Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 845 The Best Steed
Chang'an, the Northern Palace.

Liu Liang has his own mansion in Chang'an. The area is not small, and the house inside is big enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Although the distance is a bit remote, it is still very good.

This mansion was a gift from Lu Lu to Liu Liang when he was studying.

As for why there is no Liu Ci who went to school together, it has to start with the stolen sheep from Lu Lu's house.

In fact, Liu Ci once had a mansion, which was given to him by his elder brother, but later because it became a stronghold for hiding criminals, he was taken away by the county magistrate, and finally the trouble came to the prince. His mansion was confiscated, and from then on, Liu Ci could only gather ministers of civil and military affairs in the third kiosk to the left of the palace gate to discuss state affairs.

Liu Liang's mansion was originally empty, and Liu Liang seldom went out.

It was also later that Liu Liang deliberately contacted those writers and Fu writers, and invited them here often, which made the place lively.

Liu Liang's reputation in Chang'an is much better than he thought.

He has a reputation for good writing, which is the same as the king of Chu.

This is naturally because he has raised many literati. In addition, because he wrote a letter to save the king of Yan before, and later wrote a letter to save his younger brother, he has a good reputation for loyalty and righteousness everywhere.

In addition, he is also humble enough to never do ridiculous things, which is rare among Liu Chang's heirs, so he is even more respected and loved by literati.

Liu Liang's method of attracting scholars is quite rough, the so-called responsiveness to requests.

From time to time, he would invite those well-known literati to come to his house for dinner, and would give them some rewards for them to show him their literary gifts. In addition, he would help some literati who were in poverty and so on.Although the means are crude, they are very useful.

Since the time of Liu Bang, literary prose has not been so valued.

Liu Bang regards these prose writers as singing and dancing girls, and believes that the role of these people is to write lyrics or something, and prose is for singing. If they can't sing, it will be useless.

Under Liu Bang's torture, Liu Chang had a dislike for songs very early on.

He would subconsciously cover his ears when he heard others singing.

Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to those who were engaged in literary prose, and he even preferred those who wrote legendary stories, treating them as his guests, which made the literati very unhappy.

As for Liu An, Liu An despises these people even more. What he likes are those who are knowledgeable, understand classics, and can only write prose?What's the use?Naturally, the literati did not dare to go forward. Among all the literati, the status of the scholar is the highest.

Only Liu Liang showed respect for them and love for Wenfu.

Liu Liang sat on the top seat, and the famous poets and scholars in Chang'an gathered together, sitting on his left and right.

There are many delicacies and wines in front of them.

Everyone flattered each other, and from time to time they brought out new articles to brag about each other.

Liu Liang listened very seriously.

After everyone was full of wine and food, Liu Liang slowly talked about his thoughts.

"Everyone, there is a dispute among the ministers in the temple today, have you heard about it?"

"Your Majesty, I have heard about it a little bit, but I don't know much about it."

Liu Liang said with a smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that the new Chen Gongbu is pleading for his family. When I am in the palace, I can often hear my father's praise for the Ministry of Industry. Everyone, we used to sing mountains and rivers. To praise the beautiful scenery, we might as well change the topic today. Let’s use work as the topic, and write about each other to see who can write another masterpiece! What do you guys think?”

The literati were a little confused, but they quickly came to their senses.

Liu Liang's number one seat, Bin Zhuangji, got up hurriedly at this moment, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's idea is very good!"

"Today's temples want to build the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry has made many achievements, which benefit the country and the people. Why don't you say anything?"

The crowd nodded.

They may not agree with these reasons, but since they have received the courtesy of the king, they must repay it. It is rare to meet a prince who is willing to support them, so of course they cannot confront them.

Immediately, they began to compose essays one by one.

Some wrote poems to sing praises, and some wrote thousands of words of Fu to sing praises eloquently.

The scene was extremely lively.

Liu Liang smiled all over his face and clapped his hands from time to time.

