Chao Cuo was brought to Houde Hall again after a long time.
It was still dark, and Liu Chang was sitting in the upper position, squinting his eyes and looking at his wife.
Chao Cuo seemed to be a little confused. Whether he was sleeping or suddenly taken away by soldiers at night, he would definitely be at a loss. Moreover, Chao Cuo was taken out directly from the prison. He almost thought that he was going to die of illness.
They were all ready to make their last words or something, but unexpectedly, the soldiers took them directly to Houde Hall. It seemed that their lives were saved.
Chao Cuo has been imprisoned until now since he was arrested by Liu Chang after submitting a letter.
Chao Cuo was a very stubborn person. Even if Liu Chang tried his best to torture him, such as showing him newspapers about the merits of King Wu, etc., he could not wait until he wrote a letter to plead guilty. However, now that the matter was urgent, Liu Chang could only
It was assumed that he had confessed, and he was taken out of jail overnight. At worst, he would be sent back to jail after he finished his work.
Most of the courtiers take a more pragmatic approach. Ministers like Zhang Cang will only choose the best solution at the moment, but Chao Cuo is different. He basically walks in front of everyone at the same time, although his ideas
None of them are realistic, and there will be some exaggerated and idealized situations, but he can indeed come up with solutions. Chao Cuo will never be at a loss, and even if it is an impractical policy, he can at least give it.
"Wrong, the river has been flooding more and more frequently recently. Hanoi, Hedong, and Neishi areas have all been hit by the disaster. If this continues, the disaster will spread to Liang, Qi, Chu and other places... If this is the case,
The harm caused by today's strategy to promote agriculture is incalculable... Even now, I absolutely cannot tolerate the fact that there are still disaster-stricken refugees in my prosperous age!"
Liu Chang said and asked Lu Lu to hand the pen and ink to Chao Cuo.
"I'm not a tyrant, and I won't make things difficult for you. Let's do this. I've given you the pen and ink... You make your own choice, just watch and write."
"Either write a flood control strategy, or write your own last words, choose one of the two!"
Chao Cuo looked around and asked, "Your Majesty, can you give me some meat and tea?"
"Okay, Lu, get him some food and some tea! Didn't Chai Qi bring some tea from Dian Kingdom earlier? Get it here!"
Chao Cuo was not in a hurry. He sat in front of Liu Chang and started asking questions seriously. All he asked about were things about the river. Fortunately, Liu Chang had also worked hard during these days. Facing Chao Cuo's many problems
He answered all questions fluently without any hesitation.
Chao Cuo started drawing with a pen in front of him. He drew a line to represent the river, and also drew many tributaries, surrounding cities, disaster-stricken areas, etc.
"I didn't expect that you are also good at painting... You are also an all-rounder, not bad."
Liu Chang nodded.
Chao Cuo looked at it for a long time, and then said firmly: "Your Majesty, I know the cause of the flood."
"Oh? What's the reason?"
"I dare not say it."
"It's okay, whatever you say, I won't blame you at all!"
"It's because of Your Majesty!"
"What? Old dog!
"
Liu Chang was furious. He stepped forward, stretched out his hand, grabbed Chao Cuo's collar, and directly lifted him up with one hand. Chao Cuo's feet were in the air, and he kept staring at his legs. He was petite and weak. Chao Cuo
He also realized that he had said something wrong and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Listen to me, this is because of land reclamation, it is caused by land reclamation!
"
Liu Chang threw Chao Cuo to the ground and asked angrily: "What does this have to do with me?"
"Your Majesty, take a look at the disaster-stricken areas for yourself, and then take a look at the section upstream of them... This is Chang'an, this is Hedong, and here... All areas that have been seriously affected are gathered in these cultivated lands.
Later, His Majesty ordered these areas to be reclaimed, including this area. Previously, a large number of Tang people were arranged to reclaim the land... This must be because the land was reclaimed and destroyed. Once it rains, there will be a lot of soil.
Entering the river water, causing disasters in these places..."
Chao Cuo analyzed it seriously, "Look here, the Liang State is now doing a lot of reclamation here. I predict that the downstream areas of this land will suffer disasters soon..."
