What Zhang Rang said was right, and it touched Liu Hong's heart.
You deceived me before, staged such a big cover-up drama, treated me like a monkey, insulted my IQ, and made me so embarrassed. Now you still have the nerve to oppose my decision?
Even if you object, I will resolutely implement this matter.
Lu Zhi will definitely support it, and Zhang Rang also has the responsibilities of Shangshu Ling. Supporting him as a Shangshu Ling can be regarded as a bit of weight, so the eunuchs will also support him.
As long as there is a group of people who support it, that's all. He doesn't care about those who will definitely oppose it. As for those who are swinging in the middle, he doesn't have to worry about who wins and who they support.
Liu Hong then made up his mind to let Liu Bei open the government as a hussar general, formally intervene in the central political structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty, take a share of the general and three-gong system, and strengthen the Liu clan institutionally
the power of.
"In that case, let's settle this matter. The Hussars General cannot continue to rise for the time being, so I will give him the power to open the government. I want to see what Yuan Wei and He Jin can do!"
Liu Hong clenched his fists, his determination in his heart extremely firm.
Although he was still lying on the hospital bed to recuperate, Liu Hong did not stop his pace of doing things. If he had not been forced into a corner and had no choice but to do anything, he would rarely be as determined as he is today.
In fact, He Jin and Yuan Wei's deception deeply angered him, and he decided to make He Jin and Yuan Wei uncomfortable at all costs.
Moreover, the strength of the Liu family must be strengthened, and the imperial power of the Han Empire must be in the hands of the Liu family instead of being stolen by the He family and the Yuan family.
All the insults he had suffered and all the suffering he had experienced, he vowed never to let his son suffer again.
Therefore, on the third day of February in the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Hong issued an order to formally summon the Hussar General, Liangzhou Mu, and Yizhou Military Commander Liu Bei to lead troops to Luoyang to participate in martial arts exercises.
He took what He Jin had said before and said that he was indeed worried about the terrible celestial phenomenon of war between the world and the bloodshed in the two palaces, so he agreed with He Jin's call for troops to come to Luoyang to practice martial arts, but he felt that just a few troops were not enough and more were needed.
More troops will do.
At present, the most elite and capable army of the Han Dynasty is the army under Liu Bei, the shepherd of Liangzhou.
This army defeated the Xianbei and Qiang people, and saved Liangzhou from fire and water many times. It has a very strong combat effectiveness. If this army comes to Luoyang to perform martial arts, it will definitely have a great effect on deterring the world.
He Jin made a huge mistake by not calling Liu Bei before, and it was not effective enough to deter the world. Therefore, the war in Xuzhou has not subsided until now. This is a manifestation of the insufficient deterrent effect.
Now Liu Hong wants to make up for this mistake and completely respond to the previous celestial phenomena.
He will hold another great martial arts performance. This time, he needs to mobilize the strongest army of the Han Dynasty, let Liu Bei lead his troops to Luoyang to participate in the military performance, and respond to the celestial phenomena with the strongest army of the Han Dynasty. In this way, he will definitely be able to completely frighten the disloyal people in the world and make the Han Dynasty
The world has returned to peace again.
So, Liu Bei, bring me troops to Luoyang!
It has to be said that this set of arguments is airtight and has no flaws. He Jin was beaten with the help of his own strength and his face was confused.
Because before, Liu Hong thought that after the martial arts performance was over, the foreign soldiers summoned by He Jin could go back. As a result, He Jin kept using the excuse that "the celestial phenomena have not changed yet" and "it will take at least half a year to change the celestial phenomena".
It was you who said the words, and you also caused the celestial phenomena. It was you who said not to allow the foreign soldiers to leave. So now I use your reasons to deal with this situation, what should you do?
Don't let Liu Bei come?
Then you have to go first.
I want to see what new ideas you have to say to open my eyes!
This time, Liu Hong had the upper hand.
When Yuan Wei and He Jin learned that Liu Hong wanted to summon Liu Bei to lead his army to come back to practice martial arts, they knew something was wrong and they couldn't let Liu Bei come back.
But everything before was a hidden danger that they themselves had planted. They themselves said that leaving the army would deter the disloyal people in the world, and they also said that it would take at least half a year. Now Liu Hong said that Liu Bei should come back to speed up the process. They seem to
There is no reason not to let Liu Bei come back.
Opposition would be a slap in the face, and it would also make the excuse for foreign soldiers to stay in Luoyang shaky. Unless they also sent away the foreign soldiers, there would be no way to stop Liu Hong from letting Liu Bei come over.
If Liu Bei really comes, that beast and the arrogant soldiers under his command will definitely cause changes in the situation in an instant, and the balance of the situation will be broken instantly.
