Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 169 My naive and stupid brother, how can I change you?
Liu Chang grinned and sat facing Li Zuoche.

"I knew that Father Zhong would not abandon the people of the world and ignore them!"

"When Lord Wu'an was in Zhao, the Xiongnu invaded with an army of 20. Lord Wu'an defeated the Huns so much that the Xiongnu dared not go south to herd horses for ten years."

"Today, King Zhao is incompetent. Hearing about the invasion of the Huns, his legs tremble. He just wants to offer the city to surrender, but he doesn't dare to resist. The responsibility of defending against the Huns falls on me, the Tang Dynasty!"

"Without talent, yet willing to defeat such a powerful enemy for the world!"

"Today's Xiongnu Shanyu Modun is the son of Touman Shanyu who was defeated by Lord Wu'an! Now the Xiongnu is stronger than ever, and its territory is ten times that of our Tang country!"

Liu Chang said solemnly: "My Tang country is poor and can only barely resist. With your help this time, the Huns will no longer be afraid!"

Li Zuoche pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "When my grandfather defeated the Xiongnu, he used the method to show the enemy's weakness and lure the enemy into the depths. The current situation is different from before. Now, if you want to defeat the Xiongnu, you can't just rely on your strength. The army has to use many means.”

"Dividing its tribes, alienating its monarchs and ministers, embracing its herdsmen, revealing its notoriety, and subsidizing its powerful enemy king, this is not a battle like a crusade against thieves and bandits, this is a war between two great powers, and it should not be careless."

Li Zuoche seriously expounded his thoughts on fighting the Huns. This old man must have thought about these things a long time ago. According to his words, it is to use all means that Tang can and cannot use to deal with the Huns. He is a strategist, and he is definitely not a match for Han Xin to lead troops to fight in person, but he is really good at making plans.

"I know a little about the method of training troops. I can train troops for the king. To destroy the Huns, at least [-] cavalry, [-] chariots, [-] bowmen, and [-] infantry are needed."

Liu Chang's face gradually stiffened, "Mr. Li, if the widow had so many troops, I wouldn't be here to ask you for advice."

Li Zuoche was not angry, he stroked his beard and said softly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the power of Tang is not enough today, but it may not be necessary in the future."

Liu Chang got up, bowed to Li Zuoche, and said, "Please be the Grand Captain of Tang."

"Oh? Didn't Your Majesty just say the prime minister?"

"If Father Zhong wants to, then he will be the prime minister!"

"What about that picture?"

"It's okay, Father Zhong, my country in Tang implements the system of prime ministers left and right."

"Oh? Why didn't I know? When did this happen?"

"It was established from today."

Li Zuoche raised his head and laughed loudly, "Your Majesty's father!"

Now that the weather is freezing cold, Liu Chang must be reluctant to send the old treasure Li Zuoche to Tang country. If he freezes to death along the way, it is simply a waste of money. This is a general who can tell Han Xin's strategy. , Liu Chang thought for a moment, looked at Zhang Budo on the side, and said, "Starting today, you will stay here and treat Father Zhong as your elder! Take good care of you, and send someone to get food later. , wear, and use one of them!"

"Forget it, you don't have to move, Father Zhong, you can move directly to my Tang Palace! Zhang Budo, come here!"

Chang Liu took Zhang Budo to the side and said in a low voice, "Keep an eye on him, don't let him run away! Lord Zhao is old, I don't trust Ji Bu, Luan Bu has other important things, this one. The matter is left to you, you must take good care of him, you can't let him have an accident or let him run away! Do you understand?"

Zhang Budo immediately took the command, and said happily: "Datang has such a general, this is my great fortune in the Tang Dynasty! In the future, he will command the army, and no one in the Tang Dynasty can match! Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take good care of him. !"

After Zhang Wuzhu was instructed, Chang Liu took Li Zuoche to move house. Li Zuoche didn't want to leave. However, Tang Wang repeatedly pleaded, but Li Zuoche couldn't carry it, so he had to follow him to Tang Wangfu.As soon as he entered the Tang Palace, Li Zuoche saw a group of people carrying something in the wind and snow. Li Zuoche followed curiously, but found that they were working on various machines in the courtyard. One of them was a plow. caught his eye.

"This is a plow for sowing?? Good stuff!"

Li Zuoche exclaimed, and Chen Tao, who was beside him, looked at him for a while and asked, "Mr. also understands mechanics?"

"I don't understand machinery, but I know farming"

"Mr. is a farmer's?"

"No, I'm an old farmer."

