I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 84
A moment later, Liu Bian came to Qingliang Hall with Wang Fen's memorial in his arms.

Since that day happened to be the day when Liu Bian routinely visited Lingdi and played chess with Lingdi to enhance the relationship between father and son, Lingdi deliberately did not mess around with the maids, but just lay on the bamboo mat and read a book, sipping ice-cold wine from time to time .

Of course, there must be young and beautiful court ladies around him, knocking legs and rubbing shoulders and so on. Compared with being addicted to women in the past, it can be seen that Emperor Ling still cared a lot before seeing his son.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Shi is here."

Not long after, as Zhang Rang entered the hall and announced softly, Emperor Ling put down the scroll and waved his hand, and retreated from the court ladies beside him tactfully, temporarily avoiding it.

Immediately, Liu Bian walked in with Zhao Chun, and while feeling the coolness from the ice in Qingliang Hall, he bowed his hands to Emperor Ling and said, "Father."

"sit."

Emperor Ling sat up straight, and raised his hand to signal Liu Bian to sit on the other side of the chess table, as usual.

However, unlike in the past, Liu Bian was in a complicated mood today. After sitting down, he hesitated for a moment, then handed over to Emperor Ling again: "Father, before playing chess, I have something to report..."

Seeing his son's preoccupation, Emperor Ling was slightly taken aback, and then he seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "What you want to talk about, could it be that Cao Chun, right supervisor of Yulin, executed Zhao Wu and others?"

"Ah?" Liu Bian didn't react for a while, but he saw Lingdi sneered and said with some appreciation: "In the past, you recommended Cao Chun as the crown prince, and I was still guessing what talent that young man had. Now I heard that The act of riding right in Yulin... tsk, you can be called young and promising. Don't worry, no one has impeached Cao Chun in front of me, and I don't think that Cao Chun is at fault."

"Uh...thank you, Father."

Only then did Liu Bian come to his senses, cupped his hands and said, "Actually, what I want to report is another matter..."

"What?" Emperor Ling felt a little embarrassed when he heard the words. At this time, Liu Bian took out Wang Fen's memorial from his arms and handed it to the former, explaining: "This is the memorial of Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou. Restoration progress of the old house in Hejian."

It can be seen that Emperor Ling is very concerned about the old house in Hejian. He immediately took the memorial handed by his son, spread it out and watched it carefully. When Wang Fen said in the memorial that the old house in Hejian had basically recovered, he First he let out a sigh of relief, and then a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Liu Bian tentatively asked, "Father, would you like to see the progress of the restoration of Hejian's old house with your own eyes?"

Emperor Ling raised his head in surprise: "My son seems to want to say something?"

"..." Liu Bian hesitated to speak.

At this moment, there is also a battle between heaven and man in his heart. After all, although Wang Fen's attempt to dethrone the Ling Emperor failed in history, if he secretly plots, in fact, it may not be impossible for Wang Fen to succeed.

Of course, this success refers to Wang Fen controlling Lingdi by force, not actually deposing Lingdi—after all, once Wang Fen kidnaps Lingdi and makes a move to depose Emperor, Luo Yang will definitely not obey. He Miao and Empress He support Liu Bian to ascend the throne, which will allow Liu Bian to ascend the throne more than a year earlier.

Considering that most of the current Chengmen Xiaowei, Zhijinwu, Henan Army, Huben Army, Habayashi Army, and armed eunuchs in the palace support Liu Bian, and the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army is not in Luoyang, even if Liu Bian reveals his disguise at this time , Standing in front of the stage to face He Jin and Yuan Shao, the odds of winning may not be lower than Lingdi's death like in history, but...

Liu Bian looked up at the stupid gentleman in front of him, recalled in his mind all the ways that stupid gentleman had treated him during this period, and sighed softly in his heart: After all, he can't do anything to achieve his goal, even for a stupid gentleman he actually looks down on. Hun Jun is still quite good to him.

"My son is just a little worried..."

He lowered his head slightly, and said solemnly: "Although the chaos caused by Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in Jizhou has subsided, there are still aftershocks after the earthquake, and Jizhou is no exception. How many small groups of thieves who took advantage of the rebellion during Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion have not yet been suppressed by the prefectures and counties, and Zhang Yan is still in Jizhou... Although this person surrendered to the court, he listened to the instructions and did not listen to the announcement. It's a hidden danger. I heard that a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, why bother to go to danger in person?"

From the side, Zhang Rang also persuaded: "Your Majesty, what your Highness said is very true."

However, Emperor Ling did not respond to Zhang Rang's agreement. Seeing Liu Bian's tangled expression, with a little bit of relief on his face, he waved his hands and said, "Play chess, talk while you play."

Seeing this, Liu Bian took the chess piece to play first, and then the Emperor Ling. He said as he played: "My son has such filial piety, I am very pleased, but the old house in Hejian..."

A look of reminiscence appeared on his face, and he said with emotion: "My son also knows that your grandfather is not Emperor Huan, but Emperor Ren. He was the Marquis of Jieduting during his lifetime, and his salary was 180 shi, and the monthly salary was 160 hu. The annual salary of [-] hu is quite a lot at first glance. If it is an ordinary commoner, it is enough to eat and use. However, Tinghou is Tinghou after all, and he must not lose the face of Liu's royal family. Most of them are used for chariots and horses. , buy new clothes, and remove the annual expenses of renovating the ancestral house, sacrificing ancestors, and the expenses of servants at home, the rest is actually not much, barely enough to eat and clothe... The scenery in front of the people is beautiful, but the queen is quite embarrassing..."

"Isn't this just... slapping a swollen face and pretending to be fat?" 』

Liu Bian muttered secretly.

