Since ancient times, the so-called policy measures discussed collectively in the court are actually just political compromises between the parties, and the measures that are beneficial to which side are more powerful than the other factions to compromise.

This point is actually the same whether it is the feudal era, or the so-called democratic era in later generations, if there is a difference, that is, there will always be accidents in politics, maybe today's political strong will become a weak group tomorrow, after all, for politicians, learning to speculate and stand in line is their most basic political wisdom.

Just like Yang Ci chose to compromise just now, it was simply the eunuch group and their scholar group scolding and fighting in the court, they were not afraid, they were afraid that the emperor would also get involved, or even help one of them, so even if one side was strong, it would eventually fail to fight for power because of the emperor.

To put it simply, the emperor seems to be alone, but he is the most indispensable ingredient in the court. As in the same game, the two groups of eunuchs and scholars are two players, and the emperor is the referee, as long as the referee favors the other side, saying that the other side is out of the game, and the violation is a violation, the side that is naturally favored must lie down to win. Of course, all this is based on the premise that the referee has prestige, otherwise, the referee has no qualifications and prestige, and the slightly stronger athletes will make trouble on the spot and resist the referee's punishment.

However, for the current Han Dynasty, under the rule of Emperor Liu Hong, it is basically impossible for a powerful minister to appear. After all, since Dou Wu's death, the court has gradually risen, and only the eunuch forces are still strong after challenging the party.

In addition, Liu Hong is no longer a child at that time, and in the days of his reign, some feats that Emperor Huan did not do were successfully done by him. After all, everything has the variable of Fuquan, otherwise, at this moment, he still vigorously supports the eunuchs, goes all out to fight the scholar group, weakens one side, strengthens the other, and achieves political balance.

Outside the Chongde Palace, a dense sound of footsteps came, and I saw a forbidden army official walking quickly, holding a letter in his hand. He whispered a few words to the small temple people he knew outside the palace, and the small temple people were ordered to hurriedly enter, and after a while, I saw a eunuch walk out, but it was the eunuch Zhao Zhong, who most of the people in the palace were afraid of his power.

"Zhao Changshi!" When the Lang official saw Zhao Zhong, he hurriedly saluted Zhao Zhong, he was Zhao Zhong's cronies, and he was able to enter the palace to give gifts to Zhao Zhong by himself, and he was promoted by him, so he naturally respected him.

"Hmmm! Where is the faith? Zhao Zhong answered, but he obviously had no intention of chatting with this person, and asked him what he was most concerned about.

After listening to Zhao Zhong's words, the Lang official hurriedly handed over the letter he was holding in his hand to Zhao Zhong, which was the Jiangxia war report that he had just received in the city. Of course, it was not Zhao Kaiming who sent the battle report of the imperial court, but the good news that Fu Quan sent in advance in order to avoid long nights and dreams.

At this moment, maybe this Zhao Kai doesn't know how to report this war, after all, the county seat of Exian County, where 20,000 Jingzhou troops have not been defeated for several days, is now broken by 4,000 people in Fuquan, even if there is a trick in it, but it is not a side reflection of his incompetence, right?

Zhao Zhong took the letter and read it carefully, his face became more and more unkind, but at this time in the palace, he naturally did not say anything, but let the Lang official leave in a calm tone, and turned back into the palace by himself.

What was in front of him was how to use this letter to make a fuss, and it was obvious that Zhao Kai's defeat in the war made their eunuch group, and even Zhao Zhong himself, passive. If it's okay for other people, it's Fuquan who captured Exian, Zhao Zhong can imagine that after the emperor knew about the matter, he would blame their subordinates for being incompetent, and then praise Fuquan, in that case, wouldn't the power of their relatives be even greater, and the He family they supported had just improved, and they couldn't say that they would be beaten into the cold palace by Emperor Liu Hong again, which they absolutely couldn't bear.

Hey, wait!

Lingling guards Yang Xuan?

Isn't he an official under Zhao Kai?

How could it be related to Fuquan?

Could it be that these two people are tired?

As if he had found the answer, Zhao Zhong's face suddenly brightened, and he decided to rely on this to fight back against the forces of his relatives, and this Yang Xuan seemed to be a Qingliu celebrity, and he could wait for a while to take revenge on the situation where the scholars in the court had the upper hand.

Before long, Zhao Zhong entered the hall, because he walked on a side path, so no one paid attention, this was prepared by the hall for the eunuchs to move around. After all, if they have something to do, if they walk around the main hall at will, it will undoubtedly disrupt the order of the court meeting and destroy the etiquette system of the court.

At this time, the palace was also discussing the war in Jiangxia, because the battle report in front had not arrived, and Emperor Liu Hong was very worried about the war in his heart, so he ordered his ministers to discuss it.

After all, if this war wants to be pacified as soon as possible, it is good to directly transfer the elite Han army of the fifth school of the Northern Army into Jiangxia to quell the chaos. Otherwise, only those county soldiers in Jingzhou who are not good at fighting can only be pacified by the imperial court after three years of military use, just like Xu Zhao's rebellion back then, after all, this Huang Sui thief, the thief is not weaker than Xu Zhao.

Of course, in their hearts, they are not very optimistic about Fuquan, who was assigned by Liu Hong to go from Bajun to support Jiangxia, after all, the so-called labor expedition, Yizhou to Jingzhou, Yangzhou is thousands of miles, and the soldiers always have reasons for not adapting to the water and soil, and now Fuquan can gain a firm foothold in Jiangxia is good.

If Fu Quan was here, knowing that these hundred officials who were the same courtiers as him last year would treat him like this, he would definitely curse these people in his heart, after all, he had won many battles, would these people treat him like this?