Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 501 Don't Offend Me! !

Sure enough, there were no normal people in the clan of the previous generation.

Liu An once again had a clear understanding of his uncles and fathers. Among my father's seven brothers, are there any normal ones?Even the fourth uncle, whom all the ministers admired, didn't seem to be normal. Liu An clearly remembered that when he was young, his father once raised a big tripod, and the ministers were shocked. At that time, a minister whispered something about King Wu of Qin After I told my fourth uncle, I never saw that minister again, and later learned that he committed suicide after my fourth uncle came to visit.

Liu An felt that this was a bit scary. My father couldn't even say that people were killed, and at most he just beat them to death.

Liu An felt that his own generation was better, they were all too cruel, especially the fourth uncle, let the ministers commit suicide in despair, how cruel, it is better to reward them with a pot of poisoned wine, let them die of illness without knowing .

As for the third uncle, he is good in all aspects, but he has a good personality, but he is a little bit. How should I put it, he is self-righteous, thinks he is very smart, and thus does some stupid things. Vision, just staring at the small interests in front of him, Liu An felt that this characteristic of the third uncle probably did not come from his eldest father, but perhaps from his biological mother. Liu An didn't know what kind of person his biological mother was, maybe it was He looks like this.

Jia Yi left angrily. He needs to write a letter to the temple immediately to inform the situation here. I hope His Majesty will not put King Zhao and himself in a prison cart and transport them to Chang'an!
Liu An looked at the terrified third uncle, and said, "Don't worry, uncle, father won't blame this, I believe you have no intention of treason."

Liu Ruyi said eagerly: "I know, but I'm afraid that some villains will talk nonsense, the Queen Mother, if they think I'm going to plot against you"

Liu Ruyi didn't say it clearly, but Liu An understood what he meant.

Uncle, you are really thinking too much, why do you want to rebel?Sandwiched between Tang, Dai, and Yan, there is no need to say more about Tang. Yan has developed rapidly in recent years. Under the leadership of King Yan, it has almost become the largest vassal state. There are a total of 13 soldiers in the formation, and Dai Guo also gained a lot of benefits in the war. The soldiers can kill Handan in three days. Why do you think you can rebel? ?

With the strength of Zhao Guo, it would be a bit laborious to fight against Dai Guo.

But Liu An still couldn't say these words clearly, after all, he was his uncle, so there were some things that he couldn't say directly.

He cleared his throat and said immediately: "You don't have to worry, I can write to the temple and guarantee you."

"Father loves you the most. He always talks about you, saying that you are his most beloved elder brother."

Liu Ruyi looked at him suspiciously, "Would he say that?"

"Ahem, anyway, you are mentioned the most times."

"I was supposed to return to Chang'an, but my father ordered me to return to the temple with the crown prince and Jia Xiang. You don't have to worry, Zhao has so much copper and iron, and Zhao will definitely develop rapidly in the future."

Liu Ruyi was a little surprised, "Mr. Jia returned to discuss the matter of mining, but what are you doing when you go back?"

Liu Ruyi looked at Liu Xun at the side. Liu Xun's appearance was similar to Ruyi's, but the corners of his eyes were slightly long and his figure was thin. He looked more like Liu Ying. Seeing the look in his father's eyes, Liu Xun immediately lowered his head and remained silent. After thinking for a while, Liu Ruyi nodded, "That's fine, let him go to Chang'an with him. This guy is incompetent. Go to Chang'an and study in the Taixue, maybe he can achieve something."

Liu An asked to resign and go back to rest, and Liu Ruyi asked Liu Xun to see him off.

After the two went out, Liu Ruyi thought for a moment, then woke up suddenly.

He suddenly raised his head, and immediately understood why the prince was sent to Chang'an, he cursed: "Zhuzi!!!!"

After walking out of the palace, Liu An looked at his younger brother, Liu Xun was one year younger than Liu An.

"Is it you who wrote the letter to tell my father what happened here?"

Liu An asked.

Liu Xun said hastily: "Father, as a vassal king, wants to mine and smelt in private. This is wrong, so I informed His Majesty."

