Yang Qiu interrogated Zhao Zhong's henchmen one after another, and only returned to the Sili Captain's Mansion the next day, at this time he aimed at the next person, Zhang Rang.

Among the evidence provided by Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang was implicated and even, if he could take advantage of the situation to win Zhang Rang, the eunuch power would be completely suppressed.

It must be known that Cao Jie is very old, and the remaining middle and standing service ability is far inferior to Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang.

"The Divine Decree has arrived."

While he was thinking about it, suddenly a yellow gate attendant came to the mansion.

He got up and went out to receive the order.

"Edict, Yang Qiu, the captain of the Sili School, is the captain of the guard, and he will take office immediately, and there must be no mistakes."

When the Yellow Gate Squire finished reading the holy decree, Yang Qiu was stunned.

He was only one Zhao Zhong, how could the Son of Heaven transfer him so quickly?!

"Yang Qiu, still don't accept the order?" Seeing that he didn't react, the Yellow Gate Squire opened his mouth to remind.

"Chenyang Qiu, take the order." Yang Qiu stepped forward to receive the holy decree, but after he took it, he directly took the holy decree and ran to the outside of the mansion.

He's going to face the saint!

……

Inside, Liu Hong was playing with He Guiren.

He was born beautiful and good at sexual affairs, he was particularly pampered, and he gave birth to a prince for him before and was named a nobleman.

Now that He's body has recovered, he can be blessed again.

Speaking of Yaxing, Yaxing was interrupted last time to watch Jiu Zhenlin's marriage, and this time it must be interesting to bring the beauty and the rare beasts in the courtyard to welcome the Spring Festival.

It's just that before the car left the North Palace, it was stopped head-on.

He lifted the curtain, and then saw Yang Qiu kneeling in front of the car with the holy decree in hand.

Seeing Liu Hong, Yang Qiu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister has no high virtues, but he was entrusted with the important task of loyalty, although Zhao Zhong was killed, but Zhang Rang and other foxes were still missing, which was not enough to show the world that the court was sage, please give me another month, and the minister will definitely make the jackals and owls all confess." ”

Liu Hong frowned when he heard this, put down the curtain and sat back.

Now that Zhao Zhong has just died, Yang Qiu is so impatient to get rid of Zhang Rang, what is his intention?!

Isn't it to cut off all the eunuchs and make them puppets for the scholars?

Or was it instructed by someone to usurp the throne?

However, although he was angry at this time, he could only pretend to turn a blind eye, so that the other party's interest would retreat.

But then there was a clear kowtow outside the car.

Liu Hong frowned, with Yang Qiu's political level, it was impossible for him to know that he didn't want to move the eunuchs at this time, this was forcing him!

Then, there was a series of kowtows, the sound of which was crisp and audible.

Yang Qiu is telling Liu Hong with practical actions, that's right, he is forcing Liu Hong!

Liu Hong's breathing accelerated, his face was gloomy, and He Shi on the side did not dare to make a sound.

After a long time, Liu Hong scolded directly through the curtain: "Wei Wei Yangqiu wants to resist the edict? ”

There was no other kowtowing outside, but there was no other movement.

Seeing this, Liu Hong lifted the curtain and saw that Yang Qiu was still kneeling there, with blood stains on his forehead, and he immediately scolded: "Wei Wei Yang Qiu wants to resist the edict? ”

Yang Qiu clenched his hands into fists, his expression desperate, but he still didn't get up.

Seeing this, Liu Hong walked out directly, stood on the splendour, looked down at Yang Qiu, and scolded for the third time: "Wei Wei Yang Qiu wants to resist the edict?!" ”

Finally, Yang Qiu cried and fell to the ground, choked up: "Chen Yang Qiu, receive the edict." ”

Liu Hong snorted coldly, turned around and entered the palace, and directly signaled to return to the palace.

On the way back to the palace, Liu Hong leaned on the soft couch and said nothing.

Yang Qiu's behavior was audacious, if it was in the past, how could he dare to do so?

This must have something to do with the deaths of Wang Fu and Zhao Zhong.

At this thought, he sat up.

He had to make a gesture, otherwise these scholars would really take advantage of the situation to kill all the eunuchs.

After returning to the Yutang Palace, Liu Hong immediately asked Jian Shuo to call Cao Jie and Zhang Rang to the palace.

