As Lu Zhi's protégé and Zheng Xuan's son-in-law, working with Lu Qiang was indeed a great honor. Of course, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong would not think so, but Lu Qiang thought so.
In Lu Qiang's eyes, Liu Jian was not an ordinary scholar. He had killed Xianbei and made great contributions, made a song for the common people in the cold land, fought back Cao Poshi who wanted to cause trouble for him, and even fought against the Yuan family and the emperor.
and retreated safely from the fight.
Moreover, everything Liu Jian did seemed to Lu Qiang never to be selfless, but all for the sake of the country and the Han Dynasty's plan.
If he was a selfish person like Yuan Wei, Lu Qiang would definitely not cooperate with him; and if he was just an ordinary scholar, full of passion but without extraordinary status or ability, Lu Qiang would not cooperate with him either.
He cooperates.
He seems to be God's tailor-made standard partner for Lu Qiang. He is suitable for all aspects, big or small.
"Deran is willing to cooperate with Lao Chen and jointly advise His Majesty?"
Liu Jian didn't know how true Lu Qiang's words were, but he didn't really mean to persuade Liu Hong.
Liu Hong was completely ruined from the ground up. He had no talent for governing the country, but he was full of intrigues and self-righteous cleverness.
But when it comes to conspiracies, compared to the elites of aristocratic families, he still lacks the firepower. If something doesn't go as he wants, he is still willing to mess with it.
For such an emperor, even if Xiao He, Zhuge Liang, Fang Xuanling, and Di Renjie were bundled and mailed to him, it would be basically useless.
Now Liu Jian could only get what he wanted from the emperor under the guise of "admonishing the emperor".
Therefore, Liu Jian is deceiving Lu Qiang at this moment.
"Yes, we must work together to advise Your Majesty to manage the ancestral heritage well and make the Han Dynasty prosperous!"
What I said was really against my will, but I couldn't help but say it.
"Well, Your Majesty, it is a great honor for the royal family to have ministers like you."
Liu Jian looked around and once again confirmed that there was no one else in the hall, he said: "Zhongchang Shi, I have a taboo saying. I have to tell you that in the eyes of His Majesty, you are not favored and I am not valued. So,
Regarding our current worth, the more we talk, the more mistakes we make. The most urgent task is not to advise His Majesty, but to make His Majesty believe in me and favor you."
"Only if Your Majesty believes that I am a sharp sword and favors you as a worthy servant, then you and I can have the capital to advise His Majesty. Otherwise, the more we persuade, the worse it will become and the more we will become alienated."
Lu Qiang sighed softly, Liu Jian was young but experienced a lot, and what he said was on point.
Compared with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others, Lu Qiang is really annoying to Liu Hong.
"Deran, please tell me, what should I do to gain His Majesty's favor?"
Liu Jian said seriously: "His Majesty is very annoyed by the affairs in the court. From now on, you will not give any advice to your majesty about the affairs of the court. The more you give advice, the more disgusted your majesty will be. Moreover, Zhang Rang and others
The more people hate you, of course, if Mr. Zhongchang really has something urgent to advise, we can discuss it in advance."
"Okay, I understand, but I don't want to comment on court affairs. I just want His Majesty to stop bothering me. I'm afraid it won't make His Majesty happy, right?"
"Then the minister will tell you something that your majesty likes." Liu Jian was good at tempting.
"Alas, Your Majesty likes beauties and welcomes colorful girls. Zhang Rang and others recruit colorful girls into the palace, but this is a way to waste people and money, and I swear I will not do it."
Liu Jian smiled when he heard this: "Asking your majesty to recruit colorful girls, mobilize troops, and waste people and money is just the lowest way to please your majesty. I accompanied your majesty to visit the West Garden last time, and I heard that the Luo Swimming Pool and Liuxiang Canal were all created by your majesty himself.
idea,”
"This shows that Zhang Rang and others can only find colorful girls for His Majesty, Jin Zhenqi, but they don't know how to use colorful girls and games to please His Majesty. They have to rely on His Majesty to find a way. This is really inferior. Zhongchang Shi only
I need to help His Majesty share his worries and think about teaching His Majesty how to play. Just once or twice, your status in His Majesty's heart will be completely different. Moreover, the money spent in this way is almost negligible compared to building a garden to recruit colorful girls.
."
"Play?" Lu Qiang was a little confused: "How to play?"
Liu Jian smiled when he saw this.
You eunuchs are good at playing this unpredictable game, but when it comes to how to play it, how fresh and exciting it is, and how to tie all the eunuchs in the North Palace together, he, a later generation, has not studied it thoroughly.
Especially for a rural pervert like Liu Hong, there are many ways to deal with him.
"I'll teach you a few methods. You can go to His Majesty to try them later."
