Liu Chang almost choked on the water, raised his head, looked at the messenger in front of him in surprise, and asked: "What did you say?"
"This is a letter from my king to you. Prince Han was born... so that his father-in-law can know about it."
Liu Chang took the letter from South Korea in a daze and hurriedly opened it to check. This letter was sent by the fourth brother. It was the fourth brother's style. He first asked Liu Chang if he had listened to the Queen Mother and Her Majesty recently.
I made a mistake, and then casually mentioned at the end, by the way, I have a son again, named Qi, just to let you know.
"Fourth brother, isn't this too fierce?? Is this the fifth son??"
"One is born every year... I thought the second brother was the most father-like, but I didn't expect that the fourth brother is even worse!"
This is already the fifth letter sent by the fourth brother. Basically, there is one letter every year. Each letter is almost like this. The first part is asking about Liu Chang's situation, and the last part is adding that he has a son.
This has been the case for five consecutive years. Do we, the old Liu family, only have sons? One son every year? Is there still this tradition?
"This is a happy event, I should give you a gift...don't leave yet, wait for me to prepare the gift, and then take it back to South Korea!"
"only!"
The envoy bowed profusely, then turned and left.
Liu Chang looked at the letter in his hand with a smile, and suddenly laughed again.
Luan Bu looked at him in surprise, "Why is your Majesty laughing?"
"It's not good for people to laugh at King Zhao. The eldest brother, the second brother, and the fourth brother all have children, and even the fifth brother's queen is pregnant... Only this King Zhao has no heirs until now! Hahaha!"
Liu Chang raised his head and laughed, then said: "No, I have to write a letter to King Zhao and ask him what's going on..."
Luan Bu shook his head lightly and said, "King Zhao is the elder brother of the king. How can there be any reason to treat your elder brother like this?"
"I am also concerned about him. If he dies one day and has no heirs, wouldn't he have to wipe out the country?"
While the two were chatting, Liu Chang suddenly looked at Ji Bu who was not far away and asked, "Ji Bu? Is this Queen Han also surnamed Lu?"
Ji Bu was stunned, then nodded and said, "They are distant relatives of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is close to the Queen Mother of Han, so most of her concubines are arranged by the Queen Mother."
"Then you have to prepare gifts... Serving the person named Lu, all the people under my command are not as good as you. Please be responsible for preparing gifts."
Faced with such sarcasm, Ji Bu was not angry and left the place after accepting the order.
Seeing Ji Bu leaving, Zhang Buyi said angrily: "This guy is unfaithful, we can get rid of him!"
Duke Zhao sneered, "You actually have the nerve to accuse others of being disloyal."
Zhang Buyi was furious and cursed: "You meet and banquet with the ministers all day long, but you are also a disloyal traitor like Ji Bu! It is a great humiliation to be with you!"
"Okay, stop arguing... while Ji Bu is away... go out with me!"
Liu Chang interrupted the dispute between the two and led them out of the Tang Palace in a hurry.
After getting in the car, Luan Bu asked: "Your Majesty? Where are we going?"
"At the Royal Tomb Mansion."
Luan Bu was stunned and drove away.
Liu Chang has been back to Chang'an for some time. Liu Chang doesn't care what happened in Chang'an when he left, and he doesn't want to know. He only knows that the Han Dynasty is now on the right track, and the Queen Mother is in power.
One thing is to abolish part of the law.
She first got rid of the crimes of the three clans and the crime of evil words, so that the people would no longer be guilty of crimes with their words. Even if they committed the biggest crime, they would not implicate the three clans. Then she reduced the current punishments and abolished a large number of
For corporal punishment, the atonement law was promulgated. The criminal can atone for his sins by giving money, food, and performing meritorious deeds. If he cannot atone for his sins, he will be punished for his sins.
Immediately, she and her ministers formulated the system of "annual replacement of garrison soldiers", whereby the soldiers guarding the border were rotated once a year.
Then there is the currency. The currency system in the early Han Dynasty was too chaotic. Empress Lu finally decided to stipulate the currency system and let the whole world use the same currency.
The big man was running forward at a speed visible to the naked eye. The officials were extremely well-behaved and actively carried out the orders of the temple, fearing that they would be invited to drink someday. The local officials were effectively supervised and did not dare to act arbitrarily.
There was no internal friction, everyone worked together, and the machine called Dahan was activated by Empress Lu. Its efficiency was countless times higher than that of Liu Ying's period.
Liu Chang felt that this was enough.
Liu Chang didn't know what the long-term plan was. He only knew that after the Queen Mother came to power, she directly opened the Chang'an West City. Merchants from Chang'an came from all directions. Chang'an City, which was originally bleak and indifferent, suddenly became a noisy and lively metropolis with busy traffic and traffic.
It doesn't have the same deserted appearance as before.
