Xuande

Chapter 747 Liu Xuande, No Choice
Cao Cao asked this question, Liu Bei was not surprised.

The other four obviously also wanted to know the answer.

Because it is related to their vital interests, wealth and lives, as a community of interests, they have their own will, but under the principle that the butt determines the head, Liu Bei's goal is their goal, and it must be their goal.

Under the watchful eyes of five people, Liu Bei paced slowly.

One step, two steps, three steps.

"The late emperor was kind to me and trusted me very much. I didn't want to disappoint the late emperor's expectations. So, originally, I really didn't have this plan. I thought I would continue in the name of the general."

No plan?
There were some weird emotions in the hearts of the five people.

Gai Xun and Yan Wen looked at each other.

Zhen Yan was even a little anxious and wanted to say something.

But soon, Zhen Yan noticed something wrong in Liu Bei's words.

original?

Had no idea?

what about now?

Liu Bei originally had no such plan, that is to say...

Cao Cao felt that something was wrong, and his heart began to beat faster.

Han Rong seemed to realize something, swallowed, and looked at his son-in-law, who was like the supreme king in the world.

"Xuande, you... you didn't have such an idea at first? Then... what about now?"

"My father-in-law, I won't lie about this kind of issue. I really didn't think about it this way. After all, my power is not much different from that of the emperor. Many emperors don't even have the power I have.

From the current point of view, it is obviously not necessary. The emperor is still young, and the empress dowager is also relieved of me. I can control the actual imperial power as a subject, which is enough for me to do many things, but The question is, what happens when the Son of Heaven grows up? "

Liu Bei looked at the faces of the five people, and said slowly: "The emperor will be 13 years old this year at the latest, and I will return to power when the emperor is 20 years old, which is the 12th year of Jian'an, and I will return the power to the emperor. .

To be honest, if I don't want to do anything, don't want to change, it doesn't matter if I return to the emperor now, anyway, I have done a lot of things now, but I just feel that I haven't finished what I should do. "

"Is it Du Tian?"

Cao Cao asked: "The real big thing, Xuande, is Dutian, right?"

"Meng De understands my heart well."

Liu Bei smiled, and said, "During the land is a big event, it takes a long time, offended many people, fought many battles, ruined a lot of reputation, killed many people, one by one, with a big general To do this matter with the identity of a person, although it can be successful, it is difficult to say in the future.

I don't think about other people, but I also think about my sons, daughters, wives and concubines. They are safe when I am alive, but what about after I die?Even if I don't consider them, I can't guarantee that I can continue to carry out all the reforms I have completed now after I die.

If I was just a general, it would be very easy to change the policies I implemented after I died, but if I were the emperor, it would not be so easy to change all this, and the maintenance time may be Longer, I think so.

However, even if I don’t talk about these things, I still have considerations for you. It’s still the same sentence. I have too much power. Son of Heaven, it is hard to say whether the Son of Heaven will do anything to you when he grows up.

I think, to this day, I am already on the verge of being unable to extricate myself. Even if I personally want to extricate myself, you may not agree to let me extricate myself. If I am gone, who can guarantee that you and your family will continue to live safely? ? "

In the first few sentences, the five of them just sighed with emotion, but the last sentence really brought out the biggest hidden worry in their hearts.

Yes, judging from the current situation, they are not the courtiers of the Han Empire in essence, but the courtiers of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei is the courtier of the Han Empire.

Without Liu Bei's power and care, if Liu Bei gives up his power and chooses to return to politics, then in the post-Liu Bei era, how long they can exist, how long they can maintain their power and status, and whether they can even guarantee their own wealth and life are all questions.

It is not uncommon for the old emperor’s old courtiers to become the new emperor’s thorn in the eyes of the so-called courtiers in one dynasty. There are also a lot of veterans who were killed. Can Liu Bei’s people successfully grasp power and maintain their status in the era of Liu Xie’s rule?

Very difficult and very unlikely.

They don't dare to gamble.

They have to admit that if such a problem before was just an illusory and faint worry in their hearts, then now, this kind of worry has clearly and clearly existed.

They worry that they will be cleaned, optimized, and disappeared in the post-Liu Bei era.

