The first year of Zhongping passed in turmoil, and Liu Zhang is seventeen years old this year. The ancients were generally crowned at the age of twenty, unless there were special circumstances. Now Liu Yan wants to marry Cai Yong, so Liu Yan decided to crown Liu Zhang in advance. When Liu Hong heard that Liu Zhang was going to be crowned, he immediately said that he wanted to be the guest of honor of Liu Zhang's crown ceremony. This Zhengbin is the one who wears a hat for Liu Zhang, and is usually replaced by his parents and elders. However, Liu Hong, as the emperor, can also be regarded as Liu Zhang's brother, and it is reasonable for him to be Liu Zhang's guest.

In the first month, just after the New Year, Luoyang once again entered a festive season, originally Liu Zhang's crown ceremony should be set in March, Liu Hong did not agree, so he ordered Taichang to choose a crown ceremony for Liu Zhang in the first month. I often figure out Liu Hong's intentions, and I actually set Liu Zhang's crown ceremony on the fifteenth day of the first month!

According to Liu Zhang's memory, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month should be the Lantern Festival, but from the second day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the new year, Liu Zhang was being served by the Han court. On the second day of the first lunar month, Taichang, one of the nine Qings, brought all the officials of Taichang Temple to Liu Zhang's house, just to arrange the things needed for the crown ceremony. In the end, too often ordered a sentence that almost made Liu Zhang dizzy.

It turned out that although the arrangements were made in Liu Zhang's house, the place where the crown ceremony was performed was in the palace, and Liu Hong decided to pay tribute to Liu Zhang in the Taimiao! Taimiao is a place to worship the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, and where to perform the crown ceremony is not only an honor. There are not 10,000 but 8,000 relatives of the Han family, except for the emperor and the crown prince, it is estimated that no one has ever performed a crown ceremony in the Taimiao!

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Liu Zhang was dragged up early in the morning, and after being ravaged by more than a dozen big men and little daughters-in-law, he threw his elephant dragon horse and went to the Taimiao. By the time he arrived at the Taimiao, everyone except the emperor had already arrived. After Liu Hong arrived, the crown ceremony officially began.

In order to take care of Liu Hong, who had difficulty getting up early, Taichang deliberately placed the auspicious time for the crown salute at the end of the hour, that is, around nine o'clock in the morning. However, in this way, Liu Hong was still late, but fortunately the auspicious time did not pass.

Liu Hong came to Taimiao, and Liu Yan immediately sent Liu Zhang's auspicious clothes and the crown used for the crown ceremony to him. Liu Hong found that what Liu Yan sent was actually the clothes used by the people for the crown ceremony, and immediately threw it aside, and ordered Zhang Rang to hold a set of auspicious clothes and crowns. The civil and military officials who participated in Liu Zhang's crown ceremony were shocked when they looked at the auspicious clothes and crowns in Zhang Rang's hands, because they were a set of princely crown dresses.

Originally, Yuan Kui didn't want to come to participate in Liu Zhang's crown ceremony, but he had to come, because the emperor personally presided over the crown ceremony, if he dared not come, wouldn't it be a shame for the emperor. Now seeing the crown dress that Zhang Rang was holding, Yuan Kui immediately wanted to jump out to object, but he suddenly found a sharp gaze shooting at him, and when he looked up, it turned out to be Liu Hong.

The emperor has made a statement! Yuan Kui could only retreat bitterly, and the fourth and third dukes of the Yuan family did not dare to go against Liu Hong. You must know that Yuan Kui is not stupid, now is the time when the world is in turmoil, if Liu Hong makes a secret decree, as long as the imperial army releases a little water when the Yellow Turban attacks the city, or sends someone to pretend to be a thief, the Yuan family will never recover!

