Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 502

For ministers, reputation is obviously higher than status.

They are not so afraid of death. There are countless high-ranking ministers like Wang Ling, Zhou Chang, and Shen Tujia. Zhang Buyi is just an exception. Wang Tianqi is not so common. The Warring States period is sturdy and values ​​fame and integrity. The current atmosphere is still affecting the present. Fame is more important than anything else. The ministers of the Han Dynasty also paid attention to their reputation. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Han Dynasty, whether it was posturing or trying to gain fame, this trend was getting more and more important anyway. up.

But now, the emperor suddenly bared his fangs.

He can easily change the reputation of these people among the people, and even the reputation left to future generations.

This is more fatal.

Who has no black material?
Just like Ji Bu, Liu Chang can shape his trustworthiness, and of course he can shape his surrender. As a subordinate of the King of Chu, he finally defected to Emperor Gao. A ruthless man, Marquis Feng was corrupt, Marquis Huaiyin conspired against him, Marquis Liu failed to protect the King of Han, and later became ill because he practiced immortality and did not eat grains. The evil deeds of slandering others.
Anyway, the big man is not perfect, except for His Majesty, anyone can find out some problems, even the gentleman Luan Bu, who also rebelled with King Yan back then
If it is based on the emphasis of the storyteller, half-truth and half-false to fabricate, then it is really hard to say.

The complexion of the officials immediately changed.

Liu Chang looked at them proudly. This is the new method he found to govern the officials. The queen mother told him repeatedly before that, as an emperor, he beat the officials all day long and used his own force to make the officials obey. It is a very bad behavior, only a tyrant would do this, so Liu Chang learned from the pain, changed the previous violent style, and prepared to use this new method to stop the officials, and see if these people dare to fight in the future!

Those who can do things like Ji Bu are a model in the world, and people like Wu Zui are of course a model of rebellious officials in the future, and will be cast aside by the world!

The ministers felt a little helpless, His Majesty had tried every means to torment the ministers, and even such a method could be used, which is really a model of a foolish king.

Just when the officials looked at the storyteller, Ji Bu was embarrassed.

A group of young people came in, the two leaders chatted loudly, and walked up to the fourth floor regardless of other people's feelings about listening to the book. Push away, even though they dare not make trouble wantonly in Lu Lu's restaurant, these people are still ignored by them.

"There are distinguished guests on the fourth floor! You can't go up!"

"Fart! To tell you the truth, we two brothers are here in Chang'an. We can go wherever we want. No one can stop us. If we don't let you go, we will drag you out and beat you!"

Zhou Zuoche said rebelliously, and walked up side by side with Zhou Sheng, the boy did not stop them at all. When they walked on the steps and their heads just popped out, Liu Chang was applauding loudly and clapping his hands , his thoughts were all on the storyteller, Zhou Zuoche just glanced at it, immediately shrunk his neck, and walked down without looking back, Zhou Sheng didn't even see it, and before he could ask, Zhou Zuoche covered his mouth His mouth immediately went down.

"His Majesty."

Zhou Zuoche said in a low voice.

Zhou Sheng turned pale with shock, "Then shall we go?"

"It's okay, we'll just have something to eat on the third floor and we haven't caused any trouble, man, how can we be afraid?"

Zhou Zuoche said a few words to embolden himself, then sat on the third floor, and asked people to bring food, but he raised his head from time to time to take a look, his eyes were full of fear, fortunately he didn't do anything just now, the person above The sound made him think of leaving several times, but he and Zhou Sheng rarely saved some money, just wanted to enjoy it, but he was reluctant to leave like this. If he left today, he would have to start school again tomorrow. Only when can we come again.

Zhou Zuoche and Zhou Sheng are both studying in the county school. Liu Chang formulated the enlightenment county school according to the level, the higher level national school (county school), and the highest standard Taixue. Zhou Zuoche and Zhou Sheng are currently They are still studying in the county, because of the particularity of Chang'an, it is also called the county school of internal history, and they will be able to go to Taixue in one year.

While they were eating and listening to the storyteller telling stories, another group of people suddenly came up.

There will be slightly more of them, the leader is Xuan Ping, and Wang Chulong, Lu Lie, Liu Xi and others are following him.

