Yuan Shao was also a little surprised that the Son of Heaven wanted to establish a new army.

He felt that this was a bit strange.

"There has never been a rumor before, why is it that all of a sudden the Son of Heaven is about to establish a new army? Is someone behind the scenes? Is it a eunuch? ”

"I also feel puzzled, and I also feel that someone is provoking the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven wants to set up a new army, but I, as a general, don't know the news, which is clearly aimed at me, can I turn a blind eye to such a situation?"

He Jin was very annoyed and said: "Previously, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong talked to me about some things, but we didn't talk about it, it was very unpleasant, come to think of it, this matter is inseparable from Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others!" ”

Yuan Shao also felt faintly uneasy.

"The matter of setting up a new army is indeed not a trivial matter, there must be eunuchs involved, but your position is as stable as Mount Tai, you have not made mistakes, and the Son of Heaven has no reason to limit your power, you can rest assured."

Yuan Shao's appeasement did not make He Jin feel better.

He Jin paced back and forth in his mansion, and suddenly thought of a terrifying possibility.

"At the beginning, not to mention the provocation of the eunuchs, you said that the Son of Heaven was so aimed at me that he wanted to set up a new army, did ...... Have an idea about the selection of the crown prince? ”

He Jin's question startled Yuan Shao.

He really didn't have such an idea before, but when He Jin mentioned it, Yuan Shao suddenly felt that there was a bit of a doorway here.

The emperor's eldest son, Liu Bian, was born by He Jin's sister Empress He, these two people are related to each other, He Jin is naturally a supporter of Liu Bian, and Liu Bian's interests can be safeguarded to the greatest extent as the emperor, which everyone knows.

Before, Liu Hong had never mentioned the matter of establishing a prince.

It has been mentioned constantly, but because the political struggle and external struggle environment in recent years have been too bad, various major events have taken turns to grab the headlines, occupying all of everyone's energy.

So the big guys in the court didn't make much effort to this place.

Moreover, Liu Hong is only in his thirties, and his health seems to be good, there is no sign of early death, and everyone will not put their minds anywhere.

Let's fight for power first.

Liu Wei is the son of the queen, Liu Hong's son-in-law, and the natural heir to the throne, as long as there are no major problems, there will be no mistakes in the inheritance of the throne.

To talk about competitors, apart from Liu Wei, the only surviving son of Liu Hong is Liu Xie, and Liu Xie is only seven years old this year, which is even less convincing than the fifteen-year-old Liu Wei.

Who would be concerned about the succession of the throne at this time?

However, Liu Hong's sudden move made many people's thinking deviate from the battle for the storage position, and then thought of a terrifying word that was enough to shake the stability of the central government and the legitimacy of the throne - abolishing the long and the young.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Liu Hong just doesn't like Liu Wei, but he didn't think about abolishing the elder and the young, he himself is a small sect into a large sect, in order to maintain the legitimacy of the system's governing status, the inheritance of the eldest son is a very necessary political measure.

And Liu Bian's age advantage is very large, as long as there is a little possibility, Liu Hong will not choose the young Liu Xie and give up the older Liu Bian, although Liu Bian's character is indeed very weak.

But he's old!

But perhaps because Liu Hong had done too many ridiculous things that seemed unreliable to everyone before, so that when he rarely wanted to do something beneficial to the power of the Liu royal family, he was widely misunderstood by the outside world as having the intention of abolishing the elder and establishing the young.

It is difficult for both the ancient and modern schools of literature to accept, and this is a matter that seriously shakes the state system and the fundamental law, and is an important choice that will affect the legitimacy of the Han Empire's rule.

Unless Liu Wei did something rebellious or died of illness, then it was Liu Xie's turn, as long as Liu Wei was alive and did not commit a crime, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military would naturally support Liu Wei, not Liu Xie.

Of course, there are people who will support Liu Xie, such as Liu Hong's mother, Empress Dowager Dong, and her nephew Dong Chong, these two people are definitely important forces in supporting Liu Xie.

He Jin knew some of the true information in the palace.

For example, Empress Dowager Dong has always disliked Empress He because of Queen He's poisoning of Wang Meiren, and often gives her a look, whether it is a New Year's holiday party or a major sacrificial ceremony, Empress Dowager Dong always has to embarrass Empress He.

