"Hmm, that makes sense... Continue!"

Zhang Rang's words struck a chord with Wang Fu.

Throughout history, regardless of whether emperors were powerful or wise, eunuchs were always indispensable.

Zhang Rang said solemnly, “Since Your Majesty is now willing to curb land annexation and punish corrupt officials, this is an opportunity for us. You should know how many of those officials from powerful and wealthy families are truly clean? If we find just one, we can implicate many others. In this way, we can both relieve Your Majesty’s worries and take the opportunity to eliminate our rivals. Why not do it?”

“You’re right. Since His Majesty cannot be deceived, then we can only use our abilities and methods to gain His Majesty’s approval!”

Zhang Rang's words completely persuaded Wang Fu. The emperor had just ascended the throne and needed to support his own people, but the positions in the court were already occupied by powerful families. What could be done? They could only rely on these eunuchs to drag them down and move them to other positions.

Seeing that Wang Fu had finally made up his mind, Zhang Rang, who was standing to the side, revealed a smug smile.

The next day, Liu Hong issued several imperial edicts from Deyang Palace, passing through the Ministry of Personnel, which drew everyone's attention.

The first order was to summon Li Ying to serve as the Commandant of the Capital Region and to participate in the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel.

The second order was to lift the ban on political parties and simultaneously command officials throughout the country to recommend virtuous, upright, outspoken, and capable individuals to the court for evaluation in Luoyang.

In order not to miss out on talent, Liu Hong added a clause that those students who were not recommended but believed themselves to be exceptionally talented could come to Luoyang to take the preliminary examination. After passing the preliminary examination, they could also be personally assessed by Liu Hong.

Then there were several imperial edicts summoning talented individuals from various regions, which were personally delivered by the Imperial Guards. Among those summoned were Huangfu Song, Huang Zhong, Ma Teng, Gongsun Zan, Jia Xu, Qiao Xuan, Zhang Jian, Zhang Ren, and many others.