Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 765

Liu Chang sent the rest of the ministers away.

Only Liu Chang and Zhang Buyi were left in the hall.

Liu Chang rubbed his forehead and said, "Now that there are no outsiders, let's talk about your own thoughts. What happened to the poisoning incident?"

The smile on Zhang Buyi's face disappeared a little, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, we got the news before that the King Xiting and the Peacock King wrote letters to each other and became friends. The Peacock King gifted many slaves to Xiting Kingdom He built the city, and King Xiting sent him a group of envoys, among them were musicians, cooks, dancers, and wise men of many schools."

"At that time, I was thinking that if King Xiting wanted to get any benefits from the peacock, he only needed to go to the temple. Why did he make friends with the Peacock King? This friendship with King Hu would definitely cause fear in the temple. Prince Ting is intelligent and strategic, how could he do such a thing? Now that I have heard the news of Peacock King's death, I seem to understand."

"You mean, the Peacock King was secretly killed by King Xiting?"

Zhang Buyi quickly shook his head, "How could it be? Everyone in the world knows that the Peacock King died of illness. If his death was caused by man-made factors, it must be caused by Anxi people, and has nothing to do with the big man."

Liu Chang twitched the corners of his lips, "I've always felt that, among my nephews and nephews, he is the most capable and capable of guarding the west. The most powerful of the Three Kingdoms in the Northwest has even surpassed the Hexi Kingdom, both in terms of combat power and national strength, it is above the Hexi Kingdom. This is on the premise that the Hexi Kingdom has Anling, and he has given me a great surprise."

"It's just that this Zhuzi is always unwilling to be content with the status quo, and he is more suitable to be a king than I thought. What I do, I won’t be restrained because of personal affairs, always hidden and late, and the tricks are fatal. How should I put it, he doesn’t look like my father, he is very like my mother. Even more like my fourth brother. Mother, the fourth brother only thinks like grandma, but this Zhuzi's style of doing things is very similar to grandma, so I'm getting more and more worried about him."

"Your Majesty thinks he will rebel?"

"He rebelled?? That's not likely to happen. I still believe in my vision. Although this Zhuzi is vicious and a bit ruthless, he still has a lot of brains. He is not such a fool as Liu Ci and Liu Ruyi. Naturally He will not rebel. As the king of Xiting Kingdom, he has established a lineage, but if he rebelled, it would be unacceptable in the world. Besides, An's ability is not bad. Strong and prosperous, this is not something that the vassal states can match, An is a man of knowledge, with a large number of talents under his command, each with his own style, and he has been taught by many famous teachers, so it may not be much less enlightened."

"Besides, no matter how ruthless this Zhuzi is, he won't go to war with An, An, Xiang and the others. They have been playing with them since childhood."

Of course, Zhang Buyi has no doubts about His Majesty's vision at all. He said: "It's just that this king of Xiting is too ambitious. He is only in his 20s, but he has already conquered [-]% of the land in the Western Regions. Putting the poison on his body, he never hides his ambition to expand the territory, and it may not be a good thing to have such an ambitious prince in the world."

Liu Dachang laughed, "The heir of my old Liu family can have nothing else, but he must have ambitions. If he is in the land of Han Liang, I might still be worried, but he is in the far west and wants to open up territory. How normal is it? I sealed him there back then. I was not afraid of anything else, but I was afraid that he would not have such ambitions. In a few years, all the forces have been integrated and a great unification has been achieved, who can do it?"

Zhang Buyi said calmly: "Your Majesty, even so, we still have to beat him, and we can't let him go too far. At least, before doing anything, we still have to tell the temple to let the general of the chariot escort the peacock prince to go to the poison. On the one hand It is for the safety of being in the country, and on the other hand, when passing through the Xiting Kingdom, you can beat it a little. Let the king restrain himself, so as not to make bigger mistakes in the future."

"Well, you said that you want to be escorted by General Cheqi. I agree, but the prince will ascend the throne after returning. I am afraid that General Cheqi is not qualified to be a king, so he has to send someone with weight to escort him. "

"Your Majesty, don't you want to go there by yourself?"

"Of course not, I think one person is very suitable."

"Your Majesty's strategic strategy is beyond the knowledge of mediocre people like us, so please tell your Majesty clearly!"

"That's how it is."

"I took the doorman to his mansion, sincerely apologized to him, and asked him to forgive my doorman's behavior."

"Actually, that Junzi Han is not a villain. He just made friends carelessly. He felt ashamed when he made friends with such a person. He said that he didn't blame my disciples. I had a good chat with him. I put down the gift. , Said that he would come to see him again."

"Actually, he is very easy to get along with, but my disciples can no longer stay in Chang'an. I decided to follow my father's order and send them to various places to take up important positions. These people dare not say anything else, but they are all They are very capable, and they all obey my orders. After I ordered them earlier, no one of them was afraid, and they all asked to go to Wo County."

Listening to Liu An's words, Liu Heng dealt with the documents in his hand expressionlessly.

