Chapter 227: Zhang Rang's History of Struggle
Zhang Rang held a group of important people in the palace hostage, from the north gate out of the city all the way to the mountain to escape, the accompanying guards were dead to death, escaped, Yuan Shao sent a thousand cavalry to pursue, the last squad of guards really couldn't hold on, leaving Zhang Rang and others to escape alone.
Last night was pursued too hard, Zhang let a vigorous urge the horseman to speed up, eight healthy horses galloped all night, I don't know where to escape, anyway, the pursuers are thrown away, but people are already sleepy and tired, can no longer walk.
On the carriage, Zhang Rang and He Lian had a fierce dispute, and the three children next to him all looked at the two who were arguing with some apprehension.
Liu Xie gently patted the shoulder of the girl next to him and said, "Sister, don't be afraid, Xie'er will protect you!" ”
This girl is naturally the princess Liu Xuan, the eldest daughter of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, who is sixteen years old this year. Seeing that Liu Xie still looked like a childish little adult, Liu Xuan smiled, like a blooming rose, and saw that Liu Xuan's eyes were straight, and the horns of his mouth couldn't help but flow out.
Liu Xuan turned his head and glanced at Liu Xuan obliquely, with a look of disgust, this younger brother is really disgusting, Liu Xuan is his own sister, and he can even look like a pig brother, not to mention those obscene and bad things in the palace.
Liu Xuan is very strange, is this little thief really his father's own flesh and blood? Xie'er is a hundred times stronger than him, and he was enthroned as the emperor, and he blamed that Zhuang Shaoyou for refusing to support Xie'er.
Thinking of Zhuang Shaoyou, Liu Xuan's face couldn't help but turn red, she also knew the edict of her father Liu Hong, I heard that she was promised to Zhuang Shaoyou as his wife, the sixteen-year-old girl is the age of Huaichun, for Zhuang Shaoyou, a celebrity in Luoyang, although he has never met, but Liu Xuan is familiar with his great achievements, and subconsciously believes that this is the Ruyi Langjun he should marry, but he was born in the royal family, Liu Xuan, as the only princess of the royal family, still has political consciousness, that is, to obey her father's arrangement, Political marriage is inevitable, so for Zhuang Shaoyou, he only thinks about it occasionally in his heart, but he doesn't take it too seriously.
But who would have thought that Liu Hong would really marry Liu Xuan to Zhuang Shaoyou in his testament, Liu Xuan felt strange in his heart, a little helpless, and a little lucky, although this is also a political marriage, it is obvious that this is the means of his father to entrap Zhuang Shaoyou, but this is the best ending that Liu Xuan can look forward to!
However, fate made people, and the edict was finally tampered with, and the throne of his younger brother Liu Xie was gone, and he was replaced by that little ** as the emperor, and the matter of marrying Zhuang Shaoyou was not mentioned again.
Originally, it was not a big deal to marry the princess of Wannian to Zhuang Shaoyou, for example, Zhang Rang, the regular servant, had advocated this at the beginning, but He Jin resolutely opposed it, and even the Queen Mother He Lian was inexplicably opposed, and Zhang Rang didn't insist anymore, after all, it was none of his business, and there was no need to argue with the two about this matter.
It is normal for He Jin to oppose it, but He Lian is also against it, which is very intriguing!
Liu Wei on the side saw Liu Xuan's disgusted eyes again, and his heart suddenly became angry, this stinky girl dared to show me a face! Look at how I turn around and clean you up, and get you to bed sooner or later, I will make you kneel under my crotch and beg for mercy!
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons were different, or the good and the bad were mixed.
The royal family has no family affection, the reason is nothing more than the conflict of interests, the biggest interest of the royal family is naturally the throne, for the throne father and son enmity, there are too many fratricidal things! Specifically, interests are only one of the aspects, and the key is the lack of family affection.
The royal family is a big family, a father, countless mothers, intrigue between mothers, children born to different mothers are naturally difficult to get close, and even more, those concubines with some status are all sons who teach themselves, and all brothers are your enemies! You have to trample everyone under your feet in order to become emperor, and you can do whatever it takes to achieve this!
The lack of family affection, coupled with the influence of this environment since childhood, can only be ghosts when they grow up and not kill each other! What's more, the charm of the throne is irresistible to anyone, and the feeling of dominating everything is like a drug, once you get it, addiction is inevitable.
The three children's affairs are not paid attention to by adults, He Lian and Zhang Rang quarreled more and more, for no other reason, He Lian has already found out that something is wrong, how did He Jin die? Yesterday's chasing soldiers faintly heard the slogan of avenging the general, which made He Lian even more convinced of her judgment, He Jin was killed by the Ten Standing Servants, and it is unknown what role Yuan Shao played in it, but it definitely didn't work well! At the beginning, He Lian persuaded He Jin to stay away from Yuan Shao, this person is too good at disguise! What's more, with the status of the Yuan family, he definitely looks down on the He family's lowly background, so Yuan Shao took the initiative to get closer to He Jin, and he definitely has other plans!
"Smack!" With a bang, the three children in the entire carriage were frightened.
Zhang Rang slapped the Queen Mother He Lian, pulled the male duck's throat and scolded with red eyes:
"Slut! He Jin's butcher was killed by the masters, what can he do? Your He family was just a lowly butcher in Nanyang back then, and the master kindly supported you and let your He family live a rich life, but your He family didn't think about reciprocating, but went against the master everywhere, and the crime deserved death! Death is too good for him! ”
He Lian covered her swollen cheek with one hand, and sat on the other end of the carriage in surprise, this old thing dared to beat me? But he soon came to his senses, and his expression soon calmed down, and he stopped talking.
