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

Although he is now an official to the prefect of Lujiang, and has also obtained the title of Marquis of the Kingdom of Wan, Zhang Yan is still used to calling himself a general in front of Liu Hong, and he does not show the appearance of a great official in the frontier.And Liu Hong didn't know why, but he didn't correct Zhang Yan's behavior, so he let him continue to call himself like this.

Sitting on the cushion next to the table next to Liu Hong, Zhang Yan sat upright, waiting for Liu Hong to lecture him.Although he didn't know why the other party came here to look for him at night, but seeing the decisive behavior of clearing all the people present, it was obvious that he wanted to say something to himself.

Although Liu Hong hasn't taken the initiative to speak yet, Zhang Yan naturally doesn't really think that the other party's emperor is here in person, and really wants to chat with him.

Scanning the table, Zhang Yan only found that on the desk in front of his seat at the moment, all the wine and meat had been arranged, and no one had touched it. From this point of view, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong should have originally planned to find himself, but Giving rewards to those generals is just a temporary idea, which can be regarded as a filler.

Turning around to look in Liu Hong's direction, Zhang Yan saw that he was wearing relatively uncomplicated robes, looking at him kindly.

Under the gaze of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yan could not help but feel a trace of nervousness appearing.

"Don't be too nervous, I came to see you today, but I just want to ask you something."

After a while, after Zhang Yan couldn't sit still, Liu Hong said slowly:

"I think it has been more than 20 years since the day I ascended the throne."

"During the past 20 years, I have gone from being a child of twelve or thirteen years old, almost no one in the civil and military courts looked at me, step by step to the present position where the power is in my hands, and all major events in the world can be decided with one word. It can be said that I have experienced Many things, but also understand many things."

"There is just one question, but I have been thinking about it for a long time and I still can't figure it out, and every time there is a minister who I think is excellent, I must ask carefully and seek the answer."

Looking at Zhang Yan in front of him with burning eyes, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, seemed to want to see something from his face.

"I came to your banquet today because I wanted to ask you, the Marquis of Wan..."

"My great man has been strong for more than three hundred years, but why did he become like this in the last hundred years, or even decades, when bandits are everywhere and the people are in dire straits?"

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"hiss……"

He took a deep breath, no matter how imaginative Zhang Yan was, he never thought that Hanling Emperor Liu Hong would ask such a question when he came to look for him tonight.

"Are you testing yourself, or do you have any other plans?"

Almost immediately, Zhang Yan thought of some bad things.And recalling that the Hanling Emperor Liu Hong in front of him seemed to be a rather arbitrary person in the novel, and he couldn't even listen to the slightest bad word about him from the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yan couldn't help but suspect that Liu Hong wanted to Test yourself with this question.

But looking back, Zhang Yan felt that based on his actual contact with the other party, Liu Hong did not seem to be as filthy as described in the Romance and some historical materials, and he even treated his subordinates with distaste. It can be regarded as caring and loving, and the thoughts and opinions of those courtiers are often taken into account when acting.

Except that the other party doesn't pay much attention to etiquette, and some behaviors are a bit "arbitrary" or even "willful" compared to his status as the emperor, Zhang Yan only thinks that the other party is not an outrageous peerless king.

As if seeing the concern in Zhang Yan's expression, Liu Hong stroked his beard and smiled slightly, expressing that Zhang Yan could rest assured that he would never blame him for this problem.

"This……"

Recalling his impression of Liu Hong during this period of time, Zhang Yan felt a little relieved.Now that Liu Hong promised himself that he would not blame him, he could think about how he should answer this question.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yan remembered that he had already had thoughts and answers about this aspect in his mind.But now considering Liu Hong's purpose for asking him, Zhang Yan felt that the other party should not want to test him, but as if he wanted to confirm his position and plan through this question.

"So, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, wants to see how I will stand in line between eunuchs and relatives?"

After a while, Zhang Yan finished the draft, and began to answer Liu Hong's figure in a leisurely manner.

"Your Majesty, most people now think that the world is full of disasters and the common people are in dire straits because of the eunuch's monopoly or the influence of their relatives, but the general doesn't think so."

"The general believes that the current situation is mainly due to the combination of three reasons."

Respectfully speaking, Zhang Yan slowed down his speech while sizing up Han Lingdi Liu Hong with his eyes, paying attention to the other party's emotions at all times.But when he heard Zhang Yan's words, Liu Hong just raised his eyebrows and didn't make a sound at all, just waiting for Zhang Yan to continue talking.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan didn't go to show off, or waited for Liu Hong to ask questions when he was full, and just talked about it on his own.

Chapter 32 Eunuchs and Relatives

"Today's chaos, the general thinks that the most direct reason is that the people don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, so they go astray under the bewitching of people with a heart, and raise the banner of rebellion against me."

"Whether the cause of this lack of food or clothing is due to poor harvests caused by climate change, or the severe exploitation of the upper class has resulted in the lack of food for the grain growers, it is nothing more than the lack of basic life for the people. Assure."

"If every commoner can eat enough to eat and wear warm clothes, traitors like Zhang Jiao will have no place to survive in the land of the big man."

