Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 419 Zhao Ghost King
"Hahaha, third brother!"

"Second brother!!"

Liu Ying got out of the car and helped Liu Ruyi, who was about to give a big gift.

Liu Ruyi was a little excited. He was already in his 30s, standing in front of Liu Ying at this moment, he was still like a child, a little helpless and didn't know what to say.

The second brother looked him up and down, and even lost his mind, "Yes, I'm more and more like my father!"

The young Liu Ruyi just looks like Liu Bang, but the grown-up Liu Ruyi simply grows into Liu Bang. If this appearance is seen in Peixian County, if the elders see it, I am afraid that it will be held on the spot and shouted. Liu Ji, out of the worship of his grandfather, Liu Ruyi even deliberately kept a beard exactly like Liu Bang, and kept a portrait of Emperor Gao in the ancestral temple, just like Liu Ruyi.

Liu Ruyi also smiled wryly, stroking his father-like beard, "Brother, it's not good if it looks too similar, every time I go to Chang'an, those old ministers always stare at me, I feel terrified when they see it, General Xiahou had called me over before, and he saw my face burst into tears, and he even gave me a sword, saying that he wanted to compete with me in swordsmanship. How dare I?"

Liu Ying couldn't help laughing, "I heard that General Xiahouying liked to test swordsmanship with my father, and my father hurt him."

As the brothers talked, they walked towards Handan City on foot.

This is the first time Liu Ying has come to Zhao State, he looked around curiously, seeing the completely different environment from Chang'an, he couldn't help but wonder, "This city of Handan is really tall, no wonder they say that Handan is the number one in the world. Xiongcheng”

"The Chang'an City newly built by the eldest brother is not ten times more majestic than this?"

"Majestic is majestic, but it doesn't have the taste of Handan City. Look, there are depressions on the city wall, and those are the marks left by the war."

Liu Ying looked at the city with countless histories in front of him. In his opinion, the newly built Chang'an City still lacked some flavor compared to the ancient cities of Handan.

Liu Ruyi couldn't see it. He only saw the poverty of Zhao on the city wall.

The poor cannot even renovate the city walls of the capital.

Liu Ruyi didn't bring too many people, because Liu Ying didn't bring too many guards of honor. He came out in the name of a domestic aristocrat. Unless he was a county governor or a prince, he basically didn't know his true identity. , This can make Liu Ying play happily, and it will not cause any turmoil in the local area, which is acceptable to everyone.

The two were dressed as ordinary nobles, and they even waited for a while at the gate of the city before entering the city.

"Third brother, this Zhao country is not bad, people come and go."

"The eldest brother always said that you are incompetent in governing the country. Now, it seems that it is not the same."

Liu Ruyi looked at the scene in the city and sighed, "Brother, this is the achievement of more than ten years. When I first came to Zhao Kingdom, I thought I wanted to do a great job and become a virtuous king, who knows. Well, when I came, Zhao State was devastated, there were ruins everywhere, ten rooms and nine empty spaces."

"I've tried my best, I've tried every means, and this is how I managed to achieve today's results."

Liu Ruyi's face was bitter, Liu Ying also knew how much the younger brother paid for Zhao Guo, and he used all the methods of borrowing the state minister. What else can I say?

Liu Ying smiled and said: "Third brother, you are also someone who has read books. There is no sin greater than desire, no misfortune greater than dissatisfaction; no blame greater than desire, so contentment is always sufficient. You know, you always compare the state of Zhao with the state of Qi, Tang, and Liang, when you developed the state of Zhao, didn't they know how to govern?"

"Zhao country has fertile land, and there are flat fields everywhere. It is the heart of the north. These are all things that are beneficial to Zhao country. Sooner or later, Zhao country will become rich, you don't have to be so anxious."

Liu Ruyi said helplessly: "Brother, Tang Kingdom is a new country, but now it has become the richest vassal state in the world. This Zhao Kingdom has become like this in my hands."

