Chapter 166 My naive and stupid brother, how can I change you?
Liu Chang grinned and sat facing Li Zuoche.
"I knew Father Zhong would never abandon the people of the world and ignore them!"
"When Wu'an was in Zhao, the Huns invaded with an army of 200,000. Wu'an defeated the Xiongnu so much that they did not dare to go south to herd horses for ten years."
"Now the King of Zhao is fatuous and incompetent. When he heard about the Huns' invasion, his legs trembled. He just wanted to surrender the city and did not dare to resist. The responsibility of resisting the Huns fell on me, the Tang Dynasty!"
"I have few talents, but I am willing to defeat such a powerful enemy for the world!"
"The current Xiongnu Chanyu Maodun is the son of Touman Chanyu who was defeated by Lord Wu'an! Today the Xiongnu are stronger than before, and their territory is ten times larger than that of our Tang Dynasty!"
Liu Chang said solemnly: "Our Tang country is poor and can only barely resist. Now that you are here to help, the Huns will no longer be afraid!"
Li Zuoche pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "When my grandfather defeated the Huns, he used the method of showing the enemy weakness and luring the enemy deeper. The situation now is different from that of the beginning. If you want to defeat the Huns now, you can't just rely on strength."
The army needs to use many means."
"Divide its tribes, alienate its monarchs and ministers, be gentle with its herdsmen, expose its bad reputation, and support its powerful enemies... Your Majesty, this is not a campaign against bandits. This is a war between two big countries. We cannot be careless."
Li Zuoche seriously elaborated on his thoughts on fighting the Xiongnu. This old man must have thought about these things a long time ago. According to his words, he would use all the means that the Tang State could and could not use to deal with the Xiongnu. This
He was a strategist. He would definitely not be Han Xin's opponent when he personally led troops to fight, but he was really good at making plans.
"I know a little bit about military training. I can train troops for your Majesty. To destroy the Xiongnu, we need at least 30,000 cavalry, 7,000 chariots, 50,000 crossbowmen, and 100,000 infantry..."
Liu Chang's face gradually stiffened, "Mr. Li... If I had so many troops, I wouldn't be here asking you for advice..."
Li Zuoche was not angry. He stroked his beard and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The Tang Kingdom is not strong enough today, but it may not be impossible in the future."
Liu Chang stood up, bowed to Li Zuoche, and said, "I invite you to serve as the Taiwei of the Tang Dynasty."
"Oh? Didn't your Majesty just talk about the Prime Minister?"
"If Father Zhong is interested, then he will serve as the Prime Minister!"
"What should I do with that photo?"
"No problem, Father Zhong, our country of Tang implements the system of left and right prime ministers."
"Oh? How come I don't know? When did this happen?"
"It was established starting today."
Li Zuoche raised his head and laughed, "Your Majesty, Father of Kinds!"
Now that the weather is freezing, Liu Chang would definitely be reluctant to send this old treasure, Li Zuoche, to the Tang Dynasty. If he froze to death on the way, it would be a waste of money. This is a general who can advise Han Xin on strategies.
, Liu Chang thought for a moment, looked at Zhang Buyi and said: "From today onwards, you will stay here and treat Father Zhong as your elder! Take good care of him and send someone to get food later.
, what you wear, what you use... you can’t miss any of them!”
"Forget it, you don't have to move, Father Zhong, you can move directly to my Tang Palace! Zhang Buyi, come here!"
Liu Chang brought Zhang Buyi to the side and whispered: "Keep an eye on him and don't let him run away! Duke Zhao is old, Ji Bu I don't trust him, Luan Bu has other important matters, this matter
I’ll leave the matter to you. You must take good care of him and don’t let anything happen to him... and don’t let him run away! Do you understand?”
Zhang Buyi immediately accepted the order and said happily: "It is my great fortune to have such a general in the Tang Dynasty! He will command the army in the future, and no one in the Tang Dynasty can defeat him! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will take good care of him."
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After giving instructions to Zhang Buyi, Liu Chang took Li Zuoche to move. Li Zuoche didn't want to leave. However, despite the Tang King's repeated pleas, Li Zuoche couldn't bear it and had to follow him to the Tang Prince's Mansion. He just left.
After entering Prince Tang's Mansion, Li Zuoche saw a group of people carrying something in the wind and snow. Li Zuoche followed him out of curiosity, only to find that they were working on various machinery in the courtyard. One of the plows attracted the attention of the people.
His gaze.
"This is a plow that can sow seeds? What a good thing!"
Li Zuoche exclaimed, and Chen Tao on the side looked at him for a while and asked: "Sir, do you also understand mechanics?"
"I don't know much about machinery, but I know about farming..."
