Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 218 I, Liu Chang, make a promise! !

When Zhao Tuo trembled and returned to the mansion he was currently staying in, the two escorts hurried forward and helped him into the inner room.

After closing the door, the confusion and anxiety on Zhao Tuo's face disappeared immediately.

"Your Majesty? What happened?"

Everyone saw that Zhao Tuo's face was a little dignified, not as casual as a few days ago. Zhao Tuo shook his head and said in a low voice, "Han Xin is still alive."

Before Zhao Tuo became king, his official position was not high. He was the magistrate of Longchuan, and he had a good record, but he couldn't compare with Xiang Yu, Han Xin, even Zhou Bo and Cao Can.In the first crusade against Baiyue by the Qin Dynasty, Tu Sui was the main general and Zhao Tuo was the deputy general. However, the three-year campaign failed, and even the main general Tu Sui was killed in the war.

If they hadn't killed the leader of Baiyue before, I'm afraid that such a defeat would be enough for Zhao Tuo, who was a lieutenant, to be executed, and the person who really conquered the Baiyue area was called Ren Xiao.After Tu Ju was killed, this person took over the position of commander and attacked Baiyue again. Only then did he completely pacify Baiyue and serve as the governor of Daqin Nanhai County.

Later, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang revolted, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought for the front, and in the second year of Qin II, Ren Xiao called Zhao Tuo to his side and instructed him to act as the commander of the Nanhai Commandery, leaving his last words: "Qin's government is incoherent, the Central Plains are disturbed, and Panyu, The mountains are dangerous, the South China Sea is blocked, thousands of miles from east to west, and there are quite a few Chinese people who complement each other. This is also the head of a state and can establish a country."

Zhao Tuo immediately sent instructions to the troops at the various passes in Nanling to defend themselves against danger, saying: The robbers are coming, and they must gather troops to defend themselves.

In order to prevent the insurgent army from the Central Plains from attacking, and took the opportunity to kill the officials placed in Nanhai County by the Qin Dynasty, and replaced them with their own cronies, thus completely controlling Nanyue.

There are many people who say that Zhao Tuo rebelled directly during the Qin Dynasty. This is not true, because Zhao Tuo established himself as king in the first year of Emperor Gao. Before that, he was guarding the checkpoint in the name of guarding against thieves. At this time, Da Qin was unable to protect himself and could not control him at all. Xiang Yu never thought about this barbarian land, and all his thoughts were on the Central Plains.

Up to now, Zhao Tuo has been operating in the land of Nanyue for more than ten years. Relying on the solidity of the three gates, he does not think that the big man can easily destroy himself.

At this moment, Zhao Tuo was indeed a little flustered.

There are three dangers in South Vietnam, and the terrain and climate are not good for the big man, but the problem is that the national strength of the big man is far superior to that of South Vietnam. Even the three countries of Chu, Wu and Qi can recruit more than 30 troops, just because the big man is not willing to pay too much. The price, so there is nothing wrong with Nanyue, but if Han Xin comes, what Han Xin is best at is to preserve his own strength and destroy the enemy to the maximum extent.

If Han Xin served as the commander-in-chief of Han, with the soldiers of Changsha, Wu and Chu as the main force, then Nanyue might not be able to last for three years.

Hearing Zhao Tuo's words, the two followers immediately frowned. Han Xin's prestige was still quite scary at the moment.

"The Han army is going to crusade South Vietnam?"

"I don't know yet. However, I think that day is not as gentle as rumored. He has been intimidating and trying to use Han Xin to persecute me. The Queen Mother even asked me for the land of the two counties. If it is given, Then our three barriers are self-defeating, and the Han army wants to take Nanyue, like searching for something!"

"Then how did the king reply?"

"I said that I am no longer involved in the South Vietnam affairs, and let them give the order to Hajime"

The two followers pondered for a long time, and one of them said, "Your Majesty, the current situation is quite unfavorable for Nanyue. I think it is possible to dedicate a few counties, make concessions for the time being, and then meet the emperor at the court of ministers and tell the story. Among the interests, that Han Xin has rebelled several times, the queen mother may not really dare to let him take charge of the army, as long as we are polite and considerate, they can’t make trouble at will.”

The other said: "The benefit is to rely on King Tang, who is quite powerful. Besides, these few days, I have talked with the Han ministers who came here, and I heard that King Tang is a man who is greedy for money. If you are lustful, you might as well give him a heavy gift, and then give him ten South Vietnamese beauties."

