Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 614
"Hahaha, this prose is really well written!"

In Zhao Wang Palace, Liu Ruyi held a few articles and couldn't put them down. As he got older, this person looked more and more like Emperor Gao. Now his appearance is almost the same as that of Emperor Gao when he started his business. The similarity has reached an astonishing degree. If the temple wants to make a portrait of Emperor Gao, there is no need to dig Changling. You can just come to Zhao Guo to draw Ruyi's appearance. The most amazing thing is that it is not just the appearance. , even those small details and small habits are exactly the same.

Even when reading Fu, Liu Ruyi is like Emperor Gao, who likes to read with his head sideways, and always wrinkles his right eye inadvertently, which makes people feel the strength of this blood.

At this moment, what Liu Ruyi is reading is a few articles by Mei Cheng. Liu Ruyi's knowledge is much better than that of Liu Chang. He quite likes this kind of literati. After drinking, they will sit down and talk about literature and Fu together.

Yuan Ang sat in front of him, shaking his head uncontrollably.

People are pointing at your nose and swearing, but you are still here to applaud?

Liu Ruyi looked at it for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Isn't this about Zhao Wangqian? Why are you and Jia Yi still there? You are not Zhao Wangqian's ministers."

"Is this a typo?"

Ruyi looked at Yuan Ang suspiciously.

Yuan An remained silent and did not answer.

Ruyi woke up suddenly, "Is this not a satire on the widow? Mei Cheng used Zhao Wangqian to satirize the widow?"

After reacting, he threw the article on the case angrily, "I don't know this piece of Cheng, and he hasn't even been to Zhao, so why are you talking nonsense here? I must arrest this person and question him." !"

Yuan An reminded: "Your Majesty, these are not important matters. At present, we still have to focus on state affairs."

"Ministers in the country are very opposed to your abolition of the overstay tax. Today they gathered in front of the palace again and wrote a collective letter. They were persuaded by the minister to go back. The minister thought that instead of caring about these useless articles, he should think about how to appease the ministers."

Today's State of Zhao is different from the past. Since the discovery of more minerals in the country, the State of Zhao has gradually become rich. The geographical location of the State of Zhao is very good. The country has been left behind by other countries for a long time, but after decades of governance and the scars of the war gradually disappeared, the country of Zhao rose very quickly.

Liu Ruyi grasped the convenience of trade, and by virtue of her favorable geographical location, strengthened business contacts with other countries, and quickly turned Zhao into a major mineral and production country in the north.

Zhao Guo used to only sell minerals, but now he sells commodities after reprocessing the mines.

Zhao Guo's ironware has completely occupied the entire northern market. Who doesn't know that the ironware business in the entire northern country is decided by Mr. Ruyi.

Ruyi has a mother-like personality and is always confused about some details, but she has the same sharpness as Emperor Gao. Speaking of which, she is very good at seizing opportunities. Sometimes Yuan An even feels that his king is a bit wise and foolish. Those acts of death seemed to be deliberately showing the temple that he was harmless to humans and animals. After the emperor's accident, he left Zhao Guo directly and broke into the temple without authorization. No one among the princes and kings would dare to do this again.

Doing so is very risky, and it directly gives the temple a handle to deal with itself.

If you are not careful, your head may be chopped off.

However, it is not a bad thing to take the initiative to hand over the handle to the temple. Besides, because of his trespassing in Chang'an, a certain queen mother in the temple has changed his conception of him. The family has changed their attitude.

His Majesty punished him for his crime, but he also increased funding for Zhao Guo.

When Liu Ruyi insisted on going to the temple, Yuan An was already ready to be expelled from the country. Who would have thought that Liu Ruyi went to the temple, not only was not expelled from the country, but also brought huge financial aid to Zhao Guo, As far as that glass is concerned, except for temples, Zhao State can produce it, and Tang State does not have this blessing.

Either he was really lucky, or he just really had something.

