Beigong, Xianyuewan.

Liu Hong is holding a book in his hand, and he is assessing his son Liu Xie, although Liu Xie is only eight years old, he is very smart, and he can read it smoothly, full of energy.

"Father, how do I carry it?" Liu Xie's smart eyes looked at his father.

"Haha!"

Liu Hong laughed and slapped Liu Xie's little head with a big hand: "Yes, my Xie'er is very smart, he can memorize the Analects at such a young age, and he has done a good job, I am very happy, say what you want, I will reward you!" ”

When Liu Xie heard this, his eyes looked at his biological mother Wang Meiren next to him, and Wang Meiren just shook her head vaguely.

He hurriedly put away his expression and said respectfully: "The child wants to share the worries of his father, and the father does not go to the mother's concubine for many days, it must be busy with government affairs, the child thinks, if he can share his father's worries, he can make his father a little easier!" ”

"Good!"

Although Liu Hong saw the eye contact between their mother and son, he was still quite moved when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "When my Xie'er grows up, let Xie'er come to solve my worries!" ”

"Then Xie'er has to grow up quickly!" Liu Xie clenched his fists and gave himself an atmosphere.

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, two figures came side by side, they took small steps, and when they approached, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Xie'er, your father and emperor now have government affairs to deal with, and your mother will take you outside to play!" Wang Meiren is Liu Xie's mother, but now she only has the title of a beauty, not even a concubine, if it weren't for the suppression of Empress Dowager Dong above, it is difficult to say whether she can survive or not, she is very self-aware.

"Good!"

Liu Xie looked at Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, and finally nodded and followed his mother out of the palace.

"Father Shang, He Jin is playing again, let me make the prince!"

Liu Hong watched their mother and son leave, his eyes became cold, and he said in a somewhat matter-of-purpose tone: "How about you say that I am the crown prince?" ”

He prefers his youngest son Liu Xie, not that he doesn't like his eldest son.

That's because the eldest son Liu Pi has a background that he fears behind him.

In today's court, Liu Hong felt that he was just a puppet, even if he did not hesitate to launch two changes in the party in the past, and used eunuchs to suppress the arrogance of the scholars, he thought that he could make a decree.

But above the court, the most involuntary one is the emperor.

He defeated the power of the wealthy family, but he supported a force that he was afraid of.

That is the strength of relatives.

The forces of foreign relatives are dominated by the general He Jin, and they are the largest forces in the court that can confront the eunuch forces today.

Since he succeeded to the throne, the power of the wealthy family has been beaten by him over and over again, and now those officials of the family have learned well, they are not confronting Liu Hong head-on, but hiding by He Jin's side to exert their strength, so that Liu Hong is helpless.

The most important thing is that his eldest son Liu Wei grew up outside the palace when he was a child, his health is not good, he is quite inferior, his personality is a little weak, his ears are soft, and he is easily at the mercy of people.

He didn't want another Liang Ji in the current Han Dynasty, the general Liang Ji back then, with the identity of a relative, could control the Liu family's country, and even arbitrarily set up the monarch of the Liu family.

Therefore, he did not appoint a prince for a long time.

"Your Majesty, by all means!"

When Zhang Rang heard this, he hurriedly shook his head and said in a low voice: "Angering He Jin so much, it is inevitable that he will jump off the wall in a hurry, Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, if he is injured, then the minions will be to blame!" ”

The eunuch forces are His Majesty's personal soldiers, and they are arrogant and domineering outside, regardless of reputation, but inside, they are absolutely loyal to the emperor.

He Jin is a general, who is in charge of the military power of the world, and has the support of the scholars behind him, so he can control the court.

If there is a falling out, the court will be in chaos.

At this time, there are internal troubles outside, and if the court is in chaos, the Han Dynasty will fall apart.

"Hey, I used to indulge him too much, and I didn't see his wolf ambition!"

Liu Hong was a little disheartened: "In the past, I used him, I thought he was a son of a poor family, a vulgar butcher, destined to not get along with the wealthy families, you can use him to check and balance these wealthy families, and you can clear the imperial decrees and rectify the government, but I didn't expect this person to be a white-eyed wolf, and he was actually co-opted by Yuan Kui and them!" ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, now that the eighth battalion of the West Garden has been established, in addition to the five battalions of the Northern Army under the command of the general, we also have troops to compete with him!"

Zhao Zhong said in a dark voice: "And I also brought a gift for Your Majesty today!" ”

"Oh!"

Liu Hong smiled and said: "You old killer will never give me some fun things, today you don't want to send me some bloody things!" ”

Zhao Zhong smiled and said, "Your Majesty really guessed correctly!" ”

He asked the two little eunuchs, each holding a box, to come up, and then opened the box for Liu Hong to watch.

"Head?"

Liu Hong was suddenly a little unlucky, and his face was not good.

"Your Majesty, this is the people of Gong Du and Liu Bi, the anti-thieves of the Runan Yellow Turban!" Zhao Zhong said faintly.

