Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 314 Just to show you off

"Your Majesty."

Lu Jia cultivated at home for a long time, and was finally summoned by the king again.

Liu Chang had a lot of prejudice against him at first, but Lu Jia's boldness when he was in the Xiongnu convinced Liu Chang and made Liu Chang no longer dare to despise this excellent lobbyist.Although Lu Jia is not young, he is very healthy. He often travels back and forth outside the city on foot, and his retainers can't keep up with him.

These old men who founded the country are really powerful, and they are all talents.

Liu Chang summoned Lu Jia in the Hall of Houde, and Zhou Chang and Zhaoping were sitting beside him.

Liu Chang grinned, greeted warmly, and asked about Lu Jia's family.

"This minister has five sons. When the minister was on an envoy to Nanyue, the king of Nanyue gave him a lot of things. The minister sold these gifts in exchange for thousands of gold, and the five sons were divided equally. The servants of music and a sword worth a hundred gold take turns to live in the homes of five sons, each for ten days."

"The minister told them that whoever died in the son's house in the future would get my car, the singer's attendant, and the sword."

"So, no matter who's house I go to, they are very respectful, very welcoming, and even begged me to stay longer."

Lu Jia said proudly.

Liu Chang shook his head, "You brought them up, and they should raise you, so why should you do this?"

"Haha, Your Majesty doesn't know something. I left home when I was young, traveled around to study, and later served as an ambassador for the Majesty. , serving all day, I am afraid that I will lose my love, I am still strong now, if one day I cannot get up, they will serve for a year or two, and they will also dislike it."

"Lu Gong has made great contributions to the great Han. If one day, you are despised by your children, you will be raised by the widow in person!"

Lu Jia was stunned for a moment. Looking at Liu Chang's sincere face, he couldn't help laughing, "Your Majesty doesn't need to curse me like that."

"Lu Gong suddenly told the widow about this, I'm afraid it has other meanings?"

"Your Majesty is indeed wise."

"Your Majesty is the ruler of the world, and you should treat everyone in the world as your own children. If your Majesty has a thousand pieces of gold, every place deserves [-]."

Lu Jia talked about his own thoughts, Zhou Chang shook his head secretly, and wanted to persuade the king?Does this king look like he can listen to advice?
"Oh? When were widows not treated the same?"

Lu Jia raised his face and said seriously: "I heard that the king wants to take the right to mint coins from all countries in the world, but he allows Hexi and Zhao countries to mint coins. How can this be so? If you are unfair to all the sons, you will lose the rest of the sons. Love too."

"The state of Zhao and Hexi are the poorest. The state of Zhao has never recovered, and there are Xiongnu in Hexi who want to resist the difference between these two states."

"No, Your Majesty, among the five sons of this minister, the third son is born disabled. Should I give him more money? If I give him fifty more gold, will the rest of the heirs hate him? Will they join forces when I am gone? What about dealing with him? Only by treating him equally can we avoid brothers and make the family peaceful."

"Running a country is the same as running a family, what does the king think?"

Lu Jia asked respectfully.

Zhou Chang sighed to himself, this guy is still too immature, he didn't see what kind of person the king was.
"Hahaha, what you said makes sense! Good! Just do as you say!"

When Liu Chang smiled and accepted Lu Jia's advice.

Zhou Chang was stunned for a moment, staring at his king with complicated eyes.

Lu Jia immediately said several of his proposals, and Liu Chang accepted them all without refuting them once.

Zhou Chang's eyes became even more resentful.

Liu Chang kindly pulled Lu Jia's hand and said: "Lu Gong, the widow originally wanted Zhao Yao to go to Hexi as a pawn, go out to contact the Western Regions, and deal with the Xiongnu, but this fellow rebelled and hid his armor. !"

Lu Jia's face twitched, but Zhou Chang said coldly: "Today, Wang Tingwei has a talent for finding things, and he can find armor anytime, anywhere."

"It would be a waste not to let him come to Shangfang to make armor for the soldiers."

Zhou Chang didn't like this kind of framing. In his opinion, even if Zhao Yao was guilty, he should be dealt with by proper means. How could anyone hide his armor at every turn?Every time Tingwei arrests someone, he hides his armor. There are not so many armors made by Dahan in the past ten years!Do you have no other reason, Tingwei? ?

