my brother champion

After returning from Monan, Huo Guang separated from his [-] hussars, and asked the deputy captain, Lin Yaoqing, to take these hussars into the South Camp to rest.

As for Huo Guang himself, he was naturally planning to go back to Chang'an City first.

I haven't seen my little nephew for more than a month, and I still miss him a little!

"Will Tan'er call Zhongfu? Cough cough, it should not work, it's too young." Huo Guang was riding a big black horse, thinking wildly in his mind.

soon.

Huo Guang, riding a big black horse, came to the gate of Chang'an City.

As usual, get off the horse and prepare to lead Dahei into the city of Chang'an.

however.

Huo Guang did not expect that the officials and pawns guarding the city surrounded him and stopped him.

Huo Guang was puzzled, why did these officers and soldiers stop him?
"What are you doing? Are you not allowed to enter the city, or do you want to collect money?" Huo Guang looked at these people suspiciously.

The leading city gate officer asked, "Are you Huo Guang, Marquis of Bolu?"

"Ah, what's the matter?"

Hear the other party pronounce their name accurately.

Huo Guang was even more curious.

Now that they know that they are Bo Luhou, they must also know their background.

The elder brother is the champion Hou Huo Qubing, and the current hussar general Da Sima.

His uncle is Marquis Weiqing of Changping, who is currently serving as the Great General and the Great Sima.

this background.

Except for the royal relatives?
Huo Guang is in Chang'an City, whoever encounters him will not be polite!

But the attitude of the city gate officer, why do you feel a little aggressive?

I am not like Li Guang, who came back when the city gate was closed at night.It's so late in the afternoon, there's no reason not to go to the city!
While Huo Guang was thinking about these questions.

The city gate officer clasped his fists slightly at Huo Guang, but said without emotion: "I offended, Bo Luhou, the imperial court sent a message, saying that they saw Bo Luhou entering the city, and immediately arrested him."

The words fall.

The city gate officer waved his hand, and the pawns rushed forward and detained Huo Guang.

A sudden scene.

It can be regarded as bewildering Huo Guang.

He went to Monan by himself and released the Xiongnu great Shan Yu Yizhixie.After returning, why did the city gate officer arrest him like a prisoner?
Could it be that His Majesty has changed his mind?

Don't want to let Yi Zhixie go?

Then you said it earlier, if you said it earlier, I would not let it go!

Huo Guang couldn't figure it out, and was directly ordered by the city gate officer to be a pawn and a small official, and was imprisoned in the imperial prison where he had lived before.

When Huo Guang was escorted into the prison cell, Huo Guang looked at the officials and shouted, "Hey, hey, why did you arrest me? What did you do?"

pity.

The jailers didn't care about Huo Guang's shouts, and after putting him in the cell, they walked away mercilessly.

Huo Guang looked at the imperial prison, sighed helplessly, and said to himself: "Yes, the second entered the palace."

In an empty cell.

Huo Guang's words echoed.

The reverberating voice hadn't finished yet, and the old man's humming sound suddenly came from the prison cell opposite Huo Guang, separated by a corridor.

"Humph."

There are not many prisoners in the prison.

Most of the prisoners were either executed or taken to places like the Yellow Gate Department to do dirty work.

So Huo Guang could clearly hear the old man's hum.

Glancing up at the old man opposite, he was surprised to find that this old man who groaned was actually the head of a hundred officials with a high status in the imperial court.

——Prime Minister Li Cai!
Why is the prime minister also imprisoned in this cell?
Huo Guang is very curious!
What happened to the court? I was arrested as soon as I came back, and even the prime minister was in the cell?

Could it be a coup?

After thinking about this idea for a while, Huo Guang rejected it in his mind.

coup?

Ha ha!

how can that be possible!
Among all dynasties from ancient times to the present, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the ability to rule and control the entire dynasty, which can be said to be one of the best.

He is just old, can't move, can't get down on the bed, and may die as soon as he closes his eyes.

But as long as there is still breath left!
As the crown prince, Prince Liu Ju would not succeed in rebelling.

This is the control of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty over the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Huo Guang began to mutter in his heart, and said to himself: "If it is not a coup d'etat, then the only thing that can put the prime minister in prison is political struggle."

"Uncle Wei Qing and elder brother Huo Qubing, the two generals, don't seem to be in a political struggle with Li Cai."

"It is estimated that Zhang Gongzuo, the imperial historian, impeached the prime minister."

