Chapter Eighty-Three: Cheating Favor
"Your Highness can refuse to admonish, but you can't expel and recall, the state has a reckless minister who will not die in his country, otherwise the loyal minister will not dare to enter his scheme, and the evil minister will do his own government, which is a harm to the country."
That Lu Yu is Lu Zhi's sister-in-law, because Lu Zhi was removed from office in the last party disaster, and then after a series of operations, Lu Yu was promoted to the position of the third prince.
This can be regarded as a compromise on Hou Lan's side, the most important positions still have to be selected among relatives and scholars, and he has to admit that those sour Confucians are still good in terms of ability in addition to adding blockages to themselves.
You can't choose the powerful Xun family, the Zhong family, etc., nor can you choose the Yuan family, the Chen family, and the Sima family.
In this comparison, although Lu Yu is also a scholar, it is not the worst situation, and Hou Lan also wooed Lu Yu, but to no avail.
Hearing Lu Yu's reply, Hou Lan frowned slightly, and was thinking about rebuttal.
Liu Xie, who was behind him, didn't care about the content of the conversation, and suddenly interjected, "Ah Lan, can you have a banquet?" I'm hungry. ”
When Hou Lan heard this, he turned around with a spring breeze on his face, "I respectfully follow the words of His Royal Highness, and now we have a banquet." ”
After that, he raised his left hand and swept out, the guard took the order and forked Zhong Di out, while Lu Yu was extremely embarrassed and could only feel that he had retracted his seat.
Seeing that his subordinates were taken out, there was nothing he could do, to some extent, the five-year-old Liu Xie was more 'unreasonable' than the current Emperor Han Ling.
At least their experience in the past two days has determined a major event, Hou Lan has 'won' the new monarch, and he will still be the eunuch's world for the next twenty years.
All the officials sat upright as if they were walking on thin ice, not daring to make the slightest sound, and only Liu Xie's laughter echoed around the entire hall.
After Liu Xie ate for a while, he couldn't bear it, so he grabbed Hou Lan and asked around.
Hou Lan also bent his waist very low, patiently explaining to Liu Xie in detail.
Then he stopped his gaze on Sun Ming, pulled the corner of Hou Lan's clothes, pointed at Sun Ming and said, "This person is Ah Lan, the fast son-in-law you told me two days ago?" ”
Hou Lan saw that Liu Xie took the initiative to mention Sun Ming, and he also chuckled in his heart, not knowing what Liu Xie meant.
He originally planned to slowly inculcate Sun Ming's deeds with Liu Xie, so that Liu Xie, the future monarch, could have a good impression of Sun Ming after he ascended the throne.
Don't look at Hou Lan's current power, he himself doesn't have the slightest transgression to the 'Golden Throne', it can be said that their eunuchs are absolutely loyal in some aspects.
Unlike the loyalty points of the scholars, the scholars were loyal to the Han family, while those like Hou Lan were loyal to the emperor alone.
Seeing that Liu Xie took the initiative to point out, Hou Lan glanced at Sun Ming with a look and signaled to come out.
Sun Ming comprehended, got up from the couch, bowed out and saluted, "The minister is the thief general Sun Ming." ”
"Well, Ah Lan told me your story, you contribute to the community, I want to reward you heavily." Liu Xie used his immature voice to imitate the usual appearance of Empress Dowager Dong and Emperor Ling of Han as much as possible.
But just one sentence, he couldn't imitate it anymore, he touched his clothes, and said anxiously as if he was awake from a dream, "But I don't have any treasures on me today, and I have nothing to reward." ”
As he spoke, he touched his jade talisman plate, took it off his waist, and held the jade in his right hand.
He said with a spring breeze on his face, "Come, this reward for you." ”
When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but exclaim, this is how much they can afford Sun Ming, so they will reward him with their jade plate.
Sun Ming never expected that the increase in attribute favorability would have an immediate effect on children, because attribute points were very valuable, and he had not experimented on children before.
