Chapter Ninety-Seven: Jian Shuo's Ambition

"Shut up! Even here, you can't talk about Your Majesty's dragon body! Jian Shuo interrupted the words behind Feng Zhen with a soft drink, unlike the thin bodies of several other eunuchs, Jian Shuo was majestic and had practiced martial arts, and was deeply trusted by Emperor Liu Hong, and was considered the real confidant of Emperor Liu Hong. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Rang glanced at Jian Shuo, who was standing by the sword, and snorted coldly: "Jian Shuo, don't forget, even if you have practiced martial arts, what if you know how to soldier?" In the eyes of those civil and military officials, it is still a eunuch eunuch. You know better than all of us what the situation of Your Majesty's dragon body is, if once Your Majesty's dragon body has a case, do you think that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will spare you alone? Or do you think that if Prince Liu Wei inherited His Majesty's throne, he would ignore his uncle's request and continue to protect us like a saint? ”

Jian Shuo was momentarily speechless when asked by Zhang Rang, although he was not as good at playing with intrigues and tricks as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, but he was not a fool. The reason why Liu Hong favored the eunuchs so much was because Liu Hong needed the help of the eunuchs in order to cut off the power of Dou and other relatives, and secondly, Liu Hong, the emperor, was extremely fond of money, but Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs could always come up with many 'good ideas' for Liu Hong to loot the world's money. In addition, Liu Hong understands that no matter how much power a eunuch has, it is impossible to threaten his throne, which is why Liu Hong favors Zhang Rang and other eunuchs so much.

But now Emperor Liu Hong's body has almost been hollowed out in the wine pond meat forest, according to the little eunuch waiting for his side, Emperor Liu Hong has had a few sudden fainting cases recently, and sometimes coughs up scarlet blood spots! These signs, coupled with the personal confirmation of the imperial doctor, that Emperor Liu Hong's destiny is running out, and there is a possibility of sudden death at any time in the next few years based on Liu Hong's physical condition.

Once Liu Hong's soul returns to heaven, as the eldest son of the emperor, Empress Liu Wei He and the support of the general He Jin, it is almost a sure thing to win the emperor's throne. But if the emperor's eldest son, Liu Wei, ascends the throne as the emperor, the power of the general He Jin will inevitably rank among the top ministers. Based on the bad relationship between the current general He Jin and the eunuch eunuchs, it is guessed that the general He Jin will definitely not spare his eunuchs and eunuchs after holding power.

"What are you going to do?" Although Jian Shuo is the confidant of Emperor Liu Hong, he is first of all a person. As long as it is a human being, it will eventually have its own selfishness. When Jian Shuo was a teenager, he was sent to the palace to become a eunuch due to his poor family background, but although Jian Shuo has become a person with incomplete limbs, he still has a dream of being a general. He is now in the prime of life, he has not yet completed the dream of a general who commands thousands of troops, and he doesn't want to die yet!

Zhao Zhongyin laughed: "Since Chen Tan and Liu Tao dare to provoke us, just let them know how powerful we are." Although it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, haven't they always scolded us as despicable villains who have caused trouble in the world? It's too late for that villain to take revenge! I've already arranged for a few people to make a move at tomorrow's court meeting, and you can just wait and see a good show at tomorrow's court meeting. ”

Regarding what Zhao Zhong said, Zhang Rang only nodded slightly: "This is not enough, even if we can bring down Chen Tan and Liu Tao, the two old things, who knows that there will be no Zhang Tan and Li Tao in the future?" In order to ensure the safety of our lives, we must get our own army in Luoyang, only in this way can we ensure that our family property and lives will not be easily taken by the damned Rulinshi in the future. ”

"The army? Do you still want to master the army? Are you crazy? Most of Luoyang's military power is in the hands of the great general He Jin, if you dare to meddle in the military power of Luoyang, it is equivalent to directly declaring war on the great general He Jin. Although the general is now hostile to us under the impetus of those Confucian scholars, the reason why Empress He can enter the palace and get the favor of the saint is not all because of our help? This incense can definitely save our lives at a critical time! But if you dare to meddle in the military power of Luoyang, then we will really become enemies of life and death with the general!! ”

Although Jian Shuo has a dream of being a general, his mind is not confused, he knows very well that the military power of Luoyang is the bottom line of the great general He Jin, and whoever dares to meddle here except the emperor will inevitably be attacked by He Jin's crazy counterattack.

