He Jin turned around and went to find Zhang Rang, first gave a generous gift, and then asked Zhang Rang for advice. Zhang Rang was also very angry, he said bluntly, he now regrets marrying the He family, He Guiren doesn't know the severity at all, she is only suitable for marrying a country boy, with the strength of the He family, she can do whatever she wants, but this is in the palace, the Son of Heaven only needs an edict to make her head fall to the ground, she doesn't know the hardships in the palace, not only is she careless, but she is still so messy, which will kill people.

He Jin nodded again and again, saying that she had already taught He Guiren a lesson just now, and she also realized her mistake, and now she wanted to ask Zhang Gong to be accommodating and say a few good words in front of the Son of Heaven. The He family will be grateful.

Zhang Rang didn't say anything, just said that he would do his best, and asked his son to send He Jin out. Looking at He Jin's uneasy back, Zhang Rang laughed contemptuously, he was by the side of the Son of Heaven, and he knew better than everyone else what the Son of Heaven thought. The book that the Son of Heaven has read the most recently is "Han Feizi", what he thinks about every day is how to weigh the power in the court, how to use various power techniques to control the courtiers, while supporting the Song family, he will not pin all his hopes on the Song family, although He Guiren is at a disadvantage, but she has a prince, and her position is still unshakable in a short period of time.

However, if He Guiren is allowed to continue like this, then it will be difficult to say, and it is not a good thing to teach He Guiren a lesson as soon as possible. What's more, I heard that the Son of Heaven also warned Liu Xiu that day in Ping Optimistic, which is enough to show that the Son of Heaven is not obedient to Liu Xiu.

Thinking of the conversation with the Son of Heaven on the gate that day, Zhang Rang pondered for a long time before he sighed: "Its wisdom is within reach, but its stupidity is unattainable." Whether this kid is shrewd or reckless is really unpredictable. ”

When Zhao Zhong heard Zhang Rang's question, he smiled: "He is sick." ”

"Sick, what's sick?"

"I heard his brother Liu Bei personally say that he has a madness. Usually it's fine, but once stimulated, it's easy to go crazy. Once he goes crazy, all his usual shrewdness is gone, he doesn't care about anything, he doesn't care about anything, like a wild bull, rampage. ”

"How so?"

Zhao Zhong smiled: "Isn't this bad?" The Son of Heaven likes him, probably because of this, people with weaknesses can be reassured. Otherwise, this person is really dangerous. ”

Zhang Rang suddenly realized, even admired it, and then told He Guiren about it, Zhao Zhong's opinion was similar to Zhang Rang's, and he felt that before Queen Song gave birth to a son and grew up, it was unlikely that the Son of Heaven would depose He Guiren, but it was completely possible to teach He Guiren a lesson. He changed his words, and then reminded Zhang Rang: "He Guiren's background is too low, he may not be the opponent of the Song family, in my opinion, we can't hang ourselves on her tree." ”

Zhang Rang nodded yes and asked what to do.

"Song Feng is not a qualified Situ, he will be removed from office sooner or later." Zhao Zhong said very firmly: "This person is more in love with the stack than Yuan Kui, and he can't see the situation in front of him clearly, and he will slowly wear out the surname of the Son of Heaven." We don't have to rush, just wait and see. What I'm worried about is that although we are majestic in the palace now, we don't have a helping hand in the outer court, and sooner or later we will be surpassed by Yuan Yu. ”

"What then?"

"I want to support Tang Zhen." Zhao Zhong narrowed his eyes and looked directly at Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang pondered for a moment and nodded: "This person is indeed a suitable candidate. ”

"So that's it?" Zhao Zhong breathed a sigh of relief and said with some eagerness.

Zhang Rang smiled. Tang Zhen is the younger brother of the eunuch Tang Heng before them, ten years ago, Tang Heng lost power and was demoted, several of his brothers and younger brothers lost power, brother Tang Xuan died, Tang Zhen was slightly better, and he insisted on the court for a while, and later did more than a year as a Sikong, but because he was incompetent, and no one did internal aid, so he was later dismissed, and there was no chance to come out, this time he somehow asked Zhao Zhong's door. This made Zhang Rang very unhappy, because Tang Zhen was from Yingchuan and was a fellow villager with him, but Zhao Zhong was from Zhao Guo, Tang Zhen didn't ask him for help, but came to Zhao Zhong, which was tantamount to looking down on him Zhang Rang.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhong still knew each other, and he didn't swallow the benefits alone, and before getting his consent, Zhao Zhong didn't do it on his own.

