Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 476
After a long time, Chao Cuo was brought to the Hall of Houde again.

Before dawn, Liu Chang sat in the upper seat, squinting his eyes and looking at his wife.

Chao Cuo still looked a little confused, no matter if he was sleeping, he was suddenly taken away by the soldiers at night, he must be at a loss, what's more, Chao Cuo was taken out of the prison directly, he almost thought he was going to die of illness. I was going to make a last word or something. Unexpectedly, the soldiers took them directly to the Hall of Houde. It seems that their life was saved.

Chao Cuo has been detained until now since he was arrested by Liu Chang after submitting a letter.

Chao Cuo is quite a stubborn person, even if Liu Chang tried his best to torture him, such as showing him a newspaper about the merits of King Wu, etc., he could not wait for him to write a letter to plead guilty.However, now that the matter is urgent, Liu Chang also acquiesced in his confession, and brought him out of the prison overnight.

Most of the courtiers follow a more pragmatic path. Ministers like Zhang Cang will only choose the best solution at present, but Chao Cuo is different. He basically walks in front of everyone in his generation, although his ideas It's not very realistic, there will be some exaggeration and idealization, but he can really come up with a way, Chao Cuo will never be helpless, even if it is an unrealistic policy, he can at least come up with it.

"Wrong, the number of river floods has become more and more frequent recently. Hanoi, Hedong, and Neihi areas have suffered disasters. If this continues, this disaster will spread to Liang, Qi, Chu and other places. If this is the case, then the current The harm caused by the policy of promoting agriculture is incalculable. Even now, I absolutely cannot tolerate that there are refugees who have suffered disasters in my prosperous world!"

As Liu Chang spoke, he ordered Lu Lu to pass the pen and ink to Chao Cuo.

"I'm not a tyrant, and I won't embarrass you, so let's just give you the choice. Just watch and write."

"Either write a flood control strategy, or write your own last words, choose one of the two!"

Chao Cuo looked around and asked, "May your majesty give me some meat and tea?"

"Okay, Lu, get him some food and some tea! Didn't Chai Qi bring some tea from the Dian Kingdom earlier? Get him!"

Chao Cuo was not in a hurry. He sat in front of Liu Chang and asked seriously. All he asked was about the river. Fortunately, Liu Chang also worked hard these days, facing Chao Cuo's many problems. Questions, he answered fluently, without any hesitation.

Chao Cuo drew in front of him with a pen. He drew a line to represent the river, and he also drew many tributaries, as well as the surrounding cities, disaster-stricken areas, and so on.

"I didn't expect that this person is also good at drawing. He is also a versatile person, not bad."

Liu Chang nodded.

Chao Cuo looked at it for a long time, and then said firmly: "Your Majesty, I know the reason for this flood."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

"I dare not say it."

"No problem, as you say, I will never blame it!"

"It's because of Your Majesty!"

"What? Old dog!!"

Liu Chang was furious, took a step forward, stretched out his hand, grabbed Chao Cuo's collar, and lifted him up with one hand, Chao Cuo vacated his feet, staring at his legs constantly, petite and weak, Chao Cuo He also realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Listen to me, this is because of reclamation, because of land reclamation!!"

Liu Chang threw Chao Cuo on the ground and asked angrily, "What does this have to do with me?"

"Your Majesty, look at this disaster-stricken area for yourself, and then look at the upper section of them. This is Chang'an, this is Hedong, and all the severely affected areas here are gathered behind these cultivated fields. These areas, The reclamation was ordered by His Majesty, including this one. A large number of Tang people were also arranged for reclamation. This must be because the reclamation destroyed the land. disaster."

Chao Cuo analyzed it seriously, "Look at this place, Liang Guo is now reclaiming a lot of land here, and the minister predicts that the downstream area of ​​this land will suffer disasters soon."

Huaxia realized the importance of protecting nature very early. There are advocates such as Mencius Xunzi who proposed protecting the environment and nature, and there are practitioners such as Guan Zhong. At the same time, in ancient times, an official responsible for protecting the environment was established, called Yu, of course, this position It was abolished in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and it cannot be said that it was abolished. It was replaced by the decree of the Shaofu. Today, the mountains, forests and waters are all managed by the Shaofu. It was not until the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the Yuguan was re-established.

