Xuande

Chapter 433 Why didn't His Majesty let Liu Xuande start the mansion as a general of hussars?

Before, no matter what, Liu Hong would discuss with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, discuss and try to make things beautiful.

But since the establishment of the West Garden Army, Liu Hong has been deliberately avoiding them and not getting close to them.

There is no way, the Taipingdao incident has always been a thorn in Liu Hong's heart.

Because of that incident, Liu Hong still couldn't believe that Zhang Rang and others were absolutely loyal to him, and was always worried that they would stab him in the back at a critical moment.

Moreover, the reason why He entered the palace and was favored, became the queen, and maintained his status after poisoning Wang Meiren was all the result of the help of the eunuchs.

With such a relationship between the He family and the eunuch, Liu Hong certainly believed that in this power struggle, the ten permanent attendants would not firmly stand on his side, and they might collude with He Jin to deal with him.

The so-called loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal. With doubts about the loyalty of the ten permanent servants, Liu Hong will naturally not entrust the military power of the West Garden Army to the ten permanent servants, even if he calls Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong affectionately. , should doubt, still doubt.

But when things came to an end, Liu Hong found that he had favored eunuchs too much, distrusted his relatives, and oppressed scholars and bureaucrats too much in the past so many years. As a result, no one was available except eunuchs.

Politically, he, the emperor, was facing unprecedented and terrible isolation. If he didn't find help quickly and expand his power, the situation would be really bad.

In addition, during this period of time, he has never heard of any collusion between Shi Changshi and He and Yuan. It seems that Yuan and He didn't take the initiative to do anything with Shi Changshi. After thinking about it, Liu Hong In the end, he had no choice but to summon Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

Liu Hong felt that this meeting should be a very touching meeting, and he planned to ease the relationship with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong a little bit, even if it was pretending to tell each other sincerely, it was fine.

The fact is almost the same. After Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong saw Liu Hong, their eyes turned red.

"Your Majesty, you have lost weight."

The five short words that Zhang Rang blurted out hit Liu Hong's heart at once, making Liu Hong's nose sour and almost shed tears.

"Grandpa, Grandma, you have lost weight too."

Then the three of them looked at each other speechlessly, and wept together in a tacit understanding. After crying for a long time, the three stopped their tears one after another.

"I haven't seen grandpa and grandma for some days. I didn't expect you to lose so much weight. During these days, I think it's hard for you. It's all my fault."

Faced with Liu Hong's voluntary submission, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were very determined.

"Even if we can't meet His Majesty, we are still serving His Majesty."

"As long as you can do things for His Majesty, no matter what happens, you won't feel embarrassed!"

The two immediately expressed their loyalty to Liu Hong.

This attitude reminded Liu Hong of the beautiful past when they trusted each other and attacked scholars together. At that time, everyone still trusted each other very much, and they still cooperated with each other to make money together.

Why did it come to this point?
So Liu Hong softened his heart a little bit, and felt that it was a bit inappropriate for him to reject them so much before, should he face them in a softer way?

It's just that as soon as I thought about it, the matter of Taiping Dao came to my mind again, and the thorn began to hurt again.

Liu Hong quickly calmed down, and felt that he still needed to control a little bit, and he couldn't control everything.

"I can see your loyalty. There are fewer and fewer people as loyal as you, and more and more officials have taken refuge in Yuan and He, and where do I go? What about the land? There are not many people I can trust, only you and Xuande."

Liu Hong quickly stated his purpose.

"I want to recruit Xuande to return to Luoyang as my wings to fight against the He family and the Yuan family, but after thinking about it, I feel that it is not enough to call Xuande back. Without the He family and the Yuan family, how should they fight against the He family and the Yuan family?

I really intend to let Xuande be promoted to Sangong, so that Xuande can open the mansion and fight against the He family and the Yuan family. Xuande is in such a situation, do you have any good solutions? "

Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at each other, and both were silent for a while.

Less leaning, Liu Hong couldn't help it.

"Grandpa, Grandma, can't you do anything?"

Zhang Rang shook his head when he heard the words.

"It's not that there's no way, but, Your Majesty, this old slave thinks that Your Majesty doesn't necessarily want Liu Xuande to be promoted to the Third Duke, and now that he is promoted to the Third Duke, the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.

