Since the end of the Hedong crisis, Zhang Rang has become more and more obvious that the relationship between He Jin, He Miao's brothers and the eunuchs has begun to be a little alienated.

Originally, He Jin and He Miao brothers paid great attention to maintaining the relationship with the eunuchs, often walking around, giving gifts, and not forgetting filial piety during the New Year's holidays.

But after the Hedong crisis, the He brothers' "filial piety" was a little less punctual, and even some of the eunuchs' requests were prevaricated by He Jin for various reasons, or even ignored.

Zhang Rang talked to He Jin once, but the two broke up unhappily.

He Jin was unwilling to accept Zhang Rang's opinion, and Zhang Rang could not accept He Jin's confrontational attitude.

This clear sense of alienation made Zhang Rang and the other eunuchs very uneasy.

He Jin is the military spokesperson of the eunuch group that they have single-handedly supported and cultivated, and he should not become a real general with an independent consciousness and individual power, which is not only unacceptable to the eunuchs, but also unacceptable to Emperor Liu Hong.

What's worse is that according to the news found out by the Dongyuan spies, He Jin and Yuan Shao, the son of the Yuan family, have been moving around more frequently during this period of time, and the relationship with Yuan Shao has become hot, and then some of Yuan Shao's friends have been introduced to the General's Mansion as subordinates.

He Jin was originally entrusted with the military power of the Northern Army of Luoyang because of the previous incident, and the Yuan family also mastered some military power in Luoyang City because of the military exploits of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

It is very dangerous for the military forces around and within the city to be controlled by others and not within their sphere of influence, which means that the foundation of their power is shaken.

Zhang Rang told Liu Hong about this uneasiness, and Liu Hong also felt uneasy.

The reason why He Jin was able to be a general and grasp the military power was mainly because of his kinship with himself and his low family background, which made He Jin have the characteristics of being convenient for the imperial power.

Liu Hong needs Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, is an obedient tool man, not a general with independent consciousness, the position of the general itself is very terrifying, but the person who holds the position of the general himself has the ability and status to control this power, in order to give full play to the power of the position of the general.

And the original He Jin did not have that kind of ability and status at all.

But now, now that He Jin and the Yuan family are so close, the relationship seems to be very close, what are they going to do?

Did he want to seek a higher position and power so that he could carry forward the power of his great general?

He wants to rise to power?

Continuing like this, Liu Hong was very skeptical that he would be able to successfully control the He family's relatives.

Liu Hong frowned, feeling uneasy, and then asked Zhang Rang for advice.

"What is the best way to deal with it? If you can, how about cutting the military power of He Jin and Yuan? Cutting their military power will naturally suppress their power, right? ”

Zhang Rang looked embarrassed.

"Military power is a more serious matter, and the military power of the He and Yuan clans is not only to pay a lot of money to Xiyuan, but also because of their military exploits on the battlefield in Hedong, so it is not without foundation.

If there is no justification, it is necessary to reduce the military power of meritorious heroes, which is easy to cause controversy between the government and the opposition, uneasiness, opposition from the ministers, and rampant rumors, and when the time comes, the benefits to Your Majesty may not outweigh the disadvantages. ”

"So what to do?"

Liu Hong pondered for a moment, and suddenly realized a more serious problem.

If He Jin is beyond his control, or even joins forces with the Yuan clan to form an alliance, the impact will be far more than just military power, and there will be a more important impact!

Crown prince!

Liu Hong has not been officially crowned crown prince so far!

Liu Hong is not very old, he has not had many children, and many heirs have died young, and there are only two who have survived to the present, the eldest son Liu Wei, fifteen years old, and the second son Liu Xie, seven years old.

According to common sense, the position of crown prince must belong to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei is the sister-in-law of Liu Hong and Empress He, regardless of identity or age, it meets the needs of the crown prince.

But Liu Hong didn't like Liu Bian.

