Liu Ying got out of the car and helped Liu Ruyi, who was about to salute.
Liu Ruyi was a little excited. Although he was already in his thirties, standing in front of Liu Ying, he was still like a child, a little helpless and didn't know what to say.
The second brother looked him up and down, even a little absent-minded, "Yes, he looks more and more like my father!"
The young Liu Ruyi looked very similar to Liu Bang, but when she grew up, Liu Ruyi simply grew up to be Liu Bang. If this appearance were to be seen by the elders in Peixian County, they would probably stop and shout on the spot. Liu Ji, out of admiration for his father, Liu Ruyi even deliberately grew a beard exactly like Liu Bang. In the ancestral temple, there is a portrait of Emperor Gao, which looks exactly like Liu Ruyi.
Liu Ruyi also smiled bitterly, stroking his father-like beard, "Brother...it's not good that it's too similar. Every time I go to Chang'an, those veterans always stare at me. I feel so scared. General Xiahou called me over earlier and saw my face full of tears... He even gave me a sword and said he wanted to compete with me in swordsmanship... How dare I..."
Liu Ying couldn't help laughing, "I heard that General Xia Houying liked to compete with my father in swordsmanship, and my father even hurt him..."
The two brothers talked and walked towards Handan City.
This was the first time Liu Ying came to Zhao State. He looked around curiously. Seeing the environment that was completely different from Chang'an, he couldn't help but marveled, "This Handan City is really tall. No wonder they say Handan is the best in the world." Xiongcheng...."
"Isn't the Chang'an City newly built by my eldest brother ten times more majestic than this one?"
"It's majestic, but it doesn't have the flavor of Handan City... Look, there are dents on the city wall, which are all marks left by the war..."
Liu Ying looked at the city in front of him that had recorded countless histories. In his opinion, the newly built Chang'an City still lacked some flavor compared to ancient cities such as Handan.
Liu Ruyi couldn't tell. He only saw the poverty of Zhao State on the city wall.
He was so poor that he couldn't even afford to renovate the city walls of the capital.
Liu Ruyi didn't bring too many people, because Liu Ying didn't bring too many honor guards. He came out in the name of a domestic noble. Unless he was a county guard or a prince, basically no one knew his true identity. , this allows Liu Ying to have fun and will not cause any turmoil in the local area, which is acceptable to everyone.
Both of them were dressed as ordinary nobles, and they even waited for a while at the city gate before entering the city.
"Third brother... Zhao country is not bad, there are many people coming and going..."
"My eldest brother always said that you are incompetent in governing the country. Now it seems that is not the case."
Liu Ruyi looked at the scene in the city and sighed, "Brother, these are the achievements of more than ten years... When I first came to Zhao State, I thought I was going to do something great and become a wise king. , who knows, when I arrived, Zhao State was devastated, with ruins everywhere, and nine out of ten houses were empty..."
"I have tried so hard and tried every method, and finally achieved today's results..."
Liu Ruyi grimaced. Liu Ying also knew how much this younger brother had paid for Zhao Guodu. He had used the method of borrowing the chancellor's favor. What else could he say?
Liu Ying smiled and said: "Third brother...you are also a person who has studied. There is no sin greater than what you want, no disaster greater than not being satisfied, no fault greater than wanting to get, so contentment is always enough...
You know this sentence. You always compare Zhao State with Qi State, Tang State, and Liang State. When you develop Zhao State, don't they know how to govern?"
"The State of Zhao has fertile land, flat fields everywhere, and is the heart of the north. These are all aspects that are beneficial to the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao will become rich sooner or later. You don't have to be so anxious..."
Liu Ruyi said helplessly: "Brother... The Tang State was a new country, but now it has become the richest vassal state in the world. The Zhao State has become like this in my hands..."
Liu Ying suddenly laughed, "Hahaha, how did the Tang Dynasty become rich? Isn't it because of the continuous relief from my mother and the eldest brother begging for food from various princes and kings? What if the material resources of all countries were used to pile up the Zhao Kingdom?
