Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 642 Chang and An

"Master, I really don't understand."

"Oh? What don't you understand?"

"You rejected His Majesty's kindness many times in the past, just because of the ambition in your heart, but now you are so active in agreeing to His Highness's request. Why is this? Is Your Majesty not as good as His Highness?"

"What do you know?! Now that His Majesty is not here, the state affairs fall on His Highness. His Highness is young and diligent in governing. Now His Highness can use me. If I refuse for some false name, how can I be decent?!"

When the disciple heard the teacher's words, he respected the master even more in his heart, and hurriedly bowed to say he was taught.

Seeing that the disciple understood, Xia Wu nodded in relief.

Immediately, he raised his head and looked at Chang'an City in front of him.

It's not easy, I can finally go back to Chang'an! !
Xia Wu looked excitedly at the majestic giant city in front of him, his eyes were a little red, and he thought he had to die outside, but unexpectedly, His Majesty actually... ahem, His Highness actually asked the old man!

His Highness summoned him, of course he wanted to go, His Highness was young and needed his support.

However, this does not seem to be very safe.

He said to the disciples on the side: "Liang, you will go to Longxi to inspect the local medical center later, by the way, also pay attention to your majesty's movements and ask about your majesty's situation It's been a long time, I miss you very much Ah, if you know that His Majesty is coming back, remember to send someone to notify me in time without delay!"

After arranging the release, Xia Wuqie came to the gate of the city with peace of mind.

"Isn't this Duke Xia??"

At the gate of the city, Lu Chan looked at the old man in front of him with a smile, and saluted casually as a greeting.

His contempt made several disciples very dissatisfied, but Xia Wuqiu returned the gift very seriously.

Although the Lu family does not have any ministers among the three lords, they are considered part of the royal family and have won the trust of His Majesty. It is said that there are two brothers in the Lu family. Now the two houses of the Lu family stand side by side. One is left by Lu Ze. Zhou Lvhou's mansion, one is the Jianchenghou's mansion left by Lu Shizhi, the patriarchs of the two mansions are responsible for the defense of Chang'an and the safety of the palace. What kind of trust is this, so although their official positions are not high, there is nothing wrong with them. People dare to provoke them.

"Please go in."

Lu Chan didn't make things difficult for them, and turned around to let them go.

Chang'an was still the bustling Chang'an back then, and the departure of the Holy Son of Heaven did not seem to cause any disturbance here, everything was calm.

Xia Wuqiu didn't rush to meet His Highness, instead he turned around in Chang'an, he hadn't been back here for a long time.

And at this moment in Houde Hall, Liu An knelt and sat on the upper seat, listening to a certain minister's report.

"Brother, can you find out where these remarks come from?"

The minister who came to sue was Liu An's elder brother, Chengyang King Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang also has another identity, the chief officer of the Xiuyi Mansion.

Liu Zhang looked at the young prince in front of him. It has been a while since His Majesty left. During these days, the prince has done a lot of things. First of all, the prince is different from His Majesty on the issue of the ministers. , treats the officials with courtesy, even if there is a conflict of opinion, he never beats, scolds or humiliates. Contrary to His Majesty, his kind character is loved by the officials, and he has been trampled by Liu Chang for so long His dignity has been recovered now, the emperor has begun to respect himself, isn't that right!
Although the temple was exceptionally harmonious and the monarchs and ministers were happy and harmonious, in fact, in Liu Zhang's eyes, the conflict between the monarchs and ministers skyrocketed in an instant, and the situation was dozens of times more intense than before. In the first month, the group of ministers They can still bear themselves and not act recklessly, but after they got acquainted with the current Highness, the battle quickly reached a new level. They are constantly testing Liu An's bottom line. As a novice ruler, Liu An has A big shortcoming is that he hasn't killed anyone yet.

The ministers once again used the school of rites as their breakthrough point, trying to lead the academic competition to the temple and intensify the attack on Confucianism as a whole. They seemed to have expected that the new emperor who loved Huang Lao would definitely agree to them.

