In the court today, some bureaucrats led by Taiwei Zhang Wen, Situ Cui Lie, Shi Zhong Yang Biao, and Shangshu Lu Zhi jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to enthrone the crown prince as soon as possible. Zhang Wen and Cui Lie and other important officials gave a lot of reasons, and they begged the emperor to set the crown prince as soon as possible to avoid disaster in the palace. The ministers were very well-informed according to the Han laws. No minister in the court dared to jump out and openly sang a rebellion, including Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and other middle-level officials.

The emperor was very unhappy when he heard Lu Zhi's words that if he had not established the prince early, it might have caused trouble in the palace. He could hardly help but curse, but he held it back. His favorite little prince Liu Xie's intention to inherit the throne has now known everything. Although he had never publicly expressed such ideas, the sensitive court officials had already smelled the danger. For the sake of the safety of the country, they finally couldn't help but jump out to stop themselves.

The emperor regretted that he beat Xiao Shihou that day. It was all his own flesh and blood. If he didn't like it, it was relatively more important to hate the queen. So when he saw Xiao Shihou, he was so angry that he wanted to scold and hit him, but he slapped Xiao Shihou. Xiao Shihou likes to cry, and the queen came to hear the sound and cried endlessly. In anger, he blurted out that Shihou was not worthy of being the master. Unexpectedly, his words of unintentionality could cause a lot of trouble, which made the emperor very upset.

He kept silent, glanced at General He Jin from time to time. He Jin closed his eyes slightly, his expression was calm, and he wanted to fall asleep, and he could not see anything unusual. The emperor suddenly felt a hint of fear in his heart, and he suddenly remembered Li Hong, who was far away in Xiliang.

Since the anti-corruption incident, the general's control over the Northern Army has been significantly enhanced. He has successively replaced three of the lieutenants of the fifth battalion. The commander of Jinwu Zhenju, who led the Northern Army, was also coaxed and persuaded by him to Hongnong to be the prefect. Although the emperor was alert, he had no choice but to deprive the general of the military power. He suddenly attacked the general without absolute certainty. In fact, he took the initiative to provoke a palace fight and a war for the emperor's rule. In order to survive, the general was very likely to backfire before his death. Once he... he dared not think about it, there were too many such regicide things in history, and several emperors of the Han Dynasty died in an unknown way.

The old middle-aged officials in the inner palace were all in the same mind as the queen. They had the share of killing the beautiful king. Without these old middle-aged officials, how could she, a woman, kill her beloved concubine easily? Although Zhang Rang and Xia Yun knelt in front of them a few days ago and cried bitterly, promising to help him help the little prince inherit the throne, he could see their hypocrisy and cunning, and he no longer believed them. Zhang Rang and the queen were in-laws, would he help him? Even if he was willing to help, he would

Can you believe in such a two-faced person? These old middle-aged officials grew up with him, spoiling and protecting him when they were weakest, so he always regarded them as his family in his heart and never had the idea of ​​killing them. He was eager to aging, hoping that they would die, hoping that the little yellow sects such as Jian Shuo and others would occupy and replace these old middle-aged officials as soon as possible, but life had to be passed day by day, and things had to be done one by one, and it would be impossible to be anxious.

He believed that one day he could be an emperor who would do whatever he wanted. After he could do whatever he wanted, the first thing he had to do was to let Xiao Donghou be the crown prince. The second thing was to expand Wanjintang and move all the money in the treasury to his Wanjintang. Thinking about the house full of money and silk and rare play, he was excited.

The emperor and all the ministers who wanted to persuade him finished speaking, and finally said something that made them almost angry.

"Let's talk about it in twelve years."

Twelve years later, it was the year when the eldest prince gave the crown ceremony.

The court suddenly became quiet.

The emperor was very satisfied with the effect, and then he said that after the first lunar month, he would go back to his hometown in Hejian Country with his mother, Empress Dowager Dong, and worship his ancestors.

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, there was an uproar in the court, and the ministers who came out to start the report rushed to the front.

