Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 859

"If you want to seal the south, there are two people."

Liu Chang and Liu Heng sat facing each other, and chatted about the closure of the country. The location where Liu Chang wanted to seal the country, that is, in the past Funan Kingdom and other places, where the climate is mild and suitable for farming, and, most importantly, , Malacca is under control.

It's not that Liu Chang doesn't trust the Nanyue Kingdom. Although the Nanyue Kingdom is not a vassal state with the surname Liu, the appointment of officials comes from the big man, and the actual control is still in the hands of the big man. There are two main reasons. The Nanzheng Xungui Group brought over, these people formed a group in South Vietnam. Although they would not say that they openly opposed the big man, they have never stopped making small moves in private, especially now that Zhao Tuo is in Chang'an, they are even more lawless.

And Nanyue is an extremely remote place, and there are not a few Yue people. These honorable groups have long been united with the high-level people of Yue people. If they plow the land for no reason, it may cause a series of bad effects.Another point is that the current territory of South Vietnam is a bit too large, and it has become the most important supply station for the sea poison channel. The benefits are huge, and the government is insufficient. Waiting for the area, it is almost a stocking state.

As long as the temple is still preparing to open the sea, these areas cannot be underestimated. This place is different from the Xia Kingdom. Although it is sparsely populated, the location is really important.

If it was an ordinary prince, he would never dare to sit with the emperor to discuss this matter.

But Liu Heng didn't care about this, his younger brother couldn't be afraid of himself because of this matter, and he also agreed with his younger brother's idea that the temple should be subdivided and governed, and Liu Heng is the biggest promoter.The subdivision and governance of Bashu, the Central Plains, and the North reflects the advantages of this system. After subdivision, the administration of officials will be strengthened, and the control of temples will be improved, which is also of great benefit to the localities.

Liu Heng talked about his thoughts.

"I recommend two people to be crowned kings."

"One is Liu Jia, Marquis of Yingling. As you know, his father fought with his father and made many achievements, and his mother is the queen mother who is close to him and crowned him king. She will definitely not provoke any criticism. The important thing is that this person studied in Taixue when he was young, and he was quite talented. Later, he went to Pei County to serve as the sheriff. Although he was convicted because of this, the problems in Pei County are so difficult for even Chao Cuo to deal with. , let alone a young man like him? Now he is serving corvée in Longxi and other places, I heard that he can win people there, and the county guard also praised him very much that he can be a king."

Liu Chang nodded, but did not rush to order, and asked, "What else?"

"There is another person who is Yang Xuhou Liu Jianglu. This person is the eighth son of the eldest brother. Among the many descendants of the eldest brother, he and Liu Zhang are probably the most talented. Although this son lacks some courage, but He is extremely intelligent, has good eyesight, and has no bad habits. He has many friends. If you can arrange a vigorous and virtuous prime minister with him, he will definitely be able to manage Funan and other places for you. Moreover, his lack of courage is not necessarily a bad thing. The interests here are huge, and I am afraid that a greedy and bold person will come."

Liu Chang nodded again, and suddenly he asked with a smile: "Fourth brother, I heard that your son Liu Wu is outstanding in humanities, courteous and virtuous, and has a very good reputation, and he has no bad habits. His reputation is better than the previous two. Even bigger and more talented than them, why don't you recommend him to be crowned king?"

Liu Heng's face darkened, and he said displeasedly: "How can this Shuzi have the qualifications to be a king?"

"If you don't even have him, how can the previous two be crowned kings?"

Liu Heng was a little helpless, and said: "Master, you have already made one of my sons king, although brothers everywhere will not be jealous because of such a thing, but this matter still caused a lot of criticism, If you make my other son king, even if the brothers can still understand, I'm afraid it will bring unnecessary trouble for them sooner or later, sometimes, too much favor is not a good thing."

Liu Chang laughed and said, "You can't blame me for that. Your heir is the best. If not your heir, who will you be named?"

