Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 357 Prince An and His Great General

"His Majesty!"

"Call Father Zhong!"

With a wave of Liu Chang's hand, he interrupted Liu Xian, who was going to meet at the prostration, in displeasure. Liu Xian hurriedly changed his words, "Father Zhong!"

"Hahaha, come on, sit down!"

Liu Chang waved his hand and let him sit next to him, looking up and down at the young man in front of him. Liu Xian was tall, heroic, and had the demeanor of the King of Yan. The appearance of the servant can also be among the best.

Liu Bang's appearance is good, and the women he likes are of course not ugly, so his children are all good-looking, even if they are fat like Liu Hui, they are white and tender, with decent features, and they bring their own when they look at them. There is a sense of harmony. In this second generation, among the children of the clan that Liu Chang has seen, the most beautiful is the Prince of Chu, Liu Yingke.

Liu Yingke doesn't look like the kind of their old Liu family. He is calm, gentle, shy, and honest. No matter what, he doesn't have anything to do with the old Liu family. He is like the second brother. Genetics, but this guy is simply a saint. He doesn't mess around with his brothers. He reads books honestly all day long. He is also a corporal.

This is not a high emperor at all, not even a king of Chu at all. As the younger brother of Emperor Gao, the king of Chu has inherited the characteristics of good men and women, but this guy is completely absent. He does not like to drink or eat meat. I don't like hunting even more, and I keep quiet.

If it weren't for this guy's bookishness and his elegant appearance like Zhong's father, Liu Chang would have doubted whether this servant was born by Zhong's father.

At this moment, these clan disciples are sitting on the left and right of Liu Chang, and some like An Xiangqi can't sit still. They can't wait to bring their new partners to play. Liu Xian is still calm, but, look With his eager eyes, Liu Chang knew that this was another arrogant child of the old Liu family, who couldn't learn to be stable.

"How is your father's condition?"

"Father is very good, but I miss you very much. He often makes a toast to the south."

"Hahaha, I will go see him!"

Liu Chang chatted with him, and Liu Xian talked about the situation in the country of Yan. When it came to hunting or something, a few people immediately became interested. Only Liu Yingke just looked at these people calmly and remained silent. , he really has no interest in hunting.

Liu Chang greeted each other for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go out and play! I won't leave you!"

Liu Xian was overjoyed, said goodbye to Father Zhong, and walked out with his brothers with a smile. Just after leaving the palace, Liu Yingke resigned and wanted to leave. Liu Xiang frowned suddenly, "Yingke, You have been in Chang'an for four or five years, but you have never played with us, do you look down on us brothers?"

Liu An cleared his throat and whispered to Liu Xiang, "Father Zhong. It's Father Zhong."

"Yes, do you look down on us Zhongfa?"

Liu An patted his forehead heavily, then looked at Liu Yingke awkwardly, and said, "Father Zhong, this fellow is stupid, please don't blame him."

Liu Xiang was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and pondered.

Liu Yingke is the son of the King of Chu. In fact, he and Liu Chang should be in the same generation. However, because the King of Chu is still alive, he is often treated as a junior by Liu Chang, and Liu Yingke did not say anything about it. Hearing Liu An's words, Liu Yingke shook his head and said seriously: "It's okay, it's just that I'm not good at hunting or drinking. I'm afraid I'll spoil your interest when I go out with you."

"Oh, what did Father Zhong say! I've never had a drink with you before! Please come with us!"

Liu Qi started directly, took Liu Yingke and walked out, but Liu Yingke did not refuse any more.

When the Liu family drove menacingly in Chang'an City, the soldiers wanted to cry without tears, their faces were full of despair, watching those soldiers who wanted to stop by themselves, but could not catch up with them. , Liu Xiang and the others laughed and played with the soldiers in Chang'an, which was their number one pleasure every day.

Sometimes, they can play it successfully, of course, sometimes, they also get caught.

