I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 3 Hanling Emperor

The entire Han Palace is covered with the eyeliner of the ten permanent servants, and it is absolutely impossible for anything in the palace to be hidden from the ten permanent servants' eyes and ears.

When Guo Sheng returned to the house, there was already a young eunuch waiting here, and respectfully said to him: "Mr. Guo, let me invite you."

Guo Sheng's face remained unchanged, without surprise, he waved his whisk and said calmly, "Lead the way."

Soon the group arrived in front of the greenhouse hall of the South Palace of the Han Palace. Guo Sheng didn't enter the hall, but stood outside the hall holding a fly whisk, while the little eunuch who led him hurried into the hall.

The greenhouse hall, as the name suggests, is the hall where the emperors of the Han Dynasty kept out the cold in winter, and there was such a faint emperor as Emperor Ling, who hid in the hall as soon as the weather turned cold.

When Guo Sheng arrived outside the hall, Zhang Rang, the head of the ten permanent attendants, was waiting beside Emperor Ling. At this time, the little eunuch rushed in and whispered something in his ear.

Zhang Rang nodded in understanding, and immediately said to Emperor Ling with a little bit of flattery: "Your Majesty, Guo Sheng came outside the palace, maybe he has something in the palace to discuss with the old minister..."

Emperor Ling was playing and drinking with two maids in his arms, and waved his hands drunkenly upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Zhang Rang bowed and exited the hall.

The moment he walked out of the hall, he straightened up and glanced outside the hall, until he saw Guo Sheng waiting outside the hall, then walked towards the latter slowly.

"Give me up."

Guo Sheng took the initiative to go forward and salute.

After all, Zhang Rang is the most powerful person among the regular servants in Zhuzhong, followed by Zhao Zhong, the chief minister next to Empress He. As for Guo Sheng, he probably ranks fifth or sixth among the regular servants. Not high, in fact, the power in his hands is really not small, plus his relationship with the He family, no, even Zhang Rang has to greet him politely and call him "Guo Gong".

The two exchanged a few words casually, and Zhang Rang immediately expressed his intention: "I heard that Shi Hou summoned Guo Gong?"

"Yes."

Guo Sheng didn't hide anything, after looking around, he said to Zhang Rang in a low voice: "Shihou loves Cai Bojie's second daughter, please ask our family to bring her to the palace to be his companion."

Hearing this, Zhang Rang had a weird expression, half a smile but not a smile. He looked at the greenhouse behind him, and at Guo Sheng in front of him, but immediately, his dumbfounding expression was gradually replaced by seriousness.

"Can you replace it with his daughter?" He asked with a frown.

Guo Sheng shook his head reservedly: "Shihou only wants Cai Bojie's second daughter."

Hearing this, Zhang Rang frowned again.

Other women are easy to talk about, but Cai Yong's daughter, he really doesn't want to bring into the palace to be with that Marquis Shi, lest that Marquis Shi be affected.

After all, judging from the current signs, that Shi Hou is very likely to become the prince.

"Guo Gong agreed?" He asked again.

Guo Sheng smiled, and said euphemistically: "Shihou asks, how can our family refuse so cruelly?"

In fact, Guo Sheng actually didn't want to recruit Cai Yong's daughter into the palace. The reason why he agreed was because he realized that Shihou intended to get closer to him, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity.

And hearing Guo Sheng's words, Zhang Rang also understood Guo Sheng's thoughts.

How could people like them miss the great opportunity to curry favor with the future prince and new king?
Furthermore, both of them are Zhongchang servants, they have no subordinates, only the power, Guo Sheng sells his face to him, otherwise Zhang Rang can't do much with him, after all, Guo Sheng is the guide of He's entry into the palace ', in terms of his closeness to the He family, he is on par with Zhao Zhong who is currently serving as the chief Changqiu next to Empress He.

