In Tingwei's mansion, Zhang Buyu looked at the pile of bamboo slips in front of him with a dark face.
Chao Cuo stood aside proudly, grinning.
"Good Jiaotong Lieutenant knows! These are all sent by Zhang Xiang. Some of them were reported by Xiu Yi and have not yet been sorted out. Most of them have not been dealt with because of insufficient evidence. Some of them are investigations of officials.
There are not many, just in the past few years. Zhang Xiang said that Wei Ting has a great talent and can handle these and hand them over to him within ten days!"
Zhang Buyi glanced at Chao Cuo and said, "You are just a petty official, but you don't pay me a visit when you see me?"
Chao Cuo suddenly laughed, "You can tell me here when you have time. It's better to deal with these things quickly. Don't deal with them wrongly. If something goes wrong, the king can't protect you!"
Zhang Bujie didn't look afraid. He said loudly: "The Prime Minister really underestimates me!"
"With these pieces, why does it take so long?"
"I will find out within five days and hand it over to Prime Minister Zhang!"
Chao Cuo was stunned, stopped laughing, and said hurriedly: "Don't talk nonsense! These cases come from all over the Tang Dynasty. Even if you are in a hurry, you will have to rush for more than ten days. If you can't finish it by then, just follow me.
If Mr. Zhang admits his mistake, Mr. Zhang will definitely not blame him too much, but if you want to be tough with Mr. Zhang, then the king will not be able to protect you..."
"Oh, as a minister, you should relieve the king's worries. How can you use the king as your protection?"
"You go back and tell Prime Minister Zhang that I will definitely finish it within five days!"
Chao Cuo looked at Zhang Buyi in front of him in surprise. He didn't expect that this guy was still so tough. However, Zhang Buyi's attitude made Chao Cuo admire him very much. He leaned over and saluted seriously.
Said: "I will report to Prime Minister Zhang truthfully!"
After sending Chao Cuo away, Zhang Buyi called all the officials in the imperial court and began to take them through these pieces. He called for the corresponding embroidered clothes and began to question them one by one. He also asked the soldiers to
Be prepared to arrest people at any time.
Nowadays, the Shi people are busy in various places and have gradually become the real power in Tang Dynasty.
Ji Bu and Luan Bu were sitting in front of Liu Chang, listening carefully to Liu Chang's instructions.
"Your Majesty, set out lightly, don't we carry any baggage?"
"Hahaha, what kind of baggage are you bringing... Every Xiongnu tribe has a lot of baggage!"
Luan Bu kept asking, but Ji Bu was speechless. Both Luan Bu and Ji Bu were going with Liu Chang. Luan Bu looked a little worried. Luan Bu had not experienced war. It was his first battle and he had to fight with the king.
, he was a little worried, not for himself, but for the king's safety. As for Ji Bu, he seemed too calm.
Ji Bu used to be Xiang Yu's subordinate. During the Chu-Han War, Ji Bu made Emperor Gao uneasy. After defeating Xiang Yu, Emperor Gao immediately offered a reward for Ji Bu and wanted revenge. However, Xia Houying admired him very much.
His former enemy thought that he was a rare warrior, and upon his plea, Emperor Gao pardoned Ji Bu.
Ji Bu was the youngest among Xiang Yu's generals, about the same age as Han Xin. Among Liu Chang's servants, he was younger than Zhao Gong and much older than the others.
Moreover, he is an all-rounder and is proficient in politics and war strategies.
Historically, Emperor Wen appointed him as the governor of Hedong County. As a result, Hedong was brought under great control within a few years, and the results were amazing.
This is also the reason why Zhang Cang asked Ji Bu to follow Liu Chang. Ji Bu was a stable man, close to the Queen Mother, could suppress Liu Chang, and had military experience. As Liu Chang's deputy general, he was perfect.
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After getting the two of them ready, Liu Chang returned to Shimu Hall, which was the main hall where Cao Shu lived.
Liu Chang smiled, but the voice had already been heard before the person arrived.
Cao Shu was busy writing something at the moment. When she saw Liu Chang coming in, she put down the pen in her hand.
Liu Chang sat next to her, hugged her, and asked curiously: "What are you writing?"
"Write a letter to the Queen Mother."
"Having been away from Chang'an for a long time, has your Majesty written to the Queen Mother?"
"Well... the country is busy..."
Liu Chang scratched his head.
