Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 643
Everyone who came to greet him knew the reason why Liu Jian was so angry at the moment.

Before His Majesty left, Chao Cuo had publicly written a letter in the temple, impeaching King Wu and King Jiaodong for conquest wars overseas, expanding territories, and being suspected of treason.

The reactions of the two princes and kings were completely different. The king of Wu responded by writing a letter to plead guilty. He took the initiative to explain the reason for his sending troops, drew an accurate map of the sea, and explained the situation of the strongholds in various places in detail. Unexplainable ways to explain his own achievements, to show that he has no intention of rebellion, but is just seeking greater benefits for the big man.Chao Cuo couldn't say much about this, and was quite displeased.

King Jiaodong was obviously more impatient. He was already young. As the youngest son of Emperor Gao, he was not much older than Liu An, and was raised by Liu Ying.

When he learned that Chao Cuo said that he had rebelled against him, he became anxious and wrote a letter directly to Liu Chang, expressing that he wanted to come to Chang'an!
The princes and kings cannot leave the vassal state in private, but there is no rule that they cannot return to Chang'an for the rest of their lives. In fact, the princes and kings often come to Chang'an to visit the emperor and talk about the local conditions. These, if the princes and kings are busy with their affairs, he will not force them to come to visit.Liu Chang did not approve Liu Jian's letter to Chang'an, so that he can go to overseas affairs with peace of mind, don't be so impulsive.

Liu Jian submitted letters again and again, but the content of his subsequent letters was that Liu An came to interrogate.

For some unknown reason, Liu An actually approved King Jiaodong's letter and allowed King Jiaodong to come.

According to a reliable statement, it was King Jiaodong who wrote a letter to the Supreme Emperor, saying that he had not seen his mother and elder brother for a long time, and he missed him very much and wanted to return to Chang'an to see him.

The Supreme Emperor came to ask the prince for approval, but the prince couldn't refuse, so he had to answer.

Liu Jian looked in the direction of the officials angrily, as if he wanted to find out the thief who framed him.

Liu Ci was terrified.

Liu An was silent for a moment, then said, "Father Zhong, Chao Cuo is not here."

"He still has important things to do, so he didn't come to greet him."

"Why, is he still busy framing princes and kings everywhere?!"

"Where is his mansion?!"

At this moment, a person stepped forward and said calmly: "King Jiaodong should follow us to the palace as soon as possible, the Supreme Emperor is waiting."

The person who spoke was Lu Lu. King Jiaodong took a look at Lu Lu. Although he was still very angry in his heart, he did not refuse again. Lu Lu was of the same generation as him, and Liu An, his brother's best friend, took Zhong's father's hand and went up. He got into the carriage and drove towards Chang'an.

The three little guys stayed here and were not brought into the car by Liu An.

Liu Ci scratched his head, "My Zhongfu came all the way here just to settle accounts with Chao Cuo?"

Dong Zhongshu said seriously: "Duke Chao impeached the king of Jiaodong for treason. The king of Jiaodong came here to prove that he had no intention of rebelling, and on the other hand he wanted to confront Chao Cuo. , King Jiaodong is coming this time, I am afraid that Chang'an will not be peaceful again."

Liu Ci interrupted Dong Zhongshu, "It's a bit arbitrary for you to say that. Chao Cuo just doesn't like worthless princes. Look at me, he has never dealt with me! He still likes me a lot!"

Dong Zhongshu didn't speak, but Xia Houci stretched out his big head, "My lord, could it be that we are too weak to be dealt with?"

Liu Ciru was struck by lightning.

Could it be that the widow is a prince who is unwilling to deal with Chao Cuo? ?
impossible!Absolutely impossible! ! !
Changle Palace, Shou Palace.

Liu Jian's first stop was here. He was going to visit the queen mother. Although the queen mother never regarded children other than Liu Ying and Liu Chang as her own sons, she was still the aunt of princes and kings in name. When she was present, these people couldn't even call their biological mother their mother, they could only call them their aunts. Liu Jian hadn't seen the Queen Mother for a long time, and when he came here, Liu Jian put away all his bad temper and behaved well Like Liu Ci who had just been beaten, he didn't even dare to look up at Empress Lu, and bowed his head in a big salute.

