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As we all know, although the Eighth School of Xiyuan was the forbidden army of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the most powerful armed force in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this force was not passed down from generation to generation, but was formed by Liu Hong in the past two years. A new army.

Originally, although the Imperial Army of the Sanhe Five Schools in the Eastern Han Dynasty had a noble status, they were influenced by the great generals of the past from top to bottom, and almost lost the possibility of being directly ordered by the emperor as an imperial army.

Coupled with He Jin's pressing step by step, as well as the threats of the other party's brothers and sisters to Liu Xie, Liu Hong ordered the dismantling of the original Sanhe Five School, mixed in a large number of military generals he had promoted from the local area, and established it. The eight schools in Xiyuan were unified and handed over to his confidant Jian Shuo for management, hoping to protect the safety of his children after his death.

This army is not a team with lofty goals and lofty ideals. On the contrary, because of the need to break He Jin's control, Liu Hong added a lot of messy stuff to it.

If it is further expanded and further added, Liu Hong has no way to guarantee whether the Eighth School of Xiyuan can still play its original role, and whether it can listen to him at the critical moment.

Chapter 3 The Means of Concession

"Army expansion?"

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"Continue to expand the army?"

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"Oh, that's all, let's expand the army."

"Pass down my order. From now on, elite troops from various places will be recruited into Beijing. The original eight schools in Xiyuan will be expanded to 5000 people in each department, and 5000 people in the upper military department. The specific matters will be handed over to Jian Shuo."

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In the end, facing He Jin's pressing step by step, Liu Hong still failed to withstand the suggestions of Zhang Rang and others, and ordered to expand the number of the original Xiyuan Forbidden Army to more than double.

He was not worried that He Jin would rebel against him, but if he was gone in the future, according to the character of the other party, Liu Hong was worried that the other party would inevitably do something irrational, so he had to take precautions against He Jin.

Of course, some people will definitely say, since He Jin is so unreliable, how about just replacing him?

Not only He Jin, but even his younger brother He Miao, and all the civil servants who came from the General's Mansion, they simply replaced them...

It's just that the matter of becoming an emperor, how can it be so simple?

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, the emperor was the core of the central authority, and the power in his hands was far from developed to the point where the emperor would lay down millions of corpses in a rage in the later Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Although the first emperor of Qin defined himself as the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the object that all the people need to worship, but no matter whether it is the imperial doctor, the prime minister or the Taiwei, the emperor cannot change it at will without making mistakes. Otherwise, it will bear the name of reckless behavior.

Although in the past two years, in order to make up for the impending collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Hong has done a lot of things with Zhang Rang to sell officials and nobles, but they are all small officials, and the biggest one is barely at the level of Sangong.

For a top class like the Great General, Liu Hong can't move just by talking if the other party doesn't make a mistake.

Once he removes He Jin from the position of general, at least half of the officials in the current dynasty will speak out against him, and some people will even take this opportunity to smear and empty themselves.

After all, unknowingly, more than half of the civil and military personnel in this dynasty are already He Jin's disciples and apprentices.

This can only be blamed on myself when I was young and misunderstood the other party.

And trying to solve this problem from a fundamental perspective... It's not impossible, it's just that the risk is too high.

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In fact, if you want to solve this matter fundamentally, the best way is to take advantage of Liu Hong's body is still strong, quickly issue an imperial edict to establish the heir to the throne of the great man.

In this case, even if those civil and military officials have resentment in their hearts, they still dare not violate the majesty of their status as the emperor.

Only after looking at each other with Zhang Rang, Liu Hong finally gave up on this idea.

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"Oh, there is no way, the risk of forcibly establishing a heir is too high..."

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It can be said that no matter which of the two princes he appoints as the prince, it may bring about unacceptable consequences for him.

If Liu Bian was made the crown prince, after Liu Bian succeeded to the throne, according to He Jin's character of vengeance, Liu Xie's life would definitely not be spared.

But if Liu Xie is made the prince, there will definitely be a group of ministers in the current court who will come out to oppose him, making it impossible for him to carry out this matter.

According to Zhang Rang's suggestion, if there is such a day, Liu Hong should directly make a will, make Liu Xie the crown prince, and then hand over the will to a powerful minister who he can trust, and let that powerful minister directly follow the will. , if there is a violation, it will be punished directly according to the rebellion.

At that time, the dead will be the greatest. This has already been settled. It seems that neither He Jin nor the Sangong Jiuqing of the current dynasty will have the courage to change it.

Now, according to Zhang Rang's report, the edict has been sent out of the palace, and sent to the three feudal officials who guarded one side for him, or the powerful officials in the court who hold heavy troops.

