Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 810
"Whose clan do you want to kill?"

Empress Lu took a sip of tea, raised her head, and asked slowly.

"Whoever insults the clan will punish that clan!"

"Even the fourth brother has been bullied like this, so what about the rest of the brothers? Killer dies! This is the rule my father made when he first entered the customs! No matter what my surname is, I have to abide by this iron law!"

Liu Chang was indeed pissed off. At this moment, facing his mother, he also had a stubborn expression on his face, not at all cowardly.

"Mum, it's because of your protection that these people dare to do things so lawlessly and openly murder other wives. How rampant! I have to take action to rectify them, otherwise they won't understand who is in charge today Aunt, you don’t want to stop me! No one can stop what I am determined to do! You can’t stop me either! I will never back down!”

Faced with Liu Chang, who was making bold words, Empress Lu scolded: "Since you are not afraid, don't stand at the door and talk, sit and talk!"

"Oh."

Liu Chang carefully sat in front of Empress Lu, his face still full of dissatisfaction.

"Although the princes and kings don't have the real power they used to have, I still need to guard the Quartet. Besides, they are all my brothers. Although I am not the oldest in the clan, there is a long character in my name, so I also Treat them as your own children, how can you watch them be so humiliated?! The family of the princes and kings is not stable, and it will definitely affect the situation of the world!!"

Empress Lu glanced at him disdainfully, "Not every queen is like this."

"Why not? In the past, the queen of King Changsha falsely accused her of treason. The queen of King Liang was jealous of the other wives. The queen is acting like this again. Everyone is like this, just like Chao Cuo! You know that it will harm me, the great Han princes!"

Empress Lu thought for a while, and did not refute Liu Chang, but said: "You can leave this matter to Lu Lu or Lu Chan to handle it, and that's fine."

"I was going to entrust Zhang Buyi to do it, but Zhang Buyi hasn't come back yet."

"I'll tell them to let them deal with it impartially, so you don't have to mention it anymore. Don't make a fuss about your own affairs. Don't worry, they won't take sides, and they will rectify one or two."

Empress Lu is still a little partial to her family, but Liu Chang can still tolerate this kind of partiality. After all, there is nothing to do if she can't bear it, unless she directly sends someone to praise them.
The mother and son were silent for a while, before Empress Lu asked again: "Has Zhang Buyi not come back yet?"

"I didn't come back, and said I was going to stare at Chao Cuo for a while. This Chao Cuo is also out of his mind. He wants to investigate the princes and kings all day long. If there is no charge, he will make up his own. If there is no reason, he will fuck the princes and kings. Seriously, If it weren't for his surname not being Liu, I would have made him a vassal king to see if he would commit suicide."

Empress Lu slowly raised her head, "After all, Chao Cuo is still not optimistic about the prince."

"He is so hostile to the princes because he is worried that they will cause rebellion in the future. You don't care about it, but the territory of the princes is too huge. The strength is even stronger. Even if there is one who disobeys the temple, it is against The world is in a great catastrophe, Chao Cuo watched the vassal states grow stronger and stronger, it should be difficult for him to sleep or eat."

Liu Chang was very helpless, "How can I not know his thoughts? But this person's thoughts are too extreme. Is it necessary to curb the development of various places today because of future events? Over the years, I have done the same to princes and kings. A lot of restrictions have been imposed, and this restriction will gradually be strengthened with the passage of time, and the vassal states will become smaller and smaller. I will never let him enter the temple again!"

Empress Lu asked thoughtfully, "Have you ever thought about sending him to Liang Guo as Prime Minister?"

"Let him be the prime minister?? No, I'm afraid that my fifth brother will be arrested when I take office."

"It's not like he can't do such a thing. Just find a reason, say that my fifth brother is rebelling, and then write a letter to turn Liang Guo into Liang County."

Empress Lu shook her head, "Other vassal states are possible, but Liang State is not."

"Why?"

