Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 704 Reply from the King of Rest
Duoru used to be a poisonous merchant, had a beautiful family, and enjoyed a good life in Parthia.

To this day, he sits on the carriage with an uneasy heart and a face full of despair, watching the road to Chang'an getting closer and closer.

This is not the road to Chang'an, this is the road of his life.

When he got to Chang'an, his life would end there.

Duolu came to insult the Han Emperor under the order of King Anxi.

It's not that he didn't think about running away. However, his family members are resting in peace. If he runs away, his family will be in trouble. Besides, the King of Resting has sent a total of 170 envoys, except Duo Lu and the person in charge of taking care of him. The four servants, and the rest are soldiers from the Parthian kingdom. He wanted to escape, but these people also refused.

These people escorted Duolu all the way, went through a long road, defeated several enemies who wanted to plunder them, successfully reached Shendu, and came to the territory of Dahan unimpeded all the way.

These soldiers obeyed the order of the resting king, and have been rushing with all their strength, not daring to be negligent, and Duolu has also successfully completed his own weight loss. He regained his youthful appearance, and he became even more handsome. If it wasn't for the baldness that affected his appearance too much, maybe he could hook up with a few widows along the way.

Since the convoy officially entered the territory of the Han Dynasty, Duo Lu became a little uneasy. The officials of the Han Dynasty were very polite and did not treat the envoys of other countries roughly. They were led to rest at the post station according to the etiquette, and knights were sent to escort them. There were officials along the way. Come and meet.

When they came to this place called Longxi, they encountered a huge convoy head-on.

Looking at the two carts pulled by five horses, Duolu's expression changed.

He obviously knew what the five-horse cart represented.

The officials who escorted them also noticed the pedestrians on the opposite side, and hurriedly ordered everyone to get out of the way, and went to meet them in person.

With a straight face, Liu Qi stared seriously at the troops that were neatly arrayed in the distance and split into two rows in an instant.

Liu Qi was a little surprised by the quality of this army. They looked travel-stained, everyone's face was full of exhaustion, and they couldn't even stand upright, but the reaction they made in an instant was incomparable. I was so surprised, Liu Qi had dealt with many barbarians in Xiting Kingdom, but he had never seen such barbarians, he had the demeanor of the Xiongnu king's army.

The official hurriedly said: "They are the envoys of the Anxi Kingdom, and they have been ordered to pay homage to His Majesty."

"You mean, these people all came from Parthia?"

Liu Qi was even more surprised, frowning.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

"Oh, there's nothing wrong with it. I'm just a little curious about the Anxi Kingdom. It's getting late. Why don't you go and call their envoys and let's have dinner together. I have something to ask."

The officials did not dare to refuse, so they hurried to inform the envoy over there.

Liu Ang was somewhat disapproving, "Why are you so curious about those barbarians? They don't know how to be polite, so how can they have dinner together?"

Liu Qi ignored him, "Then you can eat by yourself."

Xia Houci said excitedly: "I know! Your Majesty is called Hongmen Banquet! Take the opportunity to kill him, and then plant him to assassinate yourself. Kill these more than a hundred people, and you will get military merit!"

Liu Qi patted Xia Houci on the head, "Go to the battlefield if you want military merit! How can a man use such a method?!"

Liu Ci Dayi said lingeringly: "My brother is right, the man has to go to rest by himself, and when we return to Xia Kingdom in the future, we will lead the cavalry to chop off the head of the King of Rest. An envoy, that would be a villain instead, I am a man of etiquette, how can there be a murder envoy in exchange for military merit?!"

A glimmer of approval flashed in Liu Qi's eyes, "Ci said well!"

While they were chatting, Duolu also learned from the officials that the king of the big man wanted to see him. Duolu knew the big man quite well, and could distinguish the emperor from the king. He didn't dare to refuse, so he agreed The official asked the whole army to rest here, while he himself went to meet the two great kings.

