Chapter 110: In order to avoid disaster, he wants to merge the state with herds
Seeing Liu Zhang's compromise, Empress Dowager Dong said with satisfaction: "The Champion is indeed a young hero and very knowledgeable about current affairs! I just want to ask, what do you think of His Majesty?"
"This..." Liu Zhang paused and smiled and said, "Your Majesty is one of the few benevolent kings in the world. Why does the Queen Mother need to ask this question?"
Empress Dowager Dong shook her head and said with a smile: "The words of the Champion are deceiving. How can I not understand my son? Although Hong'er is not a foolish king, he is not as good as you say!"
"Since the Queen Mother understands Your Majesty, and the ministers cannot speak of the fault of the king, why would the Queen Mother ask such unanswerable questions?" Liu Zhang looked at Queen Mother Dong and thought to himself: Does this old man think that I will be stupid enough to give her the clue?
What?
"Sure enough!" Empress Dowager Dong smiled and said: "I have never seen such a shrewd boy. Even His Majesty was not as good as you back then. If you had been born fifteen years earlier, I guess the throne would not belong to Your Majesty!"
"What the Queen Mother said is ridiculous!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Even if I were born fifteen years earlier, it may not be useful. This throne can be obtained not only by intelligence, but also by fate and luck. Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and there is a real dragon.
Because of his qi, he got a big position. But I am just a little clever. If I force myself to get the position, I will die!"
Empress Dowager Dong smiled and said: "No need to be nervous, Champion, I am not testing you! I also want to ask you what you think of the two princes."
Liu Zhang said with some embarrassment: "The prince is pure and filial, has a kind personality, and is similar to your majesty, but the prince is young, and I can't see it!"
Empress Dowager Dong sighed and said: "Originally, it would be good to be an emperor based on the prince's character. Unfortunately, these are troubled times, and having an overly kind personality is really not good for the country!"
"Uh..." Liu Zhang saw that the old woman had been with Liu Xie for a long time, so she wanted to support Liu Xie's rise to power. But Liu Zhang didn't understand that his relationship with Liu Bian and Queen He was well known to the world, so how could Liu Zhang change the family?
She smiled and said: "The Queen Mother is wrong! It is precisely because the world is unstable that it needs a kind emperor. It is the duty of the generals to end troubled times. The emperor's duty is to govern the world, and to govern the world requires kindness!"
Empress Dowager Dong's eyes flashed coldly and she said: "If I want you to support Xier as the crown prince, do you dare not agree?"
"The Queen Mother can behead someone and seize power, but she cannot change someone's ambition!" Liu Zhang's eyes widened, and the murderous aura accumulated on the battlefield burst out. His angry eyes shocked Queen Mother Dong and Dong Zhong.
"Bold! How dare you be rude to the Queen Mother?" Seeing the murderous aura spreading on Liu Zhang's body, Dong Chong immediately stood in front of the Queen Mother Dong. However, his trembling legs betrayed him.
"It's not that the minister is rude, it's that the Queen Mother is unreasonable!" Liu Zhang shouted: "The position of the prince is an important weapon of the country, how can it be decided by the Queen Mother? Since ancient times, the choice of successor is nothing more than establishing the eldest son, establishing the virtuous, and deposing the virtuous.
Growing up while raising children is the source of disaster! I would like to ask the Queen Mother, Liu Bian is Your Majesty’s eldest son, and he is benevolent, while Liu Xie is just the youngest son of a concubine, only six years old. Why don’t I support Liu?
Would you rather choose Liu Xie?"
Dong Chong shouted: "The Queen Mother's words are proof!"
"Joke!" Liu Zhang sneered: "The Han ancestral system prohibits political interference. Does the Queen Mother want to imitate Lu Pheasant?"
Empress Dowager Dong stared at Liu Zhang for a long time, then suddenly laughed and said: "The champion is indeed loyal, I was just teasing him!"
