The Han Dynasty has always paid attention to prestige and status, and Gao Shun is now serving as a school captain, but because of his humble background, he has not made outstanding achievements in the past two years. Just relying on Lu Bu's recommendation, it is obviously impossible to promote him to General Duliao.

With this in mind, Liu Hong rejected this suggestion.

Don't look at the absurdity of the Son of Heaven on weekdays and ignore the government, but in the general direction of employing people, he still has a relatively accurate grasp.

Take the original moth thief rebellion as an example, when the moth thieves in various places broke through the prefectures and counties and pointed the spearhead at Luoyang, the ministers of the court and the central government were all panicked, and many people also put forward the idea of moving the capital to Chang'an. Only Liu Hong's attitude was as tough as ever, and the soldiers and horses of the rebels from all walks of life were frustrated, so the young son of heaven got up from the throne and ordered the transfer of soldiers and horses to prepare for the imperial expedition.

Later, someone recommended Lu Bu, so that Liu Hong postponed the idea of pro-conscription.

As early as the sixth year of Xiping, His Majesty the Son of Heaven at the age of 20 had a large-scale conquest of Xianbei in order to demonstrate the national strength of the Han Dynasty, but the result was not very good, nearly 50,000 Han soldiers were defeated by Xianbei Shan Yu Tanshi Huai led Budugen, Fumi and other three adults.

It can be seen that Liu Hong is not a cowardly and conservative monarch. A series of measures such as rejoicing in great achievements, selling official beards, building a city to raise dogs, and reusing eunuchs are undoubtedly the manifestations of the deaf lord in the pen of the historians. However, from the perspective of later generations, perhaps, it is no longer appropriate to use the words 'distinctive personality' to describe Liu Hong.

If you are in a good mood, you will go to the early court of Chongde Palace, chatter with the courtiers, and listen to their opinions and thoughts; If you're in a bad mood, you just wave your hand, and I have the final say on anything!

is not only an autocratic dictator, but also a greedy for pleasure, whatever he wants, he will immediately start to do it, act recklessly, do what he likes, without any worries and constraints.

It has been 18 years since he ascended the throne.

This world is my world!

Everything in the world, thousands of living beings, is owned by me!

Liu Hong once said.

So after his death, he was nicknamed Emperor Xiaoling.

Faint but not mediocre, called 'spirit'.

The matter of recommending Gao Shun was yellow, and Lu Bu didn't sigh too much. After all, the qualifications are there, Gao Shun's rank of lieutenant, and the rank of general of Liao, is not a little worse.

"Your Majesty, the minister recommends again, the former Chongwu General Yan Yi can take on this position." Lu Bu brought the second uncle out, if you want to talk about status, identity and qualifications, Yan Yi is undoubtedly the best candidate. He has dealt with the Qiang people in Liangzhou for many years, and he has been a general for many years, and his ability to lead troops to fight will not be bad.

"Is that the Yan Yi who wiped out the entire Liangzhou Jiaqi?"

Liu Hong's face was slightly cold, and he could be said to be very impressed by this name. When it was reported to the imperial court, Liu Hong learned of this and was furious in the court, if it weren't for Yan Li's stuffing money everywhere, how could Yan Yi stay in Bingzhou unscathed.

The annual cost of raising such an elite heavy cavalry is enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.

"I beg Your Majesty to give him another chance to guard the Five Plains. Yan Yi has received His Majesty's grace, and he will be grateful, and he will make up for his merits and repay the country with death. "Lu Bu surrendered his hand to ask for his life, if Yan Yi can become the general of Duliao, even if Ding Yuan wants to use the military camp, he must first check whether he has the strength to compete with the Yan family.

"Since Lu Qing speaks, then I will give you this favor."

Liu Hong was obviously in a good mood at the moment, he turned his head sideways to look at Zhang Rang, "Father, you send someone to inform Taiwei and tell him what I mean." ”

As the highest military position in the Han Dynasty, in addition to assessing the merits of military attachés across the country, the promotion of generals and above must also go through the hands of Taiwei, and only after the seal and approval of Taiwei can it be issued and implemented.

Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Zhang Rang didn't dare to say anything, so he bowed down and responded, and then summoned a famous little yellow door and asked him to take the Son of Heaven to the Taiwei Mansion for a trip.

"Oh yes, Lu Qing is new, in this Luoyang City, is there a mansion?" Liu Hong asked Lu Bu.

Lu Bu shook his head and replied truthfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is currently temporarily living in the Xuanguan Pavilion. ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he waved his hand and said very arrogantly: "Since you have received the Yulin Zhonglang General, you will no longer be able to live in the Xuanguan Pavilion in the future, so let's give you a house." ”

As he spoke, the Son of Heaven looked at Zhang Rang again, with a smile on his face: "Father, if you lost the bet just now, I will punish you to vacate the house in Luoyang City, and it should be my meeting gift to Lu Qing, how about it?" ”

The Son of Heaven has spoken, no matter how reluctant Zhang Rang is, what can he do, his heart is dripping blood, but his face is greeted with a smile: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, and having such a generous and compassionate heart is really the blessing of my Han and the people." Even if Your Majesty doesn't say it, the old slave will definitely find a place for General Lu to live. ”

and gave officials and courts, such a favor is rare in recent years.

"Chen Lu Bu, thank God."

With this sentence of thanksgiving, this face saint can be regarded as the end of the curtain.

When he left the palace, he was still led by Zhang Rang.

Originally, this kind of trivial matter of leading the way to see him off, just one or two little eunuchs of the Yellow Gate could be done properly, and there was no need to let him, the powerful permanent attendant, personally send him off.

However, Zhang Rang insisted on coming.

First, he wanted to show his attitude to the Son of Heaven, and second, he did have something he wanted to say to Lu Bu in private.

"General Lu can become a general in the palace at a young age, and his future prospects are limitless.

On the wider white stone road of the palace, Zhang Rang arched his hand towards Lu Bu, and his face seemed to have a deep meaning: "If you are old and difficult in the future, I hope that General Lu will help you pull it up." ”

"Of course, if the general doesn't understand anything on weekdays, he can also come to the old mansion to ask for advice. The ability to go into battle to kill the enemy is not as good as a general, but when it comes to Luoyang as an official, the old man can still teach one or two. ”

Zhang Rang said it seemingly sincerely, and his words not only meant to win over Lu Bu, but also concealed a slight self-concealment.

After serving the Son of Heaven for so many years, Zhang Rang could not have seen the officialdom situation more clearly.

Your Majesty favors you, even if you are a dog, no one in the entire Han Dynasty dares to step on it; If you don't see the son of heaven one day, even if you are the third prince and nine kings, you will still fall to pieces.

Lu Bu was a newcomer, and he didn't understand this, but he didn't just think that this was Zhang Rang's initiative to show goodwill.

The old eunuch in front of him looked kind and kind, harmless to humans and animals. Don't forget his identity because of this, the head of the Ten Permanent Servants!

Over the years, Zhang Rang has killed more Shi clan party members than Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was born in a military camp, and he knew very little about his sophistication and the way of being an official. This also made it difficult for Lu Bu to smile at Zhang Rang's character who was rectifying him repeatedly and secretly.

And if you want to be an official in the government and the opposition, this is still a basic operation.

Biansai pays attention to force, and when he arrives in Luoyang, especially in the palace, he must pay more attention to his brains.

Walking out of the palace, Zhang Rang sent Lu Bu to Yuhe Dao before stopping.

"General, please go back to the Xuanguan for a while, and then send someone to invite the general." Zhang Rang said.

Lu Bu turned his head sideways, and when the latter saw him looking, he smiled kindly and narrowed his eyes. Only then did Lu Bu realize that not only could he not see the mind of the Son of Heaven clearly, but even this seemingly twilight old eunuch was unpredictable.