During the secret contact, Liu Hong and Liu Bei came to an understanding.
He said that the current situation in Luoyang City was not good for him and posed a great threat to the Liu family, so Liu Hong wanted to let Liu Bei return to Luoyang to increase the bargaining chip in his hand and strive for victory against the Yuan family and the He family.
But at the same time, Liu Hong also noticed the stability of Liangzhou and Yizhou, as well as some details of the salt trade, so before making a formal decision, Liu Hong wanted to discuss with Liu Bei to see how to operate this matter. Better.
Liu Hong made it clear to Liu Bei that the situation in Luoyang was a bit difficult to handle alone, and he hoped that Liu Bei would come back to help him solve it.
Of course, the situation in Liangzhou and Yizhou is also very important. Liu Hong hopes that Liu Bei can stabilize the situation in Liangzhou and Yizhou while returning to Luoyang to give him a platform and help him fight against Yuan Wei and He Jin.
Wanting and wanting both always gave Liu Bei a subtle sense of déjà vu.
But he is an emperor, and he is still a willful emperor. He can do whatever he wants, no big deal.
In Liu Bei's view, it is not difficult to deal with Liu Hong's concerns.
His rule in Liangzhou has been stable, and the ruling group with him as the core has laid a good foundation. Regardless of whether others are in Liangzhou or not, as long as he is alive, Liangzhou will be internally stable.
As for Yizhou, there wasn't much turmoil originally. After the problem of the people was solved, there was even less turmoil.
Of course the deep-seated problems are still there, but the imminent situation that will break out is gone. Liang Hu is not as greedy as Xi Jian. Under Liu Bei's warning, he is also kind to others and does not have any conflicts with local forces.
Therefore, the situation in Yizhou is also very stable.
More importantly, as the Cao family, Xiahou family, Zhen family, Gai family and Yan family successively formed deeper relationships with Liu Bei, Liu Bei's power base was completely stable. Now this team has everything from the core to the outer core. It has become a team capable of competing for world dominance.
Under such circumstances, Liu Bei's return to Luoyang will only make people in Liangzhou and Yizhou have greater expectations and yearning for him, looking forward to following his footsteps to the central government and gaining higher power and status. .
The power of the entire Kansai region has been integrated by Liu Bei in a sense. Although they have not yet clearly realized it, it is already the case. The resources and power of the Kansai region already have a clear spokesperson and leader.
Liu Bei's basic base is mature and stable.
This is obviously a good thing.
Anyway, Liu Bei is running between two places now, and he is not in one place all the time. However, the military and political affairs in both places are running very well, so there is no need to worry.
However, after he goes to Luoyang, he needs to bring a team to advise him. It is impossible to go to Luoyang alone in the current way, so some personnel arrangements are needed.
If he goes to Luoyang, he will definitely go with the army and a team of staff, and all arrangements must be made.
For example, in Liangzhou, Yan Zhong has always been the second-largest figure below him in politics. Every time Liu Bei went on an expedition, Yan Zhong was behind him to handle government affairs and control the overall situation. He did a good job.
This time when he went to Luoyang, he could also hand over this task to Yan Zhong and let Yan Zhong continue to implement the policies he formulated and continue to develop Liangzhou.
In terms of military affairs, Liu Bei planned to take out his concurrent position as Liangzhou Military Affairs Officer and hand it over to Guan Yu. Guan Yu would serve as Liangzhou Military Affairs Officer and take charge of Liangzhou Military Affairs instead of Liu Bei.
The Xianbei people and the Qiang people were all beaten by Liu Bei, and now they all dare not move. As long as Liu Bei is alive, it is the biggest deterrent to them. There is no need for Liu Bei to stay in Liangzhou.
Therefore, the overall situation in the western frontier of the empire is very stable.
As for Yizhou, as long as he can control the army he has organized and trained, the situation in Yizhou will be as stable as Mount Tai, and there will not be any major changes. Help is enough to ensure the stability of Yizhou.
Liu Bei can allocate some of the remaining people to go with him to Luoyang to compete for the highest authority in Luoyang.
But before that, Liu Bei had another problem.
That is, does Liu Hong intend to abolish the elder and establish the younger?
He really wanted to know, but with his status, unless Liu Hong talked about it himself, he felt that it would be inconvenient for him to ask this question rashly.
But if you don't ask, there may be other hidden dangers.
So Liu Bei planned to discuss this matter with the people around him.
At this moment, he was in Bajun, Yizhou, so he found Qianzhao, told Qianzhao about the matter, and discussed with Qianzhao privately, asking Qianzhao to help him stand guard. preparation.
Of course Qianzhao was duty-bound to stand guard, but Qianzhao felt a little uneasy about Liu Bei's upcoming trip to Luoyang.
"The situation in Luoyang is too chaotic now. If you go back now, the emperor will definitely use you to fight against the Yuan family and the He family. Do you really want to get involved in the struggle for the throne? This matter is too important. If you are not careful, you will lose everything, Xuande, have you really thought about it?"
Liu Bei nodded slowly.
"I must go back, but I don't think the emperor will confront the Yuan family and the He family because of the dispute between his concubines."
"If not, how could it have gotten to this point?"
Qianzhao was quite puzzled: "I don't think many people support the emperor's abolition of the elders and the establishment of young ones. If you go back now, you have made it clear that you are on the side of the emperor and support the abolition of elders and the establishment of young ones. It will do a lot to your reputation." Xuande, please think twice."
"Of course I know that."
Liu Bei said slowly: "I do not support the abolition of the elders and the establishment of the young, but the emperor has a move. As a minister, can I refuse it? What's more, the emperor has not explicitly stated that he wants to abolish the elders and establish the young. Everything has not been settled yet. We don’t need to overthink it.”
Qianzhao thought about it, but he had no better words to say. He could only nod his head, saying that he would help Liu Bei stand guard in Yizhou.
Afterwards, Liu Bei thought about this matter silently for a while, and felt that there were still some issues that needed to be discussed with someone. After thinking about it, he called Jia Xu and planned to discuss it with him.
Jia Xu was obviously happy that he could participate in this kind of thing. He felt that this meant that he had completely entered Liu Bei's core team, so he immediately used his brain to plan for Liu Bei.
First of all, he pointed out that the current situation was very dangerous for Liu Bei. Liu Bei firmly could not agree with the matter of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones, and it was even more inappropriate to go to Luoyang for this reason.
"From ancient times to the present, abolishing elders and establishing younger ones has been a very risky matter. Countless heroes have lost their lives because of this. When people in the world mention the idea of abolishing elders and establishing younger ones, there is no one who doesn't get angry. But Any monarch who abolishes the elders and establishes the younger ones will not have a good reputation.
You are the head of the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, the inheritor of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals", a famous person in the world, and someone who is looked up to by scholars all over the world. If you take the wrong position in this matter, I am afraid your reputation will be greatly reduced. For you, Hou's future future will also have a great impact.
Judging from the current situation where the general has successfully summoned the world's troops to Luoyang, most local officials also support the eldest son of the emperor to become the crown prince. Whatever the people want, there is nothing that cannot be done, even if the emperor is partial.
At that time, Gaozu was unable to establish Liu Ruyi as the prince because of this matter. With Gaozu's prestige, he could not do this, let alone today's emperor. Therefore, at this moment, the emperor absolutely cannot support this matter. "
(End of chapter)
