Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 728

Liu Changren is tall and burly sitting on the top seat, and on the left and right hands are Liang Wang Liu Hui and Liang Prime Minister Jin Ting respectively.

As the saying goes, things follow their masters, and this Liang Kingdom is just like Liang Wang, with a big body, a big belly, lazy and clumsy.

Even Liang Guo's officials are mostly like this, and it is Zhang Xiang's favorite place to do business.

The local restructuring has been almost completed in various places, and it is only half completed here. The previous Prime Minister Liang was dismissed because of negligence in government affairs, and Jin Ting took his place, but this Jin Ting is not much better. Liang Guo has a strong ability to assimilate, no matter who it is, as long as he comes to this place, the style of painting will go astray.

At this moment, Liu Chang looked at the officials in front of him, thinking silently in his heart.

Maybe Chao Cuo should come here as the Prime Minister.

The only thing Liu Chang can think of that can mobilize the officials of Liang State is Chao Cuo alone. Chao Cuo can't be assimilated by these people, right? His eagerness is the most suitable for mobilizing this place. of.

But, let him stay in the county for a while and let him do something.

"Fifth brother, I had a dispute with someone in the county. Until I left, the local county government didn't send anyone to inquire, not even a patrolling soldier. And now you tell me that you are handling the restructuring The thing is, even the king of Zhao has already completed the restructuring, why are you not even as good as the third brother??"

Liu Hui was also a little ashamed, and then pointed to Jin Ting in front of him, "The Prime Minister is responsible for these things!"

Jin Ting's smile was a little stiff.

Seeing that his king sold himself so easily, he had no choice but to shoulder the blame alone, and bowed to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, this is all the fault of the minister! The minister is not effective in governing the country! Please punish the crime!"

Liu Chang said helplessly: "Fifth brother, as a king, how can you leave all the faults to the ministers? The king has to take responsibility. If you make a mistake, you will admit it and correct it immediately. Your behavior like this is really not wise. what a king can do!"

Lu Lu really did not expect that one day he would hear this from his majesty.

Come on, I'll stare at you, you continue to talk! ! !

Liu Hui explained: "After the system reform, I have never participated in the governance of the country, and the important affairs have been handed over to many ministers. I really don't know what you just said."

"I didn't expect that, even the fifth brother has learned badly. He was still such a simple and honest person back then. Did he write too many letters with Ruyi?"

Jin Ting took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, this really has nothing to do with your majesty. It is mainly about Liang Guo's situation. It didn't happen in a day. If we talk about the source, it can be traced back to the meeting of Zhang Xiang. Do more, if you interfere too much, it is not beautiful, so there is such a bad habit, and it has developed to this day, it is very difficult to change, the minister will solve this problem."

He said cautiously again: "Your Majesty. It's just that I have a few words. I don't know if I should say them or not?"

"Say!"

"Why doesn't the temple allow us to enlist domestic talents?"

"This decree troubles me very much. At present, there are many talented people in the country, but I can't recruit them. As a result, some talented people are left behind, and a large number of talented people are lost. Most of Liang Guo's talented people can't serve the temple."

Mr. Liu waved his hand, "Temples do this because they have their own ideas. If they want to become an official, there are assessments everywhere. These so-called celebrities rely on their elders and feel that the assessment is humiliating them and disrespecting them. To become an official, do you think this is revenge for me? Hehe, there are so many talented people around me, and I still lack them? If you have such thoughts, then let them be lost in the wild! Just these celebrities who ignore the country's great interests, I They didn’t burn their books, didn’t bury them alive, they should all be grateful for my kindness!”

"It means that I am a wise king, and I can't do too cruel things, otherwise I will bury them all!!"

What Jin Ting is talking about is a very common confrontational behavior nowadays.

The expropriation system was banned in the temple, which was a huge blow to those celebrities who were raised at home.

