In this incident, Liu Bei did not become one of the biggest victors.

His fame, position, and power increased, and he finally began to stop being an errand boy and a scribe, but began to get in touch with the process of really dealing with state affairs, and participated in it justifiably.

As for Yuan Shao, the other biggest beneficiary of this incident, Liu Bei's promotion of status is beneficial and harmless, he happily held a banquet to celebrate Liu Bei's promotion, and frequently toasted at the banquet, praised Liu Bei, praised Liu Bei, and praised Liu Bei, as if there were signs of becoming the first Liu Bei of the Han Dynasty.

As for Yuan Shu, who refused to participate in this matter, he is now in a frenzy of incompetence.

Although Yuan Shao did not publicly execute Yuan Shu because of the family's face, Xu You understood Yuan Shao's psychology very well and mentioned this matter at the banquet many times.

Then Yuan Shao pretended to reprimand Xu You generously, explaining that [Brother She] may not have participated because he was unwell, and everyone must not blame him.

So Yuan Shao got the reputation of a "virtuous brother" again.

This can make Yuan Shu angry, he fell and smashed and beat people in the house, and when he saw someone who was unhappy, he was beaten up, and the whole person was like eating gunpowder, just a little bit.

So for the time being, no one dared to approach Yuan Shu.

Of course, all this that happened to Yuan Shu had nothing to do with Liu Bei.

In the next period of time, Liu Bei frequently went in and out of the mansions of many high-ranking scholars in Luoyang City, and met many people through Yuan Shao's introduction, and became familiar with many families.

While interacting with these families, Liu Bei also got acquainted with Cao Cao's family through Cao Cao's relationship, and became one of the few scholars who officially visited the Cao family, and was warmly welcomed by the Cao family.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, the great farmer, personally came forward to receive Liu Bei, expressed his friendliness to him, and hoped that Liu Bei could be more close to Cao Cao and not be separated.

And......

Cao Cao has anything that can help Liu Bei, so he has to reach out more to help, isn't it a matter of course for friends to help each other?

Of course, it makes sense.

In this way, until June, on the occasion of the scorching summer, Liu Bei's father-in-law, Han Rong, arrived in Luoyang as a speaker.

On that day, Liu Bei took Han Ning and some of his family members out of the city for several miles to greet Han Rong and Mrs. Han, and the family was finally reunited.

Han Rong not only brought a lot of hometown specialties and hometown drinks, but also brought straw sandals and straw mats woven for him by Liu Bei's mother, as well as clothes sewn for him by hand, as well as letters written by Jian Yong himself to introduce the situation of the family.

Liu Bei thanked him for this and had a good drink with Han Rong.

After three rounds of drinking, Mrs. Han and Han Ning reunited after a long absence, and there were endless whispers between mother and daughter.

And Liu Bei and Han Rong went to the courtyard to chat in the cool air.

"Xuande, this time I was in danger and got out of trouble, thanks to misfortune, it is really thanks to you, without you, I should have no choice but to go home now."

Han Rong patted Liu Bei on the shoulder and thanked him.

Liu Bei smiled.

"What my father-in-law said, we are a family, if we don't help each other, can we still stand by and watch?"

"That being said, but in the face of eunuchs, not everyone has the courage to stand up."

Han Rong said with a smile: "I can hear the envoy of the imperial court say that you are also a well-known celebrity in Luoyang now, and you are even fighting against the two eunuchs alone, so that the two eunuchs are helpless against you, and you have completed this feat like a tiger's mouth pulling teeth."

The envoy of the court seemed to admire you very much, and his words were full of praise, and even said that you are the pride of the scholars, Xuande, I am not mistaken, you are today, no one can easily handle you, you are not what you used to be. ”

Liu Bei picked up the fruit that was placed in the fruit bowl on the side and took a bite.

"I should have lived up to your expectations, right?"

"Of course."

Han Rong also picked up a pear and took a bite.

"What you do, even if I have been up and down for many years, I don't dare to imagine, Xuande, I know where my upper limit is, and your upper limit, I can't see it for the time being."

Is my cap?

Liu Bei ate the pear in his hand and thought for a moment.

"You don't know, I don't know, the only thing I know is that when I enter this circle and step into this level, I have no way out, and every step after that must be taken carefully and firmly, I can only climb up step by step, there is no other way."

"yes."

Han Rong sighed and said in a low voice: "As soon as you enter the Huan Sea, it will be difficult to find a way out, and it is impossible to be satisfied with the general way out, otherwise why would I be so ecstatic when I got a Lang?" After all, I also yearn for the high position of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries. ”

Three Princes and Nine Princesses?

This is indeed the ideal and pursuit of the Han Dynasty people.

However, I am not a simple Han Dynasty scholar.

Liu Bei took a bite of the pear in his hand fiercely.

"Do you have any further plans for the future?"

Seeing that Liu Bei didn't speak, Han Rong took the initiative to ask him about his next target.

Liu Bei thought for a while.

"For the time being, let's still aim for the promotion in Shangshutai, the importance of the Taige in the Han Dynasty can still be demonstrated, in the future, I will definitely pursue the position of Shizhong and Shangshu, and strive to gain a firm foothold in the Luoyang Imperial Court, and strive to be promoted in the Luoyang Imperial Court and reach a high position."

"It's a very practical idea, the power of the Han Dynasty is Shangshutai in the center, and the county is in the locality, although the official rank is not too high, but the power is real."

Han Rong said in a low voice: "In the Han Dynasty, high positions do not matter as much power, as long as you can do a position of real power before the age of forty, it is not difficult to serve as a high-ranking official of the Three Princes in the future, and it is more likely that you will directly record Shangshu and become a real prime minister." ”

Is the real prime minister?

Liu Bei knew that this position might still be a very important position for the current Han world, but in the future, in the troubled times, serving as a prime minister may be meaningless to end the troubled times, and no warlord will come soon.

He wants to hug Liu Hong's thigh, but he wants to take the unimagined path before the chaos in the world, which has little to do with whether he becomes the prime minister or not.

This year is already the fifth year of Guanghe, and in a few months from now, the Yellow Turban Uprising will begin.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion marked the end of the "harmonious unity" of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After that, even if Liu Hong still maintained his rule over the Eastern Han Dynasty, his dominance and the deterrence of the Eastern Han Central Committee also greatly declined.

The Yellow Turban Uprising not only dealt a heavy blow to the local powerful forces, the power of some nobles and bureaucrats, but also dealt a blow to the power of those county guards and county orders that Liu Hong and the eunuch clique had so hard placed in the localities, and it can be said that the wave caused almost irreversible damage to the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Since then, rebellions have occurred one after another in the world, the powerful have rebelled, the officials have rebelled, and the foreign clans have rebelled, and the last few years of Liu Hong's life were also eventful in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Isn't the eventful season also a good opportunity to gain status through military exploits?

In times of peace, it is necessary to gain merit and promotion through political achievements, and the speed is relatively slow.

In the war years, you can get credit and promotion through military merit, and the speed is very fast, and it is not impossible to pay homage to the general.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no separation of civil and military, and the general and the prime minister were the pinnacle of the people sought after by everyone, and a general with the identity of a scholar was called a Confucian general and became the envy of everyone.

Therefore, for Liu Bei, the Yellow Turban Rebellion used to seek a path of promotion in the imperial court through political behavior, but after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he had to use the foundation laid earlier to start engaging in the military, throwing pen to paper, and striving for greater benefits through military achievements.

So, Prime Minister?

Forget it.

Next, it's time to prepare for your future.