Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 460
A roar interrupted the jailer.

When the jailer turned around angrily, he saw that extremely tall figure.

Liu Chang didn't know when he appeared behind everyone, looking at Zhou Bo who was lying on the ground, his face was a little gloomy, the little official was stunned, and then grinned, "Your Majesty!!!"

The little official was not afraid of Liu Chang, and said as if taking credit: "This fellow is ready to plead guilty."

"Step aside."

"Your Majesty, I am the Empress Dowager Feng."

Liu Chang turned his head abruptly and looked at him. At that moment, the clerk felt as if he was being stared at by some wild beast. His back was cold, and he couldn't help but let the way and stepped aside. Only then did Liu Chang let go. Opening his fist, he bent down and walked into the prison. Liu Chang didn't speak, just grabbed Zhou Bo's hand and suddenly helped him up.

At this moment, Zhou Bo was abnormally weak and swaying. Liu Chang let him lean on his body and pulled him out of the prison.

Several prison guards were stunned and wanted to say something, but they dared not speak, and let Chang Liu take Zhou Bo out.

After leaving the prison, Chang Liu picked up Zhou Bo directly, put it on his carriage, and then let Lu Lu drive to Zhou Bo's mansion.

When he learned that Zhou Bo was coming, everyone in his house was very excited and came one after another. Zhou Jian even burst into tears. Looking at his scarred grandfather, he couldn't say anything. Liu Chang hugged him again, Walking into the inner room, he put Zhou Bo on the bed and sat aside.

Zhou Bo breathed gently, lying on the familiar bed.

Turning his head, looking at Liu Chang who was sitting beside him, he opened his mouth, but was unable to speak.

"Zhou Taiwei. What are you doing?"

"Your Majesty. I have never rebelled."

Zhou Bo's voice trembled, and the whole person looked a little aggrieved.

"I know that you have never rebelled, and you have no intention of rebelling. But why do you always do things on your own? Why do you not trust me like this? You are going to attack Donghu and Xiqiang. Will you still stop you? Why don't you just tell me to do it again?"

"It's okay now, you're not a rebellious captain, and I'm not a king who is afraid of rebellion. But if this kind of thing becomes a routine, what will people do later?"

"I wasted a lot of strength, and finally stopped the chaos of the princes and kings sending troops privately, but you have reopened this tradition, you said, what should I do?!"

"The ministers stared at the princes and kings of various places all day long, thinking of ways to deal with them and take back the power to the temple. The princes of various places are my brothers, and I can only suppress the ministers. Military merit, to deceive a child?"

Liu Chang took out the memorial from his arms and threw it on Zhou Bo's chest.

"Look at this silly boy. You coaxed him to say that he was going to arrest people, but you brought back several carts of heads. What use are these heads to him? What use are they to Hexi?"

"Being so deceived by you, he can't protect himself, and he keeps writing memorials to me, saying that he had promised you that he would bear the sin, and that he hoped to be imprisoned instead of you. You really don't care about anything?! "

"And your three sons, Shengzhi learned that you were arrested, and kept writing to me to beg for mercy, and even wanted to escape back to Chang'an, but was caught by Xu Li. Yafu was still out, but he didn't know what was going on here. , if he is distracted at this time, can you think of how serious the consequences are?"

"Jian is more ready to be buried for you, to live and die with you."

"I don't understand, why can't you control yourself?!"

Zhou Bo laboriously picked up the memorials placed on his chest and looked at them one by one. Many of them were sent by Liu Xiang. Hexi was very far away, because Hexi's territory was large, but the capital of Hexi was in Gu. Zang, next to Longxi County, it would not be as troublesome to come to Chang'an as it was to the South.

Then came the letters sent by Zhou Shengzhi, and of course letters from some old generals.

Like Chai Wu, Xia Houying, Guan Ying, Song Chang, Zhou Zao, and other veteran generals of the founding of the country, they still don't want to see Zhou Bo end up like this, and they are all willing to vouch for it.

Touching the letters in his hand, Zhou Bo couldn't help but burst into tears.

"The minister is wrong!!"

