Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 329

Following the interrogation of the Bank of China, Xiuyi and Tingwei went out and arrested one after another. It can be seen that there are still many people who are dissatisfied with Liu Chang. What makes Liu Chang a little relieved is that Sangong Jiuqing At this level, no one has been found to be involved in rebellion or in the sale of arms.

In these days, many people have been arrested, and of course there is no shortage of big people, but the people around Liu Chang are finally clean.Although he did not participate, he could not escape the crime of oversight, for example, a certain Guohou.

"Father Zhong, the widow trusts you so much, how can you condone your subordinates to do such a thing?"

Liu Chang said with a heartache, his words were full of deep disappointment.

Facing the shameless behavior of the king, Chen Ping was a little used to it, but he didn't want to just take the blame.

He said earnestly: "I have a performance very early, and it is not appropriate for Lu Ping to be in the Shaofu."

"This is what my mother ordered. Chen Hou means that my mother does not know anyone and made a mistake?"

Liu Chang asked quietly.

Chen Ping took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, the ministers are unknown, and you have failed your Majesty's high hopes."

Liu Chang nodded his head with satisfaction. That's right. For the courtiers, they don't want to share the blame for the king. How can this be done?
Liu Chang said seriously: "Nian has been diligent and diligent in these days of Father Zhong. This time, the widow will not be held accountable, and only a few stipends will be fined. In the future, you must take good care of the officials under your subordinates, and this must not happen again. What do you think about this situation! In today's temples, the division of labor is quite chaotic, the supervision is insufficient, and the system is unclear, so what do you think should be done?"

Chen Ping was taken aback, how many years.

The king finally remembered that he was a counselor, and finally asked himself for advice. When Emperor Gao was there, Chen Ping often stayed by his side, always responding to his questions, but since a tyrant came to power, he He was completely reduced to being the one responsible for taking the blame, and he was never asked about his policy again.

Now that Liu Chang asked such a question, Chen Ping couldn't answer it quickly, and he pondered.

"Your Majesty, the current system belongs to Qin, the Han Dynasty was just established, and a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived. We can only refer to the Qin state's government to determine the current system, but the Han state is quite different from the Qin state. What is suitable for the Qin state may not be suitable. I am a big man. It is right to seek innovation, and I have always felt that the establishment of three public officials and nine ministers was a wrong decision and wasted too much talent."

"Ok?"

"Chen Hou's meaning is to imitate the Qin state, ban the princes, and comprehensively counties and counties?"

As calm as Chen Ping, his hands almost trembled, "This is not what I meant!"

When the Han Dynasty was just founded, some people felt that it should be like the Qin state to be comprehensive in the counties and counties, and no princes should be canonized, but Liu Bang believed that the Han needed princes to sit in the Quartet, and meritorious soldiers also needed canonization. Moreover, according to the According to the tradition of the pre-Qin period, Liu Bang had many allies. If he did not seal the princes, what would happen to these allies?

But now, no one dares to say such a thing anymore, the main reason is that there are too many princes.If someone spreads the news that Chen Ping wants to abolish the princes, can the princes from all over the country come and fight Chen Ping desperately?These princes are all relatives of Liu Chang, and they united to get rid of a minister, even Chen Ping, I am afraid that it would be uncomfortable, and Chen Ping would not do such thankless things.

He said earnestly: "There are county governors in the locality, and the county chiefs come to complete the edicts of the temples. This is enough. The large scale of officials in the vassal state is entirely due to the inconvenient roads and different situations in different places, so they are needed to come. In place of the temple to execute the decree, but now, the king has decided to build a road, and there are frequent exchanges between different places, and the decree of the temple will not take too long to reach Liaodong in the state of Yan and Cangwu in Nanyue."

"Therefore, I think the first thing is to reduce the scale of officials of the local vassal states, not to abolish the prime ministers and state captains, but to reduce their subordinate officials, how much land is there in the vassal states, how can it be the same as the configuration of temples? ?"

"These saved officials can be used to establish a new official system."

