In mid-March, the Changqiu Palace, where Empress He lived, and the Yongle Palace, where Empress Dowager Dong lived, had been fighting for a month, and the little eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were implicated.

Queen He is okay here, although this queen has a bad temper and is stubborn, but with Liu Wei interceding by her side, no one in the palace maids of Changqiu Palace has been implicated, on the contrary, Liu Wei has gained a good reputation among the palace maids.

The palace maids in the palace are divided into two categories, one is recruited from Luoyang and even Henan, most of them are from poor backgrounds, unless they are beautiful, or bribe the chamberlain, otherwise they have a low status after entering the palace, and they can only do some work in the palace, and it is basically impossible to see the big people in the palace.

There is also a category of good family sons, that is, the daughters of officials and clans in various places, these women will be arranged next to Emperor Ling, Empress He, and Empress Dowager Dong after entering the palace, and Tang Ji, the concubine included by Liu Wei in history, is this category.

In view of the fact that the purpose of these good sons entering the palace is to cling to the royal family, Liu Wei interceded for them this time, and they naturally leaned next to Liu Wei in a boat to try to win the favor of this Shi Hou.

This made Cai Yan a little unhappy, although when Liu Wei deliberately teased her about this, she stubbornly said that she didn't care, but when those good families deliberately approached Liu Wei, she subconsciously pouted and couldn't hide it from others.

But then again, Liu Wei really has no interest in these good families, and the only thing he is interested in in the entire palace is Cai Yan, who has a bumpy fate in history.

"Wen Ji and rest assured, I only have Wen Ji in my heart, and you are my queen. ”

When Liu Wei smiled and comforted Cai Yan, Cai Yan was ashamed and confused.

What is ashamed is that she really hates those good families who deliberately get close to Liu Bian, and she is puzzled because she never understands why Liu Biao loves her so much.

By the way, after a month of raising in the palace, Cai Yan, who used to look yellow and thin due to malnutrition, also showed some changes, his skin gradually became white and ruddy, and the cocoons on his fingers and stomachs due to the past farm work gradually faded, and the whole person became richer and more beautiful.

However, in the Luoyang Palace, Cai Yan's beauty does not have much advantage, after all, this Han Palace is almost concentrated in the daughters of official eunuchs across the country, and many of them are more beautiful Cai Yan, but Liu Yan is not interested.

In addition to Cai Yan, the only thing that Liu Wei cares about a little is his concubine Tang Ji in history, according to his guess, Tang Ji should also be a good son from Changqiu Palace, so he was later favored by Queen He and sent to serve Liu Wei.

However, at present, Liu Wei has not heard of Tang Ji by Queen He's side, and most of them have not yet entered the palace.

On March 15, Liu Wei, who had been in obscurity for a month, was ready to begin his campaign to become the prince of the prison state.

So he sent Fang Dian to order Zhao Chun to invite Zhang Rang.

Speaking of Zhang Rang, in history, this old thing is repeatedly jumping between Dong and He, obviously his adopted son Zhang Feng married Empress He's sister Xiao He, but he is still unclear with Empress Dowager Dong, and even gave Empress Dowager Dong an idea to help Empress Dowager Dong's late brother Dong Chongguan's son Dong Chongguan worship the hussar general and share He Jin's military power.

But now, Zhang Rang has been forced to cut off relations with Yongle Palace, honestly standing in line with Empress He, and even during this time, when Empress Dowager Dong slandered Liu Wei in front of Emperor Ling, and persuaded Emperor Ling many times to re-establish Dong Hou Liu Xie as the crown prince, Zhang Rang tried his best to persuade Emperor Ling, and it can be regarded as a lot of strength for Liu Bian.

In the evening of the same day, Zhang Rang took advantage of the fact that Emperor Ling was resting in the apse of the Jade Hall Palace, and hurriedly came to the Jiafang Palace, and Liu Wei ordered Zhao Chun to welcome Zhang Rang in.

