Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 198 The Number One Rebel Recognized In The World

The Queen Mother issued a new policy, but it is no longer a forced rotation of ministers from all over the world.After fully listening to Liu Hou's advice, the Queen Mother made a lot of concessions to her original ideas.

To improve the attractiveness of temples, rotation is adopted among the lower-level officials in the country, and the middle-level officials are assessed through assessment. Those who have meritorious deeds will go to other countries to hold higher official positions, and those who have failed will be dismissed.At the same time, for those high-level ministers, such as the minister of state, the servant, the captain, etc., they are rotated by recruiting to the temple to be promoted.

Liu Hou, who helped complete all this, is now playing chess with Chen Ping.

The two of them sat in the shade of a tree in the courtyard and didn't speak, but kept dropping chess. Neither of them seemed hesitant or even thinking about it. After one fell, the other hurriedly followed, very fast.

"Chen Hou Shanyi is pressing everywhere. It's much more powerful than ten years ago."

Zhang Liang said with a smile.

"Where can you compare to Liuhou? Liuhou Shanyi, who does two things with one heart, is really powerful."

"Oh, I'm getting old, I'm getting old. No matter how smart people are, they are prone to making mistakes when they get old." Zhang Liang suddenly sighed.

Chen Ping glanced at him, "Although the Queen Mother abolished Yiyan's guilt, but you criticize the Queen Mother so much. This is not something that can be easily forgiven."

"A person who plays chess finds himself losing his opponent, becomes aggressive, impulsive, cruel, and thinks he has the chance to win, then he is not far from failure."

"The chess player may be fine, it's just this chessboard, and the chess pieces are going to be in great trouble."

Chen Ping withdrew his hand, "If Liuhou still has other intentions, then please come back. I am stupid and cannot follow Liuhou to achieve great things."

Zhang Liang laughed loudly, "I don't have the intention to make a big deal either. The affairs of the temple and the family have nothing to do with me. I came here this time, just to visit my two sons. Next, I will travel all over the world, devote myself to seeking the way. , and don't care about this worldly business anymore."

"Then you'd better go now. If it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with you."

The two of them stopped talking, and the speed of playing chess was getting faster and faster.

"Oh! What are you doing here? Father Zhong is here!"

A loud shout broke the atmosphere in the mansion, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang turned their heads together, but saw Liu Chang standing not far away, watching them play.

"Your Majesty? When did your Majesty come?"

"Cough, there is a distinguished guest at home and I want to borrow some wine from Chen Hou. Originally, I saw Chen Hou playing with Liu Hou, and I didn't want to disturb it. I just saw how wonderful you were, and couldn't help it."

Chen Ping's face darkened, I said why the wine in the house keeps disappearing for no apparent reason.

Zhang Liang laughed, "Since the king likes it, it's better to watch it from the sidelines."

Liu Chang nodded, grinned, and stood aside to watch.

"Wrong play! Wrong play! Go here! Oops, can you play chess?!"

"No, what are you doing here? Didn't you see it? My God, can you?"

"Hey, yes, that's it!!"

Chen Ping's face darkened, he put his hands away and looked at Liu Chang, "Would you like to come to the king?"

Liu Chang shook his head, "I don't know much, you should come."

"Then the king watched it quietly and didn't need to disturb."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it!"

Chen Ping played chess again, Liu Chang stood aside, winked, sometimes gnashing his teeth, sometimes nodding, Chen Ping glanced at him from time to time, burning with anger, when he reacted, he had already lost.

"Father Zhong, you can't do it, you can lose?"

Chen Ping resisted his anger, looked at Zhang Liang, and said, "I'm not feeling well, let's go back another day."

Facing Liu Chang's spoiler, Zhang Liang didn't seem to be unhappy at all, he was not disturbed at all, he smiled and stroked his beard, "Chen Hou, you can always encounter various changes in chess, if you get angry easily, then Can't win."

Liu Chang nodded, "Yes, yes, look at Renliuhou, they are all Chehous, why can't they afford to lose like this?"

That is, Chen Ping, if it were another Youzi who didn't want to reveal his name, he might be able to play the chessboard and smash Zhang Liang and Liu Chang's heads. Of course, if he played too long.
"Is there anything else, Your Majesty??"

Chen Ping asked with a face.

"Yes, yes, Father Zhong, it just so happens that both of you are here and I want to ask something important."

