Chapter 378 The sun and the moon are gone, the age is not with me
"Do you believe I can hold this bowl with one hand and crush it?"
Liu Chang pointed to the rice bowl in front of him and looked at the waiter beside him.
The attendant looked at the bowl and then at His Majesty's hand.
Immediately, he nodded with conviction, "I believe it."
"How do you really believe that you won't bring me a bigger bowl?!"
The waiter hurriedly apologized, took the bowl and ran out. Soon, a big bowl appeared in front of Liu Chang. This bowl was really not small, almost as big as a person's head. But when Liu Chang picked up the bowl, it was
The bowl looks very normal and does not look big at all. This is mainly because the king's hand... is a bit too big. A few days ago, Feng Jing, the guest of honour, came to advise His Majesty and told his Majesty five of his recent mistakes in person.
, I hope your Majesty can correct it.
Ever since, Liu Chang slapped Feng Jing's face with his hand, almost covering his entire face, making it airtight, and then pressed him to the ground...
To this day, I heard that this Dianke is still recovering from his injuries in the mansion.
Liu Chang enjoyed the meal and asked about Feng Jing's situation. When he learned that he was still recovering from his injuries in the palace, Liu Chang was very disdainful, "Since Zhang Shizhi contradicted me, these ministers of mine have gone crazy."
, how dare you face the fault of others!! There are countless people like these. Most of them are seeking fame and want to improve their reputation through me. Oh, how can it be so easy? I still want to use them.
Come and practice your martial arts skills!"
The biggest disadvantage of appointing Zhang Shizhi is that it gives the ministers the illusion that I am superior to others.
When they saw Zhang Shizhi grabbing the crown prince and gaining fame, they couldn't help but set their sights on the clan. However, the clan was so frightened by Zhang Shizhi that they dared not go out. Even Zhao Tuo, who was visiting Chang'an,
They all ate melons together. Zhang Shizhi impeached him five times, and Zhidu even led people to take away his long history. Just because the long history was very literary, Zhao Tuo wanted to cry but had no tears.
I am not a clan member at all!!
In the end, it seemed that the only one who was still active and in constant contact with the ministers was His Majesty.
As for the Jade Cup case, Zhang Shizhi successfully persuaded His Majesty, which made Zhang Shizhi's reputation skyrocket. That's His Majesty. He doesn't have enough oil and salt, and wants to cook people at any time. How can he be persuaded?
As a result, Liu Chang's place became the hardest hit area. Six people came in to dissuade him and stabbed Liu Chang in the face. Then four of them were recuperating in prison and two were recuperating in their own homes.
"Actually, the fact that they dare to advise you like this shows that your Majesty is a wise king. Otherwise, how could they dare to come?"
Lu Lu expressed his opinion, and Liu Chang was stunned, "What you said makes sense. From this point of view, I am indeed a wise king!"
As Liu Chang spoke, he took a few more mouthfuls of the millet in front of him. After eating for a while, he suddenly frowned, "There's something wrong with today's meal..."
"ah?!?"
Lu Lu almost jumped up, grabbed the food in front of Liu Chang, and was about to smell it.
"Why are you panicking? The food that can be brought here has been tested several times...I just said that the taste is different...Call the Food Supervisor in charge of the food to me!"
Soon, the plump official in charge of meals appeared in front of Liu Chang.
Liu Chang looked at his belly, which was comparable to the fifth brother, and said with a smile: "No wonder I always feel like I don't have enough to eat. It turns out that it's all in this belly!"
Such words frightened the Food Supervisor Gao Qu so much that he immediately knelt down to apologize. Liu Chang waved his hand and said, "I'm joking... You are responsible for the food, so you must taste it yourself.
This is your dutiful belly...Get up, why is the millet today different from what I have eaten before?"
Gao Qu replied: "Your Majesty, this is the order of Director Zhonglang. It is the grain of the earth..."
"Oh, Lu Lu, you should take people to arrest this director now and send him to Tingwei!"
Lu Lu was stunned and asked: "Your Majesty...why is this..."
Gao Qu was also very surprised, but he did not dare to say anything more. This tyrant never had any rules for doing things. He would arrest anyone he wanted, and no one dared to say anything more.
Liu Chang said disdainfully: "Don't you understand? This guy wants to admonish me. If he were replaced by Qi Su, I would call him over and ask him why he did this. He would definitely tell me something.
