Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 247 A Simple Tang King Trap

"You bastard!!"

King Zhao cursed, and the three brothers suddenly laughed.

The originally tense atmosphere was suddenly broken, Liu Chang said with a smile: "This is not Chang'an, so what are you serious about? The three of us come to Liaodong Hu together and it's over!"

King Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you scared these ministers so hard. I think those from Zhao State can't sit still, and they are ready to follow Lin Xiangru's case!"

Liu Chang glanced at them and shouted, "The widow is not the king of Qin, and neither are you Lin Xiangru. What are you doing sitting here! Come and have a drink!"

Only then did the ministers of the State of Zhao hurriedly bowed and came forward to receive the wine with a smile.

Liu Chang stopped pretending, and regardless of the monarch's majesty, how to sit comfortably, he said: "The Huns don't look down on the place outside Liaodong, where the weather is cold and there is nothing. Brother, you send troops. , don't think about occupying the land, thinking about how to recover the Hu people. Don't let them run away, your country of Yan lacks the most people, fight for some of them and keep some of them!"

"Tell Zhou Bo, don't let him be greedy for military exploits and kill everyone."

"Zhou Bo, he can do anything for credit. When he went to fight Han Wangxin, all the enemies surrendered, and he didn't stop. This person is very greedy for the head, those Hu people, try to appease them as much as possible. , Convince them and make them the commoners of the Yan Kingdom. If you look at the widowed state of Tang, there are many Hu people. When fighting, these people can ride and shoot, which is a great help! They can also herd horses on weekdays."

"I understand."

King Yan nodded, and Liu Chang looked at Ruyi again and said, "Don't think about starting an army in the future. You see that you are safe on three sides, and your national strength is weak. What kind of army do you want to farm? Just serve as logistics for our countries, and we will not treat you badly!"

"I have a group of Hu people. I originally wanted to send them to Shuofang, but there are too many Hu people in Shuofang, so let's send them to your Zhao country. If you need agricultural tools and iron tools, tell the widow that the widow will not be without you. of!"

"Next, don't think about anything, and focus on developing your agriculture. Zhao has the most arable land, and there are good plains everywhere. You only produce so little food. Are you worthy of the cultivation of the widow? Pulling you up is not to let you eat and die in Zhao State, tell the widow if you lack anything, and make use of the land!"

At this moment, Liu Ruyi didn't care what was wrong in Liu Chang's words at all. He was very excited at the moment, "eldest brother, it's good, it's great, it's good. Do you want to see the widow dance? What are you dancing?!"

"You're not a beauty, who wants you to dance!"

With a look of disdain, Liu Chang looked at the unpromising elder brother in front of him, and said, "As a king, you have to maintain your dignity, otherwise how can you convince the public? It's just some supplies, so why be so excited? You must have a long-term vision. , to not be shocked by honor and shame, understand?"

"Okay, okay, the widow knows it"

Ruyi nodded his head, as long as he was willing to give the supplies, everything that Tang Wang said was right.

A few people talked about the next battle, and then they started talking about homely things. Ruyi looked very happy, "eldest brother, you are going to be Zhongfu!"

"Huh? I just sent you some supplies, so don't be so polite."

"Bah! The widow has a son!"

"what?"

Liu Chang happily raised the wine cup, "This is a good thing! Drink it!"

King Yan also hurried to congratulate, Liu Ruyi shook his head and said, "The two concubines of the widow are pregnant. The widow is really too happy." Liu Ruyi even wiped her tears, he has been in Zhao for such a long time , Even Liu Chang has a son, but he is the only one who doesn't have a son. This has always been the thing he worries about the most. Now, he is finally going to be a father. Liu Ruyi's excitement cannot be described in words.

Seeing Liu Ruyi who was so excited, Liu Chang also smiled and said, "Just right, when the child is born, he will send it to Tang as a proton and play with An!"

"Where are you the king of Tang? My father should have named you the king of Qin back then!"

"Yeah, at the beginning, I told my father that he would make me the first king of Qin, my son would be the second generation, and my grandson would be the third generation. But my father would not allow me to beat me."

"Eldest brother, to be honest, your Tang country's laws are too harsh. I heard that it even stipulated that people should clean themselves, houses, and streets if there is any uncleanness in the street. You will be punished by a shield. You are even harsher than Qin Fa. Ah, you can't set up such a law just to make the capital look good."

