Liu Hong also felt the urgency of the situation in the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, as if all kinds of dangers were surging towards him, but he didn't have many eyes and ears, and the ten permanent servants had their own thoughts.

Although the Taoist priest's alchemy made his spirit much better, Liu Hong didn't believe in his "immortality", he actually just wanted to live a few more years, waiting for the prince to come of age, so that the inheritance of the power of the Han Dynasty could be in an orderly manner.

To this end, he made a lot of preparations, such as setting up the Hongdu Gate School and recruiting the children of the poor families in the world, which is to seize power and get it from the hands of the scholars; Since ancient times, there has been no more convenient way to seize power than to open a new organization, and Liu Hong intends to set up a new army and divide the power of General He Jin.

"People and things in the capital are complicated, and they are deeply connected with each other, so to solve the shortcomings, it is not possible to rely on the scholars or the eunuchs, not to mention that now the government is controlled by the scholars, and the scholars have now been involved in military power, and if this continues, I will be swayed by them, so this time I must start anew." After summoning some of the children of Hongdu Gate School, Liu Hong was saying at this time: "I am going to set up a new army, and the excellent children of Hongdu Gate School will be used as captains.

The government office of the new army is located in the former Northern Army, and each of you can promote three classmates, who can be official or white, report your resume, and after screening, I will give you a military background.

I will ask Zhang Changzhi to give you money for you to recruit your children as your powerful minions, and you can also invite credible rangers, and after reporting them, they can be inspected, and I will also give them official status. ”

In Liu Hong's vision, this new army is actually different from the duties of the defending army, but a reconnaissance army exclusive to him, which should contain three parts, one part is a professional official who is proficient in investigation, mainly responsible for investigating and supervising whether the bureaucrats in the world are rampant and lawless, and then crack down, one part is the procuratorial department responsible for internal surveillance, punishing all kinds of incompetence and corruption, and used to supervise the implementation of major matters, and finally a small force commanded by the emperor and composed of masters, taking on duties similar to the forbidden army. Cooperate with the previous two departments.

This institution is similar to the Black Ice Platform in Qianqin, but the responsibilities are heavier, and it has the power and responsibility of holding Jinwu, which can be regarded as a high authority.

In fact, the eight children of Hongdu Menxue in front of him are actually not suitable for this job, originally Liu Hong had already made different arrangements for these eight children of Hongdu Menxue in his heart, such as the palace ministers, used to be the face of the court, and can also be used as a sharp sword to cut the scholars.

It's just that at the moment, they have not been deeply trained, and they can't be regarded as talents, but in the current situation, there is no time, so they can only use it first.

"Someone." Liu Hong waved his hand, there were attendants from the back of the palace rushed out, each of them held a ring head knife in their hands, the scabbard is leather sticker, the inside is made of mahogany, the end of the handle is the ring of the dragon and phoenix, both the handle and the scabbard are decorated with gold and silver, and you will feel a luxurious atmosphere when you look at it.

"This is a thousand cattle knives made in the palace, and they are worn by the monarchs to show their majesty."

In fact, Liu Hong's words are big words, these ring-headed knives were donated by the Northern Regions, a total of 100 pieces, all of which are high-quality products made of 100 steels, and in this era, they can basically be regarded as artifacts.

And Liu Hong took it for himself, except for Wang Yue and others who were given a hand, they were basically hidden in the inner library, and Liu Hong named it Qianniu Knife.

The so-called thousand cow knife, pawn out of the "Zhuangzi", take the Ding to solve the thousand cattle and the blade if the new hair in the meaning, both praise the sharpness of the knife, but also implied the meaning, Liu Hong presented to these eight people a thousand cattle knife, one is to show their prestige, and the other is to hope that they will solve the problem when thinking more about the cow cook.

After these eight people bowed to Xie En one by one, Liu Hong ordered them to retire and recuperate for half a day, and officially start working from tomorrow, first to master the Northern Army, and then talk about the rest, he estimated that it would take at least a month.

The matter here is settled, and then Liu Hong still has a few things to do, the emperor and Jian Shuo chatted a few words there, originally prepared to let Jian Shuo be the captain of the new army, but Liu Hong thought twice, although this person is powerful, but he doesn't have much courage to Shang He Jin, first put it in the palace and continue to use it, and then saw Zhang Rang rushing back from outside.