A long series of words, leading the topic to the King of Qi, the King of Qi who criticized others for their faults...and then used him to persuade me, asking me to allow the ministers to advise me..."
Lu Lu was stunned. Your Majesty, are you thinking too much?
Liu Chang said confidently: "I know these people very well. These are all crazy people who want to be officials, and some want to be famous in the world. If I are used as a stepping stone, can I just follow their wishes?"
"Go get it!"
"good...."
Lu Lu had no choice but to agree. Just as he was about to go out, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked at Gao Qu, and asked, "Is it the Director of the Zhonglang?"
"It's Feng Tang, the director of Zhonglang who is in charge of daily life."
"Um."
Lu Lu was about to walk out, but Liu Chang stopped him and looked at Gao Yong suspiciously, "What's your name?"
"Feng Tang."
"Why do I think this name is so familiar??"
"Could he be a relative of Feng Jing? Well, you can bring him over to see me first!"
Liu Chang followed Gao Yong to eat. Gao Yong didn't dare to do it at first. However, with Liu Chang's order, he could only eat with Liu Chang. The two of them were devouring their food, and Lu Lu came with him.
When people came to the temple, sure enough, this guy was just waiting for someone to invite him.
Liu Chang raised his head and looked at the old man in front of him.
This old man has entered Liu Chang's killing line. Although he is not on the fifth level of blood rage like Shusun Tong, he does not look strong. He has a thin body, sharp eyes, and a Legalist face. Liu
I feel that I can already distinguish the school by my appearance. With a straight face like that, as if everyone owes him money, he is most likely a Legalist. His beard is neatly trimmed, and he looks at his toes when he talks.
It's Confucian.
His eyes are always squinted and his eyes are erratic. He is most likely from the Huang Lao family. His skin is dark, like an old farmer. He is most likely from the Moh family.
"Are you a relative of Feng Jing?"
"no."
"Oh... Judging from your age, you have worked in the palace for a long time, right?"
"I came into office late."
Liu Chang nodded, "That's my minister."
"Your Majesty, do you like today's grain?"
"Hahaha, this Zhao Su is not bad."
Feng Tang was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, this is Qi Su..."
"Bold maniac! This is clearly Zhao Su! How dare you commit the crime of deceiving the emperor?!"
"Your Majesty...this..."
Liu Chang pointed to the millet in front of him and looked at Lu Lu, "Where is this millet?!"
"Zhao Su!"
"Gao Ying! What kind of millet is this?!"
"Zhao...Zhao Su!"
"Humph, come here, this guy deceived me, take him to Tingwei and let him reflect on it!"
Liu Chang waved his hand, and immediately two soldiers dragged Feng Tang out, "This is Qi Su! It's Qi Su! Your Majesty! Qi Su! You can't imitate the traitor! How can you call a deer a horse!!!"
As the voice became smaller and smaller, Liu Chang wiped his mouth with satisfaction and looked at Lu Lu beside him, "Speaking of which, this Qi...Zhao Su is not bad. Please prepare more in the future."
After Liu Chang had eaten, he was about to quarrel with Cao Shu, when a servant came to him and said that the Queen Mother had invited him.
"Mom~~~~"
Liu Chang walked into the hall with a smile. He stroked his belly and was about to say something when he saw his mother's serious face. Liu Chang immediately changed his appearance, with a flattering look on his face, and walked to his mother's house with a smile.
Next to me, "Mom? Who made you angry again??"
"I heard... that you injured many ministers in the country... is it true?"
"This... everyone around me is disloyal!"
Liu Chang sat down angrily, "Mom, they were the ones who scolded me first!"
"When your father was still here, the ministers came to give advice. If what they said was reasonable, your father would take off his hat and come to ask them for advice!"
"But I don't wear a hat."
"Shut up!"
"oh."
"Chief, a king can be strong, but he must never fail to listen to advice. People always make mistakes. If you don't let others speak, how can you correct them? What you hear now are all good words and flattery.
In your words, in this way, you are confused and cannot see the real situation clearly. How can you punish them just because they told the truth? Even punishment should be dealt with by the Tingwei. How can the emperor beat him to persuade him?
What a remonstrating minister! You are a jerk! You are simply..."
