Xuande

Chapter 751 I Need to Communicate This Matter Directly with the Empress Dowager
The spread of rumors from the outside world continues, but Liu Bei has never expressed his meaning.

Because he didn't know the specific situation, and Liu Bei didn't take any action, Zheng Tai didn't know whether he should leave or not for a while.

He borrowed it to get entangled, and his family urged him several times, but he couldn't make up his mind to leave.

He doubted whether Liu Bei cared about this matter very much, and whether other people cared about this matter very much. If everyone tacitly did not believe this matter, then if he left, would he be a pure clown soon?
After struggling for so long, he finally decided to release this tactical nuclear bomb, but Liu Bei did not respond, and the entire Luoyang public opinion field was also terribly quiet.

What exactly is going on?

If he left suddenly at this time, let alone returning to Luoyang, it would not even be certain whether the Zheng family's status could be maintained, so how could he leave at this time?
He held many meetings with Jia Xi and others to exchange their information, and finally learned that some of the core personnel within the Liu Bei Group had already talked with Liu Bei and must have known something.

It's just that each of them kept silent, didn't reveal any useful information to the outside world, and didn't make any abnormal moves. Everything was still going on, so that they still couldn't accurately judge the situation here.

And not to mention other forces, even the royal family didn't seem to have any reaction, let alone the little emperor, and now he seems to be a writer. The reaction was no attention at all.

They don't seem to care about it.

What is going on here?
They can't figure it out.

However, when they were surrounded, someone had already started to act.

Zhang Rang was not the first person to ask about Liu Bei's news, but after a few days of the incident, Zhang Rang couldn't sit still anymore, and personally visited Liu Bei secretly to ask Liu Bei's real opinion on this matter.

Liu Bei's response to him was also very direct.

"Old Zhang, go prepare and draw up a list of eunuchs big and small that you think are reliable, and give it to me. I need to determine as soon as possible which eunuchs in the palace can be used and which eunuchs cannot. This is very important. "

Regarding Liu Bei's request, Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment, and then turned pale with shock.

"Xuande, you..."

"Am I not clear enough?"

Liu Bei looked up at Zhang Rang: "Unreliable people can't stay, what I need is trustworthy, or honest and capable people who obey orders, who belong to other people, I don't want it.

Before I take charge of everything, Lao Zhang, you have to help me get rid of those disobedient eunuchs, these insects cannot be tolerated in the new palace, and I have no intention of continuing to raise them at all. "

Zhang Rang completely understood what Liu Bei meant.

"Have you really decided?"

"Someone decided for me in advance, I can't do it if I don't decide, my subordinates will help me decide if I don't decide, then I might as well decide by myself."

"Really?"

"Can this be fake?"

Liu Bei waved his hand impatiently: "Go and do something. If you do it well, I will record this as your first contribution. If you can't do it well, you can go back to your hometown and become a rich man."

Zhang Rang no longer had any doubts in his heart, only a rather urgent sense of urgency.

Before the new emperor ascended the throne, it was necessary to screen and clean the internal forces in the palace, to keep the reliable and capable ones, and not to keep the unreliable ones.

This power seems to be in the hands of Zhang Rang, but Zhang Rang is also very clear that Liu Bei entrusted this matter to him as a task. If he fails to handle it, he believes that Liu Bei has many ways to punish him.

So he turned and ran.

After running a few steps, Liu Bei's voice sounded behind him.

"Old Zhang, do things well. This is the task I entrust to you because I trust you. This trust is hard-earned. I don't want to do things too badly after our friendship for so many years. So, don't let me down, don't let me down." You betrayed my trust in you."

Zhang Rang stopped and looked back at Liu Bei.

"You promised to make me rich for the rest of my life."

"of course."

"it is good."

Zhang Rang ran away.

After that, no one came to ask Liu Bei related questions.

However, under this turbulent situation, Liu Bei didn't think that other forces could sit still. The more calm he was, the more people couldn't calm down.

As he expected, within a few days, someone couldn't sit still anymore.

This time the visitor is quite interesting.

It was Liu Yu who was Situ in the dynasty and had just taken office not long ago.

He did not come as an individual, but as a messenger.

After Liu Yu took office as Situ, he started the mode of letting himself go. He did everything except not doing business, except not breaking the law.

After taking office, he moved into Situ's mansion, took good care of Situ's mansion, moved out some things that he thought were unbearably vulgar, and moved in some things he liked that belonged to literati, such as various green plants , flowers and plants and the like.

