The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 55 The height of the temple, the distance of the battlefield

Thousands of miles away from Yanmen Pass in the south, there is a prosperous yet majestic city, and the Chongde Hall is in the palace wall of this city.

Chongde Hall, a place that countless people dream of.It is a pity that ordinary people and even the sheriffs and magistrates of many counties and counties have difficulty setting foot here in their entire lives.

At this time, the sky is still not clear, looking at the sky with a probe, you can vaguely see a touch of white fish maw, hazy.

The threshold of Chongde Hall is quite high, reaching to a person's calf. Outside this threshold, dozens of pairs of black shoes are neatly placed. There are six-foot-high sword stands on both sides of the vermilion gate. put on it.

According to the founding law of the Great Han Dynasty, all Han officials are not allowed to walk up to the hall with a sword, and those who violate it will be punished as a crime of disrespect.

But at this moment, hearty laughter came out of the solemn and solemn Chongde Hall.

The emperor Liu Hong wears a crown on his head and sits high on the throne. He hangs down twelve times in front and back. He has a close-fitting black brocade inside and a large black robe outside. The sun, moon and stars are embroidered with twelve patterns from the shoulders down.

In the entire Han Dynasty, only the emperor could share the twelve chapter patterns. The Sangong Jiuqing and others can use the following eight chapters, such as mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, and algae. A school captain like Lu Bu can only use rice and fu. The last two chapters are available.

It is no longer a secret that today's son Liu Hong was not born by the late emperor.

After the death of Emperor Huan Liu Zhi, who had no son to succeed him, Empress Dou Miao discussed with her father Dou Wu and others for several days, and finally chose Liu Hong to succeed him.Dou Miao sent his censor Liu Shushou, Guanglu doctor Qu Yi, Fengche Duwei Cao Jie and others to Hejian Kingdom to welcome Liu Hong, who was only 12 years old, to the throne.

After Liu Hong succeeded to the throne, he changed his reign name to Jianning. Taifu Chen Fan, General Dou Wu, and Situ Hu Guang participated in the recording of Shangshu. His father Liu Chang was honored as "Emperor Xiaoren" and his mother Dong was named "Shenyuan Nobleman". .

Now that Liu Hong has been on the throne for [-] years, his face is too fair when he is young, and occasionally there is a trace of sickness.

In Liu Hong's view, now that the world is as stable as Mount Tai, he seldom asks about political affairs, and only cares about enjoying himself.

Under the instigation of his mother, Empress Dowager Dong, and the regular attendants, Liu Hong began to try to sell officials.

Liu Hong likes beauty, so he specially built a "naked tour hall" in the West Garden, and ordered all the maids to take off their clothes and go down to play and chase for his enjoyment.

In addition, Liu Hong also imitated markets, markets, various shops, and street vendors in the harem. Some of the maids and concubines dressed up as various merchants to sell, another part as customers who bought things, and some dressed up as singers, Monkeys and so on.And he himself puts on the clothes of a merchant, pretends to be a merchant who sells goods, walks around in this man-made market, or drinks and has fun in the tavern, or quarrels, fights, fights with the shopkeeper and the customer, Had a great time.

No one dared to reprimand Liu Hong. He was the Son of Heaven, and he was ordered by heaven, so he lived forever.

There are more than forty people standing on the left and right sides below Liu Hong, and they are divided into three rows and stand neatly.

The courtiers on the left wear uniform brown-red court clothes, while those on the right wear uniform black ink court clothes. The Han Dynasty has always been respected by black. In addition to the saying that the right is superior and the left is inferior, the position of civil and military officials in the hearts of the emperors of all dynasties can be seen. one two.

Don't look at the dozens of people in the hall who are all low-browed and pleasing to the eye, once they leave the Chongde Hall, whoever stomps their feet casually will make the entire Han Dynasty tremble three times.

The tens of millions of souls of the big man are all in the hands of these dozens of people. They can be regarded as the real handles of life and death.

Liu Hong on the throne smiled brightly, obviously extremely happy.

"Your Majesty, why are you so happy?" Situ Yuanwei asked first.

Liu Hong didn't hide this, and said very happily: "My dear friends, I got the battle report last night, and the Xianbei people at Yanmen Pass were beaten back to Xihe by my Han Erlang. Do you think this is a miracle? Great joy!"

When the courtiers heard this, they all bowed their heads and congratulated in unison: "Your Majesty is mighty, God bless the man." At the same time, the doubts hidden in their hearts quietly dissipated. It's early morning.

Prior to this, the Xianbei people had always been the confidant of the Han Dynasty, like a gangrene.

