Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"Everyone, at such a young age, General Zhang has made such a great achievement with only a thousand soldiers. It seems a little unreasonable if he can't give a reward..."

The gentle voice lingered in Liu Hong's ears like this, and Liu Hong obviously had plans in this regard, so he naturally agreed with Zhang Rang's statement.

"Father is right, he should be rewarded, indeed he should be rewarded!"

Touching his sparsely bearded chin, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong responded with a smile, and then lay back on the bed, as if thinking about what kind of reward should be given to Zhang Yan.

If it is simply rewarding gold and silver wealth, it is obviously not necessary.He, Liu Hong, still remembered that Zhang Yan was the only adopted son of Zhongchang Attendant Zhang Rang. Obviously, he would not lack ordinary wealth, and he might even be richer than himself.

But if instead of rewarding gold and silver, instead rewarding some useless rare treasures, it would seem a little stingy and a little perfunctory.

Naturally, Liu Hong, who was originally a famous woman in the Eastern Han Dynasty, thought of the special wealth that most generals like beautiful singers are extremely keen on.

As for the official rewards, it was easier for Liu Hong who had Zhang Rang's help.

"Let father, what position does Zhang Yan hold now, has he ever been married?"

Asked lightly, Liu Hong had already made up his mind to pay attention at this time.

If that Zhang Yan is already married, then he will reward him with some beautiful singers so that he can enjoy the joy of the world.And if Zhang Yan is not yet married, then Liu Hong can choose some ministers who still have women of the right age to marry at home, and let the emperor of the Han family come forward to act as a matchmaker, which can be regarded as giving Zhang Yan enough face.

For this young general who brought his own dry food and made great achievements for the Han family, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, still wanted to win him over deep in his heart.

"Everyone, General Zhang Yan is currently serving as a general under the command of the Lieutenant of the Upper Military Academy in Xiyuan. He leads an army of thousands of people, and his food ratio is [-] shi. As for the marriage, he has only reached the age of marriage, and has not yet married."

Lang Sheng reported to Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, but Zhang Rang probably understood what the other party was thinking.After all, he watched Liu Hong grow up, and he had a good guess about some of Liu Hong's thoughts.

"According to common sense, as Zhang Yan himself is a fifth-rank general, everyone only needs to be promoted one level up. As for other rewards, if you don't reward some singers, it will also make him feel the favor of the heavenly family."

Wei Wei arched her hands towards Liu Hong, and Zhang Rang spoke to him.

"Well, it's just like what my father said."

Liu Hong nodded his head, which means he agreed with Zhang Rang's statement.

"Come here, please announce an edict on my behalf, and promote Zhang Yan to the fourth rank of the army in the West Garden..."

"Four products..."

He waved his hand to summon a yellow door in the palace, Liu Hong just said a word, but suddenly felt a little dizzy and couldn't continue speaking.

After a long while of silence, the dizziness slowly faded away.

"Hey...how can I be so tired these days..."

"General He, I don't know what are the fourth-rank vacant titles in the army?"

Stretching out his hand and rubbing the center of his brow, Liu Hong turned around and asked the tall and burly figure beside him.But he didn't want to just say this sentence, so Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo's hearts skipped a beat.

"Damn it, I forgot that this man is still here!"

Standing below, Jian Shuo couldn't help cursing secretly.And He Jin, who had been standing quietly beside him for a long time, suddenly laughed.

"My son, there are still two vacancies for the fourth-rank ranks in the army, General Jianwei and General Guangwu. In addition, the previous backbone general is also old. According to my opinion, it is better to confer General Zhang Yan as the fourth-rank backbone general. , leading an army of 5000 people, it’s still considered past.”

An extremely rough voice came out, He Jin took a step forward, grinning and suggested to Liu Hong.

"A solid general?"

As soon as He Jin's words came out, not only Jian Shuo, the captain of the upper military academy who stood at the head, but even Zhang Rang were obviously stunned for a moment.

"This man actually recommended Yan'er to be the backbone general?"

