Emperor Ling's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he was also quite worried in his heart. It's true that he is a silver king, but he is not a particularly faint kind of faint king. Judging from the two party incidents and the three conquests of Xianbei in the north, Liu Hong was once still an ambitious and enthusiastic young man, but his fighting spirit was gradually smoothed out by years of arrogant and luxurious life. In addition, his talent is not enough to be the king of a country, and his will is not firm enough, and after repeated setbacks, he began to give up on himself, and Suo surname lived a life of indulgence and pleasure.

At the moment, he said: "What Uncle Huang said is that since I ascended the throne, the Han Dynasty has become an eventful autumn, the country's strength is not as good as a year, and after the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves, it has declined to the extreme, speaking of which is because I am incompetent, and I am also ashamed of the ancestors, but I don't know what kind of high opinion the imperial uncle has to pacify the thieves in all directions?" ”

Liu Yan said: "The rebellion in the world is not the fault of Your Majesty alone, among them there are natural disasters [***], and our courtiers cannot escape the blame, Your Majesty really does not need to blame himself!" And the chaos of the world should be pacified by the people of the world, now the imperial court is not strong enough military, the treasury is empty, and there is no power to crusade against the rebel armies in various places, why not give power to the local state and county officials, change the state assassin history to the state pastor, control the counties too guarded, and take over the military and political power of a state, so that you can fully mobilize the people's strength, financial resources and military strength of a state, and pacify the chaos and thieves easily! ”

Emperor Ling was very moved when he heard this, as far as the current situation in the world is concerned, this method can indeed solve the urgent need. Because of the impact of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, not only did a large number of rebels from all sides rise up, but many remnants of the Yellow Turban and people who couldn't afford to eat became thieves who robbed homes and houses.

These thieves do not produce, they specialize in robbing homes and houses, blocking roads and robbing for a living, and their forces are extremely scattered, and the imperial court is unable to exterminate them one by one, so they can only let the county guards organize their own armed suppression. And because there is no subordinate relationship between the county Taishou and the state assassin history, the Taishou has its own affairs, some take the opportunity to become bigger, some are annexed, and the bigger part becomes a warlord.

Liu Hong thought about it carefully and didn't find anything wrong, and his think tank Zhang Rang and others didn't say a word at the moment because they were bribed by Liu Yan, and asked: "Uncle Huang's words are very reasonable, but I don't know how to delegate power?" Isn't the power I give them enough right now? ”

Liu Yan said: "The old minister thinks that a state pastor should be set up above the county of the state, and the state pastor should be the shepherd to guard a state, and the military and political power of a state should be in one hand, so that the army can be effectively organized to pacify the traitors; Second, you can also gather the power of a state, communicate with each other, and multiply rapidly, and within ten years, the world can be determined! ”

Emperor Ling was not a fool, and finally thought of the pros and cons, and asked with a frown: "What do the generals and Taifu think?" ”

He Jin was extremely unhappy at the moment, and he couldn't wait for Emperor Ling to agree to this matter immediately, so he took the opportunity to arrange for his confidant to serve as the state pastor, and said at the moment: "Uncle Liuhuang's words are very reasonable, and Jin has no objection!" ”

Yuan Kui said: "It is true that this law can pacify the rebellious armies in various states, but once the state pastors take the opportunity to disrespect the imperial court and despise the Son of Heaven, won't it be self-defeating and even more difficult to pacify?" ”

Liu Yan said: "This matter is easy to do, just send a trusted minister of the imperial court to serve as the state pastor, in order to show loyalty, the state pastor needs to keep the family and close people in the court to be hostage, and at the same time, the state pastor can not be long-term, every four years the state pastor rotates, and it is difficult to have a bad heart!" ”

Emperor Ling thought carefully and couldn't help nodding secretly, but this matter was very important, he didn't say anything on the spot, and frowned: "This matter is indeed feasible!" And let me think about it and make a decision, now I have a big matter to discuss with all Aiqing. ”

After a pause, he said: "Since the Yellow Turban, the imperial court has insufficient military strength and insufficient establishment, in order to ensure the stability of the country and the safety of the Beijing Division, I decided to recruit strong men to form a Xiyuan Yulin Army, and merge the existing left and right Yulin Army into it, and at the same time set up the Eighth Captain of the West Garden, who is responsible for protecting the safety of the imperial city, what do you think?" ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden boos in the court, no matter how stupid people are, they know that Emperor Ling's move is completely to suppress He Jin, if the reuse of Ma Chao is an indirect deterrent, then this move is undoubtedly a direct seizure of power, and it is a clever strategy to divide the power of the He brothers by eight captains of the West Garden!

Without waiting for He Jin to object, Zhang Rang stood up and echoed: "Your Majesty is wise! There is no room for loss in the important land of the capital, and there are many thieves in various places, just strengthen the defense of the capital and recruit talents from all sides! ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke against it, they hated eunuchs, but they didn't want to watch He Jin a butcher take power alone. You must know that a person's background in this era is extremely important, and this innate factor cannot be changed through acquired efforts. And He Jin not only came from a humble background, but his talent and virtue were not enough to convince the public, and he was completely the kind of relative who came to power by nepotism, so the ministers of the court and the central government looked down on him in their hearts.

He Jin is difficult to support alone, although he is unwilling, but at the moment he can only swallow his anger and wait and see.