Liu Chang sat down, looked at them seriously, and said, "The Yuezhi fought against the Xiongnu, the Yuezhi people are not the opponents of the Yuezhi. The tribe of the Yuezhi will move to the territory of the Tang Kingdom, and the Yuezhi King will come to Chang'an in person soon. How can I disintegrate the Yuezhi's power without hurting the peace?"

"Your Majesty wants to ask, how to disperse Yuezhi without letting Yuezhi be distracted?"

"Correct!"

Liu Chang said with a smile, "It's not that I doubt King Yuezhi, it's just that when they gather together, they are always outsiders. Only when they are scattered all over the Tang country can they become commoners of the Tang country. There are more than [-] Yuezhi people. Let them become Tang people, and in another hundred years, I am afraid they will become a big problem for the Tang country."

Hearing Liu Chang's words, Chen Ping still had a straight face and said nothing.

Zhang Liang said, "It's not difficult. If the king is worried about this, he can follow the example of the queen mother."

"Poisoning the Yuezhi King?"

"Cough cough!!"

Zhang Liang coughed violently, and was also frightened by Liu Chang's open mouth. "Recruit the ministers of the Yuezhi to his command, reward their warriors, let them read and write, and assign them to various places as minor officials! people, teach them how to farm, and encourage intermarriage.”

Zhang Liang said a lot of ways, and Liu Chang took it seriously in his heart, then looked at Chen Ping beside him, "Father Zhong, don't you have any suggestions?"

"I'm stupid, I can't even play chess well, how dare I talk about big things!"

"What is Father Zhong saying! If Father Zhong is stupid, what about the important ministers of the temple?"

Liu Chang coaxed a few words, but Chen Ping said calmly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about this matter at all, if you want to solve this matter, the key lies in King Yuezhi's body, and Your Majesty has always been a virtuous minister from afar, and his relatives. , I agree with the barbarians, and I think the Yuezhi King is also willing to befriend the king. As long as the Yuezhi king can obey the king, it will not be a problem to disperse his clan."

"In the beginning, after the Qin State recaptured the barbarians, it also appeased its king, set up many barbarian roads in Longdi to let them settle down, and sent Qin people to migrate from time to time, the king, you see now, are there still barbarians in Longdi? The same is true of Tang State. "

According to Chen Ping, Tang and Yuezhi, that is, barbarians and barbarians, will get along very happily, and there will be no trouble at all. Under the military system, any barbarian can become part of the Tang Dynasty. The king of the clan cooperated to fight, let his soldiers obtain military merit, and then gave them land in various places and divided them, it was as simple as that.

Liu Chang thanked the two Zhong fathers earnestly, and thanked Chen Ping for the wine, and then left here with a smile.

"Your Majesty has already offended both the internal and external ministers. If you stay in Chang'an, you may have great troubles in the future."

"Tang country is powerful, after all, it is on the other side."

Zhang Liang suddenly sighed with emotion.

Chen Ping snorted coldly, "You want to live in seclusion, but you insist on letting me swim in muddy waters? What's the point?"

The honored guest that Liu Chang wanted to entertain was the King of Yan Liu Bi.

Liu Bi and Liu Chang are also very close. Because of his personality, Liu Bi is not very happy with the other clans. Liu Bi is good at martial arts and has a somewhat arrogant personality. He always despises others. Only Liu Chang has the same odor. They are close to each other, and they often support each other and have a close relationship.

"Long. They gathered recently, and they stopped looking for me. Oh, isn't it because I promised the queen mother first? But what about them? Don't they dare not agree?"

"They themselves agreed, but they want to blame me for not having a position. I'm different from them. I'm not so hypocritical. They don't love me, and I don't care. If we didn't defend against the Huns, how could we just sit on the throne with them?"

Liu Bi was very unhappy, angry because of the alienation of the clan relatives, but Liu Chang couldn't say much.

"No problem, brother. Let's not talk about these things. I have treasured this wine for many years. Come and drink it together!"

The two brothers were drinking, and Liu Chang asked everyone to leave again, leaving only Jia Yi and Zhang Budo to accompany him. Liu Bi was a man who couldn't hide his troubles. After a few sips of wine, he suddenly lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, the royal family. Among them, I am the closest to you, and I also know the ability of the king, and I am very convinced! If the king has any orders, I am willing to serve!"

Zhang Budo was overjoyed.

"Hahaha, I invited my brother to drink this time, and I really want my brother to help me with something!"

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

Liu Bi was about to get up, but Liu Chang grabbed him, "It's not a big deal. At the beginning, Donghu was strong and humiliated the Huns, but was defeated by Modun. Hundreds of thousands of people became slaves of the Huns. Yan State built a city to enslave these Donghu tribes. I heard that they graze here and have nearly a million livestock!!"

