Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 673
"Set up a priest in Shendu?"

"What is the meaning of this, Lieutenant?"

"I have never heard of any pastures or good horses in the body"

When the servant brought the order of the Taiwei back to the servant's mansion, all the officials from top to bottom expressed some incomprehension.

The eunuch sits on the top seat. This foreign eunuch who was born in the Yue family is now over half a hundred years old. He can be regarded as a high-ranking and powerful man in the Han Dynasty.Probably because the early Han Dynasty was fed up with the pain of not having war horses. During Liu Chang’s period, raising horses became the consensus of the world. With Liu Chang’s unremitting efforts, temples were established in Wuwei, Longxi, Tianshui, Anding, Beidi, Shangjun, Xihe, and Shuofang. Wait for the eight counties to set up priests and officials, and raise 30 horses.

Today's big men have no shortage of war horses, and they can mobilize an army of 10 cavalry with all their strength, which is enough to sweep the world. Of course, there is no enemy worthy of mobilizing an army of this size.

At the same time, animal husbandry is also developing at a high speed. The initial development of animal husbandry was not smooth, because in the past, the development of animal husbandry relied on sacrifices and sacrifices required a large number of cattle and sheep, and temples would prepare cattle and sheep in various places for annual sacrifices.However, after Liu Chang came to power, he banned a series of sacrifices, and the "Wu Zui's evil" was still on the lips of the emperor. Many people who proposed to restart the sacrifice were charged with such crimes and were directly exiled to the northwest. Up to now, no one Don't dare to talk about sacrifices anymore.

On the contrary, Liu An, taking advantage of Liu Chang's absence, secretly held several spring planting sacrifices and autumn harvest sacrifices, which made the officials feel a little more at ease. It seems that the current terrible situation of "the emperor does not sacrifice" is only temporary. It's gone, it's going to get better.

The banning of sacrificial sacrifices hit the animal husbandry industry, but when the business developed, the animal husbandry industry started to take off rapidly. The textile industry drove the entire animal husbandry industry, and the wealth of the people caused a bigger gap in the meat market. It has become the most important meat supplier of Dahan, and the animal husbandry industry has become more and more prosperous, and has become an indispensable and important pillar of Dahan.

The development of horse administration and pastoral administration made this servant's status higher and higher.

The eunuch's back was a bit bent, but his body was still stout, with a thick beard, a straight nose, deep eyes, and a tall man sitting on the top seat, quite a bit like "Da Shanyu of the Yue family".

The servant is from a foreign race, but he is not rough, not a reckless man outside the Great Wall, he is a serious Huang Lao master, he and Liu Chang are considered to be from the same school, he once studied Huang Lao from Gai Gong, and he is very familiar with the Huang Lao school. With brand-new research, it is probably because he lived in a completely different environment from childhood to most. Many ideas in the Huang-Lao School can always be interpreted differently here. In Huang-Lao’s internal circle, he is also recognized as Huang-Lao Master, A virtuous man with a high status.

Liu An has a very good relationship with him. Liu An once studied "Pan Yu Pian" with him. Until now, he still visits him from time to time to discuss knowledge together.

Among the Yuezhi people, the status of the servant is unimaginably high, and his influence even exceeds that of the Yuezhi king of this generation. The Yuezhi king is the official canonized king in the Han Dynasty, but this princely king is a bit special , without his own subordinates, but more like Chehou, who is the commander-in-chief of the Yue clan in name, but in terms of influence, he is still not as good as this servant. The servant is like the "immortal ancestor" of the Yue clan. The kind that belonged to my family for several years. Because of the peculiar atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, the Sinicization of the Yuezhi people is very fast.

After decades of marriage and living together, these Yuezhi people living in the Tang Dynasty can hardly see the difference from other common people. They began to adopt a large number of Chinese names, choose Chinese characters, participate in assessments, etc. Nanyue King Zhao Tuo once Write to Liu Chang.

He said that the first Yuezhi people who served as county magistrates appeared under his command, and he could see Yuezhi people living outside the Great Wall come to South Vietnam to serve as county magistrates in his lifetime, which made him feel the supreme benevolence of the emperor of the Han Dynasty. , so the letter shows the situation.

