Seeing that Yuan Xi had a way to stay in Ye City, Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel curious. Just as he was about to ask, he suddenly heard a voice behind him.
"Young masters, the lord wants you to go over.”
Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi turned around at the same time and saw Xu You standing behind them, looking at them with a smile.
"So it's Mr. Xu.”Yuan Tan immediately pulled Yuan Xi to greet Xu You.
Xu You was Yuan Shao's childhood friend and had always been Yuan Shao's confidant. Yuan Tan naturally did not dare to neglect him.
Especially when it came to the issue of the successor, Xu You had not expressed his stance and did not explicitly support anyone. Yuan Tan had to deal with it carefully. Even if he could not rope him into the camp, he could not offend him.
Among Yuan Shao's strategists, Shen Pei and Feng Ji supported the third brother Yuan Shang. As for Guo Tu and Xin Ping, they thought that they should have a direct eldest son.
The rest of the people were like Xu You, they didn't interfere in the matter of the heir and chose to watch from the sidelines.
The three of them walked all the way to Yuan Shao, who was sitting on the main seat. Yuan Xi asked as if nothing had happened,
"Mr. Xu, may I know what instructions this old man has for my brother?”
Xu You smiled." Don't worry, Second Young Master. It's a good thing."”
"Second Young Master is filial to his parents and is respectful to his brothers.”Xu You added.
Yuan Xi was stunned when he heard this. A smile immediately appeared on his face. He understood that Xu You was trying to show off his achievements.
It was normal for Yuan Shao to see it, but Xu You had deliberately seen it in advance. The meaning behind it was self-evident.
"I heard that Mister Xu is quite knowledgeable about gold, stone, pearls, and jade. Recently, someone gave me some. I'll get someone to send it to Mister Xu's residence another day.”Yuan Xi understood.
Whether it was the impression of the later generations or Yuan Xi's predecessor's impression of Xu You, Xu You was definitely a greedy villain.
Since he was greedy, he would cater to his liking.
Xu You was also an experienced person. Upon hearing Yuan Xi's words, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
"Second Young Master is too polite. It was nothing.”
The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Everything was said without saying anything. However, Yuan Tan, who was at the side, was confused. He did not know what the two of them were talking about.
Soon, the three of them arrived in front of Yuan Shao. Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi immediately bowed." Greetings, Old Weng."”
"No need for formalities." Yuan Shao was in high spirits and waved his hand nonchalantly, indicating for the two to get up.
"Xianyi, I've just thought about it. You're a newlywed, so it's not appropriate for you to go to Youzhou now.
However, the state affairs are more important. What I mean is that you stay in Ye City for a month and then go to Youzhou to take up your post. What do you think?”
Yuan Xi was delighted when he heard this. He was just worrying about not having time to lay out his plan. He did not expect Yuan Shao to send a pillow over. It was definitely a godsend opportunity.
"Old man, as a son, you should share your father's burden. I will follow your arrangement. If Youzhou Province needs me, I will go to Youzhou Province immediately. As long as I can share your burden, I will be very happy.
As for my son and Mi 'er, we are still young and have a long life ahead of us. You don't have to take care of us too much.”
Yuan Xi's words were full of emotion, moving people's hearts. Especially in front of Yuan Shao's civil and military officials, it ruthlessly gave Yuan Shao a wave of face, making Yuan Shao have a lot of face.
"Hahaha!" Yuan Shao couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this. He pointed at Yuan Xi in front of him and said to the people around him,"What a filial son!"
In front of all the civil officials and generals under Yuan Shao, such an evaluation immediately changed Yuan Xi's weight in everyone's eyes.
In ancient times, praising a person for being filial was an extremely high evaluation!
How high was this evaluation? To be able to let a person become an official directly, this was the promotion of filial piety and honesty.
Especially for those who had yet to become officials, filial piety was undoubtedly more important. Because they had yet to become officials, no one knew if they were honest or not. They could only judge a person's character from filial piety.
After Yuan Shao gave his evaluation, Yuan Xi immediately noticed that everyone around him was looking at him differently. He suddenly understood the importance of filial piety in ancient times.
Before he transmigrated, Yuan Xi had seen the story of the '24 Filial Piety' recorded in the ancient books. At first, he had scoffed at it and thought that the story was all nonsense.
Something like lying on the ice to beg for carps, the ice surface being moved by filial piety and automatically melting, and two fish jumping out of the river of their own accord. It sounded very fantastical.
However, Yuan Xi no longer had such thoughts. He also understood what was going on.
In ancient times, when one became an official, one had to be filial and honest. However, how could others know whether a person was filial or not?
Even if this person was very filial, only the neighbors knew that this person was a filial son. How did those officials who had the ability to recommend know?
Therefore, in order to be an official and have a reputation for filial piety, one needed to do something shocking to achieve the purpose of political show.
In the middle of winter, lying on the river, could one melt the ice with their bodies? Obviously not.
However, as long as you went to lie down, this matter would instantly be widely spread!
The more news spread, the more mysterious it became. No matter if it was good or bad, it was the same.
Originally, they had gone to lie on the ice, but the ice did not melt, and no carp had jumped into their arms. However, as word of mouth spread, people would naturally take the initiative to modify the story, making it more and more ridiculous.
By the time it reached the ears of the officials who had the right to recommend, the nature of the matter was no longer important. The officials had such a filial son under their rule, so they naturally had to be recommended to be an official to show their meritorious governance and enlightenment.
"I laugh at the ancient people who were too foolish to use tools to dig through the ice. The ancients laughed at me for being stupid and not even understanding the show.”
Crouching on ice to pray for carp, was it really a carp?
No! He was looking for a path to be an official, and he was looking for filial piety and honesty!
"I asked myself that I didn't do anything filial to Yuan Shao, but he praised me as a filial son.”
"You don't have to be very filial, but you have to have a good reputation for being filial!”
"Just like Liu Bei's name of benevolence and righteousness, who knows whether Liu Bei is benevolent and righteous or not? However, in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Bei was a benevolent person, and that was enough.”
"It doesn't matter whether I'm filial or not. What's important is to let the world know my 'filial name.”
In that split second, Yuan Xi had already understood the foundation of his existence, the path to the top as the second brother.
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