Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 836
A carriage ran wildly on the road, heading towards Liang Kingdom's royal city.

It caused passers-by to give way one after another, and couldn't help scolding loudly.

In this lazy country of Liang, the carriage at such a speed is extremely conspicuous. When the carriage rushed all the way to the gate of the city, the soldiers were startled and hurriedly surrounded them.

"Inspection"

As soon as the soldier opened his mouth, something hit him directly in the face.

The armored soldier took it in a hurry, out of breath, and was about to curse, when he saw the military marquis beside him knelt down.

The armored soldier looked at the thing that hit him in the face again.

It was a standard emperor's edict, which was sealed and hadn't been opened yet. The soldiers panicked and hurriedly asked people to clear the way and let them go.

After the carriage rushed into the royal city, many soldiers got up.

"This angel comes here often, but it's the first time I've seen such a domineering one!"

"Which one of these people from Chang'an is not domineering? I saw a group of people before. Our king personally came forward, but that person never got out of the car. He only let the groom who drove him get out of the car to pay respects. The king begged several times. The carriage didn't even stop, it just left."

"Huh? How dare you humiliate the king like this? The king is His Majesty's brother!"

"It's still good. I've heard that when an angel goes to the country of Zhao, he dares to attack the king of Zhao."

The soldiers started chatting, while Liu Chang's carriage went on a rampage and quickly arrived at the gate of the palace.

Liu Chang quickly jumped out of the carriage, and Lu Lu and Dou Guangguo quickly followed.

It's just that compared to Liu Chang, who is full of vigor and vigor, the two of them look extremely weak. Although the road is flat, they can't stand driving like this. Unable to slow down, Lu Lu felt better, and Dou Guangguo almost vomited.Liu Chang was very calm, without being affected at all, he strode towards the palace with big strides, and naturally, some soldiers hurriedly blocked him.

In Liangwang Palace, Zhenghe Hall, Liu Hui was chatting with a person with a smile, and was about to say something, when a soldier rushed in in a panic.

"My lord!! It's not good!"

"His Majesty."

As soon as he opened his mouth, heavy footsteps came from behind him.

Liu Chang rushed in directly and pushed away the soldier in front of him.

Liu Hui sat on the upper seat in a daze, and the person sitting next to him was Chao Cuo.

I saw two people sitting facing each other, and there was steaming tea on the table beside them, so uncomfortable.

But seeing the two people's leisurely and contented appearance, Liu Chang's eyes widened.

what's the situation? ?

Is this even Chao Cuo being assimilated? ?
Chao Cuo stared round his eyes, and looked at Liu Chang for a few times. The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Chao Cuo jumped up suddenly.

"No! Your Majesty! Listen to my explanation!"

Liu Chang shook his head in grief.

"Wrong. I really didn't expect that even a person like you could be assimilated by Liang Guo?? I trust you so much, and you start to sit down and have tea after entrusting you with a heavy responsibility??"

Before Chao Cuo had time to explain, Liu Hui jumped up happily, and the whole palace was almost shaken.

"Eldest brother!! Why are you here!!"

Liu Hui jumped up excitedly, gave Liu Chang a bear hug, and almost put all his weight on it, so he could only do this to Liu Chang. If he did this to others, the next day You have to eat!

Liu Chang's face was full of helplessness, Liu Hui excitedly pulled Liu Chang to sit on the upper seat, while he himself sat in front of him, looking him up and down.

“Good. Taller”

"Brother, I am so old, how can I still grow taller?"

"Hahaha, why not? My parents' brother will not grow up"

Liu Chang directly took the tea on the table, took a few mouthfuls, "What is the difference between your Liang country's tea? I will send one and you assimilate the other?"

Liu Hui ignored it, and shouted: "Come here! Bring out the good wine I treasured!! Serve the meat!!"

The two brothers had a lot to say, and Chao Cuo picked up the tea in embarrassment, and secretly took a few mouthfuls.