"Now, Mordun is on an expedition to Yuezhi, and the rest of the soldiers are defending in the Yanmen Dynasty in our Tang country. I want to send troops with Yan country to break through this city and rob its livestock! We can divide the nearly one million livestock equally. , half of the country of Yan, half of the country of Tang, what do you think, brother?!"

Liu Bi was overjoyed and exclaimed: "Okay! Over the years, the Huns have bullied our country and often looted, making me miserable. I have long thought of sending troops. If the king can help, we will attack together, but , this matter of equal division is absolutely impossible, my country of Yan is weak, and the number of soldiers that can be recruited is only [-], the materials obtained, the king can divide me [-]%!"

"Hahaha, the widow and the elder brother are close relatives. It would be even better if Tang and Yan countries could communicate with each other without any barriers and be as close as one country!"

"If Your Majesty looks down on me, I would like to lead Yandi to be your Majesty's county governor!"

"What is this! Brother, do you think I intend to annex??"

Zhang Budo was overjoyed again and looked at Liu Bi excitedly.

Liu Bi shook his head, drank his wine, and said angrily: "Last year, the Xiongnu kowtowed six times, and I only repelled three times. The other three times, he plundered more than [-] people from my people, but I couldn't save them!! Several beloved generals died in the war with the Huns!"

The state of Yan is weak, it is really weak. During the Warring States Period, it was slightly better than South Korea. Later, it experienced several wars. First, it was killed by the state of Zhao, and after the state of Zhao, the state of Qin was killed. In the end, the State of Yan was not even as good as South Korea. The population on such a large site was not as good as that of a county in the State of Qi. There were no people for thousands of miles. It was really the best description for the State of Yan.

And the geographical location of the Yan Kingdom is very poor. Facing the powerful Huns, the defense line of the Yan Kingdom is too long, and the soldiers are seriously insufficient, which makes it the place that suffers the most harm from the Huns.

Liu Bi is an ambitious man, and he cannot stand such humiliation.

"Brother! Don't worry! In recent years, Tang Kingdom has more and more war horses, and soldiers are eager to fight. If brother is willing, we will better support in the future. For the Great Wall outside Yan Kingdom and Yuyang, we can ask Tang Kingdom to help. Guard, if anything happens, Tang will support you as soon as possible. We are brothers, and Tang and Yan should be as close as brothers!"

The two drank wine and settled a series of matters about the Tang-Yan alliance, including the Tang State assisting the Yan State, helping to mine its minerals, no more cards, people on both sides can come and go freely, and merchants can trade at low taxes , joint operations, etc., if this were to be in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, then the State of Yan became a vassal of the State of Tang, and now it is the vassal states that jointly defend against foreign enemies.

The suffering of the State of Yan is that the defense line is too long, and the suffering of the State of Tang is that the defense line is too short. The State of Yan is resisting, but the State of Tang wants to attack, and the attack must have a wide range of strikes, and the Tang people need military merit!
The state of Yan has a lot of land and resources, and of course the state of Tang also has more, but after all, they still have to canonize meritorious soldiers!

Liu Chang also wanted to carry out more cooperation with the brothers while they were all there.

After Liu Bi, Liu Chang then invited Ruyi to come.

"Third Brother!!"

When Liu Chang saluted, Liu Ruyi was still a little hesitant. Whenever Liu Chang called the third brother, he must be planning something bad.

With Zhao State, they cannot use the way of cooperation of Yan State, because Zhao State does not need to face the Huns directly, he is well protected by Tang State and Yan State.

"The widow is kind-hearted and knows that the Zhao country needs materials the most. It just so happens that the Tang country still has a lot of farm tools, and the widow can borrow some materials for the Zhao country."

Liu Ruyi was stunned for a moment before asking, "Really??"

"Of course!"

"Eldest brother! No, King Tang! Thank you! The people of Zhao country will never forget your kindness!!"

Liu Ruyi was very excited. As we all know, the tragic situation of Zhao State has become a unit of measurement. Even King Qi laughed and said that his grain production was four times that of Zhao State. Zhao State experienced a war, Almost rebuilding on the ruins, Zhao needs help.

"However, third brother, after the supplies have been delivered to Zhao, Zhao has to express something."

"what would you like?"

"I can give Zhao a lot of farm implements, seeds, and even oxen. Plows can increase Zhao's grain production several times! However, you have to give me [-]% of the tax you collect!"

