Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 664
The scorching sun was shining brightly, and it was so hot that even the air seemed to be boiling. Looking from a distance, even the ground was shaking due to the intense heat, shining with a blurred light.

The soldiers were already sweating profusely, and the sweat was flowing continuously. Although they had removed their armor, they were still wet, and their eyes were sore from sweat. They dared not open them. According to the military order, they actually It is impossible to remove the armor, even in such a bad climate, but the Taiwei still ordered them to remove the armor and travel lightly, mainly because the heat here is different from that in the Central Plains. Earlier, there was still a biting chill here , but by this moment, it was already unbearably hot.

In such a hurry, these elite soldiers did not know how many people would die, and Han Xin did not want to let these people suffer too much loss.

These armored soldiers are elites specially selected by Han Xin from various places. When they go back this time, they will all take on heavy responsibilities in various places. It would be a pity if they died for no reason on the way.

They had already arrived in Xiting Kingdom, Liu Xiang and Zhou Bo had left the battle, and Han Xin didn't even raise his head to look at them.

The dignified princes of the whole country saluted Han Xin, but they failed to get him to return the gift.

Of course, Liu Xiang didn't dare to resent because of this.

During this expedition, both Liu Xiang and Liu Ang participated in the battle alongside Liu Chang. This was the first time for the two of them to go into battle to kill people. When they went to the battle, Liu Ang's son was injured and his arm was shot by an arrow. However, Both of them have experienced the experience of sword and fire. Liu Xiang drew a bow and shot an arrow and captured four. Liu Ang was even better. My family's milk tiger", Liu Ang returned to the country after leaving Xiting Kingdom, and Liu Xiang also returned to the country at this moment.

The two have changed a lot, and war really can change a person the most.

Han Xin sat on the chariot, closed his eyes and meditated, silent.

The generals rode on fine horses, with guards on both sides of him.

"Yaf."

Han Xin suddenly spoke.

Zhou Yafu hurriedly looked at the chariot, "Taiwei."

"What happened?"

"Ok?"

Not only Zhou Yafu, but even the surrounding generals looked at the Taiwei blankly at this moment, not understanding what he meant.

Han Xin looked at Zhou Yafu with disappointment in his eyes, and cursed: "Go and see the former army!!"

Zhou Yafu hurriedly left on his horse. After a while, he came back in a hurry and reported: "The former army encountered powerful officials escorting them, but the officials did not dare to make things difficult, and hurriedly moved out of the way."

Zhou Yafu looked at Han Xin with some disbelief in his eyes, "How do you know?"

"The former military just paused for a moment, can't you see it?!"

"I"

Lu Tazhi looked into the distance in horror, this is the Chinese army. The former army is so far away, does his own Taiwei have clairvoyance? ?How can it be seen that the former army has stopped? ?

Zhou Yafu pursed his lips, looking at the soldiers walking in front, thoughtful, but still found it incredible.

Han Xin ignored these generals, but said with a sneer: "You are so stupid, how can you manage the army?"

Everyone also knows the Taiwei's mean character, even if he is abused by the Taiwei, he will not fight back. You must know that this Taiwei is not scolded by everyone, and those who can be insulted by the Taiwei are some Great people, such as Chai Wu who bid farewell and left in Beiting Kingdom, Zhou Bo who stopped in Hexi Kingdom, Xia Houying, Zhou Yafu, Lu Tazhi who accompanied him, etc. The rest are qualified to be insulted by the Taiwei None, just like Liu Xiang just now, who was directly ignored without even looking at him.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at the captain, but Zhou Yafu frowned, pondered for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly.

Zhou Yafu has always wanted to catch up with the Taiwei. His progress is very fast. Even Zhou Bo, when talking about the war with him, can't speak up to him. Both Chai Wu and Chai Wu felt "not as good as Yan", but when he climbed to this height, when he looked at the Taiwei, he was no different from before. He even felt that the Taiwei was even more terrifying, and he couldn't imagine his true ability. I don't know, the last ones who had such an idea were Cao Can and Peng Yue. This made Zhou Yafu very disappointed. How could he approach the height of the Taiwei?

