Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 400 Listen to your words and read ten years in vain
Many projects in Chang'an are now in the hands of Sikongwu Qi Hou Yang Chengyan.

The Marquis of Wuqi was not a strong man either.

He didn't know how to fight, and he didn't know much about the principles of governing a country.

The witch-gu incident this time swept through Chang'an and implicated countless ministers, but this one was not implicated in any way, let alone Hou Feng, who didn't realize that there was such a minister in the country. Of course, Zhaoping completely ignored him.

Zhang Cang watched the tall mansion in front of him and let out a long sigh.

His Majesty still repaired this mansion. In the future, he is not going to be the young mansion and the minister, and he has to be in charge of the Tian Lun mansion.That's right, this new mansion was given the name Tian Lun by the Son of Heaven, which was taken from Xunzi's "Heaven Lun". The name is actually quite good. Forget it, His Majesty has worked hard, at least, he remembered many articles by the ancestor. There is an article called "Tian Lun".

Yang Chengyan just smiled and looked at the mansion in front of him, that look made Zhang Cang a little horrified, this look is exactly the same as the look in Zhang Cang's usual way of comforting his wife and concubines.

Yang Chengyeon was born in Korea, and his ancestor is said to be Yanghu, the ruthless man who looks better than Confucius.

He was born into a family of craftsmen and officials in Jiaxian County. Although he was also a craftsman family, his grandfather held an official position in the county, and his family background was good.

He studied art with his father since he was a child, and is good at counting and good work, but he is always disliked by his father, mainly because he is restless. His grandfather is a minor official in charge of engineering in the county. They are mainly responsible for construction City walls, digging, destroying enemy city walls, etc., but when his grandfather handed over these crafts to Yang Chengyan, Yang Chengyan just thought about how to improve, how to make it according to his own ideas, always thinking To make a breakthrough, let go of yourself.

When he was young, he squatted at the door and painted the fortresses, city walls, and checkpoints in his imagination on the soil.

His grandfather reprimanded him many times, thinking that a craftsman is good as long as he is proficient in craftsmanship. If the above says how to build, then how to build, should not do these things according to his own ideas, it is completely useless.

Probably because of his peculiar hobbies or the contempt of his family, he became more and more withdrawn. Yang Chengyan originally wanted to design the most indestructible city and the most dangerous level for South Korea, but he was destined to be unable to realize himself. The fate of Korea, because he hasn't grown up yet, will perish.

When he grew up, he was called by the Qin State as a military craftsman, and many thoughts in his heart were hidden, because the Qin State did not allow craftsmen to play freely. They blindly pursued order and rules, and they were rigid and strict. Obey orders, including craftsmen.

Later, he surrendered to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang ignored him. Instead, Prime Minister Xiao He noticed his talent and recommended him to take up the post of Shaofu and be in charge of the royal project. When Chang'an City was built, Xiao He also recommended him to be responsible for the construction. , the entire Chang'an City was designed by Yang Chengyan himself, and led the ministers to complete it.

This guy's social skills are very poor, he doesn't speak very well, and always offends others. Originally, Xiang Xiang recommended him several times. Someone told him that he should visit Xiang Xiang. He thanked him in person. Yang Chengyan walked to Xiao He's mansion several times. But he didn't dare to go in, and he went back on the pretext that he had something to do at home.

He seems to prefer dealing with architecture to people.

"Zhang Xiang, have you seen it? The ditch outside this mansion, I used this set for drainage in Chang'an, but the one in this mansion is much improved than before, you see," the big man said. Sikong knelt directly in front of the ditch and introduced his design to Zhang Cang as if showing off. His Majesty ordered him not to neglect his ancestor and to design the mansion well. Yang Chengyan used all his ideas for many years. came out.

This mansion has four floors inside and outside, there are six paths, and all kinds of buildings are complete. The symmetrical design left by the Qin state was abandoned, and the entire mansion was designed into a fan-shaped structure as a whole, backed by the inner city. On architectural aesthetics and design concepts, Zhang Cang nodded his head from time to time while listening to this person's narration.

"Well, you also deliberately considered the ground movement, not bad."

As a great Confucian, Zhang Cang was proficient in everything except Confucianism.

Of course, this does not mean that Zhang Cang is unfamiliar with Confucianism, but, as a great Confucian, his greatest achievement has nothing to do with studying the classics. He studied weights and measures, added and deleted the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", formulated and adopted the calendar and so on.

