Xuande

Chapter 392 Liu Hong's Mistrust
According to past experience and what happened, Liu Hong believes that Liu Bei is an excellent talent, a figure who can compete with Yuan Wei and He Jin and escort Liu's emperor.

So after that, he had to find an opportunity to transfer Liu Bei back to Luoyang and give him important powers, so as to counter the Yuan family and the He family and support the power of the Liu family emperor.

But Liu Hong thought about it later, and found a shortcoming of Liu Bei.

Compared with powerful opponents like Yuan Kai and He Jin, Liu Hong felt that although Liu Bei had enough ability, talent, and status, he still lacked one important thing.

The right to open the government.

In the Han system, only the Sangong and the Great General had the right to open the mansion in an upright manner, so at present the entire Han Dynasty has the power to open the mansion and summon the people of the world. Because there is a vacancy at the moment, only Yuan Wei, Lu Zhi, and He Jin people.

They can build their own political forces nationwide, establish a huge network of political power, and win over the hearts of the people in a certain sense.

But Liu Bei couldn't. Liu Bei's influence was limited to Liangzhou, Yizhou and Sanhe.

This level of influence cannot support Liu Bei's successful confrontation with Yuan and He.

Although Lu Zhi is Liu Bei's teacher, Liu Hong can't trust Lu Zhi in this matter, he can only trust Liu Bei, and Liu Bei lacks the right to start a government, so he still lacks the trump card that can truly participate in top-level political games .

So, what to do?

Appoint Liu Bei as Sikong?
Or break through the restrictions and give the right to open the mansion to the Hussar General?
Liu Hong began to have a clear idea about this matter in his heart, but he did not disclose this idea to anyone for the time being.

Liu Hong feels that he is only in his 30s, and it is not yet time to think about this matter.

He didn't think that he would die so early, he felt that he was still very capable, at least he could live until Liu Bian became an adult and mature, and he still had a lot of time to operate slowly and prepare slowly.

Of course, weakening the power of He and Yuan cannot be delayed, it must be done immediately.

As for these two difficult opponents who have the right to open a government, if they really become popular, it will be too difficult to deal with. Even if Liu Bei is called back, facing their deep foundation, Liu Bei may not be able to win a complete victory .

Therefore, Liu Hong decided to set up a new army as soon as possible, starting from the military level, to create an army that completely belongs to the Liu family and belongs to the imperial power, and use this army as a fulcrum to leverage the situation.

He endured the pain of appropriating the money, personally presided over the selection of talents, and selected talents from the eunuch system and the Hongdu Menxue system, and strived to completely control this army.

And it was at this point that something went wrong.

Zhang Rang originally thought that the head of the new army chosen by Liu Hong would be chosen from among those recommended by him, or no matter how bad it was, he would be chosen from the candidates recommended by Zhao Zhong.

This new army will be the latest result of the alliance between the emperor and the eunuchs, and will jointly carry out the will of this alliance.

But he never expected that the name Liu Hong chose would be Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo's position is just a small yellow door, not within the reach of the regular servants, and does not belong to the traditional high-level eunuch system. He is not closely related to the current ten permanent servants, and has little contact with each other.

The main reason why he was selected was that he was strong and possessed martial arts skills. He was an extremely rare "talent" with military skills among the eunuchs, and he was a rare "real man" among the eunuchs.

Before Liu Hong selected him, no one knew that he could be selected by Liu Hong.

The reason why Liu Hong chose Jian Shuo is also very simple.

The status is low, it is difficult to have any confidence against the emperor, he will be more obedient, and he doesn't have much relationship with the eunuch group, it is easier to handle, and it is easy to get full loyalty.

In short, compared with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others who already had a stable interest group, Jian Shuo was more likely to be loyal to the emperor rather than his own interest group.

To be honest, Liu Hong planned to select some of the candidates recommended by Zhang Rang and others to serve as the main officers of the new army, and even planned to appoint Zhao Zhong to lead the new army.

But when he was about to make up his mind, he suddenly remembered one thing.