The more Empress Lu spoke, the angrier she became. She picked up the stick in her hand and almost fell on Liu Chang's body.
"No, grandma... They don't want to tell the truth at all, they just use me... If nothing else, let's talk about Feng Jing. He actually said that if I don't hunt according to the seasonal regulations, it will cause natural disasters.
, isn’t this nonsense? I’m going to hunt, and a disaster will happen somewhere?? I’m going to shoot wild beasts, not Taiyi!”
"He is advising you to have less fun and focus more on government affairs."
"He also said that I built the imperial mausoleum in Hexi and used too many materials. It will not be easy to worship in the future and asked me to interrupt the project. What do you mean? I built the imperial mausoleum in Hexi for the sake of peace in the northwest for a hundred years. Is it true?
Do you want to obey his words, practice halfway and then stop practicing?"
Queen Lu shook her head, "Whether you listen or not is your business, but you can't block their mouths... Do you know how doing this will make people in the world talk about you?"
Liu Chang said proudly: "Mom, don't worry! I can find a wizard and ask him to monitor those who are talking. If the wizard accuses anyone of talking, I will kill him, and then send someone to supervise the people. In this way,
They don’t dare to speak anymore!”
Queen Lu took a deep breath and could no longer hold back the anger in her heart.
"I want you to learn from King Li! It's not easy to learn from anyone but King Li!"
"Ah! Mother! I was wrong! I don't imitate King Li! I imitate King Wu! I spit out meat! No, I imitate King Qi! King Qi!"
The attendants in Changle Palace finally heard Emperor Gao's singing voice again after a long time. The singing voice was so powerful that it lingered around for three days, with lingering sounds.
Empress Lu was also very angry. The original Liu Ying would listen to whatever the minister said, which made her very dissatisfied. When Liu Ying was replaced, well, the minister was punched down by the emperor before he could finish his words.
Oh my god, how come none of my children are normal!! God wants to kill me!!
Liu Chang sat in front of Empress Lu with bared teeth, looked at the panting Empress Lu, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Mom, have you eaten?"
"Um?!"
"Ah, that's not what I meant... You've finished the beating, why don't you have something to eat?"
"Sir... some ministers seek wealth, some seek power, some seek fame... Everyone has selfish motives... There are some things that won't do much harm to you, so it doesn't matter if you admit it.
...You don’t need to be too smart to be an emperor, and you don’t need to do everything yourself. Even if you want to ride a horse, you have to feed the horse first..."
"You can't be too smart to be an emperor? Then I will never be a good emperor in my life!"
"No, you are a good emperor, just right."
"Thank you, mom!"
Empress Lu glanced at him and said: "If they want to advise you, just listen. Even if you know the truth, you have to pretend not to know, and then pretend to be enlightened... You know what to do."
Right? If you can make them willing to work for you with just a few words, why not?"
"Okay...I understand...should I let him go now?"
"No need, just wait for someone to come and advise... There is a step, you can go down..."
What's embarrassing is that in the following days, Liu Chang never waited for the steps. After all the previous incidents, no one dared to come to advise him, even if he spoke about the situation of those people, Liu Chang
It was easy for the chief to let people go, but Liu Chang was very puzzled, why are these ministers so cowardly? Why don't they come to give advice? Am I the kind of person who can't listen to advice?
"Ahem, ministers, do you have anything else to say?"
During the court meeting, Liu Chang stared at the ministers and his eyes fell directly on Zhou Chang.
Aren’t you usually very good at giving advice?
Advise!
Zhou Chang also looked at the Emperor in confusion. Why is His Majesty always looking at me today? Now that Lu Jia is back, does he want me to take the initiative to resign and give up my position to that old dog?
When Liu Chang saw that Zhou Chang had no reaction, he looked at Zhao Ping. Zhao Ping was also confused. He could see that the king... His Majesty was waiting for something, but what was His Majesty waiting for?
At this moment, Zhang Buyu suddenly stood up and worshiped: "Your Majesty!!"
"I heard that King Wei of Qi ordered that all ministers, officials, and people who can criticize my faults face to face will receive high rewards, and those who can write letters to advise me will receive medium rewards.
Anyone who accuses or talks about my faults and can reach my ears will get a lower reward..."
"King Wei of Qi corrected his mistakes according to the advice of these people, and soon the country of Qi became strong and powerful."
