Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 344 Destined to be cast aside by future generations
When Liu Chang came to Bashu, he had to deal with a lot of things, not only merchants, officials, but also roads.

There is another problem that has plagued Bashu for many years, and that is the barbarians of Bashu. Throughout the Han Dynasty, barbarian rebellions in Bashu emerged one after another. However, most of the time, their rebellions only stop at resisting taxes, beating officials, kidnapping pavilions, etc. , not to the extent that he can encompass the city and become king by himself.

However, whether it is beating an official or proclaiming himself a king, in the eyes of the big man, it is a treason, and it is the same behavior.

When several Qunxian seriously discussed this issue with Liu Chang, Fan Yan expressed his confusion.

"I heard that when Li Bing and his son ruled the land of Shu, the barbarians mostly used them, and they built water conservancy for him spontaneously. I have never heard of a rebellion, but when it came to my big man, these barbarians often clashed with officials and did not obey corvés. Why exactly?"

Liu Chang snorted coldly, "This is because the king is different."

"In the beginning, the King of Qin was a wise man, and no one in the world dared to go against him. Even the barbarians knew his prestige, so they obeyed the officials. It's just me, the two kings of the Han, who have no dignity. How can the barbarians obey? In my opinion, I still have to follow the example of Qin. I am a big man who is too benevolent and weak, and has no martial virtues, so I was bullied by others."

Zhou Shengzhi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "But... Qin State has never sent troops to crusade against them, but Dahan has crusades twice."

Zhao Mo asked: "Your Majesty, is there a possibility that the Li Junshou treated them very well at the beginning, and the current Junshou only thinks about fame?"

"impossible!"

"There is no such possibility!"

Liu Chang waved his hand, "Maybe the former king of the Han Dynasty is not as good as the Qin state, but the officials of the Han Dynasty are all appointed by the widow, so how can they be inferior to the Qin state?"

Seeing that the king was so confident, several people looked at each other in dismay, and Fan asked, "What do you think the king should do?"

"Well, of course, it is to let them know the wisdom of the widow, and to convince them with virtue to let them understand that obedience to the widow can lead to a good life!"

At this moment, Bashu has already become a mess. The local officials are frantically busy, for fear that the king will appear in their county tomorrow. The work piled up on weekdays forced them to stay at home. I was very happy, thinking that the king could open the restriction order, and asked Nasu to send supplies continuously under the pretext of the Battle of Hexi.

A big businessman like the Ba family is naturally in a dilemma. If he pays less, he is afraid that the king will blame him. If he pays too much, he is afraid that the king will miss him.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Chang decided to go to the southern part of Shu County, where there were the most barbarians. Outside this southern part, there was a small country called Dian Kingdom.

This place is also often referred to as the southwestern barbarians, the southern part of Shu County, and has some contacts with the Dian Kingdom. This Dian Kingdom is not warlike, nor is it as noisy as Nanyue, and has never shown obvious hostility to the Han. Previously Several times the barbarians made troubles and wanted to get their help, but the Dian Kingdom never agreed, but they were a group of peaceful barbarians.

When he learned that Chang Liu was going to the south, several local county lieutenants decided to organize an army to escort Chang Liu there, but Chang Liu was very angry, and he asked loudly, "Do you still need to bring troops with you when you go to your own land? ?!"

Liu Chang only brought the elites who had entered Shu with him, and did not bring Yong'e, but only brought many sages, and set foot on the road to the south.

Walking on the road, Zhao Mei was still introducing the situation in the south, and even the situation in the country of Dian. He said that he was right. He knew the country of Dian better than the officials here, which surprised the sages. Zhou Shengzhi He said with emotion: "It is said that Nanyue is a place of transformation. Now it seems that there are not a few learned people in Nanyue."

Hearing his praise, Zhao Mei was also a little ashamed, "I'm just a little familiar with the Dian Kingdom, but it's not really knowledgeable."

"You're not a little familiar with this, I think you know it well, but why are you so familiar with the Dian Kingdom?"

