I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 35
The next day, Emperor Ling held another court meeting in the Chongde Hall to discuss the candidates for the expedition to suppress the rebellion.

Hussars General Dong Zhong and General He Jin originally planned to frame each other and instigate Emperor Ling to appoint each other to go out, but they never thought that Emperor Ling said with a bit of displeasure: "After the court meeting yesterday, Shangshu Lu Zhi and Zhonglang General Huang Fusong, Wei Wei Zhang Wen, and eunuch Zhu Jun discussed in private, and they have come up with a strategy to put down the rebellion in Liangzhou, Lu Qing, please read it in public."

"I obey my orders!"

Lu Zhi bowed his hands to accept the order, took out the memorial from his arms, and read it aloud in public.

The above-mentioned bandit suppression strategy in this memorial is based on Liu Bian's vision after 2000, supplemented by experienced generals such as Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, and Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi, a great Confucian, personally The chief writer, regardless of the strategic content or the rhetoric of the writing, is impeccable, and everyone in the hall is amazed by it.

Even after Dong Zhong heard the strategy, he seemed to feel that the Liangzhou rebels were not so scary all of a sudden.

Seeing that all the ministers praised him one after another, Lingdi glanced at He Jin and Dong Zhong unobtrusively—because there were Liu Bian, Lu Zhi, Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, and Zhu Jun for comparison, Lingdi looked at He Jin and Dong Zhong. Dong Zhong was very displeased with the untimely struggle for power and profit.

Even the emperor, who doesn't pay much attention to government affairs, knows the dangers of the Liangzhou rebels, and is willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the imperial court's troops. He didn't expect that He Jin and Dong Zhong, two relatives he should rely on , They are still fighting for power and profit. For this reason, they did not hesitate to delay the date of the imperial court sending troops to suppress the enemy. They are really ashamed of their positions.

It's a pity that the dissatisfaction turned into dissatisfaction. He Jin and Dong Zhong couldn't move either of them. He could only praise Lu Zhi and Huang Fusong under the guise of embarrassing He Jin and Dong Zhong.

Both Lu Zhi and Huangfusong were sincere gentlemen. Seeing Emperor Ling and other ministers praising them, they said: "This is Shihou's suggestion. I'm just waiting to complete and polish it."

Hearing this, the rest of the courtiers headed by He Jin, He Miao, Dong Zhong, and Yuan Kai turned their heads to look at Liu Bian, who was standing in the first place, with surprise on their faces.

Except for Dong Zhong and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who are still unclear about Liu Bian's preferences, most of the courtiers also praised Liu Bian. Emperor Ling looked at Liu Bian for a long time, and finally nodded in a subtle way.

In view of Lu Zhi's memorial, Liu Bian pretended to use Huangfusong, Zhang Wen, and Zhu Jun as examples, so Lingdi did not think otherwise, and immediately appointed Zhang Wen as Jing Zhaoyin and Beizhong Lang, and ordered him to sit in Chang'an; He also worshiped Huangfusong as the general of Zuo Zhonglang, who patrolled the three assistants; finally, he worshiped Zhu Jun as the general of You Zhonglang, who came to Hanyang County to command the frontline operations.

Later, Emperor Ling granted the three of them the right to command the five battalions of the Central and Northern Army of the Forbidden Army, namely the five battalions of Tunqi, Infantry, Yueqi, Changshui, and Shesheng.

Among them, Zhu Jun was in charge of the three battalions of cavalry, infantry, and Shesheng alone, and immediately set off to support Hanyang County; Huangfu Song was in charge of Changshui, and Zhang Wen was in charge of Yueqi. .

This order made He Jin and Dong Zhong a little depressed. After all, the military power they were fighting for during this period of time included the "Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army". Unexpectedly, they fought for a long time, but in the end Lingdi was assigned to Huangfu Song, Zhang Wen, and Zhu Jun are in charge. Although it is temporary, they will return to their command after the Liangzhou rebels are suppressed, but who knows how long it will take to suppress the rebellion?
You must know that Liu Bian has already said that we must prepare for this battle to last for ten, twenty, or even 20 years.