After enjoying the benefits of business, Liu Ruyi waved his hand and decided to abolish the detention tax. The so-called detention tax is the tax that merchant ships or caravans from other regions have to pay for staying in their own ports or cities. Liu Ruyi felt that this kind of tax could bring income to the national treasury in the short term, but it also seriously hindered the development of commerce, so this tax was banned in the country.

Is there any benefit in doing this?Of course there are, Zhao State was the first to ban this tax, so merchants are more inclined to transfer or trade in Zhao State, which makes Zhao State quickly squeeze Tang State from the status of the northern trade center, and business exchanges in Zhao State become Very often.

The disadvantages are also obvious. A large number of merchant ships began to pile up in the port, the roads became congested, and the law and order began to decline. Most importantly, the officials believed that Zhao Wang's behavior of favoring merchants would ruin Zhao's current good situation.

The elder master changed the world's perception of craftsmen by himself, but it was impossible for him to reverse the world's perception of merchants. Merchants were discriminated against in the Qin state, and corvee was always the first to go, but in the Han Dynasty The same is true, corvee cannot be avoided, not just corvee, if they need to relocate, voluntary donations or something, they are usually the first to come. It will not change this mainstream.

Because in the era of insufficient food productivity, the price of not emphasizing agriculture is the subjugation of the country.

Money is worthless, food is the most important thing.

People can be without money, but they cannot be without food.

The radical faction headed by Chao Cuo all thought so. Chao Cuo even had a famous "On Guisu", which was to ask temples to pay more attention to agricultural production.

Zhao Wang's obvious preference will of course arouse the vigilance of the officials.

Fortunately, Yuan An was still on his side, but Yuan An was not as powerful as Jia Yi, and he was not likely to make the entire Zhao Kingdom obedient.

Liu Ruyi frowned, "Why do they care so much about this matter? It's obviously beneficial to Zhao Guo, Mr. Yuan, do you have any good ideas?"

"Your Majesty still needs to show that he values ​​agriculture. After a few days, Your Majesty can lead his ministers to the cultivated land, hold a spring sacrifice, and pray for good weather in Zhao to show his attitude. At that time, if another minister comes to write a letter , I will deal with it myself, and the king just pretends not to know."

Liu Ruyi asked suspiciously: "You don't mean to harm me, do you? Chang hates this kind of sacrifice the most. If I go to perform sacrifices, he won't take me as a county again?"

"Your Majesty. I."

Yuan Ang didn't know what to say, why did you become so vigilant at such a time? ? ?
"Your Majesty, don't worry. It's just the agricultural sacrifice. Your Majesty is naturally aware of your situation and won't say much."

"Okay, then do as you say."

After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, she pointed to the essays in front of her again, "After dealing with domestic affairs, let's deal with this person!"

"This person has no grievances or enmities with me, yet he dares to mock the widow, and the widow insists on killing him!"

"Your Majesty, this man is His Majesty's doctor."

Liu Ruyi slapped her thigh violently, "No wonder, the chief must have specially hired someone to write an article scolding the widow! No way! The widow can't just be abused by him like this! Go and call the scribes in the country! The widow wants Let them write a mockingly long article!!"

They also have to dare to write? ?

Yuan Ang reminded again: "Your Majesty, who is the current Imperial Censor?"

"Why did you forget this, it's not that Chao"

Liu Ruyi immediately came to her senses, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Forget it, I'm magnanimous, don't care about these people! How can I discredit my merits by these articles? I'm different from my long son, I'm magnanimous."

Outside of Chang'an, preparations for spring plowing have already begun in full swing.

Liu Chang was sitting in the car, and Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi were sitting beside him. The three of them were fully armed, and they were going to hunt in Shanglinyuan.

"King Wu sent a letter, and finally got the news of victory. This guy finally bypassed the island and came to the other side of Jiaozhi and other counties in Nanyue Kingdom. This place is very close to Shendu."

