Father Han Gaozu

Looking at the letter in his hand, Chao Cuo couldn't help frowning.

He wrote a letter very early on that the people in the Central Plains must be relocated, and he also proposed a method of relocation that does not have to bear a bad name, that is, by cutting off the people's way of life, forcing the people to migrate, but His Majesty disagreed, thinking that no matter what, the starting point of the temple is He couldn't be based on oppressing the people, so he was imprisoned in the Tingwei, and he was cleaned up, but Chao Cuo's "thief is not dead", and he wrote letters several times in the future, and he was scolded bloody every time.

Chao Cuo is a person who never gives up until he achieves his goal. Even if the emperor wants to kill him, he is still unwilling to change his mind. He can be called "the first iron of the big man". Compared with him, he is far worse. This is his advantage and the biggest disadvantage.

The emperor probably sent him and Shen Tujia to both sides of the river out of the mentality of being out of sight and out of mind, to be in charge of water conservancy. , He didn't give the local officials any face at all, forced the county guards to come out to meet him, and asked them to complete their orders within three months, otherwise they would be punished.

Officials all over the coast hated him so much that they wished to send followers to assassinate him.

Ordinary officials still have to show face to each other. Even if you are from the temple, you can treat these officials who are in charge of the life and death of a county with courtesy, so that everyone can cooperate better. You can't do anything, but Chao Cuo is the opposite. He is very rude to these people and orders them to do things forcefully. If you don't cooperate, it's very simple. I'll cut off your head! !

Shen Tujia was also very nervous, but seeing Chao Cuo treat those local officials like this, he couldn't stand it anymore. He asked Chao Cuo to restrain himself several times so as not to cause conflicts in the local area.But now, Chao Cuo looked even more proud when he looked at the letter in his hand.

This is a letter sent by Zhang Buyi. In the letter, it explained in detail that the population of the Central Plains is overcrowded. The extreme imbalance of the population is affecting the agriculture of the Han. Chao Cuo returned to Chang'an and had a long talk with himself about it.

Chao Cuo proudly put away the letter and snorted coldly.

"I saw this very early on. I went to His Majesty three times and told him about it. I told him three migration strategies, but he never listened to it. Now Zhang Zuoxiang is going to use the most brutal means to deal with it. Migrate the common people, and let the temple bear a bad name, why didn't you follow my advice at the beginning?"

"I was the first to see through the problem of overpopulation. It's just that there are no capable people in the court. I still can't see through this point. No matter how fertile the arable land of Liang Guo is, it can't afford such a large population. Within five years, Liang There will be a food disaster in the country, and then there will be Qi, Chu and other places, and there will be a serious shortage of food everywhere, because there are fewer people farming and more people without land!"

The officials around Chao Cuo didn't dare to agree. Chao Cuo seemed to be reprimanding Prime Minister Zhang, but the conversation seemed to be aimed at His Majesty, and there was a hint of dissatisfaction with His Majesty.Chao Cuo dared to do this, but they didn't dare. Chao Cuo was favored by the emperor because of his talent. Even if the policy was extreme and radical, the emperor would forgive him, but he didn't have Chao Cuo's ability.

The subordinate officials sent by Zhang Buyi also looked at Chao Cuo confusedly at this moment.

Chao Cuo said disdainfully: "All the ministers are loyal, keep their secrets in everything, because they are afraid of notoriety, they dare not bear the notoriety, dare not speak out, and deceive His Majesty, what kind of talent is this? In the temple, only Zhang Zuoxiang The first half of the sages, and the rest are villains!"

"My virtuous ability cannot be tolerated in the temple!" "If your majesty had used my strategy earlier, why did it come to this?!"

Chao Cuo's voice became louder and louder, and the heads of the surrounding officials lowered lower and lower.

The official sent by Zhang Buyi watched Chao Cuo talking endlessly, bowed respectfully to Chao Cuo, and said, "This is all orders from Prime Minister Zhang, please don't blame me!"

Chao Cuo was taken aback, "What?" "Bang~~"

Chao Cuo's subordinates were stunned. They watched the little official knock down their lord with a stick, then quickly tied up Chao Cuo, and walked out of the house while being hugged. It was silky, fast, and didn't even give everyone a reaction, until a few soldiers were about to walk out of the door with Chao Cuo in their arms.