Only Liu Hong and Zhang Rang knew the specific candidates for these three people. The remaining three people were not clear about each other.

But now, all the preparations have been made, and the next step is to let Liu Hong wait for the day of his "death" with peace of mind.

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Breaking free from the memories just now, Zhang Rang frowned, a trace of tiredness appeared on his face.

If they and Liu Hong's plan can be successful, when Liu Hong really can't hold on one day, then three ministers from inside and outside the court will be ordered to come forward.As long as one of these three people does not rebel, there is a great possibility that the plan will be carried out smoothly.

And these three...Although they may not all have a good relationship with Zhang Rang, in any case, in his eyes, these people can be regarded as solid royalists, and it is estimated that there will be no harm to this will. thought.

As for things like the hand-to-hand combat mentioned in Zhang Yan's letter, that's all for later.

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"Hehe, well, our family has also read the letter. It seems that besides the letter, there are several packages that were delivered together?"

"Take us home to see."

"Although it may not be useful, it's always good to have extra preparations. If that man really dares to go that far, don't blame the Chang Shi for being ruthless..."

Lips moved slightly, Zhang Rang thought silently.

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Leaving aside the fact that Zhang Rang is studying the things that Zhang Yan sent him, He Jin is receiving this somewhat special guest in an extremely luxurious mansion on the other side of Luoyang City.

"You are Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin?"

"I met your father..."

In an extremely spacious, even somewhat magnificent lobby, He Jin was sitting on a soft bed, looking at the young man in front of him with great interest.

This hall is specially used by him to receive those people of insight. For example, the second son of the Kuai family and Xun You, the son of the Xun family who was born in Yingchuan, were brought to this place by He Jin. Persuading the other party with emotion and reason, he recruited the other party under his command.

Although the view here is vast and the room faces the sun, it looks very bright, but there is only one table and two cushions in this room.

Even the waiter who recorded his daily routine could only kneel and sit on the ground beside him.

And here... for a child as old as Zhou Yu, it was the first time He Jin brought him to such a place.

This shows how much He Jin attaches great importance to Zhou Yu, a possible "chess piece".

His eyes fell on Zhou Yu's body, and He Jin approached him softly, while sizing up his expression, as if he wanted to see something familiar on Zhou Yu's face.

But apart from the strong unruliness that seemed inseparable, He Jin didn't seem to see anything.

He Jin can't say he has met a thousand people like the other party, at least he has met more than eight hundred people.Such teenagers who become famous almost always have minor problems in this regard.

From this point of view, it seems that Zhou Yu is just like that, not much better than the scholars he came into contact with before.

But after looking at each other carefully for a while, He Jin still found something different.

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"You are so handsome..."

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Is it because Zhou Yu is more handsome than other scholars?

He Jin shook his head slightly.

Although it is true that this child has red lips and white teeth, and a tall and straight figure, which is very rare, but there are many handsome guys in the world, and I will definitely not give him a high opinion of him just because of his appearance.

Is that because Zhou Yu's heart is arrogant and rebellious?

He Jin shook his head again.

Just like what I said just now, at the age of ten or so, how can any person with some ability not be full of arrogance, and how can he not be rebellious?

It can be said that at this age, rebelliousness is their normal state!

So... why?

What is the difference between Zhou Yu and those ordinary scholars?

His eyes stayed on the other party for a long time, and He Jin realized that the way Zhou Yu looked at him was obviously different from those of his peers.

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"He, is using me as a tool?"

"Knowing that our status is so disparate, he still uses me as a tool?"

"Ha ha……"

"This child is really not a person who is good at deceiving people..."

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Somewhat surprised to feel the other party's eyes on him. After being a general for so many years, this is the first time for He Jin to feel that he is being scrutinized like a prey in the space where the two get along.

This novel feeling immediately moved his heart.

Chapter 4 Zhang Rang in the Eyes of Luoyang People

For example, among the talents that He Jin recruited before, there are many young masters who come from many aristocratic families, and even Yuan Shao who came from top wealthy families, He Jin is not new to him.

But these people, either behaved gentle and elegant, or behaved grovelingly, or behaved emotionally, except that no one would show such a strong sense of initiative to themselves like Zhou Yu.

It was as if He Jin was not manipulating and using him, but he was using He Jin.

Zhou Yu was the first such person He Jin had ever seen.

"fun guy"

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and He Jin suddenly felt that when he hadn't seen the other party before, the conclusion he made was a bit too hasty.

Maybe Zhou Yu really wasn't the kind of mediocre guy you can see everywhere.

On the other side, while He Jin was looking at Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu was also looking at the surrounding environment, looking at the somewhat mighty man in front of him.

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This is not the first time Zhou Yu has come to Luoyang.