Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 899 Sage
The Northwest Three Kings finally arrived.

The three of them were quite emotional, and finally caught up with such a gathering of princes once.

In the past, due to road and geographical reasons, when they arrived in Chang'an, the princes and kings had already left. In fact, Liu Xiang was better because he was not so far away from Chang'an. The two incompetent younger brothers, the Three Kings of the Northwest, even though there were internal disagreements, still wanted to act in unison. He didn't dare to go back to Chang'an alone, mainly because he was afraid of being beaten by Zhong's father. Taking the two younger brothers with him would disperse the firepower. You won't be fired on yourself.

The fact is just as they thought, when the three of them came to Chang'an, it was not only Liu An who came to greet them, but also King Wu.

King Wu squinted his eyes and stared at the three of them for a long time, not hiding the murderous look in his eyes at all.

Probably because of the worship, King Wu was not in a hurry to confront them. After paying respects to Liu An and Liu Heng carefully, the three went to worship the Queen Mother.

The empress dowager's funeral was actually over, and the funeral specifications of the Han emperor were adopted, and she was buried with Emperor Gao.

The common people of the Han Dynasty need to keep a filial piety for her for five days, while Liu Chang and others need to keep a filial piety for one month.

The days are getting shorter and shorter.

The princes and kings came here now, all they did was worship, and there was nothing else to do. After finishing the worship, the two got up, but Liu Qi didn't get up for a long time. Unlike the two brothers, Liu Qi's eyes There is real sadness.

The relationship between Liu Heng's lineage and the Empress Dowager is much better than other members of the clan, especially Liu Qi. Although the Empress Dowager scolds him, she really likes him and regards him as the most promising of the three generations of clan The princes and kings often help Liu Qi. During these years, Liu Qi also often wrote letters to the Queen Mother. If there is something that cannot be solved, the Queen Mother is asked to come forward. The Queen Mother was the biggest help to King Xiting. All were resolved smoothly with the help of the Queen Mother.

But today, this huge boost no longer exists.

Liu Qi's mood was also depressed because of this.

He looked at the empress dowager's spiritual seat seriously, and said silently in his heart: Mother, I will definitely govern the Xiting Kingdom well and become the virtuous king you praise.

Everyone stood up, and Liu Heng led the three of them to Houde Hall.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, Liu Heng showed his true nature and kicked Liu Ang who was standing at the door in.

Then, he closed the door.

Liu Chang rubbed his fists and stood in front, while Liu Heng sneered and stood behind.

Liu Xiang, Liu Qi, and Liu Ang all looked a little pale. They looked at the one in front and then at the one behind. It was Liu Qi who plucked up the courage, took a step forward, slid and knelt very smoothly, and knelt down directly. In front of Liu Chang.

"The minister is guilty!!!"

The other two also imitated the example, and they both knelt and sat down, just not giving the other party any chance to beat themselves.

"Hehehe, you're promising, right? Do you think the two of us can't go to the northwest?"

Liu Chang gently took off his shoes.

The three of them had already realized that something was wrong, Liu Qi hurriedly opened his mouth to argue: "Father Zhong, this is just a normal discussion, we have all reconciled, and we have also realized each other's mistakes Father Zhong, many princes and kings have gathered together, please You save some face with us"

Liu Chang felt that what Li Zi said made sense, so he looked at the fourth brother.

The fourth brother nodded, "He's right, don't slap your face."

"Ow~~~"

So far, the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty, except King Xia in the north, King Dian in the south, and the poisoned King Hu, all the others have arrived.

Liu Chang sat on the top seat and looked at the kings in front of him.

Among them are the old and the young, the wise and the stupid, those with the surname Liu and those with foreign surnames, anyway, there are everyone.

However, they all have one thing in common, the localities are well managed.

The big man is no longer the poor big man in the past.

