Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 248 Good Brother, Your Name
"Come, come, eat!"

Liu Chang grinned, and under the service of the two beauties, he picked up the leg of lamb in his hand and took a big bite.

Ji Tong sat respectfully by the side, and people brought wine.

"You are a good person!"

"Don't worry, the widow will not speak ill of you to Chang'an!"

Luan Bu raised his head and sighed, didn't you want to put the bucket on his head?Besides, this is someone to supervise you and report to Changan, not you to supervise others! ! !

Ji Tong smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Liu Chang ate meat and drank wine, and asked, "Why are you so eager to see the widow?"

Ji Tong is also miserable. In other places, the provincial governors or the king wanted to see them after they arrived, but the provincial governors avoided seeing them and monitored everywhere. However, Ji Tong was in Tang, but the king avoided seeing them. In order to meet the king once, his salary this year will be spent
"Your Majesty, I'm here to supervise. But I can't even get out of the city gate. The captain of the city gate said that without the order of the Majesty, I will not be allowed to leave the city. I can't even enter the county office. I want Your Majesty to give me Wang Ling when I go out."

Liu Chang said proudly: "The widow has managed the Tang country very well, and there is absolutely no need to go out to monitor!"

Ji Tong smiled, not angry.

"The king's governance is indeed very good. I have also been an official in various places, but I have never seen anyone who can compare to Tang. The road is smooth, the people are rich, every household has dogs and pigs, and there are many poultry, everywhere. It’s all arable land, and there’s no barren land. What surprised me the most was the appearance of the people here.”

"People in other places are restrained and timid. When they meet officials, they are afraid and dare not speak. Only the people of Tang are brave and heroic. When they meet strangers, they dare to come forward to chat. clothes."

Liu Chang grinned, "This is the merit of the widow, you can report it to Chang'an truthfully!"

Ji Tong said with a smile: "I went out this time to better record the merits of the king and report it to Chang'an truthfully."

Luan Bu squinted his eyes, this prefect is quite capable, but speaking of the generals who followed Emperor Gao to found the country, they were all capable and had shortcomings, but there were no fools, and fools would not survive now. .

Sure enough, a certain king who belonged to Shun Donkey was so happy that he waved his hand and allowed Ji Tong to go out and check at will.

After eating and drinking, Liu Chang gently stroked his stomach.

"Inspector Ji. In fact, if you want to go to various places to check, just go to Zhang Xiang directly, you don't have to be so troublesome."

"The king is the king of Tang."

Liu Chang motioned Ji Tong to sit down, and Ji Tong sat beside Liu Chang, Liu Chang put his arms around his shoulders and let him get closer to him, and then said: "Don't deceive the widow, tell the truth, I How is the situation in Tang Guo?"

"Why does your Majesty ask such a question?"

"You don't understand. There are many things the widow wants to do. But every time, things don't go as the widow thinks."

"Many things are easy to say but hard to do."

"From what you see, is there any room for improvement in Tang Guo?"

"Your Majesty can make all the people of Tang have a good meal. It is an unprecedented virtuous king's government."

Liu Chang said disdainfully: "They work in the fields every day, so they should be able to eat. Is this also something to show off?"

"Then what do you think the king can show off?"

Liu Chang was silent.

"You are an old official who has followed my father. If my father was still alive, would he be proud of being a widow?"

Looking at King Tang who was a little drunk in front of him, Ji Tong pursed his lips and said, "If Emperor Gao was alive, he would definitely stay in Tang country all day, wandering the mountains and waters."

"Perhaps, then I won't stop you, and go to various places to monitor. If you encounter wrongdoing, you should report it to the temple immediately. You don't have to worry about it. If you encounter something that can be improved, you can report it to the widow, and you don't have to cover it up."

Liu Chang patted Ji Tong's shoulder, stood up swayingly, called Luan Bu, and left Ji Tong's mansion.

Luan Bu drove the car slowly towards the palace.

"Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty has great ambitions. If you want to govern the Tang Kingdom well, as Zhang Xiang said, governing the country is a major event, and you can't be in a hurry. What's more, Your Majesty has already managed the Tang Kingdom very well, just rely on Your Majesty can make most of the Tang people eat, and your Majesty is already a worthy king."

"I'm still talking about you? Before the widow came to the country, he was already a famous king in the world!"