"What?"

Liu Hong's eyes lit up suddenly: "These are those two anti-thieves?" ”

"That's right!"

"Good!"

Liu Hong shouted loudly: "Such a thief, it's not a pity to die, this person's head is hung above the Beijing Gate, exposed to the sun for ten days, to set an example!" ”

Originally, the court of the Han Dynasty could be stable for a few years.

However, the appearance of the Yellow Turban anti-thief almost dug the foundation of the Han Dynasty, so that he had to let go of the world's military power to He Jin, and also made him have to acquiesce to the power of private soldiers in the wealthy family.

He hated the yellow scarf to the core.

"Yes!"

Zhao Zhong nodded, and waved his hand to let the head be taken off.

"Who brought this head?" At this time, Liu Hong asked.

"County Lieutenant Wuyin, Zhang Chuan!"

Zhao Zhong said with his hands bowed.

"Zhang Chuan?" Liu Hong frowned: "Yuan Yin played, didn't you say that this person is a Yellow Turban anti-thief, secretly communicating with thieves, and messing with Runan?" ”

He has read Yuan Yin's recital many times, among which Zhang Chuan's identity as a yellow turban is the most disgusting to him, and he is ready to respond to the recital, so that troops from all over the country can be sent to suppress Zhang Chuan and pacify the army under his command, so as to prevent Nanyang from being chaotic again.

"Your Majesty, there are two copies here, one is passed down by Zhang Chuan, and the other is the record of the battle situation transmitted back by my spies in Runan, please read it!"

Zhao Zhong took out two copies of the recital and handed them to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong spread it out and reviewed it himself.

The first book was written by Jiang Lu himself, the writing seems calm, it is a confession of Mu Shan, some things can't be hidden from the Son of Heaven, there is no need to hide it, Mu Shan first confessed his identity as the Yellow Turban Qu Shuai, and then began to show loyalty, but the words were sincere.

The second book is a description of the war in Runan.

This was reported by Zhao Zhong's spies, Zhao Zhong as Liu Hong's eyes and ears, naturally there are spies all over the world, this news is basically the same day as Mu Jing to resist Luoyang, but he didn't think of whether to play the newspaper up, after seeing Mu Jing, he decided to send it to Liu Hong.

"It turns out that Zhang Chuan is Mushan, a good Nanyang violent bear, indeed a person is as his name, and not only violent, but also wise!"

Half an hour later, Liu Hong sighed: "A strategy to win or lose, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to break more than 100,000 yellow scarves, unstoppable to personally behead the thief, if the Han has such a fierce general with both civil and military skills, why am I like this, but why is he a yellow turban thief!" ”

Yellow scarf anti-thief, this identity is a hurdle, a hurdle that Liu Hong can't get over in his heart.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Yin is anxious to get rid of Mushan, I'm afraid he has other plans!"

Zhao Zhong said in a low voice.

After receiving Mu Jing's money, he is still a little moral, and he has to say a few words for the Mu family's father and son.

"Father Shang, what do you think?" Liu Hong regarded Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong as his confidants, but for him, Zhang Rang was more worthy of his trust, because Zhang Rang was not as greedy as Zhao Zhong, but his heart was more loyal.

"Your Majesty, I think this is a great opportunity!"

Zhang said.

"What chance?"

"A chance to reclaim this fierce general!" Zhang Rang bowed and said: "Although the Yellow Turban anti-thief is not credible, but now the thief Zhang Jiao is dead, the Zhang family has also perished, the Yellow Turban has already fallen apart, it is not a problem, before the Hebei giant Zhang Yan also sent a letter to surrender, but he refused to hand over the military power, and did not let the court officials enter the Black Mountain Army, just a name, I think this Mushan is more sincere than him, at least Mushan beheaded several Qu Shuai of the Yellow Turban, the head is the proof, it is worth trusting, and Your Majesty should not forget that he has now promised Liu Bi Gongdu, The soldiers and horses of Huang Shao collected are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses, if we are not surrendered, won't we force him to rebel again, and then Runan will be chaotic again, how can Your Majesty quell the rebellion! ”

"But he is a Yellow Turban thief after all, how can I believe it!"

"Your Majesty, I have a plan!"

Zhao Zhong gave up.

"Say!"

"This is the only son of Mushan Mu Jing submitted a report, Mu Shanju dared to let his only son go to Beijing, it is already a sign of loyalty, if we take Mu Jing as a hostage, in addition to rewarding Mu Shan, collect it and use it, Mushan will not have a heart of resistance to His Majesty!"

"Mujing?"

Liu Hong's eyes brightened up this time: "If that's the case, it's a good use!" ”

What he cares about most is that there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses under Mushan's command now, and these 100,000 soldiers and horses will inevitably be a catastrophe for the imperial court.

He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Three days later, the court will decide on the affairs of Runan, and let Mu Jing personally go to the court and go to the court with the momentum of meritorious service. ”