Based on past experience and what happened, Liu Hong believes that Liu Bei is an excellent talent, a figure who is enough to compete with Yuan Kui and He Jin and escort the emperor of the Liu family.

Therefore, after that, he must find an opportunity to transfer Liu Bei back to Luoyang and give him major powers, so as to contend with the Yuan family and the He family, and support the power of the Liu family's son of heaven.

However, Liu Hong thought about it again and found a shortcoming of Liu Bei.

Compared with powerful opponents like Yuan Kui and He Jin, Liu Hong felt that although Liu Bei had enough ability, talent, and identity, he still lacked something important.

The right to open the government.

In the Han system, only the three dukes and the general have the right to open the mansion, so at present, the entire Han Dynasty has the power to open the mansion and summon the people of the world, because there is a vacancy at the moment, so at present, there are only three people, Yuan Kui, Lu Zhi and He Jin.

They can build their own political forces throughout the country, establish a huge network of political power, and in a certain sense, win the hearts of the people of the world.

But Liu Bei couldn't, and Liu Bei's influence was limited to Liangzhou, Yizhou, and the land of Three Rivers.

This level of influence could not support Liu Bei's success against the Yuan and He clans.

Although Lu Zhi is Liu Bei's teacher, in this matter, Liu Hong can't trust Lu Zhi, he can only trust Liu Bei, and Liu Bei lacks the right to open the government, so he still lacks the killer weapon to participate in the top-level political game in the real sense.

So, what to do?

Appoint Liu Bei as Sikong?

Or do you want to break through the restrictions and give the right to open the palace to the hussar generals?

Liu Hong began to have a clearer idea of this matter in his heart, but he did not disclose this idea to anyone for the time being.

Liu Hong felt that he was only in his thirties, and it was not time to think about this matter.

He didn't think that he would be finished so early, he felt that he was still very capable of carrying and building, at least he could live until Liu Wei became an adult and matured, and he still had a lot of time to operate slowly and prepare slowly.

Of course, the weakening of the power of the He clan and the Yuan clan cannot be slowed down, and it must be carried out immediately.

For these two difficult opponents with the right to open the government, if they are really called the climate, it will be too difficult to deal with, even if Liu Bei is called back, in the face of their deep foundation, Liu Bei may not be able to win a complete victory.

Therefore, Liu Hong decided to set up a new army as soon as possible, starting from the military level, to build an army that completely belonged to the Liu clan and belonged to the imperial power, and used this army as a fulcrum to leverage the situation.

He endured the heartache and appropriated the funds, personally presided over the selection of talents, and selected talents from the two systems of the eunuch system and the Hongdu Gate system, and tried to completely control this army.

And in the middle of this link, something went wrong.

Zhang Rang originally thought that Liu Hong's choice of the head of the new army would be selected from the few people he recommended, and no matter how bad it was, he would be selected from the people recommended by Zhao Zhong.

This new army will be the latest achievement of the alliance of emperors and eunuchs, and will jointly carry out the will of this alliance.

But he never expected that the person selected by Liu Hong was named Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo's position is just a small yellow door, which cannot reach the side of the permanent attendants, and does not belong to the traditional high-level eunuch system, and the relationship with the current ten permanent attendants is not close, and there is no interaction between them.

And the main reason why he was selected was that he was sturdy and strategic, and he was an extremely rare "talent" with military ability in the eunuch group, and a rare "real man" in the eunuch group.

Before Liu Hong chose him, no one knew that he could be selected by Liu Hong.

And Liu Hong's reason for choosing Jian Shuo is also very simple.

The status is low, it is difficult to have any confidence in the emperor, he will be more obedient, and he does not have much relationship in the eunuch group, it is easier to handle, and it is easy to brush up loyalty.

In short, compared to Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, who already had a stable interest group, Jian Shuo was more likely to be loyal to the emperor than his own interest group.

To be honest, Liu Hong had planned to select a few of the people selected by Zhang Rang and others to serve as the main officers of the new army, and even planned to appoint Zhao Zhong to lead the new army.