In the past, the poor people who still needed help from the sages are becoming fewer and fewer now. Just the merchants who stay and come and go make these Chang'an people make a fortune. Chang'an is prosperous, and the people living here are also rich.
This time he wanted to visit the royal tomb because he was entrusted by someone.
Wang Ling is now living at home. He is not a semi-idle like Cao Shen. Cao Shen is also called to the palace from time to time by the Queen Mother to ask about some important matters. Cao Shen does not care about the conflicts between the two at all. In the face of many policies of the Queen Mother, he can give advice.
For expressing his opinions, the Queen Mother often rewarded him, which was very important to him.
But Wang Ling, that is the real resignation, spending all day criticizing the court at home, that is, the Queen Mother pardoned the accusation, otherwise Xuanyi would have chopped off his head.
The Queen Mother sent people to invite him many times, but the man ignored him at all and shouted to the messenger: "Kill him if you want. I have been greatly favored by Emperor Gao and will never bow my head!"
His appearance made the Queen Mother very angry, but she did not take action against him. She just stopped sending anyone to invite him and let him stay at home.
When the carriage approached Wang Ling's mansion, Liu Chang heard yelling and cursing from a distance.
"Dog thief!"
"Old man!"
Liu Chang frowned, asked Luan Bu to stop the car, jumped out of the car, and walked proudly towards the gate of the palace. In front of the gate of Wangling Palace, there were about a dozen young people standing, these people were probably the same as Liu
Ying was about the same age, each wearing bright and beautiful clothes, and there were a few followers standing not far away. They gathered at the gate of Wangling Mansion and kept cursing.
When they found Liu Chang coming, they looked at him with surprise in their eyes.
This is a young man with a heroic face, who is dressed more luxuriously than them. He is obviously not older than them, but he is very tall, with a arrogant expression and fierce eyes. He is followed by three people, who looks very imposing.
Seeing this posture, the leader took the lead in saluting, "Who is he in Gero?"
"Lu Ta? How come I haven't heard of it..."
The more arrogant Liu Chang became, the more these people did not dare to provoke him. The leader smiled and said: "They are distant relatives of the Queen Mother, who just returned from their single father not long ago."
Liu Chang smiled disdainfully and looked at Luan Bu beside him, "Do you know these people?"
"I know... they are distant relatives of the Queen Mother. When we left Chang'an, she was picked up by the Queen Mother. This one is called Lu Ta. His father relied on his relationship with the Queen Mother and acted tyrannically in the local area. He was executed by Wang Ling...
The Queen Mother brought them back and made them each a marquis. This Lu Ta, after hearing about it, made him a Marquis Yu, but this Yu Marquis has no virtue, bullies and dominates the market, and does all kinds of evil in Chang'an!"
Hearing the people in front of them casually talking about the Queen Mother without any fear on their faces, these Lu family members suddenly became a little scared.
"My lord, I have a grudge against Wang Ling. Wang Ling is targeting me, the Lu family. I came here on the order of Marquis Jie..."
"Jianhou? Lu Chan asked you to come..."
"Yes, yes, he asked us to come."
Liu Chang sneered and said: "I usually hate domineering and dandy young men like you the most!"
"The Han Dynasty has its own laws here. You are violating the laws and regulations of Chang'an. As a member of the Queen Mother's clan, you take the lead in violating the law and ruining the Queen Mother's reputation! How can you let evil people like you off so easily?!"
"Luan Bu! Kill them!"
In an instant, Luan Bu did not hesitate, drew out his sword, and struck Lu Ta. Lu Ta was horrified. When the sword fell on the man's neck, Luan Bu stopped his hand.
Lu Ta was trembling all over and almost knelt on the ground. The other Lus looked at this scene in horror and said tremblingly: "We are all princes..."
"Are you worthy?"
"Zhang Buyi, arrest them all!"
Obviously, all these people together are not enough for Zhang Buyi to fight alone. Zhang Buyei cannot beat Ji Bu, nor can he beat Luan Bu, but it is easy to beat these evil young men, and he is not polite at all, stabbing him
There were several people, and one of the followers was almost beheaded by Zhang Buyu just because he pointed his sword at Liu Chang. Looking at the people who fell to the ground and groaned, Liu Chang asked Zhang Buyu to tie them up, and he went to knock on the door.
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Liu Chang took the trouble to knock on the door.
After a long time, finally, a person opened the door impatiently, stuck his head out, and cursed: "Shu Zi, what do you want to do?!"
The person who opened the door was Wang Ling.
At this moment, Wang Ling was wearing ordinary clothes, his body was dirty and stained with mud, and his face was full of displeasure.
When he saw Liu Chang outside the door, he looked stunned, then looked at the Lu family disciples who had fallen to the ground, and then sneered, "The little evil guy met the big evil guy."
