Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 243 The big man is a wise king everywhere
"Your Majesty!!"

The short and dark old man leaned over and bowed, while Liu Heng, who was standing in front of him, smiled and supported him, preventing him from saluting.

"You and I are both kings of the Han Dynasty, why is this?"

"If it weren't for the king, our country would be eliminated. The king can ignore us as savage and help me with all my strength, great kindness and great virtue, I will never forget it!"

The old man bowed again, and Liu Heng helped him up again, and said kindly: "Please don't do this, Your Majesty, I heard that Your Majesty is a descendant of the former King of Yue, and he was born directly from China, so how can he be a savage? Besides, in the eyes of the widow, Those who follow the style of China and have integrity are all the people of the great Han. If there is any difficulty, please let me know at any time."

At this moment, it was the King of Minyue who paid homage to Liu Heng. The King of Minyue was sandwiched between Nanyue and Wu. Because the land was barren, there was almost no population. At first, Liu Bang conferred the King of Minyue as a buffer zone with Nanyue, and the barbarians controlled the barbarians.

The King of Minyue wiped his tears and said seriously: "The king came here before, donated food and supplies, sent people to teach, and taught how to cultivate. All the ministers thought that you would take the opportunity to seize my throne, but after you quelled the bandits, you left without telling us, and we are very guilty."

"In this catastrophe, I failed to harvest any grains from Fujian and Yue, and I went to the temple. The temple was fighting with the Huns, and I had no time to consider that the king used Wu's food to relieve us."

The King of Minyue looked at Liu Heng with tears in his eyes, his face suddenly became very serious, and he said: "Your Majesty, this old man has no talent. It was only because of Emperor Gao's kindness that he became the King of Minyue, but under my governance, Minyue became the King of Minyue. It's all my fault that the people continue to suffer, and I am willing to sue the emperor, except the country of Fujian and Yue, it is the county of the king, and the king will govern it on his behalf!"

Liu Heng suddenly sullen and said angrily, "Could it be that the widow helped Minyue just to take away your throne?"

"The state of Wu and Minyue are brothers' states. The few people help each other because of the principles of benevolence and righteousness, not a conspiracy."

"If you say this again, the widow will never come to Minyue again!"

"Your Majesty!! This old man is a sincere request!"

"You don't need to say more, the widow can send officials to help you and make them obey your orders, but don't say such things again, the widow is not a person who is good, let alone a person who falls into trouble."

The King of Minyue was stunned. He looked at the young King of Wu in front of him, and he was speechless, while several ministers beside the King of Minyue stepped forward and said guiltily: "We blamed you earlier and persuaded the king to Beware of you. It's all our fault, please punish!"

Liu Heng laughed, "You are all making suggestions for your own king, what's wrong with this? The widow specially set up a banquet, please come to the banquet with the widow!"

Wu Guo also organized the banquet. Liu Heng sat in the upper seat, and the King of Minyue sat beside him. The King of Minyue wanted to sit down, but Liu Heng refused to hold his hand. The ministers were sitting on both sides, everyone laughed, the food was very simple, and there was not too much fish, Liu Heng explained: "Wu Guo and Min Yue are not rich, this is already the best thing that a widow can come up with. The food is over, please don't blame me."

After Wu Wang arrived in the Wu Kingdom, he lived frugally, always wearing the same set of clothes all day, not expanding the palace, and reducing the taxes of the common people. Everyone knows what Liu Heng is like, and no one feels offended. Eyes full of respect.

Liu Heng said with a smile: "This banquet is also a celebration for the widow's younger brother, King Tang. King Tang was in the north, and he defeated the Huns. He has captured countless Tang people and sold livestock. I heard that they were all captured from the Xiongnu. Soon, We can also have a large number of cattle, and when the time comes, the widows will also give some to Fujian and Yue.”

While Liu Chang was fighting the Huns in the north, Liu Heng was also fighting the South Vietnam in the south.

After a major battle, Liu Chang recaptured Henan from the Xiongnu, while Liu Heng won without a fight, and brought Minyue, who had been close to Nanyue, to his side.

At this moment, Chang Liu was sitting in the palace, scratching his head.

In front of the table, there are the performances of these days, piled up like a mountain.

Zhang Cang sat on the side, stroking his beard, waiting for Liu Chang to finish reading the list.

"Master, is this really necessary?"

