"However, you can only use the first half. The rest of the content is too complicated and cannot be used by officials."
"Complicated? I just put forward a few simple formulas. If you explain it in detail, it will be at least ten times thicker than this!"
Liu Chang raised his head proudly and said, "Mom, I have made such a great contribution, what reward can I get?"
"Then I will reward you with Fan Qing."
"Ah?? Mom, I did this purely for the sake of justice. This is what I should have done. I dare not accept rewards for this!"
A smile appeared on Empress Lu's face, and then she straightened her face and said: "Sir... I have been governing for a while... I have sixteen strategies, eleven of them are successful... There are five strategies that I have failed to implement."
It’s really a pity that it can happen.”
"Mom, nothing in this world is perfect... There will be successes but there will be failures... My mom has done a great job. The development of Chang'an is almost faster than that of Taiyuan."
"Ah."
Empress Lu snorted coldly and glared at Liu Chang, "You Tang Guo are very rich."
"No, no, the people have no clothes to wear and no food to eat... I mean Chang'an is almost bigger than Taiyuan. Taiyuan has fewer people and more land... How can we dare to compare with Chang'an."
Empress Lu didn't care about this issue anymore. She pondered for a moment and said, "Chang...I want to tell you another truth."
"Mom, tell me."
"Wei Henggong had a younger brother named Zhouxu. When their father Wei Zhuanggong was in power, he doted on Zhouxu too much and developed his arrogant and unreasonable habits. Zhouxu murdered Duke Huan and seized the throne. He was the one who advised him.
His name is Shi Hou. But after he became the king, he built a lot of construction projects, oppressed the people, and did all kinds of evil."
"Shi Hou's father was named Shi Que. He designed to get rid of Zhou Xu and killed his own son Shi Hou. Shi Que's behavior is called extermination of relatives for the sake of justice. The justice of the family and the country is more important than personal relationships."
Liu Chang was stunned and shouted: "Mom!! I didn't want to murder my brother! I'm different from that Zhouxu!! Why do you want to kill your parents in a just right?!"
Queen Lu was furious and cursed: "Get out!!!"
Liu Chang stood up, walked a few steps, and looked at Empress Lu aggrievedly, "Mom, if you want to kill your relatives out of justice, can you tell me first? I haven't married yet..."
Queen Lu angrily picked up the wooden stick on the side, and Liu Chang turned around and ran away.
When Liu Chang walked out of the palace, there was no smile on his face anymore.
The people who were waiting for him were a little confused when they saw Liu Chang's appearance. Luan Bu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty? What's wrong? Didn't the Queen Mother use your work?"
"The Queen Mother was very satisfied and decided to copy it and distribute it to various places for officials to learn from."
"Then why is the king like this?"
Liu Chang sighed, glanced at Ji Bu, and said calmly: "But I only used half of it."
"Hahaha, that's it. Your Majesty, don't worry. This book alone will make your Majesty famous all over the world. In the future, when people mention your Majesty, they will always add the word "virtuous"!
Liu Chang was overjoyed and led everyone back to the Tang Palace happily.
The talented people have finished, and the young and old have gathered together.
Compared with the praises of others, the praises of sages are the real praises.
"The great king is not as talented as even Confucius!"
"I'm not as good as that!"
"Like Cangjie's creation of Chinese characters!"
Jia Yi couldn't listen at all. He gritted his teeth and turned his head angrily, just in time to see Luan Bu looking like this. The sages said this about Confucius, which made it difficult for these two Confucian scholars, so they just pretended that they didn't hear anything.
Liu Chang had long forgotten what he had promised Jia Yi a few days ago and once again started hosting a banquet to celebrate.
Well, the past happened again, but this time, Jia Yi hid quickly, and Zhou Shengzhi hugged Zhang Buyi. When Zhou Shengzhi began to cry that his father forced him to start a family, and that he would never be able to be so leisurely in the future, Zhang Buyi
Xue enlightened him seriously. Jia Yi looked a little dazed. Why should he be so serious with a drunkard?
Hanging on Jia Yi's shoulder drunkenly as usual, Liu Chang staggered into the inner room. Everyone had already left, and several of the family members were also preparing to say goodbye and leave.
Jia Yi was about to help Liu Chang lie down, but Liu Chang grabbed his hand.
Isn’t it? Here we go again?
Jia Yi raised his head and saw Liu Chang staring at him. There was no trace of drunkenness on Liu Chang's face anymore. He looked so energetic, "Secretly bring Zhang Buji, Zhao Ping and Luan Bu to me."
Call! Let them come secretly and don't alert other people."
"Your Majesty...you were not drunk just now..."