Liu Heng shook his head and said seriously: "That's not the case. Among the many clans, my crown prince is the most unbearable. King Yan's crown prince, Liu Xian, has been running around at the bottom all year round. On the one hand, no one can match, but Liu Xun, the prince of Zhao Wang, is a low-key person, studies with peace of mind, is proficient in the theories of many schools, only associates with the most wise people, and has never heard anyone talk about him. Liu Xian, Prince of Liang, is honest and kind, hard-working, consults with learned farmers, often stays in the fields, and knows how to care for the people. As a teacher, he personally presided over the water transportation and other matters."

Liu Heng commented on the princes from all over the world, and finally talked about his own prince, "Oh, only my prince wants to imitate me in everything, but he only has his shape, not his spirit, so he can't be reused."

The two brothers talked for a long time about the situation of the princes in various places, but Liu Chang did not express his thoughts. It seemed that neither Liu Jia nor Liu Jianglu was the best candidate for him.

Of course, Liu Heng didn't rush to urge Liu Chang to make a decision, and soon left Houde Hall.

Liu Chang sat in Houde Hall, bowed his head in thought, looking at his face, he seemed to be entangled in something, very entangled.

At some point, Lu Lu had already stood in front of him, looking at Liu Chang's expression, Lu Lu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you don't understand this academic matter, then don't worry about it, those great scholars , nonsense, not worth thinking about."

Liu Chang raised his head, and said displeasedly: "How can Naigong be entangled in academic matters? Naigong's knowledge is the strongest."

"Then what are you struggling with?"

Liu Chang looked around, asked Lu Lu to come closer, and then whispered something in his ear.

Lu Lu jumped up immediately after listening, "Your Majesty!! You!!"

Lu Lu subconsciously wanted to ask if you were crazy, but remembering the emperor's fist, Lu Lu swallowed the sentence, and said in shock: "This is impossible, there has never been such a precedent, and everything is extremely serious. Big question, how is it possible?"

"What's impossible? There are problems in all aspects that can be solved."

"But. But this."

Lu Lu's face became even more tangled than Liu Chang's, almost wrinkled, "It's hard to handle."

Liu Chang sneered, "I knew it would be useless to tell you! You have never been a person who knows how to share my worries! Look at Dou Guangguo! Look at yourself!"

While Liu Chang was complaining, Dou Guangguo also came in and paid his respects to the emperor. Seeing the strange faces of the two, he asked curiously, "What happened?"

Liu Chang shook his head, "It's nothing, if you have something to say, hurry up, I have something to do later!"

The sunset glow appeared in the sky, and it looked quite beautiful. Liu Chang sang something, and walked quickly towards the Changle Palace.

He is still in a good mood. This case of disobedience helped him deal a severe blow to a wave of Ruru, and by the way, he also took over the right to interpret filial piety. A big man can use filial piety to govern the country, but this filial piety is what the temple says Forget it, it shouldn't be your Confucian one-sided words.It has been a long time since the Elder has been unhappy with these Luru. This time, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has started the trial. The Elder is tolerant and did not directly arrest them for clan punishment. Xuan Moru has already started to actively handle the case and will finish it soon.

When Liu Chang walked into the Shoudian, Empress Lu was talking to Fan Qing.

This time Liu Chang didn't crash into the hall, which surprised Empress Lu, Liu Chang didn't bother them, but just sat aside, asked someone to prepare some food, and ate on his own.

Empress Lu glanced at Liu Chang and asked, "Is there nothing to eat in Houde Palace?"

"Mmmm."

Liu Chang's mouth was stuffed with meat, and he wanted to say something vaguely. Empress Lu got a headache when she saw it, and cursed: "Swallow it down before talking!"

Liu Chang swallowed the meat with great effort, then rubbed his throat, "I'm in a hurry to eat."

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Liu Chang said with a smile: "Mum, I'm going to seal a kingdom in Funan. The territory is still quite large, and the position is extremely important. It will be the most important thing to open the sea in the future. I can't decide on the candidate for the king. "

"Oh? Are you going to be crowned king?"

