Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 394 What Big Things Can Happen in Chang'an?

Jinan County is the former Boyang County.

At the beginning, Emperor Gao appointed his eldest son Liu Fei as the king of Qi, and brought Linzi, Boyang, Jibei, Jiaodong, Jiaoxi, Chengyang, and Langya to the Qi State. At that time, the Qi State really dominated the east of the Central Plains. , Unstoppable, the land of seven counties, millions of people, can draw 20 soldiers to fight at any time, with Cao Shen as the prime minister, Emperor Gao is really good to the eldest son.

Of course, the current state of Qi is no longer the case. Jibei County was taken away by Tang State, Jiaodong County was awarded to Liu Jian, Jiaoxi County was originally awarded to Liu Wei, Chengyang County was awarded to Liu Zhang, and Langya County was awarded to Liu Xingju. The only counties that Liu Xiang could control were Linzi and Boyang.

In the previous year, the King of Jiaoxi, Liu Wei, broke the law. Liu Chang changed him to the King of Beiting and sealed him in the Western Regions. He changed Jiaoxi to a county, returned it to Qi, and changed Qi's Boyang county to Jinan county. , to take back the use of the temple.

The establishment of Jinan County in the temple is not aimed at Qi or other countries. Qi is not a concern now. This is Liu Jing's idea. Materials, the wealthy people are transported to the temple by water, which is fast and convenient.Zhang Budo also agrees very much. He feels that if he encounters a wealthy family that is difficult to handle, it is really convenient to let him fall into the water on the spot.

Qi people did not like to see Liu Chang very much.

The most unpleasant are some of the great people and noble families in Qi. The common people are okay, and the culture of Qi is very strong. These cultural people don't like Liu Chang, and of course they don't like Liu Bang, but they like Liu Ying very much. With Liu Fei, Chu Wang Liu Jiao and Wu Wang are also good.In such a place, it's really not easy to have someone like Fu Sheng who touts Liu Chang.

Liu Ying has great respect for these scribes, Liu Fei, Liu Jiao, and Liu Heng are similar.But Liu Bang and Liu Chang had a very bad attitude towards these people. Liu Bang was completely offended by the Confucian scholars in Qi State and urinated on their crowns. If it wasn't for Shusun Tong, it is hard to say whether Confucianism could persist until Emperor Wu.

And Liu Chang is even worse. He not only urinates in the Confucian scholar's crown, but also makes the Confucian scholars wear this hat to do things for him!

Liu Bang was just not polite to Confucianism, while Liu Chang was not polite to any school.

Jinan, the south of Jishui, the style of Qi's writing is also very strong here.

When Liu Chang's car came here, the local county governor led the minister, and everyone from the local area came to see him.These are all well-known local scholars, not only Confucian students, but also other schools of thought. The bachelors from Qidi are not the mainstream of Confucianism. At present, Huang Lao is better.

This is thanks to Liu Fei. It is a tradition for Qi to use Huang Lao to govern the country. Today's Qi King Liu Xiang is also using Huang Lao's learning to govern Qi.

Although these elders Huang did not like His Majesty's journey to find a Confucian scholar, but thinking that this great Confucian scholar is also from his own family, they did not resist so much in their hearts.

Chang Liu got out of the car and met with many officials here.

The governor of Jinan County is also an old acquaintance of Liu Chang, Ji Tong.

The original imperial censor of the Tang Kingdom was the one who made the trap for the king of Tang.

Although this Xiangpinghou Jitong is the second generation of Chehou, he is different from the current group of sages. He is a group of people who followed Emperor Gao and defeated Xiang Yu in a serious way, ranking 56th in the list of heroes.According to records in the Han Dynasty, this person participated in the Hongmen Banquet with Emperor Gao, while the historical records say that the participant was Ji Xin.

Seeing the old acquaintance, Liu Chang was in a good mood.

"Hahaha, long time no see, are you okay?"

Liu Chang happily took his hand, and Ji Tong replied with a smile: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, this minister is safe!"

"These ministers all regard me as a good medicine for healing, and they all answer like this."

"Your Majesty is wise, not only for the ministers, but for the whole world, that is the elixir of resurrection!"

