Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 457 Literati Zhang Fei
Mastiff rushed to the Hall of Compassion and Ning, and the maid outside the door hurriedly saluted.

"I want to see my mother."

The maid hesitated for a moment, Mastiff bowed again, the maid couldn't bear it, so she hurried in to report.

After a while, the palace lady came out, stood on one side, lowered her head, and gave way to the road. After Liu Mastiff thanked her, she walked into the hall. It was quite dark in the hall. Open it all up, the sun shines through the window every time, and the hall lights up. On the opposite side, Empress Cai is sitting on the bed with her back to Liu Mastiff. After the dazzling sunlight enters the hall, she stretches out her hand to cover her eyes.

"Close it, the sun is blinding."

"Aunt, it's better not to close it, it's so dark, Mastiff can't see the appearance of Aunt."

"." Cai Guiren didn't speak for a long time, and asked again: "Cao Gui is alive?"

"Yeah, I gave birth to a younger brother, very cute"

"Is there a name?"

"Called Di"

"Emperor? Hehe. It seems that he looks like Your Majesty." Empress Cai chuckled lightly, and said, "He has a great name since he was born, but you, now, don't even have a famous name."

"Grandma." Liu Mastiff looked at the weak biological mother in front of him, unable to speak. He knew that grandma was as strong-tempered as grandpa. After the two quarreled, grandma refused to admit her mistake. Even, I never spoke to my father again, and as the son of heaven, how could my father speak first?The two of them are at such a stalemate, but do they not miss each other?

"My mother is the queen, and the nobleman gave birth to a son, why don't my mother go to visit her?"

Empress Cai didn't say anything for a long time, she waved her hand and said, "Go back."

"Grandma, I know in my heart that grandma is unwilling to apologize, and the child dare not force grandma, but as grandma is the queen in the palace, her mother honors the world, how can she not be the queen, grandma is just like grandpa, They are the parents of the common people in the world, if my mother acts like this, in the future, among the common people, the mistress will ignore the concubines, and there will be endless battles in the backyard, what is a family, and what is a country!!"

Hearing Liu Mastiff's words, Empress Cai sighed. The righteousness of the family and the country convinced the queen. Liu Mastiff was overjoyed and hurriedly let the maid come in, helped Auntie tidy up her clothes, and stood guard at the gate of the palace, and waited. After a long time, the queen came out of the hall. Although the queen had arranged her clothes, she still looked haggard, her face was pale, and her eye sockets were red and swollen.

"Grandmother." Liu Mastiff smiled, stepped forward to hold her hand, and led her towards Houde Hall. Along the way, Empress Cai didn't speak, but Liu Mastiff was talking about these days After arriving outside the Hall of Houde, the Hanmen who were guarding the door were startled, and hurriedly reported: "The Queen is coming to the Hall of Houde!"

The emperor, who was holding the little guy in the palace, raised his head in surprise, and frowned tightly.

Empress Cai and Liu Mastiff walked into Houde Hall together, looking at the emperor holding the little guy, Empress Cai pursed her lips, and after a long time, she said: "I heard about the happy event, so I came to visit Erlang." The emperor nodded , walked to the queen's side, and handed the little guy to her. The queen took the child, and the two were silent, looking at the little guy quietly.

Liu Mastiff looked at the two of them, took a step back, and knelt heavily on the ground.

"Mastiff?"

The emperor and the empress turned their heads in amazement, and looked at Liu Mastiff who was kneeling on the ground.

"My child begged my father. Don't be angry with my mother again. My mother locked herself in the hall. It has been half a year." Liu Mastiff was trembling all over, and said: "My mother is very sad. I am thinking of you. As a son of man, I see my mother sad, but there is nothing I can do. Father, don’t be angry again. My mother and grandpa are all for the sake of the big man.”

"Get up!" cried the Son of Heaven.

The little guy in the queen's arms was frightened and cried.

"Father, I know my child is not talented and unfilial, so I lost love with you. If my father blames me, my child is willing to leave the palace. I have no regrets at all. I only hope that my father and mother can get back together."

The emperor lowered his head and stared at Liu Mastiff coldly for a long time, then closed his eyes again and nodded.

"Thank you Father, thank you Father" Liu Mastiff got up quickly, lowered his head, and left the hall.

Empress Cai lowered her head, coaxing the child in her arms.

"Zhaoji, don't get angry."

Walking out of the main hall, Liu Mastiff wiped the sweat from his forehead, then lowered his head and patted the dust on his knees. The Hanmen at the side saw it, walked over quickly, and asked, "Your Highness, what is this?"

"Oh, I'm fine, fine."

