Chapter 190: Han Ran's Countermeasures [Two in One](1/2)
"King!"
"Your Majesty..."
When Han Wangran woke up, his ears were filled with such voices calling him.
He slowly opened his eyes, and then he realized that there were several people standing beside the bed, including Wei Qing Zhao Kuo, Queen Zhou, his eldest son Han Yu, who was still about nine years old, and his five-year-old second son Han Fei.
"Is this...what's wrong?"
Han Wangran struggled to get up. Seeing this, Queen Zhou quickly helped him up.
On the side, Wei Qing Zhao Kuo carefully considered his words and explained: "I heard that the king became furious after hearing about the evil deeds of the merchants of Wei State. The doctor in the palace diagnosed that the king had been overworked for a long time.
, the blood vessels are not smooth, due to the sudden anger attacking the heart, so the energy is lost..."
Maybe it was because he had just woken up, but Han Wangran still felt dizzy. He lay on the bed to sort out his thoughts: "Merchant from Wei State... Oh, so that's what happened."
He gradually remembered what had made him furious before he fainted: that is, the merchants of Wei State jointly targeted his merchants in South Korea, causing South Korea to lose its market in Qi State.
Even when he recalled this incident, Han Wangran still felt indignant.
After thinking about it, Han Wangran ordered: "Summon Prime Minister Shen, Kaifangdi, and Han Kui, and have them enter the palace immediately to see me."
After hearing this, Wei Qing Zhao Kuo hesitated for a moment and advised: "Your Majesty, you have just woken up, so you should rest for a while..."
Beside, Queen Zhou also echoed the persuasion with red eyes.
Faced with the persuasion of the two of them, Han Wangran shook his head and said firmly: "I know my body well... The matter of the Wei merchants is a serious matter and cannot be delayed. Zhao Kuo, please send someone to summon him as soon as possible.
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Seeing Han Wangran's insistence, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to nod and send someone to summon Shen Buhai. The three of them opened the floor, Han Kui, so that apart from the servants and maids waiting nearby, only Han Wangran and Queen Zhou were left in the palace.
, and the two young masters Han Yu and Han Fei.
Han Wangran managed to comfort Queen Zhou, whose eyes were red.
To be fair, Queen Zhou is not Han Ran's beloved woman, or for a monarch like Han Ran, the word "beloved" is too extravagant for him - he only cares about his ancestors' inheritance, the country and the country, and has few children and private interests.
Affection.
But even so, people are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? Even though Han Ran had some prejudices against Queen Zhou before, after more than ten or twenty years of getting along with him, he was used to having this woman in his life, even if his father
When Wang Han and Wang Qi first chose this marriage for him, they actually only valued the power of Queen Zhou's natal family, that is, the Zhou family.
"I'm fine, the queen doesn't have to worry." Han Ran comforted him with a smile.
Seeing the smile on Han Ran's face, Queen Zhou forced a smile, but immediately, two tears could not stop flowing down.
Once upon a time, the Zhou family was actually very dissatisfied with this marriage. First of all, like most women of this era, her marriage to Han Ran was just a way of marriage for the Korean nobles to cling to the royal family, and the royal family to win over the nobles.
Secondly, when Zhou married Han Ran, it was the period when three powerful officials, Han Wu, Han Hu, and Han Geng, controlled state affairs and made Han Ran a puppet.
At that time, Han Ran, in order to avoid making Han Wu, Han Hu, and Han Geng suspicious, he pretended to have no ambitions, played with birds all day long, and did not care about state affairs. He kept pretending for more than ten years.
Although his act of keeping a low profile successfully deceived Han Wu, Han Hu and Han Geng, at the same time, it also made Zhou extremely disappointed with her husband: she could not imagine that her husband was willing to become the puppet of his ministers, even though she had He made suggestions and asked his natal family, the Zhou family, to help him regain the royal power.
Due to disappointment in her husband, Zhou naturally gradually became cold towards Han Ran in the following years.
What he didn't expect was that the strange bird was already a blockbuster. One day a few years ago, Han Ran, with almost only Zhao Kuo and some of his guards to help him, eradicated Kang Gong Han Hu and Li Hou Han Wu in one breath. His confidant, Wu'an Shou Zhu Man, regained the royal power with lightning speed.