"In the temple, you are in charge of government affairs, the royal mausoleum is in charge of officials, Gai Gong is in charge of the ceremony, Li Taiwei is in charge of the army, Zhu Jian is in charge of the investigation, Zhang Bu is in charge of the trial, Ji Bu is in charge of Jinyang, Luanbu is in charge of the palace, and Liu Guang is in charge of the clan. Feng Jingzhi Hu, Zhao Gong's financial management, and Chen Tao's workmanship are all people I trust and can entrust important matters."

"Liu Buha, who is in the standing army, has been with the widow for many years."

"Above the locality, Zhou Zao, Ren Ao, Zhang Xiangru, Sun Chi and these people are all loyal and upright people chosen by my mother."

"With these people to govern Tang, do you still need to do everything yourself?"

Don't look at Liu Chang's ignorance of state affairs, and leave major affairs to the ministers to do, but in fact, Liu Chang's control over the Tang state is still very strong, and important departments in the DPRK are all close to him. People are either invited by themselves, or they are bound by themselves.

Compared to some kings who can't even look down on their own prime ministers, Liu Chang's control is already very scary.This is also the key to why Liu Chang can be the boss of the hands-off. There are fierce people in the court to assist, these people are all trusted confidants, so why does he need to do this?

His sages are also distributed in various places at the moment, some are officials, some are orders, when they grow up, they can take over the class of these confidants at present, Liu Chang is not worried at all.

Hearing what Liu Chang said, Zhang Cang said, "Your Majesty is right, but we are all ministers of the Majesty after all. Your Majesty can trust the ministers, but he also needs to know the thoughts of the ministers and the behavior of the ministers. Your Majesty How to govern Tang State?"

"With the teacher here, are the widows still afraid that they will not be able to manage the Tang Kingdom?"

Zhang Cang shook his head and let out a long sigh.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how long you can help your Majesty when you are old."

"Don't say that. Earlier, the second brother and the second daughter were having fun together, and they were almost unable to walk. I heard that Master, you are not only entering two every day. But you are always so lively, widow. Not as brave as you, Master, tell the truth, do you have any unique skills? What do you eat on weekdays?"

"It doesn't matter what the ministers eat on weekdays! What matters is what the people of Tang eat!"

Zhang Cang scolded righteously: "You are the monarch, and the thing you should be concerned about is so that the people can have enough to eat and wear jackets! Now that after the war, the accumulation of the Tang country for many years has disappeared. It is precisely to restore the national strength with peace of mind. When developing people's livelihood, please put your mind on the family and the country!"

Liu Chang looked at the teacher in front of him helplessly, what you said was really nice.

"Of course it is to govern. The widow thought about it, and sent the frontier army to Shuofang County, where they would reclaim the land and build a city for the military settlement of the Hu people in the Xianbei Mountains, weren't they defeated by the Xiongnu? Let their clansmen settle down. In Shuofang County, encourage people to go to Shuofang and other places, there are a lot of good land here, which is very suitable for farming."

"This time against the Huns, I have gained a lot, and I can use a large number of livestock to exchange materials, grain, and farm tools with other countries."

"For the people in the country, let's exempt them from taxes for a period of time. Anyway, we are not ready to fight now. It's time for Shangfang to expand. I still have a lot of ideas here. Let Shangfang do his best to invent."

Liu Chang said a few thoughts of his own, but Zhang Cang just listened carefully without refuting.

Liu Chang added: "Governing the country, the most important thing is talents. There are too few Chinese studies at present. Let's build Chinese studies in various parts of Tang. Don't just get one, and cultivate more talents. Taixue should send a lot of them. The officials, let the Prime Minister meet them. There is also the course of Chinese studies, and the widow also decided to change it."

The master and the apprentice talked seriously about the next direction, Liu Chang said with a smile: "Master, I have to trouble you to take care of these things. In terms of war, no one in the Tang kingdom is my opponent. But when it comes to governing the country, there is probably no one in the whole world who can compare to you and my grandfather once said, if the king has to do everything by himself, what is the use of having ministers?"

"As a king, you may not know how to govern a country, but you must know how to appoint people who can govern a country!"

"You are such a genius!!"

"Your Majesty is right, but it's a bit too much for you to leave everything to me, but you have to go and play."

"Master, why don't you stay?"

"I'll let you out anyway, so I'll just stay in Tang country and let Guan Ying and the others go back."

