Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 275: When Strong Is Weak, When Weak Is Strong

"You just sit here and watch me sleep??"

"You guys are too scary!"

Liu Chang complained, and Liu Ying lowered her head and said seriously: "Zhou Xiang said this can express our sincerity"

"If you want to express your sincerity, go and sit outside. What is it like to kneel and sit in front of my couch?"

"Elder brother, it's too cold outside."

"It's quite true. Tell me, what are you doing to me? If you are asking for mercy for the eldest brother, then don't talk about it. The widow is now relying on the emperor to make the princes, and the power is in control, and the important affairs of the country are all up to the widow, and dare to persuade them again. I, the widow, will raise a cauldron, cook and eat!"

When Liu Chang spoke like this, he was an old rebel.

Liu Ying shook her head and said solemnly: "eldest brother, I'm here to apologize to you. I shouldn't question you. I didn't mean to protect you. It's just the eldest brother." Liu Ying's eyes were a little sad, "I know you It's not easy. I was wrong."

After Liu Ying officially admitted his mistake, Zhou Chang nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing Liu Ying's appearance, Liu Chang just smiled, looked behind him, and asked, "Isn't it necessary to bring gifts to apologize? What about the second brother's gift?"

"Ah, I'm in a hurry."

"How can there be a reason to come to the door empty-handed and apologize? Let me tell you, at least three lambs lead the sheep."

"Your Majesty!!"

Zhou Chang immediately quit, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty sincerely apologizes, how can the king be so humiliating??"

"I insulted my brother, what does it have to do with you? Someone! Send Zhou Xiang out to let him rest!"

Liu Chang waved his hand, and immediately a valet came in, pushed Zhou Chang and walked out. Zhou Chang scolded him as he walked, and it was something like "the prince of Jie Zhou". There was no new idea at all. Soon, his voice was I couldn't hear it anymore, Liu Chang grinned and sat next to Liu Ying in a few steps, "Second brother, what are you thanking for? Don't be fooled by this fellow Zhou Chang!"

"This old man, a villain, you and my brother, do you need to say this?"

Liu Ying smiled bitterly, "Eldest brother, how could Zhou Xiang be Zhongliang in the court say that about him?"

"No, no, second brother, you shouldn't come here to apologize, you should summon hundreds of officials to express the desperation that you can't save the eldest brother. You don't know, I killed like this in Qi, and all these people in the court were killed by me. I'm intimidated, you see they didn't greet me before, this time, except for Zhou Xiang Zhang Xiang, who wouldn't come to greet me?"

"They are no different from Si Jun of Qi State. In terms of locality, it is all a matter of local hegemony and oppressing the people. They also do nothing less. Si Jun relies on the elder brother. They rely on their own power, but their power Not as good as me, so they will try to weaken my power."

"They want to get rid of the Tang Kingdom, and they want Xiang to be the king of Tang, don't look at me, they want to weaken my strength. They miss the time when my brother was in power, they can't wait to kill it now. I, let my brother continue to run the country hahaha.”

Liu Chang laughed disdainfully, he said: "Look at those people who clamored to weaken the princes in normal times, but now King Qi Xianliang is one bite at a time. Everywhere, everyone says I am cruel, and I can't tolerate my brother. There are rumors all over the place, saying what a foot of cloth. , can still be sewn. A bucket of millet can still be pounded. The two brothers are incompatible!"

"It's all about wanting to ruin the reputation of the widow through public opinion, and trying to be detrimental to the widow."

Hearing Liu Chang's words, Liu Ying only felt horrified.

"Zhou Chang is actually such a person?!"

Liu Chang was stunned and shook his head, "No, Zhou Xiang is a bit stupid, but he won't do such a thing. He should really hope that the second brother can be reconciled with me, and these words are not good. Tell him clearly."

"Then what should we do?"

Liu Ying looked very anxious. He frowned and said angrily, "These people are trying to make everyone in the world not allow you, why don't you let Xuan Yi come back?"

"Second brother, don't worry, sit down."

Liu Chang didn't care at all and let Liu Ying sit down.

"How can a man be burdened with fame?"

"The reputation of being a widow can scare some timid officials to death. Are you still afraid of this rumor?"

"I need my second brother to do me a favor."

"Oh? What are you busy with?"

"You just show that you are very dissatisfied with me, and miss your big brother very much. It's good to be very angry. Let's see who will contact you secretly. When you meet them, you should try your best to cooperate with them and give me the list. ."

Liu Ying immediately understood, "Do you want me to be an internal counselor??"