Empress Lu looked at King Jiaodong calmly. Empress Lu still had no good feelings for the princes and kings in her heart, but at the same time, there was no hostility. Today, Empress Lu no longer needs to deal with these people with all her strength. Her son is very promising. Enough to suppress all princes and kings.

She didn't care about these princes and kings. After seeing Liu Jian paying respects, she looked at the child in front of her who looked more and more similar, and her eyes softened a lot.

"Get up."

These children of Liu Bang are still somewhat similar to each other, for example, Liu Ying, Liu Heng, and Liu Le, these three people look alike, and their faces are exactly the same, while Liu Chang, Liu You, and Liu Jian look very similar, and their eyes are very similar. Sharper, Liu Hui is actually more similar to his elder brother Liu Fei, with a round face, but the influence of his body shape is a bit big. As for the third brother, he looks like their father, and has similarities with each of them.

Liu Jian finally saw the queen mother, who was very old.

Although she was tidied up very cleanly, she already had white hair all over her head. She was thin and small, as if she had shrunk. Even the fine clothes on her body seemed a little inappropriate. On her weather-beaten face, only her eyes were still bright. , when she stared at Liu Jian, Liu Jian only felt that he was completely seen through and was very uncomfortable.

"I'm very pleased that you can come to Chang'an to visit me. That's right, come and enjoy the costumes."

"Thank you, Mom!!!"

Liu Jian was very excited, this may be the first time the Queen Mother has shown such kindness to herself.

After coming out of the queen mother, the second stop is Liu Ying's place.

Liu Ying has an extraordinary meaning to Liu Jian. When Liu Jian was a baby, Emperor Gao had already passed away. After all, he was the Emperor Gao who lived to old age. It is also possible to leave a small baby behind.When he was not in the country, it was Liu Ying who raised him by his side and loved him as his own son.

"Big Brother!!!"

Liu Jian threw himself at Liu Ying excitedly, almost throwing Liu Ying to the ground with such strength.

Liu Ying smiled wryly and scolded: "I can't handle you now!!"

Liu Jian looked at his elder brother excitedly, his appearance didn't change much, only a little silvery white appeared in his hair, and he was very thin, leaving only his tall skeleton. He looked mean, but his eyes were very kind and gentle.

"Your sister-in-law was overjoyed when she heard that you were coming. Let's go!"

Liu Ying took Liu Jian's hand and entered the inner hall, and Liu Jian hurriedly called on Da Cao again.

The three of them happily sat together, enjoying this hard-won warm moment.

Talking about the current situation, the topic turned to Liu Chang without knowing it.

"That Zhuzi must have been poisoned. I don't know the specific situation. Anyway, Chang'an is very busy inside and outside. They are constantly transporting food there. Maybe the war has already begun."

"The war has already begun. My Jiaodong Kingdom alone has sent 80 shi of grain, which is not enough."

While talking, Liu Ying suddenly became serious.

"Jian. Did you come here this time to deal with Chao Cuo?"

Liu Ying said with some seriousness: "I saw your letter, but I didn't agree to it. I don't want you to come back and have any disputes with Chao Cuo. I don't know why An agrees, but I don't want to see you and Chao Cuo Fighting. He's not a man to deal with, and he's gone now."

Liu Jian rubbed his nose, "Brother, Chao Cuo is too deceitful, so don't worry about it anymore, I must seek justice."

Liu Ying looked at him suspiciously, but didn't ask any more questions.

"Forget it, I won't interfere, you can figure it out for yourself, just don't suffer a loss, if there is really no other way, just come to me."

"I see, big brother!"

"I'm going to hold a family dinner in the evening, and I'll invite all my children and older children to come with you."