In the chaotic times at the end of the Qin Dynasty, many celebrities appeared in the world. Most of these people avoided the war and taught their disciples secretly so that the inheritance would not be interrupted. In the Han Dynasty, these people discovered that they hid in places to teach others, or what Even if they don't do anything, they can gain a great reputation, and their nature gradually changes from avoiding wars to cultivating fame. Most of them don't do anything. Waiting for the expropriation of the temple.

In history, such a situation has risen from the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and has been prosperous until the demise of the Han Dynasty.

Celebrities talk about it all day long, those who enlist them need their reputation, and treat them well, and in the end, they even become celebrities who refuse to accept enlistment. The more times they refuse, the greater their reputation will be. In the end, even the sangong of the temple was responsible for the conquest. After the fall of the Han Dynasty, these famous scholars turned around and became crazy students. They still talked and maintained their reputation. The only difference is that they moved to the south.

Jin Ting's expression was a bit bitter, "Liang has a lot of people, but the number of people participating in the assessment every year is very small, most of them are foreigners, and there are very few locals."

"There are already many celebrities in Liang Guo. These people advocate that the assessment does not respect talents enough, and they want to drive other people to refuse to participate in the assessment."

"These scholars talk nonsense all day long, swearing at the system in the newspapers. If you want to do things in Liang, you have encountered a lot of trouble."

Liu Chang was furious when he heard about it.

"Why don't you write to the temple?!"

"The minister has written a letter. I have written three times this year. But the temple is busy with restructuring and has not responded."

"These idiots don't have the ability to participate in the assessment. They are afraid of losing their own interests, so they want to harm the interests of the temple?! Not to be sons of men!!"

"Where is the captain of the country?!"

Lu Lu was shocked, and hurriedly stood in front of Liu Chang, "Your Majesty! Please don't get angry. This matter should be resolved in a moderate way. Although these people are innocent, they all have a great reputation in the local area. There are countless disciples and they have great influence, if they are killed directly, it will be bad for His Majesty's reputation!"

"Hehe, who said I'm going to kill them? I'm going to bury them!!!"

Liu Hui also took Liu Chang's hand, "Chang, you should think of another way, and you can't ruin your own reputation."

Jin Ting didn't try to persuade him much, maybe because he was a little aggrieved by those celebrities these days, seeing that His Majesty was going to do something to them, he couldn't wait any longer.

"Oh, many people can't forget about conquest. Those who are officials all want to get private ministers, and those who have no skills want to soar into the sky. The two hit it off, and the assessment was said to be worthless by them. Well, if you just don’t want to participate in the assessment, then I won’t pay attention to these insects, but if you speak disrespectfully to my policies and instigate young people not to participate, then I can’t tolerate it!!”

"National Captain?!"

"I am here!!"

Liang Guowei, who was as fat as Hou Cairong, stood up suddenly, and bowed in the direction of Liu Chang.

Since this country's Taiwei was changed to a country's captain, this official position has become less domineering out of thin air, but it is still in charge of a country's military affairs, and it is a high-ranking official that cannot be underestimated.

Seeing that Liu Hui and Lu Lu wanted to persuade them again, Liu Chang said indignantly: "We cannot tolerate such people. If I even tolerate them, then I will wait for peace and move them to the top." At that time, how should we govern these people? He is famous among the people, but Naigong is still a Hercules in Xia Kingdom!!"

"They dare to unite to attack the temple's policy today, maybe tomorrow they will dare to emulate the ancient sages and recommend a new emperor!!"

As soon as Liu Chang said these words, Lu Lu and Liu Hui didn't dare to say anything more.

Liu Chang squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Cai Rong, you take people to invite celebrities from Liang to the palace now, and say that the emperor has invited them. If you want to come, get in the carriage, and if you don't want to come, Get in the prison van!!”

"only!!!"

Cai Rong took the order, turned around and left here.

Liu Chang squeezed his fist and made a crackling sound, "I think these famous people are very knowledgeable. It just so happens that I am also knowledgeable. I should debate with them."

