Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 245: The Most Dangerous Occupation in Tang Country, the Woodcutter
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The arrow flew past and nailed straight to the tree not far away.

The leopard was shocked, turned around and ran, Liu Chang rode after it, Liu Chang shot again and again, but the aim was not very good, Liu Chang couldn't hold his breath, and it was easy to shoot before aiming, which made him Liu Chang saw that he missed several times and the leopard was about to disappear into the bushes, so he couldn't help being furious. He jumped off the horse suddenly and faced Throwing the spear in his hand in the direction of the leopard.

With a howl, the leopard was directly nailed to the ground, jumped a few times, and then fell to the ground.

Liu Daxie stepped forward, kicked a few times, and cursed, "I'll make you run again!"

Only then did the soldiers catch up to the king, and they stood beside Liu Chang, "Your Majesty shoots...err... Your Majesty throws!"

Liu Chang raised his head and laughed, there are still ferocious beasts in various places nowadays, some of them can harm people, and some can harm domestic animals. There are few, but in some forests in Shangdang Taiyuan, there are often ferocious beasts to harm people.

And if these ferocious beasts attack domestic animals, they will often not accept them as soon as they are good. Instead, they will kill all the animals and take one of them away. Because of the long-term war against the Huns, the animal husbandry industry in Tang is very developed, and there are a large number of cattle. Sheep, horses, dolphins, chickens, etc. Every time Liu Chang likes to distribute the materials he harvests to the people everywhere, let them raise them.This is probably the reason why Tang people are warlike. Those who participated in the war can get the title, even the common people who did not participate in the war can also share the benefits.

Liu Chang won the hearts of the people in the Tang State. On the one hand, it was because of his own bravery, which was passed down word of mouth in the Tang State, and was infected with too much mystery. On the other hand, Liu Chang was good to the people, maybe not as good as King Zhao and King Wu. Because Liu Chang often conscripted corvees, built roads, built cities, and transported grain, but he was not in vain. If he worked for the king of Tang, he could eat meat.On the contrary, like King Zhao, King Zhao is very kind to the people, but the people of Zhao State still can't get enough to eat.

Liu Chang ordered the corpse to be put away, and asked proudly, "Is there any other memorial?"

The reason why Liu Chang came here to hunt was not on a whim, but because he received a report from the local area saying that there were beasts harming people, so he came to destroy the beasts. Luan Bu shook his head, "If there is no one, I will be killed by the king... Your Majesty Time to go back."

"My lord. If these beasts are killed excessively, then other animals will have no natural enemies, such as hares, which will harm the cultivated land."

Luan Bu persuaded, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it, the widow will know!"

"Has an envoy from King Zhao come?"

"Not yet."

Liu Chang rode on his steed and led the crowd towards the county seat. Luan Bu said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the King of Zhao helped the Tang Kingdom send troops earlier, and the casualties were heavy. More than [-] people died on the front line. We should compensate you." It is."

"The widow knows."

"This time Yan Kingdom is going to conquer Liaodong, and the temple is able to agree because of the king. I think that although King Yan is close to you, he is not compatible with other kings and has great ambitions."

"Why, do you think King Yan is planning to rebel?"

"That's not true. Although King Yan is arbitrary, he has never even sat in a six-wheeled chariot. He has never acted arbitrarily."

Liu Chang always felt that Luan Bu's words had other meanings.

"It's just that King Yan's military aggression is definitely not a good thing. When we meet, please wait a little longer. I think he has the idea of ​​forcing the king to take the throne. This is very dangerous. Zhang Buyi is just a court officer, so there is such a thing. I can't do much, but although King Yan's country is weak, it is still a party of princes."

"The widow knows! Don't worry!"

They chatted while they entered the city. Liu Chang didn't like being disturbed when hunting, so he dressed casually. Except for the local county magistrate, no one knew that he was the king. He went hunting everywhere, and he also liked to make up his identity. , Said that he was a descendant of Taiwei's family.

"Your Majesty, there is also the matter of Xia Wuqiu. I just sent a letter, saying that the temple has also heard the news, and sent someone to ask if I can copy Bian Que's book and send it to Chang'an."

"Hahaha, the sages in Chang'an were also duped? Could it be that even Chen Ping was duped?"

"It's Zhou Xiang."

