I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 97
As soon as Liu Hong asked Liu Jian, Lu Qiang's nerves tensed up.

It sounded like an unintentional question, but according to Lu Qiang's understanding of this black-bellied emperor, the emperor's questioning of his servants about foreign ministers represented his trust in this servant on the one hand, and also represented the emperor's trust in this servant. The courtier hesitated a little.

At this time, the advice of the inquired servant is crucial to the inquired foreign minister.

Perhaps it only takes a word from the servant to decide whether the foreign minister will go to heaven or go to earth.

However, as far as this matter is concerned, Liu Jian has already warned Lu Qiang.

Lu Qiang already had a plan in mind. He had been preparing for this day for too long. For today's scene, he even did many rehearsals at home.

After Liu Hong finished asking, he saw Lu Qiang contemplating for a long time.

Afterwards, Fang saw Lu Qiang bowing to Liu Hong and said: "I think this old servant, your Majesty's Yueqi captain is very smart."

"Oh?

Liu Hong looked at Lu Qiang quite curiously.

Under normal circumstances, when Liu Hong asked this sentence, most eunuchs would answer whether Liu Jian was 'loyal' or 'disloyal', and this was the real core point of Liu Hong's question.

But Lu Qiang opened his mouth and said that Liu Jian was smart, which was a bit beyond Liu Hong's expectation.

After all, Lu Qiang had been a servant for so many years, and logically it was impossible for him not to have such vision, so Liu Hong found his answer quite interesting.

"What a clever way?"

Lu Qiang said earnestly: "This old slave is just an internal official. Although he is in the position of regular attendant, he doesn't have much contact with people in the court. According to this old slave, His Majesty's use of this Liu Yueqi means that His Majesty is Those who trust him, and those who can gain His Majesty's trust, can also gain a foothold in Yuan Ji's side at the same time, based on this alone, the old slave feels that he is smarter than Yang Fangzheng, and he is still much smarter."

Liu Hong nodded and began to fall into deep thought.

As Lu Qiang said, Liu Jian is indeed much smarter than Yang Qiu in terms of single-handedness. At least he will not offend too many people. He can gain a foothold in Luoyang and will not be eliminated soon.

If it is like Yang Qiu, whoever offends whoever he meets is indeed a sharp knife for Liu Hong, but such a sharp knife is rigid and easy to break, so it is not suitable for long-term use.

When the critical moment came, Liu Hong couldn't keep him even if he wanted to.

And Liu Jian is more like a soft knife to Liu Hong.

"Lu Qing, in fact, everyone in Luoyang City knows that Liu Deran is now Yuan Ji's friend who kills him. According to Lu Qing, if there is a day when I fight with Yuan Ji, Liu Deran will stand by my side. , or will you side with Yuan Ji?"

Indeed, for Liu Jian, only this matter is what worries Liu Hong the most.

Lu Qiang pondered for a moment, and said to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, according to this old slave, the reason why Liu Yueqi was favored by Yuan Ji was because His Majesty gave him the title of clan at the beginning. The capital to be friends with the Yuan family was given by His Majesty. Without His Majesty, no matter how much credit he has made, he is just a boy from one side of the county. If the old slave is Liu Yueqi, then he must understand in his heart , you can’t put the cart before the horse, and you can’t be complacent about gaining power.”

These words are extremely accurate. They neither said Liu Jian was too loyal nor said he was unfaithful. They were just analyzed from the perspective of Liu Jian's personal interests.

The result of this analysis made Liu Hong deeply satisfied.

"It's reasonable. Lu Qing's words deeply solved my confusion, and made me feel relieved. In this way, Deran and I will have no worries."

"Your Majesty is the Holy Lord, and Liu Yueqi is a capable minister. The world is so big, and there will be more and more loyal ministers like this in the future. Your Majesty can finally show his ambition."

"Haha, Aiqing is very good at talking, go arrange Aiqing's new gadgets, and make me happy."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this time has already been prepared in advance for this old slave. In the harem, this old slave has selected a few handy girls and taught them the method of 'loosing bones'. Your Majesty can go to change clothes first. This old slave please Your Majesty." Let's steam first."

"What, what?" When Liu Hong heard this new word that he had never heard before, he suddenly became interested: "Songgu... sweating? What is it?"

"Your Majesty will know when you go down."

Liu Hong nodded, then stood up, and led by Lu Qiang, went to the new "Pine Bone Garden".

On the way, Liu Hong gave Lu Qiang another order.

"When Aiqing is free, she can visit the prince again for me. Aiqing is right. The affairs of the palace have nothing to do with the prince."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this old slave will remember!"

……

In May, Liu Jian's family moved to a new residence, so he specially arranged a banquet for many nobles and celebrities in Luoyang City according to the list of gifts given to him.

Of course, not only did they give gifts to him, but there were others Liu Jian had nothing to do with, but Yuan Ji believed that Liu Jian should be friends with each other, and Liu Jian also sent people to send famous assassins.

On the day of the banquet, there were so many guests in the entire Liu residence that there was no room for them to sit in the hall, so they had to set up many tables in the courtyard to entertain everyone.

Among the guests and friends invited, Lu Zhi, as Teacher Liu Jian, is the leader of the class. This is not based on his official position, but according to the theory of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness in the Han Dynasty, which must be the case.