"Sir, are you from a farmer's family?"
"No, I'm just an old farmer."
Hearing these words, Chen Tao looked even more sad and angry, "Does the king not even spare the farmers now?"
Liu Chang saw how quickly Li Zuoche became familiar with these craftsmen and couldn't help but sigh. In fact, being able to make friends quickly is also a necessary skill for fighting. Isn't that what I am like? It seems that I really have the talent to become a famous general in the world.
ah!
"Old man, help me!"
"okay!"
Seeing Li Zuocha coming forward to take action with those Chu Mo, Zhang Buyi was startled, and just as he was about to speak, Liu Chang stopped him, "It's okay, Father Zhong can do whatever he wants, don't stop him.
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After arranging Li Zuoche in his residence, the sky gradually turned dark, and Liu Chang returned to the palace.
Before he entered Jiaofang Hall, he heard his mother's angry voice.
"How can you bear it?!"
Liu Chang quickened his pace and walked into the palace out of curiosity. He saw Liu Ying lowering her head while Empress Lu was scolding him angrily. Seeing this scene, Liu Chang lowered his head and tiptoed towards the inner room.
Just halfway through, Empress Lu looked at him and said, "You idiot, where have you been? You came back so late! No one can make me worry!"
"No, Mom... Big brother made you angry, why did you also scold me?"
Liu Chang said aggrievedly, but due to his filial piety, Liu Chang still knelt down and sat down in front of Queen Lu obediently.
"Ying! You will give the order tomorrow! Did you hear that?!"
Queen Lu said angrily.
Liu Ying just lowered her head, kept a straight face, and did not answer.
Liu Chang couldn't help it anymore and asked: "Mother? What is going on?"
"Nothing to do with you!"
"If you don't even have this courage, what kind of emperor would you be?"
Empress Lu cursed a few more words and walked into the inner room angrily. Liu Chang then stood up and looked at Liu Ying beside him, "What's the matter? My mother is so angry?"
"Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, has stopped sending envoys to pay tribute since my father passed away. This year, he even issued orders at home, which seemed to be arrogant. My mother was very angry and wanted to issue an order to let the countries around South Vietnam.
The sale of ironware and other items to South Vietnam is prohibited..."
"Zhao Tuo? Zhao Ren again? I found that Zhao Ren doesn't have any good things!"
Liu Ying took a deep look at Liu Chang and said: "Zhao Tuo is the true king of Zhao..."
"Eno."
Liu Chang was thoughtful and asked: "Then why doesn't brother agree?"
"Eldest brother, before my father passed away, he once told me about South Vietnam. He said not to force South Vietnam. If South Vietnam is rude, you can send envoys to persuade them. You must not make enemies, let alone cause a war between the two countries.
..Now that there are Huns outside the Han Dynasty, if they continue to have bad relations with South Vietnam, alas."
Liu Ying shook her head and sighed.
"Why won't my father let me go? Is this Zhao Tuo so powerful? Even my father is afraid of him?"
"It's not that I'm afraid...my father just doesn't want to raise an army rashly, and I don't want to follow my mother's orders. My father will not be wrong."
"Oh, these are all excuses! Father is just scared!"
As Liu Chang spoke, he frowned and pondered for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "Brother, he hasn't sent an envoy to Chang'an for two years, right?"
"yes..."
Liu Chang suddenly laughed, "That would be great. I have a way to make him obediently send envoys to Chang'an as usual."
"Oh? What's your plan, eldest brother?"
Liu Ying asked happily.
"Repair this letter to ensure that Zhao Tuo will never be rude again!"
Liu Ying's face changed greatly, and she said hurriedly: "Eldest brother, please stop writing letters...Forget it, I'd better follow my mother's order and go to South Vietnam..." Liu Ying stood up and asked
When he left, Liu Chang hurriedly pulled him and said angrily: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Liu Ying said helplessly: "Eldest brother, you should go in and accompany your mother. I have something important to do."
"I'm not writing a letter! I'm looking for someone else to write a letter to him!"
"who???"
........
"Master~~~"
The next day, Liu Chang walked into Han Xin's mansion with a smile.
Han Xin glanced at him and said nothing.
"Master, I have already met Li Zuoche, hahaha, I am going to let him serve as the Taiwei of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Um."
Han Xin was very calm, not surprised at all, as if he had already guessed that this would be the case.
"Master, do you have any other talents you can recommend? It doesn't matter if they are not as powerful as Li Zuoche, but they are similar to Guan Ying, Fan Kuai and others!"
"Oh, no."
"What about people like Cao Shen and Chen Ping?"
"Nothing more."
"Oh...what a pity."
