As the capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an opens his arms every day and welcomes all kinds of people.

When a group of people appeared in the countryside outside Chang'an, no one cared about it, but thought it was a distinguished guest to Chang'an again. However, as the people came closer and closer, the people here could not sit still. The knights who were leading the way in front were almost armed to their teeth, and were extremely well-equipped, and everyone was wearing armor. This was a treatment that even the Northern Army did not have.

But whether it is the person on the back of a horse or the war horse under the crotch, it all looks particularly arrogant.

People are fierce and evil, and they can force the merchants they meet to retreat and make way with their eyes. The merchants are so scared that they hurriedly dodge and drive the carriage into the nearby area, fearing that they will be robbed. Even the war horses shake their heads and spray their breath. When they encounter horses pulling the carriage, they will be full of hostility.

These people talked loudly while talking about the words of the Tang Kingdom, and smiled from time to time, which made them look even more terrifying. Behind the knights, there was an army of about 200 soldiers, including six chariots, who were surrounded by the soldiers, slowly heading towards Chang'an.

"Tangren is here..."

The pavilion chief said in fear, constantly reminding his pavilion soldiers not to block the way or to anger these Tang people.

The Tang people's reputation throughout the Han Dynasty was the worst. Barbaric and cruelty almost became synonymous with the Tang people. The long-term war with the Huns made the Tang Kingdom still maintain the style of the whole nation as soldiers. The integration of the Yuezhi people, the Huns, and even the Dingling and Fuyu people made the Tang culture, which was originally ungenius, even more ungenius. As the largest thief base of the Han Dynasty, Zhao, Qi and other countries suffered a lot and were extremely suffering.

When this army came to Chang'an, the ministers gathered at the city gate, and the crowd had long been evacuated to welcome him.

Because there are many people coming, and everyone has a special identity.

When Han Xin walked off the chariot with a cold face, the ministers hurriedly paid a visit. Through the military achievements over the past few days, Han Xin once again took back his title. The Marquis of Huaiyin and his fiefs were also increasing, exceeding 6,000 households. This was under the many blows from the temple. Han Xin started from scratch with his ability and earned him a position as Marquis.

Those who got off the car with Han Xin were Li Zuoche, the Grand Marshal of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Jian, and even Feng Jing, Liu Guang and others among the Nine Ministers.

Among the core senior leaders of the Tang State, almost everyone except Zhang Xiangru, who served as the prime minister, was here.

The prime minister cannot leave easily. After all, there is no king in Tang State now, and everything can only be carried out by the prime minister.

Zhou Chang walked up with a smile and saluted Han Xin, "Taiwei, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you still alright?"

However, Han Xin's eyes skipped over him and fell on Chen Ping behind Zhou Chang. Chen Ping nodded with a smile, and Han Xin also smiled and returned the gift.

Zhou Chang was a little embarrassed. He had never been close to Han Xin, and Han Xin's personality was indeed very bad. He dared to ignore the prime minister so much in front of so many ministers. At the critical moment, a tall and thin beauty came up. "I didn't expect that Ji Zhu was so fierce that he actually hurt the Marquis of Huaiyin..."

Han Xin turned his head suddenly, but saw Zhang Liang smiling.

"I've never been hurt."

Zhang Liang looked at Han Xin and asked, "Since I didn't hurt my eyes, why should I turn a blind eye to the country?"

Han Xin then looked at Zhou Chang beside him and replied in a muffled voice, "I'm fine."

Zhou Chang looked at Zhang Liang gratefully, then went to greet the ministers of the Tang State, but ignored Han Xin. Han Xin just walked towards the city. Rarely, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and Han Xin went into the city together. Only Han Xin would say a few words to those who he looked down upon, and that would completely ignore the people he looked down upon.

Han Xin looked down on very few people. Among the military generals, only Fan, Zhou, Xiahou, Guan, Cao... The top ones, and those recognized by Han Xin were probably Cao Shen and Xiahou Ying. Xiahou Ying was still because of helping Han Xin. As for other ministers, only Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Chen Ping could be seen by Han Xin.

"I thought Liu Hou would have gone back long ago."

"I was not in good health, so I stayed in Chang'an to recuperate, occasionally solving my confusion for the prince..."

The three of them chatted, and a barrier naturally formed around them. The other ministers did not dare to approach this barrier at all. Among the three, Zhang Liang was the most comfortable person. His son had become the third duke and did not hold any position. He even taught the prince and paved the way for the future... Chen Ping handled government affairs every day, and a certain King Li threw all the memorials on him. Chen Ping had the most say in how much the emperor's grace was. The heavy one needed four or five soldiers to move into the hall.

