Chapter 48, Liu Xie's thoughts
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In the Luoyang Palace, when Liu Hong, the former Emperor Lingdi, was there, he could be said to have enjoyed himself to the fullest, and the palace women were only wearing open crotch pants on their lower bodies, and there was a big hole in the crotch of these pants, which was convenient for Liu Hong to directly catch the palace women to prostitute himself anytime and anywhere, regardless of day or sunset, regardless of the palace study or the outdoor pool garden; In addition, he also ordered people to build a "naked tour hall", which he indulged in day and night; There is also a vegetable market in the palace...... This pile of piles can be described as extremely absurd.
And now the owner of this palace has become Liu Hong's second son and the only surviving prince after Liu Wei's death, Liu Xie, who is eleven years old this year, although the little emperor has successively married several concubines such as Empress Fu and Dong Guiren, and it is obviously impossible to still be a little virgin, but compared with his father, he undoubtedly has to do a much better job in controlling his desires, if it was not for the promotion of the ministers and the urging of Dong Zhuo, he may not have accepted so many concubines so early; As for eating, drinking, and having fun, Dong Zhuo actually enjoyed more than him, and in front of Dong Zhuo, he was more like a conscientious minister.
But in fact, it is not good if it is not so, because he is not like his father Liu Hong, and he still has a certain amount of capital to squander.
The foundation laid by the ancestors has long been almost defeated by his fathers, and what Liu Xie inherited is a complete mess, and it can't even be said to be a takeover, because the world has long been unrecognizable at this moment, and he can really obey his orders. In addition to those old courtiers, there are also people like Fu Wan and Dong Cheng who became concubines in the palace because their daughter married him, and they themselves became relatives, so that Liu Xie's net worth and interests have long been tied together, I am afraid that there are not many trustworthy eunuchs and guards around him, some of them were secretly bought, and some were simply Dong Zhuo's people.
Many times when lying quietly in the empty and cold emperor's bedroom in the dead of night, Liu Xie felt not the domineering spirit of self-respect, but only infinite loneliness, emptiness, and uncontrollable helplessness.
However, when Luoyang fell and Li Ru completely withdrew, those people in the palace became rootless duckweed. Even so, of course. It is impossible for Liu Xie to trust them much, and even for the two national abbots, he does not completely trust them, he can only trust himself.
But he only relied on his own strength. It's impossible to do what you want. Restore the ancestral inheritance.
This is not the beginning of the founding of the dynasty with the supremacy of imperial power. It is not a peaceful and prosperous era above the emperor's words, the troubled times are stormy, and people from all walks of life take advantage of the situation, and there may be heroes among them. But it may not be for him Liu Xie, so what he can do is to use the power that he can use, and it is best to be able to establish his own team, and the puppet career these days also makes him deeply understand that no matter how many ministers and civil officials gather around him, it is not as useful as an elite army of soldiers and horses.
Perhaps the only thing he is thankful for now is that he still retains the righteous name of the king, and this is the biggest weight for him to plan for the future.
At this moment, in the Deyang Hall of the side hall, Liu Xiegao sat on the main seat, looking at the first two rows condescendingly.
Today can be regarded as a royal family banquet, Liu Xie specially invited Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and Song Hong and other princes, as well as some of their relatives, such as Fu Wan's son, Dong Cheng's nephew, etc.
However, Fu Wan, Dong Cheng and Song Hong will be more comfortable, sometimes Liu Xie is like their junior, although this will not make them lose and forget each other's identities, but the occasion that should be let go is still open.
It's just that at this time, Fu Wan's brows wrinkled into Sichuan characters, as if he was worried and worried about something, he hesitated and wanted to speak until Liu Xie opened his mouth and said, "Fu Guozhang has something to do, but it doesn't matter, don't be restrained", he sighed and said: "I just think that His Majesty attaches too much importance to Na Lu Bu, but you must know that he has a bad reputation for his master in the market, which is a lot of damage to His Majesty's popularity." ”
Liu Xie shook his head and said with a smile: "Isn't Fu Guozhang a little alarmist?" Besides, there are many rumors in the market that are not credible, and the small people in the market have no knowledge. ”
Dong Cheng also spoke, "Cheng feels that what Fu Guozhang said is very true, and His Majesty must not ignore it." ”
Song Hong didn't speak, but they didn't care, after all, Song Hong's background was indeed much worse than that of Fu Wan, and he was often cautious when facing them, and he wouldn't have anything to say, not to mention that he was quite close to Dong Zhuo before, if it weren't for his daughter's relationship and his fast wind, Liu Xie wouldn't have paid attention to him at all, so he could only be silent at this time.