"Hey, this old man, this old man is straight, you know, he is too honest."

Liu Chang got off his horse and came to a wine shop. He ordered some drinks from the beautiful woman selling wine, and then continued to talk to Luan Bu: "Tell them what I think of the widow, let the temple also learn, and train more doctors. Isn't this much better than tax collection? This temple is one step behind us in everything!"

Liu Chang said, looked at the beautiful woman in front of him again, and asked with a smile: "What a beautiful woman, why is she selling wine here alone?"

Luan Bu's face darkened, he turned his head away, not looking at the foolish gentleman.

The beautiful woman was also unrestrained, and said with a smile: "It's just because I haven't met a lover like Jun, so I'm alone."

"Oh? Where are you from?"

"It's the local Xiu! Don't go too far!"

As the beautiful woman spoke, she called out to her son in the distance. Liu Chang glanced at the child, who was less than ten years old, but looked familiar. Liu Chang asked with a smile, "Where is his father?"

The beautiful woman's expression suddenly became displeased, and she scolded: "Hmph, I'll just die."

"My first lover died on the battlefield, and later a nobleman came here. He deceived me, loved me for several months, and then disappeared. Then I had this child. Fortunately, he left some money so that I continue to run the house."

Liu Chang looked at the child, and asked suspiciously: "Is the person who lied to you very fair, a bit older, with a long beard, a tall figure, and always speaks righteously?"

The beautiful woman was shocked and asked, "Exactly, do you know him?"

"Okay. Really, hey, this man is nothing short of Luan Bu. Just tell this lady his address. How about this? Just follow me. I'll take you to find that man. Here business."

The beautiful woman hurriedly said: "I can leave the matter here to my younger brother. Where is he?"

"It's not far, it's in Jinyang!"

"Master!!"

When Liu Chang plunged into Zhang Cang's mansion, Luan Bu who was following behind Liu Chang was stunned.

Zhang Cang's mansion is always closed on weekdays, and it is not in a private house to handle any government affairs. Except for a few people, they basically don't know the situation in the mansion, and Luan Bu came here for the first time. When he followed the king When entering the mansion, there are singing and dancing everywhere, how should I put it, there are women everywhere.

Some are in groups of three or three, sitting together, chatting for some reason, and some are walking. If you look at it like this, you can’t count how many people are here, and someone will come to greet them soon. At first, Luan Bu thought they were servants, but from the conversation between the king and them, they were all Zhang Cang's sons.

Walking all the way towards the inner courtyard, all you can see are women.

Luan Bu couldn't count how many there were, anyway, it was definitely more than 100 people. As for the children, there were more. There were children running and playing in the courtyard, and they could learn Chinese culture here. And the beautiful woman Also following behind them, when Zhang Cang came to greet him in disheveled clothes, the beautiful woman stared at him and scolded: "Why did you betray me?!"

Zhang Cang raised his head, looked suspiciously at the woman in front of him, and the child beside her, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Go and rest, I will find you later."

The beautiful woman still wanted to talk, but seeing how extravagant the mansion was, she still felt timid. Under the leadership of Zhang Cang's son, she took the child and left here.

Zhang Cang asked Liu Chang to sit on the top seat, and he and Luan Bu sat beside him. Then he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, as a king, you should care about the affairs of your family and country. How can you always go out hunting and playing?"

"Master is afraid that I will bring someone back again?"

"It doesn't matter if the king goes out, every time he goes out, he will bring someone back to me. What's the reason for this?"

"Master still blames me?! I still want to ask you, why can I meet your old acquaintances wherever I go? Now that I am on the road, almost all the children I see look like you!"

Zhang Cang cleared his throat and said, "This is all my behavior when I was young. I was young and didn't understand the reason."

"What happened when I was young?? The widow just saw a woman holding a baby!"

"Hey, why did the king come to see the minister?"

"It's still a matter of farming. Master, you have delayed this matter for a long time. There should be a result, right?"

"Hurry is not enough."

Zhang Cang said calmly: "It's almost spring. At this time, a large number of people migrate to Shuofang and other places to reclaim the fields here. This must not keep up. We can only make plans after this year's autumn harvest. Before that, the minister will make all the preparations."

"Okay, I can wait for this matter, why don't you build a post house on the way to Shuofang?"

