I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 24 Liu Guanzhang ([-])
That night, Lu Zhi hosted a banquet at his home to welcome Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.

During the banquet, several people mentioned that Marquis Shi again.

At that time, Lu Zhi said with emotion: "Thinking that I, Lu Zhi, lived more than forty years in vain, it is not as good as ten... er, not as thorough as Shi Hou."

Liu Bei didn't know why, so he asked curiously, "What is Master Lu referring to?"

Lu Zhi shook his head and said nothing. After all, it involved relatives, scholars, and eunuchs. He didn't want to say much. He just praised in front of Liu Bei: "Young gentleman is born smart, and I am a big man who is expected to prosper."

Seeing Lu Zhi's secretive appearance, Liu Bei couldn't ask any more questions, so he changed the subject and asked, "Master Lu and Shihou are very close?"

As soon as the words fell, I heard Lu Zhi's third son, Lu Yu, say proudly: "My father is now the prince and grand teacher, Shihou's teacher!"

"what?"

Liu Bei was surprised and delighted.

Surprised that my teacher has become the prince's teacher, and happy that I and the prince are brothers of the same school?

However, Lu Zhi frowned and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, kid, go!"

Lu Yu lowered her head and picked up the rice in dismay.

At this time, Lu Zhi turned his head to look at Liu Bei who was puzzled, and explained: "It is true that I was appointed by Your Majesty as the prince and grand teacher, and I was also responsible for teaching Shihou, but Shihou is not yet the prince. Xuande must not behave like a prince outside. This childish slip of the tongue, so as not to be plotted against by someone with a heart."

Surprised, Liu Bei asked with a straight face, "Master Lu is referring to Zhang Rang and others?"

"Uh……"

Lu Zhi was startled, with a strange look on his face, shook his head and said: "No, the regular servants in the palace, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others all secretly supported Shi Hou as the crown prince, and besides..."

A bluish-white color flashed across his face, and he said after a while: "Forget it, it's okay to listen to Xuande, my position as the prince and grand teacher is actually obtained by Zhang Rang's repeated persuasion to His Majesty."

"what?"

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all looked stunned, and their eyes on Lu Zhi also became a little strange.

You must know that as far as they know, Lu Zhi has always been at odds with the regular servants in the palace. It is good that Zhang Rang does not falsely accuse Lu Zhi. How could he speak for Lu Zhi and win the position of prince and grand teacher for the latter?
Prince Taishi, that is, the prince's teacher, once the prince inherits the position in the future, the prince Taishi will be promoted to Taishi. You must know that there is only one Taishi in a generation of emperors. Once the Taishi passes away, this person will be abolished and there will be no replacement. Yes, it can be seen how honorable and prominent this position is.

Zhang Rang and others went crazy, recommending Lu Zhi as the prince and grand teacher?

Or is it that Master Lu actually turned to Zhang Rang and others secretly?
impossible!
Liu Bei shook his head, trying to get rid of the wild thoughts in his mind. He firmly believed that with Lu Zhi as a person, he would never fall to Zhang Rang and others.

He asked in a low voice: "Master Lu, did something happen?"

"Hmm." Lu Zhi nodded with emotion.

In fact, he saw the surprised expressions of Liu Bei and others just now, but he didn't blame him, because similar things had happened many times since he became the 'Prince and Grand Master'.

On the contrary, he was very pleased that Liu Bei, a student, finally chose to believe in him.

He sighed and said to Liu Bei: "Xuande may not know that your Majesty died of several princes in his early years, so after Empress He gave birth to Shi Hou, she raised her among the people and was raised by Shi Zixuan and Shi Daoren, so it is called Shihou... This year, Shihou was ten years old. His Majesty took Shihou back to the palace. Everyone thought that Shihou was raised by the people and acted frivolously without the majesty of an emperor. ..."

Speaking of this, he thought of Liu Bianzhang's death of Fang Dian Ling Feng Yu, especially the incident in Yongle Palace that followed.