Liu An laughed, "Your approach is right. You can't watch your father make a big mistake and stop it in time. This is already the greatest act of filial piety!"

"Brother."

Liu Xun hesitated to speak, but Liu An patted him on the shoulder kindly, "If you have anything to say, it's okay to speak up!"

"Brother, I'm reading, and I don't understand some things. I want to ask Jia Xiang for advice, but he is so busy on weekdays, I don't know you."

Liu An laughed loudly, "Come on, let's go in and talk. If you want to ask the professor, then I can still help."

When Jia Yi returned home, Zhang Yan was waiting for him. Seeing him coming back alone, Zhang Yan was taken aback and asked, "Where's Brother Andy? Why didn't you bring him back?"

Jia Yi's complexion was not very good. He froze for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later, something happened."

Zhang Yan didn't ask any more questions and asked people to prepare meals.

Jia Yi sat in the courtyard, pondered for a moment, and asked: "Let's prepare a little bit, I have to go back to Chang'an."

"what??"

Zhang Yan hurriedly asked: "When are you going to leave? Why is it so sudden?"

"Our uncle, I really don't know what to say, but His Majesty won't really blame him. He will probably beat him up. Zhao Guo has never been able to develop. Now that so many minerals have been discovered, His Majesty has always Pay attention to Zhao Guo, this time I will definitely go to Chang'an to draw up a detailed mining strategy, probably the four countries will mine together, Zhao Guo can't afford it alone, I have to seek some benefits for Zhao Guo, you may not return to Chang'an for a long time, follow I'll go back and have a look together."

"What about Fan?"

"Of course we have to go together."

After Zhang Yan got married with Jia Yi, it was true that she hadn't returned to Chang'an for a long time. Now that she heard the news that she was going back, she was also a little excited, and hurriedly asked people to start preparing things, but Jia Yi just squinted his eyes and began to meditate seriously. He is still thinking about how to maximize the role of these minerals. The powerful and wealthy Zhao State in the past is now the weakest. Jia Yi has governed Zhao State for a long time, and the results cannot be said to be insignificant, but National strength is related to many things, which require long-term accumulation and cannot be completed in a short period of time.

Looking at his wife who was happy and excited about returning to Chang'an, Jia Yi couldn't help but smile.

Speaking of which, I may not have met His Majesty and the others for a long time.

I don't know if His Majesty is also missing me? ?

"It's not enough to just put it in a prison car, but I have to tie Ruyi to a horse and drag him to Chang'an!!"

Liu Chang said angrily, several confidant ministers could not help but lower their heads.

"There is also Jia Yi, who has to be tied up together and dragged to Chang'an! How dare they hide such a little mineral from me, thinking that I will conspire with them? When Xunzi went to Zhao, King Zhao was afraid of him If he wanted to grab his own throne, he sent people to arrest him, and Xunzi said to his left and right: "This throne is like a rotten mouse to me. They treat it as a treasure, so how can I care?"

The ministers thought for a long time, and finally realized that His Majesty wanted to say Huizi Xiangliang, so they nodded hastily.

The emperor that Liu Ruyi was worried about tried his best to block him, and the bewitching situation of the officials did not happen.

The actual situation is that the officials kept dissuading him, but the emperor wanted to drag him to Chang'an.

Liu Chang scolded for a long time, and he got tired of scolding, and then he said: "Zhao Guo has such a treasure, and it is all due to the gunpowder. If there is no gunpowder, how would they know? From this point of view, this is still the credit of me. Ah! When Jia Yi and the others come, let Jia Yi take the blame and make meritorious deeds, and make good use of this family property to govern the country of Zhao. Among the northern countries, the only thing I worry about is the country of Zhao. I will not meet its king. It can be ruled!"

Zhang Buyi took the lead in saying yes, and shouted that His Majesty is wise.

There are some things that only Liu Chang can say, but the officials dare not say. For example, Zhao Wang and Jia Yi, Liu Chang can naturally scold at will, but the officials can't. One is the emperor's elder brother, and the other is the emperor. concubine.