Of course, the most important thing is that in the face of the pressure of the court sergeants, the ten permanent servants have reached a tacit agreement to join forces to fight against each other. Unless the core interests are touched, the ten permanent servants are basically in step.

"OK then."

Zhang Rang finally nodded and agreed. After all, it was not a big deal to bring a girl into the palace.

If Cai Yong's daughter doesn't know what's good and tries to influence Shihou in the future, at worst, she can find a way to make her die suddenly in the palace or disappear.

Anyway, there have never been many maids in the palace who died violently for no reason or even disappeared inexplicably, even young princes.

However, where is Cai Yong now?
"According to what Shi Hou said, it seems that there is a rumor in the world that Cai Bojie is in the land of Wu Hui, and he is taking shelter of the Taishan Yang family."

"Which sheep family?"

"The former Taiwei Yang Cifu, the former Lujiang Taishou, the current Nanyang Taishou Yang Xu, and the Yang family of Yang Xingzu."

"Hiss." Zhang Rang took a breath of cold air.

The reason is that this Yang Xu is not only a scholar, but also a party member. Not surprisingly, he is the group of scholars who hate their eunuchs the most, and the two sides can be said to be incompatible.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Rang told Guo Sheng: "When you send someone, remember to tell Cai Bozhe that if he doesn't come to provoke us in the future, the past grievances will be wiped out, but if he dares to secretly instruct his daughter to bewitch Shihou... Be careful that no one will die. .”

"Naturally."

Guo Sheng replied with a smile, after all, it's one thing to please Shi Hou, and his position is still on the side of their Shi Changshi.

Before the evening of the same day, the Shichang Attendant Group, which the world scolded, got together, integrated their contacts, and each contacted the prison slaves who managed the fields and property outside for them, as well as brothers, relatives, friends, and guests, to help Shi Hou find someone. After all, Guo Sheng can't take all the matter of pleasing the future prince.

Such a big battle, naturally the palace couldn't hide it, and within two days it spread, and spread to the ears of Emperor Ling, Empress He, and Empress Dowager Dong one after another.

A ten-year-old boy, who is currently the most likely to become the prince, doesn't want to study hard, and actually instigates Zhong Changshi to forcibly summon Cai Yong's daughter to accompany him. This makes the Emperor Ling dislike Liu Bian even more, and decides to call Rebuke me in front of you.

In fact, Zhang Rang next to Lingdi could dissuade him at this moment, but he rolled his eyes and didn't do that.

Since he wanted to reprimand his son, it definitely couldn't be in the conservatory. Emperor Ling still wanted to face it.

Therefore, Emperor Ling rarely moved to Chongde Palace in Nangong, pretending to handle government affairs, and at the same time called Liu Bian to give lectures.

Not long after, Liu Bian came outside the hall under the guidance of several young eunuchs.

What surprised him was that Zhang Rang, the head of the ten permanent attendants, was standing outside the hall, as if waiting for him.

Just when he was surprised, Zhang Rang also saw him, took the initiative to show his favor, and said in a low voice: "Shi Hou, Your Majesty has already learned that you ordered Guo Changshi to do something, and he felt a little bit guilty, but Shi Hou doesn't have to." Panic, you can sincerely admit your mistakes later, and the rest is up to veterans."

That's right, how can interceding for Liu Bian behind his back be better than interceding for the future prince face to face?

Liu Bian also immediately understood Zhang Rang's overtures, pretending to be a little panic-stricken and joyfully said: "Then rely on Mr. Zhang."

"How dare you?" Zhang Rang smiled all over his face, shaking so that the wrinkles on his face became more and more obvious.

Later, under the guidance of Zhang Rang, Liu Bian walked into the main hall of Chongde Hall, and saw the Lingdi who was lying on the jade case at a glance.

What are you wearing?

He secretly mocked in his heart.

Although he had no eyeliner in the palace, the entire Han Palace knew that Emperor Ling was hiding in the greenhouse all day long to enjoy himself, how could he not know?

