Liu Hong originally planned to spend the cold winter in Rouwen Township, but was forced by the chaos in Liangzhou to leave Rouwen Township to deal with emergency military situations, which made him very angry.
He was very cruel to Zuo Chang at the military meeting. He immediately resigned from his post and was imprisoned and threatened with death. Then he asked the courtiers to nominate better officials to serve as the governor of Liangzhou to stabilize the situation.
At that time, only Liu Bei, in his capacity as Yilang, suggested that the court select good generals to lead the army into Liangzhou to quell the rebellion, because he believed that the rebellion had become overwhelming, and the connection between Qiang and Hu was probably not something that the local government in Liangzhou could solve.
After Liu Bei put forward this suggestion, Yilang Cao Cao followed suit and agreed with Liu Bei's suggestion, keeping in step with Liu Bei.
But except for the two of them, almost everyone thinks that the chaos in Liangzhou is more serious in Jincheng County and not so serious in other places. It is not an uncontrollable situation.
Taiwei Yang Ci recovered a little, so he criticized Liu Bei in the court, and even scorned his suggestions. He accused Liu Bei on the spot of not being a good man and not knowing how expensive food, rice, oil and salt were, and how much it would cost to select a general to lead an army into Liangzhou. How much.
At that time, the Han-Qiang war dragged on for a long time and almost emptied the imperial treasury. They had to impose a large amount of taxes and almost impoverished the people. In this way, the Liangzhou rebellion was barely suppressed.
If we start fighting again now, will we bankrupt the imperial court?
What's more, the imperial court had just put down the Taiping Dao Rebellion at the beginning of the year. Now is the time to spend money. If the army is sent to Liangzhou at this time, the imperial court's finances will be unsustainable.
"There are not only Qiang and Hu among the rebels, but also local people who are disloyal to the imperial court. If they cannot immediately win a decisive victory in Jincheng County with thunderous momentum, the local people who are dissatisfied with the imperial court will feel that the imperial court is weak and powerless. Put down the rebellion.
Once the local people think so, more and more people will inevitably turn to the rebels and join the rebels. The rebels will become more powerful, and by then, the situation will be even worse. "
Liu Bei ignored Yang Ci and just suggested this to Liu Hong.
Liu Hong hesitated again and again. He originally wanted to support Liu Bei's view, but after thinking about it, he felt that sending troops to Liangzhou was too much and cost too much, so he was a little reluctant.
Although he felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable, his laziness still prevailed, so he chose to adopt Yang Ci's suggestion.
Select a better Liangzhou governor to review the situation in Liangzhou, use Liangzhou's local power to extinguish the rebels and end the rebellion, and try not to use Luoyang's power.
Liu Bei felt helpless.
Afterwards, Liu Hong was worried that Liu Bei would be dissatisfied, so he summoned Liu Bei to appease him, and said that if he failed this time, he would listen to Liu Bei next time.
Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry about this.
"Your Majesty, major military and national events, the place of life and death, and the path to survival must be carefully observed. How can there be a next time?"
"Xuande, I know that you are dedicated to the country, and I also know that you are dedicated to me, but I am very satisfied with the current situation. The situation in Liangzhou may not get worse. Let's take it slow."
Liu Hong patted Liu Bei on the shoulder: "I plan to promote you to Shangshu Pushe after the new year, and further control the affairs of Shangshutai for me. Even if your teacher comes back, you will still be the chief officer of Shangshutai. When the time comes, your teacher will control the military affairs for me, and you will control the government affairs for me, then I can sit back and relax, right?"
Liu Bei was speechless.
After thinking about it, he gave up persuading him and instead complimented Liu Hong and said what he liked to hear.
Liu Hong was overjoyed and rewarded Liu Bei with a pile of antique books.
Liu Bei began to see more and more that Liu Hong was neither stupid nor foolish, nor was he without a desire for power and a pursuit of status, but he also had a very important characteristic.
lazy!
He knew the right thing to do many things, and even tried to do them and saw good results, but after a while, he stopped doing them.
He worked on contacting Taixue students and striving to become an academic opinion leader for a period of time and achieved good results, and then he stopped doing it.