In many schools, farmers are the first to notice the problem of soil erosion. They realize that excessive development and reclamation will lead to disasters. Therefore, their proposition includes that tree planting and reclamation should be carried out at the same time. Farmers believe that, Even if planting trees can't solve the problem completely, it can still play a big role. In addition, farmers have their own set of methods for reclamation, that is, they can't affect the mountains, forests and waters.

Listening to Chao Cuo's explanation, Liu Chang's face also showed some helplessness.

But Dahan has no choice. Dahan ushered in the era of population explosion. In history, when the floods in the Han Dynasty were the worst, that is, when the population of Dahan reached 5000 million, the population increased greatly, which would definitely affect the environment and population. The more, the greater the impact.

When Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the river flooded several times. Emperor Wen hurriedly ordered the dams to be repaired and found a way to control them. When Emperor Wu arrived, there was an ugly prime minister who did not want to be named, that is, the one who killed Zhang Fu. When the fief was not in the affected area, he made a report to Emperor Wu, saying that it was all destiny, so don’t ignore it. He let the river flow freely for more than [-] years, and the number of people affected by the disaster accumulated to one million. Although Emperor Wu’s credit was very great, in some respects , Emperor Wu is really far inferior to his eldest father and grandfather.

If something like this was put on his eldest father, he might have to cry to death. If he put it on his grandfather, he might have to be pulled out of the market as soon as he put on the court clothes.

It is worth mentioning that the prime minister and the King of Huainan have a close relationship with people of the lineage, probably because they have similar smells.

Liu Chang reluctantly sat in front of Chao Cuo, Ji sat down, and said with emotion, "Why?"

"All the ministers know this truth, but they dare not say it outright, for fear of angering Your Majesty and being punished by His Majesty. If His Majesty is willing to let the minister handle this matter, the minister is willing to do everything in his power. The way to do it now is to relocate to the river. The people in the upper and middle reaches of the river should stop reclamation damage to the river water and plant a large number of trees. They should order the counties and counties along the river to plant trees with all their might. In addition, they need to find a way to set up drainage facilities, as well as water transportation, to reduce the flow of water. , away from the flood discharge area”

"However, Your Majesty still needs to think clearly."

"To stop the reclamation in the middle and upper reaches will also be a blow to today's agriculture and mulberry. After all, these lands are the most fertile, and His Majesty has always encouraged the people to reclaim. Reclamation is still the foundation of agriculture."

"fart!"

Liu Changchang waved his hand, "The root of the policy of promoting agriculture is the people, not the cultivation."

"What's so confusing, I ordered the reclamation to allow the people to eat and live a good life. If the river is destroyed for the purpose of reclamation, and the river floods and harms the people, isn't that going against my original intention? I don’t believe that in a territory as big as the big man, there is still no land that can be reclaimed!”

"Okay, get up!"

Chao Cuo stood up and approached Liu Chang again. Liu Chang dragged him to his side and put his arms around his shoulder, "If I leave this matter to you, will you disappoint me?"

"Absolutely not!"

"I'm afraid that as soon as you arrive at the locality, you will start dispatching soldiers to drive out the local people, destroying their farmland, causing the people's grievances to boil, killing officials and rebelling."

"If Your Majesty can't trust the minister, wouldn't it be better to send someone to supervise it?"

"Send someone, right?"

Liu Chang grinned, meaningful.

Chao Cuo was shocked and said quickly, "Your Majesty, Yuan Ang can't do this, he is a human being"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the two of you are the only ones who can do things in the inner court. How could I send you all out? If you all go out, who will read the memorials from all over the place?"

"That's fine, that's fine."

Chao Cuo breathed a sigh of relief, received His Majesty's pardon, left the palace happily, and returned to his home.

"Someone, call Shen Tujia to me!!"

It was almost dawn, but Shen Tujia couldn't find the slightest bit of tiredness on his face. He was born in the military and could always wake up as quickly as possible.The ministers didn't quite understand why His Majesty wanted to leave such a person he hated so much in the temple.

