Before, no matter what happened, Liu Hong would discuss with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong and have a discussion, and strive to make things beautiful.

But since the establishment of the Xiyuan Army, Liu Hong has deliberately avoided them and not been close to them.

There is no way, the matter of Taiping Dao back then has always been a thorn in Liu Hong's heart.

Because of that incident, Liu Hong never believed that Zhang Rang and others were absolutely loyal to him, and was always worried that they would backstab him at a critical moment.

Moreover, the reason why He entered the palace and became the queen was that he could maintain his status after poisoning Wang Meiren was also the result of the help of the eunuchs.

He and the eunuchs have such a relationship, Liu Hong of course thinks that in this power struggle, the Ten Standing Servants will not be firmly on their side, and they will collude with He Jin to deal with him.

The so-called loyalty is not absolute is absolute disloyalty, with doubts about the loyalty of the ten permanent servants, Liu Hong naturally will not entrust the military power of the Xiyuan Army to the ten permanent servants, even if he calls Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong affectionately called his father and mother, he should be suspicious, or suspicious.

But when it came to the end, Liu Hong found that he had been too fond of eunuchs, distrustful of his relatives, and suppressed scholars and bureaucrats for so many years, and that there was no one available except eunuchs.

Politically, he, the emperor, was facing unprecedented and terrible isolation, and if he didn't quickly find a helper and expand his power, the situation would really not be good.

In addition, during this period of time, he had never heard of any collusion between the Ten Standing Servants and the He family and the Yuan family, and the Yuan family and the He family did not seem to take the initiative to do anything with the Ten Standing Attendants.

Liu Hong felt that this meeting should be a very touching meeting, and he planned to ease the relationship with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong a little, even if it was to pretend to complain to each other.

The fact is almost like this, after Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong saw Liu Hong, their eyes were red directly.

"Your Majesty, you have lost weight."

The short five words that Zhang Rang blurted out hit Liu Hong's heart at once, making Liu Hong's nose sour and almost shedding tears.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you have also lost weight."

Then the three of them looked at each other without saying a word, and they cried together very tacitly, and after crying for a while, the three of them held back their tears one after another.

"I haven't seen my grandfather and aunt for some days, I didn't expect you to lose so much weight, these days, it's hard for you to think about it, it's all mine."

In the face of Liu Hong's initiative to give in, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were very on the road.

"Even if we can't meet Your Majesty in person, we are still doing things for Your Majesty."

"As long as you can do things for Your Majesty, no matter what happens, you won't feel embarrassed!"

The two immediately expressed their loyalty to Liu Hong.

This attitude reminded Liu Hong of the good past when they trusted each other and fought together against scholars, at that time, everyone still trusted each other very much, and they still cooperated with each other to make money and make a fortune together.

Why did you get to where you are today?

So Liu Hong softened a little, feeling that he should not have rejected them so much before, should he face them in a softer way?

It's just that as soon as I thought about it, the matter of Taiping Dao came to my heart again, and the thorn began to ache faintly again.

Liu Hong quickly calmed down, feeling that he still had to control it a little, and he couldn't control anything at all.

"Your loyalty, I see it in my eyes, there are fewer and fewer loyal people like you, and more and more officials have taken refuge in the Yuan family and the He family, where do you put me? There aren't many people I can trust, only you, and Xuande. ”

Liu Hong quickly stated his purpose.

"I want to recruit Xuande to return to Luoyang as my wings to fight against the He family and the Yuan family, but I think about it and think that it is not enough to just call Xuande back, Xuande returns to Luoyang, and the foundation is not the He family and the Yuan family, so how to fight against the He family and the Yuan family?

I really intend to let Xuande be promoted to the third duke, Xuande can open the mansion, and he can fight against the He family and the Yuan family, but in this way, there will be a lot of people who oppose it, and the gains outweigh the losses for Xuande, I don't want to put Xuande in such a situation, do you have any good ways? ”

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at each other, and both of them were silent for a while.

Leaning less, Liu Hong couldn't help it.

"Grandpa, Grandma, can't you all do it?"

Hearing this, Zhang Rang shook his head.

"It's not that there is no way, but, Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that Your Majesty doesn't need to have Liu Xuande promoted to the third duke, and now letting him be promoted to the third duke will definitely do more harm than good.