He likes to read, is knowledgeable, and works as a librarian in the Qin state. He knows a little about music, poetry, arithmetic, and basically everything.

Zhang Cang and Yang Chengyan had an architectural discussion. That Zhang Cang was definitely not Yang Chengyan's opponent, but he could understand what the other party was saying and could express his approval.

This has made Yang Chengyan very happy, he doesn't have many confidants in Chang'an.

It's not that no one valued him. Previously, Marquis Kang of Kang and Lu Shizhi invited him to come to his mansion. Originally, he wanted him to design a mansion for him. As a result, he went to Marquis Kang's house and examined it from top to bottom. With emotion: "If there is an earthquake or shock in your mansion, I am afraid that there will be no burial place!"

When Jiancheng Kanghou's face darkened, he immediately invited him out.

Nai Gong kindly invited you, but you dare to curse me? ?

"The construction of Chang'an City, let you take care of it. Your Majesty really did not find the wrong person."

However, Yang Chengyan shook his head, "Your Majesty urged me to complete it in a short time, and many of my ideas could not be realized. Hexi, Shuofang, Jiuyuan, Lelang, Xuantu, Lintun, Zhenfan, Yongchang When waiting for the new county, cities must be built. These places are in different positions, and the enemies to be defended have different roles. I really want to go to these places to build it, but your majesty thinks that it is a local craftsman. Don’t agree to small things done.”

Zhang Cang understood a little, this guy, who was usually taciturn, talked so much to himself today, so it was for this reason.

Yang Chengyan said helplessly: "You are His Majesty's teacher, and you also know the truth of construction. If you can advise His Majesty a few words for me."

"Okay, when I go to see His Majesty later, I will tell him about it."

The two walked into the mansion, and Yang Chengyan was still explaining the situation in the mansion to Zhang Cang.

In the very center of the mansion was a worship hall. As soon as he walked in, Zhang Cang couldn't help but worship.

Because it is his teacher Xunzi who is worshipped here.

After Zhang Cang greeted him, he looked at the furnishings around him and felt a little strange, "Why are there two vacancies next to my teacher? What does this mean?"

"This is His Majesty's order. The vacant seat on the right is reserved for Confucius."

"Oh, the one on the left is reserved for Mencius?"

"No, His Majesty said he wants to live in by himself."

"Um???"

Yang Chengyan said bitterly: "His Majesty told me personally that his inheritance of talents and ancestors have reached the level of sages, and he can enter the Confucian Temple."

Zhang Cang's face twitched, "Didn't you discourage him??"

"Naturally it was discouraged. I told Your Majesty that this kind of behavior is disrespectful to the sages, not to mention how the living people can sacrifice, it hurts the soul."

"Then Your Majesty said that I speak ghosts and gods, and I am the most remnant of Wu. If I want to punish my clan, I will not dare to persuade me any more."

Zhang Cang was a little annoyed, "Wu's most calamity is endless. I don't know how many people have died. How can you use this kind of thing to intimidate others?!"

At this moment, Liu Chang was outside Chang'an City.

The just-completed Chang'an City looks so tall and mighty.

Just like his master, he looked down at the world, making people dare not look directly at it. The original Xiongcheng, such as Handan, was no longer comparable to Chang'an.

In order not to disturb the people, Liu Chang just wore an ordinary golden silk dress, not even jade.

Liu Chang is here to say goodbye.

And the one who was about to leave was, of course, Zhaoping.

Zhang Budo stood by Liu Chang's side, looking at Zhaoping with a bald face, he couldn't say anything sarcastic for a while.

Many people regard it as a joke to use the hair instead of the head. In fact, cutting off the hair and shaving the beard is still a very serious punishment at this moment. For shame, during the Warring States Period, if a minister knew that he would face such a punishment, he would directly swallow gold and commit suicide to avoid being humiliated.

The situation in the Han Dynasty was better, but it was not much better. Such a criminal law was also considered a huge humiliation. If someone from Qin and Han really returned to the contemporary era and saw "criminal criminals" all over the street, they would have to be arrested on the spot. scared to death.

Liu Chang's punishment to Zhaoping was quite serious.