"Is the queen all right?"

"it is good"

"Where's the queen?"

"it is good"

"Give it?"

"Not yet dead"

Liu Hui warmly exchanged greetings with his younger brother, and the younger brother whom he thought about suddenly appeared in front of him, which made Liu Hui very happy, and held Liu Chang's hand, unwilling to let go no matter what.

After eating some food and drinking enough, Liu Changfang looked at Chao Cuo in front of him.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Chao Cuo's face turned serious, "Your Majesty, I'm just here to discuss some state affairs with the King. As the Prime Minister, I'm going to discuss with the King. What's the problem?"

"It's not a problem at all to put it on other prime ministers."

"But if you put it on Chao Cuo's body, then it's too fucking problematic."

Liu Chang said cursingly: "How many years have you been with me, and what kind of person you are, I still don't know? If you don't make it clear what happened today, I will fire you now and let you go back to Chang'an to raise pigs." go!!"

Liu Hui hurriedly said, "Eldest Brother, Prime Minister Chao really came to discuss state affairs with me."

Liu Chang shook his head and pointed at Chao Cuo in front of him, "Don't talk about state affairs, just this person, who can sit down and have tea with the princes and kings, that's the problem!"

Liu Hui laughed and said seriously: "When Prime Minister Chao first came here, I was also extremely afraid. Outsiders said that Prime Minister Chao was cruel, violent, and prone to killing indiscriminately. It’s not like that, Mr. Chao’s behavior is really nothing to say. When Mr. Chao governed the Liang Kingdom, he thought of the people in everything, cared for the officials, and rewarded those who made meritorious deeds. Everything was done according to the old methods, clean and inaction.”

Liu Chang looked at Fifth Brother, and then at Chao Cuo in front of him.

"Fifth brother, if you are being held hostage, you can say so, and I will protect you."

"Oh! Why don't you believe it?"

Liu Chang wanted to believe it, but is the person you mentioned the same Chao Cuo I knew? ?

For the sake of the people?A few years ago, this birdman persuaded me to forcibly relocate 50 people to the frontier to enrich the population!
Caring for officials?This bird man killed a lot of people in Peijun not long ago, and the number of officials who fled is unknown!
As for Qing Jing Wuwei, if I remember correctly, when he was asked to manage the river, this man even paid for the work out of his own pocket, forcing the officials who did the work to almost jump into the river from exhaustion!

Chao Cuo didn't argue for himself any more, but just looked at Liu Chang calmly.

Liu Chang didn't ask any more questions, and stopped Liu Hui who wanted to continue explaining, and the two brothers immediately had a drink.

I don't know how long I sat like this, anyway, when Liu Chang stood up, Fifth Brother was already lying on the ground and sound asleep, Liu Chang staggered out, Chao Cuo hurriedly stepped forward to help, but the difference in size It was too big, and Chao Cuo struggled so much that his whole body trembled.

As soon as he walked out of the palace gate, a soldier hurried over.

But Liu Chang shouted loudly: "There is no need to support him! Just let him support him alone!"

The soldiers didn't dare to go forward, they could only look at the thin Chao Xiang, supporting the giant man, walking on the road with difficulty.

The bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the breeze blows slowly.

After drinking and drinking, facing such a cold wind, the whole body is refreshed. This feeling is really addictive. Liu Changdu groaned comfortably. The decoration of the Liang Palace is still very good. The long corridor connects Looking at the entire palace, there are lanterns hanging on both sides, and clear water can be seen in the distance. The rockery in the distance is placed carefully. This place is much more pleasant than the palace in Chang’an. It’s because the Wei people know how to design. Ah, this Liang country originally came from the original Wei country. Because of the capital, Wei was occasionally called Liang in the past.

Compared with these princes in the Central Plains, the craftsmen in Chang'an are a bit too. Artisanal, not as natural and simple as Liang Guo.