"Mr. Han, Shijun was a bit harsh that day. I apologize to you on behalf of Mr. Han. I hope Mr. Han will not blame you."

"The slaves dare not."

"Mr. Han, how is your injury? Are you okay?"

"Slave. Slave is fine. Thank you, Your Highness."

"That's good, I'm going to Shijun's place, Mr. Han, please take care and leave!"

Looking at Liu Mastiff going away, Hanmen stood for a long time, unable to speak.

When he came to the gate of Yuan Mansion, Liu Mastiff was still a little afraid, he knocked on the door, and after a while, an old soldier opened the door, Liu Mastiff hurriedly said hello, before he asked any more, the man said in a low voice: "School Wei is doing well today, Fang came back from Duke Cao's mansion with a happy expression on his face, Your Highness don't need to be afraid."

Liu Mastiff heaved a sigh of relief and walked into the mansion. In the courtyard, Hua Xiong was arguing with Guan Yu about something. Seeing Liu Mastiff approaching, Hua Xiong laughed and asked, "Is your Highness's injury much better?" , Liu Mastiff nodded awkwardly, and hurriedly greeted Guan Yu. Guan Yu nodded, and Liu Mastiff was used to it. Compared with Hua Xiong, Guan Yu was more indifferent, less talkative, and loved to read.

I don't know how he and Hua Xiong met.

"Where is Master?"

"He's a little busy. If you want to see him, wait a while. I don't know what the emperor thinks. This decree for supporting the elderly was drawn up by Situ and the Taiwei, but when it comes to implementation, let the captain do it. The captain is now working hard on this matter day and night, and he is planning to go to Ningzhou himself in a few days, I'm afraid he is busy." Hua Xiong shook his head and said.

"kindness"

Liu Mastiff also knew that Yuan Shu was still busy with support. The emperor's benevolent government was good, but it was expensive, and the pressure on the national treasury was increasing. Many capable ministers helped each other, such as Chen Gong, Mao Jie, and Zhang Zhao, who followed Lu Zhi in governing affairs before, and with them, Yuan Shu would not be in a state of distress.

However, to complete the benevolent government implemented by the emperor, the money is far from enough. Ningzhou, Wa Island, and even the southwestern border all need a lot of financial resources for development. Even Luoyang needs money. Now Luoyang is still expanding, and there are ground-breaking constructions everywhere. Liu Mastiff sighed, not knowing what the master should do, maybe he can ask Zhuge Liang tomorrow, he is so smart, and maybe he has his own ideas.

The next day, the emperor held a court meeting.

Situ Luzhi led hundreds of officials into the palace.

There are many new faces in court, such as the reckless guy sitting next to Cai Yong, Dong Zhuo sitting next to Jia Xu, Sikong Yuan Shu, Huang Fusong, Huang Zhong, Du Wei behind Liu Mo and so on.

The emperor came and sat on the throne.

After seeing each other, all the officials sat back in their respective seats.

As soon as the court meeting started, Yuan Shu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, now, the support of the elderly, and even the development of Ningzhou have caused the treasury to make ends meet, and there are often gaps. If it continues like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain."

The emperor nodded, asked him to sit down, looked at the officials, and asked, "Do you have a plan for this matter?"

"His Majesty!"

It was Ma Jun who stood up. Ma Jun got up to play, which really surprised the emperor, and so did all the officials. Ma Jun has never spoken much, and he is rarely seen talking in the temple. Why is he in such a hurry to play today? ?Ma Jun got up and said: "Your Majesty, the craftsmanship of the Han Dynasty today is beyond the reach of other countries. The bronze mirror, paper, pottery, and even swords and armors are far superior to other countries."

"These items have always been needed by the Han Dynasty for business and trade with foreign countries. In the territory of the Han Dynasty, all copper mines and sources of materials have been set up for mining. They are already saturated and cannot be set up. There are a large number of raw materials that have not been mined, such as copper and iron, and exquisite wood. I think that if we can send craftsmen to mine foreign materials, make crafts, and then sell them here.”

"One is to save the time and cost of travel, and the cost of the road, and the other is to increase production and expand sources"

"You mean, you want me to send people to dig out foreign copper and iron?"

"No, you can order the kings of foreign countries to send people to dig. We only need to send craftsmen to make them nearby and then sell them. For those who enter Guishuang, we will sell them directly in the Western Regions. The price can be slightly reduced, and the king of foreign countries will definitely agree."

The emperor nodded, but still said nothing.

Ma Jun continued: "If Your Majesty agrees, I can lead the craftsmen to go."

