Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 361 The cool life of a certain Chehou
A carriage swayed toward Chang'an.

Yu Zhe is a man of five big and three rough, with a dark face and dull eyes. He does not look very smart. In this era, nobles value the position of Yu Zhe. Those who can drive others are basically the most trusted and the most reliable. If you have the ability, you can judge whether the owner of the car is distinguished or not.

The carriage also looked a little worn out and had not been repaired for a long time. The owner of the carriage was a young man with a beard. He swayed as the carriage shook. He was able to close his eyes and rest under the shaking. .

Even the horse pulling the cart looked absent-minded.

When the group came to Chang'an City Gate, the soldiers of course stopped them immediately.

The soldier looked at the four horses pulling the cart, and rudely scolded the groom for stopping.

"Where did it come from? Do you know that using four horses is an arrogance?!"

In the eyes of Jiashi, this group of people is obviously a small wealthy family from a small place. I don’t know how high the sky is, and they actually learn to ride a four-horse carriage. This four-horse carriage is exclusive to princes and not everyone can ride.

The groom was stunned for a moment, then looked back at his master.

The young man got out of the car in a hurry, and immediately turned over on his body. After searching for a long time, he finally found the test and handed it to the soldier.

The soldier lowered his head and looked seriously.

"酂邂..酂.酂hou?"

The soldier's voice began to tremble. He raised his head again and looked at the young man in front of him in surprise. The young man also looked at him straight, with "wisdom" written in his eyes. A wise young man, the soldier once again looked at the proof in his hand. The proof was correct, but is the man in front of him really the Marquis?

The Marquis of Feng. The first prince of the Han Dynasty, the first prince of the king, not only is Shiyi absurd, but the treatment in all aspects is not comparable to others.

Just to put it bluntly, there is an armor in Binghou's family. This armor was given by Emperor Gao himself, and he was asked to keep it at home for collection. There are five hundred armored soldiers, and there is also a captain who is in charge of the commander. This is the difference.

"Can I go in? Your Majesty is still waiting for me."

Xiao Yan asked very seriously.

The soldier hurriedly saluted and said, "My school captain has heard your name a long time ago and has always wanted to see you. Please wait here for a while, and my school captain will come to welcome you into the city in person!"

Hearing the words of the soldier, Xiao Yan nodded and waited here.

The moment the captain of the city gate arrived, he saluted Xiao Yan's possession, "Meet the Marquis of Feng!!!"

Xiao Yan was a little panicked, and hurriedly returned the salute, saying, "I only serve as a long-historical officer in the Tang Kingdom, but an official with only a few hundred stone, I dare not accept your great worship."

Chengmen Colonel's mouth twitched, asking this question, is it determined by official position?Or is it determined by title?In fact, there are standards for big men. The low-level titles are determined by official positions, and the high-level titles are determined by the title. Obviously, the Marquis of Feng really cannot be included in the bottom-level titles.

The captain of the city gate graciously sent the man into the city, and his respectful appearance made the soldiers around him feel suspicious.

"General, you don't usually see princes and kings like this, why are you so polite to him?"

"I used to be the captain, responsible for protecting Xiao Xiang."

Chengmen Colonel sighed with emotion, and he didn't know what he remembered. His tone suddenly became a little sad, "After Xiao Xiang, no one will talk to us again."

"Ah? Xiao Xiang still cares about us soldiers?"

"Heh, who do you think set your monthly holidays now?"

Xiao Yan did not return to his home. There were not many people in his mansion, but he had no relatives. Chang'an was being expanded, and many places became unfamiliar. Xiao Yan rushed all the way to the palace. When the carriage got on and off, Xiao Yan raised his head, looked at this familiar place, and couldn't help grinning.

The soldiers in the palace still have a lot of vision. After learning about Xiao Yan's identity, he immediately went in to report without doubting his identity. Who would dare to pretend to be Xiao Xiang's son here! !
When Xiao Yan was brought into the palace by the valet, he heard the king's laughter from a distance.

"Delay!!!"