The armored soldiers took these guys and came to Tingwei. There was no way. Except for Tingwei, no one dared to do anything with these stubbs.

For some reason, today Wang Tianqi's face did not have the slightest worry, he said with a smile: Let the new Tingwei Right Supervisor be in charge of this matter.

When Liu Xiang, Liu Qi, Liu An and the others put on their arrogant faces and showed their courage that they would never yield to Tingwei, the newly appointed Tingwei Right Supervisor Xuan Moru was silent.

Xuan Moru looked at the bear children in front of him and hesitated.

"Running wildly in Chang'an! That's a felony! What if you hurt someone?!"

Xuan Moru asked loudly.

Liu Xiang said disdainfully, "Then let's deal with us after we've hurt someone!"

"How can you despise the law!"

"I!!"

"What do you want? What can you do?! The widow is the king of Hexi!"

Liu Xiang said proudly.

Xuan Moru was silent again, he didn't know what to do with the four little cubs in front of him, Liu Yingke had already been let go, because he didn't drive the car, he was just a victim who was coerced, and now the one in front of him is Anxiang Of the four Qixian, which one of these four brothers is so tricky to deal with, when he turned to the old officials around him for help, these people looked at him faintly.

Their eyes seemed to remind Xuan Moru of something.

This familiar scene, familiar dialogue, and Xuan Moru's heart are all mixed feelings. Who would have thought that I would do this when I grow up?
In the end, Xuan Moru could only decide to lock up these guys first and notify their elders to come and lead them.

Xuan Moru did not wait for Luan Bu, but only for Liu Zhang, the king of Chengyang who embroidered clothes.

After Liu Zhang apologized helplessly and took away these stupid younger brothers, Xuan Moru finally sighed and looked at the familiar officials with complicated eyes. He couldn't say anything, just cleared his throat. "If there is anything wrong with you in the past, please forgive me, I was young at that time"

"It's okay, it's okay, that's all ten years ago, we won't blame it, don't worry, in the future, things like this can be handled by you. You are more experienced.”

While Liu An was playing, he did not forget his father's entrustment.

The celebrities of the Huang-Lao School became more and more noisy, and even Empress Lu's Changle Palace was no longer as peaceful as before. Although Empress Lu was not very easy to get along with, she was definitely not a person who killed indiscriminately, unless it was true Annoyed her, or really had irreconcilable contradictions, these Huang Lao scholars treated the queen mother very respectfully, and would not directly criticize Liu Chang, but instead put all the faults on Zhou Chang and Zhaoping.

Empress Lu would not execute them all just because they came looking for him. Empress Lu was actually a little worried.

Although today's big man is indeed powerful, the corvée of millions of people is not a small number after all.

Liu Chang stands high enough, and there are always places that he can't see. There may be a big discrepancy between the pre-planned and the specific implementation of many policies. Although the officials in various places and the ministers of the temples are all outstanding people, But Empress Lu did not hope that this would contribute to Liu Chang's great success.

Now that I am still here, I can hold back this guy, but I am old after all, if one day I am gone, and this guy insists on mobilizing 200 million, 300 million, or even 500 million corvee, who can stop him What about him?Today's Liu Chang is quite sensible. Millions of corvees sound bluffing, but in fact they are all started locally, and the construction period is short, so it will not cause a catastrophe, but people will change. This man is still young now. When I am old, what should I do if this kind of overjoyed character is further strengthened?

When Liu Ying was still there, Empress Lv was very worried about the future, worried that she was gone, and Liu Ying was bound by the ministers and could do nothing.

Now it was Chang Liu, but Empress Lu was still very worried, worried that she was gone, no one could tie this fellow's hands and feet, and let him act recklessly.

Her two sons are simply two extremes. It would be great if they could be neutralized.

When Lu Zhe sent off Huang Lao's family again, frowning and thinking about things, Liu An jumped out with a smile.