"I am too excited, please forgive me!" Liu Zhang bowed down and said, "If the Queen Mother has no other instructions, please leave!"
"Your Majesty the Champion!" Empress Dowager Dong looked magnanimous on the outside, but she was very angry in her heart. When Liu Zhang left, she didn't even send anyone to see him off.
"Queen Mother, this man is so ungrateful, why don't you take him down!" After Liu Zhang left, Dong Zhong asked the Queen Mother Dong very puzzledly.
Empress Dowager Dong sneered: "It's not that I don't want to capture him, it's that I can't capture him! Not to mention that he is a close associate of the emperor, but his status as a clan member of the Han Dynasty is a big obstacle. Even if he is captured,
Even if we take him down, we can't kill him. As for demoting him to the people, his influence is still there. For us, taking him down is purely thankless. What's more, without him, what can I do to fight against He Jin's hands?
An army?”
"What the Empress Dowager said is absolutely true, but I failed to consider it!" Dong Zhong retreated with a face of shame, leaving Empress Dowager Dong sitting there quietly, motionless, as if thinking about something.
After coming out of the palace, Liu Zhang found that his back was wet with sweat. He couldn't help but look up to the sky and sighed: "It seems that Luoyang is a place of right and wrong. It's time for me to find a place to take refuge!" Liu Zhang seemed to have remembered something, and he did not return home.
, but went straight to Mangshan Camp. Of course, on the way, he had already ordered people to invite Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia to Mangshan Camp.
At the Mangshan camp, Liu Zhang summoned all the generals in the Chinese army tent. Seeing this situation, Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask: "Brother, are we going to fight again?"
Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Now there is an undercurrent surging in Luoyang. I am going to choose a state to be the state pastor. I would like to ask all brothers to give me some advice to see which state is better for us to go to!"
"This..." As soon as Liu Zhang said this, Zhang Fei and other generals were dumbfounded. Making suggestions was not their specialty. Of course, it was not absolute. No, Zhang Fei was the first one to jump out.
"Brother! Youzhou is where we made our fortune, why not go to Youzhou!" The ancients were fond of their hometown, and Zhang Fei was no exception.
"Yide, the governor of Youzhou is Liu Yu. He is the same generation as my father. How can I take his position?" Liu Zhang shook his head. Youzhou is a small place with few people, so it is really not suitable to be the foundation of a king.
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and said: "My lord, why not choose Guanzhong! The fertile land in Guanzhong is thousands of miles away, which is the foundation of the king's dominance. It is also connected to Xichuan, which is the hometown of Lao Qin, and the lord's father is in Xichuan. When the time comes, Xichuan will be used as the granary, and Guanzhong
For the foundation, if we leave Tongguan in the east, we can dominate the world!"
"Ahem...cough...I understand what Yun Chang means!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Guanzhong is rich, and everyone in the world knows it. If I occupy Guanzhong and my father controls Xichuan, how can your majesty not be afraid? Therefore, your majesty will not
Allow me to occupy the land in Guanzhong!"
"This..." Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Why don't you go to Jingzhou, my lord?"
"Jingzhou has not yet been pacified, and your majesty will definitely not let me go! The same is true for Liangzhou!" Liu Zhang was quite helpless. Sometimes it is not a good thing to have too much credit and too much fame. Isn't there a saying that says: People are afraid
Famous pigs are afraid of getting fat!
"According to what my lord said, how can there be any place in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty for my lord to win?" Xi Zhicai frowned and said, "Yes! Qingzhou!"
Guo Jia shook his head and said: "Qingzhou Yellow Turban is worse than Jingzhou. If Your Majesty lets the lord go to Qingzhou, it is better to let the lord go to Jingzhou!"
Zhang Fei saw that everyone was doing one thing and another, and he couldn't help scratching his head. He said depressedly: "I heard that Jiaozhi was pacified only after that. You won't let me go there!"
"Of course not!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "We don't even want my lord to go to Jiangdong, so how can we go to Jiaozhi? Why not bring us the map and let's study it carefully!"