Moreover, with Liu Bei's reputation and appeal among the Ancient Literature School, Yuan Wei himself was very worried that some of the guys from the Ancient Literature School who were still around him would directly rebel and go back to Liu Bei.
In terms of winning people's hearts, Liu Bei was more than ten times better than his teacher Lu Zhi, otherwise Liangzhou would never be easily pacified by him. Yuan Wei was really worried that once Liu Bei came back, the situation would be completely different.
If it goes wrong, the Yuan family's power may even be suppressed by Liu Bei, and the Yuan family will be affected.
Unknowingly, Yuan Wei suddenly discovered that Liu Bei's influence in Luoyang did not decrease when he left Luoyang. On the contrary, as he developed in Liangzhou, his influence was inexplicably maintained, and even continued.
There has been some growth.
He is not in Luoyang, but it seems that he has never left Luoyang.
Yuan Wei felt worried about this, and even had a hint of fear in him.
"I said before that I wanted to win over Liu Bei earlier, but you didn't want to. Now it's okay. If we don't win over Liu Bei, the emperor will!"
He Jin was so anxious that he no longer had any respect for Yuan Wei, and his words were full of complaints: "I don't know what the emperor promised Liu Bei to allow him to come back with such great risks, but once Liu Bei comes back, he will definitely fight with him.
We are enemies, but with his power and reputation, how can we fight against him?"
Yuan Wei didn't have time to think about He Jin's attitude for a while.
He also looked very bad and was in a bad mood.
"Liu Bei was never our friend. It makes no difference whether he was earlier or later. But I didn't expect that the emperor would leave Liangzhou alone and just let Liu Bei come back. Isn't he worried about what might happen to Liangzhou again?
"
"Is there any point in thinking about this now?"
He Jin said unhappily: "Let's think about how to deal with it quickly! Should we win over Liu Bei or stop the emperor? There has to be a way, right? We can't just watch Liu Bei really come back with his army, right?"
"Of course I know!"
Yuan Wei rolled his eyes angrily, frowned and began to think hard, racking his brains to think about it, and finally came up with some action plans.
"Currently, we still need to take action on both sides."
"How to act?"
He Jin looked at Yuan Wei nervously.
Yuan Wei said slowly: "First of all, write a letter to Liu Bei, talk to him first, promise him some benefits, and see if you can prevent him from coming back."
He Jin was very dissatisfied.
"What's this? We don't know what benefits the emperor promised Liu Bei, so how can we persuade Liu Bei?"
"So this is one side. If it doesn't work, there's another side! Why are you in a hurry?"
Yuan Wei was dissatisfied and said: "Reuse the previous method to spread news in Luoyang, saying that Liu Bei supports the emperor to abolish the elders and establish younger ones, so as to put Liu Bei on the opposite side of most people and make most people his enemies. In this way,
This will suppress Liu Bei's power and reputation to the greatest extent."
"this……"
He Jin wondered: "If you put it this way, does Liu Bei support the abolition of elders and the establishment of young ones? Or is there any other possibility? If Liu Bei does not support the abolition of elders and the establishment of young ones, isn't it meaningless for us to do this? If he does
If I support the prince’s argument, why should I be his enemy?”
Yuan Wei looked at He Jin as if he were a fool.
"Under the current situation, if Liu Bei doesn't support the abolition of elders and the establishment of young ones, why would he come back? The reason why he came back must be that the emperor promised him great benefits and asked him to support the abolition of elders and the establishment of young ones, so he would come back, otherwise
, it’s impossible for him to come back!”
"this……"
It's not that He Jin hasn't thought about this, it's just that He Jin doesn't want to be Liu Bei's enemy.
He and Liu Bei could only be regarded as acquaintances. They had no contact with each other, no disputes, and no enemies. Moreover, Liu Bei was so good at fighting that He Jin felt frightened to be his enemy.
After Yuan Wei said this, He Jin felt really helpless.
"I don't want to be an enemy of Liu Bei unless necessary. Is it really a good thing for me to have such a powerful enemy? What's more, I didn't have any enmity with Liu Bei before. It's not wise to have another enemy for no reason.
choose."
Yuan Wei was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and looked like he hated iron.
"If you don't treat him as an enemy, he has already treated you as an enemy. Doesn't he know what he is doing when he comes back this time?"
He Jin had nothing to say, and in the end he could only sigh, nodded and agreed to Yuan Wei's suggestion, and arranged for people from the General's Office to help deal with this matter.
Therefore, in a very short period of time, the news that Liu Bei supported the emperor's abolition of the elders and the establishment of younger ones spread like wildfire in Luoyang. The news began to spread in the circles of scholars and officials. It was spread by noses and eyes, and it sounded true.
In addition, He Jin also shamelessly tried to persuade Liu Hong not to summon Liu Bei, saying that the current foreign troops were enough, and any more would be bad.