On the whole, Shangshutai is a tool under the control of imperial power, and whoever gets the imperial power can master Shangshutai.

The disadvantage of scholars and officials at this level is that it is difficult for them to grasp the imperial power through the institutional planning of the Han Empire, while the two forces of eunuchs and relatives can obtain imperial power relatively easily.

Therefore, the scholars and officials did not record the affairs of the book for a long time, and the power could not be compared with the group of relatives and eunuchs who could control the imperial power in a righteous and bright manner.

Although scholars and officials occupy the mainstream in Shangshutai, those who can influence Shangshutai still represent the existence of imperial power.

At present, Liu Hong is an adult pro-government, forming a political alliance with the eunuchs, and the two sides share the imperial power, so they both have influence on Shangshutai, and Liu Hong's influence is more justifiable.

So on this issue, Zhang Rang can't disagree with Liu Hong.

Liu Hong felt more and more that eunuchs could do a good job of conspiracy and trickery, but when it came to business, they were really inferior to professional scholars, and the ability of professional scholars to deal with administrative issues could not be learned by the eunuch group in a short period of time.

In the past, Liu Hong didn't have a trusted cronies, but now he has.

Liu Hong thinks that Liu Bei is Lu Zhi's senior apprentice, and what Lu Zhi can handle, Liu Bei can also handle.

For Zhang Rang, Liu Hong hoped that he would manage Dongyuan well, and use the secret agents and military forces in Dongyuan to compete for judicial power with officials of other factions in the imperial court system, rather than being distracted from the administrative side.

In Liu Hong's plan, Zhang Rang and Dongyuan wanted to fight for him and control the judicial power, and the rest of the eunuchs and Xiyuan made money for him by selling officials and were responsible for finance.

Liu Bei has more tasks, on the one hand, he has to control the administrative power for him in Shangshutai and prevent the loss of administrative power, and on the other hand, he also has to advise him on the reunification of Han academics, which is his mastermind.

In addition, through the relationship between the power of the eunuchs and Empress He, Liu Hong could remotely command the general He Jin to control the Han army in the center of Luoyang.

In this way, he can control all the judicial, administrative, financial, and military powers in place, and then further obtain the academic glory of the Holy Son of Heaven!

Then he will be able to sit back and relax.

He can enjoy the power and glory of the Son of Heaven on the one hand, and enjoy the luxurious life on the other hand.

This bright future is already unshakable in his plan, and his will is more resolute than ever.

Zhang Rang really couldn't resist Liu Hong, so he could only back down and accept the fact that Liu Bei had entered the management of Shangshutai in a sense.

He didn't think that Liu Bei had the ability to do a good job in Shangshutai at this stage, let alone the fight between the two bigwigs of the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, and he would be very uncomfortable in it, so Zhang Rang still had the idea of watching Liu Bei's jokes at first.

But soon he realized he was wrong.

Although Liu Bei does not have much experience and qualifications, he is really strong in terms of specific ability, and he is worthy of being a senior apprentice educated by Lu Zhi.

He was very clear about the administrative operation mode in Shangshutai, and he managed everything that fell under his jurisdiction in an orderly manner.

And in the current state, Liu Bei does not have the actual decision-making power of major affairs, and what can be handed over to him is some things that the bigwigs don't look down on.

The really important thing is that Yang Ci and Yuan Kui are pinching each other over there, and the eunuch will remotely control his agent to participate in the muddy water, and all three aspects are exerting influence, and it is not Liu Bei's turn to show his teeth and claws.

But what he could handle, he handled it well, and nothing went wrong.

Zhang Rang, like many people, did not correctly realize what kind of existence Liu Bei was in the group of young scholars of the ancient literary school, and they still did not realize what Liu Bei's high popularity meant and what it represented.

To put it simply, there are many "fans" of Liu Bei in Shangshutai, where the eunuchs are the most influential and the two schools of modern and ancient literature are comparable.

They either admired Liu Bei's ability to debate the scriptures, or admired Liu Bei's literary brilliance, or admired Liu Bei's military exploits, or they simply felt envious of Liu Bei's fact that he would get the Zuo family's Spring and Autumn Inheritance, so they treated him more cautiously and longed to be appreciated by him.

For them, they didn't dare to expect to be appreciated by a big guy like Lu Zhi, but in the face of Liu Bei, who was as young as them or even younger than them, they felt that they might still have a chance to lose it.

In addition, Liu Bei's previous incident of jumping up and down in the court to seek errands for his cronies and subordinates gradually spread, everyone knows that Liu Bei is really interesting to those who are close to him, and the advertising effect of buying horse bones is considered a bargain.

So let's not talk about those old qualified Shangshu for the time being, the young officials of the ancient literature school in Shangshutai were eaten to death by Liu Bei, and whatever he said was what happened, and nothing happened that was contrary to yang and yin.

The old qualified Shangshu often looks at Lu Zhi's face and is willing to help Liu Bei and help him, so he won't make trouble for him, and he will do everything he needs to do.

In this way, this part of government affairs can of course be handled well.

As for the scholars of the modern literary school, of course, they did not have a good face towards Liu Bei, and several officials who had a close relationship with the Yang family even looked at him with hostile eyes, but this did not mean anything.

Shangshutai is not a place where the two sides of the ancient and ancient texts can start party disputes at will, because the eunuch power, as the third important variable, plays an important balancing role here, so that both sides dare not fight.

Even when the whole party struggle was at its most intense, Shang Shutai was also smooth.

Of course, if they don't make trouble, it doesn't mean that Liu Bei won't do it.

Since entering Shangshutai to work, he has been deeply aware of the importance of Shangshutai to the center of the Eastern Han Empire, and it can be said that if something happens to Shangshutai, the Eastern Han Dynasty will be paraplegic.

And whether it is a minister in normal times or a minister in troubled times who is close to the nature of a warlord, if you want to smoothly hold the authority of the world, as long as the overall structure is not damaged, then Shangshutai is an institution that must be controlled.

Therefore, whether it is for the distant vision or the current development, it is necessary for Liu Bei to work hard in Shangshutai, enhance his voice in Shangshutai by making friends and installing his own people, and take precautions.

In a sense, the Ministry of General Affairs is Liu Bei's talent pool, and his social can play a good role in Shangshutai.

In just one month, all the young officials of the ancient literature school in Shangshutai were familiar to him.

Not only did he remember the names of these colleagues, but he also remembered the interests of some people in key positions.

It would be great if there were any other people who were his fans, and he would use the same methods as Ruan Yu to deal with them, inscribe and sign them, or write a poem to give them in his own handwriting.

In a short period of time, Liu Bei used the way idols treated fans to attract a lot of officials who already had a good impression of him, which was equivalent to establishing his own fan group in Shangshutai.

In a sense, Liu Bei played with Shangshutai.

(End of chapter)