Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 442 Dare to Bully My Son? ?

"Yo, isn't this Captain Xiahou? We haven't seen him for a few days. Why does the gate appear here?"

Lu Tazhi smiled and looked at Xiahouzao, who was guarding the entrance of the tent, and laughed so hard that he could hardly close his mouth.

The tall Captain Xiahou, who didn't even wear armor at the moment, stood at the door with a spear, motionless. He heard Lu Tazhi's mockery, but he didn't speak, as if he didn't see him, not at all in the past. The scenery and pride in.

Not long ago, someone from the temple came directly to Xiahouzao, and the messenger said, "Your Majesty wants me to convey my appointment to you."Immediately appointed Xiahouzao as the captain of the Western Court, this sudden order stunned Xiahouzao, what the heck?Captain? ?
Not only Xiahouzao, but also the other generals just thought it was outrageous.

However, the West Court is sparsely populated, and it is inferior to a county in the Central Plains in all aspects. Let Xiahouzao be the prefect, but there is nothing to say.

It's just that Xiahouzao, after he became a captain, became a little bit flirtatious.

All day long as a captain, he was giving orders to Lu Tazhi and his brothers, and he almost patted Xia Houying on the shoulder and shouted "Xiahousheng".

If it’s just to be proud in front of them, that’s fine. The bad thing is that when a big deal is negotiated, everyone pays a big gift to Han Xin. You must know that even the founding generals like Xia Houying are always polite when they meet Han Xin. The courtier came to bow down and bowed down. When everyone was doing their big salutation to see each other, Xiahouzao casually bowed his hand towards Han Xin and met him in a courteous manner. According to what he said, you are a commander, and I am also a commander. Even if you have seen it.

Then, Han Xin let him know that Taiwei is not the same as Taiwei.

Then, he came here to look at the door.

The twenty army sticks made him restrain a lot, and the executor was Xia Houying.

Everyone could never imagine that Xia Houying, who was kneeling and bowing to Han Xinxing, raised his head to see Xia Houzao's mood when he bowed his hands to Han Xin, and no one knew what Xia Houying was thinking at that moment, everyone. Just watching his face quickly flushed red, turned blue again, and began to turn black again. Anyway, the [-]th Soldier hit so hard that it almost didn't break Xia Houzao's leg.

In the face of Lu Tazhi's provocation, the pain in his butt still suppressed the restlessness in his heart.

Captain Xiahou didn't say a word, just raised his head.

Lu Tazhi looked at his appearance and couldn't help but be amazed.

If you want to say that this fellow can't do anything else, this body is really strong. Among the sages, Xiahouzao's force ranks second, but only under Liu Chang, this is a pure reckless man. , do not understand the art of war, can only be a striker and the like, no general talent.His Majesty carefully selected such a reckless man in the local area, presumably to suppress the local barbarians.

Lu Tazhi walked into the tent, and instantly put away the smile on his face.

Inside the tent, Han Xin was looking at the map in front of him and kept writing something.

Lu Tazhi didn't dare to disturb him, he just stood by and waited until Han Xin finished reading, and then he hurried to see him in prostration.

"What happened?"

"Letters from the Temple"

Han Xin took the letter and flipped through it at will. Naturally, he first read Liu Chang's letter.

Liu Chang has always maintained the habit of writing letters. Although there are many typos, indiscriminate use of allusions, and nonsense, Han Xin does not want to admit that it was written by his own disciple, but the content of the letter is very sincere. Just a random person, asking Han Xin if he had eaten recently, what he had eaten, whether he slept well, complaining about the things around him, complaining about the minister, showing off his deeds, etc.

Han Xin looked at it very seriously, even more seriously than when he just looked at the map.

Moreover, when reading Liu Chang's letters, a smile appeared on his face.

He couldn't feel it himself, but Lu Tazhi saw it very clearly.

"By the way, Master, I have already let Qi pass, you can take care of it a little bit, and I went to your house to help clean up a few days ago, and I accidentally found that the chickens raised in your house, the sheep are all dead and still alive. There is that old tree in your house, and I don’t know what day the strong wind broke off many branches. There is also the gate of your house.”

Han Xin's face was dark, and he put away the letter, "A scoundrel!!!"

Lu Tazhi was startled, lowered his head and dared not speak.