"Father Zhong, you said the Taiwei won't stop liking me because of this?"

Liu Heng replied without raising his head: "No, the Taiwei may think highly of you when he learns that you protect the disciples. The Taiwei likes this set of things the most. When His Majesty arrested you in Zhao Guo When he was a man, the Taiwei was very angry, thinking that these people have the demeanor of ancient sages, so you don’t have to worry about this, just arrange your servants and don’t let them cause any trouble.”

"This arrangement, of course, still requires Zhongfu's help. Zhongfu knows the situation of officials in the world best, and also knows what kind of people are needed."

Liu Heng finally put down the pen in his hand, raised his head, and stretched his neck.

"Okay, send the list to me later, and I will arrange it for you."

"Father Zhong, in fact, it would be good to appoint an official to help you. You are busy all day, changing the system, changing the currency, and also responsible for supervising major events. There are too many things for you to do in this new state. , when are you free? We might as well go to Shanglin Garden and hunt for a while.

Liu An looked at Zhongfu with some worry in his eyes. Zhongfu is a very serious person. Unlike Liu Chang, he is not afraid of fatigue and has to do everything himself. The result of doing this is that he is in a kind of fatigue all day long. He doesn't like hunting, cuju, drinking, or eating meat. He stays in the house all day and doesn't look up to do business. This makes Liu An very worried. With his physical condition, he couldn't think that Dr. Yu Shi was a person like King Wu when his father was around, and he would become King Xia when he succeeded to the throne?This is too unfair.

Liu Heng shook his head, "How can you go to Shanglinyuan when there is no time? That is where your father goes, and you should go there less in the future. Things are so busy. Only your father will go to Shanglinyuan every day. "

While the two were talking, Liu Chang's voice came from outside the door.

"How about going to Shanglinyuan?"

Before the two could react, Liu Chang broke in, sat directly beside Liu An, pushed Liu An on the back of his neck with his hand, and shouted: "Go and pour some wine for Nai Gong! "

"There is no wine in Yushifu."

"Then make some tea!"

“No tea either”

"Go outside and buy it!!"

Liu An was kicked out just like that, and Liu Chang looked at Liu Heng, "Fourth brother, I have something to do, I have to trouble you to run."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"Help me destroy Anxi, how about it?"

Liu Heng's expression suddenly froze, and he looked at Liu Chang suspiciously.

"rest in peace??"

"Escort the prince to go to Shenpo, don't worry, Xiting Kingdom has been building roads all these years, and they are going with the army, this road is not as difficult as before."

Liu Heng's eyes were full of disbelief.

With so many generals in the court, you let me go to rest? ?
"The Peacock King is about to die, I think this may be something strange."

Liu Chang lowered his voice and started talking.

He also didn't speak clearly, but when Liu Heng heard what he meant, his expression changed drastically.

"This stick!!!"

When Liu An re-entered the room, he heard Liu Heng yelling, Liu An trembled all over, and carefully sat in a slightly back position.Liu Heng ignored Liu An and just looked at Liu Chang in front of him, "I can solve this matter, but General Che Qi is still in charge of Anxi's matter. I don't know military affairs and have never commanded an army. Such a thing cannot be done for you."

"Hahaha, it's all right, of course General Cheqi will go with you, just calm down the local affairs, the fourth brother should just take it easy, and leave the affairs in your hands to this scorpion. , this Zhu Zi has been with you for so long, how come he has to learn something?"

"Get out of here!"

Liu An hurriedly moved his body in the direction of the two, "Father."

"Starting today, take over the Yushi Mansion. If anything goes wrong, I will break your leg!"

"only!!"

Liu An agreed, but my father dragged Zhong's father away from here. Obviously, they still had something to say and they didn't want others to hear it.After they left, Liu An hurriedly sent someone to call his disciples. Now, his Sheren is in an important position and cannot be easily transferred anymore. Feng Tang became the governor of the local state, and Mao Chang He started to take over the affairs of Taixue and assisted Shen Pei, and the rest of them were studying in military science. Even Ju Meng is now serving in the court and responsible for ranger affairs.

Liu An is still around and can only mobilize those disciples.

Wu Bei has always been by Liu An's side to make suggestions. This Wu Bei is the head of Liu An's eight princes, the number one in talent and learning, and Lei Bei is famous for civil and martial arts.

These two have always been by Liu An's side, advising him, and of course protecting his personal safety.

Liu An looked at his two civil and military men, looking a little confused, "Father suddenly wants to transfer Yushi to kill him. I don't know the reason. It may be because of the affairs of Xiting Kingdom. After Zhongfu left like this, Yushi's mansion I will be in charge, although I have worked in various mansions in the past and learned a lot from Father Zhong, but now the supervisory organization is extremely large, I am afraid that there will be mistakes, what good ideas do you have?"