Zhou Shengzhi asked curiously, and now Zhao Mei can be stopped, and he is speechless.

Seeing this opportunity, Lu Lu naturally stepped forward to relieve him, "Don't ask, maybe it was Nanyue who wanted to unite with Dian to attack Changsha?"

Zhao Mei immediately blushed and lowered his head. He wanted to refute Lu Lu, but this Shuzi was telling the truth.

Zhao Tuo knew that he was not the enemy of the big Han, so he wanted to unite all the surrounding forces to fight against the big Han. The Dian Kingdom had a vast territory and was once considered by Zhao Tuo to be his best helper. However, these Dian people are really useless. Quietly being "salted fish", they did not meet the envoys of Nanyue. Not only did they not meet the envoys of Nanyue, but they also never communicated with the great Han, and lived a happy life of enclosure.

Listening to them talking about the Dian Kingdom, Liu Chang couldn't help but ask, "Perhaps the Bashu rebellion is related to the Dian Kingdom?"

Fan Fan laughed loudly, "Your Majesty, what kind of nonsense are you talking about? The Dian Kingdom considers itself to be the authentic state of the Chu Kingdom, and looks down on the barbarians in the southwest. They don't want to go to the Dian Kingdom. How could they support the rebellion?"

Fan Yan was talking when he suddenly cried out in pain, "Shengzhi! What are you pinching me for?!"

Zhou Shengzhi gestured to Liu Chang and blinked.

"You got sand in your eyes??"

"Cough cough!"

"Sore throat?"

Zhou Shengzhi sucked in a breath of air. I actually played with such a big idiot so much. He reluctantly increased his hints.

Mrs. Fan laughed loudly, "Damn, do you know who founded the Dian Kingdom? It was the generals of Chu! They weren't."

Zhou Shengzhi didn't wait for Fan to finish his sentence, he turned around and ignored him, and walked to Liu Chang's side.

"Your Majesty, to let this fellow come to be the Marquis of Wuyang, that's all disrespectful to Marquis Wuyang. I think the people of the city are very good."

Liu Chang squinted his eyes, just smiled, waved his hand, and called Zhao Mei to his side, and asked, "How is the national strength of Dian?"

"Big, but not useful, there are too few people."

"But few people have heard that the Dian Kingdom is dangerous, and all the plants and trees can eat people."

Zhao Mo shook his head, "The words of the idiots in the countryside, they say this because the vegetation in the Dian Kingdom is too inedible, and it will kill you if you eat it."

Liu Chang gently stroked his chin subconsciously, "Now Nanyue has surrendered, if the country of Dian is taken, the entire south will be connected. The few people can build a road from Chang'an to Bashu, from Bashu to Yunnan, from Yunnan to Nanyue, It is connected to Changsha by land and water.”

Zhao Mei shook his head, "Impossible, Your Majesty, even if you have recruited all the people of the southern country, it will take decades to complete such a huge project. Besides, the southern land is not as good as the northern land, and it is useless to cultivate."

"It's just because it's not as good as the north that it needs to be built. As for manpower. From Dian to the west, it seems to be a country with a lot of manpower. I have dreamed of it. If you can get there, the manpower for this construction will be enough."

Liu Chang frowned and pondered, and Zhao Mei only regarded it as the king's tough mouth, smiled, and did not answer.

The king often has amazing words, and they are used to it.

Previously, the king stared at the boiling water, suddenly stood up, and said that this water vapor can be used as a chariot, better than cattle and horses.

Everyone was shocked and hurriedly asked how to make it, but the king began to falter, knocking on his head, unable to say why. This incident was also recorded by the Taishi Ling, as a mockery of the king for talking nonsense. Evidence, so that future generations will also laugh at it.

Or, when everyone was picking fruit from the tree, the king suddenly shouted: The earth is round, like a kick ball!
Everyone was shocked again. When a conversation like this spread to Sima Xi, it became a strong evidence that the king was ignorant, eloquent and nonsense.

Sima Xi is very proud, because he firmly believes that future generations will be able to see through the ignorant and ignorant inner nature of his great king through these most authentic historical materials!

