Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 516 Feng Huainan King
Zhang Buyi's sudden recovery made the officials very moved.

How did you get better?

"Your Majesty, if it's really not possible, I will go to the reserved land in person and lead the troops from the surrounding counties. I will definitely be able to."

"never mind."

Liu Chang waved his hand and interrupted Zhang Buyi, "If you don't want to see each other, then don't see each other. After all, you are a fairy among the gods. I read his letters and know his intention to go. I can't keep him." , the two of you brothers had better have a discussion to see if you want to mourn Marquis Liu and inherit the title."

"what??"

Zhang Buyi shook his head hastily, "How can this be done? My father must still be alive, so how can we mourn for the living?"

"There is no news after this time, and I don't know life and death. How is it different from death?"

Liu Chang stroked his beard, "If I say something, don't pay attention to it. I think Liuhou must have passed away long ago. The reason why he didn't say anything was because he was worried that he would be disturbed before he died. In addition, he was worried You inherited the title too early."

"What does this mean??"

"You have already served as the Prime Minister at such a young age. If you inherit such a title, with your temperament, I don't know how many disasters you will cause. Liu Hou is probably worried about this. However, what is he thinking, I don't know." I can’t figure it out, maybe it’s really become the Tao?”

"Hasn't Your Majesty never believed in ghosts and gods?"

"I don't believe in ghosts and gods, but I believe in Liuhou. This is a man among gods. If there are real gods in the world, he will probably be like Liuhou. He comes and goes without a trace, predicts things like a god, no matter how prominent the minister is. , all died on the sickbed, or were killed for meritorious deeds. Only Liuhou, who led thousands of households alone, traveled to the mountains and rivers in his old age, lived in the mountains and forests, had no worries about trivial matters, studied the principles, and could not know whether he was alive or dead. Tsk , such a god-man, hateful."

"If only I had been born 30 years earlier!"

Liu Chang said sadly.

Zhang Buyi said: "Your Majesty failed to start a business with them, but he is worthy of them. When Marquis Feng was still alive, he had a displeasure with Emperor Gao. It was His Majesty who supported him. He visited him several times to relieve his worries and used his If it is not for Your Majesty, I am afraid that it will end in melancholy. Like the Marquis of Huaiyin, if it is not for Your Majesty, I am afraid that he will have died long ago. Like my father, if there is no Your Majesty, how can he be so happy to travel around the mountains and rivers? , I am afraid that I will travel between mountains and counties all day, so I dare not do this."

"The rest of the important ministers, His Majesty never made them feel bad, but they caressed their descendants and treated them with great respect. Marquis of Pingyang, Marquis of Wuyang, Marquis of Jiancheng, Marquis of Xue, Marquis of Fenyin, etc., have never been wronged, and they all died well. Worry, don't forget to offer sacrifices in autumn, His Majesty gave birth at the right time."

"If it weren't for Your Majesty, just these people, I don't know how many people died unexpectedly, how many died in depression, how many talents could not be displayed, the heroes shed tears, and the strong men lost their lives. Be kind-hearted, respect them, and make them die for your Majesty. Since then, the ministers, talented people, such as Lian Po, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Fan Ju, Lu Buwei, Wei Wuji, Bai Qi, Li Mu, few have a good death, this is called Yi It's hard to start and end."

"If you don't have your majesty's talent, your majesty's benevolence, and your majesty's merit, how can you do this? Your majesty's merit is not comparable to that of Emperor Gao!!!"

"Besides, today's universe, why are the talents not as good as before? Zhang Youxiang governs the country like Marquis Bing, Ji Bushen and Tu Jia's fortitude is worse than Wang Tianqi, Luan Bu and Zhang Meng's sincerity, how is it compared to Fenyin Marquis? Zhang Shizhijun How does the law compare with Xuanyi? How does Chen Tao Zhineng compare with Yang Chengyan? Jia Yi, Chao Cuo, and Yuan Ang are all resourceful people. Both ministers and Zhi are your majesty's falcons. Zhou Yafu and others are generals. Compared with Mao Hengzhi's talents and learning How about Xuehou?"

"Your Majesty, there are countless talents and powerful generals like clouds. Most of these people are young and have not yet fully matured. In time, what about the officials of Emperor Gao? In the Zhongxin Pavilion, I will replace them!!"

