Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 691 You Are More and More Like Little Chen Ping
In Taiwei's mansion.

Han Xin sat on the top seat, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were terrifying.

Chen Shi, governor of Runan County, and Zhao Tou, governor of Yingchuan County, were sitting on the left and right of Han Xin. In the entire mansion, apart from the two of them, there was no third governor present.

This is the most intolerable situation for Han Xin, how dare he despise Naigong? ?

Han Xin's prestige is very high, especially for the generals, but this does not mean that everyone will follow him unconditionally. When Han Xin summoned the county guards, rumors spread suddenly that Lu Chan went to Changle Palace I reported this matter. Actually it is not a rumor, it is the truth, and after the word got out, the county guards did not dare to come to see the Taiwei, they were not sure about the attitude of the old lady, if the old Choose one of the woman and the old captain, most of them still want to choose the old woman.

I would rather offend the emperor than the Taiwei, and I would rather offend the Taiwei than the Queen Mother.

Zhao Tou looked around in a daze, and then looked at Chen Shi beside him, his eyes were full of resentment.

I can't say, you have to come.

This is great, just the two of us are stuck here, we can't hide it even if we want to, probably the Empress Dowager's gift of wine is on the way!

Chen Shi was very calm and frank.

Han Xin took a deep breath, and then looked at the two sheriffs in front of him, "That's right. You are kind. You are Jiang Xi's son, right?"

Han Xin looked at Zhao Tou, and Zhao Tou hurriedly saluted, "Taiwei, when my father was alive, he often talked about your kindness."

A smile finally appeared on Han Xin's face, "When I was the king of Qi in the past, Father Ni always followed me, riding on the saddle. Unexpectedly, even his son is so old."

He looked at Chen Shi again, and Chen Shi hurriedly got up to salute.

"Xu's grandson?"

Although it is very impolite to call his father's name directly to his son, and it is even possible to draw a sword, but Chen Shi is very happy at the moment, he can just call his father by his name, as long as he remembers it.

"exactly."

"Your elder father followed Emperor Gao as a soldier, and made many military exploits. When he attacked Xiang Ji, he contributed a lot. You can't fall under the lintel of your elder father!"

"I see!"

Han Xin nodded with a smile, "I summoned the county guard this time because Chao Cuo wrote a letter to me, wanting to make some changes to the current official positions to relieve your pressure. I have served as an official in the local area, and I know that you are The local difficulties are not a bad thing. I also want to ask everyone's ideas and make reasonable arrangements. I didn't expect that these people look down on me so much, it seems that there is no need to discuss with them. Since you Come, then I will talk to you."

Both of them were suspicious, and Zhao Tou couldn't help asking: "Didn't Mr. Chao want to deal with the cough, didn't he want to rectify the kings? Why did you want to reform the prefecture?"

If others asked, I'm afraid Han Xin would have already yelled at them, but at the moment Han Xin liked these two people very much, so he patiently explained: "Some county guards have gone too far, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the temple. The temple is dealing with the princes. Some Those who can’t see themselves rule the county into a country, treat themselves as the lord of the country, arrange their own cronies arbitrarily, suppress dissidents, and monopolize the power, why are you shaking?”

Trembling, Zhao Tou wiped the sweat from his forehead, "I got a cold when I came here, and I haven't recovered yet."

"These county guards regard the counties as their own private belongings, and even openly plunder the supplies of other counties and counties, seize the water canals, and almost lead the army to attack other counties and counties. What's more, they bring their own counties and counties. Confronting other counties. What do you want to do? Separate one side and compete in the world?!"

Zhao's head trembled even more, sweating profusely.

Why do these things sound so familiar?
"Chao Cuo wants to investigate the criminal evidence of these people, arrest the guilty sheriff, and rectify them. I summoned everyone here this time to give them a chance to prove themselves. Hehe, I didn't expect that these people don't know what to do! !DAMN!!!”

Han Xin slammed the wooden case in front of him hard, but Zhao Tou was so frightened that he almost fell down.

Seeing this, Chen Shi hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Taiwei! The minister is guilty!"

"I don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, and I did the evil things that the Taiwei said just now. I know I was wrong. Please punish the Taiwei!!"