But Cao Shu said seriously: "Your Majesty, how can you forget your mother when you leave the country?"
"Okay, I'll write it, I'll write it later!"
Liu Chang said proudly, then looked at the decorations in the palace and said with emotion: "Compared to my mother's Jiaofang Palace, your place is still too simple! I will definitely bring a lot of supplies to the Xiongnu this time.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty had become rich... I built a palace even more luxurious than the Afang Palace of King Qin, with wine as a pond and hanging meat as a forest..."
"Does that mean we need to build a deer platform and put all the treasures in the world in it?"
“Great idea!”
"Pa~~"
Cao Shu, who was in Liu Chang's arms, lightly patted the back of Liu Chang's head and rolled her eyes, "I heard that all the kings in the world aspire to become virtuous kings like Zhou Wu, Qi Heng, Qin Mu, but I didn't expect that your king's ambition is different.
, but he is determined to become a person like Shang Zhou and Xia Jie. It is really a good ambition!"
Liu Changdu muttered, "Why did you start hitting me on the head too?"
"Your Majesty, please don't say such words again. If others hear it, I'm afraid it will taint your reputation."
"Is there any reputation left for a widower?"
"Today is different from the past. There is a Taishi in the palace. He will record the affairs of the court and the king's words and deeds..."
"Ah? Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Who is Taishi?"
Cao Shu looked confused, you, the king, don’t even know, how could I know??
Liu Chang pondered for a moment and then said with a smile: "No problem, just let him remember more of my good deeds and not the bad ones!"
"Your Majesty, there once was a man named Cui Zhu who killed his king. Taishi wrote: "Cui Zhu killed his king." Cui Zhu killed this Taishi. His younger brother became Taishi and also wrote Cui Zhu.
Cui Zhu killed his king and was killed again, and the same situation continued with his third brother... Cui Zhu did not kill him. When this man came out, he met a friend. The friend told him that he had heard that several people had
He was killed and planned to go there and record the incident himself."
"If you want Taishi to record your merits, you must be a meritorious person, and you cannot achieve your own goals by forcing Taishi."
Liu Chang suddenly understood and asked, "Do you think my Taishi has a younger brother?"
"King!!!"
"Hahaha, joking~~"
Liu Chang then talked about going on an expedition, but Cao Shu still supported him as always and did not dissuade him because of the danger. For Cao Shu, going on an expedition may not be a strange thing. After all, her father has been there all his life.
campaign.
She just reassured Liu Chang that she would arrange everything in the palace so that Liu Chang would not have to worry about anything. She would prepare delicious food and wait for the king's triumphant return.
Cao Shu's words just now made Liu Chang curious about the Taishi.
After returning to the Daxuan Palace, he summoned the Taishi of the Tang Dynasty.
The Taishi came to Liu Chang. His face was long, his eyebrows were thick, and he looked very happy. Liu Chang looked at the Taishi proudly and asked, "What is your name?"
"Your Majesty, Sima, is pleased to pay homage to your Majesty."
"Sima Xi??"
Liu Chang was shocked, pointed at him and asked: "I know you! When you were the Chang'an Order, you went around arresting my friends without mercy. Did you do this?!"
Sima Xi didn't seem to be afraid at all. He said seriously: "Your Majesty remembers it very clearly. It's what I did."
"How dare you arrest my friend?!"
"This is my duty."
Liu Chang snorted coldly and said, "Then how did you become the Taishi of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Gong Gai, as a minister, sent a letter to the Queen Mother, ordering me to go to the Tang Dynasty to serve as Taishi."
"Oh, Mr. Gai invited me here...then it seems you still have some talents."
"Have you been recording my affairs these days?"
"right."
"Then what did you record?"
"Your Majesty, you cannot read it."
Liu Chang pursed his lips and asked, "Do you know the story about Cui Zhu killing his king?"
"Of course I know."
A trace of pride flashed across Sima Xi's face. Historians like them were very proud of this matter.
Liu Chang immediately said: "Since you know it, you should take it as a warning and don't end up like Cui Zhu Taishi!"
"Um???"
........
Liu Chang raised the halberd in his hand and played with it happily.
The halberd is a combination of a spear and a spear. It has both a straight blade and a horizontal blade. It has many functions. However, this weapon is mostly used in infantry combat. It also includes different categories, some can be thrown, and some can be thrown.
Some can be used as short soldiers, and some can be used as long soldiers.
