Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 269 What a strong man!
Liu Chang happily sits with his former sweethearts. Compared to getting along with those ministers, Liu Chang still misses the time he spent with his sweethearts. Those days were really pleasant. All the responsibilities are assigned to the ministers, but Liu Chang still has to keep an eye on the situation in various places and the movements of the ministers, which is not really free and happy.

It is also rare for the Scholars to get together and chat about the past excitedly.

"Zhang Budo! Don't talk about it, it's your majesty, the present majesty, only the emperor and the empress dowager! You are hurting the reputation of the king by yelling like this!"

As soon as Zhao Ping arrived, he started a group and pointed the finger at Zhang Budo.

Zhang Budo did not hide it, but said proudly, "Your Majesty is the only one!"

If you don't look at his blue nose and swollen face, these words are very imposing. Although Ji Bu is old, Zhang Budo can't beat him.

Regarding Liu Chang's rebellion, Shiren had their own opinions.

Zhao Ping was very helpless, "Your Majesty, how can you say it is the opposite?"

"That's right, at least tell the minister, you are not ready if the minister is not ready."

Zhang Budo followed.

Zhaoping glared at him and scolded: "It's all because someone like you came to confuse the king, and the king did such a thing!"

Comparing these two people, Jibu will be much calmer, as if he had expected it long ago, "Your Majesty is forced to do it. You can't blame Your Majesty for this matter. The dispute between the temple and the temple is very urgent. Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, the kings and the temple, If things go on like this among the ministers, sooner or later there will be chaos, and now that the king is in power, these things won't make any waves."

"Zhao Gong, you should know this. If nothing else, it is the battle between the queen mother and the ministers. If the king does not take action, what will happen in the future? Maybe the southern army and the northern army will fight, and then the princes will raise their troops and finally get it. A world that has a chance to breathe will be plunged into turmoil immediately.”

Ji Bu's few words left Zhaoping speechless, he nodded and acknowledged Ji Bu's words, but he didn't think treason was the best solution, he said with emotion: "I'm afraid Future generations will not know about these things, the king should bear a lot of notoriety."

Liu Changquan didn't care, he said with a smile, "It's okay, when the widow is about to die, I will burn all the books that recorded these things, find a cowardly Taishi Ling, and let him record it according to what the widow said. All right!"

Luan Bu raised his head and let out a long sigh. Why did I send the letter in the first place?
"Your Majesty is going to burn the book, why don't you bury a few alchemists to add to the fun?"

Zhaoping yin and yang sarcastically said.

In terms of yin and yang strangeness, it also depends on Tang Wang's benevolent groups, all of which are direct descendants of the yin and yang family.

Liu Changda laughed, "The widow just happened to know a few alchemists, and he was busy all day offering something auspicious to the widow. In Chang'an, he fought with his uncle Sun Tong, and his head was broken. The widow couldn't help but watch it. Now, Shusuntong's head has been wrapped around several times."

"Are you really hitting?"

"Yeah, when Uncle Suntong couldn't talk about Liu Jing during the court meeting, he couldn't beat him, so he bit him hard. Sometimes, the widows couldn't tell whether they were ministers or Ruyi, anyway, it was a lot of trouble. Great, the widowers ignore them and let them make trouble, the one named Gongsun Chen is on the verge of five virtues, and Zhang Xiang is gone, you should really see Zhang Xiang arguing!"

"Since Zhang Xiang is gone, isn't Gongsun Chen going to lose more thoroughly?"

"No, this person Zhang Xiang, although when talking to widows, he is joking, eloquent and eloquent, and deceives them around, but when he encounters someone like Gongsun Chen, he can't say it at all. He was reprimanded and his face turned red."

"what?"

A few people were surprised, Luan Bu said: "Then this alchemist named Gongsun Chen is very eloquent!"

"It's pretty good, so the widow didn't meet and talk to him at all, for fear of being deceived by him!"

Zhaoping said with emotion: "Zhang Xiang was actually speechless by an alchemist, Zhang Xiang was wronged."