The army is still advancing slowly. From a distance, many officials can be seen running around, and a group of people are being escorted by them, both young and old, with ragged clothes, and some people's shoes are worn out, naked Feet, there are cries everywhere, and the cries are sad to hear, and as the army advances, there are more and more people like this, and in the end, basically all the places that can be seen are like this "Poor people", crying loudly.

Lu Tazhi was stunned.

"What's going on here? How come there are so many sinners?? Could it be that someone in Chang'an rebelled??"

Zhou Yafu was much calmer, he just watched with cold eyes, "It's not a sinner, it's for Anling. I've seen it a few times before, but I've never seen it on such a scale."

Zhou Yafu pondered for a moment, and then said: "It seems that Chao Cuo is in charge of the scale of guarding the mausoleum this time. I'm afraid he didn't catch everything according to the family property."

Lu Tazhi frowned, "I don't like Chao Cuo, he is very utilitarian and doesn't care about anything else. It is a great misfortune for the people that such a person is in the temple! I don't know why His Majesty let him Such a person serves as the Sangong, he has arrested many people for unworthy charges before, and now he is torturing the people like this."

At this time, Zhang Buyi, who had never said a word, said displeasedly: "What does this have to do with Your Majesty? Your Majesty cherishes this person's talent and gives him the opportunity to display his talent. If he does something wrong, That is all his own problem and has nothing to do with His Majesty!"

Lu Tazhi's face darkened, and he hurriedly explained: "Master Zuo, I'm not accusing His Majesty, I've followed His Majesty since I was a child."

"Oh, why do you need to say more?"

As Zhang Buyi spoke, he turned his head away from looking at him.

Han Xin looked at those tyrants in the distance with great interest, glanced at the aggrieved Lu Tazhi, and asked, "Hezhi, do you think these people are very pitiful?"

"Drag the family, forced to leave home, and have no family property. If Chao Cuo came to handle this matter, there must be many wronged people among them, why don't you feel sorry for them?"

"Although Yafu is an idiot who doesn't know the art of war, he can see these things clearly. Chao Cuo must be divided according to his family property, and he can't be arrested wantonly. This family property is not their money, it should be the cultivated land they own. That’s right, big men are not allowed to reclaim arable land privately, and these people are not officers and officials who have done meritorious service, nor are they rich families who inherited the titles of their ancestors, where do you think their arable land comes from?”

"Probably bought it."

"Yes, I bought it. If there are 20 people in a land, the tax will be counted as 20 people. The tyrants seize the land and turn the people in this land into their own tenants. These tenants are hidden by them, such as theirs. There are 3 tenants hidden in the year, so these 17 people will naturally not be able to pay the tax. What about the tax? Of course, it will be collected multiple times, and the remaining 17 people will be shared. If the 20 people fail to pay, they will go bankrupt , and become new tenants, 10 people's fortunes will be passed on to 5, 3, and [-] people. The fortunes that should have been collected once a year will be collected five, six, or even twenty Times, thirty times."

Han Xin smiled disdainfully, "Have you ever seen people eat each other?"

Lu Tazhi shook his head.

"Then do you still think these people are pitiful?"

Lu Tazhi was speechless immediately.

The rest of the generals looked at the Taiwei in surprise. When did the Taiwei start to care about government affairs so much?This is the time the Taiwei spoke the most, and he was talking about these powerful things? ?

Zhou Yafu asked cautiously: "Why is the Taiwei so caring?"

"I don't care about these things. It's just that you people can't fight wars. Naturally, you should read more books, know a little bit of truth, and understand right and wrong. If you don't even know these things, then you are useless."

Looking at the astonished crowd, Zhang Buyi shouted, "I still don't thank the Taiwei for his instruction!"

Zhou Yafu probably knew something in his heart. The Taiwei summoned these elites this time to cultivate young talents. What he said just now seemed to be telling them not to be obsessed with military affairs, but to study more. He will speak well and be sarcastic in everything he says.

