Hanhou

In the proclamation room, Emperor Jing sat in front of the screen, with a book of bamboo slips spread out in front of him, but the pen in his hand did not fall down for a long time.The eunuch reported to the prince to see him, and Emperor Jing came back to his senses, put down his pen and pushed the bamboo slips aside.

"Let the prince come in."

"Your respect."

The eunuch withdrew from the gate of the palace, and after a while, Liu Che stepped in.

Compared with two years ago, Liu Che's stature is a bit taller, the baby fat on his face has gradually disappeared, his outline has become sharper, and there are blades in his eyes, showing a decisive temperament.

"Father."

Liu Che saluted and sat down in front of Emperor Jing.

"What book did the Taifu teach today?"

"Returning to my father, the Taifu taught Confucianism today. Dr. Gongyang wrote a book based on his family's learning, and the Queen Mother also praised it. After learning it, my son has benefited a lot." Liu Che replied.

"En." Emperor Jing nodded, and suddenly changed the subject, "Did you meet King Linjiang?"

"My son was talking to my uncle outside the hall, and my uncle said that he would stay in Chang'an for a while and invite my son over to the house."

"The king of Linjiang invites himself to be a common man, and guards the border county in the north." Emperor Jing looked at Liu Che and said in a deep voice, "What does the crown prince think?"

Liu Che was stunned for a moment, seeing Emperor Jing's sharp gaze, there was a momentary blank in his mind, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Father, uncle has already asked to seize the kingdom..."

Whether Liu Rong really invaded the land of Taizong Temple is no longer important.The lieutenant Zhidu went to the government to check the book, Liu Rong confessed his crimes face to face, and even wrote a statement in his own handwriting, and submitted it to the emperor to ask for the feudal kingdom. At this point, the matter has been concluded.

Wang Zhi once approached Liu Che, and mentioned that King Linjiang pleaded guilty, but Emperor Jing did not order punishment for a long time.

For her words, Liu Che basically went in one ear and out the other, and didn't intend to take it to heart at all.The more Queen Wang talked, the more impatient Liu Che became, so that the mother and son walked farther and farther apart. Except for greetings, the number of times the prince went to the Jiaofang Hall was very few.

Emperor Jing saw all of this, and had no intention of interfering from the beginning to the end.Empress Dowager Dou was busy educating Chen Jiao, and she was less interested in dealing with Queen Wang.When Cheng Jile saw Queen Wang's jokes, she often ridiculed her behind her back, but she restrained herself a lot in front of her, so that Queen Wang couldn't find an excuse to get angry.

Yang Xin wanted to vent his anger for Wang Zhi, and he didn't want to act recklessly, so he was provoked a few more times, and he uttered disrespect face to face, Cheng Ji caught him, and sued Queen Mother Dou.Empress Dowager Dou was impatient to deal with these bad things, so the queen mother and daughter took Cheng Ji to eat together,

The matter did not end here.

Even if they are far away in Fengguo, Cheng Ji's three sons can still learn the news of Chang'an.Knowing that their mother was insulted face to face by Yang Xin, all three were furious, especially Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu.

When the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion broke out, Liu Fei, who was only fifteen years old, wrote a letter to send troops and made great contributions in the battle.Although he has the reputation of arrogance and extravagance, he is also among the best among Emperor Jing's sons, and he can be called quite accomplished.

Hearing that his mother had been humiliated, Liu Fei insisted on writing a letter to Emperor Jing regardless of the obstruction of the state officials.

Liu Fei was irritable and irritable, but he was not stupid enough to accuse the queen, he only pointed the finger at Princess Yangxin, accusing her of being arrogant and rude.Carrying the brand of filial piety and righteousness, he firmly grasped the truth and didn't worry about being criticized at all.

When Emperor Jing was in Qiandi, Cheng Ji was favored before Queen Wang, and her status was higher than the latter.After entering the palace, for quite a long period of time, Queen Wang always bowed to Cheng Ji.

Now, Wang Zhi's son has become the prince, and he himself has ascended to the position of queen. The status of each other has changed, but this does not mean that Wang Zhi's daughter can be rude to Cheng Ji!

An unreliable palace man and his three sons are all concubines of princes and kings, they are not the same at all.

If it were an ordinary palace man, Yang Xin would just scold him, at most he would be verbally educated afterwards.But she scolded Cheng Ji with vicious words in person, not only disrespecting her concubine, but also humiliating the three princes and kings who hold real power!

No matter what the reason is, Yangxin's actions cannot be denied.After Liu Fei, Liu Yu and Liu Duan also wrote letters one after another. As parents and children, they must not allow their mother to be humiliated like this!

After ordering Yang Xin to be severely punished, Emperor Jing summoned Liu Che and placed the letters written by Liu Fei and the other three on the table, so that he could see clearly in person, think carefully, and take a look at how big a small incident in the harem would cause in the previous court. waves.

Even after the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, the power of the princes and kings was suppressed, and even if the combined strength of Liu Fei and Liu Wu could not compare with Liang Wang and Liu Wu, but as long as they made up their minds, they could still cause a lot of storms in the court and cause unexpected events. to the disaster.