Immediately knelt down again and said, "Your Highness, this must not be, how dare you ask for Your Highness's jade plate, the ministers for the country to eliminate traitors, and suppress the yellow scarves, all of which are their duties, and they dare not ask for any more rewards." ”
After that, keep your head, hands, and knees touching the ground at the same time and wait for Liu Xie to reply.
Liu Xie put down his raised hand, turned his head suspiciously, and asked, "Ah Lan, can't this jade plate be rewarded?" I remember that there are still a few pieces in the official department, can't this piece be given to General Sun? ”
As soon as Hou Lan heard this, his whole person was so excited that he almost jumped up, but he had been cultivating for many years, and his joy and anger were invisible, and he suppressed the emotions in his heart in just one breath.
"Your Highness, it can be, it's a little valuable, our family thinks you can remember it first, and then reward it when you return to Jingluo."
Hearing this, Liu Xie said happily, "Daddy once taught me, and I must not reward the meritorious ministers, otherwise I will be a faint king in the future." ”
Then he got down from the couch and came straight to Sun Ming, he bent down and gently placed the jade plate in his hand in Sun Ming's hand.
"General Sun is holding the cards, get up quickly."
After that, he followed the appearance of the elder and wanted to help Sun Ming up.
Sun Ming was flattered and cooperated with Liu Xie's movements, and at this moment he really felt what it meant to be 'a confidant is dead'.
"It is clearly determined that it is the mission of his life to carry forward the benevolence of His Royal Highness, and he must strive for this for the rest of his life, and he will die for the rest of his life."
The value of this piece of jade is not high, but it represents the value of Liu Xie, the future monarch.
The eyes of the people around him widened, and they were both envious and jealous in their hearts, and it was conceivable that Sun Ming would be a day when he would rise to the sky in one step.
Everyone is all due to Hou Lan, even Hou Lan himself was a little confused by this accident, and His Royal Highness's attitude towards Sun Ming was a little abnormal.
But after all, it's a good thing, he just stood behind Liu Che and watched all this silently, and didn't bother.
Then He Jin was so angry that his teeth were about to crush, he already felt that Sun Ming's danger was higher than that of Hou Lan.
He didn't dare to say anything to stop it, the prince gave someone a piece of jade, and his third prince also had to come forward, which would be too cheap.
Do you want to reason with a five-year-old child? Besides, under the 'brainwashing' of Hou Lan and others, Liu Xie may not have a good impression of their relatives.
After Liu Xie helped Sun Ming, he also returned to the big seat and sat down, and began to pretend to ask Hou about some national affairs.
Because Liu Xie, the little prince, was kneeling and standing during the day, he consumed too much physical strength, and now he began to want to sleep as soon as he was full.
Although he tried his best to stay awake during the banquet, he inevitably began to take a nap.
Seeing this, Hou Ran also ended the banquet early, and went back to rest with Liu Xie, and the officials were about to disperse before they were full.
As soon as several officials left the hall, they immediately surrounded Sun Ming, and everyone had smiles on their faces, including some high-ranking officials who stayed out of the matter, such as Dong Cheng.
And He Jin and the others left as if they didn't see it, saying that it was false not to envy.
"Oh, I didn't expect General Sun to be so favored by His Royal Highness, the future is immeasurable, the old man still has some good wine at home, and he will definitely come to my house another day."
The one who spoke was Dong Situ, and from the seat arrangement just now, he knew that he and Hou Lan were in the same faction.
Although he is also a relative force, he and Empress Dowager Dong supported Liu Xie's ascension.
Dong Cheng is the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dong, he is the beneficiary of the disaster of the last party system, he is a lonely foreign official, not to say that he is high and powerful, but he also has no worries about food and clothing.
After overthrowing the Shi clan, Hou Ran selected this 'honest man', allowing him to jump multiple levels in just half a year, and under the influence of the Empress Dowager Dong, he was directly ranked as the third duke.