I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 17 A month later

In the middle of March, the Changqiu Palace where Empress He lived and the Yongle Palace where Empress Dowager Dong lived had been fighting for a full month, and the eunuchs and maids in the palace were deeply implicated.

Empress He is fine, although this empress has a bad temper and is stubborn, but with Liu Bian interceding, none of the maids of Changqiu Palace were implicated. gained a good reputation.

There are two types of maids in the palace. One is recruited from Luoyang and even Henan. It is basically impossible to meet the big shots in the palace.

There is also a category of good family sons, that is, daughters of officials from various places and aristocratic families. After entering the palace, these women will be arranged next to Emperor Ling, Empress He, and Empress Dowager Dong. Tang Ji, the concubine included by Liu Bian in history, is this category. .

Given that the purpose of these good families entering the palace was to cling to the royal family, this time Liu Bian interceded for them, and they naturally leaned against Liu Bian, trying to win the favor of the Marquis.

This made Cai Yan a little unhappy. Although when Liu Bian deliberately teased her with this matter, she stubbornly expressed that she didn't care, but when those good families deliberately approached Liu Bian, she subconsciously pouted. Others.

But having said that, Liu Bian really has no interest in these good families. The only person he is interested in in the entire palace is Cai Yan, who has a rough fate in history.

"Wen Ji, don't worry, I only have Wen Ji in my heart, and you are my queen."

When Liu Bian smiled and comforted Cai Yan, Cai Yan was ashamed, angry and puzzled.

What makes her ashamed and indignant is that she really hates those good family sons who are deliberately close to Liu Bian, and she is also puzzled because she still doesn't understand why Liu Bian loves her so much.

By the way, after a month of being raised in the palace, Cai Yan, who used to be yellow and thin due to malnutrition, also showed some changes. Gradually faded, and the whole person became plump and more beautiful.

However, in Luoyang Palace, Cai Yan's beauty doesn't have much advantage. After all, this Han Palace has almost all the daughters of officials from all over the country. Among them, Cai Yan is more beautiful. It's just that Liu Bian has no interest. .

Apart from Cai Yan, the only thing Liu Bian cared about was Tang Ji, Liu Bian's concubine in history. According to his guess, Tang Ji should also be born in a good family of Changqiu Palace, so she was later adopted by Empress He. Fancy, sent to serve Liu Bian.

However, Liu Bian has not heard of Tang Ji from Empress He's side, most likely because she has not yet entered the palace.

On March [-]th, Liu Bian, who had been keeping a low profile for a whole month, was about to start his campaign to become the prince of Jian Guo.

So he sent Fang Dianling Zhao Chun to invite Zhang Rang.

Speaking of Zhang Rang, this old thing has repeatedly jumped between Dong and He in history. It is obvious that his adopted son Zhang Feng married Empress He's younger sister Xiao He, but he still has no clear relationship with Empress Dowager Dong. , He even gave advice to Queen Mother Dong to help Dong Zhongguan, the son of Dong Chong, the late brother of Queen Mother Dong, to worship General Hussars and divide He Jin's military power.

But now, Zhang Rang has been forced to sever ties with Yongle Palace, and honestly sided with Empress He, and even during this period, when Empress Dowager Dong slandered Liu Bian in front of Emperor Ling, she repeatedly persuaded Emperor Ling to change to Li Dong. When Hou Liuxie was the crown prince, Zhang Rang persuaded Emperor Ling in every possible way, which can be regarded as a lot of strength in arguing for Liu.

In the evening of that day, Zhang Rang hurried to Jiafang Hall while Emperor Ling was resting in the back hall of Yutang Hall. Liu Bian ordered Zhao Chun to welcome Zhang Rang in.

Perhaps because of being cut off from the Empress Dowager Dong's branch, Zhang Rang became more submissive to Liu Bian, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was ingratiating. Zhang Gong', lest Zhang Rang think wildly and sneak up on Yongle Palace to find a way out.