They're set!
But Liu An saw through their thoughts at a glance. What they were going to deal with was not Confucianism, but the important officials of the former emperor.What about Jia Yi?Luanbu?Lu Jia?Father's new ritual?They are digging a hole for themselves, and by the way, they want to drag the person above them down and climb up by themselves.

Liu An's way of dealing with it was very strange. He simply called the Confucian scholars in the Taixue to ask questions at the court.

No matter what the enemy wants to do, just lead the battle to what you are best at!

Through this questioning, Liu An stabilized the new ceremony and appeased the seriously injured Confucianism.

Under Feng Tang's persuasion, he sent the two ministers who impeached Confucianism to prison and handed them over to Chao Cuo for interrogation.

This made up for his lack of prestige.

However, this kind of fluctuation in the situation is getting stronger and stronger. The officials impeach each other, or oppose the decree of the temple. To put it bluntly, they don't take this young king very seriously. So honest.

But no matter it was Empress Lu, Empress, or Lu Lu, they all chose to remain silent and let Liu An deal with it by himself.

"His Royal Highness ordered years ago to conduct extensive assessments, mainly for civilians. So far, 450 and seven assessments have been conducted in various places in the Han Dynasty, and more than 600 officials have been recruited. The officials were a little dissatisfied. His Highness The assessment requirements are harsh, and most of the common people can pass, which affects the interests of their clansmen as officials. Now you have ordered that the incumbent officials be assessed, and those who fail to pass twice will be dismissed. The so-called filial piety to serve as officials, how can they pass such an assessment? They don’t want to lose their official positions, so they are active.”

"The recent rumors about you did not appear in Chang'an. They first spread in the local area and then spread into Chang'an. Those people in Chang'an did not leave any evidence."

Liu Zhang squinted his eyes, feeling a little angry in his heart.

Because of Liu An's drastic reform of the bureaucracy system, rumors appeared in many places that the prince was planning to rebel.

They said that the prince wanted to replace the officials arranged by Liu Chang and replace them with his own confidantes, just to completely control the big man. This is definitely because he is unwilling to return the power and is preparing to plot a rebellion!

Such rumors quickly spread everywhere and caused a certain impact.

This made Liu Zhang's teeth itchy with anger, thinking that I would not dare to kill people without His Majesty, right? ?
Xiuyi was mobilized on a large scale to suppress those who spread rumors, and even executed a few of them for slandering the prince, but the scariest thing about the rumors was that it was difficult for him to be completely killed.

Liu An looked very calm, he grinned, the smile looked familiar, and Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment.

"Brother, don't worry. They are starting to use such indecent methods, which means that they are starting to get anxious, and they are starting to be afraid. My policy is correct, that is, to recruit talented officials, and repeat the same to today's officials. The quality of appraisal officials often determines the implementation of policies, and it is benevolent to let them enjoy wealth and wealth, and I will not leave them to harm the place."

"But... this rumor is extremely unfavorable to you"

"Why, brother is worried that my father will kill me after hearing about it?"

Liu Zhang said again: "I'm just worried that it will affect His Highness's reputation."

"It can't affect it, but it can be used by me. Spreading rumors and alienating His Majesty and the Crown Prince are such a serious crime. I am worried that I have no excuse. They sent one, brother. When they arrest someone later, they will know What reason should I use?"

"Haha, why is it so troublesome? There is an armor in the prince's place, but that armor has made great contributions, and the credit can be sealed as a marquis."

The two brothers talked for a long time, and Liu Zhang finally left Houde Hall. After he left, Lu Lu just walked in. Whether it was in Liu Chang's period or Liu An's period, Lu Lu maintained a distant relationship with foreign ministers Even with the group of sages, Lu Lu seldom initiates contact, and even takes an evasive attitude towards such confidential conversations. This is not because he is afraid of arousing His Majesty's fear, but mainly because of his own family. The Lu family is already strong enough. No, it's unnecessary. If we continue to strengthen the Lu family's authority, it will not be a good thing.

"uncle."

"Heh, are you talking about those rumors?"