But this is also the character that the Taiwei cannot change for a long time. No matter who he faces, he always looks like this. He dares to be eccentric to Emperor Gao, even if he is arrested, he still dares to say as much as possible, but he is directly contemptuous towards the other ministers. It's outrageous to be ashamed to fight with Guan Jiang and Wu Yang.

But when Guan Jiang Wuyang and others saw that he was still a king, kneeling down and worshiping was even more outrageous when they were despised by him.

When the Taiwei led the army to Longxi County, from a distance, he saw the county guard leading the officials out to greet him.

There are also some people here to "welcome the king's teacher". When the army arrived, everyone shouted long live, and the officials cheered. , suddenly kneeling in front of the Taiwei's car, almost lying on the ground, with the palms above the head, "My lord!!"

When a big Han Changhou with three thousand food towns knelt in front of the car in such an imageless manner, the officials in Longxi couldn't help trembling.

Today's sheriffs are quite valuable, and they are more valuable than the later eunuchs, because there are still relatively few counties, and it is not an ordinary person who can serve as a local sheriff. This Lu Qing is even more so. The hero of the founding of the country, the Marquis of the Great Han Dynasty, was deeply favored by the emperor. He was specially sent by him to the disaster-stricken Longxi to help the local production resume. He completed it in less than four years. Longxi's revival is in great power, and no one can stop it, but such a person, now covered in soil, seems to have his entire face buried in the soil.

Han Xin glanced at the man kneeling on the ground, "It's Lu Qing. You've made some progress, get up."

Lu Qing hurriedly got up, and greeted many generals with a smile.

Zhou Yafu and others were not familiar with him, but they quickly returned the salute. This person can call Han Xin "the king", and anyone who can call Han Xin the king must respect him. Those are not ordinary people. Feng Jing, who is poisonous, did not intend to call Han Xin As a great king, Han Xin directly humiliated him, calling him "a defeated general who has no shame", which means that he is not qualified to call himself a great king by name.And now Han Xin has no objection to this person calling himself the king, then this person must be very powerful
Lu Qing never returned to his previous staunch appearance, and stood beside Han Xin with a smile, his face full of flattery. Behind him, sit at Han Xin's side when he eats, and serve him personally.

Zhou Yafu and the others looked at this scene with some consternation.

Lu Tazhi asked in a low voice: "Zhou Taiwei and others also respect the Taiwei, but they have never seen them like this. Why did the county guard do this?"

Zhang Buyi said slowly: "Lu Qing is from Qi. He started his army with the Taiwei at the earliest time. He heard that he had served as the Taiwei's personal soldier. He watched his military art, followed the Taiwei to fight everywhere, and won the title. , is definitely different."

Everyone suddenly realized that there was such an origin, no wonder this person respected the Taiwei so much.

"How is the matter in the court?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything about the temple. It's really hard to explain in one word. Earlier, when the officials impeached the princes, Chao Cuo wrote a letter saying reform. Although he never mentioned cutting the feudal clan, the policies he proposed were all strategies for cutting the feudal clan. The princes were very dissatisfied. There was even a conflict between the princes and kings and the country's prime minister. This Chao Cuo cut down the vassal while at the same time engaged in guarding the mausoleum. Based on the cultivated land he owned, he was sent to guard the mausoleum regardless of his reputation, good or bad. He was unscrupulous. If you are soft-hearted, you will be arrested by him. The temple is in chaos, and the place is even more so. Chao Cuo has messed up the world."

"I heard that not long ago, six assassins made an agreement to assassinate Chao Cuo. The matter was reported, and Ting Wei arrested more than a hundred people, all of which were related to this matter."

"Chao Cuo immediately wrote a letter, saying that he wanted to build the royal tomb, and the officials were terrified. 16 people resigned from office. Shangqing Lv Chong led people to attack Chao Cuo's chariots and horses. If the matter failed, he committed suicide immediately."

Lu Tazhi curled his lips, looked at Zhou Yafu, and said in a low voice, "Look, it's definitely wrong to let this person be the third prince."