Zhang Rang felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

Almost the entire Eastern Han Dynasty knew that eunuchs and foreign relatives were two forces that were constantly opposing and conquering, and Zhang Rang and He Jin were the leaders of these two forces.Zhang Yan, as the adopted son of Zhongchang servant Zhang Rang, can be said to be the representative of the power of the younger generation of eunuchs.

Under normal circumstances, the personnel of the two parties, not to mention suppressing each other, can already be said to behave in a relatively restrained manner.As the leader of the foreign relatives, how could He Jin be willing to promote the rising star Zhang Yan, who is hostile to the eunuch forces, to an important official position under him?

You must know that Liu Hong plans to promote him to He Jin's subordinates to take up an official position. The preparation for the general military rank is a tasteless miscellaneous number.

It's just that neither he nor Jian Shuo expected that...

Chapter 42 Under the award of Zhang Yan

What he and Jian Shuo didn't expect was that He Jin not only didn't embarrass the two of them so much this time, but he took the initiative to recommend to Han Lingdi, and rewarded the position of the backbone general with the greatest power and the largest number of soldiers among all the fourth-rank generals. Zhang Yan.

One must know that these are five thousand elite soldiers given away for nothing, how did He Jin suddenly become so generous?

Zhang Rang felt a little puzzled for a while.

"Could it be that Yan'er privately..."

A bad thought flashed through Zhang Rang's mind, but before he could stay for a moment, he was strangled to death by himself.After all, Zhang Yan is also Zhang Rang's adopted son.In this era, the relationship between father and son is far stronger than some interest disputes.

"What a sinister fellow, our family almost fell into your trick!"

Cursing secretly in his heart, Zhang Rang looked at the general He Jin beside him, and his eyes were instantly full of hostility.It's just that He Jin didn't seem to notice that look, and he still stood there with a carefree look.

"Hmph, are you stupid, didn't you think of that?"

"I always thought that you eunuchs are the only ones who know how to form cliques for personal gain, so you really think I'm an imposing general, and I'm just an ordinary butcher?"

Shaking his thighs proudly, He Jin hummed while thinking quite comfortably.

Ever since he became a general by virtue of his younger sister's beauty and flair, He Jin knew very well that most of the officials in the dynasty, and even most of the people in Luoyang City would not look up to him just because of his change of status. .

He Jin was born as a butcher, so in the eyes of this group of people, he will always be a rude and barbaric man; if He Jin has not read any books, then in the eyes of this group of people, he will always be crowned as a monkey; He Jin is not a descendant of a famous family, even if he became the position of the general who commanded the world's soldiers and horses, in the eyes of this group of people who look down on him, he is still just a person who rolls around in the market all day long low class.

It's just that this group of people who look down on him will never know that the bottom-level people also have the wisdom that the bottom-level people rely on to survive, and that is to report to the group to keep warm.

In order to enhance his influence in the Han Dynasty, during his tenure, He Jin conscripted Liao general Jia Cong, servant Dong Fu, Shangshu servant Zheng Tai, Dunhuang prefect Zhao Qi, Dong Cao Shu Wu Fu, Yique Duwei Zhang Cheng, Habayashi Zhonglang conferred official positions on a total of 14 people including Huan Dian, Qi Duwei Bao Xin, Huangmen servant Xun You, Dr. Zheng Xuan, Dr. Han Rong, Dr. Chen Ji, Yi Lang He Yong, and Shang Shu Lang Hua Xin. The opportunity to protect him, even Yuan Shu, the general of Huben Zhonglang, has received his favor.

In order to consolidate his contacts in this great man, He Jin promoted the chief minister Wang Qian, Ling Shi Bianrang, Sima Xu Liang, fake Sima Wudang, Zhonglang Xun Shuang, Zhonglang Wang Yun, and Yuan Shao in the general's mansion under his command. , Wang Kuang, Liu Biao, Kong Rong, Wang Lang, chief bookkeeper Chen Lin, "close guest" Zhang Jin, confidant Pang Ji, Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang held important positions in various parts of the Han Dynasty, so that Yuan Kai, known as the fourth generation, the third prince, and many old officials, was also overwhelmed by him in terms of connections.

