Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 365

Wu State, Guangling.

King Wu looked solemn and sat on the upper seat. In front of him, there were many playlists, not only from Wu, but also from Chu, Changsha, Nanyue, etc. As King Wu, he could point fingers at other countries. , this is not Wu Wang arrogant, this is the power given to him by Liu Chang.

The southern kingdom is far inferior to the northern kingdom. Regarding the issue of how to govern the southern kingdom, a certain King Li who can save trouble and effortless chooses to let his Zhongfu supervise in name, and let his elder brother come to lead the matter. King Wu probably gets rid of it. Apart from the original Tang king, he was the most powerful prince of the Han dynasty.

In Liu Ying's period, having such power is definitely not a good thing, and there is a risk of drinking.

But in Liu Chang's period, you don't have to worry about this problem. Not to mention that Liu Chang has enough prestige to suppress the south. Even if all the southern countries unite to rebel, it is not enough for Tang to fight. The southern countries have been arrested in the mountains of Nanyue these years. When he was a monkey, the northern countries were fighting to the death with the Xiongnu. Yan, Zhao, Qi, Hexi, Liang and even the North and South armies were all loyal to Liu Chang. And the rise of one after another Chehou.

Unless they all hide in the Nanyue Mountains as monkeys, don't even think about treason.

Even in the south, the king of Chu, the king of Wu, the king of Changsha, and the king of Nanyue have a very close relationship with Liu Chang. These lords and kings are quite reliable, and they will not drink too much and bring dozens of people without them. The crossbow is about treason.

Liu Heng also lived up to Liu Chang's trust. He managed government affairs in Wu State and personally selected a large group of talents, such as Ying Gao, Tian Lubo, Zhou Qiu, etc. He did inherit his grandfather's knowledge of people, After officially taking over the affairs of the Southern Kingdom, he successively united various countries and made many changes together, such as building roads, canals, and crusades against bandits.

The starting point for everything Liu Heng did was the people's livelihood. He tried to change the situation in the southern country. In the current words, it was to let the southern country have more infrastructure. His policies started from various aspects and achieved remarkable results. He leads by example, is diligent and thrifty, uses worthy officials, discerns right and wrong, manages affairs diligently, handles matters in the southern country, corrects mistakes immediately, and never hides problems when they are discovered.

This kind of diligence, this kind of frugality, and this kind of seriousness are completely different from Emperor Gao.

As far as what Liu Heng has to do in a day, it may be comparable to the workload of a certain Li Wang in a year. Liu Heng often stays up late at night because of government affairs, and even sits near the window in order to save candlelight. Watching the playlist, Wu people were all amazed.

He has set up many welfare institutions, and from time to time, he has to distribute food to the needy and needy, to help children without parents, and to sponsor many poor students.

He filed a request to change the law, abolished many cruel corporal punishments, and told Tingwei many times that the main thing is to teach righteousness, and the punishment is only to let sinners know their faults. slashed hands and feet for sin.

After quietly forbearing for many years, when Liu Chang came to the throne, Liu Heng no longer had to hide his clumsiness, and could finally exert all his abilities.

Under his influence, Wu Guo was like riding in a cart with twelve horses, galloping so fast that it couldn't stop. As for the surrounding countries, it was the level of seven or eight horses. It was Liu Heng who suffered. He didn't hold banquets, he didn't eat much meat, he didn't drink alcohol, and he didn't hunt. He was busy with government affairs and inspecting people's conditions all day long.

King Wu's inspection of the people's sentiments is really to inspect people's feelings, unlike a certain King Li, first in Wu State, and later in the entire Southern Kingdom, Liu Heng is constantly running around in various places, sitting in a very simple carriage, and he cares about people's livelihood locally. , deal with traitors, reward officials with political achievements.

But all of this has changed Liu Heng's appearance a lot. He is obviously younger than he wants, but now he has white hair. He is obviously the most powerful prince, but he has dark skin and a face full of vicissitudes. How many times the clothes have made him look like a wishful grandfather at his age.

Of course, what Liu Heng has done has also paid off a lot. Not only has Nanguo changed dramatically, but his own prestige has also risen greatly. When Wu people saw him, they respected him like a god. This is a real sun.Even the aged Zhao Tuo came to visit the young prince several times, sending gifts and expressing his respect.