Although his merits are great, his age, qualifications, and background are not enough for him to be promoted to the third duke, and everyone can see that in this case, why do you still do it? ”

"But if he is not promoted to the third duke, how should he fight against the He family and the Yuan family? Without the prestige of Kaifu, relying only on the army is also insufficient. ”

Liu Hong frowned and said: "Xuande is a member of the Han family, the He family and the Yuan family are strong, how can my Liu family be weak?" If there were no clan officials for the Son of Heaven, wouldn't the Son of Heaven be bullied by everyone? Grandpa, Grandma, what do you say? ”

"In that case, why didn't Your Majesty let Liu Xuande open the mansion as a hussar general?"

Zhang Rang said slowly: "The hussar general is only second to the general in terms of identity, the same as the three dukes, and the status is very noble. ”

Liu Hong lay on the bed, thought about what Zhang Rang said, and felt that it really meant that.

The general is above the three dukes, the hussar general is the same as the three dukes, the status of the general of the chariot and cavalry mainly depends on the person, some people's status is below the three dukes, and some people's status can be compared with the three dukes, which is the rules of the game in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

And the Eastern Han Dynasty has a tradition, only the general and the third duke can open the mansion to recruit the world's corporal people to do things for their subordinates, and others cannot, which makes the hussar general's situation a little embarrassing.

Originally, the position of hussar general was not available, it was specially designed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for Huo Quai, and according to tradition, only the general really had the power to command the army, and the generals such as the hussar general and the chariot cavalry general were all executors set up in wartime.

It's just because the first hussar general was Huo Quai, so the name of hussar general became very loud because of Huo Qu's illness, and he even traditionally had the qualification to fight against the general.

Therefore, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were times when the hussar general was added "big" and renamed the hussar general.

How can a general, who is second only to the general in the traditional concept and has the same rank as the three dukes, not be able to open a government?

And in terms of merit, ability, and prestige, who dares to say that He Jin is better than Liu Bei in the entire Luoyang Imperial Court?

Liu Bei's credit is real.

After beating the Yellow Turban and fighting the Liangzhou rebels, after fighting the Liangzhou rebels fighting Xianbei, after fighting Xianbei and fighting Diqiang, and fighting all over the southeast and northwest invincible opponents, can be called the current first general of the Han Dynasty, is it not as good as a dog guarding the household?

Don't say that Zhang Rang can't agree, how can Liu Hong agree?

He Jin became a general, purely because of his background and the recommendation of eunuchs, as well as the tradition of his relatives being generals at that time, and there were not many factors of merit in it, relying only on merit, He Jin would not be able to be a general for another hundred years.

Now, a general like him can open a mansion, but Liu Bei, as the first general of the Han Dynasty with outstanding merits, cannot open a mansion, which is somewhat insulting.

When Zhang Rang said this, Liu Hongshen thought so.

However, before that, there was no tradition of hussar generals opening the palace, at most opening a shogunate military government, and the opening of the palace was equivalent to incorporating the hussar generals into the central power system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which would have a huge impact on the existing system of three princes and generals.

Originally, there were four positions to recruit people from all over the world to help the imperial court govern, each with its own shared tasks, and the infrastructure of the Eastern Han Empire was divided in this way.

And now add one, four people become five, even if the three dukes and the general only have nominal duties, then how should the nominal responsibilities be calculated? What kind of responsibilities are to be divided from these four men and handed over to the hussar generals?

Won't it cause political turmoil in the court?

Liu Hong was a little hesitant.

"Let the hussar general open the mansion, this is something that has never happened before, now put it forward, He Jin and Yuan Kui will definitely oppose it, Lu Zhi looks at his disciples, maybe he will not object, but I am afraid that a large part of the court officials will also oppose it, if the opposition is too loud, even I can't ignore it, how should this matter be handled?"

Zhang Rang shook his head.

"Liu Xuande's merits are not comparable to ordinary people, and with his identity as the successor of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zuo family, there will be no fewer people who want to please him, there may not be many people who strongly oppose it, Yuan Kui and He Jin will definitely oppose it, you don't have to care about their opinions.

Moreover, they used despicable means to recruit troops and horses into Luoyang before, that is, you are generous, and they don't care about it, if you really want to count it, it is a crime of bullying the king! Do they still have the face to oppose your decision at the moment of such a big crime? ”

(End of chapter)