There are two types of ministers that Liu Chang thinks, one is those who can govern the country like Xiao He and Wang Ling, and the other is those who can make plans like Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, but now it seems that these two kinds of people are still connected. Those who can govern the country can occasionally make plans, and those who specialize in making plans can occasionally ask for advice. However, the division of civil and military officials in the Han Dynasty is not so clear, and this phenomenon is easy to understand.

Chen Ping's proposal is to reduce unreasonable official positions, establish some new official positions, and then divide them. The main change is in the powers of Sangong and Jiuqing. There is a big loophole. The person who is responsible for the storage list and the one who guards the warehouse are the same. Is this possible?

Liu Chang listened attentively, and he was asked to bring a pen. He seemed to want to write down Chen Ping's words. After memorizing it for a while, he found that he couldn't remember it, so he handed the pen to Chen Ping and asked him to write it down himself.
When sending Chen Ping away, Liu Chang was still stroking his chin lightly, looking thoughtful.

"Your Majesty, why did you chat with Chen Hou for so long today?"

Lu Lu walked in listlessly, sat aside, and yawned.

"Look at your appearance, where is the prestige of a close minister?"

"It's better than those with heavy make-up, right? General Chai proposed to eliminate future troubles and kill the servants beside His Majesty. It seems that General Chai hates them for a day or two."

Speaking of this matter, Liu Chang had a headache.

Because this treason involved several favored ministers around Liu Ying, several ministers who could not stand against Liu Ying's behavior for a long time suggested that all those who were conspiring and those who did not conspire should be killed, no more Let these people confuse the emperor.

As for Liu Ying, he did not object to killing those rebels, but he did not agree to kill all of them. He found Liu Chang several times, looked at him aggrievedly, and did not speak.

"We'll talk about this later, what happened to Zhang Shizhi?"

"Very good, this guy is quite capable. He convicted more than [-] people in a row. The Bank of China said that he confessed a lot of people. Want to share some meat, this Zhang Shizhi is talented, but he is completely inhumane. He is stunned to take it for himself. Even Wang Tianqi wants to arrest a few traitors himself, but he refuses. What will alarm the traitors? Wang Tianqi's face It's all dark"

Although Lu Lu has no ability, but he has background, status, and many friends, who would have trouble with a future Hou Jiancheng?Sometimes, he inquired about things in the city more clearly than embroidered clothes!

Maybe this Lu family is naturally curious and more gossip. Fan Qing is like this, Lu Lu is like this, and even my mother is actually. Ahem, my mother is still very good.

"Zhang Shizhi, you should protect him more, or he will lose his life due to such a character sooner or later."

"This guy even dared to break into my grandfather's mansion. If it wasn't for the kind of blocking, my grandfather would have almost killed him."

Liu Chang shook his head and said seriously: "If you are a person, you will definitely have flaws, but don't worry about it. With his character, Gan Tingwei will be the most suitable in the future. When a Tingwei, you need to be so stunned. Wang Tianqi is obedient, but he is a little bit daring. Xuan Yi is very old again."

"Let's not talk about this, the widow has been thinking about how to reform the official position recently, and only recently came to an idea. The widow thinks that it is necessary to reduce some unnecessary official positions, and then add them and distribute them reasonably to change the current situation of mixed powers. "

If nothing else, the memory alone is very powerful, and Chen Ping's words were repeated by him.

Lu Lu also understood, he nodded, "Chen Hou was here to tell the king about this just now!"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Lu in front of him again, "When did you become so smart?"

"Your Majesty, I just don't know how to fight, and I'm not a big fool."

"Speaking of the big fool, the widowers remembered it. Didn't Zhao Shi and the others say that they would come over when things in Nanyue were calmed down a little? Why haven't they arrived yet?"

"Your Majesty, things in the Nanyue Kingdom have not progressed at all. Chao Cuo and Shentujia were arguing so badly that Shentujia almost killed Chao Cuo. If King Wu and King Yue hadn't come forward, I'm afraid Chao Cuo would have died in Shentu. Jia's hands."

"Um???"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, "How could the widow not know about such an important matter?"

"Ah? Didn't Zhao Shi write to the king to inform him?"

"Oh, the characters are too ugly to recognize."