"Back when His Majesty was still here, this guy made sure to catch one and made the road of Chang'an visible. Why doesn't he have such courage now?"

Lu Lu was a little dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's powerlessness.

Liu An explained: "I told him not to act rashly. I don't want to waste the energy of the temple on fighting. I want to be surprised by the change of the big man when my father comes back."

Lu Lu laughed.

"You have done well enough. The Empress Dowager is very satisfied with you. When you took office, you changed the qualification assessment of officials, and drafted a performance assessment. You expelled those who failed. The quality of officials has greatly improved. And That newspaper is about to be played by you, poetry newspaper, novel newspaper, business newspaper, and even Cuju newspaper?? Tsk, you youngsters dare to think and dare to do it. The newspaper industry is booming everywhere. The street, the street is full of young men selling newspapers."

Liu An is very concerned about the issues of officials, and has made innovations in the promotion, assessment, qualifications and other issues of officials, and has achieved certain results.

And his biggest achievement was in newspapers. He promoted the process of privatization of newspapers, causing private newspapers to spring up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and also provided certain subsidies to these newspaper industries. The circulation of private newspapers increased sharply, and people everywhere Knowledge of the world is also enhanced.

"I still have to thank you for your help. If it weren't for uncle to help, how could it be so fast?"

"Not to mention these, when His Majesty returns, these are enough to surprise him."

"No uncle, newspapers are just a means. What I want to do is not simply to develop the newspaper industry. Do you know Han Ying's idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor?"

"Of course you know, you're ready."

"Yes, I plan to use these methods to promote the idea of ​​great unification and loyalty to the country, to create national awareness for the great Han, and to increase the national awareness of the Han people from all over the country to the Han and their self-awareness. I have already started to let the disciples write related content, Soon, these things will appear in all enlightenment schools and newspapers. I am going to set off a literary frenzy, and I am going to set up six kinds of rewards in Fengchang Mansion."

"Reward those who convey the truth with literature, those who strengthen the country with work, and those who save the people with medicine."

Lu Lu frowned, "Your Highness, you summoned Xia Wuqi not long ago, saying that you want to set up a new mansion and start a medical system. Are you doing too much?"

"It's a bit too much, that's why we need the help of the virtuous middle school."

"I'm not afraid of them making mistakes, but I'm afraid they are too idle"

"If they are like Liu Ci, if they have nothing to do all day and get sick all day, the worst thing will happen. Not to mention Liu Ci, just now the King of Chengyang brought the news that they are coming soon, are you ready?"

"I just won't get out of the way, what can you do? My father, the Emperor Han, and my elder brother are now governing in Houde Palace?! Who dares to arrest me?!"

Liu Ci raised his head high. Since Liu Chang left, his life has become extremely comfortable.

He hadn't been beaten for five days!

The last time I was beaten was because someone went directly to the palace to complain to my mother. Unlike my father, my mother knew everything that happened in Chang'an. As long as I kept a low profile, I would not be beaten.

Dong Zhongshu and Xia Houci stood beside him. Dong Zhongshu cleared his throat, looked at the people in front of him, and carefully tugged him, "My lord."

"What are you afraid of?!"

"Now my eldest brother is in charge of the big man, what can they do to me?"

Liu Ci said very wildly.

Xia Houci echoed from the side: "Yes, you are the princes and kings. How can anyone in the world dare to let the princes and kings make way for him! We won't let you, and you just say whether you want to run into them to death? You just ask, and I will run over."

It turned out that when Liu Ci and the three of them stole the car to play outside the city, they happened to block other people's car. Liu Ci was going against the road, but of course he didn't care about it. I am a prince, how could I give way? ?
Only Dong Zhongshu was terrified at the moment.

"Your Majesty... horses. Look at their horses"

Liu Ci looked at their horses pulling the cart, and his eyes lit up immediately. The five horses pulling the cart were handsome and tall, and they were all of the same color. Compared with their horses, the horse pulling the cart himself It was horrible. Liu Ci understood, blinked his eyes at Dong Zhongshu, and shouted loudly: "My brother said, you are blocking my way, as long as you leave me one or two horses, I will forgive you." you!!"

