Hearing Deng Yu's recommendation of Li Tong to take over the post of Grand Sikong, Liu Xiu thought about it seriously.

He paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, to say trust, Li Tong was his brother-in-law and his best friend, and his loyalty to him was beyond doubt.

If you want to talk about Li Tong's ability, Liu Xiu is not worried, the key is that he is not worried about Li Tong's body.

Being a big Sikong is definitely not easier than being a former general, there are many and miscellaneous things to worry about, and it's really hard to say whether Li Tong's body can stand it! Seeing Liu Xiu pacing back and forth, pondering, Deng Yu said: "Your Majesty, letting the Dimension stay in Outer Tuntian for a long time is not a long-term solution after all, this time there is a chance to transfer the Dimension back to the capital, what else does Your Majesty have to hesitate about?" ”

Liu Xiu stopped and said, "Dimensional body, Zhonghua also knows that Dasikong is busy with affairs, can his body stand it?" ”

Deng Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry! As far as Wei Chen knows, in the past few years, the dimensional has served in the army, and his health is much better than before, and now he can fully recognize the position of the great secretary! ”

Liu Xiu's eyes lit up, and she asked with a smile, "Really?" ”

Deng Yu smiled: "Your Majesty still can't trust Weichen?" ”

Liu Xiu raised his finger and pointed at Deng Yu and said, "You want to hide easily, but you have lost the tiring work to the dimension!" ”

Deng Yu smiled dryly: "Weichen is also thinking about His Majesty and the eldest princess of Ningping!" ”

Liu Xiu pondered again, nodded, and said, "Okay!" This matter will be done according to Zhonghua's wishes! ”

The next day, the holy decree was issued, and the great Sikong Song Hong, without any evidence, impeached the party Taishou Tianyi for attempting to rebel, and dismissed him.

As for Song Hong's 'accomplice' Deng Yu, he was punished for three months.

In addition, the former general Li Tong succeeded Song Hong and assumed the position of Grand Sikong.

This decree also caused an uproar in the court.

Not long ago, Da Situ had just returned to his hometown, and Hou Ba took over the position of Da Situ, and now Da Situ was dismissed again, and Li Tong took over the position of Da Situ.

Above the court, how can such a big change not cause a shock in the court?

To say that among the three princes, the most stable position is none other than the great Sima Wu Han.

No matter how Da Situ and Da Sikong are replaced, Wu Han is in the position of Da Sima, but he can't be shaken and is as stable as Mount Tai.

After receiving Liu Xiu's holy decree, Li Tong and his wife Liu Boji rushed back to Luoyang.

Liu Xiu met the two of them in the palace.

After meeting, Liu Xiu looked at Li Tong, I hadn't seen him for a long time, Li Tong's white face was tanned, his figure was much stronger than before, and his face was much better than before.

After looking at it, Liu Xiu nodded secretly, serving in the army is not without benefits to the dimension! He said with a smile: "In the past two years, the dimension has been in Nanyang Tuntian, and it has been really hard. ”

Li Tong smiled to Liu Xiu and said, "The responsibility of Weichen is not hard. ”

Liu Boji said: "The third brother doesn't know, Ji Yuan is obviously the chief general in the army, but he trains like ordinary soldiers, and often goes to the field to do farm work!" ”

Liu Xiu laughed and praised: "Take the lead, the dimension has done a very good job!" ”

Liu Boji said dissatisfiedly: "For this reason, I have quarreled with the Dimension several times, why does the third brother still help the Dimension speak?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "In the past, Weijun (Pi Tong) once said that thirst is difficult to cure, but proper work can alleviate thirst, I think the dimension is very good now!" ”

Without waiting for Liu Boji to speak, Liu Xiu looked at Li Tong again and said, "This time, the dimensional yuan returned to Beijing to serve as the chief secretary, and he couldn't just be busy with official business, and neglect to exercise. ”

Li Tong nodded to Liu Xiu, bowed down and said, "Weichen understands, Weichen will remember His Majesty's advice!" ”

After that, Liu Xiuliu Li Tong and Liu Boji had dinner together, and during the banquet, Liu Boji asked curiously: "Third brother, I heard that Song Hong was dismissed because he framed Tian Yi for rebellion, what is going on?" ”

Li Tong frowned secretly, turned his head to look at Liu Boji, and motioned for her not to ask more.