He paid close attention to the battle between the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School and made fine adjustments to maintain a balance. He also achieved good results, but then he was not very willing to do it.
He doesn't think this is bad, but he feels that what he has done is enough and he doesn't want to pursue more. He feels that he is satisfied and the country has become very good.
He was about to start enjoying it.
He prefers to leave the rest to the person he thinks is right, and then he can sit back and enjoy the success.
He believes that this country does not belong to him alone, so it is not just him who should work hard, but everyone needs to work together. One person's diligence is not enough.
So he decided to enjoy it first and then leave the important things to those he believed in.
He believed in Zhang Rang, so he gave Zhang Rang a lot of power.
He also believed in Liu Bei, so he decided to leave the affairs of Shangshutai to Liu Bei.
When Yuan Wei and Yang Ci were ill, Liu Bei, in addition to spending time with his family, worked at the Shangshutai, and began to handle some important things that he had not been able to touch in the past.
After he dealt with it, he felt that he needed to ask Liu Hong for instructions, but Liu Hong said that he believed Liu Bei could handle it well and just made a decision directly. There was no need to discuss it with him if it was not an urgent matter.
I trust you.
Liu Bei was speechless about this.
Can you really leave it to me to decide on national affairs?
I'm only twenty-four years old.
Even if I can make the decision, can an official at my level be held responsible?
Liu Hong felt relieved about this. He believed in Liu Bei, so he lent his name to Liu Bei and let Liu Bei handle national affairs on his behalf.
To be honest, it is very exciting, very tiring, very fulfilling and very refreshing.
but……
Is it really possible?
No matter what Liu Bei thought in his heart, Liu Hong felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
So that month, until Yuan Wei took the lead in recovering from his illness and returned to the court, the person who actually held the power in the Luoyang court was Liu Bei, the little servant of the minister, Zuo Cheng.
Whenever Liu Bei wanted to report government affairs to Liu Hong, Liu Hong would not refuse, but would lean on the cushions and let the maid massage him, feed him fruits, and squint his eyes to relax, looking nonchalant.
When Liu Bei finished his report, he nodded and hummed a few times, but he didn't know if he took the matter to heart.
"Xuande, you will be responsible for the next thing. I know everything. It's up to you. I believe you."
Then he left.
To treat the country with such a frivolous attitude, Liu Bei had no choice but to say - As expected of you.
The development of things afterwards did not exceed Liu Bei's expectations.
After a fight between Yang Ci and Yuan Kai over the selection and appointment of officials, Yang Ci still took advantage of the Jinwen School's advantage in high-level politics to gain the upper hand.
He recommended an upright Confucian minister named Song Xiao to be the governor of Liangzhou, hoping to use a more straightforward method to solve the Liangzhou rebellion and resolve it all quickly.
But the old fellow was more pious than upright.
That kind of piety like a believer.
After he arrived in Liangzhou, facing the chaos in Liangzhou, he said something to Gai Xun who urgently needed financial and military support from Luoyang, which almost made Gai Xun faint.
"As far as I know, people in Liangzhou rarely study Confucian classics, so they always launch rebellions. Now I want every household in Liangzhou to copy the "Book of Filial Piety". Maybe this can help everyone understand the principles of morality. The rebellion will naturally disappear."
Good guy, this devout Confucian believer actually skipped the "Canglinshi" process directly and tried to use the "Book of Filial Piety" to make all Liangzhou people, including the Qiang people who cannot read Chinese characters, understand it instantly. The meaning of "filial piety" is immediately transformed into a filial son.
Then the rebellion naturally disappeared.
When Liu Bei learned about this, he was deeply shocked.
He originally thought that after Wang Mang's death, there should be almost no such original idealistic Confucian students. Wang Mang's death was so tragic that everyone should have seen the quality of original idealistic Confucianism.
As a result, there is actually such a person, who somehow managed to become the governor of a state!
If the Eastern Han Dynasty is not destroyed, it will be difficult for heaven to tolerate it...
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PS: I had delicious half-gluten and half-meat braised beef ramen this morning, so I’ll add another chapter.
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