China has long been aware of the importance of protecting nature. There are advocates like Mencius and Xunzi who advocate the protection of the environment and nature, and there are also practitioners like Guan Zhong. At the same time, in ancient times, there was an official responsible for protecting the environment, called Yu. Of course, this position
It was abolished in the Qin and Han Dynasties, it cannot be said to be abolished, but it was replaced by the Shaofu Order. Now the mountains, forests, rivers and lakes are under the control of the Shaofu. It was not until the Wei and Jin Dynasties that the Yu Officials were re-established.
Among many schools of thought, farmers are the first to notice the problem of soil erosion. They realize that excessive development and reclamation will lead to disasters. Therefore, their ideas include planting trees and reclamation at the same time. Farmers believe that,
Even if planting trees cannot completely solve the problem, it can still play a big role... Moreover, when it comes to reclamation, farmers also have their own methods, which is not to affect the mountains, forests, and swamps.
Listening to Chao Cuo's explanation, Liu Chang's face also showed some helplessness.
But the Han Dynasty had no choice. The Han Dynasty ushered in an era of population explosion. Historically, the floods in the Han Dynasty were the most serious, that is, when the population of the Han Dynasty reached 50 million. The massive increase in population would definitely affect the environment.
The larger the population, the greater the impact.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the river overflowed several times. Emperor Wen hurriedly asked people to repair the dams and find ways to control it. By the time of Emperor Wu, there was an ugly prime minister who did not want to be named. He was the one who killed Mr. Zhang. Because of his
The fiefdom was not in the disaster-stricken area, so he reported to Emperor Wu, saying that this was all destiny, and that he should ignore it. He let the river flow freely for more than 20 years, and the number of people affected by the disaster amounted to millions... Although Emperor Wu's contribution was very great, it could not be ignored.
In some aspects, Emperor Wu was really far inferior to his eldest father and uncle.
If such goods were left in his eldest father's hands, he might have been cried to death; if he had been left in his uncle's hands, he might have been dragged out and abandoned in the market as soon as he put on his court clothes.
It is worth mentioning that the Prime Minister had close contacts with people from the Huainan King's lineage, so they probably had the same affinity.
Liu Chang sat helplessly in front of Chao Cuo. Ji sat down and sighed: "What can be done?"
"All the ministers know this truth, but they dare not say it directly, for fear of angering His Majesty and being punished by His Majesty... If Your Majesty is willing to let me handle this matter, I am willing to do my best, and the current method is appropriate
People migrating to the upper reaches of the river should stop the destruction of the river by reclamation and plant a large number of trees. They should order the counties along the river to plant trees with all their strength... In addition, they should find ways to set up drainage facilities, and
For water transportation, water flow should be reduced and kept away from flood discharge areas..."
"However, Your Majesty still needs to think clearly."
"Stopping the reclamation of the middle and upper reaches will also be a blow to today's farmers. After all, these lands are the most fertile, and His Majesty has always been fully encouraging the people to reclamate... Reclamation is still a strategy to promote agriculture.
fundamental...."
"fart!"
Liu Chang waved his hand and said, "The root of the strategy to promote agriculture lies in the people, not in reclamation."
"What's there to worry about? I ordered reclamation to allow the people to eat and live a good life. If we destroy the river water for reclamation and cause the river to overflow and harm the people, wouldn't that go against my original intention? I'll just do that.
I don’t believe that the Han Dynasty can’t find any land that can be cultivated in such a large territory!”
"Okay, get up!"
Chao Cuo stood up and approached Liu Chang again. Liu Chang pulled him to his side and put his arm around his shoulders. "If I leave this matter to you, will you let me down?"
"Absolutely not!"
"I'm afraid that as soon as you arrive, you will start sending soldiers to drive away the local people, destroy their farmland, make the people resentful, and kill officials and rebel..."
"If your Majesty cannot trust his ministers, wouldn't it be better to send someone to supervise him?"
"Send someone, right..."
Liu Chang grinned, meaningfully.
Chao Cuo was shocked and said quickly: "Your Majesty, this guy Yuan An is not good. He is..."
"Don't worry, don't worry, you two are the only ones who can do things in the inner dynasty. How can I send you all out? If you all go out, who will read the memorials from various places?"
"That's good, that's good."
Chao Cuo breathed a sigh of relief and received His Majesty's pardon. He happily left the palace and returned to his home.
"Come here, call Shen Tujia to me!