"Hahaha, okay, big brother, I was on the road today, and I met Shi Zizi, who was exactly like my seventh brother. His speech and behavior shocked me. Don't say it, it's really fun to beat him up. It feels like beating my seventh brother!!"

Jiaodong King Liu Jian appeared in the court meeting the next day.

The officials were not surprised. They were not too enthusiastic about King Jiaodong, but they were not very indifferent either. They knew why King Jiaodong appeared here.

Chao Cuo.

As long as it is someone who can deal with Chao Cuo, they are very welcome, even if this person is a foreign king.

Chao Cuo was sitting opposite King Jiaodong, and Chao Cuo didn't pay attention to King Jiaodong at all. Since Liu Chang's expedition, the relationship between Chao Cuo and the prince has become very harmonious. Seeing that Chao Cuo left the Hall of Houde very late, he is currently in charge of the financing of the war by various countries. In the name of war, he frantically drained the wealth accumulated by the countries. Even if the princes knew Chao Cuo's plan, they had no intention It is what they should do in the first place. Chao Cuo is a conspiracy. Unless they really plan to rebel, the money should be paid or paid.

King Jiaodong stared at Chao Cuo, looking extremely angry.

"Your Highness!!! The King of Jiaodong came to Chang'an, and came to see the prince without taking a bath. It is really disrespectful! Your Highness, please punish him!!!"

The person who spoke was not Chao Cuo, but a certain censor. Chao Cuo supported a large number of confidants, and the entire censor's mansion was his people. Now he doesn't have to charge himself, he has his own vanguard to launch the battle.

The officials narrowed their eyes, is this the beginning?
Liu Jian stood up and said angrily: "Your Highness! There are many traitors in the court! They framed the king outside, separated father and son, and brothers. They are unscrupulous. If they are allowed to act like this again, something big will happen!!"

Chao Cuo couldn't bear it anymore, he stood up abruptly, "Are you trying to intimidate His Highness?!"

Liu Jian shook his head and looked at the officials in front of him with a cold expression, "I just can't understand you people."

At that moment, there was an uproar in the court.

In Liu Chang's time, they forgot a very important thing.

In addition to fighting wars and paying tribute, princes and kings also have a very important purpose.

That is to help the king to check and balance the officials.

Fahrenheit City, Peacock Palace.

The Peacock Palace was originally built by the Peacock Empire. In order to show their status, the Peacock emperors never tire of building this huge palace. It took four generations of kings more than a hundred years to complete the construction. The scale of this palace is not It is not weaker than Liu Chang's Weiyang Palace, and even surpasses Weiyang Palace in terms of luxury. The ground of the entire palace is paved with exquisite stones, and there are jewelry decorations on the roads, which are golden everywhere. When the Han people were crazily buried with gold, the Shendu people were also crazily using gold to decorate buildings.

It's a pity that the golden palaces built by generations of the Peacock Empire have already made wedding dresses for others.

Liu Chang sat on the throne. The whole body of the throne was golden, and the armrests were inlaid with various gemstones. The throne was so tall that the king could lean back and lean on it, but for Liu Chang, this throne was just right.

In the Han Dynasty, people still sit on their knees, but the poisonous people have used chairs very early, such as the king's chair today.

It is said that it was built by King Ashoka.

Liu Chang changed his comfortable posture, sat on the throne of the Peacock Empire carelessly, and looked at the people under his command.

There is not only one chair in the palace, but also many chairs on both sides. These chairs are also very luxurious, but they are a head shorter than the throne. Liu Chang was originally tall, but that chair is taller. Now, the gap between him and everyone is Even bigger, Ashoka was definitely not very tall at the time, or he enjoyed the feeling of being superior. The throne he designed was simply outrageous. Liu Chang felt that he really became a giant when he sat on it. , there are some children around, looking at him dumbfounded at the moment.

Being robbed of his position, the Peacock King was not dissatisfied at all.

When he sat there in the past, he was only a head taller than everyone else, but now, with Liu Chang's size sitting on it, he really became a giant, looking down on everyone.