After greeting each other, Liu Bian pretended to be angry and said to Zhang Rang: "Mr. Zhang, recently, under the persuasion of Wen Ji, I restrained my temper and settled down in my studies. Changing my younger brother to be the crown prince made my mother and me very uneasy, I wonder if Mr. Zhang has a clever plan?"

"This is not easy..."

Zhang Rang said with a sad face.

Not to mention, Zhang Rang was also very surprised that Liu Bian had kept a low profile and read and practiced calligraphy honestly for the past month.

Surprised, he only had one way out for the He family, so he naturally did not forget to speak well of Liu Bian in front of Emperor Ling every day. Over time, even Emperor Ling changed his view of Liu Bian greatly. On the other hand, the biological mother insisted on making Dong Hou and Liu Xie the crown prince, and Lingdi claimed to be a filial son, how dare he refuse?
So this matter had to be dragged on.

During the discussion, Liu Bian lowered his voice and said to Zhang Rang: "Mr. Zhang, do you think this is okay? You can find a chance to play this matter while the father is drunk, and let the father make me the prince..."

These words made Zhang Rang and Zhao Chun gasped, and looked at Liu Bian in amazement.

That is to say, Zhang Rang is now close to Liu Bian and Empress He, and he has no other choice, otherwise he will tell Emperor Ling about this, and he will definitely dislike Liu Bian even more.

Of course, if this was not the case, Liu Bian would not be so stupid as to say such things to Zhang Rang.

"I'm afraid this won't work..."

Zhang Rang shook his head with a wry smile.

This made Liu Bian a little disappointed. Although Zhang Rang was scolded for monopolizing power, he was actually far behind those powerful eunuchs and eunuchs in history. No wonder later generations said that the eunuchs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were actually the weakest.

"Is it really not possible?" Liu Bian tried to make Zhang Rang change his mind.

However, Zhang Rang still refused to agree. Obviously he still knew that his power came from Lingdi, so he didn't dare to do things that would anger Lingdi.

Of course, his choice also made him escape—if Zhang Rang really dared to do this, the first thing Liu Bian would do after taking power alone in the future would be to ask this old guy to guard the imperial tomb for Emperor Ling.

"Then... what about buying the emperor?" Liu Bian asked again.

Zhang Rang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After all, he had already done this. The eunuchs around Emperor Ling, including the maids who waited on Emperor Ling, were all carefully selected by him.

But even though there are so many people speaking for Liu Bian, Liu Bian's position as the prince is still unfinished, which shows the influence of Empress Dowager Dong on Emperor Ling.

Seeing that Shihou's words became more and more unreliable, Zhang Rang said quickly: "How about this, the old minister arranges for Shihou to meet with His Majesty more often. As long as Shihou can manage to win His Majesty's favor, the matter of the crown prince is naturally not a problem."

He didn't dare to let Liu Bian speak again, so as not to leak it out, Sun Zhang and others took part in his crime of instigating Shihou——since the incident in Yongle Palace, their ten permanent servants split internally, Sun Zhang, Feng Xuan, Xia Yun and others They are trying to get hold of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng and others, and the two sides have reached a point where it is difficult to coexist.

As long as the court officials don't intervene at this time, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng will sooner or later fight to the death with Sun Zhang, Feng Xuan, and Xia Yun if they don't want to wipe out the ten permanent attendants.

But it is a pity that the scholars in the court learned that there was a split among the ten permanent servants, and they also tried to join in. This made Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Sun Zhang feel the crisis, and temporarily stopped attacking each other.

No, Zhang Rang tentatively talked about it with Liu Bian: "...Shihou, recently Cai Ji went to Dongguan to borrow books, did she say anything after she came back?"

Liu Bian actually knew it well, pretending not to know: "I didn't say anything, what's wrong?"

