Liu Chang grinned, and under the service of the two beauties, he picked up the lamb leg in his hand and bit off a large piece in one bite.
Ji Tong sat respectfully beside him and asked someone to bring me some fine wine.
"You are a good person!"
"Don't worry, I won't say bad things about you to Chang'an!"
Luan Bu raised his head and sighed, "Aren't you going to hold the bucket on his head?" Besides, this is someone who is here to supervise you and report to Chang'an, it is not you who is here to supervise others!!!
Ji Tong said with a smile: "Thank you, the king."
Liu Chang ate meat and drank wine and asked, "You are so anxious to see me, why is this?"
Ji Tong was also miserable. When the governors from other places arrived, the local county magistrates or kings wanted to pay their respects to them, but the governors avoided them and supervised them everywhere. However, Ji Tong was avoided by the king in Tang State. In order to meet the king once, his salary for the year was spent...
"King, I came to supervise... But I couldn't even go out of the city gate... The city gate captain said that without the order of the king, I would not be allowed to leave the city... I couldn't even go in the county government. I came to pay a visit to the king, just to let the king give me the king's order to go out."
Liu Chang said proudly: "I have governed Tang State very well, and there is no need to go out for supervision!"
Ji Tong smiled, not angry.
"The king is indeed well-managed. I have also served as an official in various places, but I have never seen anyone who is comparable to the Tang Dynasty... I came along the way, and the road was flat and the people were rich. Every household raised dogs and pigs, there were many poultry, and there were cultivated land everywhere, and there were no barren places... What surprised me the most was the appearance of the people here."
"The people in other places are restrained and timid. When they meet officials, they dare not speak out. Only the people of Tang are brave and heroic. When they meet strangers, they dare to come forward to talk... They are tall and the children on the road are also wearing thick clothes..."
Liu Chang grinned, "This is all my merits, you can report to Chang'an truthfully!"
Ji Tong said with a smile: "I went out this time to better record the king's merits and report them to Chang'an truthfully."
Luan Bu narrowed his eyes. This governor is quite capable. However, speaking of the generals who followed Emperor Gao to found the country were capable and had shortcomings, but without stupid people, stupid people would not survive now.
Sure enough, a king who belonged to Shun Maofu was so happy that he waved his hand and allowed Ji Tong to go out and check it out at will.
After eating and drinking, Liu Chang gently stroked his stomach.
"Governor Ji... Actually, if you want to check in various places, just go find Zhang Xiang directly, there is no need to be such a trouble."
"The king is the king of Tang."
Liu Chang signaled Ji Tong to sit over, Ji Tong sat next to Liu Chang. Liu Chang hugged his shoulder and let him approach him, then said: "Don't deceive me... To be honest, how is the situation in my Tang Kingdom?"
"Why did the king ask such a question?"
"You don't understand... I want to do a lot of things... But every time, things are not as good as I think."
"Many things are easy to say... but difficult to do."
"As far as you see, is there anything else that can be improved in the Tang Kingdom?"
"The king can make the people of Tang Dynasty have enough food...it is an unprecedented policy of a wise king."
Liu Chang said disdainfully: "They work in the farmland every day, so they should be able to eat. Can this be used as a show-off?"
"What do you think can you show off?"
Liu Chang fell silent.
"You are the old minister who has followed my father... You said, if A father is still there, will he be proud of me?"
Looking at the slightly drunk King of Tang in front of him, Ji Tong pursed his lips and said, "If Emperor Gao was alive, he would definitely stay in Tang State all day long and travel around the country."
"Maybe... Then I won't stop you and go to various places to supervise... If you encounter bad behavior, report to the temple immediately without any worries. If you encounter something that can be improved, you can report to me without any cover up."
Chang Liu patted Ji Tong on the shoulder, stood up swayingly, called Luan Bu, and left Ji Tong's mansion.
Luan Bu drove slowly towards the palace.