Zhang Buyi suddenly scolded: "The Lu family's dog, dare to assassinate the big man Sangong?! It should be cooked and killed!!"

From Zhang Buyi's point of view, this obviously did not take His Majesty seriously.

But everyone trembled and dared not answer.

Han Xin was not afraid, and he said: "The Lu family is prosperous. Many relatives have no titles or official positions, but because of the reputation of the Lu family, they occupy a lot of land. These people have all been eradicated. Are you in no hurry?"

"It's the guy who grew up. Heh, he threw the poisonous thing to me. He led people to cross the river in the middle of the night and escaped. I chased him for a long time but didn't catch up. I could only watch him run away. I thought Why is he rushing back to do something important, and co-authoring is for such a small matter?"

Han Xin's tone was a bit cold, he will never forget that day.

He stood on the shore and yelled at the departing ship, while Liu Chang just waved his hand triumphantly at him.

This unreasonable brat fought himself, beat it heartily, then threw the troublesome things to himself, patted his ass and ran away!

This time in Chang'an, let's see if Nai Gong will hang you up and beat you up! !

Everyone dared not accept Han Xin's words.

"Taiwei!! Monarchs and ministers are different!!! Dare to humiliate him?!"

Only one person stood up. He looked furious, put his hand on the hilt of his sword, and glared at Han Xin.

Everyone was stunned, and Lu Tazhi took a deep breath.

Lu Qing opened her mouth wide, dumbfounded, it seemed that Lu Tazhi's head could fit in it
Han Xin looked at Zhang Buyi coldly, his face was gloomy and terrifying.

"What did you say??"

"Although you are His Majesty's teacher, if you dare to disrespect Your Majesty again, I will kill you right now!! Blood splattered five steps!!!"

The triumphant army approached Chang'an, and the former army had already seen the emperor's yellow cover.

The soldiers were very excited and changed again.

Han Xin came to the former military position from the position of the central army.

As the chariot approached, all the officials who were waiting with the emperor in the distance could not help but lower their heads, even Chao Cuo, who was invincible, also hurriedly lowered their heads.

There are not many people who can make Chao Cuo so afraid, Taiwei is one of them.

The moment he saw the Great Han Emperor, the Taiwei was in a bad mood, his mind was full of Liu Chang waving goodbye to him arrogantly, and he felt a bit of a toothache just thinking about it.

But in front of the ministers, Han Xin would still give Liu Chang some face. After all, he was the emperor of the Han Dynasty. It might be inappropriate to pick up his shoes and chase him after he got off the car.

Liu Chang hurried forward, Han Xin also got out of the car, and the monarch and his ministers greeted each other.

"Teacher! You are finally back. I have been looking forward to your return for a long time!"

Han Xin didn't reply, just stared at Liu Chang and laughed.

"Hehehe"

The smile didn't look very friendly.

And watching the scene of the master's kindness and filial piety, the officials were a little moved. Seeing the two people's friendly whispers, Taiwei Chunchun taught, and the majesty's face became more respectful. The officials couldn't help feeling, what a touching master-student relationship .

"Teacher, have you dealt with the matter of poisoning yourself? I thought you would come back in half a year. I didn't expect it to take so long for such a trivial matter. Will it take so long?"

"Hehehe"

"What gift did you bring me?"

"Hehehe"

There are still many soldiers following back, and Liu Chang also received them one by one. It is not the first time that Zhou Yafu and others have experienced such a situation. There is no disrespect. Returning to the palace with His Majesty, at this time, Liu Chang suddenly noticed the prison car in the distance, and a person stood in the prison car with disheveled hair, looking extremely embarrassed, Liu Chang asked suspiciously: "Master also brought back the prisoners ? Didn’t you say that King Baicheng and others should be imprisoned in the West Court?”

And the prisoner suddenly raised his head and looked at Liu Chang eagerly.

Liu Changcai saw that his mouth was gagged.

"No doubt??!!"

Liu Chang was furious.

(End of this chapter)