Liu Chang glanced at Zhou Chang and asked, "Zhou Xiang, if you talk too much, you will lose."

"Do you know how Kui Che died?"

"Hid the armor to death."

Zhou Chang replied in a stern voice.

Seeing that his king was about to start rolling up his sleeves, Lu Jia hurriedly pulled him and said, "Zhao Yao deserves what he deserved! Does the king want his minister to go to Hexi as a guest?"

Liu Chang's anger was interrupted, and then he looked at Lu Jia and said, "Wait a minute, I have to talk to this old man."

"Your Majesty, forget it."

Zhaoping also hurriedly pulled him and said in a low voice, "The matter of salt and iron, Your Majesty."

Only then did Liu Chang put away his anger. He couldn't stand the grievance the most. That Zhao Yao's matter had nothing to do with him at all!How dare this old man wrong the widow!

"It's nothing at all, it's just a widow doing it!"

"The widow has such a temperament, such a man, such a great king! If anyone dares to provoke me, I will kill him!"

Zhou Chang was not afraid of the gourmet's intimidation, but snorted coldly.

Liu Chang looked at Lu Jia on the side, and continued: "Speaking of the business, the widow will take you as a guest of Hexi, and send you to the countries of the Western Regions, and let them all come and obey me, don't follow Ji Porridge, so as not to mistake yourself. life!"

Before Lu Jia was summoned, he thought of the king's purpose and made preparations.

"Your Majesty, I'm leaving now."

"For external affairs, we must fight day and night!"

However, Liu Chang took his hand and said seriously: "Compared to those countries, the widow cares more about the envoys, and must not take risks! Otherwise, how can the widow assemble an army of millions and go to the Western Regions!"

Listening to Liu Chang's threats, Lu Jia chuckled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty has your Majesty's mission, and we have ours. If the ministers die because of state affairs, please, Majesty, don't send troops because of this. How can a king send troops out of joy and anger?"

"The mission of the widow is to protect the world, and you are included!"

"Go get ready!"

Liu Chang could not be persuaded, Lu Jia smiled bitterly and bowed to Liu Chang, and then he was about to leave, but Liu Chang said, "Zhou Xiang stay."

Zhao Ping was stunned, "Your Majesty. Why don't the ministers stay."

"No need!"

Zhaoping glanced at Zhou Xiang worriedly, and then left with Lu Jia.

The two walked out of the hall, and Lu Jia said with a smile: "In the past, when the envoys went out, the wise kings persuaded them to have the will to die. Don't forget the mission. No wonder they say that the king is stupid. The wise man is against it."

Zhao Ping said with a wry smile: "Yes, recently, the king said that he would make himself the general of Zhenxi during the court meeting several times. He went to Hexi to fight and was reprimanded by the captain, so he gave up the idea, and then said that he would do it for himself. Set up a sacrifice and say that his credit surpasses that of everyone in the past. If Emperor Gao can make a black emperor, then he has to do it himself, and he wants to make himself the purple emperor."

"Hahaha that court meeting must be interesting."

"Interesting is interesting. I am afraid that when these old ministers are not here today, the king can act recklessly, and no one can control him anymore."

The two walked while chatting, and in the hall, Liu Chang also sat beside Zhou Chang.

"Father Zhong, there were a lot of people just now. The widow will give you a repayment!"

Liu Chang grinned and took Zhou Chang's hand.

Zhou Chang didn't know what to say for a while, Liu Chang's expression, tone, and words were exactly the same as Emperor Gao!
Seeing that Zhou Chang was still a little angry, Liu Chang said again: "Father Zhong, don't worry, don't worry, next time someone offends me, I will let Ting Wei have a fair trial, and it will never happen again!"

After several times of persuasion by Liu Chang, Zhou Chang's complexion became much better.

"Your Majesty, every time this minister persuades me, you have never listened to it. How can you listen to Lu Jia's words?"

"What he said is right. The widow is not a father. Of course, good advice can be heard."

"Is that minister's advice wrong?"

"Father Zhong, state affairs are the most important. Let's talk about such matters later. Let's talk about the matter of salt and iron. How about it, the treasury can be rich this time?!"

"If the widow recruits 300 million young adults, will it be able to support it?"

