Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 714 The Talent of the Three Dukes! !
"Liu Heng!!!"

A violent voice came from outside Yushifu.

The officials who were busy in the mansion turned pale with fright, stood up angrily, and put their hands on the hilt of their swords one after another. Who is this who dares to call Dr. Yushi by his name outside the Yushi mansion? ?Don't want your brain anymore? ?
At this time, someone broke into the mansion.

As soon as the man came in, he stared fiercely at the people in the mansion, but when the officials saw him, they immediately lowered their hands and lowered their heads.

Oh, it's Zhang Zuoxiang, then it's fine.

A small official hurriedly came out from the side room, and greeted Zhang Buyi with a smile, "Master Zuo, my imperial censor is here to invite you."

Zhang Buyi sneered, "Dare to ask, with the official system of a big Han, which one is better, the prime minister or the imperial censor?"

"Xiang Wanshi, naturally has a bigger phase."

"Then let him come out to meet me!!"

The little official's face changed drastically, and he also straightened his face, asking: "Dare to ask Zuo Xiang, which is the greatest, Che Hou or the princes and kings?"

"Hahaha, when did the title of the big man surpass the official position? I heard that Chao Cuo served as the county magistrate in the capacity of Chehou, and he did not order the state governor and county guard to visit him. Master, I should go to pay a visit, but now in the temple, I have to use my official position! Since I have come to the temple, let him come out to pay a visit!!"

The little official said he couldn't believe Zhang Buyi, so he turned around and went back.

After a while, another person came out with a wry smile.

"Meet Father Zhong."

This time it was Prince Liu An who came out, Liu An was also a little embarrassed, of course he knew why Zhang Busu came here, he really didn't want to get involved, neither of these two people could be offended.

"Father Zhong came from a long way and is tired, why not go inside and have some tea"

Liu An's tone was flattering, and he hoped that Zhang Buyi could save face and stop making trouble here.

Zhang Buyi didn't answer him at all, but raised his head and questioned: "Dare to ask Your Highness, how does a big man rule the country?"

Liu An opened his mouth blankly, then stepped aside without saying a word.

Well, I'll invite you in for tea, and you're going to reprimand me for being unfilial, right? ?Being reprimanded for being unfilial in a big man is really a big deal. You will be expelled from the society immediately. The bandits will have to spit at you before leaving. Let me tell you an interesting story. Someone in Changsha was prosecuted for disobedience, and then ran to seek refuge. A notorious bandit group in the local area wanted to use their power to avoid being hunted down by the temple, but when the bandits learned that he was wanted for disobedience, they were furious and immediately interrupted this fellow Hands and feet were bound and sent to the government. He said that he would not associate with disobedient people.

It's still good now, but when the next big man comes, people all over the world will start to roll up their filial piety.

Where would Liu An dare to try to persuade him to make peace?

Liu Heng walked out of the study helplessly, and the person he was most worried about returned.

Zhang Buyi has always been the number one trouble in Liu Heng's heart.

Liu Heng is very satisfied with the three officials and nine ministers in the temple today. Liu Chang has a good sense of people. The officials he chooses are similar to what Liu Heng thinks. They are all very capable people. Especially those two from Sankilometer are also very good, only this Zhang Buyi, Liu Heng is a bit despised, this person has no talent, too flattering, because he has been with the emperor for a long time Knowing how to win the favor of the emperor, he took the position of Sangong. It would be better to let Luan Bu take the position.

Zhang Buyi didn't make any major contributions during these days. As far as he knew, he flattered the emperor every day and surrounded the emperor. It is difficult to move an inch, not to mention the king faction who is in charge of the three princes?
Liu Heng's complexion was a bit ugly. As a vassal king, he entered the temple, so he would naturally encounter such troubles.

Sure enough, with Zhang Buyi's arrival, there was no way out, even the crown prince was reprimanded aside, bowing his head and not daring to speak.

Liu Heng squinted his eyes and saluted, "Meet Prime Minister Zuo."