Explaining to Liu Hong in a half-text, Zhang Yan first explained the most direct reason for the repeated outbreaks of rebellion in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.When Liu Hong heard this, he didn't react too much, he just nodded slightly, and signaled that Zhang Yan didn't need to take care of himself, just continue talking.

"Go on, I'm listening."

Said something softly to Zhang Yan, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong just expressed his attitude.Seeing this, Zhang Yan continued to speak:

"Of course, everyone has already known the direct cause, so it can be said to be nonsense. And the next thing I will talk about at the end is the indirect cause of this direct cause."

"Things like the natural climate are all up to God, but we should focus on the exploitation of the people."

Arching his hands towards Liu Hong, Zhang Yan continued.

"Son, you must have cut taxes to comfort the people and rectified the government many times before, but the effect was not satisfactory. In the final analysis, this is because you, the emperor, are not very capable of controlling the grassroots of our Han Dynasty. Many government orders It can’t be conveyed, even if the tax is halved under your regulations, it may become a [-]% tax cut or even no change at the bottom.”

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"Yeah, I think that's what happened to me shortly after I became the throne."

"I think that no matter what decision I made at that time, the group of ministers would reject it for one reason or another, even obediently obediently, embarrassing me."

Hearing Zhang Yan's words, Liu Hong nodded in empathy.Regarding the centralization and decentralization of power that every emperor will experience, he naturally has the same experience.And soon, he asked Zhang Yan curiously:

"But later, with the help of my father and others, I gradually removed all those officials who regarded themselves highly, and the decree was gradually implemented. It's a pity..."

"It's a pity that these officials, whom I personally promoted, soon followed in the footsteps of their predecessors, and began to disobey me, which made me feel very difficult."

With a helpless sigh, Liu Hong also knew that the elected officials were not just cut leeks, he could change a batch, but it was difficult to keep changing.

Not to mention those old ministers who used to follow him, even after they made a profit, they tried every means to cultivate their party members, and even became more excessive and hateful existences than the previous group of bureaucrats.

Although Liu Hong, the Ling Emperor of the Han Dynasty who grew up in the Eastern Han Dynasty, did not know the truth that "the one who slays the dragon will eventually become a dragon", but in his heart, he had exactly the same perception of this truth.

Hearing Liu Hong's emotion, Zhang Yan naturally understood the other party's doubts.

"Son, are you referring to the two forces of eunuchs and relatives?"

As if asking Liu Hong knowingly, Zhang Yan's expression at this time was also quite tangled, after all, strictly speaking, he himself is a representative figure of the current eunuch power.Just considering that there are only himself and Han Lingdi Liu Hong present now, he still bites the words "eunuch" and "relative" very clearly, without any hesitation or hesitation.

"Oh, that's exactly what it is."

Slightly nodded in Zhang Yan's direction, unknowingly, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong's mind was caught by Zhang Yan's words, and he continued to think along the other side's words.And soon, when he was young, the eunuch and his relatives were like shoulder poles, and the situation where one end was pressed down and the other was raised was recalled by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong.

At the beginning, when he came to power, he thought that the eunuchs Zhao Jin and Hou Lan were his enemies, so he promoted his own uncle. At that time, Dou Wu, who was the leader of his foreign relatives, was the general, and Chen Fan was appointed as the Taiwei. After Dou Wu helped himself liquidate Hou Lan and others, he no longer had any political opponents in the court, and immediately tried to use the help of his sister, Queen Mother Dou, to indirectly control the decision of the current emperor.

In order to suppress the forces of foreign relatives such as Dou Wu and Chen Fan, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong had no choice but to use Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others who were regular servants at that time. Cao Jie led a group of eunuchs to launch a coup, and finally killed them. Dou Wu and Chen Fan, who were in control of the power at that time, were officially handed over from the hands of his biological mother, Queen Mother Dou, to him.

It's just that Hanling Emperor Liu Hong didn't expect that after Cao Jie gained power, although he was extremely loyal to himself, he still promoted his relatives and friends arbitrarily.

In this way, in 20 years, Liu Hong suppressed eunuchs and supported relatives, and suppressed relatives and supported eunuchs again. After repeated three or five times, the situation of the Han court returned to the state when he had just ascended the throne.

Thinking of the open and secret struggle between the eunuchs in the court and the foreign relatives, Liu Hong sighed deeply again, feeling a little tired.

"Go on, I have a deep understanding of the first two reasons that the Marquis of Wan said, but I don't know how to solve the second point?"

Looking across Zhang Yan's body, Liu Hong no longer cared as before, but became a little more serious.Seeing this, Zhang Yan smiled smugly and continued.

"The solution to the second point lies in the third point."

From the question and answer just now, Zhang Yan had vaguely guessed the purpose of Hanling Emperor Liu Hong asking himself this question today.Knowing the opponent's purpose, Zhang Yan naturally said the last point he wanted to say with confidence, which was also the root cause of the decline of the Han Dynasty.

"Tianzi, the third and fundamental reason for the decline of the Han Dynasty is the annexation of this land."

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"Land annexation?"