Liu Qi looked at the Anxi man sitting in front of him. The Anxi man lowered his head, but he was quite honest.

"You can speak elegant words?"

"Will do."

"There are actually people who can speak well in Anxi Kingdom?"

"This minister is a poisonous person. He was a big man before, and later he went to Anxi to be an official."

"Oh, then why don't you come to the big man to be an official, but go to Anxi? Don't you think the big man is not as good as that Anxi?"

Duolu trembled all over, and hurriedly said: "That's not the case. At that time, I didn't think about being an official. I just made a living through economics and trade. In Dahan, the world is peaceful, there are no bandits, and I have earned a lot of money. How can I go to rest? But when I met bandits, I became penniless, so I could only commit myself and rest in peace, saving my life."

When Liu Ang heard this, he burst out laughing, "It seems that Anxi is still far inferior to my big man. If so, why don't you just join the big man? You seem to have read the book, why bother to sacrifice your life for that barbarian? "

Duolu said seriously: "It is precisely because I have read the book that I know the truth that a loyal minister does not serve two masters."

Liu Qi squinted his eyes again, and immediately drank tea with him, and reminded: "Emperor Xiaoren, my great man, has passed away. You can't drink alcohol in the near future."

After Liu Qi had dinner with him, he began to inquire about the situation in Anxi in detail. Liu Qi was quite curious about the situation in Anxi, and Duo Lu knew everything about Liu Qi, and he could talk endlessly.

"Our Anxi Kingdom has four titles. The first title is of course our king, the second title is another king, which is equivalent to a prince, the third title is the prince's relative, that is, the fourth title is the leader of the surrendered tribe, .These four nobles hold important positions in various places, and the rest of the officials are appointed by the King of Rest, and the rest are not allowed to interfere. Only the nobles are hereditary. There are three levels in the locality, Mazban, Satrapi, and Dizpat, probably Similar to princes, county guards, county magistrates."

"We drink wine from parchment"

Starting from the system, economy, culture and other aspects, Duolu told them in detail about this behemoth of the West.

Everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and Liu Ang was a little surprised.

"It's unbelievable that this barbarian system still looks good."

Liu Qi even showed a friendly attitude, "I am very curious about Anxi, and I just learned that there are so many anecdotes in your country today. When you return to Anxi after going to Chang'an, you must come to Xiting The country pays homage to the widow, and the widow will host a banquet to entertain you at that time, we must talk for a few days and nights."

Duolu was overjoyed at first, but when he thought of going to Chang'an, his face suddenly darkened.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. I just want to ask, how is Your Majesty feeling recently?"

"Your Majesty just lost his brother, and I'm afraid he's in a bad mood."

Duolu smiled bitterly, "Then forgive me for not being able to promise you. Your Majesty doesn't know something. Your Majesty wrote to my Majesty earlier, and the words were full of insults. The Majesty was furious and asked me to come to His Majesty. I will I'm worried that the letters are full of insults, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go back alive."

Liu Ci, who was eating in peace, heard this, and raised his head excitedly, "King Anxi wrote a letter to scold His Majesty?? How did he scold you?"

Liu Qi glared at Liu Ci before saying calmly: "You don't have to worry. Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch. You will definitely not kill people just because of letters. As long as you maintain etiquette and state the truth, you will be fine. Well, if you are afraid, You can find the current doctor Yushi, and he will save you."

After eating, Duolu said goodbye to them and left.

Liu Ang said proudly, "This barbarian knows etiquette quite well, and it's not in vain that you want to save his life."

But Liu Qi sneered, "This guy just said so clearly about government affairs, economy, and customs, but he didn't talk about military affairs. It can be seen that although this person's words are full of respect for the big man, he is full of respect for King Anxi. Dissatisfied, but from the bottom of his heart, he is still loyal to the king of Anxi. At least he did not tell the truth. The troops he led far surpassed the barbarian troops I have seen. They are all wearing armor. An enemy as difficult as the Huns. They already know a lot about us, and we don't know anything about them. It's not okay."