Liu Chang shook his head, "I was born at the wrong time. If I had been born thirty years earlier, I would have taken all these people under my command!" After sighing for a moment, Liu Chang said with a smile: "I want to ask the master to help me write.
Letter!"
"Oh? What letter?"
"Write a letter to Zhao Tuo, King of South Vietnam."
Han Xin said coldly: "I'm not familiar with him."
Liu Chang said helplessly: "Master, do you think we can win by sending troops to attack South Vietnam?"
"South Vietnam is hot and humid, with miasma everywhere. Soldiers from the Central Plains will get sick when they get there and cannot fight at all, unless soldiers are drawn from Wu, Chu, Changsha and other places... But those soldiers are not as well-equipped as the Northern Army and lack weapons. Zhao
Although Tuo is in trouble, he can take advantage of the favorable terrain. It will be difficult for other generals to defeat South Vietnam."
"Yes, South Vietnam did not send envoys to the DPRK for three years. My mother was very angry. She was even ready to attack South Vietnam, but His Majesty refused."
"Therefore, I want the master to scare him and say in the letter that he has not seen his envoy for a long time and wants to see him in person. Your Majesty will also take advantage of the situation and say disrespectful words to South Vietnam in the court, and prepare to let the Taiwei
Regarding your expedition to South Vietnam with Master... When the envoy brings these two pieces of news back, I don’t believe that Zhao Tuo can still sit still!"
Han Xin sneered, "You are treating Zhao Tuo as a fool to fool him."
"How can someone who can firmly hold the position of ruler of the country be fooled by a pervert like you!"
Liu Chang asked in surprise: "Isn't he afraid of you?"
"Afraid."
"Then why wouldn't you be fooled?"
"Because he knows that it is absolutely impossible for me to command an army."
"Well...but he hasn't sent anyone to Chang'an for two years. He doesn't know the situation in Chang'an."
"Heh." Han Xin sneered and did not answer.
Liu Chang suddenly felt a little frustrated, "Isn't there a way to cure South Vietnam? Yesterday I slapped my chest and swore to my brother that I would succeed... What should I do?"
Han Xin said seriously: "If you want to defeat South Vietnam, you must first make Chu, Wu and other countries strong and let them train their armies well. Zhao Tuo is not young, and South Vietnam is not a good place. This guy definitely doesn't have much life left. Wait until he
If you die, you can take advantage of their domestic turmoil to attack with all your strength and destroy them in one fell swoop."
"Oh...what about now?"
"If you just want Zhao Tuo to continue to surrender, that's very simple."
"come here."
Han Xin whispered his thoughts to Liu Chang. Liu Chang's eyes widened and he listened carefully.
.......
"Brother! I thought hard and thought of a clever plan to deal with South Vietnam! You don't even need to send an envoy!"
When Liu Chang appeared in front of Liu Ying again, he looked so confident. He said proudly: "How can the small country of South Vietnam deserve to have my master write a letter to threaten? The reason why Zhao Tuo no longer visits the court now is actually
He is just testing the attitude of the big man. Once he finds that the big man cannot deal with him, he will definitely proclaim himself emperor! Continue to expand his territory towards the south!"
"The best way now is to make Zhao Tuo feel threatened."
"Brother, you can order Chu, Wu and other countries to build high granaries near the south. It doesn't matter whether there is grain in the granaries, but there must be more granaries. Build school grounds in many places. It doesn't matter whether there are troops in them, but you must make a plan.
To create the illusion that a large army is coming with a large amount of food."
"In addition, let Chu, Wu and other countries recruit soldiers in Changsha and other counties, and conduct frequent drills. It doesn't matter if they are not trained well. Just let Zhao Tuo know that the Han Dynasty is preparing an army."
"The most important thing is to give an order to the kings of Chu, Wu and others to secretly find guides who are familiar with the terrain of South Vietnam..."
"As long as these things can be accomplished, the King of Nanyue will definitely send envoys here."
Hearing Liu Chang's words, Liu Ying exclaimed: "You are really the darling of our family!"
Immediately, Liu Ying couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Brother...it's just that what you said will consume the national power of the southern countries. Frequent drills will affect the busy farming. Just because South Vietnam does not send envoys, it will
Isn’t it uneconomical to mobilize troops and mobilize people like this?”
Liu Chang's eyes widened, "How could there be such a confused emperor as my elder brother!"
"Today the South Vietnamese are arrogant, but we don't care. Tomorrow the southern Vietnam will begin to arrogant. The day after tomorrow it will be the Jing Kingdom, and the day after tomorrow it will be the Zhao Kingdom!"
"Of course we want to nip this kind of thing at the bud. How can we condone it? This world must belong to my great man. Even if it is just tribute, it is necessary! What we want is not the things he paid tribute to, but the unification of the world.
ah!"