Xuan Ping and Zhou Zuo Che didn't get along very well, and they always quarreled. It was like this when Liu An was around. Seeing Zhou Zuo Che on the third floor, Xuan Ping sat in front of him with a smile, "Why are you here too?" ? Still on the third floor?"

"Hey, there's someone up there."

"Hahaha, do you have no money?"

"How about it, do you want me to invite you to go up?"

Zhou Zuoche hurriedly shook his head, "No need."

Zhou Sheng was about to say something, but Zhou Zuoche grabbed him, looked at Xuan Ping, and said, "You should sit here, you can't afford to offend the people above!"

Xuan Ping was furious, "In Chang'an, who can I not offend?"

"Who's up there?"

"It's your father!"

"You bastard! It's my son and grandson!"

Xuan Ping and the others were cursing, and then walked up. Zhou Sheng watched them rushing towards the fourth floor, and then asked in a low voice: "Do you really need to remind them?"

"I told them all, but they don't believe me, what can I do?"

Zhou Zuoche watched them go up with a smile. Soon, he heard a roar from upstairs. In a moment, Xuan Ping appeared in front of Zhou Zuoche with a pale face. Their eyes were full of Terrified and nervous, Zhou Zuoche poured wine for them with a smile.

"It's really our great father."

Xuan Ping murmured, tremblingly picked up the wine cup in front of him, took a sip of the wine, and calmed down.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I've said it all, it's you who don't believe it and still say they belong to you."

"Be careful!!!"

Xuan Ping hurriedly interrupted him, then looked upstairs again, wiped the sweat from his forehead, "It's over now, don't eat, don't eat, let's go back."

Upstairs, Liu Chang was discussing "education" with Lu Jia at the moment.

"Actually, this wine shop is also good. Many ministers have advised me, saying that there are too many wine shops opened by the people, and that there are too many merchants. According to their words, it seems that when there are too many merchants, the whole big man will die. We must perish together. Everyone wants to be a merchant and never farm again. They really think that being a merchant is easy and they can make money quickly. Everyone in the world can do it.”

Liu Chang's face was full of disdain, and he said seriously: "Actually, it is not easy for merchants to earn money. They bought sheep from Du Ling and brought them to Chang'an to buy, and they only earned a hundred dollars for a sheep. , this also includes the cost of traveling, the cost of feeding them, and the taxes paid, and in the end it’s only a dozen dollars in your hands. It’s only a hundred dollars for a round trip.”

Liu Chang shook his head and sighed.

The officials looked at him suspiciously, how did His Majesty know such details?

It's impossible to pretend to be a merchant and really make a sale, right? ?
The Son of Heaven, a big man, shouldn't do such absurd things, right? ?
No way? ?

Luan Bu touched the money in his sleeve and suddenly remembered something.

Liu Chang said seriously: "I've thought about it, the big man can't just suppress merchants for the sake of agriculture, on the contrary, merchants are the key to prosperity!"

The officials were in an uproar, and Ji Bu, who was being praised by the officials below, couldn't bear it first, "Your Majesty, this merchant is not concerned with Nongsang."

"Yes, they don't care about Nongsang, but they can pay taxes!"

"Not to mention anything else, just look at Lu, the tax he paid this year is almost equal to that paid by the people of a county!"

"Besides, in addition to taxes, merchants can also transport food from outside to the Han. Isn't this the purpose of Xingnong?"

Liu Chang's hand lightly tapped the copy in front of him, "Only when food and goods are developed can a big man be able to solve important problems, that is, the problem of land annexation. The heavy responsibility is grafted on the farmland, but I found that it will seriously hinder the current Xingnong. If the oral tax is eliminated, the manpower of the big man will usher in an unimaginable increase, but the treasury will be bottomed out immediately, and the salary will not be able to pay. , the land tax has no way to bear such pressure, and it will lead to the collapse of all agriculture.”

"Ms. Zhang has carefully calculated that if we fix this year's oral tax, stop collecting it, and transfer the oral tax to the land tax, the land tax that will be shared will completely crush all landowners, seriously It is not advisable to destroy the agricultural and mulberry affairs of today's big men."