Zhao Tou was stunned, did you bring me here to surrender? ?
But at this moment, Chen Shi has already made an apology, and he has done a lot more than Chen Shi, so how could he dare to take it, so he hastily made a plea together.

Han Xin looked at them calmly, and suddenly laughed.

"I didn't misunderstand the person. You are still smart. Get up and I will protect you this time. This time in Chang'an, you must follow Chao Cuo's order, support his policies, and successfully complete the rectification of the local area, understand?"

"Thank you, Captain!!"

The two were talking loudly.

When he walked out of Taiwei's mansion, Zhao Tou only felt his legs were still shaking.

"You guys almost killed me! No, you already killed me!"

Zhao Tou's eyes were full of despair, "No one dares to come, just you, a big fool, come forward and surrender yourself. The Taiwei has evidence of our crime here, and offended the Queen Mother. Chang'an is here The two who are the least to be provoked have been provoked once. What should I do next? Go to Houde Hall to spit at His Majesty?"

Chen Shi glanced at him, "I didn't ask you to come here, you insisted on coming with me."

"I know you've always been cunning and never suffered, so who would have thought of following you closely? You would actually bring me to die, it's over, it's over...my family is passed down in one line, and the title will be broken by me Here it is"

Looking at the nagging Zhao Tou, Chen Shi scolded: "What are you afraid of? It's good if others don't come, and the Taiwei will remember our kindness if others don't come. As for the Queen Mother, do you think she is just like you? Worry The Taiwei rebelled? If she was afraid of the Taiwei, the Taiwei would have died in prison! You said that the Taiwei did not rebel when he led the army, but now that he has handed over his military power, will he rebel at this time?"

Zhao Tou hesitated for a moment, looked around, and then said in a low voice: "That's not necessarily true. You don't know about the Taiwei, but I know it very well. Back then, my father told me before he died that Chen Xi conspired to rebel. Before, my father secretly sent someone to contact the Taiwei three times, asking him if he wanted to raise troops. He never got an answer from the Taiwei. Until someone came to my father and asked him to raise troops, but at that time the Taiwei himself had already I was arrested, and Chen Xi was beheaded. My father was shocked, and asked the man why he didn't deliver the news earlier, and the man said that the Taiwei sent someone to deliver the letter the day before the rebellion."

"It was also before that. When I was in the state of Chu, my father wrote a letter to the Taiwei, saying that Emperor Gao might want to harm him, and asked to lead the army to station in a dangerous place. Guess what? When the Taiwei was caught He reprimanded Emperor Gao loudly, saying that he should have listened to my father and guarded the dangerous place."

"My father was paralyzed when he heard about this, and passed out that day. He was so frightened that he never lived a peaceful day."

"I remember that before my father died of illness, he held my hand and kept shaking his head, saying that the greatest achievement in this life was to fight with the Taiwei, and the biggest mistake was to follow the Taiwei to rebel against him."

"After all this, can your father die well? Emperor Gao is still magnanimous."

"That's right, Emperor Gao is magnanimous, that is, my father originally had [-] food, but when he died of illness, he left [-]. Guess why the [-] was lost?"

Chen Shi suddenly realized, no wonder this guy had such a big resistance to coming to see the Taiwei. It turned out that this family was mistreated by the Taiwei.

He said softly: "Okay, don't worry, the Taiwei used to behave like this because the emperor didn't trust him. The Taiwei is not a traitor, it's just that his character can't be underestimated and humiliated, so he doesn't trust him. In his opinion It is a kind of humiliation. The Taiwei is actually a very virtuous person. Today, His Majesty treats him almost as his own biological father. How could the Taiwei rebel? Even if the Taiwei really rebelled, it would be those generals You guys, start to despise him in your heart, and you will never follow him. You don’t have to worry so much, I didn’t bring you to see the Taiwei, not to follow him to plot rebellion.”

"You see, it is good to come here this time. Chao Cuo and the Taiwei must have reached some kind of agreement to handle this matter. With Chao Cuo's ability and the reputation of the Taiwei, this matter cannot be stopped. of."

