In the end, an arm could never twist a thigh. At least, once the great clans beneath Cao Cao joined forces, they had become a true thigh, and Cao Cao's puny arm had no chance of competing with them.
As for the other warlords, Yuan Shu's side simply sneered at the things that had been released.
Liu Biao neither supported nor opposed it, adopting an aloof attitude as though it had nothing to do with him.
Liu Zhang had only just taken his position, and Shu was isolated besides, so he cared even less about the matter. To him, he might as well spend the time fooling around with Zhang Lu's mother. According to the Book of the Later Han, "Zhang Lu of Pei had a beautiful mother who also practiced sorcery. She went back and forth to the homes of the Daoist community, and Zhang Lu was consequently appointed as Commandant of the Righteous Army..."
It had to be said that when it came to tastes, Liu Zhang and Wife-lover Cao each had their own merits. For a time, they were evenly matched.
Only when the matter reached Sun Ce in Jiangdong did some changes appear. After Zhou Yu analyzed the advantages and disadvantages, he decided that they had to cooperate with the Jiangdong clans to block the spread of those books. However, they could quietly promote village schools on a small scale, using them to train a group of people belonging to themselves rather than to the clans. Once the literate population had reached a sufficient base, as long as they had Liu Bei's books on official administration, they could naturally solve part of the shortage of talent in the future. Even if they could not completely break free from the clans' coercion, they could at least open