Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 457

The prince's marriage is mainly the queen's responsibility.

What's more, now that the Queen Mother is still there, there is actually nothing to do with Liu Chang.

The queen prefers to be with Zhang Cang's family, probably because among these founding ministers, only Zhang Cang's family has a daughter of the same age as Liu An, and the rest of the founding bigwigs are not much left alive. The children are more than Liu An's. Zhang Cang is even older, Zhang Cang has the ability, and the clan is not too large. Among his children, few of them are talented and do not hold important positions. His direct son Zhang Chang is just like his grandfather. Generous, no idea.

But Liu Chang felt that although his teacher's clan was not huge, the clan was really huge!
If this is married to Zhang Cang's daughter, well, how many more royal relatives will the big man have?Liu An's wife and brother can form a trilogy, and Zhang Chang is directly the captain of his wife and brother, and let him lead his family to make a song of his own, this is not a problem.

It's not just his wife and husband, Zhang Cang is already very old, and his romantic habits did not appear later. Therefore, he also has a large group of grandchildren. Compared with the number of sons, the number of grandchildren is obviously larger. Everyone in Zhang Cang may not know how many grandchildren or even great-grandchildren they have.
However, although the number is large, the quality is not very good, and there is no outstanding offspring.

Even the son-in-law, only served as a small and medium-sized official in the county, eating and drinking, quietly waiting for the day when the title fell on his head.

I don't know if I can wait for that day. Zhang Chang is also very long-lived. He is over fifty years old this year. It is worth mentioning that he is not the eldest son. He is the third oldest in the family. Zhang Chang could see through their grandfather. He is almost retired from what he has done as an official, and his grandfather is still conferring an official title. No matter whether he can get the title or not, he has no regrets in his life. .

On the contrary, Zhang Feng, the fourth oldest, is eager to try, and the fourth is almost half a hundred years old. He exercises diligently every day, and imitates his father's way of maintaining health.

Whether it is the queen or the queen mother, they all seem to think that the Zhang Cang family is good.

The status is comparable, and Zhang Cang is also old. When Liu An ascends the throne, the relatives' family will have no real power. At present, Zhang Cang can give Liu An a great help. One minister".

Liu Chang didn't care much about this, he was handling the big things in his hands with peace of mind.

"This is what you wrote?"

Liu Chang angrily threw the paper on the ground, and King Mahan, who was sitting in front of him, was full of despair, "Your Majesty, I have done my best."

"You are a dignified king of a country, look at this thing you wrote, even the eldest son of my incompetent, wrote it better than you!"

King Mahan handed over the review he made to Chang Liu, but Chang Liu was not so satisfied with the review.

Liu Chang is not just humiliating these people. In his opinion, these two foreign kings also have high utilization value.

The first is to inspire people's hearts, kill foreign kings, destroy their country, anyone can.

But today's big man is a good big man who talks about benevolence and righteousness. When he set out on the expedition, the big man has already made a propaganda. The big man is going to crusade the unruly foreign kings and save their suffering people. This is the mission of the big man, not the their land, population, or other resources.

And these two foreign kings are naturally the goals that the big Han wants to educate. Think about how it will inspire the people if the foreign king is influenced by the big Han, and the sincere confession of wrongs spreads all over the place. At the same time, this is also a shock to the other foreign kings. According to what my mother said, this is used as a model and shown to the world.

Moreover, these two guys are worthless here in Liu Chang, but they are still very famous in the local area. I believe they will be willing to help Dahan to appease the people in the frontier as soon as possible and speed up their education progress.

Liu Chang shook his head and picked up the review of understanding Mo Shu.

Xie Mushu's lips trembled slightly, but he didn't speak.

Liu Chang suddenly laughed, shook his head again, and laughed again.

"In my whole life, I have never seen such a literary and insightful person as you. Nine out of your seventeen words are wrong. And this paragraph, you copied Jimiao directly, right? You copied it. I have to change my name too, Chen Miaokoumao, look at the four characters you wrote, what do you say?"

"I made a mistake, it's a kowtow."