Only then did they react, and hastily drew out their long swords and stood in front of him.

The man's expression was very uneasy, he looked at the crowd in fear, and bowed three times. "Please don't blame me, gentlemen!"

"I didn't mean to be disrespectful to Mr. Chao. It's Zhang Xiang's order to knock Mr. Chao unconscious and bring him back! Don't blame him! Don't blame him!"

Chao Cuo's subordinates are also a little dazed at the moment. This is the first time for them to be in such a situation. They are working, and suddenly a group of people come to knock the lord unconscious and kidnap him in front of them. This is simply unheard of. , and the other party does have Zhang Zuoxiang's seal, he is telling the truth, Chao Cuo is not even Jiuqing, Zhang Xiang has the right to arrest him, but the way of taking him away is really unique.

For a while, these people didn't dare to act rashly, they just watched the young man lead Chao Cuo out of here. "It's no wonder that he is the leader of the eagle dogs under His Majesty's command. This style of behavior is simply."

"What should we do now?"

"Naturally, go and tell Lord Shen Tu!"

While the officials were busy, the young officials hurried towards Chang'an with Chao Cuo. After an unknown amount of time, Chao Cuo opened his eyes in a daze. Realizing that he was tightly bound and in the carriage, he raised his head and saw that naive young man sitting beside him respectfully at this moment.

"Bastard!! Are you planning to rebel?!"

"I am the Minister of the Han Dynasty, how dare you attack me like this?! Let me go quickly!!" "Gong Chao! This is the order of Zhang Zuoxiang, I dare not let you go!"

"Why did Zhang Buyi tie me up?!"

"The Prime Minister Zuo ordered me to bring you back. If you don't want to, I will knock you unconscious and tie you up, and then bring you back."

Chao Cuo was silent for a moment, then shouted: "Did I say I won't go?!" "Let me go!!"

"You bastard, have you asked me? I didn't even say anything, so you hit me!!" "I will never spare you!!"

Along the way, Chao Cuo was screaming angrily, but the young man ignored his threats and served him respectfully, but no matter what Chao Cuo said, he was unwilling to let go of him, and he was even willing to let him go. Helped Chao Cuo to eat and defecate, but he was unwilling to untie him.

Chao Cuo scolded for a whole day, and was a little tired from scolding.

"Now there are six soldiers here, and I am not good at martial arts, so what if you untie me? I will go to Chang'an with you!! Untie me!!"

Chao Cuo's tone has changed a lot, and it even feels like a discussion.

The young man looked at Chao Cuo seriously, "Mr. Chao has great wisdom and great talent, and he is a virtuous minister who is deeply loved by His Majesty. I don't have much talent. I am a mediocre person. If you let go, I'm afraid you will try to escape. You have no force, but your intelligence is superior, so you dare not let go! I will not believe your words, otherwise I will be easily deceived by you!!"

Chao Cuo looked straight into the eyes of the young man in front of him, what he said was so sincere.

Chao Cuo really didn't know whether to thank him for overestimating himself, or lament that he fell into the hands of such a fool.

"Where did Zhang Buyi find you such a great talent?" "What's your name?"

"Xiaguan Shijian was born in the Imperial Academy"

"Shi Jian? Who are you, Shi Fen, Captain of Shuiheng?" "It's my father!"

Chao Cuo immediately realized that Shi Fen, captain of the water balance, was an official in charge of currency. He became an official because his sister married Emperor Gao, but he had no talent. Then this fellow summoned all the officials, dug out the previous catalogs, checked them, and then informed them. This made Chao Cuo, who pursued high efficiency, furious and reprimanded him as an "incompetent minister." "It turned out to be his son!! You are avenging your father! Just because I reprimanded him!"

Shi Jian shook his head hastily, and said seriously: "Don't dare, my father once told me that Mr. Chao is a great talent, and I am absolutely inferior. Mr. Chao's reprimand is right. After your point, The Captain’s Mansion has found a quicker test method, he has always wanted to thank you, and wants us not to be rude to you if we see you, unless it is not the order of Zhang Xiang, I dare not do this, please forgive me.”