Not long after they returned to the palace, there was an attendant who reported that it was the guest and the servant who came to pay their respects.

"Feng Dianke!"

"Brothers!"

"You came just right, come!"

Liu Chang immediately let them sit beside him, Feng Jing frowned, and said loudly: "How can this minister sit at the same seat with the king?!"

Hearing this question, the good brothers who wanted to walk over immediately stopped and bowed together, but Liu Chang didn't care, "Is there anything you can't sit on? Come over if you want to come over! Otherwise, you will be disrespecting Wang Ling. !"

Feng Jing and his good brother then sat helplessly at Liu Chang's left and right, and Liu Chang said, "When the next time we go to Chang'an to meet the emperor, Feng Dianke will go there with the widow, good brother, you have to go too."

Feng Jing was a little puzzled, "Why is this?"

"Western Regions, didn't you say earlier that you would send someone to the Western Regions?"

"Now is the best time, but we must contact the temple and send someone together."

Liu Chang seriously chatted with Feng Jing about this matter. Liu Chang's meaning was very simple. This must be done, but Tang Guo could not do it alone. This was not because Liu Chang suddenly realized that he was only a The vassal state should not be arrogant, but simply because the Tang state has insufficient manpower and talent, and the temple has to help.As for why Feng Jing was brought along, it was because this fellow had a lot of good ideas.

For the same thing, for Liu Changshu and Daxian, the effect is different.

Think about what would happen if Liu Chang swore to the Empress Dowager that his strategy could subdue the countries in the Western Regions and completely expel the influence of the Xiongnu?The queen mother would definitely doubt, after all, what King Tang said was always unreliable. Every time King Tang did something, he would always make trouble, and it was others who came to clean up the mess for him.

Like other sage kings, they are all helping the world, running around all day for the affairs of the world, cleaning up the mess for the world, but the king of Tang is different. Things are running around, cleaning up the mess for him.

This can no longer be regarded as an ordinary virtuous king, it is simply a virtuous king among virtuous kings.

After explaining everything, Liu Chang let Feng Jing leave, leaving his good brother alone.

"Good brother, do you know why the widow asked you to follow?"

"I know."

"Oh?"

"Gai Gong told me that my biggest role in Tang is to show the Hu people from all over the world that I can be a servant, and they will be full of fighting spirit and will return to the Tang Dynasty. This time I will go to Chang'an. , go to all parts of the Western Regions, just to let them know that the Hu people also have a way out in Tang, the king is to everyone."

"fart!"

Liu Chang was furious, and he scolded, "What nonsense did Duke Gai say?"

"Your Majesty."

The good brother was a little timid. Seeing his terrified appearance, Liu Chang asked suspiciously, "Have you also learned swordsmanship?"

"yes."

Liu Chang laughed, "The widow is the first to make friends with you, just because you have a war horse and the widow lacks a war horse."

"However, you are a really good person. When you dared to rush out from the place occupied by the Huns to deliver a letter to the widow, the widow recognized you as a brother, and the widow made you a servant because you have this talent. Not for others to see!"

"The widow wants you to go to Chang'an because they want to recommend you to General Xiahouying. Let you teach them your own medical horse, Xiangma, and horse herding methods."

"I know it."

The servant said, his expression was also moved, he took a deep breath and said, "I will never live up to the high expectations of the king."

"The widow said something, don't be angry."

"Please tell me, Your Majesty."

"Hahaha, in fact, the widow still doesn't know your name. When you first met, you didn't tell me. Later, I was embarrassed to ask us that we have known each other for so many years, hahaha, is it a little late to ask your name now? already?"

"That. I actually don't know your name, Your Majesty. When you met, you said that you were the King of Tang, and then you kept calling you Your Majesty. No one here dares to mention your name, and I don't dare to ask if you are called Your Majesty. "

The good brother scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.

Immediately, the two laughed.

"Remember, the widow is called the leader! The princes are the wise ones!!"

"Your Majesty! Get up!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, get up!"

Fan Qing shook the big guy in front of him helplessly. Liu Chang murmured something, then turned around and continued to sleep. Fan Qing kept shaking him, "Your Majesty! Chaoyi! Chaoyi!"

Liu Chang finally slowly opened his eyes, yawned, and looked at Fan Qing tiredly.

"My dear. Last night the widow worked hard for state affairs, and was busy until dawn before falling asleep. Just let the widow sleep a little longer."

