Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 193

"very good."

Empress Lu nodded, "You did a good job."

"However, only the first half is enough. The rest of the content is too complicated for officials to use."

"Complicated? I just put forward a few formulas. If you explain it in detail, it will be at least ten times thicker than this!"

Liu Chang proudly raised his head, "Mother, what reward do I have for such a great achievement?"

"Then I will reward you with Fan Qing."

"Ah?? Mom, I did this purely for the sake of the world's righteousness. This is what I should have done in the first place, and I dare not accept the reward for it!"

A smile appeared on Empress Lu's face, and then she straightened her face and said, "Long. I have been in politics for a while and have sixteen strategies. It's a pity that I can't achieve eleven and five strategies."

"Mum, nothing is perfect in this world. If there are successes, there will be failures. What Mum has done is amazing. The development of Chang'an is faster than that of Taiyuan."

"Ah."

Empress Lu snorted coldly and glared at Liu Chang, "You, Tang Guofu, are very rich."

"No, no, the people are not well-dressed and hungry. I mean that the scale of Chang'an is about to surpass that of Taiyuan. Taiyuan has less people and more land, how dare you compare it with Chang'an."

Empress Lu didn't care about this issue anymore, she pondered for a moment and said, "I want to tell you another reason."

"Mom, tell me."

"Gong Wei Heng has a younger brother named Zhou Yu. When their father, Duke Wei Zhuang, was in power, he spoiled Zhou Yu too much and cultivated his arrogant and unreasonable habits. Zhou Yu murdered Duke Huan, seized the throne, and advised him. His name is Shi Hou. But after he became king, he made great efforts to build construction, oppressed the people, and did all kinds of evil."

"Shi Hou's father is called Shi Jing. He designed to get rid of Zhou Yu and killed his own son Shi Hou. Shi Ying's behavior is called righteous killing of relatives. Family and country are more important than personal feelings."

Liu Chang was stunned and shouted: "Mum!! I didn't want to murder my brother!! I'm different from Na Zhouyu!! Why do you want to kill your relatives righteously?!"

Empress Lu was furious and scolded: "Go away!!!"

Liu Chang stood up, walked a few steps, and looked at Empress Lv aggrievedly, "Mum, if you kill your relatives righteously, can you tell me first? I'm not married yet."

Empress Lu angrily picked up the wooden stick on the side, and Liu Chang turned around and ran.

When Liu Chang walked out of the palace, there was no smile on his face.

When the few friends who were waiting for him saw Liu Chang's appearance, they were suddenly a little confused. Luan Bu hurried forward, "Your Majesty? What's the matter? Didn't the queen mother use your writings?"

"The queen mother is very satisfied, and decided to copy it and distribute it to various places for the officials to learn."

"Then why is the king like this?"

Liu Chang let out a long sigh, glanced at Ji Bu, and said calmly, "He only used half of it."

"Hahaha, that's the way it is. Your Majesty, don't worry, this book alone will make your Majesty famous all over the world. In the future, when people talk about Majesty, they have to add a virtuous character!"

Liu Changchun was overjoyed and led everyone back to the Tang Palace happily.

The sages have finished, and the younger ones gather together.

Comparing the praise of the people, the praise of the sages is the real praise.

"The talent of the king is not as good as even Confucius!"

"I'm not as good as me!"

"Like Cangjie creating characters!"

Jia Yi couldn't listen at all, gritted his teeth, and turned his head angrily, just in time to see Luan Bu also looking like this.It is also difficult for the sages to say Confucius like this because of these two Confucian scholars, and they just pretend that they have not heard anything.

Liu Chang long forgot what he had promised Jia Yi a few days ago, and once again started a banquet to celebrate.

Well, what happened in the past was repeated again, but this time, Jia Yi hid quickly, and Zhou Shengzhi hugged Zhang Budo.When Zhou Shengzhi began to cry that his father forced him to start a family, and that he would no longer be able to be so leisurely in the future, Zhang Budo led him earnestly. Jia Yi looked a little dazed.

Drunk as usual, hanging on Jia Yi's shoulders, Liu Chang staggered into the inner room, everyone had already left, and a few of his family were ready to leave.

Jia Yi was about to help Liu Chang lie down, but Liu Chang grabbed his hand.

isn't it?again?

Jia Yi looked up, but saw Liu Chang staring at him, Liu Chang's face was no longer drunk, he looked so energetic, "Secretly go and give me Zhang Budo, Zhao Ping, and Luan Bu. Call! Let them come secretly, and don't disturb others."