"
It was almost dawn, but there was no trace of fatigue on Shen Tujia's face. He was born in the military and could always wake up as quickly as possible. The ministers didn't quite understand why His Majesty wanted to stay like this.
A person whom I hate very much is in the temple.
Among the courtiers, Shen Tujia was probably the least liked by Liu Chang.
Liu Chang doesn't like people who are too old-fashioned, and he is more casual by nature.
"I'm going to let Chao Cuo do something, but as you know, he is quite radical. I'm afraid that he will go too far, so I want you to keep an eye on him and don't hinder him from doing things, but don't let him do anything.
He went too far, do you understand what I mean?"
Shen Tujia was stunned for a moment, then said: "Chao Cuo is just a minister. Controlling floods is not within his authority, and the minister is not..."
"They are all ministers. He has to be responsible for whatever I want him to be responsible for. Tomorrow I will ask the prime minister to be responsible for guarding the gate. Who dares to say no?!"
"only."
"It's just that your Majesty still needs to tell me how to tell whether his behavior is excessive or not?"
Liu Chang didn't like his strict character, but in the face of such a major event, such a character was better, so Liu Chang informed Shen Tujia of his requirements in detail. Even if the people had to be relocated, they would definitely
Housing must be arranged reasonably. Soldiers cannot be directly sent to drive them away violently. There must be no situation where people starve to death during migration. Corresponding compensation must be given. Water control cannot be filled by manpower. Beware of this person directly mobilizing local forces.
What are more than 100,000 people going to build...
Chao Cuo may not be able to do this kind of thing. One of the biggest characteristics of Chao Cuo's decrees is that he doesn't regard the people as human beings. He thinks that the border guards are constantly changing and are not used to the barbarians, so he has to think
To change the method, the method he came up with was to directly leave the soldiers who went to serve in the local area and let them become locals, regardless of whether they wanted to or not. He originally wanted to serve as soldiers in Shuofang for two years, but ended up being left there as soon as he left.
Once you have a family and a career, you can never leave it for the rest of your life.
He has a good name and is called "Giving Earth".
Does this kind of behavior look familiar?
That's right, if Chao Cuo had been born a hundred years earlier, the First Emperor would definitely have reused him.
But Liu Chang had no choice. He had to be used when he should be used. After all, except for himself, there is no perfect person in the world. Everyone has his own shortcomings and shortcomings. A perfect person like himself has been possible since ancient times.
It has never happened before. If you insist on finding shortcomings in yourself, it can only be that you are too modest sometimes.
However, Liu Chang rarely said these words on weekdays. After all, the word "perfect man" had been tainted by his father. He was obviously a fool, but he told the ministers all day long that he was a perfect man without flaws. It was really
Shameless, fortunately I am not like this.
Shen Tujia also took out his pen and ink and carefully wrote down what Liu Chang told him.
Liu Chang felt a little relieved. Chao Cuo seemed unreliable, but with Shen Tujia, there shouldn't be any big problem. He believed in Shen Tujia's courage. If Chao Cuo wanted to cause trouble, Shen Tu would
Jia can definitely subdue him easily.
After all the arrangements were made, it was already dawn.
Liu Chang rubbed his eyes and walked into the inner room in confusion. Cao Shu and her daughter were in Jiaofang Palace, Fan Qing and Yong'e were in Changle Palace. Liu Chang was the only one here. Liu Chang took off his clothes comfortably.
He took off his clothes, threw them aside casually, and suddenly jumped onto the couch. The couch couldn't help but make a sound, and Liu Chang immediately closed his eyes.
.........
"Brother!"
Liu Ying came to the Chu State. The Chu State was no longer its original size. After Liu Jiao's death, the Chu State was divided into many parts. Just like the Qi State, the Chu State also completely lost its strength as the first country in the south, although its national strength was still relatively strong.
Although it was powerful, it could no longer compare with the prosperous Wu State.
Chu is Liu Ying's favorite country. From Qi to Chu, just after passing a few counties, the differences have already appeared. Although the dialect differences between Zhao, Yan and Qi are a bit big, you can barely understand them.
When we arrived in Chu, everything started to change completely, starting with the language.
Romantic and open-minded Chu people like to dress themselves up. Even ordinary farmers' homes like to dress up their courtyards with flowers and plants. It is different from the simple feeling in the north. Some people like to add flowers to themselves.