"State affairs? Didn't you just drink with the servant last night?! It was midnight, and several of the valet couldn't carry you. When you came back, they put their hands on me. You know how hard it took me to get up. Right? You almost crushed me!"

Liu Chang slowly closed his eyes again.

"stand up!!"

Fan Qing shouted again.

Liu Chang murmured, "Just tell the ministers that the widow is sick, and wait for two hours to hold the court meeting."

Fan Qing took the quilt off him, "I'm going to splash water if you don't get up again!"

Liu Chang sat up helplessly, Fan Qing took his clothes and put them on the couch, "Hurry up and change, and go to the court."

Fan Qing complained, watching Liu Chang reluctantly change his clothes, turned around, and helped him find shoes, "I can't imagine how eldest sister can stand you, throwing things all over the place, sleeping all over the place. Dishonest, twisting around, hanging half of his body outside the couch."

Fan Qing turned around, only to see Liu Chang, who was half-dressed, lying on his side on the couch, fast asleep.

Fan Qing pushed Liu Chang from behind with difficulty, and Liu Chang reluctantly walked towards the Daxuan Palace, "The widow can't run! Do you have to send the widow over? If the ministers saw it, they would What do you think?"

"Don't think I don't know, if I don't send you, you will find a place to sleep now!"

"Why don't you believe me? I'm your sweetheart!"

"I've known you for more than ten years, and I still don't know who you are! Hurry up!"

In this way, Chang Liu was sent to the outside of the Hall of Oaths. Fan Qing turned around and left after watching Chang Liu walk in.

Liu Chang walked into the hall, and the ministers immediately got up to pay their respects. Liu Chang swayed to the upper seat and sat down. Only then did the ministers get up.

The ministers began to report, and Zhang Cang was the first to get up.

"Your Majesty, although the grain storage in various places has not reached the original scale, but all counties have grain reserves, and the grain silos are gradually filling up the two counties of Shuofang and Wuyuan. Arrangements have been made so that when the crops are planted in the spring of the coming year, large-scale fields and borders can be gathered. Things."

Zhang Cang always does things slowly and doesn't seem to care, but he can really do it, he has that ability.

Perhaps, for a king like Tang Wang, who is eager for quick success and instant profit, only such a stable prime minister is the most suitable for him. If it is replaced by a prime minister who is also eager for success, such as Zhou Chang, perhaps Tang Kingdom has already become a veritable name. In the Qin state, the whole country was in a situation of general mobilization, repressed and radical.

After Zhang Cang, Li Zuoche, Zhu Jian and others also shared their recent achievements and what they were about to do.

Li Zuoche plans to expand the size of the standing army, reduce the number of common people's drills, increase the size of the frontier army, reduce the service period of the frontier army, and most importantly, the Grand Lieutenant finally decided to set up a cavalry unit of the Tang Dynasty, a formal cavalry. The army, including many Hu people, was dedicated to fighting on the grasslands.

Chen Tao, the commander of Shangfang, also stated the recent achievements. Liu Chang once ordered that Shangfang should be expanded, and Chen Tao, the commander of Shangfang, should be pushed to the same height as Jiuqing. Their scope of work has also been enhanced and divided into two directions, military and For civilian use, half of the craftsmen are developing military technology, such as whether gunpowder can be used on the battlefield, whether the bow and crossbow can be improved, etc. The rest are busy developing better agricultural tools and better civilian products, with a clear division of labor. .

Liu Chang is not very interested in these things, because he already knew about these things before the court meeting. In Liu Chang's view, these are just going through the motions.

Liu Chang asked: "Zhang Xiang, the widow reported to Chang'an earlier, and asked them to send a new national prime minister to the country of Yan. Is there any news on this matter?"

"Have."

"I heard that the temple has obeyed the king's advice and is ready to make Xuanyi the prime minister of the state of Yan."

Liu Changchang was overjoyed and said with a smile: "That's it, with Xuanyi sitting at the rear, King Yan doesn't have to worry about anything. I don't think the officials of the state of Yan dare to sing the opposite. Hahaha, Lute Tingwei is going to become Donkey country prime minister!"

"The ministers of the state of Yan are going to be entered by donkeys"

Liu Chang said, suddenly remembered something, looked at Sima Xi, "Don't remember this sentence."