Xia Houzao also looked at Liu Chang, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty!! This throne was designed just for you. You really can't sit on my seat unless your legs are straight. In your seat, other people may have to hang their legs. Hahaha, It is simply destiny! Destiny belongs! This is what Ashoka created for you!!"

Ever since the Peacock Kingdom began to communicate with the big man, their nobles have consciously started to learn elegant words, after all, they want to do business.

Xia Houzao's words made the nobles of the Peacock Kingdom sitting on the left even more frightened.

In the superstitious Peacock Kingdom, Xia Houzao's joke is even very reasonable.

The generals sat on Liu Chang's right, and the peacock nobles sat on his left. The nobles looked at Liu Chang with fear in their eyes.

In just a few days, Liu Chang's reputation once again spread throughout the body.

He is said to have defeated a war elephant with a stick.

This is more terrifying than Ashoka defeating a lion with a stick.

And his tall body seems to be the incarnation of a certain god in their mythology.

The body poison has already begun to be completely turbulent. Many monarchs of small countries directly brought people out to visit the great king. The local monks and priests even wanted to meet the god.

Liu Chang quickly set off a "Liu Chang worship" in Shendu. There are more and more rumors about him. Those who refused to meet the Han envoy are now begging for the Han envoy to come.

Liu Chang didn't fight against the Peacock Kingdom, but just made a public appearance, and the Peacock King pleaded guilty in tears, and Liu Chang entered the city swaggeringly.

The cavalry of the big Han are still criss-crossing this land. They are responsible for crusade against those small countries that have been rude to the envoys of the big Han or robbed the merchants of the Han Dynasty. day.

But Liu Chang didn't care much about these things.

He looked at everyone seriously.

"Shendu has six big countries and hundreds of small cities. If I want to be poisoned, the kings of all the countries will come to Huashi City to visit me in person. If they don't want to come, I will destroy his country!"

"Either become my vassal state and obey my edict from now on, or follow his kingdom into the soil!"

Peacock nobles hurriedly got up, greeted them decently with the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, and said in unison: "As you wish!!!"

"Peacock King. You are in charge of contacting other countries. Inform them as soon as possible, and anyone who dares to ignore it will be cooked!"

The Peacock King hurriedly agreed, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Does the Great Xia Kingdom also need to come to see you? They are not poisonous people, they are all cunning, please forgive me for telling the truth, they They are all cunning villains, and they will not serve you sincerely."

Liu Chang glanced at him, "If the news doesn't reach him, I'll cook you; if the news reaches him and he doesn't come, I'll cook him."

The Peacock King was terrified, stopped talking nonsense, and quickly agreed.

After all the peacock nobles left, Ali was about to get up and leave, but Liu Chang stopped him, reprimanded him displeasedly, and told him to sit down.

At this moment, the only ones sitting in front of Liu Chang are the generals of the big man.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that you can defeat Baicheng and subdue the peacock? You are... why do you want them all to come to see you?"

Lu asked suspiciously.

"Of course it's to recover them. They're all here, so you can't just go back after the fight?"

"I want all countries in Shendu to become subordinates of the big man and start paying tribute. This time, to fight against Shendu, the country will spend a lot of money. I can't do things that lose money, right?"

"Actually, Your Majesty has subdued the entire body poison, Baicheng has already lost, and the peacock has no fighting power. You only need to leave a qualified minister, and you can slowly recover the entire body poison."

Lu Tazhi said cautiously.

The main reason is that he knows the Majesty in front of him too well. How should I put it, if His Majesty leaves, it will be a wild Ruyi who is out of control, and Lu Tazhi is very worried that His Majesty will continue to go west again. The time is getting farther and farther away. The war is completely out of control.

But Liu Chang looked at Aledoja, "Ale, do you think people from Daxia will come to see me?"

Ariel shook his head, "I won't come. They have been fighting with peacocks for so many years, how dare they enter Fahrenheit City?"

"Then if I join them, what are the chances of winning?"

"Ten percent."

(End of this chapter)