Speaking of this Hanling Emperor, he was really the most stupid and senseless group of emperors in history. His 21 years in power have hardly benefited the country and the people of the world. On the contrary, it can be called a disaster.

Talking about lewdness and immorality, Shang Zhou sometimes had a talk about wine pools and meat forests, and this Ling Emperor did not need Shang Zhou to restrain himself at all. He ordered the maids to play and chase him in the garden naked. The most inconceivable thing about merchants is that when an eunuch dressed a dog in the clothes of a courtier in order to win his favor, the faint emperor clapped his hands and praised with a smile: "What a dog official!"

In comparison, it's nothing for this foolish monarch to sell his official titles.

However, it is this kind of stupid king who still has the face to ask his servant Yang Qi: "How are you and Emperor Huan?"

Yang Qi's answer was quite embarrassing to Emperor Ling, saying: "Your Majesty wants to compare with Emperor Huan, just like Yu Shun and Tang Yao compared with Germany."

So Lingdi was still very unhappy.

Let Liu Bian say that Emperor Huan of Han and Emperor Ling of Han deserve to be compared with Tang Yao, Yu and Shun?Throughout the history of China, these two generations of stupid monarchs can be regarded as the most stupid and senseless monarchs. They really suffered for the subjects of the Han Dynasty. They encountered such stupid monarchs for two consecutive generations. It is no wonder that the Eastern Han Dynasty died soon after.

Of course, although Liu Bian dismissed his cheap father in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, and bowed his hands knowingly: "Father."

Hearing the call, Emperor Ling raised his head, allowing Liu Bian to see his pretendingly gloomy face.

However, what caught Liu Bian's attention the most was Lingdi's sunken and blackened eye sockets, which was obviously a manifestation of long-term obsession with women and his body was empty. It is no wonder that this stupid king died two years later, at the age of 32. .

In a word, it is injustice for such a foolish monarch to receive the posthumous posthumous title of "Xiaoling" after his death, such as Emperor Sui Yang who received a bad posthumous posthumous posthumous title.

"Humph!"

Emperor Ling snorted heavily and said angrily, "Do you know why I summoned you here?"

In fact, according to the thinking of adults, Liu Bian wanted to answer 'know'. After all, Zhang Rang was waiting for him outside the hall before. In order not to arouse suspicion, he deliberately pretended to be flustered. Anyway, Zhang Rang would intercede for him, so he had nothing to fear.

No, seeing Liu Bian showing panic, Zhang Rang really tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Shihou admires Cai's daughter and wants her to enter the palace to accompany her. This is not a big deal. Besides, Cai Bojie...uh , He is proficient in classics and history, good at Ci Fu, and good at calligraphy. He is worthy of his reputation as a great Confucian. His daughter will not be bad. With Cai's daughter accompanying Shi Hou, it may be possible to urge Shi Hou to concentrate on his studies. "

I have to say, I'm afraid Zhang Rang never thought that one day he would speak well for Cai Yong who had impeached them for interfering in political affairs. Who made Shihou, who they wanted to curry favor with, fall in love with Cai Yong's daughter.

"Isn't it, Shihou?" He tried his best to pass the words to Liu Bian.

What else could Liu Bian say? Naturally, he nodded and said yes, although in his heart, Lingdi, a faint emperor, was not qualified to teach him a lesson.

Zhang Rang, Cao Jie and others were eunuchs who had made great contributions in supporting Emperor Ling's succession to the throne. After Cao Jie passed away, Zhang Rang also became the leader of the ten permanent attendants.

Because of this credit, Emperor Ling trusted Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten permanent servants the most on weekdays. Even if the courtiers had solid evidence to impeach him, Emperor Ling repeatedly condoned it.

What's more, this foolish emperor tried to say "Zhang Changshi is my father and Zhao Changshi is my mother" and called Zhang Rang "Father". It is unreasonable for a monarch to do this without subjugation of the country.

(End of this chapter)