After returning from Zhang Rang's mansion, Zeng Yu stayed in Zhang Fuguang's house for another day, and then returned to the post house with Zhu Wen.

The soldiers who stayed in the post house reported that no one came, Zeng Yu nodded, and then went to meet the officials of the post house, he needed to ask about the etiquette of entering the court. All the work in the early stage has been done, if the success falls short because of a problem of disgrace in front of the king, then he doesn't even know where to cry.

Finally, it was the day when Liu Hong announced Zeng Yu's entry into the palace, and Zeng Yu got up when he was in Yin to prepare for today's entry into the palace. Although he doesn't have to go to the court, since he entered the palace on the day of the court meeting, and the time of the court is the time of the court, he can't enter the palace after the time of the court.

The post house provided Zeng Yu with a carriage, and Zhu Wen became a coachman, and after the two were ready, they drove slowly towards the palace. The carriage did not have any special markings, and to outsiders, they would only think that it was an official who was also in the court, so Zeng Yu did not have any accidents along the way.

At the gate of the palace, the carriage stopped, Zeng Yu asked Zhu Wen to wait outside, and after he himself showed his identity and the token to the guards guarding the palace, a team of guards led him to the palace.

For Zeng Yu, this is the first time he has entered the palace, but he is quite shocked when he sees the eaves and beams and buildings, and he sees them all the way.

At the door of the Chengde Palace, the guards introduced Zeng Yu to the eunuchs on both sides of the palace and left. These eunuchs already knew about Zeng Yu's arrival, and after saluting him, they told him to wait outside the palace and wait for the emperor to summon him into the palace.

Zeng Yu raised his head, looked at the solemn and magnificent Chengde Palace, and then looked at the hundred officials who entered the palace one after another, and then stood aside with his head bowed, waiting for the next call.

After the court meeting began, after waiting for about half an hour or so, Zeng Yu heard the voice of the eunuch from the palace: "Xuan, Anping ordered Zeng Yu to go to the palace!" ”

Zeng Yu slowly walked into the Chengde Hall with complicated feelings.

"Chen Zengyu, see Your Majesty!" Zeng Yu stood in the middle of the hall of virtue and worshiped the Son of Heaven on the jade steps.

"Excuse me." Liu Hong raised his hand a little tiredly, signaling Zeng Yu to get up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two straightened up and bowed to stand under His Highness.

"You are Zeng Yu?" Liu Hong lowered his head and looked at Zeng Yu, with a slight smile on his pale face: "And raise your head, let me see the young talent of my big man." ”

"Huh~" Chen Mo took a deep breath, slowly raised his head, and looked at the Son of Heaven, just in time to meet Liu Hong's gaze. Although this gaze is not domineering, the majesty that Emperor Ling has cultivated during his reign for more than ten years still makes Zeng Yu stay for a while, after all, at this time, a person like Zeng Yu who does not have a background that covers the sky, life and death are all in Liu Hong's thoughts.

"Bold!" Just when Zeng Yu was a little stunned, Zhang Rang, who was standing beside the Son of Heaven, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Your Majesty asked you, do you dare to answer?" ”

Zeng Yu came back to his senses and hurriedly bowed down: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the first time the minister saw Your Majesty, he was terrified, he was frightened by His Majesty's heavenly might, and he didn't feel panicked, and hoped that His Majesty would forgive his sins." ”

"That's it!" Liu Hong waved his hand, and the smile on his face was a little more: "You are the first time to enter the court, and it is understandable." Zeng Yu, I have read your battle report, and you have exterminated the main force of the Yellow Turban rebels who entered the Koushang Party County through the bandits and rogues you subdued, and captured the thieves alive. Tell me what you thought at the time, at that time, the Yellow Turban rebels had already broken through Changzi County, and even your Shangguan Shangdang County guard did not escape, how did you have the courage to dare to go to war with the other party just by relying on some bandits? ”

As for his own troops, Zeng Yu knew that he couldn't hide it, after all, Liu Hong and the courtiers were not fools, and it was impossible to believe that he could exterminate the Yellow Turban Army with a maximum of 2,000 county soldiers. Therefore, Zeng Yu has already explained the source of his troops in the war report, which can be regarded as a cover for the imperial court.

"Back to Your Majesty, although the minister has no virtue and talent, he was favored by His Majesty and awarded the minister the post of peace order. Since he was ordered to defend the land and drive away thieves at the beginning of the year, the ministers have been lamenting all night, fearing that the entrustment will not work, and they dare not ignore the safety of the people. And if the Yellow Turban rebels are allowed to go south, the more people they will coerce, and it will be more difficult to defeat. The minister risked his life to persuade the bandits in the territory to go to war, and then fought with the Yellow Turban, and the people Mu Huang Grace for a long time, and the Xiao Chen won the second victory, although it was the credit of the minister, but the main thing was that His Majesty guided well, and the people Mu Huang Grace for a long time, even if there was no Xiao Chen, there would be other colleagues to quell the rebellion. Chen Mo bowed and said.

"What do you think this son said?" Liu Hong heard that Zeng Yu was not arrogant, but said that all this was from his instructions, nodded with satisfaction, looked at the ministers under the order and asked.