"Okay! These essays are a hundred times better than the essays on mountains and rivers. They are truly excellent works! Excellent works!"

"Such an article, I will definitely send it to the Ministry of Rites, so that it can be published and published in newspapers, and spread all over the world!"

Hearing Liu Liang's words, everyone became even more excited, conceived hard, and started creating one after another.

The next day, these prose had already appeared in front of Liu Chang.

Liu Chang patiently opened them one by one, and couldn't help but said: "Okay, the writing is very good, as expected of my son, he handles things so properly!"

Liu Liang was praised by his father, with a smile on his face, and he was very excited.

He finally did something for Father too.

Liu Chang put away these articles, looked at Liu Liang with praise in his eyes, "You have done a good job, but don't get carried away with complacency, by the way, you can also focus on the literati all over the world, you You can let all the literati in the world put their essays here, and if you give rewards and comments, won’t you be able to harvest more articles?”

Liu Liang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, and said cheerfully, "I see!"

"Very good, let's go! Do this matter with your heart, maybe you will be needed to help in the future, and there will be some things about doctors and enlightenment teachers in the future, and you will have to call literati to drive them!"

"only!!"

Liu Liang left happily.

Lu Lu also had a smile on his face, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I sent people to watch the whole process. No one made things difficult for the King of the North. It went well, but I'm afraid it won't be of much use."

"Who said it's useless?"

"This is a huge step forward for Dahan's literary world. From writing about landscapes to realism, let me tell you, the less important something is, the more influential it is. Just wait and see for the subtle influence. Well, it's unrealistic for Liu An's profound articles to be spread all over the world. On the contrary, these poems and prose that can be sung can be spread the fastest. How big of an impact?"

Lu Lu was taken aback, "The influence is on the soldiers. It is probably useless if the common people know it or not."

"Fart! It's most useful for the common people to know."

Liu Chang said again: "Besides, this poetry and prose is not something vulgar. Scholars can accept it, common people can sing it and even put it in the county school. Only you fools will despise such things! "

Lu Lu curled his lips, "But His Majesty has never paid attention to these things."

"Hey, that's because I have more important things to do!"

Dou Guangguo said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right. The greatest role of poetry is not to be appreciated by the nobles, but to be sung by the people. In the current prosperous age of the Han Dynasty, there are people who are good at singing and dancing in restaurants and restaurants everywhere. I am also willing to listen to it, and what they sing can often affect the common people. In the past, most of them sang mountains and rivers and beauties. If it can be gradually changed, it will be very useful."

Liu Daxie said to Lu Lu: "Look, Dou Guangguo knows me very well. You have followed me for so long, why don't you understand me?"

Lu Lu didn't say anything, just drooped his face.

If I could flatter like him, I would have been prime minister long ago.

Just when Liu Chang continued to say something, a soldier suddenly reported.

"General Xiahouzao is back!"

"Huh? Let him in!"

Soon, Xia Houzao walked into the Hall of Houde together with Zhao Wan, Luo Jian and others. Both Zhao Wan and Luo Jian looked extremely tired and shaky, but Xia Houzao was still so energetic.

"Hahaha, Lord Luo is back!"

Liu Chang stood up with a smile, and hastily made Luo Zuo sit aside.

"Luo Gong, you have once again made great achievements in the north this time. King Yan praised you full of praise in the letter, and the same is true for King Dai. You discovered coal in Dai State, and even explored coal in Yan State. Your contribution to so many good things is enough to make you a Marquis!"

Luo Jian was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up, "I dare not"

Liu Chang pressed it directly for him.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, I can do it if I say yes!"

"Copper from Dian, coal from Dai, iron from Yan, just one of them is enough to be a Marquis!"

Luo Zuo still seemed a little uneasy, but Liu Chang held his hand lightly, and said seriously: "You must know, when the Mohist family was in decline, I rewarded many princes for their inventions, which made the Mohist family gradually Qiangsheng, although it is not a prominent school nowadays, it can still be regarded as a university school. The same is true for Kanyu, and Kanyu is not as good as that of Mo Nong. Today, you will be rewarded for your Kanyu to rise again!"