, I’m afraid that Zhao will become even richer..."
"It's not that I want to compete with my eldest brother, I'm just afraid that the world will say that Zhao Guo is here because of me..."
"You have to learn this from your eldest brother. Are you still worried about getting a bad reputation? Look at your eldest brother, when has he ever cared about it? In front of him, you are not worthy of being notorious. How has he ever cared about these things?
?These are all false names. As long as you can concentrate on governing Zhao and complete your mission, that will be enough."
Although the second brother has no talent, he still has a set of principles when it comes to reasoning.
The two walked around Handan City and then returned to the palace. The families of both sides came out to pay their respects.
While the brothers were drinking, Jia Yi arrived late.
"His Majesty!"
"Just call me uncle!"
"Why didn't you bring your child?"
Because of marrying Zhang Yan, the first generation of princes and kings of the Han Dynasty all became Jia Yi's uncles, a total of eight uncles, that is, Zhang Yan herself is gentle and virtuous, otherwise, she would just ride on Jia Yi's head and bully him, and Jia Yi would be completely
I dare not say anything more. Which of these eight uncles is easy to mess with? It is this second brother who looks weak and smiling, but if you touch his family, he will let you know what a "Qing Jin thug" is in a minute.
.
Faced with his uncle's questions, Jia Yi also answered them one by one.
Liu Ruyi said happily: "When my eldest brother asked me to dance for him, I was still a little resistant, but I didn't expect that he would send such an outstanding speaker. If I had known better, I would have danced more for him.
Let’s dance..."
Liu Ying laughed loudly, "This guy is just trying to make you angry!"
"However, he still loves you. This Jia Sheng is his most beloved person, and he has left it to you to become the prime minister of the country."
While they were chatting, Liu Ruyi's child came.
This little guy's name was Liu Xun. He looked exactly like Ruyi, but he was a little shy. He didn't dare to come forward and salute Liu Ying when he saw him, and hid behind his father.
After drinking until evening, Liu Ruyi was very considerate and sent her second brother back to her house, and arranged for a few people to dance for him.
When he came out, Jia Yi looked serious.
"Your Majesty."
"I just saw that you have been wanting to say something. Tell me, what happened?"
Jia Yi said seriously: "Your Majesty has an edict."
"What did this guy say again??"
"He said that we should be prepared to welcome and reward. Soon a group of temple officials will come to the State of Zhao, stay in the State of Zhao for a period of time, and then go to the State of Yan..."
Liu Ruyi grimaced, "Zhao is so poor that we can't take the blame, so why do you still need rewards from us? You can just take care of this yourself, just get some millet and tell them that Zhao is also poor and has no food reserves!"
This guy knows how to bring harm to the State of Zhao... If I had known he was young, I would have been more..."
Jia Yi said: "Your Majesty, I heard that these are craftsmen who are preparing to dig salt wells in Zhao State. The temple has developed a new method of drilling salt wells..."
"Ah?? Since they are officials sent by the Holy Emperor, I should personally welcome them. When will they arrive? I will make preparations now, get more sheep, and by the way, get some dancing girls.
..."
"Hahaha, although this guy is incompetent, his research skills are really amazing. He looked silly when he was a child. I didn't expect it... By the way, I have to write a letter to him in person and praise him. This
Shuzi likes to hear flattery the most, as long as people praise him, maybe he will send more good things!"
"You must also be careful. When you write the letter, you must not say that Zhao Guo is rich. This guy didn't borrow anything from me in the first place. Try to be as miserable as possible..."
"After all, I am still his elder brother. I am very familiar with the way to deal with this arrogant person."
Liu Ruyi said proudly.
Jia Yi was silent for a moment, then pointed to a servant not far away and asked:
"Does the king know that this is a subordinate of the governor?"
Liu Ruyi nodded, "I know."
Jia Yi was silent for another moment.
"Then the king must also know that this person will record the words and deeds of the king and then convey them to the emperor by the governor, right?"