100 years?

They're all gone, so what else are they going to grab.

In addition, Emperor Ling granted Huangfusong and Zhang Wen the right to build a new army, and all expenses were paid out of the total of about [-] million yuan that Emperor Ling sold the eunuchs a few days ago.

It is worth mentioning that the Xiaojiao Lingdi specially sent a little Huangmen to supervise the matter, named Huangmen Supervisor Army, the candidate was recommended by Zhang Rang, named Jian Shuo, as the name suggests, he is a very strong and strong man eunuch.

When Liu Bian heard this name in the hall, his expression was inevitably a little strange.

After the court meeting was over, Liu Bian asked Zhang Rang in private, "Loyalty, what's the matter with Jian Shuo?"

Seeing Liu Bian calling him so, Zhang Rang's old face burst into a smile. Although he also felt sorry for the [-] million yuan, he was going to be floating for a while to buy this kind of Marquis, even if the loyal Marquis was just a A false prince in name only.

By the way, at that time, Sun Zhang and others also wanted to spend 8000 million or [-] million to buy a false name similar to Zhongjunhou, Zhongguohou, Zhonghanhou, etc., but how could Zhang Rang, who hated Sun Zhang deeply, let him get his wish? He told Sun Zhang that he wanted [-] million yuan, otherwise he would just choose a title such as 'Zhuolonghou' or 'Pinglehou'.

Don't look at the names of Zhuolonghou and Pinglehou, which sound good. In fact, Zhuolong and Pingle are the royal gardens inside and outside Luoyang City. Woolen cloth.

So Sun Zhang didn't buy it in a fit of anger, and hated Zhang Rang even more.

Today when Liu Bian mentioned Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang did not hide it, and said truthfully: "Your Majesty is afraid that someone will falsely report the number of recruits and wants to set up a yellow gate supervisor, so our family recommended Jian Shuo. Why? Could it be that he has offended him? Shi Hou?"

In the end, Zhang Rang was also a little anxious. After all, their relationship with Liu Bian is very close now, not to mention that Liu Bian also mentioned that they bought the Marquis. He didn't want to ruin his relationship with Liu Bian because of a little yellow door. .

Hearing what Zhang Rang said, Liu Bian thought for a moment. Although history has changed, Jian Shuo may not be as harmless as in history in the future, but there is no need to target Jian Shuo too early, after all, Jian Shuo has not yet Being entrusted by Emperor Ling, he had no malice towards him, so why couldn't he win Jian Shuo to his side in advance?
After all, Jian Shuo was also very loyal in history. After the death of Emperor Ling, he still did not forget his final entrustment, so he can be called a loyal person.

Liu Bian likes such loyal people.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Zhang Rang: "That's not true, it's just that the court suppressed the enemy this time. this time……"

Zhang Rang understood, and relieved, he quickly assured: "Don't worry Shihou, the veteran also knows the danger of the Liangzhou rebels, Jian Shuo is the veteran's subordinate, and the veteran pledges his life, he will never dare to take the opportunity to ask for bribes from Huangfusong and others. "

"That's good."

Liu Bian nodded slightly.

In addition, in view of the fact that Liu Bian proposed the strategy of "Zheng Qi complement each other" in the memorial, "Zheng" temporarily built high barriers in Hanyang County to avoid the rebels in Liangzhou; "Qi" assigned fierce generals to lead a small group of elite soldiers Sneaking into the land occupied by the rebels, harassing and killing the enemy, that's why Emperor Ling issued an edict that day to recruit warriors from all over the world to help Zhu Jun.

As Liu Bian said in his memorial, the imperial court wanted to build momentum this time, to show its determination to put down the chaos with great momentum, so as to scare the rebels in Liangzhou and the rebels everywhere.