The turmoil in Yongle Palace was the cause of the internal split among the ten permanent servants. At that time, Lu Zhi didn't realize anything, and even gloated a little, but now looking back at those incidents, he suspected that it might be that Shihou who single-handedly dominated the ten permanent servants. The division and hostility of the servants.

A ten-year-old child actually used the huge harem as a chessboard and the ten servants as pawns to play with the applause. Lu Zhi was secretly startled by such a city and such scheming. How did a high-ranking man train his young gentleman so well.

What?worried?

Lu Zhi was not at all worried that the future monarch would be too scheming. In fact, he was happy to see it succeed, because only in this way would the future new monarch not be influenced by eunuchs like Emperor Huan and His Majesty today.

At the beginning, he was a little worried that that Shihou was too assertive and even acted a little violently, but after getting along for a while, he also let go of it: like that Shihou, who is always admonishing, will never become a tyrant in the future.

Zhang Rang and others may have also realized that they are more submissive to that Shi Hou than they are to the present-day sage, and they dare not lie in the slightest. In fact, Zhang Rang was forced by that Shi Hou to take the position of Lu Zhi's prince and grand teacher. The instructions were obtained after repeated persuasion from the emperor.

Of course, there is no need to tell your disciples about these things.

So Lu Zhi skipped these, and said succinctly: "...In short, since Shi Hou returned to the palace, the situation in the palace has changed. In the past, the ten permanent attendants who we thought were advancing and retreating together have now split into two branches. Headed by Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng, it is attached to the He family; the other branch is headed by Sun Zhang, Feng Xuan, and Xia Yun, and attached to the Dong family. In recent months, these two branches have been fighting each other. The involvement of Changqiu Palace and Yongle Palace caused chaos in the harem...but Shihou was young but smart, so he was not deceived by Zhang Rang and others, but used it to instruct Zhang Rang to persuade His Majesty to make me the prince and grand teacher. Yes, it's just that Zhang Rang felt unwilling and secretly asked people to release rumors, saying that I made a deal with him in order to seek the position of prince and grand teacher, and I will never talk about eradicating the servant from now on, it's really ridiculous!"

When talking about this matter, Lu Zhi was very angry.

That's right, he did give up trying to get rid of the servants in the palace, but it wasn't because he made a deal with Zhang Rang, but because he was persuaded by that Marquis Shi and understood that 'foreign relatives, eunuchs, and scholars need to coerce each other ', and the person he agreed to in disguise is also that Shi Hou, so what does it have to do with Zhang Rang and others?
If in the future he learns that Zhang Rang and others' father, brother and children have caused disasters in the local area, he will still impeach him and make the court punish him severely.

To put it simply, he just gave up targeting the entire eunuch class, but he never thought of appeasing any eunuch who committed a crime.

But on the other hand, this did ease the sharp conflict between him and Zhang Rang and others, so Zhang Rang persuaded the emperor for him.

But there are good things and bad things. On his side, he eased the conflict with Zhang Rang and others, and won the honor of the prince and grand teacher. Suspicions arose, which made Lu Zhi a little depressed. During this period of time, he hadn't had much contact with Zheng Tai and others. After dealing with the government affairs of Chongde Hall every day, he went to Dongguan to talk with Yang Biao and Ma Rixun. .

"Obviously, I am the prince and grand teacher, but Shi Hou wants to get the prince's title." Lu Zhi sighed helplessly, feeling that Zheng Tai and other colleagues and friends for many years had doubts about him.

Hearing this, Liu Bei was puzzled and asked, "Why is this? Your Majesty refuses to confer Shihou the crown prince?"

"Ugh."

Lu Zhi sighed and said, "Shi Hou was implicated by Empress He..."

As he said that, he told Liu Bei about Queen He's poisonous killing of Beauty Wang, and he also mentioned Queen Mother Dong during the period: "...Shi Hou is naturally intelligent, and he is also the eldest son. , Ai Wu and Wu are partial to Dong Hou, and the Empress Dowager Dong is in the way, so they have not made a decision for a long time..."