Perhaps because of the severed relationship between the Empress Dowager Dong, Zhang Rang became more and more deferential to Liu Bian, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a stammer, of course, Liu Bian will not change his attitude towards Zhang Rang because of this, and still call him 'Zhang Gong', lest Zhang Rang be cranky and secretly lean on Yongle Palace in order to seek a way out.

After greeting each other, Liu Wei pretended to be angry and said to Zhang Rang: "Gong Zhang, recently, under the persuasion of Wen Ji, I have restrained my temperament and divided my studies, but I heard that the Empress Dowager Dong still insists on persuading my father to appoint my brother as the crown prince, which makes the queen mother and me very uneasy, I don't know if Zhang Gong has a clever plan?"

"It's not easy to do......"

Zhang Rang said with a sad face.

Not to mention, in the past month, Liu Biantao has been obscure, reading and practicing calligraphy honestly, Zhang Rang was also very surprised.

In addition to being surprised, he was left with only one way out for the He family, and naturally he did not forget to say good things about Liu Wei in front of Emperor Ling every day, and over time, even Emperor Ling had a great change in his opinion of Liu Bian, the problem was on the side of the Empress Dowager Dong, her biological mother insisted on making Dong Hou Liu Xie the crown prince, and Emperor Ling claimed to be a filial son, how dare he refuse?

So the matter had to be delayed.

During the discussion, Liu Wei lowered his voice and said to Zhang Rang: "Zhang Gong, do you think this will work? You find an opportunity to play this matter while your father is drunk, and let your father make me the crown prince......

Saying this, Zhang Rang and Zhao Chun, who were beside him, gasped and looked at Liu Wei in shock.

That is, Zhang Rang is now close to Liu Wei and Empress He, and there is no other choice, otherwise he will inform Emperor Ling of this matter, and I believe that Emperor Ling will definitely dislike Liu Wei more and more.

Of course, if this were not the case, Liu Wei would not be stupid enough to say such things to Zhang Rang.

"I'm afraid this won't be ......"

Zhang Rang shook his head with a wry smile.

This made Liu Wei a little disappointed, disappointed that although Zhang Rang was scolded for dictatorship, he was actually far worse than the powerful eunuchs and eunuchs in history, no wonder later generations said that the eunuchs at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty were actually the weakest.

"Is it really not possible?" Liu Wei tried to make Zhang Rang change his mind.

However, Zhang Rang still refused to agree, obviously he still knew that his power came from the Spirit Emperor, and he did not dare to do anything that angered the Spirit Emperor.

Of course, his choice also allowed him to escape - if Zhang Rang really dared to do this, the first thing Liu Wei would do after he took power alone in the future would be to ask this old guy to guard the imperial tomb for Emperor Ling.

"That'...... What about bribing my father's left and right?" Liu Wei asked again.

Zhang Rang couldn't cry or laugh, after all, he had already done this, and the eunuchs around Emperor Ling, including the palace maids who served Emperor Ling, were all carefully selected by him.

But even if so many people spoke for Liu Wei, Liu Wei's position as the crown prince still did not follow, which shows the influence of Empress Dowager Dong on Emperor Ling.

Seeing that this Shi Hou was becoming more and more unreliable, Zhang Rang hurriedly said: "It's better to be like this, the old minister arranged for Shi Hou to meet with His Majesty, as long as Shi Hou can manage to get His Majesty's favor, the matter of the prince is naturally not a problem." ”

He didn't dare to let Liu Wei open his mouth again, lest it leak out, Sun Zhang and others were involved in his sin of instigating Shi Hou - since the turmoil in Yongle Palace, their ten permanent servants were divided, Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, Xia Yun and others were plotting to arrest him Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng, and the two sides had reached the point where it was difficult to coexist.

As long as the sergeants don't intervene at this time, and don't want to wipe out the ten permanent servants, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng will have to fight to the death with Sun Zhang, Feng Zhen, and Xia Yun sooner or later.

But it's a pity that the scholars in the court learned of the internal division of the Ten Standing Servants and also tried to take a kick, which made Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Sun Zhang feel the crisis and temporarily stop attacking each other.