"After thinking about it, I suddenly realized that the way out for Xingnong may lie in this business."

"Since ancient times, merchants have been the targets of all countries, and Qin is the worst. Although I am not a tyrant, I am somewhat similar in this respect. My father once ordered that merchants are not allowed to get on the car, wear brocade, and they are not allowed to The descendants of the family are officials, they are not allowed to live in big mansions, and they are not allowed to own land and many restrictions."

"I thought about it for a while, and found that my father's idea is very simple. He just wants to increase the number of farmers and force merchants to work in the fields. After all, everyone will not have enough to eat at that time."

"I can understand it, but now that the national treasury is full, even if not everyone in the world can eat enough, the food is no longer so scarce, and the food production has increased sharply. I was in Bashu before, and I talked with the merchants there. After discussing in detail, it was decided to reduce the restrictions on merchants, at least, let them take a car, and not let a car, how to do business?"

"But there are too many people who oppose it. The tone is so serious that it seems that as long as the merchants are asked to wear brocade and go to the car, the big man will perish."

"It's a pity that during the Chu-Han War, there were no such people who opposed it. Otherwise, why bother? As long as merchants are sent to drive in the territory of Chu, wouldn't Chu be destroyed? There is no need to sacrifice so much people."

"I've always wondered what the relationship between merchants riding in cars and the demise of the big man is."

Lu Jia couldn't sit still anymore, he said, "Your Majesty, the so-called merchants are just a group of people who only have interests in their eyes and have no family or country."

"Wait until I finish!"

Liu Chang interrupted Lu Jia very forcefully, but he didn't talk to him. Lu Jia is a political strategist wearing a Confucian cloak. If he talks to this guy, he will definitely get himself involved. Liu Chang continued; Now, several years have passed, only the two issues of getting on the bus and Jinxiu can be considered resolved, merchants can take the bus, and the big man has never had any influence, on the contrary, the business is more developed, the goods are more circulated, and the common people are rich."

"I only believe what I see."

"It stands to reason that there are great restrictions on merchants, but look at this restaurant. This is the property of the Jianchenghou family. If you are talking about merchants, Jianchenghou is a giant merchant of the Han Dynasty. I don't know how many caravans there are. The big families in the area look down on merchants, but they also have mines, saltworks, smelting iron tools, and selling salt and iron."

Lu Lu looked complicated and a little uneasy.

Liu Chang did not continue to talk about Lu Lu, but he grinned, "After thinking about it for a long time, I finally understand why so many big figures hate merchants. It turns out that they are afraid that they will steal my business!"

"Without merchants to compete, everyone can start a monopoly business, set their own prices, and not be afraid of losing money."

Liu Chang slammed his fist on the case in front of him, "I want to start a business!!!"

At that moment, the officials were in an uproar.

This is not Liu Chang's impromptu idea, but the result of discussing with Zhang Cang. Like Liu Chang, Zhang Cang has walked on the road of developing agriculture for a long time, and finally realized the impact of the market and economy on agriculture. The market makes the economy stronger, so that agriculture can be further developed. Perhaps in the era of Emperor Gao when he was poor selling pants, merchants and farmers were in opposition, but now, the two cannot be in opposition and must achieve each other.

Materials must be circulated, the market must be prosperous, and business must be strong, so that Nongsang can make further progress.

When the business can take on the heavy responsibility, withdrawing the tax and apportioning it to the agricultural tax will not cause a devastating blow.

"I know that if I want to do this, there will be huge resistance from the court. Therefore, everyone, I need you to discuss this matter first. What I want to do is to let go of most restrictions on business and allow Merchants trade freely, prosper the market, lower part of the business tax, allow merchants to buy and rent houses to open their businesses, allow merchants to set up large-scale factories, hire manpower for production, and allow merchants to trade with big men."

Luan Bu shook his head, "If Your Majesty does this, then the monopolies you just mentioned will become merchants. They can negotiate prices by themselves and control the country's money. The end result is that the temples will be empty and mana will flow to the people. In the hands of the merchants, the market will be controlled by the merchants, and in order to seek profit, the merchants will take the things of the big man Shangfang to foreign countries to sell and sell the big man."