This stubby always pops up suddenly, and then disappears all of a sudden.

"Mother!!"

The moment she saw Liu An, Empress Lv's serious face immediately filled with a smile, and the speed of changing her face was something that Liu Chang couldn't match. Empress Lu smiled and held the hand of her eldest grandson, "I'm hungry. Right? Where are you playing these days? Come on! Get some food!"

Liu An was eating with a big mouthful of food, and Empress Lu gently touched his head.

"Mother. You don't have to worry."

"Oh? What are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that my father seems reckless, and I am very happy, but he will not ignore the situation of the people. The reason why Huang Lao and those people say this is just because they are afraid that their knowledge will no longer be valued by the king, so they magnify many of them. , and also magnifies the shortcomings of my father."

"The corvée of a million people said that there will be no problems. I don't believe it, and my father certainly doesn't believe it. However, you can't stop doing it just because there will be problems. Rebuilding Chidao is a big project. With the foundation of the Qin state, it only takes a short period of time to connect all parts of the country. If you continue to wait, then Qin Chidao will have no possibility of being repaired.

Listening to his grandson talking, Empress Lu smiled even more.

It's not that Liu An's remarks opened Empress Lu's heart, but Liu An's performance made Empress Lu very pleased.

Isn't that what Liu Ying and Liu Changzhong are after?

At this moment, another valet came in and said in a low voice, "The Queen Mother, Huang Lao Da, Wang Sheng and others are asking to see you again."

Empress Lu frowned and was about to reprimand, but Liu An hurriedly got up.

"Mom, I have a way to make these people change their minds and immediately support the corvée, do you believe it?"

Empress Lu was stunned for a moment. She looked suspiciously at the grandson in front of her and said, "These people are very difficult to deal with, and they are not easy to deal with. What can you do?"

However, Liu An was very confident, and with a wave of his little hand, he asked the attendant to call in the elders of Huang.

Soon, a group of well-respected Huang elders walked in. There were seven or eight people in total. They were all old, leaning on crutches, and worked in the imperial school for a long time. If you kill someone, you don't need a handle, a set of armor can be done, but these people are not yet at that level.

They walked into the hall and were surprised when they saw Liu An. They also saluted Liu An.

Unlike Liu Chang, a Huang Lao believer who repeatedly jumped, Liu An is a serious Huang Lao disciple. What school Liu Chang is in depends entirely on the theory of the school he needs at that time, so whether it is Huang Lao or Huang Lao Confucianism is very helpless to him, but Liu An is different. He has always been on Huang Lao's side, claiming to be Huang Lao's disciple.

After these people greeted Lu politely, they brought up the corvée again.

Liu An had listened very seriously at first, but after listening for a while, he became furious.

"Mother!! They're right!!"

Liu An's roar, but it frightened the elders of Huang and everyone. They looked at Liu An in surprise, but saw Liu An's unusual grief and anger at the moment, he rubbed his eyes and said, "Father Bewitched by a traitor and sent corvés to harm the people, this is all because of the Confucianism! I heard that the one who sent the corvuse to the grandfather was that Zhao State Prime Minister Jia Yi!"

Liu An said seriously: "I have long been uncomfortable with my father's behavior. I have tried to persuade my father six times before."

"But my father is getting more and more angry. After each persuasion, my father's attitude will become even worse. When I went to persuade me yesterday, my father kicked me out and said that I would discuss this matter again. I will abolish my crown prince!"

"However, how can I retreat for the sake of Huang Lao's learning and the righteousness of the world?!"

"Mother! Please persuade Grandpa!"

After Liu An's remarks, Empress Lu's expression suddenly became complicated.

She frowned and said displeasedly: "He doesn't even listen to me, how can he listen to you? You should not get involved in this matter in the future. In the future, you will be needed to carry forward the theory of Huang-Lao. , govern the big man well."

Everyone in Huang Lao looked at each other in dismay at the moment.

