Chapter 485 The Marquis of Huaiyin Will Be Very Happy
It is just an excuse for Chang Liu to deal with the Empress Dowager.
His real purpose was to prepare for the future personal expedition, explore the road, check the situation of the cities and roads, see if the northwest of the Han Dynasty had the ability to mobilize on a large scale, and of course, it was also to examine these princes and their ministers to see if these people were worthy of use.
And Chang Liu's investigation of Hexi Country is... No, these people are useless!
After Zhou Bo escorted the prisoners, he caught up with Liu Chang. After the last lesson, he finally put away his murderous intention. After the battle, there were prisoners of war. This made Liu Chang very pleased and wanted to kiss him a few times. It was not easy. The Grand Marshal Zhou of my family was not obsessed with beheading people.
It was a good idea for Liu Xiang to ask Zhou Bo to assist Liu Jing in managing farming. Zhou Bo is famous, or notorious. When he came to the farmland for investigation, the prisoners of war with broken legs wanted to get up and hoe the ground... He was afraid that Master Zhou would be beheaded if he felt useless and would earn military merit. After all, Master Zhou did not do much such things.
Zhou Bo followed Liu Chang with a very respectful attitude and did not dare to be arrogant at all.
"Hexi can gather 6,000 knights, and food can be self-sufficient, but we lack crossbows... armor and war horses are still very sufficient..."
"If Longxi transports grain, you can completely store it in Anling. There are many soldiers in Anling, so you don't have to worry about any problems. Besides, Anling is also very close to Beiting..."
Zhou Bo analyzed carefully.
Liu Chang narrowed his eyes and nodded slightly, "Winning six thousand knights will not have much impact on Hexi, right?"
"If it's less than one year, it won't have much impact. If the war lasts more than one year, it's probably difficult to have food and grass..."
"Don't worry about food and grass!"
Liu Chang waved his hand and rode a horse. The two of them arrived at the border of Beiting. Then they stopped. Liu Chang turned around, looked at Zhou Bo, and instructed: "You go back. In terms of domestic affairs, listen more to Liu Jing's words. In addition, some of Liu Jing's policies may be opposed by the ministers. Do you know what to do?"
A cold light flashed in Zhou Bo's eyes, "I understand."
"And that Xiang, this monk, don't always follow him. He is still young and can't let him do whatever he wants. You and Liu Jing are his elders. Discipline when it's time to discipline. Don't worry about being rude. I will support you!"
Perhaps because Liu Xiang wrote a letter to rescue Zhou Bo, Zhou Bo now has a very close relationship. In the temple, Zhou Bo protects Liu Xiang everywhere, making Liu Xiang truly majestic. When he heard Liu Chang's words, Zhou Bo said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't worry. In fact, the king is not bad. He is a little chivalrous and knows people well. He often uses private property to help the people... He even occasionally makes trouble among the people, but he won't do anything bad..."
Hearing Zhou Bo's words, Liu Chang suddenly squinted his eyes.
"Do you know that when he was making trouble among the people, he always called himself Zhou Jian... Hexi people say that the son of Marquis Jiang is so evil..."
At that moment, Zhou Bo was finally stunned.
Sure enough, he didn't know.
"You dare not discipline Liu Xiang, and you dare not discipline Zhou Jian?"
Zhou Bo suddenly realized, "I understand!"
After saying goodbye to Zhou Bo, Liu Chang sighed and said to Lu Lu beside him: "You said that my second brother is such a kind person, why did you raise such a naughty son? When I was in the countryside, I went out to hunt all day long, and I also bullyed the market and drove the car in the city..."
Lu Lu was silent for a moment before asking: "Your Majesty, is it because he is closest to you at home?"
"Impossible! I'm not as stupid as him!"
The reason why most of the second generation of the royal family looked like Liu Chang was actually very simple. It was not because a husky led the entire wolf pack, but mainly because Liu Chang was born very late. His brothers had suffered, at least they had never been spoiled. Liu Chang was the only spoiled child among his brothers. These second generation princes and kings were all spoiled and had extremely naughty personalities. They naturally looked exactly like Liu Chang, and they looked like his biological son than Liu An.
Beiting Kingdom is mainly based on wilderness and is not small in area. Although it is not as good as Hexi Kingdom, there are fewer arable land here and not many cities. Most places are still grazing. The pavilion leaders here are more like bandits than those in Hexi Kingdom. They are dressed casually and are mixed with Hu people.