Han Xin took a deep breath, and then he read the other letters, and at this moment, his face suddenly became gloomy.

Most of these letters were written by officials in the temple halls. They listed some of Liu Chang’s actions and hoped that the Taiwei would not agree to Wu Guo’s South Expedition. The letters were full of praise for Han Xin, but secretly accused the emperor of being very happy. , The meaning of using the military and fighting force, all hope that Han Xin can call the shots for them and persuade the emperor.

Han Xin's expression became colder and colder, and it was a little scary.

"Captain? What happened?"

"No problem."

"Go back now."

Lu Tazhi nodded and hurried out of here.

Han Xin sullenly looked at the letter in front of him, and was silent for a moment before calling out to the door, "Xiahouzao! Come in!"

Xia Houzao remembered the lesson this time, and did not forget to give a big gift. Han Xin patted the letter in his hand lightly and said, "I am not in Chang'an, and even these incompetent mediocrities dare to bully my disciples."

"Ah? Captain, who bullied His Majesty?"

Xiahouzao hurriedly raised his head.

Han Xin pursed his lips, "Your Majesty worships you as the third prince, do you have to go back to Chang'an, officially take over, receive the Mianfu, and thank your Majesty?"

"But Your Majesty said let me be direct."

"Ok??"

"The captain is right!! You should go and thank you!!"

"Well, you are a national captain. According to the rules, you can't go back to the temple without permission. Come, take it!"

Han Xin threw the thing out of his hand, and Xia Houzao quickly caught it. This is Han Xin's seal of the captain. With this thing, you can do anything in the name of Han Xin. Similar to the battle of the emperor, you are a captain. exclusive token.Xia Houzao looked at this thing in his hand, and his eyes were about to pop out. Can this thing really be given to anyone? ? ?
"You take my seal, go back to Chang'an, announce and execute my orders"

"only!!!"

When Xia Houzao walked out of the tent, the smugness on his face came back. Just after walking for a while, he met Lu Tazhi who was chatting. Lu Tazhi laughed, "Why didn't the captain guard the door? You came out like this"

Xiahouzao didn't say a word, and directly showed the seal of the Taiwei.

At that moment, Lu Tazhi hurriedly prayed to see him and never dared to speak again.

Xiahouzao still wanted to say something, but after thinking about the twenty army sticks, he held back, "Get me a car now! I'm going back to Chang'an!!"

"only!!"

Lu Tazhi's face was serious, he didn't dare to laugh at all, he quickly turned around and left here.

Xia Houzao looked at the thing in his hand, this thing is really useful.

Chang'an, in the Hall of Houde.

"Chen Gong!! Please let me go!!"

"I really can't remember!!"

Liu Chang grabbed his hand, while Chen Tao held Liu Chang's hand tightly. Every time Liu Chang waved, he almost flew out, but he didn't let go, his eyes were full of longing, "Your Majesty!! I promised the minister to write all those things and give them to us to watch! You often say that your promise is not exchanged for [-] gold, how can you break your promise?!"

"I know what I told you last night. As for writing a book, it's all a joke, a drunken talk, how can you take it seriously? Let it go!!!"

"No, I have heard your Majesty's words, and I still have no idea. Your Majesty, please don't despise us for being stupid, and tell us the truth!!"

"I do you know how Kuai Che died?!"

"I was his disciple back then, of course I knew it! But, Your Majesty is going to kill the woodcutter outside Chang'an today, so you have to write down what you said yesterday! Your Majesty, you said yesterday the statistical method, the rational method, and the experimental method. , and the spirit of research. After I went back, I thought about it all night, and I couldn’t sleep all night, but you only gave a general idea and never explained it in detail. Your Majesty!!!”

Chen Tao took Liu Chang's hand, his face full of pleading.

Liu Chang stomped his feet in a hurry. I don't know anything about it. Where can I write a whole set of books for you? ?
"When you said it yesterday, this minister felt familiar. After returning, I watched the Mo Jing and found that what Your Majesty said can be linked to many chapters in the Mo Jing. No one has been able to comment on the Mo Jing for many years. Your Majesty What you are talking about is a doctrine that can change the entire Mo family, the entire Shangfang, and even the world!"

"You let go! Let go, I tell you, I'm about to do it! You can't stand my fist!"

Just as the two were pulling, Zhang Cang arrived in time, which was considered a relief for Liu Chang.

