Something isn't right about this situation.
The emperor finally took a step back, and everyone thought the matter was over. However, Liu Bei suddenly stood up and said that the matter was not over yet.
They all looked at Liu Bei in surprise.
Liu Hong frowned and looked at Liu Bei quite dissatisfied.
I've already given in, what else do you want?
"What do you mean?"
he asked displeasedly.
Faced with Liu Hong's unhappiness, Liu Bei seemed not to notice anything.
He spoke loudly.
"Twenty-six county guards were slandered by former Taiwei Zhang Ji and former Sikong Xu Kuan for no reason, and almost resigned. This made the people of the twenty-six counties uneasy and wanted to change. If the matter ended here and just pretended that nothing had happened, it would be difficult to Conquer the public.”
Liu Hong thought to himself, you are a little ignorant, you actually push yourself to the limit?
So under everyone's surprised gaze, Liu Hong asked in a somewhat angry tone: "So in your opinion, what should be done better?"
Everyone could hear the dissatisfaction in Liu Hong's tone.
Chen Dan and Guo Hong secretly screamed, feeling that things were about to get worse.
Cao Cao was even more frightened, and quickly thought about how he would run for Liu Bei and rescue him if Liu Bei was accused.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong looked at Liu Bei like a fool. They felt that this kid had blown himself up before they could take action. He was so smart, so they were ready to watch his show.
In such a strange atmosphere, Liu Bei calmly gave his advice.
"Of course the twenty-six county governors understand the great grace of God and know that His Majesty has upheld justice for them, and they will definitely be very grateful. However, the frightened people in the twenty-six counties will have depression in their hearts. If the depression is not resolved in their hearts, it will cause Bad effect.
I think that the twenty-six county governors were innocently wronged by Zhang Ji and Xu Kuan. It was an unreasonable disaster. Why not give them certain rewards from the imperial court, such as recruiting them to the court and comforting them with the post of minister, then people's hearts will be appeased. , the depression in your heart will disappear. "
Liu Hong was angry and looked unhappy. When he was angry, he was about to denounce Liu Bei for his unreasonable comments on government affairs, but when the words reached his throat, he suddenly had an idea and came to his senses.
Recruit these twenty-six people to serve as councilors?
this……
interesting.
Liu Hong's eyes changed a little when he looked at Liu Bei.
The position of Yilang is only 600 dan, which is a bit far behind the position of county guard of 2000 dan.
But although Yilang holds the title of Langguan, he has a valuable qualification to "participate in government affairs".
Although this position is not high in official rank, it exists as an advisor to the emperor in handling government affairs. He has the right to report directly to the emperor and can participate in discussions on national affairs.
They have direct access to state affairs discussions at the national level and have the highest level of access to information. Therefore, the position of Yilang is widely sought after.
It is a good deal to exchange the position of a county guard who is not valued in the border areas for a central court official with a lower official rank but a higher status.
From the local system to the central system, this is what many Han Dynasty officials who do not have a strong identity background long for.
For example, Han Rong was very eager to break away from the local system and enter the central government, striving for the two thousand stones from a central government, which would be enough to honor his ancestors.
But at this moment, in this situation, Liu Bei's suggestion was not simple for Liu Hong.
This kind of thing of dealing with more than 20 county guards at one go cannot be done by eunuchs alone. Liu Hong must be an important participant in it, and he is also one of the expected important beneficiaries.
His political alliance with the eunuch was relatively close, but it did not mean that the eunuch could act at the expense of his interests - at least he thought so.
And the reason why he was willing to cooperate with the eunuch was obviously not just because of sayings like "Zhang Rang is my father and Zhao Zhong is my mother".
To replace the incompetent county governors in the world, not only to cooperate with the eunuchs to attack the influence of the nobles, but also to keep an eye on the 20 million yuan that must be given to the two thousand stone governor after he takes office.
He likes money and loves money. He can attack the power of the nobles and force the nobles to cough up their money. Why not?
The rotation of twenty-six county guards, one county guard is worth 20 million, how much does twenty-six get?
How long can it keep him happy?
Just thinking about this kind of thing makes you happy.
It's just that the eunuchs went too far, their appearance was too ugly, and the opposition they aroused was too strong, so he had to give up and give in to solve this incident.
However, he was still a little unhappy in his heart, feeling that he was being forced. As a result, it was inevitable for Qiu Hou to settle accounts.
Liu Hong didn't make any money and was dissatisfied, so he was bound to cause trouble in the future.
But Liu Bei made such a suggestion at this juncture.
Did he do it unintentionally or on purpose?
Liu Hong couldn't make up his mind for a while.
But thinking about Liu Bei's status as a clan member of the Han clan, Liu Hong stared at Liu Bei for a while, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Then, he sat upright with a serious look on his face.
"What Liu Bei, the emissary of the Shangshutai, said is that he is very kind and agrees with me very much. I have sent an edict to deal with it."
This incident ends here, officially.
On the way out of the palace, Cao Cao held Liu Bei's hand with unconcealable joy. While celebrating, he was sweating for Liu Bei.
"Xuande, when you mentioned the award to His Majesty at the end, I was scared to death. Fortunately, His Majesty still listened to your suggestion. You are so bold!"
Guo Hong on the side also sighed when he heard this: "I was also quite frightened, Xuande, you are so brave."
Liu Bei showed a relieved expression and said with a smile: "I also have selfish motives. What my father-in-law is thinking about is to leave the place and go to Luoyang to seek an official position. In the future, he may even be able to seek a high position as the ninth minister. , I am deeply supported by my father-in-law. Without him, I would not be where I am today.
Now that my father-in-law has been innocently implicated and almost lost his position, as a son-in-law, it is really my duty to keep his position. If I can't take advantage of the situation to gain some benefits for him, what I have done as a son-in-law is a failure, and I can't feel at ease.
Now I just have this opportunity. It is only for my father-in-law and I don't care about the overall situation. It is easy for others to criticize me, so we just go together and take advantage of this opportunity. There is a high possibility that His Majesty will agree, and sure enough. "
Cao Cao sighed repeatedly when he heard this.
"In order to repay my father-in-law, you took such a risk. What if His Majesty is angry?"
"This...I didn't think much about it."
Liu Bei smiled.
Guo Hong shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course you are right to want to repay your father-in-law's kindness, but in the future, you still have to be careful. After all, the person facing you is the emperor."
Situ Chendan, who had been silent until now, also interjected.
"Xuande is still too young. He is young and energetic. He dares to do anything and say anything. If it were us, I wouldn't dare."
Guo Hong nodded and agreed: "I really don't dare. It's great to be able to achieve the current situation, but I don't know... what will happen in the future?"
Guo Hong looked at Chen Dan with something in mind.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao also looked at Chen Dan together.
Chen Dan looked at Liu Bei and saw that his expression was normal, without any abnormality. He suppressed the doubts in his heart, hesitated for a while, and said slowly: "The matter has just passed. Even if the eunuch wanted to do something, he did not dare to do it blatantly." , we can rest assured.”
As the boss, Chen Dan could say this, so the other people didn't say anything and let the matter pass.
As for what happens next...
there is always a solution to a problem.
Anyway, Liu Bei's goals have been achieved.