Xiao Yan looked at it blankly and saw the tall figure. Liu Chang opened his hands and walked towards him excitedly. The two met each other and embraced each other passionately. It took a long time before they let go. Liu Chang smiled and pointed. Looking at the little guy beside him, "This is my son An An, I have seen your father Zhong!"

The little guy politely saluted Xiao Yan, "Meet Father Zhong."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment before replying, "Please get up."

Liu An has followed his father all these years, and he has seen many strange Zhong fathers, all kinds of them. Therefore, he is not surprised at all when he sees this somewhat unresponsive Zhong father.

Xiao Yan saw that Liu An's clothes were dirty and muddy, and even his hands were dirty, which made him a little puzzled.

Perhaps noticing Xiao Yan's gaze, Liu Chang explained: "This Shuzi is disobedient, and I just took him to Changle Palace and asked his eldest mother to teach him a good lesson! While teaching him, I heard that you came here. Oh, hey, you helped me a lot, because of you, I was able to get rid of my anger!"

Liu Chang glared at Liu An again and scolded: "You go back to the Hall of Houde! Your business is not over yet!! Your grandmother is still waiting for you!"

After he finished speaking, he calmly patted the dust on his body, wrapped his arms around Xiao Yan's neck and walked towards Xuan Shi Hall.

The two entered the Xuanshi Hall and chatted excitedly.

Liu Chang had not seen Xiao Yan for a long time, mainly because Xiao Yan extended his tenure in Tang and did not return to Chang'an.

Xiao Yan told him about his situation, "I have been in pain all over my body these days."

"I'm in Tang country, every time I enter the prime minister's mansion, my Shangguan will salute me, and I have to get up and return the salute immediately. Every time he explains something, he has to salute once. Zhang Xiang, every time you want to tell me to do something, I have to pray and see you first.”

"Indeed, his title is not as high as yours"

Originally, Xiao Yan was not Xiao He's heir, but his elder brother Xiao Lu.

After Xiao He's death, his elder brother inherited the position of Marquis of Feng, and Empress Lv, looking at Xiao Xiang's affection, gave him a Marquis of Zhuyang, and arranged for him to serve in Tang State, mixing his qualifications, just to give him an errand Let him deal with it and live his life well.

Unfortunately, before the three-year period expired, the eldest son, Xiao Lu, passed away.

The title had to fall on the body of Xiao He's wife, Tong Shi, which is not uncommon in the Han Dynasty. For example, when the founding hero ranks seventh, she is a woman. Her son, Xi Juan, was Liu Bang's first beneficiary. , probably equivalent to Liu Chang's Luan Bu.This Xi Juan is brave and good at fighting. It is said that his record is not under the Marquis of Wuyang. However, he still died in the battle and has no son.

Liu Bang missed the renunciation very much, and posthumously named him Marquis of Lu, and let his mother inherit the title, ranking seventh in the ranking of the founding heroes.

After Xiao Yan was a little older, the position of the Marquis fell on his head. At that time, Xiao Yan served as the county magistrate in a county in Tang.

Then, the county magistrate suddenly discovered that the magistrate under his command suddenly had a high crown on top of a marquis. Thinking about it, this must have been a huge shock to the magistrate, and his legs were so frightened.

Every time he wanted to give an order, the county magistrate could only ask Hou Feng for help, but he did not dare to give it.

Naturally, it is impossible to continue like this. This position is an insult to Xiao He, so Wang Ling asked him to do things for him. After all, Wang Ling is also a good marquis, although he is not as good as Xiao He, he can be Xiao He's old friend, yes There is no problem with Xiao Yan pointing fingers.

However, when Wang Ling retired and Zhang Xiangru stepped up, the situation became a little awkward.

Zhang Xiangru's title is not as high as this guy! ! !

In the entire Tang Kingdom, except for King Tang, this fellow has the highest title.

Xiao Yan's return was also a happy event for Qunxian.

The sages immediately gathered in the Xuanshi Hall to celebrate the return of their friends.

Marquis Wuyang limped into the hall, met Xiao Yan excitedly, and then sat aside with bared teeth.

"You are this??"

"Oh, the injury in Hexi."