"The King's Word"

"Ok?"

"Why doesn't he follow the example of the king? The king's handwriting is truly unique. I hang up the letters you send me on weekdays and appreciate them all day long."

"Hahaha, you thief, how dare you mock the widow?!"

The two immediately chatted about Yueguo, but Liu Chang was not worried about any major problems in Yueguo. After all, there was a fourth brother watching over there. As long as these two people were properly distributed, it would not be a problem to govern Yueguo. Liu Chang could not bear it. The resident let out a long sigh, "Oh, there are so many things, the widow has not gone out hunting for six days, and has not held a banquet in the Tang palace for a long time."

"Father is a little unhappy about Lu Ping, and wants to invite the king to a banquet. If the king is willing, he can go to the banquet another day."

"The widow wants to go, but I can't escape at the moment. There are too few available people around, and Zhou Chang is unwilling to come to help, pretending to be a sick widow in the mansion. Now, one is to appease Zhou Chang, and the other is to talk to the minister. Let's discuss the official system, and the third is to prepare for the battle of Hexi. These things can no longer be handed over to others."

Liu Chang complained helplessly. The deeper he got stuck in government affairs, the more he missed the free and easy life back then.

Looking at Liu Chang's "face full of vicissitudes" and "sighing and sighing", Lu Lu said timidly: "I heard that the King of Qin spent three hours a day to deal with government affairs, even if he went out for inspections, Anche was also there. Officials serve, never dare to delay state affairs for decades, and never one day is abandoned."

"Cough cough."

Elder Liu blushed and said, "King Qin wants to rule the world and destroy many enemies, so naturally he can't rest. Most of the princes at that time were like this, and the times have changed."

"I've heard that Emperor Gao likes to play, but he has to ask the ministers for advice every day, and he will also ask for advice at banquets, and the performance of the table will never be delayed until the next day."

"That's right. After all, they are all pioneers. They are diligent and diligent, and they have a lot of important things to do."

"I also heard that Qin Ershi also reviewed the memorial table"

"How can your ears be able to hear so much? I'll chop it off for you if you hear about the widow!!"

Liu Chang roared angrily. At that moment, he saw Sima Xi, who was standing outside the hall, lowered his head and recorded something. At that moment, Lu Lu saw the king fly out. It is no exaggeration to say that he really flew out. , This posture is like a fierce tiger rushing to eat, the whole body is stretched in the air, just in the blink of an eye, the king appeared at the door, pressing Sima Xi under him.

"You old dog! What are you remembering?"

"Accurately recorded!"

Sima Xi was not afraid of him, and hid the bamboo slips under him, shouting likewise.

Liu Chang soon appeared in Zhou Chang's mansion. Since he was forcibly taken away last time, Zhou Chang was very dissatisfied with the king's behavior. He only said that he was ill and that he wanted to resign and go home. For the time being, I still can't let him go. If he leaves, I really can't find anyone who can take over.

Although this old man has a stubborn temper, he can still do things.

When Liu Chang smirked and crashed into the inner room, Zhou Chang, who was reading a book, lay down and didn't turn his head, not even looking at the king.

"Father Zhong, I heard that you were ill and brought some gifts to see you. Have you been feeling better?"

Only then did Zhou Chang sit up and look at Liu Chang with an unhappy expression, "No, I'm afraid I'll die in two or three days."

"Ah? How can you say such unlucky things?"

"Your Majesty has already started arranging for Zhang Buzhu and the others to formulate a posthumous title for the minister. The posthumous title is almost ready. How can the minister be told if he is immortal?"

Liu Chang was stunned for a moment and scolded, "Zhang Budoubt, this traitor, is lawless! Don't worry, the widow will definitely punish him!"

Speaking, Liu Chang sat in front of Zhou Chang and asked, "By the way, what posthumous titles did they get?"

"quiet."

"Fenyin Youhou."

Zhou Chang said seriously, but Liu Chang laughed out loud. Seeing Zhou Chang staring straight at him, Liu Chang hurriedly stopped his laughter and said with a stern face, "These bastards! Widows will definitely not let them go. them!"

