Liu Bei's high efficiency made Zheng Xuan very impressed.

After listening to Liu Bei's planning and organization of the General Affairs Department, Zheng Xuan appreciated Liu Bei's ability even more.

"The most difficult thing in the world is to command many people to do things together, and what can be done well is either a famous minister or a famous general, Xuande, in the future, you will not know what you will be."

Liu Bei smiled.

"It's not important to be in and out, the important thing is the fulfillment of my generation's long-cherished wish, the formation of the General Affairs Department is to fight against the modern literary school, and the modern literary school will inevitably take action against the teacher and me in the future, and I also ask Zheng Gong to take precautions in advance, so as not to be caught off guard."

Zheng Xuan's face darkened, and he nodded slowly.

"Xuande, sometimes, I also wonder if I'm not suitable for this Luoyang City, I just feel that there are too many conspiracies and calculations in this Luoyang City, and there are too many difficulties and obstacles.

Every step you take, there are people staring at you, every time you do something, there are people staring at you, picking on your mistakes, looking for your trouble, wanting to kill you anytime and anywhere, you say, is this my delusion? ”

Liu Bei thought for a moment.

"This shouldn't be Zheng Gong's delusion, because Bei has a similar feeling, and this feeling has been going on for a long time."

"Won't you be frustrated?"

"Most of the people Bei saw were like this, and they weren't weird, so Bei didn't feel frustrated."

Zheng Xuan was silent for a while.

"This is probably the reason why you can gain a foothold in Luoyang City, and I feel like I am on pins and needles, Xuande, easy to do, easy to do."

Zheng Xuan didn't say anything, waved his hand and asked Liu Bei to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of General Affairs by himself, and he would hold a proper meeting to discuss other matters, and Liu Bei would come to the meeting at that time.

After Liu Bei left Zheng Xuan's mansion, he looked back at this mansion and thought about what Zheng Xuan said just now.

It can only be said that Zheng Xuan's scholarly aura is too strong, and he has not had time to say that it is impossible for him to change his scholarly mentality.

He has always been a scholar, and it may be an unfortunate thing for him to let a scholar intervene in this cruel whirlpool.

But Liu Bei needs Zheng Xuan, and the ancient literature school also needs Zheng Xuan, no one cares about Zheng Xuan's own thoughts, everyone just needs the existence of Zheng Xuan as a symbol of everyone.

It doesn't matter what he thinks, he's there, the most important thing.

He did have the collective obedience and supreme fame of the scholars of the ancient school, but he was not happy at all.

With each political meeting in the past, the smile on his face diminished day by day as the school of antiquity became more and more like a political group.

From this aspect, Liu Bei did feel that he was a little sorry for this little old man.

But......

The smile on his face is getting bigger and bigger.

The total amount of smiles and sorrows in this world has never decreased or increased, but has shifted.

The next day was the day when Liu Bei officially took office as a scholar and shot Zuo Cheng.

This position is not high, but it means a lot to Liu Hong, the appointee.

He seems to be gradually moving away from the diode approach, no longer staring at one group and stubbornly believing that they are evil and everyone else is good.

He seemed to recognize that all the people in front of him were not good things.

Whether it is the ancient literature school or the modern literature school, or even the eunuch power of the inner court, it is not a good thing, it belongs to the three bastards who is more bastard.

But the difference is who can bring him greater benefits, and who can better maintain his power and position.

This is certainly the right thing to do.

Because in the political arena, there should not be anything black and white, it is nothing more than a conflict of interests.

In this regard, Liu Bei has a deeper feeling.

He intuitively felt that Liu Hong had grown a little.

Before the appointment was issued, he had secretly accepted Liu Hong's summons, and when he discussed this issue with Liu Hong, Liu Hong said that he had never seen as clearly as today what the roles of the various factions in the court were.

He felt that this was something he had never drewn into deeply, and he had wanted to know, but there was no channel, and no one was willing to explain these things to him......

Perhaps, but at that time, he was younger and preferred luxury, beauty, wine, food, and fun.

Until now, it was not until Liu Bei woke him up with the words "Luoyang Taishou" that he realized that he seemed to be on the verge of being very dangerous.

The slightest mistake can cause him to lose everything he loves.

He began to have the idea of wanting to change the status quo, and under Liu Bei's suggestion, he did a lot of things, which did bring a lot of change to himself, and he gradually found something more interesting than playing with women in the court.

Of course, it is impossible to change whether you should play with a woman or play with a woman, whether you should spend money or how much you should spend.

In his opinion, the Son of Heaven is admired by thousands of people outside, and he can enjoy luxury inside.

Enjoying the supreme glory and wealth in the world, and being admired by the supreme people, this is what Liu Hong thinks is the "Holy Son of Heaven".

Liu Bei can plan all this for him, or is he a loyal Han clan member who can do whatever it takes for the Son of Heaven, what a loyal minister?

Liu Hongcai doesn't care whether Liu Bei is a second or fifth boy of the ancient literature school, in his eyes, as long as Liu Bei is loyal to him, he is the No. 1 loyal minister of Tianzi.

On the contrary, those who are entangled in other relationships and have reservations about him, the son of heaven, one or two, are all two or five boys!

Erwuzai is not worthy of Liu Hong's trust.

And those who are trusted by Liu Hong will naturally not go too bad in their careers.

Liu Hong couldn't leave Liu Bei, and tried every means to keep Liu Bei by his side, so he discussed with Zhang Rang and arranged a position for Liu Bei to shoot Zuo Cheng.

is not the head of Shangshutai, and his original status and authority are very limited, but in the current special state, Liu Bei can become the actual head of Shangshutai by virtue of this position, managing many things, and only under Yang Ci and Yuan Kui.

Even with the support of the emperor, Yang Ci and Yuan Kui could not influence Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's status advantage of being appointed by the emperor himself was an important basis for him to maintain his position in Shangshutai.

At the beginning, Zhang Rang was a little disapproving of Liu Hong's position for Liu Bei, thinking that Liu Bei lacked experience and couldn't manage too many things, and Mao recommended himself and wanted to take the position of Shang Shuling by himself again.

In the final analysis, the eunuchs are still very eager for the power of Shang Shutai.

Not to mention anything else, the three princes and the two thousand stone cao are the major interests that the eunuchs will not let go of no matter what.

The third prince Cao is in charge of the performance appraisal of state and county officials, and the two thousand stone cao can be involved in judicial litigation between local states and counties, and these two official offices involving local affairs can indeed have a certain deterrent to the local government.

For example, Erqian Shicao was in charge of litigation matters, so that when there was a conflict between the local assassin and the county guard, both sides would scramble to hand their performance to the central government office first.

At that time, when dealing with state and county conflicts, the central government often adopted a preconceived method of handling affairs, and the person who handed the watch first would have an advantage over the person who handed it over later, and could obtain greater benefits in terms of the sentencing result.

This was a very common thing at the time.

Later, Tai Shici, a famous general of Eastern Wu, once offended Qingzhou Assassin for helping Donglai County Guard to prevent Qingzhou Assassin from preemptively serving the success of the performance, so he had to leave his hometown to die in the rivers and lakes to avoid being chased and killed by the grudge Qingzhou Assassin.

This incident proves that before Liu Hong's death, the Luoyang Central Government Office still had a certain deterrent effect on local prefectures and counties.

And in this environment, the person who has the magic weapon of 2,000 Shi Cao can naturally obtain huge benefits, and it is natural to even ask the local state and county for benefits.

That's a lot of money.

(End of chapter)