Chao Cuo opened his mouth several times,

But they were all speechless.

This guy really followed his father, clumsy, incompetent, dead serious! ! !He was unwilling to say anything more, which made Chao Cuo feel guilty for bullying a fool.

Fortunately, the place where Chao Cuo works is not far from Chang'an. Only a few days later, Chao Cuo, who was tied up, appeared in Zhang Buyi's mansion. When he was in the mansion, Zhang Buyi sprayed all the tea out of his mouth.

Looking at this scene in amazement, he asked, "What's going on??"

Shi Jian hurriedly came to reply, "Master Zhang, according to your order, he has beaten Mr. Chao unconscious and brought him back." "Did you really knock him out??? Me."

Zhang Buyi pursed his lips, his face constantly changing, "Didn't I give you the soldier and the seal? If he doesn't want to, you just ask the soldier to bring him back, you."

"Come on, untie him!"

Chao Cuo was untied, and with a dark face, he stood in front of Zhang Buyi without saying a word, but Zhang Buyi laughed. Chao Cuo was the first to propose the matter of relocation. There is no one among the ministers who can compare to Chao Cuo. His Majesty must not bear such a bad reputation. If he wants to bear it, the ministers should bear it, such as himself, and he needs a helper.

In this era, it would take at least four or five years to reclaim a piece of arable land.It doesn't mean that if you take it to reclaim it this year, you can harvest it next year.

And the large-scale migration of the people has to guard against diseases, thieves, future housing problems, food problems, and household registration problems. These are not easy to solve. Chao Cuo is the best helper to help him do this.

Zhang Buyi is very cold on weekdays, but for the sake of the Holy Son of Heaven, he can temporarily put down his airs and put on a smile.

As long as he can accomplish things for the emperor and relieve his worries, he can do anything. "Wrong, the officials under his command don't understand the truth, don't blame him!"

Chao Cuo's face was still dark, but he didn't say much. Zhang Buyi invited him into the inner room, and ordered him to serve tea.
Shui, then asked: "Since you have read my letter, why don't you come here? As a minister,

It is necessary to relieve His Majesty's worries. Now His Majesty is worried about the people of the Central Plains. Shouldn't we do our best?If there is strength but no action, how can we be called loyal? "

"I never said I didn't want to come. It's just that little official of yours who knocked me out without asking." Chao Cuo said faintly.

Zhang Buyi smiled awkwardly, "This person is rude to you, please forgive me. However, although this person is dull, he can do things seriously. He never misses anything in his work, and there is nothing he can't finish, so he stays by his side. Now he If I offend you, I definitely can’t stay any longer, and I will definitely send him to another place.”

Chao Cuo would not be serious with a small official, he went straight to the point, "Is it His Majesty's intention or your personal idea about the relocation of the people?"

"It's my own idea."

Chao Cuo laughed, and he didn't know if he believed it. He nodded, "In this case, I have a few strategies that I may implement together. However, I was originally doing business outside according to His Majesty's order, and now I came back suddenly. I am afraid that His Majesty will be held accountable, so please tell Your Majesty, I will take care of this matter with peace of mind."

"Here."

Liu Chang was riding a white horse, and he was constantly drawing his bow and shooting arrows. The arrows flew out, and the knights followed Liu Chang in horror. Logically speaking, as the emperor's doctor, they should be on both sides when the emperor was hunting. Helping to drive and intercept the prey, but since the doctor Li Guang was shot by the emperor with an arrow in order to intercept the prey in front, no one dared to do such a thing again.

No wonder His Majesty asked them to wear armor every time they hunted.

At first they thought it was just for His Majesty's ostentation that they wanted us to wear armor, but later they realized that it was for our safety.

Just like Li Guang, if he hadn't been wearing armor and was far away, he would have died for his country long ago.

Liu Chang shot the deer several times, but failed to hit the deer. He was furious in his heart, "You bastard, I still can't shoot you to death?"

"Li Guang! Shoot it for me!!"

Hearing this, Li Guang immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow. With just one arrow, the deer was shot, trembled a few times, and immediately fell to the ground.

