Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 162 The princes and kings who have mansions are different!
Three years of Emperor Han.

The snow was blowing, and the entire Chang'an was covered by the snow. Even the bear children dared not go out in the cold. The whole Chang'an was empty, only the patrolling soldiers, braving the frost, pressed the snow to go back and forth in Chang'an. During the inspection, their faces were frozen red, and thick fog was constantly exhaling from their mouths.

Fortunately, when Zixin is kind today, before the winter season, he sent a lot of winter clothes to the patrolling soldiers, and ordered them to reduce the number of patrolling out, and set up a few huts in the city to keep out the snow, When a fire is lit, it can shelter from the cold, which makes the soldiers deeply moved. This treatment was not available in the past.

"Big sister!!"

Liu Chang rushed into the Jiaofang Hall. He was wearing a large light yellow fur and a windbag. His face was flushed, but he didn't care at all. His eyes quickly passed the few people who passed by, and finally stopped on Liu Le's body. He rushed to Liu Le's side with a smile. He wanted to rush into her arms, but he rushed to the eldest sister's side. He was embarrassed to find that he could no longer threw himself into the eldest sister's embrace.
Liu Le looked at Liu Chang, who was as tall as himself, rubbed his eyes, and widened his eyes, "Long, you."

When my grandfather passed away, it was only a few years before this Shuzi was less than his own shoulders!
Liu Chang was particularly proud, he grinned, "Eldest sister has become shorter!"

"What if you're tall? Ah? Dare to be disrespectful to me?" Liu Le stretched out his hand and rubbed the guy's head with a smile.

"Just rub it, eldest sister, in a year or two, you won't be able to reach it!" Liu Chang said proudly.

"Yo, you have a good temper, mother, give me the stick over there."

"Eldest sister. We haven't seen each other for so many years. You want to hit me as soon as we see you?! Could it be that you came back in the wind and snow just to hit me?!"

Liu Le laughed, but Empress Lu sternly said, "Shuzi! I haven't seen your sister-in-law yet!"

Only then did Liu Chang react, he hurriedly turned to look at Zhang Ao, leaned over to meet him, and Zhang Ao got up and returned the salute.

Zhang Yan and Zhang Yan also got up to pay their respects to their uncle, Liu Chang let them up carelessly, walked to Zhang Yan's side a few steps, and put his arms around his shoulder, "You son, you are here at the right time! Now it's cold winter, It is most suitable for catching rabbits, these days, I have been eating rabbit meat for four or five days in a row, and I have a good hunting dog named Ruyi"

Zhang Yan looked at his uncle who was a head taller than him, and his expression became more and more respectful.

Zhang Yan asked curiously, "Are there still rabbits in winter?"

"Of course! Under such snow, rabbits have short legs and can't run fast. It's the easiest time to catch them!"

Zhang Yan's eyes lit up, "I've always wanted to raise rabbits."

"Yu girl! This matter is left to me! I'll catch you!"

The children were chatting here, and Empress Lu was also chatting with Princess Lu Yuan and his wife, Liu Le said embarrassedly: "I already have a food town, and my mother wants to give me land, why don't I stay and reward those who have meritorious deeds? Soldiers."

"You can only see how big your food town is. If you own the Tang country, you won't give up if you get another county. What are you going to give up?"

Empress Lu is really fond of Princess Lu Yuan, and she speaks very gently, and her tone is completely different from that of Liu Chang.

Princess Lu Yuan thanked him again and again, and Zhang Ao followed suit.

Empress Lu glanced at Zhang Ao again and said, "I don't blame you for always interacting with some rangers and the like on weekdays, but you have to take good care of them. If they make any mistakes, His Majesty will punish them. You beg."

"only!"

The three were chatting when Liu Chang suddenly stuck his head out from the side and looked at Liu Le with a smile, "Sister, where's my gift?"

"What gift?"

"Every time the eldest sister comes, she prepares gifts for the princes!"

"Yes, I also prepared a gift for Xiang when I came this time. Now in the palace, besides him, there is no other son, aren't they all princes and kings?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, before he said, "I've grown up so much, and I've never been to Fengguo. To be precise, I'm not considered a prince."

Liu Le laughed, "Don't worry, why didn't I prepare a gift for you! You'll find out later!"

"Thank you big sister!"