"King, I know that the king has ambitions... I want to govern the Tang Kingdom well... But as Zhang Xiang said, governing the country is a big thing, and you can't be anxious... Besides, the king has already governed the Tang Kingdom very well. Just because the king can make most Tang people have enough food, the king is already a well-deserved wise king."
"If you want to say this? Before I could settle the country, I was already a famous wise king in the world!"
Shortly after they returned to the palace, a nearby servant reported that Dianke and the Grand Master came to pay their respects.
"Feng Dianke!"
"Good brother!"
"You guys are here just right, come!"
Liu Chang immediately asked them to sit beside him. Feng Jing frowned and said loudly: "How can I sit with the king?"
Hearing this question, the good brother who had originally wanted to walk over immediately stopped and saluted together, but Chang Liu didn't care, "What can't be sat? Come over if you come! Otherwise, it would be disrespectful to the king's order!"
Feng Jing and his good brother sat helplessly on the left and right side of Liu Chang, and Liu Chang said, "When you go to Chang'an to meet the emperor next time, Feng Dianke will go with me... Also, good brother, you have to go together."
Feng Jing was a little confused, "Why is this?"
"Western Regions... Didn't you say you wanted to send someone to the Western Regions before?"
"Now is the best time, but we need to contact the temple and send people together..."
Liu Chang talked about this matter seriously with Feng Jing. Liu Chang's meaning was very simple. This must be done, but it cannot be done by the Tang State alone. This is not that Liu Chang suddenly discovered with conscience. He found that he was just a vassal state and should not be overruled. It was just that because the Tang State was not in sufficient staff and talent, he had to help the temple. As for why Feng Jing was brought with him, it was because this guy had many good ideas.
For the same thing, Liu Chang said that the effect was different from Daxian.
Think about what would happen if Liu Chang swears to the Empress Dowager that his strategy could surrender the countries in the Western Regions and completely expel the influence of the Huns? The Empress Dowager would definitely doubt that, after all, the words of the King of Tang are always unreliable. Every time the King of Tang does things, he always causes trouble, and others come to clean up the mess for him.
Like other wise kings, they support the world, and they work hard all day long and clean up the mess for the world. But the Tang King is different. He is here to support him, and the whole world is going to run hard for the Tang King's affairs and clean up the mess for him.
This can no longer be considered an ordinary wise king, it is simply the wise king among wise kings.
After explaining everything, Liu Chang asked Feng Jing to leave and left his good brothers alone.
"Good brother, do you know why I asked you to follow me?"
"I know."
"oh?"
"Mr. Gai told me that my greatest role in Tang State is to show others... Hu people from all over the world can even be a servant, and they will be full of fighting spirit and will return to the Tang Dynasty. This time I went to Chang'an and went to various parts of the Western Regions to let them know that Hu people also have a way out in Tang State, and the king is for everyone..."
"fart!"
Liu Chang was furious and cursed: "What nonsense is Mr. Gai saying?"
"King..."
The good brother was a little timid. Seeing his panic-looking look, Liu Chang asked in confusion: "Have you learned swordsmanship too?"
"yes..."
Liu Chang laughed, "I am the first to make friends with you because you have a war horse... I am the one who lacks a war horse."
"But, you are really good. You dare to rush out from the Huns alone to deliver letters to me... At that time, I recognized you as a brother. I asked you to be a servant because you have this talent, not to show it to others!"
"I want you to go to Chang'an because I want to recommend you to General Xiahou Ying... I will teach them your own way of treating horses, taking horses, and shepherding horses."
"I understand."
The servant said, his expression moved. He took a deep breath and said, "I will never let down the king's high hopes."
"I'm talking about something, don't be angry."
"Please tell me."
"Hahaha, actually, I don't know your name until now... When we met, you didn't tell me, and then I was embarrassed to ask... We have known each other for so many years, hahaha, is it a bit too late to ask your name now?"
"That... the king... actually I don't know your name either... When you met, you said you were the King of Tang, and then you kept calling you the King... No one here dared to mention your name, and the Han called you the King... I didn't dare to ask..."
