I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 117 Rectifying the Forbidden Army
On June [-]th, the new emperor Liu Bian set up an afternoon court in the main hall of Chongde Hall and summoned all the officials in the court.

In fact, the day after he ascended the throne can’t be counted. After all, if there were no crimes committed by He Jin, Yuan Shao and others, there would have been no court meeting. Today, as usual, is Liu Bian’s first court establishment after becoming the emperor.

But generally speaking, most of the young princes at this time are like puppets, and the court affairs are basically controlled by the queen mother and relatives, let alone a young prince like Liu Bian who is only 12 years old.

For example, Emperor Yu was like this back then. The affairs of the court and China were completely controlled by the Empress Dowager Dou, the general Dou Wu, and the Zhongchang servant Cao Jie, just like puppets.

But Liu Bian was an exception. He had made friends with Lu Zhi before and was regarded as a grand teacher. He also won the support of Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, Zhu Jun and other generals by resolutely conquering the Liangzhou rebellion and raising military expenses for the army. It has gained considerable prestige in deterring the rebellious army during the palace incident.

Of course, the most important thing is that he used that incident to dismiss He Jin, who was greedy for power and fame, and replaced his second uncle He Miao, who was withdrawn and not very greedy for power, as the general for the time being—He Miao was not A man who would contend with his nephew for power.

Except for Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He who listen to politics behind the curtain as usual, the only variable is Wei Wei Dong Zhong who has become more and more proud recently.

Of course, Dong Zhong won't be able to be complacent for long.

At the court meeting that day, the grand master and minister ordered Lu Zhi to lead all the officials into the hall to greet them, and then Liu Bian, Empress Dowager Dong, and Empress He entered the hall one after another.

According to the rules, the new monarch first leads all the officials to pay homage to the two empress dowagers who are behind the curtain, and then sits on the throne, and then Lu Zhi, the head of the current courtiers, leads the officials to pay homage to the new monarch.

After these etiquettes were over, Liu Bian sat on the throne and glanced at the officials. From the side, Zhang Rang said sharply: "The new king will set up a court, and all ministers will report early if they have something to do."

As soon as the words were finished, Taiwei Cao Song came out and bowed to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, something happened in the palace a month ago. As a Taiwei, I can't see through it. I deserve death. Please forgive me."

Hearing this, all the ministers in the court showed astonishment, not understanding what Cao Song was doing.

Among them, Yuan Kai gritted his teeth and secretly scolded Cao Song for nothing to do, "what did the changes in the palace have to do with you, the Taiwei?"Who doesn't know that your captain is just a decoration?Do you have to take the blame and bring up the matter again?
He looked at Liu Bian with trepidation, wondering whether the new monarch would bring up the matter of the palace change that day, but saw Lu Zhi come out, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, there was a change in the palace that day, and I thought it was related to Mrs. Cao." It has nothing to do with Wei, but there is indeed a need for an explanation to the outside world for such changes in the palace."

Explain?

Yuan Kai, Yuan Ji and others changed their expressions slightly, but Liu Bian nodded and said: "What the grand master said is very true."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Bian comforted Cao Song in public, and then dismissed the latter from the post of Taiwei.

This is a common practice, but any major event in the world is basically the responsibility of the three princes, and the Taiwei is the first to bear the brunt.

A few years ago, when there were frequent rebellions in the world, no one brought up this matter. It was just because he didn't want to offend Liu Bian. Now that Liu Bian is on the throne, he naturally doesn't intend to break this practice-why break the practice of taking the blame for the emperor?
As for being dismissed, Cao Song didn't feel any pity at all. Anyway, he had already been a captain, not to mention that he was still in the Shangshutai.

It has to be said that Cao Song didn't think it was a pity, but what he said scared Yuan Kai, Yuan Ji, Yang Biao and others, and they all speculated whether Liu Bian wanted to interrogate Yuan Shao.

However, they guessed wrong, Liu Bian didn't have time to manage Yuan Shao for the time being, after all, his main purpose was to get back the power of the imperial army, as for Yuan Shao, he was still planning to see Yuan's influence.

Ever since, after Cao Song returned to the court, Situ Cui Lie immediately came out again, and said righteously: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, although Cao Taiwei was negligent, although the root cause of the riot is still Because of Weiwei, Huben, and Langwei's disorganized military discipline and disobedience to orders, I believe that the imperial army should be rebuilt."

