Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 273 Why Not Eat Minced Meat

With so many things happening in Qidi, Liu Chang suddenly had no intention of going anywhere else.

What happened here gave Liu Chang a lot of ideas, such as how to strengthen the current supervision agencies and so on.

Liu Chang temporarily asked Wei Bao to be in charge of all affairs of Qi, but when the new minister came, he left Qi with Luan Bu.

The boat moved forward slowly, Liu Chang stood at the front with his hips on his hips, the wind kept blowing his clothes, Luan Bu stood not far away, looking at the slightly lonely back of the king, he couldn't help shaking his head, he knew The king made a very important choice. As he said, among the elder brothers in the world and his own elder brother, he chose the former.For Liu Chang, a person who puts his family first, such a decision is really painful.

Luan Bu looked at his king, who had been standing on the bow for a long time.

He had never seen the King look so depressed.

Luan Bu thought for a moment, but he still walked to Liu Chang's side, stood behind him, and looked at the rushing river in the distance. The wind blowing in front of him was so refreshing. At that moment, the boat was divided into two halves, and slid from both sides. Occasionally, a "flying fish" could be seen jumping up in the distance, and then quickly dived into the water. Liu Chang pondered and looked at the water in the distance.

"Luan Bu"

Liu Chang exclaimed softly.

"Your Majesty?"

"Isn't the widow standing here very beautiful? If the wind was stronger, the clothes couldn't blow up."

"The king is standing here just because he looks good?"

"Otherwise? You just said, how was the posture just now?"

"very nice!"

Liu Chang grinned contentedly, "In other words, the widow can afford this dress, and the widow looks good in anything! Earlier, they praised me for my beauty, but I mistakenly thought they loved me, were afraid of me, and asked for something. I, it seems today, the widows are indeed very beautiful, and they are not lying!"

"This"

Luan Bu didn't know what to say for a while. Is now the time to talk about beauty?

"The matter of Qi country, the widow has already thought about it."

"The widow came up with a person and asked him to be the prime minister of Qi."

"Who?"

"Zhang Budo!"

"Your Majesty is impossible!!"

Luan Bu's eyes widened, and he hurriedly said, "Although Zhang Budo is a capable minister, he is not suitable for today's state of Qi. In the turmoil in the state of Qi, it is necessary to arrange a stable person to appease everyone. Zhang Budo goes, how can Zhang Budo appease everyone?"

"Well, it makes sense. The state of Qi is so big. If he is the prime minister of the state of Qi, what will he do if he rebels?"

Liu Chang stroked his chin and suddenly asked, "How about letting Ruyi lend Zhou Bo to Qi for use?"

"That's not enough, my lord, Zhao also needs a prime minister! Zhou Bo went to Qi, what about Zhao?"

"This won't work either, that won't work either, or you can go back and be the prime minister!"

Hearing Liu Chang's complaint, Luan Bu pondered for a moment, "I have a choice, how about Ji Bu?"

"Jibu"

Liu Chang frowned and pondered for a long time, "It's okay for him, then let Jibu go!"

Luan Bu wiped his forehead, fortunately, the king dispelled the crazy idea and let Zhang Budo be the prime minister?Isn't this the behavior of letting rats guard the granary?He is the talent of a county that Liuhou himself said, and he can also be the prefect of a county. No matter how old he is, he should rebel.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you asked Prince Qi Liu Zhang to be in charge of embroidering clothes. Now that so many things have happened in Qi, is he right?"

"He is much smarter than his elder brother. Besides, Si Jun is not his uncle, so it's fine!"

Liu Chang also said: "There are still too few people around the widow who can use it, and the whole big man is also the same. We still have to find a way to cultivate more scholars. In this world, there are not many people like widow who are born to know, after all, we are here. Qidi arrested six county magistrates, four surnamed Si, is this still good?"

"The reason why they can become officials is because their grandfather can let them read. We have to let other people can read."

The two chatted, and Luan Bu never mentioned about King Qi again. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that King Qi couldn't resist for too long, and King Qi didn't want to see anyone for some reason. Even if Liu Chang rushed in to find him, he He just shook his head silently.Liu Chang left, perhaps, he was already prepared to lose his big brother, and this preparation was made when he ordered to kill Si Jun.

When the ship docked in Shangdang County, it was still old acquaintances who came to greet him.