There are many Hu people in the Han Dynasty, and the Yuezhi people are the most powerful among them.

Compared with the Yuezhi people, the Wuhuan people living in Yan State are the opposite. This group of people always rebels, resists taxes, etc. Some people in the temple say that this is the King of Yan's self-respect, and he targets them in order to highlight the necessity of the princes and kings. It made them rebel, and some people said that it was the tyranny of King Yan, who imposed heavy taxes in order to maintain a huge army, which led to this situation. However, such a rebellion was still small in the big Han, and it did not cause any waves.

The servant stroked his beard lightly, and said seriously: "Since the Taiwei has issued an order, we must obey it whether we know it or not. The Taiwei's talent is beyond our comprehension. He wants us to set up a new The Priest must have his reasons."

"The area from Xiting Kingdom to Peacock Kingdom is considered a good pasture. Although it is not as good as Beidi and other counties, if it is established here, it will need the help of Xiting Kingdom. I will write a letter to the servant of Xiting Kingdom to express In any case, you should prepare yourself first.”

Everyone got up and hurriedly agreed.

The servant frowned, and vaguely had some guesses of his own. Did the captain want to appoint more herdsmen to occupy the pasture in the corridor, so as to strengthen the connection between the big man and Shendu?

Who is the servant of Xiting Kingdom?

Come to think of it, it was Dou Guangguo, uncle of King Xiting.

This person is quite talented. He was personally recommended by King Wu and sent by His Majesty to assist King Xiting. He should be able to cooperate well with him.

The servant lowered his head and began to write the letter. Just as he was writing seriously, a soldier suddenly entered and said, "Servant! Your Highness, please see me!"

The servant was taken aback, and hastily dropped the pen in his hand, "Hey, how can a minister ask the king to see him? Follow me to see His Highness!"

When the eunuch rushed out to meet him, Liu An was the first to salute. After the two saluted, the eunuch and the prince returned to the inner room. Liu An looked at the pen and ink on his case and said, "I have delayed your important event. What a shame."

"Don't dare, sit down, Your Highness."

The two sat down and exchanged simple greetings. Although Liu Chang suppressed a lot of Confucianism, he also valued a lot of Confucianism and Legalism. On the contrary, not many Huang Laos were promoted, and Liu An was the opposite of him. , was born to be accomplices with Huang Lao and his gang, and the servant was also the first minister Liu An wooed. During Liu Chang's absence, the servant helped a lot and helped Liu An cover many times. The rest of the ministers were speechless, and they were called able ministers at that time.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Liu An smiled wryly, hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, the servant ordered the officials to go out and closed the door.

"Servant, I didn't mean to bother you, but this father left me with a hot matter. I don't want to talk about it with outsiders, so I have to tell you."

The servant and Liu An are not only related to Huang Lao, but they are also related. The servant's son Tutang married Cao Jiang, the youngest daughter of Pingyang Hou Cao Yu. This is the prince's uncle's family. Tutang, the son of his son, had to call the prince his elder brother. However, Tutang was not very close to the prince. He was different from the servant. Teacher Peiwei is also the disciple of Uncle Fuqiu. He got along well with the king Dai in Taixue before, and later entered the Shihuo Mansion, and was promoted to Tingwei with meritorious service. He is currently serving as Tingwei Shi in Tingwei.

Of course, Liu An's words were meant to win people's hearts, and the eunuch replied with a smile: "What's your Highness, it's okay to speak up."

"Father asked me to deal with the aftermath of Zhao Yu's case, but too many people were involved in it."

"My idiot. Keke, big man Minghou Luchan, because of Zhao Buhai's pleading, actually helped him secretly put the villain into the city. He still thinks that he was killed because he killed the person who humiliated his parents. He was wanted and couldn't enter the city, but he just wanted to go to the city to have a look. There is also Yushi Zhongcheng, Qu Zhouhou, who clearly knew Zhao Yu's behavior, but still acted as if he didn't know it. It was my elder brother, King Qi, who even sent assassins to kill Chao Cuo."