"Wait a little longer, it is estimated that Song Feng will have to do this Situ for a few months, and he will be able to give him a place for a while."

Zhao Zhong's eyes flashed, he understood what Zhang Rang meant, so he nodded and said, "I think so too, it's not a good thing to let him wait for a while." He thought for a moment and asked, "What about the affairs of the He family?" ”

"Let's be cold first, He Guiren's surname really needs to be changed, otherwise, something will happen sooner or later in the future." Zhang Rang said confidently: "I'm going to find someone to teach her how to be a likable woman." ”

Zhao Zhong's eyes flashed, as if he was puzzled.

The corners of Zhang Rang's mouth twitched: "The people of Taiping Road are looking for me." ”

Zhao Zhong suddenly realized, laughed, Zhang Rang also laughed, and the eyes of the two of them were suddenly full of silver evil.

…… Liu Xiu gave Song Qi two more ideas: First, you continue to be Situ, promote reform, and select some of the more than 300 scholars selected for this examination to enrich the Situ Mansion, solve the most difficult problems for the Son of Heaven, and issue an order in the capacity of Situ Mansion, requiring the Sangong Mansion and Jiuqing Temple to accept some candidates as subordinates, and the departments at all levels within the scope of the division are no exception, in this way, the three hundred people will soon be able to be arranged, and you can be regarded as worrying about the Son of Heaven. The second is that you can't do it yourself, just find some people who can do things to come to Situ Mansion, such as celebrities from all over the country, your Song family is more or less a famous minister, and the big family of Fufeng believes that there is still some appeal, if you can grab some people from the Yuan family, it can be regarded as a bit of merit.

Song Qi was quite satisfied with these two ideas, but he couldn't figure it out himself, and asked Liu Xiu what he meant, Liu Xiu said that he still needs to ask, I agree with the best policy, if you don't agree, then retreat to the second best policy and adopt the middle strategy.

But Song Qi was still a little disapproving, in fact, he himself took a fancy to what Liu Xiu said, because in this way, his Song family could also have more protégés and former officials like the Yuan family, and Song Fenglai would not leave the position of Situ, wouldn't it be like this.

Liu Xiu saw that he was still delusional about this, and he was not in the mood to talk to him more, so he got up and said goodbye. Cao Luan had already arranged for someone to prepare lunch, and when he saw Liu Xiu leaving without eating, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, and when he asked Song Qi, he knew that they had an unpleasant conversation.

"What did he come up with?" Song Qi said very unhappily: "I actually want my father to resign from the position of Situ himself, and he has to admit that he is not capable, if he says this, where will my Song family's face go, and where will the queen's face go?" ”

Cao Luan rolled his eyes: "I think it's a good strategy." ”

"You?" Song Qi was very unhappy when he saw that Cao Luan supported Liu Xiu's opinion, but he was a little short of breath in front of Cao Luan, and he didn't dare to refute it face-to-face, so he had to say, "Then let's invite Meng De to discuss?" ”

Cao Luan had no choice but to agree. Cao Ying has been a councillor recently, and he spends most of his time in the palace on errands, and it is not as easy to find him as before, and it has been three days before he is invited.

"Let's take the right step." After pondering for a long time, Cao Ying made his own choice.

"Why?" Song Qi was puzzled.

"Do you know what the Son of Heaven is most wary of right now?" Cao Ying asked rhetorically, "It's the celebrities, and they just want to take those celebrities into their own pockets." ”

Song Qi seems to understand whether he understands or not. Cao Luan understood as soon as she heard it, and she asked: "The Son of Heaven still wants to fight the family?" ”

"Inevitably." Cao Ying pulled a book from his sleeve: "This is the book that the Son of Heaven has read the most recently, you can know what he is thinking when you read it." ”

Cao Luan took it and took a look, it turned out to be a "Book of Shangjun", a new book printed by the palace printing workshop itself. The Yuan family opened their own printing workshop, and robbed Bi Lan of a lot of business, they not only printed "Minbao", but also printed various Confucian classics, Bi Lan and they could not compete with them in this regard, so they focused on the books that Confucian scholars did not read, the Legalist classics "Shang Junshu" and "Han Feizi" are the two most famous books.

One of the most famous policies of the Legalists is to monopolize the royal power, and all forces that may endanger the royal power must be eliminated, and the most famous reform of the Shang Dynasty is to abolish the inheritance rights of the royal nobles, and the royal nobles without military merits are not allowed to be marquis, let alone others. The strength of the clan is now very weak, and the Son of Heaven may not have the heart to deal with them, but the powerful people of the family and various places must be a thorn in the side of the Son of Heaven.