"His Royal Highness, you really persuaded"

"Of course. Look, the scar on my arm was beaten by my father. You don't have to worry. I will definitely be able to convince my father to stop him from doing corvée!!"

"Even if I give up my crown prince position, I will not turn back!"

As Liu An said that, he turned around and was about to go out. Several Huang elders rushed up and stopped him.

"No, no!"

Huang Lao's influence is now not as good as it used to be. After some manipulations by Shusun Tong, Confucianism is catching up, and the prince is Huang Lao's school. This is Huang Lao's best card at present. That determines which school will get the attention of the king in the future. The current prince, Huang Lao is very satisfied. If it is abolished by the faint king because of the problem of corvée, how can it be good?
Besides, it's not impossible for Mr. Shun to do such a thing as abolishing the prince. After all, Emperor Gao also coughed. Let's not mention this matter. Anyway, if Huang Lao chooses between the current controversy and the future emperor, then it must be Still choose the future emperor.

"Prince is the heart of the world, we all know, but a big man can't be without a wise person like you, Prince, you can't be like this."

"No, it is easy to swindle and pay less, and do nothing to govern. This is the root of a big man. How can I let my father mess around? I have to stop him! Please don't dissuade him!"

Liu An is very determined, with a spirit of sacrificing himself for Huang Lao.

But none of these Huang elders were moved by him, they were very scared.

With such a commotion, if a prince who belongs to Huang Lao is smashed, how can it be good? ?That shameless uncle Sun Tong was already staring at the crown prince. This can't be an accident. Several Huang elders looked at each other a few times, and they had already made a decision in their hearts.

"His Royal Highness. There is something to do and something not to do. Today's big man is already very powerful. It is corvée, the construction period is less than three months, and the time in a day is less than four hours. It can not be regarded as tyranny."

"How can you say that? The corvée of a million people! This is not tyranny? Then what is tyranny?!"

Afterwards, Empress Lu saw a rather magical scene.

She saw that everyone from the Huang-Lao School started to make excuses for Liu Chang's corvée, citing scriptures, while Liu An was madly criticizing his father's behavior, and the trend of offense and defense changed. In the face of so many Huang elders, Liu An did not fall behind in the debate.

This makes these people very happy, as expected of the old prince Huang, this knowledge, this ability, when he grows up, will it be enough?
While they were happy, they were also very sad and angry, how could they say no to this doll?Don't you think about it!That dizzy prince is so angry that he doesn't care if you are the heir apparent or not!

Empress Lu shook her head lightly. She had lived for so many years, and it was the first time she saw this Shuzi who encouraged the corvée from the Huang-Lao School. When I can't stop, I finally get soft.

"Well, since you all said so, then I won't go to persuade."

"Great!"

"It would be great for the prince to think so!"

Liu An obediently saluted them and left immediately.

After sending the prince away, Empress Lu looked at them and asked, "What else do you guys have to do?"

"Uh, it's gone, it's gone."

When Liu An went to ask Liu Chang for credit, Liu Chang was also a little surprised. He couldn't help laughing while listening to Liu An telling about the interesting things in Changle Palace.

"That's great, I finally caught the old man Huang's handle. If they dare to say anything in the future, I will abolish the prince!"

Liu An's face suddenly collapsed.

"Father. Is that how you treat people of merit?"

"Don't say this, I have one more thing, and I have to leave it to you to handle it."

Seeing that his father finally recognized his ability, Liu An immediately became excited, "Father, please tell me!"

"Wang Ling. If you can convince the old man Wang Ling, I will have someone custom-made for you!"

"Is this true?!"

"really!"

Liu An immediately agreed, and Liu Chang looked at the son in front of him, the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

"Okay, in the future you will be in charge of domestic affairs, and I can go out to eat with peace of mind. . . Inspecting the people's conditions, crusade against bandits. I will never be bound in this Chang'an city again. Good! Great!"

(End of this chapter)