Chapter 224 Princess Liu Bian
Time slowly came to the winter of the fifth year of Zhongping (188).
Anyone with a keen sense of smell can feel that the empire is in turmoil, but now it is strangely calm.
A storm is coming, and I don’t know how many people will survive this storm.
"It's time to stand in line."
Yang Biao knew that it would be too late if he didn't take sides.
Now the court is divided into four factions, the nobles headed by Yuan Wei of the Yuan clan in Runan, the relatives headed by the general He Jin, the eunuchs headed by Zhang Rang, and the clansmen headed by the King of Hejian.
Among them, Yuan Wei and He Jin stood together, and Zhang Rang and Liu Han stood together.
The gentry were the mainstay of the empire and had the greatest influence. He Jin had Prince Bian and the military power of Luoyang. Once His Majesty passed the throne to Prince Bian, although the court would be stable, the relatives and gentry would inevitably become powerful.
If they grow bigger, they will inevitably take action on the eunuchs and Liu Han. Even in the future, after they eliminate these enemies, they will also turn to the opposite side.
"Is it really so easy to be a relative? The Dou family in Fufeng and the Deng family in Nanyang can learn from their mistakes."
In Yang Biao's eyes, He Jin is a fool, and the Runan Yuan family's cooperation with him must have impure motives. They have been together for four generations. In order not to go downhill, they can only continue to move forward, and then move forward. "Wang Mang. Yuan's ambition is not small."
If Yuan couldn't become Yi Yin or Huo Guang, he could only become Wang Mang, but Wang Mang's end was not good.
Therefore, Yang Biao believed that he could not stand with either Yuan or He Jin.
However, he could not choose to join forces with the eunuchs, otherwise the hundreds of years of reputation of the Hongnong Yang family would be destroyed.
Of course, King of the River is not a good choice either.
The eunuchs have joined forces with the King of Hejian. They are indeed loyal to His Majesty, but the eunuchs have short sight and have done all kinds of bad things. If they want to protect themselves, they must have military power in their hands. At present, the person with the most military power in the empire, except for the general, is this man with You, The emperor's brother who merged with the state pastor of the two states and controlled an army of 20.
This one is not joining forces with the eunuch, the eunuch is his domestic slave.
But to cooperate with this person is to seek skin from a tiger and drink poison to quench thirst.
The King of Hejian was ruthless, and the Hongnong Yang family cooperated with him, but he only got eaten cleanly.
Yang Biao thought for a long time, but he didn't think of how to save the family without offending all parties.
"Yes! Be loyal to the big man!"
Suddenly, Yang Biao remembered his father's words before his death, and the vision was dim and clear, "Since they can't afford to offend any of them, then no one can be offended. I, the Yang family of Hongnong, are not loyal to the royal family, nor do I form cliques. I only remain neutral and loyal to the Han Dynasty." .”
Yang Biao figured it out. He, the Hongnong Yang family, did not take sides and always maintained neutrality under the slogan of "loyal to the Han Dynasty".
As a result, in addition to the above four factions, a fifth faction headed by the Yang family of Hongnong and the Ma family of Fufeng quickly emerged in the court. Supporting them were the Xun family, Chen family, and Han family headed by the Yingchuan gentry.
# The growing power of the neutral nobles not only attracted the attention of He Jin, but also Yuan Wei. In his eyes, the nobles should cheer for the Yuan family in Runan instead of splitting internally again.
The queen in the palace naturally noticed this. She did not think of splitting, but wanted to control the power of the neutral nobles.
Looking at his prince, a poisonous plan spontaneously emerged.
"Bian'er is your Majesty's eldest son. He is now 15 years old. It's time to discuss marriage."
That's right, the He family is thinking of drawing them over through marriage with the neutral nobles and becoming a support force.
"Xun Cai."
He collected many lists of noble ladies belonging to the neutral noble clan and compared them one by one, trying to find the most suitable one for his son.
However, what she didn't expect was that the memorial from Liu Han in Jinyang had now appeared on the emperor's court, "A daughter of the Tang family?"
Yes, Liu Han is here to disgust people.
First, he once promised the Yingchuan Tang family to shower them with wealth and wealth, but he didn't know if they would be able to accept it.
Second, the behavior of this group of nobles disgusted me. They packaged themselves in a high-sounding way for the privileges in their hands. Since they disgusted me, I would disgust them in the Yingchuan gentry, who claim to be Qingliu gentry all day long, with noble conduct, and to show off to the court, then let’s
Come and go without indecent! Liu Han did not hide it from his brother, but told the truth. Liu Hong also liked his brother's way of speaking. To the Tian family, family ties were a joke.
But with Liu Han, Liu Hong felt the unique affection between brothers. Even after so many years, even though the two had conflicts, this younger brother always had no complaints about him.
Even if my body has reached this point.
And he also heard that the queen has been making little moves in private recently.
"In that case, we decree that the Yingchuan Tang family's daughter will be the prince's concubine."
"Here."
Zhang Rang obeyed the order.
Zhang Rang is different from the original history. He is much more restrained now than in the original history and is not so arrogant. Maybe he also sees that the emperor is easy to fool, but the King of Hejian is long as the emperor is here, Zhang Rang's life will be safe. If the emperor is gone, only the King of Hejian can save him.
# An imperial edict broke the empire's short-term peace, like a drop of hot water dropped into hot oil.
He was disgusted for a while. Although he didn't marry the best, there was nothing wrong with the Yingchuan Tang family, so let's make do with it.
Unlike the He family, the Yingchuan Tang family was in a complicated mood at the moment.
are you happy? I did not think.
Disgusting? Nor is it.
To be honest, this is indeed a great blessing. In the eyes of ordinary people, if nothing unexpected happens, Prince Ben will definitely inherit the throne in the future, and his daughter will also become the queen in the future.
Queen?
The prince is young, so even if he inherits the throne, he will definitely become a puppet of his relatives.
I originally wanted to advance and retreat together with the Yingchuan nobles, staying neutral and not taking sides, but now it seems impossible.
What's worse is that once the title of the prince's concubine is decided, even if there is no conflict with the He family and the Yuan family now, what will happen in the future?
In the future, even if Tang doesn't want to, can He and Yuan let him go?
The Yingchuan gentry, because of the Tang clan, had no choice but to fight in the court hall. They could not retreat. Taking a step back would be a disaster.
The future is slim! Of course, those who felt the most disgusted were the Yingchuan nobles who were implicated.
"I don't know whose plan it is, so vicious!"
The Yingchuan gentry, especially the Yingyin Xun clan, are more disgusting than eating fly excrement.
Xun Yu's wife was a member of the Tang family. The Tang family was forced to go into trouble, and the Xun family was not immune.
"Oh, who else could it be? I heard that the one in the palace flipped through the book for several days before choosing one from the Tang family's daughter and Cai'er."
"That's right, if Prince Bian ascends to power, he will only be a puppet."
"If you ask me, he, Mr. He, wants to be in that position like crazy! He will do whatever it takes!"
"Isn't it normal to do anything in that position?"
"..."
They all agreed that such a vicious scheme could only come from a woman.
The neutral faction's alliance has not yet been solidified, and it is once again split internally, especially the demise of the Yingchuan nobles, the backbone force, making the water in the court even more turbid.
(End of this chapter)