Zhou Chang's feet softened, "Your Majesty, the minister is old, please allow the minister to retire and return to his hometown!!"

Shortly after Lu Jia left Longxi, he saw a group of cavalry.

He didn't take these cavalry seriously at all, and sat proudly on the carriage, asking who was leading the team.

The leader of the knight jumped off the horse, walked quickly to Lu Jia, and bent over to salute.

Lu Jia looked at the man in front of him, and the more he looked, the more familiar he became. He jumped up suddenly and hurriedly got out of the car.

"I don't know if it was Luan Xiang who came here, I'm rude! It's really rude!"

This knight is Luan Bu, the prime minister of Hexi. Luan Bu said with a smile, "I was very happy to hear that the king sent Duke Lu, so I led people to greet him."

"Please get in the car."

After Lu Jia made several requests, Luan Bu got into the car and the two moved forward together. Luan Bu explained, "There are so many thieves here. I'm afraid that if you hurt you, the road here will not be easy to find."

Facing Luan Bu's courtesy, Lu Jia only felt very moved.

Luan Bu came so impatiently, in fact, he had something important to do, and he was very eager to ask the Huns expert.

"Hu Tu's troops frequently appear in the Hexi counties and counties. They made up their minds to loot our people and don't want us to connect with the Western Regions."

Lu Jia listened attentively and said, "I am most familiar with Hu Tu. He is outspoken but suspicious. I also know his subordinates well."

The two exchanged opinions, and at night, everyone found a place, lit a bonfire, and sat down to rest.

Lu Jia suddenly thought of something, pointed to the soldiers not far away and said, "Didn't you come to see Luan Xiang? If you have any orders, you can tell me, and then leave early!"

Luan Bu looked at the soldier suspiciously, and Lu Jia explained: "This person was sent by the king, saying that he came to see you and gave you something, and he will go back."

The soldier walked in front of Luan Bu, leaned over and saluted, and then a suit of armor was taken out.

Luan Bu looked at the armor. The armor was really good. It was much more luxurious than Liu Chang's original armor. It had more patterns and was extremely heavy. It was a little hard for the soldiers to pick up.

The soldier said: "Luan Xiang, this is the armor given to the king by the Duke of Jiancheng. I heard that it used to be the armor of Zhou Luhou. After the transformation, it was given to the king. It is said that it can defend against strong bows in the vicinity. good craftsman”

The soldier made a serious introduction.

Luan Bu was a little moved. He didn't expect that the king would actually take out the armor and give it to him. He knew that the king liked this kind of thing the most.

Looking at the armor, Luan Bu couldn't help but think of these days when the ruler and his ministers got along, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He reached out and groped for the armor.

"Oh, I miss the king so much too, put it on for me!"

However, the soldier Jia said with some embarrassment: "Luan Xiang, this is not the person who came for you."

Some soldiers took out another set of armor, which was really Liu Chang's original armor.

"This is for you."

Luan Bu was taken aback, "Then why did you bring this armor?"

"Your Majesty suffers from having a treasured armor but no one appreciates it, so we specially sent it to Luan Xiang to see his treasured armor."

Luan Bu's heart was filled with turmoil. He raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky. He co-authored it and brought it to me to show it off.
Why did I send the letter in the first place?
Lu Jia laughed, "Your Majesty really doesn't treat Duke Luan as an outsider."

"Yeah, he doesn't treat me as an outsider, nor does he treat himself as a person."

Liu Zhang took out a pile of bamboo slips and placed them in front of Liu Chang.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Shi wants to rebel."

With just one sentence, the smile on Liu Chang's face froze.

"What did you say?"

"Your Majesty, these are the few people he has personally met in the past few days, all of whom were sent to Chang'an by South Vietnam, and we didn't know it before. Before that, he also contacted these people through letters, and the letters were burned. His recent movements are a little weird and deliberately concealed from the king."

"We found a lot of Nanyue people. After interrogation, we found that they were sent to Dahan very early. Zhao Tuo sent them to inquire about Dahan's situation and report to him at any time."

Liu Zhang produced a lot of evidence to prove that Zhao Shi had frequent contact with these South Vietnamese spies during this period.

It seems that the information obtained from Chang Liu was deliberately sent to South Vietnam.

