Chapter 91

Xun Yu immediately took the lead and said: "I can only say that he is indeed worthy of his reputation, truly both civil and military;"

"Moreover, his grasp of human nature and the rules of officialdom is very much in place;"

"It is just a pity that, in this nephew’s view, this person is ambitious and not someone truly loyal to His Majesty."

Actually calculating against His Majesty like this, preparing to take advantage of His Majesty’s lack of understanding of him to cheat for rewards.

This made Xun Yu’s initial impression of Su Xuan somewhat bad.

Xun You, who was on the side, heard this and immediately retorted: "Uncle, this statement is wrong. What is called loyal to His Majesty? Can pacifying the Yellow Turban Rebellion and saving the Han from fire and water not explain that Su Boyuan is loyal to the Han?"

"As for ambition? May I ask who in the world does not have ambition?"

"People without ambition would have long since been unable to survive!"

"Ambition is a necessary condition for people to progress and achieve something. Uncle, do you dare to say that you have no ambition?"

He actually hated some of the stubborn and ignorant ideas of his uncle, who was a few years younger than him.

Moreover, he had always been very puzzled.

How could his uncle, such a smart, capable, and insightful person, be so stubborn about being loyal to the Han?

"Indeed!"

Xun Chen also nodded: "I think Su Su Boyuan is an extremely outstanding person. As a Lord, he is also a wise one."

If it weren't for the fact that Xun You had already decided to go and assist Su Xuan later, Xun Chen would have wanted to choose Su Xuan.

It is a pity that the family’s arrangements did not allow him to choose like this now.

"Is this a question of ambition? This is a question of attitude. He shouldn't cheat for His Majesty’s trust, acting one way on the surface and another behind his back!"

Xun Yu retorted with dissatisfaction.

"Ridiculous!"

Xun You heard this and sneered: "Mencius said: 'The ruler looks at his ministers as his hands and feet, and the ministers look at the ruler as their heart and belly';"

"From the very beginning, wasn't His Majesty calculating and bullying Su Boyuan for being young and having no foundation, viewing him as a pawn that could be manipulated and sacrificed at will?"

"Step by step wanting to push him to confront General-in-Chief He Jin and the noble clan alliance led by the Lord Yuan family?"

"Ask yourself, is this done properly?"

"Ask yourself, with Su Boyuan’s foundation, can he really confront General-in-Chief He Jin and the noble clan alliance led by the Lord Yuan family alone?"

"This is wanting Su Boyuan to die!"

"His Majesty’s decision was simply not caring about Su Boyuan’s life or death, purely to disgust the General-in-Chief and the others..."

"But his idea of disgusting people sacrifices Su Boyuan’s future and life, and even has to drag Su Boyuan’s whole family into it. Uncle, do you think this is fair? And on what grounds?"

"Is this reasonable?"

"Why should Su Boyuan be loyal to such a ruler?"

"I think Su Boyuan has already fulfilled his duty as a subject, and even done better than most people."

Including you, Xun Yu.

Xun You was fighting with full force; he didn't feel that Su Xuan had done anything wrong.

Although he had only met Su Xuan a few times and spent two days together, he had long regarded Su Xuan as a confidant and friend.

He felt that Su Xuan’s talent, character, vision, and speech were all things he admired and respected.

He had long viewed Su Xuan as his future Lord.

Coupled with the matter of Xun Cai, he naturally had to argue strongly for him.

Moreover, he felt that what his uncle said was fundamentally unreasonable.

Don't do to others what you don't want done to yourself—didn't he even understand such a simple truth?

"You..."

Xun Yu was speechless for a moment, being retorted by Xun You.

He looked at Xun You in astonishment; it was the first time he had seen such a Xun You.

It was also the first time he discovered that Xun You had so much dissatisfaction with him in his heart.

Xun Chen on the side had long since quietly stepped back two steps, not daring to interrupt.

And he tried to minimize his presence so as not to be affected.

Xun You saw Xun Yu’s expression and knew what he was thinking, so he sneered: "Is Uncle wondering why I have such a big opinion of you?"

"Hoo!"

Xun Yu took a deep breath and nodded: "Correct! Why? Just because of Su Xuan?"

"Naturally, that is not all!"

Xun You shook his head with a sneer: "I have actually long been unable to understand why you, Uncle, are so stubborn and unreasonable about being loyal to the ruler;"

"You were born into the Xun family, and on one hand, you want to maintain the interests of the Xun family and are willing to sacrifice for it;"

"Marrying Aunt Tang was like that;"

"This makes me admire you very much;"

"But you are a very contradictory person. On one hand, you desperately want to maintain the interests of the family, and on the other hand, you believe very much in the way of loyalty to the ruler;"

"Even taking the revival of the Han as your own responsibility. Don't you think you are self-contradictory?"