Liu Chang looked at Zhang Buyi and explained: "Although I am a bit irritable, I am definitely not a very evil person."
Wang Ling then looked at him, "What's the matter?"
"I came here specially to visit Father Zhong. Why doesn't Father Zhong invite me into the house?"
"I'm just a commoner, but I can't be the king's father-in-law!"
"My father Zhong followed my father in the north and south, and settled the country. If it hadn't been for my father, how could I have been able to divide the land and become a king?"
Without waiting for Wang Ling to answer, Liu Chang rushed into the house. Wang Ling could not stop him. He snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the inner room. Liu Chang waved his hand, and Zhang Buyu took out the people one by one.
The people were tied up, Luan Bu stood guard at the door, and the officials were summoned to come in together. The division of labor was clear.
Wang Ling's mansion was empty, not even a single person was around. Some vegetable gardens could be seen in the distance. It seemed that Wang Ling had some time to plant vegetables.
Liu Chang followed Wang Ling, talking nonstop, and the two of them walked into the inner room and sat facing each other.
Wang Ling's expression was very arrogant and arrogant.
"Prince Prime Minister, why don't you even have any servants in your mansion?"
"I was entrusted by the late emperor, so it's my duty to die. What's the crime for my servants? They shouldn't be buried with me."
Liu Chang shook his head, "No one wants to kill Wang Xiang."
"Oh, are you working as a lobbyist for the Queen Mother?"
"no."
"You are here to ask me something? Your Majesty, you should go back. I only know that the person in charge today does not have the surname Liu, and I don't know anything else."
Liu Chang said proudly: "I'm not here to ask. The superior does not have the surname Liu, but the person with the surname Liu is the son of the superior! If I were in Chang'an, I would not ask more questions. I would do it for my mother first. , Nai Changye!!”
When Wang Ling heard this, he immediately became furious and said, "Your Majesty loves the king very much. Now he is being bullied and depressed. Why is the king so unkind?!"
"Oh, being bullied? Are you depressed? This is not what I see. Besides, even if it is like this, it is my own business, what does it have to do with you?!"
"The emperor's family affairs are state affairs! The late emperor valued the king very much at the beginning and warned him many times. Why did the king break his promise?!"
"If my father were still here, my brother wouldn't just stay in the Xuanshi Palace drinking and having fun... Just the things he did, my father could break ten pairs of shoes!!"
Hearing Liu Chang's retort, Wang Ling was speechless for a moment and asked angrily: "Then why does the king want to see me?"
"I have been ordered by my teacher to come to visit..."
"Han Xin?"
Wang Ling was stunned for a moment, then denied it and murmured: "Zhang Cang."
When Zhang Cang committed some minor lifestyle issues and was about to be dragged out for execution, it was Wang Ling who saved him. Therefore, Zhang Cang has always respected Wang Ling. Not long ago, Zhang Cang sent a letter, The content of the letter was that I was worried about the Prime Minister of my hometown and wanted to know his current situation...after all, I had been kind to him.
Not only did he think of something, Wang Ling sighed, "Back then... I saw Zhang Cang's greatness and couldn't bear to kill him... He came to thank him many times, but I didn't accept it. This was to protect the country's talents, not for personal gain." Well... I didn't expect that he is the only one willing to send someone to visit me now."
Liu Chang pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, Father Zhong doesn't have to worry too much about these things...The Queen Mother will never do anything bad to my brother...Although my mother doesn't say it on weekdays, she loves her second brother very much. She did this Many things are done for the second brother... But the second brother doesn't know that he is afraid of my mother and does not dare to get close to her. Now he is becoming more and more alienated, and maybe he still has resentments that he dare not reveal."
"In this world, people with the surname Liu still belong."
Wang Ling said with a straight face, "I failed to complete my mission."
"Is your mission to bring chaos to the world? You are so eager to get rid of the Lu family...at the risk of turning mother and son against each other...I really don't understand, and you are not a fool, why do you act like this?"
Wang Ling raised his head, "The Queen Mother is old, and people from the Lu family hold various important positions... Your Majesty is kind and weak. The founding ministers who followed the late emperor have grown old one by one. If you don't take action while they are all here, wait until we They all left, the temple matter is the Lord of the Lu family!"
"So that's what you're worried about... Do you think too little of me, Chang Liu?"
"As long as I'm here, do I still have to worry about the Lu family's children?"
"Oh, if the king brings Tang soldiers to kill the Lu family's descendants, I'm afraid he won't leave Chang'an again."
Liu Chang was angry and asked: "Are you saying that I will rebel?!"
"Even if the king doesn't rebel, the whole Tang Dynasty can kill all the clan members and force the king to take the throne."
Liu Chang's face turned even darker, and Zhang Buyu, who was standing not far away, was thoughtful.