"Because the Kingdom of Liang has a special mission. From the beginning of its establishment, the Kingdom of Liang was to protect the temple and block the princes. It is the most important portal of the temple. Even if Chao Cuo lost his mind, he would not be the first to attack Liang. The more he wants to deal with other vassal states, the more he wants to deal with Liang Guo at the end, so as long as the other vassal states maintain their strength, Liang Guo will be fine."

Liu Chang suddenly realized, and his face immediately beamed with joy. These days, he is also embarrassed by Chao Cuo's affairs. According to his mother, Liang Guo is a good place for him.

"Then who will succeed him? The big clan in Peijun is not easy to deal with. Chao Cuo is the only ruthless person who can suppress them. Who can succeed him?"

"Zhang Shizhi."

"Okay! Then it's decided like this. However, let Chao Cuo go to Liang Kingdom after the plan is made by Kanyu's family, otherwise those big families will not be able to sit still."

"No, as long as you act like you're going to call Chao Cuo back at any time, they won't dare to cause trouble anymore."

Liu Chang only felt that his eyes suddenly became clear, and he hurriedly asked a few questions that he couldn't figure out again. Empress Lu also answered seriously. After being awakened by his mother, Liu Chang understood many things. Make your own decision and know what to do.

"Aunt, there was some friction between Yan Guo and Dai Guo, and that Shuzi Bo was blatantly intimidating King Yan."

"The king of Yan has always been domineering in the north. Although he is loyal to you, he is unscrupulous. Bo's approach is very right, but he helped the temple to suppress the kingdom of Yan a little bit. The power of the kingdom should be equal to that of the kingdom of Yan, but it can't stand it. Bo is your own son, with Tang and Xia as his backing, King Yan is a little restrained, which is not a bad thing. Of course, the relationship between the two should not be too rigid. The country of Yan is still very important. The country of Yan owns the peninsula, the territory It has always been bordered by the Sushen people. The land is vast, and the Kanyu family has not gone there so far. This time, when the Kanyu family comes back, they can go to Daiyan for a while. The harsher the place, the more minerals there are. , There are so many treasures buried in such a large territory of Yan Kingdom."

"Grandmother Huang is obsessed with Geology, and often kills people, and even Huang Lao took the initiative to enter Shangfang. What do you think of this matter?"

"It's not easy to train a scholar in the temple. You have to let An Duo pay attention to this matter. Experiments can be done, but they can't be filled with human lives. Their idea is very simple. They heard the Tao in the morning, and they can die in the evening. They use this method. This is wrong and incorrect. In addition, Shangfang is not from the Mohist school. Whether it is Huang Lao or other schools, if you have attainments in this area, you can send it in. Don’t be afraid They will fight with each other, internal strife, Shangfang is a place to do practical things, that is, Zhao Wan, who looks like a farmer now, follow the crowd to do things, don't worry about sending more people to settle in and cause internal strife."

Liu Chang listened carefully to Aunt's explanation, and then grinned, "Aunt, this prosperous world I have built has three parts of your credit!"

"Why only three points?"

"Three points is a lot, the rest of the people get one point, and I get six points."

"You."

A servant brought all kinds of food, and Liu Chang gobbled up the food, but Empress Lu only ate a small amount, and couldn't finish it anymore. Seeing this, Liu Chang stretched out his hand to snatch it from her. Empress Lu was taken aback, and hurriedly knocked off his hand.

"How courageous, this is all stolen from me??"

"No, I don't think you can eat it, mum. You can't waste it. These grains are all hard work. I'll eat them for you!"

"I haven't finished eating yet!"

Liu Chang watched Empress Lu eat all the food and let out a long sigh.

"He didn't even leave me a bit of meat. My father knew to leave some meat for me back then."

"Oh, your father was too eager to eat at the beginning, some meat fell on the ground, and he couldn't bear to throw it away, so I left it for you to eat."

"What?! Why don't I know?"

"You know how to put your head down to eat all day long, and when you see the meat, what do you know?"