Although his meritorious deeds are great, his age, seniority, and background are not enough for him to be promoted to Sangong. Everyone can see that, if this is the case, why do he still do it? "

"However, if he is not allowed to be promoted to Sangong, how can he fight against the He and Yuan families? Without the power of opening the mansion, relying on the army alone is not enough."

Liu Hong frowned and said, "Xuande is a clan member of the Han family. The He family and the Yuan family are strong. How can my Liu family be weak? If there are no clan officials to give wings to the emperor, wouldn't the emperor be bullied by everyone? Grandpa, grandma, What do you say?"

"Since that's the case, why doesn't Your Majesty let Liu Xuande open the mansion as a Hussar General?"

Zhang Rang said slowly: "General Hussar's status is only second to the Great General's, and he is the same as the Sangong. His status is very honorable. If he is just a chariot general, then it is not appropriate for him to be a senior minister and open a mansion. However, General Hussars With such a high status, why can’t you open a mansion?”

Lying on the bed, Liu Hong thought about what Zhang Rang said, and felt that it really meant that.

The general is above the Sangong, the hussar general is the same as the Sangong, the status of the chariot general depends mainly on the person, some people are lower than the Sangong, and some people can be compared with the Sangong. This is the game rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty .

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a tradition that only the great generals and Sangongs could open their houses and recruit scholars from all over the world to serve as subordinate officials, and others could not, which made the situation of Hushi generals a bit awkward.

Originally, there was no such position as General Hussars. It was specially designed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for Huo Qubing. According to tradition, only the generals have the real power to command the troops. Executor.

It was only because Huo Qubing was the first Hussar General, so the name of Hussar General became very famous because of Huo Qubing, and even traditionally qualified to fight against the Great General.

For this reason, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were times when the Hussar General was added "big" and renamed the Hussar General.

In the traditional concept, a general position second only to the general and at the same level as the Sangong, why can't he open a mansion?

And in terms of merit, ability, and prestige, who in the entire Luoyang court would dare to say that He Jin is better than Liu Bei?
Liu Bei's credit is real.

After defeating the Yellow Turbans against the Liangzhou rebels, after defeating the Liangzhou rebels against Xianbei, after defeating Xianbei against Diqiang, against all invincible hands in the southeast and northwest, he can be called the current number one general of the Han Dynasty. dog?
Don't say that Zhang Rang can't agree, how can Liu Hong agree?

He Jin became a general purely because of his background, the eunuch's recommendation, and the tradition of his relatives becoming a general at that time. There was not much merit in it. He Jin would not be able to become a general in another 100 years. .

Now, a general like him can open a mansion, but Liu Bei, as the number one general of the great man with outstanding merits, cannot open a mansion, which is somewhat insulting.

When Zhang Rang said this, Liu Hong took it seriously.

But before this, there was no tradition of General Hussars opening a mansion. At most, a shogunate military mansion would be opened. To open a mansion in a serious manner would be tantamount to bringing Generals Hussars into the central power system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The general system caused a huge impact.

Originally, there were four positions to recruit scholars from all over the world to help the court govern, and each had its own shared tasks. The basic structure of the Eastern Han Empire was divided according to this.

And now add one, four people become five people, even if the three princes and the general only have nominal responsibilities, what about the nominal responsibilities?What kind of responsibility should be separated from these four people and given to the hussar general?

Won't it cause political turmoil in the court?
Liu Hong hesitated a little.

"Letting General Hussars open the mansion is something that has never happened before. He Jin and Yuan Wei will definitely object if it is brought up now. Lu Zhi may not object for the sake of his disciples, but court officials I am afraid that a large part of them will object, if the opposition is too loud, even I have to be scruples, how should this matter be handled?"

Zhang Rang shook his head.

"Liu Xuande's achievements are not comparable to that of ordinary people, and as he is the heir of the Zuo family in the Spring and Autumn Period, there will be many people who want to please him, and there may not be many people who strongly oppose him. Yuan Kai and He Jin will definitely If you disagree, you don't have to pay attention to their opinions.

And before they used despicable means to recruit soldiers and horses into Luoyang, that is, you are generous and don't care about them. If you really want to count it, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor!In the face of such a great crime, do they still have the face to oppose your decision? "

(End of this chapter)