Song Qi broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to say anything more. Cao Ying secretly sighed, Liu Xiu said that Song Qi was an unreachable stupid pig, and he was really right. The Son of Heaven wants to attack the family, but Song Qi can't see it at all, and he still dreams of becoming a family.

But Cao Ying himself couldn't figure it out, why Liu Xiu suggested that the Song family give up the position of Situ, Song Feng did not become Situ, then the position of Situ would inevitably fall into the hands of the family, is this what the Son of Heaven wants to see? If you don't do Situ, what will the Song family do, be a hussar general like Dong Chong?

Cao Ying decided to ask Liu Xiu, and rushed to the Taiji Dao Hall to ask, Xiahou Yuan said that Liu Xiu was still working in the Pingle Hall. However, Xiahou Yuan said again, you wait, Liu Xiu will definitely come back in the evening.

"Why?" Cao Ying smiled and asked, "Isn't the Pingle Pavilion more comfortable than the Taiji Daoist Pavilion?" ”

"No, he's going to come back at night to learn the art of war from Duke Duan." Xiahou Yuan pointed upstairs, lowered his voice and said, "He is now a disciple of Duan Gong." ”

Cao Ying was confused, wasn't Liu Xiu's husband Lu Zhi, why did a Duan Gong come out again. "Duan Gong, which Duan Gong?"

"Therefore, Taiwei Duan Cheng Duan Jiming."

"Huh?" Cao Ying was stunned for a moment, and then understood Liu Xiu's intentions: "He doesn't follow the civilian position, he wants to be a martial artist?" ”

"Isn't it good?" Xiahou Yuan was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with being a martial artist?" The eldest husband should be like Wei Huo to cross the desert north and make contributions. Didn't you say before that you would be a general of the Western Expedition and reopen the Western Regions for the country. ”

Cao Ying smiled, he didn't argue with Xiahou Yuan, he had that idea, and he was also very attentive to the art of war, but that was in the past, and now he knew that it was useless to be a pure martial artist in the Great Han, and Duan Cheng himself was an example. However, Liu Xiu is not a very blind person, he has a great Confucian Mr. Lu Zhi, and he has the trust of the Son of Heaven, it is very natural to go out from a civilian position, how can he suddenly learn the art of war, even if he wants to learn the art of war, he will not worship Duan Cheng as a teacher, Lu Zhi himself has led soldiers and fought battles, and he also knows the art of war, there is no need to worship Duan Cheng as a teacher and label himself as a martial artist.

Could it be that this is the meaning of the Son of Heaven, to let Liu Xiu lead his troops to fight? Cao Ying sat in the Tai Chi Dao Hall, drinking wine while guessing Liu Xiu's thoughts. When Liu Xiu came back, he still didn't understand.

"Mengde, why are you here?" Liu Xiu was very strange, and then smiled again: "Have you been to the Song family?" ”

Cao Ying nodded, and said his question: "Why did your best policy suggest that Song Feng give up the position of Situ?" ”

"My cousin has always been a general, when did he become a Situ?" Liu Xiu sneered and laughed: "The Son of Heaven was in a hurry at the time, and let him be Situ, but now he is not a qualified Situ, if he doesn't resign, do you want the Son of Heaven to slap him in the mouth?" If he resigns by himself, how can the Son of Heaven treat him badly, the general is not possible for the time being, and the general is no problem, right? After a while, if the queen can give birth to a son and become the crown prince, the general is not in the bag of his Song family? ”

Cao Ying suddenly realized, and then smiled again: "In my opinion, this general probably has to be kept for you, if you don't become a general, how can you be a princess?" Not only do you have to do it, but you have to do it quickly, the eldest princess can't wait too long. ”

"Me? General? Liu Xiu seemed to have heard some joke, leaned back with a smile, patted Cao Ying's shoulder vigorously and said, "Do you think it will take at least a few years for me to become a general as a servant?" If you have to be a great general and a princess, wouldn't the princess have to wait for a white head? ”

"It doesn't matter, the eldest princess didn't marry General Wei from the beginning." Cao Ying said very obscenely: "Besides, it doesn't take a few years for Wei Qing to become a general from a riding slave." Huo Hussar was faster, he went out at the age of seventeen, became a hussar general at the age of nineteen, and became a big Sima at the age of twenty-two. ”

"Get out!" Liu Xiu pushed him, "Is Wei Huo something that ordinary people can do?" Besides, when they set out on the expedition, after more than 70 years of savings, how could the strength of the country be comparable to that of today, and the current Han can still afford to fight? ”

Cao Ying pursed his lips, he didn't know this truth, he just made fun of Liu Xiu. "Then what are you doing with Duan Jiming as a teacher, learning the art of war?"