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other, not daring to express any opinions on this matter, but they could hear that Lu Shangshu in front of him was obviously biased towards Shi Hou Liu Bian, but unfortunately no one can surpass the influence of Empress Dowager Dong on today's world .

When the wine was full, Liu Bei said to Lu Zhi: "Master Lu, since Shi Hou recommended a student, the student wants to thank you in person, I don't know..."

"This one……"

Lu Zhi glanced at Liu Bei thoughtfully, thought for a while, and then said, "I'll see Shi Hou tomorrow."

"Thank you, Master Lu."

That night, Lu Zhi left Liu Bei and the three of them to rest in the upper wing of the mansion.

In the afternoon of the next day, when Lu Zhi was dealing with government affairs in Chongde Hall, Liu Bian brought Zhao Chun as usual.

After a while, Lu Zhi said to Liu Bian while Emperor Ling was resting in the inner hall: "Shihou, Liu Bei, my disciple, came to Luoyang yesterday. He hopes to thank Shihou in person, but he doesn't know if Have this honor?"

Liu Bei is here?

What about Guan Yu and Zhang Fei?
Liu Bian was secretly delighted, and asked tentatively, "Has he reported to my second uncle?"

"Yes." Lu Zhi didn't know what Liu Bian was thinking, and said truthfully: "The Governor of He Fu granted Liu Bei the post of Henan Captain, and the two companions, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, were awarded the posts of Sima in other departments."

"what! 』

Liu Bian became more and more joyful in his heart, and said to Lu Zhi with a smile: "Since he is a disciple of Master Lu, he is also my junior brother. How can you say that it is an honor or not? Besides, Liu Xuande is also a clan member of the Han family. Master Lu called him in my name." Let's enter the palace."

"Thank you Shihou."

Lu Zhi bowed his hands to thank him, and immediately said with shame: "I dare not pretend to be Shihou's teacher. I dare not agree to the name of Master Lu."

Liu Bian smiled and said nothing.

Regardless of whether Lingdi canonize him as the prince or not, Lu Zhi will definitely try his best to win him over.

He told Zhao Chun who was beside him, "Go to Yin's Office and tell my second uncle to call Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei into the palace in the name of Master Lu and me. Don't forget to bring some pieces for my second uncle along the way." Gift."

"Yes!" Zhao Chun bowed and left.

Not long after, Zhao Chun came to Yin's office and told He Miao about it.

Naturally, He Miao would not refuse his nephew's request, so he immediately summoned Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to discuss the matter.

The three of Liu Bei were overjoyed, and immediately followed Zhao Chun into the palace, all the way to the Chongde Hall, and waited outside the hall.

Immediately, Zhao Chun went inside and reported: "Shihou, Henan Wei and Liubei are already outside the palace."

It is impossible to recruit into the hall. After all, Liu Bei and the other three are not qualified to enter the Chongde Hall for the time being. Even Liu Bian's stay here has the tacit approval of Emperor Ling.

So Liu Bian and Lu Zhi went out of the palace to meet Liu Bei.

At the moment when he saw Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, Liu Bian felt a little dazed. After all, these three people were familiar to him.

Speaking of which, in history, his second uncle He Miao had no famous generals under his command. The only famous one was Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min. Now He Miao has Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei under his command. Even if the He brothers confront each other in the future, He Miao may not be defeated.

Well……

Not right either.

Liu Bian suddenly thought of Lu Bu.

Lu Bu's superiors and adoptive fathers, Ding Yuan and Ding Jianyang, were loyal to General He Jin.

Considering that Liu Bian is with him this time, Dong Zhuo is destined to be unable to take control of Luoyang, and Lu Bu is unlikely to betray him again, which means that Lu Bu is likely to be in He Jin's camp.

Once He Jin and He Miao confront each other, there might be another form of Three Great Britain's battle against Lu Bu.

This is quite exciting.

Of course, it would be even better if Lu Bu could also be brought under He Miao's command.

(End of this chapter)