Xuande

Chapter 69
In April of the fifth year of Guanghe, Sikong Xu Yu and Taiwei Zhang Ji were dismissed because of favoritism, unfair handling of affairs, and mass incidents, which spread widely and caused great public grievances. The emperor was furious. The eunuch's minions were broken and suffered heavy losses .

The 26 prefects were exempted from being dismissed, and because of this, they received compensation from the court, and all of them were conscripted as Yilang, and they were able to participate in the government affairs, and had the possibility of being promoted to a higher level.

Situ Chen Dan, Sili Xiaowei Guo Hong, Yilang Cao Cao, and Shangshutai Commander Shi Liubei gained great fame because they charged forward in this matter and repelled the eunuchs head-on.

In particular, Liu Bei was spread by Cao Cao because of his confrontation with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong in this incident, so he gained greater fame and was more sought after by scholars.

Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, He Yong and other secret contributors also got a great reputation bonus.

For the first time since the second disaster of party imprisonment, the counterattack of the forces of the scholars won the victory against the eunuchs.

It seems that the situation where eunuchs are strong and scholars are weak is changing.

It seems that only the eunuch wounded world was born.

The scholars rejoiced because of this victory, gathered in Yuan Shao's mansion to celebrate the victory happily, drinking, singing, dancing and having fun, doing everything.

Yuan Shao, the biggest beneficiary of this victory, has the potential to be praised as the leader of the new generation of scholars, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao are the great heroes, and they are invited to dance with Yuan Shao, the host.

The three of them provoked a magical dance in the center of the stage together, unrestrained and joyful.

After the happy banquet was over, the drunken guests went home one after another, Liu Bei was also drunk, and after bidding farewell to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who were also drunk, he drove back home.

Back home, Liu Bei told Han Ning that the good thing was done, and also told Han Ning that Han Rong was about to come to Luoyang as Yilang to take office, and the family could be reunited.

Han Ning was overjoyed, hugged Liu Bei and made out for a while, until Liu Bei said that he was full of alcohol and wanted to take a bath, Han Ning happily went to prepare bath water for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei has always liked to take a bath. Soaking his body in a big wooden barrel and enjoying the soaking in hot water is really a very enjoyable thing.

Soaking in hot water can relax the whole body and mind. This kind of relaxation is very precious to Liu Bei, because it is impossible for him to have this kind of relaxation in the court every day.

Not to mention today's big battle that blocked the future, in front of Yuan Shao and others and Han Ning, he could hide it with drunkenness, but when he was alone, he couldn't hide it.

It was too thrilling, really too thrilling.

With that last slap, Liu Hong must have known what he was going to do, and he must have realized his thoughts, otherwise, with the tone at that time, Liu Bei had no doubt that he would be driven into the abyss of eternal doom.

What is this wave of betting on?
The bet is that Liu Hong is not an idiot, the bet is that Liu Hong has at least the IQ of a normal person, and has a certain political quality.

Then he won the bet.

Liu Hong heard his overtones, heard that his behavior was not entirely from the perspective of a scholar, and heard his heartfelt desire to get closer to the emperor.

That's why Liu Hong agreed to Liu Bei's suggestion.

Next, just see if Liu Hong will take additional actions. If so, then it means that Liu Bei has really won the bet. If not, it means that Liu Bei has won, but not completely won.

What a tough bet.

It can be called the gamble of life.

Thinking about it now, Liu Hong's order came to Liu Bei's ears along with the voice, and Liu Bei's heart finally fell back into his stomach when he mentioned it in his throat.

He was almost scared to death.

If Liu Hong refuses to agree, doesn't it mean that the future must be settled after autumn?
At that time, none of the four present could escape.

Cao Cao has the support of the eunuch family, even if he loses his official position, he will not die after all.

It is difficult to say that Guo Hong and Chen Dan are pure scholar families.

After all, Liu Hong doesn't believe in scholars, and these two people will definitely be pulled out of the list when they settle accounts after the fall.