Although Zhao Mei didn't care about Liu Chang's words, Zhou Shengzhi kept it firmly in his heart.

The king wants to take over the kingdom of Dian.

Zhou Shengzhi thought about it, but he didn't think of a way to take the Dian Kingdom. Now they are only a few hundred people, no matter how elite they are. If they don't know the place of life, they want to destroy a country. That's nonsense. There is more turmoil here in Bashu.

Zhou Shengzhi couldn't think of a way, but obviously, Chang Liu had already thought of it.

Liu Chang originally thought that the terrain of Jiangzhou was shocking enough. The county seat was almost hidden in the mountains, and the enemy could not find a way to attack, but he did not expect that there was a more hidden one. If you go south, you can see the halfway up the mountain. In the county seat above, he could still see the county seat where half of his body was hidden in the woods. Liu Chang couldn't understand how the Chu and Qin kingdoms built the city here.

Standing on a high ground, Liu Chang looked at the city in the distance with infinite emotion.

Standing beside him, Zhao Mei also sighed with emotion: "Your Majesty. How tyrannical the Chu and Qin states were in the beginning, to be able to build a city here, every time I see it, I am filled with infinite emotion, and the king must be the same. Bar?"

"No, the widows are just thinking, what are they wasting their energy on building a city for? Wouldn't it be more convenient to move people to a flat area than building a city here?? What the hell are they thinking??"

Zhao Mei couldn't answer this question for a while.

There are not only county towns, but also barbarian cottages, and Liu Chang came to the village with the most barbarians. Because this place is not listed among the counties and towns of Dahan, it has no name, and no officials were appointed, asking them to govern themselves. Just pay enough taxes.

When Liu Chang led such a group of people to come here, the local people were stunned. They shouted and hurriedly closed the door. Some men took up weapons, and the whole stockade was in chaos. In this scene, Zhou Shengzhi was simply overjoyed, and pulled out his weapon with a grin.

"Your Majesty! They are blatantly rebelling!"

"Look, they still have armor and crossbows. This is a rebellion, and there are thousands of heads."

Zhou Shengzhi's eyes began to glow red.

This demeanor is worthy of being Zhou Bo's son. They say that Zhou Yafu is the most like Zhou Bo, with the same strict style of governing the army and the same decisive style of fighting. But obviously, in some respects, Zhou Shengzhi is the most like his father. , Just like the desire of this pair of heads, they are not afraid of fighting, but they are afraid that there is no battle to fight.

Fan Yan didn't like Zhou Shengzhi's expression very much, and said displeasedly: "It's just some civilians who were frightened. Why is this?"

Zhou Shengzhi is okay, Zhou Bo's eyes are really scary. When he looks at others, his eyes are always above his shoulders, as if he is looking at which direction to chop your head off. It is very scary. It also frightened the strong people in the distance.

Fortunately, Zhou Shengzhi quickly put away that appearance, probably realizing that the king was by his side.

Liu Chang just glanced at him, "I want to cut off my head to go to the Xiongnu, and the widow hates the person who kills the good and takes the risk. Whoever dares to do this, the widow will first make him the king of the Xiongnu, and then chop off his head as his own. The feat of beheading the King of the Huns!!"

Zhou Shengzhi scratched his head, "Your Majesty, joking, joking."

Liu Chang didn't treat this group of people who were hostile to him. It's not bad for the man to wear it. If it weren't for his dark skin, he basically wouldn't be able to tell that he was a barbarian.

He respectfully greeted Liu Changxing. They were not quite the same as the Nanyue people. Their centralization was longer and more thorough, and their self-identification was also different. Baguo is an ancient country, according to rumors. They followed King Wu of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty, and they did not think they were barbarians.

"I didn't know the king was coming."

The surrounding people also saluted and called him the king.

This is the difference between them and the Nanyue people. In Nanyue, even if people know Liu Chang's identity, they are still hostile to him, but here, after learning that the person in front of them is the king, they will still show respect, partly because they It has been a long time since they became the people of the big man. On the other hand, it is a matter of etiquette. Even if they see Liu Chang today, they will respect the King of Dian or the King of Nanyue.