After learning about the state of Qi, Tang Guo and Shang were already ready to send troops. As long as Liu Chang gave an order, they immediately went to Jibei and pacified the entire Qi country.The person who greeted Liu Chang here was the important minister of Tang State headed by Li Zuoche. Except for Wang Ling, Zhu Jian and other people who did not come, the rest of the important officials were even Jitong, the prefect who set bait to hang Tang King. have come.

Liu Chang got off the boat with a smile, walked quickly to the front of the ministers, and greeted them.

"Hahaha, the widow did not expect that the captain would actually come to the party to welcome the widow!"

Liu Chang said with a smile, and Li Zuoche said seriously: "If the king does not come back, the minister will have to go to the state of Qi to welcome the king."

"Hey, to rectify a country of Qi, there is no need for the Taiwei to come forward, and only one person can tidy up Qi!"

Liu Chang said, and then greeted Gai Gong with a smile.

Gai Gong looked a little old again, with silver hair all over his head, leaning on a cane, like a fairy, seeing Liu Chang, he was a little annoyed, "I heard that when the king dealt with the decree, he repeatedly said the law of Huang Lao. It's not enough to rejuvenate the country, why is this?"

"Ah? The widow is your disciple, how could you say such a thing?"

"This is really what Zhang Xiang said!"

Liu Chang said confidently.

"Master, the first decree I issued is to let the people come and go freely, and no longer show the biography. Isn't this the foundation of our Huang Lao?"

Hearing Liu Chang's words, Gai Gong's face improved a lot, and he scolded angrily: "Zhang Cang, this guy is too deceiving! He has insulted me Huang Lao several times, but he always uses my Huang Lao to govern the country. If he is a Confucian, doesn’t he have his own strategy for governing the country? Next time I see him, I will teach him a good lesson!”

At this moment, Gai Gong has become more and more like a child, prone to anger and chattering. He no longer holds an official position, and concentrates on studying academics and teaching his disciples, and Liu Chang is also coaxing him with a smile, "Yes, I must teach him a good lesson. That's right! What kind of thing is Confucianism, how do you know how to govern a country?"

And Luan Bu, who was standing not far away, raised his head again.

Liu Chang supported Gai Gong, followed by the ministers, and walked towards the nearest county town. When he arrived at the place, Liu Chang asked people to take Gai Gong to rest first, while he discussed important matters with the ministers.

"Jibu, how has Wangling been recently?"

"The king still often reprimands us, opposes many policies of Zhang Xiang, and complains that the behavior of the king can be left behind by Zhang Xiang.

Liu Chang couldn't help laughing. He knew that Wang Ling hated himself very much, and he hated Tang country. Maybe in the whole Tang country, from people to policies, there was no one he liked, but Wang Ling was the biggest person. His advantage is responsibility. He is different from Zhang Xiang who puts on his pants and runs away. It can be said that in terms of morality alone, Wang Xiang is roughly equivalent to ten Zhang Xiang and twenty Tang Wang.

Liu Chang can imagine what it would be like for such a complicated prime minister to take the lead in executing things in the face of everything he hates the most.It was probably the prime minister who scolded Li Zuoche for being ruthless, and then had to collect food for him.He scolded Zhang Budo for indiscriminate killing and cruelty, and then ordered the execution of the person who was caught by him.After scolding Liu Chang for treason, he had to arrange for Li Zuoche to lead people to prepare for the attack on Qi.

Swearing at the rebels of the Tang country, they have to run around all day for their affairs.

Liu Chang shook his head, "It's not easy for Wang Xiang to persist until now."

Ji Bu, who has always been calm, couldn't help it at the moment, he said with a chuckle: "At first, when the king was scolding, we were still very angry and always refuted him. Now we have all looked away, and during the court meeting, we said When we came out with our own opinions, Wang Xiang scolded him, and we looked at him with a smile, let him vent, and then made a decision and obeyed his orders.”

"You dare not refute, Wang Xiang is probably feeling better?"

"No. Wang Xiang said that our hippie smile was mocking him, and he was even more angry. He was very opposed to the decree left by Zhang Xiang, but there was no way to change it, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to implement it. How many times, I often told us that if I knew this earlier, I shouldn't have rescued Zhang Xiang in the first place."

Ji Bu's remarks made Liu Chang very curious.

He really wanted to go to Jinyang to see the situation of Chaoyi.