During this time, he had to be busy selling officials to calculate money, after all, now that Liaozhou has been newly established, the one in the north has also sent all the money in accordance with the charter, and the establishment of Yongzhou a few days ago has also passed the court meeting, how to calculate the money in the counties and counties of Yongzhou, this needs to be planned well, and he also has to clean up those He Jin colluded with the internal servants, which really tired Grandpa Zhang.

"Your Majesty, a messenger has come from His Highness's side, waiting to face the saint, and he also brought a handwritten letter from His Highness." Closed, the tired Zhang Rang took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Liu Hong, Liu Hong raised his eyes to see that the seal of the eldest princess of Yan was printed on the sealing clay.

Liu Hong remembered that this seal was engraved by craftsmen in the palace overnight a year ago, and it was engraved with the best tourmaline stored in the palace.

Liu Hong believed that there would be no shortage of messengers in the Northern Regions and Kyoto on weekdays, but his daughter never seemed to have arranged for messengers to come to see him.

All the notes and reports about the border situation are the post house system of the imperial court, this time the book is repaired alone, there must be a special reason, sure enough, open the letter and take a look, this daughter repaired a book is indeed because of the side of the matter.

At the beginning of the letter, the eldest princess of Yan State expressed to the emperor that the Southern Xiongnu had been completely pacified, and said that according to the time, the congratulatory tables of the bureaucrats of the state would arrive in Kyoto, which made Liu Hong frown a little, how could the people of the state have also been co-opted, this daughter's power is already big enough, and there are already Youzhou, Jizhou and the newly established Liaozhou in name.

Although there is only half of Jizhou, Jizhou is the first in all states, although Youzhou used to be a bitter cold place, but now there is no Donghu invasion, but the border army is a powerful force.

What's going on with this and the state, plus there is also the new Yongzhou that has been mixed, in this world, although it is still Liu's country, but it is impossible to say where the center is, which makes Liu Hong very worried.

In addition to this matter, the main content of this letter is that all the details of the yellow turbans have been found out, and they are ready to attack them, but they still need to be postponed for some days, first to guard against this spring with a defensive attitude, and then wait until early summer, after collecting grain, and then attack to recover Jizhou.

In order to stabilize the Yellow Turban, she is making some deals with the Yellow Turban, hoping that the emperor can help her control the rhythm, and Hedong and Qingzhou will try not to interfere with her plans.

In addition, this daughter also recommended to Liu Hong a child of the clan named Liu Bei, who was also the secret envoy responsible for delivering the letter this time.

said that this is a rare talent of the Liu family, and he is both civil and military, and has made meritorious contributions in the campaign against the Donghu people, and hopes that the emperor can make good use of this talent.

Liu Hong understood the intention of this daughter when he saw this, and this letter said that everything else was polite, mainly a letter of introduction to Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.

"Zhang Changshi, where is this Liu Xuande now?" Liu Hong asked, since his daughter has mentioned it, then he must pay attention to this introduced talent, how can he give some face, besides, the children of the clan are always better than outsiders, but the letter pointed out that this person had studied under Lu Zhimen, which made Liu Hong a little disliked.

"I'm waiting for the decree in the side hall."

"Then let him see him."

The barbarians on the grassland have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery for Liu Hong, and they can't see clearly, after all, during his reign, the Huns of the previous dynasty were already precarious, and the Xianbei people had just risen, although they caused some trouble, but they were not to worry, and most of what Liu Hong knew was bizarre rumors after amplification.

For example, Wang Yue had wandered outside the Saiwai before, and when someone asked when he came back, he said: "People are like tigers, horses are like dragons, mountains are like apes, and water is like otters, their momentum is like Mount Tai, and the country is like tired eggs." He was ridiculed as the grandson of Liuru by the people of the time, but Wang Yue saw the ferocity of the Donghu people, but he didn't expect that the Donghu people would be destroyed so easily, although he alone had killed and injured hundreds of Donghu people.

Although Liu Bei was put into the command of Yang Yi, it was not too late, but it has not been reused, mainly Chen Xi and later Guo Jia, who have not given him important tasks, and even he is not as good as the Yellow Turban General, this time he recommended him to the imperial court, Liu Bei also hit it off on this matter, and happily rushed to Kyoto, in fact, the official of six hundred stones, for Liu Bei, who was poor before, was already very good, and now he has a chance to ascend to the sky, and he doesn't care.

In this way, Liu Bei was very happy to be brought to Liu Hong by Zhang Rang.