Liu Xiu smiled disappreciatively and said: "Song Hong and Tian Yi have always had a grudge, this time, Song Hong heard that Tian Yi made weapons privately and had a rebellion, so he took advantage of the topic to play and wanted to put Tian Yi to death. ”

Liu Boji snorted heavily and said: "Back then, Song Hongyi was verbally rejecting the third brother's proposal as the eldest sister, I thought he was so virtuous, but now it seems that he is just a narrow-minded person!" ”

Li Tong lowered his head and coughed, and then secretly glanced at Liu Boji, as a princess, it was very inappropriate to criticize the ministers of the court and the central government like this.

Liu Boji glared at Li Tong and said angrily: "What I said is also the truth, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Xiu laughed on his back and said, "What Bo Ji said is not unreasonable! ”

In Liu Xiu's opinion, Song Hong's mind is indeed too small, and he is dignified, how can he not tolerate people?

He said to Li Tong Zhengse: "Dimension is a soldier in the army, and he can better understand the soldiers in the army. ”

Song Hong's relationship with the military has not been handled well, which is also one of the places where Liu Xiu is dissatisfied with him.

Now that Li Tong has replaced Song Hong, in Liu Xiu's opinion, at least there will be no more problems in the relationship between Dasikong and the military in the future.

Li Tong Zhengse said: "Weichen remembers His Majesty's teachings. ”

After eating, Li Tong and Liu Boji said goodbye to Liu Xiu and went back to the eldest princess's mansion first.

On the way home, Liu Boji was a little dissatisfied with Li Tong's performance, and said: "We and the third brother are the closest relatives, why does the husband always seem so restrained in front of the third brother?" ”

Li Tong smiled and said: "Just because we are close relatives, we must pay more attention to proportion, pay attention to the difference between monarchs and ministers, and we can't get carried away, and we can't have the slightest trespass!" ”

His personality has always been like this, he never relied on his relationship as the brother-in-law of the Son of Heaven, he bullied others, and no one was in his eyes, on the contrary, Li Tong was very cautious in his life, and even a little like walking on thin ice.

Liu Xiu's love for Li Tong is by no means without reason.

On the day Song Hong left Beijing and returned to his hometown, few ministers from the DPRK and China came to see him off, and Deng Yu was one of the few.

Liu Xiu was not very ruthless to Song Hong, although he removed Song Hong's official position, Song Hong's title is still there, and now he is still the Marquis of Xuanping.

Without the court's wealth, when you return to the fiefdom, you can live well by eating.

Seeing Deng Yu coming to see him off, Song Hong had mixed feelings in his heart, bowed his hand, and said, "General Right!" ”

"Song Gong!"

Deng Yu returned the salute.

Song Hong waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Right general, this Song Gong, I ...... now Don't dare to be it! ”

After a pause, he said again: "This time, because of my relationship, General Right is also implicated, and I ...... I'm so guilty! ”

Deng Yu smiled disapprehantly, Song Hong didn't know that the black hand of the whole thing was actually this Deng Yu and other Zhonghua.

He said, "What did Song Gong say?

You and I have been ministers in the same palace for so many years, and if we talk about anything implicated or not, then we will talk far away. ”

Looking at Deng Yu, Song Hong was in a complicated mood, and he was also at fault, he was dismissed from office, and Deng Yu was only punished for three months, speaking of which, these ministers, even if they sit too high, are not as good as these 'old men' around His Majesty! Song Hong arched his hand to Deng Yu and said: "General Right doesn't have to send me, go back early, if a villain sees General Right coming to see me a guilty person, go to Your Majesty to join General You, the gain outweighs the loss." ”

Deng Yu Zhengse said: "Song Gong returned to the fiefdom, if there is a place where I need help, although I send someone to Beijing to inform the meeting, only Yu can do it, and it is my duty." ”

Hearing this, Song Hong's face was straight, he straightened the clothes on his body, and bowed to Deng Yushen.

Deng Yu immediately returned the salute.

