In a few words, Liu Bei put the label of thieves on the heads of the Yue family.
This made Liu Hong very emotional.
Liu Hong had to admit that no one had ever talked to him about these things before Liu Bei, and no one had ever analyzed the mysteries, pros and cons with him in detail.
If no one tells him, he has no way of knowing, cannot grasp, and cannot act.
Although there is a desire and purpose for power, the ultimate direction has become such a mundane thing as money.
If you have money, you have power. If you have the most money, you have the most power, and you are the emperor.
He thought so for a while.
But looking at it now, it seems that is not the case.
Thinking back to the time of the three previous emperors Guangwu, Xiaoming and Xiaozhang, how sacred and inviolable should the emperor be?
In one sentence, the scholars can obey, academic disputes will be handled by the emperor, and academic issues will be resolved by the emperor.
Liu Hong's eyes were blurred and he was thinking wildly, but he soon fell into the mortal world again, thinking of his current embarrassing situation as the "Prefect of Luoyang".
He couldn't help but feel angry.
"Xuande, before this, no one has ever analyzed the mystery of this matter with me in detail."
Liu Bei hurriedly knelt on the ground.
"I am terrified."
"You don't need to be afraid. The fact that you can tell me so much is enough to prove your loyalty. For a clan righteous man like you, what else can't I trust?"
Liu Hong walked up to Liu Bei, helped Liu Bei up personally, and held his hand: "Compared with you, there is no loyal minister in the whole court, no loyal minister!"
"It is not that the Dukes of the Manchu Dynasty did not have loyal ministers, it was just that the emperor was weak and his authority was weak, so there were too few loyal ministers."
Liu Bei said slowly: "As long as your majesty is energetic and the emperor is strong, the ministers in the court will not dare to be loyal ministers."
Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
After laughing for a while, Liu Hong patted Liu Bei's shoulder happily.
"Xuande's words have won my heart! As long as the emperor is strong, who among the ministers in the court would dare to be disloyal?"
Liu Hong held Liu Bei's hand tightly and nodded repeatedly, as if there were all kinds of heroic ambitions emerging in his heart.
After a while, he looked at Zhang Rang.
"Grandpa, call Zhao Zhong here. I want to talk to him about something."
Zhang Rang understood what Liu Hong meant.
"His Majesty……"
"Grandpa, I hope you can support me in this matter."
"………………"
Zhang Rang was silent for a while, nodded, and went to call Zhao Zhong.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were the two highest-ranking and most powerful among the ten permanent servants, and the two most trusted by Liu Hong. They were convinced, and the matter was almost settled.
So Liu Hong asked Liu Bei to come forward to persuade Zhao Zhong.
Zhao Zhong is not easy to persuade, but in terms of verbal confrontation, Zhao Zhongyuan is no match for Liu Bei.
He felt angry, but not convinced. He was already full of ill will toward Liu Bei, who had offended him, and he didn't want to lose the benefits he was about to gain.
Zhang Rang stood up at the critical moment, pulled Zhao Zhong into a whisper, and made it clear that Liu Hong had been persuaded by Liu Bei, and continuing to argue would only make Liu Hong unhappy and would be of no benefit to them.
Why not agree first and wait and see what happens? If successful, wouldn't the benefits be much greater than what you are getting now?
If it fails, it is even simpler. When Liu Hong becomes angry and humiliated, Liu Bei will be thrown out as a scapegoat and will undoubtedly die.
By then it will be a mess inside and outside, and they will have a lot to do, so it is not a bad idea to endure it for a while.
Don't suffer the immediate loss!
After hearing this, Zhao Zhong weighed it carefully for a while and felt that what Zhang Rang said made sense, so he nodded and decided to endure it for the time being.
The two leading eunuchs were convinced, and the next step was to summon other talkers in the eunuch group.
The Ten Constant Attendants are not just ten people, to be specific, there are twelve people.
In addition to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, there are ten others, with varying degrees of power, but they all hold the position of regular minister and control part of the palace power.
Twelve eunuchs gathered together and held a special discussion meeting with Liu Hong, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
Liu Bei did not participate. He only made suggestions behind the scenes and did not stand in front of the stage. The fewer people who knew about this, the better.
The specific content of this meeting was that Liu Hong was going to hand over some benefits to the Ancient Classics School, in order to provoke a fight between the Ancient Classics School and the Modern Classics School, prompting both sides to fight dogs.
At the same time, the emperor took the lead to achieve a tacit cooperation between the Ancient Classics School and the eunuch group.
After everyone joins forces to completely overwhelm the Jin Wen Jing school, and then work together to divide the benefits that were handed over after the fall of the Jin Wen Jing school, they will naturally be able to make a lot of money.
Naturally, the great eunuchs were full of doubts at first, thinking that this strategy was absolutely useless. It was almost a matter of course that scholars looked down on eunuchs. How could they be willing to cooperate with eunuchs to deal with their own people?
And who would be willing to spit out the meat when he sees it can be eaten in his mouth?
At this time, one person is needed to lead everyone.
Zhang Rang stood up.
"Our current status is inseparable from His Majesty's trust and trust. Now His Majesty has something to ask for, how can we go against His Majesty's wishes? Making His Majesty feel unhappy is our biggest fault."
So Zhang Rang took the lead and expressed his willingness to transfer some of the interests belonging to his faction for this major event.
After Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, who was angry, also stood up and expressed his willingness to transfer part of his faction's interests to Liu Hong for major tasks.
The two chief eunuchs have approved this matter. The remaining eunuchs look at me and I look at you. They feel that if they don't agree to this matter today, they probably won't be able to get through it.
Although I feel unwilling to do so, if I don't agree to this matter today, if I am resented by the emperor, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, it will be difficult to stand up if I put on small shoes in the future.
One after another, they all admitted it.
A good man does not suffer immediate losses.
So the eunuch group reluctantly reached a consensus, unified steps, and expressed support for this action.
Afterwards, Liu Hong was very happy when he summoned Liu Bei.
"Xuande's plan is really clever. I want to see if those elders who are full of benevolence, justice and morality can withstand the struggle for interests."
Later, Liu Hong planned to promote Liu Bei, but Liu Bei politely refused.
"Your Majesty, I am a very high-profile person. If I am promoted at this time and what happens after that, I am afraid that everyone will know that this matter is closely related to me. I still want to continue to spy on the conspiracy of the scholars for your majesty. , if your Majesty wants to promote a minister, you can promote him later together with a group of promoted scholars from the Ancient Classics School, so that it will not be conspicuous."
Liu Hong thought for a while, nodded, and praised Liu Bei's sobriety.
"Xuande, don't worry. You can spy on the conspiracies of the scholars and make suggestions for me. Although I can't promote you now, if the big thing comes true, your reputation as a clan member of the Han Dynasty will never be stained."
Liu Bei was overjoyed and immediately nodded.
"My lord, Liu Bei, thank you for your grace!"
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Liu Hong looked up to the sky and laughed, smiling very proudly, as if he had found an opportunity to deal with the scholars, revive the imperial power of the Han Dynasty, and was about to win the final victory.
The palace plot ended in a strange atmosphere, but Liu Hong didn't seem to notice.
On the way out of the palace, Zhang Rang walked in front, followed by Liu Bei. The two of them walked in tandem without speaking in a tacit understanding.
But when he was still a few hundred meters away from the palace gate, Zhang Rang suddenly stopped and looked back at Liu Bei.
"Liu Xuande, you are very unusual."
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