"Everyone in the world has seen the ability of the Kanyu family. You must accept my reward with peace of mind. If you feel that you have been rewarded too much, then do your best to repay it! You don't have to refuse!"

Luo Zuo was silent for a while, and bowed to Liu Chang.

"only!!"

Liu Chang smiled and asked about the situation of Yan State, Luo Zuo also knew everything, the two chatted very happily, but left Zhao Wan and Xia Houzao in the cold, Xia Houzao didn't care, and directly pulled them over Lu Lu on the side spoke in a low voice.On the contrary, it was Zhao Wan who hesitated to speak at the moment.

Liu Chang chatted with Luo Zuo for a long time before looking at Zhao Wan.

This person had a little unpleasantness with him in the past, but the Elder is not a person who holds grudges. Now that he can do things, the Elder can temporarily forget the little grievances with him.

"Zhao Wan, you did a good job in the Mo family."

Zhao Wan was a little embarrassed, saluted and said, "Just doing my job."

"You are a very smart person. It's a pity that you have high eyesight and low abilities. No one can compare to you when it comes to words, but you are not good at doing things. Do you think you have done a good job this time? Do you want me to reward you? "

Zhao Wan was taken aback for a moment, hesitated and said nothing.

"Because the king of Dai respects you the most, you chose to build it in the country of Dai, but obviously the country of Yan is the most suitable place, and the country of Yan is much richer in minerals than the country of Dai. I know what you think, you want to do it I don’t want to favor one person over another, so I found the most neutral place, but if you work for a big man, shouldn’t you consider the interests of the big man first, and then think about the place?? They admired you quite a lot, saying that you are a very good person. Fair, not favoring any country, and I am very angry! You should not have let this matter!!"

Zhao Wan blushed and immediately lowered her head.

"Is your personal reputation more important than the interests of the big man?"

"no."

Liu Chang raised his head and said seriously: "At the beginning, Shusun Tong of Confucianism had a very bad reputation. Everyone in the world said he was a villain, a scum of Confucianism, flattering and unfair, but now it seems that he was The decisions made are all so correct. This is the person who puts down his reputation to serve the big man. He is the person I need. I don’t need a saint who is known by virtue. I want people who can do things. !!"

Zhao Wan lowered her head, speechless.

Liu Chang took a deep breath, "This is also my fault. I didn't put you in the right place. You are suitable for those who need to speak. Look up, you only failed twice."

"Thinking of my father, Xiang Yu was chasing him like a mouse, running around, I don't know how many times he failed, didn't he win the world in the end?"

"A man should be tenacious. You have to imitate Emperor Gao. Two failures are nothing. You have to learn how to make use of your strengths and avoid weaknesses, and give full play to your own characteristics. Do you understand?"

Zhao Wan hastily saluted and said yes.

Xia Houzao reminded from the side: "It's okay to imitate Emperor Gao's perseverance, but don't imitate him to plot rebellion."

Zhao Wan was taken aback and looked at him in horror, who stuttered in fright.

Liu Chang was quite helpless, got up and said: "Luo Gong, Zhao Wan, you have a hard time traveling, you should go back and rest first, and see you tomorrow."

The two agreed, and then left the Hall of Houde.

Xia Houzao stepped forward with a smirk, and took Liu Chang's hand, "Your Majesty! Come, come out with me!"

"What are you doing out?"

"Come out with me and you'll know!"

Xia Houzao pulled Liu Chang and walked out of the hall. Xiahouzao said something to the soldiers, and soon, someone led six horses to Liu Chang.

Liu Chang was dumbfounded immediately.

Each of these horses is full of spirits, handsome and extraordinary, Liu Chang knows how to look at horses, he can see the extraordinaryness of these horses at a glance, and hurried forward to observe them one by one, "Zao, where did these horses come from? You snatched King Yan??"