Chang'an's imperial palace is too neat and aligned, which is naturally influenced by Qin's aesthetics. Liu Chang looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but said: "A corridor with mountains on both sides, the palace here is better than Chang'an."

Chao Cuo was taken aback, "This is Your Majesty?"

"Seeing this situation, I recited a poem."

"What do you think of this poem?"

"minister"

Chao Cuo opened his mouth several times, but couldn't hide his conscience, so he could only praise: "Your Majesty's poems have made great progress!"

"I still remember that His Majesty once recited poems in the Qinling Mountains. The phrase 'there is Qinling Mountain next to Chang'an, why is it not called the Dahan Peak' can be said to be unforgettable for a long time. Compared with it, His Majesty's literary talent has greatly improved!"

Liu Chang said humbly: "You don't know, these days, I have always been with people with literary talent like Mei Cheng, debated with them on literary talent, and often recited poems to argue against them. They were all very moved by me and thought my Literary talent already has the qualifications to be handed down!"

Chao Cuo was taken aback, then said in a low voice: "Then these scribes should be dragged out to kill the clan."

"What did you say?"

"I said that your majesty is brilliant and admirable!!"

Liu Chang is very comfortable. In a slightly drunk state, he walked here unhurriedly. He seemed to have been assimilated by Liang Guo. Chao Cuo could tell from the road and the scenery on both sides that His Majesty was really drunk and walked here so comfortably. It is already very difficult, but if this drunk is a strong man with a body like a tower and can withstand a tripod, the difficulty will be raised several levels.

"Wrong. Now you can talk about your thoughts, what happened?"

Chao Cuo didn't know if now was the right time to talk, but when His Majesty asked, he could only answer.

He struggled to support His Majesty, recalling all the things he had experienced.

He opened his mouth and said: "Actually, when I first arrived, I gave orders as always, and wanted to completely rectify the local area. I arrested several officials who were slow in handling things, and scared King Liang from leaving the palace gate. I immediately drew up a lot of policies. , and I am going to mobilize a large number of people to implement my policies. I want to build roads, canals, county schools, medical centers, and docks in Liang Guo. I want to achieve my great cause here and let everyone in the world know Chao Cuo. ability."

"But you didn't keep doing it"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Your Majesty may not believe it."

Chao Cuo's face was a little self-deprecating, "That day, I went out as usual and wanted to go outside the city to investigate. Along the way, I heard a lot of complaints."

"The people were complaining, the merchants were complaining, the soldiers at the city gate were complaining, and when I arrived at the destination, even the farmers there were complaining."

"What are they complaining about?"

"It's not a big deal. The people in the city complain that they have just settled down, and they will be stopped by the officials to re-register their household registration and investigate the situation. The merchants complain that the checks along the road are extremely harsh. It has become so troublesome to enter and leave the city. The soldiers at the gate Complaining that I don’t know how long I will be on the job from now on, as for the farmers outside the city, they complain that they have just acquired a few pieces of land and are about to do corvee labor, and they don’t know how long they won’t see their families.”

Liu Chang's eyes lit up, "And then?"

"I changed into ordinary clothes and wandered around the Kingdom of Liang for a few days. When I returned to the temple, I released some ministers and personally met the king of Liang, stabilized the temple, and then ordered to stop the implementation of those policies."

"what??"

Liu Chang looked at Chao Cuo drunkenly, and asked suspiciously, "Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple."

"Have you ever cared about other people's complaints? Don't you never care about your own reputation?"

"Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with fame."

Chao Cuo's face became serious, "I have learned the method of Han Feizi since I was a child, and one of the three factions thinks that I know the way to control the people, and I think that the foolish people don't know it. This time I went to Peijun to govern, but it made me feel a little different. touch."

"When the traitor wanted to fight me directly, these foolish people rushed out. When the officials were glad that I finally left, the foolish people came along to see me off."

"At that time, I was thinking, are the people in this world really stupid and don't know?"

"If you are stupid, how will you know right from wrong?"

Liu Chang nodded, "You are right, let's continue."