It was then that Mrs. Zhou suddenly realized that her husband was by no means a mediocre lord, but a strong lord who was good at forbearance.
Since then, Mrs. Zhou has extremely regretted her indifference to her husband, fearing that her husband would abandon her because of the weak relationship between the couple. However, Han Wangran did not do that after regaining the royal power.
This made Zhou happy, but also a little sad, because she was smart enough to guess that the reason why Han Ran ignored her was probably because of her relationship with the Zhou family - he needed the support of the Zhou family. .
But in order to make up for her past mistakes, Zhou pretended not to know the matter and did her best to fulfill her duties as a wife. This made the relationship between the couple recover rapidly in recent years, and they gave birth to their second son, Han Fei.
Today, Mrs. Zhou is most worried about her husband's physical condition, because she has heard that her husband, Han Ran, handles government affairs in this palace for more than eight hours a day. Who can bear this in the long run?
Even the doctors in the palace often warned Ms. Zhou, asking her to look for opportunities to persuade Han Wangran to take a rest so that the latter would not get sick from overwork. At first, Ms. Zhou thought those doctors were unfounded. After all, her husband was only thirty-four or five years old this year. , when she was young and strong, she did not expect that her husband would faint in the palace today. She was so frightened that she quickly came to visit with her two sons.
"The king is diligent in state affairs. This is a good deed. However, state affairs do not happen overnight. In my humble opinion, the king still needs to listen to the advice of the palace doctors and get more rest..." Zhou said with a choked tone and a worried look on his face.
Hearing this, Han Wangran said with a smile: "The queen is worrying too much. I am just angry and angry, not physically ill... As for getting more rest, I really don't dare to slack off."
In view of the fact that the relationship between the couple has improved in recent years, Han Wangran did not mind revealing some of his thoughts in front of Queen Zhou: "The widow and Wei Wang Zhao Run are no less than the former king Jian and Qi Wang Xi living side by side..."
The late king Jian in his mouth was Han Jian, the elder brother of his father, Han Qi, who was also his uncle. He was once known as the wise king and wise ruler of Korea. Xidu was afraid of his three-point rival.
Unfortunately, Han Jian passed away at a young age. I remember that when King Lu Xi of Qi sent people to express his condolences, he said: The collapse of Han Jian in the middle is a great blessing for Qi and a great misfortune for Korea.
The Koreans once said that if the late king Han Jian was still alive, how could Qi be allowed to dominate?
Although this is a bit exaggerated, it cannot be denied that Han Jian is indeed better than his younger brother Han Qi, the later Korean monarch Han Wangqi. If he had not died young, even if Qi State had already had Qi King Lu Xi It would be difficult for such a hero to defeat South Korea and win the title of hegemon of the Central Plains.
But now, the old kings of various countries have passed away one after another, and new kings have gradually begun to emerge.
Among the new kings of these countries, the one that Han Ran cared about and feared the most was probably the monarch of Wei, Zhao Run. In fact, some people compared him to Zhao Run to Han Jian and Lu Xi back then.
"Zhao Run's talent is far better than that of me, but even so, he never slackens on state affairs... Even if he is like this, how can I dare to slack off?" Han Wangran comforted him with a smile.
Hearing this, Ms. Zhou had tears in her eyes and nodded slightly to express her support for her husband's belief.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the palace. Han Ran and Zhou turned their heads and noticed that Wei Qing Zhao Kuo had led Shen Buhai, Zhang Zhangdi and Han Kui to the palace.
Waiting at the inner door.
After looking at each other, Queen Zhou said to her husband: "Your Majesty, please discuss state affairs with a few adults. I will leave for now... Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
After that, she greeted Han Yu, and Han Fei's two sons bowed to their father and left.
Compared with the eldest son, Han Yu, who bowed politely, the second son, Han Fei, looked at his father on the couch with wide eyes and suddenly asked in a sweet voice: "Father, are you going to die?"
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of everyone in the palace changed. Even Queen Zhou had a look of anger on her face, her face was sullen, her mouth was pursed, and she was about to scold him.
However, Han Ran smiled and rubbed his youngest son's head, and said with relief: "Father will not die."
Queen Zhou hesitated to speak, but in the end, she didn't say much. She just glanced at her young son with some resentment. Judging from the expression on her face, she probably turned around to teach this young son who was so arrogant.