"Didn't I promise that you won't drink anymore? I already asked Zhang Buyi to replace it... What I drank just now was water... Don't ask any more questions, go and call Zhang Buyi and the others!"
Jia Yi nodded, no wonder the sword dance just now had no soul, it turned out to be fake drunkenness.
Soon, the four chief ministers stood in front of Liu Chang.
Liu Chang sat on the bed, looked into their eyes, and said seriously: "I called you here this time... because there is something very important, and I want to ask your thoughts."
Several people looked at him seriously. Liu Chang looked at Jia Yi and said: "This is a major event related to the survival of the Han Dynasty. It must not be spread to outsiders."
Jia Yi nodded solemnly.
Liu Chang then said: "Today, my mother suddenly told me about the matter of annihilating relatives for justice..."
"Ah??The Queen Mother is going to take action against the King??"
Zhang Buyu's eyes widened, and Liu Chang glanced at him and cursed: "You idiot! How could my mother do something to me?!"
"The king continues."
"No...that's it. However, I see that my mother's face is not very good...and she suddenly mentioned it, I'm afraid something has changed."
Zhang Buyi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it your Majesty's business?"
"Fart! How could my mother do something to my second brother?!"
"What do you mean by this, the abolition of the establishment?"
Liu Chang was stunned, and then looked at Luan Bu, Zhao Ping, Jia Yi and the others. Abandoning one's son because of the righteousness of the world seemed to be a kind of annihilation of relatives for righteousness, but Liu Chang always felt that this was not the case.
Luan Bu also expressed his opinion, "Perhaps the Queen Mother just wants the king to understand her governance, and wants the king to know that justice in the world is more important than anything else."
Zhao Ping shook his head, "The Queen Mother's intention is definitely not that simple. I suspect that the Queen Mother may want to take action against one of the King's closest relatives."
"ah??"
Liu Chang looked at Zhao Ping in surprise, but Zhao Ping frowned, said nothing, and continued to think deeply.
"Your Majesty, I think that if the Queen Mother wants to take action against someone, there is no need to remind the King... The Queen Mother is not a heartless person. I think she just wants the King not to criticize her behavior in power and to enlighten His Majesty..."
Jia Yi also expressed his thoughts.
Liu Chang lowered his head and pondered again. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he asked everyone to go back and continued to inquire about the situation calmly.
The next day, Liu Chang finished washing, sat among the housemates, rubbed his head, and said with a smile: "I can never drink alcohol again."
After everyone had dinner together, the rest of the family went to work. Liu Chang practiced swordsmanship in the house and began to draw the bow again, either shooting arrows or simply drawing the bow. This is very good at practicing strength. Liu Chang
While he was practicing hard, Ji Bu suddenly stood aside and said, "Your Majesty, don't stretch your pants so full... loosen up a little..."
Ji Bu gave some guidance and then chatted with Liu Chang.
"The Queen Mother has not been very happy these days... She often said that there are five strategies that cannot be achieved... Alas, it is not easy for the Queen Mother either."
Ji Bu said.
Liu Chang glanced at him, "Instead of saying that, you might as well find a piece of paper, write the words "The Queen Mother sacrifices people", and stick it directly on your face.
"If people from Lushe are really worried, they can go to Jiaofang Hall for business."
Ji Bu ignored Liu Chang's sarcasm and shook his head and said: "These strategies of the Queen Mother include unifying the tax revenue of various vassal states, making princes and kings pay tribute every year, not allowing princes and kings to recruit privately, and mobilizing officials from different countries to take turns to work in each country.
Policies such as holding appointments in the vassal states... are actually quite good, but they cannot be implemented. The state ministers like Zhou Chang and Fu Kuan, as well as the princes of Chu and Yan, are not very willing..."
"Of course he is reluctant... Father Zhong is so far away, so it would be great if he was asked to come to Chang'an once a year... He died of illness on the road a few times, and he even rotated the ministers in the country. They didn't say anything, but
I, I don’t want to trade Zhang Xiang and the others with others..." Liu Chang said halfway and suddenly froze.
His face suddenly became very ugly.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. The Tang State has the important task of resisting the Xiongnu, so it will definitely not be like this... The Queen Mother is very partial to the King. Didn't she write to Prime Minister Zhang a few days ago, allocating a lot of food and grass to the Tang State, and reminding the Tang State
Don’t forget to practice for two seasons..."
"hiss...."
Liu Chang took a sharp breath of air, grabbed Ji Bu's hand, and stared into his eyes.
"follow me!"
"Zhang Buyi! Go and call Luan Bu back!! Tell him to go to Tingwei later!!"
"Enter the inner room!"
"People from Jishe!"