When they arrived, he immediately asked Jian Shuo to announce two edicts.

In the first edict, Cao Jie still served as the Great Changqiu, but at the same time served as the Shangshu Order.

When this edict was issued, Cao Jie's eyelids, who had always been extremely calm, jumped.

For more than 200 years in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there has never been a eunuch who has also received the Shangshu Order, and he has become the first person in history.

Liu Hong's move has a strong signal, which is not only to make up for the loss of eunuch power, but also to beat the scholars.

The Shangshu order can be given, if the scholars are not interested, the captain of the school is not impossible!

Cao Jie knelt down and thanked him.

Then, there was the second edict, which ordered Zhang Rang, a regular attendant in the middle school, to immediately set up a school in Hongdu Gate to recruit students.

Regarding Hongdu Sectology, Liu Hong did not have ideas at this time.

As early as a few years ago, he had people set up a personal place in the Hongdu Gate to recruit talents such as ruler and calligraphy.

But because it was controlled by eunuchs, it has been strongly resisted by scholars.

Because of this, the establishment of schools similar to Taixue has also been shelved.

Now is the right time.

This edict is more blatant than the first one, and it must be noted that the modern scholars who control the imperial court today are already under pressure from the scholars of ancient scriptures.

If the Son of Heaven supports the eunuchs' children to attack together, then their situation will be precarious.

After the promulgation of these two edicts, Liu Hong's mood improved a lot.

In the end, he ordered Jian Shuo to inform the ministers that he was unwell at this time and had to rest in the inner palace and would not see anyone for a few days.

After doing all this, he took He Shi to the inner palace.

……

Yang Ming, at this time, he was really recuperating in Mengjin.

In order to avoid suspicion, he made a big cut in his chest long before Zheng Hun "assassinated".

Ah took care of him inch by inch.

Although Yang Ming is not dead, since the last assassination, she has behaved more protective than Zhang Liao.

No one, including Yang Ming, can say that she is uncomfortable, but she is Wang Yi's personal maidservant, and there is nothing wrong with doing this after Yang Ming is in distress.

However, compared to Ah Yi's naturalness, Yang Ming's mood at this time was quite complicated.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that the careful care along the way made him have a good impression of Ah Sheng, and pulling out his sword that day made him even more emotional.

It's no wonder that when a woman draws her sword in front of you because you are dead, how can this not be touching?

So he didn't know how to face Wang Yi at the moment, and he didn't know how to respond to Ah Yi.

The only thing he can do is to convince himself, after all, he is not in the original era of monogamy at this time, and Ah Yi is also Wang Yi's personal maid after all.

If he really likes it, it will be a big deal to take him as a concubine in the future.

"My lord." At this moment, Zhang Yi entered the house.

There are sixty or seventy Han miles between Mengjin and Luoyang, and the news still needs to be delivered.

Zhang Liao had just recovered from his injury, and he had been ordered to run around before, and now he was resting in Luoyang, so this task was given to Zhang Yi.

Once something big happens in Luoyang, Zhang Yi will rush to report it as soon as possible.

Also coming in with Zhang Yi was Wang Xiu.

Ah Yi took the initiative to retreat after seeing Wang Xiu and closed the door.

Zhang Yi then told all about Yangqiu's transfer to Weiwei, Cao Jie's appointment as Shangshuling, and the opening of Hongdu Gate School by the Son of Heaven.

After Zhang Yiyu finished reporting, Wang Xiu spoke: "Lord, the captain of Sili is vacant now, but I don't think this is a good opportunity. ”

Xun You's attic three strategies, Yang Ming had previously mentioned with him.

Yang Ming motioned for him to sit down and said.

"Your Majesty acts like this, with a clear attitude, that is, to protect the eunuch, at this time, if you want to be the captain of the school, first, because of what the lord has done before, it is difficult for Your Majesty to agree, and second, even if you become the captain of the school and conflict with the eunuch again, Your Majesty will still maintain the eunuch.

And the lord is about to be crowned, when he enters the Lang Department, it is very likely to enter the Shangshutai, and at this time Cao Jie is the Shangshu order, it will be difficult, and it is not easy for the lord to deal with it, so he thinks that the lord should rein in his edge after returning to Luoyang, Taoguang and obscure, and when the time is ripe, he will be subordinate to the position of lieutenant. Wang Xiu said after sitting down.