Watching the Zhou family leading Han Yu and Han Fei's two sons away - especially watching the younger son Han Fei turn around and leave with one step at a time, Han Wangran suddenly thought of his sworn brother Lihou Han Wu.
Although Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, was once one of the powerful ministers who emptied the royal power, the relationship between the two brothers was very good. Therefore, Han Wu also told Han Wangran about his childhood: When the late king Han Jian was ill, he was a child.
Han Wu went to visit him and asked similar questions.
At that time, Han Jian also comforted Han Wu with a smile, saying that nothing would happen to him, but only three months later, this outstanding virtuous emperor in Korean history passed away.
At that time, Han Wu saw his father for the last time in his life, and he still remembers it to this day.
Just because he heard this story told by his sworn brother Han Wu, when his youngest son asked a similar question today with a worried look on his face, even Han Ran was in a daze: Am I going to follow in the footsteps of the late king Han Jian?
Just when he was in a trance, Wei Qing Zhao Kuo had led Shen Buhai, Zhang Kaidi and Han Kui to the bed. Seeing that Han Ran was in a trance, he reminded him with concern: "Your Majesty, the three adults have arrived.
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"oh."
King Han suddenly woke up from a dream and was about to lift up the quilt and sit up when he saw Prime Minister Shen Buhai quickly stopping him and saying, "Your Majesty, it is better to rest on the couch. I will give you my words here."
This statement was recognized by Zhao Kuo, Kai Kai and Han Kui.
Seeing this, Han Wangran then motioned to the servants in the palace to bring in some mattresses and asked Shen Buhai and the others to sit beside the couch.
After sitting down, Prime Minister Shen Buhai was the first to persuade: "Your Majesty, you really need to take care of yourself..."
Han Wangran smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "Children's words are unbridled, so don't take your application seriously."
Shen Buhai shook his head and said: "Old Minister, it was not because of the words of the Second Young Master, but because of the diagnosis of the palace doctor, saying that the king had been overworked for a long time and had poor Qi and blood, so he was so angry that he fainted to the ground... Although the Queen is
Women, but they know the truth, and the veterans also believe that handling state affairs is not something that can be done overnight."
Han Wangran nodded, but he still did not take Shen Buhai's advice to heart. After all, what he cared about most at the moment was how to solve the Wei merchants' issue as soon as possible.
Seeing Han Wangran mention this matter, he opened his mouth and said: "When I learned that the king had fainted, General Baoyuan also came to the palace to visit. Later, when he and his ministers were waiting in the side hall, they also talked about this matter, and...
Master Han Kui can't argue." Having said this, he glanced at Han Kui.
"Oh?" Han Wangran looked at Han Kui after hearing this.
Han Kui, like Han Hu, Han Wu, and Han Geng, was also a descendant of a branch of the royal family. In terms of seniority, King Han had to call Han Kui his uncle.
This person is quite talented, but he does not have the ambition to steal the royal power like Han Hu, Han Wu, and Han Geng - of course, he does not have the power like these three people.
To be fair, Shen Buhai, Kaifangdi, and Han Kui are currently the three ministers that Han Wangran relies on most in terms of internal governance.
By the way, among these three people, the one with the best character is Kaifangdi, followed by Shen Buhai, and finally Han Kui. The reason is that Kaifangdi is too upright, so he is not popular among people.
; And Shen Buhai, once
He has done nepotism, but he is still a disciple of Legalism; as for Han Kui, not only did his brothers and nephews annex land in his hometown, causing public resentment, but he also had character flaws, such as retribution, narrow-mindedness, etc.
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But it cannot be denied that after eliminating these shortcomings, these three people are among the best in governing the country.
Seeing Han Wangran looking at him, Han Kui raised his hand and said sternly: "General Baoyuan thinks that Wei's merchants are expelling our merchants from Qi, and even pursuing them to our own country is really bullying."
There are too many people!... Therefore, Bao Yuan hopes to mobilize troops to arrest all those merchants and their subordinates..."
"That's inappropriate." Han Wangran frowned.
After hearing this, Han Kui also nodded and said: "I also think this is inappropriate, but General Baoyuan is too hot-tempered and refuses to listen to advice."
To be continued...