The Hexi Kingdom was a land from Gansu to Xinjiang. Its capital was Guzang (now Wuwei City), while the Beiting Kingdom was northeastern Xinjiang and western Inner Mongolia. The capital was Yinwu (now Hami City) and the Xiting Kingdom was the rest of Xinjiang. Its capital was Liuquan (now Yuli County). Its sphere of influence was huge, but the city and population were small.
In Beiting Kingdom, because the countries here were supporters of the Huns at the beginning, the countries here have become county towns, and Beiting sent county magistrates to govern. There were no foreign kings in the territory, and they were bordered by Hexi, Beidi and other areas. Therefore, both internal environment and external transportation were more convenient, and there were also a large number of people. Because of the Battle of Han and Xiong, the supporters of the Huns were either killed or migrated with the Huns, so it was not difficult to manage them.
The people don’t care much about who their ruler is, as long as they can eat enough and avoid suffering.
Liu Chang was riding his horse all the way, and this place was simply a paradise for riding horses. Looking around, there were endless grasslands. He could ride whatever he wanted. He came to Yinwu County, the capital of the capital, which was a newly built city. It was renovated on the basis of the original city. It was similar to Guzang County, and there was nothing to praise. Unfortunately, Beiting Kingdom did not have a big city like Anling, and the cities in the country were probably not as good as Anling.
Liu Chang looked at the city, "Maybe, An can build his own tomb in Beitingguo..."
"If An had a son, let him build a tomb in Xiting Kingdom..."
Liu Chang said seriously, but Lu Lu smiled bitterly, "Is Your Majesty preparing to cultivate the tomb all the way to the body poison (near India)? Wouldn't that cause trouble for descendants. If you want to worship your ancestors, you have to walk for two or three years... Why bother?"
"How can they show their filial piety if they don't do this?"
"My great man ruled the country with filial piety!"
There is no fun place in Yinwu County. There are still restaurants in Guzang County, so I can’t even find restaurants here. After a hurry, President Liu walked directly to the palace. There were many soldiers in front of the palace and were chatting. When he saw the visitor, he hurriedly stopped the person.
"Who dares to break into the palace?!"
"Xiahou Zao, the Grand Marshal of Xiting Kingdom, comes to the King of Beiting if you have important matters and report it quickly!"
The people were stunned. They obviously had heard of Xiahou Zao's reputation. They hurriedly paid a visit and then went in to report.
After a while, soldiers came out and led them into the palace. The palace was also extremely simple. When they approached the main hall, Liu Chang heard the woman's laughter from a distance. Liu Chang's face suddenly became unfair. When he walked into the main hall, he saw Liu Zuo, who was dressed in disheveled clothes, exposed his tendon flesh, and there were three beauties sitting next to him, with wine in front of him, and a weapon stand in the wall of the palace, and various weapons were placed, which was ridiculous.
The beauty took off a puppet and put it in Liu Xie's mouth. Liu Xie was very comfortable. She had just bitten the puppet in her mouth and looked at the door, and saw Zhong's father who was holding his anger.
The two looked at each other and looked at each other for a long time.
"Zhongfu...misunderstanding."
The princes and kings of the Old Liu family were pretty good at the beginning. Although there were occasionally a few scums, they were more or less stingy, and were all keen on enjoyment. Archaeology knows that among ancient tombs, the only burial objects of the princes and kings of the Old Liu family were the most abundant. The spirit of pleasure of these people probably came from Liu Bang. Even in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was not similar to the Han Dynasty, this spirit of pleasure continued. The princes and kings of the Han Dynasty were much more good at playing than the princes and kings of later dynasties.
The king's screams soon came from the palace.
"I thought the rumors about you were malicious slander, but I didn't expect that they were all true!"
"Are you guys here doing wine pools and meat forests? Are you planning to follow King Zhou?!"
Liu Ju sat aside with a bruised nose and swollen face, "Father Zhong, you're wronged. These three are my wives and concubines. I just want the wine pool and meat forest. I have to have that capital. My Beiting country is not as poor as a county in the Central Plains. If you want to drink, you have to go to Hexi to buy it... How can you be qualified to build a wine pool and meat forest... A huge wish!"