Yuan Kui didn't object, but Liu Yan couldn't agree, even if Liu Zhang was a member of the Han family, but not a prince, how could he use princely clothes? This is transgression! Even if the emperor agrees! To put it mildly, Liu Hong is also stubborn temper, and both of them refused to relax, Liu Hong said angrily: "Believe it or not, I will make the emperor's brother the prince now?" ”

Liu Yan was defeated and retreated, and the crown ceremony was carried out, but Liu Zhang was almost asleep when he stood aside! In fact, the crown ceremony is very simple, that is, wearing auspicious clothes and asking the elders to help bring three hats. The first crown is added to the skin, the second crown is lengthened, and finally the virtuous crown is added. There were greetings from the elders. It's a pity that Liu Zhang was too badly rectified, and he didn't listen to what Liu Hong said.

After the crown ceremony, Liu Hong did not let the ministers leave, and directly ordered Zhang Rang to meet a roll of yellow silk, which turned out to be a holy decree. Everyone thought that Liu Hong was going to add an official to Liu Zhang, but who expected Zhang Rang to read it, but everyone was shocked, this holy decree was given to Liu Zhang to marry, and the woman was still the daughter of Cai Yong and Cai Bojiao!

After the marriage, Liu Hong left, leaving only a group of stunned people staring at Liu Zhang enviously, not only because he was given the emperor's marriage, but also because Cai Yan is a famous beauty in Luoyang! is also the name of Cai Yong's great Confucian, which is of great benefit to Liu Zhang, a martial artist. However, Liu Hong asked Liu Zhang's marriage to be carried out according to the courtesy of the princes, and it took eight months to wait, and Liu Zhang laughed at that time. If it weren't for the fear of trespassing, Liu Zhang wanted to come according to the courtesy of the Son of Heaven, then he could wait for a year! Marrying a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, Liu Zhang felt chills when he thought about it. Especially when the candles are in the cave room, what do you ask him to do? Could it be that he molested his little sister! Liu Zhang doesn't want to be a strange uncle yet!

After the first month, Liu Zhang's life has also returned to normal, the only thing that makes him a little depressed is that he has words! Liu Zhang's word Ji Yu! Every time he heard someone call him Ji Yu, he would think of his past life. thought that he had been relieved, but in the end, he found that he had not let go at all, and this result made Liu Zhang have to be depressed.

Liu Hong is getting better and better now. Yuan Feng, an unlucky child, finally couldn't bear the recurrence of his old illness after Liu Zhang's crowning, and died of a violent illness. Liu Hongyi was happy and gave him the nickname of Xuan's father. Because Yuan Feng died, he could sell it again if he held the position of Sikong. Liu Hong has always been good to people who can help him make money!

Since the third prince has clearly marked the price, Liu Hong will naturally not let go of the position of Situ. For the original Situ Yuan Kui, Liu Hong found a reason to get rid of it, and sent someone to tell Yuan Kui that if he still wants to be, then spend money to buy it! Yuan Kui was furious and resigned. Now that he has been dismissed, he has completely quit! Liu Hong didn't care about Yuan Kui, he smiled and sold the three positions of Situ, Taiwei, and Sikong again, so Taiwei Duan Cheng, Situ Cui Lie, Taiwei Fan Ling, and Sikong Zhang Wen's disciples all invested tens of millions and five million to buy the three dukes.

These have nothing to do with Liu Zhang, anyway, his official position doesn't need money to buy, but Liu Yan is a little unhappy. To tell the truth, Liu Yan has been in Youzhou for almost ten years, and when he is over fifty years old, he can't stand the climate in Youzhou, so he submitted his resignation to Liu Hong. How could Liu Hong get Liu Yan to resign? In order to appease Liu Yan, Liu Hong transferred him back to Luoyang and continued to serve as Zongzheng, one of the Nine Qings. Anyway, why did you give Liu Yan as Zongzheng? Because this position cannot be held by non-Han clan relatives, and other positions must be bought with money!