Looking at the sincere face of Chen Tao, and knowing the whole story, Zhang Cang said directly: "This matter, Your Majesty will do it well, just go back to Shangfang and wait!"

Chen Tao was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Zhang Cang and Liu Chang before leaving the Hall of Houde.

Liu Chang said helplessly: "Teacher, why did you agree to him? I don't remember those things clearly, and I have finished what I can say. This made me organize it into a book. If I could do it, I would be Mozi. Now, what are you beating him for?"

Zhang Cang glanced at him, "You have the courage to create a prosperous world, but you don't even have the courage to write a book?"

Liu Chang pursed his lips, unable to refute.

"It's not for you to complete it now. It's still the same sentence. If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach a thousand miles. If you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become a river. Which of the works you see today has not taken ten or twenty years. What time?"

Liu Chang suddenly understood and said confidently, "Teacher, I know what to do!"

Zhang Cang nodded and took out the memorial in his hand, "These are all the officials I have selected. Your Majesty will take a look."

"Hey, it's just some subordinate officials, you can decide for yourself."

Liu Chang showed absolute trust in Zhang Cang, and Zhang Cang reluctantly put it away.

"I'm going to make detailed statistics on the whole big Han. Today's Jiuqings only know a rough idea of ​​their household registration and their cultivated land. There is no exact statistics and no comparison. This is impossible to manage. What is there, what is more, what is missing, so that better plans and plans can be formulated Yes, but these are still to be learned from.”

"Please sit down and talk."

Zhang Cang sat down and said seriously: "Your Majesty, in these days, he has been making great use of his patrons, wanting to explore foreign countries and know the land beyond the Great Wall, but unfortunately, now the big man doesn't even recognize himself, he only knows about himself. How to probe the outside? The big man has to figure out himself first."

"You can do it with confidence! I'm ready!!"

Liu Chang said with a smile.

"The minister has ordered that the land, cultivated land, mountains and forests be accurately measured by the locality, and the granary, arsenal, household registration, vehicles, ships, currency, copper and iron are checked."

Liu Chang was startled and asked, "Is this a bit too big?"

"That's why I asked His Majesty to stop all the work. I can't find out. How can I implement it? When everything is written down, the problem will be easily exposed, and it will be solved very well."

"Here!"

"Then you came to me because"

"The minister just came to report on the way, the queen mother wants to find the minister. The minister came to see the queen mother."

Liu Chang nodded and said with a smile: "Mum is going to give you a big order, I guess she is also surprised haha, teacher, then you can go, by the way, there are a few design drawings in Shang Fang, I will prepare Participate in it yourself and follow them to get it out.”

"it is good!"

Zhang Cang immediately went to Changle Palace.

In all these years, Empress Lu actually didn't like Zhang Cang very much. As the most powerful woman in the world, it was not surprising that she hated Zhang Cang, the "number one scumbag man in the world".However, when Zhang Cang came in, Empress Lv still gave him the treatment of being the prime minister of the country. After Zhang Cangxing paid respects, Empress Lv got up and returned the salute.

"I heard that Shuzi worships you as his prime minister. If this Shuzi is rude, you need to be more polite."

"Please don't worry, Queen Mother."

Empress Lu hesitated for a moment before saying, "The original intention is good, but sometimes you are in a hurry. You have to properly dissuade him from following his temperament."

"I know it."

Empress Lu explained a few words, even though she knew that Zhang Cang definitely understood these truths, she still explained it.

Immediately, Empress Lu was brought in to eat, which was considered a banquet for the new Prime Minister.

"I still don't understand. Why did you suddenly recommend yourself to be the prime minister?"

Zhang Cang smiled bitterly, "I don't understand either."

"Probably sandwiched between two high mountains, I can't help myself."

Empress Lu probably understood a little, "Then it will be troublesome for Zhang Xiang."

"only."

In the days that followed, the temple once again had the backbone, and it was also a backbone with huge bonuses. After Zhang Cang became the prime minister, the happy days of the past no longer existed. Fortunately, he was very knowledgeable and faced many Tough problems can be dealt with faster, not as busy day and night as Zhou Chang, but no matter how capable he is, his way of health preservation is still broken, and his life is no longer as regular as before.

