Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 381 The sun and the moon are gone, the age is not with me

"Do you believe that I can hold this bowl with one hand and crush it?"

Liu Chang pointed to the rice bowl in front of him and looked at the attendant beside him.

The valet looked at the bowl and then at His Majesty's hand.

Immediately, he nodded confidently, "I believe it."

"Why don't you believe that you won't get me a bigger bowl?!"

The valet hurriedly apologized and ran out with the bowl. Soon, a big bowl appeared in front of Liu Chang. This bowl was really not small, almost as big as a human head. The bowl looks very normal and doesn't look big at all. The main reason is that the king's hand is a little too big. A few days ago, the patron Feng Jing came to persuade His Majesty, and told His Majesty's five recent mistakes in person. I hope His Majesty can be corrected.

Therefore, Liu Chang slapped Feng Jing's face with his hand, almost covering his entire face, making it airtight, and then pressed it to the ground.
To this day, it is heard that the guest is still recovering in the mansion.

When Liu grew up and ate his food, he also asked about Feng Jing's situation. When he learned that he was still recovering from his injuries in the mansion, Liu Chang was very disdainful, "Since Zhang Shizhi contradicted me, these ministers have gone crazy. , actually dare to stab a few people in the face!! There are countless people who play the table, like these people, most of them are seeking fame, and they want to improve their reputation through me, oh, how can it be so easy? I still want to pass them. Come and practice your martial arts!"

The biggest disadvantage of appointing Zhang Shizhi is that it gives the ministers the illusion that I am on my side.

When they saw Zhang Shizhi grabbing the crown prince, they couldn't help but set their eyes on the clan. However, the clan was so frightened by Zhang Shizhi that they didn't dare to go out. Even Zhao Tuo, who came to Chang'an as a guest, They all ate melons together. Zhang Shizhi impeached him five times, and Zhi Du even led someone to take away his personal long history, just because the long history was quite literary, Zhao Tuo wanted to cry but had no tears. I'm not a clan at all! !

In the end, the only one who was still alive and often in contact with the ministers was His Majesty.

As for the original Jade Cup case, Zhang Shizhi successfully persuaded His Majesty, which made Zhang Shizhi's fame skyrocket. That is His Majesty, your Majesty, who has no oil and salt, and who wants to cook people at any time, can this be persuaded? ?
As a result, Chang Liu here became the hardest hit area. Six people came in to persuade him and stab Liu Chang for his faults. Then four were recuperating in prison, and two were recuperating in their own mansions.

"Actually, the fact that they dare to persuade them like this also shows that Your Majesty is a virtuous monarch. Otherwise, how would they dare to come?"

Lu Lu expressed his opinion, and Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, "What you said makes sense, so it seems that I am really a wise king!"

Liu Chang said, and took a few more bites of the rice in front of him. After eating for a while, he suddenly frowned, "There's something wrong with this meal today."

"what?!?"

Lu Lu almost jumped up, grabbed the food in front of Liu Chang, and wanted to smell it.

"What are you panicking about? The food that can be brought here has not been tested for several times. I just said that the taste is different. You call the food supervisor who is in charge of the meal to me!"

Soon, the plump official in charge of the meal appeared in front of Chang Liu.

Liu Chang looked at his belly that was comparable to fifth brother, and joked: "No wonder I always feel that I can't eat enough, it turns out that it all went into this belly!"

Such remarks frightened the food supervisor Gao Qu enough, he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, Liu Chang waved his hand, "I jokingly said. You are in charge of the meal, and you must taste it yourself. You dutiful belly. Get up, today's millet, why is it different from what I have eaten in the past?"

Gao Qu replied: "Your Majesty, this is the order of Director Zhonglang, and it is the grain of Qi."

"Oh, Lu Lu, you should take someone to arrest this director and send it to Tingwei!"

Lu Lu was taken aback and asked, "Your Majesty. Why is this?"

Gao Qu was also very surprised, but he didn't dare to say anything more. This tyrant has always had no rules for doing things.

Liu Chang said disdainfully: "You still don't understand? This fellow is trying to persuade me. If he is replaced by Qi Su, I will call him over and ask him why he did it, and he will definitely say something. The long series of words led the topic to the King of Qi, the King of Qi who stabbed others in his face. Then he used him to persuade me, and let me allow the ministers to persuade me or something."

