Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 807 Notorious
Liu Chang looked at Lu Chan in front of him jokingly.

"Why didn't I discover that you have such a talent in the past? Jia Yi was speechless when he was able to speak?"

"If I knew it earlier, I should have let you be the Prime Minister."

Lu Chan showed a smile uglier than crying. Is there anyone in this world worse than himself?In the early years, he had to bear a lot of notoriety for Emperor Xiaoren, that's all. Now, he has to deal with the court officials for his aunt.

Naturally, Lu Chan would not understand the meaning of this confrontation, he just felt that his aunt wanted to use himself to deal with Jia Yi and others.

Compared with Jia Yi, Lu Chan's talent in this area is still a little bit behind.

He didn't even know what he was talking about, so it was really embarrassing for him to go to line up with Jia Yi, Liu Jing and others.

Just today, he once again put on his armor and went into battle. He gave Jia Yi, Liu Jing, Su Yi, Liu Li, the eunuchs and others a meal. Although he stuttered, at least he said what he wanted to say, and successfully triggered a debate.

And when Lu Jia and others looked at him approvingly and called him a great talent, Lu Chan was filled with unspeakable fear.

Facing Liu Chang, he hesitated for a moment, and simply told the truth, "Your Majesty, these are actually not true"

"Okay, no need to say more."

Liu Chang interrupted him directly, shaking his head slightly, "Don't you think all the officials are fools, who doesn't know who you have been instructed by? Since everyone pretends not to know, you don't either. It is necessary to explain clearly and handle this matter with peace of mind. Although you have not made much credit over the years, but you have fulfilled your duties, you are qualified to take a step forward. Take care of this matter until my fourth brother comes back. Rewarded!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"

Lu Chan hurriedly thanked him, but he was not very excited, because of his status, he didn't have that much desire for high officials and rich salary.

After Lu Chan left, Lu Lu couldn't help but said, "It's better to let me come, my brother. It's so difficult to remember a word."

"You are my valet, and you have so much property. If you go up against the tax reform, what will others think?"

"That's true."

Lu Lu nodded, and then said: "However, there are many problems in Jia Yi's restructuring. I think he didn't understand many things, and he made a decision after patting his head. There are so many types of taxes, many of which I’ve never heard of it, it’s really out of standard.”

Liu Chang's face darkened, and he said unhappily: "I think these taxes are quite ingenious, including various types, and are extremely complete. Isn't it a hundred times better than the original set of taxes that squeezed people's blood?!"

Lu Lu was very vigilant, and immediately noticed the strangeness, and hurriedly explained: "I want to say that Jia Yi's thoughts and thoughts are very good, but when it comes to specific arrangements, he didn't perform to the level he should have. Out of standard, I am also very curious about his ability, how he compiled such a perfect tax.”

Liu Chang was really overjoyed, "Hahaha, after staying with me for so long, your vision has improved a lot. Let me tell you the truth! I personally told Jia Yi about the idea of ​​various taxes! He really can't understand all of them. , so there will inevitably be flaws in the execution, but we can't blame him too much, except for my teacher, few people can execute the idea perfectly!"

Lu Lu was not surprised, but still made a very surprised look, "So it was mentioned by His Majesty! No wonder it is so strange! It is so extraordinary!"

After coaxing the Shun donkey to be happy, Lu Lu just carefully talked about another matter.

"Your Majesty, Chao Cuo has been released for a while. He has managed Fengpei very well. The local powerful families have been cleaned up, and nothing has been heard about the fish and meat people. The local houses are not closed at night, and the roads are not picked up. He also built Several water conservancy projects, even years of political achievements are considered the highest, he wrote me a letter, asking if he can come back to the temple to carry out a series of reforms, he can't sit still."

Liu Chang was very surprised, "Chao Cuo wrote you a letter??"

"You minister, why are you colluding with local officials?"

"You two have nothing to do with each other."