The good brother scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.
Suddenly, the two of them laughed.
"Remember, I call you Chang! The vassals will grow old!!"
.........
"Master! Get up!"
"Master!"
"King, get up!"
Fan Qing shook the big guy in front of him helplessly. Liu Changdigu said something, and turned around to continue sleeping. Fan Qing kept shaking him, "King!! Controversy! Controversy!"
Liu Chang finally slowly opened his eyes, yawned, and looked at Fan Qing next to him tiredly.
"You... I worked hard on state affairs last night and I was busy until dawn before going to bed... Let me sleep for a while."
"State Affairs? Didn't you just drink with the servant last night?! In the middle of the night, several servants couldn't carry you. After they came back, they pressed their hands on me. Do you know how much effort it took to get up? You almost crushed me to death!"
Liu Chang slowly closed his eyes again.
"stand up!!"
Fan Qing shouted again.
Liu Changdigu said, "Just tell the ministers that I am sick and wait for two hours before convening a court meeting."
Fan Qing pulled the quilt from his body away, "I'm going to splash water if you don't get up!"
Liu Chang sat up helplessly. Fan Qing took his clothes over and placed them on the couch, "Change it quickly, go to the court to discuss..."
Fan Qing complained, watching Liu Chang change his clothes reluctantly, turned around and helped him find shoes, "I can't even think of how my elder sister can stand you. She throws things everywhere, doesn't sleep honestly, twists around, and half of her body hangs outside the couch..."
Fan Qing turned around and saw Liu Chang, who was half wearing his shirt, lying on the couch and sleeping soundly.
Fan Qing pushed Liu Chang from behind with difficulty, and Liu Chang walked towards the Daxuan Room reluctantly, "I won't run away! Do you have to send me over? If the ministers saw it, what would they think?"
"Don't think I don't know. If I don't send you there, you will find a place to sleep now!"
"Why don't you believe me? I am your beloved!"
"I have known you for more than ten years, but I don't know who you are yet! Go quickly!"
In this way, Liu Chang was sent outside the Great Oath Hall. Seeing Liu Chang walk in, Fan Qing turned around and left.
Liu Chang walked into the hall and the ministers immediately stood up to pay their respects. Liu Chang walked to the upper throne and sat down, which made the ministers get up.
The ministers began to report, and Zhang Cang was the first to get up.
"King, although the grain reserves in various places have not reached the original scale, each county has its own grain reserves and the granaries are gradually enriched... The Wuyuan counties in Shuofang have made arrangements. In the spring of next year, they can cultivate large-scale farming and guard the border..."
Zhang Cang always works slowly and doesn't care, but he can do it and has the ability.
Perhaps, for a king like the King of Tang who is eager for quick success and instant benefits, only such a steady prime minister would be the most suitable one. If it were a prime minister who was also eager to achieve success, such as Zhou Chang, perhaps the Tang Kingdom would have long become the veritable Qin Kingdom, and the whole country was under a general mobilization, suppressed and radical.
After Zhang Cang, Li Zuoche, Zhu Jian and others also expressed their recent achievements and what they were about to do.
Li Zuoche was preparing to expand the scale of the standing army, reduce the number of trainings performed by the people, increase the scale of the border guards, reduce the service period of the border guards, and most importantly, the Taiwei finally decided to establish a cavalry unit of the Tang Dynasty, including a large number of Hu people, who were specifically used for combat on the grassland.
Shangfang Order Chen Tao also expressed his recent achievements. Liu Chang once ordered the expansion of Shangfang and pushed Shangfang Order Chen Tao to the same level as Jiuqing. Their work scope was also enhanced, and they were divided into two directions, military and civilian. Half of the craftsmen were developing military technology, such as whether gunpowder could be used on the battlefield, whether bows and crossbows could be improved, and the rest were busy developing better agricultural tools and better daily necessities, with a clear division of labor.