"Are you asking me to pay tribute to you?!" Ruyi jumped up abruptly, and he shouted, "The temple doesn't dare to ask for so much, why don't you take it all?!"

Liu Chang smiled and supported him and sat down, "Third brother, you see that Zhao Guo has not recovered much so far, you can also disagree, continue to wait, wait for a few decades, maybe it will recover, but if there is Tang Guo's With material aid, in three or four years, all parts of Zhao State will have a bumper harvest, and the people will have plenty of food and clothing. Isn’t that bad? If you don’t agree, you will have nothing. It's good for both countries!"

"It's not that I took [-]% of your grain, but [-]% of your taxes. My Tang country is also very short of supplies. If I lend it to you for free, how will the people of Tang country live?"

"What's more, Tang Guo has also helped Zhao Guo a lot over the years. Look at how many roads we have built for you, and we have also built a post house"

"Oh, isn't that to facilitate the passage of Tang's merchants?"

"Don't you, Zhao Kingdom, benefit from this??"

Liu Ruyi suddenly hesitated, "I have to discuss this matter with the minister of state."

"Okay, okay, discuss it early, it's not just you Zhao Guo, Han, and Wu who need to borrow materials. There are not many materials."

After sending Liu Ruyi away, Zhang Budo walked up to Liu Chang excitedly, "Why is it so troublesome, Your Majesty? Why don't you convene an alliance of princes outside the city to discuss the matter of honoring the emperor and repelling foreigners!"

Liu Chang glanced at him, "The princes meet? I'm not Duke Huan of Qi!"

"That is, the king ordered the princes to pay tribute to the princes. This is what the princes and uncles in the world do. How can Duke Huan of Qi be compared with the prince!"

"The widow is not asking them to pay tribute, it is helping them!"

"I understand, I understand, the king is helping them!"

Zhang Budo smirked and winked at Liu Chang.

Immediately, Chang Liu met with several other brothers one after another to discuss cooperation. South Korea needed agricultural materials, Chu and Wu needed weapons, Qi Liang needed war horses, and Chang Liu could communicate with them. The various vassal states revolved around the state of Tang. , developed a series of cooperation matters, exchanged and supported each other.

Just when Liu Chang was busy with these things, the Queen Mother hurriedly sent someone to call him into the Jiaofang Hall.

Sitting in the Jiaofang Hall, looking at the dignified face of the Queen Mother, Liu Chang was full of doubts.

"Long. There are some things, you can't be too hasty."

"If it's yours, it will always be yours. If it's not yours, you can't force it."

"what???"

Liu Chang was stunned, what is the mother saying?
"Mom, I didn't understand, what did I do??"

Empress Lu gave him a deep look, "No problem, King Yuezhi is coming to meet the Son of Heaven. You can prepare and go to meet him."

"I'll meet you? Good!"

Liu Chang agreed, then walked out of the Jiaofang Hall and walked in the palace. All the attendants he met were very frightened and lowered their heads. When they saw Liu Chang, they also hurriedly saluted, which made Liu Chang even more. I can't figure it out, why are you so afraid of me all of a sudden? ?

When he walked out of the palace, he found that even the soldiers were like this, and they all bowed, looking at him with extremely complicated eyes.

Liu Chang couldn't bear it any longer, so he pulled a soldier over and wrapped his arms around his neck.

"Tell the widow! What the hell happened!"

"Your Majesty! There is nothing!"

"Say!! Otherwise I'll cook you now!"

Then the soldier said hesitantly: "Today, Prime Minister Cao came to participate in the court proceedings to impeach the king for treason. He listed a lot of criminal evidence. His Majesty was furious and drove Prime Minister Cao out of the temple."

"Treason?? Isn't this nonsense, how could I rebel?"

Liu Chang muttered, looked at the trembling armored soldier, and suddenly asked, "You don't think so too, do you??"

The soldier shook his head, "Your Majesty will never rebel!"

Liu Chang looked at his terrified face, what this fellow said was not the truth, remembering what his mother had just said, Liu Chang suddenly woke up, wouldn't he? ?
Wouldn't even my mother think I wanted to rebel? ?
"No! You have to ask Cao Thief to make it clear!!"

ps: When I was queuing up to do nucleic acid in the morning, I met a buddy who was immersed in reading a book. He went up to talk to him and said that he had been studying at the starting point for a long time. Why don't you know me.When I proudly said that I was the wolf of the history department, I realized the gap between myself and the big brothers when I saw the blankness in the eyes of the buddy.

(End of this chapter)