"Hahaha~~ You are right!!"

Liu Chang likes this kind of minister who dares to tell the truth.

As an official for Liu Chang, you may not have the ability, but you must know how to flatter him. As long as you make him happy, everything will be easy.

Ji Tong obviously has some attainments in this regard. He knows what His Majesty likes. After welcoming Chang Liu, he did not bring Chang Liu back to the mansion, but took Chang Liu to see the granary in Jinan.Qi and Liang are the granaries of the great Han, and Jinan has been the granary of Qi for a long time. It is very suitable for farming and has a large population. The damage suffered in the previous wars was relatively low, and they never tossed the enemy. Their chances are often surrendered before the enemy is ready to toss them.

Of course, Qi people are very bloody, Tian Heng has proved this, but not all Qi people are bloody, Tian Jian also proved this.

Liu Chang looked at the many granaries full of grain in Dongpingling County, and his face was really happy.

There are hundreds of granaries in the entire north of the city. The grains in the granaries are piled up like mountains, showing the extraordinary national strength of the big Han today.

Ji Tong also kept introducing the local situation to Liu Chang.

"We were the first to set up the county school. When Xue Suhou was still there, he also attached great importance to the county school here. Our sages here all sighed with His Majesty's benevolence and sent their own disciples voluntarily. Enlightenment teaching, they also accepted a lot of disciples, they did not ask them for money, they did it because they received His Majesty's kindness and did it voluntarily, which is rare in the big Han."

Ji Tong turned his head, looked at the few people not far away, narrowed his eyes, and asked, "Am I right?"

These people nodded hastily, "Yes, yes, that's exactly what the county governor said!"

Liu Changda was overjoyed, and immediately rewarded Jitong with Chinese clothes and a hundred pieces of gold.

But Ji Tong said: "The achievements of Jinan County are all because the people here love you. What does this have to do with me? Please reward the local people and let everyone in the world follow them!"

Liu Chang naturally did not object, and ordered the newly born child without a title in Jinan County to be upgraded to a title.

At this time, the people of Jinan County really began to welcome His Majesty, and they welcomed him from the bottom of their hearts. They spread the good news everywhere and were extremely happy.

Ji Tong also showed a satisfied smile.

After Liu Chang finished these things, he finally remembered his purpose in coming to Jinan, and took Yuan An to visit the Fu Gong.

Fu Sheng's home is also a big family in Jinan. His mansion is quite big, maybe because Chang Liu is coming, not only the mansion, but also the street in front of the door has been cleaned very well. Accompanied by , Liu Chang came to Fu Sheng's house.

Liu Chang did not let his disciples take Fu Sheng out, but slammed into the inner room.

Fu Sheng sat on the bed, his whole body looked wrinkled, his eyes could no longer see anything, and he couldn't hear very clearly, including speaking, not so neat, trying to understand what he said, It's still a bit laborious, skinny and scary, and it seems that there are only bones left in the whole body, and it looks like there is not much time left.

However, this is the auspiciousness of a big man. Even if it is seventy, it can be regarded as auspicious, not to mention a hundred years old. It is simply auspicious among auspiciousness.

Liu Chang looked at the old man in front of him curiously. It was the first time he had seen such an old man.

Fu Sheng's face was full of spots, and his eyes could not be opened.

"My minister pays homage to the king."

Ji Tong was shocked and said quickly, "It's Your Majesty."

"Meet Your Majesty. The minister has slurred speech and is not sober."

The old man was not afraid, he just said a lot of words with a smile, but Liu Chang couldn't understand a little, and Ji Tong kept translating in his ear.

"Hahaha, I came here this time not only to prevent the loss of the Shangshu, but also to meet the auspiciousness of you, a big man. What do you wish for?"

Liu Chang sat aside and asked loudly.

Fu Sheng said cheerfully: "Before Your Majesty's arrival, the county governor asked me to ask for some benefits for the people of Jinan, but the minister felt that this was inappropriate and it was suspected of deceiving the king."

Ji Tong's face turned dark, you old man, how did you say it so clearly when you said it?