Liu Yan was very satisfied with being able to return to Luoyang, and as for what official position, he could also see it. However, there are still 20,000 elite troops in Youzhou, and Liu Zhang is reluctant. So, Liu Zhang found Liu Hong, hoping to replenish the Huben camp. You must know that when Liu Zhang took over the Huben camp, there were 40,000 people, and now there are only 25,000 people, of which 3,000 are Liu Zhang's personal guards.

Recruitment requires money, and of course Liu Hong is not happy. Although he could transfer money from the Yulin army, other Yulin generals also paid the money. Liu Hong may be a faint gentleman, but he is a very reputable businessman. In order not to embarrass Liu Hong, Liu Zhang told him that there were still 20,000 troops in Youzhou.

When Liu Hong heard this, he immediately agreed. Because now the assassin Shi and Taishou can recruit troops by themselves, but the money for recruiting soldiers does not need to be given by the imperial court, and the soldiers in Jixian County are recruited by Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, so there is no reason to leave them to others. When Huang Zhong arrived in Luoyang with 20,000 troops, Liu Zhang immediately asked them to camp in Pishan, and looked at the cement casting barracks, Huang Zhong and Yan Yan were dumbfounded.

The Han Dynasty became more and more chaotic day by day, and Liu Yan was also a little uneasy when he stayed in Luoyang. On this day, Liu Yan gathered all the four sons in the family to discuss a countermeasure. Now Liu Yan's four sons can be said to have been in the officialdom for a long time, the eldest son Liu Fan is already a general in Zuozhonglang, the second son Liu Dan is the imperial history of the Zhishu, and the third son Liu Mao has also paid homage to Sima of the other department.

Liu Yan told his four sons about the idea of taking refuge, but except for Liu Zhang, the other three sons disagreed. Of course, if Liu Yan did not ask them to leave Luoyang, and Liu Yan wanted to take refuge, they would not object. So, Liu Yan only discussed with Liu Zhang, after all, he was the only one who had this kind of vision, and what Liu Yan didn't know was that Liu Zhang was actually thinking about refuge. It's just that Liu Zhang thinks much farther than Liu Yan, he not only wants to take refuge, but also develop!

Looking at the youngest son sitting on the side, Liu Yan said what he thought in his heart, it turned out that he wanted to take refuge in Jiaozhou, after all, the imperial court had pacified Jiaozhi. But if Liu Yan is allowed to go to Jiaozhi, won't Liu Zhang's plan all fall through? After thinking for a while, Liu Zhang spit out a sentence: "I heard people say that Yizhou has a genius!" ”

Liu Yan was taken aback, but his heart was pounding. As a member of the Han family, who doesn't want to be an emperor? But when you think about it, it's not that easy to do. After discussing for a long time, Liu Yan decided to write to the emperor first, ask him to implement the state pastor system, and then strive to go to Yizhou to be a state pastor.

Within a few days, a sprinkling note was placed on Liu Hong's desk. Liu Yan said to the emperor in the recital: "I think that the assassination of Shi Wei is light, and it cannot be forbidden, and the use of people other than him will increase the riots, but it is recommended to change the Mu Bo, suppress Fang Xia, and select important ministers to occupy his duties..."

After Liu Hong read it, he felt that what Liu Yan said was very reasonable, so he discussed it in the court. In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there are really not many loyal and upright people, although there are many people who can see the disadvantages in it, but they all plan for their own interests, who cares whether the Han will be defeated or not. As a result, Liu Yan's recital was unanimously approved, and the people who were qualified to be state pastors in the Manchu Dynasty began to be active, and the money in Liu Hong's pocket began to flood again.

Since it was Liu Yan who proposed to restore the state pastor system, Liu Hong naturally would not forget his goodness, so he left him a position as a state pastor. Yizhou has the spirit of a genius, Liu Yan naturally will not choose another place, the righteous Liu Hong waved his hand, and Yizhou returned to Liu Yan. Of course, there are also a few states where no one buys the state pastor, for example, Youzhou, Liu Hong cheapened the position of Youzhou pastor to Liu Yu, one of the relatives of the Han family!