Chapter 2: Rebirth from Danger
Cai Yan, the word Wen Ji, or the word Zhao Ji, was changed because of avoiding Sima Zhao.
Her story is well known and does not need to be repeated, but what matters is how to find her and bring her to the Han Palace in Luoyang.
This is not an easy task, because this year, Cai Yan's father Cai Yong is not in Luoyang, but on the run.
According to the historical records known to Liu Wei, Cai Yong, who was a member of the Lang at that time, and his uncle Cai Zhen, the captain of the guard, were framed by the general Yang Qiu, who was supposed to be beheaded and abandoned the city, but fortunately the Zhongchang servant Lu Qiang took pity and interceded on his behalf, so Emperor Ling exiled him and his family to Shuofang County.
Cai Yong and his relatives lived in Anyang County, Wuyuan for nine months, and it happened that Emperor Ling thought of Cai Yong again and took pity on his talent, so when he was amnesty the following year, he pardoned Cai Yong and allowed him to return to his hometown.
At that time, Wang Zhi was too shou of Wuyuan to see off Cai Yong, after drinking enough, Wang Zhi danced to persuade Yong, according to the custom Cai Yong responded to Wang Zhi, and danced together to show that the guest of honor was happy, just like a toast, but I didn't expect Cai Yong to ignore it at all after Wang Zhi danced.
Wang Zhi, who felt that he had lost face in front of the guests, suddenly became angry and scolded Cai Yong as a criminal, and Cai Yong threw his sleeves away.
Afterwards, Wang Zhi informed his brother and Zhongchang Wang Fu that Cai Yong had a grudge in his heart and slandered the court.
When Cai Yong was in Luoyang, most of the eunuchs were offended, and the scholars were also offended a lot, so he fled to the land of Wuhui and relied on the Taishan Goat clan for a total of 12 years.
His eldest daughter, Cai Zhenji, married Yangwei of the Taishan Goat clan as a stepwife during this period, and gave birth to two sons and a daughter, of which the youngest son is Yanghu.
After that, Cai Yong returned to Luoyang, and then he had to wait until the sixth year of Zhongping, that is, Dong Zhuo became the ruler of Luoyang, and forcibly sent people to recruit Cai Yong.
By that time, Cai Yong's second daughter Cai Wenji had also married Wei Zhongdao in Hedong, and even Wei Zhongdao might have died.
Therefore, if Liu Wei wants to cut off Hu and bring her to the Han Palace before Cai Yan marries Wei Zhongdao, then he must hurry up and send someone to the land of Wuhui to find Cai Yong, but the problem is that he is the prince who has just been taken back to the Han Palace, and he is disgusted by Emperor Ling, and he has no power and power, so how can he send people to the land of Wuhui?
Cheap dad, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty?
Not to mention that Emperor Ling is currently very disappointed in him, let alone Emperor Ling's lewd and lascivious character, Liu Wei will not dare to entrust this matter.
Although Emperor Ling only has two years left to live, who can guarantee that his favorite queen will become a little mother?
For the faint gentleman who is as obscene as a businessman, Liu Wei thinks that it is better to be on guard.
Looking for his cheap uncle, how can the general enter?
Liu Wei still felt unreliable.
After all, at this moment, his uncle, who was born as a butcher, was sharpening his head to be the leader of the scholars, how could he promise to help him find someone - don't forget, Liu Wei had made up his mind, even if he was taken captive, he would bring Cai Yan to him, and it would be strange that He Jin could agree to such a bad reputation.
So, looking for his cheap mother Queen He, cheap second uncle He Miao, or grandmother Wuyangjun?
To tell the truth, in the past few days, Queen He, He Miao, and Wuyangjun are still quite good to him, even if Emperor Ling's unfavorable evaluation of him has gradually spread in the palace, but Queen He, He Miao, and Wuyangjun have not disliked or alienated him because of this.
Even, Queen He, who has always been strong, also ordered all the palaces in the palace not to rumor about this matter, and when she found it, she was killed with a cane, which can be described as quite fierce in protecting the calf.
But the problem is that the He family has only been in Luoyang for ten years, even if the power can cover Luoyang and even the entire Henan Yin, it can't cover the land of Mount Tai and Wuhui.