While Liu Heng was dealing with government affairs, Mrs. Dou sat aside and waited quietly.

Madam Dou is not a queen, but Liu Heng's most beloved wife.

Mrs. Dou is from Guanjin County, Qinghe County. Her family is not very prominent. Her father also lived a poor fishing life, but unfortunately fell into the river and died. Later, she entered the Han Palace to serve Empress Lv as a good son After arranging one of his relatives to marry Liu Heng, Empress Dou Ji Lu also gave the palace maid who served him to Liu Heng.

Probably wanted her to continue to help her relatives maintain order in the harem, but Liu Heng obviously preferred this palace maid more.

This is not without reason. Liu Heng doesn't like extravagance, he doesn't like fancy clothes and cars, and he doesn't like big banquets, eating meat and drinking. When Queen Lu was born, it was when Emperor Gao achieved great things, so he had no worries about food and clothing. I am used to the life of brocade clothing and jade food, how can I endure such bitterness as Liu Heng.

Facing Liu Heng's many demands, she was very displeased. She even wrote to Empress Lu, hoping that she could speak for herself. Although Empress Lu reprimanded her, she did not restrain her behavior and lived a life of her own. The past life was unwilling to endure hardship.

Liu Heng was also reluctant to persuade her, and Mrs. Dou was different. She was willing to live with Liu Heng. After all, she experienced worse things when she was young. clothes, living in a big house.

Liu Heng and Queen Lu have four sons and one daughter, and Mrs. Dou also has a daughter and two sons.

After dealing with the playing table in front of him, Liu Heng rubbed his forehead lightly and looked at Mrs. Dou in front of him.

"His Majesty asked Qi to go to the Western Regions to be the king and asked me for my opinion. I think he can go."

Madam Dou was stunned for a moment, and said without hesitation, "Since Your Majesty thinks it's okay, let him go."

Liu Heng said solemnly: "You must know that if he goes to the Western Regions to be the king, I'm afraid that he may not be able to see each other in ten years."

Mrs. Dou shook her head, "Since Your Majesty has made a decision, it will certainly be beneficial to Qi Ding to go to the Western Regions. I believe Your Majesty."

Hearing Mrs. Dou's words, Liu Heng nodded lightly, "According to the current order of the emperor, if the widow is gone, the widow's children can get a piece of land, but Qi can't get it. He was not born by the queen, and he was just for Hou Qi. Although he was irritable, he was capable, willing to do things, and courageous.

Liu Heng still had something to say, that is, Liu Qi was very unhappy with his brothers. As a concubine, Liu Qi's irritable temper made him intolerable to be bullied. He would pick up everything he could find to fight back. Such reckless behavior, it doesn't matter if he offends a few brothers, but it is easy to offend the queen. Although Liu Heng doesn't like Queen Lu, after all. This is also the reason why Liu Heng asked Liu Qi to go to Chang'an to study.

"The widow is going to Chang'an"

"Go to see Kai??"

Madam Dou hesitated.

Liu Heng glanced at her and said, "A widow can't let you accompany you. You should know."

Madam Dou nodded, "I understand."

"When will the king leave?"

"I will go tomorrow. Your Majesty is enthroned, and the widow has not yet visited. There are many situations in this southern country, and the widow must have a good talk with His Majesty. Especially the one from the Nanyue Kingdom... I don't know what the king thinks."

Liu Heng, who has always been calm and calm, talked about the Nanyue Kingdom, and suddenly patted his forehead lightly with a helpless expression on his face.

Although Mrs. Dou didn't know any state affairs, she was a little curious when she saw the appearance of the always calm king, so she asked, "Your Majesty? Has South Vietnam fought?"

"No. It's just that their prime minister had a little conflict with the imperial censor."

In the palace of Nanyue Kingdom, the ministers looked at the prime minister and the imperial censor in front of them in horror.

They were all guarding the candles around them, for fear that they would overturn and cause the palace to catch fire. After all, the prime minister and the imperial history almost burned Zhao Tuo to death.

People like Zhao Tuo couldn't bear their torment, and almost died of old age.

Censor Chao Cuo agilely rode on Shen Tujia's body, strangling his neck, "Old dog! I have to kill you today!"

