrator anyway;"

"I know my own worth;"

"It's just, why did the Yuan clan offend us for no reason? It's simply inexplicable."

Su Lie was naturally very indignant in his heart at this moment.

Just because he felt he was not worthy of being Nanyang Administrator did not mean the Yuan clan could bully people like this.

Su Xuan heard this, helplessly spread his hands, and then sneered: "Perhaps, they never put our Su family in their eyes at all. All of this was just a coincidence, and it just so happened that you, Father, were blocking the path of their people!"

Su Lie: "....."

So I was just unlucky?

And they never thought much of him either?

This made him feel even worse than if they had offended him on purpose.

"Forget it! Let's not talk about this! Tell me your plans for the next steps!"

This matter was too annoying, so Su Lie simply stopped thinking about it, waved his hand, and then asked seriously: "The entire Nanyang Huang Jin army is likely no less than 150,000 at this moment. How do you plan to deal with it? You only have 3,000 iron cavalry in your hands;"

"Even adding the Deng County soldiers, it's only 6,000 people."

The disparity in numbers was too great.

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