Liu Ying suddenly laughed, "Hahaha, how did the Tang Kingdom get rich? It's not because of the constant relief from the mother, the eldest brother and the various princes and kings begging for food, and the current development? If the material resources of various countries are used to accumulate the Zhao Kingdom. , I'm afraid that Zhao State will be even richer."

"I don't want to compete with the eldest brother, I'm just afraid that the world will say that Zhao Guo is because of me."

"This, you have to learn from the eldest brother, you are still worried about getting a bad name? Look at the eldest brother, when did he care? In front of him, you don't deserve to be infamous, why did he care about these things? These are all false names, as long as you can concentrate on governing Zhao State and accomplish your mission, that's enough."

Although the second brother has no talent, it is still a set of things when it comes to reason.

The two walked around the city of Handan, and then returned to the palace, where both families came out to meet.

When the brothers were drinking, Jia Yi was late.

"His Majesty!"

"You can call me uncle!"

"Why didn't you bring your child here?"

Because of marrying Zhang Yan, the first generation of princes and kings of the Han Dynasty became Jia Yi's uncles, and there were eight uncles, that is, Zhang Yan herself is gentle and virtuous, otherwise, she would ride on Jia Yi's head to bully him, and Jia Yi would also Don't dare to say more, which of these eight uncles is the most annoying?This is the second brother, who looks weak and smiling, but if you touch his family, he will let you know what a "green thug" is in minutes.

Facing his uncle's question, Jia Yi also answered one by one.

Liu Ruyi said happily: "When the eldest brother asked me to dance for him, I was still a little resistant, but I didn't expect that he would send such an excellent lover. If I knew it, I would have danced for him more. dance"

Liu Ying burst out laughing, "This Shuzi is mad at you by changing the law!"

"However, he still loves you. This Jia Sheng is his most beloved friend, and he will be handed over to you to be the prime minister of the state."

They were chatting, and Liu Ruyi's child also came.

This little guy is called Liu Xun, and he looks like Ruyi, but he is a little awkward. When he sees Liu Ying, he doesn't dare to come forward and salute, and hide behind his father.

In the evening, Liu Ruyi sent his second brother back to the house very considerately, and arranged for a few people to dance for him.

When he came out, Jia Yi looked serious.

"Your Majesty."

"I just saw that you have been wanting to say something, tell me, what happened?"

Jia Yi said very seriously: "Your Majesty has an edict."

"What did this Shuzi say again??"

"He said that we should be ready to welcome and reward us. Soon a group of temple officials will come to Zhao State, and they will go to Yan State after staying in Zhao State for a period of time."

Liu Ruyi said with a bitter face, "Zhao Guo is too poor to open the pot, why do you want us to reward you? You can do it yourself, just get some millet and tell them that Zhao Guo is also poor and has no food! This Shuzi, you know that the scourge of Zhao Guo has long known that I was more than when he was young."

Jia Yi said: "Your Majesty, I heard that these are all craftsmen who are going to drill salt wells in Zhao State. The temple has developed a new method for drilling salt wells."

"Ah?? Since they are officials sent by the Son of Heaven, the widow should come to meet them in person. When will they arrive? The widow should prepare now, get more sheep, and by the way, get some dancing girls. "

"Hahaha, although this Shuzi is not a weapon, the technology of this study is really incredible. He looked stupid when he was a child. I didn't expect it. By the way, I have to write a book to him and praise him. This Shuzi is the best. He likes to listen to flattery, as long as the widow praises him, maybe he will send more good things!"

"You should also pay attention, when you write the book, you must not say that Zhao Guo is rich. This Shuzi didn't borrow anything from me at the beginning, so try to be a bit miserable."

"After all, the widow is still his elder brother, and the widow is all too familiar with how to deal with this Shuzi."

Liu Ruyi said triumphantly.

Jia Yi was silent for a moment, then pointed to a valet not far away and asked:

"Your Majesty, do you know that this is the official of the Inspector?"

Liu Ruyi nodded, "I know."

