I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 48 Cai Yong returns to court
Let Wang Kuang be Wang Kuang, I don't have any ill feeling towards Liu Bian, on the contrary, I know that Wang Kuang is a hero and a hero.

So Liu Bian ordered Zhao Chun to invite Wang Kuang to the palace.

According to what he saw, Wang Kuang was about 40 to [-] years old, about the same age as Liu Bei and Cao Cao, with a rather burly figure and a faint heroic appearance.

Liu Bian communicated with him, and finally told him: "The rebels in Liangzhou have not yet been put down, and Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang have rebelled again. This time, you will be the prefect of Changsha to conquer the three thieves of Qu Xing, Zhou Chao, and Guo Shi. Severe punishment should be given to the vicious, so as to promote the determination of the imperial court to resolutely hunt down the thieves."

Wang Kuang was formerly the mansion of General He Jin, and now that the General is still here, he and Liu Bian are naturally on good terms. Hearing this, he said excitedly, "Shi Hou, don't worry, this time I will serve as the prefect of Changsha, and I will definitely defeat the enemy and win the battle. To repay the imperial court!"

Liu Bian nodded, and then asked Wang Kuang: "Qing is going to Changsha this time, do you have any trusted friends to help you?"

Wang Kuang replied: "My brother-in-law Hu Muban is willing to go with me."

Who?
Liu Bian was taken aback for a moment, and it took him a while to think of the person Wang Kuang mentioned, the Jinwu who was in charge during the reign of Dong Zhuo in history, and Hu Muban, one of the 'eight chefs'.

The so-called eight chefs are the eight famous people who can save people with money and love righteousness without money. There are also "Three Monarchs", "Eight Jun", "Eight Gu", "Eight He" and so on. They are all leaders recommended by Taixue to fight against eunuchs. To be honest, Liu Bian is not very interested in these people.

As for the Hu Muban mentioned by Wang Kuang, Liu Bian has no impression. He only knows that when the Kwantung princes conquered Dong Zhuo in history, this person was sent by Dong Zhuo to separate the princes, and then Yuan Shao instructed Wang Kuang to kill him.

As a result, Wang Kuang turned against his brother-in-law's family, and was finally killed by Hu Muban's relatives and Cao Cao's forces.

Unexpectedly, this time, Wang Kuang actually planned to take his brother-in-law Hu Muban to Changsha to suppress the bandits...

Is there no better candidate?
Where is Fang Yue?What about Han Hao?
Liu Bian was stunned for a long time before he realized that Fang Yue was a famous general in Hanoi, and so was Han Hao. In history, Wang Kuang was enlisted as the prefect of Hanoi in the court where Dong Zhuo was in charge. Fang Yue and Han Hao therefore defected to his command. Now Wang Kuang is three years earlier. As the prefect, and he replaced Sun Jian as the prefect of Changsha, he has not yet met Fang Yue and Han Hao, and his only support is his brother-in-law Hu Muban.

Compared with Sun Jian in the same period, Cheng Pu, Sun Jing, Sun Ben and others assisted him. In addition, Sun Jian himself was also brave and good at fighting, so he pacified Ou Xing and Zhou Xing in less than a month after taking office. Chao, Guo Shi, now replaced by Wang Kuang...

Liu Bian looked at Wang Kuang hesitantly, if he hadn't seen that Wang Kuang also had a heroic temperament, his heart would have been a little bit drummed.

After a while, Wang Kuang left happily, while Liu Bian sat in the hall thinking.

I have to say that although Liu Bian did not interfere with the court's appointment of Wang Kuang as the prefect of Changsha this time, he still couldn't help but think of several strategic games he played in his previous life. The only difference is that this time he couldn't see Wang Kuang Waiting for people such as force, internal affairs and other values, but a living person, the difficulty naturally doubles.

I hope Wang Kuang can put down the rebellion in one fell swoop.

Oh, and Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, without Sun Jian this time, he will not be forced to death by Sun Jian again, right?

Liu Bian thought secretly.

In August, one month after Wang Kuang became the prefect of Changsha, Cai Yong, who had been on the run for several years, finally came to Luoyang with his eldest daughter Cai Zhenji and son-in-law Yang Yu, and cast himself in the residence of Taizhong doctor Yang Biao.