Liu Chang immediately looked at his sister-in-law, Zhang Ao sighed silently in his heart, he knew for a long time that he could not escape, he doesn't love coming to Chang'an now, every time he came to Chang'an, it was a big bleeding, my father left it to him The family is going to be ruined.

"I know that the people of Tang country are suffering, so I specially prepared some bark furs that can be sent to Tang country"

This bark fur is a coat made of tree bark. People can't afford animal skin coats at home, so they have coats made of tree bark. In the future, there will even be paper furs.

Liu Chang raised his head, "My sister-in-law is my close relative, and I have to give gifts every time I come here. How can I accept it with peace of mind?"

"I also hope that the king will accept a little more."

"Hey, since it's my sister-in-law's intention, then I won't refuse!"

Liu Chang stood up, looked outside the hall, and said, "Someone!"

Immediately, two valet walked in, both of them holding things. Liu Chang first took one and handed it to Liu Le respectfully, "Sister, I gave this to you! You have given it to me many times. I can't return the gift!"

Liu Le widened his eyes and took a look at the gift. It was a painted lacquer make-up swag, and it had everything in it. It could be seen that this man was very careful. When Liu Le took the gift, his eyes were a little red, and Liu grew up. Startled, "Don't you like it?"

"No. My eldest brother has grown up!"

"That's natural!"

Liu Chang proudly picked up the second gift and gave it to Zhang Ao. Zhang Ao took the gift. Is this a flag?The banner was a bit tattered. He opened it and saw the big word "Changshan" on it. Liu Chang smiled and said, "This is the banner that King Jing used to attack Xiang Yu. Later, it was renamed King Zhao. Then hand it back to the temple, which I asked for from Your Majesty."

Zhang Ao widened his eyes, his hands trembled slightly, Zhang Ao admired his father Zhang Er very much, and collected his father's relics all over the country, but he was very excited that Liu Chang could give him one. Looking at Chang Liu, he was about to say thank you, but Chang Liu pulled him up, "My sister-in-law has helped me many times, why is this so?"

The atmosphere in the Jiaofang Hall suddenly became more harmonious, Empress Lu gave Liu Chang a deep look, but did not speak.

Just when they were chatting happily, Liu Ying walked in with a smile.

"Big sister!"

Liu Le, Zhang Ao and others hurriedly got up and met the emperor.

Liu Ying was about to help them subconsciously, thinking of something, then she accepted their visit and said, "Get up."

Liu Ying sat next to Empress Lv and said seriously, "The queen originally wanted to bring her child along, but it's too cold outside."

"It should be like this, we will go to see the queen and the son later."

"I heard that in autumn hunting, the emperor shot a tiger."

Liu Ying smiled bitterly, "It's the soldiers who helped, otherwise, how could I have such a skill?"

"Even if someone helps, and the emperor shoots a tiger, that's not easy."

Zhang Ao chatted with Liu Ying, and Liu Le asked again, "Is the eldest brother also gone?"

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Let's talk about the tiger that His Majesty shot. My body is a tiger's skin. How about it, majesty?"

Empress Lu said coldly: "This Shuzi came to beg me several times, and I let him go. Who knows, he won't get along with Guanhou."

"what?"

"Don't worry, there is no arrow, and a small short bow is used."

"Is Guan Hou all right?"

"He shot at Guanhou. Of course Guanhou is fine, but Xiahouying, who was next to Guanhou, had a bad luck."

"Cough, what's inside, I went outside to play, let Yan go with me."

Liu Le hurriedly said, "It's so cold outside."

Zhang Ao said, "Go ahead, Yan doesn't have any friends on weekdays and is always alone. He happened to meet his uncle to meet some friends. How can a husband stay in the house? Let him go!"

Liu Le is also not good at not giving face to his beloved in public, he just glared at him and told him to wait when no one was there before letting them go.

"Uncle is new to shooting?"

"Eh, no, how should I put it, according to Guanhou's words, I just don't know how to keep my strength and shoot with all my strength, so the aim is a little off, but the damage is enough, you can say I'm accurate, I can't shoot even if I aim at Guanhou. , you're not sure, I can insert the arrow into General Xiahou's crown again."

"Stop talking about this, I'll take you to meet the talents in Chang'an!"

Zhang Yan followed his uncle out of the city and went to a courtyard in the city. There were a lot of children here. There was a fire and they were chatting. , introduced: "This is my Yu Ziyan!"