Speaking of this, Xun You paused and continued: "I don't believe you don't know that the interests of the noble clans and imperial power are fundamentally opposed and antagonistic;"

"The Lord Yuan family is a good example;"

"They led and stirred up the Yellow Turban Rebellion just to weaken imperial power and seize more power and interests from the Son of Heaven;"

"How can you balance and implement such contradictory paths?"

He felt that Xun Yu was simply obsessed.

Like a split personality.

Xun Yu fell into silence.

How could he not know these things?

But the education he had received for a long time and the beliefs and path he had established could not be reversed by Xun You’s few words.

Finally, he shook his head with a somewhat dim expression: "I didn't expect that the differences between me and you, Gongda, had reached such a degree!"

"I know, perhaps what you said is right!"

"But this is my path, and this is my belief;"

"I didn't expect to change your views and thoughts, and don't you try to change mine;"

"The matter of Su Xuan was indeed my lack of consideration!"

"His own situation is awkward, but he is not a stupid person;"

"On the contrary, he is smarter and more capable than most people in this world;"

"Making such a choice is human nature!"

"I am not qualified to criticize him;"

"Let’s leave this matter at that!"

"I will not leak today’s conversation;"

"And I will not destroy the family’s plans."

"I am leaving!"

Saying this, Xun Yu bowed deeply to Xun Shuang and turned to leave.

"Sigh!"

After Xun Yu left, Xun Shuang couldn't help but sigh with regret: "Wenruo is too stubborn! This might also be our fault!"

"We shouldn't have instilled the idea of loyalty to the Han in him when he was young, to the point of affecting his path and thoughts."

"Now, trying to reverse it will cause his thoughts, beliefs, and path to collapse."

If that really happens, Xun Yu will either be like a phoenix nirvana, have a great awakening, and go further;"

Or, the only ending for him will be to die for his ideals."

Xun Shuang could almost foresee that Xun Yu would inevitably face such a test in the future.

If he passes, the Xun family can produce another great sage;"

Conversely, the ending awaiting Xun Yu will inevitably be a tragedy.

But others can no longer help him; he can only choose for himself.

"Perhaps!"

Xun You also shook his head helplessly: "Environment and education certainly have a great influence, but character determines destiny; this is also Uncle’s own choice."

Speaking of this, Xun You bowed to Xun Shuang: "Uncle, the Jizhou war is about to end, and Su Boyuan is also about to go to Luoyang;"

"That place is a land of opportunity for him, but also a dragon’s den and tiger’s lair. I am worried that Zhicai and the others will not consider things comprehensively and cannot help him clear all hidden dangers, so I want to go to Luoyang in advance to wait for him;"

"By the way, I will handle and arrange everything for him in advance. I hope Uncle will grant permission."

It wasn't that he felt Xi Zhicai’s wisdom was inferior to his.

It was that Xi Zhicai’s background was too low, destined for him not to fully understand many rules among the noble clans and officialdom.

However, for Su Xuan’s trip to Luoyang this time, these things were precisely the key.

This time, he was going to find omissions and make up for deficiencies for Su Xuan.

Of course, it could also be considered a small gift for him to join Su Xuan’s command.

"Can!"

Xun Shuang smiled and nodded: "Now is the best time for you to join his command, and it just so happens to help him get through this most difficult hurdle;"

"After this hurdle, his future will basically be smooth sailing."

"Of course, remember not to show it on the surface for the time being, so as not to destroy Su Boyuan’s plan and make Su Boyuan feared by others, thus causing unnecessary changes."

The current Su Xuan just needs to seek stability.

Getting the rewards determined, achieving success and retiring, and leaving this place of right and wrong, Luoyang, is the key.

"Understood!"

Xun You bowed and agreed: "Grandson has remembered."

"Hmm! Go!"

Over in Jizhou,

After the three Zhang brothers died, the high-level officials of the Yellow Turban Army who had faith saw their faith collapse, and the Yellow Turban Army in various places began to fall into chaos and division.

Their strength was further weakened.

Su Xuan only spent 4 days sweeping through the vast majority of the Yellow Turban Army within Julu Commandery and entered Changshan Commandery.

He killed his way to Zhending City, the capital of Changshan Commandery.

"Kill!!"

At this time, Zhending City was surrounded by 60,000 to 70,000 Yellow Turban soldiers.

The Yellow Turban Army launched a fierce attack on Zhending City, and the city was in jeopardy.

But because there was a heroic white-robed, silver-speared youth on the city wall who stood alone, guarding the wall, while commanding the defenders in the city to fight the enemy, and riding a horse to run around the city wall to support.

Only then could Zhending City always stand firm under such circumstances.