Jia Yi was silent for a moment.

"Then the king must also know that this person will record the words and deeds of the king, and then convey it to the emperor by the prefect?"

At that moment, the smile and pride on Liu Ruyi's face both solidified.

He stared blankly at the valet.

The two looked at each other, staring at each other.

"Can we not record this?"

The valet shook his head, then picked up the pen and quickly wrote a line.

Although King Zhao didn't see it, he had already guessed it in his heart. This must be his own query.

He smiled awkwardly, "Actually, the Son of Heaven is a man of great talent."

Jia Yi sometimes felt that Zhao Guo couldn't stay any longer. His third uncle would always do some unintentional things. For example, if the emperor asked him for gold, he would give copper. For example, the provincial governor sent by the Son of Heaven was still there, so he dared to say some outrageous remarks.

Jia Yi felt that if this continued, sooner or later, he would be implicated and go to Huangquan with King Zhao.

Jia Yi knows how careful he was that day.

As far as the third uncle's words are concerned, can His Majesty target him everywhere? ?
When Zhao Guo improved a little, he had to go, he had to go.

At this time, the cautious emperor was inspecting the shipbuilding mansion.

The name Jibu gave to this new institution was really simple and crude, it was called Shipbuilding House.

And a young official who was originally in charge of building ships for the Huangtou Army, served as the shipbuilding order. This young man's name was Wei Wan.

The reason why Jibu let this young man take up this position is mainly because of his honest and cautious character, and he thinks that this young man has a good character.This young man was summoned by Chai Wu to be the official officer because he was good at cars. Later, he was delegated to the Huangtou Army as an official, mainly responsible for supervising shipbuilding and other matters. Now he has become the head of these craftsmen, not responsible for doing things, but He will be responsible for the management of the craftsmen, the statistics of expenses, the inspectors, etc.

And Liu Chang was standing on the edge of a shipbuilding platform at the moment, looking at the behemoth not far away.

This big ship looks no different from ordinary warships, but if you look closely, you can see the wheel paddle below. The huge wheel paddle can't be seen on any ship, and Chang Liu has some opinions. , this is to put wheels on the ship.

"Hahaha, this boat is interesting, who designed it??"

Ji Bu glanced at it, and Wei Wan hurriedly brought a shipbuilder to Liu Chang.

The craftsman looked a little scared and restrained.

Liu Chang asked, "Where are you from?"

"Qi people."

Liu Chang immediately put on his own accent of Qi, "No wonder Confucius said: Seeing wise men reminds me of Qi."

Ji Bu was stunned for a moment, frowned and began to ponder.

When did Confucius and his old man say this?I do not know how? ?

"How many sages are there in our country of Qi!"

Liu Chang has been to many places, and he is quite gifted with language. He can imitate the accents from all over the world. Although his Qi Guoqiang cannot be said to be very authentic, the craftsman is still very kind. He couldn't help laughing, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Every time I go to Qi country, I have to eat the five-flavored preserved meat over there, but now I haven't eaten it for a long time!"

"If Your Majesty wants to eat it, I can do it for Your Majesty!"

"OK."

After a few words, the craftsman was no longer restrained, with a full smile on his face.

Liu Chang then asked, "Tian Sheng, how did you come up with this ship?"

The craftsman replied earnestly: "Your Majesty, I have seen the wheeled car you designed in Qi, and I also know the principle, so when designing the boat, I wanted to make it by pedaling gears. Wheel paddle, will it be more convenient than rowing? Will it be faster? So I tried many times to calculate its size"

The craftsman immediately began to use professional terms, but Liu Chang could understand it, and even kept nodding his head.

The two exchanged for a long time, and Liu Changchang was overjoyed and said, "Lu! Reward this person a hundred gold!"

The craftsman was shocked and hurriedly said: "But, this thing has not yet been completed."

"If it is done, then a hundred gold will be rewarded!"