This is the legacy of the Warring States. Even the princes of the countries that were destroyed are still princes, and ordinary people must respect them. Only those barbarians in Nanyue, who did not know the etiquette at all, would be rude to the prince of a country.

Under the warm welcome of their leader, Liu Chang walked into the village.

Liu Chang's head almost touched the gate of the stockade, that is, the city gate. The leader was handsome, but he was as tall as Liu Chang's chest. The people here had never seen such a tall person, and his eyes were full of eyes. Curious, the king of the Central Plains is already so tall, how tall should he be that day?

Liu Chang held his head high and followed the leader to the most luxurious mansion in the village. The two sat down. The leader wanted to drive away the surrounding people, but Liu Chang disagreed. The leader brought out wine, food, and beauties. The dancer's attitude towards Liu Chang is also very respectful.

The sages were surrounded by them, their hands on the hilt of their swords, and they did not dare to let their guard down.

This is a large village. Although there are not many people, there are nearly [-] people. There are several villages around that echo each other. It is not a problem to gather [-] or [-] people. On Liu Chang’s side, counting the sages and guides, there are only [-] people. Yuren, stay here, naturally you have to be careful.

Compared with their many concerns, Chang Liu was about to let go a lot. He just followed the others and drank it. He was not afraid of whether the wine was poisonous. More and more people gathered to watch the rumors. Among the giants, the sages were very nervous, and Liu Chang could still greet them with a smile.

The leader looked at the extremely open-minded king in front of him in surprise.

This is the first Central Plains person who can be so comfortable here. In the past, no matter how polite the leader is to entertain, everyone who comes here is always uneasy and always vigilant. No one is as indulgent as the king, leader. Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, he looked again, and the king was already talking to a local woman with a smile.

The leader really wanted to ask why the king was not afraid at all, but seeing his arms as thick as his own head, the leader gave up the idea of ​​asking. With such a physique, he naturally has such courage, even if he is unarmed. , To win him, you need five or sixty people, right? ?
Liu Chang not only has a good appetite for food, but also a good appetite for alcohol, and he enjoys drinking with these people.

The sages know that the king has always been incompatible with the gentlemen. Instead, he gets along very happily with the barbarians from all over the world. The king seems to have a barbarian temperament, and he can quickly integrate into the barbarian group every time, just like Now, the sages haven't let go of their vigilance, but the king has already started dancing around with two local barbarians. The speed of fusion is too fast! !
Satisfied, Liu Chang put his arms around the leader's shoulders, the two seemed to be friends and relatives whom they had not seen for many years.

"When the widow came here, I heard them say that the Dian Kingdom instigated you to rebel. Now it seems that they are all lies!"

"Ah? Dian Kingdom?!"

The leader said angrily: "These people look down on us on weekdays. If our cattle and sheep enter them by mistake, they will not hand them over, and they will beat and scold our tribesmen, saying that they are Miao descendants from the state of Chu, and we are still after the state of Ba. Where are they going to be noble!"

Under the leadership of Liu Chang, several people around them also confided their dissatisfaction with the Dian Kingdom.

In this mountainous area, the cultivated land resources are grabbed by everyone. The barbarians in Bashu are farming, and so is the Dian Kingdom. The Dian Kingdom is very polite to the people of the Central Plains, but it is not very good for the barbarians in their eyes. Liu Chang listened to their complaints seriously, and suddenly, Liu Chang was furious.

"What? How dare they insult the widowed people?!"

"How can this be tolerated?!"

"Sit down here, the widow will destroy his kingdom and come back to drink!"

Liu Chang stood up abruptly, tore open the front of his shirt, and as he roared in anger, everyone felt that their chests were burning.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhou Shengzhi immediately shouted, "Let's go together! Let's go together!"

ps: The emperor held a banquet, and when he saw boiling water, he said that he could make a chariot and win the power of animals. Then he asked about it, but he was embarrassed and could not answer. - "Historical Records"

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