Lu Lu was stunned, Your Majesty, are you thinking too much? ?

Liu Chang said confidently: "I know these people too well. These are all people who want to be an official and want to be crazy, and those who want to be famous in the world. Using me as a stepping stone, can I still follow their wishes?"

"Go catch it!"

"it is good"

Lu Lu had no choice but to agree. He was about to go out when he suddenly remembered something. He turned to look at Gao Qu and asked, "Is that Director Zhonglang?"

"It's Feng Tang, the director of Zhonglang, who is in charge of living."

"Ah."

Lu Lu was about to leave, but Liu Chang stopped him and looked at Gao Qi suspiciously, "What's your name?"

"Feng Tang."

"Why do I find this name so familiar??"

"Isn't it a relative of Feng Jing? Well, you bring him to see me first!"

Liu Chang followed Gao Qi to eat. Gao Qi didn't dare to eat. However, with Liu Chang's order, he could only accompany Liu Chang to eat together. The two were gobbling their food, and Lu Lu brought him with him. People came to the temple, and sure enough, this fellow was waiting for someone to come and invite him.

Liu Chang raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him.

This old man has already entered Liu Chang's killing line. Although he does not have five layers of blood rage like Shu Sun Tong, he does not look strong. He is thin, with sharp eyes and a face of a Fa family. Chang felt that he could already distinguish schools by his looks. He had a straight face like that, as if no one owed him money. He was probably from the Legalists, his beard was clean, and he looked at his toes and talked. Confucian.

Always squinting and erratic eyes, there is a high probability of being Huang Lao, with dark skin, the same as an old farmer, and a high probability of belonging to the Mo family.

"Are you a relative of Feng Jing?"

"No."

"Oh look at your age, you have worked in the palace for a long time, right?"

"The minister came out late."

Liu Chang nodded, "That's my minister."

"Your Majesty, today's millet, can it suit your appetite?"

"Hahaha, this Zhao Su is not bad."

Feng Tang was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, this is Qi Su"

"Bold madman! This is clearly Zhao Su! How dare you commit the crime of deceiving the king?!"

"Your Majesty. This."

Liu Chang pointed at the Su in front of him and looked at Lu Lu, "Where is this Su?!"

"Zhao Su!"

"Gao Qi! What kind of millet is this?!"

"Zhao Zhaosu!"

"Hey, come here, this fellow deceived me, took him to Tingwei, and let him reflect on it!"

With a wave of Liu Chang's hand, the two soldiers immediately dragged Feng Tang out, "This is Qi Su! It's Qi Su! Your Majesty! Qi Su!! You can't imitate the traitor! How can you call a deer a horse!!!"

As the voice became smaller and smaller, Liu Chang wiped his mouth contentedly, and looked at Lu Lu beside him, "Speaking of which, Qi Zhao Su is not bad. I will prepare more in the future."

When Liu Chang was full, he was about to ask Cao Shu to quarrel, when a valet came to him, saying that the queen mother had invited him.

"Mum~~~~"

Liu Chang walked into the hall with a smile. He stroked his stomach, and was about to say something when he saw the stern face of his mother. Liu Chang immediately changed his appearance, with a flattering face, and walked to his mother's house with a smile. Beside him, "Mother? Who made you angry again?"

"I heard that you injured many ministers in the country, is it true?"

"The people around me are unfaithful!"

Liu Chang sat down angrily, "Mom, they scold me first!"

"When your grandfather was still there, ministers came to persuade them. If what they said was reasonable, your grandfather would take off his hat and ask them for advice!"

"But I don't wear a hat."

"To shut up!"

"Oh."

"Lord, a king can be strong, but he must not fail to listen to advice. People always make mistakes. If you don't let them speak, how can you correct them? What you have heard now are all good words and flattery. Your words, in this way, you will be confused and cannot see the real situation. How can you punish them just because they tell the truth? Even punishment, it should be handled by Tingwei. How can the emperor beat them to persuade them? The reasoning of the minister of admonition! You stubborn! You are simply."