Liu Chang directly used tea to draw on the case.

"Because of the ship's problem, he can only advance along the coast all the way and dare not go too far away from the coast. However, if he advances this way, he will be able to reach the poison sooner or later. He didn't believe in widows in the past! Within this year, his fleet will probably reach In the south of Shendu, you may be able to go directly to Baicheng. However, the Nanyue Kingdom also needs to cooperate. If you want to take down the entire island, build a port and build a large ship directly on the side close to Shendu, so you don’t have to go around the island for so long. This matter should be handed over to my fourth brother."

Chao Cuo criticizes the enfeoffment system all day long. According to him, the prefecture and county system like Qin State is the best system, and the enfeoffment system will only bring endless civil wars. But, the enfeoffment system also has the benefits of the enfeoffment system For example, today, if there is no enfeoffment system, all depends on Liu Chang alone, then the big man cannot have the current territory and power, and the temple can't control such a distant place at all, only relying on the princes and kings can do it, and the princes and kings Their power will gradually decrease. Anyway, they have many children. Once they die, their children will quickly divide the territory of the country.

At that time, the fragmented vassal state will not pose any threat to the temple.

What's more, with the improvement of various systems, the power of the princes and kings has been greatly restricted. The prime minister of the country is completely obedient to the temple, and the domestic ministers still have to rotate, eliminating the possibility of the princes and kings colluding with the domestic ministers.

But the current power of the vassal states is still a bit outrageous, that is, Liu Chang can suppress them. What Chao Cuo is worried about is that once Liu Chang is away, this balance will be broken, and the big man will completely fall into civil strife.

Today's achievements will be completely different by then.

"The danger at sea is different from that of brother Lu. It's not easy this time."

Zhou Yafu said with emotion.

Lu Tazhi asked: "If we can reach Shendu by sea, will the situation be different?"

"That's natural. If you intervene in the matter of Shendu from the north, it will take several years to send troops from Xiting Kingdom, but the south is different. The army of Nanyue Kingdom can reach Shendu by boat within a few months." The situation along the coast is of course different, they will be more obedient, and we can ask them for some ports, station troops there, beat anyone who is disobedient, and we can go all the way along the coast hahaha, maybe And meet the Romans!"

Zhou Yafu asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty always says this mule-horse man. Who the hell is this?"

"It's a very powerful opponent in the west. It should be much stronger than the poisonous people. I really hope that one day I can take you to meet them. Let them also build me a huge sculpture!"

But Lu Tazhi smiled wryly, "I don't know how many years it will take to get rid of the body poison, let alone a more distant place... In this life, we are satisfied if we can take down the whole body poison with His Majesty." gone."

"A man must have great ambitions. What is poison? If it weren't for the mountain in the middle, I would have killed all the kings who were poisoned several times!"

"Then His Majesty's ambition is to become king of Rome?"

"We have to go and join him together!"

Lu Tazhi laughed, "That depends on whether the Roman king is handsome or not!"

There were no outsiders, and Zhou Yafu also joked in a serious manner, "Your Majesty is the one to say, other kings want to capture the other's king and enter their concubine, but our Majesty is different. He wants to capture the other party. princesses, into their kings."

The three of them laughed, and Liu Chang picked up the bow and arrow, "Both of you are good at archery. You have to cooperate a little while hunting later, and you don't need to help too much. If you encounter prey, you can help me drive it away. You are only allowed to drive it away." , No shots are allowed. I am not joking with you, when the emperor holds a sacrifice, if the minister shoots first, it is a serious crime of usurpation, and his head will be beheaded!"

"But we're not going to sacrifice."

"That's the same!"

Lu Tazhi patted his chest, "Don't worry, I will let His Majesty have a good time today. However, if Your Majesty has a good time today, don't forget me when you go to the poison tomorrow. I will be the pioneer!"

