Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 790

"The good news comes from the poison! Zhou Yafu smashed Anxi! Forced the Anxi people to move to the king city!!"

Liu Chang sat in the upper position, looking at the officials in front of him, his words were full of unconcealable joy.

Zhang Buyi was the first to get up, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!! Because of His Majesty's kindness, the big man is invincible!!"

The officials had no choice but to stand up and congratulate.

Liu Chang laughed, let the officials sit down again, stroked their chins proudly, and said: "The Anxi people no longer dare to speak to me in the tone of a superior. They have lost the most favorable line of defense. The two places are blocked by us in the mountain pass, and there is no chance to go east! This is something worth celebrating! Order the Taiwei to find out the military merits and prepare to reward the meritorious soldiers!"

Han Xin nodded, even if he agreed.

"Order the officials along the road to welcome the triumphant soldiers, not to neglect!"

Liu Chang issued a lot of orders, and just now he gave the ministers a chance to speak. Naturally, Luan Bu got up first. Luan Bu talked about major events in various places. Liu Chang was in a good mood today, and he didn't yawn openly again. Interested to hear him talk about the situation of the place.

"The Three Elders of the State of Liang wrote a letter saying that there was a dispute between Liang Wang Dongyuan and Mintian, and the local officials were negligent"

"Chao Cuo, the governor of Peijun, wrote a letter requesting that the temple be exempted from the vehicle and boat tax for the four counties under his command for one year so that he can use it for road construction."

"The governor of Hanoi uncovered three private mints."

"The Chang'an decree said that the roads were cleared up. Many roads in the city were blocked and congested, and several accidents occurred."

Liu Chang listened carefully, and watched the group of ministers discuss fiercely about the affairs of various places. Different mansions were responsible for different affairs. Luan Bu became more and more proficient. He is very familiar with all the prefectures in the temple, and he can be regarded as handling the various performances properly.

Court meetings like this are not all serious, and there are also some weird things. For example, two peasants in Qi State claimed to be the reincarnation of the Red Emperor and the Yellow Emperor, and asked to meet the emperor.Another example is that in Changsha, several merchants took their goods on a rugged mountain road, but accidentally dropped the goods down the mountain and demanded compensation from the local government. To pay taxes!Then it was taken down by local officials and fined.

Those who do such things are not only farmers and merchants, but officials are also among them. After a county lieutenant in Longxi went out to play, he was afraid of being questioned by his wife. , As a result, it aroused panic among the local people, so he was dismissed.

When Luan Bu began to discuss and deal with these matters in detail, Liu Chang was already dizzy from hunger.

He once again looked at the crown prince who was sitting in the seat of the censor and listening to the affairs of the court.

Liu An only felt that there was an ominous atmosphere covering him, and looked at the officials in the court, but finally found that it was his father who was staring at him, which made Liu An quite uneasy, while listening to Luan Bu While narrating, he secretly looked at Father and wiped his face several times, but Father still looked directly at him.

When the court meeting was over, Liu Chang left in a hurry, leaving only the bewildered prince.

"Your Majesty, eat slowly."

Lu Lu looked at Liu Chang who was gobbling it up, and was really worried that he would swallow all the meat dishes. Liu Chang said without raising his head: "You don't know, the current court meeting is getting longer and longer. Well, when Zhang Cang was discussing state affairs, he only talked about the most important ones, and he disposed of the rest by himself. Know how to be flexible, how many memorials you have in hand, how many things you have to discuss, if this continues, sooner or later, I will starve to death in the Xuanshi Palace, and become the first emperor to be murdered by the court."

"Luan Xiang acts cautiously, that's how it is."

"Hey, it's better to live as before. The matter is directly left to Zhang Xiang, and he goes to Shanglinyuan all day long. Look at it now, it's going to be dark if you want to go to Shanglinyuan after the court meeting."

Liu Chang complained a few more words before asking calmly, "What do you think of Liu An?"

Lu Lu turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't ever think of leaving important matters to the prince and going out to play by yourself!"

"I didn't say that I would leave the important matter to the crown prince. How about you say that I will leave the emperor's throne to him?"

Lu Lu looked at him blankly, speechless.

"Your Majesty is in his prime, how can this be done?"

Liu Chang patted his forehead, "It's really troublesome, I have to find a way."

While the two were talking, another servant hurried into Houde Hall and said, "Your Majesty! Please see Mr. Jia!"

"Huh?? Jia Yi? Let him in!"

Jia Yi soon appeared in front of Liu Chang. His expression looked a little serious. Today, Jia Yi is the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce in the temple, in charge of the economic affairs of the great man, from merchants, markets, currency, taxes, etc., They all belong to his jurisdiction, high position and authority, but at the same time they are extremely busy. These things are different from farming. They are busy all year round. Jia Yi has been almost overwhelmed by these things these days, even meeting His Majesty The frequency was significantly reduced.