"Zhou Prime Minister, this big man can't live without you. During the few days you were away, the whole world was in chaos. After you return home, the Prime Minister of Yue State will kill the Imperial Censor, and the wealthy family of Zhao State will kill him. The death of King Zhao and Jia Yi"

Liu Chang said sadly, but Zhou Chang's eyes widened. What does Nanyue and Zhao Guo have to do with this old man? ? ?
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty, you are disrespectful to us on weekdays, the old minister doesn't care, but Your Majesty must not set a precedent for indiscriminate killing."

"Zhou Xiang, the widow did not kill indiscriminately, that person is really guilty, the widow just forced him."

"No, Your Majesty, Emperor Gao created the Great Han, and you want to make the Great Han. Emperor Gao is like Zhou Wu, and you are like Chengkang. You are the king who wants to build the Great Han for 800 years. The current courtiers imitate it, and it will also serve as a model for future kings!"

"The officials everywhere will follow your example. As long as they are found guilty, regardless of the evidence of the crime, they will directly arrest and kill. The emperors in the future will follow your example and kill more indiscriminately, which is more harmful than beneficial. It doesn't matter if it's an old dog or a beating, but it must not be the first of its kind. This is not a one-time event, it is an event in China throughout the ages."

What Zhou Chang said was very serious.

Liu Chang was stunned.

This is probably the highest evaluation that Liu Chang has heard from his birth to now. Usually, others say that he is Jie Zhou, but Zhou Chang says he is Zhou Cheng and Zhou Kang. The two kings of Cheng Kang have a very high status at this moment. , belongs to the type of the wise king of ancient times.

He murmured: "Do you really think that the widow is the king of Chengkang?"

"There has never been a country as strong as the Great Han, and the Great Han must have been like Zhou and Shang. Since the king has been in power for a thousand years, he has defeated the Huns, governed the localities, educated the people, rectified the administration of officials, suppressed the wealthy, lightened taxes, and emphasized farming and mulberry. , reward and punishment clearly, unite the feudal lords, so that the world can be ruled, how can it not be able to be this Chengkang?"

Zhou Chang said seriously, he also learned the correct method of persuasion from Lu Jia's servant. If you want to persuade the king, you must first exaggerate him.

When Zhou Chang blew the king, he didn't wait for the king's smug laughter.

Zhou Chang saw that the king was actually a little restrained, restless, and didn't know where to put his hands. His smile was very sunny, and he couldn't see the slightest bit of his usual temper, which was not the king of Tang at all.

"You and I. No one has ever said that to a widow"

"You are the first to recognize widows"

Liu Chang looked really happy.

"Didn't that Zhang Bu doubt say that all day?"

"These disciples of Shen Buha and Han Zi would say the same thing even if they defected to the Second World! But you are different."

Hearing this sentence, Zhou Chang's mood suddenly improved a lot.

He was preparing for the next persuasion, but when he saw the light in Liu Chang's eyes, he couldn't say anything for a while, he straightened his back and took Liu Chang's hand, "Your Majesty is a virtuous ruler, You must be more cautious in doing things, you are to be a model for future kings, and you must not spoil the atmosphere of China."

"Hahaha, don't worry!"

"The widow will definitely become the holy king of the ages, so that future generations have an object to follow!"

"This minister of Nanyue and Zhao will handle it."

The two immediately talked about a lot of things, but Liu Chang didn't mention the official system. Zhou Chang is not very fond of innovation. He seemed very conservative in the previous policies, for fear that something would go wrong. Or let him know later, tell him too early, he will definitely be opposed by him.

When Liu Chang returned to the palace with a smile on his face, carrying a pot of wine and rushing to the ancestral temple, Lu Lu just caught up.

"Your Majesty? Why are you so happy?"

"You don't know. Hahaha, the widow is the founder of the Chinese style, and the model of the kings of later generations!"

Lu Lu's eyes widened.

"Then how bad should the Chinese wind in the future be?"

ps: Emperor Shi went out, Emperor Gaozong died, and the yin people were born in Hong Kong. - "Saint Lloyd"

(End of this chapter)