Chao Cuo tried his best, but Shen Tujia was a whole lap bigger than him. Shen Tujia fell backwards, and Chao Cuo was almost crushed to death by him. After the blood was lost, the surrounding armored soldiers rushed up and pulled the two away. While pulling, they didn't forget to give each other a punch.

The ministers in the palace have long been accustomed to this scene.

Since Shentujia and Chao Cuo were left in Nanyue, their contradictions have been continuously intensified. All the strategies of the two people in governing the country cannot be said to be the same goal in different ways, and they can only be said to be in opposite directions.

Shentujia is naturally like a royal mausoleum, and governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.

And Chao Cuo is like Liu Chang's, so Nai Gong doesn't like to eat small fresh food!

As a result, an irreconcilable conflict broke out between the two. The ministers in the palace stood on both sides, one was anxious and the other was slow. What Liu Chang expected did happen. The development of South Vietnam was neither fast nor slow. In some respects, Shentu Jia was victorious, and in some respects, Chao Cuo had the upper hand.

For example, on the issue of water transportation, Shentujia firmly believed that the people's power could not be used on a large scale, and prepared a plan that lasted for ten years. Chao Cuo finally lost. On the issue of education and education in Kaixian County, it was Chao Cuo who won. County schools were built in various places, and a group of people were forcibly brought in as teachers to enlighten them.

Fortunately, both of them are more rational. Although they both wanted to kill each other, after the policy was decided, they didn't think about sabotage and deliberately embarrassed each other, because neither of them were stupid, and they both understood that some fights could be fought. , Some fights can easily cause trouble.

The ministers looked at the two three dukes and looked at each other.

Who can persuade these two?
Immediately, everyone shook their heads again. Even the king fled the Nanyue Kingdom because he couldn't stand them. Who could persuade them to stay? ?
Looking at the newly built city wall in front of him, Zhao Tuo couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

"This is even taller than the Handan City Wall. If the construction is completed, it will be the first city in the world."

Zhao Shi, who came to greet his father, asked curiously, "How does it compare to the city walls of Xianyang in the Qin state?"

Zhao Tuo just glanced at him, sighed, and said nothing.

Zhao Shi looked suspiciously at his grandfather who was on his way, and noticed that the general beside him lowered his head and smirked, and couldn't help but ask, "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, it's just. Xianyang has no city walls."

"It's no wonder that the Qin Dynasty perished, and the poor couldn't even repair the city wall."

"This"

After a long journey, Zhao Tuo finally came to Chang'an. Under the welcome of Zhao Shi, Zhao Tuo entered Chang'an.In his capacity, when he came to Chang'an, he should have been sent by the emperor to greet him, and it was not impossible even to greet him himself, but only this unreliable son came to greet him, even Zhao Mei. not coming.

In this regard, Zhao Shi explained: "Your Majesty is busy with business. I can't come."

Zhao Tuo immediately asked, "Did you go hunting or drinking?"

Zhao Shi shook his head and said seriously, "It's really busy and serious."

"What's the matter?"

"Some princes and kings have rebelled."

"what???"

Zhao Tuo was shocked, the princes and kings rebelled? ?How is this possible?Liu Chang has the power in his hands, and the great Han is in full swing. Which princes and kings dare to rebel? ?

But Zhao Shi did not deceive him.

At this moment, Liu Chang was sitting in the Xuan Shi Hall, looking at You Zi who was tied up with five flowers in front of him, he really didn't know what to say.

Liu Wei knelt down in front of Liu Chang, his face full of grievances.

"Father Zhong save me!!"

Liu Ang is the No.11 son of Liu Fei. After Qi Wang Liu Fei passed away, Liu Chang canonized his sons as kings on a large scale. Next door, the two are one east and one west. Although the names are similar, there is still a big difference. Jiaodong is prosperous and has many counties, while Jiaoxi has too few counties, so it is called a half-county country.

Liu Wei was still very young, even younger than Liu Chang, only a little older than Liu Jian.

Liu Chang slapped the case abruptly, and Liu Wei shrank his neck in fright.

"Why are you rebelling?!"

"Father Zhong! I never rebelled!"