Liu Chang rubbed his forehead, picked up the letter of Jimiao that had just been thrown away, and looked at it for a while, "Actually, what you wrote, Jimiao, is alright, not bad."

"Go to Lu Jia with it, let him polish it up and publish it in the Di Bao, it is a good thing that you admitted your mistake, you have said it yourself, you are very sinful, I will not kill you, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins, You wait for the treatment!"

"only!!"

Jimiao was immediately taken away by the soldiers, while Xie Mushu looked at Liu Chang blankly, a little at a loss.

Liu Chang looked at him with complicated eyes, and after thinking about it, Liu Chang still decided to keep his dog life. People with such a low level of education are rare, and it would be a pity to kill them.

"You go back to study first, and then write about it. If you posted this in the Dibao newspaper, you and I would have been infamous for thousands of years."

"marry?"

Liu An's eyes widened, looking at the eldest mother in front of him.

Empress Lu asked again: "Tell the truth, do you have children outside?"

"what???"

Liu An almost jumped up, "What did the eldest mother say, I haven't married yet, how can I have children??"

Empress Lu nodded with satisfaction. It's good that this point is not inherited. Since the old bastard, the Liu family has had a habit of getting on the bus first, paying for the ticket to see how they feel, and putting on their pants is very tough.

Liu Fei was born like this, and Liu An was born like this.

"Nothing is good. Nothing is good."

"Then do you have someone you love?"

"Cough, sister of General Qin."

"She's five or six years older than you! How can she be your wife?!"

"Isn't my mother also older than my father?"

"This is different. Qin Tongzhi's sister has already become a family once, and even has a child. It's not right."

Liu An pouted, "I thought so too at first, but the servant Mao Chang told me that the benevolent loves others. He said that the lonely and widowed in the world were hated by the kings of the past, and the wise kings of today should do it. To love, Qin female lost her husband and is a widow, he really wants me to show the style of benevolence."

"What's the truth?! Why doesn't he show it?!"

Empress Lu was furious, "Okay, you go back first, I will personally arrange the marriage for you!"

"only."

Liu An leaned over and saluted, took a few steps, and said worriedly: "Mother, please don't punish Mao Chang for this matter, he has no selfish intentions, he said this because he is a Confucian Because of this, the Confucian wise men said so.”

Empress Lu's face turned even darker.

Now Liu An lives outside the palace. In order to train the prince, Liu Chang specially set up a mansion for him, arranged many officials, all according to the standards of the inner dynasty, and also gave him some powers, including the ability to observe government affairs and receive ministers. Wait, there is a vacancy in the system of the big man in the prince, and Liu Chang personally filled it, and stipulated what can and cannot be done as a prince, and also arranged a group of officials for the prince in detail, responsible for all aspects. .

His Majesty's arrangement, all the ministers said it was good.

And under His Majesty's wise leadership, Chao Cuo, who proposed the plan, was also promoted to nobility because of this, and he was very happy.

When Liu An was resting in the New Tang Palace, Feng Tang hurried over and brought bad news.

Sheren Mao Chang was punished for the crime of rudeness and tortured with the cane.

"what?"

Liu An looked at Feng Tang in surprise, "Mao Chang is a human being, how can you be rude? Get the frame ready, I want to see him in person!"

Mao Chang was really beaten hard, but he was still young, so he could bear such a beating, but he was a little aggrieved, lying on the bed, doubting his life, and when Liu An arrived, Mao Chang naturally wanted to get up to greet him. For the sake of giving up people, he must not let the prince in while lying on his stomach, so Liu An knelt down in front of Mao Chang with a sincere expression and asked him warmly.

Mao Chang gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Liu An in pain, trembling all over his body.

"How did you commit the crime of rudeness?"

"When the minister declares his name, it is not loud enough"

"Hey, you must remember this lesson in the future, speak louder, but don't be sneaky, this time it's just because your voice is too low, if you say something wrong, it's not just a crime of rudeness, but also possible I'm going to lose my head!"

Inside the Hall of Houde, Liu Chang looked straight at the book in his hand.

Zhao Tuo sat across from him with a smile, waiting for him to finish the book.