"When you were young, you were so stupid. You put everything in your mouth when you saw it, and you lay on the ground and ate your own feet. You could eat for a whole day, and you couldn't pull it off."

"No matter who hugs you, you have to gnaw on them. Not long after you got your teeth, your father's face was flushed all day long, either you gnawed him or you beat him."

"Your uncle likes you very much. He always secretly feeds you with snacks, making you fat and white. I can't even pick you up. Your second uncle knows that you like to eat meat, so he specially raises more sheep. I specially bought some sheep with the best meat from Longxi and other places, just for you to eat."

Empress Lu slowly talked about the past, and Liu Chang listened very carefully.

A smile appeared on his face.

"You are still talking about Ci now, you are more likely to make trouble than Ci, and what Ci does is not as good as one ten-thousandth of your clothes. You always get dirty after an hour, either you are beaten or you are in bed. Beating people, the whole of Chang'an was made up by you, even the children of the minister's family were led astray by you, and their mother complained to me all day long, saying that the children ran away with you, you thought it was all day long Is Bo the only one who apologizes for his younger brother? Your elder brother is even worse. Whenever you go to harm other people’s homes, your elder brother will apologize for you. Wen, come and borrow from me while crying."

"Why don't I know?? My brother is still paying for me?!"

"Why, do you think that you can bully those ministers wantonly because you are the son of Emperor Gao, and the founding general is so easy to bully? It's not that your elder brother wipes your ass all day long. You are happy to beat you, and you haven't thought about the aftermath. ?”

Liu Chang scratched his head, "I really haven't thought about it."

"But now Ci is not making trouble anymore. After the corvée, this Zhu Zi's talent has improved a lot. At least he knows how to get along with others. He called the Gongyang students to go to Xia Kingdom earlier. He did a good job, but his knowledge is a bit poor. Dong Zhongshu has to translate for him, which is not as good as me. Now his elder brother is becoming more and more powerful, let’s install this scorpion. During this period of time, the improvement is getting faster and faster, and all aspects of ability have greatly improved. After his book was published, everyone treated him like a sage."

"This time, he took on the heavy responsibility for the taxation matter, and he did it in a decent way. They have all grown up."

Listening to Liu Chang's words, Empress Lu smiled, "An is not bad in the first place, but he is too young and lacks experience. Now that he is getting older, his talent can be displayed."

"That's great. When An grows up for a while and I'm gone, you can entrust the big things to An, go to the frontier by yourself, and do what you've always wanted to do with peace of mind."

The smile on Liu Chang's face suddenly solidified.

"Mum, don't talk nonsense, even if you want to go to the frontier, I have to take you with me."

"I'm already eighty-five this year. If I can live to this age, what extravagance do I have?"

"What is 85? My mother can live to be a hundred years old. If nothing else, she must at least surpass Zhang Cang, right? Look at him, he's fine at a hundred years old, and he can even write to me and ask for food!"

"You think everyone is Zhang Cang. But, this guy is still able to write a book now??"

"It's not just for writing, this guy also wants to do mathematics. It is said that the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" he compiled in the past is not satisfied now, and he needs to make some revisions. What a terrible person, Luan Bu these days I also often visit him and ask him to help me. Mother, I have never believed in ghosts and gods, but now I am thinking, did this guy really steal the medicine of the First Emperor?"

"As far as I said today, you must give an explanation!"

"I'm already very old, and I can't bear this kind of running around. I have to finish it today before I can go back!"

Liu Jing is now in his seventies, because Luan Bu was unable to pass his tax plan for a long time, this man got angry and sat next to Luan Bu, pretending that he would never go back if Luan Bu backed down. look like.

Luan Bu said calmly: "Mr. Liu, I absolutely cannot pass the property tax of your family. How can there be such a tax law in the world? People calculate the family property, and the family property exceeds a certain amount and they have to pay taxes? This is unreasonable. I can I understand your original intention. You are trying to contain those wealthy families, but the tax rate you set is too high. This is not taxation, but a quarrel. Whoever has more property will steal his home? My big man governs with benevolence The world, how can you do such a robbery? Such behavior will cause extremely serious damage to the business of the big man. Even if such a tax law is to be formulated, the tax rate cannot be so scary."

