Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 387 Heroes in troubled times

On this day, the Tang Palace was extraordinarily lively.

Han Xin went to Longxi for an important matter, and the sages finally got a chance to catch their breath. Therefore, they found the emperor without stopping, and then everyone appeared in the Tang Palace. This used to be the Tang Palace, Liu Chang has been He was not willing to give it away, even though Liu An asked for it several times, all kinds of hints, expresses, and even sloppy rolling, Liu Chang did not give it to him, but instead gave him a reprimand, "This is what I got by my own ability. If you want, you can get one on your own!"

Liu An, who is very familiar with his father and knows the truth from his eldest mother's mouth, is very disdainful of this. Isn't this mansion given to you by your aunt? ? ?
Of course, he didn't dare to say this, because his father would beat him.

The next generation of Liu's clan hated Liu Chang's shoes completely. They had been beaten by those shoes more or less. Among them, Liu Xiang was beaten the most. Because he wanted to steal Liu Chang's warhorse, he almost died on the spot.

Liu Qi also suffered a lot. He was hanged up and beaten by Liu Chang because he was drinking wine for Zhong's father Liu Yingke.

Liu Yingke was so drunk that he didn't dare to leave the house until now, and he was almost turned off.

Liu Wei is okay, but this fellow has a bad mind. Because of his good force value, he is often used by his brothers to do things that harm themselves and others, including trying to attack Wang Sheng to get Liu Xiang to skip class. the goal of.This guy still has the strength. Although Wang Sheng is also good at martial arts, after all, he is old and he is really not his opponent. It's a pity, when Liu Wei chose, the bad thing is that he shouldn't do it when there are others. .

Especially when this other person is your Zhongfa.

When Wang Sheng was reporting the situation to Chang Liu in Tianlu Pavilion, this fellow rushed in and attacked Wang Sheng.

When he reacted, his fist was still falling on Wang Sheng's body stiffly, but it was getting slower and slower, but Zhong's father's eyes began to flash red.

Soon, Liu Wei, with a bruised nose and a swollen face, followed Wang Sheng and served him as a follower for a month.

These plumbers, as long as Liu Chang doesn't do anything for three days, they will be able to demolish the tiles of the Weiyang Palace!
Liu Chang sat in the Tang palace, surrounded by sages.

Except for the few officials from other places, basically all came.

There were all kinds of meat and wine in front of the crowd, which was quite luxurious, and Liu Heng saw that he could beat people.

Liu Chang took a sip of wine, then shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Zhou Shengzhi didn't even hesitate, and asked instinctively, "Your Majesty, why is your Majesty sighing?"

Lu Lu failed to take the lead, but just glared at Zhou Shengyi angrily.

Liu Chang immediately said: "There is a shortage of manpower both inside and outside the DPRK. I expanded the territory and set up many institutions. There are not many ministers who used to follow my father to fight. Today, the counties and even the temples, There is a lack of capable people. I set up Taixue Guoxue County School, just to get more talents, but it will take time, and now the countries in the Western Regions are convinced, but I can’t even get the ministers together.”

"Why don't your majesty ask Ji and Qun Xian?"

Liu Chang raised his head, glanced at them, and shook his head helplessly.

"Even the ministers are helpless, what can you do?"

When Liu Chang said this, Qun Xian was a little unconvinced. They looked around, but unfortunately Chen Mai and Guan A were not there, Zhou Shengzhi got up first and said, "Your Majesty, if it really doesn't work, I will take people out of the Great Wall to crusade. Those countries, who fought a battle and divided their military merits, wouldn’t they have such officials?”

"Fuck! Can they have the ability to govern a place after fighting with you?"

"What I want is talents, not titles! According to what you said, I will directly ennoble the people around Chang'an. Wouldn't it be better to use them?"

Zhou Shengzhi lowered his head, as if it really was the case.

Fan Mi immediately got up, "Your Majesty, it's really impossible, I'll take someone out of the Great Wall to crusade against those countries to fight a battle!"

Zhou Shengzhi was furious, "This is my idea!"