"Your Majesty's courtesy is so reluctant, and I don't have to be so embarrassing in the future. I heard that Your Excellency is not a king. I wanted to be called a great king, but after thinking about it, this is not suitable for an official title. If I am called a king, But it is not in line with your character. As a foreign king, your majesty's brother, selfish, blackmailing the king with brotherly love, as your majesty's minister, arrogant and unruly, offending your superiors!! What virtue do you have, you are also worthy of being called a virtuous King?! It is your responsibility to govern the country of Wu well. Can this be praised by others? If you praise the virtuous by your political achievements, your Majesty will rule the world, but you will have strong enemies from the outside. Hall, to assess, rectify officials, dig channels, build roads, and open up hundreds of counties in the world!!! How does your contribution compare with Your Majesty?!"

What else could Liu Heng say, and replied: "It's not as good as it is."

"In terms of virtue, after my Majesty ascended the throne, the number of corvees will be reduced or exempted, taxes will be reduced, miscellaneous taxes will be abolished, the palace will not be built, the people will be allowed to engage in various industries, and they will be free to travel to various places without restriction, and they will not be subject to foreign enemies. To be free from evil officials, to give them a lot of cotton-padded clothes in winter, to slaughter livestock every year so that they can eat meat, to let their children have the opportunity to go to school, and to treat all ethnic groups in the territory equally. This is a great virtue. Your Majesty, and you live frugally, it is nothing more than petty righteousness, how dare you use petty righteousness to overwhelm His Majesty's great virtue?!"

Everyone in Yushi's mansion, listening to his words, felt that they could not find any chance to refute.

But Liu Heng said with some helplessness: "It's not that small righteousness is used to suppress great virtue, it's just that it works from top to bottom. I only hope that your majesty can use diligence and thrift as a style to make the people happy."

Zhang Buyi still did not give him a chance to speak, and interrupted him, "Let's not mention these, just say after you came to the temple."

"Your Majesty asked you to serve as the censor, supervise the officials, and carry out reforms for your majesty. This matter is well known, but you have achieved nothing until now. You have not even written a letter to reform the system. Why should you be the censor? Where is the doctor?!"

Hearing this question, the little official beside Liu Heng already had a very ugly face. Don't you know why it's so difficult?Isn't it because of the opposition of those monarchists like you? ?
"This is."

Just as Liu Heng opened his mouth, he suddenly sensed something was wrong, and looked at Zhang Buyi in front of him in surprise.

Why does this feel wrong?
Not only Liu Heng, Liu An also noticed something at this moment, and raised his head in surprise.

Liu Heng pondered for a moment, and replied: "Mr. Zhang is right. After I came to the temple, I failed to achieve anything. I really failed His Majesty's high expectations."

Zhang Buyi said proudly: "Since you know your mistakes, why don't you follow me to see His Majesty, confess your sins to His Majesty, change your past mistakes, stop making small righteousness, and do big things with peace of mind?"

Liu Heng's eyes lit up, "I would like to follow Mr. Zhang's order! I will go to see His Majesty now!!"

Zhang Buyi proudly walked ahead, Liu Heng followed him directly, and walked behind him. The two walked out of the Yushi Mansion one after the other, but Liu Heng's little official was very angry at the moment. He said angrily: "Since the censor came to the temple, he has been working day and night, and he dare not relax for a day. It is because of the opposition of those people that it has been delayed. How can this be said to be the fault of the censor?! Zhang Zuoxiang is bullying too much, this is publicly humiliating Yushi!!"

Looking at the angry little official, Liu An came up behind him at some point and patted his shoulder lightly.

"Zhao Wan, right?"

Zhao Wan nodded, and looked at Liu An blankly, Liu An laughed, "You have been an official in many places, and you have also studied under Duke Shen's sect, so you can be regarded as the reincarnation of Duke Fuqiu. There are many deficiencies, how about this, don’t come to Yushi’s Mansion tomorrow, and go to Chang’an County Yamen to work!”

Zhao Wan was dumbfounded, he didn't understand, and hurriedly asked: "Your Highness, what is this?"

"Don't ask too much, it's for your own good, you'll understand later, go ahead."

"only."

But at this moment, in Houde Hall, Liu Chang was looking sadly at the simple food in front of him.

"Hasn't Zhang Buyi come yet?"

Lu Lu smiled and said, "It should be in Yushifu."

