Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 264
The princes and kings are finally leaving.

This was probably the most comfortable time they had spent in Chang'an. They played around with Liu Ying and played both inside and outside of Chang'an before they left.

Liu Chang had high hopes for this group of brothers. He had never thought about the issue of the princes sitting on the throne, and he would not be bigger than him anyway.As for what will happen in the future, then Liu Chang is not in a hurry. Zhang Cang will not give it to him. It is Liu Chang who has come up with a good way to allow the sons of the princes and kings to inherit some of the territories left by their fathers, and let the princes state The smaller the seal, the more the seal.

However, this is not what Liu Chang needs to consider at the moment. In the past, the princes would have caused such fear. There are two main reasons. The first reason is that the empress dowager does not trust these princes and kings at all. The second reason is that Liu Chang, Liu Chang's arrogance aroused the fear of the ministers.

But now that Liu Chang has come to power, the situation is different. These are the first generation of princes and kings. They are all close relatives, and the broken bones are still attached to the tendons.If you want to make trouble, you have to wait for two generations.

The first generation of princes and princes with the same surname who wanted to rebel when their own brothers were in power, probably only a certain Li Wang of Huainan who did not want to be named.

It is worth mentioning that the descendants of this King Li are all rebels. Some of them like reading, hunting, and women, but no matter what they like, they will eventually choose to rebel, and it is probably hereditary.

After all, the son of King Li was also a rebel in history. He was clearly able to write books and was extremely knowledgeable. He was accompanied by nearly a thousand knowledgeable disciples, and he discussed academic problems all day long. The same, gentle, but is to rebel.

Emperor Wu of Han frowned and thought about it for three days and three nights, and couldn't understand why this gentle and gentle father Zhong would turn against him.

The lineage of a certain great king is called a family of anti-thieves, and that's not too much.

Liu Chang said goodbye to his brothers one by one, and when he parted, he proudly commanded: "Since you are a prince, you must think about expanding your territory, and you cannot be the king of defending. Every time you recover a place, you can give his princess to the widow. , tell the widows of their palace style, and it may be useful when building the Epang Palace in the future!"

Liu Hui shook his head and laughed, "You, you were beaten or less."

The brothers said goodbye to him, and Liu Chang ordered a few more words, asking Liu Xiang to take good care of King Qi, and telling Liu Hui to stop thinking about abolishing the heirs, etc. The lords and kings left.Liu Ying was very reluctant, wiped her tears, and told them to take care of herself, but Liu Chang just smiled. Unlike his second brother, he couldn't sit still in Chang'an. Sooner or later, he would go to various places to find these brothers. For play.

Liu Chang and Liu Ying were walking in Chang'an. Liu Ying looked at the city of Chang'an and said happily, "Eldest brother, your tax reduction decree is really good. The ministers refused to allow it, and my mother felt that it was too hasty. Taxes are not calculated according to the production of grain, but according to the amount of cultivated land. In some places, the amount of cultivated land is extremely low, and the food produced by the people is not enough for them. taxed"

"It's fine now. Look at the people of Chang'an, hahaha, with a happy face."

When Liu Ying saw the happy appearance of the people, a look of joy appeared on her face.

Perhaps the only advantage Liu Ying inherited from his mother is that he treats the people as human beings.Empress Lv is cruel and cold-blooded, but she is still very good to the people at the bottom, and the many policies she implements, Taishi Gong commented: "The high empress is called the system, and the government does not belong to the house. Use, the sinner is hope, the people are arable, and the food and clothing are nourished."

Who would have thought that the empress Lu, who was known for her cruelty, would be the one who started the great Han to ban torture and enforce benevolent governance?
Liu Chang said proudly: "What is this? I still have a lot of ideas. From all aspects, you can just wait and see!"

The two were not in a hurry to return to the palace, but instead came to the Tang Palace, where they got some food and drink, and the two sat down and chatted while eating.

"Eldest brother, haven't you come back yet?"

"Come on. Alas, this happened."

"You have to comfort me."

"I know."

"Have you ever been pregnant yet?"

"not yet"

Liu Ying shook her head, "Unfortunately, Marquis Wuyang was not able to see his grandson. I would really like to see how strong a man as Marquis Wuyang has a son-in-law like you, how strong your child should be. Maybe another one A warrior who can tear apart tigers and leopards."