Especially for Zhaoping, an older generation of people from the Warring States period, but Zhaoping wanted to punish the law with severe punishment, and he was happy to accept it. The Tang country he was going to also had no shortage of this kind of hairless. No beard, a hero with tattoos on his face, and no one will look at him in a strange way.

At this moment, Zhaoping looked extremely relaxed, as if he was going on vacation.

"Your Majesty, the guilty person, how dare you come to see him off?"

"There are no emperors and prime ministers here, it's just King Tang and a few benefactors."

Liu Chang said indifferently, "The widow has chosen a good place for you, and you are familiar with the officials there. It is Ji Bu's second son Hui, and the widow has already explained it. If you have anything, you can go to him. He'll take care of one or two."

Zhaoping said with emotion: "Although Ji Bu's son is not as good as Zhou Bo's son, he is an upright and honest person."

As he spoke, Zhaoping's expression became a little lonely.

Zhaoping had three sons, one died in the hands of Xiang Yu, the other in the hands of Tian Rong, and the other in the hands of Long Qi.

The three sons died one after another, leaving no descendants.

Zhaoping has always been alone.

Liu Chang patted Zhaoping on the shoulder, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, you will be very happy there!"

When Zhaoping was in Qin, he was already a marquis, and he was already very old. After returning this time, he could spend his old age in peace, and there would be no villains to provoke him.

Zhang Budo smiled and said, "You should have gone back a long time ago. Things in the temple are not something that stupid people can decide."

Zhaoping nodded and said, "So you definitely won't be the prime minister."

Zhang Budo was about to defend himself, but looked at Liu Chang again, "Your Majesty, can this fake prime minister of mine become the real prime minister??"

"Mmmm. You must be the prime minister of the country."

Liu Chang perfunctory casually, Zhang Budo was speechless, Zhaoping couldn't help laughing.

"Chao Cuo wanted to come to see you, but the widow didn't agree."

Zhao Ping said: "Chao Cuo is either incapable of talent, or a bit aggressive, despising others. I invited him to come, he didn't even bring a soldier. Hahaha, when I ordered him to be caught, he had a look on his face. Shocked, and stupidly asked me what I wanted to do."

Zhao Ping's cheerful appearance and Chao Cuo's dazed and overwhelmed expression seemed to have made him happy for a long time.

A group of people from the Fa family came aggressively, showing their teeth and claws, but the old minister easily subdued them and taught them a good lesson.

Liu Chang agreed very much. He nodded and said, "However, Chao Cuo has been taught by the widow, and the widow used the allusion of Bai Qi burying the Zhao people."

Liu Chang proudly told the truth about what he said.

Zhaoping was stunned for a moment. As an old Qin man, when he heard his great king say "even Bai Qi can't defeat it", the corners of his mouth twitched wildly. Well, bear with it, who made this king?As far as the entire Han Dynasty, except for the person in front of him, whoever dares to say that. Oh, whoever dares to say such a thing except the Marquis of Huaiyin, Zhao Ping really puts his slippers on the other's face.

Of course, the fact that the Marquis of Huaiyin dared to look down on Bai Qi was a manifestation of his self-confidence, while Chang Liu was a manifestation of his ignorance.

In the same way, it still has to be divided.

Thinking of these allusions of the king, Zhaoping couldn't help shaking his head. He really listened to your words and read ten years in vain.

Before leaving, Zhaoping whispered one last word of advice to Liu Chang.

And Zhang Budo didn't hear what he was saying.

The carriage and people slowly disappeared into the distance.

Liu Chang took Zhang Budo back to Chang'an and walked on the road, but Zhang Budo was a little silent.

This guy who has been fighting with Zhaoping for more than ten years seems a little sad at this moment.

"Your Majesty, after Zhaoping goes like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again in the future."

Zhang Budo sighed with emotion.

Liu Chang glanced at him, "It's not easy to see him? Just wait for Zhou Chang to be alone, give him a stern shot from behind him, and the next day I will put you in a prison cart and send you to Tang to accompany him. draw!"

When the two returned to the palace, they saw several ministers waiting for them at the gate of the palace from a distance.

Among them is Zhang Cang! ! !
Liu Chang was very surprised. His master used to be in a hurry. Today, he was waiting for him here with the ministers?

Liu Chang did not talk nonsense, and ordered the ministers to keep up with him, and leisurely returned to the Xuanshi Hall.