Seeing Jian Shuo so flustered, Zhang Rang smiled in a sharp voice: "If we directly meddle in the military power in the hands of the general, it will naturally provoke the general's crazy revenge, but what if it is ordered by His Majesty himself?" No matter how noble he is, how noble he is, would he dare to disobey His Majesty's holy decree at this time? ”

"Holy? Are you saying that this is the Holy Lord who wants to do something to the general? "Although Jian Shuo is Liu Hong's confidant, the trivial things that serve Liu Hong every day are all done by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong's Xiaohuangmen, so some news is obtained by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong first with Jian Shuo.

"Your Majesty favored Wang Meiren before and gave birth to the prince Liu Xie, but Queen He poisoned Wang Meiren to death because she was jealous of Wang Meiren's exclusive favor. At present, His Majesty knows that the dragon is in good health, and he has the heart to establish the position of prince. The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Wei, was cowardly by nature and was called the appearance of no one by His Majesty, and the second prince Liu Xie was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong since he was a child, and his manners were dignified and courageous, and he was deeply loved by His Majesty. Just because the eldest son of the emperor is the son of Empress He and has the support of the general He Jin, if His Majesty wants to appoint the second prince as the crown prince, he must first reduce the military power in the hands of the general. Otherwise, even if the second prince is set up as the crown prince, once His Majesty's soul returns to heaven, the general will lead the soldiers and horses in the city to do what Huo Guang did back then. "Zhang Rang is worthy of being the leader of the eunuch forces, and he is inseparable from the thoughts of Emperor Liu Hong.

At that time, Wang Meiren was the granddaughter of Wang Bao, a general with facial features, Wang Meiren was born in a famous family, with elegant manners, coupled with good appearance and well-proportioned figure, she was deeply favored by Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. At that time, it was Empress He who dominated Emperor Liu Hong's harem, who was born in a butcher's family, and was elected to the palace and became the queen by bribing eunuchs. Empress He was very jealous of the emperor's favored beauty. Therefore, when Wang Meiren was pregnant with Liu Xie, she was afraid of provoking Queen He's deeper jealousy, so she didn't tell Emperor Ling, but wanted to have an abortion secretly. But taking the abortion pill did not work, and the child was born.

Later, Queen He was really jealous, afraid that Wang Meiren would further threaten her status if she had a son, so she instructed someone to secretly put poison in the decoction that Wang Meiren took after giving birth, and Wang Meiren died immediately after drinking it. When Liu Hong heard the news, he went to the harem to inspect it, and saw that Wang Meiren's limbs were blue and black, and he knew that he was poisoned and died, so he urgently asked people to track down the murderer, and soon found out that it was Queen He who did it. Liu Hong couldn't help but be furious, intending to depose Empress He immediately.

But Empress He had already used huge sums of money to buy off the eunuchs Zhang Rang, Cao Jie and others who were trusted by Liu Hong in advance, and the eunuchs knelt down together. At that time, the second prince Liu Xie was not yet full-term, and Emperor Liu Hong was afraid that if Liu Xie left him in the harem, he would be assassinated by Empress He again, so he took him to Yongle Palace and asked Empress Dowager Dong to raise him. Since then, Liu Xie has relied on the Dong family as a foreigner.

Faced with the problem of choosing a prince. Empress He was born to a prince Liu Bian, who was fostered in the home of a Taoist surnamed Shi since she was a child. Liu Wei is older than Liu Xie, and he was born to the queen, so the position of the prince is the only one. However, Liu Wei grew up in a Taoist family, and his demeanor was frivolous and lacked etiquette, and he did not have the majestic temperament that a monarch should have.

On the contrary, Liu Xie grew up in Yongle Palace since he was a child, and was carefully raised by the Empress Dowager Dong, and his words and deeds were deeply embedded in the etiquette of the royal family, so he was deeply loved by Liu Hong. Coupled with the death of his mother Wang Meiren, Liu Hong inevitably had hidden compassion, so he was inclined to make Liu Xie the crown prince. However, this is contrary to the royal tradition of establishing an heir and putting the eldest first, and Empress He has the support of the general He Jin behind her back, which made Liu Hong unable to make up his mind. But now that Liu Hong wants to move the military power in the hands of the general, it means that Liu Hong has made a decision in his heart.

Knowing that Emperor Liu Hong had made up his mind, Jian Shuo, who was Liu Hong's confidant, naturally wanted to serve his master: "If the Holy Lord really wants to divide the general's military power, please also recommend me to take over this part of the military power for the sake of the past!" ”

"Among us and others, you are the only one who has the right to know martial arts, who can you hand over this important task to if you don't hand it over?"