Xuande

Chapter 391 Establishing a New Army
The question Liu Hong is thinking about now is that even if Liu Bian is to be crowned prince in the end to ensure the legitimacy of his royal family, that is up to him to decide.

He will never accept coercion, threats, or temptations, and he will never compromise on the issue of imperial power.

The power must be passed on in the hands of our old Liu family, and it is not your turn to be contaminated by the He family.

In short it is one sentence.

If I don't give it to you, you can't steal it, you can only be a tool person.

You can share the imperial power, but you never want to dominate the imperial power, let alone hold the imperial power on your behalf.

What he himself faced back then must never be repeated.

Therefore, the power of any clan must not be allowed to continue to grow.

Once the He family's power is huge and its foundation is solid, it will inevitably become a reliance for Liu Bian's superior. At that time, even if Liu Hong is unwilling, I am afraid that the final result will not be decided by Liu Hong.

Liu Hong is likely to be the same as Liu Bang, and this situation is something Liu Hong cannot bear.

He can tolerate his disliked son inheriting the throne, but he cannot tolerate the real power being controlled by outsiders after his death.

When he came to the throne, he finally regained power from his former relatives. How could he just watch his son go his own way?
Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn't sit still. He stood up and walked around the room with an anxious expression on his face.

"If the He family is really powerful, they will definitely try every means to make Bian the crown prince. In this case, once Bian becomes the prince, it will not be certain whether the surname is Liu or He in this world. This kind of thing will never be tolerated. , Grandpa, we have to do something."

"What does His Majesty want to do?"

"We must weaken the military power of the He family and suppress the Yuan family. They must not be allowed to succeed!"

Liu Hong's face was full of sternness: "It's too early for them to try to seize the power of our Han Dynasty! I have the final say on who is the emperor, and the emperor must not be influenced by outsiders! Bian can be the emperor, but he Must be a real emperor!"

Zhang Rang was secretly happy, and said: "In this case, the best way is to set up a new army. The new army controlled by His Majesty himself, with a certain number of new troops, can demonstrate His Majesty's power. He and Yuan It is also impossible to blatantly increase power.

With the protection of the Son of Heaven's own army, the power of the Son of Heaven can also be demonstrated. In the future, His Majesty can pass this army to the new king, and the new king will continue to control it, and he can also maintain the power of the Son of Heaven, isn't it? "

"That's a pretty good idea."

Liu Hong nodded slowly, and then said worriedly: "Having said that, recruiting and training new troops still requires a lot of money. What should I do with this money?"

Zhang Rang secretly slandered Liu Hong for his greed and stinginess.

It's all this time, are you still worried about money?

You don't want the court to pay for your own private army, do you?

My Majesty, when it comes to power, do you still care about money?
"Your Majesty, if you want to build an army that is completely loyal to His Majesty, it is impossible to expect the imperial court to pay for it. If the imperial court pays, this army will be the imperial court's army. Will your majesty accept it? If you want to reduce the power of the He family , must have an army that belongs entirely to His Majesty."

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Hong.

Liu Hong hesitated for a while.

"Do you want me to pay for the training of the new army?"

"I'm afraid... yes."

"This……"

Liu Hong looked embarrassed: "It will cost a lot of money to train the new army. Thousands of people are not enough, and the cost of 3 to [-] people is too high. If I have to bear it alone, it would be too..."

This is not the time to consider paying or not, my lord!

Are you reluctant to spend money on matters related to your power and heirs?

Zhang Rang hurriedly continued to persuade.

"Having said that, if you can build an army that completely obeys His Majesty's orders, doesn't Your Majesty think it is worthwhile?

Right now most of Luoyang's military power is in the hands of He Jin, plus some of Yuan's military power, it can be said that the situation is already quite bad, does His Majesty want to be controlled by others? "

After thinking about it, Liu Hong felt that what Zhang Rang said made sense.

We must train an army that is entirely our own. The number cannot be small, the scale cannot be small, and the equipment and treatment must be the best. We must make this army strong and loyal, so as to strengthen the power of the emperor and prevent ourselves from losing control of the situation. Take power.

