Chapter 012 The Prince of Benevolence and Righteousness
"Sir, your handsaw is not worn out, is it?"
"No, it will be used up soon. I will send it over when the time comes."
Liu Chang couldn't understand their words. What they said sounded a bit sharp and their tone was always upward. Liu Chang could understand a few words, but that was it at most. But Liu Heng could talk to these people normally.
Communicate and even chat using their accent.
Those who didn't know would never know that the person speaking with this accent was actually the fourth son of Liu Bang's family.
For some reason, Liu Chang suddenly felt a sense of admiration for Liu Hengsheng. This guy is really awesome.
Liu Heng chatted cordially with them. Liu Chang had almost never seen Liu Heng like this. On weekdays, Liu Heng was always silent, with a straight face and very serious. But in front of these people, Liu Heng behaved badly.
He was very kind, it wasn't a deliberate enthusiasm, it was just the feeling of closeness you get when chatting with a good friend.
Liu Chang tugged on Liu Heng's sleeve, and then Liu Heng remembered the little brother next to him.
"This is my seventh brother, the eldest son."
Liu Heng introduced Liu Chang to them.
The faces of these craftsmen changed drastically, and their smiles disappeared instantly. Their eyes when looking at Liu Chang were full of fear, and their behavior began to become restrained. Several craftsmen knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Changxing. Liu Chang was stunned.
, this kind of different respect from Liu Heng did not make him feel happy.
They seemed to respect him so much, but after seeing their attitude towards Liu Heng just now, Liu Chang felt that this was just fake respect. The real respect may be the same as he did to Liu Heng just now, talking and laughing.
, treat the other person as a friend that you want to be close to, rather than a superior master.
People rarely stab their friends, but too many masters have died at the hands of their slaves.
Liu Chang got the tools he needed as he wished, including a ruler, plane, and file. Although he didn't have an axe, he could already start making them.
However, after leaving here, Liu Chang was not so happy, and instead felt a little heavy.
"Brother...is my father a benevolent and righteous emperor?"
"yes."
"Then why did he treat those people like this? They were naked...why didn't they get a carriage?"
"Do you know how many craftsmen there were who built Changle Palace?"
"have no idea."
"A crowd of tens of thousands."
"My father did not starve them and gave them time to rest. They only had to work hard for a few months after the busy farming season. This is already a great gift."
"Is this considered a gift?"
"Of course. Do you know how many people built the Great Wall?"
"There should be a lot..."
"Most of them have to prepare their own food and don't have much time to rest... During the Qin II period, construction was going on all year round. They couldn't go home when they were busy farming. The farmland was abandoned. When they ran out of food, they had to work every day.
They can only get a little bit of food and pass it off as good stuff. They wear shackles and live in the wild. The soldiers will kill the people who can't do any work at any time... Think about it now, is my father a benevolent and righteous emperor?"
"yes."
This time, Liu Chang finally did not hesitate. If compared to the past, Liu Bang was indeed a rare benevolent and righteous emperor. To build a palace for himself, he only mobilized tens of thousands of people to work and provide food and drink. It was considered on time and he would rather miss the work.
It won’t delay the busy work of farming, and it won’t kill people indiscriminately.
"But...I still think they are having a very bad life."
"They are not the only ones who are having a bad life."
Liu Heng did not discuss this issue with Liu Chang anymore, and said goodbye to him calmly. But before leaving, Liu Heng stared into his eyes and said seriously: "When you become a prince in the future, don't forget
I’m sorry for what I saw today.”
Liu Chang froze on the spot, watching Liu Heng move away.
He suddenly felt that maybe this brother was more suitable to be emperor than Liu Ying, but it was a pity that the fourth brother was not the eldest son.
Returning to Jiaofang Hall, Liu Chang, who had all the tools, started to make the spinning wheel. Since he had already made the design drawings before, it was much easier to make these parts. The first thing he needed to do was to combine the heald frame and the spinning wheel.
The rack is made.
He found the timber he had hidden. Most of these timbers were square and could be used as they came without Chang Liu having to do any other processing. Since there were no nails, he could only use mortise and tenon joints to stabilize the frame.
Mortise and tenon joints are easy to say, but it is really difficult to do if you don't know how to do carpentry. Liu Chang never made mortise and tenon joints in his previous life. The previous assembly failed due to measurement and wood problems.
It fell apart. Because there were no advanced machines, Liu Chang had to do everything by himself. Just making the mortise and tenon joints took Liu Chang a long time.
He worked harder than before, probably because he had seen what the craftsmen wore, and the rag strips were vivid in his mind.