Among the courtiers, Shentujia was probably the least loved by Liu Chang.

Liu Chang doesn't like people who are too old-fashioned, he is more casual by nature.

"I'm going to let Chao Cuo do some things, but he's a man, you know, he's more aggressive, I'm afraid he'll go too far, so I want you to stare at him, don't get in his way, but don't let him He has gone too far, do you understand what I mean?"

Shen Tujia was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Chao Cuo is just a ministerial decree, water control is not within his power, and neither is the minister."

"It's all ministers. What I want him to be responsible for, he has to be responsible for. Tomorrow I will let the prime minister be responsible for guarding the gate. Who would dare to say no?!"

"only."

"It's just that His Majesty still needs to tell me, how does the minister distinguish whether his behavior is excessive?"

Liu Chang didn't like his straight-forward character, but in the face of such a major event, this kind of character was better. Therefore, Liu Chang informed Shen Tujia of his requirements in every detail. Even if he wanted to migrate people, he would definitely It is necessary to arrange housing reasonably, not to send soldiers directly to violently drive them away, and not to cause people to starve to death and freeze to death during the migration. Corresponding compensation must be given. Water control cannot be filled by manpower. More than [-] people are going to build something.
Chao Cuo may not be able to do this kind of thing. Chao Cuo's decree has the biggest characteristic, that is, he doesn't treat the people like people. This fellow thinks that the frontier guards are constantly changing. The solution was changed. The solution he came up with was to keep the soldiers who were going to serve directly in the local area and let them become locals. Whether they wanted to or not, he originally wanted to go to Shuofang to be a soldier for two years, but he was left there as soon as he left. Once you start a family and start a business, you can never leave.

The name is called, give soil.

Does such behavior look familiar?
That's right, if Chao Cuo was born a hundred years earlier, the First Emperor would definitely reuse him.

But Liu Chang can't do anything about it. He still has to be used when he should be used. After all, there is no perfect person in the world except for himself. Everyone has their own shortcomings and shortcomings. A perfect person like himself has been possible since ancient times. It has never appeared before. If you insist on finding shortcomings in yourself, it can only be too modest sometimes.

However, Liu Chang usually doesn't say anything about these words. After all, the word "perfect person" has been tainted by his grandfather. That fellow is obviously a faint-hearted ruler, but he tells the minister all day that he is a perfect person without flaws. Shameless, fortunately I am not like this.

Shen Tujia also took out his pen and ink, and carefully wrote down what Liu Chang explained.

Liu Chang felt a little relieved. Chao Cuo seemed unreliable, but with a Shen Tujia, there should be no major problems. He believed in Shen Tujia's courage. If something happened to Chao Cuo, Shentu Jia can definitely subdue him easily.

Everything was arranged, and it was full daylight.

Liu Chang rubbed his eyes and walked into the inner room in a daze. Cao Shu and her daughter were in the Jiaofang Palace, Fan Qing and Yong'e were in the Changle Palace, and Liu Chang was alone here, and Liu Chang took off comfortably. The clothes were thrown aside at will, and jumped on the couch suddenly, the couch could not help making a sound, and Liu Chang immediately closed his eyes.

"Brother!"

Liu Ying came to the state of Chu. The state of Chu was no longer its original size. After the death of Liu Jiao, the state of Chu was divided into many parts. Just like the state of Qi, the state of Chu also completely lost the strength of the first state in the south, although the national strength is still relatively Powerful, but no longer comparable to the thriving state of Wu.

Chu is the country that Liu Ying loves. From Qi to Chu, just after a few counties, the difference has already appeared. Although the dialects of Zhao, Yan and Qi are quite different, they can still be understood. When we arrived in the state of Chu, the language began to become completely different.

The romantic and open Chu people like to dress themselves up, even if it is an ordinary farmer's house, they like to use flowers and plants to dress up their courtyards, which is different from the simple feeling in the north. In the paintings, occasionally in the countryside, you can see groups of people wearing masks of various colors, dancing in unison.