The Grand Minister's Agriculture Wang Han tried his best to grab the first place. He shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the national treasury has no money. If Your Majesty must go back to his hometown in Hejian, please use the money from the Young Mansion. Your Majesty's return to his hometown to worship his ancestors is purely Your Majesty's private affairs, and the national treasury must not be used."

Two of the foreign court institutions in the Han Dynasty were both responsible for the financial and economic affairs, namely the Grand Secretary and the Shaofu. In today's words, the Grand Secretary and the Grand Secretary and the Royal Economy was in charge of the government economy, and the Shaofu was in charge of the royal economy. The Grand Secretary and the Central Government of the Han Dynasty were in charge of the national taxes and money, and the Ministry of Finance of the Central Government of the Han Dynasty. All the state's fiscal expenditure, military expenses, land rent, tuition, salt and iron monopoly, all the transportation and transportation, and the monetary management were managed by the Grand Secretary and the emperor's affairs. The Shaofu was in charge of the royal family's wealth, the emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation, as well as the taxes of the mountains, seas, and pools. The Shaofu income was used as the private use of the royal family. The royal family could not use the Grand Secretary and the money. At that time, the national land tax income was large and was managed by the Grand Secretary and the taxes of industry and commerce, such as salt on the sea and mines in the mountains, generally had very little income, and was managed by the Shaofu. The laws of the Han Dynasty clearly stipulated that the government and the royal family were absolutely separate in terms of money use.

When the emperor heard this, he became angry. He stood up suddenly, stared at Wang Han with a pair of small eyes, and cursed angrily: "The Grand Minister's Agriculture is too stingy. The money in the national treasury is not yours. Why don't you let me use it? Do you do whatever you want? I haven't been home for 18 years. Do I have to pay for it myself when I go home?"

"As Your Majesty said, you are asking Your Majesty to pay for it yourself." Grand Marshal Zhang Wen replied, "Going home to worship your ancestors is your Majesty's private matter..."

"The Young Mansion has no money, everyone knows this. It takes more than a month for Your Majesty to go home to worship his ancestors. The expenses are huge. Can it be possible without more than one billion yuan? Is there more than one billion yuan in the Young Mansion? Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, you said so, just to be determined not to let Your Majesty go home." Fan Ling of the Young Mansion played loudly without waiting for Zhang Wen to finish speaking.

Fan Ling was in his fifties, with a medium figure, slightly fat body, gray hair, and small eyes and a bright one. He was a famous scholar in Nanyang. When he was young, he wanted to be a disciple of the famous party member and great scholar Li Ying, but Li Ying thought that he was not good at taking him in. Later, Fan Ling was appointed as a minister of the Central Constable Cao Jie and Zhao Zhong as his brothers. He was promoted many times in the court. Although his character and behavior were insulted by a wise and righteous person, his career was smooth.

Cui Lie reiterated: "Your Majesty, the war in Xiliang has just subsided, and the national treasury is empty, and the cost of your Majesty's trip home is huge, and the national treasury is unable to pay at all. Your Majesty, according to my opinion, let's wait a few more years for going home to worship ancestors?"

"Is Lord Situ talking about human words?" Zhang Rang hadn't appeared in the court for a long time, but the first thing he said made people startle. He dared to insult the three officials and important officials. Zhang Rang was shocked by his words. Dozens of angry eyes in the court glared at the thin Zhang Rang at the same time, wishing to tear him up.

"Your Majesty wants to be filial and accompany Empress Dowager Xiaoren to go home to worship her ancestors. Lord Cui actually stopped him. Is this what a person who reads and rituals does? Is it true that Lord Cui's books have been read to the bottom of his feet?" Zhang Rang raised his head, looking disdainful.

Cui Lie was furious and opened his mouth and cursed: "Will the eunuchs dare to talk nonsense about etiquette and righteousness? Do you dare to talk nonsense about national affairs?"

Cui Lie's words immediately annoyed Zhao Zhong, Duan Gui, Guo Sheng and other general servants, and everyone attacked them. Zhang Wen, Yang Qin, Yang Biao, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun, Tao Qian and other ministers were even more excited, and everyone immediately quarreled in the court.