Hearing this sentence, Chen Tao's expression became even more sad and indignant, "Your Majesty doesn't even spare the farmer now?"

Seeing that Li Zuoche quickly became familiar with these craftsmen, Liu Chang couldn't help but sighed. In fact, being able to make friends quickly is also a necessary skill for fighting. Isn't that what he is like?It seems that I really have the talent to become a famous general in the world!

"Old man, help me!"

"okay!"

Seeing that Li Zuoche was going to start with those Chu Mo, Zhang Budo was startled and was about to speak, but Liu Chang stopped him, "No problem, Father Zhong can do whatever he wants, don't stop him. ."

After arranging Li Zuoche to his mansion, the sky gradually turned dark, and Liu Chang returned to the palace.

Before he entered the Jiaofang Hall, he heard his mother's angry voice.

"How can you bear it?!"

Liu Chang quickened his pace and walked into the hall curiously, only to see Liu Yingzheng bowing his head, while Empress Lu angrily reprimanded him. Seeing this scene, Liu Chang lowered his head and tiptoed towards the inner room. Just after walking halfway, Empress Lu looked at him, "Where have you been, Shuzi? You came back so late! None of them gave me peace of mind!"

"No, A-mother makes you angry, why are you even scolding me?"

Liu Chang said aggrievedly, but because of his filial piety, Liu Chang obediently knelt down in front of Empress Lu.

"Ying! You will order tomorrow! Do you hear me?!"

Empress Lu said angrily.

Liu Ying just lowered her head and stern face, without answering.

Liu Chang couldn't help it. He asked, "Mother? What's the matter?"

"Nothing to do with you!"

"If you don't even have this courage, what are you doing?"

Empress Lu scolded a few more words, and walked into the inner room angrily. Only then did Chang Liu get up and look at Liu Ying beside him, "What's the matter? Why is your mother so angry?"

"Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, since his father died, he has no longer sent envoys to pay tribute. This year, he has made orders at home, which means arrogance, and his mother is very angry. She wants to order that the countries around Nanyue will Ban on the sale of iron and other items to South Vietnam"

"Zhao Tuo? It's Zhao Ren again? I found that Zhao Ren doesn't have a good thing!"

Liu Ying took a deep look at Liu Chang and said, "Zhao Tuo is Zhao Guozhen Ding Zhao."

"Oh Amount."

Liu Chang was thoughtful and asked again, "Why doesn't the elder brother refuse?"

"Eldest brother, before my father passed away, he told me about Nanyue. He said, don't persecute Nanyue. If Nanyue is rude, you can send messengers to persuade them, and don't make bad relations, let alone cause war between the two countries. Now that there are Xiongnu outside the Han Dynasty, if there is another enmity with Nanyue, alas.”

Liu Ying shook her head and sighed.

"Why didn't Father let him go? Could it be that Zhao Tuo is so powerful? Even Father is afraid?"

"It's not that I'm afraid. My father just doesn't want to rashly raise an army, and I don't want to obey my mother's orders. My father will not be wrong."

"Oh, it's all excuses! Father is just scared!"

As Liu Chang spoke, he frowned for a moment and pondered for a while before asking in a low voice, "Brother, he hasn't sent an envoy to Chang'an for two years, has he?"

"yes."

Liu Chang suddenly laughed, "That's great, I have a way to make him obediently send messengers to Chang'an, as usual."

"Oh? What's the eldest brother's plan?"

Liu Ying asked happily.

"A letter of repair, guarantee that Zhao Tuo will never dare to be rude again!"

Liu Ying's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly said: "eldest brother, don't write any more letters, I'll go to follow the order of my mother and impose a ban on South Vietnam." Liu Ying got up and was about to leave, but Liu Chang He hurriedly pulled him and said angrily, "Brother, what do you mean?"

Liu Ying said helplessly: "eldest brother, you should go in and accompany grandma, I still have something important to do."

"I didn't write the letter! I asked someone to write to him!"

"Who???"

"Master~~~"

The next day, Liu Chang walked into Han Xin's mansion with a smile.

Han Xin glanced at him and said nothing.

"Master, I've already met Li Zuoche, hahaha, I'm going to make him the captain of Tang!"

"Ah."

Han Xin was very calm, without the slightest surprise, as if he had already guessed that this would be the case.

"Master, do you have any other talents you can recommend? It's okay if Li Zuoche is not so powerful, just like Guanying Fan Kuai and the others!"

"Oh, no."

"What about Cao Can and Chen Ping?"

"No more."

"Alas, what a pity."

