I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 152 For Li Mu, Liu Yan fought hard this time

In the West Garden, Liu Hong was sitting naked in a wooden room. There was a huge brazier in the middle of the room, and a pile of hot volcanic rocks was piled up in it. A few eunuchs beside him were covered in sweat. waiting.

According to Liu Hong's instructions, they poured water on the hot stones from time to time to generate billowing heat in the sauna room.

Not long after, the door was opened, and several eunuchs carried a pot of newly burnt rocks into the room with poles, put the stones down, and then carried the original pot of rocks out of the room.

Later, the little eunuchs in the room continued to pour water on the stone, filling the wooden room with water vapor.

"Enough, enough! It's hot enough! I'm about to pass out." Liu Hong stretched out his hands to wipe his sweat, and stopped the actions of these little eunuchs.

"Your Majesty, please drink honey water."

A Huangmen hurriedly presented the honey water to Liu Hong.

Liu Hong stretched out his hand to take it, and gulped it down in one gulp. A sense of coolness flowed all over his body in an instant, and he felt much more comfortable in an instant.

He stretched vigorously, then stood up, and said, "Enough steaming, go out and rub!"

Afterwards, the emperor was led out of the sauna room by a group of eunuchs.

There was a heater and a soft bed in the outer room, and two picking girls stood beside them, holding dry towels in their hands. After Liu Hong lay on the bed, he hurriedly splashed water on the emperor's body, and then skillfully rubbed the emperor's back .

Seeing the gray silk mud rolling down from his body, Liu Hong heaved a sigh of satisfaction, and sighed: "Oh, if it wasn't for Lu Qing, I didn't know that such a wonderful way can be washed out of the bath...Look at the skin on my body. So much mud!"

"Crack, snap."

Cai Nu patted Liu Hong on the back twice, and said softly, "Your Majesty, you have turned over."

Liu Hong turned around, glanced sideways at the picking girl who slapped him, and said: "After washing in a while, everyone else will go out, you stay."

The little eunuchs serving next to him naturally understood what Liu Hong meant, and agreed one after another.

……

……

Outside the sauna room, Lu Qiang stood guard outside, very anxious, he stomped back and forth like a tiger in a cage, looking into the sauna room from time to time.

When I was young, I saw the door of the bathroom opened, and the eunuchs serving Liu Hong withdrew out.

Lu Qiang stepped forward hastily and asked, "Has Your Majesty finished washing?"

One of the leading eunuchs bowed to Lu Qiang and said, "Please wait a moment, Zhongchang Attendant. Your Majesty has finished washing. It's just...but His Majesty is taking a bath right now, and it will take some time before he comes out."

Lu Qiang was taken aback when he heard the words, and then heaved a long sigh.

"Taichang is still waiting outside... Oh, that's all, go tell Taichang and ask him to wait for a while."

"only."

……

……

Finally, Liu Hong finally came out after taking a shower. He was refreshed, and he was very satisfied to see his expression.

Lu Qiang put the hood on Liu Hong's body and said, "Your Majesty, when the Imperial Physician took His Majesty's pulse last month, he told His Majesty to be careful..."

"Ah!"

Liu Hong sneezed suddenly, then waved his hands indifferently, and said: "It's a small matter, why make a fuss, it's not worth mentioning, the imperial doctor is also busy, just give me medicines, and take care of my bed It's up."

Lu Qiang felt helpless, he couldn't control the emperor after all.

"Your Majesty, the General and Tai Chang are waiting outside, and they have something important to see His Majesty."

Liu Hong stretched his waist and said, "Is it because of the Liangzhou military rebellion? Xuan!"

"only."

Lu Qiang led the order and summoned He Jin and Liu Yan into the West Garden.

He Jin is now a great general, in charge of the country's military affairs. Although He Jin has risen to the top in one fell swoop in terms of status and position, he still dare not neglect Liu Yan and other senior clans.

In the end, He Jin went first, and Liu Yan stayed behind, and the two came to meet Liu Hong together.

"You two lovers, come to see me today, what's the matter?"

He Jin looked at Liu Yan: "Taichang can you report first?"

Liu Yan shook his head and said: "The general is in charge of the military affairs of the whole country, and what he plays must be related to the safety of the country, so I ask the general to play first."

"Okay, thank you Taichang."

He Jin immediately reported to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, in Jincheng, Song Yang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others have connected with tens of thousands of Qiang and Hu, elected Bian Yun and Han Yue as leaders, and killed Chen Yi, the prefect of Jincheng County. , Soldiers and horses surrounded Jixian County, the bandits were in disorder in Longyou, Liangzhou Inspector Zuo Chang asked for help, and the ministers dispatched Huangfusong to attack the moth bandits, Dong Zhuo and others stationed troops in Hedong, and they can enter Xizhou at any time!"

Liu Hong's complexion became very ugly.

He hammered the table hard, and said through gritted teeth: "Rebellion, rebellion, rebellion in the end! First the Yellow Turbans, and now the Liangzhou Qiang rebellion. Taicang's revenue is almost in the red! It's all because of these rebels. , I don’t understand, how can I feel sorry for them, how can I feel sorry for them!”

He Jin said: "Your Majesty, don't be ashamed. Although there are many Qiang rebels in Liangzhou, after discussing with the generals, I feel that although the Qiang rebels in Liangzhou are powerful, and the Qiang soldiers are far better at fighting than the Yellow Turbans, Zhang Jiaozhi is trying to overthrow them." Our imperial court of the Han Dynasty is a powerful enemy, and the bandits in the border counties are all upright, they have no intention of being strong in the world, and they are not worried about the people in the corner, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo will go there, and they will be defeated!"

Liu Hong hurriedly said: "There is also Xia Yu! Let him go together, catch the rebels in Jincheng, and exterminate the three clans on the spot without consulting the imperial court!"

