Father Han Gaozu

"Your Majesty! No! No!"

Zhang Cang was taken aback by Liu Chang's great gift, he hurried forward to help Liu Chang up, but no matter how hard the old man tried, he couldn't move this powerful disciple.

Lu Lu, who was standing not far away, was also stunned, unable to speak a word.

Liu Chang saluted respectfully, and finally got up after the salute.

"Teacher, I'm leaving. You can rest at ease. If I miss you, I will come to you again."

Liu Chang led the people away, but Zhang Cang's face became a little hesitant. He stretched out his hand and wanted to stop Liu Chang several times and explain something, but Liu Chang didn't give him this chance, and the carriage was very fast. Disappearing at the intersection in the distance, Zhang Cang looked a little melancholy, sighed, and then couldn't help laughing, muttering: "It can be regarded as some achievement."

Sitting in the carriage, Lu Lu couldn't help turning his head back frequently to look at his own emperor.

Apart from his parents and eldest brother, this is probably the first time His Majesty has treated others with kneeling and saluting. Even Han Xin has never received such courtesy from His Majesty.

If Han Taiwei knew about this matter, he would probably press his head and ask him to salute him, right?
Lu Lu was driving the carriage, and the carriage was surprisingly quiet.

"Your Majesty, isn't it a bit too much for you to kneel down and salute your subjects?"

"What's the matter? Teacher, he can afford it. Now, in this world of big men, whose contribution can surpass the teacher? Besides, the teacher's ambition has never been in this temple. He is here because of me. , for my ambition of a flourishing world, I worked day and night till I was 90 years old, I can't repay his kindness, why can't I pay my respects?"

Lu Lu nodded, "It's just a pity. Such a prime minister is rare in a hundred years. Although Luan Bu is good, he can't compare with Zhang Xiang at all. Not only Luan Bu, but also Lu Jia, Jia Yi, and Chao Cuo. I'm afraid he doesn't have the talent to make a picture. Once he retires like this, everything in the temple will start to be chaotic, and His Majesty can no longer sit back and relax and go out frequently."

Liu Chang raised his head, "How can I make my teacher exhausted because I can't go out to play? Besides, if you want to go out, you still have to go out. I believe Luan Bu can handle it well!"

Just when the carriage turned around, there was a sudden commotion from a distance, dozens of people surrounded the intersection, blocking the intersection, and the carriages piled up here helplessly, and some coachmen cursed loudly, advancing and retreating no.

Liu Chang stood up and looked into the distance.

"Hey! Lu! Go forward! Go forward! Two people are fighting!!"

Hearing Liu Chang's happy cry, Lu Lu was a little displeased, "Your Majesty, this is blocked, and you can't move forward at all. Who are you, why are you fighting at the intersection? Where are the soldiers of the county government?!"

Liu Chang ignored Lu Lu, jumped down from the side, and walked forward quickly.

Relying on his physical advantage, Liu Chang successfully squeezed away the crowd in front of him. Facing a sound of angry reprimands, Liu Chang successfully squeezed to the front. He likes to watch the excitement.

When we got to the front, we saw two young people in the middle.

One of them looked younger, but he was extremely tall, almost as tall as Xia Houzao. He was clutching the sleeve of a person next to him and yelling at that person. The person's language was very vulgar, and it sounded like the accent of Longxi. , while the other person looks much more elegant, wearing Chu style clothes, sweating profusely, trying to explain, but his accent is very southern, not even a Chu accent, which makes people listen In the mist, Liu Chang frowned.

Liu Chang curiously asked the people around him, "What happened?"

Standing beside Liu Chang was a peddler with a shoulder pole in front of him. He said with a smile, "It is said that this Wu man scolded that Longxi man first, and then this Longxi man wanted him to apologize, otherwise he would beat him up. The Wu man said so." A lot of words, but I can't understand."

"Why does this Wu man scold this Longxi man?"

"I don't know that."

The atmosphere became more and more intense, and the young man raised his fist, almost hitting the Wu man in the face.