In the hall of the Great Xuan Chamber, Liu Chang looked at Han Xin in front of him and said seriously.

"What am I doing in Tang Country?"

"Train the army, command the army!"

"The matter of training the army can be handed over to Li Zuoche, commanding the army, and the matter of going out to meet the enemy will not happen again in a short time."

Han Xin said calmly, "Let's go back to Chang'an in Taixue, so there is nothing to do."

"But I finally got you out, why are you going back?"

"It's the same everywhere."

Han Xin stood up and instructed: "The war between the two countries is not just with the generals, but also by their national strength. After I leave, don't always think about playing, and govern the country well. The affairs of the DPRK, If you leave it to the ministers to do it, if you don't interfere, it will be easy to cause chaos. Tang Kingdom can't stand a civil strife."

"Master. The standing army is in the hands of the widow. The courtiers are all my confidants. Who dares to make trouble? Who will make trouble?"

"Let's not say anything else, Zhang Xiang alone can manage the Tang Kingdom in an orderly manner. With him around, the Tang Kingdom will not be in chaos."

"You're not afraid, the Tang people only know Zhang Xiang, but don't know there is a king?"

"Uh, Zhang Xiang actually likes widows more than rebellion."

"I'm not saying he will rebel. I know you don't like government affairs, but you can leave it to the minister, but you have to let them know that you are clear about these things, otherwise, they will deceive you and deceive you."

"Even if your benefactors have different thoughts, how about there are so many ministers in Tang?"

Liu Chang grinned, "Master, do you know embroidery?"

"Ok?"

Han Xin left anyway. Guan Ying and other generals followed him away. Chang Liu personally said goodbye. After sending off the soldiers of the Northern Army, the rest of the generals also began to return.Li Zuoche was returning from Beidi County, and Zhou Bo was also preparing to return to Zhao State, but at this moment, a mysterious man in black came to Jinyang.

This man hid among his cronies and did not show his face, and came to the Tang Palace in secret.

Liu Chang stepped forward with a smile, "Brother!!"

The person who came was Liu Bi, the king of Yan.

According to the rules, princes and kings cannot leave their fiefs at will, let alone go to the palaces of other princes and princes, and Liu Bi, like Liu Chang, is not very disciplined. Liu Bi smiled and wanted to give it to Liu Chang. Saluting, Liu Chang helped him up, pulled him and sat down, "Brother, why did you come in person?"

"I still want to visit you"

"I came here specially to thank the king!"

Liu Bi said proudly: "In this battle, the State of Yan has achieved a lot. This is all because of the kindness of the king. The king lent me food, grass and weapons, and sent soldiers to help! Such kindness can only be thanked in person! "

It can be seen that Liu Bi is very happy. In this big battle, the State of Yan is the one who will not lose the most. The State of Tang has spent a lot of money and food, and paid a huge price. Even the Northern Army suffered heavy losses under the charge of Modun, but King Yan hardly had much contact with the enemy along the way.

Like Liu Chang, he defeated several tribes along the road, hollowed out the rear of the Xiongnu, and gained the support of Wuhuan and Fuyu people. The forces have returned to the peninsula area again, and they have captured a lot of baggage. They are true Yingma. .

And Liu Bi is also very clear in his heart that the reason why Yan Kingdom can achieve such a victory is because of Liu Chang. Liu Bi has always been very close to Liu Chang and despised other princes and kings. The two brothers sat together and ate meat. Drinking wine, they are talking about things on the battlefield.

Although Liu Bi is not as brave as Liu Chang, he can also be ranked second in the clan.

He can ride and shoot, and has courage. This time he went on an expedition, killing more than ten people, and he is considered a tiger general. At the same time, Liu Bi's political ability is also good. In his hands, the state of Yan is indeed many times better than that of Lu Wan. , the only thing missing is that some people can't listen to other people's persuasion.

Although Liu Chang is irritable, he can at least listen to the persuasion of others, although other people's persuasion will eventually turn into Tang Wang's own thoughts. But Liu Bi is completely irritable and ignores the thoughts of the ministers at all.

He came to Jinyang this time, not just to thank Liu Chang.

Liu Bi said earnestly: "Your Majesty. Now the Wuhuan and Fuyu people don't dare to be enemies of the Yan Kingdom. I want to send someone to recover the land of Liaodong! Outside Liaodong, it is the remnants of the Yan Kingdom."