Zhang Rang hesitated for a moment, and immediately explained the reason: "It's like this, Shi Hou didn't know, in February this year, when Cai Ji first entered the palace, there was a riot by the county residents in Xingyang, and the rioters attacked Zhongmu. Beheading Zhong Mou Ling Luo Hao and the chief secretary Pan Ye, the momentum is getting stronger... At the beginning of the month, news spread to Luoyang, and the court Zhongshi people played again, and the false accusation was caused by me and the Zhongchang attendant..."

"Oh."

Liu Bian was stunned.

These days, he only focused on the palace and forgot about it.

Seeing that Zhang Rang was still looking directly at him, Liu Bian pretended to be disapproving and smiled and said: "The Yellow Turban Rebellion was caused by the regular servants, and the Xingyang riot was also caused by the regular servants. Ha, the chaos in the world is caused by all the regular servants." Chang Attendant led to..."

Although it was pretending to be disapproving, but thinking about it carefully, Liu Bian didn't think it was all the fault of Shi Changshi. Could it be that all the scholars in the world are good ministers and citizens who obey the law and obey the law?
impossible.

The gentry has always been the worst in land annexation.

"Isn't it!"

Seeing that Liu Bian was obviously on their side, Zhang Rang felt relieved, and said angrily, "The scholars in the court have long wanted to eradicate us, framed us as a disaster in the village, and said that we are very dirty. Are these people cleared? Waiter The censors Zheng Tai and Zheng Gongye have [-] hectares of fertile land in their family, which is not enough for the so-called heroes he has accepted; Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, the lieutenants of the Sili school, rely on him, the fourth generation and the third son of the Yuan family, to specialize in raising desperadoes... "

Liu Bian frowned frequently when he babbled on and cited the background of the scholars in the court, because he was familiar with this period of history and knew that Zhang Rang had really not framed these people in this matter.

After venting for a while, Zhang Rang calmed down the anger in his heart, and begged Liu Bian, "We are afraid that the court officials will frame us again in the name of local riots, and at the same time, it is also to save your majesty from such troubles." , that’s why I pressed the table, and waited for the day when the army was sent to suppress the riots and triumphantly, and then played to your Majesty. If Shihou hears something, please don’t misunderstand us. We will treat the Han Dynasty, Your Majesty, and the Empress , To Shi Hou, they are all loyal and unambiguous."

Liu Bian was amused when he heard it, and it was funny that Zhang Rang and the others were frightened like this.

In all fairness, as the favored eunuchs around Emperor Ling, Zhang Rang and the others did not need to hide any riots. After all, it was too obvious that the court sergeants wanted to take the opportunity to eradicate these people, and Zhang Rang and the others could only hide it. Self-preservation.

This is not a compliment, but an objective phenomenon.

"I naturally believe in Mr. Zhang..."

Liu Bian smiled and nodded. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and asked again, "Who is Mr. Zhang going to send to quell the chaos?"

Zhang Rang said respectfully: "Our family...cough, the court has ordered your second uncle, Henan Yin He Miao and Uncle He Guo, to lead the army to suppress the rebellion."

"really……"

Liu Bian nodded secretly.

Afterwards, as recorded in historical records, Henan Yin He Miao led thousands of troops to conquer the Xingyang rebels, defeated them, beheaded thousands of them, and the rest fled in all directions.

At this time, Zhang Rang reported the matter to Emperor Ling, saying that he had concealed it earlier because he didn't want Emperor Ling to bother about it, and then he showed his merits for He Miao.

Seeing He Miao's victorious victory, Emperor Ling was very happy. Instead of blaming Zhang Rang for concealing it, he praised He Miao as General of Chariots and Marquis of Jiyang.

He Miao entered the pilgrimage to thank him, and was immediately summoned into the Changqiu Palace by Empress He who heard the news.

Upon learning of this, Liu Bian rushed to see the second uncle.

In his plan, this second uncle who died in vain in history was his indispensable help.

(End of this chapter)