Liu Chang stood up and said, "No one can force me to do something I don't want to do, not even my father and mother!"
"I have left Prime Minister Zhang's letter here... If Prime Minister Wang feels that Chang'an is boring, he can go to the Tang Dynasty... I will worship him! If he doesn't want to, I will never say anything, so he will grow vegetables here!
"
"Oh, the Queen Mother is not willing to let me leave the city?"
"You are quite talented, but unfortunately, you think too highly of yourself and look down on others too much... If my mother wanted to kill you, she wouldn't have kept you alive today!"
"Farewell!"
Liu Chang left here angrily. Wang Ling picked up Zhang Cang's letter, hesitated for a moment, and opened it.
...
"Your Majesty, why don't you kidnap him and take him to Tang?"
Liu Chang was stunned and cursed: "How can I kidnap a virtuous person when I treat him like a corporal?"
Zhang Buyu thought for a moment, "What does your Majesty mean, is he not virtuous enough?"
Zhao Ping frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Ling has always been against the Queen Mother. Today you kidnapped a descendant of the Lu family and came to see Wang Ling in person. You also want to invite him to the Tang Dynasty... If you do this, you will
Won’t it cause dissatisfaction to the Queen Mother?”
"Haha, what do you know... It's because Wang Ling is the only one who dares to openly oppose my mother, so my mother can forgive him and feel at ease with him... Such people are not dangerous. The real danger is Chen
A traitor like Ping...Besides, he is also very capable. Rather than growing vegetables here, wouldn't it be better to go to the Tang Dynasty?"
Zhao Ping nodded, then looked at the tied princes on the ground and asked, "What should we do with these people?"
"Luan Bu, go and hand them over to Tingwei for disposal!
"only!"
Liu Ying canonized Cao Shen's son as a marquis, which probably inspired Empress Lu, who conferred nine marquises at one time. All nine marquises were descendants of the Lu family. Even her aunt Lu Yu was granted the title of Linguang Marquis.
The ministers demonstrated to support the new relative, right? A relative can be made a marquis without military merit, right? Who is not a relative?
As for the Cao family, Empress Lu did not kill them all. She did not even abolish Cao Cheng's title and official position. Instead, she gave rewards. What rewards?
He gave a daughter of the Lu family as his wife.
The Cao family was immediately stunned, and the power of the new relatives and ministers was directly and indirectly disintegrated.
What is the first queen of China?
In the future, China will always implement that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the source is here.
Liu Chang doesn't care about this, but if these miscellaneous fish are too arrogant, he doesn't mind cleaning them up. Others don't dare, but Liu Chang still dares to prevent the Lu family from going too crazy and having some inappropriate ideas.
.And the real descendants of the Lu family, such as Lu Chan, Lu Ze, Lu Zhong, and Lu Lu, are still very close to Liu Chang.
When Luan Bu brought these people to Tingwei, the clerk in front of Tingwei's door was still a little suspicious. We didn't arrest anyone today. Why did Luan Bu come?
Luan Bu greeted them cordially, and then asked to see Xuanyi.
Xuanyi wrote four times to resign, but the Queen Mother did not allow it. Xuanyi did not give up his responsibility like Wang Ling did. Instead, he continued to fulfill his duties as a Tingwei.
"Luanshe people."
Xuanyi met Luan Bu. Although Xuanyi hated Liu Chang, he had a good relationship with Luan Bu. Xuanyi believed that Luan Bu was the most virtuous among the people of the Tang Dynasty. Xuanyi looked at the people behind Luan Bu and said,
These people all knew Xuanyi, and they were all upstarts in Chang'an. During these days, they had repeatedly opposed him and were arrested by Xuanyi several times, but they were all taken away by Marquis Jiancheng. Marquis Jiancheng also threatened Xuanyi. Be careful.
Donkey Tingwei became a dead Tingwei.
This made Xuanyi feel helpless towards them. Seeing them again now, Xuanyi's face naturally didn't look good.
Xuanyi looked at them and asked, "What crime have they committed?"
"Gathering a crowd to cause trouble, illegally violating discipline, intending to beat up innocent people, but my king stopped me."
"Your Majesty sent me here to ask the Tingwei to punish you well, without taking into account the Queen Mother..."
"It's rare... Your Majesty has finally started doing human affairs."
Luan Bu cleared his throat and said, "My king always abides by the law..."
"Okay, since it is the king's order, I will definitely obey it!"
After sending Luan Bu away, Xuanyi walked up to these people with a cold face. They did not dare to be rude to Liu Chang. When they saw Xuanyi coming, they cursed angrily: "Don't let us go yet! The Queen Mother decided
I won’t spare you!!”
"oh?"
Xuanyi lowered his head and looked at them with extremely cold eyes.
"Let's see if you can persist until the day the Queen Mother gives the order."
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