General He Jin, Sikong Xu Xiang and others came forward to mediate, but the more they adjusted, everyone became more angry, and even wrapped He Jin and Xu Xiang into the quarrel, and shouts resounded inside and outside the hall.

The emperor shouted twice, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he was so angry that he left.

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General He Jin hurried back to the house and rushed to summon Wu Kuang and He Feng.

Wu Kuang is an old disciple of He Jin's family. He is loyal to He Jin and has excellent martial arts skills. He is now the Sima of the Northern Army's Yueqi Army.

He Feng was a member of He Jin's tribe. He had a good martial arts since he was a child. Because his family was poor, he rushed from Nanyang to Kyoto alone to find He Jin to make an errand. Seeing that he had good martial arts skills, He Jin asked him to be the commander of the guard in the mansion. He Feng had good martial arts skills, many friends, loyalty, and self-reliance, so he was rampant in Luoyang and often brought people to fight, and came and went like the wind. A group of playboys in Luoyang who were almost the same age as him called him "Furious Wind Guest".

Wu Kuang was in his forties, tall, agile, calm and cautious. He walked into He Jin's study, sat aside after saluting.

"Zhongfu, do you still remember what my father said to you before his death?" He Jin looked at Wu Kuang and asked with a smile.

Wu Kuang's expression was calm, and he hurriedly knelt down and replied: "The Lord of the hometown treated me as much as a mountain. I saved the lives of my whole family. Even if I was torn to pieces, I would not be able to repay his kindness. If the general has any instructions, please tell me, Wu Kuang, who will go through fire and water, and I will never refuse."

"Zhongfu, the words are heavy, the words are heavy." He Jin waved his hand to signal him to stand up and said with a smile, "Take your words and go to Xingyang immediately."

Wu Kuang's expression changed slightly and he said nervously: "Are you going to see Mr. Xi?"

He Jin nodded with a smile and said, "You go and tell Mr. Xi, and you will say that the opportunity has come. You can avenge his past revenge and avenge my helping hand."

Wu Kuang lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said, "General, where is the time?"

"Next March next year."

He Feng swept in like a strong wind, "General, I'm here."

He Feng is about twenty-three or four years old, tall and burly, with a tiger-necked and swallow-chin, and his eyes are powerful. He Feng has a thick neck, a round neck, a strong neck (the so-called tiger-neck), and a lower chin is in a slope-shaped, plump (the so-called swallow-chin). Generally speaking, the book of the sex book says that it is a tiger-necked and swallow-chin, and it is rich if it is not expensive. He Jin likes him very much. No matter how much trouble he causes outside, He Jin laughs it off.

He Jin saw a large piece of purple on He Feng’s cheeks and scolded unhappily: “What did you do yesterday? Who did you fight with again?”

"Hehe..." He Feng smiled embarrassedly and said, "Yesterday, Lord Tiaohou Dong was treating guests to the tall building. Lord Yuan and the head of the family accompanied him. He happened to meet Mr. Xu, the son of Mr. Xu. General, do you know what Xu Damazi is? He actually relied on his father's power to marry the number one beauty in Luoyang. How can there be such a truth in the world? General, do you think so?"

"So you beat him." He Jin asked with a frown, "Just for this reason?"

"It's not what I want to fight." He Feng shook his hand in horror, "General, Lord Yuan and the head of the family also asked the media to tell him, but they were rejected by others, so Lord Yuan was angry. When he saw Xu Damazi, he jumped up and scolded him, but he was beaten by Xu Damazi. Later..."

"Later you started fighting." He Jin said angrily, "All of them are in their thirties, what kind of demeanor? Get out of Luoyang immediately."

"Ah..." He Feng widened his eyes and said with a sad face, "General, I beg you, don't drive me away. My mother knows, she will hit me with a broom, I beg you..."

He Jin couldn't help laughing when he looked at his pitiful look.

Wu Kuang smiled and said, "My words, are you willing to follow me to Xingyang?"

"I'm willing." He Feng said happily, "Are you going to find Bo Er? He lost last time and must win this time."