"In the past, when Qin went on an expedition to the State of Yan, the State of Yan was destroyed, and Weiman, a native of Yan State, led more than a thousand people into Korea, occupied the city of Wangxian and became self-reliant, calling themselves kings. To be king?"

Liu Chang looked at him and asked, "Brother wants to recover the land outside Liaodong?"

"Correct!"

"It's just that my country in Tang is running out of food and grass, and my soldiers are tired, so I'm afraid I can't help you much."

"Your Majesty, I don't need His Majesty to send soldiers to help, and Yan Kingdom has enough food and grass. However, my Yan Kingdom has no generals. The few want to go out in person, but they have to deal with state affairs. Therefore, I want to invite Your Majesty. Can you lend me a general and regain the land of Liaodong!"

"Lending a general? Good! Tell me, who do you want to borrow?!"

"Zhou Bo!"

"Zhou Bo? Okay. The widow will go. Zhou Bo??"

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, "Brother!! Zhou Bo is the prime minister of Zhao State, not my subordinate. If you want to borrow him, you should go to King Zhao, but why are you looking for a widow?"

Liu Bi smiled and said: "Who knows, the world in the north is dominated by the king, and Yan Zhao is only the wing of the king!"

"Your Majesty can mobilize the soldiers of Zhao Kingdom and Yan Kingdom, and Zhao Wang and I are also willing to obey your orders. Your Majesty is the Lord of the North, and Zhao's generals are naturally your Majesty's generals!"

Liu Chang scratched his head, "Brother, I am also close to Ruyi, if he talks about borrowing it, he will definitely not be stingy, but Zhao State was beaten and the entire army was destroyed, and Zhou Bo was their prime minister. At this time, If the Prime Minister is taken away, what should Zhao Guo do?"

"Your Majesty, Zhou Bo is good at fighting, not political. I won't be difficult for Your Majesty. I'm not too close to King Zhao. If Your Majesty can fix a book for me, so that I can talk to King Zhao. For other things, I will Since I told Zhao Wangxu, I will not borrow his image in vain, I will make up for it."

"It's a good thing to open up the territory and expand the land. The widow will build a book for the elder brother, and the rest will depend on whether King Zhao is willing."

Liu Bi thanked him again and again, and gave the gift he carried to Liu Chang. Liu Bi completely regarded Liu Chang as the overlord of the princes and treated him like a small country serving a big king in the past, which made Liu Chang not know what to do. , although it is wrong to do so, but this feeling is not bad.

After Li Zuoche returned with his army, the war was finally over.

Tang State successfully recaptured Shuofang and Wuyuan counties, and made countless gains. Although the treasury was completely emptied, in general, the powerful enemy was severely damaged and a lot of supplies were brought back. It was a huge victory. King Tang He has long been dazzled by this huge victory, and he is complacent. When he sees people, he asks how his credit compares to that of the wise kings.

However, Liu Chang did begin to focus his energy on state affairs.

Instead of meddling in state affairs, he summoned the ministers, listened to their advice, and asked them how to govern the country next.

This is the first opportunity for the officials of the Tang Kingdom to show themselves in front of the king. Naturally, they will not miss it, and they will play it one after another. Everyone has different ideas, and some even conflict with each other. The "agriculturalism" advocated by Shang" and Wang Ling is another example of "control" advocated by Zhang Cang and "laissez-faire" advocated by Gai Gong.

The group of ministers said their own things, and the court proceedings soon became chaotic.

Liu Chang sat in the upper seat, waved his hand, and said, "No need to say more. In state affairs, just follow what Zhang Xiang said!"

When Gai Gong was about to speak, Liu Chang showed no mercy and shouted loudly: "It's right with the people's livelihood, but Tang is different from other vassal states, the few people have already decided, whoever dares to refute it will be dealt with without an edict!! !"

Gai Gong did not refute and closed his eyes.

Next, Liu Chang made a choice among many suggestions. He did not hesitate like Liu Ying. As long as he felt that what the other party said was reasonable, he made a decision and let the ministers do their best. , The court meeting ended quickly, Liu Chang sat in the upper seat, loudly talking about his decisions and arrangements, and the ministers took orders one after another.

Compared with the original chaotic court meeting in Chang'an, Jinyang's court meeting was normal and serious.

Liu Chang was in charge of major affairs and made decisions, and the ministers belonged to their own duties and responsibilities.

Such a king seems to be pretty good too?
(End of this chapter)