Liu Chang became even more excited and shouted with the crowd.

After watching for a long time, the fist still didn't come down, Liu Chang couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward and scolded: "Then young man, you are also a dignified man from Longxi, why didn't you make a move?!"

The man was taken aback, and with a familiar accent, he saw the tall and tall Liu Chang at a glance. The young man was indeed young, and his face turned red because of his grievances. He shouted: "This gentleman, so that you You know, I'm not from Longxi, but from the North. I came to Chang'an for the first time, and I didn't want to break the law. It's just that this guy is too deceitful. I go my own way and never provoke others. This guy But he was about to hit me head-on, I glanced at him, and he scolded me again!"

When Liu Chang heard this, he glared at the Wu man, "You don't deserve a beating if you do this. If you bump into someone, you don't say it, but you still want to swear? If you don't beat me, who will you beat?"

The Wu man put on a bitter face, and immediately replied in elegant words: "Why did I ever insult this little gentleman! As for bumping into him, it was unintentional, so I just apologize."

The young man was furious and cursed: "That's not what you said just now, you said something about jealousy, you said you want to beat me, and you cursed me fiercely!! He said it in Wu dialect, but I couldn't understand everything!"

For superstitious northerners, such a curse is really a curse.

Liu Chang looked at the Wu man again, "What else do you want to say?"

The Wu man looked at the people around him and explained: "Everyone, I am not a villain, but a scholar who came to Chang'an to study. Just now, I was doing a fu and I was so engrossed that I didn't notice this gentleman, so I bumped into him." He, mine are all my own prose, not a gift of cursing. What you heard just now is that it is vulgar jealousy and blinding the virtuous, who knows how calm it is? May Shu Zhi draw Feng Xi, mediocrity Do you know its good or bad?"

"It's just two sentences in my prose"

Liu Chang was a little confused, and so was the young man. Liu Chang asked, "Then what does this poem mean?"

"Well, Your Excellency doesn't know something. I have no talent at all, but I haven't met a master who can promote me, so I made a few fuss at random to express my lack of talent, which made Your Excellency laugh. Today's temple Ah, only a flattering villain can occupy a high position, but there is no place for a gentleman with real talent and learning."

The scholar said with emotion.

Liu Chang's face changed, then he looked at the young man, and said resolutely: "I understand, I understand a little about literature, let me explain to you the content of his two sentences."

The Wu man breathed a sigh of relief, and the young man also pretended to be listening.

Liu Chang then said: "His two sentences mean that northerners like you are always jealous of these talented people from the south, but they don't know that he doesn't care about you. He is willing to stretch his arms to beat you northerners. , let you know what auspiciousness and calamity are!!"

"He's just scolding you! Into him!!"

As soon as the young man heard this, how could he bear this? He raised his hand and was about to hit him. A few young men in the distance couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted loudly: "Presumptuous! How dare you bully our scholars like this?!"

Seeing that they were about to besiege the young man, Chief Liu was furious, rolled up his sleeves, and directly joined the battlefield, "You hit yours, I hit mine, can you still make these rotten scholars complain in Chang'an?! "

When the county magistrates arrived here, several scholars were already lying on the ground, groaning in pain.

The leader official was furious and immediately ordered to arrest these people, but when he saw the leader, his legs softened and he almost knelt in front of the opponent.

Zhang Xiancheng looked at the emperor in despair, of course he knew His Majesty.

But Liu Chang said loudly: "Chang'an Liu Laoqi is here, so I'm afraid of you traitors?!"

The onlookers turned pale with shock, Liu Lao Qi still had a reputation in Chang'an, everyone was talking about it, and the county magistrate also knew that His Majesty was unwilling to reveal his identity, so he took them all directly to the county government.

Surrounded by soldiers, he walked towards the county government office. The young man's face was full of gratitude.

"Thank you for this strong man's help. I heard that Chang'an people are enthusiastic and chivalrous. I just found out today. This statement is true!"

The young man hurriedly said again: "Oh, I haven't told you yet, my name is Li Xi, and I'm from Yuzhi County of Beidi Kingdom."