Sima Xi's face was very ugly, and his heart was particularly tangled. As a historian, he should record truthfully. Whether it is exaggeration or slander, it is not what an honest historian can do. But in Tang Dynasty, Sima Xi was very tangled. This is not a matter of beautification and ugliness. Let’s record it truthfully. Then, my own history of Tang Dynasty is full of words. Can this thing really be shown to future generations?To write like this, it would be a shame for oneself to become a historian!

After hesitating for a long time, he just wrote: "The emperor took righteousness as the prime minister of Yan, and the king was overjoyed and insulted the ministers of Yan."

Writing like this is not beautification, is it? ?
Why does it still feel wrong? ?

Gai Gong got up and said, "Your Majesty, this year the princes will go to Chang'an to meet, and the minister is ready."

Thinking of this incident, Liu Chang felt annoyed. He thought he had escaped Chang'an with great difficulty. As a result, the Queen Mother stipulated that the princes would come to meet the emperor every two years. Of course, Tang Guo is not far from Chang'an. If you start from Shuofang, then It's even closer. It's just that such frequent exchanges are really annoying.

Gai Gong said again: "I heard King Qi's performance, and he wants to send his heir to the court in Chang'an."

"what?"

"Why is this?"

"I heard that King Qi is unwell."

Liu Chang frowned, "Big brother is ill?"

Gai Gong hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zhao Yao will play."

"Your Majesty!"

Zhang Cang suddenly opened his mouth, interrupted Duke Gai, and said, "There are many doctors in Tang Dynasty, and we can send those who are proficient in them to treat King Qi."

Gai Gong was interrupted by Zhang Cang, but he was not angry and sat down again.

Liu Chang nodded, "It should be like this. Isn't Yang Qing from Qi? Send him to treat my brother." Liu Chang said, suddenly remembered something, he turned to look at Gai Gong, " What did Zhao Yao play?"

"he"

Gai Gong was silent for a moment, before he said: "It's just some nonsense, saying that King Qi is dissatisfied with the division of the feudal lords, so he does not want to see the court or something."

"Heh, when my grandfather was still around, this fellow always followed my grandfather's side and flattered him. He was a flattering villain. Widows hated this kind of villain the most. Rebuke him!"

Liu Chang said displeasedly and ended the court discussion.

Gai Gong walked out of the palace, looking a little uneasy, he sighed, but Zhang Cang followed him at some point.

"You shouldn't have told the king about this."

"King Qi is a generous person, and he loves his younger brothers very much. King Jiaodong is by his side, and he goes to the ground like his own son. How can he be dissatisfied? How can he deliberately not go?"

"The temple sent someone to invite King Qi to come to Chang'an. Isn't this killing King Qi?"

"I'm from Qi... When Cao Can took me to see King Qi, King Qi was very happy. He said that he was always looking for someone who could teach his younger brothers. I was willing to recommend me to Chang'an. But he pleaded several times, saying that his younger brother was very pitiful. He said that his mother was strong, and he begged bitterly for fear that they would be wronged."

"I have seen many people who murdered their brothers because of their wealth. King Qi may not be a talented king, but he is not a villain. I really can't bear to see him being so shamelessly forced to kill!"

Gai Gong gritted his teeth, blue veins burst out on his forehead, and his eyes were full of anger.

Zhang Cang was very calm, "You don't understand. At the beginning, the Empress Dowager's policy consisted of only three points: to arrange the officials of the temple to the various countries, to send the temple's eyes and ears to the various countries, and to establish the majesty of the temple in the various countries. The people in the temple will not care about King Qi. Your Majesty will not know about these situations."

"You don't know yet. Before Xiang Xiang died, he offered a plan to the Queen Mother."

"This strategy is a strategy that can really solve the problems of the princes."

"It was a simple attempt to seal Jiaodong Wang earlier."

"Our king is very affectionate. Although we have a special identity, we are also princes. If we stand on the opposite side of the temple's prestige for the sake of our brothers, it will be very dangerous."

"These things, it is best not to let the king know."

ps: Old Wolf has fully listened to everyone's suggestions, strengthened the details, eased the rhythm, and stopped rushing the plot. Although I don't pay back what I owe or ask for more, I know that I am still a good author.Those who can listen to good advice, follow the example of King Qi Wei back then, and face the faults of others, will be rewarded with a 50-year silence package hahaha, the old wolf will continue to work hard, thank you for your valuable opinions.

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