Xuande

Chapter 68 It's Interesting

This situation is not quite right.

The emperor finally took a step back, and everyone felt that the matter was over, but Liu Bei suddenly stood up and said that the matter was not over yet.

They all looked at Liu Bei in surprise.

Liu Hong frowned and looked at Liu Bei rather dissatisfied.

I've already given in, what else do you want?

"What do you mean?"

he asked unhappily.

Facing Liu Hong's unhappiness, Liu Bei didn't seem to notice anything.

He spoke out loud.

"The 26 county guards were slandered by the former Taiwei Zhang Ji and the former Sikong Xu Yu for no reason, and almost resigned, which made the hearts of the 26 counties uneasy and wanting to change. If the matter ends here, it will be difficult to convince the public as if nothing happened."

Liu Hong thought in his heart that you are a little bit ignorant of good and bad, yet you are making progress?
So under the amazed gaze of the crowd, Liu Hong asked in a somewhat angry tone: "Then, in my opinion, what should I do better?"

Everyone could hear the dissatisfaction in Liu Hong's tone.

Chen Dan and Guo Hong yelled badly, thinking that things were going to be bad.

Cao Cao was even more frightened, and quickly thought about how he should run for Liu Bei and how to rescue him in case Liu Bei was questioned.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong even looked at Liu Bei with the eyes of a fool, thinking that before they made a move, this kid would blow himself up, it was so witty, so they prepared to watch his good show.

In such a weird atmosphere, Liu Bei calmly gave his advice.

"The 26 county guards certainly understand the great grace of heaven, and they will be very grateful to know that His Majesty upholds justice for them. However, the frightened people in the 26 counties will have depression in their hearts. If the depression cannot be resolved in their hearts, it will have a bad influence. .

The minister thought that the 26 county guards were innocently wronged by Zhang Ji and Xu Qu. The depression will also disappear. "

Liu Hong was annoyed in his heart, his complexion was not good, and when he got angry, he was about to denounce Liu Bei's reckless discussion of government affairs, but when the words reached his throat, a flash of inspiration suddenly came back.

Recruit these 26 people to serve as Yilang?
This……

interesting.

The way Liu Hong looked at Liu Bei changed a bit.

Yilang is only a position of six hundred shi, which is a bit far behind the position of the county magistrate of two thousand shi.

But although Yilang bears the title of Langguan, he has a valuable qualification of "participating in the government affairs".

Although the rank of this position is not high, it exists as the emperor's adviser in dealing with government affairs. He has the right to report directly to the emperor and participate in the discussion of state affairs.

They have direct access to state affairs seminars at the national level and have the highest level of right to know. Therefore, the post of Yilang is widely sought after.

It is a good deal to exchange a county guard who is not valued in the frontier for a central government official with a lower rank but higher status.

Entering the central system from the local system is what many Han Dynasty officials with insufficient backgrounds desire.

For example, Han Rong is very eager to break away from the local system and go around, enter the center, and strive for the two thousand stones of a center, which is enough to honor his ancestors.

But at this moment, in this situation, for Liu Hong, Liu Bei's suggestion is not simple.

The eunuch cannot handle this kind of thing of cleaning up more than 20 county guards in one go. Liu Hong must be an important participant in it, and he is also one of the important expected beneficiaries.

His political alliance with the eunuch is relatively close, but it does not mean that the eunuch can act on the premise of harming his interests-at least he thinks so.

And the reason why he was willing to cooperate with the eunuch was obviously not only because of the saying [Zhang Rang is my father and Zhao Zhong is my mother].

To replace the incompetent county guards in the world is not only to cooperate with the eunuchs to attack the power of the gentry, but also to stare at the 2000 million money that the two thousand stone county guards must give him after he takes office.

He likes money and loves money. He can not only attack the power of the gentry, but also force the gentry to spit out their money. Why not do it?
The rotation of 26 county guards, one county guard is 2000 million yuan, how much is 26?

How long can it make him happy?

It's a pleasure just to think about it.

It's just that the eunuchs did too much, the food was too ugly, and the opposition aroused was too strong, so he had to give up and make a concession to resolve this incident.

However, he was more or less unhappy, feeling that he was being forced, so it was inevitable to settle accounts after the fall.

Liu Hong didn't make any money, and he was dissatisfied, and he was bound to make trouble in the future.

But Liu Bei made such a suggestion at this juncture.

Did he do it unintentionally, or on purpose?
Liu Hong couldn't make up his mind for a while.

But thinking about Liu Bei's identity as a clan member of the Han family, Liu Hong stared at Liu Bei for a long time, with a smile on his lips.

Then, he sat upright with a serious expression on his face.

"Shangshutai Lingshi Liu Bei said, great kindness, very agreeable to me, pass the decree, and deal with it."

So far, this event has officially come to an end.

On the way out of the palace, Cao Cao held Liu Bei's hand with unconcealable joy. While celebrating, he sweated for Liu Bei.

"Xuande, I was scared to death when you mentioned the award to His Majesty at the end. Fortunately, Your Majesty followed your advice. You are really bold!"

Guo Hong who was on the side also sighed after hearing the words: "I was also very scared, Xuande, you are so brave."

Liu Bei showed a relieved expression, and said with a smile: "I also have selfish intentions. My father-in-law's heart and mind are nothing more than to leave the place, to go to Luoyang to seek an official position, and maybe in the future, I can also seek a high position in Jiuqing. , I am deeply supported by my father-in-law, without him, I would not be where I am today.

Now my father-in-law is implicated innocently and almost loses his position. As my son-in-law, it is really my duty to keep his position. If I can't take advantage of the situation and seek some benefits for him, my son-in-law has failed too much, and I can't feel at ease.

Now I just have this opportunity, just because of my father-in-law and a bit disregarding the overall situation, it is easy to be criticized by others, so I just come together, taking advantage of this opportunity, there is still a high possibility that His Majesty will agree, as expected. "

Cao Cao sighed again and again.

"In order to repay my father-in-law, you took such a risk. If His Majesty is angry, what will you do?"

"This... I didn't think too much about it."

Liu Bei smiled.

Guo Hong shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course you are right to want to repay your father-in-law's kindness, but in the future, you still have to pay attention, after all, the opposite side is the emperor."

Situ Chen Dan, who had been silent all this time, also interjected.

"Xuande is still too young, young and energetic, dare to do anything, dare to say anything, if we were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't dare."

Guo Hong nodded, and echoed: "I really don't dare. It's already very good to be able to achieve the current situation, but I don't know... what will happen in the future?"

Guo Hong looked at Chen Dan, implying something.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao also looked at Chen Dan together.

Chen Dan looked at Liu Bei and saw that his expression was normal and nothing strange, so he suppressed his doubts, hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "The matter has just passed, even if the eunuch wanted to do something, he didn't dare to do it blatantly. , I will rest assured."

As a boss, Chen Dan could say that, but the rest of them didn't say anything, and let the matter pass.

As for what happens next...

there is always a solution to a problem.

Anyway, Liu Bei's goals have all been achieved.

(End of this chapter)