"What do you know, many diseases are actually caused by uncleanliness. If you believe me, you will also issue such a law, and it will definitely work!"

Ruyi shook his head, "I dare not."

What he said is not bad, indeed, except for King Tang, other princes and kings really dare not try to save themselves. This is a serious crime and will be cut off, so Liu Chang doesn't care about these things at all, he can do whatever he likes. What to do, even the six-car car got on.

"I went to the temple before, but they didn't believe it. They even reprimanded the widows and waited for the Tang Dynasty to be effective, and they would understand!"

Liu Chang said angrily: "The ministers in Chang'an today are all useless and mediocre villains, and there is no distinction between right and wrong."

Liu Ruyi did not dare to agree, but King Yan nodded, "That's true."

Liu Ruyi glanced at King Yan, cleared her throat, and said, "Your Majesty, words can bring disaster."

Liu Bi didn't care at all, he said proudly, "What kind of disaster can King Tang be here?"

This Shuzi itself is a catastrophe. Liu Ruyi thought about the relief, but still did not say these words, he said seriously: "I still have to be careful."

King Yan ignored him and just drank his own wine.

Luan Bu stood aside, gestured to Liu Chang, and looked at King Yan.

Liu Chang then remembered Luan Bu's reminder, and said to Liu Bi: "Brother, the calamity comes from your mouth. I have heard that you are in the country of Yan, and you often quarrel with the ministers sent by Chang'an. There are no outsiders here. In the face of others, it's better to be more careful. Second brother, he is benevolent and righteous, so he won't pay attention to this, but there are traitors in the court."

Luan Bu shook his head, no matter how you look at it, the three of you are the most like big traitors.

Liu Bi was also very aggrieved, he said: "Your Majesty, you don't know. The widow is in the country of Yan, and they are determined to govern. There is no part of the policy proposed by the widow that is not considered by the people, including this crusade against the Hu people, is it? Are the widowers for their own fame? The country of Yan is short of men, and the defense line is long.

"But those ministers in the country have to report everything to Chang'an and then go to Chang'an to carry out this memorial. When they come back after reviewing, it will be too late!"

"The widow previously wanted to lend a large amount of land under the widow's name to the common people for free cultivation. By the time Chang'an replied, two spring plantings had passed! Twice!"

King Yan was very angry. He felt that the ministers in the court had seriously dragged him down.

At the beginning, the queen mother made a lot of policies in order to restrict the princes and kings. Among them, the state of Tang, the state of Yan, did not rotate because it was close to the enemy, but the state of Yan still ushered in a major reshuffle, and the original prime minister was brought back to Chang'an. The newly arrived ministers were not very close to the King of Yan.

King Yan is also violent and conceited. However, he is indeed very talented. Whether it is fighting or governing the country, he is not bad. He will not rely on the ministers like Ruyi, but he cannot control them like Liu Chang. It's just that he doesn't have a good mother.

The Queen Mother's policies did limit the development of the princes and kings. Except for Tang, the rest of the princes and princes were basically pinched by the temple, but the problem was that it also made the domestic situation of the princes chaotic, especially when they encountered the king of Yan. With such a powerful king, there were a lot of contradictions among the ministers.

Liu Bi took a sip of wine and said, "It's the crusade against the Hu people this time, but they are unwilling to say that they should seize the time to restore the national strength while the Huns are not strong. What can the state of Yan do to restore? If there are no people, but food. If there is no food, recover the eggs! If you don't take advantage of the weakness of the Xiongnu to enrich your strength, do you have to wait for the Xiongnu to be strong before defending him?!"

"Here. It used to be my grandfather's capital."

"He couldn't beat the Huns and ran away!"

"When I came to Yan Kingdom, he came to see him off. He cried and told me that this was the most guilt thing in his life. He asked me to block the powerful enemy for him and wash away his shame. But now, without Tang Kingdom's help, I would The Yan State has only beaten the widowers a few times, but they are no match for the Huns, allowing the Huns to plunder the widowers' people!"

"If you can't even protect your own people, what kind of king is that?!"

King Yan slammed his fist on the case in front of him, and cried out in grief and indignation: "The one who attacked my grandfather was King Zuoguli of the Xiongnu. Now that man is dead, his son has inherited his position. In this life, I must kill his son, break through his capital, and wash away the shame for my grandfather!!"

Everyone was quiet.

Liu Chang frowned, wondering what he was thinking.