"You only know now?? If you told me in advance that you were going to go to Xiqiang, I would not let you go? Even if you went to arrest people, I would not be angry. What are you cutting off so many people for? This bird looks like, what is the use of me wanting a human head?! Fan Zeng, who is a dog, said that if the earth can destroy its power, it is not the era of many countries, it should change!!"

Lu Lu frowned, pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, lowered his head and said nothing.

"I didn't want to interfere in the first place, but, if you are a hero of the world, you have to be humiliated, and you have to humiliate yourself. This time, I will forgive you once again. In the future, you can rest at home and recuperate at home, even if you are here to retire!"

Zhou Bo gritted his teeth, "Your Majesty, I want to go back to Hexi."

"You still haven't cut enough, have you?! Come, come, it seems that I have to do it myself"

"That's not the case. This minister once promised the King of Hexi to open up territory for him and take meritorious deeds. If this promise cannot be fulfilled, the minister cannot be at ease! This minister will definitely change his mind and help the King of Hexi with all his strength, and help His Majesty's frontiers and people."

Liu Chang glanced at him, "Forget it, you'd better lie down in peace, there is no shortage of generals for big men!"

Liu Chang ignored Zhou *** and left here.

Lu Lu hurriedly followed behind him, and Zhou Jian and the others rushed in and surrounded Zhou Bo.

After leaving the mansion, Lu Lu couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Bo has accepted such humiliation, but he can't let it go out and give it to his soldiers. Although the Hexi Kingdom is weak, it may cross Longxi to reach Chang'an, and there are more than [-] soldiers. Be careful!"

"Fart, Zhou Bo is crazy to rebel."

"Tang country is staring at him. Hexi country is not as good as even a county in Tang country. What ability does he have to rebel? Besides, as long as the three princes of his family, as long as nothing happens, they will surely enjoy prosperity and wealth for generations and rebel?"

"But His Majesty said that he would not be allowed to continue serving as the Hexi Captain."

"Nonsense, he did this kind of thing, didn't let him live and reflect, and directly reinstated him, is that still called punishment?!"

"But you say that the big man has no shortage of generals."

"There is no shortage of generals, but is Zhou Bo an ordinary general? Except for me and Master, who dares to say that he can beat him??"

"Then let him go like that?"

"That won't work either. Isn't this fellow who likes titles and food towns the most?"

Liu Chang grinned, and Lu Lu immediately understood.

Liu Chang had just returned to the palace and was about to hug his daughter when he saw Zhang Xiang and Zhang Zuoxiang standing at the door waiting for him. The two were arguing about something at the moment. Zhang Buyi looked a little excited and his voice was loud. And Zhang Cang was going to be silent for a long time, just quietly listening to Zhang Buji's loud noise, and making judgments.

Seeing Chang Liu's arrival, Zhang Budo immediately closed his voice and hurriedly paid homage.

Zhang Cang also went to pay homage to see him, and Liu Chang took the two state ministers into the hall and asked them to sit down. Liu Chang then ordered Lu Lu to prepare some food, and he sat in front of them and asked, "Why? How about making a loud noise in front of my Hall of Honor?"

Zhang Budo hurriedly said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins! It's just because it's too urgent to discuss state affairs."

"Okay, okay, tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang Cang cleared his throat and said, "The matter of the tenant."

"This time when the minister was preparing for the relocation of the people, I just realized that the problem of the tenants of the big Han has become very serious, and a large number of Yu Ding have become the tenants of the big families. From the hands of one wealthy family to another wealthy family, the tenants of Liang Guo have occupied [-]% of the national household registration, which is already a very serious situation!"

"People love their hometown so much, they would rather become a tenant than leave their hometown and go to other places to make a living"

Zhang Budo said displeasedly, "Why don't you just say the solution? Your Majesty, I think the best solution at the moment is to order the prohibition of large households from raising tenants. As a result, Yu Ding can only go on the road obediently and settle in various places. It may be disruptive to production in the near term, but in the long run, it's definitely doable!"

Liu Chang was still a little dazed at the moment, "When did my Han Dynasty become so powerful??"

