Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 617 It's still more scary to be an elder

"Eci's character, if he is in the Central Plains and messes around, wouldn't it be a big deal?"

"Although His Majesty sealed him far away, he will definitely arrange the most wise ministers to assist him, so that he will not suffer any disadvantages. Besides, he is not going to the country now but waiting to grow up later. , why are you so worried?"

"That Zhuzi himself likes this fief very much. Besides, the Xiting Kingdom was also very poor back then, but look at it now, isn't it also prosperous? Xia Kingdom must be like this."

Cao Shu talked and talked, and finally comforted Yong'e. Yong'e hugged Liang in her arms and said unhappily: "That's all, Liang, you will not be sealed to such a distant place, will you?"

"Hahaha, don't worry, I've already thought about it, and I'll give him the Northland and let him be the king of the Northland. It's only a few days from Beidi County to Chang'an, and the Northland There are no enemies inside or outside the prefecture, the country is peaceful, and there are brothers everywhere to take care of him."

Many ministers actually hope that Liu Chang will seal his children in some important places in the country to contain other princes and kings. After all, compared with other princes and kings, the relationship between these new generation of princes and kings must be closer to Liu An. What's the matter? What kind of person would have trouble with his own brother and rebel after his brother ascended the throne? ?

But no one in their right mind would do that, would they? ?
But Liu Chang doesn't care about this. The strength of the temple is strong enough. Don't look at the scary size of the various territories of the vassal states, but the places governed by the temple are always the top priority. He is not an opponent in the temple. As for the future, that is Liu An's business. What does it have to do with him?After more than a hundred years, even if there are princes and kings who have achieved something and invaded Chang'an, would they still dare to dig my grave?
As an unorthodox emperor, Liu Chang doesn't care about this. In terms of inheritance rights, in fact, Liu Xiang's order is before Liu Chang. After all, he is the eldest grandson of Emperor Gao, and Liu Laoqi's inheritance right is still behind his six brothers. Woolen cloth!

And the officials didn't dare to talk about the rebellion of the princes and kings, after all, right, ahem.

Only Chao Cuo, the hard-headed one, has been talking about the problems of the princes and kings, and he often uses the emperor as an example. Speaking of it, he can live to this day because Liu Chang is broad-minded.
But Chao Cuo is not so comfortable at the moment.

Chao Cuo sat in the study, looking straight at the little doll in front of him.

This little baby is also a head iron, facing the current Sangong, he is not afraid at all, and looks at him straight.

The two stared at each other, and did not speak for a long time.

Chao Cuo really doesn't want to teach any disciples, he still has so many things to do, he wants to sanction the princes and kings everywhere, he also wants to severely crack down on those traitors in the court, he wants to assist the king, he has to do great things At that time, how could he care about teaching his disciples?

But he didn't dare to refuse, he was afraid that His Majesty would hang himself on the wall again if he was in a hurry.

Chao Cuo hates this kind of people who rely on their connections to seek fame or officials. Zhang Tang relies on Princess Lu Yuan's connection, so Chao Cuo is naturally even more disgusted.

"Zhang Tang, right? Actually, I don't really want to accept you as a disciple."

Even when facing a child, Chao Cuo did not let go of his usual meanness, and was still very indifferent.

But Zhang Tang is obviously not an ordinary child. If the template of this child is placed in later generations, it will definitely endanger the safety of society. He likes to abuse animals at a young age, and dares to give the mouse a long-term punishment. He looked at Chao Wrong, and replied displeasedly: "I don't want to worship under your sect either."

Chao Cuo was a little surprised, and he sneered, "If your father hadn't been begging everywhere, wouldn't I have accepted you as a disciple?"

"I don't know how many people want to worship me as a teacher. I am the youngest Sangong in the temple. Do you know what Sangong is?"

Zhang Tang said calmly: "I didn't see any Sangong, I just saw a dying man. When I was playing on the street, even my companions scolded you with nursery rhymes. What should I learn from you? Learn how To gain notoriety?"

Chao Cuo was not angry at all, but when he learned of his notoriety, he smiled proudly, "Doctor Yu Shi, I was originally in a position to offend others, and it is my achievement to have so many people insulting me! If you are afraid of me, you dare not break the law!"