At that moment, the smile and pride on Liu Ruyi's face froze together.
He looked blankly at the attendant.
The two looked at each other, big eyes staring at each other.
"Can we not record this?"
The waiter shook his head, then picked up his pen and quickly wrote a line.
Although King Zhao didn't see it, he already guessed in his heart that this must be his question.
He smiled awkwardly, "Actually, the Holy Emperor is a man of great talent and strategy..."
Sometimes Jia Yi always felt that he could no longer stay in the Zhao country. His third uncle would always do some stupid things unintentionally. For example, if the emperor asked him for gold, he would give him copper.
For example, while the governors sent by the emperor were still there, they dared to say some treasonous things.
Jia Yi felt that if things continued like this, sooner or later, he would be implicated and go to hell with King Zhao.
Jia Yi knows best how narrow-minded people are on that day.
Regarding the third uncle's words, can your Majesty not target him everywhere?
When Zhao Guo gets a little better, he will have to leave, he must leave.
.........
At this time, the cautious emperor was inspecting the shipbuilding house.
The name Ji Bu gave to this new institution was really simple and crude: it was called Shipbuilding Office.
A young official who was originally responsible for shipbuilding for the Yellow Head Army was appointed as the shipbuilding order. This young man's name was Wei Wan.
The reason why Ji Bu let this young man take up this position was mainly because he liked his honest and cautious character and felt that the young man's character was not bad. Because this young man was good at driving, he was called by Chai Wu as a Langguan.
Later, he was transferred to the Yellow Head Army as an official, mainly responsible for supervising shipbuilding and other matters. Now he has become the leader of these craftsmen. He is not responsible for the hands, but he is responsible for the management of the craftsmen, the statistics of expenses, and the supervision.
He is responsible for such things.
At this moment, Liu Chang was standing next to a shipbuilding platform, looking at the behemoth not far away.
This big ship looks no different from an ordinary warship, but if you look carefully, you can see the wheel propeller below. The huge wheel propeller cannot be seen on any ship. Liu Chang was a little concerned.
, this is putting wheels on the ship.
"Hahaha, this boat is interesting, who designed it??"
Ji Bu took a look, and Wei Wan hurriedly brought a shipbuilder to Liu Chang.
The craftsman looked a little scared and reserved.
Liu Chang asked: "Where are you from?"
"Qi people."
Liu Chang immediately put on his Qi accent and said, "No wonder Confucius said: When you see a wise man, you think of Qi."
Ji Bu was stunned, frowned and began to think deeply.
When did Confucius say this? Why didn’t I know??
"There are so many wise men in our country of Qi!"
Liu Chang has been to many places and is quite talented in languages. He can imitate the accents of various places. Although his Qi Guo accent cannot be said to be very authentic, the craftsmen still sound very friendly to them.
He couldn't help but laugh, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Every time I go to Qi, I always eat the five-flavored preserved fruits there, but I haven't eaten them in a long time!"
"If your Majesty wants to eat it, I can cook it for you!"
"That's good."
After saying this, the craftsman was no longer restrained and had a smile on his face.
Only then did Liu Chang ask: "Tian Sheng, how did you come up with this boat?"
The craftsman replied seriously: "Your Majesty, I have seen the wheeled cart you originally designed in Qi State, and I also know its principle. Therefore, when designing the ship, I thought about using pedal gears to make it.
Will wheel paddle be more convenient than paddling? Will it be faster? So I tried many times and calculated its size..."
The craftsman immediately began to use professional terms, but Liu Chang understood them all and even kept nodding.
The two communicated for a long time. Liu Chang was delighted and said: "Lu! Give this man a hundred gold!"
The craftsman was shocked and said hurriedly: "But this thing is not finished yet..."
"If it succeeds, I will reward you with a hundred gold coins!"
"I just need people like you. No matter whether it is successful or not, you must dare to design. If you don't even dare to design, what's the point of success or failure?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
Liu Chang walked out of the shipbuilding house very satisfied, and Ji Bu also walked out with him.