It's amazing that Wang Xiang hasn't been pissed off until now.

"His Majesty!!"

Zhang Budo couldn't hold back, and hurriedly said: "I heard that the state of Qi was in chaos, and the ministers of the state were sent back to Chang'an by you! This is the best time to annex the state of Qi! Your Majesty, it's better to get rid of the state of Qi, from Tang State dispatched a few confidants to serve as prefects and merged Qi State into our Tang Dynasty!"

"Zhang Budo! This world belongs to the great king. What do you mean by letting the great king swallow Qi? It's better to let the great king issue an order to let the whole world be incorporated into the Tang Dynasty. Simply change the name of the country and reorganize it!"

Zhaoping reprimanded angrily.

Zhang Budo said disdainfully: "There are many people who say that since the king has become the emperor's younger brother, he should get rid of the Tang kingdom, but I think that only the Tang kingdom is the foundation of the great king, and any country can be eliminated, even the great Han can be eliminated. Only the Great Tang can't be eliminated! The Great King is the Tang King first, and then he can be the emperor's younger brother, if the Tang Kingdom is lost, it may not be!"

Zhang Budo's words were quite straightforward, and many ministers frowned.

Because there are indeed many sayings in today's temples, some people propose to remove Tang State, some people propose to seal Liu Ying's line in Tang State, and some people propose to move the capital to Jinyang.These people all have their own minds, and Zhang Budo's idea is very simple, don't remove, don't give, don't move.

Hearing Zhang Budo's words, Liu Chang also remembered this incident, "The widow is not willing to add to the Tang state, nor will it strengthen the Tang state in addition to the Qi state."

"The country of Qi is the country of the eldest son. My grandfather personally sealed it at the beginning. It's a pity that it was removed. However, I can divide the sons of my eldest brother equally, and make the country of Qi become several countries!"

"No need to say more about this."

"Widows have their own ideas!"

Liu Chang simply rejected Zhang Budo's proposal, then looked at Ji Bu, and said earnestly, "Gong Ji, you have followed the widow for such a long time, you have merit and the widow, but the widow has never rewarded you."

"Your Majesty, let's call it Jibu. Otherwise, this minister sounds a little scared."

"Nice words, right?!"

Liu Chang no longer pretended to be a virtuous ruler, and directly shouted: "You go to Qi State to be the prime minister, and if you don't do well, I will cook you!"

Jibu got up and took orders.

Zhang Budo looked at him with some envy, "Your Majesty, the queen mother can finally rest, why let the queen mother govern Qi? Why don't you let me come!"

"What's the matter with the queen mother here??"

"No, what do you think, Ji She is a loyal and loyal person. On weekdays, he has to report the number of grains in the meal like the Queen Mother, and let him govern Qi. Isn't that the Queen Mother to rule?"

Probably already used to the sarcasm from his colleagues, Ji Bu was indifferent, and directly treated Zhang Budo's remarks as wishful barking.

Zhao Ping sneered and said, "Let you go to Qi State? In the land of Qi State's two counties, can you still sit and live? I don't know when the Zhang family will start to replace Qi!"

"You old man is bloody! I am loyal to the king! Is it a villain like you?!"

The two quarreled again, and Liu Chang reluctantly interrupted them.

"You have been arguing all day, how many years have you been arguing?"

"There is no doubt that what this country of Qi needs is a stable prime minister. If there is a chance after Ji Bu goes, the widow will help you kill a few prime ministers and let you go!"

"only!"

Liu Chang looked at Zhao Ping, who was on the side, and asked, "How is the current situation in Tang country? Has there ever been a food shortage?"

"never"

"Oh, the widow just said, people from all over the country say that there is a shortage of food after the tax cut, why is there no shortage of my Tang country? It shows that this is all groundless!"

Liu Chang said disdainfully, and Zhao Ping said in a low voice, "Your Majesty. We have livestock."

"Which country doesn't have it?"

Zhaoping didn't speak any more, just shook his head.

"How's the war on the Yan country side?"

Speaking of this matter, Li Zuoche had something to say. He said very seriously: "Your Majesty, Zhou Bo has already defeated the Hu Hu outside Liaodong, and attacked Korea from afar, making all the tribes surrender."

"Oh, that's a good thing. Why do you look unhappy?"