Lu Lu was silent for a long time before he said: "Your Majesty, don't you remember? He was married by the Queen Mother not long ago. His wife is from my family, and she is very close to her family. Chao Cuo has no friends in the court. Everyone hated him and didn't want him to come back. He couldn't find anyone else, so he wrote me a letter."

Only then did Liu Chang think of this matter, because Chao Cuo, a workaholic, had never had a family, and the Queen Mother couldn't bear it anymore, so she gave him a marriage and forced him to start a family.

And when the queen mother bestows marriages, it is often bestowed by a daughter of her own clan.

Liu Chang didn't know where the Lu family got so many daughters. The princes and kings from all over the country got one from time to time, and the ministers could get one from time to time. The sons-in-law surnamed Zhong in the world are more powerful than each other.

Liu Chang frowned and became thoughtful.

Chao Cuo, of course, is easy to use, with the ability of the third prince, but he also has too many shortcomings. Just being sent out as a county guard once, I am afraid that it is not enough for him to make up for his shortcomings.

"I already know about this matter, you don't need to pay attention to it anymore, if Chao Cuo writes again, you should pretend you didn't read it."

"only!!"

Pei County, Xiang County.

After the death of King Chu Yuan, part of the territory of Chu State was taken away by the temple, and Pei County was established. Although it was separated, it was the old land of Chu State after all. Both culture and customs were biased towards Chu.

According to the customs of Chu State, it was the annual sacrificial ceremony again.

This kind of sacrificial ceremony is very strange. Officials lead the people to dance to the Great God, praying for the protection of ghosts and gods, so that the coming year will be smooth and rainy. With the suppression of ghosts and gods in temples these years, local officials dare not lead the people to dance to the Great God anymore. , but the celebrations were completely preserved, and these celebrations gradually became the ancestors of many cultural forms in China.

But none of this has anything to do with Chao Cuo.

Chao Cuo is currently receiving several very important guests in the Sheriff's Mansion.

Since Chao Cuo came here, the situation here has undergone earth-shaking changes. As a place where rich people travel everywhere, the problems here are difficult to solve, but Chao Cuo is strong because he is not afraid of death. In order to accomplish his own affairs, he even would rather die. Under his desperate operation, the entire big family in Pei County was terrified and trembling. Robbery of civilian women no longer occurs.

Most of the officials in various places came from poor families, and the power of the big clans in the local area was constantly weakened.

All kinds of resistance from the big clan were of no avail. He was favored by the emperor himself, and with the addition of a layer of relationship with the Lu family, the big clan were helpless against him, and this person belonged to the kind of person who would not get in. Humans don't eat hard or soft, and are not moved by any temptation. They have almost no shortcomings and weaknesses.

In the end, Dazu also thought it through, since we can't get you down, then we'll get you up!

The rich people began to actively cooperate with Chao Cuo's many policies, and even offered to help him complete the construction of the local area for him, such as the county school. Don't have the money?Let's pay!no one?We are out!
Want to set up a medical center?good!How many doctors are missing?We all go to you please!
Want to maintain the road?Let's!
The rich family tried every means, and even put in a lot of hard work, and they could see clearly that if Chao Cuo stayed here again, they would be gone sooner or later, and even the Chehou family was ruined by him. Send him away with some money, why not do it?

Ever since, Pei County ushered in a very strange scene.

The local big clan is simply the most touching big clan in the entire Han Dynasty. They pay out of their own pockets, actively respond to officials, help build their hometowns, distribute their own farmland to the people, and donate farm cattle to the government. They can do what they can I have done everything. Even if Liu Jing is here, I am afraid that he will not be able to do anything to them, and maybe he can have a heart-to-heart talk with them.

It stands to reason that Chao Cuo should change his attitude a little bit if the big clans are treating Chao Cuo like this, but the big clan didn't expect that Chao Cuo has no heart.

To put it mildly, he is fickle, but at worst, he is a dog.