"Brother, the reason for such a situation in the country of Yan is the problem of the prime minister."

Liu Chang looked at him and said seriously: "Brother, don't worry, the widow will play in the temple and find a qualified prime minister for you. When the time comes, the two of us will break down the Huns together!"

"It's three brothers."

Liu Ruyi reminded.

Liu Chang looked at him, "You are too poor in Zhao State, what can you use to fight against the Huns?"

"I have two brave brothers."

Liu Ruyi said seriously.

Liu Chang suddenly laughed, "King Zhao said it well!"

"Your Majesty, the state of Yan is weak, and the temples are not staffed enough. I'm afraid I won't be able to send sages to serve as prime ministers."

"Hey, what are you talking about, I know there is a person, if he comes to the state of Yan as a chancellor, I guarantee that all the ministers of the state of Yan will listen to him quietly. When he comes, the elder brother will not have to think about anything. Just use peace of mind to deal with outsiders, and you can leave everything to him!"

"what?"

King Yan was a little curious, "I can't let Chen Hou, Guan Hou and the others take over, right?"

"Not them."

Liu Chang blinked, "You'll know soon."

King Yan's mood finally improved a lot. Seeing that Liu Chang didn't plan to tell him, he didn't ask any further questions. He just thanked him again and again. Liu Chang didn't take it seriously. He looked at the two brothers and said seriously: "Among all the princes, we are the only ones. The three are in the most dangerous situation."

"King Yan and I want to deal with the Xiongnu, and Ruyi means the country is poor. The three of us must work together to go out to the outside world. I don't care what the ministers of the temple like to say about us or how they criticize us. We just need to keep the world peaceful and let Second brother can sit back and relax, that's enough."

After the banquet, Liu Chang took them to various places in Dai County, in fact, to show them off the development of the Tang Kingdom. However, these two are not incompetent kings. They kept asking about some policies implemented in the Tang Dynasty. In the beginning, I wanted to learn from Tang Guo, but Tang Guo's policies were really not easy to learn.

For example, for livestock, Tang Wang told Zhao Wang a lot of advice on how to develop animal husbandry.

But when the King of Zhao asked how to get so many livestock, the King of Tang told him proudly: Go to the Xiongnu and snatch it!
Ruyi said immediately: Excuse me, farewell!
With the current strength of Zhao State, the reason why the Xiongnu didn't come to rob him was because the Dai County was blocking him, and he still thought of taking the initiative to rob the Xiongnu?It would be better to do a dance for Tang Wang and ask him to rescue him.

The three brothers played in Dai County for a few days before saying goodbye.

Liu Chang grabbed Liu Ruyi's hand and said with a smile: "When the widow was passing by Jiushili, he met a very proud farmer and became a good friend with him. The widow has prepared something, please help me deliver it to me. There they go!"

"it is good."

When King Zhao was riding in a carriage and set off towards Handan, a minister asked, "Your Majesty, the men in the Nine Stones seem to have all died in battle, right?"

Liu Ruyi said with a stern face, "There is no need to tell the chief that he went to war not out of private messages, but to protect the people. If he was told this, he would be very sad."

When Liu Changgang returned to Jinyang, Zhou Shengzhi found him.

"Your Majesty, you are finally back."

"Kingzhi? Why are you here?"

Zhou Shengzhi's face was full of helplessness, "Your Majesty, this minister knows that he has no talent. However, you have to arrange an official position for me, even if it is a cook, I will recognize it." The original Zhou Shengzhi was worried that the king would let him be a cook or something. I feel like my great future is over.

But when he came to Tang Kingdom, he just realized that he thought too much, the king didn't assign himself an official position at all, and let himself stay in Jinyang Zhou Shengzhi after waiting for a long time, and he couldn't wait for Wang Ling. Only then did he take the initiative to come to Liu Chang to ask for an official position.

Liu Chang was surprised to find that after returning to Jinyang, he was only concerned with showing off, but he forgot to arrange for Zhou Shengzhi.

He cleared his throat, "Shengzhi, your character is too eager, far less calm than Yaf's, so the widow deliberately let you stay at home, just to make you calm. This is tempering you. .Now that you've been honed, don't be idle, what did you serve in the Southern Army?"

"Marquis."

"Then go to the army and be a military commander."

"Thank you, King!!"