In paintings, groups of people can occasionally be seen in the countryside, wearing various masks and dancing in unison.
Chu State likes witch dance very much. This kind of dance is usually performed by many people in unison. Like some areas in the north, nobles like to dance in pairs after drinking too much. But Chu State is different. Here they all dance in groups, passionate and unrestrained.
Liu Ying was immediately fascinated. From time to time, she could see drunken nobles singing loudly on the chariot.
Chu people are superstitious, so they like to use songs and dances to "please the gods." Even when performing sacrifices, Chu people like to sing and dance. In the eyes of some places in the north, this is simply barbaric. At such a solemn time, you are
Drinking, singing and dancing here is simply an insult to the person being sacrificed. Whether it is a sacrifice to ancestors or a sacrifice to gods, it should not be like this.
But the romantic Chu people probably thought that these gods who created themselves, like themselves, all like liveliness, singing and dancing, and so do their ancestors. Maybe their souls will dance with them.
The reason why the old Liu family likes to join in the fun has been found.
The current King of Chu is Liu Yingke who was studying in Chang'an. The death of his father still gave him a big blow. Liu Yingke's health was not very good to begin with, and now he looks even weaker, even worse than Liu Ying.
They were all a little weak, and Liu Ying frowned as she looked at them.
Liu Yingke took Liu Ying to visit the scenery of Chu State. After Liu Yingke came to power, he did not change the development strategy formulated by his father. Most major issues were handed over to the prime minister. He did not participate, but continued to summon scribes.
When it comes to writing articles, the Chu State is actually controlled by the temple, and Liu Yingke doesn't interfere much. However, there are more and more literati and poets in the Chu State, and they even set up newspapers in the country.
However, newspapers in Chu State are different from those in temples. Their newspapers are entirely used for writing articles, poems, and poems.
The literati used this method to demonstrate their talents and wrote many excellent literary works. The temple was quite tolerant of them and did not make too many demands. Anyway, in the temple's view, these people just wrote some unsatisfactory works.
If the king of Chu is willing to bear the cost, then he can do whatever he likes. It doesn't matter if the princes and kings have such hobbies. Let them play with peace of mind, which is a good thing for the temple.
After all, the King of Chu's lineage is not Liu Chang's biological brother, and is still different from people like Liu Heng.
"Originally I wanted to go to Wu, but I received a letter from Heng. He said that he was taking care of important things in the south of South Vietnam. I just went there because I was afraid that I would not be able to see each other. And the south of South Vietnam is not a good place. I went
I'm afraid my health won't be able to bear it if I get there, so I'm going to go south to see my sixth brother..."
Liu Ying said seriously.
Liu Yingke was stunned, "Sixth brother?"
"Yes, King of Changsha."
"Oh...yes, yes, King Changsha."
Only then did Liu Yingke think of Changsha King Liu You, the sixth son of the clan. As a dignified Han prince and the younger brother of the current emperor, his territory was vast. There was a powerful man like Guan Ying as the prime minister, but for some reason, his presence was real.
Too low. When people in the world talk about princes and kings, they include Jiaodong Kingdom and Dian Kingdom, but often forget about Changsha Kingdom.
"I haven't seen him for a long time. Changsha is too far away, and he is a bit... introverted and not good at talking..."
"Brother, there is something I don't know whether I should say."
Liu Ying looked at him in surprise, "You have something to do, but it doesn't matter."
"My father invited Duke Fuqiu to teach me, and gathered a large number of gentlemen in the country to study knowledge. After I ascended the throne, I also called Duke Shen Pei and Wei Meng to teach my son Liu Shu...
I went to Chang'an to study, but I was unable to teach my son personally. My son Liu Shu was young, but he repeatedly committed adultery and crimes. I was very worried that when he succeeded to the throne in the future, he would disgrace the family tradition. My father has a good reputation.
I have never had a bad reputation while I was in office..."
"Ah?? There is such a thing??"
ps:
The emperor was worried about the farmers and wrote a letter: "The body is poisonous and the food is abundant, so use the army to seize it." The emperor rebuked him and said: "I regard you as a virtuous minister, so why do you come up with this strategy?" - "Historical Records - Biography of Feng Jing of Zhou Chang"
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The emperor likes to read and is well-read, and the prince often stands by him to inquire about truths and gain something. ——"Sheng Lue"