Zhang Tang didn't say anything more, but Chao Cuo did have some interest in him.

At least, this guy has a lot of guts, and he can talk eloquently in front of the three men.

"I really don't have time to teach you, so you just stay by my side and watch how I do things, but don't bother me. How much you can learn depends on your own talent!"

Zhang Tang bowed to him reluctantly, and he recognized the teacher.

At this time, Zhao Yu walked into the study in a hurry and called on Chao Cuo.

"What happened?? Why are you so panicked?"

"Duke Chao, something serious has happened!!"

"Huang Laosheng and Confucian scholars started a fight, and the two sides fought in Taixue!"

Controversy among a hundred schools of thought is not without its disadvantages. Compared with its advantages, its disadvantages are more obvious, especially in Taixue. Most of the people here are young. I don't have the energy to start fighting. In these years, the conflict between Confucianism and Huang Lao has gradually escalated. The two sides have had large-scale discussions several times. Confucianism is still at a disadvantage for the time being.

Chao Cuo wasn't surprised, this wasn't the first time something like this happened to a big man.

When literati fight, the scene is not small, and these are still literati with swords now.

"I told His Majesty a long time ago that His Majesty loves these people too much, let them do whatever they want, or set a rule for them, let them debate within the scope, otherwise don't talk about progress, it will only make them more superstitious about their knowledge , stand still. You can no longer indulge these scholars. You first send someone to supervise the law enforcement of the Tingwei to see if they are favoritism. I will go to see His Majesty and write a letter."

"only!!"

Chao Cuo took out several memorials from the case, which he wrote during this period, called "Righteous Comments", which is another memorial by Chao Cuo. In this article, he denounced It pointed out the increasingly fierce school struggle phenomenon today, and proposed a way to stop it. Of course, Chao Cuo's way to stop it is also very direct, that is, rule it by law!
Chao Cuo took out the article and began to polish it. He added some new content to his original idea and deleted some parts.

Zhang Tang stood aside, watching him write with a pen without thinking, and couldn't help being a little surprised in his eyes.

Chao Cuo was very clear-headed. First, he asked for the reinstatement of crimes by speech, which was once abolished by the Queen Mother, and to prohibit these learned nonsense. Debates are fine, but they can't go too far!Then it is to strengthen the management of Taixue and strengthen the punishment of participants in such incidents. He wrote more and more. In the end, he wrote more than 20 governance methods. Zhang Tang's expression became more and more surprised, because some Stuff he can't even read.

He wanted to ask, but Chao Cuo had told him not to disturb him.

This made Zhang Tang a little anxious, just scratching his head.

Chao Cuo proudly dropped the pen and ink in his hand, and glanced at Zhang Tang calmly.

"Doctor Yushi doesn't just want to offend others. The main thing is to share the worries of the king. Can you see Sangong now?"

Zhang Tang turned his head away, and said unwillingly: "I have never seen it!"

Chao Cuo ignored him, just stood up with a smile, asked Zhang Tang to pick up the documents in front of him, and ordered people to prepare chariots and horses to go to the palace.

"Zizi!!! What do you want to do?!"

Liu An angrily stared at Liu Ci in front of him, waving the wooden stick in his hand continuously.

Liu Ci's eyes were full of horror, staring at the stick in the elder brother's hand.

"Brother, I didn't do anything. I just wanted to see if there are any real talents in Taixue who can follow me to Xiaguo. Who knows, they started fighting after asking."

Huang Lao and Confucianism have many conflicts, but this time the reason for their fight is because of this thing in front of them.

After Liu An learned of this, he sent someone to arrest this guy.

"You want the talent for governing the country, can't I give it to you? Why did you go to Taixue to make trouble?"

"I really didn't cause any trouble. I just went to find some scholars, and asked if there was anyone willing to become an official in the Xia Kingdom, but they started arguing with me."

"Nonsense, if you pull people to question whether they will govern the country, they will of course argue with you!"

"I didn't fight back either. I didn't want to hurt my temper, so I turned around and left. Then they got anxious"

"I've been telling you about the strategy of governing the country for so long, you turn around and leave after listening, can you be in a hurry?!"