Liu Chang shook his head, "I was not born at the right time. If I was born 30 years earlier, I would take all of these people under my command!" After a moment of emotion, Liu Chang smiled again and said, "I want to ask master to write a letter for me. letter!"

"Oh? What letter?"

"Write a letter to Zhao Tuo, King of Nanyue."

Han Xin said coldly, "I'm not familiar with him."

Liu Chang said helplessly: "The master thinks that if you send troops to attack South Vietnam, will you be able to win?"

"South Vietnam is hot and humid, and there is miasma everywhere. When the soldiers from the Central Plains arrive there, they will fall ill and cannot fight at all, unless they are recruited from Wu, Chu, Changsha and other places. But those soldiers do not have the hardcover of the Northern Army and lack weapons. Although Zhao Tuo Not bad, but with favorable terrain, it is very difficult for other generals to defeat South Vietnam."

"Yeah, Nanyue didn't send envoys to the DPRK for three years. My mother was very angry. She even planned to attack Nanyue, but His Majesty refused."

"Therefore, I want the master to scare him, and I wrote in a letter that I haven't seen his messenger for a long time, and if I want to meet him in person, His Majesty will also take advantage of the situation to say that South Vietnam is disrespectful in the court and prepare to let the captain When it comes to your expedition to South Vietnam, Master and the messenger will bring back these two news, I don't believe that Zhao Tuo can still sit and live!"

Han Xin sneered, "You are fooling Zhao Tuo as a fool."

"How can someone who can sit firmly in the position of the lord of the country be fooled by a scumbag like you!"

Liu Chang asked in surprise: "Isn't he afraid of you?"

"afraid."

"Then why wouldn't you be fooled?"

"Because he knew that I would never be able to command the army."

"Well, he hasn't sent anyone to Chang'an for two years, so he doesn't know the situation in Chang'an."

"Huh." Han Xin sneered and didn't answer.

Liu Chang suddenly felt a little frustrated, "Isn't there a way to take care of Nanyue? Yesterday, I slapped my chest and swore to my brother that I would definitely succeed. What should I do?"

Han Xin said earnestly: "If you want to defeat Nanyue, you must first make Chu Wu and other countries prosperous, and let them train their troops well. Zhao Tuo is not young, and Nanyue is not a good place. This guy will definitely not have much life. Wait for him. If you die, you can take advantage of their domestic turmoil to attack with all their strength and destroy them in one fell swoop."

"Oh what about now?"

"If you just want Zhao Tuo to continue to surrender, it's very simple."

"come here."

Han Xin whispered his thoughts to Liu Chang, and Liu Chang widened his eyes and listened carefully.

"Brother! I thought hard and came up with a plan to deal with South Vietnam! You don't even need to send messengers!"

When Liu Chang appeared in front of Liu Ying again, he looked so confident, he said proudly: "The small country of Nanyue, how can I let my master write a letter to threaten? The reason why Zhao Tuo no longer sees the court is actually He is testing the attitude of the big man, once he finds that the big man can't deal with him, he will definitely become emperor! Continue to expand his territory toward the south!"

"The best way now is to make Zhao Tuo feel threatened."

"Brother, you can order Chu, Wu and other countries to build high granaries near the south. It doesn't matter if there is any grain in the granary, but there must be more granaries. You can build school grounds in many places. It doesn't matter if there are troops in it, but you must make a The illusion that a large army is coming with a large amount of food."

"Also, let Chu Wu and other countries recruit soldiers in Changsha and other counties, and conduct frequent drills. It doesn't matter if you practice well or not, just let Zhao Tuo know that the big man is preparing the army."

"The most important thing is to order Chu Wu and other kings to secretly find a guide who is familiar with the terrain of South Vietnam."

"As long as these things can be done, the King of Nanyue will definitely send messengers here."

Hearing Liu Chang's words, Liu Ying exclaimed: "It's really the milk tiger of my family!"

Immediately, Liu Ying couldn't bear it anymore, and he said: "Elder brother, it's just what you said, it will cost the national strength of the southern countries. Frequent drills will also affect the busyness of agriculture. It's just because South Vietnam does not send envoys, it is just like this. Isn't it worth it?"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, "How can there be such a confused emperor!"

"Today, Nanyue is arrogant, and we don't care. Tomorrow, the southern Zhuyue starts to arrogate, and the day after tomorrow will be the Kingdom of Jing, and the day after tomorrow will be the Kingdom of Zhao!"

"This kind of thing, of course, is to be stifled, how can we condone it? This world must be my big man's world, even if it is just tribute, it is necessary! What we want is not the things he paid tribute, but the unification of the world. what!"