Thinking about it, I'm afraid that only those people are left who can help him with this......
Ten Constant Attendants!
At that time, the people of the world called the eunuchs who bewitched Emperor Ling, controlled the government and controlled the government, and a number of eunuchs such as Xiaohuangmen and other eunuchs as the ten permanent servants, but in fact, there were more than ten people, some of these people were attached to Emperor Ling, and some were attached to Emperor Ling's biological mother, Empress Dowager Dong.
Among them, there are also those who are more inclined or semi-dependent to He, and Guo Sheng is one of them.
Thinking of this, Liu Wei, who was sitting in the Jiafang Hall of the North Palace, instructed several eunuchs standing beside him: "Go and invite Guo Changzhi to come, just say that I have something important to entrust." ”
Several eunuchs glanced at each other, and one of them hurriedly answered.
Looking at the back of the departing eunuch, Liu Wei lightly clasped his fingers on the wall table next to the window, thoughtful.
Don't look at Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Sun Zhang and other ten permanent servants to bewitch Emperor Ling and control the government, but for Liu Wei, who understands this history, it is really not difficult to get rid of these people, but the difficult thing is how to sit on the throne after two years......
At that time, there was the Empress Dowager He who listened to the government, the general He Jin who controlled the government, and the scholars headed by Yuan Shao and others who provoked He Jin to merge with the eunuchs, and Dong Zhuo rushed to the fisherman to make profits, and it was the biggest problem to sit on the throne in these forces and gradually withdraw power.
After a short time, Guo Sheng, the regular servant, came in a hurry.
I saw that this Guo Sheng's face was slightly wrinkled, and he was about forty years old, wearing a soap and blue brocade robe, lined with plain white deep clothes, wearing a Huiwen crown, adding gold and cicadas in front of the crown, and inserting a mink tail.
Just when Liu Wei was secretly looking at this Guo Sheng, Guo Sheng had already stepped forward with a smile on his face and took the initiative to call him: "Shi Hou." ”
Seeing this, Liu Wei deliberately pretended to be a very deliberate young man, and saluted with a little frivolity: "Guo Gong." ”
Guo Sheng was stunned, then burst into laughter, shook his head again and again with a smile on his face, and said: "I can't help it, I can't help it, Shi Hou has tormented the old minister......"
"Hmph. 』
Liu Wei snorted lightly in his heart, and said in his heart If I hadn't been able to ask for you, how could I call you that?
But then again, even if he wants to get rid of the ten permanent servants one day, this Guo Sheng is not the one who must be eliminated, after all, the eunuchs are endless, if the suppression is too fierce, then the relatives and ministers should come to power again, in the history known to Liu Wei, I don't know how many times similar things have been staged repeatedly, and they are all historical materials compiled by countless people with blood.
In short, this Guo Shengji can be preserved in the future, and he can keep the balance of the scholars, after all, the contemporary scholars, don't look at the two party failures, but in fact, the strength is still very strong, and the threat to the imperial power is far above the ten permanent servants.
Of course, these are not in a hurry, the top priority is to coax this Guo Sheng with good words, and let him send people to the land of Wu Hui.
Thinking of this, the smile on Liu Bian's face became a little better, and he continued to deliberately pretend to be an adult and said to Guo Sheng: "What did Guo Gong say, I have heard it all these days since I returned to the palace, if it weren't for Guo Gong, what ...... How can my queen mother be admitted to the palace, and how can she come to the world today?"
"This, this ......"
Guo Sheng restrained his joy, and he was very happy in his heart.
Indeed, when Queen He was able to enter the palace, Guo Sheng made a contribution, otherwise most of the palace people were selected in Luoyang and Henan, and he was from Wancheng, Nanyang County, He's family, and the daughter of a butcher, why was he elected to the palace?
The reason is that Guo Sheng is also from Wancheng, Nanyang, and for the sake of the affection of the fellow villagers, he accepted a bribe from He Jin and sent the He family to the palace.
Don't look at Guo Sheng accepting bribes, but if you really want to talk about it, the He family still owes Guo Sheng a lot of favors - I don't know how many people in this world want to spend money to bribe the eunuch to send their daughter to the palace, but they don't know where the palace door opens!