Xiahouzao was supported by two people and walked into the hall. He was excited to meet Xiao Yan, and immediately fell to the side.

"You were also injured in Hexi?"

"Yeah."

Seeing his friends end up like this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh, "This Hexi battle is really incomparably dangerous."

Immediately someone took the wine and meat, and everyone couldn't help showing off what happened in the current Hexi battle.

Xiahouzao grinned and said, "This time, I have won quite a lot. Although it is not Chehou, I have [-] households in food towns!"

Mr. Fan was very disdainful of this. He said proudly: "Two thousand households are worth mentioning? I have five thousand households in the food town, have you ever told others?"

"Aren't all your food estates owned by the Marquis of Wuyang? I earned my food estates myself!"

"He also has four thousand food towns, why didn't I hear him show off?"

The group of sages quarreled, Xiao Yan just looked at them with a smile, but did not respond.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Fan Yan asked curiously, "By the way, how much is your food court?"

Xiao Yan frowned, as if he was calculating something, and asked, "How much is your food?"

"I'm five thousand."

"We are almost the same."

"How much is that?"

"I am fifteen thousand"

"Oh, let's talk about Bashu. I heard that Mai and A are going to Bashu to be the county governor. Is this true?"

Mr. Fan subconsciously skipped the question of Shiyi, and the rest of the sages didn't think there was anything wrong with it. As for Shiyi, it's best not to talk about it, because it's easy to affect feelings.Everyone reached an agreement and looked at Chen Mai and Guan A.

Chen Mai nodded, "We're leaving in three days."

Liu Chang ordered: "This time you go to Shu, you have to take Xiao Yan with you."

"what?"

Chen Mai was a little surprised. He knew that the king had a purpose in bringing Xiao Yan to Chang'an, but why did he take him with him?Facing the confused eyes of everyone, Xiao Yan got up a little ashamed and said, "Your Majesty wants to go to Bashu because I am the Prime Minister of the Dian Kingdom."

At that moment, everyone's heart was sour.

Well, we fought to the death on the battlefield, and in the end, we only had the title of one or two thousand households. This guy does nothing, and there are more than 1 households. The most promising one in the school, it turned out that this guy came up to be the Prime Minister of the State, the Sangong Reserve, and the replacement of Jiuqing! !
Is there any reason for this? ?
Fan Fan could only comfort himself: "I know that in the Dian Kingdom, there are not many people in the barbarian land, and there are poor mountains and rivers."

Liu Chang nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, but the geographical location of the Dian Kingdom is very important. It is an important area connecting Bashu, Changsha, and even Nanyue. The whole south is only the key to Huainan. The development of the southern part of the country depends on this place. Therefore, the widowers are ready to vigorously develop the Dian Kingdom."

"I have ordered that Shu, Changsha, and Nanyue will all open up the road with the Dian Kingdom. This place will be used as a transit for various places. In addition, the few people are going to build a new city here."

Liu Chang talked about his own development ambitions.

The sages listened attentively, and Chen Mai asked, "Your Majesty, does the State of Yunnan have enough manpower to do this?"

Guan A immediately said: "Your Majesty's idea is very good, but the Dian Kingdom has always been sparsely populated. Not only the Dian Kingdom, but also Changsha and Nanyue, the population is far less than that of the north."

"We have to do what the king thinks, manpower is probably the biggest problem."

After the two of them spoke, Xuan Moru said: "Actually, there is no shortage of manpower in the north now, such as Liang, Qi, Nanjun and other places, with more household registrations than before, and the people of many cities can't squeeze any more, so they can only expand. On the contrary, many counties and states in the south have a serious shortage of manpower. In these years, the household registration of the northern Han has been migrating to Yan, Tang, Hexi and other places.”

"On the one hand, it is because of Duke Liu's strength, and on the other hand, it is indeed because the area is vast and sparsely populated. If you want to move to the south, even if it is not possible in Hexi, Shuofang, Liaodong and other places, but there is also a lack of manpower, the people would rather go here. I don't want to go south either."

Liu Chang gently stroked his beard, also thinking about this question.