However, Chang Liu laughed and said: "Ji Tong did this because of his duties. As the governor of Jinan, his most important duty is to manage Jinan well, as long as he doesn't cheat locally and seek benefits for the people. Nothing wrong."

When the old man heard this, he immediately laughed.

"The minister often communicates with Fuqiusheng by letter, and the king is more wise than he said."

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment. In the big Han, people who are not very old and not very high are called Sheng, such as Jia Sheng and Luan Sheng. When addressing peers who are not very close, they often add the word monarch after their surname. Old and prestigious people are called Dukes, such as Duke Zhang, Duke Zhou, etc., and Uncle Fuqiu, Chang Liu is the first time he has heard someone call him Fuqiusheng, but thinking of the age of the old man in front of him, Chang Liu can also Relief, indeed, Bo Fu Qiu is just an offspring in front of this person.

"I heard that the king is Zhang Sheng's disciple, Xun Zi is no longer there, and his further disciples are still so good."

"If he knew about these things, he would definitely raise his head and reprimand us again."

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment. Hearing this, this person knew his ancestor.

"Why did he reprimand you?"

Fu Sheng said with a smile: "He always felt that we couldn't teach people, saying that we were misleading our children, that we didn't know the correct way to teach, and only knew how to instill our own ideas into the disciples, but not let them have their own. Things, just copy the contents of one scroll of bamboo slips to another, and miss a lot of copying. If things go on like this, Confucianism will not be Confucian. But we were also very angry at the time. If we teach again, it will be decades later. It is Confucianism who is not Confucian, but what about you? Is one of your current disciples Confucian??”

Liu Chang liked listening to stories, and when he heard Fu Sheng say this, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Yes, the patriarch taught two legalists, one from the Zongheng family, and one from the Maoist school, that is, my master, Duke Fuqiu is a Confucianist, but neither of them is a serious Confucianist!"

"Gong Fu, what kind of person is my patriarch?"

"I usually ask Master, but Master doesn't say anything, he just says he forgot."

Fu Sheng recalled it and said seriously: "He is a very quick-tempered person, has a turbulent personality, is a good teacher, and has a stern tone. Even if he teaches his own disciples, it is in a tone of reprimand."

Ji Tong cleared his throat again.

This can't be said nonsense. After Your Majesty came to the throne, he kept raising Xunzi's status. Can't you say something nice?

Liu Chang was also very puzzled and asked, "So, my patriarch has no merit at all?"

Fu Sheng said: "He was always busy doing things. He hated the empty talk of the rest of the people. He thought that no matter how much he talked, it was better to do things down-to-earth. Therefore, he is always very angry, very angry. No one can catch up with his knowledge. Therefore, no matter how he treats anyone, he will pass on his knowledge and never hide it. He hopes that everyone can be sanctified. Therefore, when teaching others, always teach in a severe tone, worrying that they will not learn."

Liu Chang was satisfied and nodded, "My ancestor is such a person!"

"I am going to set up a sacrificial ceremony in Handan, so that all scholars from all over the world will come to worship Xunzi. What do you think?"

"Xunzi may not be happy if the king does this. Instead of setting up a sacrificial temple in Handan, the king might as well set up a few more county schools in Handan, and Xunzi may be happier."

"Hahaha, you are right!"

Liu Chang then asked Yuan An to visit Fu Sheng, expressing that he wanted the young man to study with him. Fu Sheng proposed to test Yuan An first to see if he had the qualifications. Various questions and answers in the fog.Liu Chang listened to them quietly. He didn't know whether Yuan Ang was qualified or not. Anyway, the whole Chang'an, from himself to the youngest Fan City people, should not be qualified, because Liu Chang couldn't understand the two people at all. what are you talking about.

Liu Chang was surprised, why can't these people say something human?
The original simple truth has to be said to be so complicated.

If Fu Sheng could hear his heart, he would definitely praise him, he is really Xun Zi's disciple and grandson.

Because Xunzi is also very annoying about this matter, of course, it is not because he does not understand, he just hates those who do not do practical things, deduct the classics of the sages all day long, keep commenting, and find dozens of explanations for a word.Xunzi is a pragmatist, and his academic bottom line is very flexible. It is said that many things about Confucius recorded in "Xunzi" cannot be verified at all. It is very likely that he made it up. As for why make up allusions?Of course for practicality.

