Chapter 3: Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty
The entire Han Palace was full of the Ten Constellations' eyes and the matters in the palace were impossible to hide from the Ten Constellations' eyes and ears.
When Guo Sheng returned to the house, a young eunuch had already been waiting here and said respectfully to him: "Mr. Guo, let the public invite him."
Guo Sheng's face remained unchanged, without any surprises, and waved his whisk and said calmly: "Let the way."
Soon the group came to the greenhouse hall of the Nangong of Han Palace. Guo Sheng did not enter the hall and stood outside the hall with a whisk. The little eunuch who led him hurried into the hall.
The Greenhouse Hall, as the name suggests, is the place where the Han Dynasty emperors kept warm in winter. They also had a foolish monarch like Ling Emperor. As soon as the weather turned cold, they hid in the hall. He did not see him dealing with government affairs. He only drank with the palace maids every day.
When Guo Sheng arrived outside the hall, Zhang Rang, the head of the ten eunuchs, was serving Emperor Ling. At this time, the little eunuch hurried in and whispered a few words in his ear.
Zhang Rang nodded and understood, and then said to Emperor Ling with a few slight flattery: "Your Majesty, Guo Sheng has come outside the hall, maybe there is a palace affairs to discuss with the old minister..."
Emperor Ling was hugging two palace maids and playing and drinking. He waved drunk when he heard this.
Seeing this, Zhang Rang bowed and left the hall.
The moment he walked out of the hall, he straightened his waist and glanced at the outside of the hall, until he saw Guo Sheng waiting outside the hall, and then he slowly walked towards the latter.
"Let the public."
Guo Sheng took the initiative to go forward and salute.
After all, Zhang Rang is the most powerful person in the ranks of the Constant Attendant, followed by Zhao Zhong, Da Changqiu, beside Empress He. As for Guo Sheng, he probably ranked fifth and sixth among the Constant Attendant Attendant Attendant, but in fact he has a lot of power in his hands. In addition, his relationship with He, even Zhang Rang has to greet him politely and call him "Mr. Guo".
The two of them exchanged some greetings, and then Zhang Rang expressed his intention: "I heard that Mr. Shi summoned Mr. Guo?"
"yes."
Guo Sheng did not hide it. After looking around, he whispered to Zhang Rang: "Shi Hou admires Cai Boyi's second daughter, please ask our family to bring this girl to the palace to accompany him."
Zhang Rang's expression was strange and smiling. He looked at the greenhouse behind him and Guo Sheng in front of him, but immediately, his laughter and crying expression was gradually replaced by solemnity.
"Can his woman be replaced?" he asked frowned.
Guo Sheng shook his head implicitly: "Shi Hou only wants Cai Boji's second daughter."
Hearing this, Zhang Rang frowned again.
The other women were easy to talk about, but Cai Yong's daughter really didn't want to be taken to the palace to accompany the Marquis Shi, so as not to be affected.
After all, judging from the current signs, the Shi Hou is very likely to become the crown prince.
"Mr. Guo agreed?" he asked again.
Guo Sheng smiled and said tactfully: "Shi Hou asked, why are our family so cruel to refuse?"
In fact, Guo Sheng actually didn't want to recruit Cai Yong's daughter into the palace. The reason he agreed was because he realized that Shi Hou wanted to get closer to him and did not want to miss this opportunity.
When Zhang Rang heard Guo Sheng's words, he understood Guo Sheng's thoughts.
How could people like them miss the great opportunity to curry favor with the future prince and the new king?
Furthermore, they are both regular servants, and they have no subordinates, only the power is great. Guo Sheng sells his face and courtesy to him. On the contrary, Zhang Rang has no choice but to do anything about him. After all, Guo Sheng is the "guide" for He's family to enter the palace. In terms of getting close to He's family, he is comparable to Zhao Zhong, who is now the Dachangqiu next to Empress He.