But just as he was about to make up his mind, he suddenly remembered something.

During the Taiping Dao Rebellion before, the eunuch group in the palace was infiltrated by the Taiping Dao, and many people joined the Taiping Dao, and even planned to assist Zhang Jiao in attacking him.

In the end, the conspiracy was destroyed, and Liu Hong's safety was not threatened, but this matter was real.

Liu Hong still remembers that incident vividly, although he was dealt with by Zhang Rang and others with a lot of money, and he also put the responsibility on the dead last generation of ten permanent servants, and that matter seems to have turned a page.

But when it comes to really important things, the thorn buried deep in Liu Hong's heart began to ache faintly again.

He began to wonder if Zhang Rang and the others were absolutely loyal to him.

This kind of thing about the future pattern cannot be trusted without absolute loyalty.

That feeling of faint pain made Liu Hong worry about the selection of talents recommended by Zhang Rang and others to master the strength of the Xiyuan Army.

In the end, this feeling prompted Liu Hong not to choose the candidates provided by Zhang Rang and others, but from his limited memory, he promoted Jian Shuo, a special existence, and handed over the task of forming a new army and leading the new army to Jian Shuo.

Liu Hong believes that it is a very direct and convenient thing to command the new army through Jian Shuo's remote control, on the other hand, through Zhang Rang and others to command the new army, it is inevitable to go through additional procedures such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, which Liu Hong does not like.

Jian Shuo was inexplicably surprised, learning that the power of heaven fell on his head, he was a surprise in addition to a surprise, and then cried and ran to Liu Hong to thank him for his loyalty, and under Liu Hong's encouragement, he decided to repay Liu Hong with his life for his kindness.

On the other hand, the traditional Ten Standing Attendants are suspicious, wary and dissatisfied with the sudden rise of Jian Shuo.

Regarding Liu Hong's sudden promotion of Jian Shuo, a little yellow man, to be the commander of the new army, even Zhang Rang, who served by Liu Hong's side, was not clear and could not understand it, and further developed deeper worries, thinking that Liu Hong did not trust them.

If they lose Liu Hong's trust, it will be very fatal for them.

There are so many interests, and the plate of interests is so big, and suddenly a man with a new army to intervene in this gluttonous feast is a threat to each of them.

But it was the Son of Heaven who did this, and what the Son of Heaven meant, they could not speculate.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong knocked on the side of this matter a few times, trying to get Liu Hong to say what he thought, but Liu Hong didn't say anything, just prevaricated, as if this matter didn't exist.

From the very beginning of the establishment of the new army, it faced uneasiness within the imperial power group, which was obviously not a good thing.

And for people outside the imperial power, it is even more unpleasant.

From the time there was a faint rumor of this matter, Yuan Kui and He Jin heard about it, and they thought it was nonsense at first.

But as time went on, it wasn't until the people sent by Liu Hong to recruit troops had scattered that they had to confirm that Liu Hong really wanted to do something.

Thinking further about this matter, as well as some gossip within the eunuchs obtained by the Yuan family, Yuan Kui even came to a conclusion - the emperor set up a new army, I am afraid that it was not only for He Jin, but also for the Yuan family.

It is said that the reason why the Son of Heaven had the idea of wanting to set up a new army was because he was dissatisfied with the fact that Yuan and He Jin were relatively close.

Yuan Kui's heart felt faintly uneasy, he felt that he seemed to be a little too jumpy recently, and the matter of arranging for Yuan's children to join the army and obtain important military positions was really a bit of a blink, not to mention that Yuan Shao still had a very good relationship with He Jin.

When such news spread, the Son of Heaven became aware of it, which made the Son of Heaven feel insecure, so he decided to set up a new army......

This situation was completely unexpected by Yuan Kui.

He really wanted to establish the transcendent political status of the Yuan family, but he didn't expect Liu Hong to be so vigilant about this matter, and he decided to launch a counterattack so quickly and be on guard in advance.

He Jin was also very uneasy about this matter, and he found Yuan Shao to discuss this matter with Yuan Shao.

(End of chapter)