Zhou Shengzhi said: "Your Majesty. There are many Qiang people outside of Bashu and Yunnan. Can you arrest the Qiang people to go to Dian?"

"No, there are not many Qiang people. It is useless to bring all the Qiang people to the Dian Kingdom. Besides, Hexi is still preparing to absorb the Qiang people."

The sages had a heated discussion. Those sages who were not serious and unreliable at the time were finally qualified to solve the confusion for Chang Liu.

If nothing else, Zhou Shengzhi's idea is somewhat the same as Liu Chang's, but it's not the Qiang people that Liu Chang wants to arrest.

Liu Chang said seriously: "I sent Xiao Yan to the Dian Kingdom this time, because I have an important entrustment, asking him to send an envoy to the west of the Dian Kingdom. I heard that there are quite a few people there. Just enough to be caught!"

Chen Mai cleared his throat, "Your Majesty, the big Han is a state of etiquette, how can you arrest people like the Huns? It should be to relocate their people, let them enjoy your kindness, and educate their people."

"Yes, yes, yes, this is what I want to say!"

Liu Chang clapped his hands and called.

Zhou Shengzhi frowned, he remembered an important person, got up and said: "Your Majesty, can you invite that Zhao Mei over? He has lived in Nanyue for a long time, and he may be familiar with the Dian Kingdom. If there are barbarian tribes outside the Dian Kingdom. , he must have known."

Zhao Mei does not belong to the Qunxian group, but Liu Chang still sent someone to invite him over.

Zhao Mei was honored to be able to participate in the gathering of the sages.

However, as soon as he came in and faced the gazes of so many people, Zhao Mei also carefully returned the salute. After all, he knew what kind of virtue these people were.

Qunxian is very xenophobic, even Chai Qi, who has a very high affinity with Qunxian, is not accepted by them, let alone Zhao Mei.

He said seriously: "Beyond the Dian Kingdom, there is a Chenli. There are many tribes here, fighting with each other. They are mainly farming, and they know how to send messengers. There is a big country in the north of Chenli, but we have never sent people there. I don’t know that Chenli people have a lot of slaves. Every time they go out to trade, they like to sell those slaves.”

"Those slaves were dark-skinned, completely different from ours, even the Huns."

"We don't know where they got so many slaves. My grandfather once speculated that there may be many savages in the west of Chenli, and they can capture so many slaves."

Zhao Mei's remarks made Liu Zhang pale in shock. He frowned, not knowing what he was recalling.

But Qunxian seemed a little excited, Xia Houzao couldn't help laughing, he said, "Your Majesty!! I'd like to go with Xiao Yan and go here to check the situation!"

"No."

Liu Chang directly rejected him, "The battles here are mostly mountainous, which is different from the battle in the Central Plains. It just so happens that those southwestern barbarians that I recovered in Bashu are most suitable for fighting in this kind of terrain. The weapons provided, they are in the mountains and can easily defeat any enemy."

"Then why can Xiao Yan go? It's not that I look down on him, it's just that Xiao Yan is not as good as me in fighting and strategy. Why don't you let me go to the Dian Kingdom!"

Xiahouzao said loudly.

Fan Yan shook his head, "You said that his martial arts are not as good as you, so I will bear it, and his strategy is not as good as you? This is too humiliating. As long as you are a person, your strategy will surpass yours."

Xiao Yan didn't feel angry, he said cheerfully, "I listen to His Majesty the King."

Liu Chang glanced at Xiahouzao, "I won't mess around. The situation in Dian is complicated, and the only person who can do things here is a calm person like Xiao Yan. If you go, it will be less than a month. , the country of Dian is about to be destroyed by your tossing."

The princes of the Dian Kingdom are accustomed to living a free and easy life as an overlord, so Liu Chang gave them a prime minister who is easy to be fooled by overhead. A necessary struggle. Besides, although Xiao Yan is slow, he is not incapable of doing things.

"Work hard, if you can manage the Dian Kingdom well, the entire South will benefit. I will let you serve as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty!!"

Liu Chang smiled and drew the pie.

Xiao Yan nodded with a smile, the sages just felt more sour.

(End of this chapter)