Just when Liu Chang made the frame and started assembling the internal parts, Liu Bang prepared the apprenticeship ceremony.
In this era, the apprenticeship ceremony was called Shu Xiu, which usually consisted of ten pieces of dried meat. In order to show respect, Liu Bang specially prepared some other things. When sending someone to send Liu Chang there, Liu Bang was still telling Liu Chang: This
It’s for your teacher! Don’t eat it secretly, you idiot!
Liu Chang was very dissatisfied. Who am I?
Liu Chang finally left the palace. This was his first time out of the palace. He also became the fourth prince to leave the palace besides Liu Fei, Liu Ying and Liu Ruyi. Sitting on the carriage, Liu Chang was fascinated by everything.
I'm very curious, but unfortunately, the situation outside the palace is no different from that inside the palace.
Everywhere was desolate, no one could be seen, the gray buildings isolated everything, and Han Xin's residence was too close to the palace. Liu Chang had already arrived at Han Xin's residence before he even saw anyone. Han Xin had already known
After hearing the news, he sent his servants to greet the prince.
The apprenticeship ceremony is not as complicated as Liu Chang thought.
It's just a simple matter of kneeling down and bowing, offering the bundle to practice, the teacher nods, and that's it.
Liu Chang was very curious about his teacher. In the past, he admired Han Xin more, but after Empress Lu's words, he was a little afraid of Han Xin. He did not know much about history, but even if
In this way, he also knew about Liu Bang's killing of heroes.
Han Xin seems to have been executed by Liu Bang.
Liu Chang didn't know what Han Xin had done, but he knew that his father was not a person who liked to kill people randomly. From other people's mouths, Liu Chang had learned a lot about Han Xin. Han Xin was indeed very famous in the Han Dynasty. Several of his
My brother knows everything about him.
However, they half admired and half disdained Han Xin.
Liu Ruyi once told Liu Chang face to face that Han Xin was just a failed rebel.
From Liu Ruyi's words, Liu Chang just learned that Han Xin turned out to be the King of Chu. This was unbelievable to Liu Chang, who was blind to history. Isn't the King of Chu Xiang Yu? Han Xin had not been the King of Chu for too long.
After the King of Chu, he began to train his army and horses, hoard food, and make friends...
Liu Bang couldn't sit still. Han Xin had a criminal record.
When Liu Bang fought with Xiang Yu and was beaten by Xiang Yu, Han Xin was on the ground and won one after another. So Liu Bang asked Han Xin for help and ordered him to come to the rescue quickly. Han Xin sent an envoy.
Han Xin's envoy told Liu Bang that it was okay to let Han Xin come to the rescue, but you must make Han Xin the false king.
Liu Bang was furious and cursed in front of Han Xin's envoy: "Han Xin is such an idiot. I'm trapped here. He doesn't save me. Why does he want to be a fake king?"
When Chen Ping heard this, he immediately kicked Liu Bang hard with his toes.
Liu Bang hurriedly changed his words and cursed: "Han Xin is so unambitious! If a real man conquers the princes, he must be a real king, why bother to be a fake king!"
This incident made Liu Bang always worried. Later, when Liu Bang ascended the throne and named Han Xin King of Chu, he soon realized that Han Xin had evil thoughts. Therefore, Liu Bang asked Chen Ping for advice and asked whether he should send troops to attack Han Xin.
Liu Chang felt that at that time Chen Ping must have wanted to scold: Cruel Han Xin? Does your Majesty have some calculations in his mind?
However, Chen Ping still did not curse. He just asked calmly: "Is your army more powerful than Han Xin's?"
"Who among your generals can defeat Han Xin?"
Then Liu Bang shut up and started asking for a safe way.
Chen Ping gave him the Yunmengze plan and asked Liu Bang to pretend to be traveling to Yunmengze and meet with various princes in Chenzhou. Chenzhou was on the western border of Chu. Han Xin heard that the emperor was traveling and came to his territory again.
When he came to see Liu Bang, Liu Bang sent someone to kidnap him and took him back.
In this way, without any effort, Liu Bang captured Han Xin, dismissed him as King of Chu on charges of treason, and changed his title to the Marquis of Huaiyin.
Even so, Liu Bang did not kill him, causing future troubles forever. Speaking of which, Liu Bang was really not a murderous person. Based on Han Xin's behavior, any other king would probably kill him.
Therefore, Liu Chang felt that Han Xin would be executed by Liu Bang because he must have done something big later that caused Liu Bang to kill him.