Liu Xie rubbed his eyebrows, he made this implicit and deep action at such an age without any sense of disobedience, sighed, and said: "I know that the prince of the country is for my good, but what he said is the truth, but I also know that the Han family is not the beginning, and my father is addicted to wine and misunderstands the government, so that the current situation is caused by this, I have the intention to re-operate, but I am powerless to change the current situation of the strong and the weak lord." ”
"Therefore, His Majesty wants to help another powerful minister, on the one hand, to balance the other princes; On the other hand, it can temporarily obtain the opportunity for development, and before it can grasp sufficient authority, some of the requirements of His Majesty will be considered. Dong continued to continue, but his tone was not very good.
Liu Xie smiled bitterly: "In addition, is there any other way?" He didn't say a word yet, but if there was any better way, he wouldn't want to do it, after all, the king of a country is always a puppet, even if the person who manipulates the puppet is constantly changing, it will not be a pleasant thing.
"But why did His Majesty choose this Lu Fengxian?" This is the real doubt in Dong Cheng's heart, and it is also the doubt of Fu Wan, so as soon as he finished speaking, Fu Wan also looked at it.
Liu Xie glanced at the two of them and Song Hong, who was always silent at this time, but also looked at him, shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "The three princes, I have thought clearly, and now I can think that I can help is nothing more than the people in the alliance of the princes of Dong, among them, Yuan Benchu, Cao Mengde and this Lu Fengxian are the strongest, and among the three parties, Yuan Benchu is the most, not only because he occupies a vast local area, has many soldiers and rich resources, but also because of the Yuan family, the fourth and third princes behind him. But do the three rulers think that I can control him? ”
Hearing Liu Xie's question, the three of them couldn't help but think to themselves, Fu Wan raised his head first, and then shook his head and said: "Yuan Benchu's ability is not bad, and at the beginning of Runan Xu Zi will be Yuedan to evaluate his reputation as a capable minister, and he has a family background, and now Yuan Fu is no longer afraid that more of his energy will be on revitalizing the family, if His Majesty relies on him, it is indeed inappropriate." ”
Yuan Shao's family background is a double-edged sword, allowing him to sit on most of Hebei, and now he is faintly becoming the first prince after Dong Zhuo, but this is also the reason why Liu Xie does not trust him, not to mention that he also has a younger brother Yuan Shu who has more than enough success and more than failure.
At this time, Song Hong suddenly spoke: "What about Cao Mengde?" ”
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he knew that he had lost his words, and sure enough, Liu Xie and the three of them all looked at him, especially Fu Wan's gaze at him was not quite right, because in the harem, Mrs. Song and Queen Fu were not so opposed, but Mrs. Song had always been well-behaved and lovely in front of Liu Xie, and she was quite pampered, and Queen Fu was dignified and naturally couldn't do anything with him, and even the relationship between Fu Wan and Song Hong that affected Fu Wan and Song Hong also fell to the freezing point, not to mention that Fu Wan, who was thinking about Liu Xie, was still worried about the things that Song Hong had a tendency to fall to Dong Zhuo before, and now he didn't speak. Cao Cao was mentioned as soon as he spoke, which made him have to be vigilant.
Of course, Liu Xie naturally wouldn't agree, he smiled and said, "It is said that this Cao Mengde is a traitor in the troubled times of Qingping, and I am really a little worried about him." ”
Several people know that this is just Liu Xie's joke, it is impossible to beat a person to death with a stick just because Xu Zi will make an evaluation, and more importantly, Cao Cao is essentially not much different from Yuan Shao, and when put together with Lu Bu, everyone knows what choice to make.
What's more, for Liu Xie, it is more important - "Of course, from 1,000 to 10,000, the holy decree has been issued, is there any reason for Jun Wu to joke about it?" ”
Fu Wan and Dong Cheng glanced at each other, both speechless; And Song Hong's eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and then the hall fell into calm again...... (To be continued......)