Xuande

Chapter 77
For a moment, Liu Bei's heart beat faster.

But he soon realized that this was just Liu Hong's words.

I am only 22 years old now, and I am no more than a doctor in Shangshutai. I have been an official for only two years. In terms of age and qualifications, I have not yet reached the time when I can be the prefect of any county.

Unless the official selection system of the great Han is changed to look at reputation, then maybe I can be a high-ranking official of the Sangong.

So he just smiled and shook his head.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have no desire to return to my hometown to show off my might."

"Oh?"

Liu Hong laughed and said, "You were poor since you were young, and you even had to make a living by weaving mats and selling shoes. Have you never been despised or bullied? Or is it that your hometown Zhuojun is so simple?"

Liu Bei still shook his head.

"Zhuo County is not such a good place, and of course it's not too bad. There are good people and bad people everywhere, so it's not that no one looked down on and insulted my ministers at the beginning. He also likes to speak with his fists.

Generally, if anyone looks down on the minister or despises the minister, the minister will fight back immediately, and let him admit his mistake directly if he fights for blood. The grudge never stays until the next day, so when he was young, he was known as the street fighter in his hometown. Invincible all over the hometown, soon no one dared to despise the minister. "

"Pfft-hahahahahahaha! Ahhahahahaha! Street Fighter! Hahahahaha! Hahahahahaha!"

Liu Hong seemed to have been poked into the acupuncture point of laughter, and burst out laughing on the spot, laughing wildly, couldn't stop laughing for a long time, and almost had cramps from laughing.

So Zhang Rang hurried forward to rub Liu Hong's stomach.

After tossing and tossing for a while, Liu Hong wiped away the tears from laughing, and looked at Liu Bei with a smile.

"I never thought that Xuande had such an experience when he was a child? Tell me, what kind of overlord is this street fighter? So how can you add the word "street" to the majestic king name... so funny? If Xiang Ji has I know, I don't know how to blame you! Hahahahahaha!"

Liu Hong almost couldn't hold back his wild laughter, so he got excited and asked Liu Bei to continue talking about his childhood experience.

Liu Bei talked about how he and his mother weaved mats and sold shoes when he was young, how he joined street gangs to participate in fights and group fights, and how he stood out and became the leader of street gangs, and finally made a fortune and became a local tyrant.

Of course, some bloody links and conspiracy calculations of fighting and killing were omitted in the middle, focusing on the process of bloody fighting and conquering the world with the brothers who trust each other, telling the history of his fortune as passionate and deceitful as young and Dangerous sex.

It's as if young people feel sorry for their youth if they don't come to it like that.

Liu Hong, who has never experienced all this since he was a child and does not like the established rules, is very interested in the "hot-blooded rivers and lakes" described by Liu Bei.

"Youth is hot-blooded, even if you have scars all over your body, you will never regret it when you get older... I really envy Xuande for having such a hot-blooded young man!"

For Liu Bei's hot-blooded youth, Liu Hong, who has never had a real bottom-level experience, only sees the appearance, not the inside.

However, Zhang Rang, who has low-level experience, knows what kind of conspiracy, calculations and difficulties are hidden under this hot-blooded appearance. He is not confused about this.

Therefore, he secretly admired Liu Bei's powerful expressive ability, and felt that Liu Bei also had some ability to confuse people's hearts.

I'm really not afraid of literary talents who are good at writing, but I'm afraid that if they are good at writing, they are still a hooligan and can deceive others, then it's over.

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Hong's yearning expression, and Liu Bei's calm expression, neither happy nor sad, and suddenly felt that Liu Bei's future was still a little hopeful.

It's not necessarily a good decision to be an enemy, and judging from his behavior, he...

Not necessarily on the side of the scholars.

After Liu Hong sighed for a while, perhaps his favorability towards Liu Bei had greatly increased, so he didn't want to beat around the bush, so he said some very direct words.

"Xuande, you are a member of the clan of the Han family. I don't want to say something too tactful. Regarding the matter that you asked me to change the title of 26 county guards to Yilang, what are your considerations? What are you thinking? Is it really for your husband's sake?"

Liu Bei made up his mind, feeling that he not only won, but also won thoroughly.

Once this question is asked by Liu Hong, everything will be fine.

"Your Majesty clearly learned that what I do is not only for my father-in-law's consideration, but also for your Majesty's consideration."

"Oh? Think about me?"

Liu Hong raised the corner of his mouth: "How to think about it?"

"The father-in-law has the kindness to support the minister, and the minister has always known that the father-in-law hopes to enter Luoyang as an official, so he repays the favor. This is a small personal righteousness. However, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, the minister should consider the whole Han. The righteousness of the minister."

Liu Bei said: "I know that your majesty has far-reaching considerations, so I didn't forcefully push for the replacement of the 26 county guards, but I also know that what your majesty did was to curb the power of the scholars and prevent the power of the scholars from becoming too strong and out of control.

The promotion of the 26 prefects can not only meet the requirements of the scholars on this matter, so that they will not continue to compete with His Majesty, but also meet His Majesty's needs at the same time, so I think this is the best of both worlds, so I dedicate it to Your Majesty. "

Liu Hong looked at Zhang Rang beside him, and then at Liu Bei.

"But how did I hear that the reason why this matter caused the scholars to make a big fuss is mainly due to your contribution? It was you who made suggestions for the scholars, and the scholars were able to save themselves from danger."

Liu Bei shook his head.

"It is not the scholars who saved the day, but Your Majesty."

"how do I say this?"

Liu Hong's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Because the commotion this time was too great, so big that the scholars could not accept it, so that the scholars overreacted! Your Majesty, I dare to ask, who proposed the number of dismissing 26 county guards? "

"This……"

Liu Hong turned his head to look at Zhang Rang, with some dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Zhang Rang lowered his head, looking quite frightened.

Liu Bei understood.

"Your Majesty, no matter who proposed this, this number is too big. One-fifth of the county guards in the world will be dismissed in one go, and regardless of the status of scholars, even if they are just ordinary officials, one-fifth of them will be dismissed in one go. What's the situation?"

Liu Hong frowned and thought about it.

"It makes sense."

Liu Bei nodded.

"As long as the number is small, seven or eight people, eight or nine people, at most ten people, it will not make the scholars react to this point. Your Majesty, I can barely be regarded as a scholar now. As far as I observed, the news at that time It turns out that there are really many scholars whose eyes are red, and there is a tendency to ask His Majesty to take it back even if they don't want their lives.

And because of the promotion of this incident, the scholars have become quite wary of eunuchs and His Majesty. Your Majesty, although there are some things that His Majesty is dissatisfied with, the scholars are an important force to maintain the stability of the world. Your Majesty cannot be too eager If you want to suppress scholars, then something will happen. "

Liu Hong was silent for a while.

"Xuande, do you know who the scholars are?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"Except for a very small number of high-ranking scholars who truly cherish the thoughts of family and country, most of them are full of benevolence and morality. They are corrupt behind the scenes and ignore human life. They are dirty and hypocritical. They only have themselves in their hearts. There is no emperor and no country."

(End of this chapter)