Zhang Buyi said loudly.

Liu Chang looked at him in surprise, then laughed loudly.

"You're right!!"

"There are people in the world who know me, no doubt about it!"

Liu Chang's regret that he would never see Liuhou again disappeared in Zhang Buyi's words, and there was no more boredom in his heart. Suddenly, he led Zhang Buyi to chat in the palace.

"No doubt, the news of Taiwei's crusade against Shendu still failed to hide from the officials."

"This time, the food from the countries of the Western Regions, Hexi, Longxi, Tang and other countries was used for the Northern Army. I never told the ministers. The ministers were very angry and wrote a letter openly. It was the same as in the past, saying that I am militaristic. The kings of Jie and Zhou even reported this matter to the Queen Mother!"

Liu Chang's face was stern, Zhang Buyi heard it, he was furious, and scolded: "These old dogs, how do you know His Majesty's ambitions! I don't know where I learned a sentence of military aggression, and I read it all day without any real talent. , Your Majesty, I don't know who wrote the letter like this? You can punish him!"

"More than 20 ministers jointly signed the letter, led by Ji Bu."

"Ah, Ji Bu is a traitor! I have long seen that he is a disloyal minister. As His Majesty's servant, he actually joins forces with those traitors! Your Majesty, I'm going to kill him now!!"

Zhang Buyi turned around and was about to leave, but Liu Chang hurriedly stopped him.

"If it's just one or two letters, it doesn't matter if you go and kill them. It's just that more than 20 people wrote the letter together, including Sangong and Jiuqing. How can we do it? If these people are all killed, who will rule the country for me? ?”

Zhang Buyi squinted his eyes and asked: "If Your Majesty is bothered by them, then there is no need to worry. The Taiwei will go out in person, with Xia Houying and Zhou Yafu as assistants. It is not difficult to win. The reason why the officials objected is because Because of the huge consumption of food, I heard that Shendu is extremely rich, as long as the harvest can fill the vacancy of food, the officials will definitely not dare to say anything."

"As long as we can delay it for a while, and wait until the good news comes, these people will never dare to say anything again."

"Then how do we procrastinate?"

"Or lock them all up in Tingwei, wait for the battle report, if the harvest is enough, release them, if the harvest is not enough, behead them!"

Looking at His Majesty's smiling face, Zhang Buyi knew in his heart that His Majesty was joking. No one would be beheaded by His Majesty if he cut off Ji Bu. Although he said it viciously, His Majesty is not a person who kills indiscriminately. He has a kind heart , who can compare to his Majesty?
"Your Majesty, you might as well give them something to do, so that they can stop their mouths."

"This time I recorded the number of cultivated land and people, and found a big problem. I think your Majesty can see it. The population distribution of the Han Dynasty is becoming more and more extreme. The territory of Liang Guo, Qi Guo and other places is very small. There are millions of people, and the scale of Nanyue Kingdom in the south has just reached one million people. Changsha Kingdom has more than 20 people, and Dian Kingdom has [-] people. The territory of Yan Kingdom is so vast, but there are only a million people. Beiting, Xiting and other places are even more unbearable.”

"The people in Chang'an are far superior to them."

"Zhang Youxiang is very worried. If this continues, Liang Guo and other places will be overcrowded and there will be a serious shortage of cultivated land, which will lead to serious disasters. Moreover, these people are distributed on both sides of the river. Chao Cuo said that river disasters are caused by Because there are more and more people on both sides of the river and they are constantly destroying the river."

Liu Chang stroked his beard, "In the past, I didn't want to force the people to leave their hometown, but now it seems that I have to move and continue like this. I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe. This is more harmful to the people than leaving my hometown."

"In this way, what Chao Cuo played at the beginning was not completely wrong. The people have really reached the point where they must migrate."

"I just don't know why Liang Qi has such a large population? If the arable land is better, it can be like this?"

"The main reason is that the Central Plains is fertile, the people are rich, the officials are generous, they have more children, raise more, and live more. Therefore, the children born in various places are actually similar, but the children in the Central Plains are more able to survive."

"Oh, how miserable are the people?"