"Don't worry about that, if Pioneer doesn't give it to you, can you still give it to Xiahou Zao?"

"However, in the near future, there will probably be no fighting .Sometimes, I can't quite understand Taiwei's thinking, but I just trust him."

Liu Chang spoke slowly, at this moment, the carriage stopped suddenly.

"Your Majesty! There is a carriage blocking the road ahead!"

The driver said hurriedly.

Lu Lu had some personal matters to attend to, so he wasn't the one driving the car today.

Liu Chang immediately became furious and cursed: "There is still someone in Shanglin Garden who dares to block my carriage? Tell him that the Emperor of Han is here, tell him to get out of here quickly! Get out of the way!"

"Your Majesty, if you are an acquaintance, it would be a bit rude to do so."

Lu Tazhi reminded.

Liu Chang dismissed it, "This is my private hunting place, even acquaintances can't block my carriage! What are you afraid of?!"

Soon, the driver lowered his head and hurried back to Liu Chang's side.

He looked a little panicked, "Your Majesty, the driver of the other party has sent a message."

"say what??"

"Tell the emperor of the Han Dynasty to roll over and pay his respects to him."

"I"

Liu Chang rolled up his sleeves, jumped out of the carriage suddenly, and suddenly remembered something, "Is my mother in the palace, is the Taiwei's carriage?"

"No."

"Is it my second brother's?"

"No."

"That's easy! I won't tear him alive today!!"

Liu Chang angrily walked towards the opposite carriage, Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi followed closely behind, Liu Chang looked at the luxurious carriage and shouted angrily: "The Emperor of Han is here!! Get out of the carriage If Nai Gong doesn’t tear your mouth apart today, I won’t have a surname.”

He pulled open the curtain and saw the person sitting in the car.

The person sitting in the car was also completely rude, and stretched out his hand to pinch Liu Chang's ear.

Liu Chang cried out in pain.

"Big sister!! Big sister!! I didn't know it was you!!!"

Liu Le's face darkened, "You still tell me to get out of the way? You have a bad temper? Whose mouth are you going to tear?"

"I want to tear Ruyi."

The eldest princess of the Han Dynasty sat proudly in the car, Liu Chang smiled awkwardly, Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi stood behind him with their heads bowed.

"Big sister, why are you here? Are you also here to hunt?"

"I came to Shanglinyuan to see the scenery, why, I have to tell you first?"

"Hahaha, of course not."

Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi looked at the flattering emperor, closed their eyes, and acted as if they hadn't seen anything.

Liu Le looked at Liu Chang, and asked displeasedly: "Going out to hunt again? There are so many things in the country, and you still come out to hunt all day, what a shame!"

"The king hunts according to the four seasons. This is the rule set by the ancestors. How dare I violate it?"

"You follow the rules that are beneficial to you."

Liu Le signaled Liu Chang to get on the carriage, Liu Chang got on the carriage suddenly, the whole carriage shook, Liu Le said seriously: "It just so happens that I want to find you for something. Your brother-in-law has a distant relative who serves as the county magistrate in Chang'an , His son is not yet ten years old, but he can actually help his father write about the prison. His child is looking for a teacher. It is said that someone introduced several people to him as teachers before, but none of them could teach him, and they were all questioned by the child."

"There are many sages around you, why don't you help me find a teacher?"

Liu Chang was a little displeased, "Sister, how many times have I told you that these distant relatives, if you can ignore them, then don't bother. I'm not my father, so I have to be an official if any distant relative comes to the door? Sister-in-law They are all gone, so you still care about what his distant relatives are doing?"

"Fart! If I'm not here, will you ignore Yan and Yan???"

"It's different, oh well, I'll arrange it, what's the child's name?"

"It's Zhang Tang."

"What's it called???"

"Eldest sister, brother-in-law was very good to me in the past, his relatives are my relatives! Don't worry, I will find him a good teacher!!"

(End of this chapter)