The rockery in the mansion was also repaired, and the pool in the mansion was also repaired, and some small fish were stocked in it.

In addition, he also made a special trip to Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei for some calligraphy. Because he heard that Liu Bei was good at writing, he asked Liu Bei to write to him some of the poems he had created, especially the difficult road to Shu. .

He wants to take it back to decorate the facade, show off his collection to visitors, and raise his social status.

Liu Bei readily agreed to this, so he splashed ink and wrote a few words for Liu Yu on the highest quality Qingzhou leather paper, stamped it with a seal, and gave it to Liu Yu.

After Liu Yu took it back, it really hung in the reception hall. Every time the mansion held a banquet, he had to point it out to the visitors, saying that it was written by the general Liu Bei himself. show off.

In addition to his extreme publicity on social occasions, he has been quiet and inactive in politics.

Anyway, the three princes in the Eastern Han Dynasty had no power. The main reason why Lu Zhi was so diligent in politics was that he was Liu Bei's teacher. With this status, no one said anything wrong with him.

But Liu Yu felt that this was unnecessary for him.

Moreover, he has been busy in Qingzhou for many years, exhausted both physically and mentally. Now that he is getting old, he really only wants to enjoy honor and does not want to do things, so he jumped out of the vortex of involution and became the No. 1 anti-involution of the Han Empire.

Many people are very envious of Liu Yu's living conditions, but there are some things that they really can't envy.

So for a long time, Liu Yu has appeared in the political life of the Han Empire as a person who has nothing to do with himself, highlighting that he doesn't care about anything, does nothing, and focuses on enjoying life. Become a new star in Luoyang City's social circle.

But don't say that Liu Yu is useless.

He is useful.

Because of his high status but no real power, many people are happy to associate with Liu Yu, and they are willing to talk to Liu Yu about many things, and even Liu Yu can become a relationship between two or three parties. messengers, intermediaries.

Speaking on behalf of Xiang, Liu Yu is very familiar with it and is very slippery. This is another identity he has in Luoyang City.

And this time when he came to visit Liu Bei, Liu Yu did not represent himself, but a certain force came to have a preliminary exchange with Liu Bei—about the rumors in Luoyang City.

Of course, Liu Yu himself really wanted to know what was going on here.

When Situ of the court came to visit, of course Liu Bei wanted to entertain him graciously. He planned to have a banquet, but Liu Yu refused, and dragged Liu Bei into his office for a private chat.

Xu Chu, who was on duty, wanted to enter to protect Liu Bei, but Liu Bei shook his head, so Xu Chu stood outside and did not enter.

However, his attention was very focused, and he was always focused in the room, just in case.

Liu Yu didn't care about these, and his purpose of coming here was not to chat with Liu Bei.

"Xuande, there is no one else here, we are all clan relatives, both surnamed Liu, I will cut to the chase with some words, I want to know, what is going on with this rumor?"

"Did the Empress Dowager invite you here?"

Liu Bei smiled and poured Liu Yu a drink.

Liu Yu didn't hide it either, and nodded directly.

"The Empress Dowager didn't care at first, but Dong Zhong seemed to be more concerned. He went to the Empress Dowager to tell the matter in person, so the Empress Dowager asked me to ask you what is going on."

Dong Zhong?
interesting.

Liu Bei paused, smiled and nodded.

"The empress dowager is recuperating recently. She should not have been disturbed by these mundane matters. Some people are so ignorant. I thought he had repented. Unexpectedly, he is still wicked."

Liu Yu picked up the cup and took a sip of the drink in the cup.

Sweet.

"Xuande, this is not an important matter, he can't turn the sky over."

"It's still more important. If you are my enemy again and again, even if I want to let him go, my subordinates will not agree."

Liu Bei smiled and asked: "Of course, answering your question is also very important. This matter has nothing to do with me. It is Zheng Tai who spread the rumors."

"Zheng Tai..."

Liu Yu read his name again.

"Why would he do this?"

"Because I want to promote the government affairs meeting and the official elimination system, this system will eliminate many incompetent officials who are not capable enough to make up for it. Among them, there will be many mediocre people with high backgrounds but no actual ability. damage their interests.

So they came to me and asked me how to compensate them. For example, how should I compensate them if I win a county sheriff or a prime minister, and what should I do if I win a county magistrate? He came to talk to me on business, but I didn't agree.

Many times before, I needed their support, so I had to exchange some benefits with them. This time, I don't need their help, but they still habitually want to ask me for things.