Liu Hong originally thought that Liu Bei's dress should be similar to that of Lu Zhi, after all, he was a disciple, pretending to be a Confucian scholar, but he had no loyalty in his heart.

And when Liu Bei first came in, he had some good impressions, but it was not a common Confucian dress, it was like a middle-aged old farmer wearing a long Haiqing coat and bast shoes, his scalp and beard were shaved clean, his skin was a little black, and he looked about forty years old.

However, this sect disciple has a heroic spirit, and it can be seen that he is quite athletic, and his skills should be extraordinary.

"Tuntian Captain Liu Bei, I have seen Your Majesty."

After Liu Bei came in, he knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed to Liu Hong, Liu Hong subconsciously glanced at Zhang Rang, and he really saw a trace of surprise on the face of the big eunuch.

In fact, there is nothing unusual about bowing to the king, but it is a little strange for people from the northern regions to worship the emperor.

That's right, Liu Hong was not very respectful to those people from the Northern Regions before, even those who came to sacrifice prisoners, and even some unruly, which is also Liu Hong's dissatisfaction with this daughter, only later heard about the achievements of those people in the Northern Regions, so he had to endure and comfort himself in his heart, these people have great ability, all of them have the courage of ten thousand people, and millions of Hu people have been killed, which is comparable to that Qin Zhibai.

However, he also knew that this was a very dangerous attitude, it not only offended the majesty of the emperor, but also violated the Confucian ethics of the monarch and the minister, the father and son, so the one in the Northern Regions has always been criticized in private, but no one dares to say it publicly, after all, in the palace last year, he directly killed Zhao Zhong of Dachangqiu, and then ran rampant in Luoyi, it has only been a year, and he has not forgotten it.

And this Liu Bei is willing to kneel on his knees, which is obviously an attitude, this is obviously a loyal person, at least the attitude is enough.

"Come, give a seat." Liu Hong gave an order, and naturally an attendant came over to bring Liu Bei a wooden stool covered with brocade cushions for him to sit on.

"Liu Bei thanked Your Majesty."

"Xuande Yunwen Yunwu, why don't you serve in the Northern Regions?" Liu Hong asked, this is also the kind of investigation that should be done, why was he sent to him? Is there a lot of talent in the North?

"Although Xuande practiced literature and martial arts, but he did not have great achievements, His Royal Highness is now mighty in the Northern Regions, the Hu people dare not invade, the Northern Regions are stable, His Highness hopes that the ministers will come to Kyoto to serve the stability of the world." Liu Bei is naturally also intelligent, and he explained some objective reasons.

Although what he said was not obvious, Liu Hong also understood, this Liu Bei said that he could not be a martial artist, of course, this is a modest word, after all, he also said that he has the ability to make the world stable.

"If Xuande fights Guan Yunchang, what is the win?" Liu Hong is very concerned about this issue, and he also wants to know what the force is when he hears that this is the number one warrior under his daughter, the warrior who takes the head of the enemy general in the army.

"The minister can barely resist ten moves!"

Liu Bei said with some shame at this time, this is actually a lie, fighting with Guan Yu, if he is defeated, he will basically be cut with a knife, and if he can fight ten moves, he will basically be able to fight for ten more rounds.

"Oh, and what about that Yide?"

"The minister is embarrassed, about the same!"

Hearing this, Liu Hong nodded, it seems that this person still has some ability, and that Zhang Yide and that Guan Yunchang seem to be of the same level.

"And what about Zhao Zilong?"

Liu Hong naturally heard the name of this great general, and fought with the three generals of the Yellow Turban, and won the battle, forcing the Yellow Turban not to dare to peep north.

Liu Hong also felt the urgency of the situation in the imperial capital of the Han Dynasty, as if all kinds of dangers were surging towards him, but he didn't have many eyes and ears, and the ten permanent servants had their own thoughts, although they were nominally slaves of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, they were one of the pillars of the power structure, and they were not trustworthy.

Although the Taoist priest's alchemy made his spirit much better, Liu Hong didn't believe in his "immortality", he actually just wanted to live a few more years, waiting for the prince to come of age, so that the inheritance of the power of the Han Dynasty could be in an orderly manner.

To this end, he made a lot of preparations, such as setting up the Hongdu Gate School and recruiting the children of the poor families in the world, which is to seize power and get it from the hands of the scholars; Since ancient times, there has been no more convenient way to seize power than to open a new organization, and Liu Hong intends to set up a new army and divide the power of General He Jin.