Although he couldn't understand it, he knew that there are indeed many people in this world who would rather suffer from hunger and starvation in the future, but also want to be beautiful in front of them, especially Liu's royal family like Lingdi.

At this time, Emperor Ling was still talking about his bitterness at the beginning: "...after your ancestor passed away, your grandmother and I spent a lot of money to bury him in a grand burial. I still remember that year...about September. At that time, your grandmother had already run out of money and food, and your grandmother called a confidant old servant, secretly sold some jewelry, and ordered no one to say anything....It was a very embarrassing year. What did you say that you were tired of fish and ducks? Try the simple food, but in the final analysis, I still lack money... One day I couldn't bear it anymore, and I called a few servants from the family to go down the river to catch fish, roast them and eat them. When your grandmother found out, she sent me...cough, After reprimanding, and reprimanding, she... oh."

"His Majesty……"

Zhang Rang kept wiping away his tears, so hard that even Liu Bian could only say one thing: No wonder he is favored by Emperor Ling!

But having said that, even if he heard what Lingdi said, he was quite moved. With such experiences, it is no wonder that the mother and son spared no effort to collect wealth after gaining power. Unlike Liu Bian, who was born in the previous life A well-to-do family, the family is not very good, but there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and this life is a prince, so he doesn't have much desire for money.

At the same time, he could also hear that Emperor Ling wanted to tell him tactfully that he still wanted to go back to the Hejian old house because he had a deep affection for that old house.

Half an hour later, Liu Bian bid farewell to Emperor Ling with a heavy heart.

It wasn't because he lost chess to Lingdi again, but because Lingdi's insistence on going to Hejian made him have some concerns.

Although Wang Fen's attempt to dethrone Emperor Ling failed in history, but history has changed a lot because of Liu Bian. What if Wang Fen succeeds this time?

One must know that according to history, Lingdi still has at least ten months to live!

Now that Liu Bian has decided to secretly protect Emperor Ling to complete the last journey of his life, it is natural to be foolproof, so that Wang Fen has no chance of succeeding!

Fortunately, Hu Ben Zhonglang is now Cui Jun, and Cao Chun controls half of Yulin. He can talk to these two emperor guards, and basically won't give Wang Fen a chance to succeed.

Having said that, who were the people who conspired with Wang Fen at that time?

According to Liu Bian's impression, there seems to be Chen Yi, the son of the former Taiwei Chen Fan, Xiang Kai, a Pingyuan alchemist, Xu You, a famous Nanyang scholar, and Zhou Jing, a rich man in Peiguo...

Even, it is said that Wang Fen secretly contacted Cao Cao and Pingyuan celebrities Tao Qiuhong and Hua Xin, but Tao Qiuhong refused under Hua Xin's persuasion, and Cao Cao also refused, because Cao Cao was reused by Emperor Ling at that time As the eighth captain of Xiyuan, naturally he would not get together with Wang Fen...

etc!The Eighth Captain of Xiyuan?

Liu Bian suddenly realized where the sense of disobedience in his heart came from recently. The reason is that it is already the middle of the fifth year of Zhongping, but the matter of Emperor Ling setting up the eighth captain of Xiyuan has not happened for a long time. .

Fortunately, he had already tied Cao Song, Cao Cao and his son to his chariot. Logically speaking, Cao Cao would not be persuaded by Wang Fen, but this incident still surprised him slightly.

What is the reason that caused Emperor Ling to set up the Eighth Captain of Xiyuan for a long time?

In the afternoon of that day, Liu Bian was absently reading the memorial in Chongde Hall, but he was thinking about this matter in his heart.

In his impression, the eighth captaincy of Xiyuan was set up by Emperor Ling one year before his death. Sima Xuliang and false Sima Wudang of General He Jin at that time told He Jin that they knew how to expect. People think that there will be soldiers in the capital, and the two palaces will bleed, and then take "The Six Secret Teachings of the Grand Duke" as an example, saying that the emperor will use military affairs, and he can be powerful in all directions.

So He Jin reported the matter to Emperor Ling, and Emperor Ling set up eight captains in Xiyuan to distribute He Jin's military power along the way.

So here comes the question, why did He Jin take the initiative to ask the Emperor Ling to divide his military power?
Even if he was really confused, wouldn't Yuan Shao, He Yong, Wang Yun and others around He Jin not dissuade him?
In fact, after careful consideration, it is not difficult to guess that Emperor Ling had already realized that his time was running out and was preparing to pave the way for his son, and this son was actually Dong Hou Liu Xie.

However, if Emperor Ling wanted to support Liu Xie to the throne, he had to eradicate He Jin, He Miao, and even Empress He—the so-called "bleeding in the two palaces" actually implied Empress He's Changqiu Palace.

He Jin's side was keenly aware of this, so he retreated as an advance, and He Jinzuo asked Emperor Ling to set up the eighth school captain of Xiyuan. On He Jin's side, Emperor Ling only had a group of eunuchs and Shaoliang's officials attached to the eunuchs, who could he recommend?
No, at the end of the eighth captaincy of Xiyuan, except for the little Huangmen Jian Shuo and Feng Fang, the son-in-law of Cao Jie, the old servant, the other six were still scholars. More military power can be said to be lifting a rock and shooting itself in the foot.

But this time, Emperor Ling was very satisfied with Liu Bian's intelligence, and He Jin would not be afraid of being punished because Emperor Ling wanted to support Liu Xie. Captain.

To be honest, Liu Bian was actually quite looking forward to this matter, after all, this was also an opportunity for him to take the opportunity to install cronies and weaken the authority of his uncle He Jin.

But judging from the current situation, unless Liu Bian makes a suggestion, the Eighth Captain of Xiyuan probably won't be there.

If you think about it carefully, it's really not necessary.

(End of this chapter)