"No treason? You brought the whole country's armored soldiers, wearing armor and crossbows, and wanted to attack Jiaodong Kingdom, and you said you didn't treason?!"

"I don't want to attack Zhongfu, I just want to try what it's like to lead an army to fight."

Liu Xie was aggrieved. As the son of the generous King of Qi, this guy was not like his father at all. How could he say that he was like Zhong's father. This is also one of the traditions of the old Liu family. Since Liu Bang, the emperor or the royal family The children and grandchildren are usually not like their fathers, and they all start to look like Zhongfu. For example, Qi and Heng, Che and Qi have a relatively low similarity. On the contrary, if you look for them in Zhongfu, you can find a high similarity.

And this guy's father Zhong is obviously Liu Chang, who has not yet established a crown, but is very brave and powerful. Of course, he is not as perverted as Liu Chang, but An Xiang Qixian and the four are probably not him. In addition to his high force value, his opponent also likes fighting very much, is obsessed with collecting armor and weapons, and likes to go to the school field every day.

Jiaoxi's army played the game of war with him every day.

But this time, he probably got the hang of it. He led his soldiers to run around and rushed into the Jiaodong Kingdom. Liu Jian didn't care about this foolish idiot. The prime minister of the country, Ling Mian, was not so good at speaking, and directly took down his own king on the charge of treason, loaded it into a prison cart, and sent it to Chang'an.

After Liu Wei pitifully explained it to Father Zhong, Liu Chang's face was full of helplessness.

"Heh, looking at the things you've done, is it something that princes and kings should do?

"Why can't I find a normal person in this clan? Who is not good to learn, I have to learn from King Zhao!!!"

Liu Chang reprimanded, saying that Liu Wei couldn't raise his head.

"You like to play, don't you? You like to fight, don't you?"

"Don't play in Jiaoxi, I will send you to a fun place, where you can play slowly!"

With a wave of Liu Chang's hand, the second candidate to be sent to the Western Regions immediately knew that when he learned that he was about to go to the Western Regions, this fellow was also not afraid or rejoiced.

"Father Zhong!! Great Western Regions! Are there Xiongnu there?! Can I bring the armor and crossbow I have collected? Actually, I also secretly hid some, but they didn't find it when they arrested me!"

"roll!!!!"

Liu Chang took this guy and threw him out.

Liu Yan got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and then grinned slyly and bowed three more times in the direction of Xuan Shi Hall, "Thank you, Father Zhong! Thank you Father Zhong!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked out, but happened to meet the four people who came here.

Liu Xiang raised his head proudly, "Who are you??"

Zhou Chang looked at them and shook his head. The number of Hans in the clan's children was getting higher and higher. He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. He turned around and walked into the hall.

"Your Majesty, please reward the Minister of Jiaoxi Kingdom!"

Liu Chang looked at Zhou Chang in surprise, "You came in a hurry and waited outside the door for so long, just to reward the prime minister?"

"Your Majesty. After the founding of the country, the lords and kings were all powerful, and they even coughed. A country within a country is definitely not a good thing. The princes and kings act recklessly and hold great power. This is a good thing and the best thing that Dahan has done in recent years."

Zhou Chang calmly analyzed: "In the future, the vassal state will become smaller and smaller, and the power of the princes and kings will also decrease. If the prime minister of the state can stand above the princes and princes, the state can be changed to a county. The turmoil that can be caused by the princes who are only nominally prime ministers by becoming a county governor will cease to exist."

Liu Changda laughed, smiled, and threw the edict that had just been written on the case to Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang picked it up and saw that it was the reward for Ling Mian.

"It turns out that Your Majesty has already thought of it."

"yes."

Liu Chang said proudly, suddenly realized something, and said angrily: "It's okay, if you come like this, everyone will think it's your credit, I say it's my own, but they won't believe it! !!"

Ps:

The emperor wanted to ask for a book with a gift, but the mausoleum refused to follow. The emperor hurt people and took it away by force. ——Sima Qian, "Historical Records"
Emperor Ren, who first offered the Tianlu collection of books to the people, and then ordered all the sages to offer their private studies to the public, intended to educate the world, and benefit the people of Li. ——Zhang Budo in "Saint Liao"
(End of this chapter)