"Father himself finds it difficult, so let me handle it, but what should I do? Lu Chan is my elder, according to the law, he should be executed, but with the eldest mother around, who would dare to execute him?"

"The eldest mother never favored her own people, but Lu Chan was different. His father, Lu Ze, was the elder brother of the eldest mother, and he was also the person whom the eldest mother valued the most. The eldest mother told the father many times that he wanted Let my father chase after Lu Ze as king. Lu Chan is Lu Ze's only heir, can he still be executed?"

"As for Qu Zhouhou, his father is close friends with many people, such as Xia Houying, Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Wang Tianqi, Lu Jia, Chai Wu, Liu Jing, etc. If they kill him, how will they face the group of veterans who founded the country? ??"

"King Qi is even more troublesome. That's my elder brother. Now there is a lot of trouble in cutting down feudal clans everywhere. If you kill him."

Liu An's face was full of helplessness, "Father feels that it's not easy for me to come forward, so let me handle it."

The servant listened carefully, then laughed, "I think that's not the case at all."

"If your Majesty intends to deal with it, even if they are as close as Lu Chan, as expensive as Liu Xiang, and as famous as Li Ji, they will not be able to escape. They will definitely be executed together. Lu Chan is the direct son of Lu Ze, so what about Lu Tai? Liu Xiang is His Majesty's son, he can destroy the country even if he can't be killed, King Qi doesn't just have such a son. As for the old minister, His Majesty doesn't care much."

"Your Majesty asked His Highness to come down to handle this matter, not for you to kill them, but for you to recover them."

"When Your Majesty left, you offended many ministers, and your relationship with the Lu family was not as close as your Majesty's. This time, you offended the princes and kings even more. Your Majesty wants you to make good friends with them again. Is this true? Isn't it a great opportunity? Your Highness can hold a banquet and summon these people, I think, there must be rough people under your Highness. Your Highness should know how to do it."

The servant said with a smile, Liu An was taken aback, and then asked: "Father asked me to deal with these people, but I use this to win them over. Will I offend Father?"

"If Chao Cuo is really dead, you still want to do this. Of course, it will completely anger His Majesty, but now Chao Cuo is fine. Your Majesty is a person who values ​​the present and doesn't care about your selfishness. If you can turn bad things into He won't care about good things, of course, if you can't do it well and turn bad things into worse things, it's hard to say."

Liu An laughed, then shook his head, "As my father's son, I am not as transparent as you."

The servant gave him a meaningful look, couldn't he see it?

Can't you see it, you have to be awakened by someone who will not be easily punished by His Majesty, right?
Otherwise, would none of the thousands of talents around the prince be able to see it?
Of course, the eunuch still didn't point it out, there are some words, it's good for the two of them to know each other well.

There are some sayings that the servant is close to Liu An. Although the servant is a foreigner, he has a very good relationship with His Majesty. Every time His Majesty sees the servant, he always calls him brother. In private banquets, Liu Chang even What a kindness it is to pull his sons and let them call the servant Zhongfu. Anyway, the servant is touched. He knows that his status is special. The big man has always had a tradition of despising the barbarians. In the big man, the only worthy The outsiders who valued it were the Xiongnu, and the rest were called Zahu. Of course, the same was true for the Huns. Both of them looked down on the other Zahu, and the Yuezhi was within the scope of the Zahu.

Even though he is already an official in Jiuqing, and even a legitimate candidate for Fengchang, just wait for Lu Jia to resign, and after taking up the position of Fengchang, he can look at the position of Doctor Yushi, and look at the left and right ministers from Doctor Yushi, but still There are still people who look down on him.

Earlier, when Liu Chang was away, the eunuch participated in the court discussion, and the minister could not speak to him, so he said in a low voice, "Miscellaneous Hu has no shape, so you can't discuss it with him."

Of course, the minister who said this was dragged out of the market the next day because of his private possession of armor at home, but there are not many people who have such thoughts.

And His Majesty was the only one who would not despise him so much and could entrust him with important matters. Before leaving, His Majesty summoned a total of three people.

Lu Lu, Zhang Buyi, servants.