Liu An was very reluctant to part with his younger brother before, thinking that the place he was going to was too far away, but now, he really wanted to kick this thing to Xia Guo, this is simply a disaster!
It is also a talent to be able to make too much restlessness by one person, and this ability to offend people is stronger than a guy who is an official and is so angry!

Dong Zhongshu said indignantly: "You can't blame the king for this. It was Mr. Huang who first criticized Confucianism."

"You still have the face to say it! You asked Mr. Huang about the principles of benevolent governance of the country, and you still want him to say something nice to you?"

The more Liu An spoke, the angrier he became, and he shouted, "Both of you, get down!"

Liu Ci said timidly: "Brother, can you just hit me? Don't hit Dong Zhongshu."

"Oh? When did you start being so affectionate, Shuzi?"

"I need someone to apply the medicine for my injury. Liang's method is simply a punishment."

"Get down on the ground!!!"

On that day, the two sages were crying and howling when they were beaten. This was the first time that Dong Zhongshu enjoyed the treatment given by Liu Ci. out.

Liu An looked angrily at the two poles being carried down, but frowned.

"However, this issue can't be ignored. Even without these two scorpions, they would have to fight sooner or later. There are many conflicts, and a hundred schools of thought are contending. It's not easy. I have to go to the Hall of Houde!"

Liu An also immediately asked people to prepare the car and head to the palace.

When Liu An arrived at Houde Hall, Lu Lu was standing at the door, stopping him with a smile.

Hearing Father's voice inside, Liu An couldn't help asking: "But Mr. Chao is inside?"

Lu Lu nodded, "Do you want me to report to His Highness?"

"Excuse me."

Soon, Liu Chang's voice came from the hall.

"Come in!!!"

When Liu An walked in, there was already a pile of papers in front of Liu Chang. Chao Cuo seemed to be explaining something to him. When he saw the prince coming in, he stopped talking immediately. Liu An greeted his father and smiled again. I paid my respects to Chao Cuo.

Liu An sat down and looked at my father secretly. My father didn't seem very angry, that's all right. What he was worried about was that my father would be furious and let Chao Cuo go to Zhitaixue. It would be terrible if that happened.

Liu Chang said indifferently: "Originally, I didn't really want to pay attention to the battles between the various schools. However, these people did go a little too far. When they fought, they simply ignored the law. Just now, the mistake brought Don’t be afraid, it’s not about killing those people, wrong ideas are not bad, come and see.”

Liu Chang handed the paper to Liu An, and then looked at Chao Cuo.

"It's fine for you to discuss this matter with the crown prince. I still have a very important matter to do. You two should discuss it here. Don't fight like those princes."

Liu An did not expect that Father would directly throw this matter to himself.

Before Liu An could ask anything, Liu Chang had already left.

Walking out of Houde Hall, Liu Chang rubbed his forehead, and Lu Lu hurried forward, "Why did you come out? Didn't Your Highness just go in?"

"It's like this, I think, this is a good opportunity to sharpen the crown prince, so I entrust this matter to him, and I can't do everything myself."

What Liu Chang said was serious, but Lu Lu suddenly realized, "Is it because a lot of knowledge is involved?"

His Majesty always suffers from headaches when studying, and unless there is Fuchubo present, he will hide whenever he can, and he will have a headache when he hears it, and he doesn't know anything about it. Good.

Thinking about it, Lu Lu looked at Liu Chang again, but he didn't see Liu Chang's usual smile, and His Majesty seemed a little lonely in his eyes.

Lu Lu was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it is normal for Tai students to fight, you don't have to"

"Fart. There are a few people who fight, but no one dies. What is it? When we were young, we didn't know how many times we fought like this!!"

"Then you are?"

"It's been three full months since Marquis Chen passed away without knowing it."

"Whenever there is such a turmoil in the country, I start to miss Qu Nihou when he was still there. I really never worried about anything. As long as I think of his face, I am not afraid at all. I think he will find him. Come up with the best way, even if it can’t be done, it’s okay.”

Probably out of respect for the deceased, Liu Chang still didn't say the second half.

Lu Lu was silent for a moment, and said with emotion: "We are all old and I can't even remember what my father looks like."