"I know, so I need to put a lock on them."

"I want to set up a department called Shihuofu, which will be responsible for the business affairs of the world!"

The ministers talked again.

Liu Chang grinned, and pointed to the storyteller, "Everyone, you should think about it before answering. If you spoil the good deeds of the big man because of stupid ideas, in the future, you will be cast aside by the people of the world, and you will be cast aside after death." No peace!"

The ministers woke up, no wonder you want to bring us here to discuss again, this is actually a threat? ?

Liu Chang didn't think that they would be able to give an answer right away. After eating and drinking, and listening to the other two stories, Liu Chang left here contentedly. Sitting in the car, Lu Lu's face was very disturbed. Looking back at Liu Chang from time to time, he explained: "Your Majesty, I never bargained on my own, I just"

"Haha, what are you afraid of? If it weren't for you, Zhang Xiang and I wouldn't have thought so far."

"I heard that you set up a factory in Luoyang, is it true?"

"Yes, I bought [-] spinning wheels, hired people to take care of them, and then transported the cloth to Yan for profit. But I did it according to the local prices, and I didn't drive up the price. The people I hired were also voluntary. I didn't Persecution, my lord"

"It's all said, no need to explain, you just want to make money, who doesn't like to make money, as long as you don't use your identity to seek benefits or find convenience for yourself, other things are not a big deal, anyway, not only You do it."

"However, Lu, although money is a good thing, people still need to be content. Sometimes, too much money will bring disasters to you and your clan. Don't be too greedy."

"My lord knows."

Lu Lu wiped his sweat, neither of them wanted to continue to squabble on this issue, he said: "By the way, the person sent to Shu County has returned, and he has already brought it to you."

"Oh? When did you arrive?"

"Morning."

"Okay, bring it here!!"

Chen Ping stroked his chin lightly, and looked at the books in front of him. He had read these books when he was very young, but when he was older, he read them again, but he had a different feeling. Chen Ping had the urge to write something about the experience of this life, but he couldn't write it a few times when he picked up the pen. He felt that his knowledge should not appear on paper, and it should be hidden in his heart all his life. is the most suitable.

Chen Ping's only friend in Chang'an is Wei Wuzhi.

And Wei Wuzhi was already very old, it was very difficult to come, and it was also very difficult to go, and he disappeared at some point.

Chen Ping only had one son. When this son left Chang'an, there was no one around him. The ministers were all afraid of him, and no one dared to approach him. Except for Liu Chang's son, no one came to visit him. This kind of retirement life, apart from being a bit boring, Chen Ping can bear it.

"Father Zhong!!!"

Chen Ping dropped the pen in his hand helplessly, and this Zhuzi came to ask for advice again.

He looked up and turned around.

Liu Changzheng was holding a half-grown child, standing in front of him with a smile, and two women stood behind him.

The child was only four or five years old, and he was looking around curiously at the moment.

Chen Ping was taken aback, the child's familiar face made Chen Ping seem to see his son when he was young.

Liu Chang looked at the child in his arms, "Hurry up and call Dafather!"

The child was also very obedient, and shouted to Liu Chang crisply: "Father!"

Liu Chang laughed, "This silly boy, that is your father!"

"Qu Nihou, look, the buyer has sent someone to bring the child here, saying that he will take care of it for a period of time. This is your eldest grandson, Chen Hui!"

Chen Mai got married in Shu and soon had a child, but because Chen Ping was in poor health and the child was young, he could not be sent to Chang'an. Chen Ping had never seen his grandson until now. Handed it to Chen Ping, looking at the little guy in his arms, Chen Ping was still a little dazed.

"Father!!!"

the little guy yelled.

"Hey!"

Chen Ping replied with a smile on his face.

Liu Chang looked at the two of them, nodded, and turned to leave, but Chen Ping hurriedly stopped him.

"I heard that Your Majesty wants to start a business?"

"Yeah, I'm busy with this matter, you can play with this little guy, don't hinder my big business!!"

Liu Chang waved his hand, and without waiting for Chen Ping to answer, he strode away from the mansion.

Chen Ping hugged his grandson and smiled softly.

(End of this chapter)