Emperor Ling couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that things were going so well, and immediately threw out a bombshell, and said loudly: "The prosperity of the Han family depends on talents, and in order to recruit talents from all over the world, I will set up a hero in the West Garden in the future." This ring is held a total of three days, all my heroes can come to fight, temporarily by my horse general as the champion, the person who comes only needs to hold the ring for half a day to be eligible to challenge the champion, regardless of victory or defeat can receive fifty catties of gold, awarded the position of the marquis of the capital, the winner can directly enter the office, the post of general. ”

After that, he glanced around at the ministers and said: "All my Han officials, regardless of their official positions, as long as they have raised filial piety and honest people, they can recommend talents to come to fight, if the people they recommend can beat General Ma, I will directly crown the recommender as one of the eight captains of the West Garden, and be in charge of part of the West Garden Yulin Army." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers echoed their words. Although Ma Chao is famous, he is only a teenager, how much ability can he have? There are so many heroes in the world who are strong in martial arts! As long as the recommended person holds the ring for half a day and finally defeats Ma Chao, he can take the position of captain into his arms. These eight lieutenants are the officers in charge of the military power, and the martial arts are in charge these years, and the one who has the military power in his hands is the master!

He Jin also swept away the gloom in his heart, secretly calculating who should be called to fight, and theoretically could be appointed as a maximum of six captains in three days, as long as most of these six captains were his confidants, then his power would not decrease but increase.

Emperor Ling said again: "This time there is General Rauma, you will definitely take care of me, and let me see if you, the champion, are worthy of the name of the three armies, and at the same time, I allow: Those who are defeated by you can join your command to serve the imperial court, if you can maintain the undefeated three days, I have another thick seal!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the last general will not dare to slack off, and will do his best to meet the challenges of heroes from all walks of life! But super still and young, I am afraid that the hero will not be able to catch it for three consecutive years, if you miss carelessly, please forgive your majesty! ”

"General Ma does his best," Emperor Ling encouraged him again, and then asked Shang Shutai to send an edict to the world, and at the same time awarded Ma Chao the seal of the general of Zhengbei, and gave a mansion as a temporary general of Zhengbei. Although Brother Xiao Ma doesn't want to stay in this non-local place for a long time, it is difficult to get out for the time being, and it is really inconvenient to live in the Heart Nourishing Palace, and every move cannot escape the eyes and ears of the eunuchs, so he gladly accepts it!

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Ma Chao, under the arrangement of Zhang Rang and others, took Du Xiuniang and more than a dozen personal guards to live in the temporary mansion just given by Emperor Ling. However, it is a large mansion not far from the palace, which belongs to the royal property, and the servants in the palace, maids, cooks, carriages and horses and other things are readily available. Brother Xiao Ma is not picky, and in order to ensure safety, he also specially sent people to transfer fifty Shenwei Battalion soldiers outside the city to serve as temporary guards.

As for the relationship between Xu Bugu and Brother Xiaoma, a popular man, this trip also successfully achieved the goal of exoneration, not only was his position recognized by the imperial court, but he was even exempted from paying tribute for two years by Emperor Ling, of course, all of this is Emperor Ling's face in his quasi-son-in-law Ma Chao.

However, it was said that after He Jin returned home, he immediately convened all the staff and guests to discuss countermeasures, among which Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Ying, Chen Lin, Wang Kuang, Bao Xin and other He Jin's henchmen were among them, and even Ding Yuan was summoned by He Jin.

He Jinxian said carefully about the affairs of the court, and then asked in a deep voice: "The Son of Heaven must have set up the Xiyuan Yulin Army is the idea of Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, these eunuchs want to seize military power, and we must not let them succeed, what do you think?" ”

Yuan Shao said: "The Son of Heaven favors the eunuchs, if the general says bluntly, it will not only be difficult to succeed, but also make the Son of Heaven unhappy, so why not try to take the post of Eighth Captain?" Let the eunuch make a wedding dress for us! ”

Cao Ying also nodded and said, "Brother Ben's words are very reasonable, and Ye also thinks so. In addition, the general also wants to think that Ma Mengqi, Ma Chao is a young man, he has great ambitions in his chest, and he is very ambitious, if he doesn't try his best to suppress him before he is fledgling, he will regret it in the future! ”

Ding Yuan was unhappy for a while when he heard this, and retorted: "Meng De's words are different, Ma Chao has made a lot of achievements, is dedicated to the country, is loyal to His Majesty, respects the general, and His Majesty is even married to the dynasty, such a young genius should be promoted vigorously, how can he suppress it?" ”

He Jin shook his head secretly, knowing that Ding Yuan was already interested in Ma Chao at this moment, and sighed: "Brother Jianyang doesn't have to be serious, Ma Chao is loyal and brave, capable of literature and martial arts, and Jin is also very appreciative, this time the person we are plotting is only the position of the eighth captain, and Ma Chao is fine!" ”

Ding Yuan's face improved a lot when he heard this, and he frowned: "Although Ma Chao is young, he is strong in martial arts, and he has the courage of ten thousand people, and the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd in his hand is a relic of the overlord of Western Chu back then, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people!" If you want to defeat this person, you have to win ten thousand enemies! I'm afraid it's hard to find! ”

Yuan Shao was unconvinced when he heard this: "How much ability can he have as a child?" I have a guest Yan Liang Wen ugly, all of them are strong martial arts, and they are better than Ma Mengqi like exploring the bag! ”

Yuan Shu also said: "Shu also recommended a person to the general, this person is named Chun Yuqiong, a person from Yingchuan, known as a brave name, and can also win Ma Mengqi." ”

He Jin nodded, and asked again: "If Meng De and Ben Chu return to the post of captain, Jin will do his best to help them!" We can work together against the eunuchs! ”

The two glanced at each other, and they both felt that this was an excellent opportunity to lead the troops, and they did not refuse at the moment, and got up and bowed: "I am willing to serve the general!"

He Jin was overjoyed and said with a smile: "There are two righteous men with Yan Liangwen and Chou, plus Chun Yuqiong is three, just find three more, and the big thing can be done!" Who else can you recommend! ”

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