When the big clans came to him and said that they wanted to contribute to their hometown, he accepted it with a smile, but once the matter was over, he kept a straight face again and didn't give a good face.

But the big clan didn't expect to win his favor through such a method, but just wanted to make political achievements for him, so they quickly transferred him away!
During these days, Pei County has won the first place year after year, and its development in all aspects has been advancing by leaps and bounds. Its wealth has surpassed that of Liang Guo. .

Only later did the rich people know that not only they hated Chao Cuo, but those people in the temple also hated Chao Cuo.

Why did you recruit someone who was finally relegated to the local government?

Chao Cuo took a sip of his tea and looked at the distinguished guests sitting in front of him.

"Within a month, I need to see the blueprint."

The distinguished guests sitting in front of him were Hu Wusheng and Luo Jian who were in charge of the canal project in the south.

They have been wandering around the south these days. With their professional knowledge, they have set up many convenient canal design plans for the southern counties. The south is busy with this matter. Once the canal is formed, whether it is food Public transportation, or private transportation, can be upgraded several grades.

Facing Chao Cuo, Hu Wusheng couldn't help frowning.

"We are going to the southern country under His Majesty's order to coordinate the affairs of the canal, and Pei County is not among them. The transportation here is already convenient, so why do we need it?"

Before he finished speaking, Chao Cuo interrupted him, "Hu Wusheng, this canal is not made by temples, but by the localities themselves. You are just helping out with sketches. It has nothing to do with the region. With this strength Yes, even if it is in Xia Kingdom, if you want to dig it, you will dig it, and besides, why is Pei County not in the south? We are clearly in the south of Chang'an!"

Hu Wusheng frowned, but Luo Zuo beside him said, "Why are you so rude?"

"You brought us here by force, let us design for you, if we have to care about it, your behavior is to hold the minister of the temple hostage."

"Your duty is to design! Are you here to play in the south?! What are you talking about?"

Chao Cuo said with a straight face, "It's not for me personally, but for the people here, you can't refuse!"

It was the first time that Luo Jian had seen someone hire someone to do things like this. He was more inclined to do practical things and was not good at debating, so he snorted and didn't speak.

Hu Wusheng explained: "Your Majesty has his own reasons for letting us go to those countries to the south. These countries have vast territories, are not connected to the Central Plains, have a large population and sufficient wealth, so they can undertake such a large project by themselves. , Although Pei County is not small, compared to these big countries and counties, it is still a bit too small, and manpower is also a big problem. Besides, there is not so much demand for canals, I hope you still think about it."

Chao Cuo said seriously: "You don't know whether the demand is big or not. Although the land here is not as vast as other countries, the location is dangerous. In addition, you don't have to worry about wealth. Although our strength here is not as good as that of Chu and Wu. , but we have a lot of great clans here, they have sufficient financial and manpower, and it is perfect to use them to dig canals."

"That's how it is, you go to design now, and start construction immediately after designing."

Chao Cuo waved his hand and let them leave the mansion.

Walking out of here, Luo Zuo's heart was extremely complicated, he was both angry and wanted to laugh.

"I've heard a lot about Chao Cuo in the past, and today I know what kind of person he is. He trusts us very much. It's the tone of Hu Wugong, what should we do?"

Hu Wusheng was also quite helpless, "He's right, it's the place to start construction. He doesn't want the temple to contribute, so we can do some research for him, and there is no harm. It just happens that Chu and Wu are already under construction, and we don't need us." Too much meddling, then listen to him."

"There's nothing you can do if you don't listen. See what he means. If you don't help him, I'm afraid he will kill you on the spot!"

"If I knew it earlier, I would have asked Liu Wu to come with us. Liu Wu is not here, so he has no fear at all. I have to write to him."

Hu Wusheng's face changed greatly, "You must not do this, no, you have to write a letter to tell him not to come over!"

"Ah?? Why is this?"