During the Taipingdao Rebellion before, the group of eunuchs in the palace was infiltrated by Taipingdao, many of them joined Taipingdao, and even planned to assist Zhang Jiao to attack him.

In the end, the conspiracy was destroyed, and Liu Hong's safety was not threatened, but this matter is real.

Liu Hong's memory of that incident is still fresh, although Zhang Rang and others used a lot of money to deal with it, and pushed the responsibility to the dead previous ten servants, that incident seems to have turned the page.

But when it came to the really important things, the thorn deeply buried in Liu Hong's heart began to ache again.

He began to doubt whether Zhang Rang and others were absolutely loyal to him.

This kind of thing about the future pattern cannot be trusted without absolute loyalty.

That kind of dull pain made Liu Hong worried about selecting talents recommended by Zhang Rang and others to control the strength of the Xiyuan Army.

In the end, this feeling prompted Liu Hong not to choose the candidate provided by Zhang Rang and others, but to promote Jian Shuo, a special existence, from his limited memory, and entrusted him with the task of forming a new army and leading the new army. Jian Shuo.

Liu Hong believes that it is very direct and convenient to command the new army through Jian Shuo's remote control. In contrast, commanding the new army through Zhang Rang and others must go through additional procedures such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. Liu Hong didn't like this procedure.

Jian Shuo was inexplicably pleasantly surprised. When he learned that the power from heaven had descended on him, he was pleasantly surprised. Then he cried and ran to thank Liu Hong to express his loyalty. Encouraged by Liu Hong, he decided to repay Liu Hong with his life. Hong's kindness to him.

In contrast, the doubts, wariness and dissatisfaction of the traditional group of ten permanent servants towards the sudden emergence of Jian Shuo.

Regarding Liu Hong's sudden promotion of Jian Shuo, the little yellow family, as the new army commander, even Zhang Rang who served Liu Hong was not clear about it, and couldn't understand it, and further developed deeper worries, thinking that Liu Hong was the leader of the new army. It's not that they don't trust them anymore.

If Liu Hong's trust is lost, it will be very fatal to them.

There are only so many benefits, and the plate of benefits is so big. Suddenly, a Jian Shuo leads the new army to intervene in this gluttonous feast, which is a threat to each of them.

But it was the Son of Heaven who did this, and they couldn't guess what the Son of Heaven meant.

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong made insinuations about this matter several times, trying to get Liu Hong to express his thoughts, but Liu Hong didn't say anything, just prevaricated, as if this matter did not exist.

From the very beginning of its establishment, the new army faced unrest within the imperial power group, which was obviously not a good thing.

And for people outside the imperial power group, it is even worse.

Yuan Kai and He Jin had heard about this matter since rumors spread faintly, and they thought it was nonsense at first.

But as time passed, until the people Liu Hong sent out to recruit soldiers had dispersed, they had to confirm that Liu Hong really wanted to make trouble.

After further thinking about this matter, and some gossip from the eunuchs obtained by the Yuan family, Yuan Kai even came to a conclusion that the emperor set up a new army, probably not only to target He Jin, but also to target Yuan. Shi.

It is said that the reason why the emperor wanted to set up a new army was because he was dissatisfied with the fact that Yuan and He Jin were getting closer.

Yuan Kai felt faintly uneasy in his heart. He felt that he seemed to be a little too jumpy recently. The matter of arranging Yuan's children to join the army and obtain important military positions was a bit of a blink of an eye, not to mention that Yuan Shao still had a very good relationship with He Jin.

Such news was spread and the emperor knew about it, which made the emperor feel insecure, so he decided to set up a new army...

This situation was completely beyond Yuan Wei's expectations.

He really wanted to establish the detached political status of the Yuan family, but he didn't expect Liu Hong to be so vigilant about this matter, and decided to launch a counterattack so quickly, and was on guard in advance.

He Jin was also very disturbed about this matter, so he called Yuan Shao to discuss this matter with Yuan Shao.

(End of this chapter)