Thinking of King Jiangdu's letter, and contacting Emperor Jing about Linjiang King's question, Liu Che's throat felt dry, and he couldn't continue speaking in the middle of the sentence.

However, he has not cut off his family relationship after all.Thinking of when the Linjiang King took him to play when he was young, and when Li Ji and the Queen were upset, he dragged him to the back of the hall and handed him the novelties he got from outside the palace. Liu Che clenched his fingers and fell on the ground, Firmly said: "Royal father, please stay in the imperial family with Uncle Liu, and Uncle Yun is here on the border."

Emperor Jing stared at Liu Che without saying a word for a long time.

Feeling uneasy, Liu Che leaned on the ground, sweat dripped from his forehead and wet his eyelids, and his vision became blurred, with white spots flashing faintly.

"stand up."

"Father..."

"stand up!"

Liu Che's heart trembled, he straightened up instinctively, and looked up at Emperor Jing.He thought he would face the anger of the latter, but unexpectedly, Emperor Jing was smiling.

"Archer, remember your choice today."

"Father?"

"You have to understand what you are doing, and you have to be able to bear the consequences." Emperor Jing walked around the short couple, came to Liu Che, helped him up with his own hands, and said in a deep voice, "A king should kill decisively, and he must be sacrificed." Give up. But it is not an exaggeration to leave a little bit of family affection."

"Follow the emperor's instruction." Liu Che respectfully agreed, and wanted to ask Emperor Jing if he would agree to his request, but seeing Emperor Jing's tired face, he did not speak after all, but saluted again, got up and left the announcement room.

Walking out of Weiyang Palace, Liu Che shivered subconsciously when he was blown by the cold wind.As soon as he stepped down the stone steps, he met Zhidu who was summoned.

Compared with usual, Zhidu's expression was colder, and the lines on the corners of his mouth and forehead seemed to be much deeper.

Neither of them was in the mood to talk. After a hasty salute, Zhidu walked into the announcement room. Liu Che left Weiyang Palace, took the guards to find Cao Shi and Gongsun He, and planned to go hunting on horseback in the forest garden.Only galloping horses and shooting bows and arrows can let him vent the depression in his heart and not be completely overwhelmed by the accumulated emotions.

In Changle Palace, Empress Dowager Dou didn't say much after listening to the Shaofu's report, but asked him to take silk, silk, gold and jade from the storeroom and send them to Liu Rongjiadi to reward Yunmei, who was granted the title of wife not long ago.

"To King Linjiang, I have something to tell him when I enter the palace again tomorrow."

"Respect!"

The Shaofu retreated from the gate of the palace, Empress Dowager Dou leaned back on the couch, Chen Jiao reopened the bamboo slips, and it was not Lao Zhuang who was reading, but the "Chunqiu Gongyang Biography" that she was studying.

The next day, King Linjiang entered Changle Palace and was given a banquet by the Empress Dowager.

Three days after the banquet, the crown prince entered Linjiang King Jiadi, accompanied by Cao Shi, Gongsun He and Han Yan.The teenagers stayed until the evening before leaving the mansion, and the news spread throughout Nancheng that day.

In the next half month, Liu Che often went out of the palace to meet King Linjiang, and the relationship between the brothers gradually became stronger, even surpassing the younger brothers born by the crown prince's aunt.

Entering September, the weather gets colder and it starts to rain in Chang'an.

Emperor Jing suddenly decreed that the prince Liu Yue was the king of Guangchuan, Liu Ji was the king of Jiaodong, and Liu Cheng was the king of Qinghe.

Without waiting for the congratulations from the officials, two more orders were made to seize Linjiang Kingdom, abolish the Linjiang King as a commoner, and send Yanmen County to guard the north.Lieutenant Duozhi thought he was the prefect of Yanmen, so he set off for the north today.

Last year, the Xiongnu knocked on the border, and the prefect of Yanmen died in battle. The court has not made any new appointments, and the county is temporarily in charge of the county.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the captain was in charge of military garrison, and could also temporarily act as the prefect.There was an example that there was no prefect in the county, and the duties of the prefect were replaced by the captain.However, Yanmen County is located in the border area, and it was the fortress of the Han Dynasty to defend the north.

Before that, it was not that the court had no recommendation, but Emperor Jing never nodded.It wasn't until the imperial decree was issued that the officials suddenly realized that the emperor had already chosen someone in his heart, but for some reason, he hadn't announced it to the court.

The king of Linjiang seized the country and guarded the border, and the decree of Zhidu being appointed as the prefect of Yanmen was issued on the same day, and he went to another place, which inevitably made people think too much.But thinking about it, smart people understand that some things must be kept in their hearts and must not be easily spoken out.Otherwise, the closer you are to the truth, the faster the disaster will come, and the sooner you will die.

Heavy rain fell in Chang'an, and the weather in Bian County was suddenly cold, with signs of snowfall.

Due to the timely harvest, this year's harvest has not been affected even if there is rain.