As for Han Xin, although King Li dared not be rude to him, he was fighting everywhere, just Nanyue didn't go, so he went wherever he needed it. The hard work of those who could do was to be said to have been used by King Li to the extreme.

Only Zhang Liang is still enjoying life slowly.

The three big guys chatted, got into the car, and came all the way to the palace until the barrier was smashed by King Li.

“Hahaha~~~”

With the exclusive villain's laughter, Liu Chang walked towards them. Looking at the situation where the talented people in front of him were full of people, Liu Chang was particularly happy. He stretched out his hand to give Han Xin a bear hug. However, Taiwei Han didn't like his trick. Just that look, Liu Chang changed his goal and gave a hug to the most harmless old beauty. Zhang Liang looked helpless.

"Your Majesty...we met just yesterday."

"Is that so? I haven't seen each other for just one day, as if I haven't seen each other for a year..."

"I have to stay in the Marquis, just like the high emperor has to stay in the Marquis!"

Even Zhang Liang hesitated for a while before he seemed to understand what Liu Chang wanted to say.

The person who came from afar was Han Xin. Liu Chang said a few words to Zhang Liang, then he took Han Xin's hand and let him sit beside him, very close, and looked proud, "Master, I have ascended the throne... I am now the emperor of the Han Dynasty... At that time, my master once said that I had the appearance of the emperor, and my master's prediction was really accurate!"

Looking at the disciple who was almost tilted to the sky, Han Xin did not show respect for the new king, but said unhappily: "I saw it wrong... I don't look like a monarch, but I don't see what I fear!"

Liu Chang was shocked and asked, "His master actually read "Xunzi"?"

Han Xin took a deep breath, "I have read... Also, this is what Mencius said..."

Liu Chang waved his hand disdainfully, "Even if Master reads, he should read Xunzi. What should I read about Mencius? Nowadays, Xunzi is worshipped in Confucian temples everywhere. It can be seen that Xunzi is the real saint!"

Han Xin looked suspicious, Zhang Liang, who was standing beside him, nodded and said, "This is the truth."

"After Your Majesty ascended the throne, he posthumously appointed Xunzi as the sage of the emperor, set up a sacrifice for him, and forcibly ordered the Confucian temple to remove Confucius and put Xunzi on it... If Shusun Tong had not cried, the Confucian sages would have changed from Confucius to Xunzi... Your Majesty also asked Confucian scholars not to study the Analects of Confucius, and to learn Xunzi... Confucian scholars dare not not to follow him, and they study Xunzi all day long. They knew that Your Majesty liked Xunzi, so they sorted out Xunzi's articles everywhere... Now Confucian scholars speak invoke Xunzi's words..."

"Even Xunzi's disciples are also very famous... Koreans have re-established temples for Han Zi in Han, and many people did not forget him when they sacrificed to Xunzi."

"Even Li Si's reputation has improved a lot, and there are those who are alive... such as Zhang Cang, Chen Xiao, Lu Jia and others..."

Liu Chang was listening to Zhang Liang's words, but suddenly, he interrupted Zhang Liang and asked, "Lu Jia is also my fellow disciple?"

Lu Jia was the number one lobbyist of the Han Dynasty. He was on missions everywhere. He was also an academic tycoon recommended by Wang Ling, the Confucian, the French, and the Huang Lao family. Zhang Liang looked at him suspiciously, "Don't you know?"

Liu Chang cleared his throat, "Ah...I forgot."

Zhang Liang said: "Xunzi has many disciples. Fu Qiubo, whom His Majesty loved, once asked him for advice, and Mao Gong, whom His Majesty hated, also asked him for advice..."

Chang Liu exclaimed and nodded.

After listening to Liu Chang's slutty actions from Zhang Liang, Han Xin didn't know what to say and was speechless.

Liu Chang said proudly: "Master, you don't have to compete for favor. When you return to heaven, you are also the saint of the emperor! I want to set up a military temple and posthumously named you as a military immortal... Let people in future generations worship you!"

Liu Chang sighed again: "What a pity, my ancestor Xunzi has passed away. If he was still there, he would be very pleased to see what I did for him. He would definitely love me, his disciple..."

"Oh."

Chen Ping twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Father Zhong, why are you laughing at?"

"nothing."