Empress Lu became angrier the more she talked, and she swung the stick in her hand, almost falling on Liu Chang's body.

"No, mom and the others are not trying to tell the truth at all, they are just using me. If nothing else, just say that Feng Jing, he actually said that I do not hunt according to the regulations of the season, it will cause natural disasters, this is not nonsense Well? When I go hunting, there will be a disaster in the place?? I am going to shoot wild animals, not Taiyi!"

"He is advising you to play less and focus more on government affairs."

"He also said that I built the imperial mausoleum in Hexi, and used too many materials. It is not easy to worship in the future, and asked me to interrupt the project. How can I say that? I built the imperial mausoleum in Hexi for the peace of the northwest for a hundred years. Do you want to listen to his words, practice halfway and then stop?"

Empress Lu shook her head, "It's your business whether you listen or not, but you can't keep their mouths shut. Do you know how people in the world will talk about you if you do this?"

Liu Chang said proudly: "Mum, don't worry! I can find a sorcerer and let him monitor those who are talking, and whoever the sorcerer tells me to talk about, I will kill whoever is talking, and then send someone to supervise the people. In this way, They won't dare to speak again!"

Empress Lu took a deep breath and could no longer hold back the anger in her heart.

"I want you to learn from King Li! Who can't learn from King Li!"

"Ah! Grandma! I was wrong! I don't learn from King Li! I learn from King Wu! I spit meat! No, I learn from King Qi! King Qi!"

After a long time, the attendants in Changle Palace finally heard Emperor Gao's singing again. The singing was so powerful that it lingered around the beam for three days, and the lingering voice was endless.

Empress Lu was also very angry. At the beginning, Liu Ying, he listened to what the minister said, which made her very dissatisfied, and changed to Liu Chang. Well, before the minister had finished speaking, he was knocked down by the emperor with a punch. Oh, God is pitiful, how come there is no normal child in my family! !God is killing me! !
Liu Chang grinned and sat in front of Empress Lu. Looking at Empress Lu who was panting, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mother, have you eaten yet?"

"Um?!"

"Ah, that's not what I meant. You're done fighting, why don't you eat something?"

"Sir. Some ministers seek money, some seek power, and some seek fame. Everyone has selfishness. There are some things that don't hurt you too much, so it doesn't matter if you recognize them. You don't need to be too smart to be an emperor. , you don’t need to do everything yourself, even if you want to ride a horse, you have to feed the horse first.”

"You can't be too smart to be an emperor? Then I can't be a good emperor in my life!"

"No, you are a good emperor, just right."

"Thank you mom!"

Empress Lu glanced at him and said, "If they want to persuade you, just listen, even if you know the truth, you have to pretend you don't know, and then pretend to be suddenly enlightened. You know what to do, right? If a few words can make them willing to drive for you, why not do it?"

"Okay, I know, then I'll let him go now?"

"No, wait for someone to persuade, there is a step, and you can go down."

It is embarrassing that in the following days, Liu Chang has not waited for the steps. After these previous incidents, no one dared to persuade him again, even if he opened his mouth to talk about the situation of those people, Liu Chang is so easy to let go, Chang Liu was very puzzled, why are these ministers so cowardly?Why didn't you come to persuade?Am I the kind of person who doesn't listen to advice?
"Cough, what else do the ministers have to say?"

During the court session, Liu Chang stared at the ministers, his eyes fixed on Zhou Chang.

Aren't you very good at persuading you on weekdays?
persuade!

Zhou Chang also looked at the emperor in confusion. Why is His Majesty always looking at me today?When Lu Jia is back, do you want me to take the initiative to resign and give up my position to that old dog?

Seeing that Zhou Chang didn't respond, Liu Chang looked at Zhaoping again. Zhaoping was also very confused. He could see what Your Majesty was waiting for, but what was His Majesty waiting for? ?
At this moment, Zhang Budo suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty!!"

"I heard that King Wei of Qi had ordered that all ministers, officials, and common people who can criticize my faults in person will be rewarded with high-level rewards, and those who can write to persuade me will be rewarded with medium-level rewards. Blame, talk about my faults, and can reach my ears, get a lower reward"

"King Wei of Qi just followed the advice of these people to correct his mistakes, and soon, the country of Qi became stronger."