Empress Lu thought, "Then who is there?"

"The fourth brother said that Liu Jia and Liu Jianglu can take the role, and I think his son Liu Wu can actually do it too."

"It's a pity that the little pig is too small. If he is 20 years older, I will let him go."

Liu Chang stroked his chin.

Of course Empress Lu knew about these people, especially Liu Jia. Empress Lu said, "Both of them are good. I think Liu Jia is more suitable to be king. Who do you prefer?"

"Liu Ji."

"Who???"

This time, it was Fan Qing who asked. Fan Qing was not very willing to participate in state affairs, so he sat aside and waited for them to finish speaking, but when he heard Liu Chang say Liu Xie's name, Fan Qing was taken aback , I don’t know if I heard it wrong.

"Liu Jing, my princess Liu Jing."

Liu Chang explained again.

Empress Lu fell silent, and Fan Qing was dumbfounded, "Are you crazy? She's a woman. How can there be a female prince or king in the world? Don't be joking!"

Liu Chang didn't answer her, but just looked at Empress Lu, and said seriously: "Mum, I actually think it's possible, you may not know that when Funan Kingdom was not defeated by the big man, women were the kings, and Fu Nan was king. The Southern Kingdom used to be a union of many tribes. The longest tribe was a woman, and more than half of the tribes were also led by older women. Until now, there is such a custom there, let them choose their own The three elders chose some women, which caused the ministers of Nanyue Kingdom a headache and didn't know how to deal with it."

"If you want to govern there, you must have contact with these women, but no matter whether it is Liu Jia or other clan men, who dares to say that he can better understand how to communicate with them? Everything is different. If it is convenient, it will be more difficult to govern, so what is the point of this country? Isn't Liu Jing more suitable than them?"

"Besides, who said that women can't be kings? I think Liu Jing is much stronger than her stupid brother!"

"The current situation is like this. The king does not directly govern the local area, but governs by the prime minister, and the temple takes over. Even so, the king's behavior can still affect the local area. Liu Yan is just like me, and he has a benevolent heart for the people. He hates the powerful, knows how to use the talented, and is not like Liu Ci, who can't walk when he sees the worthy."

In fact, there is another reason, but Liu Chang didn't say it.

Another reason is that Nanyue Kingdom, if Funan Kingdom is sealed off, it will definitely have a lot of communication with Nanyue Kingdom. And Liu Yan looks exactly like Liu Chang's biological mother.
After listening to Liu Chang's explanation, even Fan Qing thought it made sense.

He was almost persuaded by Liu Chang.

But she still reacted, and hurriedly said: "Even if you say so, if you want to make a woman king, it will definitely cause criticism from all over the world. In addition, what should I do if she becomes a family in the future? Let her good As a king? As a queen? How should her vassal states be inherited?"

"These things are nothing at all. I've never been afraid of being criticized."

Liu Chang looked at Empress Lu, "Mum, I want to know what you think."

Empress Lu slowly raised her head, her complexion looked a bit complicated, "You really want to make Liu Yan king."

"If she is capable and qualified, then make her king. There's nothing wrong with that. A mother is also a woman, but in terms of ability, it's more than enough to be an emperor. I've already thought about it. When I celebrate your [-]th birthday When the time comes, I will personally make you the emperor! When it comes to the big man, you will be the first emperor, I will be the second, and my second brother will be the third!"

Fan Qing was frightened, but Empress Lu laughed, "You idiot, do you think I'm so easy to coax?"

Empress Lu began to think seriously about Liu Chang's words. If Funan had such a tradition and most of the leaders were women, Liu Jing would indeed be more suitable for this place. It is extremely difficult. Unless Empress Lu squinted her eyes, unless she personally asked the emperor to confer the princess as king, no one would dare to object.

Empress Lu asked the last question, "But this place is extremely remote, do you have the heart to let your daughter go so far away?"