"But why the hell did he get me in too? It's really weird!"

Thinking of this, Huo Guang's face became increasingly difficult to look.

Could it be possible that Zhang Tang, the censor, even sued himself?
No reason!

Could it be that Prime Minister Li Cai, who was unlucky, deliberately pulled himself down as a backstop?

If so!
Is it possible that I have something to fall into his hands?
But he has his own handle in his hands. With his bad relationship with the Li family, the other party should have punished him long ago.

It is impossible to wait until you are in trouble before you think about harming yourself!
I can't figure out why.

In the end, Huo Guang could only sigh, and said: "Forget it, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge, brother and uncle should catch me!"

Although the cells of Huo Guang and Prime Minister Li Cai are separated by a passage.

But the relationship between the two is not good.

So I didn't talk any words. It was dark and the night was long, but Huo Guang didn't want to sleep.When sleepiness came the next day, the jailers came in to take him out.

same.

The one who will be taken out together is Prime Minister Li Cai.

see this scene.

Huo Guang was even more certain that he had been swept into the struggle between Zhang Tang, the censor, and the prime minister.

After being brought out of the cell.

Huo Guang and Li Caishuang were escorted to the Habayashi Army by the jailers, and after some handover, they were accepted by the servants in the palace and sent to Weiyang Palace.

At this time, it was the meeting of foreign courts and courts.

The Sangong and Jiuqing were all in the hall, and Huo Guang and the prime minister were pushed up, causing all the officials to look at them.

"Criminal Li Cai (Chen Huo Guang) pays homage to His Majesty!"

At the same time, the two paid respects to the high-ranking Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't bother to look at Li Cai, so he just asked Huo Guang: "Marquis Bo Lu, I ask you, Prime Minister Li Cai said that you used the public to seek personal gain, and used all the land outside Chang'an City for private use. Is it true?"

Using the public for personal gain?

All for private use?

It's because of this for a long time!
No.

The key thing, is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che not clear about it?
I still want this power from him, otherwise I wouldn't dare to enclose land and build a house.

thought here.

Huo Guang said lightly: "Your Majesty, you know me well. The reason why I enclose the land is to build houses for the people of the Han Dynasty to live in."

"Two years ago, when I was still Yilang, Your Majesty asked me about the people's protection against the cold in winter."

"This newly built house is part of my minister's strategy to keep out the cold."

"So the purpose of building a house in the enclosure is to benefit the people of the big man, and to relieve His Majesty's worries and problems. The money spent is also the income from the property purchase before I became an official."

"If you really want to say it, you are also using private interests to seek public interests. Why do you say that you use public interests to seek personal interests?"

After Huo Guang finished speaking, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, who was sitting on the high seat, also nodded in a dignified way.

At this time.

The champion Hou who was also at the court meeting also stood up and said for Huo Guang: "Your Majesty, the money used by my ministers is all earned by restaurants and shops. These ministers can testify."

The great general Da Sima also said: "Your Majesty, I can also testify."

Relatives testify, in fact, not too convincing.

But this time.

Da Nong Ling Sang Hongyang also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, in terms of money, Bo Luhou is indeed his own property, and everything he uses and builds is earned by himself. The money of origin is not the same thing."

Officials of the Han Dynasty could buy properties.

after all.

Horses, servants, etc., as well as his family, all rely on money and food to support them.

The higher the official level, the less money is needed.

What's the use of relying on the food distributed by the imperial court alone?

Enough to eat?But he didn't enjoy it enough!

After uncle, brother, Da Nong ordered Sang Hongyang to speak for Huo Guang.

Later, Zhang Tang, the doctor of the censor, also said good things for Huo Guang, so the other Jiuqing officials, seeing this posture, also started to say good things one after another.

This is different from the last time Huo Guang was impeached by officials before he was imprisoned.

Officials, maybe those same batch of officials.

But this time, they turned to Huo Guang one after another.

Without him.

Wei Huo gained power in the court, but Prime Minister Li Cai was too busy to take care of himself.

Of course, the Jiuqing are like grass on the wall, where the wind blows, they will fall.

Seeing all the officials pleading for Huo Guang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately nodded and said, "I understand."

The words fall.

He looked at Prime Minister Li Cai again, and asked, "Prime Minister Li, Bo Luhou said that he was seeking public affairs for private reasons, what else do you have to say?"

Strangely enough.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not seem to care about the truth or falsehood of what Huo Guang said.

more like?
Just deal with it.

