After taking care of some chores, Zhang Madness came to the barracks with his personal guards as usual. As the foundation that underpins him in this world, the extent to which he cares about the control of the military is well known.

Due to the problem of food and supplies, the main force of 2,500 regular soldiers could not always be gathered together, but were placed in three barracks 200 miles apart. In order to strengthen the influence of his subordinates, Zhang Qiang had to change the elite soldiers of his subordinates in rotation between the three camps every three months.

The current Taixing Army is divided into four "thousand-man teams". The number of each "thousand-man team" is less than 600. Among them, three infantry "thousand-man teams" were led by Commander Ban, Zhou Cang, and Xie Xun. The only cavalry "Thousand People" was handed over to Lejin.

In addition, the Taixing Army also has two elite troops, namely the "Heavy Armor Team" commanded by Dian Wei and the "Pro-Guard Team" led by Zhao Yun. These two elites, although the number is only about 100 people, their status is no less than those "thousand people". Even to the extent of arrogant cronies, Yu Ban and the others were still a little jealous.

was in the barracks, and Zhang Yun, who was practicing swords with Zhao Yun, suddenly caught a glimpse of Cheng Yu, who had succeeded Wang Guo as the "military advisor", and hurriedly walked over from the side of the school. Even if he usually doesn't smile, Cheng Yu at this moment, the joy on his face can be clearly seen.

"Mowgli, the Son of Heaven has agreed to recruit An!"

This sentence made Zhang Qiang obviously stunned.

"Actually...... Agreed? ”

Insolence had no idea of this possibility. For a moment, his words were a little incoherent.

"Yes, great joy!

However, the Son of Heaven asked our army to pay 20 million yuan first, and then 5 million yuan every year before he was willing to officially agree! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Qi felt a little normal. If this is the case, it should be normal for the current Han Emperor who is dying to ask for money to agree to the recruitment of the "Tai Marching Army", right?

"Twenty million? It's up to him to figure it out. That's the price of two 'three publics'! ”

"Mowgli, this is already a very cheap price! Today, what is sold is not a small 600 stones, but the entire Han Dynasty! ”

"Haha! That's right! Cheap for me......"

When Zhang Qiang talks about this matter now, he has a kind of pleasure of being rich and smashing people with money. However, if it weren't for the full cultivation of Zhang Jiao, the "great sage and good teacher" back then, I am afraid that the arrogance at this moment can only be sad, right?

Regarding the matter of "Zhao'an", we need to start from November last year.

Because Zhang Mad nominally unified the entire Taihang Mountain volunteers, the surrounding heroes who had dealt with the Taihang Army really paid attention to Zhang Mad as a former nobody.

In the face of the Taixing army, which was strong and had extremely loose hands, for the benefit of their own family, many surrounding powerful clans either actively or passively got involved with insolence.

However, if this kind of "fornication banditry" behavior is caught by some well-intentioned people, it will also be a big trouble on the side of the Han court. In order to get rid of the threat of this crime, a wise man of the powerful clan came up with an idea and put forward the idea of letting the Taixing army seek peace from the imperial court.

For this kind of assumption, Zhang Qiang himself did not care. According to his memory, it seems that the Han family has never done such a blatant compromise. However, seeing that Cheng Yu, the mastermind in the army, and many generals were quite interested in this idea, Zhang Qiang didn't want to sweep everyone's interest, so he acted recklessly.

According to the idea of some Haoqiang, in June last year, Zhang Qiang suddenly sent troops from the southern tip of Taihang Mountain to subordinate to Hanoi County, and Chen soldiers were under the city of Hanoi County to intimidate the Han Dynasty.

Hanoi is located just across the Yellow River from the city of Luoyang. The arrogant act of sending troops directly posed a certain threat to the security and stability of Luoyang. This kind of action, although it can't be regarded as making Liu Hong, the son of heaven, uncomfortable, but it also shocked the Han court.

Therefore, when the news of the Taixing army's entry into Kou Hanoi reached the Han court, the Han family immediately removed the original Hanoi county guard and sent the famous general Zhu Jun to serve as the Hanoi county guard. As soon as he took office, he took 500 soldiers with his family to the frontline position of the confrontation with the Taixing Army and challenged the Taixing Army.

The arrogant "introductory" Hanoi did not come to fight in the first place. He saw that the Han family actually sent Zhu Jun to deal with it, and felt that the purpose of attracting the attention of the Han family to a certain extent had been achieved, so he was naturally not interested in fighting with Zhu Jun. So, Tai Xingjun did not respond to Zhu Jun's challenge, but Shi Shiran turned around and left, making Zhu Jun pounce.

After doing this, Zhang Qiang sent the documents requesting Zhao'an to the officials of the Ten Standing Servants through the local Haoqiang. The next thing has nothing to do with arrogance.

Unexpectedly, three or four months later, the arrogance that had almost forgotten about the incident suddenly received such good news......