After having a child, Liu Chang had an intuitive feeling about the ridiculously high premature death rate in common people's homes. How high was the premature mortality rate in the early Han Dynasty? Ordinary people gave birth to ten children, and only the Two or three, that's still a lot. The survival rate is around [-] to [-]%, which is very scary. This cold data, in the folks, is a cry of pain and misery.

Not only the common people's family, but also the imperial clan, in fact, the same is true, but the probability is lower.

Liu Chang frowned, feeling very complicated, followed Zhang Buyi into the pavilion, put his hands on the wooden railing, and looked into the distance.

"Crack~~~"

"Your Majesty, be careful!!!"

Zhang Buyi hastily stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Chang. Liu Chang staggered and nearly fell. When he regained his senses, he looked at the wooden railing that suddenly fell down in surprise, and looked at his hands. It's useless."

Zhang Buyi looked down for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, someone deliberately sawed it off."

"In the palace, someone wants to murder me???"

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from the right.

Liu Chang turned his head away.

Liu Cizheng was holding a log taller than himself, looking at them in surprise.

"not good!!"

He yelled, dropped the wood in his hand, and ran away.

Liu Chang came to his senses immediately, picked up the wood from the ground, and chased after him, "I'm going to beat you to death today!!!"

The father and son chased all the way, obviously, Liu Ci couldn't outrun his father, but fortunately, he met Cao Shu head-on, Liu Ci jumped into Cao Shu's arms with a vigorous step, and shouted in horror: "Mum! !Father wants to hit me!!"

Liu Chang chased after him, his face full of anger.

"This jerk is not as high as my knees, and he started sawing my pavilion! Put him down, I'm going to smash his ass today!!"

Cao Shu was also shocked, looking at Liu Ci in her arms, "Ci, is what your father said true?"

"I don't understand what my father is saying."

"Fart! I saw you hugging that pile of wood!!"

Then Liu Ci hurriedly said: "It's all the elder brother! The elder brother asked us to imitate my father. He also said that when he was young, my father dismantled the pavilion and made a spinning wheel to show his filial piety. I saw my mother washing my clothes all day long, even when I was tired. , I just thought about making a car that can wash clothes. I did it according to my elder brother!!"

"Why, your elder brother wants to inherit my throne and sent you to murder me?!"

Cao Shu glared at Liu Chang, "The child is also filial. How can you hit him with such great strength? He is still young, what if you hurt him?"

Liu Ci was overjoyed, and kissed Cao Shu on the face a few times.

"Come on, give me the stick, and I'll beat you!"

Liu Ci was shocked and was about to run away, but was hugged tightly by Cao Shu. He just kicked his legs and shouted in the direction of Yongle Palace: "Mother!! Mother, save me!!"

Soon, Emperor Gao's singing came out from the Hall of Houde. The singing was long and full, and Liu Chang felt much better when he heard it.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Zhang Buyi was still very worried. Looking at Liu Chang, Liu Chang shook his head and scolded: "This scorpion can't be kept anymore, he must be sealed up, and he will be poisoned! Let him be a peacock king. If he stays by my side, I will give him a lot of money." I'm afraid that sooner or later I can't help but beat him to death!!"

Liu Chang scratched his head. For the first time, he felt the cycle of heaven and law, and he was unhappy with the retribution.

This guy is so much like himself, he can't help but take a breath when he thinks of the things he did to his father when he was young, these things are very beautiful to recall, but if they happen to him, it would be a little scary.

"Retribution, I shouldn't have gone to Bashu in the first place"

Facing His Majesty's family affairs, Zhang Buyi couldn't say anything. Hearing His Majesty talking about enfeoffment, he couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, the two young masters, Ci and Liang, should also be entrusted. Has Your Majesty ever seriously thought about enfeoffing?" place?"

Liu Chang was taken aback, stroked his beard, and said: "Liang has a weak personality. I was afraid that he would be bullied, so I distributed it to him in Yingchuan. As for the gift. Well, I haven't thought about it yet. You say, it's a seal." Poison, Sushen, or Wajima?"

"Huainan."

"Huh?? Where??"

"When the Huainan Kingdom is enshrined, the territory of the Huainan Kingdom that Yingbu used to have is enough."

"Why?"

Zhang Buyi said seriously: "The body poison is too remote. It is not possible to canonize it now. Maybe when the crown prince grows up, he can canonize a certain grandson. The same is true for Wadao and Sushen. The place is far away, and there is no culture and education. You can send a person who is good at governance to go, but the young master is impatient, so don't go."