However, Prime Minister Li Cai said: "Your Majesty, what Bo Luhou said is just beautiful words, and anyone can say beautiful words."

"He said that building houses in enclosures is to help the people of the big man survive the winter and to keep out the cold."

"But the old minister has checked it in private. Last winter, no one lived in the house he built in the enclosed area. How can it have the effect of keeping out the cold?"

"Furthermore, outside Chang'an City, the southeast, the north, and the west were surrounded by him, but there was only one piece of land that he built a house on, and the rest of the land was surrounded by vacant land for his own use!"

"This is not using the public to seek personal gain, so what is using the public to seek personal gain?"

Huo Guang raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, turned to look at Prime Minister Li Cai, and said, "Last winter, the house hadn't been built yet, so how did you move in? Li Xiang, don't talk too outrageously!"

Hearing Huo Guang's question, Li Cai said, "It's you who is outrageous!"

"Your house was built as tall as a mountain, and it towered into the sky. You told the old man that it hasn't been built yet?"

"And it's all superficial. If you really want to benefit the people, why do you only build one place, and don't build houses for the rest of the enclosure?"

Hearing the prime minister's words, Huo Guang felt exaggerated.

His enclosure houses are all built with loess fired bricks and cement.

It is too different from those civil houses in the traditional sense of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, there are no machines in this era, and it is all carried by manpower, which is naturally slower.

The tallest buildings built by Huo Guang are no more than seven stories high, and the short ones are only three or four stories high. How can it be said that they are towering into the sky?
Think here.

Huo Guang frowned slightly, he was too lazy to talk to Prime Minister Li Cai, and said directly to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, there is a saying that hearing is believing, seeing is believing."

"No matter how much you say, it's better to go and see it yourself."

"I don't know, Your Majesty, would you like to return my innocence?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, went out to have a look, his expression changed immediately, and he seemed to be looking forward to it.

Live in the palace for a long time.

No matter how many women there are, they will get tired of it.

then.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che directly agreed to Huo Guang's request, saying: "Okay, then go out and have a look. I also want to know whether Bo Luhou once told me about the benefits of new-style houses. , it’s still really useful!”

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che agreed to Huo Guang's request.

Hundreds of officials surged, and the Yulin Army and the Huben Army cleared the way, guarding Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, and went directly to the place where Huo Guang built a new-style house.

into the eye.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found that, as the prime minister said, there were many tall buildings.

It is much taller than all the buildings in Chang'an City.

But the statement of towering into the clouds is really an exaggeration.

What surprised Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty most was the style here. There are many houses, but it is a garden area of ​​its own.At the same time, the road is also very clean, not dirt, nor masonry.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty got out of the carriage.

I stomped the road with my feet and found that the road was extremely hard and not easy to damage, so I called Huo Guang on the spot and said, "Huo Guang, what did you use to build this road, how is it better than the Chi Road dedicated to me? "

Huo Guang immediately said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, this road is made of the abandoned slag from the iron factory, mixed with cement, and some gravel and sand are mixed in the middle."

"Oh!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't understand, but he nodded as if he understood, and then continued to ask: "Then what is this house made of?"

Huo Guang immediately said: "As for the houses, most of them are made of cement and bricks fired at a high price."

Emperor Wu of the Han then asked, "Cement again? What is this cement?"

Huo Guang replied: "Your Majesty, cement is the key to building this new type of house. I found it by accident. If there is no cement, I would not dare to build the house so spacious."

"If your Majesty needs it."

"I can hand over the cement formula to you."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately laughed and said, "You developed it again?"

"Cough cough!"

"Bo Luhou is really a pillar of my man."

While talking, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the officials continued to walk forward slowly, until they stopped at a place where "Hengda Oasis" was written, which was similar to a city gate.

in front of this area.

Thousands of ragged people were kneeling, welcoming the arrival of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Wait for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to arrive.

These people knelt on the ground one after another, and all shouted in admiration: "I am waiting for the residents to pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor, long live my emperor!"

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty saw these people, his face changed, and he immediately asked Huo Guang: "Bo Luhou, didn't you say that no one has stayed here yet? What's the matter with these people?"

Huo Guang immediately said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Li said that no one is staying here. In fact, there are already the first batch of people staying here this year."

"The reason why I can check in first."

"It's because they are all the families of the soldiers who were sacrificed by our Han army in the Battle of Mobei." (End of this chapter)