He Jin laughed and scolded: "Crazy boy, don't just focus on beating people, you must protect Lord Wu, do you know?"

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Li Hong personally went to the Hanyang Prefecture Office and transferred Li Wei to the army to serve as the Sima of the Army.

Li Hong said to Li Wei: "You advise me to enter the capital, and it is called "destroying the traitor and eunuch to clear the king's side. To put it bluntly, it is rebellion. It is no different from Yan Zhong's saying that Huangfu Song. The traitor and eunuch abused power and harmed the country, which is very harmful to the country. It is obvious to all. You are worried about the Han Dynasty and the country is a little extreme. But I can understand it if you kill them, but there are many ways to kill them. Your method is too bad. I have tens of thousands of troops rushed into Luoyang, and blood flowed all the way. Whether it is successful or not, it is a disaster for the country, the people, and our subordinates. Look at the battlefield of Yicheng and look at the fallen soldiers lying on the battlefield. Don't you feel the value of life? Are their lives really as bad as grass?"

"Only three people heard your words. Shouyan is my killing brother, and I will not betray me. What about you? If I can't kill you, then you can only stay and be my brother. There is no way, I can't let you go. If you betray me, as long as there are any rumors outside, I will be dead. I cannot be as lucky as Huangfu Song, and I can still find an opportunity to retreat calmly."

"As for the matter of sending Fu Gan to Anding, I think it's up to you for the time being. You can't disappear from my sight for a long time. It's a very dangerous thing. I think you are very knowledgeable, so you can teach Fu Gan first, it's not much worse than the great scholar Wang Jian. In the future, the matter in Xiliang will be stable. When I led my troops to Jizhou, we will send Fu Gan to Anding together."

Li Wei smiled bitterly and said, "It's more dangerous for you to keep me. As long as I have the chance, I will persuade you to raise an army."

Li Hong laughed and said, "As long as it is for the sake of the great man, I am willing to do anything except rebel."

A few days later, Li Hong received the emperor's hand edict. Li Hong was very happy. The emperor praised him in the hand edict, without mentioning the fact that he had killed corrupt officials in Huaili.

Zuo Yan and Li Wei both warned Li Hong that the emperor would not issue an imperial edict for rewards, but wrote a congratulations. This was not a good thing. Now that the suppression of the rebellion in Xiliang is basically coming to an end, the lawless and indecent commander of the army like Li Hong has lost its function, and it is not ruled out that the possibility of a rabbit dead and a dog cooking is not ruled out.

"Zhongyuan, do you want me to die sooner?" Li Hong said with a smile, "I think Your Majesty still trusts me very much. Otherwise, why would he do with a fast horseman who sent him a seal of edict?"

A few days later, the emperor's imperial edict arrived at the Yicheng Camp.

Because Li Hong had killed corrupt officials without authorization and demerits, he still served as the General of the Central Army of the Qiang, and temporarily governed the military and political affairs of Xiliang until the new governor of Xiliang and the prefect of Hanyang and other counties arrived.

Xian Yufu, Xu Rong and Qu Yi were promoted to the post of the lieutenant. Xian Yuyin, Yan Rou, Yu Shi, Yan Liang, Heng Ji, Zheng Xin, and Tian Chong were promoted to the post of the post of the post. Lou Lu was the son of Nanlou, the Lord of Wuwan, Shanggu, so he was also granted the post of the post of the post. The other generals were promoted to one level, and most of the soldiers were rewarded.

The imperial edict also ordered Li Hong to lead his army to wipe out the remnants of the rebels.

Considering that the army had just experienced a great war, the army needed rest and rest, and the climate in Xiliang was getting colder and colder, and it was possible to snow at any time. If the army fought long distances, it would be difficult to replenish food and grass, so he wrote to the emperor and asked the emperor to temporarily give up the attack on the rebels, hoping that the emperor would delay the attack until next spring.

The imperial edict soon arrived in Yicheng, and the emperor ordered Li Hong to go to Beijing to report his duties immediately.
Chapter completed!