Seeing Jia Yi's gray hair, Liu Chang felt a little helpless, let him sit beside him, and said with emotion: "It's hard work, you have to handle so many things by yourself. "

Jia Yi shook his head, he didn't care about these things, he said very seriously: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if the subject is involved, the main problem is the treasury problem, which has reached the point where it has to be solved, and the temple has too many things to do these days. Many, and the main income of the temple has become a poisonous tribute. I am sorry to say that this is not a good relationship between income and expenditure, and the risk is too great. We must find a way to stabilize the balance of income and expenditure. In these days, Prices in various places continue to rise, and the purchasing power of currency gradually decreases, which is also a potential risk.”

"The problem of private coinage is still very serious, and it has been repeatedly banned. Since King Wu came to the temple, he decided to exempt the agricultural tax and began to obtain income through commercial taxes and miscellaneous taxes. After these years of tax exemption system, local agriculture has It has been greatly improved, and the lives of the people have also been greatly improved, but the income and expenditure have become more and more unbalanced. The minister believes that, compared with taxes, miscellaneous taxes are hindering the development of today's big man, and they need to be paid. Innovative."

"I feel that a lower agricultural tax should be set up, the innovation standard should be placed above the calculation of taxes, and other taxes should be rectified so that the income and expenditure of the temple can be balanced. At least certain risks must be reduced. Rely on this foreign tribute income."

Liu Chang was a little disapproving, "So what if you just rely on this external income? How dare they not give it??"

"Your Majesty, in this resting battle, due to the logistics of the army, the tribute cannot be delivered to the Han in time, and the government orders of the temples in various places can no longer be implemented. The treasury is short of food and money. We must guard against it!"

Liu Chang's eyes widened, "Can the influence be so great?"

"Your Majesty, the poisonous tribute can be used as a huge boost to the development of a big man, but it can't be regarded as the foundation. You still have to rely on yourself, otherwise, there will be big problems."

Jia Yi's words finally awakened Liu Chang. These days, Liu Chang didn't care about the income and expenditure of the temple because he got the extremely powerful plug-in of Shendu. The place of Shendu has a lot of food and manpower. , the local aristocrats are not human beings, as long as the big man needs them, they will continue to send them over, they don't care about the interests of the bottom, the whole world can't find such an excellent blood bag, the one who kept ceding the territory to the Qin State Compared with body poison, the princes are all very backbone.

After Liu Chang gave them a little favor, they even took the initiative to help Liu Chang to suppress the domestic rebels, and they even got involved with each other, comparing who had more tribute, and using this to show off.

Knowing these things, Liu Chang was very moved.

On weekdays, they are rewarded with some insignificant things, which are enough for them to show their status. If they are given a lot of tribute, they will be given a crown, and they will be allowed to ride in a cart with five horses. After all, Liu Chang has nothing. If you hand it over, you will gain so much.

Relying on the free sacrifice of his body, the big man has first exempted the agricultural tax in these years, and then popularized county schools and township schools in various places. He even set up enlightenment institutions in the most remote villages. In just a few years The literacy rate of Dahan has been increased many times, and the most important thing is the medical center. Temple medical centers have spread all over every county in Dahan. Although there are only two or three doctors in the medical centers in some places, after all, they are It became popular.

These are the two major achievements of Dahan in education and medical care, especially in education. The improvement of the literacy rate has driven the development of the entire country. A large number of jobs are no longer short of manpower, and the people are more and more aware of the temple. Many policies, including the incident of Liang Guo, the people felt that Liang Wang’s Dongyuan had invaded their farmland, so they began to file a lawsuit with Liang Wang, and finally even wrote a letter to the temple. That is simply unrealistic. Which civilian husband dares to use the law to trouble the princes and kings?

But now that the common people know the law and dare to do this, this is a manifestation of progress.

What education brings is the rapid improvement of national quality and productivity, while medical care brings about a sudden increase in population. In Liuchang, the medical institutions in the temple were perfected, and the Ministry of Medicine was set up to be responsible for medicine, health, etc. Since then, the local situation has changed a lot.The local government took the initiative to ask the people to do a good job of personal protection, do a good job of hygiene protection in the county, pay attention to cleanliness, and popularize many basic treatment methods, abolish many superstitious and harmful treatment methods, and even professional midwives appeared , responsible for the safety of pregnant women and newborns, which greatly reduced the premature death rate and dystocia rate, and the abolition of the agricultural tax made it unnecessary for the common people to kill their own children, and the population of Dahan began to grow explosively.

In addition to these two items, Dahan has even built a complete transportation system in various places, is still building canals in the south, and is constantly exploring overseas, with many achievements in various aspects.

It can be said that the big man was able to complete these feats in a short period of time, and he paid a lot. It is not right to say that the poor man is rich and the man is rich. not rich.

The inappropriateness of the poisoned nobles began after the death of King Ashoka. The wealth of the poisoned nobles was completely concentrated in the hands of a small number of high castes. How much can a peacock king squander?Can reach the point of building a pure gold palace for himself, think about what kind of life the people at the bottom are enjoying under his enjoyment, the dire situation is not enough to describe them, the big man just plundered the wealth in the hands of these high castes, and poisoned the people It has not been affected in any way, it is nothing more than a new batch of exploiters.

