On the day King Liu left Pingliang Fucheng, Han Xiaowang saw him off ten miles outside the west gate.
Seeing the orderly military formations gradually blurring on the dry land, King Han patted the dust on his body beside the official road and sighed, unable to let go for a long time.
What he gave was not Liu Chengzong, the only person in the world who spoke to him as an equal, but a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to leave the feudal country and go out for fun.
But in the end he was defeated by his own cowardice, and he didn't dare.
Afraid of leaving the domain without authorization, the emperor would settle accounts in the future.
He could only watch Cao Huachun being taken away reluctantly, and King Han was so angry that he cursed that he didn't know how to be blessed despite being blessed.
I didn’t go where I wanted to go, and I didn’t go where I didn’t want to go.
Looking back, he was still guarding Pingliang City and wiping Liu Chengzong's butt.
The wounded soldiers had difficulty moving, and they were afraid that they would have to travel long distances with the marching troops, and then their minor injuries would turn into disabilities and they would die from their disabilities, so Liu Shizi left Gao Xian, the commander of the left sentry, behind.
He took more than 400 wounded soldiers from the Lion Camp and Guan Ning and asked Han Fan to take good care of them, nurse them back to health, and then send them back to Xining.
There were more than forty disabled people in the Lion Camp, and they were left to King Han to take care of them. The responsibilities of master and servant and the salary standards were all determined by Liu Chengzong.
In fact, King Han was quite happy about this at first.
In his eyes, the Lion Battalion is a strong army, the best in the world.
Even if there are more than 40 disabled veterans, they are much better than the guards in Pingliang City waiting to die.
Later I found out that Liu Chengzong set that standard, it’s hard to describe in one word.
Each person has an annual allowance of twenty-four taels of silver, twenty-four shi of rice and grain, and two rooms.
The King of Han was responsible for planning a small street and building a house next to Wangfu Castle, and hiring two teachers.
When they beg for wives, the King of Han is in charge of matchmaking; when they are sick, the King of Han is in charge of them; when they give birth to children, the King of Han is in charge of them; when they die, the King of Han is in charge of burying them.
They are responsible for living well.
King Han thought, they have become me, and I have become a civil servant!
He was so angry that his teeth itched. Isn't this the Ming Dynasty's rule for raising a vassal king?
How the fuck does this have more than forty servants to look after the home? It’s obvious that there are more than forty fathers with different surnames!
For the first time, King Han realized that he was a huge burden to this country.
At least these forty fathers with different surnames are a huge burden to Han Fan.
The King of Han was very dissatisfied with this, and finally Liu Chengzong said, if you agree, the money and food you owe me will be written off.
King Han thought, let’s hook it up.
Who knew that Liu Chengzong had just signed the agreement in public and asked him to pay the bill, which was more than a thousand taels a year. How could King Han get it now?
Fortunately, Liu Chengzong was a good man. Knowing that he couldn't afford it, he thought of it for him and lent him another two thousand five hundred taels and the same amount of grain. He first gave the disabled sergeant two years of regular money and waited for the third year.
Let him give it.
He also told these soldiers that if there was a big disaster, if they didn’t want to fight to the death, they could just run away with the King of Han.
King Han was very happy at that time.
As a result, Liu Chengzong left Pingliang City the first day, and King Han tossed and turned at night, unable to sleep, thinking about things, something was wrong!
This Liu Shizi used his money to sell it well again!
The money obviously came from the Han Palace, and now all the wounded soldiers can be grateful to Marshal Liu.
Moreover, he raised the disabled sergeant in order to eliminate debts, but now he has incurred more debts.
How could there be such a disgusting person like Liu Chengzong in the world?
Fortunately, I didn't follow him, otherwise the Han Palace would have to compensate him.
That night, when King Han went to bed, all he could think about was the day he first met Liu Chengzong. What did Sunday Qiang say?
Yes, it is said that General Liu does not love money.
Isn’t this asshole growing on the face? It sounds like farting.
The contact between Liu Shizi and him can be summarized in two sentences.
Just care about his safety first, persuade him to spend money, and provide him with loans.
Continue to care about his safety, persuade him to spend money, forgive his debts, and grant him more loans.
Since General Liu doesn't like money, Sun Wukong fights Erlang Shen and turns it into an earth temple, leaving only his tail exposed.
Your General Liu fights against Erlangshen. He looks like a banker when he sits on the ground. His whole body becomes like a money bag, and no one can expose it.
"With Marshal Liu gone, it's time for you to get to work."
In the Guanlan Pavilion of Prince Han's Mansion, King Han sat cross-legged with his sleeves on among a group of accountants: "Let me calculate how much autumn grain can be harvested this year. After you calculate it, you will calculate one-fifth...one-tenth of it."
Right."
"The king transports grain on carts within the confines of the fiefdom, and then returns one-tenth of what is collected to the tenants. You can calculate how much is lost in the process, and how much I can have left in the end. This is called
Rent reduction."