Liu Chang really didn't want to see this old man. When he learned that he was coming to see him, he greeted Lu Lu, don't let this guy come in, and said that he had something important to deal with. You have to wait outside the door. Now that the cold winter is approaching and the weather is getting colder and colder, Lu Lu didn't dare to let such an elderly foreign king stand outside. He went in and told Chang Liu, and Chang Liu could only let him in.

Liu Chang picked up the book and pretended to read it.

As long as he looks very busy, this fellow will retreat, right?
The reason why Liu Chang didn't want to see this fellow is because this fellow always treats him as a child!Always treat Liu Chang as a child.

I am a dignified man, how can I be treated as a child?

Although at his age, he is really a child in front of Zhao Tuo, but this does not mean that the old man can coax himself to eat meat like a child!I am the father of four children!

Different from other ministers, Zhao Tuo's attitude towards Liu Chang is different, even his eyes, that kind of pampering eyes, Liu Chang doesn't like it very much, probably because it touches on what Liu Chang is most unwilling to remember. some things.

"It is said that Your Majesty is knowledgeable, diligent and eager to learn. Now it seems that it is true. Reading backwards can be so fascinating."

Zhao Tuo couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Chang cleared his throat and put down the book in his hand.

"Ah? Is it the King of Nanyue?"

"When did you come?"

"It came when Your Majesty told Lu Lu not to let the old thieves enter."

"Cough, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Tuo asked, "I heard that His Majesty is planning to move to the real border?"

"Yeah, I do have this idea. The big Han is now strong, and every household is prosperous. According to Chao Cuo's words, there are more than [-] people in Chang'an alone. There is no cultivated land that can be inherited. Merchant, craftsman, or become a ranger."

The ranger culture of the Han Dynasty started from the prosperity of Yu Ding. The heir to the eldest son is not only popular in the royal family and the feudal lords, but also among the people. Occasionally, there may be a preference for the second son, but in most cases, it is the eldest son. Inherit everything in the family, give Yu Ding something and let him establish his own business. For the big family, it is okay to give the second sons some land and livestock, so that they can support themselves.

But if it is a poor family, how can it stand such a distribution?

Not to mention giving land to livestock, giving a chicken is a big brother.

The population of Dahan has ushered in a big explosion since Wenjing, and Yu Ding, who has nothing, has to find a way to support himself. The best way is to become a ranger. In Dahan, rangers are fond of the descendants of nobles. For the people at the bottom, it is a profession. Their usual way of earning money is through the support of others. Usually, they have to worship the elder brother first. The elder brother eats meat, and the younger brothers drink soup. merchants or wealthy people to provide support.

Ordinary people, they are immobile, not because of their benevolence and righteousness, but mainly because the peasants cannot move. After all, the exploitation of the peasants is generally the responsibility of the nobles. If the farmers are exploited by the rangers, who will the nobles exploit? Woolen cloth? ?
You can ask the nobles to reward you with food, but if you want to change their jobs, it is useless to be the biggest ranger in the world, and teach you how to behave in minutes.

At the end of the dynasty, the aristocrats changed their way of exploitation, that is, they turned the farmers into their own farmers, and they could farm for themselves with peace of mind, and don't plant their own land. At this time, the rangers can toss the farmers at will, but Usually, by this time, the farmers will not be able to toss anything. If you toss too much, these farmers may have to wear yellow headscarves to judge with you.

After Liu Chang finished speaking, Zhao Tuo asked with a smile, "Then this real border, but to Shuofang, Beidi and other places?"

"That's natural. If you don't move to the frontier, do you want to move to Liang Guo?"

"Has Your Majesty ever thought of migrating to the south?"

"To the south??"

Liu Chang looked at Zhao Tuo blankly, then grinned, "Why is this?"

"Your Majesty, most of the land in the southern country is good soil, and there are many places where it is more than a year old. If it is carefully cultivated, wouldn't it be more effective than the frontier land?"