"Oh, a person like the widow is only born in hundreds of years! You are still the son of Marquis Wuyang, but he can't even beat Xiahouzao"

"Uh, eldest brother, Xiang Ji, you, and Marquis Wuyang, isn't it separated by a hundred years?"

"How can they compare to me? I can beat them both easily. If you don't believe me, let them climb out and beat me!"

"Hahaha, you, you know that bullying the old, the weak and the deceased can't stand up to refute you when the Marquis of Wuyang was still alive, why didn't you say that?"

The two drank some wine. In fact, according to the etiquette, Liu Chang should not drink alcohol when Wuyang Marquis died, but Liu Chang didn't care much about it. If he didn't drink, could Wuyang Marquis still survive?Drinking and drinking, Liu Ying let out a long sigh.

"Why is the second brother sighing?"

"It's not because of Xiang."

"This Shuzi is disobedient. He always plays truant and makes trouble. He almost had to deal with his teacher a few times to discipline me, but he didn't study well. He's not like his father, he is like his father!"

"Ugh"

Liu Chang suddenly sighed.

"Why are you sighing?"

"It's not because of Ann."

"This Shuzi is not obedient. He knows that he is studying all day long, and he does nothing. He has no arrogance. I took him to play a few times, and he had to go back to study. It's not like a father, an uncle!"

Liu Ying scolded with a smile: "Are you showing off to me? What's wrong with reading?"

"I'm afraid that you will be like your second brother and talk empty words all day long."

"You bastard!" Liu Ying was furious, and hurriedly took off her shoes.

"Joking! Joking ears!"

Liu Ying put away her shoes, and suddenly said softly: "Actually, you are right. It's a good thing not to be like me. If you are like you, you won't be bullied and you won't be as bad as me."

"What did the second brother say? It made you bullied. Who were you bullied by? You were bullying me just now!"

Liu Ying looked a little lonely, he shook his head, "eldest brother, I always wanted to let my father and mother see my abilities. I also worked hard and did a lot, but I let them I'm disappointed, I'm not a good emperor or a good brother. After my father passed away, I failed to fulfill my eldest brother's responsibilities. Don't blame me for everything, please don't blame me, this is not my intention."

"If I can do it well, I won't let you bear the slightest infamy, and my mother won't be so disappointed."

Liu Ying took another sip of wine, "I've disappointed everyone who trusted me, even the queen, I don't dare to get too close. My mother doesn't like to see me being too fond of her, and I think of my lofty ambitions when I first ascended the throne, hehe. , did nothing."

Liu Chang took his jug and drank it.

"Second brother, you are a person who thinks too much about good emperors. There are two kinds of good emperors, one is like my father, and the other is like you, second brother. If the second brother was born a hundred years later, he would definitely be an unprecedented Darenjun. Second brother, you are very good, the bad ones are those ministers! These people are used to following bad emperors, and they have been infected with bad habits by their grandfather, and they are arrogant and arrogant.

"Look, I let Chen Ping do everything now. Why? It's because this person needs to be busy, but if he doesn't, I'm afraid!"

"When Cao Can was young, he was chasing him in Chang'an. I didn't dare to refute him loudly. When he was old, I would dare to bully him."

"Although my father is a faint-hearted ruler, he is really powerful. He is more powerful than our brothers, and he can hold down so many murderers."

"It's not that we are too incompetent, it's that they are too strong."

"Don't talk about them, just talk about Amu. Isn't Amu powerful? Amu can make these murderers so scared that they don't dare to say a word. Except for Wang Ling, no one dares to provoke her in front of her, and everyone will appear incompetent. Let me give my brother a simple example, look, do you look very small next to me?"

"Everyone around me looks small, not because they're really small, but because I'm too tall and handsome."

"The truth is this truth, the second brother just didn't have a good time."

"You are getting better at talking. Thank you for your consolation."

"I'm not trying to comfort you. Second brother, believe it or not, the old guys around us, as well as our grandmother, will be the most powerful talents in the next thousands of years, and few people can match them."

"Who knows what will happen in the future?"