Hearing Liu Chang's reprimand, Liu Ying suddenly realized and said, "Okay, I'll do it right now!"
Liu Chang looked at his brother helplessly. When he returned to Jiaofang Hall with his head lowered, Empress Lu was reading the memorial.
"Sigh... Mom, I finally understand why my eldest brother always makes you so angry. Really, I almost couldn't bear it anymore. When my eldest brother is good, people want to hold him and kiss him.
After a few mouthfuls, when he acts stupid, I want to beat him up!"
Queen Lu put down the bamboo slips in her hand with a complicated expression.
"I thought that after having a child, he would be able to grow up... But with his character now... if one day, I am gone and you go to Fengguo, what will he do?"
Liu Chang looked at the gray in Queen Lu's hair, sat next to her, and shouted: "Mom, don't say unlucky words!"
"well...."
Empress Lu sighed again. Liu Chang still remembered clearly that just two or three years ago, his mother still had jet black hair. In just a few years, her hair turned gray, just because her father was away.
Isn’t it? It’s not just that...probably because every time my eldest brother finishes processing the melodies, my mother has to stay up late to continue reading them.
My mother did this not to control the emperor...but because she was afraid that this naive and foolish son would make another wrong decision.
"Actually, my brother has also made some progress. You see, he didn't dare to refute my mother before, but now he dares to disobey my mother's orders! It's just that his growth rate is a bit slow, but, mother, you don't want to
Worry, my sister-in-law is very smart. If anything happens, she will help my brother."
Empress Lu did not speak, but handed a memorial in her hand to Liu Chang, "Look at this."
Liu Chang took it curiously and looked down at it. It was a letter from Hanoi County. The general content of the letter was to cry out about the poverty in Hanoi and to implore the emperor to allow Hanoi to have the right to mint private coins for one year.
In the previous year, Cao Shen came forward and believed that the current situation was different from that in the early Han Dynasty. It was possible to prohibit private coinage in various places, and call the money privately minted in various places counterfeit coins. Strictly formulate the specifications of coins and order all princes to
The country strictly abides by it. In the early Qin Dynasty, the currency was unified. However, in the early Han Dynasty, the currency once again became chaotic. At first, the Han Dynasty did not agree in order to restore the national power in a short time. But now, the world is gradually becoming stable, and the currency naturally needs to be stable.
Come down.
Let Hanoi continue its previous style and let the big players continue to mint coins. The governor of Hanoi is simply out of his mind!!
Seeing Liu Ying's reply, Liu Chang felt his ears buzzing for a while and almost cursed.
He actually agreed??Agreed??My brother!!
Empress Lu was silent, her face extremely calm.
"This Hanoi County Sheriff, I'm going to mess with him..." Liu Chang almost said a curse word, stopped hurriedly and said, "This man can no longer be a County Sheriff!"
Queen Lu said calmly: "At this time, he has almost died of illness."
"Forehead..."
Looking at the sad eyes of his mother in front of him, Liu Chang gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, let me take my eldest brother out for a walk. Give me two months and I will make him completely change!"
He can't go on like this. This is no longer a matter of innocence and kindness. This is simply stupid! If he goes on like this, there will be big problems sooner or later!"
"Ah."
Empress Lu obviously didn't believe that Liu Chang could change Liu Ying. She and Liu Bang couldn't make him change for more than ten years. Could this Zhuzi be able to do it?
"Mom, just wait, I will do what I say!"
Liu Chang said, and hurriedly walked towards the door, "Bang", just as he reached the door, Liu Chang was hit by something suddenly. Liu Chang himself was fine, but the person opposite was almost knocked away. Liu Chang took a closer look,
Fan Qing sat on the ground, gritting his teeth and staring at himself angrily.
When he saw Fan Qing, Liu Chang suddenly felt scared, "Mom, I'm leaving, I'm leaving!"
Liu Chang was about to run away, but Fan Qing grabbed Liu Chang's leg and shouted: "You want to run away after hitting someone?!"
"Let go! I won't marry you! Even if you kill me, I won't marry you!!"
Fan Qing was stunned, then became furious. He stood up suddenly and rushed towards her, "Who wants to marry you?!"
"Mom! Mom! Take care of her! I'm really going to take action! Let go! Vicious woman! I'm going to hit someone!"
"Ouch! Grandma!! She bit me!!"
ps: My liver hurts after sitting for a long time... I will work hard and write another chapter. It may not be a big chapter. I can't write more than 5,000 words. Today I have written more than 11,000 words, 2,000.
You can probably do it with a 500-word chapter, so try your best.