Because after some calm thinking and analysis, He Lian knew that for Zhang Rang, it was now at the point of exhaustion, and it was better not to force him to jump off the wall in a hurry! Otherwise, if this old eunuch insists on pulling this cart to accompany him to the funeral, it will be worth the loss!
Zhang Rang scolded for a while and then stopped talking, and sat alone at the other end of the carriage near the curtain, fortunately the carriage was large and spacious, and it was more than enough for five people.
Although Zhang Rang is an old eunuch, this old eunuch is a practitioner, and after entering the palace at the age of seven, he has been in the palace for nearly fifty years! Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Huan Dynasty likes to practice martial arts very much, so he hired a lot of famous people to enter the palace to guide the martial arts, Zhang Rang took advantage of the opportunity to serve the emperor and secretly followed the learning, to say that this Zhang Rang is also very persevering, Emperor Liu Zhi of the Han Huan Emperor was just a whim, and he couldn't stand it after two months of practice and gave up, but Zhang Rang actually persevered, and he practiced for more than ten years!
A certain Emperor Han Huan entered the Beibi Mountain to hunt, met the black blind man on the road, Emperor Han Huan on a whim, let the guards hunt bears to play, and as a result, he injured several large internal guards in a row and did not get it, but Emperor Han Huan refused to give up, at this time, Zhang Rang took the initiative to ask Ying, stepped forward, and fought with the black blind man with a short knife, and finally got the black blind man after tossing for half an hour.
Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, rewarded and promoted Zhang Rang on the spot, and since then, Zhang Rang, who has been unknown in the palace for nearly 20 years, has begun to come out! But at that time, there was a big Changqiu Cao Teng in the palace, and all the eunuchs and palace maids were in peace, and no one dared to make a mistake, Zhang Rang was also very clear about this, so he continued to hold back, be a low-key person, and do things in a high-profile manner!
Ambition is slowly bred with the growth of power, and the first thing a new little eunuch to consider is how to survive in this palace, rather than fantasizing about how to dominate the situation in the future, corrupt the dynasty, and harm the people.
After seeing the intrigue in the palace and fighting for power, and gaining a firm foothold in the palace, of course, this process is very long, this step, seven-year-old Zhang Rang has walked for a whole ten years! Then he began to work on his own career development plan for the eunuch career, and the ultimate goal was of course Zhongchang, Xiaohuangmen, and even Da Changqiu!
As the saying goes: the future is bright, but the road is bumpy!
It's not enough to have goals and plans, you also need to have a corresponding strategy.
If you want to mix in the palace, you can't rely on brute force and go it alone, it's like a big man, and he will be in the limelight for a while, but as soon as Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty dies, he has to finish the game immediately, why? The foundation is too shallow! Zhang Rang recognized this problem very early, so he did not rush to achieve it, nor did he try his best to get to the emperor's side like other eunuchs, but resisted the impulse and silently did his own things on the side, so he won Cao Teng's favor.
Cao Teng thinks that Zhang Rang is a good seedling! Although the palace is large, it is difficult to find prisoners! The husband is not fighting, so the world can not fight with it! Zhang Rang relied on forbearance to get on the big tree of Cao Teng, although his power did not increase much, but as Cao Teng's cronies, Zhang Rang accumulated a lot of contacts, laying a solid foundation for the future prosperity.
Not long after Emperor Ling ascended the throne, Cao Teng finally died of old age, and the shackles on the heads of the harem eunuchs disappeared.
But Zhang Rang is still cautious and good at forbearance, because Zhang Rang at this time is only a newcomer in the middle and regular servants, and there are many old eunuchs in the palace, so he continues to keep a low profile. Later, after Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others were killed, Zhang Rang finally climbed to the position of the chief lieutenant and became the new chief eunuch leader!
After more than 30 years of hard work, he finally stood at the high end of the eunuch career, for many eunuchs, the middle and small yellow door is the end of their careers, Da Changqiu is not a permanent position, and it must be recognized by all forces inside and outside the palace to do it!
Zhang Rang, who was suddenly at the pinnacle of power, suddenly discovered, why is he alive in this life? Why pinch? There is no pursuit in life! How good is that?
Soon, Zhang Rang found a new goal and challenged himself! In the pursuit of the pinnacle of power, in line with the principle that there is no best, only better, Zhang Rang embarked on a journey of second entrepreneurship, in this process, Zhang Rang was gradually corrupted by power, and did things by unscrupulous means, and in more than ten years, he became the first villain in the world, full of evil!
Zhang Rang sat in the carriage in a daze, and the past scenes came to mind one by one, as if it happened yesterday, so tired! It's really tiring! Zhang Rang's thin body leaned against the wall of the carriage, slowly closing his eyes and recuperating.
I don't know how long it took, Zhang Rang, who fell asleep in a daze, was awakened by a sharp pain that pierced his heart, opened his eyes and looked, a hideous face appeared in front of him, he didn't have time to think about why, looked down, a golden hairpin pierced deep into his heart, Zhang Rang looked at the blood gushing out in disbelief, accompanied by the frightened screams of the three children, and the ensemble played into a rapid meteor song.
His consciousness became more and more blurred, Zhang Rang did not curse the murderer, but sighed in a low voice: Is it finally the end? It seems that the scene from forty-eight years ago has appeared in front of me, a seven-year-old ignorant boy who was sent to the palace by his father.
"Daddy, this yard is so big, and the wall is so high! When will our family be able to live in such a big house! ”
"Child, don't blame your father for being ruthless, our Zhang family's wealth and glory are all counting on you alone!"