"fart!!!"

Zhao Tuo was furious and scolded: "How can he indulge his lust and hurt his body at his age?!"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Your grandson recognizes this grandson, but this grandson may not recognize your grandson. Besides, may I ask you, Your Majesty, which is more important between the family and the family and the grandson?"

Zhao Tuo snorted coldly, "If he doesn't recognize me, I won't be able to come to Chang'an safely. This Shuzi only bullies young and old, but he has never hurt me, but your idea is right, you should prepare generous gifts. Chaozhong, this Shuzi is the only one who can convince the Queen Mother."

"Mother!!!"

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​connecting these three things? Teach me! It's really amazing, it's intertwined, then Zhao Tuo's face turns white!!"

Liu Chang wrapped around Empress Lv's side, smiled flatteringly, and gently rubbed Empress Lu's shoulders.

This scene is very unfriendly. A burly and strong man smiled flatteringly, and was courteous to the thin woman in front of him. He even acted coquettishly. His bulging upper arms were almost as thick as Empress Lu's head. , but Empress Lu didn't think so. In her eyes, the strong man behind him seemed to be the same little guy back then, without any change.

"Heh, the teacher who invited you back then could have taught you these things. If you didn't skip school and didn't sleep during class, you might have learned it long ago."

"Mother~~"

"Okay! Tell me, what's the matter?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "How is your mother going to treat Nanyue Kingdom?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't think now is the best time to attack South Vietnam. South Vietnam will be recovered sooner or later. However, even if Master is the general to attack South Vietnam, it will take at least three or four years to mobilize an army of 40 to [-]. The food, weapons, and other things that are consumed can cause a great war between Tang and the Xiongnu!"

"Now that Morton has calmed down domestic affairs, its troops are constantly being transferred to the border of Tang Kingdom, and they have the idea of ​​​​hands-on. The biggest threat to the big man comes from the north, not the south."

"For Nanyue, I think it is better to use Huairou's means to solve it. My fourth brother is in South Korea and won the hearts of the people. Zhao Tuo was able to sit firmly in Nanyue because he won the hearts of the people, and the local people are very supportive of him. The fourth brother is in Wu. It will definitely be able to divide South Vietnam, the fourth brother is the most powerful not to attack the soldiers, but to attack the heart!"

Empress Lu's tone suddenly turned cold and she asked, "You value Heng so much?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and he hurriedly explained: "It's not important. If it is a battle, ten fourth brothers are not as good as me, but if it is said that I can get the support of the people and turn the barbarians into summer, then I am far inferior to the fourth brother."

Only then did Empress Lu nodded, her face softened a little, and she said, "If that's the case, then Zhao Tuo should stay in Chang'an."

"No, mother, Zhao Tuo should be sent back."

"Ok??"

Empress Lu was furious, and she scolded: "Shuzi! Is there any reason to let the tiger return to the mountain? He is just pretending, and the affairs of Nanyue are still in his hands!"

Liu Chang said calmly: "Mother Zhao Tuo did it in Nanyue, that's a great event that will last forever."

"He encouraged intermarriage in South Vietnam, carried out indoctrination, and turned the barbarians of South Vietnam into children of China. I didn't want to let him go because of his merits. favorable."

"If Zhao Tuo is not in Nanyue, Nanyue will gradually become a land of barbarians. As long as they are not the people of China, they will not return to the big Han anyway, and if Zhao Tuo goes back, Nanyue will completely become China sooner or later, not China. The barbarian Nanyue will naturally become a country of the Han Dynasty, and its people will also become the people of the Han Dynasty.”

"From a long-term perspective, Zhao Tuo's governance of Nanyue is not a bad thing. Although the country of Nanyue is large, its national strength is weak. The big Han is developing rapidly now, and the gap with Nanyue will only get bigger and bigger. Zhao Tuo is helping the big Han. To educate one side and govern South Vietnam for the great Han!"

"As for the governance of South Vietnam, who is more skilled than him?"

Empress Lu's face was a little dazed and her eyes were dull. She never imagined that one day, it would be this Shuzi's turn to lecture her.Empress Lu is concerned about the current big man's gains and losses, but this Shuzi is thinking about the situation in decades or even a hundred years from now.

But Empress Lu was suddenly very angry. She said angrily: "What do you know, Shuzi?! I have my own arrangements for the matter of Nanyue! It's not your turn to dictate!"