"He's been wronged by a fart. Speaking of this matter, the widow is full of anger. He can't talk about Gongsun Chen, so he hooked up with his wife. If the widow sent embroidered clothes to stare at Gongsun Chen, the widow I don't know that Gongsun Chen is still proud to say that Zhang Xiang is nothing more than that. Widows feel sorry for Zhang Xiang's actions when they see him. It is really a villain's act! It's too deceiving, and one day he was stabbed by Gongsun Chen with a sword. , no one is surprised."

A few of them were dumbfounded.

Luan Bu raised his head and sighed again, how could I have such a person from Confucianism?
Liu Chang did not regard Shiren as an outsider, and in the face of these absolute confidants, he could feel at ease complaining about the things in the temple.

"That's all for Zhang Xiang, the rest of the ministers are not reassuring, Zhou Chang is too upright and stubborn, he is not able to communicate normally at all, or he is a few people who ask him to improve the matter of exchanging food for rank as soon as possible. , In the end, he really didn't eat or drink, worked day and night, and passed out on the fourth day. The frightened widow hurried to visit and told him not to be in such a hurry."

"The widow was almost on the verge of killing the old minister, and now the widow doesn't dare to say anything about Kuai Che, I'm afraid this old man will really throw people into the cauldron!"

"I don't know where my father found such a gentleman."

"Chen Ping is not bad, he has helped the widow a lot, but he is only in charge of affairs, no matter who, the subordinate officials in the young mansion are going to fight, and he can eat tea leisurely. Sometimes, the widow is a I really want to find a bucket of tea and put it in his mouth!"

"Chao Cuo and another descendant with the surname Yuan, arguing so badly."

"After the death of Xiang Xiang, there are not many reliable ministers left in the Manchu Dynasty. Fortunately, my brothers are more reliable except Ruyi."

The topic gradually came to the princes and kings. Luan Bu suddenly remembered something, frowned, and said, "Your Majesty, I think you should go to Jibei County and meet the King of Qi."

Liu Chang's face froze, "Isn't it saying that eldest brother has recovered a lot?"

"King Qi has nothing to do with the state of Qi."

Hearing that the eldest brother was fine, Liu Chang breathed a sigh of relief, "What's wrong with Qi Guoneng?"

With a cold face, Luan Bu said unceremoniously, "Your Majesty's You Zixiang does not look like a king. Since King Qi became seriously ill, the state of Qi has become more and more wrong. Tang state went to merchants in the state of Qi. They are all complaining that the soldiers of Qi State embarrassed them, asking them for money, and looting merchants. Most of the iron tools lent to Qi State were inexplicably lost after they were delivered to Qi State. This is because King Qi was sick. It started after the heavy lifting, and I think this is what Liu Xiang did."

"What Liu Xiang did?? This is impossible!"

Liu Chang frowned, "The widow knows him very well, this Shuzi is far inferior to his younger brother by looking ahead and looking after things, but he is definitely not someone who can do such a thing."

"If it wasn't for him, then there would be a problem with the prime minister."

"Who is the prime minister of Qi State?"

"Cao Cheng."

"Ok??"

"How can he be the prime minister?"

"Because he has two sisters?"

Liu Chang scratched his head. He also knew Cao Cheng's character. This man was relatively honest, not like his grandfather, nor did he look like someone who could do such a thing.However, Luan Bu said seriously: "I also told King Qi about this, and King Qi also felt that it was impossible to be a great king. If it wasn't for King Qi, there would definitely be traitors around King Qi. If he didn't get rid of this person, I would be afraid of the state of Qi. Sooner or later there will be a big mess."

"Well, the widow went to Jibei County. In all these years, the widow has not been to Jibei, to see the big brother, and then go to Qi to see what is going on."

After Liu Chang made a decision, he skipped the matter and complained to the Shiren again.

The crowd sat until very late and then left.

The next day, Liu Chang only brought Luan Bu, and let the rest of the people go back to Tang first. Everyone except Zhang Budo obeyed Liu Chang's decision, and Zhang Budo wanted to follow him. , Liu Chang smiled and asked, "Are you really going with me this time by boat?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhang Budo knew why the king left him. After hesitating for a long time, Zhang Budo decided to go back to Tang and wait for the arrival of the king.

When Liu Chang parted, he instructed them: "Be prepared when you go back, and tell the captain that the big man is short of food again! After the widowers go back, you can borrow some food from the neighbors to tide over the difficulties!"