Fan Yan shook his head, "No, I mean, let's arrest those ministers from other small countries and ask them to come over and serve as officials for us! Isn't that the solution?!"

"Fuck! Ministers from other countries, can they be caught and become officials of the big Han?! They are capable, but they don't know the situation of the big Han, they don't know the language, and they are enemies, how can they be my officials?!"

Fan Yan lowered his head, as if it really was the case.

Lu Lu stood up immediately, "Your Majesty!"

"Why, are you also going to lead troops out of the Great Wall?"

"That's right!"

"and then?"

"Then the world will be concerned about the war, and no one will mention the lack of manpower."

"fart!"

Xia Houzao thought for a while, then stood up immediately, Liu Chang directly scolded: "You sit down for me!"

Xia Houzao sat down very obediently, but whispered in a low voice, "You haven't listened to my policy, my policy is very good."

Just when Qun Xian was at a loss, Fan City said, "Didn't Your Majesty organize an assessment before and let people from all over the world participate? Do you want to hold it again?"

"How long does it take to hold this one? And last time, only a few hundred people were selected. How many times do I have to hold it? There is a serious shortage of officials in various places. Many senior officials have invited me to I don’t even dare to let them go back, I’m afraid no one will be able to take their place.”

Liu Chang complained helplessly. At first, the thing that troubled Liu Chang the most was food. Dahan was always short of food. With the development of the next few years and the previous accumulation, Dahan's agriculture has finally developed. Now, if If 60 to [-] people are not recruited, there will basically be enough food to eat, and there will be no serious food shortages.The problem that currently plagues Liu Chang has become a shortage of talents.

Liu Bang had left an excellent team for Liu Chang at the beginning. Basically, any county governor had a marquis with him. All countries looked around, and the three princes and nine ministers in the country were all ruthless men who founded the country. The officials in the county are all ruthless men killed from the battlefield, and even the officials in the county are old soldiers.

The newly founded Dahan lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of talents. The top-level fierce generals, advisors, and rulers are a pity. With the passage of time, these people have left one by one, but most of them have inherited their positions. It's people like Liu Chang's Qunxian. Their descendants are completely incomparable to them. Maybe Zhou Yafu is the second generation who can reach the level of his father and grandfather. It's hard to say for the rest.

Moreover, after Liu Chang came to power, the Great Han ushered in a substantial expansion. The State of Yan went to Liaodong, the State of Tang went to the outside of the Great Wall, Longxi to Hexi, the Western Regions, Wu Chu to Nanyue, Changsha to Yelang, Bashu to Dian State, the whole territory of the Han. I don't know how much it has increased. This tyrannical and tyrannical king is fighting everywhere. The territory of the big Han has increased, but the conquered lands all need capable people to govern.

In addition to the expansion, there are countless new institutions set up inside, and there are not enough officials from the Taixue.

Liu Chang couldn't help but look at Zhou Yafu.

Zhou Yafu pondered for a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, it's not that there are no talents in the big man. When I was in Longxi and Hexi, I knew that there were good talents there, and I made a lot of friends. In other places, talents must be More, there's just no good way to make them available to the temple."

"This kind of national matter is not something that we can discuss and decide. I think that His Majesty should summon the ministers to discuss this matter together, or summon them individually and ask them one by one."

Liu Chang shook his head, "I have mentioned it several times, but none of the ministers have any good opinions."

"Your Majesty, I remember something."

"You said."

"Previously, the Taiwei reorganized the three armies and needed cloth as the flag of the order. I was ordered to take it from the Shaofu. The Shaofu order said that it would take seven days to complete it and refused to go with me. But the Taiwei was in a hurry and sent people several times. He urged them to use military law to deal with them, and the decree of the young government came up with a way to order them to bring cloth and silk to the homes of the common people, and use money to make women make flags.

Zhou Yafu talked about this matter seriously.

Liu Chang asked thoughtfully: "You mean that as long as I push hard enough, the ministers can come up with a solution?"

Zhou Yafu shook his head.

"I just want to say that this man is very capable, but he is lazy and unwilling to do things. As long as you force him, he will definitely find a way!"