"Why doesn't my mother make sense?!"

"Then go and kill Zhao Tuo now! What's the use of killing?! Let Han Xin destroy Nanyue, and then wait for Mao Dun to loot Chang'an!!!"

The mother and son suddenly quarreled, Liu Chang blushed and stretched his neck like a fighting cock.

The valet around him hurriedly lowered their heads.

"What I said was right! Why didn't you listen to me?!"

"Yes, you are right, I was wrong, I was wrong! I raised you so much, but I was wrong! Now that you have grown up, go back to your Tang country!"

"Go back when you go back! I will never come to Jiaofangdian again! I will leave now!!"

The attendants thought silently: Can't the mother and son change their rhetoric?
When Liu Chang angrily returned to the Hall of Houde, Cao Shu hurried forward and asked in surprise, "What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

"Pack up! We'll go back to Tang Country now!"

"what?"

When Liu Chang told Cao Shu what happened in the Jiaofang Palace, Cao Shu laughed and shook her head, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, just listen to me."

"If in the future Liu An grows up and tells you the reason for fighting, and you find out that you are wrong and he is right, what will happen to you?"

"I'll be very happy! I'll reward him!"

Cao Shu stared into his eyes and asked with a smile, "Is that really the case?"

Liu Chang thought about it for a while, and suddenly felt guilty, "Cough, of course this child has grown up and is better than me, of course he should be happy."

"I think the king might beat An."

"Why?"

"Because An Ruo has grown to this stage, it will only make the king feel that he is old, not as good as before"

Liu Chang seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly calmed down, and Cao Shu said again: "Look, the queen mother was the one who brought you up like I raised An at the beginning. At that time, there was no one around her that she could rely on like the king. ."

"I'm going back"

Liu Chang said, looked at Liu An again, squeezed his face, and said loudly: "You can tell me your thoughts boldly in the future, I will never beat you!"

After speaking, he hurriedly left the Hall of Houde.

"Mother~~~"

When Liu Chang smirked and returned to the Jiaofang Palace, he was suddenly stunned.

He saw his grandmother sitting alone by the window, with a desolate expression and gray hair, and he suddenly realized that his grandmother was old.

"Mother."

Liu Chang obediently sat in front of Empress Lu, bowing his head, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have yelled at you"

Empress Lu just glanced at him, her face was as calm as ever, "You can't let Zhao Tuo go like this, you have to ask him to donate something to let him go back. Three levels, at least one level must be broken."

"Well, my mother is right."

The mother and son sat in the Jiaofang Hall, silent.

"Long. The matter of communicating with the King of Nanyue will be handed over to you."

Liu Chang nodded solemnly, "Mother, don't worry, you have entrusted me with such an important task, and I will not let you down."

"Well, in Chang'an, if you talk about looting, plundering, and plundering, no one can compare to you."

Liu Chang was about to humbly reply a few words, but he quickly recalled, "How could A-mother say that to me?!"

"I, Liu Changle, are kind and charitable, and I help the Quartet. I am a great benevolent person who is famous in Chang'an."

"Right, right, great man, hurry up and go."

Empress Lu waved her hand in disdain and drove Liu Chang out.

Liu Chang muttered something dissatisfied and walked out of the palace.

As soon as he walked out of the palace, Zhang Budo suddenly appeared in front of him with hot eyes, "Your Majesty! Some people say that the King of Nanyue is your mother and father, is this true?!"

Liu Chang slapped his hand away, "So what?"

"Aiya!! This is the king of God's help!! Why doesn't the king pretend to flatter Zhao Tuo and take the land of Nanyue?!"

"The king sits on the land of Tangyue, and then merges with Wu and Chu, and uses Jibei County to connect the Tang kingdom. In this way, the king is sitting on half of the country and can seal the land."

"Zhang Budo!! You rebel!!!"

Zhaoping screamed loudly.

"I don't have any other intentions. Now that the momentum is big, if Tang Guo's strength is not enough, how can we resist him?!"

"Zhang Sheren is right!"

Chao Cuo expressed his approval.

Liu Chang said angrily: "The widow is not a weak person like King Zhao. If the Huns come and I will block myself, why should I recognize the thief as my father?!"

The two did not dare to continue speaking, when they came to Zhao Tuo's residence.

Zhao Tuo was lying on the bed, and a follower was giving him acupuncture? ?
Liu Chang's eyes widened, looking at the thin needle behind Zhao Tuo, a little dazed.