"Zhou Bo, he only thinks about his own military exploits. Several tribes who are close to Tang State and have the heart to surrender were also killed by him, and even their leaders were taken to Yan State. We originally wanted to set up in the east. The threat to the Xiongnu, I didn't expect that this danger was eradicated by our own people!"

Hearing Li Zuoche's words, Liu Chang was furious, "This fellow is already a marquis, why is he still so greedy, what is he?"

After speaking halfway, Liu Chang stopped suddenly, "That's not right, those tribes that are close to the Tang State are all large tribes with 8 or [-] people. When all the tribes are united, they have a military strength of [-], right? If I remember correctly, Zhou Bo only brought four to five thousand soldiers, right?"

"Yes."

Li Zuoche nodded calmly.

"Five thousand hits one hundred thousand??"

"Your Majesty, this is not the point, the important thing is that now we have lost the hold back the Xiongnu in the east"

"No, five thousand hits one hundred thousand!!!"

Li Zuoche's eyes were as if he didn't believe that the king would make a fuss about this, so he had to explain: "Zhou Bo led the attack, took his king, and forced the rest of the tribe to surrender. King, we have to redeploy. strategy."

Liu Chang was indeed a little frightened. Although these tribes did not have the fighting power of the Huns, they were also soldiers, not pigs and dogs. Zhou Bo was more terrifying than he thought. Damn, how can such a person be To assist Ruyi?You should come to Tang State. Oh, no, you should come to Chang'an!

Ruyi must have a crooked smile on her face now.

Liu Chang gritted his teeth and thought.

Li Zuoche said his new plan, and then calmly said: "When the king leaves, let me go to the Xiongnu to get food, and after Zhou Bo defeated the strong enemy, I will take people to the right part of the crusade outside Dai County. The Huns have won great victories and won countless!"

"These are already in the treasury. For specific gains, you can ask Duke Zhao."

"Ah? So fast? The widow is telling you to prepare. Why didn't the widow catch up!"

Liu Chang was both happy and resentful, but it was a good thing to win the battle and get the supplies.

Liu Chang was very happy to congratulate Li Zuoche for his victory, "Master, you will have to do this kind of thing a few more times in the future!"

"There is nothing else in the Xiongnu, that is, there is a lot of meat, and the people of Tang have no food? Then let them eat meat!"

"In the future, we will attack in many ways"

Liu Chang arranged everything here, bid farewell to the ministers, entrusted everything, only brought Luan Bu, and hurriedly set off towards Chang'an.

All the way, Liu Chang saw the minister who came to greet him.

Liu Chang happily dismounted from the horse, stepped forward quickly, and met with the ministers.

"I didn't expect that Father Zhong would come to greet the widow in person!"

"This is the first time Father Zhong has come to greet the widow, right? The widow is very honored!"

Liu Chang looked at Chen Ping in front of him and was very excited.

Chen Ping had a dark face at the moment, and handed many letters in his hand to Liu Chang.

"Your Majesty. What do you mean?"

"Ah? What's wrong?"

Liu Chang looked at Chen Ping's unpleasant face, so he picked up the letters and read them carefully. These letters were all from the Xiongnu and were written by the son named Hutu of Mo Dun. Liu Chang seriously After reading it, the first few letters were very normal, and the tone was respectful to himself, showing respect, and showing his goodwill, expressing his willingness to make friends with Liu Chang and become a country of brothers.

When it came to the fourth letter, there was only a short sentence.

"What is the king for?"

Liu Chang looked at the letter blankly, thought for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Is he just outside Dai County?!"

Chen Ping's face darkened, "Yeah. He just sent someone to show his respect to you."

"In the name of the king, I replied a few letters, expressing my respect for him, and saying that I would give him a generous gift."

"As a result, the next day, Tang's army sacked his tribe."

"Including the things I gave them earlier, they were all robbed"

Liu Chang looked at the letter and the four words, and couldn't help but fall into contemplation. He could understand what kind of shock the Hu Tu was. He was writing the letter in a friendly way, saying that he would prepare a generous gift for himself, but the second The sky came to the door, and those who didn’t know thought that there was something wrong with King Tang’s brain. When Chen Ping contacted the Xiongnu, he didn’t make a sound. After all, there are people from each other in both sides. This kind of thing has to be done in secret. Better.

But who could have imagined that it would become like this?

Liu Chang suddenly remembered the great witch who could only be considered a fierce one.

Can only wish him the best of luck.

(End of this chapter)