As soon as Guo Jiagang finished speaking, Zhang Fei immediately brought a large roll of maps and hung them up. Everyone stood beside the map and looked at it for a long time. Liu Zhang suddenly noticed a place. He pointed at Bingzhou and said: "The former governor of Bingzhou was Ding Yuan. Now Ding Yuan
It seems that if you go to Beijing to become the king, why not choose to merge with the state?"
"This..." Xi Zhi hesitated for a long time and said: "My lord, although Bingzhou is an unowned land with strong folk customs and horses, it does not produce food there. Without food, everything is empty talk!"
"Jia actually thinks the Lord's choice is good!" Guo Jia said with a smile: "Zhicai, grain production is not a problem! If nothing happens, we can exchange horses for grain. As far as I know, the imperial court allocates grain from Taicang to Bingzhou every year
.If the imperial court does not allocate food and grass, something must have happened. At that time, we will go straight to Chang'an and open the food road from Bingzhou to Yizhou. Do you think that the father of the lord will cut off our food and grass? With the food and grass in Yizhou, we will raise our food and grass.
What does Zhicai think of the soldiers in Bingzhou?"
"Seconds!" Xi Zhicai said with a smile: "Fengxiao is far-sighted and far-sighted, I can't do it as well!"
"Isn't it my fault? It was clearly chosen by the lord!" Guo Jia chuckled and said, "The lord is still wise and mighty!"
"Stop flattering me!" Liu Zhang rolled his eyes at Guo Jia and said, "In that case, we are going to Bingzhou!"
"We must obey your lord's order!" When Zhang Fei and others saw Liu Zhang's decision, they immediately saluted and expressed their stance.
"Wait a minute!" Just when Liu Zhang was about to leave the military camp and go to the palace to ask Liu Hong to go to Bingzhou, Guo Jia suddenly stood up and said, "Did your lord forget something?"
Liu Zhang asked in confusion: "What did Zhang forget?"
Guo Jia smiled mysteriously and said: "My lord, how could you forget! In the first month of the year, your majesty granted you a marriage, and it lasted for eight months according to the etiquette of the princes. Now six or seven months have passed, and there are still more than a month before the lord is going to get married. Is it possible that the lord is ready?"
Going to Bingzhou to get married?"
"Uh..." Liu Zhang was stunned. He originally remembered it clearly, but he forgot it when he got excited. Liu Zhang couldn't help laughing and said: "If I hadn't been reminded by Feng Xiao, I would have almost forgotten it. Zhang went to make a reservation with His Majesty first, so as not to let the old man forget about it.
Bingzhou Mu has been sold. After we get married, I will take you to take office!"
After discussing with Guo Jia and others, Liu Zhang left the military camp.
At the end of the morning court the next day, Liu Zhang approached Liu Hong and proposed to take up the post of Bingzhou Shepherd. Liu Hong looked at Liu Zhang very puzzled and asked: "The emperor's brother is living well in Luoyang, why should he go to Bingzhou, a land of tigers and wolves?"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "I learned martial arts to protect my family and the country, but I am in Luoyang, the capital. What opportunities can I have? My younger brother heard that Beigong Boyu was beaten by Dong Zhuo and others. He fled everywhere and invaded Bingzhou several times.
Because there is no governor or governor in Bingzhou. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, how can I only care about my own comfort and ignore the country of the Han Dynasty!"
"That's not true!" Liu Hong looked at Liu Zhang with a strange expression and said, "I heard that the Queen Mother ordered Dong Zhong to call you, and it seems that it was quite unpleasant!"
Liu Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "Nothing can be hidden from your Majesty! The Queen Mother ordered my younger brother to support Xie'er as the crown prince. My younger brother did not agree. I was afraid that the Queen Mother would force me, so I had to stay away from the capital to avoid disaster. I will wait for the emperor's brother to choose the prince and my younger brother will come back."