Zhao Tuo said with a smile, "The one behind me is a military doctor who was with the army at the beginning. He is a disciple of the imperial physician Ling Xia Wuqi. He is very good at acupuncture and moxibustion. I felt a little sick today, so I asked him to treat me."

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and then shouted: "I heard about this person! I heard that when Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin, it was this person who threw out the medicine box and protected the King of Qin! It turned out to be his disciple, no wonder he understands this. This Xia Wuqi is a formidable person!"

The entourage was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said with a smile: "Thank you for your praise, I will tell the master what the king said truthfully!"

Liu Chang was taken aback and asked suspiciously, "Tell you master??"

"Your master isn't dead yet???"

The man's face darkened. If the man in front of him was not King Tang, he would have thrown out the medicine box in his hand.

"The tutor is still tough."

"He's in South Vietnam??"

"No, in Hanoi."

"Oh! The widow doesn't even know. How can such a famous doctor be reduced to the common people, and he has to go to Tang country!!"

Seeing that the king's old problem has been committed again, Luan Bu can't help clearing his throat, Liu Chang just remembered the business that he came here, and when he heard that Xia Wuqi was still alive, he almost forgot about the big event of taking advantage of the fire. That's it.

"Long, sit closer."

Zhao Tuo said with a smile, and Liu Chang also sat closer and said, "I'm here this time for matters in Nanyue."

"Oh?"

"My Tang country is currently going to fight against the Huns and South Vietnam. It will be harmful to our Tang country and not beneficial. I am willing to persuade the Queen Mother to save South Vietnam."

"Okay! That's a good thing!"

Zhao Tuo said happily, but he looked at Liu Chang's greedy eyes and asked, "Tell me, Shuzi, what do you want?"

"Cede the city."

"Okay, tell me, which city do you want?"

"You have to cede five counties to Tang Guo."

Zhao Tuo was taken aback, "But I only have four counties"

"Then cut four."

"Shuzi!! To cede all the city, is this called cutting the city and donating soil?! This mother called the whole country to surrender!!"

Zhao Tuo couldn't bear it any longer, and cursed loudly.

"Then three counties!"

"I cede three cities!"

"Two counties, plus 30 shi of grain, [-] strong people, and [-] armor shields."

"Five cities, [-] stone grains, and I don't have a shield in Nanyue. Hey! Shuzi! Come back to me!!!"

Looking at Liu Chang who was about to turn around and leave, Zhao Tuo was so angry that his teeth tickled.

"Hengpu Pass for you! Plus three cities and [-] shi of grain! Nanyue is willing to be a Han vassal from generation to generation, never change his mind, pay tribute every year, and allow the Han to send officials to govern Nanyue!"

"Oh, when officials enter South Vietnam, they can't get out, right?"

Zhao Tuo scolded: "How can I treat the officials of the big Han like this?"

"This kind of thing is left to me to play, so don't pretend, the official of the big man, but whoever enters my Tang Kingdom will not come out. Do you think I don't know your mind?"

The two bargained like this. After a long time, they settled on a "price" that only King Tang was barbaric, but Zhao Tuo said angrily: "But someone has to come to Nanyue to teach many techniques, and no prohibition is allowed!!"

"Of course, don't you still believe me? When I speak, I promise a thousand pieces of gold! Everyone in the world says that if you win the Tang Wang Yinuo, you will win a thousand pieces of gold!!"

Liu Chang said proudly.

Ji Bu's face twitched behind him, okay, you're the king, you say yes.

But seeing Liu Chang's promise, Zhao Tuo didn't quite believe it. He looked at Liu Chang suspiciously, and asked, "You will really keep your promise, right? You won't admit it if you take something, right?"

"Absolutely not! My grandfather swears! If I break my promise, my grandfather will die!"

"You bastard!!!"

Zhao Tuo laughed angrily.

"If you don't believe me, I can swear by my third brother!"

"Forget it, forget it, the old man believes it!"

ps: In the biography of Assassins in Shiji, Sima Qian said that the reason why he knew about Jing Ke's assassination of Qin in such detail was because Xia Wuqiu said it when he was chatting with Dong Zhongshu and the others. Damn, Dong Zhongshu, good guy, this is a must How long has it been?A hundred years old? ?In an era where people start calling themselves old men at the age of 30, wouldn't living to be a hundred years old really be regarded as gods? ?

Today I will start the online class of Luyuan, but I will definitely not stop updating! !

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