"Now there are ministers who have come to persuade Your Majesty, although their persuasion is wrong, they have made something out of nothing, and they have expressed some wrong views, and the way of persuasion is also very wrong. Jun Ye, in order not to block the mouths of those who really have suggestions, they should also be released."

Yes, yes, this is what I've been waiting for!
Liu Changchang was overjoyed, waved his hand, and said, "Just do as you said!"

At that moment, the ministers were shocked.

Zhou Chang and Zhaoping looked at Zhang Budo in disbelief. When did this guy start talking? ?

The ministers reacted and hurriedly bowed, claiming that His Majesty was holy.

After the court meeting ended, Liu Chang took Zhang Wusu's hand and spoke in a low voice.

"How did you know I was thinking about this??"

"His Majesty's previous hints have almost been made clear, how can I not know it?"

"Hahaha, it would be great if my ministers were like you!"

Liu Chang patted Zhang Wusu's shoulder, turned around, and was about to leave the hall. Not long after he left, he heard a familiar voice.

"Do you know how Kui Che died?!"

"Kui Che was killed by my father because he refused to let me borrow a carriage!"

"nonsense!!"

Liu Chang interrupted Liu An loudly. Hearing his father's voice, Liu An trembled all over, turned around and wanted to run, but was caught up by Liu Chang a few steps, grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up, Then he put him by his side, and what Liu An threatened was Che Zhonglang, who was in charge of Liu Chang's travel affairs.

Liu Chang looked at the middle man, looked at Liu An again, and asked, "What's going on?"

"The prince wants to use your Lichechen and dare not give it to him."

"And then you used Kwaicher to intimidate him? Don't you have anything of your own??"

Liu An lowered his head, "Father, now in Chang'an, only your car is the safest. No one dares to stop it. You can go out of the city at will."

"So you're trying to steal my car? You bastard!"

"Come on, I'll let you know how Kuai Che died today."

Just when Chang Liu mentioned Liu An and was about to throw him out, a valet came over.

"Your Majesty, Uncle Suntong sent his disciples here, please go to his house."

"Oh? It seems that the matter of the textbook has been settled. Lu Jia is quick to do things. If the two of them are doing it together, I can rest assured!"

Liu Chang threw the Shuzi in his hand, and immediately got into the car, preparing to go to Shusuntong's mansion.

Uncle Suntong asked Liu Chang to come to see him, not to see Liu Chang. This is not because Uncle Sun Tong is floating, but because of Liu Chang's personal order. Uncle Sun Tong is too old. Liu Changsheng is afraid that this old man will have an accident on the way. , so he specially ordered that he would send disciples to invite him in the future if he had something to do, instead of coming to the palace in person.

Lu Lu drove the car, "Do you really want Confucians to write textbooks?"

"Yes. As far as enlightenment teaching is concerned, who can compare to Confucianism?"

"Apart from Shusun Tong and Lu Jia, I want Jia Yi, Zhang Budo, Wang Sheng, and Chen Tao to participate, but they are mainly Confucian."

"But isn't Your Majesty always worried that Confucianism will take the opportunity to suppress other schools?"

"Hahaha, now that Legalism is on the rise again, and Confucianism wants to dominate, what is easier said than done?"

They chatted and came to Uncle Suntong's mansion. A disciple greeted them and invited them into the inner room.

Liu Chang swayed into the inner room and saw Uncle Sun Tong sitting on the bed.

"Uncle Grandpa! I'm here!!"

"Hahaha, have you negotiated with Mr. Lu?"

Liu Chang sat in front of him and asked with a smile.

Shusuntong slowly opened his eyes and looked at the emperor in front of him solemnly.

"Your Majesty. Please forgive my blunder."

"Oh, I can't wait. I really can't take it anymore."

"The sun and the moon are gone, and the years are not with me."

"Ok??"

"Uncle Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

"Uncle Grandpa??"

"Uncle Grandpa!!!"

Shusun Tong opened his eyes slightly, stared sideways in front of him, his head drooping on his shoulders, his eyes were extraordinarily complicated, full of regrets, reluctance, and deep helplessness.

(End of this chapter)