In order to increase his power in this great Han, He Jin wanted to take charge of the government, recruiting more than 29 domestic celebrities including Xun Yu and Xun You at one time; dispatched Wu Qiuyi, Zhang Liao, Bao Xin, Wang Kuang, and Zhang Yang He recruited troops and bought horses for him throughout the world; he also expanded the general's mansion to one Changshi and one Sima, two Zhonglangs, 31 members of the genus, and [-] members of the Lingshi and the imperial vassals, reaching every corner of this big man. A tiny corner.

What's the use of fame?Only what is really in your hands is real and true.While everyone in the world was busy attacking him, he had already laid an unbreakable foundation in this precarious court.

"If I can bring this heroic general surnamed Zhang under my command again this time, and completely cut off the last root of the ten permanent servants in the Han court, then I must be truly honored when I perform that task. It can be said that there is nothing wrong with it.”

Counting the time with his fingers, He Jin remembered the news his sister had passed to him a few days ago, and a greedy and cruel smile appeared on his plump face.It's just that in today's room, no one, including Hanling Emperor Liu Hong, has noticed the sinister expression on this "man"'s face at this time.

"Just being the emperor's brother-in-law is far from satisfying my appetite for He Suigao..."

……

"Oh? The previous backbone general...is a bit old. Then, according to what General He said, go to Zhang Yan as the fifth-rank general, and change it to a fourth-rank permanent backbone general, leading 5000 troops. That's it."

On the other side, Liu Hong who didn't know what He Jin was thinking at this time was also thinking secretly, but he didn't find anything wrong after a long time.After asking Zhang Rang for his opinion again, Liu Hong followed He Jin's idea and promoted Zhang Yan's military rank.

"Well, let me think about it... In addition, I will send an order to reward Zhang Yanmeiji, the backbone general, with [-], and [-] pieces of gold and silver brocade..."

"Speaking of which, why did Father suggest rewarding Meiji and him? If General Zhang Yan is not yet married, why not let me be the matchmaker and directly appoint a marriage for him?"

Turning his head to look at Zhang Rang aside, Liu Hong was suddenly a little curious about the fact that he just suggested that he only need to reward Meiji.

You must know that just like Zhang Rang knows Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty very well, Liu Hong has always understood and trusted his Rang father very well.According to his original idea of ​​winning people's hearts, Zhang Rang should have recommended to him a daughter of a courtier who has not yet left the cabinet. Why did he just ask him to reward a few beauties today?

Just hearing Liu Hong's words, Zhang Rang couldn't help but sighed deeply.

"Hey...you think I don't want you to reward him with a marriage?"

Rolling his eyes secretly in the direction of Liu Hong, Zhang Rang couldn't help feeling that his headache got worse when he thought of his adopted son.

Back when Zhang Yan hadn't accepted the military post and served the country, he, a godfather, had been thinking about it day and night waiting to have a grandson.It's just that Zhang Yan, as a 26 and [-]-year-old young man, insisted on clinging to a sapling he had never seen before for some reason, and even the maid he arranged was unwilling to get involved too much.

If Zhang Rang hadn't sent someone directly to find the other party from Jiangdong this time, and was going to force the marriage for the two, according to Zhang Yan's character of preparing everything in advance, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to see him until he was buried. to the silhouette of the grandson.

"Hmph, I'm counting on you to make preparations slowly and carefully. When you become the prefect of Lujiang, the children who are not from other girls will be able to go to the streets to make soy sauce!"

Zhang Rang snorted softly, and then he remembered that he was in front of the emperor at the moment, so he explained to him.

"Everyone, it's not that our family doesn't understand your wishes, it's just that my son Zhang Yan already has a heart, and they will get married when he returns."

"If you force a matchmaker at this moment, it will arouse the rebellious character of the young people and make everyone unhappy."