Does the Association Liu trust them?

Will you be willing to continue to appoint them as officials to hold power?

If not, will they be eradicated?
Now they all have a very deep feeling about how dangerous it is to entrust fate to an emperor who is completely unfamiliar and can't believe in character.

So, they are anxious.

Seeing their silence, Liu Bei also sighed slowly.

In fact, he has been paying attention to the actions of Zheng Tai and others.

Before they acted, both Liu Hui and Zhang Rang gave Liu Bei an early warning, hoping that Liu Bei would take action, but Liu Bei told them to stand still.

He wanted to see how stupid things Zheng Tai, Jia Xi and others could do for their own selfishness.

And it turns out that he underestimated the stupidity of Zheng Tai and Jia Xi and others.

He thought that these people still had the most basic sense and would not do irreparable stupid things, but he guessed wrong, the IQ of Zheng Tai and others had been completely crushed by anxiety.

If they don't do such things, then relying on the hedging of the Han Empire's return to the rapid development period of the upward channel, the anxiety of his subordinates will be delayed for three to five years before appearing.

He can still be a pure minister and general for three to five years, and there may be other turning points in the future.

Although the possibility is very small.

But Zheng Tai has now dropped this tactical nuclear bomb against himself.

Did he think that after the explosion of this tactical nuclear bomb, he was the one who was hurt the most?
Perhaps it was three years ago, so at that time Liu Bei took decisive measures and launched a full-scale confrontation against the Jinwen School, and eliminated the influence of the wave of negative public opinion at that time by eliminating the Jinwen School.

Now, his miraculous skills have been accomplished, King Kong is not bad, and the one who suffers the most damage after the explosion of the tactical nuclear bomb can only be the little emperor Liu Xie.

Now, the group of people who hold the most power inside and outside the court are all his own people, and they are all people he arranged to have inextricably related to him, and everything he is doing now completely puts the life and death of these people Honor and disgrace are only related to him.

After the establishment of the six-part system of the General’s Mansion, all this has become irreversible. What he shoulders alone is the direct fate of more than one-third of the officials in the entire Han Empire, and more than two-thirds of the core power circles in the entire Han Empire. man's fate.

Among the people who hold the highest power, more than half are directly promoted by Liu Bei.

They are all Liu Bei's courtiers, not Liu Xie's courtiers. Once the emperor and courtiers, how will Liu Xie treat them after he takes charge?

The court officials are not the most serious, the most serious is the army.

An army that was single-handedly pulled up and trained by Liu Bei!
This is where the real fate of the Han Empire lies.

They were all trained by Liu Bei. They were brought out by Liu Bei. It was Liu Bei who infused them with military spirit. They all look like Liu Bei in the depths of their souls. They are inseparable from Liu Bei. Once Liu Bei loses power, they will also lose their allegiance. , lose the constraint.

This close connection is destined to make it impossible for this army to be accepted by people who are not direct descendants of Liu Bei.

Can Liu Xie trust them and use them to protect himself and the Han Empire?

Once Liu Bei relinquishes power, once Liu Xie takes power, the biggest challenge he will face is definitely not the problem of governing the country, but the entire administrative, judicial system, and military system built by Liu Bei. The ruling group of the entire Han Empire is himself. great challenge.

In fact, since Liu Bei established the army and entered the central government, all this has been irreversible, and it will be even more irreversible when the modern school of literature is destroyed and the ancient school of literature takes full power.

Liu Bei has always known, but he has never paid attention to this matter, or such a matter is simply out of his consideration.

Does it matter who is the emperor?

It doesn't matter, the important thing is that the results brought about by this career can last a little longer.

Just as Liu Bei expected, without Zheng Tai's action, the peaceful and stable situation could still be maintained for a while, but Zheng Tai did this stupid thing, so what will happen next is beyond Liu Bei's control.

People's hearts are the most unpredictable. For the sake of their own safety, people will do their best. As a top-level existence, Liu Bei can't be the one who simply throws his hands away.

Even if he is willing, the people who rely on his power to gain status will not agree. With the greatest power, they will be bound by the heaviest shackles invisibly.

Liu Xuande has no choice.

(End of this chapter)