"We must learn the real situation of Anxi as soon as possible."

When these envoys arrived in Chang'an, the officials in Chang'an were still busy with tax exemption.

Liu Heng looked solemn, sitting in Yushifu, talking to the officials.

"The big man's problem now is that the common people don't have any wealth."

"The establishment of enlightenment is very good, very good. This is an act to educate the world, but the people have no money, and enlightenment is not free. If everyone wants to send their children to school, they must first have surplus food, right? There is no food at all. You have to work hard to survive, how can you let your children go to school?!"

"It's good to have a wide range of medical clinics, but the same reason, don't medical clinics charge for medical treatment? People don't have any money in their families, so what's the use of having more medical clinics? They have to be able to afford the treatment!"

"The same is true for other measures. Allowing people to open restaurants, allowing people to move around, allowing people to do various businesses, and allowing people to transfer citizenship are all good things, but if the people have no money at home, it will not be very effective. , to complete the enlightenment, the children must first be freed from labor. Today's big Han families dare not raise sages. When the children grow up a little, they have to farm with them, otherwise they will starve, have more people, and pay taxes. also improved."

"In order for the clinic to achieve its own effect, the people must also be rich!"

"As for the big projects you mentioned, it doesn't mean that it doesn't affect farming and mulberry. The root of the big man is farming, and it's not you or me who do farming, but the farmers at the bottom. It affects farming and mulberry, but it affects their rest. It is very necessary to cultivate people's livelihood and reduce the number of corvees, and you can't use corvee at will on the grounds that it will not affect farming and mulberry."

"The key to tax exemption is to make the people rich. Only when the people are rich can they let their children go to enlightenment, go to the medical center, and go to the assessment. Otherwise, it's like gagging other people's mouths and putting delicacies in front of them for them to eat. , will be in vain!"

Liu Heng's voice was very ringing, and he refuted the courtiers loudly.

Luan Bu nodded and echoed: "The censor is right. Your Majesty has set up bookstores and post stations to allow the people to go around and engage in the professions they want. But now, can you see poor people in the bookshops?" Can you see the scene where the common people do some small business to make ends meet? Ordinary people, save food and expenses so that they will not be starved to death. Let them have food reserves first, so that many policies of the big man can be brought into play, and there will be more enlightened children.”

Jia Yi nodded at the same time, "Nowadays, opening up business widely, if the people can become rich and their taxes exempted for a few years, the development of business will be more rapid. The so-called market circulation is probably like this. If the people have no money and cannot participate in the market, Even if the business develops, it will not exceed the current scale.”

Taiwei still kept his own thoughts, "Can tax exemption make the people rich?"

"Even if they can't make them get rich, it can change their current situation. If the captain has any objections, he can implement it for a year and see the effect."

After discussions among the ministers, Zhang Cang finally started to issue tax exemption orders for various places.

After a strange development in history, Liu Heng and Zhang Cang finally implemented the tax exemption order. In history, Emperor Han Wen and Zhang Cang implemented the tax exemption policy for 14 years. Farmers were exempted from land tax for 14 consecutive years, and finally made The Han Dynasty developed from "can't find four horses of the same color" to "raised 40 horses in the north". The period when Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty was in power was called the era of the lowest taxation in ancient times. During the Wenjing period, the population soared from 800 million to 500 million. By the way, when Emperor Wu died, the population of the Han Dynasty dropped to 3000 million.
Of course, this period of tax exemption in history was not due to Liu Heng alone, and he was able to achieve a balance of income and expenditure for the temple under tax exemption. This has to mention a certain fortune teller who is famous for his calculations.

The big man at this moment is different from the big man that Liu Heng took over. Now this big man, who has become countless times stronger, also needs such benevolent governance if he wants to become a truly prosperous world.

Liu Heng and his ministers had just drawn up the policy when they heard someone report that the envoys from the Anxi Kingdom had come to Chang'an.