In these years, the local changes are obvious to all. In Liu Chang's dream, the big man at this moment has already begun to rise in an all-round way, developing rapidly, and officially reached its peak 50 years later. The current big man is far more than the one in Liu Chang's dream. That big man is much stronger, tyrannical and lawless. He said that the princes and kings in front of him and their territories are getting richer and richer than each other. Even remote places like the Northwest have developed decently because of the commercial routes.

Liu Chang is sure that the strength of the big man is unique in the whole world. At this moment, all the other powerful countries in the world are tied together, and he is not the opponent of the big man. Just like Anxi, Anxi is very powerful, different from other countries However, the princes and kings here can beat Anxi violently if they take out one at will. If it weren't for the distance problem, the big man would be able to capture King Anxi to dance for himself.

Whether it is food production, population, territory, army, or even cultural thought, the big man is enough to beat the whole world.

Although Liu Chang started calling himself number one in the world very early on, it is only now that the number one in the world has been confirmed.

The control of those overseas islands and the remote management of body poison seem to have surpassed many dynasties in history. To achieve this level, Liu Chang probably became a common nightmare for future emperors. An unsurpassable ceiling.The big man under Liu Chang’s rule is not strong because of force, nor is he strong because of economy. His strength is comprehensive, and his cultural level, technological level, and military level have all reached unprecedented peaks. Make a vertical comparison with later generations, but if you make a horizontal comparison, the level of the big man has at least surpassed the world for nearly a thousand years.

Just the big killer weapon of artillery can crush them so much.

But the crazy old scientists are still doing research, and the meaning of science and technology is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With the opening of business, folk thoughts are surging, and the ideological confinement is further opened. As long as there are a few more industrial revolutions, the future will definitely be It can become the origin of the trend of thought in the world.

Liu Chang looked at the princes and kings in front of him, his eyes sparkled.

At first, the princes and kings started to talk about the achievements of various places in order to make the emperor happy, but as this kind of showing off continued, everyone suddenly became a little bit more energetic, and started a subtle competition with each other, telling their own strengths one after another.

For example, Zhao Wang and Yan Wang were in a fight over whose steel output was higher, and they were almost about to fight.

Liu Ruyi knew that she couldn't beat Liu Bi, so she kept shouting, "Liu Bo! Beat him!! Beat this bragging fool!"

Liu Heng stopped the two of them and said seriously: "The four wheels can only move forward in one direction at the same time. If they are independent, they can only go in the opposite direction and cannot move forward. The princes and kings need to be united and work together. They can compete, but they cannot compare. , let alone fight."

As he spoke, he looked at the Three Northwest Kings again.

The Northwest Three Kings shivered, "What Yu Shigong said is absolutely true!!!"

Everyone ate delicious food again, and when they were chatting and laughing happily, Liu An suddenly stood up and saluted everyone.

"Many of the people here are my elders. I shouldn't have spoken rashly. It's just that the sage kings of the world have gathered today. I feel a little sad and want to speak to everyone."

Liu Chang was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the prince suspiciously.

Liu Ruyi waved her hands carelessly, "Just say what you want, we are all relatives, why bother to be so polite?"

Liu An nodded, and then said: "It's like this, we gathered this time because of the Queen Mother's affairs, and we are very sad in our hearts, but the Great Han was created by Emperor Gao and the Queen Mother, so we naturally have to manage it well. Only a big man can live up to the Empress Dowager and Emperor Gao."

Liu An said seriously: "I just heard what you said, and I was very excited. I have some thoughts and want to share them with everyone."

Liu An looked at the King of Yan first, "I just heard what the King said. There are many minerals in the King's territory, but there are not many markets. If you think about it, the temple can help you solve this problem. The temple will set up the port and promote the merchants of the Yan Kingdom. Let's go to the Central Plains and even the south to sell the products of Yan State to all over the world. In addition, I plan to gather craftsmen to set up a large number of shipyards in Yan State. .”

Liu Bi trembled all over, and looked at the prince suddenly.