Liu Chang suddenly leaned over and saluted Ji Bu.
Looking at this scene, the people were stunned and couldn't believe what they saw.
Liu Chang said seriously: "I wrongly blamed Ji Sheren, please forgive me."
Ji Bu returned the greeting with a smile and said, "I am a minister of the king. Although I have been ordered by the Queen Mother to look after the king, the king is my master."
Liu Chang raised his head, grabbed Ji Bu's hand, and said, "Okay! With Ji Sheren's words, what do I have to fear?!"
Liu Chang hurriedly turned around and sat on the upper seat, and several other people sat in front of him.
"Gentlemen, the Queen Mother wants to implement new policies in the various princes' countries. Many princes and kings are unwilling. The Queen Mother mentioned the righteousness of killing relatives before, but she actually doesn't want me to protect these people... It seems that there is also a plan to use the army of the Tang Dynasty to kill the other kings.
Thoughts, what should I do?"
"Your Majesty! If the Queen Mother wants to kill various princes and kings, there is no need to use the army of the Tang State. The other princes are not as strong as the Tang State. Except for the most powerful Qi State and Chu State, the others such as Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, and Wu
Wait, even if we join forces together, they are no match for the Northern Army. They have no strength to resist at all."
"The State of Qi is not as good as before, and the Queen Mother is even preparing to use the emperor's younger brother Jian as King of Jiaodong to further disintegrate the State of Qi."
"As for the Chu State, the King of Chu is the virtuous head of the clan, has a reputation as a virtuous man, and is close to the late emperor and the queen mother...the queen mother may not necessarily take action against him."
The first one to speak was Zhao Ping. He said loudly: "The Queen Mother's current behavior is more like intimidating the princes and kings to accept the decree... If I am not mistaken, the Queen Mother's next step will be to summon people from all over the country.
The princes and kings, let them come to see you."
"The Queen Mother is in power, and the ministers dare not object, but these princes and kings may not have other ideas in their minds. The Queen Mother just wants them to obey completely."
As soon as Zhaoping finished speaking, Luan Bu continued: "In the past, the Queen Mother indulged the princes and kings because she wanted to use the princes and kings to assist the emperor and intimidate the ministers. But now that the Queen Mother is in power, she does not have to do that... Your Majesty
This is the Queen Mother’s support.”
Zhang Bujie said excitedly: "This is also an opportunity for the king. Why don't we follow the Queen Mother's order, send troops to conquer, and annex the land of Zhao Yan! Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys! Let the princes and kings obey the Queen Mother! The Queen Mother will not object, and both the King and the Queen Mother will gain
profit!"
"No!!"
Jia Yi stood up and said seriously: "There are Xiongnu in the north and Zhao Tuo in the south. The strength of the Tang State alone is not enough to stabilize the world. To conquer the Xiongnu, we need Zhao, Yan, Han, Liang, Qi and other countries to transport grain and grass and assist the Tang Dynasty.
, and facing Zhao Tuo, Chu, Wu, Qi and other countries need to unite and coordinate the temples to resist!"
"Your Majesty should protect these princes and kings. I know that Your Majesty is a man of affection. He will never fight against each other or brothers."
"The king can pretend that he knows nothing and use the strength of the Tang State to intimidate the kings and ask them to come to see them. When they arrive, the king will follow them and ask them to agree to implement the Queen Mother's policy and take the lead himself.
Your Majesty is the first among the princes to make certain concessions to the temple. If your Majesty does this, they will not dare not follow you!"
"Yes! The main trouble is the old ministers, such as Zhou Chang, the prime minister of Zhao, Fu Kuan, the prime minister of Korea, Zhou Gu, the prime minister of Liang, Zhang Wu, the prime minister of Qi, Song Chang, the prime minister of Yan, etc. They are all heroes who fought with Emperor Gao. They have titles and think highly of themselves.
Gao, when faced with the Queen Mother's governance, I may not be convinced... Therefore, we still have to deal with these old ministers!"
Ji Bu reminded: "You can't kill. They have made a lot of achievements in local affairs and are very talented people. Your Majesty should try your best to protect them..."
Everyone came up with suggestions one after another. With just a word from you and a word from me, many countermeasures came up in a short time.
Liu Chang looked at them excitedly and listened to their statements.
"Okay! Let's do it like this! He who can bring peace to the world is not alone!"
"We swear to serve to the death!!!"
The people stood up and worshiped again.
It was rare that Zhang Buyi no longer quarreled with Zhao Ping. No one said that Ji Bu was the Queen Mother's descendant. Even Jia Yi was not ostracized. Everyone was enthusiastic and discussed how to protect these people while making the Queen Mother's decrees true.