"Because I'm not sure how to build the city, so I can't do it yet."

Zhang Cang said calmly, this Prime Minister is good at everything, but he likes to be lazy. As long as Liu Chang doesn't force him, he will never be in a hurry. Liu Chang even felt that if he had come to Tang State ten years earlier, Indefinitely, the strength of the Tang State is already ten times what it is now.

Liu Chang said solemnly with a straight face: "The widow is what the widow wants to see the results. If Zhang Xiang does not let the widow see the results, the widow will build a mansion for you and let you live alone in that mansion." Work inside, don’t go out in October!!”

"Your Majesty, I will definitely do a good job."

Liu Chang ordered a few more words, and then said seriously: "Master, you are merciful, you have never forced it, and it is not easy for the widow to say anything, but you can leave when you can't enter. Such behavior is really nothing. A man who bears a son but refuses to raise it will be punished by God!"

"The minister takes orders!"

Only then did Liu Chang turn around and leave. After they came out, Luan Bu asked suspiciously, "How many concubines does Prime Minister Zhang have?"

"There are more than a hundred people on the surface, but I don't know how many there are in various places."

"And how many children does he have?"

"How do I know, I guess he doesn't even know!"

Luan Bu shook his head, "Master Zhang has the reputation of being a great Confucian. No wonder he was imprisoned many times before."

Liu Chang said with emotion: "Zhang Cang came to the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty ruled the country, he saved nearly a million people with many policies, and made great achievements, but he was always merciful, and once the other party became pregnant, he would not get close again. If Zhang Xiang can manage himself well, maybe his reputation will not be lower than that of Xiao Xiang, so why not."

The two returned to the palace, but Zhang Buyi was already waiting at the gate of the palace.

"Your Majesty!"

Liu Chang asked him to follow, entered the palace, and told everyone to leave, only Zhang Buyi was left alone. Zhang Buyi took out the watch, put it in front of Liu Chang, and said seriously: "My lord, you are not here. During this period of time, I have arrested several traitors, these are cases sent from various places, and they have all been handled."

Zhang Buyi explained to Liu Chang that if this fellow is not rebellious, he is capable of doing things well. He always has unlimited energy. Contrary to Zhang Cang, he is eager to establish fame, busy with state affairs, and acts decisively regardless of personal interests. , is indeed a capable minister.

"This is much better than before. Most of the people in the Tang Kingdom are vicious, and there are often people who kill people for trivial things. Nowadays, murders and other things are less and less, and theft is almost non-existent. Most of the cases are related to commerce. Shoddy goods, there are those who favor money." In the words of later generations, criminal crimes are decreasing, while crimes such as commercial fraud are constantly increasing.

Liu Chang nodded seriously.

Zhang Buyi then said: "Embroidered clothes will be rewarded."

He took out the memorial table again, this time it was not a case, but something about the ministers. The embroidered clothes of the Tang State are currently in charge of Zhang Buyi, who is the eyes and ears of the Tang King and monitors the officials. Zhang Buyi served as Ting Wei because Zhang Buyi was a loyal person, a rare great loyalty in Datang, and he was worthy of trust!

"Your Majesty, these are all traitors. They dare to criticize His Majesty in private, and say that His Majesty is in a hurry to build roads and cities, and he doesn't care about the power of the people. A treacherous minister like this should be killed. And these, these are all loyal men , These few even want to jointly write a letter to persuade the king to build a grand palace in Jinyang, feeling that the current palace is not worthy of the king."

Liu Chang hesitated for a moment, should the traitor and Zhongliang switch positions?
"No doubt, if you want to accuse the widow of doing something wrong, how can you be a traitor? If you want to write a letter to let the widow build a palace, is it Zhongliang?"

"Don't look at their attitude towards the widows, but look more at whether they do evil in private, whether they oppress the people"

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"By the way, Your Majesty, the censor Zou Liang impeached Tingwei, saying that the criminal law formulated by Tingwei is more serious than that stipulated by the temple, and that the king set his own rules, despised the temple, and placed corporal punishment as the most important thing, and could not practice benevolence and righteousness."

"Oh? Where is he now?"

"In Tingwei's prison."

"Nonsense!! Someone said a few words to you, and you threw him into the prison?"