Jibei County, as a county in the Tang Dynasty, has undergone significant changes after integrating the local Qi style.

Here, you can often see scribes dressed in barbarian clothes, wearing Qi swords, and speaking the Analects in a Hu language accent, which is very inconsistent. In the eyes of Qi people outside Jibei, this It is simply nondescript, Jibei has become a land of barbarians!
As the intermediate station of the Tang Dynasty's trade with the South, the commercial activities here are very prosperous, and there are many people coming and going. In addition to the free entry and exit order issued by Liu Chang recently, the flow of people here has reached a terrifying level. In ancient times, Yan Zi of Qi State went to Chu State, and faced with the questioning of the King of Chu, he once said: "The three hundred lugs of Linzi in Qi, Zhang's robes become yin, sweat turns into rain, and they will follow shoulder to shoulder."

These words may have been exaggerated at the time, but it is more appropriate to describe Jibei County today.

In order not to affect the business activities here, Liu Chang did not engage in the exaggerated honor guards, and he wore very simple clothes, which were just brocade clothes made of gold and silver.

This is already very simple for the king. After all, ordinary kings can't wait to stick the Mianfu to his body and don't want to take it off.

In these years, many people have traveled from Jibei to other areas of Tang State, and many people have also come from other areas to reach Jibei.Therefore, the scene of Hu and Han living together came into being. In addition to the strong academic atmosphere that existed here, many Hu people from outside the Great Wall began to cite scriptures, and they had to pull out a few allusions to sell something, pretending that they were very There is culture.

All of this is really too much for Liu Chang's taste!
At this moment, Liu Chang stood in front of a merchant and started an unprecedented debate.

"You don't have to worry, I definitely won't sell you fakes, it's all brought from Yunzhong. Let's take a look at this one. The jade on top is all from the Western Regions. I heard that, Tao Zhugong once said: Business is based on trust. We do business with integrity. You can buy it now, and I can give you one."

Liu Chang replied proudly: "I heard that if you want to take it, you must first show such earnestness to you, it really makes me uneasy!"

When Hu Shang saw Liu Chang's words, his eyes lit up, "You are also a learned person! I heard that when Shang Yang enacted legislation, Zeng Limu believed it."

Immediately, the two began to tell all kinds of allusions, and the topic had left the scope of selling things, and gradually turned into a philosophical proposition of trust and doubt.

The two seem to be reincarnated as a great scholar, and regardless of whether the allusions are suitable or not, they can be used as they are. It can't be said that they are closely related to the theme, and they can only be said to be irrelevant.

The two battled each other equally, and they met late, regardless of whether they were superior or inferior. After that, they even learned from Uncle Sun Tong and began to make up allusions.

Looking at the classic debate between the pair of "Guan Zhongleyi" in front of him, Luan Bu's expression was extremely complicated.

"I'm out of the money. Patriarch, let's go back and we have something to do!"

Liu Chang reluctantly glanced at the merchants, and could only end this extraordinary debate, "Farewell, we will fight again later!"

Walking on the road, Liu Chang couldn't help but say to Luan Bu, "The people here are all learned people. Even the merchants can tell so many allusions."

"My lord, alas."

Luan Bu shook his head. There are many scholars in Qi. This is true. Maybe it is because of the saints or because of the school. There are quite a lot of scholars here. When the Mo family came to Qi, they could Being assimilated by them, he became a "questioner" who could only speak and debate, and completely lost his mechanical abilities.

But the king insisted that the half illiterate just now was a learned man, then Luan Bu would not agree.

Liu Chang studied with several great sages one after another, but, because of his inability to sit still, he didn't learn anything at all. It's no problem to deal with the performance, write letters, and know a lot of history. Some allusions, you can study classics, delve into uncommon words, and talk about past academic thoughts and theories, it is really difficult to be a king.

Among all the princes and kings, only the kings of Chu and Wu have the highest level of education. They can sit and debate the classics with the great sages who have defected to them, without falling behind. Better, after all, I didn't skip so many classes, and I didn't dare to wander the sky during class.