Moreover, this made-up allusion is not a good allusion. Xunzi not only scolded other Confucian scholars, but angered him even Confucius. Mencius also had a bad temper, but he could not do this. , in terms of scolding people, Xunzi is probably better.I don't know if Confucius and Mencius clapped hands happily when Xunzi was moved out of the Confucian Temple in later generations.

Yuan Ang stayed to study with Fu Sheng. As for Liu Chang, even if he had the intention to study, he would not understand it. It was like expecting a person who did not graduate from primary school to follow the professor to learn advanced mathematics. what.

Liu Chang was not idle either. Accompanied by Ji Tong, he visited the various counties in Jinan one after another. Ji Tong really understood Liu Chang's mind. Tears of gratitude filled his eyes, and someone in the crowd sang King Tang's breakout music. There was meat, the singer danced, and a hunting ground was specially arranged outside the city, so that Chang Liu could hunt here with peace of mind. Chang'an.

At the same time, two acquaintances came to Jinan County.

Liu Chang galloped on his horse, holding a strong bow, wiping the sweat from his forehead, grinning, and looking not far away.

Qi King Liu Xiang stood respectfully not far away, and beside him was the Minister of State Ji Bu.

"Hahaha~~~"

Liu Chang jumped off his horse and walked up quickly.

"His Majesty!"

Liu Xiang hurried to meet him, and Liu Chang smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Xiang. You haven't come to Chang'an to meet me for a long time!"

"Father Zhong. I."

"Okay, I can write a book in the future. Your grandfather is gone. If you don't rely on us as Father Zhong, who else can you rely on?"

Liu Chang said a few words to him, and then looked at Ji Bu.

"Hahaha, Ji Sheren haven't seen you for a long time."

"His Majesty."

Jibu bowed with his body, and Liu Chang winked and asked, "Among those who followed the widow, you were the only one who was not Marquis Che. Do you know why?"

"It's because the minister's ability is humble."

"No, the main reason is to let the Queen Mother come to seal it in person, it is not appropriate for a widow to seal it, hahaha!"

Although he said that, Liu Chang was still very close to him. The three returned to the mansion for a banquet together. Liu Chang asked about the state of Qi. Now Ji Bu is in charge of everything in the state of Qi. Jibu was in charge of the state of Qi, of course, Liu Xiang was in charge of the state of Qi, and Jibu was in charge of the state of affairs.

"Jia Yi was in Zhao, Luan Bu was in Hexi, and the court called Gong, Zhang Budo, Chao Cuo, and Zhao Gong and Zhang Budo were still arguing. When they met on the road, they would not greet each other. Sigh, however, Duke Zhao's health is gradually getting worse, he is also very old and Chao Cuo has grown up, so he dares to attack Zhang Wusu."

"Govern Qi well, and in two years, you will return to the DPRK"

Ji Bu didn't care, he was fine wherever he was, he was more suitable for governing the place than in the temple.

In history, although this man was famous for his integrity, he was not bad at governing the place, and he was praised by his fourth brother for this, and he was also a capable minister of a generation.

"Then when is your Majesty going to go back?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and asked unhappily, "Listen to what you mean, why are you driving me away?"

"Your Majesty's departure from Chang'an is not a good thing. It is better to go back earlier."

Ji Bu said seriously: "Your Majesty has always been blunt, those villains who can't understand His Majesty are always waiting for the opportunity to murder you. If you are in Chang'an, they can only bow down to see you and dare not disobey you in the slightest. But if you leave, they will put all their dissatisfaction into action."

"I've heard that governance is born of a gentleman, and chaos is born of a villain."

"The local villains are nothing to be afraid of. It only takes a few soldiers to arrest them all. In Chang'an, a single act of a villain can endanger the whole world. As the ancients said: protect yourself when fighting. The same is true of the vital parts of oneself, and the governance of the world.”

Liu Chang stroked his beard, "What you said makes sense, I will go back sooner."

"However, with the princes in Chang'an, what big things can happen?"

"You are a little too cautious!"

(End of this chapter)