"It's not like I have to go to the country now. Besides, the waterways are so developed now. She can't come. I can go to accompany her! I will be her country's prime minister!"

Liu Chang grinned, and Empress Lu nodded, "Okay, go and do your own business first."

As soon as Aunt said this, Liu Chang knew in his heart that the matter was probably settled.

What Liu Chang was concerned about was not whether to make his daughter king, but what he was concerned about was whether his daughter would suffer in the past because the place was so far away.

When Liu Chang returned to Houde Hall triumphantly, Liu Liang was waiting for him.

Liu Chang was in a good mood today, so he dragged his son to have some wine with him.

Liu Liang said cautiously: "Father, Ding Kuan has been released, so should my brother be too?"

"I've been locked up for the past few days. Look at how happy I am. The law and order in Chang'an has improved. Let's not talk about him. What about those people under your command? Have they been released?"

"It's all out."

Liu Chang said disdainfully: "You are also stupid, you don't know how to do things, if you can't lead a war, you can reverse the conspiracy, so just reverse the conspiracy, and you have made such a big fanfare, conjured so many Lu Ru out of thin air overnight, anyone can do it I know there is something wrong with it, so if you people can’t make a big deal, Xuan Moru just imprisoned you for a few days, which is considered very kind.”

"Father is right, my son is stupid, and I will never dare to do so again."

"Who told you not to do this? I mean, you need to have some snacks in the future. In this regard, you have to be decent, not so rough, and you must always watch the movements of the Criminal Department and cooperate with the Criminal Department to do things. It cannot be said that the Ministry of Criminal Justice has arrested everyone, and you are still fighting fiercely there, do you think the people in Chang'an are all stupid?"

Liu Liang scratched his head, "I see."

The father and son drank happily, and Liu Chang said with emotion: "In the past, I was most worried about you. I didn't expect that you have some skills now. It is not easy to make these people follow you so wholeheartedly. This time they took the risk of being killed to help you, which already explains the problem. I don’t worry about you anymore, and I can rest assured that you can go to Beidi to see Jibu and the others.”

Perhaps because he was drunk, Liu Chang shook his head and sang the tune softly.

The lyrics are definitely his own works. Liu Liang has been with those literati for a long time, and he has a certain ability to discern poetry. Father's poems are still easy to hear, and his personal style is very obvious.

"Remembering the captives in the wine~~The ambition is fiercely pulling the chain~~"

"When will the sword come out of its sheath again~~I didn't think about the next sentence~~~"

Liu Liang almost spit out the wine from his mouth.

While the father and son were drinking and reciting poems, Cao Shu walked in hastily. Seeing Liu Liang, who was flushed and drunk, she frowned immediately. Seeing that his mother was angry, Liu Liang hurriedly stood up Come on, lowering her head, Cao Shu looked at Liu Chang who had obviously drunk a lot, and said helplessly to Liu Liang: "Go out first! Get your brother out tomorrow!"

"only."

Liu Liang left in a hurry, and Cao Shu sat beside Liu Chang with a serious face.

"You want to make Liu Yan king???"

Liu Chang was taken aback, and quickly realized, "Qing has a big mouth, do you think all the members of the Lu family have big mouths? No one can keep a secret. I just thought about it. no decision to do it”

Cao Shu's face was full of worry, "The Funan Kingdom is so far away, besides, it's not easy to govern a country. Are there no males in the clan? Why did you let Liu Yan go there?"

Liu Chang hugged Cao Shu with a smile, "I know what my daughter thinks best. If you want her to be a carefree princess in Chang'an, it depends on whether she is willing or not. Besides, How can my daughter not know how to govern the country? It’s not like letting her farm the land.”

Cao Shu was still reluctant, apparently extremely worried about her daughter.

Liu Chang saw that he couldn't convince her, so he simply put down the wine cup in his hand, and said that he couldn't convince her, then I had to physically convince her!

ps: The operation was successfully completed. I need constant injections for the past few days, and I will probably be able to leave the hospital and go home the day after tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)