From his words, he could first feel that he was supporting Yang Ming's choice of the middle strategy.

Secondly, he felt that this strategy needed to take into account the current situation.

Now Liu Hong's attitude is clear, Yang Ming should defend rather than attack.

Yang Ming nodded in approval after listening.

Everything that happened now, Zhao Zhong was killed, and Cao Jie was appointed as Shang Shuling in advance, all of which were chain reactions caused by his killing of Zhao Yan.

Just as Wang Hu's appearance was an accident, these things did not happen in his plan.

However, this does not affect his main plan.

Because his plan has never been to "eliminate the eunuchs and the dictatorship of scholars" like Dou Wu before him or Yuan Shao in history.

As a traverser, he knows that Liu Hong is the son of heaven who can say "Zhang Rang is my father, Zhao Zhong is my mother", how different is it between killing all the eunuchs and killing Liu Hong?

Therefore, when Liu Hong was in power, it was impossible to succeed in doing so.

And what he did before seemed to be aimed at the eunuchs everywhere, but there was a reason for everything, killing Wang Fu was to make a name for himself, killing Zhao Yan was an accident, and getting rid of Zhao Zhong was self-preservation.

What's more, are eunuchs all the reasons for the collapse of the Great Han?

No, they're just the last straw.

The main reason is the annexation of land by scholars, or by large families.

In history, in the last years of almost every dynasty, land annexation led to a peasant uprising, and the imperial court was forced to decentralize military power, and then formed a separatist force, which in turn led to the collapse of the dynasty.

The same is true of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Moreover, the Eastern Han Dynasty was congenitally deformed, which was a dynasty established in order to continue the Han Dynasty and the emperor compromised with the family.

This means that even if he is now the emperor, there is nothing he can do with these families.

Not to mention that Liu Hong is like this now, Liu Xiu, the emperor of Guangwu of the Han Dynasty who founded the country, was a masterpiece, and he could make "popular revolts" when he measured the land and had to stop.

Yang Ming didn't think he was more capable of governing the country than the "Great Demon Master".

Therefore, "eliminating the eunuchs and the dictatorship of the scholars" is not feasible, and even if it succeeds, it is not of much significance.

His main plan has not changed, that is, to break and then stand up, and take the road of hegemony.

The first five-year plan has already made a name for itself, and the second "five-year plan" is to recruit talents, build a basic plate, and prepare for the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Regarding the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he also thought about whether he could stop it by killing Zhang Jiao, or reduce the scale of the uprising, so that the people would suffer less.

But during this trip to Qingzhou, he felt more and more the inevitability of the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

When the people at the bottom even want to live, it is a pile of hay that can be ignited by a grain of spark.

Killing Zhang Jiao is nothing more than waiting for the next leader of the rebel army to appear.

Moreover, Zhang Jiao at this time was a "great sage and good teacher", and if he killed him, the people's resentment was boiling, and it would not have allowed the uprising to break out in advance, or there were more people involved, which was counterproductive.

In other words, the problems accumulated over the past 400 years have shown an irreversible trend.

Therefore, Wang Xiu's suggestion of "taoguang and obscurity, waiting for the opportunity" is just right at the right time, and it is also in the middle of the heart.

……

A few days later, a car arrived in Mengjin under the escort of the guards of Zhijinwu.

Yang Ming met Lu Qiang on the couch, the "special case" among the eunuchs he had only heard of but had never met.

Lu Qiang and his people also look as thin as Cao Jie and others, but that temperament, even those who don't know physiognomy can feel it, which is completely different from Cao Jie and others.

Lu Qiang held the festival and expressed condolences on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Yang Ming naturally knew that condolences were just a pretense, and confirming the injury was the goal.

Therefore, he calmly showed that he had not healed, and looking at the wound that was still shocking, Lu Qiang cared for a while after reading it and left.

When Lu Qiang left, Wang Xiu walked in.

"Did he go to East County?" Yang Ming asked.

Wang Xiu nodded, and continued: "I'm a little worried, whether Hua Tuo will answer according to the lord's words. ”

"Shuzhi doesn't have to worry." Yang Ming waved his hand.

"Why is the lord so sure?" Wang Xiu is still worried.

"He knows that my life is good for the people." Yang Ming replied.

……