Liang Guo is an absolute Central Plains region, and most people here are relatively proud.

The arrogance here is not the same as the arrogance of the Tang Dynasty.

Liang Guo has a strong xenophobic mentality. Among the people, even a person who has lived for three generations will be given various nicknames by other people, adding Chu, Qi, or even the names of other counties and counties in front of their names. , indicating that they are foreigners, not locals.In the group of scholars, this kind of xenophobic situation is also obvious, and the most important point is that the mutual hostility between counties and counties in Liang State is also very common.

The basic state of Liang State is the State of Wei in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In this way, everyone will know that this place is rich in talents, but none of them can stay on their own.In terms of crowding out talented people and sending talents to the enemy, Wei Guo can proudly say that I am by no means weaker than that Chu State!

Liang Guo is rich, so there are more scholars here. There are two places with the strongest academic atmosphere in the Central Plains, one is Qi and the other is Liang.

At present, there are more celebrities and scholars in Qi.

But the celebrities and scholars are all actively participating in the assessment, and they are capable of doing business. Since the establishment of the assessment system, people from Qi have been the most officials. They even went to other places to participate in the assessment, which caused Ji Bu to inspect the past all the way. , Almost all the official accents heard are in unison.

Liu Chang couldn't quite understand why the same two countries with great talent, faced with the same system, had such different and diametrically opposite emotions in the end.

When Liu Chang asked Ji Bu about this, Ji Bu gave his own answer.

"There have always been a lot of scholars in Qi State, even more than those in Wei State. They have been in a state of supply and response for a long time. There are many talents, but the number of enlisted places is limited, and they cannot be official. They can only go to various countries. The assessment system has given them more opportunities, which is very beneficial to most people in Qi. They no longer have to think hard about opportunities to succeed, as long as they participate in the assessment, but Wei Guo It's different."

"The state of Wei has always been self-produced and self-sold. Every year, a fixed group of people or their disciples come to occupy the quota. Once this way is broken, these people start to abuse. In addition, there is the problem of officials. Qi State is Dong Chi, Dong Chi is a man, His Majesty is clear, if anyone dares to oppose the temple's policy, he will have his head cut off long ago, and Liang Guoxiang, he does not have the courage to think about it, he only dares to write a letter to the temple, Seeking the help of the temple, even the king of Qi is much tougher than the king of Liang, and he dares to kill people."

Ji Bu did not object to Liu Chang's rectification of these celebrities in Wei.

Ji Bu was very clear about these local conditions.

"There are three evils in Liang Guo, one is rangers, the other is powerful, and the third is celebrities."

"Because there are too many household registrations and too dense, the number of Yu Ding is too large, and too many rangers have been born, and the development of these years has given birth to many powerful people. The rich life has attracted a large number of celebrities. Rangers have harmed public order. The powerful harmed the cultivated land, but the famous scholars harmed those scholars. These people were the biggest beneficiaries of filial piety and support, and even the beneficiaries of the expropriation system. Therefore, they were the ones who opposed His Majesty's funeral at the beginning, and they were the ones who opposed the assessment. , They are also the ones who oppose Taixue and Enlightenment. They will attack the enlightenment behavior of temples in order to continue to monopolize learning. "

"You don't have to be too polite to these people, it's okay to kill them all."

Hearing Ji Bu's words, Lu Lu was startled, and said angrily: "If you want to kill, you should let the king of Liang kill the world. How can there be any reason for the emperor to bear a bad name for the princes and kings? The prime minister of Liang is incompetent!! This is what he did. things!!"

Ji Bu shook his head, "Your Majesty's reputation is already bad, so it doesn't matter."

Traitor! ! !
Lu Lu was about to curse, but Liu Chang laughed, "Ji Gong is right."

"When I was with the common people, all I heard were praises for me. The more they praised me, the happier I was. But among these scholars, all I heard was insults. It just so happened that the more they scolded me, the happier I was." It's fierce, the happier I am!"

