I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 241 Dong Zhuo and Lu Qiang
In the current court, Dong Zhuo and the noble families headed by the Yuan family and the Yang family are fighting each other, and the fight for power and profit has become increasingly fierce.

In order to be able to completely control the court, Dong Zhuo began to consider admitting some nobles from Liangzhou into the court to replace some "inactive" ministers, so as to effectively rule the Han Dynasty.

But the problem is that since ancient times, personnel power has always been the most important part of a collective, whether it is as large as a country or as small as a family. Now that Dong Zhuo has robbed the financial and military power in the capital, this is also the case in the eyes of the Kanto gentry. That's all.

After all, although this kind of power appears to have a huge impact on the surface, as long as it is planned properly, it is not impossible to get it back. It is fast, and it can be taken back by a coup in one night.

But personnel power is different. This thing belongs to the long stream of water and accumulates over time. Once it is spilled, it is not so easy to get it back.

The Yuan family and the Yang family can sit back and watch Dong Zhuo snatch military and financial power right under their noses...but not human rights!

As soon as Li Ru brought up this matter in the court, he immediately met with strong opposition from Yuan Kai and other courtiers.

At present, the Empress Dowager He and the Son of Heaven are standing by Dong Zhuo's side. They hugged Dong Zhuo's thigh tightly and unswervingly supported all of Dong Zhuo's proposals.

In the eyes of the Son of Heaven and Empress Dowager He at this time, everything Dong Zhuo said was politically correct.

Although the two of them are indeed incomparable to the princes of the Manchu Dynasty in terms of hard power, the emperor is the representative of the righteousness of the world after all, and his standing in line makes Dong Zhuo full of confidence.

But even if there is an emperor standing in line, the ministers will not let you this time!

Let's fight to the end!

The ministers of the whole court disagreed. If Dong Zhuo insisted on a major exchange of blood in the court or in the local area, he would have to forcefully push it.
It is very likely to kill a floating corpse.

Although this was commonplace for Dong Zhuo, Dong Xiangguo didn't want to do it until he was furious.

I don’t know if it’s just a coincidence, but at this moment, the courtiers of Qingzhou Jinwen Department’s family members in the local area jointly asked the court officials to pass on the message to the emperor, saying that Liu Jian stationed troops in Licheng on the border of Qingzhou, without the slightest enterprising spirit , He did not send troops to fight against the Yellow Turbans at all, and asked the court to urge Liu Jian to act quickly with strict orders to eliminate the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou and solve the crisis in Qingzhou.

The Minister of the Jinwen Department of the Qingzhou Department immediately wrote the memorial and submitted it to Shangshutai, but after the emperor got the memorial, he directly forwarded it to Dong Zhuo and asked him to approve it on his behalf.

After the memorial was transferred to the Xiangfu, the result can be imagined.

All the documents against Liu Jian were refuted by Dong Zhuo. The reason is very simple-Liu Jian went to Qingzhou to suppress the bandits under the imperial military order, and he was still wearing a fake axe. The imperial court had no reason to interfere with his military use. Finally, ask him for the result.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo explained to all the courtiers the principle of "not accepting the orders of the emperor abroad" from a professional military perspective.

In the military field, no one in Luoyang's court is Dong Zhuo's opponent, and no one can refute him in the military field.

Coupled with the support of the emperor, Liu Jian's matter of "garrisoning troops in Qingzhou and not wanting to make progress" was taken lightly.

After this incident, an envoy of Liu Jian quietly came to Luoyang again, and conveyed Liu Jian's words of "good intentions" to Dong Zhuo.

This conversation lasted for two full hours.

After Liu Jian's envoy left, Dong Zhuo immediately went to the Forbidden Palace and sincerely advised the emperor Liu Bian, asking the emperor to re-establish the team of eunuchs!

Ever since He Jin fought with the eunuch group, there has not been a single eunuch in the imperial city of Luoyang. Now the Empress Dowager He and the emperor are served by maids, while the guards of the imperial city are guards of honour. It works normally, but for the emperor and the queen mother, it always feels like something is missing.

Yes, the only thing missing is the eunuch!
The eunuch group has been an indispensable existence of the royal family for a hundred years.

The imperial power needs an agent, and this agent is a relative and an eunuch.

Now Dong Zhuo alone is responsible for all the things that foreign relatives should do, but there is no one who can take over the positions of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and even Cao Jie.

And Liu Jian's envoy, who entered Beijing on behalf of Liu Jian this time, stated such a thing to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was deeply impressed by this matter.

He does need help.

So he decided to reorganize the eunuch group.

But that's easier said than done.

It would not be difficult for Dong Zhuo to find a group of people to serve as eunuchs in the inner palace. He could cut off a thousand little jijis overnight and send them to Liu Bian to serve as servants in the palace.

However, the key problem is that no matter how many fresh eunuchs he sends into the palace, at most they are just serving the emperor and the queen mother. It is really unrealistic for someone who has reached a political alliance with Dong Zhuo.