Xia Houzao said proudly: "I helped King Yan kill the water thieves. He gave me these. He gave me more than 20 horses. I gave them to my subordinates. The remaining six horses were brought back. Your Majesty." , how is it? Can it be regarded as Baojun?"

Liu Chang was a little moved, "It's Baojun, everyone is so extraordinary. I didn't expect that you would still think of me when you are away on an expedition. Come here! Bring my treasured wine!!"

The two brothers sat in the pavilion beside them, and ate wine in big gulps.

"Stove. You are the most unreliable among the sages, but you can get things done every time. Maybe it's because stupid people have stupid luck?"

Xia Houzao shook his head, "It's because of my own ability, it has nothing to do with luck."

"Perhaps it is."

Liu Chang took another sip of his wine and asked, "What do you think of Luo Zuo?"

"I think this man is very old."

Liu Chang paused for a moment, "Come on, stop talking and continue drinking!"

"Your Majesty, I had a fight with Bo on the way back!"

"How long has he lasted?"

"Hahaha, I've held on for a long time with my bare hands, and I haven't passed [-] rounds with soldiers!"

"That's right. He hasn't fought any battles. In your eyes, he is naturally full of flaws. It's been longer than I thought."

"Your Majesty, I think I can serve as a sacrificial wine in military science! Teach them how to fight hand to hand!"

"Fart! Even if you really teach hand-to-hand combat, it won't be your turn!"

The two talked for a long time, Xia Houzao finally stood up, ready to go home, after saying goodbye to Liu Chang, this guy staggered to the side of those horses, making people lead the horses, and was about to leave.

But Liu Chang realized something was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed the guy.

"What are you doing with the horse?"

"Go home!"

"Aren't these horses dedicated to me??"

"Ah? Why did I dedicate it to you? It was given to me by King Yan!"

"Then what did you bring into the palace?!"

"I'll show you!"

"I"

Xia Houying sat on the bed and looked at his son sitting beside him.

He took a deep breath and wanted to say something nice, but looking at his son's swollen eye sockets, Xia Houying realized that he couldn't say anything nice.

"Did you fall on the road again?"

"Yeah. I was hit by a wild boar."

Xia Houying gritted her teeth and wanted to say something. After calming down for a long time, she finally calmed down, "From now on, you can inherit your title, don't inherit mine."

"Ah? Why?"

"The title you earned yourself is of course more glorious than the one you inherited."

Xia Houzao grinned, "You said it earlier, I thought so too, but I didn't dare to tell you, lest you beat me up, I just wanted to secretly use my title when you were gone."

Xia Houying's face darkened, "Okay, let's go out and rest!"

"Father, let's go! I'll show you something good!"

Xia Houzao took Xia Houying's hand and walked out. Xia Houying found that the stick was so powerful that he couldn't break free. Six BMWs.

Xia Houying is obviously more knowledgeable, and can see the extraordinaryness of these horses at a glance.

"This is a reward from His Majesty?"

"It was given to me by King Yan. He gave me 24 horses. I rewarded them to my subordinates, leaving behind the best six horses."

"Since you want to reward, why don't you keep them?"

Xia Houzao said seriously: "These horses are for you!"

"Ok??"

"I know you like good horses. I remember that when I was young, you often told me about the horses of the Yan Kingdom. It happened that I went to the Yan Kingdom this time. I asked the King of Yan for Baojun. These six horses are all old horses. You won’t go crazy easily, you’re safe to ride, and there are six of them, you can change your ride and ride one every day, and you’re not afraid of hurting the steed, just now there are traitors who want to steal this steed, I’m fighting to the death, just now It can be saved. Come! Father, let me help you get on the horse! Try this horsepower!"

The corners of Xia Houying's mouth rose slightly, and he stretched out his hand, subconsciously wanting to touch his son's head.

But he was surprised to find that his son was much taller than himself, so he could only put his hands on his son's shoulders.

"No need to try."

"You can tell it's the best horse when you look at it."

(End of this chapter)