Because of this, since entering the palace, Queen He and her second brother He Miao have always maintained a close relationship with Guo Sheng, but He Jin sharpened his head and wanted to be the leader of the scholars, so he gradually distanced himself from Guo Sheng and even the official eunuchs.
Once when Liu Wei first looked at this history, he once felt that He Miao and Queen He were stupider than one another, and then looked at it after some experience, and then understood that He Jin was that full of stupidity, and a good hand of cards at the beginning of Tianhu was played poorly, and in the end he killed himself, killed his relatives, and also caused the Han Dynasty to die.
When the relatives failed to tilt the power of the government and the opposition, and also lost the emperor's nephew's social system, and finally let the courtiers with foreign surnames take advantage, if the two Han Dynasty's strong relatives who failed to rebel and usurp the throne knew about it, I am afraid they were eager to slap He Jin.
sighed with emotion in his heart, Liu Wei restrained his mind and continued to deliberately pretend to be an adult to win over Guo Sheng.
The reason why he wanted to pretend to be this appearance was because after the real Liu Wei was taken back to the palace, it was this frivolous appearance of 'I can't wait to become a prince or even succeed to the throne as an emperor immediately', and his demeanor was very flamboyant, so Emperor Ling would not like it, and commented that Liu Bian's words and deeds were not stable enough and did not have the majesty of the emperor.
Today, Liu Wei continues to pretend to be the previous posture of his predecessor in order to avoid being suspected.
As for whether it will provoke Emperor Ling's dislike, then I will talk about it in the future, it's a big deal to give up currying favor with Emperor Ling, anyway, it's just a prince's name, it's the best, and it's okay if you don't have it, as long as he can convince He Jin not to be stupid before the change in Luoyang Palace two years later, Dong Zhuo can't take advantage of it.
He Jin and He Miao's two relatives and uncles supported him, and his throne was also stable, but it was not too positive.
After Liu Bian's intentional closeness, Guo Sheng became more and more enthusiastic about Liu Bian, after all, Liu Biao is the eldest son of the concubine, and He Jin and He Miao are two relatives and uncles, even if Emperor Ling doesn't like it, Guo Sheng also thinks that Liu Bian will be the new monarch in the future.
What could be more important than having a good relationship with the new monarch in the future?
In addition to his enthusiasm, Guo Sheng thought of Liu Wei's intention to invite him to come today, and hurriedly bowed down and asked, "Shi Hou summoned the old minister today, what are your orders?"
Seeing that they were much closer to each other than before, Liu Wei no longer concealed it, and said in a low voice: "I invited Guo Gong to come today, I want to entrust Guo Gong with a major matter, please Guo Gong must help me ......"
"Please show Shi Hou. ”
"This ......" Liu Wei glanced at the several eunuchs standing in the palace.
Most of the eunuchs in the palace are the eyes of the middle and standing attendants, and the eunuchs around Liu Wei are no exception, but Guo Sheng is one of the ten permanent attendants, and he waved the dust to signal the eunuchs to retreat, and the latter naturally did not dare to disobey.
At this time, Liu Biancai pretended to be shy and said to Guo Sheng: "Guo Gong, when I lived in my master's house in the past, I heard that Cai Langzhong's second daughter was erudite and talented since she was a child, and she was proficient in music, and she could distinguish the sound of broken strings at the age of nine, and I have loved her for a long time, and I hope she can enter the palace to be my companion......"
“......”
Guo Sheng looked at Liu Bian, who was only ten years old, with a strange expression, most likely surprised that Liu Bian was so young that he was also a pervert.
Of course, this has nothing to do with him, and even he wishes that Liu Wei would be obsessed with women in the future, and be as easily bewitched and controlled by them as his father Emperor Ling.
"It's easy to hear!"
Guo Sheng took it in one bite, and then frowned and asked, "But Shi Hou, which Cai Langzhong are you talking about?"
"It's the one who studied at Dongguan School before, Cai Yong and Cai Langzhong. ”
"Ah, it's Cai Bo, ah......"
Guo Sheng was stunned, and his expression became a little subtle.