Liu Chang shook his head, "The land is good, but there are mountains and forests everywhere, ferocious beasts, and the miasma. Although Shuofang and other places are suffering, the people can still live in the past. If they are sent to the southern country, can they still survive? That is directly Send them to die, it's not as good as Hexi and other places!"

"Your Majesty, when the minister brought the army to Nanyue, it was also a wasteland. As Your Majesty said, there were ferocious beasts and mountains and forests everywhere. , to feed hundreds of thousands of people, doesn’t that mean anything?”

"Nowadays, there are more than 200 million Han people, but they are all in the north, and there are only [-] million people in the south."

"The southern country is vast and rich in resources, and there are countless good lands. Now it is poor because of too few household registrations. If the population of the southern country can reach 1000 million, I don't know how many more granaries the big man will have. The whole southern country will no longer need temples to give supplies. Even if it is not as good as Liang Guo, it can still feed back its roots."

"Your Majesty wants to open Shuofang, Hexi, in the short term, it is possible to develop a lot of arable land and increase food, but in the end it is only the level of today's Yan Kingdom. It can be self-sufficient, but it can't do more. If Your Majesty can manage the Southern Kingdom with heart , maybe it is not difficult to have a few more Liang Kingdoms in the south, and the short-term benefits may not be comparable to that of Hexi in the north of Kaishuo, but if it is long-term, the big man cannot expect to use the materials of the Central Plains to support the whole country, the south has great potential!"

"Now the princes of the southern kingdom are headed by King Wu. King Wu is a wise man, and his ability to govern the country is unmatched by ten Tuo."

"In the eyes of the ministers, King Hexi, King Yan, King Zhao, etc., are willing to pioneer for His Majesty, but because of their limitations and abilities, they cannot repay His Majesty's kindness. Give to King Wu, and King Wu will be able to repay a hundredfold.”

"No princes in the world can be like the King of Wu!"

Zhao Tuo still highly respects this fourth child who cheated on him.

"Don't I know what you're saying? The development of Shuofang and the development of the south are not the same. In order to develop the southern country, we must sacrifice the people who migrated? I can't do such a thing!"

Zhao Tuo chuckled lightly, "Your Majesty, if the people of Tang State are directly relocated to Nanyue State, they will not be able to bear it, but if the people of Qi State are relocated to Chu State, and the people of Chu State are relocated to Wu State It will not be a big problem to migrate the people of Wu State to Nanyue State. Besides, I have quite a lot of experience in migrating people and developing the Southern Kingdom.”

"If Your Majesty is willing, this minister can go to Nanyue to assist King Wu and arrange this matter for His Majesty."

Liu Chang hesitated. Over the years, the center of the temple has always been in the north, mainly in the northwest, north, and northeast, that is, the three kingdoms of Hexi, Tang, and Yan, especially most of the recent actions. What is unfolding around the Northeast, Pingmahan and Ganfuyu, are all for the Yan Kingdom to swallow up these lands, to digest this area in the fastest time, to turn these people into Yan people, and to strengthen the Yan Kingdom itself. Strength.

As for Nan, the ministers seldom care about it. After the death of King Yuan of Chu, the status of Nanbian was even lower, and the ministers did not mention it anymore.

Zhao Tuo's remarks made Liu Chang a little shaken.

He has been to the south. No matter the climate or the water source, it is really suitable for farming. It is the mountain forest that makes people look a little desperate. However, the old man in front of him said the second on the issue of developing the south, except for shameless. Liu Chang, no one dares to say No. [-].

In this regard, this guy is indeed a good player. It took 40 years to turn the barren land into a big country that can compete with the Central Plains. The grain production once soared, and even started to import and export grain with the big man trading.

"But... why are you so concerned about this matter? Just because of undocumented affection??"

Zhao Tuo raised his head and laughed.

"I'm not your opponent. Since I can't draw a sword to compete with you, then I will be the sword in your hand!"

"Overcoming all obstacles, living up to the name of a man!!!"

ps: Actually, I admire Zhao Tuo quite a bit. Historically, he and Emperor Wen had written letters and admired each other. He sent envoys to meet the emperor twice a year, making Nanyuezhi truly a legend.

(End of this chapter)