His eyes were still full of unwillingness, Liu Chang missed dozens of arrows, but Li Guang only used one arrow, Liu Chang was overjoyed, with a smile all over his face, he cursed at the deer: "Now you know how powerful it is!" ?! Let you hide again!!"

At this moment, Lu Lu chased after him from behind. "Oh, Your Majesty, what a disaster! What a disaster!!"

Lu Lu was riding a steed, sweating all over his head. He looked around, "Your Majesty, you have chased out of bounds. This is not a place for hunting, but a farmland rented out to the common people. It is a big crime for you to trample on the farmland, a big crime!"

At the beginning, Emperor Gao allocated some of Shanglin Garden to the common people for cultivation, and Liu Chang allocated a lot of land around Shanglin Garden. Hearing this, Liu Chang hurriedly looked around. Sure enough, his obsession with hunting was already chasing into the farmland.

Liu Chang scratched his head, and was about to flee from here, when suddenly a few farmers rushed towards him in the distance.

These farmers looked very angry, staring at them menacingly. Liu Chang took six or seven doctors with him on this trip. There was absolutely no fear in his eyes.

Nowadays, farming is very important, no matter who it is, it is not allowed to destroy the farmland at will.

Those few farmers began to curse, "You eat six grains, how can you have no eyes? Do you know what a crime is to trample on the cultivated land?! You still want to escape? The pavilion chief will be here soon! You have the ability Just kill us!"

The peasants in Chang'an are not ordinary peasants. At the foot of the emperor, there are ministers like Zhang Shizhi who are dedicated to watching the wealthy clan. These people are not afraid of the wealthy clan who break the law. It is a felony for others to break the law without stopping or subduing it. Therefore, no matter what the identity of the other party is, you must stop it.

The later moral obligations are now legal obligations, and those who fail to undertake them will be punished.

Liu Chang, who originally wanted Lu Lu to pay compensation, was also furious at this moment. He immediately jumped off his horse and scolded them: "You are the one who eats six grains, and the dog who eats them. Did I say no compensation? Why should I?" When you said you were going to run away? I just didn’t see it, you are cursing here, are you really not afraid of being beaten?!”

Liu Chang was tall, and the farmers took a few steps back, but they still cursed: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, do you still dare to act fiercely?! You are a dog!"

Several people immediately began to curse, and the curse was very ugly.

The faces of the doctors changed drastically, and they were about to draw their swords immediately, but Liu Chang stared at them angrily, and shouted: "What are you doing standing there! Are you watching me being scolded?! Scold me together!!"

As a result, on the edge of the cultivated land, a fierce battle broke out on the spot. A group of local farmers and seven or eight people dressed as nobles began to abuse each other. The quantity is obviously not as good as that of the peasants, and they blushed when they were scolded, shouting rudely.

Only Liu Chang can keep up with them. Liu Chang, who has been hanging out in the local area for a long time, is very good at cursing.

Just as the two sides were cursing, a few knights suddenly appeared in the distance. Judging by their attire, they were undoubtedly the head of the pavilion.

Seeing them, Liu Chang was shocked and shouted, "Run!!!"

After finishing speaking, he jumped on the steed, turned around and ran away. The other Lang Zhong also reacted, mounted the horse quickly, and fled quickly. , but Liu Chang and the others ran very fast.

The head of the pavilion led the crowd to chase, but the horses they rode were obviously not as good as those of Liu Chang and the others, so Liu Chang and his party quickly disappeared without a trace.

The pavilion chief immediately cursed angrily.

"Your Majesty. It's just a small pavilion chief. Why do you need to run?"

Li Guang rode his horse and followed Liu Chang, completely unbelievable that he actually followed the emperor to scold a group of peasants, and was even chased all over the ground by the little pavilion chief.

But Liu Chang replied: "Nonsense! We violated the law. If we are caught by the pavilion chief, what will happen?!"

Li Guang's eyes were particularly complicated, saying that His Majesty obeyed the law, but he ran away after trampling on the cultivated land, saying that he did not abide by the law, he was obviously the emperor, but he ran away in such a panic when he saw the pavilion chief.
"Huh?? Where's Lu Lu???"

"Broken, sure

It was too late to get on the horse and was captured! "