More than ten years ago, the Xianbei people rebelled on the border. The first emperor wanted to make Xianbei Shanyu Tanshihuai king and marry him, but Tanshihuai didn't accept it, and instead strengthened the invasion of the Han territory.

After Liu Hong ascended the throne, Xia Yu, the school captain of Huwuhuan, wrote again requesting to crusade against Xianbei.

Therefore, Liu Hong sent Xia Yu to lead the army out of Gaoliu County, Tian Yan led the army out of Yunzhong County, and Zang Min led the Southern Huns Tu Teruo to chase Shan Yu out of Yanmen County. Each led more than 1 cavalry to attack more than 2000 troops outside the Great Wall. inside.Tan Shihuai ordered the three subordinate adults (that is, the current three kings) to lead their crowds to fight each other. Xia Yu and others were defeated. They discarded their talisman seals and luggage, and only led dozens of people to flee back.

Liu Hong was furious, and sent the three of them to prison, and after they were redeemed, they were abolished as common people.

Now that Xianbei's defeat is a complete shame, how can Liu Hong not be happy.

Facing the court congratulations from the officials, Liu Hong accepted them all with a smile, and then brought up a new topic: "Of course it is something to be happy about defeating the Xianbei people, but there is one problem that I haven't been able to distinguish after thinking about it."

When the courtiers heard this, they all chuckled in their hearts, "It's time to show your true talent to Your Majesty", but their faces were extremely humble, and they cupped their hands and asked for advice: "Your Majesty is so stupid, please show me."

Liu Hong raised his left hand that was lying flat on his leg, and waved it forward. A little yellow man quickly walked in front of the officials holding two bundles of bamboo slips.

Looking at the eager expressions of each one below, Liu Hong said: "All of you have a careful look at these two memorials, and identify which one is true and which one is false?"

The two bundles of bamboo slips were passed on one by one, and San Gong read them before passing them on to the military officer.

About half an hour later, the bamboo slips were submitted again.

Seeing that everyone had finished reading it, Liu Hong asked again: "My dear friends, do you think the contents of these two bamboo slips are true or false?"

Facing the questioning gaze cast by the emperor, all the ministers bowed their heads one after another, and no one dared to return.

Chongde Hall fell into dead silence for a while.

Liu Hong's originally festive face gradually turned gloomy, and there was a bit of chill in his smile.

At this time, someone beside him suddenly heard saying: "Your Majesty, this old slave has heard someone mention that Zhang Yi, the Governor of Bingzhou, is respectful and modest, with a wide faith, and I think he will not lie when his term expires, Your Majesty."

Finally someone responded, and Liu Hong also got a step up. While nodding repeatedly, he did not forget to glance admiringly at the old eunuch who had been in charge of the palace for nearly 20 years.

This eunuch with slightly white temples, wearing an embroidered uniform and a long black crown is named Zhang Rang, and he is serving as a regular servant.Without Liu Hong's knowledge, he took advantage of the emperor's favor to plunder everywhere, and was known for his arrogance and greed. When he asked to see Zhang Rang's guests in Luoyang, he often parked hundreds of thousands of carriages at the door, blocking the palace. door, scrambling to bribe him in order to get high officials and riches.

In addition to Zhang Rang, there are also 12 other people, including Zhao Zhong, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, Duan Gui, Gao Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, and Song Dian. The brothers were officials in various states and counties, corrupt and cruel, and the emperor didn't know it, so the common people called them "ten regular servants".

Seeing Zhang Rang speaking, someone in the originally quiet court began to speak out.

"I think what Zhang Changshi said is true, so I seconded the proposal."

"That's right, I also remember that Zhang Yi is indeed not a person who speaks nonsense, and I also agree with him."

"The minister agrees..."

More and more people on the civilian side spoke up to second the proposal, but on the side of the military officer, few people spoke up.

"This old eunuch, I don't know how much money Zhang Yi has collected behind his back!"

"Who doesn't know that Zhang Yi served as governor of Bingzhou at the beginning, it was the idea of ​​your middle school."

"A group of rootless things will get rid of you all sooner or later!"

Many of the courtiers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, they could only secretly curse Zhang Rang and others in their hearts that they would die in the future.

Most of the military officers turned their attention to the middle-aged man who was not tall and a little short at the front.

Just when the emperor was about to make a decision, the short man with a bushy beard said, "Your Majesty, although I have never met General Zhenbei, he has won the trust of the late emperor and has been in Bingzhou for nearly 20 years. So far, no Xianbei person has ever set foot in Yanmen Pass. His loyalty and bravery can be seen, and it is definitely not the case that the governor Zhang Yi said in the briefing, commanding randomly, and not daring to fight."

As soon as this person's words came out, there was no sound from the civil servant's side, and it fell silent again.

