Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 38 Light and Dark
Of course, Liu Hong could bear his temper and never launched it in advance. More importantly, Liu Hong at this time had the strength and confidence that his ancestors had never possessed.

First of all, through the annihilation of Longwei Mansion and the continuous development and accumulation of several generations of emperors, he has an extremely large and substantial Shaofu and a continuous and stable source of tax revenue.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was as strong as "offenders of the Han Dynasty, will be punished even if they are far away", although he won after several battles, his national strength was still weak, the people's livelihood was sluggish, and he was unable to continue, which shows its importance.

Secondly, his uncle Liu Zhi left him a lot of support that cannot be solved by gold, silver and money, such as the secret room he is currently in...

In fact, there is a secret passage leading to the outside of the palace next to this secret room. The key is that no one except Liu Hong's core core people knows his existence.

Of course, the most important thing is the Xun family headed by Xun Shuang.

On the surface, as Liu Hong's teacher, in fact, as the most staunch supporter of imperial power, he can selflessly dedicate himself to his great plan and mobilize the power of the whole family for him, and become a person who is willing to jump out of the gentry class or think that the gentry should make major changes for the country Intellectual group.

There is also the sword master Wang Yue who grew up with him and his disciple Shi A who is standing behind him now.

On the surface, he serves as Liu Hong's companion and personal guard, but in fact, he is his most loyal and trustworthy avatar, secretly monitoring various ministries in various places on his behalf, understanding the real situation of the people, recruiting poor families, identifying traitors, and so on.

Thirdly, after many years of management by Liu Hong himself, he has cultivated two sets of "men and horses", one bright and one dark. These people are not troops for marching and fighting, but eunuchs and imperial salt officials who can be used to govern and fight against the gentry. Subordinate officials, servants.

Both factions actually have huge personnel and branches.

On the surface, the eunuch formed a party for private interests and monopolized the government, but in fact it resisted and suppressed the gentry by recruiting adopted sons and disciples.

Yuyan Division secretly used its huge financial resources and network to adopt orphans and refugees, and after popularizing basic education, through the internship and screening of Yuyan Division's actual positions, it secretly trained a large number of grassroots management talents with knowledge for Liu Hong.

Finally, there are a group of talents that have only begun to be recruited in recent years, namely some royalists who have passed the Xun family's inspection; and Wang Yueshi and Ah, who visited the folks and discovered young talents from all over the country. Of course, they are mainly from poor families. They will gather in the capital one after another!
For such accumulation and rigorous planning, Liu Hong is extremely confident. He has absorbed the experience of the party and the advice of his teacher. The core of controlling the world is to break the monopoly of knowledge by the gentry, so as to gain control of the local grassroots.

For the goal of his life, he forbeared step by step and almost kept it from everyone so far, and now it is very close to the end!
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"Hmm...maybe the eunuchs can deal with it for a while, um...Qingliu will also participate, so you can write a letter to describe it in detail, and when the master comes here, I will discuss it with him in detail before we deal with it!" Liu Hong held in his hand Let go of the moss and let it slide, and then hold the Zhongxing sword tightly around his waist, and then spoke slowly.

"No, please tell your Majesty, my teacher will send someone to report quickly. The trip to Shandong and Hebei has been completed, and we will leave soon." Shi A said with his fists clasped.

"That's great! Let me know when he enters the city. Well, is there any news from Zhang Boshen, when will he arrive in Luo?"

"The news from the post station the day before yesterday that Zhang Zhengxi and Liu Zhenxi have arrived in Chang'an and will arrive soon."

"Well, the master recommends Zhang Boshen as the main defense, and Duan Jiming and Lu Zigan as the main offensive to deal with Xianbei. This matter still needs auspicious participation. I intend to keep it in the capital, and we can first explore its meaning before making a decision. Liu Junlang is also a capable person... Ling The other two return quickly!"

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Just when Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty thought of Liu Yan, he was preparing to set off from Chang'an.

He and Zhengxi General Zhang Wen arrived in Chang'an at the same time, but Zhang Wen had already set off for two days, but he was two days late.

The obvious reason is the invasion of wind and cold, or the kind of pretending to be particularly serious. Two days ago, he deliberately behaved in public...

That's right, since he became an official, all his activities have been two lines, well, it should be three lines, one bright and two dark.

On the surface, he is naturally a young and promising member of the royal family, but in fact he took the path of an eunuch, because he was recommended by Zhongchang Attendant Song Dian as the guardian of Jincheng, and then he participated in many incidents by coincidence. In the past, it faintly became an important pillar of Song Dian.

In the Han Dynasty, the official recommendation was to bear the responsibility, and the recommender was of great favor to the recipient, and because of this, most of the two parties were connected in series to help each other.

Therefore, Liu Yan's achievements can naturally be divided into Song Dian and Song Dian. After he turned to the military position, Song Dian's original status of the last ten servants has also been improved a lot.

But in fact Liu Yan is Xun Shu's proud disciple. With the appreciation and recommendation of Xun's family, he secretly met Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, and after a series of secret assessments and observations, he finally became his confidant. Under Liu Hong's instruction, Song Dian helped him onto the stage as a secret.

But in the eyes of others, the perfect start did not make Liu Yan dazzled. After learning more and more information, he added another line, which is to take advantage of the big bosses to make troubles and develop his own. power……

Just like the day before yesterday in Chang'an, Liu Yan hosted a banquet for Zhang Wen who had just arrived. Apart from the irrelevant politeness, the main purpose of the banquet was to test Zhang Wen's views on the current situation, or it can be said to be the views of the imperial power on the gentry.

Of course, they were all done in a very cryptic way, and in the end many of them had to rely on Liu Yan's own analysis to draw conclusions, because Zhang Wen was also a veteran who had been famous for many years, and his political wisdom was not small.

So maybe the conclusion he came to was not necessarily accurate, but he still wanted to test it out, because it was requested by Xun Shuang's secret letter. As a confidant, he never changed his instructions to his superiors, at least on the surface...

Of course, the premise of these is that it does not involve his own plans. For example, he also heard some news about the Western Regions during the banquet...

For example, his previous counterinsurgency in Xueyuan lasted for four years, a war that could have ended in a few months. Except for the first few battles, Liu Yan commanded a group of professional soldiers to catch Qiang Di people everywhere. slaves, and then force them to do all kinds of coolies...

Of course there is a reason for the outside world, euphemistically called building a city to strengthen the border, and even in order to create an unstable environment in the snowy field so that he can stay here for a long time, he even personally led the guards to invade the neighboring Qinghai County...

It wasn't until the number of slaves accumulated to a considerable number and the newly built Huangsha and Linshi cities were completed that he reported the battle report that concealed most of the results of the battle, and slowly returned to the dynasty.

What?Supervisor?When the eunuch is in power and Song Dian is backing him, is there still money that cannot be dealt with?
Taking advantage of this time difference, Liu Yan took the most solid step towards his plan.

However, there are still many difficulties ahead, so he temporarily pretended to be sick for two days and buried some foreshadowing in Chang'an City.

But there is still a big problem he has to face, that is, whether Liu Hong, who is about to end his latent life, will use him as a sharp sword and send him to the forefront of the struggle against the gentry...

Without exception, the answer is yes.

So he has to create reasonable accidents by himself... He has also made a lot of preparations for this, and now is the time when the superior trusts him, and his suggestions are most likely to be adopted...

So, make or break it!
(End of this chapter)