"There are still people who are in debt. These are households that have been in arrears for a long time and have repaid three times the principal and interest. You find their homes and plan a route for me. I will come to burn the IOUs."
Chang Shi said: "Your Majesty, call them all over and burn them all, why bother going to their house?"
"I have nothing to do. What's the matter with taking a stroll? Didn't you see those dads with different surnames in the mansion?"
King Han stared at the sky and scolded the ground in Guanlan Pavilion: "I feed them, treat their injuries, and find people to build houses for them. Do they thank me? Why don't they thank me? Because Liu Shuai is holding hands with me.
I gave them my money."
After that, King Han's tone softened slightly: "Run more, run more. I saw Jin Chanzi broke through the city last time and almost exhausted me to death by running. Don't idle here anymore. Go to the east of the city with that person."
Hundreds of shops said that this year will not be easy, so let them owe the rent first."
Chang Shi was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, the rent is waived, and the palace is still building a castle. So many craftsmen have enough food and clothing."
"You also know that we have craftsmen. The prince's palace is free, don't I still have relatives? Go tell my relatives that Pingliang City is too big to protect them, and let them think about what they should do in the future.
Learn how to raise pigs and feed chickens."
"Go back in a few days and tell them that the Prince's Palace Castle is almost finished. We asked General Gao from the Lion Camp to design it. It cost three thousand taels of silver."
As he spoke, King Han nodded to Chang Shi and said: "The prince of the county has one thousand taels, the general of the auxiliary country has five hundred taels, and the general of the country has two hundred taels... Do you understand?"
The King of Han already discussed this matter with Gao Xian yesterday.
General Gao is an honest man and listens to whatever he says. When King Han said that Pingliang City was unsafe, he hoped that General Gao would give advice to many clans in the future on where to build forts. General Gao agreed.
No mention of money.
But no one was bickering, and it was very boring.
This made King Han couldn't help but think about the world outside this tall palace.
It was both freedom and terror, which made him yearn for and make him anxious.
Things in the world are strange and bizarre, the sky and the earth are upside down and changeable, the people dare to loot the clan, and the clan dares to lead hungry people to besiege the vassal country.
No official army can stop the rebels, neither the Western Army nor the Eastern Army can save the tall palace walls, nor can the small fort be saved.
It was no longer possible for him to sit quietly in the palace and admire the flowers.
When Chang Shi and the accounting clerks received their tasks and left, Gao Xian was invited by King Han to come to Guanlan Pavilion.
"General Gao, between you and me, I hope the general will tell you the truth. Can that fort really defend the bandits?"
Gao Xian is actually quite annoyed with King Han.
He didn't have a good impression of the vassal king. When he picked up Liu Chengzong's son, King Qin Zhuangzi blocked the river and built a dam.
He was recovering from his injuries here. King Han kept asking questions all day long, making it impossible for him to even sleep well.
I'm still doing a Q&A here, like a curious baby.
So when he answered, he was listless: "It can be defended. If the fort is repaired and equipped with enough cannons, it will not be a problem to defend it for ten days and a half."
"What about half a month later?"
"Your Highness, Han Fan has been captured for half a month, how can he still be without reinforcements?"
"Look..." King Han showed an expression that I knew: "If we can't defend it, we still have to fight in the field, right?"
Gao Xian didn't say anything, so he didn't hesitate to answer this question.
After half a month, the bandits have already left. What does it mean to besiege the city for half a month? It means that all the officers and soldiers within a radius of 500 miles can come to support.
It's just a small town. In the vassal state, there are no thieves who dare to surround the vassal state for half a month, not to mention the soldiers from Guyuan, Xi'an, Lanzhou, and Ningxia.
Gao Xian reluctantly persuaded: "Your Highness, as long as you can win over the people, reduce rent and interest, and be a wise king, and the people's hearts are with you, Pingliang City will be impregnable."
"Well said! I mean the same thing."
The King of Han applauded with great joy, sat a little closer, leaned forward and asked: "General Gao, do you know how to train people to be strong?"
People are strong?
This is a long-standing word for Gao Xian.
It’s hard to say whether he knows how to do it. Anyway, he was practicing in Black Dragon Mountain that year, and now the group of people is either thousands or hundreds of households, and the worst ones are mixed up with the general banner.
The person with the highest official position inside is now following Yang Yanchang, his name is Liu Xiangshan, and he should be the commander-in-chief of the Yan'an camp.
But Gao Xian didn’t know if this person was dead.
Gao Xian nodded: "I have practiced."
"I have forty-six veterans. Liu Shuai asked me to find aunts for them, but he refused to let me buy aunts for them. They said it was consensual." King Han spread his hands: "I don't even know what consensual means.
It’s hard to be willing!”
Gao Xian was said to be deceived. From being a strong citizen to finding a mother-in-law for a veteran, the jump was too big.
He asked: "What does Your Highness want to say?"