Just as Liu Chang was teaching Youzi a lesson, another distinguished guest also entered Yiwu County.
Xiahou Zao was riding a tall horse and swaggeringly walking in Yiwu County. There were two knights beside him. He said to the knights on both sides with disdain, "Why does their county look so small? It's not as good as our Xiting. It's a waste to keep such good resources but don't know how to use them!"
Xiting and Beiting are next to each other, and they are a little uncomfortable with each other.
The only object that Beiting can despise is Xiting, and the King of Xiting is relatively strong, so the ministers and officials of Xiting are more fierce. Sometimes when the two sides cooperate, there will inevitably be some small conflicts, especially after the Taiwei of Xiting beat the son of Taiwei of Beiting. Of course, this kind of evil is only maintained at the upper level, and there is still no such situation at the bottom level. Beiting people like to go to Xiting to do business because Xiting has nothing...
Xiahou Zao came to Beiting Kingdom this time because of the tolerance. There were not many people who could use Xiting Kingdom. The three masters came to do the big and small things in person. After all, he was the most idle and had nothing to do.
He got off the horse and was led by someone, and he slowly walked to the gate of the palace.
"Who trespassed the palace?!"
Xiahou Zao said arrogantly: "Xi Ting Kingdom's Taiwei Xiahou Zao, if you have something important to meet the King of Beiting, report it quickly!"
The soldiers were stunned and looked at each other in surprise. Then they looked at Xiahou Zao in front of them suspiciously, "Are you Xiahou Zao, the Grand Marshal of Xiting Kingdom?"
"Nonsense! Go and report!
”
The soldier narrowed his eyes and whispered a few words.
Soon, the palace gate opened wide, and a large group of soldiers rushed out, and the soldiers cursed in front of them: "Take this traitor who pretended to be a lieutenant!
!”
Xiahou Zao looked at the soldiers who rushed towards him in a daze and screamed in anger.
Liu Chang was teaching Liu Hu a lesson, and he vaguely heard the roar and filial piety. Liu Chang was still very alert in this regard. He suddenly stood up and pulled out the sword from his waist. At that moment, Liu Hu, who was lowering his head and being scolded, almost cried.
"Father Zhong! If you want to scold, scold, beat, beat me, but don't kill me! I am your dear son!
”
"It's all villains who bewitch you!
Zhongfu!"
"Shut up!
”
Liu Chang scolded him, then suddenly jumped out of the palace and ran towards the palace gate. Sure enough, he met the armored soldiers coming here. The armored soldiers shouted: "There are traitors attacking the palace!
”
Liu Chang's eyes were even a little excited. He hadn't fought for a long time!
However, who dares to attack the palace? Should I be at myself or Liu Se?
Liu Xu probably reacted, holding a long sword and following Liu Chang. When the two led the soldiers to the door in a hurry, the sound of fighting became clearer, "Open the door!
!”
Liu Chang scolded and rushed out first.
Outside the palace, there were soldiers everywhere lying on the ground in pain, moaning, and there were twenty or thirty people, and many soldiers surrounded each other and besieged them. The man's sword was not even out of the sheath, and the swords were flying around him, and the soldiers around him were defeated one after another, falling down one by one, like tigers entering the flock of sheep, killing all directions, and no one could stop him. He kept roaring, that is, these soldiers were brave enough, otherwise they would have been scared to start running away.
Chang Liu was stunned.
Because that stupid guy fighting was Xiahou Zao.
"stop!
!”
Liu Chang's roar was still useful, and the soldiers slowly retreated. When Liu Zu saw this, he understood that it was so coincidental that the two of them came to their place at the same time? When Xiahou Zao saw Liu Chang, he widened his eyes, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and then made sure again and again.
"This guy pretended to be you and said he was Xiahou Zhao!"
The soldier reported.
Xiahou Zao was furious, "Nai Gong is..."
Liu Chang cleared his throat, "He is my twin brother, not a fake. Please ask the imperial physician to treat him..."
Liu Zu shouted: "You can't go quickly!
”
The soldiers were busy, and Xiahou Zao walked to Liu Chang's side with aggrieved expression on his face. At this moment, he was filled with extremely soreness. Although he had brought down many people, he was facing elite soldiers and he was also hit by many. He rubbed his chin and complained: "There are so many wise men, why are you staring at me? If my reputation is corrupt, it is all your credit!"
