Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 515 Probably Really Gone

Zhang Buyi had just approached Houde Hall when he heard His Majesty's angry roar.

He listened carefully, and then concluded in his heart that His Majesty was probably teaching some clan heir a lesson.

As Liu Chang's servant for many years, Zhang Buyi has long practiced the ability that no one can match. He can distinguish the cause from the different voices of His Majesty. His Majesty is irritable, but every time Every time you get angry with different people, the voice will be different.

If you get angry with the ministers, His Majesty's voice will be very irritable, and the words of curse will be one after another, without leaving the old dog. Even in the face of a young minister like Chao Cuo, His Majesty likes to use the old dog to abuse, can only say I'm used to it, but when facing the younger generation, I don't rush to swear, and I won't be in a hurry. The words of swearing usually revolve around things like scumbag, useless, and so on.

Compared with the past, His Majesty's temper is much better. At least, His Majesty seldom does anything now.

In the past, the officials were always beaten. Although they are beaten now, it is no longer as frequent as in the past. The last time I heard it was to beat the servant. This good brother of the Yue family could not get rid of His Majesty's bullying. The reason for the beating was that he was not disciplined enough. Yan, someone under his command sells war horses in private.

Of course, after the beating, he still sat together and drank together, and the eunuch also pleaded guilty. As a member of the Yue family, he was always cautious in the temple, and he was more polite to those under his command, without the majesty of Jiuqing , do not participate in the major affairs of the temple, just study some methods of treating horses and healing horses with peace of mind, which makes Liu Chang very angry. I let you be Jiuqing to let you study horse medicine with peace of mind?
Hating him for not fighting is the reason for Liu Chang to do it.

Liu Chang became more and more excited as he talked, and then he started to do it.

Liu Chang told the eunuch that you are the Jiuqing of the great Han, and you should not belittle yourself just because you are a citizen outside the Great Wall. You are a barbarian, so you are afraid that others will say that you are not a barbarian?Those who are not barbarians say they are barbarians and practice barbarian ways, but you are a barbarian, why are you doing so many vain people?
The servant also completely let go, drank wine with His Majesty, took off his shirt, and returned to the mansion with disheveled hair. He tied those officials who were disrespectful to him and violated them to the tree, and beat him with a whip. He also shouted "I'm a barbarian!".

Zhang Buyi walked into the Hall of Houde and paid respects to His Majesty.

"Meet Your Majesty!!!"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, looking at Zhang Buyi who walked in, he was overjoyed, "Hahaha, you are finally done with your work, come quickly!"

Zhang Buyi hurriedly bowed again; "I am incompetent, I was delayed due to some things, and I couldn't come to serve your majesty in time, please punish your majesty!!"

"Okay, don't talk about that."

Only then did Zhang Buyi get up and sat beside Liu Chang. Looking again, the ones kneeling in the middle to be trained were indeed two juniors. One of them was Liu Xi, the son of Chengyang King Liu Zhang, and the other was Zhao Guoliu. Ruyi's son Liu Xun.

The two looked aggrieved and knelt down in front of Liu Chang respectfully, not daring to speak.

Liu Chang looked at them and continued to curse: "Happy! Your father was out on errands, and you started to mess around?! It's just messing around, and you were caught by Tingwei so easily, it's a shame to me!! If Ting Wei comes to report again, I will break your leg!"

"Father, I will never be caught by Ting Wei again."

"Ok??"

"I'm never going to mess around again."

Liu Chang looked at Liu Xun again, "And you, Shuzi, I think you are well-behaved and very courteous. I asked you to come to the Taixue to study, but you hang out with this fellow, go out drinking and make trouble, and fight with those wicked young men. , you are capable! You can fight so well, do you want to try it with me?!"

"Father Zhong, don't dare."

"Okay, get out of here! If I catch you again, I'll hang you up and beat you!"

"roll!!"

The two guys fled the Hall of Houde in a scrambling manner. Liu Chang then looked at Zhang Buyi and scolded: "These worthless Lizi are really stubborn! Among the clan's children, there is no one who can be relied on, big man!" The future princes and kings are all such fools, the great man is in danger!!"