"Yes, yes, it is to be an internal counselor. At the beginning, Guanhou did the inner counseling for me. Now that Guanhou has gone to Changsha, the inner counseling job falls on my brother."

Liu Ying was a little embarrassed, "But I can't say anything against you."

"Hey, brother, you have to help me. I want to set up the strictest supervision system, and I have to clean up the worms in the court. If my brother doesn't help me, who else can help me?"

Liu Ying decided to give it a try. He stared at Liu Chang in front of him, and Liu Chang kept encouraging: "Come on, say, have a big quarrel with me, so that everyone outside can hear it."

"You bastard!!!"

Liu Ying shouted loudly, "You are just that."

Liu Chang looked at him expectantly.

Liu Ying suddenly lost her temper, "Bad guy?"

Liu Chang patted his forehead abruptly, "Second brother! Don't scold me like Fan Qing! Come again!"

"Shuzi! You rebel!"

"very good!"

"You Jie Zhou!!"

"Correct!"

"You vicious villain! You traitor! You are ruthless, you specialize in beating the old and the weak, you are extremely cruel, incompetent and tyrannical." Liu Ying yelled happily, Liu Chang listened for a moment, his face suddenly turned dark, "Okay. .It's almost there, that's it."

"You barbarian! Don't study! You are eager for quick success! Open your mouth! Shameless!"

"Second brother, that's it! If you scold the widow again, you're going to beat him!"

"You're still addicted, aren't you?!"

On that day, the attendants outside the Hall of Honor lowered their heads, and they all trembled when they heard the loud quarrel between the two brothers in the hall.Soon, they saw the emperor angrily walked out of the Hall of Houde, his face flushed and he was extremely angry, and Tang Wang also walked out, the two pointed at each other, the atmosphere was very wrong, the always gentle emperor, at this moment But it became ferocious, the two brothers had a big fight, and each turned to leave.

And this scene, thinking caused an uproar in the palace.

Cao Shu hurried into the hall and saw Liu Chang sitting on the ground, muttering something angrily.

"Your Majesty?! What happened?"

"Mom was very angry just now, and left Changle Palace with her!"

"oops!!"

Liu Chang jumped up abruptly and rushed out towards Xuan Shi Hall, no good!Forgot to tell my mother in advance! !
When Liu Chang came to Xuanshi Hall, Empress Lu was looking at Liu Ying in front of him coldly.

Liu Ying shivered and was defending in a low voice.

"Mother! This is what I negotiated with my eldest brother! I never really insulted him!"

Obviously, Empress Lu did not believe this statement, and her eyes became even colder.

Seeing Liu Chang walk in, Liu Ying seemed to see a savior.

"Eldest brother! You are finally here!"

"Mother, ask him, he arranged for me to do this! I'm just helping him!"

Empress Lu looked at Liu Chang, who looked at her blankly, shook his head, and said calmly, "There is no such thing."

Liu Ying was stunned and shouted, "I'm wronged!!!"

"Hahaha~~"

Only then did Liu Chang laugh, he walked over to his grandmother's side, and said in a low voice, "Looking for the inner ghost."

Empress Lu narrowed her eyes, looked at Liu Ying, and scolded in her loudest voice: "If you dare to be disrespectful to the elder again, I will never forgive you! From today on, you are not allowed to leave the Xuan Palace!"

Empress Lv cursed loudly, Liu Ying was puzzled at first, then woke up, hurriedly made a look of grief and anger, and began to act.

After the mother and son played a scene in which the mother favored the younger son and forced the eldest son, they each left.

Liu Chang raised his head proudly and returned to the Hall of Houde with the appearance of a winner.

Cao Shu, Fan Qing, and Liu An were all in the hall.

Seeing Chang Liu's arrival, Cao Shu hurried forward, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

"It's okay, it's not a big deal, I'll beat Ying!"

"Ah?? Why??"

"He's always in front of the widow, I, I'm, my dog's foot! How can the widow tolerate him?!"

Facing Liu Chang's remarks, Cao Shu didn't believe it, and Fan Qing also didn't believe it.

They all know the great king in front of them too well. With his affectionate character, they said that he beat his brother. They didn't believe it. Fan Qing didn't understand the reason and kept asking, but Cao Shu was much more rational. When Liu Chang was reluctant to say more, she was very knowledgeable and did not ask.

"Sir, don't ask any more."

Fan Qing looked at her blankly, her beautiful eyes full of great confusion.

"Big sister, since I came to Chang'an, I seem to have become stupid, and I don't understand anything."

"It's not that you've become stupid, it's that you've always been stupid, you just showed a prototype in Chang'an."