"There is also the problem of the factory. Your Majesty just said that there are many barbarians in the territory who are unwilling to farm, and many places are not suitable for farming. But there are a lot of minerals in your side. If the temple supports merchants, set up a farm in the country of Yan. Can a large number of factories give those barbarians something to do? Turning them into artisans and earning a living, I thought it would be beneficial to the country of Yan. In addition, animal husbandry must also be taken seriously. I heard that there are horses in the country of Yan. There is a lack of horses in the south, and the country of Yan can directly trade horses with the south, which is what I have always wanted to promote."

Liu Bi's face was flushed, and he wanted to speak immediately.

"You just mentioned the problem of lack of talented people. In fact, this is also a problem of the frontier countries. Few scholars are willing to go to suffer. Then can we adjust the Taixue, set up a single subject, lower the admission standards, and Graduates must go to the frontier to serve as officials for three years? Is it possible to set up subsidies for those students from poor families? These students from poor families are often able to endure hardships and stand hard work. The temple supports them to complete their studies, but they have to go to the The frontier countries have been officials for three years, and after that they decide to stay or not?"

This time, not only Liu Bi, Liu Qi, Liu You and the others all stared round.

"In addition, some subsidies can be appropriately given to frontier officials to increase their salaries and improve their lives."

"There is also the problem of schools. There are fewer schools in the frontier counties and fewer people who study. We still need to fundamentally innovate in local teaching. I plan to set up a new Tai Xue in Handan. In the future, such as Yan, Dai will also set up a corresponding Taixue."

"As for what you said last, that is, the problem of medical centers, I have already thought about it. The current doctors need greater support, let them set up branches all over the world, and train more doctors to make medical treatment easier. The organization can be promoted to the whole world.”

When Liu An finished speaking, Liu Bi couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up abruptly, "Your Highness is serious?"

"Of course it is true. Although I am not talented, I am willing to share some things for my father."

Liu Bi rubbed his hands excitedly, and looked at Liu Chang again.

Liu Chang teased: "Why, is King Yan unwilling to leave with me now?"

Liu Bi shook his head, "I still have to go, but can your majesty wait for me and let me settle these matters first? If these problems in Yan Kingdom can be resolved, then I will have nothing to worry about Something happened."

Liu An looked at Liu Hui again, "It seems that there is no need to govern the rich and big countries in the Central Plains, but in fact, there is a further possibility. You have the largest market and the strongest productivity. Taking Liang Guo as an example, Liang Guo’s grain output is extremely high, and there are many places in Dahan that lack food. Liang Guo can completely update and iterate its tools in exchange for what it needs more through trade agreements, thus forming a A virtuous circle, update your own productivity, so as to maintain a huge output of food, and even improve it. I know that ironware has the highest penetration rate in Liang State, but Dahan still has more new technologies and new tools , all of these can be applied to Liang Guo.”

Liu Hui was thoughtful.

Liu An looked at the princes and kings in the south again, "The south was very poor in the past, and was often called a land of barbarians, but now that the sea is opened, the southern country must be the first to benefit."

"What the southern country has to do now is to adapt to this trend. I went to the south to observe and found many problems. We can solve them together."

Liu Chang sat on the upper seat very quietly, listening to Liu An's eloquent talk.

Liu An didn't skip over those close people, including his own brother Liu Bo, who was mentioned by him, and the reaction seemed to be that he was really thinking about the place, not to win them over.

The princes and kings listened very seriously, even Liu Ruyi sat upright and listened fascinated.

The normal gathering of princes and kings was taken astray by this outsider, and everyone put aside their business and began to discuss national affairs.

When the party ended, several princes and kings clung to Liu An directly, hoping that he could come up with a specific plan, but Liu Chang didn't care at all, and asked them to go back to discuss. Liu Heng looked at this scene thoughtfully. , when everyone left, Liu Heng stayed.

"You arranged this?"

Liu Heng asked.

Liu Chang was taken aback, and then nodded hurriedly, "Of course it's me, I told An, otherwise, this Shuzi, could he come up with so many policies? It's all my ideas!"