Zhang Buyi smiled. In fact, when people like Liu Chang hadn't grown up, the officials thought so too. Are these guys the future princes and kings?The big man is in danger! !

But isn't the big man getting stronger and stronger now?
"Your Majesty, it's just a young temperament, if given time, it will become a great weapon, so don't get angry."

Liu Chang shook his head, calmed down, and asked again: "I heard that you are busy collecting land and household registration, how is it? But it's going well?"

"Because of His Majesty's great blessing, everything is going smoothly!!"

"Hahaha, didn't Zhang Xiang pass down the method you recorded? Why is it my blessing?"

Zhang Buyi said disdainfully: "If it wasn't for His Majesty's improvement of numbers and creation of more convenient mathematics, what would happen if there were no method taught by the Right Prime Minister?"

"What you said makes sense! This is all due to me!"

The more the emperor and ministers who were made in heaven became happier, Liu Chang simply asked people to bring wine and meat, and asked the rest of the people not to disturb him, closed the door, and the two monarchs and ministers happily lived in their own small world.

"Your Majesty, according to the results of this year's collection, the number of people in the Han Dynasty is more than 530 million. Compared with the previous statistics, it has increased by 3104 million people, and the largest increase is in Liang Guo, which has a total increase of more than 100 million people. Occupy one-third, followed by Qi State, with an increase of 30, and then Yan State."

"Yan State received more than [-] Hu people because of the conquest"

Zhang Buyi seriously talked about the population growth of various places, and took out his own list to show Liu Chang, which included the growth of various places. Compared with the previous record, Zhang Buyi said that the population growth this time It is the most, it is unprecedented, this is the supreme merit of His Majesty,

But Liu Chang was obviously a little dissatisfied with the result.

"I heard that when King Qin swept Liuhe, the national population record was more than 3000 million people. How come the big Han is now prosperous and powerful, but it is far inferior to that Tyrant Qin? Could it be that I am not as good as that King Qin?!"

"Your Majesty, Qin died as a result of corvée. After Qin's death, there were many disputes. At the time of Emperor Gao, the population of the whole country dropped to 500 million. In just a few decades, under your governance, the population has increased by 1000 million. , this is already very rare, so how can the King of Qin compare to you? He just sits and enjoys his success, but you do everything by yourself, and you have never enjoyed the shadow!"

The doctor Li Guang who was guarding the door slowly closed his eyes, pretending he didn't hear anything.

Didn't the great Han get to where it is now, after experiencing the rule of Marquis Feng during the reign of Emperor Gao, the rule of Marquis Pingyang during the time of Supreme Emperor, and the rule of Queen Mother, and finally the results appeared in your hands?Forget it, forget it, if you don't enjoy it, you don't have it.

Liu Chang shook his head, "It's still far away. The territory of the Han Dynasty today is really too big, bigger than any dynasty in the past. The population of 500 is too small to spread on this land. The Central Plains area is fine, like that slightly remote place, thousands of miles away, it is really poor, talent is the country's most important resource, if five people are available, then I can't do anything."

Liu Chang thought for a moment, then said, "I want to abolish the calculation of Fu."

Zhang Buyi was taken aback, even Zhang Buyi smiled wryly at this moment and said: "Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous! If you want to relieve the suffering of the people, but if the calculation of Fu is abolished, there will be no food for the temple, and nothing can be done. "

"It can be solved if the tax is spread evenly on top of the agricultural tax. However, in that case, the blow to the farmers will be too great. The rich households with a lot of cultivated land are not enough to afford it. Therefore , I am going to start a business, and when the business is successful, I will divide the calculation into two and share it equally on top of the business tax and agricultural tax!"

"Trading into business??"

Zhang Buyi was stunned. He asked, "Can the merchants afford it?"

"Hahaha, if you only operate domestically, maybe you can't, but now I want to open foreign trade, why can't I? Even if I can't accept it, I have to accept it! I open the restrictions and let them enjoy wealth and earn a lot of money. If they can't do small things, then why do I support merchants?!"

Liu Chang's attitude is very firm, if you can do it, you have to do it, if you can't do it, you have to do it!
"Your Majesty Shengming!!!"

"If there is no fortune, the world will definitely be prosperous. What is the 3000 million in Qin Dynasty? The big man should have 5000 million! No, [-] million people!!"