Then Song Hong didn't say anything more, got into the carriage, and before getting into the car, he couldn't help but turn his head and look around at Luoyang, which he was extremely familiar with.

He knew in his heart that once he left this time, in the future, he was afraid that he would never have the opportunity to return to Luoyang, and this was his last look at Luoyang.

Seeing Song Hong's carriage go away, Deng Yu stood in place and did not move for a long time.

As far as personal interactions are concerned, there is no contradiction between him and Song Hong, but from the standpoint of official affairs, he does think that Song Hong is no longer qualified for the position of chief secretary.

The main reason was that the relationship between Song Hong and the military headed by Wu Han was too poor, and this bad relationship had seriously affected the Han army's conquest abroad.

Wu Han and Song Hong have to go one, can they still get Wu Han away?

Not to mention that Deng Yu can't do this, and he can't do it if he wants to, just His Majesty can't pass that level! Liu Xiu's trust and favor for Wu Han is not inferior to his trust and favor for Deng Yu, Da Sima is the head of the army and soldiers, such an important position, no matter how big a mistake Wu Han makes, his position has never wavered.

Therefore, in the case that Wu Han and Song Hong have to go alone, the person who goes can only be Song Hong.

Deng Yu was indeed a little apologetic to Song Hong, but there was no way, he had to do this, this was also for the stability of the Han family.

Boom! When Deng Yu was in a daze, someone suddenly slapped him in the back, Deng Yu was startled, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Wu Hanle standing behind him.

"Don't look at it, everyone is far away!"

Wu Han walked to Deng Yu's side and looked in the direction where Song Hong's carriage disappeared.

"I didn't expect Ziyan to come to see him off."

"I'm not here to see him off, I'm just here to see the fun!"

Wu Han pursed the corners of his lips, snorted coldly, and said: "There are obviously hundreds of thousands of stone of grain hoarded in the treasury, I only asked Song Hong for 50,000 stone of food for emergency, and he refused to give it, this kind of person, even if he is not dismissed, sooner or later, I will have to clean him up with my own hands!" ”

Deng Yu's face was straight, and he said: "This matter, Ziyan really misunderstood Song Hong, and now the hundreds of thousands of stone grain hoarded in the capital are all standing grain...... Before he finished speaking, Wu Han interrupted: "If Zhonghua was the great secretary at the beginning, and the main general who fought in Jicheng was not me, but any lieutenant general, Zhonghua received a letter of urgency for grain and grass, would he transfer 50,000 stone of grain to Jicheng?" ”

Deng Yu smiled bitterly and sighed, and said honestly: "I will." ”

Wu Han slapped him, spread his hands to Deng Yu again, and said, "Zhonghua, look, this is the difference!" There is no food in the army, what a big deal that is, life and death are at stake, Song Hong, does he understand?

He doesn't understand, he just wants to make no mistakes and do business, as for the life and death of the soldiers in front of him, what does it have to do with him? ”

Deng Yu smiled, patted Wu Han on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, Ziyan, now that everyone is gone, there is no need to pursue these anymore." ”

Wu Han smiled, secretly gave Deng Yu a thumbs up, and praised Deng Yu for doing a good job.

Deng Yu's secret game, one who knows the truth best, one is Tian Yi, and the other is Wu Han, in this game, Wu Han also played a role in fueling the fire.

Song Hong left, just as Song Hong himself expected, this time he left Luoyang, and he never came back until he died at home.

Since Song Hong had no son, after his death, the title was not inherited, and the fief was canceled.

Speaking of which, the situation of Saizun is the same as that of Song Hong, and there is no son to inherit the title, but the title of Saizun is inherited by his younger brother.

Why can't Song Hong's younger brother inherit Song Hong's title?

It's very simple, the weight of Sai Zun and Song Hong in Liu Xiu's heart cannot be compared at all.

Song Hong is just a minister of Liu Xiu, the official is very big, he has achieved a great position, and his title is not low, he is the Marquis of Xuanping, but no matter how big his official is and how high his title is, he is just a minister after all.

And the sacrifice is different, he and Liu Xiuna are like siblings, not only monarchs and ministers, but also brothers who share life and death, share weal and woe, and never abandon each other.