Xiahouzao was very unconvinced, "Your Majesty, in fact, I also have a very good solution, I can definitely make you have a lot of talents, and it is definitely not inferior to Xiao Xiang, leaving Hou and the others."

"Okay, eat your meat!"

Liu Changchang waved his hand and decided to eat and drink with the sages at ease.

Xiahouzao couldn't help complaining to Lu Tazhi who was beside him: "Your Majesty doesn't know the truth of Corporal Lixian!"

Lu He was stunned, put down the mutton in his hand, and smiled slightly at Xia Houzao.

as long as you are happy.

Fan Kuai was very curious. While everyone was eating, he quietly sat beside Xiahouzao and asked, "Tell me, what exactly is your good idea?"

Xiahouzao said proudly: "You are a person who knows people! Let me ask you, when Emperor Gao was the emperor, why were there so many talents?"

"I do not know."

"That's because in the turbulent times, they will go through all kinds of training, so talents will come out in large numbers. Otherwise, my father is still raising horses, and your father is still killing pigs. Are you right?"

"You're right!"

"So the best way is to let the various princes and kings bring their armies to fight each other. As long as they fight, the current prosperous world will become a troubled one."

"Okay, let's eat!"

After the sages had eaten and drank, they began to sing and dance. When they were drunk, they drove out and prepared to run wildly outside the city. Such a group of people in Chang'an was simply lawless. Even Zhang Shizhi was helpless to them. Just as their frame rushed out of Chang'an, a car driving from a distance noticed them.

Chao Cuo frowned, looking at the chariots in the distance that were galloping away, not even walking on the road, but just climbed over the mountains and disappeared into the distance, and asked displeasedly, "Who dares to be so domineering in Chang'an? Woolen cloth?"

"This is His Majesty's car."

Chao Cuo suddenly realized.

After receiving Liu Chang's order, he started to go to Chang'an from Nanyue Kingdom. He didn't know how long he had traveled until he finally arrived at Chang'an. Looking at the vanishing chariots in the distance, Chao Cuo smiled and said. : "After His Majesty ascended the throne, he is still so good at martial arts. This is the luck of the great Han. If not, His Majesty can defeat such a powerful enemy as the Huns and bring peace to the great Han? The true hero is also the Lord!!"

The captain of the city gate glanced at him, well, another disciple of Shen Buha came.

But Chao Cuo immediately frowned and said, "Just, how can the rest of the people follow His Majesty to do such a thing? What His Majesty can do, they can't do it! They shouldn't do it! They should behave like this. Behead and warn the rest!"

Chengmen Colonel was stunned again, oh, I made a mistake, it turned out to be Shen Dao's disciple.

Chao Cuo shook his head, "The big Han's law clearly stipulates that you are not allowed to drive cars in the city, you are not allowed to speed up within three miles outside the city, and you are not allowed to deviate from the road. As the captain of the city gate, you failed to stop Your Majesty, and did not go to persuade your Majesty. Advise Your Majesty, and even condone those people who follow His Majesty to violate the law, how can this be done? If the dignitaries in the country do not obey the law, and you cannot fulfill your duty, how can the rest of you do it?”

Chengmen Colonel is now confirmed.

This fellow is not the Shen faction, the Shang faction, or the Shen faction, this is Han Fei's disciple! ! !
Chao Cuo entered the city and did not go to rest, he went directly to the gate of the palace, waiting for His Majesty to return.

However, after Liu Chang played outside the city all day, he did not return to the palace, but instead came to Zhang Cang's mansion.

"Master!!!"

"Hahaha, come on, take it! This is my prey today!"

Liu Chang threw the prey in the car to the surrounding retainers and asked them to clean up.

These people stared blankly at the prey in their hands. The deer, pheasant, and hare are nothing but the sheep. Where did you hunt them? ?Is it possible that sheep can still be found in Shanglin Garden of Dahan? ? ?

Zhang Cang looked at Liu Chang with a smile and let him sit beside him.

Liu Chang looked around and said: "Master, I have to remind you that the number of your retainers has seriously exceeded the standard. My new law stipulates that you can only keep eight retainers in your title. There are already thirty or forty of this scale, right?"