The eunuch only cares about horse administration?Although the royal chariots and horses have many functions.

It was also Liu Chang who entrusted him to help this ineffective prince, and his son's marriage was all intentional by His Majesty.

After receiving the "teaching" from the eunuch, Liu An seemed to be much more comfortable, and he stopped talking about these government affairs, instead, he chatted about homework again.

After chatting for a long time, Liu An got up to leave, and the eunuch continued to finish his article.

At this moment, the sky was getting dark, but the eunuch did not rush to rest. Instead, he asked people to prepare the carriage and left home.

The purpose of the servant is the school ground of the Northern Army.

Zhou Yafu is the chief general here at the moment. When he learned that the eunuch came, he was very polite. The importance of war horses to the army is self-evident, and rewarding the three armies cannot be separated from the eunuch. Even if he is as proud as Zhou Yafu, He is also polite to the servants, even a little enthusiastic, and the people in charge of logistics cannot offend them. Once they march, cattle and sheep are the best supplies, and horses are the most important thing. How dare the generals be responsible? What about the rudeness of the ministers of these two things?
The eunuch came here to bring some rewards to Zhou Yafu, and distributed some meat in the name of the emperor.

"It's too much work. These days, the Northern Army has been training with all its strength, and there is never a shortage of meat. It's all because of your efforts."

"No, it is His Majesty who attaches great importance to you and specifically explained that I cannot be without your carnivorous war horses. I am only acting on His Majesty's order, and there is no need to be polite."

"That's still your credit."

Zhou Yafu said, smiled, and said: "You wait here for a while, I will go out and count the recent consumption."

He looked at the Junhou behind him again, and said, "You are here to protect the servant!"

The young military marquis hurriedly proclaimed Wei.

As soon as Zhou Yafu left, the servant hurriedly looked at the young Junhou, took out a few snacks from his sleeve, and handed them to the young man with a smile.

"Jilai, I specially brought you snacks from the Tang Kingdom. Eat them quickly!"

Wang Ji didn't look sideways, "Private servant! The last general is here"

Before he finished speaking, a piece of snack was stuffed into his mouth.

Wang Ji pouted, like a squirrel, staring at the court servant, his eyes filled with astonishment, grievance and anger.

"Father!! Why are you here again!!"

"Didn't I say that I didn't want others to know that I entered the Northern Army by relying on my riding and shooting skills. If others knew, wouldn't they say that I relied on the power of the eunuch?"

The servant didn't care about this, and took out snacks again, "Don't worry, others won't know, eat it quickly, your general will be back soon!"

"Father! I'm already! No, I'm 19! You"

Wang Ji was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Your military exploits are outstanding. I just know it. Who dares to say that you took such a position by relying on me? Your general is Zhou Bo's son. Does anyone say that he became a general by virtue of his family background? Stop thinking about it!"

Wang Ji could only stare straight ahead numbly, allowing the servant to stuff snacks into his mouth piece by piece.

Zhou Yafu cleared his throat outside the tent, and then walked in.

The eunuch smiled, just as before, and the Junhou beside him had round cheeks. Zhou Yafu tried not to stare at his face, "Private servant, everything is done, why don't you go and have a look?"

"Okay, okay, then I'm going back."

As the servant said, he followed Zhou Yafu and left here, while Wang Ji walked back to his tent angrily.

Just after they came back, several soldiers got up to greet him. They looked at Wang Ji's face for a moment, and then someone asked, "Marquis Jun? Is the servant here?"

"I have no idea!"

Although Junhou has military merits and is brave and good at fighting, he is young after all. These soldiers get along well with him. There is not much difference between them. They are like friends on weekdays. Some soldiers couldn't help but say: "Since Junhou After coming to the Northern Army, our supply of beef and mutton has skyrocketed."

"Rumours, these are all rumors!"

"I can become a military lord because I can ride and shoot well, and my uncle is an ordinary military lord!!"

Wang Ji said firmly.

The armored soldier thought so, nodded, and then pointed to the corner of his mouth.

Wang Ji wiped his mouth hastily, and then said again:

"I don't know any Taifu at all!!"

(End of this chapter)