"I can do it. Didn't I tell you about dreaming every day when I was a child. In fact, I really dreamed a lot of things, and later they all came true. Now I can remember more and more things. I still remember that I once Are you saying that my father is a great ancestor? Look, isn't this effective?"

"Father is Emperor Taizu Gao. It's not Gaozu."

"Well, maybe I remembered it wrong, let's not talk about it, second brother, we all still need you to play, I can understand, who doesn't like playing? But don't break your body. If the second brother dares to leave me and leave, I will let the woodcutters in Chang'an be buried with you!"

"You Shuzi! What's the matter with the woodcutter here?"

"You and I, brothers, are going to rule the big man together. It's still the old saying, I can't stay here in Chang'an, I'll be rusty when I go out to fight. You just stay and supervise the country. Anyway, there is a young mansion to take care of everything, just watch it."

Liu Ying suddenly spit out the wine in her mouth and scolded: "Shuzi! Are you using me as a prince?!"

"In the future, the two of us will disagree, so don't take off your shoes!!"

Fan Qing has not come back yet, Zhang Cang finally ended his simple inspection. Zhang Xiang did not know how much he had contributed to the old Zhang family. There may be his son in this place. With such a game, he can still live and dance at this age. This is simply an insult to Liu Ying. He is not as good as others in terms of playing. Liu Ying is so thin and thin. Zhang Xiang's lively appearance seemed to be all right in the last battlefield.

"Your Majesty, this time I went to various places, and I found a lot of unreasonable policies."

"Oh?"

Liu Chang looked at him in surprise, what unreasonable policy?Like a marriage law that restricts taking concubines?
The first person who set the marriage law was probably Bao Qin. Bao Qin made a lot of corresponding laws on marriage, stipulating how to get married, how to divorce, how to determine the crime of domestic violence, etc. The Qin state, regarded as a barbarian, had the highest status of women.

The marriage law enacted by the violent Qin Dynasty, did the big man have it?Of course there is, don't ask why, anyway, Emperor Gao can use his personality to swear that he never copied Qin!

The common people are one husband and one wife.

Doctor Qing has one wife and two concubines.

If you succeed in being sealed, you have to prepare eight concubines.

Zhang Xiang has obviously broken the law, which explains why he has been imprisoned several times before.When Zhang Xiang was in Tang Dynasty, he wanted to abolish this unreasonable policy more than once. However, Gai Gong and Wang Ling were firmly opposed to it. Zhang Xiang respected Wang Ling, so naturally he did not dare to make a decision directly.

Zhang Cang said earnestly: "Many of the calculations are collected according to a unified standard, which is very unreasonable. For example, for families with livestock, different taxes are charged for different livestock. Some large families may have sheep in their families. Hundreds of thousands, some poor people have only two sheep in the family, and both of them charge the same tax, is this reasonable?"

Liu Chang nodded, "That's what you want."

"The tax calculation of the whole country must be classified in detail, and strict standards should be formulated. If you don't improve these, even if you talk about reducing the tax by half, it will be of no use."

Zhang Cang said seriously.

Liu Chang stroked his chin, "Okay, just follow what Master said."

"The biggest problem facing the Han at present is the problem of manpower. The granary of the Qin State can be piled up like a mountain, but the Han cannot do it. This is because the current household registration of the Han is far inferior to that of the Qin State, and the manpower is insufficient. There are few people and food, Cloth, soldiers, and talents will trouble the big man."

"Therefore, the problem that Dahan should solve most at present is the problem of manpower."

"Your Majesty can avoid some corporal punishment, so that there are fewer killings and fewer punishments in various places."

"Not only do we have to punish [-] people who don't marry, we also have to encourage those who have more births."

"Your Majesty wants to convene doctors from all over the world and train more doctors, just like what was done in Tang, and spread them all over the world."

"Your Majesty can take the barbarians around you for your own use."

"Your Majesty can also abolish the marriage law. Let the nobles from all over the world have more children."

Liu Chang listened to it with relish. Later, he suddenly woke up and asked suspiciously, "Master said so much, is it actually for the last sentence?"

"How is that possible? The minister thought that he abides by the marriage law."

"Comply?? How many concubines do you have?"

"I have eight concubines, and the rest are singing and dancing girls at home. I am in the local area, and I never take concubines!" Zhang Cang said proudly.Liu Chang was stunned. No wonder he always ran away after playing. It turned out to be a loophole in the law!