If I don’t give it, they will be in a hurry. During these days, they have been looking for people to join forces to deal with me. They found Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong. They wanted to raise troops against me, but no one responded to them. . "

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Yu's face darkened, and he slapped the table in front of him with a slap, almost knocking down the cup on the table.

"Bastard thing! How can such a trifling matter be such a big deal for the country?!"

After being angry, Liu Yu also looked at Liu Bei angrily.

"Xuande, this kind of thing is wrong. Why did you agree to them before? I think that with your ability, you don't need the help of these people if you want to promote reforms, don't you?"

"It's not needed now, but it was still needed before."

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "You should also know that it is difficult to run a government. A few years ago, the world was still in a state where government orders were not issued in Henan Yin. No one implemented the government orders. It was just a show. There were not enough people to respond to me. I push myself, so I don’t know when it will be successful.”

Liu Yu was silent for a moment, still very angry.

"Even so, you can't get used to this group of people like this. Now I understand why many people in Luoyang City are saying that apart from you, Liu Xuande, there is no difference between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school. Without you, they might not Not today's literary school! They're all dastardly things!"

Liu Bei smiled.

"This... I am speechless."

"Of course you should be speechless! Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people in Luoyang City who want to promote the reform of Huang Laozhi. They only believe in you and don't believe in the ancient literature school. How dare you say that you have no responsibility?"

Liu Yu said dissatisfied: "I know you are busy with affairs and under a lot of pressure, but there are some things that you should have your own persistence! How can you get along with those despicable people?"

"This time I persisted, insisted on not compromising, and then they spread rumors to deal with me. Although no one has said this matter on the surface, it should have caused a storm in the dark, and I am very helpless."

Liu Bei sighed and said: "This matter has brought me a lot of trouble, and it is even difficult to end. Mr. Situ, tell me, is this my problem?"

Liu Yu pursed his lips and also felt helpless about this, so he looked at Liu Bei.

"I remember that once before, there was news that you were going to rebel and seek the throne from the Jinwen School. How did you calm down that time?"

"That's the problem of the modern literature school itself. I covered it up with the dispute between modern and ancient literature. It's a lucky thing, but one cannot be different. It's completely different from this time."

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Times have changed, and many things have to be done even by myself. Mr. Situ, if there were no rumors this time, many things might still go on, but once the rumors broke out, the situation would be completely different."

"I've also heard some discussions in private, and it seems like a lot of people have an opinion on it."

Liu Yu glanced at Liu Bei, looked at his face, and said slowly: "Xuande, how do you plan to deal with this matter? And Zheng Tai, how do you plan to deal with him?"

"Zheng Tai's doing this kind of thing is completely opposing me and trapping me in injustice. I will not let him and his family go, and I will not let go of all the people involved in this matter." Pass."

Liu Bei said slowly: "As for how to solve this matter, alas... Mr. Situ, if I want to solve this matter, I'm afraid I have to use the means I least want to use."

"What does Xuande mean?"

"I think, I need to communicate this matter with the Empress Dowager directly and discuss with her."

Liu Bei shook his head and said, "If the Empress Dowager is willing to cooperate, this matter can be truly resolved, but before that, I still need to clean the court for the last time."

cleaning?

Liu Yu remembered that he had heard some news about Liu Bei's purge of the court before. Every time, there were a lot of heads, and there were always groups of unlucky people who lost their heads.

Liu Yu is a conservative. He likes gentle wind and light rain, dislikes rapid wind and sudden rain, and doesn't appreciate such violent methods.

But he also knows that every time Liu Bei cleans the court, there are legitimate reasons and many people support him, and this time... I'm afraid it is the same.

Anyway, if Liu Bei wants to do something to Zheng Tai, he will not object, unless Liu Bei wants to expand, then he may not be able to accept it.

"Then how should I explain this matter to the Empress Dowager? Are you going to talk about it yourself?"

Liu Yu said worriedly: "Since the Empress Dowager was ill, her bones have been relatively weak. I heard from the doctors in the palace that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill this time, and her symptoms are still relatively strange. I don't know if she can recover.

The matter this time is of great importance, if you are a little careless, the outcome is unpredictable, I have no objection if you want to discuss it directly with the Empress Dowager, but you still don't want to make the Empress Dowager too worried. "

"That's natural."

Liu Bei nodded.

Of course he won't make Mrs. Dong worry too much. As long as Mrs. Dong can think about it, everything will be fine.

(End of this chapter)