Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 161 Hunting
"Who are you?!"

Liu Chang crossed his hips and looked at the old man in front of him, his eyes full of suspicion.

I was about to find Gai Gong, but this old man stopped him suddenly. I had never seen this person in court. This person spoke in a very strong dialect, and he was very snarky. At first glance, he was not a good person. .

"This minister is the history of Qi's internal affairs. This time, I will accompany the King of Qi to the court."

"I heard that the king has a port in South Korea, Liandanshui, and exchanges with Shangdang. When the king heard about it, he wanted to choose a county with the river to give it to the king. In this way, Tang's ships will go out to Shangdang and hope Yangwu, to Qi, although Qi is not as rich and rich as Tang, there are also items that the king can use. Isn’t it wonderful that Qi and Tang communicate with each other?”

Before the counselor had finished speaking, Liu Chang tightly held his hand.

"Sir is really a worthy minister!"

"Sir is so right, Tang and Qi communicate with each other. It's great, our Tang produces iron, your Qi produces grain, and we can exchange! If there is a county in Qi, it can support countless people of the Tang Dynasty! Sir, benevolent and righteous!"

The advisor hesitated for a moment before saying, "This is what King Qi meant. King Qi almost made a mistake before, but fortunately, King Tang stopped him."

"Where is my big brother! I have to go see him myself!"

In the Jiaofang Hall, Liu Fei lowered his head and looked at Empress Lu in front of him respectfully.

"You want to send the land of a county to the chief?"

"My son is going to give three counties to my mother, and my mother can give it to Princess Lu Yuan. As her food town, my son will give another county to my eldest brother. My son lost his temper a few days ago and almost drank during the mourning period. Thanks to King Tang's timely blocking of the future, Erchen will definitely keep the etiquette of people and ministers in mind. I will never dare to do such rude things again."

What Liu Fei said was very sincere, and Empress Lu's expression softened a lot.

"It's best if you can think of it this way. This matter of dedicating the county is unnecessary."

"The queen mother, the sons and ministers are mediocre, and without the help of Cao Xiang, it is impossible to govern the state of Qi at all. I hope the queen mother can let the king of Tang help me. Govern a county for me."

"Where Princess Nalu Yuan is"

"Princess Lu Yuan is the direct daughter of her father. I'm just a concubine. I gave her land. This is what it should be, and it is in line with the etiquette. I should treat her with the attitude of treating her elders."

"Okay, since you think so, then I agree."

"You can hold a banquet in the mansion tomorrow, and I will lead everyone to the banquet."

"Thank you mother!"

Liu Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief, got up and left, and just walked out of the Jiaofang Hall, he met Liu Chang who was coming, and Liu Changchang shouted, "Big Brother!", and immediately plunged into Liu Fei's arms, His face was full of smiles, and he smiled brightly, "I heard that my eldest brother is going to give me a county, I'm really embarrassed!"

"As a younger brother, I should give a gift to my elder brother. How can I accept the gift from my elder brother?"

Liu Fei laughed and said, "Then I won't give it away, you can give me a county."

"Brother, don't you hear it, the elder gave it, you can't say no! Since the elder brother wants to give me a county, if I don't agree, won't I look down on the elder brother? Besides, my Tang country is very remote, and I can't afford a county to give it to me. others."

Liu Fei looked at this fellow helplessly and scolded: "You Shuzi, how could I really ask for your land?!"

Liu Chang was in a good mood at the moment. Even if he was scolded, he still laughed. He asked, "What county are you going to give me, brother?"

"Which county do you want?"

"Qijun!"

"If Qi County gave it to you, where would I live?!"

"I can build a new palace for my eldest brother in Handan County!"

"This Qi County can't be given to you. Let's change it. How about Jibei County?"

Liu Chang pondered for a moment, "Jibei County is close to me, and ships can easily arrive, but the population of Jibei County is too small."

"How about Jiaodong County?"

"There are quite a lot of people in Jiaodong County. Even if it is too far from Tang State, it is not appropriate for the ship to sail for too long. I have an idea!"

Liu Fei was stunned and asked, "What do you think?"

Liu Chang said excitedly, "Brother, give me both Jibei County and Jiaodong County!"

"The King of Qin didn't dare to ask for it! You are even more greedy than the violent Qin! Why don't you let me give you all the counties other than Qi County!"

Liu Chang asked in surprise: "A word is settled?!"