Liu Chang frowned and looked at the evidence in front of him.

Embroidery is very careful in doing things and has not disturbed too many people.

"This guy has used all the spies and I don't know what he wants to do. We have not yet detected the whereabouts of some people."

"I hope the king is careful not to reveal too many things in front of him."

Liu Chang frowned, "But Nanyue has already surrendered, Wu's army has begun to be stationed, and Zhao Tuo has gone to Wu, what does it mean to meet the fourth brother?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Tuo is cunning and cannot be trusted."

"Your Majesty, do you want to arrest them all?"

Liu Zhang asked seriously.

Liu Chang pondered, Zhao Tuo, like Liu Bang, would never talk about private affairs in the face of national affairs, but Zhao Shi's appearance in these days did not seem to be calculated, his personality He was irritable, tough-mouthed, and stubborn, but Liu Chang didn't quite believe it when he said he was planning a big conspiracy.On the contrary, Zhao Mei is more likely. Could it be planned by Zhao Mei and executed by Zhao Shi?

"No hurry. Stare at people first and see what they want to do."

"Lu Lu is probably coming back soon."

Liu Chang stroked his chin before Liu Zhang left.

They have been with Zhao Shi for a long time. Although they are arguing every day, Liu Chang has gradually liked them and treated them as his own. Liu Zhang's news made Liu Chang extremely disappointed. This person hates cheating the most.

In the following days, Liu Chang calmly got along with Zhao Shi and the others, and his attitude towards them did not change much.

According to Liu Zhang, Zhao Tuo has placed many people in Dahan over the years.

If they have any changes, they will be wiped out, and at the same time, there is a reason to do something to the already surrendered Nanyue.

Zhao Mei laughed all day, and found nothing, but Zhao Shi always frowned, "Long, you have something wrong recently?"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Why don't you laugh anymore? Did something happen?"

"Nothing happened."

Zhao Shi was still a little worried, and asked secretly, "Could it be that there are ministers in the court who oppose you?"

"be opposed to?"

"Those who dared to oppose me, who dared to deceive me, have already gone to see Kuai Che."

"Who is Kui Che?"

"A man who talks a lot"

Zhao Shi laughed, "I know you are worrying about state affairs, don't worry, you will be happy soon!"

At this time, the salt and iron monopoly was gradually on the right track. After the armed rebels were executed several times, the wave of opposition gradually subsided. Officially-run salt and iron sales agencies were established in various places, and a large amount of wealth suddenly surged. In the hands of the big man, the big man who has been poor for many years finally ushered in his spring at this moment.

In addition to the matter of salt and iron, the matter of Chidao has also aroused everyone's discussion. Zhou Chang decided to set up a professional team to inspect the Chidao in various places to see how to repair and change it. , a lot of things have happened in various places, and to start such a big project, it must be measured first, no matter which part of the accident, the waste of money and grain is not a small amount.

In such a busy world, time flies very quickly.

In the dark of night, Zhao Shi opened the door, and two people walked in immediately.

"How is it? Did you bring something?"

"Brought it!"

"Quick, let me see."

Zhao Shi looked seriously under the lights, and said with a smile, "Okay! Very good! It can be done now!"

At this moment, a loud roar suddenly came from outside the door, and then, hundreds of embroidered clothes surrounded the place from all sides. Liu Zhang led the people into the mansion, Zhao Shi looked at them blankly, Liu Zhang Zhang looked at the items in Zhao Shi's hand, um. Is that a piece of rice?It is somewhat different from the rice in the Central Plains, but it is clear that it is a plant.

"You just want to use this thing to poison the king?"

"Poison King?!"

Zhao Shi looked at Liu Zhang, remembering the changes in Liu Chang these days, his face became more and more angry, he shouted: "So what?!"

"This is rice??"

Liu Chang looked at the strange plant in his hand doubtfully, and Liu Zhang on the side said: "According to Zhao Mei's words, this rice is grown in the south of South Vietnam, and it has many advantages than Central Plains rice, early maturity, and drought tolerance. Zhao Shishi I want to dedicate this thing to the king."

"Ah, what about Zhao Shiren?"

"In Tingwei's prison."

ps: I recently chased a historical article called "Adult, You Need to Add Money", it is full of black humor, you can go and read it if you are interested!
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