Dong Zhongshu only felt his eyes go dark.

"My lord, five horses. Five horses!!"

"Ah? Keep all five horses?? That's not good, aren't they going to walk into the city? I always thought you were a gentleman, why did you say something like a robber?"

The driver on the opposite side looked at Liu Ci's face, but he was not angry, he just said something to the people in the carriage in a low voice, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry. There were many warriors and knights behind them It is also turning a blind eye.

Liu Ci refused to give way, mainly because he couldn't get used to their ostentation. Like Liu Chang, Liu Ci liked to have a big show of his own, but he didn't like the big show of others.

Xia Houci woke up suddenly, and said, "Your Majesty, this is wrong!"

"Ok?"

Liu Ci also quickly came to his senses, "That's right, five horses?? The princes and kings?? Besides me and my second brother, which other princes and kings are there in Chang'an?"

"This is rebellion!!"

Liu Ci hurriedly took out the spare crossbow in the carriage, at this moment, a person came down from the opposite carriage.

That man looked very young, not a few years older than his elder brother. Liu Ci didn't know him, but his appearance was very familiar, and he looked a bit like my father. He wore very gorgeous clothes, got out of the carriage, Squinting his eyes, he stared at Liu Ci in front of him.

"Liu Ci, right?"

"Who are you?!"

"Who am I? I'll let you know who I am today. Come on, arrest this guy!!"

The man rolled up his sleeves and gave orders to the left and right. Before Liu Ci and the others could run away, they fell into the hands of this man.

Inside the carriage, Liu Ci and Xia Houci rubbed their buttocks, carefully looking at the young man sitting with them, Dong Zhongshu sat aside respectfully, but he was not beaten.

Looking at the situation outside the carriage, Liu Ci suddenly grinned.

"grown ups."

"Now you know that I am your adult?"

"Understood, I understand. From your appearance, you can tell that it is my lord. From your accent, you are from Qidi? I don't know which brother of mine it is?"

Liu Ci also felt unlucky. When he went out, he met the princes and kings. This person didn't say who he was, and just beat him up. He laughed while beating him. He seemed to enjoy the feeling of beating himself. It was outrageous. !
Obviously everyone is a prince, but how old are you, can you beat yourself up?
When you see the eldest brother, you can watch how I sue!
The man did not answer Liu Ci, and once again looked at the world outside the carriage with peace of mind.

"I haven't been out for a long time. I don't know that this road has changed so much."

The three little guys sat quietly in the car, and Liu Ci still secretly made gestures with the other two. They never suffered any disadvantages. It was the first time they were beaten like this, so they must find a way to get back!
Just when several people secretly signaled, the carriage stopped suddenly.

The man poked his head out and took a look, then said, "Get out of the car!"

Liu Ci and the others obediently got out of the car, looked forward again, and saw a dense crowd of people who came to greet them, and the leader was actually the elder brother Liu An.

Liu An watched the three of them get off the carriage with a look of astonishment.

Liu Ci rubbed his butt and complained, seeing his eldest brother, he was not as afraid as before.

Kind of you hit me now? ?
When the man saw Liu An, he approached with a smile. When the two met, Liu Ci was about to speak, but Liu An paid homage first.

"Father Zhong!!"

The man nodded, "Ann, you are getting more and more handsome. I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that you got married. Have you ever had a child?"

"Not yet."

Liu An stood aside respectfully, and answered seriously.

Liu Ci was dumbfounded.
Second father? ?Isn't it brother? ?

Is it.
Jiaodong King Liu Jian looked down at him, "Do you know which brother I am now?"

"It's my elder brother Jiaodong Wang, it's Jiaodong Wang Zhong's father"

Liu Jian laughed loudly, then frowned suddenly, his face became extremely ugly, and he looked at the welcoming officials.

"Which one is Chao Cuo?!"

ps: I'm really sorry, everyone, I'm too busy with things at home today, and it's already evening when I'm done.

(End of this chapter)