"Your Majesty. You weren't drunk just now."

"Didn't the widow promise you not to drink anymore? I've already asked Zhang Budo to replace the water I just drank. Don't ask any more questions, go and call Zhang Budo and the others!"

Jia Yi nodded, no wonder the sword dance just now had no soul, it turned out to be fake drunk.

Soon, the Four Great Scheiders stood in front of Liu Chang.

Liu Chang sat on the bed, looked into their eyes, and said seriously, "I called you here this time because there is something very important, and I want to ask you what you think."

Several people looked at him seriously, and Liu Chang looked at Jia Yi again and said, "This is a major event related to the survival of the great man, and it must not be spread."

Jia Yi nodded solemnly.

Only then did Liu Chang say, "Today, my mother suddenly told me about the righteous killing of my relatives."

"Ah?? The queen mother wants to do something to the king??"

Zhang Budo's eyes widened, Liu Chang glanced at him, and scolded, "You idiot! How could my mother do anything to me?!"

"The king continues."

"No. That's it, but I see that my mother's face is not very good and she suddenly mentioned it. I'm afraid that there will be a change."

Zhang Budo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Could it be your Majesty's business?"

"Fart! How could my mother do something to the second brother?!"

"What does the minister mean, the matter of abolition?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Luan Bu, Zhao Ping, Jia Yi and the others.Abolishing his son because of the righteousness of the world seems to be a kind of righteousness to destroy relatives, but Liu Chang always felt that this was not the case.

Luan Bu also expressed his opinion, "Maybe it's just that the queen mother wants the king to understand her ruling, and let the king know that the world's righteousness is more important than everything else."

Zhaoping shook his head, "The Queen Mother's meaning is definitely not that simple. I doubt that the Queen Mother may want to do something to someone close to the king."

"what??"

Liu Chang looked at Zhaoping in surprise, but Zhaoping frowned, did not speak, and continued to ponder.

"Your Majesty, I think that if the Queen Mother wants to do something to someone, she doesn't need to remind her. The Queen Mother is not a ruthless person. I think she just wants the King to stop accusing her of her ruling behavior and enlighten her Majesty."

Jia Yi also opened his mouth to express his thoughts.

Liu Chang lowered his head again and pondered. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he asked everyone to go back and continued to inquire about the situation calmly.

The next day, Liu Chang finished washing up, sat among the people, rubbed his head, and said with a smile, "I can't drink anymore."

Everyone ate together, and Shiren went to work. Liu Chang practiced swordsmanship in the mansion, and then began to draw the bow, either archery or simply drawing the bow. This is very capable of training strength. While training hard, Ji Bu suddenly stood aside, "Your Majesty, don't pull it so full or loose."

Ji Bu guided a few times, and then chatted with Liu Chang.

"The queen mother is not very happy these days. She often said that there are five strategies that cannot be achieved. Well, it is not easy for the queen mother."

Jibu said.

Liu Chang glanced at him, instead of saying that, you might as well find a piece of paper, write the words "Empress Dowager Sheren" on it, and stick it directly on his face.

"If Lu Sheren is really worried, you can go to Jiaofangdian to work."

Ji Bu ignored Liu Chang's sarcasm, shook his head and said, "The Queen Mother's strategies, such as unifying the taxes of the various vassal states, donating money to the princes and kings every year, not allowing the princes and princes to recruit privately, and mobilizing officials from different countries to take turns in each country. The feudal lords' domestic appointments and other policies are actually quite good, but they are not implemented. Zhou Chang, Fu Kuan, the state ministers, the Chu Wang Yan Wang and other feudal lords are not very willing."

"Of course I would be reluctant to let Father Zhong be so far away and ask him to come to Chang'an once a year, and then he would die of illness on the road after a few more, and he would also change the ministers in the country. If they don't say, it's me. Use Zhang Xiang and the others to exchange with others." Liu Chang said halfway through, and was suddenly stunned.

His face became very ugly for a while.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Tang is in charge of defending against the Huns, so the queen dowager will definitely not be so partial to your Majesty. I didn't write a letter to Zhang Xiang a few days ago, giving Tang a lot of food and grass, and reminding Tang not to forget Two seasons of practice."

"hiss"

Liu Chang took a sharp breath, grabbed Ji Bu's hand and stared into his eyes.

"follow me!"

"Zhang Budo! Go and call Luan Bu back!! Let him go to Tingwei later!!"

"Enter the inner room!"

"Ji Sheren!"