After being executed, everyone in the palace of the Tang Dynasty was happy and united.
Liu Chang did not tell Qun Xian about this matter.
Instead, one of the wise men told him a piece of news that surprised him extremely.
"What?? You're getting married??"
Liu Chang looked at Zhou Shengzhi in front of him and his eyes widened. Although several of his brothers were already married, except for Ruyi, they all had sons, but Zhou Shengzhi had been his companion since childhood. His playmate suddenly said that he wanted to get married, and Liu Chang
Changdu has an unreal feeling, but not long ago, they were stealing chickens together, now they are going to be lovers??
There was no trace of joy on Zhou Shengzhi's face.
He drooped his head, unwilling to write these words on his face, and said bitterly: "My father wants me to marry the daughter of one of his subordinates. He is very close to that person, and they are life and death friends... In the past, it was
The neighbor... moved away five or six years ago."
"Wouldn't that be nice?"
"What a good thing... That girl played with me when she was a child. She was fat and ugly at that time... I really don't want to marry her... Sigh... I refused several times, and my father
But ignored..."
Seeing Zhou Shengzhi like this, everyone came forward to comfort him, "It's okay, it's okay, you can still have concubines in the future! Marry a wife with a virtuous wife!"
But Zhou Shengzhi gritted his teeth and said, "I won't allow it anyway. I will go to their house tomorrow. I will angrily rebuke him in person, break the engagement, and never marry that ugly girl!"
Liu Chang said with emotion: "Shengzhi is about to start a family...time flies so fast."
"Actually...I'm almost done too."
Lu Lu said with a smile.
Liu Chang shook his head, "We are about to start a family. It seems that we have indeed grown up."
Immediately, the wise men put this matter behind them and said nothing. Eat the sheep! Eat the sheep!
Lu Lu said: "Your Majesty, my father told me that if we want to eat, just tell him directly and get as much as we want... There is no need... go get it yourself."
Liu Chang was furious and cursed: "Uncle, what do you mean by this? I, Liu Chang, will starve to death without eating the food that comes to me!"
“If you don’t rely on your own hard work to obtain food, what’s the point?”
"I can make enough food and clothing by myself. If my uncle does this, won't he make me a useless person?!"
"We have to rely on our own efforts to fill our bellies! We must never accept gifts from others!"
Zhou Shengzhi praised: "Your Majesty is a true gentleman!"
Zhou Yafu asked in a low voice: "Then don't take the chicken. My butt still hurts."
Liu Chang frowned and asked, "What are you saying? Do you have to give up when you encounter difficulties? How can such a person become a gentleman?"
"Besides, your father usually raises chickens. He must be so tired after raising so many chickens. The same is true for my uncle. As juniors, how can we bear to see them suffer? We are helping them. We
Instead of eating it all yourself, don’t you also have to help the people around you? Do you know how long it has been since these people have eaten meat?”
Listening to Liu Dayi's awe-inspiring cover-up of his crimes, Zhou Yafu lowered his head in shame. It seemed that in the field of shamelessness, he was still very inexperienced and had a lot to learn.
Liu Chang followed the advice of his fellow servants and pretended that he knew nothing and continued to do whatever he usually did.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother was not in a hurry to mobilize troops. She ordered all the princes and kings to come to Beijing to meet with them, saying that there were important matters to discuss with them. At the same time, she asked Zhou Bo to lead the Northern Army and began to stretch his muscles and make decisions at the slightest disagreement.
Of course, Li Zuoche of the Tang State was not wise enough to send the Northern Army. The Tang State's army would wander around the borders of Zhao State, Yan State, Qi State, etc. from time to time.
Historically, in the face of these princes and kings, Empress Lu adopted only one method: kill.
But that was after Liu Ying's death. Now that Liu Ying is still there, Empress Lu is in charge of the power. She will definitely not kill indiscriminately, but she must make them obey her.
However, Empress Lu was not inconsiderate of the princes. She specifically ordered that Chu State could send its crown prince here. This was because King Chu was the oldest, weak in health, and had a long way to go, but other princes wanted to come.
Came here.
To be honest, Liu Chang was still very happy. He hadn't seen his brothers for a long time.
However, he was a little worried in his heart, fearing that like what happened to his elder brother, they would be given wine one by one by their mother.
The sages were sitting next to Liu Chang. They didn't know these things, but they were still having fun. Liu Chang found that he was a little envious of them.
Zhou Shengzhi held his head high and sat in the front with a smile, the happiness almost written on his face.
"Why is Shengzhi so happy? Did he cancel his engagement with that ugly girl?"
"Lu! Shut up! Don't use your dirty words to talk about my wife!"