"Admirable by good people and disgusted by wicked people, this is a wise gentleman!"

"It's just that they want me to be stigmatized forever? It's hard to say who future generations will scold!"

Lu Lu frowned, "Even so, Your Majesty, why don't you let me come. I'll lead the soldiers and give them all."

"Nonsense, what's the difference between you going to do this and I doing it myself? Who doesn't know that you are doing things outside under my order?"

Ji Bu got up slowly, "Your Majesty, you don't have to kill them all. Kill those who are determined to oppose the New Deal. The rest can be sent to Xia, Xiting and other places. They still have some talents. Let them educate the barbarians everywhere." Not bad."

Lu Lu asked: "Aren't you afraid that they will confuse the barbarians in those places and endanger the temple again?"

Ji Bu laughed, "If they had such abilities, they wouldn't have been sent there."

Although Ji Bu is a gentleman who keeps his promises, he is also a resolute and iron-blooded ruthless man. As the ruthless man who chased Emperor Gao to fight everywhere, fought with the Dahan Tiantuan on equal footing, and defeated the Tiantuan many times, he is not He would be too soft-hearted towards this kind of people. If it was Luan Bu, he might be worried that innocent people would be involved, but Ji Bu didn't worry too much about it.

Cai Rong was in a good mood when he led his soldiers to invite these celebrities.

Although he is a national lieutenant, he has often been abused by these people on weekdays.

They call themselves cruel officials, and use all kinds of articles to discredit themselves. This time, with the support of His Majesty, you will give me another pride? ?I will not chop off your head for kicking! !

When Cai Rong stormed into the mansion of the celebrity, the celebrities present were forced to interrupt the banquet.

The celebrities who usually mocked Cai Rongming all stood up to pay their respects with warm smiles at this moment.

"Duke Cai is here!"

"Just as I was talking about you, you arrived. What a coincidence. I think you led the army to fight against the bandits nearby. You fought ten against one. You are so brave. We are writing to praise your achievements."

Cai Rong looked at the smiling faces in front of him, and was a little surprised when he said it.

"Everyone who is a celebrity in normal times, how come you can't see him now?"

"Hahaha, Mr. Cai, we are all mediocre people. How can we do anything? We admire you on weekdays, but because of your divine power, we dare not get close."

Seeing how obedient they were, Cai Rong also smiled and nodded.

The so-called people who stretch out their hands without hitting smiling faces, these people are so polite to Cai Rong, naturally Cai Rong will not embarrass them, and enthusiastically told them about His Majesty's invitation, and these celebrities learned that His Majesty wanted to invite them to go, and they were all very happy. Excited, some were even moved to tears, someone directly grabbed Cai Rong's hand, "Please take us to meet His Majesty now, we miss His Majesty day and night, and want to face the Holy Spirit even in our dreams, if we can meet with you today It is our great fortune to meet His Majesty!"

"Hey, Your Majesty is also looking forward to meeting you all!"

For a moment, the scene was very warm, everyone was talking happily, only a large group of indifferent soldiers, armed with powerful crossbows, pointed at them and watched all this.

Things went much smoother than Cai Rong thought. Cai Rong went to many places and sent many people.

All the celebrities they visited greeted them with smiles, none of them dared to refuse.

They seem to have reversed their attitudes overnight, everyone has become so kind and easy to talk to, and they have completely lost their usual backbone.

In just ten days, the celebrities began to race towards the palace.

They are currently resting in the post house next to the palace.

Under that smiling face, there is an uneasy heart.

They dare to insult Liu Hui and write articles to criticize the Prime Minister because they know that the other party will not execute themselves, but they have no confidence in the face of the emperor, because the emperor will not only kill people, but also exterminate the whole family. Hui Mi Xue. This is a real tyrant, even worse than the original emperor.

Of course good people can scold, but bad people cannot.

In their restless mood, a grand academic feast began.

(End of this chapter)