"When you set up a craftsman's workshop, if you send copper, you will make bronze mirrors and bronze wares, sell them, and if you send iron, you will sell them with iron wares. If it is made of wood, it is the same. We do not waste labor, time, or money. , You only need to make it, you can sell it, use your skills to get what you want...and then sell the raw materials, if it is a small country, you don't need to spend money to buy it, if it is Guishuang, you only need to lower the price, you can It's over."

The emperor thought about it, what Ma Jun said actually made some sense, why not try what he said first?
However, Ma Jun is obsessed with novelties all day long, so how can he care about such important things as business and trade?Are you still talking about the truth?
The Son of Heaven was thinking about it, and Ma Jun said again: "Due to the expansion of Luoyang, it was demolished because of the teacher. I went to collect the relics and found a book. Among the many documents in the study room, it was written by the teacher himself. , I also brought it today, and later, I will pay my respects in person and present it to Your Majesty."

"Wen Rengong's book? Hahaha, good! Good! Great good!" the emperor couldn't help but shouted with a smile.

When the officials heard this, they suddenly realized and nodded.

"Your Majesty, the minister has played!"

The emperor looked, and it was Dong Zhuo who got up this time. Dong Zhuo looked at the emperor and said: "I think that if there is a shortage of money in the court, I will just make copper coins with all my strength. Why bother to come to such a mess? Why don't you just make money?" Mining copper mines and making money with all my strength, I think there are a lot of useless copper wares, if all these are used to remake and make copper coins, wouldn't it be worrying about not having enough money?"

Before the emperor could speak, one of the officials couldn't help laughing. The laughter was loud and harsh.

Dong Zhuo blushed, turned his head to look, it turned out to be the tall man sitting next to Cai Yong, and couldn't help laughing.

"You young man, how dare you be so rude?!"

"Hey, don't blame General Dong."

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Zhang Fei got up and said to the two of them.

Dong Zhuo was still a little angry, and continued to ask: "You Lizi, you speak so loudly and disturb the temple, what should you do?!"

"Hey, you ignorant bastard, I apologize, but you still don't agree, I'm really afraid of you!" Zhang Fei roared, Dong Zhuo jumped up angrily, groped around his waist, but couldn't find it. When the sword came, he wanted to rush towards Zhang Fei, but Yuan Shu and Cao Cao stopped him, but Zhang Fei didn't show any fear, and continued, "Can copper coins be eaten or drunk?"

"Forget it, I can't explain it to a fool like you!"

Zhang Fei turned his head away.

The emperor suppressed the smile in his heart, frowned, and said, "Yide, don't be rude!"

Zhang Fei arched his hands and said nothing.

Cai Yong got up, looked at the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a report. I want to impeach Guanglu Xun Xun Yu. Xun Yu forced 65 households to leave their homes and demolish their houses because of the expansion of Luoyang."

The emperor didn't like Cai Yong very much, but he still listened patiently.

When Xun Yu heard this, he was furious, got up quickly, and argued: "Your Majesty, I have already paid for these people to compensate them, which is enough to settle down. What's more, if they want to expand, these houses must be demolished. Acting is for the sake of state affairs!"

"Hey, how about giving you money when I demolish your house? How much is your house worth?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Cai Yong looked at him with a smile, without words, his eyes were full of joy and appreciation.

Xun Yu said angrily, "This is not a personal matter for me, but for state affairs! My family is not in the place of expansion!"

"Mr. Xun, don't talk like that. I went there personally and saw it. You want to expand Luoyang, so you demolished most of the buildings in Luoyang's west city, and the rest of the city wall remained untouched. The people, there are many poor people, there are many farms and mulberry trees outside the city, and the rest of the area is full of high-ranking officials and nobles. Mr. Xun spared the other three places, but demolished this place. The city wall you are planning is to list the cultivated land in Luoyang In the city?"

"it's not true!!"

"That is to demolish those cultivated land??"

"In your eyes, only aristocratic families are human beings??!!!!"

"There are many old houses in the west of my city, do you know? After the demolition, the compensation is relatively light, and the treasury can support it. What's more, there is a plain outside the city. It is much easier to build walls and houses than other areas."

"Oh, I understand what Mr. Xun means. In your eyes, a hundred households of common people and ten acres of cultivated land are not as good as one room of a wealthy person, but is that so?"

"That's right, Mr. Xun didn't know about farming and mulberry. I heard that the science of agriculture was not as good as before. I can understand that he could make such a decision to destroy agriculture. Even if he didn't know Mr. Cao Cao, why didn't he stop it, or was just like Mr. Xun view?"

Xun Yu turned around, stared at him coldly, rolled up his sleeves, and asked, "What did you say?"

"Will Mr. Xun want to use force with me?"

"Fei is a literati, and he does not want to use force with you"

"But I'm not afraid, if you want to, choose a place to go"

(End of this chapter)