At least, there must be one or two eunuch leaders with rich experience to train these new eunuchs for him, and use the fastest speed to reach a political alliance with himself!
But when He Jin and Shi Changshi fought, all the eunuchs in Luoyang City died. The eunuchs with political experience either fed the butcher knives of the sergeants or the big fish in Luoshui. Now there are really no eunuchs. People can share Dong Zhuo's worries with him.

If it was the land of Sili, it would be great if there was still a eunuch from Liu Hong's period.

But heaven pays off, in this conversation with the envoy Liu Jian, Dong Zhuo really knew the existence of a living eunuch, and this person not only existed in Liu Hong's period...even when Liu Zhi was alive, this person He was already in a high position in the palace.

This person was Lu Qiang, the most trusted eunuch of the late Emperor Liu Hong when he was alive!
Dong Zhuo also knew this person's reputation, and he also knew that Lu Qiang's loyalty to the Han Dynasty was far stronger than that of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Cao Jie and others.

It can even be said that Lu Qiang has almost no selfishness, and his heart has always been on the emperor.

After some inquiring and learning of Lu Qiang's residence, Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru to represent himself to the place where Lu Qiang was hiding in the suburbs of Beijing, invited him back to Luoyang, and met him in person at the prime minister's mansion.

Both of them are quite old, and both are older generation figures who have gone through three dynasties. They have seen all kinds of storms and waves, and they can't help sighing when they meet.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo expressed that he wanted to invite Lu Qiang back to the palace to serve as Zhongchang's attendant and concurrently lead Da Changqiu.

Lu Qiang knew Dong Zhuo's intentions. He wanted to cooperate with him to deal with the nobles.

But right now, the world is in a time of chaos. As a loyal minister of the Han family, Lu Qiang, even though he knew that Dong Zhuo himself was not a good cake, agreed to Dong Zhuo's request in order to ensure that the young emperor would not be excluded by the nobles.

After all, without Dong Zhuo, Liu Bian's mother and son would have been deposed by Yuan Kai by now!
However, Lu Qiang was somewhat puzzled. He asked Dong Zhuo how he thought of joining him.

Dong Zhuo laughed out loud, and told him directly that he was "reminded" by Liu Jian's envoy that he made a special trip to form an alliance with Lu Qiang.

When Lu Qiang heard the name "Liu Jian", he suddenly realized.

……

Later, Dong Zhuo led Lv Qiang into the palace and took him to meet Empress Dowager He and Liu Bian.

Lu Qiang had some kindness to their mother and son back then, and this kindness came during the time when Empress Dowager He was in distress, so Empress Dowager He's impression of Lu Qiang can be said to be good.

After seeing Lu Qiang, Queen Mother He didn't say anything else, she immediately decided - he is the leader of the eunuchs in the palace!
With the support of Dong Zhuo and Empress Dowager He, Lu Qiang naturally became the person in charge of the inner palace.

At the same time, he also became Liu Bian's spokesperson in the palace.

After the ups and downs in life, Lu Qiang's personality has changed a bit.

He saw that blindly helping the emperor to please the scholars would not make the world stable, on the contrary, the more they showed favor to them, the worse they would become, Kia Huangquan.

This good old man, Lu Qiang can't go on now.

Perhaps, what Cao Jie and Zhang Rang did back then was right!
It's no wonder that Lu Qiang's psychology will change.

After experiencing such a big change, it is impossible for anyone to be indifferent.

Therefore, Lu Qiang directly gave Dong Zhuo a list.

On that list are the confidantes and eunuchs' disciples who were placed in the local area when the Shi Changshi was alive, and some officials who went to the local area to be appointed through the school of Hongdu.

During the more than ten years of the party's imprisonment, the eunuch represented the emperor and had been robbing the power of the states and counties with the gentry.

Although most of the gentry were imprisoned by the party's ban, people with skills and knowledge were still needed to govern the world, and most of the capable people in the Han Dynasty were gentry groups.

Therefore, to this day, in the more than 100 counties in the Han Dynasty, more than [-]% of the local prefects, county magistrates, and county magistrates who hold real power are still gentry groups, and most of these people are students of modern classics.

However, with the support of the emperor these years, the eunuchs have not worked hard in vain. Among the more than 100 counties, more than [-]% of the people are disciples of the ten permanent servants.

Among the confidantes arranged by the ten permanent attendants, a small number of people rebelled from the gentry group, but most of them were the children of the clan who were related to them, or the children of the poor family.

After the Shichangshi was killed, the next step of the imperial court was to eradicate all the officials that the Shichangshi had placed in the area, but who would have thought that Dong Zhuo would come to the capital and set off a war to protect the emperor and fight against the gentry. As a result, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty had no time to deal with the remaining parties left by the eunuchs.

But now, for the gentry, the disadvantages have emerged.

Lu Qiang told Dong Zhuo that if you want human rights, don't worry, first take over the power left by these eunuchs in the local area for your own use, and after you have established the foundation, you will wrestle with them properly!

As for Liu Jian, let him and other princes and kings of the Liu family develop their power with peace of mind outside, let him weaken the world's famous families outside, and let him and Dong Zhuo unite to weaken the enemy inside.

In Lu Qiang's view, a vibrant and peaceful world is about to come to this world after the successful cooperation of the three of them.

(End of this chapter)