"Oh, you're pretty good at it. What's your job?"

The young man said bitterly: "I came to the Military Academy to participate in the assessment. However, I encountered bandits on the way, which delayed the time. When I arrived in Chang'an, the Military Academy assessment had already ended. Now I am here in Chang'an, and I don't have any errands. .”

"Strategy? Have you read the Art of War?"

"When I was 15 years old, I served in the army of the Tang Dynasty and made military achievements. Later, when Beidi County was established as a country, I returned home. There are military arts in my family, and I have read a lot."

Liu Chang suddenly realized, and let out a cry.

The scribe not far away is covering his black eyes at this moment, and keeps complaining to the officials.

"That young man is ignorant, and that strong man is a villain. He distorted my prose and instigated that young man to beat me. Please don't condone such behavior. You must punish him severely!"

Zhang Xiancheng only felt that his scalp was numb, and for the sake of being a scholar, he reminded in a low voice: "You can't speak so arbitrarily, there must be some reason for it, don't need to say more."

"What else could be the reason? This person is so evil, if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be able to fight at all! It's all due to this person, I have never seen such a wicked person in my life!!"

The scribe was swearing all the way, and when they came to the county government, there were no outsiders, and Zhang Xiancheng stopped hiding.

He directly saluted Liu Chang, "Your Majesty!!"

He was so straightforward, probably because he was afraid that the scribe would say even more frightening words.

Everyone bowed to see each other, and Li Xi was immediately stunned. This enthusiastic and strong man is the emperor of the Han Dynasty? ?
He opened his mouth wide, but looked at Liu Chang blankly, and even forgot to salute.

As for the scribe who had been cursing all the way, when he heard such a sentence, he was like a bolt from the blue, and his whole body was frozen.

Liu Chang sneered, "You still protect him?"

Liu Da strode up to the scribe, lowered his head, and questioned, "Now do you know why I beat you?"

"Unrecognized talents? The assessments in various places have never been interrupted. They are held every year. What did you do? If you can't pass the assessment, you can go to the frontier to join the army, and you can have a good future. It's like you, there is nothing you can do. You talk a lot, cynical, and feel that you are unparalleled in talent, but you tell me, besides being able to write a few essays, what other talents do you have? Can you fight wars? Can you manage a country? Can you manage classics?"

"Chenchen. I. I."

The scribe faltered, his face was flushed, but he couldn't say anything.

"Masters of the temple, which of them did not rely on their merits to reach a high position? If you still know some shame, stop writing such useless prose and do something useful to the country! If I hear you again Write an article to mock the temple, to ridicule me, I will throw you into a cauldron to share the food!!"

Liu Chang snorted coldly, and asked the soldiers to drive the scribe out.

The scholar left here in a daze, while the other young man looked at Liu Chang helplessly, and has not reacted until now.

Liu Chang grinned, "As for you, you can wait for the next military assessment with peace of mind. In this way, go to the Southern Army as a soldier and prepare for next year's assessment!"

"only!!!"

Liu Chang then sent someone to send him to the Southern Army. Zhang Xiancheng grinned at this moment, hurried to Liu Chang's side, and said: "Your Majesty is kind, and he takes such care of the little boy who has never met before. I really am"

"And your problem!"

Liu Chang interrupted his flattery, "Don't be so partial to those scholars in the future. When you become an official, don't be afraid that these people will write articles to scold you. If you are afraid, then don't be an official. Who has never been scolded in the court? What do these scholars know? They talk all day long. Be strict with them, let them know how to be afraid, so that they will not dare to talk nonsense and insult me ​​recklessly in the future!!"

Zhang Xiancheng hastily lowered his head, "Wei."

Liu Chang asked, "Is your son okay?"

"Return to Your Majesty, that incompetent man is working as an official in the village, and he has not seen each other for half a year, and he has sent several letters, everything is fine."