Later, Liu Jian began to teach Lu Qiang how to please Liu Hong and how to find exciting games for Liu Hong.
After listening to Liu Jian's professor, Lu Qiang nodded in understanding.
He was slightly doubtful, but finally felt that he should go back and give it a try.
Before leaving, Lu Qiang told Liu Jian: "Your Majesty has recently asked Zongzheng Liu Junlang to check your resume at Zongzheng Mansion. You need to keep this in mind."
After hearing Lu Qiang's words, Liu Jian smiled slightly and felt relieved.
"Thank you, Mr. Zhongchang, for telling me about this matter. I hope you can give me some advice if something happens in the palace in the future."
"Easy to say, easy to say."
"Besides, I can't get in touch with Da Zongzheng. If there's anything about me, I'd like to ask Mr. Zhongchang to help you secretly."
Lu Qiang smiled lightly. He was also an old eunuch, so he naturally understood what Liu Jian meant.
"Don't worry, Deran, I'll just keep an eye on this for you."
After Lu Qiang left, Liu Jian began to think secretly in his heart.
Since the emperor asked Zongzheng to check his family's background, it shows that Liu Hong is quite interested in himself as a Han clan clan member.
But it's no wonder that apart from the eunuchs, from Liu Hong's perspective, the only people who can really give him a sense of trust are members of the clan named Liu.
People like Liu Yan and Liu Yu held an extremely important position in the emperor's heart.
If someone else dared to advise Liu Hong to abolish Shi Limu and recommend him, his legs would be directly discounted.
I should still be in the assessment period.
…
After one night, other Lang officers took over their duties, and Liu Jian went home.
After a tiring night, he was really sleepy.
When he returned to his home in the southern suburbs, he saw an ox cart parked outside his house.
There are some well-packed wooden boxes placed on the car. Although you can't see what's inside, you can probably guess it if you think about it carefully-it must be a gift.
It's just fine, why does someone prepare a cart full of gifts and arrive at their door?
Liu Jian walked to the door of his house in confusion and saw some people negotiating with Zheng Ci in front of the door. He thought they were gift givers.
Zheng Ci seemed relieved to see Liu Jian back.
She hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Liu Jian.
"Sister, who are these?"
Zheng Ci whispered: "Lang Jun, thank you for coming back. These people call themselves family members of the Yuan family. Following the order of the family leader, they brought some small gifts to greet Lang Jun. They just put down the gifts and were about to leave. I asked Li Damu to stop them.
, whatever I say, I have to wait until Mr. Lang comes back to deal with it."
It is true that gifts in this capital cannot be accepted by anyone. You must know that there is no free lunch in this world.
Zheng Ci guarded Liu Jian's bottom line at Liu Jian's house, which made Liu Jian feel relieved.
"Auntie is here."
Liu Jian nodded to her, and then went to meet those who came to give gifts.
"May I ask who you are and why you came to Mr. Liu's house with this gift?"
Although the leader is dressed as a servant, he speaks and behaves very politely. At first glance, he looks like he comes from a wealthy family.
"Replying to the servant, I am a member of Yuan's family. On the order of the head of the family, I prepared some household items and sent them to the servant. There were no valuables. They were all ordinary tools. When the servant first arrived in the capital, he rented a house.
, it must not be as comfortable as living at home, so my master ordered us to prepare some common things for the servant to live in Luoyang."
"Yuan Mansion?"
Liu Jian frowned. When it comes to people with the surname Yuan, among the entire Luoyang City, the one who ranks first is undoubtedly Yuan Wei.
But as the head of the Yuan clan and the third prince, how could Yuan Wei personally order someone to give something to his little official?
It's definitely not him.
In this case, I think it is only the second generation members of the Yuan family.
At any rate, he now has some reputation and status, so it is reasonable for the second generation of the Yuan family to want to recruit him.
The first name that popped into Liu Jian's mind at this moment was Yuan Shao!
Yuan Benzhu, a model in the world, with his personality and abilities, is most likely to be the first to recruit him.
Liu Jian basically believed that the other party was Yuan Shao's person.
But he still raised his hand and asked: "Since I claim to be from the Yuan family, I wonder which Shangguan of the Yuan family is the head of the family you are talking about?"
The man smiled and said: "I have a famous assassin from the head of the house, and I invite the servant to come to the house to get together."
After saying that, he handed over the famous assassin and Liu Jian.
Liu Jian opened it and was shocked.
Among the second generation surnamed Yuan, logically, this person should be the one who should ignore him the least.
He is the elder brother of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the legitimate son of Yuan Feng. Everyone recognizes him as the next head of the family, Yuan Ji.
Liu Jian thought for a long time and finally said:
"Leave the things behind and convey my gratitude to the Lord on my behalf. I will pay you a visit in person the next day."