After returning home, Liu Yan called Liu Zhang to the study. Looking at his youngest son, who was only five years old, Liu Yan didn't know what to say, he didn't think it was a good thing to take refuge in Liu Hong at this time! You know, Liu Hong is just a puppet now, and he is only seventeen years old, who knows if he will "die violently" at some point? You must know that there are not a few emperors who died violently in the Han Dynasty! Now under Liu Zhang's prodding, Liu Yan is on the thief ship!

Seeing Liu Yan sitting there, his face was blue for a while, and red for a while, Liu Zhang knew that he was annoyed by what was happening in the palace today. In fact, Liu Zhang didn't know Liu Hong's current situation, but he knew that if nothing happened, Liu Hong would reign for at least fifteen years! In the past fifteen years, although Liu Hong has been worn out of his ambition and reduced to a money-greedy and lustful faint king, he used the power of eunuchs to grasp the imperial power. Now taking refuge is just sending charcoal in the snow, as long as he gets Liu Hong's trust, he can get the greatest benefits. It's just that Liu Hong is looking at Liu Yan's face, if he can't convince Liu Yan, no matter how good Liu Zhang's performance is, it will be in vain!

"Father is worried about the affairs of the palace?" Liu Zhang waited for a long time, but Liu Yan didn't speak, he had to speak: "Actually, even if my father doesn't take refuge in Your Majesty, in the eyes of others, my father is also His Majesty's person, because we are relatives of the Han family!" ”

"This!" Liu Yan was shocked in his heart, he had always known about the drill camp, but he had forgotten the most fundamental thing. However, Liu Yan didn't feel that this was the best time to take refuge in the emperor, he said with a smile: "The words are like this, but now the power of the court is in the hands of Cao Jie, if we take refuge in Your Majesty, but are hated by Cao Jie, what should we do?" ”

"It would be good if Cao Jie suppressed us!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "My father is just a Zongzheng, although Zongzheng is one of the Nine Qings, and his official residence is prominent, but he has no real power. If Cao Jie suppresses his father, as long as he doesn't hurt his father's surname and loses some face, His Majesty will help us get it back in the future! As for the child, he is just a five-year-old naughty child, even if he is talented, Cao Jie will not take it to heart. At most, it will instigate outsiders to insult the child, as long as the guards around the child are effective, it will be thankless to ensure Cao Jie! ”

"So, we're going to go against Cao Jie?" Liu Yan didn't notice that there was a five-year-old child standing in front of him, and he actually opened his mouth to ask Liu Zhang for advice!

"Dare to ask my father, why do we want to go against Cao Jie?" Liu Zhang smiled: "We are a clan, not a relative!" The one who opposes the eunuchs should not be us. Cao Jie invited his father to Beijing because he wanted to sell it to the Liu family. Now that my father is attached to the emperor, it is best to maintain a close relationship with Cao Jie! Plainly! No matter who the eunuch fights with, we just need to be neutral and concentrate on doing our duty. When the time comes, there will be two parties on the outside, and the emperor on the inside, which can be described as a source of left and right! ”

"But if Your Majesty is like Emperor Qian, Emperor Chong, what should I do?" Liu Yan is not stupid, he can hear that in Liu Zhang's design, the emperor is a vital part.

"Father, don't worry!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Although I don't dare to say that Your Majesty will live a long life, but you still have to live for more than ten or twenty years." After all, Cao Jie is not Liang Ji or Dou Wu, even if he murders the emperor, he can't usurp the throne! On the contrary, Cao Jie will definitely ensure the safety of the emperor for the sake of the family. Because he is kind to the emperor, as long as he does not annoy the emperor, any request he has for the emperor will be granted! If you kill Your Majesty and change the emperor, it will be no good for Cao Jie at all! Therefore, the more his father is favored by His Majesty, the more Cao Jie must have a good relationship with his father. If Cao Jie really harms His Majesty, he will have to choose another person from the clan to succeed him, maybe the children will have a chance! ”

Liu Yan's heart began to turn upside down, he really didn't expect that he hadn't seen clearly as a five-year-old child, and his youngest son was so smart that he felt incredible. However, after all, it is his own son, Liu Yan has loved him very much since he was born, and he has never changed even when others say that he is a deaf and dumb idiot. Now that his son is smart, Liu Yan is very relieved, he stroked his beard and smiled: "I have a successor, don't worry about it in the future!" ”