As for Yangqi's elder brother, Yangmi, the couple took their mother to go to his father Yangxu first, and it is estimated that it will take about a month to arrive in Luoyang.

Seeing Cai Yong again after so many years, Yang Biao was very happy. When hosting a banquet for Cai Yong and others, he excitedly mentioned Liu Bian to Cai Yong: "The young master is intelligent and wise, and there is hope for the revival of our Han Dynasty."

Although Cai Yong had heard his daughter Cai Zhenji and his son-in-law Yang Qin talk about Liu Bian and his second daughter Cai Yan, he was still skeptical. After all, at the beginning of this year, his second daughter Cai Yan was forcibly taken away from him by the prison slave of the ten servants. The departure also forced Hedong Wei to voluntarily withdraw from the engagement, so in Cai Yong's view, that Shihou was not much better than today, and Yang Biao unexpectedly gave such a high evaluation.

He asked suspiciously: "Shi Hou is really as smart and wise as Wen Xian said? But if this is the case, why is he with the ten permanent servants?"

Yang Biao shook his head and said: "Bo Jie has not been in the court for a long time, so he doesn't know what happened in the palace. Although Shi Hou is friendly with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, he is not deceived by them..."

As he spoke, he told Cai Yong about Zhang Rang's and Sun Zhang's rebellion, as well as the internal division of the ten permanent servants, which surprised Cai Yong.

At the end, Yang Biao said with a straight face on purpose: "You can't trust me, but you can trust Lu Zigan, right? He is the closest to Shi Hou now, and he is honored as a teacher by Shi Hou."

"I can't trust Wen Xian." Cai Yong hastily confessed to his old friend, and at the same time he was secretly happy.

Although he was very unhappy that his second daughter Cai Yan was forcibly captured in Luoyang, but if the young master is wise, he would naturally be willing to let go of this grudge.

After all, Cai Yong is similar to Yang Biao, and he is also a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

In the evening, when Lu Zhi came back from the palace, he knew that Cai Yong's family had invested in Yang Biao's mansion, so he also came to meet him.

After exchanging pleasantries, Lu Zhi really spoke good things about Liu Bian in front of Cai Yong, saying how Cai Yan is favored in the palace now, and he seems to be the candidate for the queen in the future. After hearing this, Cai Yong finally dispelled his grudge, elated.

He was not greedy for his daughter to become a queen, but was delighted that his daughter became a queen. He casually blew the wind to that Shi Hou, advised Shi Hou to use scholars and upright people, and alienated eunuchs and traitors. Is it clear?

That night, Yang Biao drank wine with Cai Yong and Lu Zhi and became very drunk.

The next day, Cai Yan also learned that his father had come to Luoyang, and begged Liu Bian to send someone to invite Cai Yong to the palace.

Naturally, Liu Bian couldn't refuse, so he sent Zhao Chun to invite Cai Yong and Yang Yu and his wife to Jiafang Hall.

When the two sides met, Liu Bian smiled and said to Cai Yong: "I have admired Cai Langzhong for a long time, or should I call my father-in-law?"

Hearing this, not to mention Cai Yan who was at the side blushed immediately, Cai Yong was also flattered and didn't even dare to speak.

After inviting Cai Yong to take a seat, Liu Bian half-truthfully said to him: "I should have established a relationship with Wenji long ago, but because I have not yet received Yue Zhang's approval, so this matter has been dragging on. If Cai Langzhong thinks I am worthy If I can be your daughter-in-law, I will propose marriage to Langzhong Cai on my behalf today."

Cai Yong now has a good impression of Liu Bian, and he is very happy in his heart, but he is puzzled by Liu Bian calling Cai Yan a Wen Ji, but it is not easy to mention it now, and he was flattered and said: "What did Shihou say?" ? It's my daughter's blessing that Shihou can take a fancy to her..."

As he said that, he didn't ask Cai Yan, and approved Liu Bian's marriage with Cai Yan on the spot.

Although Liu Bian would marry Cai Yan regardless of whether he agreed or not, but it would be best if he could get Cai Yong's approval.