The son of the county magistrate is Zhang Tang.Liu Chang is still looking forward to Zhang Tang's future, he told: "Don't help him too much, when Chao Cuo asked him to go to the village, it was to sharpen his character and make him a character like Chao Cuo , you don’t have to worry about his future, with someone like Chao Cuo leading him, naturally you won’t bury him, understand?”

"I understand!"

When Liu Chang walked out of the county office, Lu Lu looked helpless, "Your Majesty, you need to change your lively personality. I just parked the car, and saw the people from the county office take you away. What do you say? The matter has been recorded by Sima Xi many times, how will future generations think of you? This is self-destruction!"

"Oh, what are you afraid of?!"

Liu Chang got on the car again and drove slowly towards the imperial palace, but this time he talked about Sima Xi.

"I heard that this guy has been with Xia Wu all day these days, and the relationship between the two is very good. What is there to get along with?"

Lu Lu explained: "Xia Wuju is old and knows a lot of things that happened in the Qin Dynasty. Sima Xi naturally wanted to get some things from him, and Xia Wuju has always admired these scholars and actively made friends with them. I will not let go of such an opportunity, and it is not surprising that the two can get along well."

The two chatted and returned to the palace.

When Liu Chang walked into the Jiaofang Hall a little tiredly, Liu Jie was holding Cao Shu's hand tightly, begging constantly.

"Mom, let me go too~~"

"Mom, I will definitely pay attention!"

Seeing Liu Chang walk in, Liu Jie was very happy, and suddenly let go of Cao Shu in front of her, jumping and rushing into Liu Chang's arms, Liu Chang laughed, and touched her forehead again. After kissing her a few times, he hugged her and sat beside Cao Shu, "What's the matter?"

Cao Shu scolded displeasedly: "This naughty thing doesn't want to learn from Mao Gong, and insists on going to military school. Now that she has grown up, she dares to play truant and not go to class. Even her brothers can't stop her!"

"Strategy?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "As expected of my daughter. But, ah, at your age, how can you go to military school? Military school has very strict assessment, you know?"

"Then how did my fourth brother get in?"

"Well, your fourth brother is old, and he went to military school to find a helper. You will understand when you grow up."

Liu Jie said aggrievedly: "I don't want to learn from Mao Gong. I can't understand those classics. They are too difficult to understand. I want to learn the classics of the Art of War like the fourth brother. It's boring. I don't want to read it again!"

Cao Shu said: "How can a woman go to study the art of war?! You still want to lead soldiers to fight? Nonsense!"

Liu Chang laughed and patted her head, "It's so simple. If you want to learn the art of war, what else do you need to study? Aren't there all kinds of fathers in your Shanglin Garden? What kind of goats, apes?" Ah, etc., all of them can teach you the art of war. The people in the military are not as good as them, you know? Next time you see them, pester them and let them teach you, and they will definitely teach you."

"Your Majesty!! She is the princess of Han Dynasty, this is you."

Cao Shu was very displeased, but Liu Chang didn't care. He waved his hand, "So what about the princess? The princess also has her own Muyi. Besides, learning the art of war doesn't necessarily mean going to war in person. The principles of the art of war can be used In all places, there is no harm in learning something, at least, you will not be deceived by those people with bad conscience in the future, and you can learn some sword skills from the king of Nanyue, and you can protect yourself in the future. There is nothing wrong with that Woolen cloth?"

Cao Shu knew that she couldn't beat Liu Chang, so she just shook her head.

"Father is the best!!"

Liu Jing shouted happily.

Liu Chang patted her on the head, "Okay, let's go outside and play, I want to discuss business with your mother!"

After Liu Jie left, Liu Chang looked at Cao Shu seriously, "Shu, I know what to teach Liang."

"what??"

"Let him learn poetry! Think about it, this thing doesn't need a strong body, and it's not difficult to learn. He doesn't even need to be able to write it himself. Find a few teachers for him so that he can understand it a little bit. , when the time comes, those who write poems and fus will be driven to the north, and let them follow Liang to write in the north!"

"Let them slowly contribute to the poetry circle of the great man in the north!"