Hearing Liu Chang's reprimand, Liu Ying suddenly realized and said, "Okay, I'll do it now!"

Liu Chang looked at his brother helplessly. When he returned to the Jiaofang Palace with his head down, Empress Lu was reading the playlist.

"Ah, mother, I finally know why my eldest brother is always making you so angry, really, just now I really almost couldn't help it. When my eldest brother is good, people can't wait to hug him and kiss him a few times. When I'm stupid, I want to beat him hard!"

Empress Lu put down the bamboo slip in her hand with a complicated expression.

"I thought that with a child, he would be able to grow up, but now he has this virtue. If one day, I am gone, and you go to Fengguo, what should he do?"

Liu Chang looked at the gray in Empress Lu's hair, sat beside her, and shouted, "Mother, don't say anything unlucky!"

"Ugh"

Empress Lu sighed again. Liu Chang still remembers clearly that only two or three years ago, my mother still had black hair. In just a few years, my mother's hair began to turn gray, just because my father was not there. Yet?Not only that, probably because every time the eldest brother finishes playing the table, the reason why grandma has to stay up all night to continue reading.

The mother did this not to control the emperor, but to fear that this innocent and stupid son would make some wrong decisions.

"Actually, my brother has also improved. You can see that he didn't dare to refute my mother before. Now that my mother gave an order, he actually dared not to obey! It's just that the growth rate is a bit slow, but, mother, you don't want to either. I'm worried, my sister-in-law is smart, she will help my elder brother if anything happens."

Empress Lu didn't say a word, just handed a memorial sheet in her hand to Chang Liu, "Look at this."

Liu Chang took it over curiously and looked down. This was a letter from Hanoi County. The general content of the letter was to cry about Hanoi's poverty and beg the emperor to allow Hanoi to have the right to mint private coins for one year.

In the last year, Cao Can said that the situation at this moment is different from that of the early Han Dynasty. It is possible to prohibit the private minting of coins in various places, and call the coins minted privately in various places as counterfeit coins. the country strictly follows.At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the currency was unified, but at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the currency became chaotic again. At first, the Han did not agree to restore the national strength in a short period of time, but now, the world is gradually stabilized, and the currency must naturally stabilize.

Let Hanoi continue its previous style and let the big households continue to mint coins. The head of the Hanoi County Governor is simply flooded! !
Seeing Liu Ying's reply, Liu Chang only felt a buzzing sound in his ears for a while, and almost yelled at him.

Did you agree? ?agreed? ?Hey my brother! !

Empress Lu was silent, and her face was extraordinarily calm.

"This Hanoi county governor, I will join him." Liu Chang almost swears, he hurriedly stopped, and said, "This man can no longer be the county governor!"

Empress Lu said calmly: "At this time, he has almost died of illness."

"Forehead"

Looking at the sad eyes of his mother in front of him, Liu Chang gritted his teeth and said, "Mum, let me take my eldest brother out for a walk, give me two months, and I will make my eldest brother change completely! He can't go on like this, it's not a question of innocence, it's just stupid! If he goes on like this, sooner or later there will be a big problem!"

"Ah."

Empress Lu obviously did not believe that Liu Chang could change Liu Ying. She and Liu Bang had not been able to make him change for more than ten years. Could this Shuzi be able to do it?
"Mom, just wait, I'll do what I say!"

Liu Chang said, and hurriedly walked to the door, "Bang", just as he reached the door, Liu Chang was suddenly hit by something. Liu Chang was fine himself, but the man on the opposite side was almost hit and flew away. Liu Chang took a closer look, Fan Qing sat on the ground, gritted her teeth, and stared at herself angrily.

When he saw Fan Qing, Liu Chang suddenly felt scared, "Mom, I'm leaving, I'm leaving!"

Liu Chang was about to escape, but Fan Qing grabbed Liu Chang's leg and shouted, "You want to run if you hit someone?!"

"You let go! I won't marry you! I won't marry you if you kill me!!"

Fan Qing was stunned for a moment, then became furious, got up abruptly and rushed over, "Who wants to marry you?!"

"Mum!! Mum!! You take care of her! I really want to do it! Let go! Poisonous woman! I'm going to beat someone!"

"Ouch! Grandma!! She bit me!!"

ps: I have been sitting for a long time, my liver hurts. I will work hard and write another chapter. It may not be a big chapter. I can’t write more than 5000 words. Today I have written more than 1000 words, [-] words Xiaozhang probably can do it, let's work hard.

(End of this chapter)