Liu Chang, on the other hand, was stunned that he wanted to use Euphorbia. He thought this thing was the most beautiful.
Shang Fanling in the palace looked particularly anxious at this moment.
"Your Majesty, if you want to go on an expedition, this thing is very inconvenient...How can you fight with soldiers in both hands?"
“This thing still requires the use of both hands??”
Liu Chang picked it up with one hand and began to swing it. There was no rules in the swing. It was just because of its strong force that the halberd was carried by the wind, which made Shang Fang's officials not dare to get close. The current Shang Fang Ling,
That was Liu Chang's old acquaintance, Chen Tao of the Mohist family. This was Kuai Che's disciple at the time. He was blackmailed by Liu Chang and worked for Liu Chang. Later, the Mohist family ushered in its second spring in the Tang Dynasty.
He completely surrendered to Liu Chang.
The Tang State was a very tolerant country. Even the Yang Zhu School would not be expelled here. Even the Huns could serve as generals in the army. Even the shameless Chu Mo was considered admirable in front of these.
His family is well-established...Although the current Prime Minister is a great Confucian sage.
But there is no trace of Confucianism in his behavior at all. No matter what school of thought he is from, he will not reject it, as long as it is useful.
He is even very close to the Legalists. I heard that he recently wrote to Zhang Hui of the Legalists, requesting him to come and serve as an official in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Hui immediately left without thinking. Is this considered a great Confucian?
Moreover, the private life of the Prime Minister was quite chaotic. I heard that the Prime Minister’s children could be found in every county and township in the Tang Dynasty.
Chen Tao watched Liu Chang swing the halberd vigorously, but he couldn't help but said: "The king is very powerful, so he can do this... But after traveling a long distance and fighting for a long time, if the king is exhausted, can he still swing it? The king needs to wear armor, carry a sword, and carry a bow and crossbow. If you fight for a long time, you will be exhausted!"
Only then did Liu Chang stop his hand. He looked at the long soldier in his hand and couldn't help but think deeply.
"Come here! Bring me my precious horse!"
Soon, someone brought the white horse to the Fuwu Hall. Liu Chang had someone put on armor and was fully armed. Then he got on the horse and began to gallop, waving the long soldiers in his hands while running wildly. , Shang Fang’s officials all understood that this was their king’s test, and they did not interrupt, but watched carefully.
"Oh!"
"kill!"
Liu Chang was running back and forth like this, waving the halberd in his hand constantly, as if he was tireless. The halberd kept making a sound of breaking through the air, and Liu Chang was still running back and forth.
Shang Fang's officials were a little confused.
"How long?"
"It's been more than half an hour..."
Chen Tao took a deep breath, and now he knew how brave the overlord was.
Finally, Chang Liu stopped, panted, looked at several officials in the distance, turned over and jumped off his horse, "I can't charge anymore, my horse can't stand it anymore... Well, you are right, it is true." , will be exhausted!”
Liu Chang said loudly, but Chen Tao smiled awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, I am ignorant... No need to try again, just use the halberd! Just bring a few more horses!"
Liu Chang shook his head, "No..."
He got up, returned to the horse, and looked at it carefully.
"King?"
"Don't say anything..."
Liu Chang looked at the horse in front of him seriously, wondering what he was thinking... Suddenly, Liu Chang hurriedly took off his armor, then took off his shirt, and tore off a piece of cloth. Chen Tao looked at the naked body in front of him. Liu Chang, who was upper body, hurriedly asked someone to bring him a coat and was about to put it on Liu Chang, but Liu Chang pushed it away unhappily.
Liu Chang is extremely strong, with big shoulders and round waist, bulging chest, but a flat abdomen, and almost no fat is visible. When he raises his hands to toss, his back is also full of lumps. His arms are extremely thick and angular. Chen Tao and others are all Liu Chang's attention was attracted and he didn't see what he was doing at all. Soon, Liu Chang wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood aside, pointed at the horse and said, "Look, what do you think of this thing?!"
After everyone heard this, they looked around hurriedly and saw Liu Chang making two small objects with cloth on both sides of the saddle, which could be used to put the feet in. Several people were a little confused. Liu Chang pushed Chen Tao and shouted: "Come on. , you get on the horse and try!"
Chen Tao was stunned for a moment, but he stepped forward obediently and mounted the horse carefully.
But the white horse was fierce and suddenly became irritable. Liu Chang shouted: "Step in!"