Dianke Mansion naturally arranged for these envoys, gave them a place to live, taught them the etiquette of meeting the emperor and so on.

Duolu, wearing the special clothes of the Anxi Kingdom, led four warriors, holding parchment, and entered the Hall of Houde respectfully.

As soon as he walked into Houde Hall, Duolu hurriedly paid his respects, not daring to raise his head.

After the emperor allowed them to get up, Duo Lu just secretly looked at the king.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty is not old, he is about the same age as his own king, but his figure is too burly. There is a general in the Anxi Kingdom, who is extremely tall and brave and good at fighting. He is called the first Mazban. In Duolu's opinion , this emperor has almost the same build as that Mazban, and even seems to be taller. He sits on the tall throne with his head bowed, and his expression is very mighty, like a majestic lion, which makes people dare not look straight at.

Thinking of his own king's order, Duo Lu couldn't help swallowing.

With this body, even if you punch yourself, you can't stand it.

He took a deep breath.

Farewell to my wife who always stole money from her natal family, farewell to my defecating son!
He straightened up and picked up the parchment in his hand.

"The great resting king Mithridates sent a letter to the Emperor of Han!"

"I fell for you old dog!! You don't say anything"

"Bang~~~~"

Duoru only read the beginning of the letter, and then he felt himself flying.

He landed on the ground, looked up, and looked at the decoration above.

The decoration of this palace is really beautiful.

Liu Chang still maintained the posture of stepping out, then retracted his legs, his face was full of anger, "This dog's resting king! How dare you write a letter to insult me?! I'm going to destroy his country!! Come on! , drag these people out to cook for me!!"

Lu Lu hurriedly stood in front of Liu Chang, "Your Majesty, don't be impulsive. Lock him up first, ask about the situation, and it's not too late to kill him!"

Liu Chang was humiliated, and Lu Lu was also very angry.

His face flushed, and he said angrily: "Back then, like Maodun of the Huns, there was no such vulgarity in the letters. I heard that the Anxi Kingdom is a big country, and I never thought that this king would be so rude and vulgar!! How dare he Send someone to insult you!! Really damn it!!"

Hearing Lu Lu's abuse, Liu Chang took it seriously.

"Yeah, is this something Renjun can do? I just wrote a letter to scold him a few words, but he dared to write a letter to scold me!!"

"Yeah, Your Majesty is just... eh? What did Your Majesty say?"

Just as Lu Lu was about to nod, he suddenly realized and asked in astonishment.

Liu Chang cleared his throat and said: "I was poisoned at the time, defeated the Anxi people, and wrote a letter on the spot, asking them to take the letter back. The letter is nothing, just to warn this person not to look at the East, otherwise his The eyeballs were gouged out. I kindly reminded him that he dared to reply insulting letters! Really rude!"

Lu Lu finally understood the whole story, okay, so it was you who started scolding first? ?
Liu Chang said angrily: "Call my doctor immediately!"

"Your Majesty, don't get angry. For the conquest, you still need to call a group of ministers first."

"Who said I'm going to conquer now? I want the doctors to write letters for me!! How dare you scold me, I have to scold him to death!"

Under Lu Lu's persuasion, Liu Chang finally decided to call Sangong first to talk about this matter.

Sangong soon appeared in the Hall of Houde, and King Anxi sent envoys to insult the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Han Xin frowned, his expression extremely serious, and he was already thinking about who to take with him to the expedition.

Liu Heng was a little worried. The tax exemption had just been drafted, so why did such a thing happen?
Anxi is so far away, is it necessary to travel thousands of miles to fight against them?

Only Zhang Cang was the calmest. After the three of them sat down, Zhang Cang asked first, "Did Your Majesty write a letter to insult the Resting King?"

Liu Chang glanced at Lu Lu, who shook his head blankly.

Only then did Liu Chang grin, "There is no such thing, this is a warning."

"Do you have the original manuscript?"

"insulted."

(End of this chapter)