Liu Chang suddenly leaned over and bowed to Ji Bu.

Seeing this scene, Shi Ren was stunned and couldn't believe what they saw.

Liu Chang said seriously: "The widow blamed Ji Sheren, please forgive me."

Jibu returned the salute with a smile, and said, "This minister is the minister of the king. Although he was ordered to be with the queen mother, he was ordered to take care of the king, but the king is my lord."

Liu Chang raised his head, grabbed Ji Bu's hand, and said, "Okay! With Ji Sheren's words, what are the widows afraid of?!"

Liu Chang hurriedly turned around and sat in the upper seat, and a few others sat in front of him.

"Masters, the queen mother wants to implement new policies in the feudal feudal lords. The feudal lords and kings are reluctant. The queen mother previously mentioned the righteous extermination of relatives, but in fact, she did not want me to protect these people. It seems that there is also the idea of ​​​​killing the rest of the kings with the army of Tang. What should the widow do?"

"Your Majesty! If the Queen Mother wants to kill the various princes and kings, she doesn't need to use Tang's army at all. The rest of the princes are not as strong as Tang. Except for the most powerful Qi and Chu, the rest are Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, Wu. Wait, even if they are together, they are not the opponents of the Northern Army, they have absolutely no strength to resist."

"The state of Qi is not as big as before, and the queen mother is even more prepared to make the emperor's younger brother the king of Jiaodong to further disintegrate the state of Qi."

"As for the state of Chu, the King of Chu is a sage of the clan, and has a worthy reputation. He is close to the first emperor and the empress dowager. The empress dowager may not necessarily act against him."

Zhao Ping was the first to speak, and he said loudly: "The Queen Mother's current behavior is more like coercing the princes and kings to make them accept the decree. If the ministers are not mistaken, the Queen Mother will call the princes and kings from all over the next step. , let them come to meet you."

"The queen mother is in power, and the ministers dare not oppose it, but these princes and kings may not have other ideas in their hearts. The queen mother just wants them to obey completely."

As soon as Zhaoping finished speaking, Luan Bu said: "In the past, the queen mother condoned the princes and kings because she wanted to use the princes and kings to assist the emperor and intimidate the ministers, but now that the queen mother is in power, naturally there is no need for that. The king is the queen mother. rely on.”

Zhang Budo said excitedly: "This is also an opportunity for the king, it is better to follow the queen mother's edict, send troops to attack, and annex Zhao Yan's land! Kill the chickens and show the monkeys! Let the princes and kings obey the queen mother! The queen mother will not object, both the king and the queen mother can win profit!"

"No way!!"

Jia Yi got up and said seriously: "There are Xiongnu in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south, relying on the strength of the Tang state alone is not enough to stabilize the world, to crusade the Xiongnu, Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, Qi and other countries need to transport food and grass to assist the Tang Dynasty. In the face of Zhao Tuo, Chu, Wu, Qi and other countries need to unite and cooperate with the temple to resist!"

"Your Majesty should protect these vassals and kings. I know that Your Majesty is a man of great affection and will never fight with each other. Brothers are against each other."

"Your Majesty can act like he doesn't know anything and use Tang's strength to intimidate the kings and ask them to come to see them. When they arrive, the Majesty will follow them and let them agree to implement the Queen Mother's policy and take the lead. Make certain concessions to the temple, the king is the first of the princes, the king does this, they dare not not follow!"

"Yes! The main troubles are those old ministers, such as Zhou Chang, Prime Minister of Zhao State, Fu Kuan, Minister of South Korea, Zhou Gu, Prime Minister of Liang State, Zhang Wu, Prime Minister of Qi State, Song Chang, Minister of Yan State, and others. Gao, in the face of the Empress Dowager's ruling, I may not be convinced. Therefore, we still have to deal with these old ministers!"

Ji Bu reminded: "You can't kill them. They have made a lot of political achievements in the local area. They are all very talented people. The king should protect them as much as possible."

Everyone has come up with ideas, you and I have come up with a lot of countermeasures in a short time.

Liu Chang looked at them excitedly and listened to their statements.

"Okay! That's it! Those who make peace in the world are not alone!"

"We swear to the death!!!"

Let the people stand up and say goodbye.

It's rare that Zhang Budo didn't quarrel with Zhaoping anymore, no one said Ji Bu was the empress dowager, and not even Jia Yi was rejected. Everyone was enthusiastic and discussed how to protect these people while making the empress dowager's decree truly true. After being executed, in the palace of King Tang, it was full of joy and one heart.

