Xuande

Chapter 186 Playing with Shangshutai

On the whole, Shangshutai is a tool under the control of the imperial power. Whoever gets the imperial power can control Shangshutai.

The disadvantage of scholars and officials at this level is that it is difficult for them to grasp the imperial power through the institutional planning of the Han Empire, while the two forces of eunuchs and foreign relatives can relatively easily obtain imperial power.

Therefore, scholars and officials have not been recorded for a long time, and their power cannot be compared with that of relatives and eunuchs who can handle imperial power in a fair manner.

Although scholars and officials occupy the mainstream in Shangshutai, those who can control Shangshutai still represent the existence of imperial power.

Currently, Liu Hong is in charge as an adult and has formed a political alliance with the eunuchs. Both sides share the imperial power, so both have influence on Shangshutai, and Liu Hong's influence is even more legitimate.

So on this issue, Zhang Rang couldn't disagree with Liu Hong.

Liu Hong felt more and more that eunuchs were capable of doing conspiracies and tricks, but when it came to serious business, they were really inferior to professionals. Professionals' ability to deal with administrative issues was something that eunuchs could not learn in a short time. of.

In the past, Liu Hong didn't have any trusted confidantes, but now he has.

Liu Hong thinks that Liu Bei is Lu Zhi's master apprentice, and Liu Bei can handle things that Lu Zhi can handle.

Moreover, in the current state, Liu Bei has no actual decision-making power on major affairs, and what can be entrusted to him are things that big bosses don't care about.

Even when the entire party struggle was the most intense, Shangshutai was doing well.

Although Liu Bei doesn't have much experience and qualifications, but in terms of specific abilities, he is really strong, and he deserves to be a master educated by Lu Zhi.

Since entering Shangshutai, he has been deeply aware of the importance of Shangshutai to the center of the Eastern Han Empire. It can be said that if something happened to Shangshutai, the Eastern Han Dynasty would be paralyzed.

Regarding Zhang Rang, Liu Hong hoped that he would take good care of Dongyuan, develop the spies and force of Dongyuan to be strong, and compete with officials from other factions in the court system for judicial power, instead of being distracted by the administration.

For them, a big boss like Lu Zhi didn't dare to expect to be appreciated, but facing Liu Bei who was as young as them or even younger than them, they felt that they might still have a chance.

As for the scholars of the Jinwen School, of course they didn't look good towards Liu Bei. Several officials who had a close relationship with the Yang family even looked at him with hostility, but it didn't make much sense.

Of course, if they don't make troubles, it doesn't mean that Liu Bei won't make troubles.

In Liu Hong's plan, Zhang Rang and Dong Yuan wanted to fight for him and control the judicial power, while the rest of the eunuchs and Xi Yuan sold officials for him to make money and were responsible for finances.

But soon he realized he was wrong.

Zhang Rang really couldn't hold back Liu Hong, so he could only back down and accept the fact that Liu Bei had entered the management of Shangshutai in a certain sense.

Liu Bei has more tasks. On the one hand, he must control the administrative power for him in Shangshutai, so as not to let the administrative power be lost, and on the other hand, he must also advise him on the reunification of Han academics.

Shangshutai is not a place where the ancient and modern parties can start party disputes at will, because the power of eunuchs, as the third important variable, played an important balancing role here, making both sides afraid to fight.

In a sense, the Ministry of General Affairs is Liu Bei's talent pool, and his social arrogance can play a good role in Shangshutai.

Therefore, whether it is for the distant vision or the current development, it is very necessary for Liu Bei to cultivate deeply in Shangshutai, and strengthen his voice in Shangshutai by making friends and placing his own people, so as to plan ahead.

Then he can sit back and relax.

In just one month, he was familiar with all the young officials of the ancient literature school in Shangshutai.

The really important thing is that Yang Ci and Yuan Kai are pinching each other over there, and the eunuch remotely controls his agent to participate in the confusion. All three aspects are exerting influence, and it is not Liu Bei's turn to show his teeth and claws.

They either admired Liu Bei's ability to debate classics, or admired Liu Bei's literary talent, or admired Liu Bei's military exploits, or simply envied Liu Bei's inheritance of the Zuo family's Spring and Autumn Period, so they treated him more cautiously and longed for his appreciation.

Veteran ministers are often willing to help Liu Bei for Lu Zhi's face, and help him a wave, without causing trouble for him, and do what needs to be done well.

But he handles everything that he can handle, and there are no problems.

To put it simply, there are many "fans" of Liu Bei in Shangshutai, where the eunuchs have the greatest influence and the two schools of ancient and modern writing are comparable.

In this way, he can control all judicial power, administrative power, financial power, and military power by himself, and further obtain the academic glory of the Holy Son of Heaven!

In this way, this part of government affairs can of course be handled well.

He is very clear about the administrative operation mode in Shangshutai, and he manages everything under his jurisdiction in an orderly manner.

In addition, the story of Liu Bei jumping up and down in the imperial court to find jobs for his cronies and subordinates gradually spread. Everyone knows that Liu Bei is really interested in those who are close to him. It's pretty good.

Regardless of whether it is a power minister in normal times or a power minister who is close to a warlord in troubled times, if you want to successfully control the power of the world, as long as the overall structure is not damaged, then Shangshutai is an institution that must be controlled.

In addition, through the relationship between the power of the eunuch and Empress He, Liu Hong can remotely command the general He Jin to control the Han army in the center of Luoyang.

So let's not talk about those veteran ministers for the time being. The young officials of the ancient literature school in the Shangshutai were eaten to death by Liu Bei. He said what he said, and nothing happened.

Like many people, Zhang Rang did not correctly realize what kind of existence Liu Bei was among the young scholars of the ancient literature school. So far, they have not realized what Liu Bei's high popularity means and what it represents.

He doesn't think that Liu Bei is capable of doing a good job at Shangshutai at this stage, and he is not able to deal with the fight between the two big men of the ancient literature school and the modern literature school. With the idea of ​​watching Liu Bei's joke.

He can enjoy the power and glory of the Holy Son of Heaven, and at the same time enjoy the extremely luxurious life in the world. How can he be so comfortable with the beauty in his left hand and the power in his right hand?
This beautiful future is already unshakable in his plan, and his will is unprecedentedly firm.

Not only did he memorize the names of these colleagues, he even memorized the interests and hobbies of some key positions.

It would be great if some of them were his fans. He would deal with them the same way he dealt with Ruan Yu, give them autographs, or write a poem for them as a gift.

In a short period of time, Liu Bei used the way idols treat fans to win over many officials who already had a good impression of him, which is equivalent to establishing his own fan group in Shangshutai.

In a sense, Liu Bei played around with Shangshutai.

(End of this chapter)