By the end of September, border residents drove carts to Guansi to pay grain, and the empty barns gradually filled up.The corn is piled up on top of each other, and the warehouse officer will check and inspect it sooner or later, and will search all sides of the barn carefully. If they find mice, they will be culled immediately, and all the mouse holes will be blocked.

In the Qin Dynasty, if there were too many rat holes in the barn, the barn officials would be punished.After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, many harsh laws were abolished, and the Wen and Jing dynasties also abolished corporal punishment on a large scale. The officials in charge of the granary no longer need to be flogged for a few more mouse holes, but the reduction in grain entering the granary will still lose their official positions. , No longer appointed by the official temple.

When it comes to the month of tax payment, the officials guarding the granary are all nervous, fire prevention, rodent prevention and theft prevention.No matter who it is, as long as they dare to attack the barn, they will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

The tools for measuring grain are uniformly issued by Chang'an, and are specially guarded by the young officials, so there will be basically no "big fights" or "small fights".

Don't even think about "kicking".In case of encountering "excellent material" measuring tools, kicking a toe off is considered light, and if someone reports it, 100% of them will lose their errands, and what they have done will be announced in the village, and the whole family will not be able to hold their heads up.

After a clear snowfall, Zhao Jia and Hu Bo counted the tax and food to be sent to the official temple, packed them in sacks, and sent them to the cart one by one.

In order to save trouble, everyone agreed to go to the official temple to pay food on the same day.

In previous years, it was the stingy man who organized the tax payment.But before the Xiongnu went south, the stingy husband and You Yu were called to the top of the city, and then they went out with the army and died in a fierce battle with the Huns. Word.

Just then, the carts came out of the livestock farm, and horse-drawn carriages continued to join along the way.They were all gathered in nearby villages. I heard that when Zhao Jia went to the official temple today, they all came in a cart and wanted to go with them.

The convoy continued to grow, and when they arrived at the Shaling County Official Temple, the number of carts had increased to more than 60, lined up like a long queue, horses neighing and people making noise, and the scene was spectacular.

Zhao Jia called the parking team, stepped forward first, and handed out the wooden sign to the chief official in charge of grain collection.

Collecting taxes and food is a major event, and the two chief officials in the county should be present.Reluctantly, the previous county lieutenant died in battle, the county magistrate was seriously injured, [-]% of the county's young officials were absent, and the county magistrate had to work overtime with those who were still able to move. One person did the work of three or four people. After several months, they were all tired It was so fragile that it could be blown down by a gust of wind.

Finally, there was a new county lieutenant, and the young officials had replacements. Wei Taishou decided to train troops again. Wei Yue led the cavalry out of the fortress again and again. Forced to start working overtime again.

The so-called will is tempered.

Driven by the county magistrate, Shaling County officials and temples set off a wave of overtime work, even the county magistrate who just got up from the couch was no exception.

Such a high work efficiency will naturally not be ignored by the county bosses.On the day when Zhao Jia delivered the food, the county magistrate had just received the transfer order from the county, and learned that the young officials in the county were going to be transferred to Yunzhong City, so he didn't catch his breath and almost fainted on the spot.

When Zhao Jia handed over the wooden sign, the county magistrate had just poured down a bowl of hot soup, and he managed to calm down.Recognizing the young man in front of him, and learning that his fields are productive, there was a rare smile on his tense face.

"The yield per mu is more than two stones?"

Seeing the county magistrate's expression slow down, Zhao Jia nodded, and briefly explained the methods used to increase production, and called the craftsmen who made grain carts and other farm tools to come closer.

It is true that craftsmen are of humble origin, but it is completely different for those who can be rewarded by official monasteries and sent to errands.

When offering the grain cart, Zhao Jia also took the craftsman to the prefect's mansion.Although Wei Shang failed to summon him, he left an impression in front of the master.Now bring it to the county magistrate, with Zhao Jia as the guarantor, as long as there are no accidents, several craftsmen can have a good future.

While the two were talking, the millet on the cart was unloaded one after another and poured into the measuring tool.

The official temple does not collect wet grain, and all the millet must be dried and threshed before the grain is handed over.When weighing, it is also checked, and it will be sent to the barn only after it is confirmed that it is correct.

"This year is indeed a bumper year." The millet was sent into the warehouse, and the cloud over the county magistrate's head dissipated a lot.Seeing Zhao Jia commanding everyone and acting in an orderly manner, thinking about the shortage of manpower in the official temple, he couldn't help but feel agitated.

"Zhao Langjun..."

The county magistrate was about to speak, when there was a sudden sound of horse hoofs in the distance, and when he got close, the knight suddenly pulled the reins and said loudly: "Is Mr. Zhao Lang here? The eunuch is here!"

After the knight, a young man who stayed at the livestock farm hurried over and explained the situation panting.

It turned out that the knights came from Yunzhong City and went to the livestock farm first, but they didn't find Zhao Jia. Knowing that he was going to pay food at the official temple, they simply galloped all the way here.

"Wei Shijun has a call?"

"People from Chang'an, with the will of the emperor, reward Zhao Langjun for his farming methods. The eunuch ordered me to find Zhao Langjun."

After hearing what the knight said, Zhao Jia's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of the reward that Chang'an sent last time.