Yuan Shao's main advisers include Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Shen Pei, Ji Feng, Guo Tu, Xu You and Xin Pi brothers in Xin Ping. When Yuan Shao died, Tian Feng, two of the most influential men in Yuan Shao's army, was killed in prison, and the giant hand was defeated and captured, and nobody paid attention to it. Xu You was not reused and took refuge in Cao Cao, and was not mentioned. At that time, the most important person in the army became Shen Pei (when Jushou was suspected of demotion, Yuan Shao had already taken back two-thirds of the relieving from Jushou and awarded it to Shen Pei and Chunyu Qiong. After Jushou was captured, Chunyu Qiong was killed in Wu Chao, and Shen Pei naturally became the first person in military power). But before the monsoon, in order to push Tian Feng, his old political enemy, he turned to Shen Pei politically. So these two men are entitled to make Yuan Shang their heir.

As for why Yuan Shang is the heir, we should start with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao loves Yuan Shang very much. According to historical records, he is famous for abolishing Tan Zhixin. But it may be because Yuan Shao himself feels that his life is still long and he is an indecisive person, so he has always been just talking and not doing it. But as you can imagine, he must have asked important advisers around him, such as Shen Pei, such as Monsoon. Then it is very likely that both of them have expressed their approval for Yuan Shang, but in fact, Yuan Shang's talent is indeed more outstanding than Yuan Tan's. Yuan can't be ignorant of this kind of thing, so he will naturally form opposing political factions. I mean, before Yuan Shao died, Yuan Tan School and Yuan Shang School should have formed invisibly.

The problem now is that Yuan Shao died suddenly, leaving no last words. If Shen Pei and Ji Feng welcome Yuan Tan, they are likely to be politically retaliated and attacked by Yuan Tan. Even if it is not attacked, it is difficult to compete with Guo Tu and Xin brothers who relied on Yuan Tan before. So, let Yuan Shang be the heir, so that we can firmly hold our strength in our own hands. As for the ending of Yuan Jia, that is the next question to consider.