"You don't know, this guy is not afraid of Prince Chu at all, and even when Prince Chu comes, his attitude will become even worse, maybe he will find some name to arrest Prince Chu The idea is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, you should write a letter to Liu Wu as soon as possible, let him stay in Chu State with peace of mind, don't come here!!"

In the canal project designed by Luo Jian and others, Chu State is the most important link and the center of the entire canal.

At this moment, the state of Chu is busy with the affairs of the canal with great fanfare.

Standing on the high ground, looking from a distance, you can see that countless civilian workers have been mobilized, holding various tools, and busying themselves under the urging of officials.

Liu Wu was in Chu State and originally wanted to go to the construction site to help.

However, these days, he has been trapped in the Palace of the King of Chu, unable to go out.

His grandmother looked at such a dark son in front of her, and couldn't help but shed tears.

"My poor child."

The queen's extreme love for Liu Wu, it is this kind of special love, which has just created the lawless character of Prince Chu in the early years. Liu Yingke is very dissatisfied with this, but there is nothing he can do.

"My parents are so promising. At this age, they are already in charge of such a big job. What are you crying about?"

The queen said rather displeased: "Look at his appearance, he looks older than you, why don't you take this kind of good job? You are free, writing poems and odes with those people all day long, have you ever thought about it?" What is it that your own son is suffering?"

Liu Wu said helplessly, "Mum, I don't really have any troubles. This is a very good opportunity. I have always studied with my teacher in the past, and I have never had such a chance to practice."

The father and son came to coax together, and the queen's mood just got better.

"Then when will you be able to stay in Chu State forever?"

Liu Wu hesitated for a moment, looked at Father, not knowing how to answer.

Liu Yingke smirked, "Do I still need to ask? When I die, he will be able to stay in Chu for a long time. If you really can't wait, you might as well try poisoning or something."

The relationship between Liu Yingke and the queen is actually very good. The queen gave him a look and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Liu Wu hastily changed the subject, "Mother, everyone in Chu State is still quite afraid of me, and always thinks that I'm still the dandy I used to be. When I came to Chu State this time, the ministers all avoided waiting for the completion of the canal construction. I can change my reputation and they won't do this to me anymore."

Liu Yingke took over the topic, "You woman, you don't know, this canal is a big deal, bigger than the original Chidao, after the completion of the construction, there will be many benefits, the south is completely connected to the Central Plains, and the state of Chu In the middle, the benefit of this exchange is of great benefit to the community, what reforms are still being carried out in the temple, those ships pass by our Chu State, but your son who has to pay for it has such great achievements, you are still crying here."

Seeing that Father brought the topic back again, Liu Wu looked helpless.

"I don't know about these things, but you must stay in Chu State this time, and you are not allowed to leave again."

"Grandmother, the matter is not finished yet. My teacher is going to do something important. I have to see him and help him a little bit. He is not good at words and is easy to be deceived by others. After I finish these things, I will definitely come back to accompany him. With you, stay with me for a while."

When walking out of the palace, Liu Yingke's face was full of pride.

"Wu, your elder father has always had the reputation of a virtuous king. He governed Chu State to be extremely prosperous. Now that Chu State is in my hands, I should follow your elder father's example and make some achievements. In the future, you You can't ruin your great father's reputation."

The two walked all the way to the door, and Liu Wu nodded in agreement.

Liu Yingke asked, "Where are you going this time?"

"Pei County."

"Home."

Liu Yingke said with a smile: "Well, maybe we haven't talked for a long time, and I'm fine, so I'll take you there. Although you can't go abroad, it's okay to send you to the border. When the time comes, the sheriff over there will also I dare not embarrass you, by the way, who is the sheriff over there?"

"It's Chao Cuo."

Liu Yingke was silent for a while, then patted his son on the shoulder.

"Then be careful all the way, I'll go back to accompany your mother first."

(End of this chapter)