Even, the involvement of the big man had a good impact on them. The big man promoted some capable low-caste people in the body, such as A Lie, who provided a lot of jobs, and many people in the body went to the West Court In other areas, the goods of the Han Dynasty destroyed the production chain of the local aristocrats, causing a large number of poisoned people to break away from the status of pure manual slaves. They were promoted to serfs, at least they would not starve to death in the factory buildings, and they needed to be fed for farm work. .

However, the officials appointed by the big man to be poisoned are still a little bit of a man. Looking at these scrawny people who are living worse than death, they have also drawn up some laws to protect them a little bit.

It wasn't until Jia Yi's reminder that Liu Changfang realized that his tyrannical empire was a bit too dependent on this cheat. It's good to have a cheat, but the risk is really great, and you need to be hardworking yourself. As an unprecedented empire, you must secure!

Jia Yi came up with many innovative plans of his own and put them in front of Liu Chang.

"Your Majesty, these are my own ideas, and there are still some shortcomings. You can call a group of ministers to discuss."

Liu Chang nodded solemnly, making people put it away.

"Jia Yi, all the ministers are proud of today's prosperity, but you are the only one who has seen the hidden dangers and has not been dazed. It is my good fortune to have talents like you in the country!"

Jia Yi smiled wryly, "Your Majesty, they are responsible for spending money, and I am responsible for earning money. Of course, I will not be like them. If Your Majesty doesn't like to listen to me, don't be sarcastic, just let me be responsible for spending money. Never mention it again."

Jia Yi has followed Liu Chang for so many years, and of course he knows Liu Chang's virtue in his heart. This person always likes to hear people tell about his achievements, and he doesn't like to hear people talk about bad things.

Liu Dachang laughed, "I'm not mocking, I'm telling the truth! Lu! Reward him with a hundred gold!"

The smile on Lu Lu's face froze for a moment, and then he replied, "Wei."

Lu Lu has already accepted the fact that he is a humanoid wallet, but he just hopes that this tradition can end here and not be passed on.

Liu Chang pulled Jia Yi to his side and chatted about the income and expenditure of money. Liu Chang obviously had a lot of ideas, but most of them were not very realistic. Jia Yi was different from Zhang Buyi. He told the shortcomings of His Majesty's thinking, and said that he was whimsical, that is, the Elder Master was magnanimous and did not care about Jia Yi.

When the army of the Han Dynasty triumphantly returned to Xiting Kingdom, as the host, Liu Qi personally arranged a residence for them.

Because Liu Heng was also in the team, Liu Qi didn't dare to have a big banquet, so he could only secretly invite the two brothers to have a drink in private.

I don't know where Xia Houzao heard the news, so he insisted on squeezing into the banquet of these brothers.

The four of them sat in the palace, except for Liu Qi, everyone seemed very happy.

"Qi, this is double happiness for you!"

"After making such great military exploits, I returned to the palace and got another son! Hahaha, it's really enviable!"

Liu Xiang couldn't help but said, Liu Qi frowned.

That's right, his Li Ji gave birth to another son for him, and he didn't know what was going on with this woman. She had three children, all of whom were sons, and she was the only one who was pregnant. At first, Liu Qi I also wondered if this guy had drugged others, but later I found out that this guy was extremely stupid, and he didn't understand medicine at all, that is, he was talking about cursing and drugging, but he didn't Once was a success.

Those who can be poisoned by her are about as intelligent as Xia Houzao, and there are no concubines with such intelligence under Liu Qi's command except Li Ji.

After giving birth to three sons in a row, this woman became even more rampant. Before, she only insulted the queen secretly, but now she insulted the queen undisguisedly. She almost grabbed her by the hair and gave her away from the queen's position. pulled down
Liu Qi took another sip of wine, looked at everyone, and said calmly: "It's all because of Father Zhong's great blessing! Come, drink another cup for Father Zhong!!"

Everyone drank again.

I don't know how long it took, everyone was drunk, Liu Qi sent everyone back to the mansion where they were resting, and he staggered out of the hall. Just as he walked out, he saw the maid came up with a smile, "My lord! Madam Li let me."

At this moment, Liu Qi was furious, "You bastard!! She dared to send someone to spy on me just after my widow returned home?! Was she afraid that I would go find someone else?! Go away!"

He swung his hand and knocked the maid to the ground, then left here angrily.

Walking in the hall, Liu Qi's mood became worse and worse. As he was walking, he met another court lady. Liu Qi became even more angry, and was about to curse, but the woman hurriedly saluted, and then stepped aside.

Liu Qi walked past her suspiciously, walked a little distance, stepped on his feet, and turned back.

With the light of the fire in the soldier's hand behind him, he looked at the woman in front of him. This woman was not too young, but her figure was extremely plump. She was not very good-looking, but she was very docile. She looked like Mianyang. Without the slightest attack power, Liu Qi looked at her suspiciously, "Why haven't I seen you?"

"The concubine came to the palace just this year, and has never seen the king before."

"Oh? What's your name?"

"Concubine Wang Zhi, I pay my respects to the King."

(End of this chapter)