"Now Your Majesty wants to rule the Southern Kingdom, and the Wu Kingdom is strong and prosperous. Now Your Majesty is close to the King of Wu, and His Majesty is tyrannical. Naturally, there is no problem. But in the future, the relationship will become more and more distant, and the Wu Kingdom will definitely threaten the temple. If there are powerful people sitting in Huainan, Deterring the southern states and being the wings of the temple, the temple will have no worries, besides, His Majesty can also discipline in time, Huainan is not far away, and is also rich, it doesn’t have to be cured, just not hurt.”

Liu Chang glanced at him, "Oh, to deter the nations from rebelling? I'm afraid he will be the first one to rebel!"

"Although Young Master Ci is stubborn, but to His Majesty, the Crown Prince is very respectful and affectionate. Back then, Prince Chu angrily reprimanded him because of his disrespectful words to the King Dai. Now, he has not forgotten this grudge. Your Majesty does not need to So much to worry about."

"Let's wait until they are a few years older!"

"Where did you just talk about? This scorpion disrupted my thoughts, yes, the matter of migration, right? There is also the issue of premature death."

Liu Chang lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "There are still not enough medical officers, and we need to increase expenditure. I used to think that the government should learn first, and then the medical hall. No matter how much you value official studies, all the officials value official studies, but they despise medical clinics. This is because the cries of the local people cannot be heard in their tall mansions, but I can't do this. What can I send before my life? ?”

"But...how can there be so much money and food in the temple?"

"There must be a way, I don't believe it!"

Liu Chang then said: "There is still this matter of migration, you go and tell the ministers, let them find a way to arrange the migration, and gradually move the crowded people of the Central Plains outward!"

Zhang Buyi asked: "Do you want to follow Chao Cuo's original idea?"

"No, directly migrate, send soldiers to migrate!! The household registrations without arable land will be migrated first, and gradually spread, don't directly migrate to the south, migrate step by step!"

Zhang Buyi was shocked, and hurriedly knelt in front of Liu Chang, and said, "Your Majesty, if you forcefully relocate, it will really hurt your majesty's reputation!!! Please take Qin as a lesson!!"

From ancient times to the present, people who engage in forced relocation have a bad reputation. The best example is the Qin State. Qin used to migrate a large number of people to Henan and the south, which caused Shi Huangdi's reputation to get worse and worse. The people hate it deeply.

But Liu Chang didn't care, "The Qin Dynasty migrated the people to consolidate the frontiers. Those who migrated were armored soldiers. Now I want to migrate, but for the sake of the people themselves. These people are crowded in their homeland and have no cultivated land. They have become rangers one after another. , thieves, tenants, son-in-law, servants, I let you work for farmers elsewhere, this is for them!"

"However, stupid people may not know it. If your majesty is ready to do this, the minister can give a presentation, but your majesty refuses, and the minister will contact the ministers to give the presentation again. Your majesty has no choice but to agree immediately. In this way, your majesty's name will not be hurt. If something goes wrong, it is the minister's fault."

"Big man, why waste your name?!"

"If I want to do something, I am not afraid of others' accusations. I am just an anti-king. If future generations want to cast aside, just do it, why should I be afraid of it? These things must be done sooner or later. It is better to let future generations bear a bad reputation." Let me do it all, if you resent me, then resent me alone, anyway, no one just reprimanded me face to face!!"

"Go and tell the ministers!"

"Just say what I mean!!"

"It can also make them no longer entangled in sending troops."

"only."

After Zhang Buyi left the palace, he returned home as soon as possible, and immediately began to write with a pen. Seeing that Zhang Buyi was so busy, Liu Yan was at a loss and did not dare to disturb him. After writing the letter in his hand, he immediately called the subordinate officer.

"Send this letter to Chao Cuo quickly!"

"When he reads the letter, bring him back directly, whether he wants to or not!"

"Zhang Xiang, if he disobeys"

"Then knock it out and bring it here!"

"only!!"

ps: I once again realized the importance of book reviews, and I have written more than 200 million words before I knew it. I expected a lot every time, but I always wrote too fast. It seems that I have to sort out the plot again and do a long-term review. of the idea.

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