Liu Chang himself might not have thought that Xunzi, who was constantly attacked by later generations and was even moved out of the Confucius Temple, had his status surpassed Mencius and increased sharply, bringing huge changes to the subsequent wave of thought.

Han Xin was very happy about Liu Chang's ascension to the throne, but Han Xin was very dissatisfied with his act of quietly ascending the throne without waiting for him.

Fortunately, Liu Chang's few words made Han Xin no longer angry about this, because there were too many things that Liu Chang did to make him angry.

Faced with the situation in Hexi and Tang, Han Xin also gave his own ideas and opinions. Liu Chang listened very seriously. Just when the few people were having a hot chat, Zhou Chang came to pay a visit with the ministers of Tang, so Liu Chang naturally stood up to greet him.

"Hahaha, everyone, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"His Majesty!!!"

The ministers of the Tang State bowed one after another, and Chang Liu hurriedly pulled them up.

Everyone sat down separately, and Liu Chang greeted them cordially and asked about the situation of the Tang State. After learning that the Tang State was still as always, "not filling the stomach, sufficient military rations, not covering his body, and wearing a million armors", Liu Chang expressed his gratitude.

As Li Zuoche took the lead in speaking in the dialect of Tang, the style of the entire temple changed. Even Chang Liu changed into the dialect of Tang, and the court officials shook their heads helplessly. The ministers of Tang had not seen the king for a long time, and when they met, they naturally had endless things to say.

Just as they were talking about their affairs loudly, Zhou Chang couldn't help it.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, the matter of Tang State."

Of course, the ministers of the Tang State came to greet Liu Chang this time, of course, they had more important things, that is, the issue of the survival of the Tang State. The former King of Tang has now become the emperor, and the powerful force of the Tang State cannot always let the Prime Minister be responsible. Therefore, the ministers put forward many ideas on the issues of the Tang State.

Zhou Chang believed that the Tang State should be eliminated and changed the state into a county. First of all, the Tang State was too powerful and even had the strength to compete with the temple, which was really inappropriate. Another important reason was that the temples now lacked ministers, and he hoped to bring all the three dukes and nine ministers of the Tang State back to the temple and hold some important positions.

Of course, there are also opponents, such as Zhang Buyi, who is a firm opponent.

He believed that the Tang Kingdom could not be eliminated and the emperor should continue to serve as the King of Tang.

Zhao Ping believed that the crown prince An should be allowed to serve as the King of Tang, leaving a rule for the Han Dynasty, and the successor should be the King of Tang.

Wang Tianqi believed that according to normal procedures, Liu Chang's other children should be conferred as the Tang King, such as Prince Bo.

Faced with so many suggestions, Liu Chang was a little confused about what decision to make, and in the end he could only summon the ministers of the Tang State to discuss together.

When Zhou Chang expressed his plan to eliminate the country and suggested that they would have a better place to go, the censor Zhu Jian couldn't help it. He stood up and said, "Now that the Huns have just been defeated, you want to get rid of the Tang Kingdom. The place where the Huns are entrenched, there are still many forces. The Tang Kingdom is the barrier of Chang'an. If you get rid of the Tang Kingdom, you are the sinner who destroyed the Han Dynasty!"

This hat was very heavy, and Zhou Chang's face suddenly became unfavorable.

"You can resist the enemy in the north, just two counties in Yanmen Yunzhong. Why do you need the huge Tang Kingdom? Are you reluctant to leave your position?"

"What did you say?!"

The ministers of the Tang Dynasty just felt humiliated and immediately had an argument with Zhou Chang.

"What do you want to do?!"

Liu Chang frowned and stared at them. The ministers who were originally excited suddenly woke up and sat back to their seats.

"If you want to negotiate, just discuss it well. This is not a place to do it... If you want to do it, just do it with me."

Liu Chang said coldly, then looked at Chen Ping next to him and asked, "What do you think you should do?"

Chen Ping's face turned dark. He had known this would be the case for a long time. This was a fate that he could not get rid of.

"Your Majesty...I think I can follow the advice of the Prime Minister and not eliminate the Tang Kingdom, and the Prince An will be the King of Tang."

"What's the difference? Should I ask Prince An to go to Tang State? The Prince is out? How can I make such a truth?!"

Liu Jing was very excited. He said angrily: "Mr. Chen's words are really inappropriate."

All the ministers were in a confrontation because of the Tang Dynasty, but Liu Chang was also thinking about a solution. He looked at Zhang Liang again, but Zhang Liang gave a completely different suggestion from Chen Ping, "You can let Gongzi Bo be the King of Tang."
To be continued...