Zhang Buyi also started blowing directly, and Liu Chang's face was full of joy, "Yes, by then, these [-] million people will be distributed all over the country, that is, the Xiting Kingdom, Nanyue Kingdom, Yan Kingdom, and Tang Kingdom. The people, the roads, the traffic, the smooth roads, and the cities of our Han family everywhere, when the King of Qin claimed to unify the world, he only unified the Central Plains, and I will never give him the credit for unifying the world!"

"I want to truly unify the world and make the world my people!"

"Your Majesty's ambition is true."

"Okay, no need to flatter, I have one thing here that only you can do."

Zhang Buyi was taken aback, "Please give orders, Your Majesty!"

Liu Chang laughed bitterly, "In these years, I have been writing letters to Marquis Liu seeking strategies for governing the country, but I have never received a reply. I haven't found any news of Marquis Liu. Now that I have encountered such a major event, even though I have wise men by my side, it is still difficult to make up my mind. If Marquis Liu is there to help me, I can come up with a plan and discuss the benefits of starting a business and promoting agriculture. Then it will be safe."

Zhang Buyi lowered his head, "Your Majesty, I also wrote letters several times, but there was no reply. The younger brother of the minister said that my father has never been whereabouts since he entered the mountain to practice Taoism. Now his life and death are unknown. what to do"

"He followed a few alchemists, and he didn't know where he went. The mountain is so big. After much deliberation, I finally came up with a solution!"

"Oh? What did His Majesty come up with?"

"Burn the mountain!"

"Since he is hiding in the mountains and doesn't want to come out, then I will set fire on three sides to force him to come out, or set fire to the front and rear to force him to come out!"

Zhang Buyi almost jumped up, "Your Majesty, you can't! Duke Wen of Jin set fire to the mountain like this. He wanted to force Jie Zitui out, but he killed Jie Zitui."

"Ah? Such a profound strategy, someone has already thought of it?"

Liu Chang looked at Zhang Buyi in surprise, and then praised: "As expected of Duke Wen of Jin, he can think the same way as I do."

"Don't worry, I won't do that. When I said that to Lu Lu, Lu Lu was frightened. He bowed to me and almost knelt down in front of me. He advised me not to do this. He didn't mention Duke Wen of Jin."

Zhang Buyi wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This is the best."

"I just wanted to lure him out through you."

"What does your majesty mean?"

"You just pretend to be seriously ill, and then write to your younger brother, saying that you don't have much time. I think Liu Hou has broken his worldly heart. When he finds out that you are seriously ill, even if he doesn't want to come, he has to come." Write a letter to inquire? When the time comes, I can write a letter to inquire about it!"

Zhang Buyi asked hesitantly: "But, can Father really know how to write letters? What if he sees through it?"

"I don't know either."

Liu Chang really has no idea in his heart, even in the face of Chen Ping, he will not be like this, the feeling Liu Hou gave him is different from anyone else, as if as long as he is still around, all the problems in the world will be solved , He has extremely strong self-confidence, and at the same time can infect the people around him, giving people a feeling that he is omnipotent. Liu Chang has only experienced this feeling in Liuhou.

I heard that when the country was first founded, Cao Shen and Xiao He had nearly [-] households and thousands of households when they talked about credit and food, and the rest had thousands of households. The food town of ten thousand households.

Liuhou refused because of his lack of merit, and was finally sealed in the reserved land, with [-] households.

If Marquis Liu had agreed at that time, then the No. [-] Marquis in the world today would not be Xiao Yan, but Zhang Buyi beside him. Of course, if he accepted it, he might be sent on the road by the Queen Mother. Chehou is still a little too scary.

"Since that's the case, the minister will be seriously ill tomorrow, and wait for Father's reply!"

"it is good!!"

In order to be more realistic, Zhang Buyi drank a lot and passed out, and then was sent back to his mansion. The next day, there was news that Zhang Zuoxiang was seriously ill, unable to get up, and unable to go to court.

When the officials heard this, they were naturally overjoyed.

When you see it, you have to mention it.

"Have you heard? Zhang Zuoxiang is seriously ill!"