This man has an absolute right to speak in the court, and almost no one dares to provoke him, the chariot general He Jin.In addition, he is still the elder brother of the current empress, the people in the court call him General He, but who dare not call him Uncle Guo when he comes out of the Chongde Hall?

Moreover, the Luoyang aristocratic family and the aristocratic families from all over the world seem to be particularly optimistic about this man, and many children of the aristocratic family are working for him.

As soon as He Jin made a sound, most of the military officers behind him gained confidence and began to agree to second the proposal.

There are only a small group of people at the back on both sides of the civil and military, who neither agree nor refute, fearing to get angry, quietly facing the 'dumb'.

Hearing He Jin's opinion, Liu Hong felt that it was quite reasonable, but which side should he listen to?

After thinking about it, Liu Hong couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "Oh, father (e) and General Che Qi have their own reasons, which makes it even more difficult for me to decide."

In the midst of a dilemma, Liu Hong suddenly thought of a person, his eyes quickly searched in the queue of civil servants, and soon settled on the courtier with a yellow complexion who was slightly forward, and said with a smile: "Huang Shizhong, I remember You usually have a lot of ideas for plans. Come on, tell me how to make a decision."

Huang Wan, the waiter who was named, showed a smile uglier than crying. Liu Hong actually threw such a hot potato to himself at this time. Isn't it clear that he is trying to trick me to death!As long as you are not blind, you should be able to see that this is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong. It has clearly risen to the group conflict between He Jin and Zhang Rang. No matter which side is right, it will definitely offend the other side. .

At the beginning, Huang Wan offended the powerful because of his upright words, was framed as a crony, and was imprisoned for more than [-] years. If it wasn't for Taiwei Yang Ci's recommendation, how could he be in his current position.

Having learned the lesson from last time, Huang Wan is always careful in officialdom.Now living in the court, Huang Wan is even more cautious, and being with a king is like a tiger is not a joke.Facing the emperor's question, Huang Wan walked out of the line and saluted. Before he could think of a complete answer, he could only reluctantly cope with it: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have no contact with Zhang Yi and Zhang Zhong on weekdays. I also know very little..."

Liu Hong frowned, Huang Wan's answer was obviously perfunctory, how could I spare you.

"but……"

Huang Wan sneaked a glimpse of Liu Hong's subtle expression of murderous intent, immediately changed his words, and said again: "Does your majesty still remember that there was a person mentioned in the memorial notes of the two of them——Lv Bu?"

Liu Hong frowned gradually, as if there was such a name in the memorial, and nodded to Huang Wan, "Go on."

Seeing that the emperor's anger had eased, Huang Wan's heart was half relieved, "Zhang Zhong said that Lv Bu had the power to defeat the enemy, and he was listed as the general of Suibian, but Zhang Yi said in the memorial that Lv Bu killed the enemy. Captain Zheng You should be executed. Since both of them have mentioned this person in their memorials, why not call him to Luoyang and order him to be interrogated strictly by Tingwei’s yamen, and he will surely learn a thing or two.”

After Liu Hong heard this, he waved his hand and gave a big praise: "Okay, Aiqing is indeed full of ideas, so I will do as you said."

Huang Wan saw that the Son of Heaven showed his face again, and hurried back to the queue. His heart almost jumped out just now, for fear that Liu Hong would say 'no'.

Just when the courtiers were all overjoyed, Liu Hong added another sentence, "But this time I won't bother Ting Wei, I will come to interrogate him personally!"

"Your Majesty, no!!!"

Liu Hong's words startled Zhang Rang beside him into a cold sweat, and hurriedly dissuaded him: "Then Lu Bu is only a frontier martial artist, how can His Majesty interrogate him personally? If this person behaves misbehavior, wouldn't we be in danger for Your Majesty?" Please take your Majesty's order back and hand it over to Ting Wei for trial."

Ting Wei He Chu immediately came out and threw the ground to Liu Hong and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please hand it over to my humble minister, and I promise to live up to your majesty's trust."

"I think that His Majesty's trial in person will surely achieve a beautiful story that will last forever."

He Jin interrupted abruptly, saying that He Chu belongs to Zhang Rang, if he were to interrogate, Zhang Rang would only need to say a word, and he would have the final say on what Lu Bu said.

Liu Hong also seemed to be interested, "General Che Qi is right, this matter is settled like this!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Liu Hong personally made the decision, and the ministers dared to refute directly without fear of death, so they could only echo with their voices.

After the morning court, all the officials put their hands behind their backs, walked out of the hall leisurely, put on their shoes, put their swords back on their waists, and left.

He Jin was at the end. Today he blocked Zhang Rang twice in a row, which made him very comfortable.