"I have always believed that the country and the people are opposites. Even in Pei County, I did so many things not for the people, but for the country. But what I did was beneficial to the people, but made the local The situation is so good, what is the real strength of the country? Like the Qin State in the past, with millions of strong soldiers, elite soldiers, and countless grains piled up in the treasury, did they hide all the world's iron tools in Xianyang? Qin State has How did such capital perish so quickly?"

"I have read the classics of many schools. Although I disdain Confucianism for human beings, I have also touched on Confucianism's respect for the people."

"I'm in Liang Guo, and I just want an answer."

"The so-called society and the people."

Liu Chang grinned slowly, and he looked at Chao Cuo again, with a different kind of light in his eyes.

"You really came to the right place."

"I have always wanted to establish a prosperous age, do you know what kind of prosperous age it is? Just like what you said just now, a million strong soldiers, countless grain accumulations in the treasury, and a strong country with sufficient iron, but this million strong Soldiers should be used to protect the people, the accumulated food should be taken from the people and used by the people, and the ironware should be cast into various tools to distribute to the people. You have advised me to follow in the past. The Central Plains migrated 50 people and sent them directly to the frontier forcibly, saying that such a method would definitely benefit the country.”

"I was very angry at the time and asked if you would like to go by yourself?"

"Do you remember this incident?"

"I remember, I once said that I would like to go."

"Yes, you are willing to go, but what about those people? Are they all as selfless as you? Or, are you selfless? The people are not willing to go. Doing so will definitely cause resentment among the people, and the frontier It was fulfilling, but later rebellions broke out, and the people hid their anger in their hearts. The temple is very powerful and can suppress these people again and again, but even if you win hundreds of times, as long as you lose once, the big man will be gone."

"So, what exactly is this community? Wrong, this community is the people of the world. Should the temple issue corvee, should it collect taxes? Of course, if the temple does not do anything, what should the temple do? But, what to do? The people must be the most important thing. If Liang Guo is in ruins and the people can't survive, you want to use corvée here and implement policies. I will not stop it. I have no objection to killing people here."

"However, regardless of the local situation, blindly cultivate, just want to have more arable land, just want to have more political achievements, so that people flee, merchants dare not go, and everyone complains. Then I don't support it. "

"You are my favorite family member. Among all the family members, you are the most comprehensive. Regardless of literary talent, knowledge, handling, and political planning, you are all first-class. However, your biggest shortcoming is that you are too selfish. You are too selfish. You are so proud. You only care about your own ambitions, but you ignore the national conditions. You only think that you are for the country, but you despise the people who really make up the country. This is the reason why I have never dared to let you be the prime minister of the country. Many times, When I think of you, I beat Liu Ci with hatred, and I am thinking, why such a capable person like you has such a personality!"

"You are clearly capable of succeeding the Marquis of Beiping and becoming another virtuous prime minister of the Han Dynasty."

"If Luan Bu's character and your ability are added, would I still go to the hundred-year-old Marquis of Beiping to discuss important matters?"

Chao Cuo fell silent. For some reason, both of them stopped and did not move forward.

Liu Chang suddenly laughed.

"But today, I'm so happy!"

"My Chao Cuo, I finally understood some things and made progress. I thought that I would never be able to wait for this day in my life! You are such a stubborn person, no matter what method I use, I can't let you know your mistakes. "

"I didn't expect you to be able to see through some of the truths yourself. The country and the people. Wrong, will you be the one who will govern the world for me in the future, and establish a prosperous age where everyone has clothes and everyone has food? ?”

Chao Cuo turned pale with shock, raised his head abruptly, and murmured: "Your Majesty. Your Majesty."

Liu Chang laughed, and pointed drunkenly into the distance, "Look, there is still a long way to go. I am alone, and I really can't make it through. You have to help me, so we can pass together."

"What's on the other side of the road?"

"Then it depends on which way you help me walk."

(End of this chapter)