"only!"

"General, I don't want to hear about the great chaos in the states and counties of the Han Dynasty, like the Yellow Turban and Liangzhou! The Han Dynasty can't bear it! I can't bear it either! Does Ai Qing understand?"

He Jin hurriedly said: "I am willing to do my best for Your Majesty!"

Liu Hong nodded in satisfaction, and said again: "I have been to the Queen's six times this month. The husband and wife are happy, enjoy the joy of fish and water, the father is kind and the son is filial, and the family is happy. The general only focuses on handling military affairs. , don’t worry about the rest.”

He Jin was overjoyed when he heard this.

Since Empress He poisoned Wang Meiren, Liu Hong has not been to the Empress for a long time, and the gap between husband and wife has gradually deepened. Now that his sister is favored by the Emperor again, it is naturally a great joy for the He family.

He hastily clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty has shown great kindness to the He family, and I cannot repay you even if I die!"

Liu Hong waved his hand and said: "The general is busy with state affairs, if there is nothing important, hurry up and arrange counter-insurgency matters."

"Wei! Take care, Your Majesty, I will leave!"

After He Jin left, Liu Hong looked at Liu Yan suspiciously, and said strangely: "Uncle Emperor, why have many ministers who have come to the palace for an audience during this period of time told me to take care?"

Liu Yan secretly sighed.

There are no professional hospitals these days, and doctors who can see a doctor are not easy to find. Most of the high-ranking members of the gentry have a little bit of medical knowledge. Diagnose and prescribe medicines for your family members. If you really can't cure it, go outside to find someone to see a doctor.

Therefore, many courtiers are actually doctors.

In Liu Hong's current state, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that he has serious physical problems.

The area between his eyes is more bluish-purple than the rest of the body, indicating poor blood flow, yellowing of Yintang, lack of Qi and blood, weak spleen and stomach, swollen eyelids, abnormal kidney water, and even purple lips...

But these words, no one in the Manchu Dynasty will talk too much.

What should be said, the Imperial Physician Order and the Imperial Physician Cheng must have said it to Liu Hong, but it's a pity that the emperor didn't take it seriously!
He didn't take it seriously, why did the other courtiers bother him?

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty's body is related to the safety of the great man's country. I think that all the ministers ask Your Majesty to take care of the dragon's body, and it is also for the sake of my great man's foundation."

Liu Hong didn't think too much, he cleared his throat, spit out phlegm into the spittoon, and then asked Liu Yan, "Uncle Emperor, what's the important thing you want to see me today?"

Liu Yan hurriedly said: "Can Your Majesty read the letter sent by Liu Deran in Changshan?"

With those words, he was asking about Liu Hong's discomfort.

"Did Deran also write to Uncle Huang?"

"Ugh!"

Liu Yan sighed for a long time and said: "I wrote it! The magistrate of Zhending, together with the local tyrants, defrauded the grain, fodder and military equipment of the prefecture and county. In Jizhou, you cannot speak to Your Majesty in person, so I wrote a letter to your Majesty, asking you to explain the whole story to Your Majesty."

Liu Hong stood up and said: "Haoyou has always only annexed Li Shu's land and seized its property, but he seldom dared to take action directly with the court and the government office. If the government office withheld soldiers and horses, I would not be surprised. I have never heard of this kind of thing by defrauding the imperial court’s property.”

Liu Yan said: "It is precisely because of this that Your Majesty needs to be more vigilant! This incident shows that since the incident of the Yellow Turban Moth Thief, the hearts of the heroes in all states and counties have changed!"

Liu Hong's expression was very unfriendly.

"Deran also said the same thing. In his memorial to me, he said that because of the Yellow Turban Mutiny, all the heroes in the world were afraid of being rebelled by it, so they began to build high castles, accumulate grain, and secretly build armaments. Hiding the husband, sitting on the sidelines and waiting for changes, if things go on like this, I fear that it will become a country within a country, and a county within a county."

Liu Yan sighed: "Your Majesty, that's exactly the case, but this matter is also justifiable. The world's rich and right are stockpiling food and weapons, in order to fear that there will be another Yellow Turban chaos."

"But think about it, Your Majesty, even if their original intention is to resist the bandits, as time goes on, the rich and right-handed people in various places will become more and more armed, and the larger the area of ​​Wubao, what will happen? I Don’t the counties of the Great Han Dynasty suffer from wars every day? This is probably much more terrifying than the Yellow Turban Rebellion!”

"Especially now that the change of the Yellow Turban Moth Thief is less than three months away, and another [-] Qiang thieves have gathered in Jincheng of Liangzhou. Your Majesty, I feel that if it's just about the Yellow Turban, it's not enough to make the nobles feel discouraged about the Han Dynasty. Out of great chaos, I'm afraid..."

"Snapped!"

Liu Hong slapped the table heavily: "Could it be that people in the world really dare to oppose me?"

Liu Yan made a bow and said: "People in the world dare not betray the Han, but don't they have any dissatisfaction? Your Majesty, I think that at this time, Your Majesty should immediately call two people into the palace and ask about the affairs of the counties and villages. Maybe it can solve the problem. "

Liu Hong looked at Liu Yan and said, "Who are you calling?"

"My Han Dynasty is full of wars, and the national power is getting weaker and weaker, especially the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Zhang Jiao's heresy is still widely spread in the counties... I am not afraid of anything now, but I am afraid that some people will use the "number of days" and "luck" Say, come to discredit the emperor's family... Now in Luoyang, there is Dong Fu, a master of Yizhou, who is good at prophecy, and Liu Bei, Liu Deran's brother, is also here, Your Majesty should immediately call these two people into the palace for interrogation."

　There is another update tonight, but it will be a little late

　　
　
(End of this chapter)