Liu Chang glanced at her and said sarcastically.

Fan Qing frowned and put his hands on his hips, "Yes, if I wasn't stupid, how could I marry someone like you?"

"It's too late for you to regret it now. The raw millet has been boiled into barbecue. If you stare at me again, I will let Mrs. Fan lead ten people to crusade against Maodun!"

Fan Qing rolled his eyes at him, hugged Liu An, and warned earnestly, "An, your grandfather has never read any books, has no culture, and is a big tyrant. You can't be like him!"

Liu An nodded heavily, "Yes! I will be a virtuous king! Not like him!"

"You bastard! Where's my stick?"

"Who's afraid of you! Ann! Let's go!"

Fan Qing hugged An and rushed over to fight with Liu Chang.

Seeing the three children in front of them making trouble, Cao Shu shook her head helplessly, and had no choice but to act like a queen, and said solemnly, "Don't make trouble! Eat!!"

"Oh."

The three guys hurriedly sat down, Liu Chang sat in the middle, Qing and An sat on either side of him, Cao Shu brought his valet and brought food and placed them in front of the three of them. In a sense, Cao Shu seems to have raised three children, none of these three children will let him worry, and the most well-behaved is actually the youngest An.

"Mum... can I eat some more meat?"

"No, eat vegetables!"

"Oh"

"Big sister. Can I eat meat?"

"No! It's too hard! Eat it! Eat a few more, it's good for your health!"

"Your Majesty! You too, have you forgotten what the imperial doctor said? Eat less meat! Eat more vegetables!"

After tossing for a long time, the three of them finished eating, and Qing took An to rest. Looking at Shu who was working hard in front of him, Liu Chang stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms. Cao Shu said helplessly, "Your Majesty, It's still daytime"

"What about the daytime? When did the widow ever take care of this?"

"Huh. Don't worry about the Marquis of Pingyang. Tingwei doesn't dare to do anything to him."

"I'm not worried that the king must have his own ideas."

A smile appeared on Liu Chang's face. He looked at Cao Shu happily in his arms, "The queen of Tang is much more virtuous than the king of Tang."

"Your Majesty, I know that Your Majesty is busy with his affairs. But there are many old ministers in the court, Your Majesty should still visit appropriately. Marquis Jiancheng, Marquis Ruyin and others. Although they no longer hold important official positions, they were all from the time of Emperor Gao after all. The important ministers are in love and reason, and the king should visit from time to time."

"The widow knows."

Liu Chang nodded. At the beginning, the number of ministers who followed Emperor Gao became less and less, and among the important ministers in the court, the number of old ministers became less and less.

After resting for two days in the Hall of Houde, Chang Liu called for Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was currently in charge of embroidering clothes. He knelt down in front of Liu Chang with a solemn expression.

"Zhang ah. The matter of Qi Kingdom."

"Father Zhong doesn't need to say more, I understand it all. I have visited my father and brother many times before and told them that Si Jun has done a lot of evil. If it spreads to Chang'an, our lives will be in danger, but my mother thinks that I am weakened. Si Shi, in place of my brother's thoughts, drove me out of the palace, and forbid me to see my brother again."

Liu Xiang and Liu Zhang were not born by the same mother, and the two brothers have a good relationship, but this Liu Zhang is talented and highly valued by the King of Qi, because he lost the queen's love, probably because he was afraid of his own son. unfavorable.

Hearing what Liu Zhang said, Liu Chang was no longer worried. He really valued this Youzi very much. In his opinion, the new generation in the clan was simply wishful and unbearable.These young people are not very good. Liu Chang thinks that they are not bad. They are the second brother of the eldest brother, the eldest of the second brother, and the fifth of the fourth brother. Always writing letters to myself, always complaining about my father, my words and deeds are quite my own.

As for Xiang, he skipped classes and fought, and he was doing bad things everywhere. Although he was not as obedient as he was when he was a child, he was proud of himself.

Zhang is the eldest among them, and is considered the most talented. He is decisive, has vision, and has a strategy. Compared with his older brother, he is more talented.

Liu Chang said: "Anyway, you don't have to worry about Qi Guo's extermination of the country, you just need to understand what's going on, do things well, and maybe you can take the throne in the future."

Liu Zhang was shocked and hurriedly said, "I never thought of replacing my brother."

"Who asked you to replace your brother? Where can't you be a king? You have to stare at the Qi country, it's useless! You never thought about taking down the Dragon City and making it the King of the Dragon City?!"

Liu Chang reprimanded.

"Father Zhong said that the Dragon City must be taken down for Father Zhong!"