"Father, in a place like Luoyang, you can't rest assured!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I can't see it now, if we wait for the emperor to hold power, you and I will be hated by others." When the time comes, we can't be moved on the surface, and we can be blackened in the dark! Let's say that Huo Qu's disease during the period of Emperor Wu, the world said that he was unfortunately contaminated with the plague and died, but how could the plague be so easy to contaminate? Be careful! ”

Liu Zhang's old-fashioned words made Liu Yan a little dumbfounded. But Liu Zhang is not wrong, how many old foxes in the political arena have not been put down by political enemies, but have died at the hands of Xiao Xiao and assassins. As soon as Liu Zhang said this, Liu Yan felt that it was time to consider the guards around him! Liu Yan thought for a while and said, "There are more than a dozen guards around me, and their skills are quite extraordinary, why don't I transfer a few to you?" ”

"No!" Liu Zhang said solemnly: "In today's situation, the father is more important than the child!" If there is no father, the child is rootless! Why don't you recruit a few more guards for the child, preferably someone in the army! Anyway, in the future, His Majesty will let the child take charge of the army, and he also needs a few cronies! Fathers can also buy a manor outside the city and adopt some teenagers under the age of ten, and these teenagers will also be the children's team! ”

"Good is good! However, it is difficult to find people who are strong in martial arts! Liu Yan said helplessly: "As far as the few guards in my hands are still the old people left by your grandfather back then, and those young people are the children of the old people, and the generations of domestic slaves of our family!" It's a pity that they are not as good as the generation as well! ”

"Father was wrong!" Liu Zhang smiled: "I'm looking for a guard, but I'm not looking for a house slave!" These guards will be my generals in the future. As long as it is clear, those who are strong in martial arts but can't get ahead are still eager to get ahead? You must know that the promotion path of the Han Dynasty has long been controlled by the family, if there is no one in the court, even if the overlord of Western Chu is alive, he will not want to be a general! ”

"In that case, who must my son value?" Liu Yan knew that Liu Zhang had always liked to plan and then act, and since he wanted to choose a guard, he must have heard something.

"It's still my father who understands me!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "The child heard that there is a great general in Changsha, Jingzhou, with outstanding martial arts, skilled bows and horses, and the ability to wear Yang in a hundred steps, but he was born in a poor family, and now he is either a military Sima or a captain!" There is another person named Yan Yan, who is a child of the Yan family in Xichuan, although he is not a big family, he is not a small family, but he doesn't know that he is haunted. ”

Liu Yan laughed and said, "Okay! I immediately wrote Jingzhou, presumably a small military Sima, Jingzhou Thorn History will not refute my face. However, Yan Yan is a little troublesome, after all, he is a child of the family! ”

"It doesn't matter, as long as Huang Zhong comes!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "When I go back to the palace, I will ask Your Majesty how many guards you want, presumably the guards in Your Majesty's hands will not be indiscriminate!" "Anyway, when Liu Yan went to Shuzhong, Yan Yan still had to mess with him, so Liu Zhang was not in a hurry at all. But Huang Zhong can't let go, a general in his sixties who can still draw with Guan Yu in the prime of life, how powerful was he when he was young?

Suddenly, Liu Zhang remembered something and said: "Father, when you go to the letter, if Huang Zhong doesn't come because of something, you tell him that if you come to Luoyang, we will cover his family's affairs!" It turned out that Liu Zhang remembered that Huang Zhong had lost his son in middle age, and his son had been sick for a long time before dying. If Huang Zhong's son was sick now, he might not have been invited!

Although Liu Yan was a little puzzled by his son's words, from his son's performance to the present, he decided to believe his son's judgment. Besides, now that Liu Zhang is on the emperor's side, as long as it is not too outrageous request, the emperor should not refuse! After the father and son finished discussing, it was time to hold the lamp. Liu Yan knew his son's habits, so he didn't keep him, so as not to be hungry, after all, it is normal for children to grow up and be able to eat. Isn't there an old saying that half-grown boy, eat poor man!