Of course, the most important thing is that in the face of the sergeant pressing step by step, the Ten Constellations had reached a tacit understanding of joining forces and confrontation. Unless the core interests were touched, the Ten Constellations were basically in a consistent manner.
"Oh well."
Zhang Rang finally nodded and agreed. After all, bringing a girl into the palace is indeed not a big deal.
If Cai Yong's daughter was ungrateful in the future and tried to influence Shi Hou, at worst she could find a way to kill her or disappear in the palace.
Anyway, there have always been many palace maids in the palace who died suddenly and even disappeared for no reason, even young princes.
However, where is Cai Yong now?
"According to Shi Hou's words, it seems that Cai Boyi was hiding from the Taishan Goat family in the land of Wuhui."
"Which Yang family?"
"The former Grand Marshal Yang Cifu was the official of the Mansion, former Lujiang Prefecture, Yang Xu, who is currently the prefect of Nanyang, and the Yang clan of Yang Xingzu."
"Hiss." Zhang Rang took a light breath of air conditioning.
The reason is that this Yang Xu is not only a scholar, but also a party member. If nothing unexpected happens, he is the group of scholars who hate their eunuchs the most. Both sides can be said to be incompatible.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Rang reminded Guo Sheng: "When sending someone, remember to tell Cai Boyi that if he doesn't come to provoke us in the future, the grudges of the past will be eliminated, but if he dares to secretly instruct his daughter to bewitch Shi Hou... Be careful that no one will die."
"Original."
Guo Sheng replied with a smile, after all, it is one thing to please Shi Hou, and his position is still on the side of their Ten Eunuchs.
Before dusk that day, the Ten Changshi Group, which was angrily scolded by the world, gathered in the ten-time attendants, integrated their connections, and contacted the prison slaves who managed the land, property outside for them, as well as brothers, relatives, and guests, and helped Shi Hou find people. After all, the matter of pleased the future prince cannot be occupied by Guo Sheng.
Such a big formation could not be concealed in the palace. It spread within two days and was successively heard in the ears of Emperor Ling, Empress He and Empress Dong.
A ten-year-old child, who is also the most likely prince at present, is currently the prince. He does not want to study hard, so he instigated the Zhongchangshi to force Cai Yong's daughter to accompany him. This made Emperor Ling even more dislike Liu Bian and decided to call him to scold him.
In fact, Zhang Rang, who is beside Emperor Ling, can be dissuaded, but his eyes rolled and he did not do that.
Since he wanted to scold his son, he must not be in the greenhouse hall. Emperor Ling still wants shame.
So Emperor Ling rarely moved to Chongde Hall of Nangong, pretended to handle government affairs, and summoned Liu Bian to give a speech.
Soon, Liu Bian came out of the hall under the guidance of several eunuchs.
What surprised him was that Zhang Rang, the head of the Ten Eunuchs, was standing outside the hall, as if waiting for him.
Just when he was surprised, Zhang Rangyi saw him, took the initiative to show his goodwill, and whispered: "Mr. Shi, Your Majesty has learned that you have ordered Mr. Guo Chang to be guilty of blame, but Mr. Shi does not need to panic. I will admit my mistake sincerely later. The rest will have old ministers."
That’s right, how can you plead for Liu Bian’s backer than pleading for this future prince in person?
Liu Bian also immediately understood Zhang Rang's show of kindness, pretended to be a little panicked and said happily: "Then rely on Mr. Zhang."
"How dare you?" Zhang Rang's face was full of smiles, shaking so that the wrinkles on his face became more and more obvious.
Later, under Zhang Rang's guidance, Liu Bian walked into the main hall of Chongde Hall and saw the Ling Emperor lying on the jade desk at a glance.
What to install?
He secretly mocked him in his heart.
Although he had no spies in the palace, the entire Han Palace knew that during this period, the Ling Emperor hid in the greenhouse and enjoyed all day long. How could he not know?