"My minister agrees!"

Zhijinwu and Taifu Yangxu, as well as Huben Zhonglang general Cui Jun, also came out to echo.

Seeing this, all the ministers in the court clarified in their hearts: the new king is going to take advantage of that incident to take power.

Sure enough, Liu Bian nodded and said: "What you said is very true. That day, I never thought that Hu Ben and Yulin, as the imperial guards guarding the palace, would actually help the unruly people to make trouble. It can be seen that they have been lacking in management for a long time... Cui Jun, I order you to re-select and re-train the Huben soldiers, remove all the bad guys from the previous army, and reorganize the military discipline!"

"I take orders!" Cui Jun bowed and bowed.

Seeing this, Yuan Kai sighed secretly. Before that, his nephew Yuan Shu had run the Huben Army for several years, so far he had nothing to do with the Yuan family.

However, he didn't dare to object, for fear that the new king would be angry, and in a fit of anger, Yuan Shao would be interrogated in advance before he ascended the throne, and even Yuan Shao would be beheaded, and the Yuan clan would also be affected.

While he was secretly sighing, Liu Bian glanced at Yuan Kai calmly, seeing the latter bowed his head silently, he groaned in his heart.

Yes, he was sure that Yuan Kai would not dare to obstruct this matter.

Immediately, he said again: "As for the Habayashi Army..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Wei Wei Dong Zhong come out and ask: "Your Majesty, I recommend my younger brother Dong Cheng to be the general of Yubayashi Zhonglang."

Liu Bian frowned slightly, and began to feel that Dong Zhong was a bit ignorant. Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Dong also said: "Emperor, Dong Cheng is suitable to be the general of Yubayashi, and he will rectify the Yubayashi army for the emperor."

Seeing this, Empress Dowager He's face flashed with anger, and she was about to explode. At this moment, Lu Zhi hinted at He Miao with his eyes.

He glanced at Dong Zhong, and said in a deep voice: "Dong Cheng, as the left supervisor of Yubayashi, should have been in the palace that night. Fortunately, Cao Chun, the right supervisor of Yubayashi, was in charge of the army strictly, so that the Yubayashi army did not completely defect....Since your majesty wants to reorganize the Yubayashi army, how can you appoint someone who is dereliction of duty as the general of Zhonglang?"

Dong Chong was both ashamed and angry, and retorted: "My brother didn't neglect his duties that night, but just happened to take a break and came to my house as a guest."

He Miao cast a sideways glance at Dong Zhong, and said calmly: "I only know that Dong Cheng is not seen in the front, back, and back. Dong Huanqi's mansion is not far from the imperial palace. I don't believe that I have never heard any strange noises in the palace."

"..." Dong Zhong opened his mouth, suddenly speechless.

How can he say that the two of his brothers did hear the strange noise in the palace, but they mistakenly thought that He Jin was going to kill them, and hid in the mansion in fright, not daring to go out?

He Miao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and said: "I suggest that Cao Chun should be promoted to General of Yubayashi Zhonglang."

"Absurd, ridiculous!"

Dong Zhong said angrily: "Cao Zihe is not yet weak, and he is too young to be the right supervisor of Yubayashi. How can he be promoted to General Zhonglang?"

He knew that there was no one in the court to support him, so he hurriedly asked Empress Dowager Dong for help: "The Empress Dowager..."

Seeing this, Yang Xu frowned, came out first, and said loudly: "The capable ones live here. Although Cao Zihe is not yet weak, he decisively led the Henan army into the city to quell the chaos that night, and quickly assisted the troops to suppress the chaos. Decisively, I will follow the advice of the general."

He spoke loudly and reminded people in the court such as Fan Ling and Xu et al. The latter also seconded their proposals one after another, and Yang Biao, Ma Rixun, Cai Yong and others also agreed.

Seeing that most of the courtiers seconded the proposal, Empress Dowager Dong also hesitated.

At this moment, Liu Bian suddenly asked the silent Yuan Kai, "What does Yuan Sikong think?"

Yuan Kai was suspicious at the moment, and was startled when he heard the words. After looking around, he immediately squeezed out a smile and said: "I, I think... what Yang Gong and the general said is very true."

Seeing this, Liu Bian snorted secretly, turned around and pretended to ask Empress Dowager Dong: "Grandmother?"