Zhang Qi, who is not proficient in history, does not know that in the "Three Kingdoms" in another time and space, "Zhang Yan" was recorded...... It is called Montenegro. Emperor Ling could not be levied, and the counties of Hebei were victimized. Yan sent people to Kyoto to beg and surrender, and worshiped Yan Ping and made it difficult to be a general. "And" worship Yang Feng as the captain of Montenegro, lead the thieves, and have to raise filial piety and honesty. ".

Okay, let's go back to a month ago and go to the palace of the Han family!

Although spring has begun, the temperature of the weather is still very low. If you look out from the high-rise buildings of the palace, Liu Hong, nicknamed "Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty", can see that the entire inside and outside of Luoyang City is covered with white expanse.

However, Liu Hong could not ascend.

By Liu Hong's side, the most trusted "Ten Standing Attendants" once told him that the ascension of the Son of Heaven is not good for the country, and it is inevitable that the world will fall apart. Although Liu Hong really wanted to go to a high place and take a look at the scenery outside the palace walls, after all, he kept in mind his responsibility as the Son of Heaven and did not dare to let the Han family take possible risks for his personal desires.

"The cool breeze blows up the sunshine canal,

Green lotus day and night leaves,

But the days are not enough, and there is more than enough fun.

Qing Silk Flowing Pipe Song Yuyu,

Long live the millennium"1

Note: Yan: Here is the lotus leaf rolled up.

But the day is not enough: I just feel that the time is not enough.

玉懫, 凫本 refers to water birds. This is a jade-shaped wine glass.

Over: Exceeding.

Liu Hong softly sang this poem, which he wrote himself. Recalling the joy of that time, the Son of Heaven, who had just passed his first year, felt more and more tired of the pile of official documents in front of him.

Since Liu Hong was received from the fiefdom of the "Jiedu Pavilion Marquis" in Hejian County to inherit the throne in the Luoyang Palace, there are not many good news in the various official documents that have been reviewed and processed.

The previous Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty left Liu Hong with a situation that can be described as a "mess". Outside, there is the Qiang chaos in Liangzhou; Inside, there are party scholars. The most important thing is that the imperial court at that time was actually grasped by the Empress Dowager Dou and Dou Wu, the father and daughter of the foreign relatives. As a twelve-year-old boy with no roots inside or outside the court, he was actually a puppet.

Such days lasted until the seventh day of the ninth month of the first year of Yongkang [168 AD].

After that day, Liu Hong, as a son of heaven, really felt the authority in his hands. This feeling of control over the power of authority fascinated him. So much so that Liu Hong was full of gratitude to the eunuchs who launched the coup.

The sentence that was widely circulated in later generations: "Zhang Changshi [Zhang Rang] is my father, and Zhao Changshi [Zhao Zhong] is my mother", and it was in this situation that it was really said from the mouth of the young Liu Hong. In fact, if you look at the merits of the eunuchs in regaining power for Liu Hong, this sentence is not very exaggerated.

Of course, after Liu Hong grew up, his understanding of the way of power and conspiracy gradually increased, and he figured out what the eunuchs did.

A eunuch from a humble background, he was regarded by the scholars of the world as the source of trouble in the imperial court. If you don't rely on the trust of the Son of Heaven, there is no hope of getting ahead at all. The reason why the eunuchs desperately eradicated their relatives Dou clan and returned the supreme authority to the Son of Heaven was for self-preservation, and secondly, for the future future.

Knowing this, Liu Hong naturally won't say stupid things like: "Zhang Rang is my father, Zhao Zhong is my mother". However, his trust in the eunuchs became more and more firm and clear.

The reason is very simple, without the Son of Heaven, the scholars can also be powerful and blessed in the county. But if the eunuchs are abandoned by the Son of Heaven, even the 2 little officials in the countryside can bully them wantonly!

Therefore, in the eyes of the eunuchs, the interests of the Son of Heaven are their own interests. The more the Son of Heaven can get, the more light they can touch. In the eyes of scholars, if the interests of the Son of Heaven conflict with the interests of their own family, it should be the Son of Heaven who needs to retreat!

In the face of such a situation, I believe that as long as people with normal intelligence will know, among scholars and eunuchs, which kind of power is the basic power that the Son of Heaven can rely on, right?

ps:1 This poem is called "Merchants Song". However, the meaning of "investment promotion" here is very different from what we often say nowadays. Here, "Zhao" passes through "Shao", and "Historical Records" contains "Yu Naixing Nine Moves of Music", which is the meaning of music, and "Shang" refers to "Poetry Merchant", that is, the meaning of poetry.

2 Dou Shi, referring to the official rank of low-level officials in the Han Dynasty...... "Hanshu Hundred Officials and Ministers' Table" Yan Shigu Zhuyun: ""Han Official Names and Rank Book" Yun Dou Shi Yue Feng 11 Hu, Zuo Shi Yue Feng 8 Hu. One said, the eater, the year is less than 100 stones, counting the day and eating one bucket and two liters, so the cloud fights and eats also. ”