Chapter 79: Wandering and helpless
Last time, when it was said that little Liu Hong died of his father when he was 3 years old, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at Liu Hong depressed and unhappy, and they were very heartbroken.
In the following days, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong took turns to go into battle, and tried their best to coax Xiao Liu Hong, and it took half a year to make Xiao Liu Hong's face smile again.
Since then, Xiao Liu Hong has regarded Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong as his important relatives, rather than servants who can be called casually. Since then, Xiao Liu Hong has lived happily with his mother Dong Sijun, as well as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
Until one day when Xiao Liu Hong was 10 years old, a pie fell from the sky and smashed directly on Xiao Liu Hong's head. Xiao Liu Hong was actually favored by Empress Dou at that time and became the emperor.
So Xiao Liu Hong wanted to take his family to take office. However, the Empress Dowager Dou did not allow Xiao Liu Hong to take his mother Dong Sijun, but asked Xiao Liu Hong to recognize her as the queen mother. At first, Liu Hong was unwilling, but who made the Queen Mother bigger than Tinghou, and it was many, many times bigger, if Dong Sijun didn't let him go, then the little Liu Hong's family would be finished.
So when Xiao Liu Hong was 10 years old, he became an orphan, and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were left by his side. Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong not only have to play the role of fathers, but now they also have to take on the responsibility of mothers. But they are also happy, because they only want their little master to be happy.
When Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong accompanied Xiao Liu Hong to the outside of the capital Luoyang, they saw that all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty came to greet them, and they were also honored, thinking that Xiao Liu Hong's happy life was coming. Who knew that when little Liu Hong sat on the throne of the emperor, he lost his freedom from then on.
The list of rewards at the enthronement ceremony was proposed by the so-called meritorious men themselves. There is nothing wrong with the list, but the specific content of the reward has been drawn up by themselves a long time ago, is this unclear that it is bullying Xiao Liu Hong who is not familiar with officialdom? Although this is also an irrefutable fact, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong just feel that they can't see it.
More excesses are yet to come. When everything settled, Xiao Liu Hong was monitored by the officials in the capital, and he didn't even have freedom. Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were also squeezed out by the original eunuchs in the inner palace, and they were almost forced to separate from Xiao Liu Hong. If it weren't for Xiao Liu Hong running to the Empress Dowager Dou's side and crying and making trouble, it would be impossible to have today's Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
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After listening to Xiao Liu Hong's words, Empress Dowager Dou felt very angry, felt that the internal officials stretched their hands too long, and severely criticized the eunuchs who bullied Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
Although Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were not forced to separate from Xiao Liu Hong in the end, their life in the palace was even more difficult and they were completely isolated. Whenever late at night, the three masters and servants could only cry silently together and cheer each other up.
After more than half a year, the Empress Dowager Dou completely fell out with the internal officials, first the general Dou Wu and the Taifu Chen Fan, instructed the foreign ministers to impeach the eunuchs and list the charges. But the secrecy work was not done well, and the impeachment chapter was intercepted by the eunuchs, so the eunuchs decided to strike first, launched a mutiny, killed General Du and Chen Taifu in one fell swoop, and then placed charges to punish him Nine clans, and even the Empress Dowager Dou was beaten into the cold palace.
Although the internal officials won a comprehensive victory, their power came from the imperial power, and now that the biggest empress dowager is finished, the speaker has been replaced by the emperor Xiao Liu Hong. So in this dog-eat-dog drama, the final winner is Xiao Liu Hong and them.
As Xiao Liu Hong got the right to speak, his mother was finally able to move over to reunite with him, and the attitude of the inner court towards Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong also underwent a 180-degree reversal. The happy life of Xiao Liu Hong's family has finally come. Since then, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong have also begun to taste power.
When the leaders of the eunuchs who launched the mutiny died one after another, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong indisputably sat on the first position of the inner court and became the new eunuch leaders. Their ambitions have also swelled to the extreme, and they have forgotten the feeling of treating Liu Hong as their son, and now Liu Hong, in their eyes, although it is still very important, but that is because as long as Liu Hong is there, they can do whatever they want.
But Liu Hong didn't know that their minds had changed, and he always felt that they were still the two relatives who cried and laughed with him, just like his parents, until today, until Liu Hong found that in the crowded hall, no one was with him, including him Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. This blow was even greater than He Jin saying that he had witnesses to prove that the Ten Standing Servants were involved in the rebellion, because he had only heard it himself, and what he saw now was what he saw with his own eyes.
Liu Hong didn't know how he got to his mother Dong Sijun, he only knew that he wanted to throw himself into his mother's arms and cry.
The ministers, guards, and eunuchs in the Chongde Hall looked at Emperor Liu Hong as if they had lost their souls, and walked out of the hall numbly, and they were all collectively dumbfounded. Which of them is rebellious now? Can anyone come out and say a word? Does anyone have this qualification? How is it going to end now?
They are not leaving, nor are they not leaving.
And there is a more serious problem, which has been forgotten by everyone, that is, isn't the Taiping Sect going to rebel? Why doesn't anyone want to deal with something so big? Now that the people have run away, it is estimated that this rebellion will soon become a reality.
Just when the ministers were wandering in the Chongde Palace, Liu Hong was choking helplessly in Dong Sijun's arms. After all, he has been an emperor for 17 years, a 27-year-old man, although he wants to let go of crying, but he can't let go.
Dong Sijun gently stroked her son's generous back, she hadn't seen her son sad like this for many years, even the last time Queen He poisoned her son's favorite Wang Meiren, and she didn't see her son crying like this. His son is already the emperor, who can bully him?
Dong Sijun was very heartbroken, and while comforting his son, he asked softly: "Emperor, what happened?" The Queen Mother calls the shots for you. ”
Liu Hong didn't answer, because he knew that even his mother couldn't do anything about it, and he could only worry about his mother when he said it. He didn't realize that he was crying in Dong Sijun's arms like this, which was enough to make Dong Sijun worried. Alas, children will always be children in the eyes of their parents.
At this time, the voice of a young boy came from outside: "Daddy! Daddy! I caught a big cricket today, look at it! With the sound of speaking, a little boy of 3 or 4 years old ran in from outside, and held up the grasshopper made of thatch in his hand to Liu Hong as if offering a treasure to show him.