As for Liu Bei, if it wasn't for that last-ditch effort, Liu Hong wouldn't have been able to get any promotion before his death anyway.

But then again, Liu Bei didn't feel that no one could see the thoughts hidden behind his actions.

Didn't Liu Hong see it?
Cao Cao is still a hot-blooded young man, so it's normal not to see it.

Guo Hong and Chen Dan...

Liu Bei felt that Guo Hong probably didn't notice it, otherwise his expression would not be so natural.

As for Chen Dan, on the way out of the palace, he looked at him from time to time, obviously suspicious.

But he shouldn't dare to confirm.

Firstly, I am so young, and secondly, I am Yuan Shao's friend, Lu Zhi's disciple, and a member of the scholar class.

So Chen Dan probably didn't really think that Liu Bei had that strange intention.

The reason Liu Bei gave next may also be able to offset part of his suspicion.

In the final analysis, Liu Bei feels that a boss like Chen Dan must not be a fool, including those elite scholars of this era, they must not be stupid, and they will not do things that they think they are not sure of. Behavior assured.

Liu Bei believes that the root cause of their frequent failures and stupidity is that they did not expect or simply did not believe that the emperor did not believe them.

They never came to the conclusion that Liu Hong had never trusted them from the beginning to the end, and they did not believe that Liu Hong's trust in eunuchs was always higher than them.

This was a great strategic misjudgment for the scholars, and this strategic misjudgment caused the scholars to suffer a severe blow from the second disaster of party imprisonment.

It may be that Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi's slightly neutral attitude towards eunuchs and scholars misjudged them, so that they felt that Liu Hong, who also initiated the disaster of party imprisonment, was an emperor who had limited trust in eunuchs, just like Liu Zhi.

They mistakenly believed that the party ban was Liu Hong's temporary political behavior, rather than the political program of the Lingdi Dynasty in a certain sense.

This is the biggest mistake of scholar power.

Liu Hong is a weird guy, no matter what his nature is, he is a weird guy in this matter, a weird guy through the ages.

His trust in the eunuch is really deep and deep, to the point where he calls the eunuch father and mother, to the point where Tuogu wants to ask the eunuch Jian Shuo instead of other ministers who care about his fate.

He may be dissatisfied with the behavior of some eunuchs, so he killed them and deposed them, but he believed in the group of eunuchs, and he believed in the eunuchs who were close to him.

Otherwise, looking at the past dynasties, how many emperors could trust eunuchs to the point of trusting Gu?

Liu Hong is such an emperor.

Liu Bei knew about this matter, and in this world, at present, Liu Bei should be the only one who knows about this matter.

He pushed forward from this matter and connected Liu Hong's life in series, so he came to this conclusion.

Liu Hong really believed that eunuchs were more trustworthy than scholar officials, and he was more willing to trust and appoint eunuchs and their close influences rather than the influence of scholars.

After careful consideration, he planned to use his strength in this political action to get himself out, and at the same time gain Liu Hong's favor as a clan member of the Han family, so as to make a profit.

Originally, he didn't have such a plan, but this sudden political storm implicated him, and he couldn't avoid it, so it's better to face it.

Now that you have decided to face up to the difficulties, of course you can't charge forward foolishly, but charge with purpose.

Relying on Lu Zhi, he can only take the route of a scholar-official, and it is nowhere in sight to truly become a big boss, and it can even be said to be completely impossible.

Relying on Yuan Shao, he can take the route of fighting for hegemony, but Youzhou is inherently deficient, and it is not certain whether he can overthrow Yuan Shao and become the winner in the end.

Liu Bei obviously wants to seize all feasible opportunities and strive to walk an unimagined path before everything becomes irreversible.

So who can help him realize this super-accelerated wish?
There is.

In Luoyang City at this moment, there is obviously an existence with greater power, stronger symbolic meaning, and more qualified to say that he has thick legs.

Emperor Liu Hong.

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