The reasons for this are naturally Liu Wei's lack of intelligence, weak personality, etc., but the more reason is that Liu Hong no longer likes Queen He.

Relying on her superior posture, appearance and technology to defeat Queen Song, Queen He also has a day of old age and decay, and the most important thing in the harem is women, plus Liu Hong likes to collect beauties from all over the world, Queen He will eventually have a day when she can't support it.

As the years passed, Liu Hong's feelings for Queen He became weaker and weaker, but this alone could not make Queen He completely defeated, she was still the queen in the end.

What really made the relationship between Queen He and Liu Hong almost break was the fact that she poisoned Wang Meiren.

After that incident, after Liu Hong almost wanted to be abolished, if it weren't for the eunuchs trying their best to help, the status of the He family was very much in line with Liu Hong's requirements for relatives, once abolished, it would be difficult to find such a suitable relative.

This statement hit Liu Hong's major needs, so Liu Hong hesitated for a while at that time and vetoed the idea of abolishing the queen.

But because of his dissatisfaction and disgust with Queen He, Liu Hong is even more unlikely to like Liu Wei, and Liu Xie is indeed naïve, smart and cute, and he is very pleasing to Liu Hong in all aspects.

On this basis, every time Empress He saw Liu Hong, she had to knock on the side about the establishment of the crown prince, which made Liu Hong more and more depressed, and hated the hateful woman more and more, and was even more reluctant to make Liu Wei the crown prince.

But to say that Liu Hong plans to abolish Chang Liyoung, it is not like that.

Abolishing the long and young is a big deal, as a representative of the small sect into the big sect, Liu Hong cares very much about the four words of righteousness.

Liu Wei is the son of the queen, the rightful son-in-law, and the eldest son of Liu Hong now, and the word eldest has been occupied.

If the eldest son is deposed and the concubine Liu Xie is appointed as the crown prince, it will inevitably cause huge turmoil in the government and the opposition, and it will cause a violent wave of opposition.

At the beginning, Liu Hong faced a situation that even if the He family's relatives became generals, they couldn't do well.

Their backgrounds are too low, they have no political foundation, and they are not enough to reach the point of opposing the royal family, so Liu Hong is not worried about how the He family's relatives can influence the government.

They're just tool people.

It's just that Queen He's poisoning of Wang Meiren back then really made Liu Hong very disgusted, hating the house and Wu, Liu Hong just didn't want to see Queen He proud because her son became the crown prince.

He just wanted to drag this matter and not make a decision until the last moment of his life, so as to torture Queen He repeatedly, to punish her for her cruelty back then, and to vent her evil anger for poor Wang Meiren.

Liu Hong's plan was successful, Queen He was indeed tortured very uncomfortable because of this matter, and she often felt worried over the years.

Liu Hong's heart was full of the thrill of revenge.

But time has passed, and as He Jin has been in the position of general for longer and longer, he has slowly made some contributions, accumulated some fame, and mastered some power, and gradually became not so well-behaved, easy to handle, and even a little out of control.

Liu Hong began to feel a little wrong.

Now listening to Zhang Rang's report, Liu Hong can easily draw conclusions-

He Jin and the Yuan family are so close, perhaps it is inseparable from the plan for the position of the crown prince.

They are dissatisfied with the status quo, so they pin their hopes on the next emperor.

The cunning He family and the cunning Yuan family must be preparing for Liu Wei to obtain the crown prince.

Once Liu Wei becomes the crown prince and becomes the emperor, with the current status of Empress He and He Jin, they will almost certainly be able to become relatives in power, and there is no doubt that Liu Wei's weak temperament can control the He family at that time.

He couldn't do it.

He will definitely become a puppet in the hands of Queen He and He Jin, and he can't be called a powerful son at all, and if the foundation of the old Liu family is not good, he will become a plaything in the hands of the He brothers and sisters!

How can this situation be accepted by Liu Hong?

(End of chapter)