"Me", Liu Fei gritted his teeth, bent down, and was about to take off his shoes, Liu Chang ran away immediately, and ran to the distance, he shouted again: "If the eldest brother is reluctant to give it to me, then give it to Jibei County, but, If you can move some people, move some food, and get some iron tools."

Seeing that Liu Fei had picked up his shoes, Liu Chang didn't say a word, turned around and ran, and in the blink of an eye, he ran away without a trace.

In the Zhou Mansion, all the sages have arrived, and the young leaders have gathered together.

Qunxian was eating happily, but Liu Chang was the only one who was drawing something on the ground, muttering words in his mouth and laughing from time to time. Zhou Shengzhi sneaked up to Liu Chang's side, looked at the ground, and saw that Liu Chang drew several lines on the ground. , Zhou Shengzhi couldn't understand what this was at all, and asked doubtfully, "What is your majesty doing?"

Liu Chang said proudly, "Painting water."

"Painting water??"

"Yes, you see, this is all the water in our Tang country, this is Fen water, this is Dan water, this is Xiao water, Hengshui, I have a lot of water around the Tang Dynasty, you see, this is river water, if I In the future, if I can connect these rivers, my Tang Dynasty ships can go all the way from anywhere in the Tang Dynasty to Qi, Zhao, Yan, Chu...anywhere!"

Qunxian surrounded Liu Chang, listening carefully to his words.

"King Qi knows that the widow is virtuous and is going to give Jibei County to the widow, so the widow has such an idea!"

"Great King Shenwu!"

Everyone praised one after another, and Liu Chang said proudly, "One county today, three counties tomorrow."

"Cough, of course, there is a lot of land, and it is not necessary to always let the princes in the country donate land for the widow. In the future, the widow will definitely take all the land of the Xiongnu and make all the tribes submit to the widow. At that time, the territory of the Tang state will be ,invincible!"

"When the time comes, the king will be able to give back the land that he now asks for several times over."

"Fart! It's all mine! It's all mine! Don't give it!!"

Liu Chang suddenly covered the painting on the ground with both hands and shouted loudly.

Hearing this sentence, the rest of the sages did not react at all, but the two brothers Fan Yan and Fan Shiren lowered their heads, sullen, and sighed. Seeing them like this, Zhou Shengzhi asked curiously: "You and the King of Qi. Have a relative?"

"No."

"Then why are you sighing here?"

Fan Yan said helplessly: "Your Majesty has lent me a lot of money to see if your Majesty is like this, you probably won't be able to get it."

Zhou Shengzhi laughed, and he looked at Fan Shiren again, "You also borrowed money from the king?"

"No."

"Then why are you sighing?"

"The money eldest brother borrowed from the king is mine."

Liu Fei has his own mansion in Chang'an, but he didn't dare to live in these few days. Now that the Queen Mother ordered him to hold a banquet, he returned to his mansion, held a banquet overnight, and invited the Queen Mother and Her Majesty, King Tang. Waiting for the banquet.

When the crowd came, Liu Ying didn't give in any more, and sat in the upper seat, while Empress Lu sat aside, both of them were upper seats.

However, Liu Fei repeatedly asked Liu Chang to sit on top of him. Liu Chang did not refuse, and sat directly in a position closer to the emperor. Liu Fei sat respectfully at the end of the table.

Seeing this scene, a smile finally appeared on Empress Lu's face. Although it was just the usual fake smile, Liu Fei was finally able to eat.

"Brother, thank you for your gift of Jibei County! Don't worry, the widow will take good care of Jibei County. If something happens to the state of Qi, you tell the widow that the widow will leave some troops in Jibei County and can help you at any time. !"

"The officials in Jibei, don't transfer them away, just leave them with me! I'm too lazy to arrange new officials!"

"Don't move the grain in the granary!"

"Long! Don't be rude to your brother!"

After Lu Hou reprimanded, Liu Chang lowered his head and a smile appeared on his face.

Liu Fei hurriedly said: "Tang Wang is right, they should all stay."

"No, you'd better take the hoarded food back. Jibei County is an important place for Qi to hoard food. If there is a famine in Qi, this Shuzi will never give you half a grain of rice." Empress Lu said seriously.

"Mother! How can the monarch of benevolence and righteousness die?!"

"Shut up and say more, and I will take Jibei County back to the temple!"

Liu Chang murmured something, lowered his head and continued cooking.

"Knowing mistakes can be corrected. This is the best way to govern Qi well. Although Qi has no worries, the land of Yanzhao still needs more support from Qi."