The second is Yuan Ji and other prominent people.

In addition, there are also some elders of ancient Chinese classics. Although Liu Jian sincerely invited them, most of them did not show their identities, but they still sent gifts and congratulatory letters, which can be regarded as giving Liu Jian enough face.

In addition, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Xu You and others were also invited to the mansion by Liu Jian.

With so many dignitaries attending the banquet, one can imagine the amount of food and drink during the banquet, and the people of the Han Dynasty liked to drink recklessly, even the officials of the court were no exception.

Only an hour after the banquet started, some people started to get drunk.

Many people ran to the toilet to vomit, and the servants of the Liu Mansion temporarily arranged for the drowsy people to rest in the backyard, and return to the banquet after they sobered up.

As the host, Liu Jian also drank a lot, but fortunately, he has a lot of alcohol, which is quite enough to deal with these drunk men in the court.

After several rounds of banquets, the matters discussed by the people changed from the matters discussed in court to the matters in everyone's private life, including some recent anecdotes in Luoyang City.

Everyone is not discussing a topic together, so there is no need to sit at the same table, but sit together in the name of toasting, everyone talks in twos, or gathers in threes, the atmosphere in the venue is quite relaxed.

At this time, Liu Jian, Yilang Yinxiu and Changshui Captain Yuan Shu gathered to talk.

To be honest, Liu Jian didn't particularly want to talk to these two people, but it was a coincidence that Yuan Ji just introduced himself to Yinxiu's side and made an introduction. He ran to other desks, leaving Liu Jian alone by Yinxiu's side.

However, this Yilang Yinxiu is still a master who is willing to brag, and he caught up with drinking a lot of horse urine and chattered endlessly. After a while, Yuan Shu who was next to him also sat down, and Liu Jian was even more inconvenient. It's okay to move, but I can only listen to these two people bragging non-stop.

Nanyang County was named the Southern Capital, and it was also the hometown of Emperor Guangwu. It was the economic capital of the Han Dynasty, and there were many famous families with great momentum.

Among them, the Yin family originated in Xinye, Nanyang. In the past, Emperor Guangwu often married the royal family and the families of heroes and veterans, and used marriage to maintain political relations, thereby consolidating the rule of the royal family. Among them, the Yin family and the Deng family were quite prominent in Nanyang. Famous, but unfortunately all gradually declined later.

In the past, the Nanyang family, which occupied the absolute main force in the court, after several times of court cleansing, the military power in the court was gradually uprooted, and most of the Nanyang clans were not sure about the transition to the Confucianism. Good opportunity, especially after Zhu Mu's death, Nanyang scholars did not have a single outstanding leader, and their reputation was not as good as that of Yingchuan and Runan.

Therefore, sometimes, there is always a bit of rivalry between the Nanyang famous family and the Ruying famous family.

Just like today:
Although Nanyang's Yinxiu is knowledgeable, he is quite proud at the moment, and his conversation has a tendency to bully others. From time to time, he always runs out of Yuan Shu, and from time to time, he starts to mock some of Yuan Shu's absurd behaviors in his daily life.

And Yuan Shu is not a magnanimous person, and he is always looking for opportunities to retaliate against a boastful person like Yin Xiu who hides sarcasm.

Seeing that the two of them seemed to be arguing, Liu Jian hurriedly persuaded them.

Fortunately, he spent a lot of time with Jian Yong in these years, and he has a lot of experience in persuading fights, so he persuaded the two noble sons before they got up, and did not let the situation escalate further.

Liu Jian's original intention of persuading the fight was very simple. If you want to beat the two of you, get out and fight. Don't fight in my new house. It's not good to splash blood on the wall of the newly painted house.

In the end, Yuan Shu raised his head and took a sip of the wine, then put the wine bar down heavily, panting like a bull and staring at Yin Xiu.

Not to be outdone, Yin Xiu stared domineeringly at Yuan Shu opposite.

Liu Jian really didn't understand. Since he was not on the same road and didn't like each other, why did he have to join a case?Can't you just walk in and let the atmosphere here relax a little bit?

He sighed secretly, turned his head and changed the subject with Yinxiu: "Brother Yin is very knowledgeable, Liu admires it deeply, let's not talk about unhappy things, how about talking about some anecdotes in the market?"

Yin Xiu stopped staring at Yuan Shu, but turned to look at Liu Jian with a smile.

"Deran's words are very true. Today is the time when you are happy to move to a new house. You should talk about some happy things. Oh, by the way, I have a hand-written picture here, which is about strengthening your body and seeking the way of longevity. Today I would like to present it to Deran as a token of congratulations on moving to a new residence."

Liu Jian declined and said, "Hey, it's not good, brother Fanyin sent someone to give me a gift before, how can I accept it again?"

Yinxiu replied very seriously: "The gifts I gave you before were all ordinary things. Today, I bring this gift with me. It is very meaningful. Don't take it lightly."

After finishing speaking, he dug out a piece of silk from his sleeve.

Although Yuan Shu disdained it, he sneaked a peek at it.

Liu Jian took the silk in his hand and looked down at it carefully.

But I saw four words written in Feibai script: Taiping Five Elements.

Liu Jian's heart tightened slightly.

(End of this chapter)