After finishing his official business, Zhang Rang stopped talking about "General Zhang" when talking about private affairs, but directly called him "My son Zhang Yan".

"Well, what Rang father said is indeed reasonable. The two of them agree with each other. If I force them to break up again, I will do something bad."

Slightly tugging at his beard and nodding, Liu Hong didn't bother with this matter, but told Zhang Rang to remember to remind himself when the two got married, and then returned to the sick, half-dead look at the beginning.

Chapter 43 Everyone's Evaluation

"Sister Ye'er, what's wrong with Zhang Changshi today? Why does he look ashen?"

That afternoon, when Zhang Yan was in the small courtyard in Luoyang City, Qiao Ying grabbed Ye'er's sleeve curiously and asked in a low voice to her who had just served tea.

Qiaoying came to Zhang Yan's place today to find someone.

And talking about that day after taking Qiao Jin out of Haiyue Tower, Qiao Ying took a good tour of Luoyang according to the addresses given by Lai Yinger.

First, Wangjiang Tower, which was regarded as the No.1 building in Luoyang by Luoyang scholars, known as "Yuyu Qionglou"; then there were several tea houses and taverns that were jokingly called "Incomparable Food and Sex" by a group of wealthy businessmen; Located at the intersection of the downtown street, she didn't miss the popular Minsheng shops. The red wide-sleeved skirt that Qiao Ying is wearing now comes from one of the shops called "Han Shanglian". It is very gorgeous and beautiful. .

It's just that the more places she went, the more she couldn't suppress the surprise in Qiao Ying's heart.

……

"Mr. Zhang? That's really an elegant person. If he didn't spend huge sums of money to build this Wangjiang Tower, I'm afraid that the scholars in Jingji would not have a good place to sing the wind and sing the moon. Look at the layout, Look at this scenery, how much better than those brothels Zhuwa!"

"To me, although Young Master Zhang has always been self-effacing that he is only ranked fourth among the young masters of Luoyang, in the eyes of our group, if this young master of Luoyang is divided into three classes, then he will open his mouth when he recites the right poems. Mr. Zhang, who is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is definitely the only one above the third class!"

This is a dissolute scholar who is reciting poems and having fun in Wangjiang Tower.

……

"Mr. Zhang? Oh, you mean that Mr. Peacock. You can't say enough about him for three days and three nights. Just look at the 'Youjian Posthouse' outside the city, and then look at the place we eat now. Could it be that this restaurant belongs to Mr. Zhang. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang, ordinary people like me might never be able to learn the life of such a classy person!"

"What, do you think you are a bit extravagant? Girl, for the sake of you and I being fellow villagers, uncle will tell you a word: My son, he once said that money earned is spent, and it is only spent when it is spent." What we earn is meaningful and valuable. Not to mention the money we spend here, the money flows into the hands of the low-level people as material costs and labor costs, so that the people have money to buy rice and eat meat. This is called 'circulation of wealth'! "

This is a wealthy businessman surnamed Lu who eats a lot of food from the upstairs of Concubine Da.

……

"Mr. Zhang? Hiss... Speaking of Mr. Zhang, he is simply the reincarnation of a saint. He is the savior sent by the heavens to save us ordinary people! In the past few years, Mr. Zhang has been building a lot of construction in Luoyang City, paving the way for us ordinary people. It’s building bridges, which has really improved our living environment a lot. This is an old woman who has lived for decades, and I have never seen such great deeds done by Henan Yin and Luoyang Ling!”

"Not to mention, Mr. Zhang, he also pays out of his own pocket to recruit our people to work during the slack season, and gives us money and food. In fact, everyone knows that there are so many roads to pave and so many bridges in Luoyang city. If it needs to be repaired, it’s obviously because Mr. Zhang is looking for a reason to help us! Otherwise, how can we ordinary people get the money to buy new clothes, and where can we get the money to feed the children at home?”

This is a white-haired mother-in-law with a child in the market in the east of the city.

……

"Where is this young man so holy that he is really as perfect as everyone says?"