With the emperor's defensive personality, it's best to pretend that he doesn't know anything.

Anyway, it is impossible for King Zhao to rebel. He has no strength or inclination at all. The current army of Zhao State is not even 1. Because Zhao State focuses its energy on the country, its military is very weak. The minister never regarded Zhao Guo as a threat, even Chao Cuo.

Liu Chang put away the watch in front of him, and looked at the people in front of him.

"The rest of the matter, let's wait until Jia Yi and the others come!"

"You all change your clothes, I'm going to take you to see something fun today!"

At the moment sitting in front of Liu Chang are all confidant ministers, such as Zhang Buyi, Luan Bu, Ji Bu, Chen Tao, Xuan Moru and others, and some people from Jiuqing are also here, such as Wang Tianqi, good brother, Lu Jia and others Look at what the emperor means, is he going to take them out in micro-clothes?

They will never be able to guess what the emperor thinks.

Since you can't figure it out, you can only obey.

The emperor had prepared clothes for them a long time ago. Although some of them didn't fit well, they looked more like those ordinary people. I don't know where Liu Chang got the ordinary carriages. None of the emperor's carriages was ordinary. Extravagant, "Out of the palace, I'm General Pingwa Wuyanghou Fanfu! You don't have to be too polite, don't make people suspicious!"

The officials nodded helplessly, since the emperor wants to play, then let's play with him.

Everyone got into the carriage and left the palace one by one.

The carriage drove around the city for a long time, and finally came to a wine shop. This is not an ordinary wine shop. This wine shop is also well-known in Chang'an. Today's Chang'an is "all the buildings in the city are heavy houses", each of which is more than two floors, but such a four-story building is relatively rare in the city, tall and majestic, and the decoration is even more luxurious. There are two people standing at the door The servant is dedicated to receiving distinguished guests.

There is also a place to park the carriages. Looking at the carriages parked here, each one is more luxurious than the other, which is amazing.

This restaurant is called Wuding Building. You can tell from the name that it is a place to welcome high-end guests. Of course, ordinary people can actually go in to eat. You can eat, drink, and even have singing and dancing performances. Currently, It is the largest restaurant in Chang'an, and no one dares to mess around here.

After all, this restaurant was built as the property of the Hou family.

Among Liu Chang's sages, Lu Lu's talents are relatively average. This can be seen from when the sages attacked the Huns at the beginning. Without taking the position of a soldier, all the sages have great ambitions, to make contributions, to become a general, to conquer powerful enemies, to expand the territory, to assist the holy king, to create a prosperous world, but Lu Lu, who has limited talents, does not have so many ambitions Yes, his idea is very simple, earn more money, accumulate more family property, enjoy delicious food and enjoy it.

And because of the queen mother, his family was already very, very rich, and because he was with Liu Chang all the year round, no one dared not give him face. Therefore, in this respect, he did a good job, but Liu Jingxuan Lu Lu paid millions in taxes when Liu Jing set the house tax before, because he had many mansions, which were large and luxuriously decorated.

Later, the car and boat tax was formulated, and he paid millions of taxes. This is because his family has a lot of cars and boats, and even has his own caravan, trading around along the river.

No matter what taxes Liu Jing sets, the one who pays the most will always be the Marquis Jiancheng. He owns a large number of cattle and sheep outside the Great Wall. I'm afraid he can't figure out the exact number.

Therefore, every time Lu Lu cried and complained that the heavy tax was about to overwhelm him, the officials always gave him disdainful, dark and envious eyes.

At that time, Jian Jianhou was called "Tao Zhuhou".

Lu Lu obviously knew about it a long time ago. He got out of the car first and said a few words to the boy at the door. Immediately, someone ran out and led them to the highest level. The rest of the ministers parked their carriages and followed Behind them, many ministers have been here before, and some have never been here, looking around curiously.

The first floor is almost full of ordinary people. They eat here and enjoy the treatment of "five tripods and food". Almost all of them were rich families and officials. When they got to the highest level, Liu Changling made everyone sit beside him, and the meals had already been prepared.