The state of Chu likes Wuwu very much. This kind of dance is usually performed by many people. For example, in some areas in the north, the nobles like to dance due to drinking too much. The state of Chu is different. Here they all perform group dances, which are enthusiastic and unrestrained. Liu Ying was instantly fascinated. From time to time, he could see the nobles who had drunk too much singing loudly on the chariot.

Chu people are superstitious, so they like to use songs and dances to "pleasure the gods", and even when they are offering sacrifices, they like to sing and dance. In some places in the north, they are simply barbarians. Drinking, singing and dancing here is simply an insult to the sacrificed person. Whether it is sacrificed to ancestors or gods, it should not be like this.

But the romantic Chu people probably thought that these gods who created their own, like themselves, all liked liveliness, liked singing and dancing, and the ancestors were the same, maybe their souls would accompany them to dance together.

The reason why the old Liu family likes to join in the fun has been found.

The current King of Chu is Liu Yingke who was studying in Chang'an at the beginning. The death of his father still gave him a considerable blow. Liu Yingke's health was not very good, and now he looks even weaker, even more than Liu Ying's. They were all a little weak, and Liu Ying frowned.

Liu Yingke took Liu Ying to visit the scenery of Chu State. After Liu Yingke came to power, he did not change the development strategy formulated by his father at the beginning. Almost all major events were handed over to the Minister of State. When it comes to writing an article or something, the state of Chu is actually under the control of the temple, and Liu Yingke doesn't interfere much. However, there are more and more literati and pranksters in the state of Chu, and they even set up newspapers in China.

However, Chu's newspapers were different from those in temples. Their newspapers were entirely used to write essays, poems, and fu.

The literati showed their talents and learning in this way, and they also wrote a lot of excellent literary works. The temple was quite tolerant of them and did not make too many demands. The article used, if the King of Chu is willing to bear the expenses himself, then do whatever he likes. The princes and kings have such a hobby, and it is not a problem at all. It is a good thing for the temple to let them rest assured to play.

After all, the lineage of the King of Chu is not Liu Chang's blood brothers, and there is still a difference between them and Liu Heng.

"I originally wanted to go to Wu, but I received a letter from Heng. He said that he was doing important things in the south of South Vietnam. I just went, I was afraid that it would be difficult to meet each other, and the south of South Vietnam was not a good place, so I went. I'm afraid that my body won't be able to withstand it, so I'm going to go to the south to see my sixth brother."

Liu Ying said seriously.

Liu Yingke was taken aback, "Sixth brother?"

"Yes, King of Changsha."

"Oh yes, yes, King of Changsha."

Only then did Liu Yingke remember Liu You, the king of Changsha, the sixth of the clan, as the dignified prince of the Han Dynasty and the younger brother of the current emperor, with a vast territory, there are fierce people like Guan Ying to be the prime minister of the country, but I don't know why, but the sense of existence is real. It is too low. When people talk about the princes and kings, they even count Jiaodong and Dian, but they often forget Changsha.

"I haven't seen him for a long time. Changsha is too far away, and he is a little bit introverted and not good at words."

"Brother, there is one thing I don't know if I should say."

Liu Ying looked at him in surprise, "You have something to do, but it doesn't matter."

"When my grandfather invited Duke Fuqiu to teach me, he gathered a large number of gentlemen in the country to study and study. After the few became the throne, he also called Shen Pei and Wei Meng to teach my son Liu Shu. I went to Studying in Chang'an, I couldn't teach this son personally. My son Liu Shu is young, but he has committed crimes many times. I'm very worried that he will humiliate the family when he succeeds in the future. My grandfather has a good reputation. and never had a bad name.”

"Ah?? There is such a thing??"

ps:
The emperor was worried about the farmers, and he wrote to him: "The body is poisoned and has a lot of food, so I will use the army to seize it." The emperor reprimanded him and said: "I regard the minister as a virtuous minister, so I can make this policy?" - "Historical Records - Biography of Zhou Chang and Feng Jing" 》

The emperor liked to read and learned a lot, and the prince often stood by his side, asked the truth, and gained something. --- "Saint Lloyd"

(End of this chapter)