"Okay, this is my son of Liu Chang!"

Liu Chang nodded his head with satisfaction, and then said: "Now this embroidered clothes has a deterrent effect, but it is only confined to a few counties, and those remote places cannot be controlled. This is not what everyone wants. Give full support to embroidery, this matter will be handed over to you, so that there are embroidered clothes all over the country, it is best, even Moton has embroidered people around!"

"You can set up some people on the bright side to give shock and deterrence, and another group of people hide their identities to provide information from all over the world."

"It's time to expand your mansion. It's best to set up an embroidery mansion in each county, and finally report it to you in a unified way."

Liu Chang provided several ideas for Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang listened carefully, and then hesitantly asked: "Father Zhong, it is easy to expand, but it requires a lot of food and supplies to use so many people. At present, the national treasury If you are not rich, can you support it?”

"A majestic king like a widow is restricted from playing because of poverty!"

Liu Chang was suddenly a little annoyed, "Isn't Zhang Xiang still carrying out the matter of selling the title? The treasury is so poor that he can't do anything he wants. Go and call Zhang Xiang in now!"

Liu Zhang left quickly, and Zhang Cang walked in not long after.

"Your Majesty!"

"Master"

Liu Chang looked at him helplessly, "It would be great if you were doing state affairs as fast as you were giving birth to children."

"I've been all over the place, and you haven't implemented this decree until now."

"That is why ah?"

Zhang Cang said calmly, "It's all ready, just because the king is not here, so I don't dare to give orders privately." In the spirit of procrastinating for a day, Zhang Cang said this without the slightest blush, "So , Master just waited for half a year in vain??”

"It's not that there are envoys from South Vietnam. The minister is responsible for receiving the envoys from South Vietnam."

"Huh? The messenger sent by Zhao Tuo?"

Liu Chang squinted his eyes, and said angrily: "This old man is the most cunning. When he came to Chang'an, he looked like he was going to die soon. It's been a few years, and he still looks like he is going to die soon. I see, one day I'm going to be gone, and he still looks like this!"

Zhang Cang said with emotion: "This person has a long life."

"You look the same. What's the difference between what you look like when you came to teach me? It hasn't changed at all!"

"Master, tell the truth, have you ever eaten any elixir or something?"

"The two of you are absolutely amazing. One is a life-threatening childbirth, with more than [-] wives and concubines. At such an old age, he is still alive and kicking. ."

Liu Chang asked, "What is Zhao Tuo sending people to do?"

"Nanyue is very happy about the king's ruling. He sent someone to send congratulations, and at the same time asked for the return of the county of Changsha."

"Huh?? Returning a county?? Zhao Tuo is so kind?"

Liu Chang didn't trust this old man very much. The more enthusiastic the old man was, the more he felt that the old man had ulterior motives. Zhang Cang narrowed his eyes and said seriously, "Zhao Tuo should also be afraid. Hou is training troops and horses in Changsha, and the king is impatient, not as gentle as His Majesty. He is afraid that the big man will attack Nanyue with all his strength."

"Although the King of Nanyue is wise, his national strength is far inferior to that of a great Han, and his civil and military affairs are far less than that of a great Han."

Liu Chang's eyes lit up, "Are they afraid of widows?"

"Hahaha, go and escort the envoy of South Vietnam to me!"

"One county is not enough, if you don't come to three counties, Nai Gong will attack Nanyue!"

Looking at the king who suddenly became arrogant in front of him, Zhang Cang shook his head. These Nanyue people still don't know the character of their king.

His own king has always bullied the weak, and under the sword, he specializes in beheading the old and the weak. When he meets the strong, he becomes weak, and when he encounters the weak, he becomes strong. If he reveals his weakness in front of him, wouldn't the king want to slap his nose on his face?
ps: The funeral has already been arranged, and I didn't invite too many people. They said that I was a "great writer" and sent the old man away with no scenery. It really shouldn't be. Oh, when my grandma was still there, no relatives came. Visiting, I will take care of it all, but when I'm gone, I have to talk about pomp and circumstance.
I can't take time to spare, and I don't dare to write about Empress Lv and Chang Liu and An Liu, and I can't help but cry.However, life has to go on, I will live every day, take good care of my mother, the baby to be born.. because I know, this is what my grandma wants.

My grandma has been paralyzed for four years, her hearing and eyesight are getting worse and worse, she is curled up all over, unable to open her eyes, crying for pain every day, which makes people feel distressed. I think this is a kind of relief. For more than 20 days, she was able to see my baby.

Hope our family can stay away from the pain and be healthy.

(End of this chapter)