He glanced at Zhang Yan's direction in a strange way, Liu Hong didn't seem to understand why the other party was still talking about the bureaucratic malpractices in the Han court just now, and then brought up the issue of land in an instant.It's just that before he asked any questions, Zhang Yan stood up and continued talking on his own.

Chapter 33 Parasites of the Age

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Chapter 34 Xieer still needs your care in the future

"At that time, I asked many of my courtiers these questions in private, but most of them just insisted that the big man will last forever, and I was worrying for nothing."

"Even if there are some young officials whom I am optimistic about, at most these people will blame the eunuchs and relatives. Only the general and Rangfu's answers make me feel that this big man still has a glimmer of hope."

Looking at the distance with some emotion, Liu Hong seemed to recall the time when he had just succeeded the emperor 20 years ago.On the other hand, Zhang Yan also knew that it was the most serious period of the Eastern Han Dynasty's Danggu Rebellion, and the Hanling Emperor Liu Hong who had just succeeded to the throne was pulled back and forth by eunuchs and powerful officials like a toy.

Even in the eyes of Prime Minister Zhuge in the future, the two emperors Huanling and Huanling are hateful side by side, but Zhang Yan must admit that the loss of authority in the Eastern Han Dynasty began after the death of Han Lingdi Liu Hong.

During his reign, even though all kinds of rebellions could not be suppressed like sparks, at least the big man has not yet fallen into the state of existence in name only.

Turning his gaze back to reality, Liu Hong finally shifted his attention to Zhang Yan after finishing with emotion.

At the beginning, he took the power of the big man into the hands of the emperor little by little. Naturally, he will not let this power fall apart after his death, and he will not let his successor go again. Go back to your old path.

Looking at Zhang Yan's still young and immature face, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong had already made a decision.

"Marquis of Wan, do you know why I am looking for you today?"

He pursed his lips and asked Zhang Yan, Hanling Emperor Liu Hong was no longer as leisurely as before, and the aura of the emperor's words and deeds in the daytime began to appear in his whole body.Hearing Liu Hong's words, Zhang Yan also lowered his head slightly and began to think.

"Probably because of the little emperor, oh no, because of the crown prince?"

After thinking about it for a moment, Zhang Yan already had a clue.

Although saying this kind of thing is not too auspicious for the other party, it has to be said that Hanling Emperor Liu Hong seems to have some physical problems. Previously, Zhang Yan always felt that the other party was about to die suddenly on the spot at any time.

And now, although Liu Hong's complexion has improved a little after today's sacrifice, the physical matter does not happen overnight. There is a high probability that Liu Hong's physical reason is just slightly suppressed by the so-called aura in Kuai Qi's mouth, maybe Someday it will recur again.

As the emperor who has been in power for 20 years, according to what Hanling Emperor Liu Hong said just now, he may only have some regrets, or he may feel a little worried because his two sons are still very good. Small, if he is not around one day, it is very likely that the Han Dynasty will return to the sad situation where eunuchs and ministers confront each other and the emperor becomes a toy.

But thinking of this, Zhang Yan seemed to suddenly realize something, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Ghost, isn't Liu Hong going to ask Gu to help himself?"

Unavoidably surprised in the depths of his heart, Zhang Yan first fantasized about it half-jokingly, and then this idea immediately took root in the depths of his mind, becoming indelible no matter what.

Swallowing with some difficulty, Zhang Yan remembered that Liu Hong first asked about his position tonight, and after he secretly expressed his loyalty to the imperial power, he then turned to mentioning the trials he had experienced back then. The more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt. possible.

After all, according to the trend of history, He Jin has repeatedly mentioned to Liu Hong through Empress He that he wanted to make his nephew, Liu Bian, He's direct son, as the crown prince of the Han Dynasty through Empress He several years ago.But because Liu Hong thinks that Liu Bian is too "frivolous and lacks the majesty of the emperor", and compared with his eldest son Liu Bian, the youngest son Liu Xie seems to be more intelligent and similar to himself, so he has always felt a little entangled and has not done it for a long time. make a decision.

According to historical records such as the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, in the last few years of Liu Hong's life, he also felt that his body was not getting better day by day, so he gave birth to the plan of leaving Liu Xie alone to Jian Shuo, the commander of Xiyuan, who was in a good spring at that time. .

At that time, Zhang Rang led most of the ten permanent servants to fight He Jin like fire and water, so if Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, entrusted Liu Xie to Zhang Rang, He Jin's behavior would become more extreme. , and even use weapons recklessly.And entrusting Liu Xie to Jian Shuo can at least avoid He Jin's attention for a short time, and make other plans after Liu Xie grows up.

It's just a pity that even Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty who died of illness on the dragon bed later, didn't expect that not only the ten permanent attendants headed by Zhang Rang were a little too nervous at that time, but even He Jin and others were in a bit of a state. Nervous, no longer as rational and calm as before.

Just because of a few words of advice from his advisers, He Jin suddenly felt threatened and hostile towards Jian Shuo.As for Jian Shuo, who was more upright and unscheming, he was killed in the court by He Jinkeng almost half a year later, and even the edict of Hanling Emperor Liu Hong was not able to pass it on well. To the hands of a group of ministers.

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