"I also figured it out. Chao Cuo and Taiwei are two people, one is soft and the other is firm. The Taiwei must be the first to persuade. If we can be persuaded, we will escape disaster. If he can't persuade , Chao Cuo is about to come, and you probably know what Chao Cuo does."

"These county guards who didn't come, they were harmed by those who released the rumors, and they voluntarily gave up their way of life. If they don't come to see the Taiwei, they can only go to see Chao Cuo."

"Believe me, you definitely don't want to hear what Chao Cuo said just now in Ting Wei's Mansion."

Hearing Chen Shi's explanation, Zhao Tou understood a little bit, and he mustered up his courage, "Okay, I will trust you again, what shall we do next?"

"Go to the palace to meet His Majesty!"

"Ah? See what His Majesty is doing?"

"Didn't you just say, spit!"

Chen Shi laughed.

"Let go of me!! I'm not going!! Let me go!!! You crazy lunatic!!!"

Inside Houde Hall, Liu Chang looked suspiciously at the two sheriffs in front of him.

Liu Chang knew about these two people, and Zhang Cang appointed them. The teacher handed over Runan, a big county, to Chen Shi, saying that this man had no ambition, but was very smart. Leave it in the hands of someone who knows how to advance and retreat, don't seek great rule, but don't make any mistakes. As for that head Zhao, according to the teacher's words, this person is timid and cautious. Although he doesn't have much talent, he has a good background and can shock the local people. The powerful and powerful family, and it will not cause any big trouble.

In Liu Chang's view, these two are the epitome of most Han officials. They are not as outstanding as those outstanding people in the temple. They probably have a good family background and have some characteristics, so they were assigned to the local government. The limitation of this talent is that you will probably be a sheriff in this life. In the end, even if you get promoted, you will probably go to other places to continue to be a sheriff. Unless you make some outstanding achievements, you will not be able to go further. In ancient times, they might be expelled from the country for various strange reasons, and the family would be completely wiped out by everyone.

But these two people actually took the initiative to come to the door, which made Liu Chang a little puzzled and incomprehensible.

Zhao Tou looked anxiously at Chen Shi beside him. Of course, Chen Shi didn't really spit at Liu Chang. He said seriously, "Your Majesty, I'm in the mansion, and someone reported that the Taiwei wanted to summon us."

Chen Shi truthfully told Liu Chang about his trip to Taiwei's mansion and the conversation with Taiwei, and Liu Chang listened carefully.

It wasn't until he finished that Liu Chang asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Your Majesty, I know that the Taiwei has no dissent, and the local county guards dare not meet each other. I am the only one who went with Zhao Junshou. I am just worried that others will criticize your majesty, so I come to explain the situation. The ministers will definitely do their best. Cooperate with the temple, implement new laws, rectify the place, and do everything for the king!"

Liu Chang nodded slightly, "That's right. In fact, you don't need to say anything. I know everything that happened there. In Chang'an, there are always some people who think they are smart, but others can't see it." My own thoughts. Inexplicable self-confidence, I have always been curious, why do they dare to be so self-confident, I later found out that this is because of their own stupidity, I already know about it, you guys go back and cooperate with all your strength Chao Cuo."

The emperor's attitude was a bit inexplicable. After leaving the Hall of Houde, Chen Shi said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty is warning us. Let us not be clever and know how to behave."

Zhao Tou was still at a loss, didn't understand anything, just nodded.

While Liu Chang was still in the Hall of Houde, he glanced at Lu Lu next to him, "This time, I offended all the county guards. will become the target of public criticism.”

"My big brother has always been like this. He doesn't have his own opinions. He does what others say. Even at home, he listens to his wife. He doesn't have any ideas of his own. I thought I could improve a little bit, but just came out. Changle Palace, listened to Ann and started messing around again."

"Well, I don't think he's going to make any progress."

Liu Chang doesn't think so, "It's still a bit of progress. It used to be used as a knife for outsiders, but this time it's for our own people. It's okay, but it's just An, who is full of bad water. Does An care about the mastermind behind it? Who, he only cares about whether Chao Cuo's reform can be successful, and Chao Cuo is the same, he doesn't care about anything else, he just wants to make things happen."