"My son understands."

Liu Fei said seriously.

Not long after King Qi left, a major event happened in the DPRK.

The censor doctor Zhao Yao was dismissed, and Uncle Sun Tong took the position of censor doctor.

This caused an uproar among the ministers. You must know that although the Censor has the lowest status in the three kilometers, but no matter how low he is, he is still the third prince. Uncle Sun Tong, He De He Neng, and the flattering villain are also worthy of the same rank as Cao Can and Zhou Bo?Above the ministers?
All the ministers were very confused about this appointment. Including Cao Can, he did not like this uncle Sun Tong very much. After the ministers left, he stayed in the Xuanshi Hall and persuaded the emperor.

"Your Majesty, although Zhao Yao was at odds with his ministers, he was an important minister who was deeply loved by the late emperor. He was talented and did not make any mistakes. Why did Your Majesty dismiss him? Flattery, the late emperor didn’t like him either, and he said to his ministers many times: Uncles and grandsons told the rites, but they didn’t know them.”

"He gave others the etiquette, but none of them he himself obeyed."

"How can His Majesty give the position of the third prince to such a villain?"

Liu Ying was a little hesitant, but remembering what Liu Chang said, she made up her mind and said, "Since Cao Xiang thinks it's not right, should Cao Xiang appoint him?"

Cao Can stood up abruptly and said angrily, "I do everything for His Majesty's sake. How could His Majesty say such a thing to me? This must be taught by King Tang!"

Liu Ying was shocked and hurriedly said: "It was not taught by King Tang, this is my own idea."

Cao Can snorted, turned around and left the Xuanshi Hall.

Liu Ying stared blankly at him leaving, but didn't have time to stop him.

At this moment, in the Jiaofang Hall, Liu Changzheng was pestering his mother and begging.

"Mother, let me go too. I've been preparing for this hunt for so long, let me go too! Please!"

"Heh, you said earlier that you were going to hunt and practice arrows outside the city, that is, Ji Bu was agile and was almost killed by you with one arrow. You still want to go hunting with the emperor? You want to kill your brother and usurp the throne?!"

"Cough, mother, I have practiced with Guanhou for so long, and the archery is no longer at the original level!"

"That's the truth. Originally, they just flew past other people's ears, but now they all aim at their foreheads."

"Mother!!"

Liu Chang was a little angry, and he said, "I made a few mistakes, why does my mother look down on me so much?"

"You still have the face to say, this hunt, you are not allowed to go! When you have no mistakes, go again!"

Just when Liu Chang puffed up his face and felt indignant, the attendant hurriedly reported that Prime Minister Cao came to pay his respects.

"As soon as the thief Cao comes, there must be something wrong."

Liu Chang muttered, and Empress Lv glared at him and asked his attendant to invite Cao Xiang in.

Cao Can entered the hall, staring fiercely at Liu Chang, and then went to see Empress Lu.

"Cao Prime Minister is here, is there something important?"

"The Queen Mother! The minister wants to impeach King Tang. He speaks to the emperor, confuses the saint, and the princes interfere in state affairs. This is definitely not a good thing!"

Liu Chang suddenly jumped up and scolded: "My brother has the final say on state affairs, you Cao thief, do you want to stand up for Your Majesty?"

Cao Cankan didn't even look at him, just looked at Empress Lv, and said seriously: "The Empress Dowager, the minister has always been assisting Your Majesty, so that the ministers do not dare to despise him, and the affairs of the state are all decided by His Majesty. Do you just want to control the emperor?"

"Once such a precedent is opened, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Your Majesty can change the third prince, but if your Majesty wants to change it, you must not let the foreign king interfere with the affairs of the court, even if it is well-intentioned!"

Cao Can was extremely serious, he said: "Only Your Majesty can break the world!"

Empress Lu couldn't help narrowing her eyes, she naturally knew that Cao Can's words were not just for Liu Chang, but she nodded approvingly, she was not Liu Ying's enemy, never was," said Cao Xiang. Makes sense! I will tell King Tang, please rest assured Cao Xiang."

Only then did Cao Can get up, glared at Liu Chang, and said, "If you teach Your Majesty to do things again, I will teach you to do things!"

"You old thief, wait for me to get older and see if I won't give you to you, hey~~ Grandma, it hurts~~"

Empress Lu pinched Liu Chang's ear, "How about you give Cao Prime Minister?"

"Look at me if I don't bring you home for a good treat!"

