Chapter 534

"Here is a handwritten letter from Young Master Xiansi."

"Once the two gentlemen have finished reading it, everything will be understood."

Having said this, the two black-clad retainers handed the letter to Guo Tu and Xin Ping.

After opening it, Guo Tu said to Xin Ping with an excited tone:

"Zhongzhi, this is indeed the eldest young master's handwriting."

It was no wonder Guo Tu was so excited.

As a trusted strategist who had assisted Yuan Tan for several years, Guo Tu could not be more familiar with Yuan Tan's handwriting.

Of course, handwriting was only one aspect.

After all, this thing could be imitated.

Even if one could not achieve one hundred percent similarity, ninety to ninety-five percent was still no big problem.

But in the letter at this moment, compared to the handwriting, the content of the letter undoubtedly made Guo Tu and Xin Ping feel terrified.

Yuan Tan informed the two that Gu Yi had already used the name of the Han orthodoxy to enfeoff him as Governor of Jizhou.

In other words,

Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were both Governors of Jizhou now.

But the name of the Han orthodoxy was in Gu Yi's hands.

To put it bluntly, Liu He, son of Liu Yu, was purely a puppet in the hands of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Ju Shou, Xun Yu, and others.

Although Liu Xi was also a puppet in Gu Yi's hands,

in troubled times, whoever had the bigger fist had the more effective voice.

If the news arrived that Yuan Tan had been enfeoffed as Governor of Jizhou by Gu Yi using the name of the Han orthodoxy, I believe it would stir up no small turmoil within Jizhou.

One must know that the Henan aristocratic families in the Yuan camp, although currently suppressed by the Hebei aristocratic families,

since they could fight with the Hebei aristocratic families for many years before, it showed that they were by no means easily destroyed.

The Henan aristocratic families in the Yuan camp originally stood entirely on Yuan Tan's side.

But with the Hebei aristocratic families controlling the power and Yuan Shang becoming the heir, the Henan aristocratic families in the Yuan camp presented a half-dead state.

However, with the news arriving that Yuan Tan had been enfeoffed as Governor of Jizhou by Gu Yi, the Henan aristocratic families seemed to see another possibility.

For the Henan aristocratic families, the current situation was undoubtedly a difficult choice.

If they chose to support Yuan Shang, they would only be able to be dogs for the Hebei aristocratic families in the future.

After all,

the Hebei aristocratic families were the legitimate direct line of Yuan Shang.

If the Henan aristocratic families went to support Yuan Shang at this time,

the treatment they received would probably not even count as being raised by a stepmother, but rather picked up from a trash can!

And besides this,

between the Hebei aristocratic families and the Henan aristocratic families, there already existed irreconcilable contradictions.

Supporting Yuan Shang meant the future was clear at a glance, with no day to stand out.

But what if they still chose to support the eldest young master, Yuan Tan?

The bad part was that Yuan Tan was now a captive.

Even his personal freedom could not be guaranteed, so how could they talk about support?

However,

in Yuan Tan's letter, it was very clearly written that Gu Yi was willing to release him and support him in becoming the new master of Jizhou.

Regarding this, Guo Tu and Xin Ping were obviously not as easily fooled as Yuan Tan.

Gu Yi was not a fool.

How could he make such a losing deal?

As the saying goes, no profit, no early rising.

Guo Tu and Xin Ping were filled with vigilance.

However,

when they finished reading the handwritten letter written by Yuan Tan, the doubts in their hearts were dispelled quite a bit.

Perhaps... what Yuan Tan said was really very likely to become a fact!

……. ===== CHAPTER 535 =====