Cai Yan obviously thought the same way. After getting her father's approval, she was both ashamed and happy, and her sister Cai Zhenji took the opportunity to tease her for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Cai Yong's eldest son-in-law Yang Qin expressed his gratitude to Liu Bian for enlisting his three brothers: "...my father and mother ordered me to express my gratitude to Shihou."

As Liu Bian said that day, his father Yang Xu, the prefect of Nanyang, did not prevent his three sons from becoming officials, and his mother was even more delighted. After all, they could live a good life, who would refuse?

Only the three brothers Yang Mi, Yang Qi, and Yang Dan felt something was wrong, but since their father and mother had no objection, they naturally couldn't refuse Liu Bian's kindness.

Liu Bian said with a smile when he heard the words: "I know that the prefect of Zunyang Yang is honest and upright. I also saw that your three brothers are willing to stay in poverty and pity you for your talents, so I ordered Hongxue to recruit. If you are grateful, you will serve the country well." Can."

From the side, Cai Yong also echoed in the tone of an elder, and Yang Yu repeatedly said yes.

All in all, the two sides were harmonious until Cai Yong persuaded Liu Bian to alienate the eunuchs in the palace: "... Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Guo Sheng flattered the superiors and bullied the inferiors, framed the loyal and good people in the court, and connived at the father, brother, guests and friends to cause harm to the village. You should not get too close to them, you should get closer to Zheng Gongye (Zheng Tai), Lu Zigan (Lu Zhi), Yang Wenxian (Yang Ci) and other court officials..."

Seeing that Cai Yong had just become his father-in-law and advised him in a preaching tone, Liu Bian's expression immediately became playful, making Zhao Chun who was beside him sneer secretly.

Not only Zhao Chun, but also Cai Yan, who is also familiar with Liu Bian's character, also realized that something was wrong, so he changed the topic calmly: "I am happy today, father don't want to say such things."

Cai Yong didn't understand his daughter's good intentions, so he said a few more words to Liu Bian, and he was not satisfied until Liu Bian nodded perfunctorily in agreement.

That afternoon, when Liu Bian went to Chongde Hall to read the memorial, Zhang Rang called Zhao Chun outside the hall and asked about Cai Yong: "Cai Bojie entered the palace today, did he take the opportunity to say in front of Shihou that we are waiting?" Bad words?"

Zhao Chun talked about what happened at that time, and said with a sneer: "Cai Bojie didn't know what was good or bad, and relied on his daughter Cai Ji to win Shihou's favor, and persuaded Shihou to stay away from us. Although Shihou didn't have an attack at the time, I think Seeing it, Shi Hou was not happy."

"Ha!" Zhang Rang was also gloating.

Don't look at Liu Bian still calling Zhang Rang as "Zhang Gong" and "Loyal Lord", but after secretly learning about the machinations and means of this Highness, Zhang Rang dared not rely on his elders in front of Liu Bian. Unexpectedly, Cai Yong, who had been away from the court for a long time, actually dared to speak to that Marquis Shi in the tone of an elder.

While gloating, Zhao Chun also said to Zhang Rang: "For Cai Ji's sake, I'll just let this matter go."

As soon as Zhang Rang heard it, he knew what Cai Yan must have said to Zhao Chun afterwards, nodded and said: "For Cai Ji's sake, our family doesn't care about it."

Speaking of which, since Cai Yan was influenced by Liu Bian and gradually changed his attitude towards eunuchs in the palace, Zhang Rang and others still had a good impression of Cai Yan.

The next day, led by General He Jin, Shangshu Lu Zhi, Taizhong doctor Yang Biao and others recommended Cai Yong as the servant, and continued to proofread the books in Dongguan.

Under Liu Bian's suggestion, Zhang Rang acquiesced, allowing Cai Yong to resume his official position.

This was regarded by the court sergeants as the first victory since the censor Zheng Tai was dismissed, and even General He Jin personally hosted a banquet for Cai Yong to celebrate.

Liu Bian was not interested in meddling. Firstly, he was not interested in Cai Yong's preaching. Secondly, he received a rebellion memorial.

Zhongshan prefect Zhang Chunfan.

(End of this chapter)