Cao Can left angrily. Chang Liu looked at Empress Lv aggrievedly and lowered his head, "I just want to help my brother."

"He's your brother, not your child."

"I told you a long time ago that you just need to do your own thing well and shock the ministers. Don't do other things. Also, don't be rude to Cao Xiang."

"If this thief Cao hadn't had a beautiful daughter, I would have pulled out his beard!"

"Heh, Prime Minister Cao hates you so much, do you still want to marry his daughter?"

Hearing Empress Lv's words, Liu Chang woke up suddenly, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Mum. Do you think it is possible that Cao Xiang doesn't really hate me? It's just because of political differences, he can still be a Weng in private. husband?"

"It's impossible."

"Well, how many personal soldiers do I need to rob people from the Cao Mansion?"

"Hey! Mom! Let me say it casually! Say it casually!!"

Liu Chang looked at the stick in Empress Lu's hand and hurriedly said: "That Cao thief is not a good thing! Zhang Ren was killed by him!"

Empress Lu was taken aback, "What did you say?"

"I really didn't kill people. I do have such thoughts. However, Chen Ping told me about this matter, but Cao Can told me. Why did he send someone to tell me, didn't he just want me to do it? Lu Chan was sent by me, but I didn't let him poison Zhang Ren, I just asked him to scare Zhang Ren so that he wouldn't kill himself."

"Anyway, it's either Chen Ping or Cao Can."

"However, I don't think it's Chen Ping. If he wants to kill, he will definitely not spend so much effort. Besides, I sent someone to ask him for help before, and he didn't want to, so it must be Cao Can killed!"

Empress Lu seemed to understand something, and then she said coldly, "Zhang Ren died of illness."

"Okay, okay, the sick die."

Seeing Liu Chang's impatient face, Empress Lu sneered, "I'm so proud of being scammed. Shuzi"

Shusun Tong still took the position of the third prince. Although the ministers objected, but the emperor asked him to do it, and no one could refute, including Cao Can, who did not refute the emperor in front of the ministers, just black face, everyone It can be seen that he is not very satisfied with the new third public.

Sure enough, as soon as the new third prince took office, he began to flatter the emperor without bottom line.

This fellow instantly entered the state of a mad dog and turned into a vicious dog of the emperor. Every time he discussed the court, he stared at the ministers. Whenever the ministers showed a little lack of etiquette, he would reprimand them loudly. The same is true of the disciples, always staring at the ministers. This fellow is completely ruthless and criticizes everyone. When Cao Can attended the court meeting, he was a little late, and he stood in front of Cao Can and spoke to him for nearly half. The gift of an hour.

Cao Can was almost made to do it by him.

And Shusuntong placed his disciples in various important positions, staring at the ministers every day, as if expecting them to do something wrong. Such a censor doctor is really disgusting. After Tong became the censor, the ministers could not even drink wine, because they were afraid that Uncle Sun Tong would say that drinking together is a crime in the court meeting.

Yes, drinking four or five people together is illegal in the big Han, but Liu Bang never cares about this, and the ministers basically don't care. Only Shusun Tong, a dog thief, will hold on to these things.

Liu Chang finally followed the emperor to participate in the autumn hunt as he wished.

He was dressed in the clothes that should be worn for hunting, standing on a real chariot, Luan Bu came to drive, and there were sages on the left and right, but Liu Chang's face was very ugly, he lowered his head and looked at his hands The little short bow inside looked at the arrow without an arrow and cursed angrily, "Who is the minister in charge of hunting?! Do you treat princes and kings like this?!"

"Cough, Your Majesty, this is the Queen Mother's order."

Luan Bu reminded in a low voice.

"Can this thing hunt? It can't even shoot a rabbit!"

Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, Xiao Guan A said, "This is what my grandfather suggested! He said that the king learned to shoot with him for a year, and injured nine people, one of whom was a passerby, just on his way outside the mansion, You were shot down by one arrow. He said that you are amazingly brave, but this is the one he has never seen in his life."

With a dark face, Liu Chang picked up the bow and arrow, lowered his head and asked, "Where is Marquis Guan hunting?"

At this moment, in the Chen Mansion, Chen Ping was basking in the sun and eating tea, looking extremely comfortable.

"Patriarch, why don't you go hunting with the emperor?"

"No need to go, I've already hunted."

ps: Tired to kill me too!It's been a day, and I haven't eaten anything. I started to code when I came back from the hospital. I wrote it motionlessly until now, asking for a monthly pass! ! !
(End of this chapter)