Liu Jing was not convinced, "Temples are meant to balance places. There is nothing unreasonable. Isn't it reasonable to suppress those who have a lot of wealth and use it to relieve the poor people? To expropriate rich people in the world according to their property Property tax, thoroughly investigate the family property of these people. Otherwise, all the money in the world will be concentrated in the hands of those merchants and rich families. I predict that if this is implemented, rich families everywhere will hide their family properties. We can use this crime to directly copy Their home!!"

"You have also seen Mr. Jia's memorial. There is no money in the national treasury, and it should be taken from the people. Why, instead of taking those rich households, you still have to take those from the heads of Guizhou?!"

Luan Bu took a deep breath, coauthored you just to raid the house, right? ?

"Liu Gong, the current temple needs a large number of merchants whether it is going to the land or to the sea. Your tax rate will make many policies of the big man extremely difficult."

"Then adjust the tax rate! Anyway, I'm here today, ahem."

Liu Jing coughed, and said a little tiredly: "At my age, I have been running here all day, and I have come here five times, but you refuse to agree. What is the reason for this? You insist on killing me on the road!" up?!"

Luan Bu fell silent, and when he didn't know how to speak, he walked into the room slowly.

Two young men supported the man, and walked into the inner room cautiously. The man who came was Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping.

Seeing this person, a trace of surprise flashed in Liu Jing's eyes, and he hurriedly got up and saluted.

Zhang Cang looked at him with a smile, "Liu Sheng, why are you here?"

Liu Jing was taken aback, although his face was a little displeased, but he still replied: "Back to Zhang Gong, I came to discuss some important matters with Luan Xiang."

"Hey, young people are awesome. You young people have now become the mainstay of the temple. I came to look for Luan Bu today. Since you came first, I will go back first. I will come later so as not to disturb you young people."

Liu Jing's expression was truly indescribable.

You are the younger generation, my grandson has graduated from Taixue! !
But these words were still not uttered after all. After all, Zhang Cang, the Renrui of Renrui, let alone just calling himself a young man, just spit on himself, so what?

Liu Jing was very straightforward, "No need, I'll come back next time, you guys talk first"

"Don't go away. You came to Luanbu several times. I know what you said. I think your property tax is a big deal. How about it? You can write to me directly, and I will help you look. It can be regarded as a check, how about it?"

"In that case, I would like to thank Mr. Zhang."

"Why are you being polite to me? I am very happy to be able to help you youngsters! You go!"

With a dark face, Liu Jing left from the prime minister's mansion.

Luan Bu smiled wryly and stepped forward, "Master Zhang, it's good to have you, otherwise I really can't do anything about this person, and I can't drive him away. It's not unreasonable for the temple to use an elderly person as the minister of state. "

"You are still too immature. The next time you encounter such a thing, you can just invite Liu Heng and the others over and let them discuss it by themselves. When they can't go on talking, they will naturally leave. Why bother to come forward in person refuse?"

"What Zhang Xiang said was that Zhang Xiang came to see me this time, what's the matter?"

With the support of the two, Zhang Cang sat on the upper seat, looked at Luan Bu who was standing aside, he sighed, and then said: "I want you to find some people for me to correct my book and my eyes." I’m not feeling well, and my health is also very poor. Although I can think clearly, it won’t take long to write. My sons are mediocre people and can’t help me. My disciples are very busy. I want to borrow some from you. Can someone come and help me revise one or two."

"It's Zhang Xiang's work on mathematics, right? Why ask others for help? Wouldn't it be better to just ask His Majesty?"

Zhang Cang complained in a low voice: "Oh, if this scorpion comes, is it still my work?"

"What did Xiang Zhang say?"

"Oh, I mean, His Majesty is too busy. You should put state affairs first, and find someone else."

(End of this chapter)