"It's not a problem for him to impeach the Ting Wei, but he slandered the king, and I will never forgive him lightly!"

"Hurry up and let people out!"

"only!"

Liu Chang rubbed his chin, "What they said is right. Tang's criminal law is indeed stricter than other places, but there is no way around it. The people of our Tang country have always been brave and aggressive. If we don't use severe punishment to suppress them, what should we do? It's also a private fight, if there is one case in Chang'an, there can be a hundred cases in Tang Dynasty .”

"Your Majesty is wise! It's true!"

"No doubt, you have handled other things well, but...you can't arrest people randomly. I see you, you are more and more like Xuanyi!"

"Earlier Mrs. Fan complained to me, saying that when he went home to rest, he drove back in the car and was taken away by you and locked up for three days."

Zhang Buyi said seriously: "Your Majesty, as a Tingwei, if you can't strictly enforce the law, you won't be able to convince the public."

"Oh? The widow's no doubt has finally become a generation of virtuous officials! However, next time you encounter something like Zou Liang, don't arrest him directly!"

"Your Majesty, I also act according to the law. If he writes to the King and speaks outright, I will not arrest him, but if he speaks like this to others, then it will not work."

Liu Chang was surprised to find that his anti-bone has matured a lot. If this continues, maybe he can really take over the banner of Liuhou. minister.

Liu Chang said happily: "The ministers follow their lords. With such a wise king as the widow, the ministers can also become wise ministers!"

While the two were talking, Xia Wuqie sent someone to report that he had summoned a group of great doctors and sages to visit the king.

Liu Chang had a lot to do during this time. Previously, the King of Yan wanted to borrow Zhou Bo, and then he wrote to the temple, requesting to crusade against the Hu people. Chang'an agreed to him, and asked the King of Tang to take charge of this matter. Let's decide together, therefore, Liu Chang still needs to meet with the two great kings to discuss sending troops and sharing the loot.King Tang is not something that can be sent away at [-] or [-]. Although the soldiers are sent by Yan State, they will be sent by Zhao State, but Tang State still has to take the lead.

Who doesn't know that the elder has the final say on this northern land.

Apart from this matter, there is also the matter of doctors.Xia Wuju deceived those doctors to Tang Dynasty by using the famous doctor who visited Bian Que's medical books.

There is still no news from King Zhao, and several of his state ministers have become shared state ministers. Liu Chang developed the idea of ​​​​governing the country by begging, while Ruyi developed a concept of governing the country by borrowing the state. Don’t look at him before. The entire army of soldiers was wiped out, but the aid of Tang State was quite a lot. After defeating the enemy, Liu Chang sent [-] livestock to Zhao State at one time, as well as ironware, farm tools and other materials, although these were not worth it. Taking human life, at least it can keep other Zhao people alive.

What's more, this time Yan Guo only wants generals, not soldiers.

However, it is better to see these doctors first.

Soon, Xia Wuqie brought these people in. When they entered the palace, they didn't realize the seriousness of the problem. They rushed to meet King Tang. Liu Chang looked at these people and smiled. Said: "You guys can come to the Tang country to serve the widow, the widow is really happy, come here! Reward!"

Hearing Liu Chang's words, the faces of several doctors changed drastically.

One of the doctors said loudly: "I'm not very knowledgeable, and I came here this time only to study, I don't have any skills to assist Your Majesty!"

"Hahaha, those who can come here are all famous doctors in the world, why are you so humble?"

"I am in the local area, helping the poor people. My medical skills can only cure the diseases of the heads of Guizhou, but not the princes!"

The man's attitude was very firm, and his eyes were full of disdain for the princes.

"The widow didn't let you rule the princes!"

"Besides, since we've arrived in Tang, there's no reason to leave."

"If you refuse, I... I will kill the woodcutter near Jinyang to vent my anger!!"

Chunyu Yi looked at the tyrant in front of him blankly, what the hell is this about the woodcutter? ? ?

ps: I searched for a long time, but I didn’t find any relevant information about the doctor’s family. I blamed me for not listening to the lectures and writing books. I’m sorry for the lack of prescriptions for books. By the way, today’s average order has broken through to [-], which is scary I jumped, thanking all the sages for their strong support, don't worry, Father Zhong will never be overwhelmed by this achievement.

(End of this chapter)