For Liu Hong's excuse, Empress Dowager Dong was very dissatisfied.

She angrily reprimanded Liu Hong.

"You always have so many reasons that you can't get anything done! If you really have the determination and perseverance to do something, how can you not do it? You are the emperor, the supreme in the world, what can't be done? It's just that you don't do anything, so that you have today! ”

Liu Hong sighed.

"Now it makes no sense to say this, what the mother said, the son knows, right now, isn't the son trying to find a way to deal with the He family and the Yuan family? It's just that they do...... They really went too far! They...... cough cough cough cough ...... Ahem, ahem, ahem! ”

Speaking of He Jin and Yuan Kui, Liu Hong was angry again, and couldn't help coughing, and Empress Dowager Dong and Jian Shuo hurriedly helped him calm down.

After coughing for a while, Liu Hong felt a little better before sighing.

"They deceived Yu'er with the words of Wei Wei, and recruited troops other than Luoyang into Luoyang, and now those troops obey He Jin's orders, if they want to take it away again, it is quite difficult, there was no such thing originally, but now it is even more difficult......"

"So, Hong, do you still want to defend yourself as the crown prince?"

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Liu Hong and slowly asked this question.

Liu Hong was silent for a long time and nodded slowly.

"Er really hates the He family, and he doesn't have a good impression of the debate because of this, but after all, the debate is also the blood of the royal family, and he is the most suitable candidate at present, as for the association...... I really like the association, but the identity of the association is really not good, if it is forcibly registered, it will avoid ups and downs, and it will also affect my mother's health in her old age......"

"But if you make a defense, will I be able to be well?"

Empress Dowager Dong wiped a handful of tears: "You're okay, if you have any three longs and two shortcomings, once the He family gains power, will you spare me, the old woman and the poor child of Xie?" Have you thought about this? Can't you see He's hatred for me? ”

Liu Hong slowly stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears for the Empress Dowager Dong.

"Of course I've thought about it, isn't the West Garden Army canonized for this? For this reason, Er abandoned everything and did not let anyone interfere, just for the Xiyuan Army to truly defend the royal family, if Er can use the Xiyuan Army to suppress the He family and eradicate the Yuan family, everything will naturally be good, if not, the Xiyuan Army is the last reliance of the mother and the association. ”

Empress Dowager Dong was slightly surprised.

"Hong, are you going to hand over the Xiyuan Army to Xie?"

"It's too early to talk about that."

Liu Hong smiled and said: "Wait for Er's body to get a little better, let's take a look at the situation, all in all, I will try my best to protect you and Xie, and never let you be harmed." ”

Empress Dowager Dong wiped a few more handfuls of tears.

"I'm old, and my future health and well-being are all in my son's thoughts, my son, you must be cautious!"

"I know."

Liu Hong nodded slowly.

After sending off the Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Hong lay on the bed and quietly thought about many things, and after Jian Shuo came back, Liu Hong looked at Jian Shuo and said: "Jian Shuo, if I die now, are you sure that you can use the Xiyuan Army to defeat the forces of the He and Yuan clans?" ”

Jian Shuo looked at Liu Hong with a confused expression, not knowing what medicine Liu Hong had taken wrong, and he was actually crazy here.

"Minister...... Minister...... The minister will do his best. ”

"That's it, it's embarrassing for you."

Liu Hong shook his head and said with a wry smile: "After all, it is too difficult for you to face the two ministers of the opening of the palace, even I find it difficult, not to mention you, if you can protect yourself, it is already very good." ”

After another moment of silence, Liu Hong suddenly spoke.

"Wouldn't it be better if I got a helper back?"

"What is the helper that Your Majesty is talking about?"

"Liu Xuande."

"Liu Xuande?"

Jian Shuo was puzzled: "Isn't he in Liangzhou as a Liangzhou pastor?" Now he is still in charge of the Yizhou military, and he has a lot of responsibilities, how can he come back? Does His Majesty want him to end his term of office and return to Luoyang to take office? That's fine, but it will take some time, right? ”

"I have this idea."

Liu Hong said slowly: "There are not many people I can trust, Xuande is one, he is very capable, he also has military talents, and he has more prestige, if he can return to Luoyang and use it for me, he will definitely be able to compete with He Jin and Yuan Kui, so your pressure will not be so great." ”

Jian Shuo doesn't know much about Liu Bei, and he doesn't have any dealings, so it's hard to say that this thing will definitely be done, but if Liu Hong trusts Liu Bei very much, of course he has nothing to say.

"If Your Majesty decides, the minister has nothing to say, it's just the matter of Liangzhou and Yizhou, and some arrangements may be needed."

"This is a big matter, I need to discuss it with Xuande."

Liu Hong said slowly: "Jian Shuo, you find reliable people to deliver news for me and Xuande, I want to discuss with Xuande about his return to Luoyang, this matter must be kept absolutely confidential, before the dust settles, it can't be known to outsiders, you know what I mean." ”

"The minister knows."

Jian Shuo said slowly: "This matter, the minister will personally check it, and he will definitely not let outsiders know." ”

"Hmm."

Liu Hong nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Liu Bei can come back, He Jin and Yuan Kui, he feels that there is no need to worry.

However, regarding making money, Liu Hong still has some concerns.

If the amount of money made is reduced because of Liu Bei's return, and the possibility of wanton squandering is reduced, Liu Hong will also feel a little distressed.

All in all, Liu Hong's current state is to want both and want, and he wants Liu Bei to help him handle the affairs of Luoyang, and he wants Liu Bei to help him maintain the current amount and scale of money, and continue to pursue a higher amount.

In the final analysis, it still costs a lot of money to raise a West Garden Army.

Liu Hong likes power, but he prefers money.

Liu Hong is thinking about the longer term ahead, and Yuan Kui and He Jin are celebrating their victory.

They felt that Liu Hong must have realized the people's desire through this incident, and he would definitely restrain his actions a little.

They didn't realize that Liu Hongda was different from what they thought from the beginning, so Liu Hong didn't regard the gathering of soldiers from all directions in Luoyang as a response from the people of the world to He Jin, but only felt that he had been deceived.

So Liu Hong wants to retaliate.

He didn't plan to stop at all, and was even ready to make a big move, pull a strong foreign aid back, and let this strong foreign aid give He Jin and Yuan Kui a little deterrent to the Liu family.

It can be said that whether it is Liu Hong, He Jin and Yuan Kui, they are engaged in a very strange struggle.

And because he didn't know whether Liu Hong planned to abolish Chang Liyou, even Liu Bei didn't realize how this strange struggle was operated and continued.

It was only after receiving a secret contact from Liu Hong that Liu Bei realized that his opportunity had come.

(End of chapter)