"Haha, this is not the fault of me. You have been corrupted for a long time. Let's go and follow me in!"
Liu Chang pulled Xiahou Zao and returned to the inner hall again.
The four people sat in the hall, and Xiahouzao was still a little disbelief, "Your Majesty, aren't you in Chang'an? Why did you appear here? This is so scary. What are you doing? A private visit on a private basis??"
"I'll talk to the teacher about something, but you, what are you doing in Beiting?"
"I'm here to urge grain...Huaiyin Hou urged him tightly, and he refused to send him here..."
When Liu Xu heard this, he was anxious and said quickly: "What can we do? The food from Hexi has not been transported here. What should I use to transport it to you? We don't have any food!"
Liu Chang shook his head helplessly. At this moment, the Prime Minister and the Grand Marshal of Beiting State hurriedly walked into the hall.
These two are acquaintances of Liu Chang, so there is no need to say much about the Taiwei Chai Wu. The Prime Minister Liu She was also an old acquaintance of Liu Chang. When Liu Chang was traveling in the Chu State, he met this young man. Now he has grown up and inherited his father's title and became the Taohou of the Han Dynasty. This is Taohou Liu She and Xiang Yu's tribe.
When the two saw Liu Chang, they were naturally shocked and rushed to pay their respects.
Chang Liu sat in the upper seat and looked at the people below.
"I am still very disappointed when I come to Beitingguo this time. Liu Zuo is not good at being a good man, he is addicted to wine and sex, and his ministers are unable to do their best..."
Liu Chang said seriously, and everyone under his command could not help but lower their heads. Xiahou Zao lowered his head and suddenly realized that the labor and capital were not from Beitingguo, so he hurriedly raised his head high again.
"It seems that Beiting still needs a capable person to do things... You have not even built the road. If there is a war outside the Western Regions, you don't know how much you will spend on transporting food and grass..."
After all, Taohou Liu She was still young. He listened to Liu Chang's words and blushed and could not speak.
Liu Zu looked at his ministers and couldn't help but speak, "Father Zhong, I am incompetent, but this is not the case for all the ministers. Since Liu Gong became the prime minister, he has checked domestic household registration, measured land, organized naturalization, turned Hu into Han, opened cultivated land, built official schools, recruited wise men from all over the world, Taiwei Chai Gong, pacified domestic thieves, strengthened governance in various places, and made Beiting not close households at night and not pick up relics on the road... Beiting was poor, and after several years of founding the country, there were many Hu people. It is not easy to be able to reach the current level!"
"If Zhongfu wants to blame me, then blame me. Please forgive the ministers. This is not their fault!"
Liu Xie said seriously.
At that moment, a faint smile appeared on Liu Chang's face.
Liu She hurriedly said, "It's my minister who has neglected his duties..."
"Okay, I'm here not to see the feelings of your monarch and ministers... I only care about the situation in Beiting, and I don't care so much about the rest. I will forgive you once for my elder brother's favor. However, if this place is still so disappointing next time, I will remove you from all your posts! Beiting will be eliminated!"
Chai Wu took Liu Chang to investigate the local terrain, and Liu Chang still kept drawing on the map. Chai Wu could understand it. This was marking places suitable for building stations, transit stations, and temporary granaries. If a war broke out, this was the route to transport food and grass. Judging from the paintings of Your Majesty, Your Majesty seemed to be considering four routes. Is this going to send troops to poison himself?
"Your Majesty is going to use troops?"
Faced with Chai Wu's inquiry, Liu Chang just said helplessly: "Official schools need grain, clinics need grain, and Shangfang also needs grain... I can't convert grain out of thin air... I can only take it from outside."
Soon, Chang Liu left here and went to Xitingguo. His purpose was to meet his teacher, so he could not stay too long and delay too much time. Otherwise, when he returned to Chang'an, there would be a big mess.
The fast horse ran towards Xitingguo with whip. Xiahou Zao followed and chatted about the feats of Xitingguo.
"It's really time for you. The Marquis of Huaiyin often said how much I miss you and often said to me, it would be great if you were here... Your Majesty is here to pay homage to Huaiyin, and Huaiyin must be extremely happy and excited..."
Xiahou Zao said, but an inexplicable smile appeared on his face.