"You did a good job. The one just now was called a car and boat, right? This is a very good attempt. In the future, we must encourage the craftsmen and let them design more..."
Liu Chang got into the car and said, "Okay, there's no need to send it off. You can still do the job. I haven't broken your promise. You can go to Zhang Buji later. He still needs your help with something."
As soon as Liu Chang finished speaking, the car sped off and quickly disappeared in front of everyone.
Wei Wan looked at the emperor who was going away curiously, and said to Ji Bu: "I have heard many rumors about your majesty in the past, but after seeing him today, I feel that the rumors are untrue."
Ji Bu said calmly: "That's because you don't understand enough."
While driving on the road, Liu Chang and Lu Lu were also chatting.
"You have to be careful not to run into Zhou Chang these days."
"This guy is looking for me everywhere now. He just said that he wants to resign and return home, but he won't listen no matter what I say... If he leaves now, what will happen to Chidao? This guy is really too selfish.
He only thinks about himself and completely ignores family and country affairs!"
Liu Chang occupies the moral high ground and deals with Zhou Chang.
The corner of Lu Lu's mouth twitched. If you don't want her to leave, then you still call her an old dog every day.
What serious illness does he have, and he still has to do things for you after being scolded by you?
Liu Chang talked for a while and then asked: "Where are those Confucian scholars?"
“How many are left??”
"There are only two left."
"who?"
"Mao Heng and Yuan Gusheng."
Liu Chang was furious, "These two guys treat my cell as a fairyland where they can eat and drink for free! All the other mediocre Confucian scholars have gone out, but these two most knowledgeable ones have not gone out?? This is
You are openly challenging me!! Take me there now!!"
Lu Lu hesitated for a moment, "Your Majesty, let's go another day..."
He knew that His Majesty was not in a good mood these days, and those two people happened to be on His Majesty's killing line, and they were not busy with any big things. If His Majesty wanted to vent his anger on them, then
Something big is going to happen. If you punch him, at least one of those two old men will die.
If His Majesty beat these two old men to death in front of him, how could he report it to his aunt?
My aunt would tell her every day that she should think favorably of His Majesty and inform her of His Majesty's unruly behavior and words.
If something like this happened, there would definitely be no way to help my aunt.
But Liu Chang insisted on going over, and Lu Lu had no choice. The one who refused to lie down was not the two old men, but Lu Lu himself.
Arriving at the place where the two Confucian scholars were imprisoned, Liu Chang rolled up his sleeves aggressively, followed by Lu Lu, and rushed into the house.
When they came in, they saw the two people sliding their hands slowly on the water, trying to write on the water.
Liu Chang had a straight face and looked very fierce.
However, the two of them hurriedly prayed and met Liu Chang.
"His Majesty!!!"
Seeing the docile faces of the two of them, Liu Chang put away some of his hostility and said, "Are the two of you not planning to come out?"
Mao Heng raised his head, looked at Liu Chang seriously, and said, "Your Majesty, the two of us have understood your thoughts."
"There is no destiny, what matters is man-made. This is the core of the theory of heaven."
"And the only thing that can influence the Han Dynasty and make the Han Dynasty strong and wealthy is human power, that is, Your Majesty!"
"Therefore, we are waiting here for Your Majesty to pardon us and allow us to go out, because you are the only one who can influence and decide everything in this world!!"
"We are ignorant and have not been able to understand His Majesty's thoughts for a long time. Please forgive us!"
The two of them paid their respects again.
Liu Chang was stunned for a moment and then laughed.
"Hahaha, since you have seen what I am thinking, then I will not blame you... It would be great if it was like this earlier. You are all members of the Confucian family. You must discipline your disciples well and let them
Know what to say and what not to say..."
The two bowed again, but when they walked out, Liu Chang grabbed Mao Heng.
"I know you are on good terms with Zhou Chang."
"Now that Zhou Chang wants to resign, you go and keep him... Your son Mao Chang is in the palace at the moment. When this matter is settled, I will take you to see him...