In these days, because Chang Liu went out, a lot of state affairs had piled up, and Chang Liu was required to make the decision, at least to listen to the reports of the ministers.

The first is Feng Jing. Feng Jing was responsible for setting the titles and etiquette specifications of the kings of the Western Regions. This matter sounds unimportant, but it is the first thing that Liu Chang needs to be the first to decide. There are many kings in the Western Regions. According to the system of the Han Dynasty, Feng Jing integrated all aspects of them, and gave them the corresponding titles. From the number of ministers to other aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, they must be on par with the Han, and strictly abide by the etiquette of the Han.

Liu Chang listened to the sleepiness. Compared with listening to these, he was more willing to take people to the Western Regions.

"All the kings agreed to send their heirs to Chang'an to study etiquette."

Lu Jia was in charge of this matter. Zhou Bo and other generals believed that these countries should be destroyed directly and counties should be established, but Lu Jia disagreed.The first is that the Western Regions are too large and the roads are inconvenient. The second is that there is a serious shortage of officials in the Han Dynasty. It is too difficult to set up counties and dispatch officials one by one. At present, it is impossible to do it. The expansion of the Han Dynasty is too fast. It has already increased by more than 20, and the number of officials has long been insufficient.

Moreover, there are huge differences in customs between different parts of the Western Regions, there are many contradictions, the situation is complicated, and the countries are far away. It takes more than a year for the order from the temple to arrive here. How can this be done? ?

Therefore, Lu Jia opposed Zhou Bo's idea of ​​setting up counties and counties, and proposed to turn these people into princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, to control them by appointing three princes and nine ministers, and to educate them with etiquette.In the eyes of later generations, this is a cowardly and mediocre act, but the education Lu Jia said did not use a book to persuade them to obey the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, but went with a sword.

Lu Jia wants to change them from top to bottom, and let them gradually integrate into the cultural system of the Han. He attaches great importance to the princes of these small countries. As long as these princes grow up in Chang'an and accept the cultural influence of the Han, let them marry the royal family of the Han. Female, when they go back, they will become serious Han princes and kings. Even if they rebel, they will be big Han princes wearing fancy clothes and holding Han swords to rebel. After a generation, they will lead the old Liu family of blood.

It's a pity that the daughters of the old Liu family's clan are too precious, and the clan only cares about giving birth to sons. In this regard, Lu Lu said, don't worry, there are enough daughters in my Lu family.

There are people in China who support Lu Jia, and there are many people who oppose it, and most of the people who oppose it are those generals who want heads.

Liu Chang's attitude towards this is biased towards the faction of the generals.

He also felt that it was too troublesome and too slow. It would be better to destroy the county directly, but it was helpless. Zhou Chang's old dog found the queen mother, and the queen mother supported them. No matter how reluctant Liu Chang was, he could only obey Lu Jia. idea.

"Okay, okay, okay, you said it well! Just do it!"

Liu Chang hurriedly nodded, eager to let this man leave.

Feng Jing bowed before leaving.

The second person who came in was Chai Wu.

He came to ask Liu Chang to resign, and he was going to resign and return to his hometown.

Liu Chang was very surprised. Among today's fierce generals, Chai Wu is already very young. Although he is young, he has made great achievements in battle. This person is very fierce in battle. , Destroyed the Huns, and killed Han Xin. Oh, it was Han Wangxin.

Emperor Gao valued him very much, and always made him the head coach of the rear army, responsible for his own retreat. On another historical line, he was also reused by the fourth brother, until his unreliable son followed an even more unreliable one. The King Li rebelled. He reluctantly withdrew from the core of power.

It is worth mentioning that this man has persuaded the fourth brother many times in history. He said: South Vietnam and North Korea, when they bowed their heads in the Qin state, now look down on the big man and dare to overstep. I'm going to kill these little bastards.

But the fourth brother did not agree. He thought that the national strength of the big Han could not afford the war at that time, not to mention the Huns were eyeing them, and he would talk about it later.

"You are still strong, why do you resign?"

"Your Majesty. I can't bear this humiliation!!!!"

Chai Wu's voice trembled.

Zhi Du made two shots successively, both targeting this Lang Zhongling, Chai Wu.

You can't even grab one and smash it to death, can you? ?
If Nai Gong was 30 years younger, would you still dare to be so aggressive? ?

Don't knock your head off! !

(End of this chapter)