Everyone greeted him, Zhang Yan was timid, he always stayed at home on weekdays, and didn't interact with his peers very much, so he didn't dare to speak.

Zhou Shengzhi raised his head high, as the eldest one in the Qunxian, this fellow already had some stubble on his face, but he wanted to let everyone know that he had a beard, and always raised his head, Qunxian also I'm very envious. They also want to grow a beard, preferably a big beard like my father's, how majestic!

Liu Chang touched his bald chin, looked at Zhou Shengzhi with some displeasure, and said sourly, "You have to be careful, if you are caught in the future, you can be punished!"

Qunxian began to talk about who has the best beard in Chang'an City. Many people were affected by the torture and believed that the Han Dynasty had no barbers. In fact, this is wrong. Han people do not have messy beards and hair. They Not savages, they trim too, they trim their beards into shapes and apply "hairspray" to set them in place.

The men of the Han Dynasty loved beauty very much, and the fierce generals also cherished their beards. Liu Bang was a typical example. He trimmed his beard every day. Therefore, everyone thought that his beard was very good-looking, and Liu Bang was also proud of it.

Everyone chatted here for a long time, and then went out to hunt rabbits.

Zhang Yan played crazy with his uncle for a day. This was the first time he experienced the happiness outside. Even if his ears were a little numb from the cold, he didn't care. Your Majesty, you have a very bright smile.

At night, Liu Chang returned to the palace with two rabbits.

"Yan!"

Zhang Yan was very happy when Liu Chang handed the two shivering rabbits to the girl. She smiled and looked at the two rabbits, not knowing how to thank uncle. Liu Chang waved his hand and instructed again. : "Remember, don't keep it directly in the courtyard, this thing will run away, get a cage"

At night, Zhang Yan was still talking to his parents about Liu Chang.

"Uncle is really amazing, he runs faster than a dog!"

"He caught the rabbit directly after chasing it. He still knows how to catch a bird!"

"Uncle also took us to Marquis Jiancheng's house. Marquis Jiancheng was very happy to see me. He also said that he would come to visit you. By the way, he also slaughtered sheep to entertain us!"

Seeing the chattering words of his usually silent son today, Zhang Ao glanced at Liu Le with a smile, "You little brother, it's not normal, look at his return gift today, he's all prepared, and he's investigated you and me. No wonder you've always loved him so much."

Liu Le glared at him, "I love him because he is my brother, not because of anything else!"

"Okay, okay, you have the final say!"

"However, with your younger brother here, no one dares to bully Yan and Yan."

Liu Le let the two children go to bed first, and then said to Zhang Ao: "Today, my mother said something to me. I think she means that she wants to marry Yan Wang Liu Bi."

Zhang Ao's face changed greatly, he frowned, and asked angrily: "What does the mother mean? Are you going to use my daughter to win over the outer king?!"

Liu Le narrowed his eyes, "Don't worry. I will handle this matter."

The next day, Chang Liu sat in the car and asked in confusion, "Big sister, where are we going?"

Liu Le smiled, "You'll know when you get there."

They walked all the way and stopped at the entrance of a mansion. Liu Chang looked at it for a moment and asked, "Isn't this your other courtyard? Are the gifts here?"

"Yes!"

Liu Chang jumped out of the carriage with a smile, and walked quickly to the entrance of the mansion. Suddenly, he was stunned, raised his head, and looked at the plaque above the mansion.

It turned out not to be here, because Liu Le does not live here often, and did not specifically mark the residence of Princess Lu Yuan, but at this moment, in the upper left corner of the residence, the words "Tang Wangfu" were marked, and Liu Chang was stunned. After a while, he turned his head slowly, "Sister? Are you going to give me this mansion??"

"You too have grown up to have your own mansion."

"Several other princes and kings have them, but you don't have them. This is a gift to the princes and kings."

"Sister!!"

In Liu Chang's heart, it was indescribable excitement. He finally had a mansion of his own. He finally had his own territory. He could invite other people to be guests in an open and honest manner, and he could do whatever he wanted here. Things to do.

Soon, the three great deceased people and the sages came, and Duke Zhao was old, so Liu Chang did not let him go out. After all, the other people in the cold weather helped Liu Chang clean up this place, and the mansion was always empty. Yes, a lot of things need to be filled up, so Qunxian brought some things from his own home to make up. As for Liu Chang, he stood proudly in the courtyard with a smile on his face, looking at his mansion, constantly talking about it. .