But it costs a lot of money...

Liu Hong hesitated repeatedly, but still couldn't make up his mind.

Finally, Zhang Rang talked about the salt sale, and told Liu Hong how much money he had earned from selling salt, and the expected income in the future. Liu Hongcai finally made up his mind to use part of the income from the sale of salt to raise soldiers and train a team of 3 people. new army.

After the preliminary plan is finalized, Liu Hong still has a lot of things to do, such as who should entrust this army to recruit and train, who to manage and lead this army, the composition of this army's officers, etc., many things need to be done. busy.

In this kind of matter, Liu Hong himself has no experience, and neither does Shi Changshi, so Liu Hong made a difficult case.

Recruiting new troops and forming an army must be done by capable people, not just anyone can do it, and there are few real professionals. Most of the people Liu Hong can trust and appoint are eunuchs or eunuchs. There are even fewer such talents in the eunuch group.

However, Liu Hong believes that as long as he is willing to discover, such talents will not be rare.

It's just that the person he most wants to appoint to help him form the new Xiyuan army is Liu Bei.

"Xuande has a strategy of culture and martial arts. Mounting a horse can govern an army, dismounting a horse can shepherd herdsmen, and he is also good at forming an army and training an army. The Liangzhou army has won consecutive battles, which shows Xuande's ability to govern an army. If Xuande can be in Luoyang, I will You can sit back and relax...Grandpa, I really want to call Xuande back to Luoyang..."

Call Liu Bei back to Luoyang?

Zhang Rang suddenly remembered what Liu Bei had said to him in the aisle of the palace.

"If you are in danger in the future, I will save your life."

Such words rang repeatedly in Zhang Rang's ears, and he suddenly felt that if Liu Bei could come back, he should also have a lot of sense of security, and he would not be as frightened as he is now.

If Liu Bei can be here, it is really a good thing for them.

But Liu Bei is in Liangzhou, and the construction of Liangzhou is booming. At least for now, it is unnecessary to let him come back.

Later, when planning to form a new army, Liu Hong suddenly thought of something.

After all, Liu Bian is his existing eldest son. If there is no accident, it must be Liu Bian who inherits his position, but it is hard to say whether Liu Bian can hold the power of the Liu family and not be usurped by the He family.

He could accept Liu Bian as emperor, but he could not accept the loss of imperial power, so Liu Hong decided that he must prepare some weapons for Liu Bian to deal with the powerful deterrence from his mother's family.

Right now, the two He brothers, a general and a general of Wei, control a considerable part of Luoyang's military power. Besides, there is also the possible cooperation of the Yuan family, which is not what Liu Hong wants to see.

Once Liu Bian ascends the throne, there will be no power belonging to the Liu family in Luoyang City, but only the power of the He family and Yuan family. How can this be done?
Liu's strength must be strengthened.

And among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, is there anyone who can be trusted and who can entrust great things?
There is one person.

He is a clan member of the Han family.

He is a member of the Han Dynasty.

His name is Liu Bei.

In Liu Hong's view, Liu Bei doesn't have a very deep background, but has a little teacher-student relationship with Lu Zhi, and this teacher-student relationship has been placed under the identity of the Han clan clan by him, and he values ​​the Han clan clan more. For this reason, he served the emperor very early and became the emperor's minion.

Judging from Liu Bei's actions all the time, Liu Hong really can't draw conclusions other than loyalty.

He can only believe that Liu Bei really hopes that the big man will have a better tomorrow, and he is willing to pay a lot for it, and even his ability is still number one in Tianzi.

Such a clan member of the Han family who wholeheartedly strives for the future of the great man, is there any reason not to reuse it?Is there any reason not to trust?
Anyway, Liu Hong couldn't think of it.

If Liu Bei can be used as Liu Bian's arm, allowing Liu Bei to assist and support Liu Bian's ascension to the throne, then for Liu Bian, wouldn't it mean that Liu Bian has a powerful assistance belonging to the Liu family?

(End of this chapter)