"Will the prince's plan work?"

"Of course it will work. It's not his strategy. He just pushed the boat along the way. It's barely a push. It's not too clever, but it's not bad. This guy is getting better at planning. This is a good thing, you see , In fact, I don’t need to take action now. Let the county guards do it for them, the old and the young. Let’s think about the affairs of the princes and kings. When the fourth brother arrives, I will discuss with him. With the cooperation of the fourth brother, this matter will be easily resolved."

At this moment, Lu Chan was sitting in Yushi Mansion with a smile all over his face.

Chao Cuo actually sat aside respectfully, nodding to Lu Chan frequently.

Lu Chan didn't expect that the prince's strategy was to let himself sit in the Imperial Palace for a while.

Lu Chan also didn't understand why he was able to catch those behind-the-scenes culprits after sitting in Yushi's mansion for a while. Of course, he didn't understand why Chao Cuo was so polite to him at the moment, and that kind of respect was simply incredible. Dahan Sangong, what virtue and ability can I have.

Not only Lu Chan, but also the officials in Yushi's mansion were a little confused at the moment.

What is the situation.

When did Chao Cuo become so polite?

"I still want to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, things wouldn't have gone so smoothly. If it wasn't for the Taiwei's life-and-death refusal to agree, why would I need to make such a fuss?"

Chao Cuo said proudly.

"This is great, the Taiwei can no longer object to all this, and I still rely on you!"

Everyone suddenly came to their senses. Could it be that Chao Cuo had released the rumors? ?It's not that Chao Cuo and Taiwei conspired, but Taiwei opposed Chao Cuo's policy? ?The two have different ideas? ?
The way everyone looked at Chao Cuo and Lu Chan suddenly changed.

Chao Cuo didn't say much, but let Lu Chan stay for a long time, and then respectfully sent him out of the mansion.

Lu Chan got into the car in a daze, and walked towards his mansion. As soon as he got back to the mansion, before he had time to change his clothes, someone came to the door.

The person who came was Chongjie, the governor of Nanyang County.

Of course Lu Chan knew each other. This man's family was very close to the Lu family. The two played together when they were young. He hurriedly greeted him, but Chong Jie's expression was very ugly at the moment.

"Lu Hou. I have always been close to you. Why did you collude with Chao Cuo to murder me?"

"what???"

"Lv Houmo is going to pretend again, I already know that it was Chao Cuo who let you go!! I hate it, I didn't go to see the Taiwei, I missed the opportunity, and now it will fall into Chao Cuo's hands!! You Why are you doing this to me! I"

Chong Jie gritted his teeth, his face was extremely ugly, out of his own camp, he deliberately didn't go to the Taiwei's mansion, expressing that he was determined to follow the Queen Mother, but only now did he realize that this had nothing to do with the Queen Mother, it was Chao Cuo who made it up to deal with the Taiwei Yes, isn't this a disgusting person? ?Everyone knows who Chao Cuo is. The two sheriffs who went to Taiwei's mansion earlier said that the Taiwei wanted to protect them, but Chao Cuo wanted to deal with them. As a result, he would offend the people who wanted to protect him. What is it, to take the initiative to cut off one's own way of life? ?

Are you cheating on yourself? ?
Looking at Chongjie's resentful gaze, Lu Chan had no choice but to explain: "You misunderstood, I am following the order of the crown prince to find out who is behind the scenes."

"Huh, the person behind the scenes?"

"Chao Cuo is the person behind the scenes!!!"

"I thought you were a simple and kind gentleman, but I didn't expect it! How did I offend you and treat me like this!!"

Chong Jie said angrily, turned around and left here.

Lu Chan was dumbfounded, but he couldn't stop him from leaving.

Um?Why is this different from what An said? Isn't it to dig out the people behind the scenes?How did it become Chao Cuo? ?

And the news quickly spread in Chang'an, and the county guards drove their carriages and rushed towards the Taiwei's mansion frantically, scrambling to be the first.

Liu An sat leisurely in the Prince's Mansion, took a sip of tea, closed his eyes, and enjoyed the rare sunshine in winter.

(End of this chapter)