Liu Chang shook his head, "This law cannot be banned. If it is banned, officials and ministers in various places will only care about taking concubines and having fun, and will no longer handle government affairs, and ordinary people will not be able to marry in their entire lives."

"To increase manpower, we still have to start from medical care, taxation, and people's livelihood. If people live well, they will naturally be able to raise more children."

Regarding the manpower problem that Zhang Cang said, Liu Chang agreed very much. All the systems of Tyranny Qin were very strict, and the household registration system was even more rigorous to the point of appalling. Therefore, their population numbers are very detailed. According to Gai Gong’s previous According to what Liu Chang and the others said in class, the population at the peak of Tyranny Qin was close to 3000 million, which is simply a crushing situation for the surroundings.

And when it comes to my father?After Xiang Xiang was in charge of the statistics, the final figure was that, in excess of [-] million, it was just over [-] million.

In such a vast land, there are only more than ten million people, which has also led to places such as Yan, Zhao and Wu, where there are no people for thousands of miles, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.The pain of future dynasties is that there is too little land and too many people, while the pain of the Western Han Dynasty is that there is too much land and too few people!
Therefore, Zhang Xiang said that the biggest difficulty at present is the lack of manpower, and Liu Chang is convinced.

"Master, you are the best at things like increasing the household registration. Next, I will entrust you with the household registration. Please do it with your authority, preferably within 20 years, so that The population of the big Han catches up with that of the Tyrant Qin, 3000 million is enough!"

Zhang Cang leaned over and bowed, and solemnly accepted the order that did not sound very serious.

Not long after Zhang Cang came, Fan Qing finally arrived.

And it was not Ji Bu who escorted her, but Zhang Budo.

Liu Chang hurriedly came out to meet Fan Qing. Zhang Budo saw the king from afar, and wanted to smile, but he quickly put on a serious expression. Obviously, now is not the time for the king and his ministers to greet each other. Qing threw herself into Liu Chang's arms and began to cry bitterly. Liu Chang hugged her tightly and patted her on the back, not knowing what to say for a while.

Fan Qing had obviously come here crying all the way, and the whole person was haggard and distressed. Liu Chang hurriedly took her to the mansion of the Marquis of Wuyang.

The new Marquis of Wuyang, Mr. Fan, came out to greet him. No one would have thought that among the sages, Mrs. Fan was the first to obtain the title, but no one would envy him, and no one wanted to become the Marquis of the Great Han in this way.

Fan Qing naturally cried again when she saw her brother.

Liu Chang stayed by her side, saw her aunt again, and decided to let Fan Qing spend more time with her mother here.

When Liu Chang came out, he felt a little heavy.

"His Majesty!!!"

Zhang Budo shouted loudly.

Liu Chang was taken aback by him.

"Why are you here? Isn't it time for Jibu to come?"

"He came to look for the queen mother. I might as well come to your majesty in Chang'an. There is no one to serve you, so I persuaded Ji Bu to come and serve you!!"

"What about Tingwei?!"

"For the time being, the king will be in charge. The minister is His Majesty's retainer, and the position of Tingwei is not what I seek. As long as I can follow His Majesty's side, I will lead a horse for His Majesty, and I am content!"

"Okay, okay, get up!"

Liu Chang pulled Zhang Budo up, and the heaviness in his heart also faded a lot. It's been a long time since he didn't see him, and he really missed this anti-bone man. Zhang Budo followed Liu Chang's side, chattering endlessly, and his words were full of annoyance, "Morning. Knowing that your Majesty came to Chang'an for a major event, this minister should follow him. This minister regrets that he didn't follow His Majesty back then!"

The two came all the way to the familiar Tang Palace, and Zhang Budo talked about the situation in Tang Dynasty.

After talking for a long time, Zhang Budo asked suspiciously: "Zhang Xiang came to Chang'an very early, but there was no edict that he appointed or dismissed him. Why is this?"

"Oh, I was a little busy before, and I didn't have time. The widow asked him to be in charge of manpower, and asked him to increase the household registration of the big man to 3000 million."

Zhang Budo was stunned.

"Can he do it alone?"

(End of this chapter)