In the eyes of Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei, the Yuan family, who had no say in the matter but were elevated to the position of the foremost family, was undoubtedly being put on the brink of ruin by the emperor. Once they were pulled down, their chances of ever being able to rise again were slim.
However, ever since Yuan Feng took over the Engineering Academy, the Emperor's attitude towards him has changed drastically. He would summon Yuan Feng for every audience in the palace, and the Emperor would usually adopt the opinions Yuan Feng occasionally raised.
This made Yuan Feng vaguely sense that the emperor's change in attitude towards him was not because of him or the Yuan family, but because of the engineering college behind him, and because he had led the engineering college to achieve some results.
Therefore, after discussing it, Yuan Feng and his three brothers, Yuan Wei and Yuan Cheng, always believed that only by making the engineering college bigger and stronger could they gain more attention and favor from the emperor, and only then could their Yuan family firmly maintain its position as the number one family in the world.
The College of Engineering naturally needs the support of Grand Minister of Agriculture Cao Song to grow stronger. Therefore, Yuan Fengcai decided to make peace with Cao Song and put aside past grievances. After all, compared with interests, what are the grudges between the two families?
Yuan Feng had also considered whether the peace talks between the Yuan family and the Cao family, as well as the development of the engineering college, would provoke dissatisfaction or even offend other powerful families. However, in Yuan Feng's view, these were completely insignificant.
After all, it's better to die for your friends than for yourself. As long as the Yuan family secures its position as the number one family, who cares about the fate of the other families?
As for the so-called protection of class interests, I will only do so when it is in my own interest. If I suffer losses because I want to protect everyone's interests, I would be a fool to do it and be neglected by the emperor.
Having stood firm in the imperial court for so many years, Yuan Jia's political acumen was remarkably sharp. He could see that in the coming decades, whether the emperor wanted to restore the people's livelihood or expand the territory, he would certainly need the support of these three academies.
Otherwise, why would Cao Song have received such favor from the emperor? Besides being in charge of the Han Dynasty's finances, wasn't it also because he was responsible for some of the affairs of the medical and agricultural colleges?
Cao Song could see through Yuan Feng's intentions. After all, if he wanted to develop and strengthen the Cao family on his own, in addition to relying closely on the emperor and developing the three academies, making peace with the Yuan family would also help him share a lot of the pressure.
After all, this is a win-win situation.
And so, the two who had been undermining each other not long ago sat down together.
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