Someone once suggested to him, saying that in the court, as long as Zhang Rang and other eunuchs agree, you will pinch him; if they deny and exclude, you will agree.It won't be long before it will definitely win the reputation of being an anti-eunuch party, and there will be a large number of talented people to vote for it.

As a result, he really complied with that person's words, it's just hateful, it's a pity that he couldn't keep this person in the first place.

After He Jin put on his sword shoes, he began to prepare to return home, but at this moment he heard a voice from behind: "Uncle Guo, please stay..."

He Jin still cared about himself and didn't look back. He was no longer familiar with this voice.

Seeing that He Jin refused to stay, Zhang Rang quickened his pace, and when he stood shoulder to shoulder with He Jin, he slowed down and asked, "Uncle Guo, our family thinks we didn't invite you to provoke you, why do you Every time we fight against our family in the court, could it be that Zhang Zhong belongs to your country's uncle?"

He Jin, who was still a bit shorter than Zhang Rang, twitched his lips, and said with a snort, "This general has already said that I have never met that Zhang Zhongsu, so how come he is mine!"

"Uncle of that country, you..." Zhang Rang's voice dragged on.

He Jin didn't like people asking him this and that all the time, not to mention that he was still a deadly enemy all the time, so he directly yelled: "I just see that you are upset, what's the matter, you old man!"

Castration is the biggest insult to eunuchs, not to mention the word "old" added in front of it.

Unexpectedly by He Jin, Zhang Rang not only showed no anger on his face, but sneered and said: "Uncle Guo, in the eyes of those aristocratic families, I am afraid that you, a butcher, are even worse than our family." Go ahead."

He Jin's face suddenly changed. Although he was born as a butcher, he hated people calling him "He Butcher" the most. He Jin burst out from between his teeth full of anger, "Zhang Rang, you Think I dare not touch you?"

In the palace, Zhang Rang, who has experienced several life and death, has already figured out the hearts of the people. He retreated and said: "Our family is an eunuch, so naturally it is not worthy of the uncle of the country, but you have forgotten the great general and the grand master back then." Yet?"

Zhang Rang's words quickly calmed He Jin down.

There used to be two people who were at the head of civil and military affairs, the great general Dou Wu and the Taifu Chen Fan. Both of them had the merit of supporting the emperor, but in the end they ended up with their families exterminated.

Seeing He Jin's hesitant expression, Zhang Rang knew the truth of striking while the iron is hot, and said immediately: "Take a ten thousand step back, even if Uncle Guo defeats me and kills all the eunuchs like me, then in this case Afterwards, who will the gang of 'partisans' who are gradually recovering and the ministers of the noble families in the court point their finger at?"

After He Jin heard this, he felt a huge explosion in his head, and he sternly reprimanded Zhang Rang: "Hmph, you don't want to alienate this general!"

After finishing speaking, He Jin strode away.

Zhang Rang looked at He Jin who was leaving, and stopped chasing him. Instead, he changed his direction, squinted his eyes with a smile, and said in a strange way: "People's hearts~"

After the courtiers left, there were still one old and one young in the Chongde Hall, kneeling and sitting in a very inconspicuous position on the left.There was a black desk in front of them. The two were neither courtiers nor eunuchs. They were only responsible for recording the contents of the early dynasty as the basis for future history books.

The old man looked at the bamboo slips described by the young man, shook his head, stretched out his right hand with only a layer of withered skin, held the pen holder in the young man's hand, and lightly drew on the bamboo slips where "7000 people were killed in battle" a slash.

After the old man finished rowing, he let go of his hand, and said to the boy with a little pampering in his tone: "I have taught you how many times, but you still can't remember how to write. When you officially take up the post , but no one will remind you again."

The boy scratched his head, still unable to understand, "But what I wrote are all facts?"

"What fact?"

The old man reached out and knocked a chestnut on the young man, and reprimanded him with a stern face, pretending to be an old master: "Remember from now on, in any battle, you can only record the victories, and also, you can't clearly record how many soldiers died in battle. This hurts me. His majesty will not allow it, the court will not allow it, and the people will not be happy to hear it."

"But that's more than 2 lives!" The young man protested dissatisfied.

"There are no soldiers who don't die. Anyway, the dead have nothing to do with us. What are you doing?"

When the old man walked to the door of the main hall, he seemed to have thought of something, turned back, picked up the ink pen on the copywriting, and under the surprised eyes of the young man, the tip of the pen scratched heavily on the word "Lu Bu" Two bars.

Afterwards, the old man hummed quite comfortably and walked out of the Chongde Hall.

Even a humble martial artist wants to be famous forever?
(End of this chapter)