"Your Majesty has approved the local Baojia this year." King Han raised his eyebrows: "While the Pingliang Prefect has not taken office, the forty-six veterans are divided into the countryside of Pingliang. Anyway, every village is my tenant, and the subordinate staff are
It’s easy to handle, get registered, and become the training leader of the Baojia regiment.”
Gao Xian leaned back, frowned, and cursed in his heart.
He didn't care about teaching the vassal king how to save his life. Anyway, the fort was small and the wealth could not fit into the fort.
But this was too strange. He said to King Han with an expressionless face: "Your Highness, do you know how Gao started his career as a commander? He robbed Wangzhuang, and the money and food in Wangzhuang piled up like mountains. He built dams on rivers and starved the people to death."<
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"The people wish they could cut off your bones, peel your skin, and eat your flesh raw. You still want my people to practice armor protection for you, train your regiment leaders, and then go out to fight the hungry people? It's a daydream!"
After Gao Xian said that, he stood up and left. King Han quickly grabbed him, but was pushed away. As he was about to reach the door, he heard King Han shouting: "What else can a vassal king do besides making money? Who can blame this? I am now
I know I was wrong!"
Gao Xian sneered: "You know your mistakes and don't correct them."
"Change it, I will burn the IOU tomorrow!" King Han maintained the posture of being pushed down by Gao Xian, raised his sleeves and patted the floor: "When the autumn grain is handed in this year, I will take 10% and return it to the tenants, you still let me
What should I do? Killing me will do no good to others."
After hearing this, Gao Xian's expression softened slightly and he sat down again: "Then what other group training do you do?"
When King Han saw him sitting down, he also returned to normal and said: "Liu Shuai ordered a bunch of cotton jackets, trousers, raincoats and shoes in the east. Do you want me to be lucky when I go back? Is it safe to go there?"
"There will be no drought further west, and the road is not unsafe. The guards in Pingliang are enough to do this."
"They are too weak." King Han was very dissatisfied with the sergeant of Pingliang Guards. He shook his head and said, "General Gao, don't be impatient. Listen to what I have to say."
King Han stood up and walked around the window of Guanlan Pavilion to make sure there was no one outside, then he said to Gao Xian: "Will Liu Shuai rebel again?"
Gao Xian glanced at King Han and said nothing.
"Okay, I don't ask about this. Prince Han's palace has forty-six veterans, and if Wan Shi Lumi gives out thousands of stones, I will feel very uncomfortable."
King Han looked at Gao Xian and said: "The imperial court will feed us with 30% of rice. If there is a drought and the people are cooking oil, how many years can I live in Pingliang? It will be a matter of time."
"It's not my fault that I was born a prince. Who can give up Lumi Wanshi? I have never harmed anyone intentionally, I... I don't want to die."
Speaking of not wanting to die, King Han almost cried.
It’s hard to say whether these days for Liu Chengzong were more about equality and closeness, or more about hypocrisy and submissiveness, or a combination of both, as well as the excitement of seeing a different world.
But he is always on tenterhooks, he is afraid of death.
"The people who fight for their lives on the battlefield are all ordinary people. There are many hungry people, few generals, and the general's soldiers are also very hungry. Sooner or later, the court will not be able to stop the hungry people, and I cannot help all the people."
King Han bowed to Gao Xian: "Help me practice Baojia. I can give 10% of the tax back to the tenants and 10% of the rewards. There are craftsmen in Pingliang City and weapons in Pingliang Guards. I can also cheat
Relatives’ money.”
Gao Xian sighed helplessly.
He remembered Liu Chengzong's words, a widow who loses her integrity is not as good as an old prostitute who behaves well.
Liu Chengzong talked so much in the army, why the court must be defeated, where did the court's taxes go, who were their enemies... A large part of the court's taxes were eaten by the vassal kings.
If it hadn't been for supporting the feudal king, maybe he wouldn't have given his mother-in-law to someone else to make a living, and his wife and children wouldn't have been separated.
But at this moment, he couldn't hate the King of Han in front of him.
He thought that maybe what he hated was the superior prince.
Gao Xian's tone relaxed: "What do you want to do when you practice Baojia?"
"You Liu Shuai will rebel again, and I will support you when the time comes. As long as I can save the lives of Han Fan's clan, I will fight against Han Fan myself. I will rob them all and serve as Liu Shuai's little leader."
King Han said: "As long as I can save the lives of my relatives, it is better to live and die as an ordinary person than to hang on a tree."
Gao Xian was amused by the description of hanging on a tree, so he made a rare joke: "Of all the clans and officials in the world, I'm afraid you are the only one who expects the commander-in-chief to revolt. Then if we die outside, won't your practice of protecting armor be in vain?"<
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"I have thought about it. From today on, I will learn the art of war for an hour every day. If you don't come back, I will die in a few years."
King Han looked at Gao Xian, banged his fist on the table, and fixed his gaze: "Jing Nan!"