He shook his head, "Your Majesty wants him to come back, just write a letter, why bother, and use the pretext of Zhong, isn't it harming Zhong?"

Liu Chang said in surprise: "What kind of pretext? I can't understand what you are talking about at all."

"Your Majesty is going to blame us both, right?"

"It's clear that you told Lu Zhong about this in private, so that Zhang Buyi knew about it. What does this have to do with me?"

"Well, if His Majesty says there is no, then there will be no."

Lu Lu shook his head, and said contemptuously: "It was you who brought King Wu to the temple, and now you are the one who brought Zhang Buyi back. Sometimes, I really don't know what you are thinking. Aren’t you going to force King Wu away? Then what’s the point of your previous actions?”

When Liu Chang heard this, he burst out laughing.

"Forcing the King of Wu away? You are underestimating my left-hander. My Sangong is the best match at the moment. Many people still think that Zhang Busu is unworthy of Sankilometer's virtue." , People who say such things are either not familiar with Zhang Busu, or they are narrow-minded. Of course, you can rest assured that you are neither of these two. You are familiar with Zhang Busu, and you are not narrow-minded. You are just not smart. kinda silly"

Listening to Liu Chang's words, Lu Lu didn't know for a moment whether he should thank His Majesty for his praise or dare to scold him.

While the two were waiting, a soldier suddenly came to report that Zhang Buyi and King Wu had come to ask for an audience.

Liu Dachang was overjoyed, "Here they come! Lu! Let them in!!"

When the two walked into Houde Hall, Lu Lu was obviously taken aback. Zhang Buyi walked ahead triumphantly, like a general returning from victory, while Liu Heng followed him with his head down like a prisoner of war. behind.

Liu Heng walked into the Hall of Houde, and bowed to Elder Liu.

Before Liu Chang had time to stop him, Liu Heng said, "Your Majesty, I apologize!"

"I came to the temple and achieved nothing. I used small righteousness to overwhelm Your Majesty's great virtue. I really don't deserve to be an elder brother, I am not worthy to be a minister. I have failed Your Majesty's high expectations. Please forgive me!!"

Lu Lu looked at him, then looked at Zhang Buyi, not understanding what happened. The king of Wu is always neither humble nor overbearing, even when facing the emperor and the queen mother, he will not shrink back or give up in the slightest. Fear, why did you come to confess your sins so sincerely today, and still say such things?
Liu Chang was not surprised, he seemed to have expected this scene a long time ago.

He hurriedly stood up, walked quickly to Liu Heng's side, and helped him up, "Fourth brother, why are you doing this? Why have I ever blamed you? This matter is difficult to handle."

"How can this blame you for not being able to do things well? Come on, and sit down first."

Liu Chang hurriedly pulled Liu Heng to sit on the side, and then glanced at Zhang Buyi, who also sat on the other side respectfully, Liu Chang then smiled and said: "Fourth brother, what are you doing today? What's the matter? Why did you come in and plead guilty all of a sudden? I didn't even react."

Liu Heng looked at Zhang Buyi, "Mr. Zhang woke up, and I realized my fault. If it wasn't for Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid I would have made more mistakes."

Zhang Buyi also spoke at this moment, "As long as you can do things for His Majesty with peace of mind and get things done well, then there is nothing wrong with you. If you can't do anything, even if your personal morality is impeccable, you can't be considered a sage." .”

Liu Chang straightened his face, "No doubt, don't be so rude to King Wu. King Wu came from the south and is not that familiar with temple affairs. You need to help him more and let him fight for the system sooner. It's done, it's not too difficult for you. Don't just find his fault, as ministers in the same court, of course, you have to help each other."

Zhang Buyi immediately took orders, "Wei!!!"

The three discussed for a long time before Liu Heng bid farewell to Liu Chang and left Houde Hall.

After he left, Zhang Buyi smiled and looked at Liu Chang excitedly.

"Your Majesty is safe?!"

"Your Majesty will suffer for the minister's absence!"

But Liu Chang asked back: "I asked you to build a city in Xia Guo, why did you return to the temple in private?"

Zhang Buyi hurriedly replied: "I heard that your majesty was coerced by family affection, and I felt sad and indignant, so I came here, please punish your majesty!!"

"You are also dedicated to being a king, how can your sin be punished?"