Luan Bu frowned. Luan Bu, who was born in a poor family, didn't like this kind of place of enjoyment. He was also one of the few ministers who had never been here.

Zhang Buyi saw what was on his mind and smiled, "The appearance of such a restaurant can only mean that there are more and more wealthy people in big men. If you look at the first floor, the common people can come out to enjoy it. It’s a good thing, it’s a proof of prosperity.”

Luan Bu didn't say much.

Liu Chang pulled them out, of course not just to invite them to dinner, the song and dance performance was on the first floor of the building, the building was hollow, it was a hall, the stairs were chosen to go up, and the three floors in front could be seen, just In Liu Chang's expectant eyes, a storyteller came out and saluted everyone.

"Today, we're going to talk about my big man, Danyang Hou Jibu!"

The officials were dumbfounded, and Ji Bu's eyes were also stunned.

Immediately, the storyteller introduced Ji Bu, "This Duke Ji is from Chu. When he was young, his family was poor and he had nothing to do. When he grew up, he became a knight-errant. He was righteous and good at fighting injustice. It is said that at that time There was a villain in the city who oppressed the people, Ji Gong found him and made an agreement with him."

This person told a story, which was half-truth and half-false. As the person involved, Ji Bu just felt a little embarrassed.

He saved those things that had a bad influence, such as murder and fleeing. The focus was to highlight Ji Bu's trustworthiness. He even made up a lot of things and hung them on Ji Bu's body. People on all floors applauded. He even threw money in the direction of the storyteller, shouting Ji Gong.

The officials glanced at Ji Bu, then at the emperor, not knowing what to do.

Liu Chang grinned, "You have also seen it. This is what I ordered the novelist to write. It is about Ji Bu. As for why I did this, it is mainly to promote the atmosphere. The great man governs the country with filial piety and wants to educate the world. First of all, we must educate the people in the territory. This is a good way. Through the influence of these stories, let the people know what is right and what is wrong, and set them up as an opponent to follow, or a object that should be cast aside"

"The saints in ancient times all said that they wanted to educate the people, but they never said how to educate them. They just read their own books and thought that if their morality was high enough, the people would become moral. But I am different. , I don’t say those false words, county schools can cultivate future moral people, and these stories can influence the people of today.”

Liu Chang's face was full of complacency.

"This is called enlightening the common people, enlightening the world!"

"All the ministers look down on these novelists and storytellers, but these people can play such a huge role, but you can't do it, and the common people love to hear these. Nowadays, almost all restaurants in the world With such people, the number of novelists is increasing day by day!"

Listening to Liu Chang's words, the officials frowned and couldn't help thinking.

It seems to make sense.

Zhou's etiquette is limited to scholars, and ordinary people are rude. As for Qin, I will not mention it for the time being. The black and short fat man of the Han Dynasty put forward the idea of ​​"only talents", which broke some concepts of the Han Dynasty. However, this concept has continued for a long time. Compared with other civilizations, the moral standards of Chinese civilization are very high.

For example, if someone like Dong Zhuo lived in the West, the things he did would probably not cause any disdain, and he might become a certain hero in the West, a failed tragic hero, without any evil deeds, no They are all ordinary things, and they have made such a great achievement. Under the high moral standard, it is basically impossible for Huaxia to worship robbers who steal money and murder like the West, even if he robs a lot of things and kills them. More.

"I'm ready to let Mr. Lu take charge of this matter."

The ministers did not dissuade them, they looked at Ji Bu, if they could be written about themselves, it would be of great benefit to their reputation.
"Your Majesty is wise!!"

Liu Chang looked at the contemplative group of officials, and only then revealed his real purpose.

"Actually, it's up to me to decide whether to be the person the world should emulate or to be the object of the world's disdain. , if you do something evil, hahaha, I'm afraid it will be infamous for thousands of years. Everyone in the world will cast aside it."

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes.

The ministers were horrified.

(End of this chapter)