This matter, Liu Chang did not tell Qunxian.

Instead, one of the sages told him a piece of news that surprised him.

"What?? You're getting married??"

Liu Chang looked at Zhou Shengzhi in front of him and widened his eyes. Although several of his older brothers had already married, except for Ruyi, who had sons, Zhou Shengzhi was his playmate since childhood. His playmate suddenly said that he wanted to start a family. Chang has an unreal feeling, but not long ago, they were still stealing chickens together, so they should be lovers? ?

There was no joy in Zhou Shengzhi's face.

He drooped his head, reluctantly wrote a few words on his face, and said bitterly: "Father wants me to marry the daughter of one of his subordinates, he is very close to that person, and he was a neighbor before the time of life and death. Moved away years ago."

"Isn't that nice?"

"What's the matter? That girl played with me when I was a child. At that time, she was fat and ugly. I really didn't want to marry her. I refused several times, but my father ignored it."

Seeing Zhou Shengzhi like this, everyone stepped forward to comfort him, "It's okay, it's okay, you can still take a concubine in the future! Marry a wife Yixian!"

But Zhou Shengzhi gritted his teeth and said, "I won't allow it anyway. I'm going to their house tomorrow. I'll scold me in person, tear up the marriage contract, and never marry that ugly girl!"

Liu Chang sighed with emotion: "She is going to get married now. The days go by so fast."

"Actually. I'm almost there too."

Lu Lu said with a smile.

Liu Chang shook his head, we are about to get married, it seems that we have indeed grown up.

Immediately, Qun Xian put the matter behind him and said nothing, eating sheep!Eat sheep!
Lu Lu said, "Your Majesty, my grandfather told me that if we want to eat it, we can tell him how much we want. There is absolutely no need to get it."

Liu Chang was furious, and he scolded: "What does uncle mean? I, Liu Chang, starve to death and can't eat the food that comes from me!"

"What's the point of getting food if you don't rely on your own hard work?"

"Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, if my uncle does this, doesn't it make me a waste?!"

"We have to rely on our own efforts to feed our stomachs! We must never accept gifts from others!"

Zhou Shengzhi boasted: "Your Majesty is a real gentleman!"

Zhou Yafu asked in a low voice, "Then don't take the chicken, my butt still hurts."

Liu Chang frowned and asked, "What are you talking about! Do you have to give up when you encounter difficulties? How can such a person become a gentleman?"

"What's more, your grandfather raises so many chickens on weekdays. How tired must he be? The same is true for my uncle. As juniors, how can we bear to see them suffer? We are helping them, we Don't you eat it all by yourself, don't you want to help the people around you? Do you know how long these people haven't eaten meat?"

Listening to Liu Chang's righteousness covering up his crimes, Zhou Yafu lowered his head in shame. It seems that in the field of shamelessness, he is still ignorant and has a lot to learn.

Liu Chang did as Shiren suggested, pretending he didn't know anything, what he was doing in his usual days and what he is still doing now.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother was not in a hurry to deploy troops. She ordered the princes and kings to come to Beijing to meet, saying that there was a major matter to discuss with them. At the same time, she also asked Zhou Bo to lead the Northern Army and start to move muscles and make a disagreement. To dispatch the Northern Army, of course, Tang's Li Zuoche was not wise, and Tang's troops wandered around the borders of Zhao, Yan, and Qi from time to time.

In history, in the face of these princes and kings, Empress Lu only had one word, kill.

But that was after Liu Ying's death. Now that Liu Ying is still alive, Empress Lv is in power. It is definitely not possible to kill them indiscriminately, but it is still necessary to make them obey themselves.

However, Empress Lu is not inconsiderate of the lords. She specially ordered that Chu State can send the prince to come. This is to take into account that the king of Chu is the oldest, his body is not strong, and the journey is long, but the other princes are all came.

To be honest, Chang Liu was still very happy, he hadn't seen his brothers for a long time.

However, he was a little worried in his heart, afraid that they would be given wine one by one by his grandmother, just like what happened to the eldest brother.

The group of sages sat beside Liu Chang, who didn't know these things, and they still had a good time. Liu Chang found that he envied them a little.

Zhou Shengzhi raised his head and sat at the front with a smile on his face, the happiness on his face was almost written on his face.

"Why is Shengzhi so happy? Did he cancel his engagement with that ugly girl?"

"Lu! Shut up! Don't use your dirty mouth to talk about my wife!"

(End of this chapter)