Taiwei Deng Sheng smiled and said: "Your Majesty, this son is decisive, dares to persuade the thieves alone, and then leads the battle, and wins the battle, it can be said that he is brave and strategic, and he is indeed a rare talent in my Han Dynasty." ”

The ministers were not surprised by Deng Sheng's praise, if he couldn't give credit to winning the battle as a captain, then his already small authority as a captain would be completely lost. And although Deng Sheng led the troops to fight, he was not a famous general, but he was also a person who had been in battle for a long time, so he naturally knew the difficulty of Zeng Yu's victory, of course, he didn't know that Zeng Yu's soldiers were not real bandits.

Liu Hong nodded, looked at the ministers, and then said to Zeng Yu, who had been standing quietly with His Highness: "Zeng Yu! ”

"The minister is here!" Zeng Yu stepped forward and bowed.

"From today onwards, you have made great contributions, and I can't fail to reward you, and now that the county guard of Shangdang County is vacant, I plan to let you take the position of county guard of Shangdang County." After Liu Hong finished speaking, he looked at the ministers and asked, "Do you have any objections?" ”

Everyone in the court had previously told the general He Jin that Zeng Yu did not belong to the eunuch forces, so the scholar side did not raise any objections. Even the people of the Cui family, because the Yuan family gave compensation, did not speak again about the loss of a county guard in their own family.

"Minister, thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and you will repay your kindness!" Even if he had known the result before, when he heard this appointment and knew that he had taken a big step forward, Zeng Yu still felt that his heartbeat was suddenly a little faster, and he immediately bowed to Liu Hong and said loudly.

"After you take office, quell the Yellow Turban traitors in the territory as soon as possible, and then send troops to support Jizhou." Liu Hong looked at Zeng Yu sharply, and when he mentioned the matter of the yellow scarf, he was in a bad mood all of a sudden.

"Obey the order!" Zeng Yu bowed.

"This matter ends here, if there is nothing else, let's retreat." Liu Hong stood up a little tiredly, although he said so, but he didn't mean to listen to the ministers anymore, and left directly.

Zhang Ranglang said: "Retreat!" ”

The ministers hurriedly bowed down to say goodbye to Liu Hong, and it was not until Liu Hong left that the ministers dispersed in twos and threes.

Zeng Yu was in the court, and he didn't know anyone, and Zeng Yu had the heart to go forward to express his gratitude to the person who praised him just now, but there were several officials around him. Zeng Yu guessed from the other party's position that it was Deng Sheng, the chief lieutenant of the three princes today, although he didn't recognize it, and it was not easy to step forward, so he had to bow to Deng Sheng from afar, which was regarded as thanking the other party for his appreciation before.

Deng Sheng also bowed his head slightly when he saw Zeng Yumo's action, but he didn't invite him over.

A few casual conversations with the officials around him who congratulated him could be regarded as a face-to-face, of course, what he said was innocuous nonsense, but Zeng Yu still wanted to leave an impression of being close to others. After that, Zeng Yu received the seal ribbon and his own official uniform in the palace, and it was noon when he left the palace.

"My lord, what if the result is?" After Zhu Wen received Zeng Yu at the gate of the palace, he took him back to rush.

"All the best!" Zeng Yu replied, and there was no happiness in his words that could be hidden.

"In that case, when will we go back, this Luoyang City always feels a little weird." Zhu Wen said.

Although he didn't go out often, Zhu Wen could feel the turbulence hidden under the calm in Luoyang City, and the people in the city had a depressing atmosphere. People who have lived in Luoyang for a long time seem to be accustomed to this kind of atmosphere, but for Zhu Wen and Zeng Yu, it is far better to return to their own territory and relax.

Zeng Yu knew what Zhu Wen meant, and he knew that this atmosphere was caused by the struggle between the two forces that were the center of the empire. The reason why he didn't want to enter Beijing was because he didn't want to wade into this troubled water, after all, if he wanted to make a difference in the court, he had to be in the team, and the neutral ones were either suppressed to the end, or they became the fastest group of people to die.

"And when are we going back?" Zhu Wen asked.

Zeng Yu thought for a moment and said, "Let's leave tomorrow, and after we go back, you send someone to the Zhang family's house to inform them and ask them to gather outside the city tomorrow morning." ”

However, before leaving Luoyang, Zeng Yu still had one more thing to do, and that was to inform Yuan Shao about the Eighth School of the West Garden. He didn't want history to change much because of him, and if Liu Hong really built an army that had always been completely in the hands of the eunuchs before his death, then he might have directly issued an edict for Liu Xie to succeed him.

So he needed to let himself mix some sand with Zhang Rang's advice, and he knew that Zhang Rang's selection of grassroots generals was either from their ten permanent township parties, or from some county generals. And what Zeng Yu has to do is to remind Yuan Shao to pay attention, that is, Liu Hong may summon the soldiers or low-level officers of the county to enter Beijing next, and let Yuan Shao pay attention to these people, and don't let them all be bought by the ten permanent servants.

After returning to the post house, the officials of the post house also knew about Zeng Yu's promotion, and they congratulated him one after another, and also gave him a gift of their own. For these, of course, Zeng Yu will not shirk, he is now more than two thousand stones, and he is considered to be a feudal official, if in the past, after a few years of experience in the post of county guard, he can also serve as an important adjutant of Jiuqing when he enters Beijing. Especially Zeng Yu is still very young, less than twenty, if it is not for his low background, then he is completely expected to be the third prince.

Zeng Yu wrote his reminder to Yuan Shao in the letter, and asked Zhu Wen to personally deliver it to Yuan Shao, and he himself did not go over. The change in status, his behavior also needs more attention.