"Your Majesty wants me to lead the lieutenant marquis of the Northern Army and take charge of the five schools of the Northern Army, but I don't know anything except fighting, and I have ready-made famous generals, how can I let it go?" Liu Xiu laughed: "I'm a good student who is eager to learn." ”

Cao Ying was very strange: "You don't do the palace market order anymore?" ”

"Miyaichi is already on the right track, and I won't need to bother anymore soon." Liu Xiu sighed, half complaining, half proudly said: "I am a pioneer, where it is not good, I will go, and when it is done, it is all cheaper than others." ”

"Okay, those who can work harder, you don't have to show off." Cao Ying laughed, and then asked: "Deran, you tell the truth, does the Son of Heaven intend to go north?" ”

"What do you say?" Liu Xiu didn't answer the rhetorical question, and squeezed his eyes: "You are also doing things in the palace, you can't casually leak the rules of the provincial Chinese, you don't need me to say more." ”

Cao Ying understood, nodded again and again, turned around and went upstairs, Liu Xiu was very strange, and shouted, "Why are you going?" ”

"I also went to worship Duan Gong as a teacher and learn the art of war."

"Whew!" Liu Xiu smiled, patted the railing and shouted, "No matter how fast you run, you can beat it slowly." Cao Apu, let me tell you, Lao Tzu, the senior brother, is done. ”

"I'm the second senior brother." Liu Bei said with a smile, puffing up his chest very proudly. Liu Xiu was stunned, almost choking, second senior brother, you still have eight precepts.

Zhang Fei wrenched his hands and counted them, and finally nodded solemnly: "Even if you don't count the two old generals Xia Yu and Tian Yan, Cao Apu can't squeeze into the top five." ”

Xiahou Yuan saw it in his eyes, and his heart was very uncomfortable, and he said sourly: "Yide, what are you proud of, if you don't follow the owner behind you, can you be the third senior brother?" ”

Zhang Fei's mouth grinned, and patted Xiahou Yuan's shoulder in an old-fashioned manner: "Fourth brother, don't you have any complaints, who made your stomach hurt when you went to apprentice that day?" Let me tell you, when you see the senior brothers in the future, you have to be polite, otherwise don't blame the senior brothers for cleaning you up. ”

"Yes, yes." Liu Bei also raised his arm and put it on Xiahou Yuan's shoulder, nodding his head again and again. His "yes" sounds similar to the "fourth brother", I don't know if he echoed Zhang Fei or deliberately stimulated Xiahou Yuan.

"Whew!" Xiahou Yuan spat indignantly, pushed Zhang Fei's hand away, and pushed Liu Bei away: "The apprentice has long been a senior brother?" Whoever is great, in the end, you have to learn quickly and learn well. ”

"I said the third junior brother, the fourth junior brother seems to be a little disrespectful to us senior brothers." Liu Bei rubbed his fists and exchanged an evil look with Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan was startled when he saw it, and hurriedly jumped away and shouted: "Don't you two be too shameless, do you want to fight one by two?" There's a kind of heads-up of us one by one. ”

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Heads-up? Did you single out the two of us? ”

Xiahou Yuan's brows twisted into a pimple: "I said Liu Xuande, can you not be so shameless, they all say that one side of the water and soil raises the other side, and the owner is a bright and upright man, why are you so different from the owner?" If you have the ability, you don't want to pull Yide, you and I go head-to-head, what kind of ability is the fox and the fake tiger. ”

Liu Bei disagreed: "You don't understand this, my eldest brother ......" You didn't see it when he wanted to say that my eldest brother was shameless, you only saw his majestic side, but thinking about so many people here, exposing Liu Xiu's shortcomings in person doesn't seem to be righteous, and will be considered unkind by others, so he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, rolled his eyes, and changed the topic: "This is the principle of using soldiers taught by Mr., but you don't remember your surname for a long time, and you don't take it to heart, but you blame me." You're the kind of fool you think you're clever as my husband says, who always pins his hopes on miracles. ”

Xiahou Yuan choked.

(To be continued)