"Ah? How can this be good!"

The minister forced a worried look, but he couldn't hide that smile no matter what.

Zhang Buyi's reputation among the officials can't be said to be highly respected, but it can also be said to be notorious. The main reason is that he always stands on the emperor's side. No matter what the emperor says, he always stands on the emperor's side. In order to get the emperor His favor, even disregarding the country, is simply insane! !Such a person became the prime minister of a big man, which is a disgrace to the ministers.

The emperor also visited Zhang Buyi several times, looking worried.

Letters are also constantly flying towards the reserved place.

stay county.

Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhang Biqiang sighed helplessly, with an extremely worried expression on his face.

"After my father and those alchemists left, there is no news, and now my brother is seriously ill, what a pain!"

Zhang Liang still has some properties in his food town, all of which are taken care of by Zhang Biqiang. Zhang Liang has long wanted to travel around. He went down the mountain to communicate with people from time to time, and at this moment, the Queen Mother had long since stopped handling government affairs, so Liu Hou could realize his regret in history. In his later years, he followed a few like-minded people to the deep mountains, saying that he wanted to travel around. Become a celestial being.

After leaving like this, I never contacted my family again.

Zhang Piqiang didn't know his life or death. He sent people several times but failed to find his father, and his heart became more and more heavy. His father was already old. Go around to spread the news that my brother is seriously ill, hoping that my father will know and come back to see me again.

However, these days, there is still no news.

"My father is not here, so I have to go to see my brother"

"Come on, prepare your horses and chariots."

Just when Zhang Biqiang was about to get up to visit his elder brother, someone came suddenly. The person who came was a servant of his family. He was very excited at the moment and said, "There is a letter from the Patriarch! There is a letter from the Patriarch!!"

Zhang Piqiang was startled, and immediately ran out, just as he ran out, he saw an old alchemist, who was stroking his beard, sitting on the threshold, very dissolute, "But the Zhang family boy?"

"Exactly, I wonder if you are?"

"this is for you"

The alchemist took out the letter, handed it to the other party, turned around and was about to leave, Zhang Piqiang hurriedly stood in front of him, "Old man, where is my father now?"

"I just met at the foot of the mountain, entrusted by him, and came here with a letter. How do I know his whereabouts?"

"Get out of the way quickly, if you let the people in the government see it, it will be trouble after all."

The alchemist pushed Zhang Biqiang away and left in a hurry.

Zhang Biqiang tremblingly opened the letter, the handwriting was indeed his father's own handwriting, there were two letters in total, but Zhang Biqiang was immediately disappointed by the contents of the letter, his father said in the letter that he devoted himself to cultivating the Tao and had already achieved the right fruit. I will not return again, so I ask Zhang Biqiang not to worry about it, and ask Zhang Biqiang to submit another letter to the emperor.

"Hey, my brother is seriously ill, and you don't care about this, do you want us to treat you as dead?"

Soon, the two letters were quickly sent to Chang'an.

Liu Chang opened the letter in surprise. The content of the letter was very simple. First, he greeted, and then he told the things that he had traveled all over the world, so that the emperor would not have to look for him again. At the end, he said something about his love The idea of ​​the policy includes Xingnong. He wrote in it that Xingnong has to open foreign trade. Domestic strength alone cannot bear His Majesty's great ambitions, and it has to rely on foreign trade and so on.
Liu Chang's expression was a little strange, and he looked over and over again, "This is definitely not what Liuhou wrote today. We have already informed him two years ago and started preparing for what he said. If it is written in the near future, we will Why rewrite the strategy we're going to execute today?"

"Also, he said that he would not return no matter what, and he didn't mention Zhang Buyi's illness. This was written by him earlier, and the client sent it over when Zhang's family was looking for him."

"Then when was this letter written?"

"The handwriting looks a little shaky. It looks like it was written on a carriage. It couldn't be written on the day he left, right? He's not a god. How could he see the foreign trade at that time?"

As Liu Chang spoke, his tone became less firm.

Lu Lu looked at Liu Chang in surprise, "Why would he do this?"

Liu Chang's face suddenly turned bitter.

"Maybe he's really gone."

"He's always been afraid of being disturbed."

(End of this chapter)