Liu Heng suddenly realized, "Oh, so he thought of it himself."

"This guy is not bad. He seems to be a superior. He doesn't want to embarrass you. He takes the initiative to take the responsibility. He is actually quite talented. Now it seems that he is going to officially display his full talents."

Liu Chang hummed, and then looked at Liu Heng.

He didn't speak, but Liu Heng knew very well what he wanted to say.

"You can go, but in the name of an expedition, not abdication. If you declare yourself abdicated and then go to sea, rebellions will break out everywhere. No matter how talented Liu An is, it will take time to stabilize them. You can't just leave Let's go, this is harming An. At the beginning, the second brother's rightful inheritance position, and some people are not convinced, let alone you messing around like this?"

Liu Chang smirked, "It's okay to go on an expedition."

"As long as I can go out to fight and see places I haven't seen before, I think it's fine."

"You won't bring too many people there, will you?"

"No, I just need a fleet, a few generals, a few advisors, and a wallet."

"You want to take Lu Lu away? What about the Lu family?"

"Ah? What's the matter with the Lu family here?"

Liu Heng looked at him faintly, "You didn't watch my performance yesterday, did you?"

"Don't talk about yesterday's, I've never seen it before. Cough cough, what happened?"

Facing this scoundrel, Liu Heng couldn't reprimand him, so he said: "A major event happened to the Lu family. There are hundreds of Lu family children being arrested in various places. There are also ministers in some vassal states who wrote to impeach the queen for her misconduct. You also know that the clansmen are doing evil. In order to control the place, the queen mother sent many clan girls to various places to be queens, these people, right?"

Liu Heng was silent for a while, after all, he was also one of the victims.

These queens rely on the queen mother to support themselves, and they are called domineering in the local area. The princes and kings have suffered greatly from it, and even the ministers cannot avoid it.

Now, the Queen Mother is gone.

Many ministers and powerful families blew the horn of counterattack, wanting to beat down all the guys who bullied themselves on weekdays.

Lu Lu didn't show up here today, he just went to solve these things.

Liu Chang was silent for a moment, his face looked a little ugly.

Liu Heng saw the change in Liu Chang's face, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother's people will not be bullied. It cannot be said that the Lu family is liquidated just after the Queen Mother passed away. This is wrong."

"No, it should be liquidated. If there is evidence to prove that these people have committed crimes, bullied the people, and fished the place, then they should be dealt with according to the law."

Liu Chang said solemnly: "No matter who it is, no one can violate the laws of the big man."

"But there is one thing. When my mother was still there, she once said that if there are any violations of laws and disciplines in the Lu family in various places, they can report to them. After the fourth brother's incident, she ordered again that if there are queens and people who do evil Or, if you can, I will actively send people to investigate, but at that time, these people said that there was no problem, and they kept praising how virtuous the children of the Lu family are. Now that my mother has just left, those praising people started to jump out , Accusing these people of committing crimes??"

"These bastards, what did they do in the past? Now they are so upright??"

"Is this trying to trap my mother and injustice? Those Lu family members who break the law and discipline must be arrested. Those who are flattering and flattering on weekdays should also be arrested now to expose their crimes!! Damn, they dared to hide crimes for others in the past , Is such a person ready to be rewarded by the temple now?!"

"Fourth Brother!! Let Zhidu handle this matter!!!"

"only!!"

ps: Don’t worry everyone, after the end, there will be various interesting episodes, such as Emperor Gao and Liu Chang’s biological mother, the world a hundred years later, Liu Qian and Xiaozhu, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, etc. I guess there are six or seven more The day is coming to an end. After the end, I may take a month off, but it is not a complete rest. My hometown is going to shoot a variety show. I want to invite me to be the chief screenwriter. Although I know nothing about variety shows, I want to promote my hometown. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I might film a variety show for a month, and at the same time prepare a new book. The most annoying thing is that I can’t copy everyone’s book reviews for the script of the variety show, which is very annoying.

(End of this chapter)