Ever since, Zhang Wen recommended Yilang Sun Jian; Taiwei Cao Song recommended his son Dongjun Taishou Cao Cao; Henan Yin Hemiao and Minister Lu Zhi together recommended Henan Wei Liu Bei and other Sima Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

These people were all heroes in the Yellow Turban Rebellion a few years ago. Even Sun Jian had conquered the Liangzhou rebels before. Cao Cao's achievements as the prefect in Dongjun were not bad, except for Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. There was nothing to achieve in the year, but He Miao and Lu Zhi recommended it, which is enough weight.

Therefore, Emperor Ling temporarily transferred Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to Zhu Jun's command, and then immediately went to Hanyang County, and recruited Cao Cao to Luoyang.

It has to be said that this caught Liu Bian a little off guard. Originally, he wanted to send General He Jin—at least Yuan Shao, Lieutenant of Sili, and Huben Zhonglang, and Yuan Shu to put down the rebellion. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did not leave. Instead, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were recommended by He Miao and Lu Zhi to suppress the enemy.

But thinking about it the other way around, this is not a bad thing. After all, the three of Liu, Guan and Zhang are only credited with defeating the Yellow Turbans. Guan Zhang has made great contributions to the rebels in Liangzhou, so it is logical to promote the three of them.

In addition to Liu Guanzhang, Liu Bian also has thoughts on Sun Jian and Cao Cao.

At present, Sun Jian's influence is relatively weak. Apart from his younger brother Sun Jing, I don't know if he has met Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and others. Knowing that Sun Jian himself is a fierce general, it's a pity that Sun Jian has already met Zhang Wen and others as his nobles. If Liu Bian forcibly wants to win Sun Jian under He Miao's command, given Zhang Wen's appreciation for Liu Bian, he probably won't If you have any opinions, I am afraid that some people around General He Jin will have doubts: He Jin and He Miao are both Shihou's uncles, so why does Shihou prefer He Miao?
In contrast, the chances of wooing Cao Cao are greater.

After all, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was the adopted son of Cao Teng, who used to serve in the middle school. Although Cao Teng was honest and had a good relationship with the scholars in the court, he was an eunuch after all. , How can it be completely free from discrimination?
Not to mention that Cao Song is a tactful person, he has a good fortune in the court, and he has a good relationship with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten permanent servants in the past. Naturally, he will not be accepted by the group of scholars around He Jin. Liu Bian slightly imposed By means, Cao Cao can be brought under He Miao's command.

Liu Bian couldn't help getting excited when he thought that Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other famous generals in history stood behind Cao Cao.

If you get these people, why worry about your second uncle He Miao not being able to overwhelm your first uncle He Jin's camp?

But if you want to win over Cao Cao, you must start with his father Cao Song.

Coincidentally, Cao Song, who recently got the post of Taiwei, did not have a happy life, because the court officials blamed him for donating huge sums of money to buy an official, so that the eunuchs in the palace also rushed to follow suit and donated huge sums of money to buy a prince. .

Some people even suspected that it was Cao Song who gave advice to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. Who made Cao Song have a good relationship with the palace servant before.

So the scholars in the court crowded out Cao Song, which made Cao Song feel very depressed.

Naturally, Liu Bian would not miss this opportunity, and told Zhao Chun, "You go to see Taiwei Cao in my name, and commend him for donating a huge amount of money to relieve the country's worries."

"Yes!"

Zhao Chun responded and went to Taiwei's mansion to meet Cao Song in person, and commended the latter in the name of Liu Bian.

Cao Song never expected that he would be favored by Shihou while being squeezed out by the courtiers. Surprised, he quickly took advantage of the situation to cling to Liu Bian.

After all, who doesn't know Shi Hou in the court, middle and harem?

Zhao Chun went back to report to Liu Bian, and Liu Bian was also very happy. Since Cao Song had secretly expressed his attachment to him, how could his son Cao Cao be involved in foreign affairs?

(End of this chapter)