"I'm going to build a kennel here, take over Ruyi, and raise it here!"

"I'm going to get a pavilion here, so I can have a banquet here in summer!"

"I'm going to get a shooting range in the backyard, so I can practice arrows with peace of mind in the future!"

After everyone cleared the snow, Chang Liu hosted a banquet in his mansion to entertain everyone, which was considered a thank you.

Liu Chang sat in the upper seat, and the three Shiren sat on either side of him.

"From now on, this will be my mansion. You can come here often to discuss important matters with the widow!"

"only!"

"That's right, Zhang Xiang sent someone to send me a letter. The letter said that most of the officials in Qi are arrogant and unwilling to follow it. The same is true of the people of Qi, who are quite dissatisfied with the Tang Dynasty. He is trying to solve this problem. In the vassal states of various places, the people only know their own king and do not obey the orders of the Son of Heaven, how can there be such a thing in the world?!”

Liu Chang asked angrily.

Luan Bu hesitated for a moment, but didn't speak. It seems that the most serious situation is Tang Guo, right? ?
Liu Chang asked, "What can you do?"

Zhang Budo got up first, he said: "The people of Jibei County have always regarded themselves as people from Qi, and now they have returned to the Tang Dynasty. It is understandable that they are dissatisfied. The king can write to Zhang Xiang and ask him to come from Qi people. Select some officials from here, go to all parts of the Tang country, divide them, and then reduce taxes and taxes, and receive the hearts of the people, within five years, Jibei County will be able to return to their hearts!"

Liu Chang nodded and looked at Luan Bu again.

"Your Majesty can set up more docks in Jibei to make it more frequent in contact with other counties and counties in Tang. I, Datang, encourage reclamation, and this policy can also be implemented in Qi, encouraging people in Qi to go to Shangdang, etc. Reclamation of land, reduction of commercial tax for trade, exemption of vehicle and boat tax, and encouragement of people from other regions to go to Qi for more contacts between the two sides, naturally there will be no conflict."

Liu Chang finally looked at Ji Bu.

Ji Bu said with a smile: "The problem of Jibei County is actually a problem of how to manage it."

"Jibei is different from other counties in Datang. Your Majesty can build Jibei County into a center of trade with the southern princes. My Datang has superb smelting technology and various advanced technologies, which can be exchanged for raw materials to strengthen the connection between the north and the south. , this is also beneficial to the big man, the reason why the concept of great unity cannot be formed in various places is mainly because the roads are inconvenient and there are not many contacts."

"Your Majesty can use the Tang Kingdom as a hub to connect the entire Great Han, so that the exchanges between different places are close, so that all places can understand what is one."

"The most important of them is the road of water and land."

Liu Chang carefully wrote down their thoughts, this is his group of sages!
The same question, when he asked another group of sages, Zhou Shengzhi's answer was to kill all the people in Jibei County and take over the people of Tang. He took the people of Jibei County out to build the Great Wall of Tang State, built a royal tomb for Liu Chang, reduced their population, burned their books, and forced them to speak the Tang dialect.

The widow is the king of Tang!Not the King of Qin! !

At this moment, Luan Bu suddenly said: "Your Majesty, if it's freezing cold today, Shang Fang has stopped work, and Shang Fang sent someone to ask me, what should I do with those Mohist Confucians? They don't have a place to live, and they can't follow Shang Fang into the palace Shang Fang. The people who don't dare to let them go."

"Send a group of people back to Tang State first. Let them teach other craftsmen in Tang State."

"Qin Mo and a part of Chu Mo stay, and the widows have their own arrangements."

"only!"

Zhang Budo got up again, "Your Majesty, the things you asked me to send to the personal school grounds have already been delivered. It's just that the school grounds are crude and cannot keep out the wind and snow. Liu Buhao wants to reinforce the school grounds."

"You go to the captain later, and let the northern army find a way! The emperor once said that the northern army is responsible for the supplies of the widowed soldiers, and he is also responsible for the school grounds!"

"only!"

After Liu Chang explained these things, he suddenly laughed.

"It looks like it!"

"Finally starting to look like a real prince!"

"The princes and kings who have their own mansions are different!"

"Ruyi doesn't have a mansion in Chang'an, right?"

(End of this chapter)