"It's not really a wealthy family, it's just a military man with arable land who hires Yu Ding to farm for himself. It's not a tyrannical family. It can only be regarded as a big wealthy family. It's just that the number of these big families increases, and the number of tenants will increase exponentially. These big households cannot be easily moved. They are all veterans who started their careers in the military. If you move them, who will be willing to fight for the big Han in the future? Besides, their appearance is not a bad thing for the big Han. Your Majesty is not just to let the world go. Are all the people becoming rich?"

"It's just that there are too many tenants, and there will be a lot of harm. The tenants work on behalf of the farmer, and the farmer is always inferior to the self-cultivation, but Zhang Wusu's idea is too urgent and unfeasible."

Zhang Cang replied seriously.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is the number of tenants in various places in recent years."

Liu Chang flipped a few pages and was surprised.

"How can it grow so fast? This is not good. If it goes on like this, won't all the people in the world become large tenants?"

Liu Chang stroked his chin lightly and thought for a moment.

"However, it is not without solutions."

Liu Chang seemed to have remembered something, let the two ministers approach him, and said proudly: "You said, if I turn all these people into tenants in advance, then there is no way for the big local households to make them tenants. what?"

"what???"

Zhang Cang was a little stunned at the moment.

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Although Zhang Budo is not as good as Zhang Cang in terms of administrative ability, at this moment, he reacted quickly and asked, "Is Your Majesty going to rent the official land?!"

When Zhang Cang heard this sentence, he just reacted and shook his head hastily, "No, no, the official land is the foundation, how can we use the tenant's method to do it?!"

The state of Qin has a large number of farmland and sub-fields. These fields are actually cultivated land under the name of the government. The embodiment of arable land is the higher the title, the more arable land you have, and the public land of Qin State is mainly prepared for these soldiers who fight, and it is usually taken care of by criminals.

Naturally, I, a big man, would not copy Qin’s set of things, so I changed the names of Shoutian and Fentian to Guantian and Gongtian. Although the basic functions and governance methods are exactly the same in all aspects, the names are different. Naturally it is not the same thing.

Zhang Cang immediately denied Liu Chang's policy, which sounded absurd, but then he thought about it.

Liu Chang explained: "What's the matter? As soon as the farmland is opened, there will be more and more official farmland in the Han Dynasty. Anyway, the official farmland in various places needs people to take care of it. It is better to rent it directly to the common people and let these people who have no arable land. Go and use it, instead of being a tenant for a big family, it is better to be a tenant for me!"

Zhang Cang smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, how can you use the common people as tenants?"

"Isn't that not enough arable land? We can divide the arable land into several types. The lease period is also set by us. They are not allowed to buy and sell. When the lease period is up, they can apply for an extension. Let the lease period be set at 50 years. What do you think?"

Zhang Budo exclaimed: "Your Majesty is a benevolent king!! Where is this lease of land, this is His Majesty's gift of official land to the people of the world!!"

"You don't have to talk!!!"

Zhang Cang interrupted Zhang Buyi, and then looked at Liu Chang, "Your Majesty's idea is good, but have you ever thought about it, if you rent out the official land and sub-fields and distribute them to the people who don't have arable land, what will happen in the future?" What will be used to reward meritorious soldiers??"

"Aren't we going to reclaim the frontier land? Wouldn't it be nice if the land was rewarded? In this way, it can still play the role of a solid frontier?!"

Liu Chang was talking, his eyes lit up, and his words became more and more excited, "Yes, you can give a lot of land to these frontiers, this is a multi-purpose!! I am a great talent, such a good thing. The policy has been thought of by me!!”

Zhang Cang's face became darker and darker.

"Your Majesty's thinking is still not comprehensive enough. The land opened up by the soldiers should be directly rewarded to them, and let them cultivate it themselves. It is best to send their family members there, and find tens of thousands of people from the surrounding area to relocate forcibly. Build the city here, drive the road, and build the Great Wall.”

Liu Da was shocked and looked at Zhang Cang, "You think the same as I!"

"Not a minister, it's what the King of Qin thought like His Majesty!!!"