No, Zhang Rang tentatively told Liu Wei about it: "...... Shi Hou, Cai Ji recently went to Dongguan to borrow books, what did she say after coming back?"

Liu Wei actually knew it, so he pretended not to know: "I didn't say anything, what's wrong?"

Zhang Rang hesitated for a moment, and then explained the reason: "That's the case, Shi Hou doesn't know, in February this year, that is, when Cai Ji first entered the palace, there was a rebellion of the county people in Xingyang...... At the beginning of the month, the news reached Luoyang, and the sergeant played again, falsely accusing us of being a regular servant of the middle school......"

"Oh. ”

Liu Bian's heart was suddenly shocked.

These days, he only focuses on the palace and forgets about it.

Seeing that Zhang Rang was still looking at him, Liu Wei pretended to smile disapprovingly: "The Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by the Standing Servants, and the Xingyang Riot was also caused by the Standing Servants, ha, the chaos in the world was caused by the Standing Servants......"

Although he pretended not to think so, but after thinking about it carefully, Liu Wei didn't think that it was all the fault of the ten permanent servants, could it be that everyone in the world is a good minister and a good citizen who guards themselves and abides by the law?

Impossible.

Historically, land annexation has been the worst among the scholars.

"Isn't it!"

Seeing that Liu Wei was obviously on their side, Zhang Rang's heart was reassured, and he said angrily: "The sergeants of the court have long wanted to eradicate us and others, framed us and others for harming the township, and said that we are very turbid, are these people cleared? Zheng Tai and Zheng Gongye, who served the imperial history, have 400 hectares of fertile land, but it is not enough for the so-called heroes he has married; Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, the lieutenants of the Sili school, rely on him as the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family, and specialize in raising outlaws......

He chattered endlessly about the roots of the sergeants, and Liu Wei also frowned frequently when he heard it, because he was familiar with this period of history and knew that Zhang Rang really did not frame these people in this matter.

Haosheng vented, Zhang Rang extinguished the fire in his heart, and pleaded with Liu Justification: "We are afraid that the sergeant of the DPRK will frame us again in the name of local riots, and at the same time, it is also so that Your Majesty will not have to suffer such troubles, so we press the table and wait for the day when the army will be sent to suppress the riot, and then play Your Majesty." If Shi Hou hears any rumors, don't misunderstand us, we are loyal to the Han family, to Your Majesty, to the queen, and to Shi Hou, and there is no second heart. ”

Liu Wei was amused when he heard it, and he was amused that Zhang Rang and the others were scared like this.

In all fairness, as the favored eunuchs beside Emperor Ling, there is really no need for Zhang Rang and the others to hide any riots, in the final analysis, it is just that the traces of the sergeants of the court who want to take the opportunity to eradicate these people are too obvious, and Zhang Rang and the others can only conceal it to protect themselves.

This matter is not praised or dispraised, it is just an objective phenomenon.

"I naturally believe in Zhang Gong......"

Liu Wei smiled and nodded, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and then asked, "Who is Zhang Gong going to send to quell the chaos?"

Zhang Rang said respectfully: "Our family...... cough, the DPRK has ordered your second uncle, Henan Yin He Miao and He Guoshu to lead the army to quell the rebellion. ”

"Sure enough, ......"

Liu Wei nodded secretly in his heart.

Since then, as recorded in historical records, Yin He Miao of Henan Province led thousands of troops to conquer the Xingyang thieves, broke them, beheaded thousands of them, and the rest of the people scattered and fled.

At this time, Zhang Rangcai reported the matter to Emperor Ling, saying that he didn't want Emperor Ling to work hard about this matter, and then he made a contribution to He Miao.

Emperor Ling was happy when he saw He Miao's victory neatly, but instead of blaming Zhang Rang for concealing it, he praised him, and worshiped He Miao as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and named the Marquis of Jiyang.

He Miao entered the court to worship and thank him, and was immediately summoned to the Changqiu Palace by Queen He, who learned the news.

Upon learning of this, Liu Wei also hurried to see the second uncle.

In his planning, the second uncle, who died in vain in history, was his indispensable help.