And Empress He has been angry with the Empress Dowager Dong many times, and she is also full of complaints and even hatred towards the Empress Dowager Dong, and often complains about He in private, thinking that the Empress Dowager Dong is too bad, and she wants to tear up that hateful old face or something.

It can be said that the relationship between this pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is very acute and dislikes each other, but whenever possible, they must target each other.

In the context of a modern city, a bloody family ethics drama with more than 70 episodes of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fighting can be put into pieces.

And this is the best result, because there are perfect laws in modern times, but there are no in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Eastern Han Dynasty only has "two palaces of blood".

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that after Wang Meiren was poisoned by Empress He, Liu Hong handed over Liu Xie to the Empress Dowager Dong to raise in order to protect the young Liu Xie, so everyone in the palace called Liu Xie "Dong Hou".

Obviously, Liu Xie, who was raised by Empress Dowager Dong since childhood, must be closer to Empress Dowager Dong, and naturally has hatred for Empress He, who has a hatred for killing her mother.

Therefore, Liu Xie's existence has always been a thorn in the heart of the He family.

They knew that if Liu Xie ascended to the throne, the He family would definitely be liquidated, even if Liu Xie himself did not dislike the He family, out of the requirements of filial piety, social ethics could not tolerate his indifference to the He family, which was beyond doubt.

And even if Liu Xie can't become the emperor, as long as he is still alive and alive, he has a natural and irresolvable hatred with Empress He, and it is difficult to say what this hatred will become in the end.

Therefore, the brother and sister Queen He and He Jin have always been very worried about Liu Xie's existence.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Liu Hong's recruitment of Zhuang Ding to form a new army came out, even He Jin's not too keen political sense immediately smelled the smell of danger, and he thought all the way along the channel of thought, and soon thought of the possibility of abolishing Chang Liyu and liquidating the He family.

He Jin was greatly alarmed.

"If the Son of Heaven wants to target the He clan and abolish the elder and the younger, then how can it be good? In the beginning, did He commit such a great sin? Is it time for Ho to be cleared? ”

Yuan Shao looked at He Jin's panicked appearance, and at the same time felt a little disdain in his heart, he also felt a little worried.

He couldn't figure out whether the real purpose of this wave of operations between the Son of Heaven and the eunuchs was aimed at the He family, after all, abolishing Chang Liyu was a fatal thing, and if the Son of Heaven really took the wrong medicine and decided to abolish Chang Liyou, it would be a big problem.

If an adult genius wants to target a special person, no matter how powerful that person is, it will be very uncomfortable.

Gang Chang ethics is superior, minister, how can he fight against the Son of Heaven?

"All in all, we can't be sure too much in the current state, and we should immediately send people to find out the news!"

Yuan Shao said: "And before that, my generation must not mess with itself, and the general will be a little restless." ”

He Jin thought about it and had no other way, so he could only entrust Yuan Shao to inquire about the news in many ways, and at the same time mobilize the officials of the General's Mansion to find out the news together.

After learning the news, the general Shi Wangqian, Dong Cao Peng Wufu, Dong Cao Peng Kuaiyue, Peng Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Han Zhuo, Ling Shi Bianrang, etc., no matter what kind of thoughts they had in their hearts, they all went out together to find out the news.

Yuan Shao also mobilized his friends and partners, He Hao, Xu You and others, together to mobilize their connections to inquire about the news, just to determine whether this matter had anything to do with the abolition of Chang Liyou.

As soon as He Jin's side took action, Zhang Rang's side quickly learned the news through the Dongyuan spies, and learned that He Jin, Yuan Shao and others began to act, and inquired about the news in many ways, so he told Liu Hong about it.

Liu Hong sneered, thinking that He Jin was already nervous, which was a good thing.

Now that he knows that he is nervous, he should restrain his behavior as soon as possible, and if he continues to do wrong things, don't blame him for further suppressing He Jin's power.

This pair of god-level monarchs and ministers completely failed to understand the core interests of each other, and they also lacked political mutual trust between them, and lacked key ways of political understanding.

It wasn't a big deal, but it changed so inexplicably.

The situation in Luoyang City suddenly escalated because of this incident, and it became very tense.

At the same time, there was another war in Sichuan and Shu.

(End of chapter)