"I just need people like you. No matter whether you succeed or not, you must dare to design. If you don't even dare to design, how can you say success or failure?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

Liu Chang walked out of the shipbuilding mansion very satisfied, and Ji Bu walked out with him.

"You did a good job. The one just now was called a car and boat, right? This is a very good attempt. In the future, we have to encourage the craftsmen and let them design more."

Chang Liu got into the car, "Okay, don't need to send it. You can still do it. It doesn't break your promise. You can find Zhang Budo later. He still needs your help."

As soon as Liu Chang's words were finished, the car immediately ran and disappeared in front of everyone.

Wei Wan looked at the distant emperor curiously, and said to Ji Bu, "I heard a lot of rumors about His Majesty in the past, but seeing him today makes the rumors untrue."

Ji Bu said calmly, "That's because you don't know enough."

On the road, Liu Chang and Lu Lu were also chatting.

"You have to be careful these days, don't run into Zhou Chang."

"This fellow is looking for me all over the place right now. He just said that he is going to resign and return to his hometown. No matter what, he will not listen to him. If he is gone now, what will happen to the follow-up matters of Chidao? This fellow is really selfish. Take care of yourself, completely disregarding family affairs!"

Liu Chang occupies the commanding heights of morality, and is an output to Zhou Chang.

The corners of Lu Lu's mouth twitched. If you don't want to let people go, then you still scold them as old dogs every day.

What's wrong with him, he still wants to do things for you after being scolded by you? ?
Liu Chang talked for a while, and then asked, "What about those Confucian scholars?"

"How many are left??"

"There are only two left."

"Who?"

"Mao Heng and Yuan Gusheng."

Liu Chang was furious, "These two guys are treating my cell as a fairyland for free eating and drinking! The other mediocre Confucian scholars have all gone out, but the two most learned did not go out?? This is Openly challenge me!! Take me there now!!”

Lu Lu hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, let's go another day."

He knew that His Majesty was in a bad mood these few days, and the two of them happened to be on His Majesty's killing line, and they were not busy with anything. If His Majesty wanted to vent his anger on them, then If something is going to happen, one punch will kill at least one of those two old men.

If His Majesty killed these two old men in front of him, how could he tell his aunt?

My aunt would tell herself every day that she should be optimistic about His Majesty and inform her of His Majesty's misdeeds and words.

If such a thing happened, there is definitely no way to give aunt a job.

But Chang Liu insisted on going over, and Lu Lu had no choice. It was not the two old men who refused to lie down, but Lu Lu himself.

When he arrived at the place where the two scholars were imprisoned, Liu Chang rolled up his sleeves aggressively, followed by Lu Lu, and slammed into the house.

When they came in, they saw that the two were slowly sliding their hands on the water, trying to write on the water.

Liu Chang's face was stern, his expression very fierce.

The two of them hurriedly prayed to meet Liu Chang.

"His Majesty!!!"

Seeing the docile faces of the two, Liu Chang put away some hostility, "Isn't the two of them planning to come out?"

Mao Heng raised his head, looked at Liu Chang seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, the two of us have understood your thoughts."

"There is no destiny, the important thing is man-made, and this is the core of the theory of heaven."

"And the only person who can influence the big man and make the big man prosperous and prosperous is the manpower, that is, your majesty!"

"Therefore, we are here waiting for Your Majesty, waiting for His Majesty to pardon us and allow us to go out, because you are the only one who can influence and decide everything in this world!!"

"We are ignorant and can't understand His Majesty's thoughts for a long time. Please forgive us!"

The two bowed again.

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment before he laughed.

"Hahaha, since you have seen what I think, then I won't blame you. It would be great if you did this earlier, you are all members of the Confucian family, you must discipline your disciples well and let them know what What to say and what not to say"

The two bowed again, but when they came out, Liu Chang grabbed Mao Heng.

"I know that you are on good terms with Zhou Chang."

"Now that Zhou Chang wants to resign, you go and keep him. Your son, Mao Chang, is in the palace at the moment. Once this is done, I will take you to see him."

(End of this chapter)