Wu Bei is thin and unattractive, and his tone is always urgent, "Your Highness, this is not a difficult task. If you want to take charge of the Yushifu, just build a good relationship with that Tao Jun, entrust him with all important matters, and let him Come out to do things, this person still has some talents, and he can ensure that there will be no big troubles. If His Highness wants to go further and do something, then he can use the opportunity of taking charge of the Yushifu to investigate the affairs of officials from all over the country. According to the situation, send the doormen to the most suitable places, and replace those mediocre people with insufficient political achievements with these talented people. checks and balances attribution”

The suggestion Wu was given was very simple. First of all, let Tao Qing come forward, seek stability, try to ensure that nothing happens, and then do something on a stable basis.

Liu An thought so.

Lei was a little displeased and said: "Your Highness, why is it so troublesome? You are the crown prince, just call the censor official and give orders. Who would dare not obey?"

Liu An laughed loudly, "I really don't dare to refuse. You can't just rely on power and influence, you need to let them be used by me willingly. Otherwise, you just agree on the surface but refuse to contribute. So what should I do? I can serve in the temple. Yes, they are all virtuous talents in the world. To treat virtuous talents, we still need to appease different people with courtesy and reason, and have different attitudes. When I debated this matter with Shen Peigong, he thought that a gentleman treats everyone You must have the same attitude, and you can't change because of the status of the other party, otherwise it will be an act of a villain."

"But what he said is wrong. Some people can persuade them with power, and some people can persuade them with courtesy. It's different from person to person."

Wu Bei was a little helpless, "His Royal Highness, now is not the time to talk about learning. It is better to meet Tao Jun as soon as possible and explain his important affairs."

"Here!"

The prince of the Peacock Kingdom, Aqi, has been in Chang'an for several years. At the beginning, he had a good relationship with Liu Bo, but his relationship with Prince Baicheng was very bad. Later, after the defeat of Baicheng, Prince Baicheng returned. He was poisoned, but he continued to stay here. After years of study, he has gradually become the appearance of a Han man, wearing the clothes of a Han man, citing scriptures, and spontaneously joining the Confucian school. General Confucianism, but Gongyang Confucianism.

After studying hard for many years, he even gave himself the name of the Han family.

According to the Five Elements Theory in "Yi Zhou Shu", he took Bai as his surname, because the book said: West is gold, gold is white, and then he named himself Hongyi. The students call him Bai Hongyi.

The prince's knowledge is not bad, and he often participates in debates in Taixue and wins several times.

Except for that appearance, he basically couldn't see the original poisonous figure, all in Confucianism attire.

When he was ordered to come to Houde Hall, Liu Chang was shocked by him.

Looking at his attire, his respectful way of saluting, and his skillful eloquence, Liu Chang hesitated for a long time before asking: "Are you the Peacock Prince?"

"Your Majesty, I learned that His Majesty summoned me, but I didn't take a bath. I was disrespectful. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

Liu Chang pursed his lips and looked at Liu Heng who was on the side.

Liu Heng sighed, and said helplessly: "It seems that you studied very well in Taixue. What book did you study?"

"Disciple governs Spring and Autumn!"

"What age?"

"Naturally, it is the spring and autumn of my ram."

Hearing this sentence, Liu Chang rubbed his forehead again, what's wrong with you, like a ram?Liu Heng nodded and said, "This time you are invited here because something happened and you have to go back."

"Ah? Want me to go back?? What happened?"

The prince was a little shocked, and Liu Heng explained: "After your father lost to Baicheng, he felt grief and resentment, and he was sick. There was a letter from there, saying that your father was seriously ill and you had to go back quickly."

Upon learning of this, the prince trembled all over, and his eyes quickly turned red.

Liu Heng sighed again, "Don't worry too much, I will escort you back, and General Che Qi, we will send you there together, the situation over there is not very stable, you probably know that the Anxi people have been trying to get poisoned for a long time, And the big man abolished many systems that were not in line with etiquette after being poisoned, which caused the nobles to be very dissatisfied with the big man. They colluded with the Anxi people. Originally, your father came to sit in the town, but now your father is seriously ill, and there will be chaos there. to what extent."

"I see."

Liu Chang pursed his lips, and took the opportunity to say: "There is one more thing, it is your father's problem. Since you have studied in Chang'an for so many years, you must know right from wrong in your heart. Something happened to your father. Those foreign enemies You will definitely find all sorts of reasons to drive a wedge between Peacock and the Han kingdoms, or even between you and me. You have to see these people clearly, and don’t be instigated by them. Also, don’t trust those people who were close to you before, Feng The public said that your reputation among peacocks has become very bad, and they all think that you are no longer qualified to inherit the throne."

The prince took a deep breath, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I know, please rest assured. As long as I am in the peacock, the poison will not be messed up. I will use the principles of the sage to govern the peacock and educate the people. As for the Anxi people, I will definitely not let them do anything recklessly!!"

"Okay, then you can talk to King Wu about going to Shendu, and spare some time to say goodbye to your friends in Chang'an. If you return to Shendu this time, you may not have the chance to return to Chang'an."

"only!!"

(End of this chapter)