Empress Dowager Dong had lived a prosperous life, and also lived a less prosperous life before arriving in Luoyang.
She knows what kind of torture it is for people who have enjoyed wealth to suddenly lose their wealth and return to poverty.
Material deprivation is secondary, and mental torture is even more painful.
So she decided to deprive He of all honorable treatment, and tortured He severely with the most humble treatment, making her feel worse than death. She was so miserable that she just lived here, angry and struggling. In the end, nothing would be left. .
He's resentment towards Empress Dowager Dong reached its peak.
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you! I'm going to kill you! As long as I'm still alive! I'm going to kill you!!"
Faced with He's defeated attitude, Empress Dowager Dong could only feel the joy of a winner.
"Just hold your brother's head and dream, and see when He Jin comes back from the dead and can lead troops into the palace to kill me, hahahahahahahaha..."
With the joy of a winner, Empress Dowager Dong left He's palace surrounded by everyone. He was quickly picked up rudely, dragged even more rudely, and thrown into the palace.
Once the palace door was locked, He was left alone in this huge palace, unable to go anywhere.
Her palace servants, the eunuchs and maids who served her were all gone, either killed or driven away. Anyway, she was left alone and had nothing left, so she could curse, cry, and scream as much as she wanted. , slapped the palace door, but there was no response from outside the palace door.
No matter what, He would never have thought that he would end up like this, and he could not figure out why he failed or why his brother would fail or even die.
But that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that Liu Xie ascended the throne and Liu Bian was deposed.
This was the happiest thing for Empress Dowager Dong.
Of course, it is also very happy for Liu Bei and others.
Because their power and status were recognized, Liu Bei accomplished this, and the status of the four of them was officially recognized. No matter how dissatisfied the officials below were, the official recognition was already certain.
Therefore, they are naturally qualified to control these powers, so the scope of powers they previously divided will be realized to a certain extent.
As for the true and complete realization, I'm afraid there are still some objections, because officials of the Modern Literature School will never agree easily, but for the Ancient Literature School, in order to completely destroy the Modern Literature School, they will at least support Liu Bei's issue. .
Therefore, it is relatively simple to implement the benefits that Liu Bei has won before.
After the enthronement ceremony of the young emperor Liu Xie, Liu Bei, Zhang Rang and other three people held a small-scale meeting to discuss.
First, it was determined that Liu Bei's final decision-making power on major national affairs and the leadership of their four-person group were determined, and then there was some exchange and compromise on political power.
After all this was done, Liu Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he felt tiredness coming up like a tide. He had not had a good rest for more than a day, and he could hardly open his eyes. The desire to take a deep sleep almost replaced all other desires.
Even so, Liu Bei still didn't have time to sleep. He still had unfinished business and couldn't sleep yet.
He got another basin of cold water to stir-fry his noodles, and forced himself to regain some energy. He got on his horse and returned to the Hussar General's Mansion where he was living. He summoned his subordinates who had followed him on the adventure to Luoyang and announced important news to them. matter.
As a general, he is considered stable, so he should consolidate his power as soon as possible, arrange all the positions he needs before everyone else, and demonstrate his high efficiency and strong ability.
At the same time, you must also let your subordinates know how great the benefits can be from following you.
Because this time Liu Bei captured a large amount of political and military benefits, so in terms of distribution, he really had a lot to offer.
He did not participate in the fight for the Three Dukes. Lu Zhi, the Taiwei, was equivalent to his sphere of influence.
In Jiuqing, he has the final decision-making power in the Shaofu, and he has the power to appoint Taichang and Guang Luxun.
In other departments of the imperial court, he has a quota of thirty-two officials at the Shangshutai. He is responsible for recommending candidates, and Zhang Ranghui will accept them all.
Among the Luoyang army, he controlled all the Huben Army, Yulin Army, Beijun Army and Luoyang Baguan Colonel.
Locally, he proposed and made the final decision on the candidates for the local governors of Liangzhou, Yizhou, Sanfu Territory and Hongnong County to the west of Luoyang. The relevant departments of the imperial court cooperated with him and did not object.
After these officers were appointed, he also had the actual power to appoint a series of officials and staff such as their subordinates. He could decide the positions and responsibilities of too many people.
It can be said that in the current state, he is actually the most powerful person in the entire Han Empire, although this power cannot be relied upon to dominate everything in the entire Han Empire.
But it doesn't matter, his first stage goal has been achieved.
So, the distribution of benefits begins.
At present, the highest positions Liu Bei can take are three officials at the level of Jiuqing, Shaofu, Taichang and Guang Luxun. Among them, Taichang's status is too high, and it has always required some famous Confucian scholars to hold it, otherwise it cannot be done. Convince the public.
There are no similar famous Confucian scholars with similar qualifications, age and reputation under Liu Bei, so Liu Bei will leave this position blank for the time being, leaving it to important people who can win over him in the future.
He decided to appoint Shaofu and Guang Luxun to Zhen Yan and Yan Wen respectively.
When Zhen Yan was in Liangzhou, he was mainly responsible for financial affairs. Later, he would go out with Liu Bei to fight as a personal guard from time to time. Now that everyone's status has improved, there is little need for Zhen Yan, who is related to Liu Bei, to personally Acting as a personal guard.
Therefore, Liu Bei planned to let Zhen Yan take advantage of his financial affairs and hand over the Shaofu, an important royal financial institution, to Zhen Yan, and use this formal royal financial institution to obtain a larger amount of property and property for Liu Bei. financial power.
Yan Wen is also related to Liu Bei now, so Liu Bei plans to hand over Guang Luxun's position to Yan Wen.
Although the position of Guang Luxun is no longer an important position in charge of the Huben Army and the Yulin Army, it is the position of commanding the Zhonglang, Shilang, and Langzhong.
In name, it is a place for reserve guards, but in fact it is a place for reserve officials. The officials who have just entered Luoyang are all under the leadership of Guang Luxun.
Holding this position makes it easier to deal with new officials. Taking this position as a confidant of Liu Bei's in-laws and openly buying people's hearts within the system is an alternative influence on personnel power.
Zhen Yan and Yan Wen were very happy about this and decided to accept it.
Then came the Northern Army.
According to the system, the Northern Army has an important position called the Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army.
The rank of this position is relatively low, only 600 shi, but it has great power. It directly supervises and commands the five captains of the Northern Army. It is the position of controlling the five captains of the Northern Army on behalf of the emperor. It is a typical low-ranking and powerful position.
Normally, the importance of this position is not apparent, but during times of chaos, this position was very important and could determine the movements of the Northern Army - so Wu Fu had to die at that time.
Liu Bei decided to give this position to Gai Xun.
He suggested that Gai Xun resign from the post of prefect of Hanyang County and be transferred to the position of Lieutenant Commander of the Northern Army to supervise and lead the Northern Army. He would use this as a ladder to seek a higher position for Gai Xun.
Gai Xun also decided to accept this position and did not intend to dwell on the position of Hanyang Prefect for a long time.
Any normal person can tell which one is more meaningful, the border governorship or the position of real power in Luoyang.
(End of chapter)