Zhang Cang shook his head, "This is not my retainer, those are my sons."

"Oh, that's fine."

"Why did you suddenly come to me?"

"I miss Master so much, so I came here on purpose."

Zhang Cang didn't believe this at all. This fellow must be holding back some bad water. Liu Chang was also a little embarrassed at the moment. If it was another minister, he would just choke his neck and let the other party come up with a good solution. He couldn't think of a way. Just twisted his neck, but this was his teacher after all, it was a little inappropriate to do so.

As for the threats of words, Zhang Cang would not take it seriously. As a great scholar, this fellow is completely a rogue, and he doesn't care about those threats at all.

Liu Chang didn't know how to start, so the two started chatting about everyday life.

"Although my children are not as many as yours, new children will be born."

"My concubine Yong'e is about to give birth, I hope it will be a daughter."

Zhang Cang nodded and asked, "Can you choose a name?"

"I haven't taken it yet. The teacher is very knowledgeable, why don't you help me take one?"

Zhang Cang thought for a moment, and then said seriously: "Virtue is not good, the good person is good, it is better to name it good, whether it is male or female, it can be used, what does your Majesty think?"

"Liang? Liu Liang? Good! Just call him Liang!"

Liu Chang clapped his hands, suddenly reacted, and asked, "Master, didn't you choose such a name because of Liuhou?"

Zhang Cang said solemnly: "How can a teacher be such a person? I have always admired Liuhou, Liuhou's name is good, and it is good to take the name of the prince! This old man has a son, also called Liang, I It is this word that is admired, what does this have to do with Liuhou?"

"Ah?? Your son's name is Liang?? Isn't that the same name as Liuhou??"

"Cough, I have a lot of sons, even if they have the same name, it is not worth marveling at."

Liu Chang nodded, and then said with a bitter expression: "Master, there is a shortage of officials everywhere in the big Han, I really don't know what to do. After thinking about it, I can only think of you, you are my teacher. I've been by your side since I was young. Sigh, now I don't think about tea and rice, I've been thinking about it all day and I can't eat the meat, I really don't know what to do."

Zhang Cang squinted his eyes, a bitter plan.

He said very calmly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, when the Taixue goes through a period of time, the big man will not worry about no one available."

Chang Liu stared at Zhang Cang pitifully, his face full of grievances.

Zhang Cang didn't turn his head away and didn't look at the disciple in front of him.

"Master, if you can't even help me, who else can I find?"

"The world is so big that I can't find a single person to help me. Could it be that I am such a ruthless tyrant, so unscrupulous?"

"Ugh"

Zhang Cang sighed, looked at Liu Chang helplessly, and then said: "If Your Majesty is in a hurry to handle this matter, you can let the local government hold the imperial examinations on their own. Now it is not a lack of talents, but a lack of means to appoint talents."

"what??"

"For example, if there is a lack of a wanderer in the county, an imperial examination order can be issued, and non-local people can come to participate in the assessment, and those who pass can stay as wanderers to quickly select the lower-level officials, and then the rest of the officials can follow their performance to mobilize"

"In the temple, the imperial examination is held, and the talents needed for more important positions are selected through harsh assessments."

"The minister's meaning is to open up several more channels for talent selection, imperial examinations, local recruitment, Taixue, recommendation, self-recommendation, recruitment, etc., all that can be used for him!"

"I seem to understand something."

Liu Chang nodded thoughtfully, and then grinned, "Then Master also took care of this matter, right?"

When Liu Chang left here, Zhang Cang had a helpless expression on his face, waved at his two sons, and ordered, "No doubt, you and Nie will go to see your majesty together!"

When Liu Chang heard this, he immediately raised his head and laughed.

"Master, you are too bad. You don't use it on your children for those you don't deal with, right?"

Liu Chang suddenly woke up, and hurriedly asked, "Isn't there someone named Chang?"

"Your Majesty, the name of the Son of Heaven should be avoided."

"That's good."

"By the way, it doesn't matter if it's not too short!!!"

(End of this chapter)