Liu Chang suddenly realized, "Oh, what I said, the more I hear it, the more familiar it is, it turns out to be the tyranny of the King of Qin! I am a big man based on benevolence and righteousness, so I can't do such a thing, Zhang Xiang, is there any way to not damage the combat effectiveness? Can we divide the official land and reduce the number of tenants, and then let other tenants go to the south obediently?"

Zhang Cang pursed his lips, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Your Majesty. You"

"Zhang Xiang is a capable minister of the Han Dynasty. With one person, what can't you do?"

Zhang Budo was still advocating on the side, and Zhang Cang didn't take his word for it, "I can't do anything about it."

"Teacher, don't say that. I believe in you. You can go back and think about it first. You can ask the ministers and combine them with their thoughts. I also think about it carefully. There will definitely be a way."

"only!"

Just as Zhang Cang left, Zhang Budo immediately asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you go now?"

Liu Chang was taken aback, "Where are you going?"

"Qu Nihou Mansion!"

Liu Chang hesitated a bit, "Forget it, it is Marquis Qu Ni, can he compare to Zhang Xiang in terms of governing the country? Or wait, Zhang Xiang summons his ministers, maybe he can come up with a solution. By the way, Jibu, you proposed his policy of setting up a new government?"

"The minister was also inspired by His Majesty. His Majesty often asked about the situation of the people in the local area, and thus learned about the actions of many traitors. Therefore, the minister thought, it is better to set up a mansion so that the people can report the situation of the local area. In this way, there is no need to bother His Majesty to go to various places to inquire.”

Liu Chang laughed, "Yes, yes."

"Your recent achievements are not trivial and you have to be more attentive in the future."

"only!"

"What do the ministers think about Jibu's new policy?"

"Most of them agree. Only the newly appointed Lang Zhongling, Shen Tujia, said that this policy is useless and ordinary people dare not use it, but the local tyrants can use it to deal with the officials, saying that Jibu handed the tyrants knives and ignored them. The identity of Jibu's censor, he stopped in front of his car many times and said a lot of rude words."

Liu Chang chuckled lightly, "You don't have to be angry, Shen Tujia is an upright man, he always says what he wants, and what he is worried about is not bad. If the tyrants use the people to criticize the officials who really do things, then This policy is easy to harm the people, but these tyrants can easily be killed by a county official, there is nothing to be afraid of, which tyrant dares to oppose the officials?"

"Shen Tujia is serious, you also have to tell Ji Bu, let him not forget his original identity, as my lover, we must be tolerant a lot"

Zhang Budo nodded his head and said, "It's just that the minister and this servant also had an argument."

"Oh, why are you arguing with him?"

"He said that His Majesty did not know anyone, and because Luan Bu, Ji Bu, and Chao Cuo were close to you, he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and because he had grudges against Liu Jing, Chai Wu, Zhou Chang, etc., he dismissed them and asked them to send Going into the distance is what the drowning king did!"

"What?! This old dog!!"

Liu Chang jumped up abruptly, "This fellow is clearly the most remnant of Wu!!!"

"Come on, let Zhang Shizhi arrest this fellow!!"

Just as Liu Chang was roaring, Lu Lu walked in and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the lord of the lord, Shen Tujia, asks to see you!"

As soon as Lu Lu finished saying this, he felt that something flew past him.

Lu Lu was stunned for a long time before realizing that it was His Majesty who flew out just now.

Shen Tujia stood outside the door with a memorial in his hand, his face very solemn.

These ministers in the temple, all only want to please the emperor, they are eager to do things, and they are arrogant and arrogant. How can this be done?He just couldn't get used to Shentujia, and this time he will definitely persuade His Majesty, a worthy minister, and a far-off villain! !
At that moment, something rushed over and knocked Shen Tujia over.

Shen Tujia was killed from the bottom of the armored soldiers, and his force was not low, but at this moment, he had almost no room to react. When he reacted, he was already lying on the ground, and His Majesty was riding on him. , pressed his elbow against the back of his neck, and asked angrily: "Come on, it's just right, tell me, what kind of emperor I am?! Ah?!"

Shen Tujia shouted angrily: "Your Majesty is the King of Jie Zhou!!"

At that moment, Liu Chang raised his head and laughed.

(End of this chapter)