At first, the ministers had inexplicable resistance to Zhang Cang, probably because as soon as he took office, he read out aloud the idea of ​​creating a prosperous world for Liu Chang, making everyone feel that he was doing useless work.

However, when many of the problems they encountered were easily solved by Zhang Cang, the resistance of the ministers to him naturally dissipated. No matter what he advocates, this state is really useful, no matter what it is. He knew what to do. At this moment, many old ministers had a feeling of following Xiao He when they were doing things. This feeling was indescribably comfortable. In front of Xiao He, there was no problem. They said today If you find out your own difficulties, Xiao He will come up with a solution tomorrow.

They hadn't experienced such comfort for a long time, and Zhang Cang was able to do it, which made them overjoyed.

Among the ministers, the only one who is not very happy may be Zhang Budo.

The reason why Zhang Budo is unhappy is also very simple, everyone calls him.

Finally, everyone started to call him Zhang Xiang, but Zhang Cang suddenly worshipped the prime minister. As the right prime minister, his ability was beyond Zhang Budo's ten streets. The name became Zhang Zuoxiang.

Although it's just one more word, it's really not a good feeling, even if you call him the right prime minister, and you call yourself the left prime minister?When you go to him, you are the prime minister, and when you come to me, you are the left prime minister? ? ?
As soon as Liu Jing's car arrived in Longxi, it encountered a group of soldiers oncoming.

Liu Jing was appointed to Hexi as Prime Minister. However, because of the autumn harvest, he was forced to stay in Chang'an. After Zhang Cang let him give full play to his value, he let him go to Hexi immediately, mainly to let him take office. He went back to take charge of the statistics as soon as possible, so as not to delay the important event, nor to wait for Luan Bu to arrive.

Liu Jing looked at the car in the distance and asked, "Could it be Luan Xiang's car?"

Just as he was thinking about it, a knight came quickly and asked about their identities.

"It's Hexi State Minister Liu Gong's frame!!"

Soon after the report, a car was driving towards him. One person jumped out of the car, walked forward quickly, and asked rudely, "Who is Liu Sheng?!"

Liu Jing recognized the Shuzi in front of him as the son of Xiahouying, Xiahouzao.

Liu Jing got up angrily and scolded: "Shuzi! I am good friends with your grandfather, how dare you be rude to me?!"

Xia Houzao sneered, "Look at this!"

Xia Houzao took out the seal in his hand.

Liu Jing was shocked, got out of the car in a hurry, and went to pray to see you.

"The captain has an order, the old dog Liu Jing, who has taken some credit for himself, contradicted His Majesty many times, scolded the Holy Son of Heaven, and despised the emperor. It is really rude! It should have been executed, but I can take some credit and avoid the death penalty. !"

As soon as the recitation was finished, Xiahouzao ordered Liu Jing to be arrested. Liu Jing was old, and where is Xiahouzao's reckless opponent, Liu Jing did not resist any more. Xiahouzao threw the wooden board and executed Liu Jing directly.

"The one who tortured you is not me, but the Marquis of Huaiyin! Do you have any complaints?!"

"No."

"The Marquis of Huaiyin makes you feel at ease to assist His Majesty in governing the land in the west of the Hexi. If you dare to speak again, you will punish the clan!!"

"Only, only."

Xia Houzao waved his hand, got into the car, and the frame slowly moved in the direction of Chang'an.

The valet hurriedly helped Liu Jing up and said displeasedly, "Marquis of Huaiyin is really!"

"No need to say more!"

Liu Jing hurriedly interrupted him, looking at the frame in the distance, shaking his head helplessly, "I don't know which idiot actually wrote the letter to Marquis Huaiyin, Marquis Huaiyin treats His Majesty as if he were his own. , treat it as his own child to dote on, His Majesty lost his father at a young age, and his affection for the Marquis of Huaiyin is also extraordinary, closer to the affection of father and son."

"And the Marquis of Huaiyin is not as restrained and forbearing as the Queen Mother, they are just as protective of their shortcomings, but Marquis Huaiyin is more irritable, unscrupulous, and his love for His Majesty is more direct. Now, the ministers of Chang'an will suffer. already."

"Ah?? He went to Chang'an to beat the minister?? How dare he."

"What is he afraid of?"

"Hey, this is to vent his anger on his disciples, and he is also warning the ministers of the temple."

"Fortunately he didn't come in person"

(End of this chapter)