Speaking of this Emperor Ling of Han, he was the most incompetent and inhumane monarchs in history. He reigned for twenty-one years and had little benefit to the people of the world. On the contrary, it could be called a disaster.
Regarding the debauchery, there was a saying that Zhou Zhou of Shang was a wine pool and a meat forest. The Emperor of Shang did not need to be restrained at all. He ordered the palace maid to play and chase him naked in the garden, and imitated the street market in the palace because of his rise. He ordered the palace maids to dress up as merchants. The most incredible thing is that when a eunuch asked a dog to wear the clothes of a court official to win his favor, the foolish emperor actually strode his palm and praised him, "What a dog official!"
In contrast, this foolish monarch sells official positions and titles is nothing.
However, this kind of foolish monarch actually had the face to ask the minister Yang Qi: "How is I and Emperor Huan?"
Yang Qi's answer gave Emperor Ling a considerable face and said, "Your Majesty wants to compete with Emperor Huan, just like Yu Shun and Tang Yao compete with De."
The Emperor Ling was still very unhappy.
If Liu Bian said that Emperor Huan of Han and Emperor Ling of Han were worthy of being compared with Tang Yao and Yu Shun? Looking at the history of China, these two generations of tyrant monarchs were called the most incompetent and indecent monarchs. They really made the subjects of the Han Dynasty suffer. If you encounter such tyrant monarchs for two consecutive generations, no wonder the Eastern Han Dynasty died soon after.
Of course, although Liu Bian was disdainful of his cheap father, he did not show his face. He bowed and bowed: "Father."
Hearing the cry, Emperor Ling raised his head and let Liu Bian see his pretended gloomy face.
However, what attracted Liu Bian's attention was the sunken and black eye sockets of Emperor Ling, which was obviously a sign of his long-term obsession with a woman's body. No wonder the foolish emperor died two years later, and was only thirty-two years old when he died.
In a nutshell, such a foolish monarch who can get the title of "filial piety" after his death, would be yelled unfairly, such as Emperor Yang of Sui who received the title of evil after his death.
"snort!"
The Spirit Emperor snorted heavily and said angrily: "Do you know why I summoned you?"
In fact, according to the adult mind, Liu Bian wanted to answer "know". After all, Zhang Rang had been waiting for him outside the hall before. If he still said he didn't know, he would be deceiving himself. However, it was in line with the previous character of "Shi Hou Liu Bian" and did not arouse suspicion. He deliberately pretended to be very panicked. Anyway, Zhang Rang would plead for him, so he was fearless.
Seeing Liu Bian showing panic, Zhang Rang really persuaded: "Your Majesty calms down, Shi Hou admires Cai's daughter, and wants him to enter the palace to accompany him. This is not a big deal. Moreover, Cai Boyi... well, he is proficient in classics and history, is good at writing and calligraphy, and is worthy of his reputation as a great scholar. His daughter will not be bad. If Cai's daughter is accompanying Shi Hou, he may urge Shi Hou to concentrate on his studies."
I have to say that Zhang Rang had probably never thought that he would one day say good things for Cai Yong, who impeached them to interfere in political affairs. Who made Shi Hou, who wanted to flatter him, look down on Cai Yong's daughter?
"Is that right, Shi Hou?" He tried hard to hand Liu Bian.
What else could Liu Bian say? Naturally, he nodded repeatedly, although in his heart, the tyrant emperor, the spiritual emperor, was not qualified to teach him a lesson.
Zhang Rang, Cao Jie and others were eunuchs who once supported Emperor Ling to succeed the throne and made contributions. Until Cao Jie passed away, Zhang Rang also became the leader of the Ten Eternal Services.
It is precisely because of this contribution that Emperor Ling trusts most in the ten regular attendants such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong on weekdays. Even if the court officials had conclusive evidence to impeach them, Emperor Ling repeatedly tolerated them.
Chapter completed!