Seeing that most of the courtiers echoed He Miao's words, Empress Dowager Dong did not dare to insist any longer, she secretly scolded Dong Cheng for not being up to date, nodded and said: "Since that is the case, let the emperor decide."

Therefore, Liu Bian canonized Cao Chun as Yubayashi Zhonglang as a matter of course.

In all fairness, he actually has better candidates, such as Yang Xu. If Yang Xu is appointed as Habayashi Zhonglang, Dong Zhong will never dare to say anything, but he wants to train Cao Chun. After all, this man was a tiger and leopard rider in history. Commander, he naturally hopes that Cao Chun will train the Habayashi Army to be as elite as tiger and leopard cavalry.

Just when everyone in the hall thought that the fires of the new king's ascension were about to burn out, Liu Bian suddenly issued an order without warning: "...except for the need to rectify the two armies of Huben and Habayashi, I decided to draw out the eunuchs from the province. Some people formed the Gongwei Division, responsible for the protection of the province and the Nangong Palace, and the Nantun Sima, Canglong Sima, Xuanwu Sima, and Beitun Sima were all under the jurisdiction of the Gongwei Division..."

When Dong Zhong heard this, his expression changed immediately, and all the officials in the court were also secretly surprised: The new king is going to cut Weiwei's authority!
"I object to this!"

Dong said loudly.

Empress Dowager Dong was also suspicious, and asked Liu Bian, "Why is the emperor doing this?"

Seeing the questioning tone in the old lady's tone, Empress Dowager He couldn't see it, so she supported Liu Bian. Seeing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were about to quarrel again, Liu Bian hurriedly dissuaded her, and then smiled and said to Empress Dowager Dong: "Grandmother, don't worry." , the grandson still appointed Dong Huanqi as the guard, guarding the North Palace and protecting the grandmother, but the Nangong... the grandson thinks it is better for the grandson to send someone to protect the mother."

Hearing this, the old lady couldn't hold back anymore, because she could clearly hear that Liu Bian had a dislike for Dong Zhong and Dong Cheng, but she couldn't refute it, after all, when the uterus changed a while ago, it was indeed Liu Bian and Dong Cheng. Yang Xu, Lu Zhi, He Miao, and others suppressed the chaos, and Dong Zhong and Dong Cheng disappeared from start to finish.

She frowned and said: "Dong Chong is not Dong Cheng, he has not yet served as a Weiwei that day..."

Liu Bian did not quarrel with the old lady, and said kindly: "Grandmother hopes that someone she trusts will guard her side, and grandson also hopes that someone she trusts will guard her mother. Besides, with this arrangement, the two palaces will have less friction."

From the side, Empress Dowager He chimed in and said: "What my son said is very true, I don't believe in some people who dereliction of duty."

Although Empress Dowager Dong resented Empress Dowager He's attitude, she could not refute Liu Bian's words. Moreover, Liu Bian did not take away all the power of Dong Zhong, and still asked him to lead the army to guard the North Palace. This did not touch the old lady's bottom line, so she thought for a while , and finally agreed: "Okay, just follow the emperor."

"Empress Dowager!" Dong Zhong continued to struggle, but Empress Dowager Dong ignored him.

Maybe the old lady is still scolding in her heart: Your brother is not up to date, what can I, an old lady, do?
As a result, Liu Bian established the Gongwei Division logically, appointing Zhang Rang as the principal and Zhao Zhong as the deputy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I should serve you loyally, with a heart-to-heart."

Zhang Rang was overjoyed, although he also knew that he and Zhao Zhong would not be able to serve for too long, and in the end the arch guard would fall into the hands of Zhao Zhong's youngest brother Zhao Chun, but just based on this, he could be sure that the new king would not be against him. They crossed the river and demolished the bridge, Zhang Rang could die, and the eunuchs could continue to be favored by the new king.

Of course, they are also favored, but compared to the previous emperor, there are some things they can't do. After all, this new emperor is much more clever than the old emperor who passed away.

Seeing Zhang Rang's overjoyed appearance, most of the courtiers were worried, even Lu Zhi, Yang Xu and other courtiers who were close to Liu Bian frowned slightly.

Because they vaguely felt that, except for a few of them, Xinjun trusted the eunuchs more than the scholars, which was extremely detrimental to the scholars.

(End of this chapter)