As Liu Chang said, he couldn't help laughing.

"But you came back at the right time. My fourth brother is too conspicuous and powerful. This made Luan Bu and the others very dissatisfied. As a result, various government orders were difficult to implement. My confidants, Of course, I also agree with the restructuring, but I just don’t want the fourth brother to be the leader to start the reform. Then who is Lu Jia? With the fourth brother as a chain, you want to bind me."

Liu Chang smiled, and asked others to bring food, but he picked up the simple tea and light food in front of him, and started to eat.

"They don't even think about it. If I don't want to, who can force me to eat these things?"

"Didn't I give my fourth brother a prestige and make it easier for him? Unexpectedly, this caused a discord in the temple. It's fine if you come. If you come like this, let him come to plead guilty. Lu Jia and the others feel that The resistance will be weakened a lot. In the future, you will continue to argue with the fourth brother, grasp the scale, let Lu Jia and the others start to cooperate with the fourth brother, and the restructuring will be carried out quickly. Don't leave, let Fu Qing do the building of the city, this guy used to build the city before, so he can handle it well!"

Zhang Buyi nodded, and asked with a smile: "The minister is going to find Lu Jia Luanbu and the others now?"

"Haha, what's the rush, you just came here, join me for a chat, come, have dinner together, and tell us about the situation along the way!"

Zhang Buyi hurriedly straightened his body, "Your Majesty, Hong Fu benevolence, the local rule is great, even the Hu people in the Xia Kingdom admire your benevolence, and they surrendered their families one after another. Fu Qing set up various officials and titles on the grassland, promoted you Many Hu people were recruited, but the law of avoidance was adopted, and they were not allowed to be officials in their own tribes, interrupting the deployment of their upper echelons, and putting Hu people of different races in the same place according to geographical conditions. Absorbed its upper class, appeased its subordinates, and appointed a large number of officials to educate and establish more than 130 roads. Chess, Cuju, storytelling, etc., add craftsmen to build luxurious houses for the heads of various ministries”

"Beyond the Great Wall today, they all praise His Majesty's kindness, and they all swear to the sky that they will never rebel, and those bandits who are unwilling to accept enlightenment are fleeing everywhere at the moment. Fu Qing sent cavalry to attack them. They are invincible and invincible. , the Dao of Xia Kingdom has been established to the border of Beiting Kingdom, and the people of Beiting are very surprised. Its leaders all regard it as an honor to marry a Han family girl, change their clothes, learn their language, and use Chinese characters. The popularized Hun language."

In fact, at this moment, it is not difficult to change the language, because their language system is very simple, and now they mostly use the Hun language, this is because of the coercion of Modu, Modu can make them change the language, the big man wants to do this, That's even easier, because the language and writing system of the Han Dynasty is more advanced than that of the Huns.

Zhang Buyi talked about what he had seen and heard in Xia Kingdom, and couldn't help but said: "The people outside the Great Wall are developing at an astonishing speed. As long as they are gathered together, there will be hundreds of thousands of people, and there are so many cavalry. It takes decades to become the great enemy of the Han, and they live as nomads. The cavalry chases them all the way and can chase thousands of miles. It is completely different from the Han army. When King Xia takes power in the future, I am afraid that he will not be as good as King Anxi It's time."

Liu Dachang laughed, "Okay, this Fu Qing is doing decently, I can't find a reason to punish him, and reward him with five hundred households!!"

"only!!"

"On the way here, I also met Dai Wang. Dai Wang is quite benevolent and like a father. He actually influenced a group of thieves and turned the thieves into his own family. Huang Lao is the new sage of Huang Lao, and although the talent of the acting king is not as good as that of the crown prince, I think his words and deeds have the demeanor of a great Confucianist. Thinking about it, he is also going to be the new sage of Confucianism. Your Majesty only taught a little, and let the two schools more With such a person, His Majesty's knowledge can really be the sage of a hundred schools of thought, no old man, Zhuangzi, Confucius and Mencius are as good as His Majesty!!!"

Liu Chang was flustered when he heard this, grabbed Zhang Buyi's hand, and said with emotion: "Your Majesty is worthy of the position of the Three Lords!"

(End of this chapter)