Although I didn't give it to the prime minister, it was better than staying at home. When Zhou Shengzhi met the Taiwei and was led by others to the army, several people who had already heard the news were waiting for him, Lu Lu, Lu Tazhi, Fan Yan, Xia Houzao and the others were all wearing armor and looked extremely serious.

"That soldier, come and see us soon!"

The sages in the army shouted proudly at Zhou Shengzhi.

Zhou Shengzhi narrowed his eyes and walked in front of them, "Lu. Long time no see. What official position are you now?"

"Oh, I'm the leader of the army, and I have nine horsemen under my command, so why don't I meet you?"

"Oh, such a great official, why didn't you just come to serve as the Sima in the army? In this Tang army, does Sima still salute to the chief?"

Lu Lu was stunned, stunned for a moment, and then jumped up, "Why! You just came here and you haven't done anything, how can you be a Sima!!"

"Shut up! You insult Shangguan, go and run around the school field twenty laps for me!"

"you"

Lu Lu had a dark face and ran away quickly.

The rest of the people walked to Zhou Shengzhi's side with a smile. Zhou Shengzhi was much more polite to these people. These people helped him carry things, followed behind him, and walked all the way towards the tent. When they met Zhou Yafu and saw Zhou Yafu, these guys immediately stood up straight and didn't move.

Zhou Shengzhi was startled by their strange behavior, and walked in front of Zhou Yafu with a smile.

"Second brother, but ah, this is also put on armor"

"There are no brothers in the army."

Zhou Yafu frowned and said very seriously: "Zhou Sima, come pick up your part with me."

Seeing his appearance, Zhou Shengzhi couldn't help but stretch out his hand and rubbed his head, "Do you want to train your brother? How about it, do you want to come under my command?"

"Zhou Sima! This is the school grounds!"

"What about the school grounds! I'm the military Sima!"

"Cough. Zhou Sima. This one is the chief general of our Commander Zhou."

Zhou Shengzhi was stunned, stunned for a moment, and immediately jumped up, "Why? Are you not a cook before?! How can you leap into the sky, how can you be a captain at your age?!"

Fan Kang reminded: "Lieutenant Zhou was originally the head of the cook. When he was fighting the Huns, he led the cook and beheaded the 84-liter two princes... and led a song to kill a right bone of the Huns. Beheaded a thousand Yu won [-] war horses, made great achievements in battle, and was promoted to eight ranks."

Zhou Shengzhi's eyes widened and he looked at the younger brother in front of him. He didn't know whether to be proud of him or ashamed of himself. Wei, did he just go to Taiwei?
Zhou Yafu frowned and reprimanded: "What kind of decency is the army so sloppy!"

Zhou Shengzhi blushed, lowered his head, and saluted, "General please punish."

Lu Lu was running in circles when he suddenly saw a few people following him, he couldn't help but raised his head and laughed, "You deserve it! Sima, isn't it? You brought it all by yourself!!"

At this moment, Jitong, the prefect who had just arrived in Jinyang, was dissatisfied.

He has been in Jinyang for a long time, but King Tang never saw him.

He visited the palace several times, but he couldn't see the king of Tang at all, and even the guards at the gate didn't want to cover it up, so he just said: The king doesn't want to see you.

Ji Tong also understands that his official position is actually set up to supervise the princes and governors, and no one likes to supervise their own people.

However, he had to see King Tang, and he came here to be the prefect, and he couldn't even see the king, so what kind of prefect would he be?

But King Tang was deeply favored by the Queen Mother. Ji Tong wrote to Chang'an, but the Queen Mother might not even pay attention to him, and maybe even reprimanded him for not being good at doing things, which made Ji Tong not knowing what to do.

Among the ministers, you are the most unlucky, is it not good to go to Qi?Is it not good to go to Chu State?If you have to let yourself come to this Tang country, the prefects of other countries are eating and drinking at the banquets of the princes and kings, but they are eating here behind closed doors.

Fortunately, this flexible governor still came up with a solution.

When Luan Bu came to tell Liu Chang, Liu Chang was angry.

"That state prefect bought a lot of sheep and chickens. The backyard was filled with wine jars. It was said to be the best wine from all over the country, and several beautiful women were in the backyard to look after these livestock and wine."

Liu Chang was furious, "What is he doing? Is he setting a trap to hit rabbits?"

"Why don't you just put a wooden stick against the wooden barrel and put some meat under it?"

"No, the widow will find this old man!!"

"The widow must put the barrel on his head!"

(End of this chapter)