"Lu, why don't you pay homage to Marquis Qu Ni today?"

Lu Lu was taken aback, looked at the sky, and said uncertainly: "It's getting dark soon, why don't we go tomorrow. The road is not easy."

"No problem! These two people will probably quarrel in the hall for a long time. By the time we come back, they will probably have come up with a solution! Prepare the car!!"

Soon, Liu Chang sat in the car and set off towards his destination.

Logically speaking, these marquises should be buried in their own feudal kingdoms after their death. Of course, if there is a will requesting to be buried elsewhere, there is a high probability that it can be passed. Chen Ping is in such a situation. He is not willing to Tossing back and forth, before he fell ill, he told his good son to bury himself directly in Chang'an. His favorite books and clothes were buried together in a place in the south of Chang'an. Liu Chang also paid for the construction of a simple mausoleum. Chen Mai stayed there for two months and just returned not long ago.

When Liu Chang and others arrived here, it was already completely dark.

Lu Lu lit the torches, and the soldiers behind him also followed the carriage closely, for fear of losing their way.

They had been stopped many times along the way, and those who came to stop them were local pavilions and the like. Although there was no curfew anymore, driving at night would still arouse the vigilance of the government.

Fortunately, with the name of Hou Jiancheng, those people quickly let him go without daring to stop him.

When everyone approached the mausoleum, Lu Lu felt a little cold. The place was relatively remote, and there were no pedestrians. The cold wind blew, and Lu Lu began to shiver.

There are quite a few tombs here, if not for His Majesty and soldiers behind him, Lu Lu might not have dared to walk here at night.

While passing through a group of tombs, several groups of green flames slowly floated up.

Lu Lu gritted his teeth, opened his eyes wide, and trembled all over.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty"

"That thing is phosphorus fire, don't be afraid, keep going!"

Liu Chang's voice came from inside the car, and Lu Lu suddenly became courageous. Although he didn't know what His Majesty meant, but His Majesty was behind him, which really gave people courage. Those soldiers who followed were not afraid. Cold, just looking around.

At this moment, a strange cry suddenly came from a distance, accompanied by a few shadows flickering.

A group of white shadows flashed past.

Lu Lu really couldn't stand it this time, he was so frightened that he yelled directly.

"There are ghosts!! There are dirty things!! Withdraw!! Quickly withdraw!!!"

"ghost???"

Liu Chang poked his head out of the carriage excitedly, then jumped down suddenly, and pulled out a long knife from the waist of the soldier behind him, his eyes were fiery, "Where is the ghost? Where is the ghost?!"

Lu Lu tremblingly pointed into the distance, and sure enough, a white figure flashed past again, and a strange voice came again.

Liu Chang was taken aback, then pointed to the distance and said: "Everyone, I heard that this ghost meat is the most delicious!! Cut off the meat and eat it raw, it can prolong your life!!! Come with me!!!"

At this moment, the strange sound suddenly disappeared.

As Liu Chang said, he rushed towards the white shadow.

Bai Ying was obviously stunned, Liu Chang charged extremely fast, with such a short distance, he almost rushed there in a few strides, seeing the tall figure approaching, that Bai Ying began to scream, and ran away.

The tomb thief only hated his parents for giving him a few legs. Today, the three of them are working here. Unexpectedly, there are still people here in the middle of the night. They can only use the old method, put on airs, and try to scare these people away .

With this trick, they scare countless passers-by and colleagues, but they never expected that this time they would encounter someone who said they wanted to eat ghosts! !

Is that human being? ?

The tomb robber ran away frantically, subconsciously looking back.

Under the moonlight, a tall and mighty man followed behind him, his ferocious face was not close to him, he was staring at him, and when he saw himself turning around, the strong man licked his lips with a grinning smile .

The tomb robber suddenly peed in fright.

"Help!!!!"

"Eating ghosts!!!"

ps: In the early Han Dynasty, because of the thick burials, there were a lot of tomb robbers, too many to count. The tombs of many celebrities have suffered. Of course, there are many in modern times. I remember that it was about 13 years ago. Princess Yuan's tomb was robbed and sentenced to life.

(End of this chapter)