Chen Tao was very obedient. When he started to gallop, Chen Tao's face was full of surprise. He looked at his feet in surprise and tried to let go of his hands... When he dismounted, he Very excited, "Your Majesty, this thing should be mass-produced!! Great!!"
"With this thing, the cavalry can use both hands to shoot their bows..."
As Chen Tao was talking, he suddenly froze, remembered something, and shouted loudly to the officials on his left and right: "Remember! You must not tell anyone about this! Anyone who violates it will be cooked and killed!"
The officials lowered their heads in a hurry, not daring to look.
Chen Tao then said in panic: "Your Majesty...if this thing is known to the Huns...there are 400,000 cavalry...how can it be so good?!"
"What's there to worry about...can't we just keep it a secret?"
"Your Majesty, this object is very simple and not difficult to imitate... As long as they can take a look... and get one... the Xiongnu's strength will increase dramatically... They now rely on their ability to ride and shoot. , adding this thing, wouldn’t it cause a huge disaster?!”
The Huns had iron, and quite a lot of it... Later, the Han Dynasty recorded that the Huns "were all armored cavalry! If it was advantageous, they would advance, and if it was unfavorable, they would retreat. They would not be ashamed to run away. They only care about profit and do not know etiquette and justice!", this This passage gives a good description of the Xiongnu’s fighting style.
Come and go like the wind, constantly using cavalry and shooting to consume the enemy. If the enemy can't bear it, just devour it. If the enemy can bear it, then retreat. Anyway, it's just a loss of some arrows, but it can give the enemy something. Severe damage, if you pursue them, they will fight while running away, in the words of later generations, "flying a kite."
Therefore, it was very difficult to severely damage them. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first went out to conquer the Xiongnu, he captured hundreds or thousands, which was already a great victory. Of course, the Han Dynasty became stronger and stronger as he fought, and he once achieved a record of capturing tens of thousands. However, that happened a long, long time later.
And Chen Tao could see the huge role of this small object at a glance. If the Huns knew about such a thing, it would be even more powerful. Thinking about the more than 400,000 armored troops who could ride and shoot left and right, Chen Tao's scalp suddenly went numb. .
After Chen Tao's reminder, Liu Chang suddenly thought of a lot. He frowned and asked, "Are you just leaving such a good thing without using it?"
"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu have many war horses now, and although the Han Dynasty has the surrender of the Yueshi, the Tang Dynasty has only 10,000 cavalry... The number of war horses is far different from that of the Huns. It is best to use such a sharp weapon Wait until the number of horses on both sides is equal, or until the Tang Dynasty has enough horses to use cavalry on a large scale, then you can use them with confidence!"
Liu Chang hesitated for a moment, "Go and call the Taiwei!"
"Let's see what the Taiwei thinks first."
While Chen Tao agreed, he hurriedly dismantled the object... He said while dismantling it: "It's better not to let too many people see this..."
Liu Chang did not stop him.
While waiting for the arrival of the Taiwei, Liu Chang sat directly on the ground, sitting in the ancestral sitting position, his eyes full of boredom.
“What’s the point of having good things but not letting people use them?”
"The hateful Huns, I will definitely take tenfold revenge on you during this expedition!"
"It's best not to let anyone encounter Mo Dun!"
"Otherwise, I will capture him and enter with Longcheng!"
Chen Tao stood aside without saying a word. Since he came to the Tang Dynasty, he has begun to manufacture a large number of novel things. Most of the design drawings of these things came from Liu Chang. Liu Chang himself was unwilling to do it himself. He sent the design drawing to Zhang Cang, but Zhang Cang was also unwilling to do it himself, so he threw the things to Shang Fang.
Chen Tao has made many good things over the years, such as four-wheeled carriages and unicycles. They have also improved a new paper production method and tried their best to reduce costs. Although they still haven't been able to reduce it too much, they can still make some progress. They also used bamboo and mud to make a novel building material that can make the building stronger.
However, the Tang State did not hide any secrets. Whenever there were any results, they were sent to Chang'an and to the various princes for them to imitate.
This king of my family really has a lot of wonderful ideas, but he is too lazy and is always unwilling to do it himself.
ps: I have been fighting bees all morning, so don’t open the windows. It’s very hot at home, so open the windows. There are so many bees coming from nowhere, and they always fly towards me, interrupting my train of thought many times.