Chang Liu was not very interested in these things, because he knew about these things before the court talks. In Chang Liu, these were just mere formalities.
Liu Chang asked, "Secret Zhang, I have reported to Chang'an before and asked them to send another prime minister to Yan State. Is there any news about this matter?"
"have."
"I heard that the temple followed the king's advice and prepared to use Xuanyi as the prime minister of Yan State."
Liu Chang was overjoyed and said with a smile: "That's good. With Xuanyi in the rear, the King of Yan doesn't have to worry about anything. I think the ministers of Yan State dare to sing the opposite tune... Hahaha, the Du Tingwei is going to become the Prime Minister of the Du Tingguo!"
"The ministers of Yan State are going to be insulated by donkeys..."
Liu Chang said, suddenly remembering something, looking at Sima Xi beside him, "Don't remember this sentence."
Sima Xi's face looked very bad and she was particularly confused. As a historian, he should record truthfully. Whether it is exaggeration or smear, it is not something that an upright historian can do. But in the Tang Dynasty, Sima Xi was very confused. This is not a matter of beautification and ugliness. Just record it truthfully. Then, the whole story of his Tang Dynasty is full of words. Can this thing be really used for future generations to read? If you want to write it like this, you will become a shame for historians!
He hesitated for a long time before writing: "The emperor regarded righteousness as Yan's prime minister, and the king was overjoyed and insulted Yan's minister."
Writing like this is not a beautification, right?
Why does it feel wrong?
Guard Gai stood up and said, "King, all the princes are going to Chang'an to pay their respects this year. I am already prepared..."
When Liu Chang thought of this, he felt annoyed. He thought he had finally escaped from Chang'an, but the empress dowager stipulated that the princes would come to pay homage to the emperor every two years. Of course, the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an were not far away. If they set out from Shuofang, they would be closer...but, such frequent contacts were really annoying.
Mr. Gai said again: "I heard from the King of Qi that he wanted to send his prince to Chang'an to pay homage..."
"ah?"
"Why is this?"
"I heard that King Qi was not feeling well."
Liu Chang frowned, "Brother is sick?"
Mr. Gai hesitated for a moment before saying, "Zhao Yao reported..."
"Master!"
Zhang Cang suddenly spoke, interrupted Mr. Gai, and said, "We have many medical practitioners in our Tang State, and we can send those who are proficient in it to treat King Qi."
Mr. Gai was interrupted by Zhang Cang, but he was not angry and sat down again.
Liu Chang nodded, "It should be so... Isn't Yang Qing a member of Qi? Send him to treat my brother..." Liu Chang said, suddenly remembering something. He turned to look at Mr. Gai, "What did Zhao Yao report?"
"he...."
Mr. Gai was silent for a moment before saying, "I just said some nonsense, saying that the King of Qi was dissatisfied with the division of the princes, so he was unwilling to pay homage to him."
"Ha, when my father was still there, this guy always followed my father to flatter him. He was a flattering villain. I hate this villain the most. When I arrive in Chang'an, I must scold him!"
Liu Chang said unhappily and ended the court meeting.
Mr. Gai walked out of the palace with a little uneasy expression and sighed, but Zhang Cang was following him at some point.
"You shouldn't have told the king about this."
"The King of Qi is generous and loves his brothers very much. King Jiaodong is by his side. He treats him as his son. How could he be dissatisfied? Why didn't he deliberately not go?"
"The temple sent someone to invite the King of Qi to Chang'an. Isn't this the life of the King of Qi?"
"I am from Qi... When Cao Shen took me to see the King of Qi, the King of Qi was very happy. He said that he had been looking for candidates who could teach his younger brothers and was willing to recommend me to Chang'an... I didn't want to do it at first, but he asked several times and said that his younger brother was pitiful... He said that my mother was strong and was afraid that they would suffer grievances, so she begged..."
"I have seen many people who have committed suicide because of wealth... King Qi may not be a talented king, but he is not a villain... I really can't bear to see him being so shamelessly forced to kill him!"