To say that he is a re-biography of Xunzi and Zhang Cang's disciple at this level is indeed a bit of an insult to Confucianism.

However, considering what Zhang Cang did, in terms of character, the two were in the same line.

The disciples taught by Xunzi all have abilities, but each has its own flaws, and these flaws are quite big.

This is the first time for Liu Chang to come here. He looks around curiously all the way, and runs away from time to time. Fortunately, Luan Bu's old craftsmanship has not been lost. He follows Liu Chang closely and does not give him a chance to escape. .The situation in Jibei County is the ideal society in Liu Chang's mind, with a relaxed social atmosphere, prosperous streets, and casual crowds.

When Liu Chang came to the county governor's mansion, it was already night.

Dong Chi came to greet him respectfully.

"Hahaha, long time no see, Jun Wuyang?!"

"Your Majesty, I'm fine!"

Dong Chi said hurriedly, and Liu Chang held his hand kindly. He managed Jibei County very well, far exceeding Liu Chang's expectations. Liu Chang talked to him for a long time, and then let him go back to rest. Tomorrow, he has to see his big brother.

When Liu Chang smiled and walked into the inner room, Liu Fei also knew the news that Liu Chang was coming and was waiting for him.

"Big brother!"

Seeing his gray-haired, aging elder brother, Liu Chang lost his mind for a moment. In just a few years, Liu Fei completed his transition from middle age to old age, probably because he had too many sons. Getting old is a bit fast, after all, not everyone can be like Zhang Cang.

Liu Chang sat in front of Liu Fei, and Liu Fei had to look up to see his face.

Liu Fei smiled very kindly, he stroked Liu Chang's face lightly, "Yes, I've grown a lot stronger."

Immediately, he hurriedly asked: "You are not dealing with important matters in the temple, why did you come here? What about the affairs in the temple? How can you abolish the public for personal reasons?"

"Big brother, it's okay, when I went out, I already ordered the prince to supervise the country!"

"Ah?? An Cai is so little, you let him come to supervise the country?"

"Oh, it's not An, it's the second brother"

"You bastard!"

Liu Fei couldn't help laughing. In front of Liu Fei, Liu Chang was still very well-behaved, with his head down and a smirk all over his face. Liu Fei looked at this promising younger brother, but just shook his head, full of distress. , "Oh, I've suffered you, I've suffered you, my brother has dragged you down."

"Why did eldest brother say this? Big bro can't drag me down. As far as eldest brother's body is concerned, it's fine for me to drag on ten!"

"Sharp teeth and sharp mouths!"

"Eldest brother, is the situation at home okay?"

"Everything's going well at home. The second brother misses you very much. He originally wanted to visit the eldest brother."

The brothers chatted for a long time, Liu Fei was breathing slowly, and his health was very bad, which is why he stayed in Jibei all the time. It wasn't that Chang Liu sent someone to stop him. I was afraid that the elder brother was long gone, so Chang Chang asked him to rest first, and then retire.

After leaving the mansion, Luan Bu was waiting for him.

"Your Majesty, have you ever asked about the state of Qi?"

"No. Didn't you already ask before, I won't ask, let eldest brother cultivate with peace of mind."

"That"

"The widow personally went to the state of Qi to see what Liu Xiang's Shuzi made. You heard it just now. I can hear their complaints when I buy things everywhere. The situation is getting worse and worse than you know. If it is serious, I want to see, what kind of idiot dares to attack me Tang people.

Liu Chang was very angry. The eldest brother only cultivated for a few months, and Qi has become like this. He dared to take action against Tang's merchants and deduct the materials that Tang lent to Qi. Liu Chang was most disgusted with such moths in his life. .

The next day, Liu Chang casually made up a nonsense to say goodbye to Liu Fei, so he brought Luan Bu and found a group of soldiers who pretended to be merchants and went to Qi.

Sure enough, but soon after they arrived at Qidi, they were blocked by a group of people.

The leader was an official, riding a steed, with an arrogant face. There were many people around him, who were checking the merchants who came and went. The official soon saw Liu Chang in the crowd. He looked up and down for a while, and couldn't help but praise. : "What a strong man!"

"That strong man! If you are willing to follow me and be my guest, I can buy all your supplies!"

(End of this chapter)