"Now there are ministers who come to advise Your Majesty. Although their advice is wrong, they make things out of nothing, and they state some wrong views. Moreover, the way they advise is also very wrong. They reprimand Your Majesty face to face. But Your Majesty is a wise man.
You, just in order not to block the mouths of those who really have suggestions, you should release them."
Yes, yes, this is what I am waiting for!
Liu Chang was overjoyed, waved his hand and said, "Just do what you said!"
At that moment, the officials were shocked.
Zhou Chang and Zhao Ping looked at Zhang Buyi in disbelief. When did this guy start speaking human language?
The ministers reacted and hurriedly kowtowed and proclaimed that His Majesty is wise.
After the court meeting ended, Liu Chang took Zhang Buyi's hand and spoke in a low voice.
"How did you know I was thinking about this??"
"Your Majesty's previous hints were almost made explicit. How could I not know this?"
"Hahaha, it would be great if all my ministers were like you!"
Liu Chang patted Zhang Buyi's shoulder, turned around, and was about to leave the palace. Not long after he left, he heard a familiar voice.
"Do you know how Kuai Che died?!"
"Kuai Che was cooked to death by my father because he refused to let me borrow the carriage!"
"nonsense!!"
Liu Chang interrupted Liu An loudly. Liu An trembled when he heard his father's voice. He turned around and wanted to run away, but Liu Chang caught up with him in a few steps. He grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up.
Then he placed him by his side, and the person Liu An threatened was Che Zhonglang, who was responsible for Liu Chang's travel affairs.
Liu Chang looked at the lieutenant, then at Liu An, and asked, "What's going on?"
"The prince wants to use your carriage...I dare not give it to him..."
"Then you use Kuai Che to threaten him? Don't you have anything of your own?"
Liu An lowered his head, "Father, your car is the safest in Chang'an now. No one dares to stop it... You can also leave the city at will..."
"So you want to steal my car? You idiot!"
"Come, I will let you know how Kuai Che died today..."
Just when Liu Chang mentioned Liu An and was about to throw him out, a close attendant came over.
"Your Majesty, Shusun Tong has sent his disciples here, please go to his mansion."
"Oh? It seems that the teaching materials matter has been settled... Lu Jia is very fast at doing things. If these two people do it together, I can rest assured!"
Liu Chang dropped the stick in his hand, then got into the car and prepared to go to Shusun Tong's mansion.
Shusun Tong asked Liu Chang to come to see him instead of Liu Chang. This was not because Shusun Tong was distracted, but because Liu Chang personally gave the order. Shusun Tong was too old, and Liu Changsheng was afraid that something unexpected would happen to the old man on the way.
, so he specifically ordered him to send his disciples to invite him if something happened in the future, and not to come to the palace in person.
Lu Lu drove the car, "Do you really want Confucians to compile teaching materials?"
"Yeah... As far as enlightenment teaching is concerned, who can compare with Confucianism?"
"In addition to Shusun Tong and Lu Jia, I also want to involve Jia Yi, Zhang Buyi, Wang Sheng, and Chen Tao... But the main focus is on Confucianism..."
"But isn't His Majesty always worried that Confucianism will take the opportunity to suppress other schools of thought?"
"Hahaha, now that Legalism is rising again, how easy is it for Confucianism to dominate?"
As they chatted, they arrived at Shusun Tong's residence. A disciple met them and prayed, and invited them into the inner room.
Liu Chang swaggered into the inner room and saw Shusun Tong sitting on the bed.
"Uncle Sun Gong! I'm here!!"
"Hahaha, have you discussed it with Mr. Lu?"
Liu Chang sat in front of him and asked with a smile.
Shusuntong slowly opened his eyes and looked solemnly at the emperor in front of him.
"Your Majesty...please forgive me for my blunder."
"Oh... I can't wait any longer... I really can't hold it any longer."
"The sun and the moon have passed away, and the years are gone without me..."
"Um??"
"Uncle Sun Gong, what are you talking about..."
"Uncle Sun Gong??"
"Uncle Sun Gong!!!"
Shusun Tong opened his eyes slightly, looking sideways ahead aimlessly, his head drooped on his shoulders, his eyes were extremely complicated, full of regret, reluctance, and deep helplessness.