Lu Lu followed Liu Chang blankly. Ever since His Majesty went to the dock, he had become a little absent-minded and looked a little dull. Is that monkey that can sail a boat so shocking?
"It's okay, I just didn't think of it."
Liu Chang shook his head. He always thought that the fourth brother was the most stable one among the brothers, but he never thought that while the other brothers were just organizing their armies and intimidating the country, the fourth brother's army was already moving at the fastest speed.
He reached Chang'an at such a speed that General Zhou Shengzhi of the Lou Chuan Army was moved by what he said and set out for Chang'an in the name of the Lou Chuan Army. Not only did he not attract anyone's attention, he even used the war ships of the Lou Chuan Army to transport his soldiers.
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Fourth Brother is a man who only moves when he doesn't move, but is astonishing when he moves.
Fortunately, he is still sensible, otherwise, tonight, the Northern Army led by Zhou Yafu will start a battle with the Wu Army that suddenly attacked, and the chaos among the kings will be restored.
Liu Chang thought about a lot, but of course he felt guilty. For the first time, he understood how important he was to the Han Dynasty. Such a huge empire would fall apart in a matter of seconds if it lacked a backbone that could suppress everyone. This was his
What I have never thought of before is the instability of the current situation in the Han Dynasty. Behind the seemingly prosperous situation, there are many contradictions. There are too many flaws in the current system.
Many parties lack the key to check and balance each other. The current situation is very similar to that of the First Emperor. When the emperor was still in power, he could suppress everyone through his own prestige. No matter whether it was the old nobles or the new forces, no one dared to touch it.
, but once this powerful emperor is gone and the successor cannot replace the old emperor, the problem will be huge.
However, Liu Chang is not worried at the moment. Liu An is not like Hu Hai, and since he has noticed this problem, he will definitely start to solve it.
Liu Chang originally thought that by pushing the order of favor, the problems of the princes and kings would be solved soon. However, in recent years, due to Liu Chang's aggressive military activities, the Han Dynasty took the princes and kings as the pioneers and expanded everywhere, causing the power of the princes and kings to increase dramatically.
They have an absolute disadvantage against the temple, but if they unite, they will also be a trouble. From this point of view, it is not unreasonable for Chao Cuo to shout every day to cut down the vassal.
The vassal states were like sharp swords in the hands of Liu Chang. They conquered everywhere, opened up new territories for the Han Dynasty, paid huge amounts of taxes every year, and effectively governed those remote areas for the Han Dynasty. But if Liu Chang was gone, this sharp sword could be used at any time.
There is a possibility of attacking the temple.
Liu Chang stroked his chin, his mind filled with problems that should be solved now.
Liu Chang was supposed to return to the palace, but for some reason, when he reacted, he appeared in front of Chen Ping's mansion.
"Huh? Why did you bring me here?"
Lu Lu turned around, "Didn't you say you wanted to relax and think of a solution?" "Your Majesty usually comes here to relax and think of a solution in the outer city...
Liu Chang was very unhappy, "What are you talking about! I have always done everything myself, so why do I need to ask others for advice?" "Then let's go back to the palace?"
There was always some discrepancy between what Liu Chang said and what he did. Lu Lu was used to this and had no intention of complaining at all. Liu Chang jumped out of the carriage and asked people to knock on the door, while he waited outside.
With.
Soon, some retainers opened the door, saw the emperor, and hurriedly saluted and called for everyone in the house to come and greet him. Everyone in Chen Hou's family knew the emperor, and they were all old acquaintances.
Mr. Liu swaggered into the mansion and looked around, as if he was searching for something. Chen Ping, who was sitting in the courtyard, said, "Don't look, the poultry in the courtyard are all gone..."
Liu Chang laughed and sat in front of Chen Ping with a smile, "Why didn't you leave a few of them? I'm so embarrassed to come here empty-handed..."
The corner of Chen Ping's mouth twitched, "Every time your Majesty comes, he will catch one or two and give them to me. This last one was also given to me by your majesty and eaten together... Where can there be more?"
, now my grandson wants to eat some meat, he has to buy it from outside..."
"By the way, where's that guy?" "He's sleeping."
"oh..."
Liu Chang nodded and sat quietly. Chen Ping seemed to be admiring the sky. There were many strange medicinal materials placed in front of him. His face was a little gloomy and lackluster, but his whole person was no longer as gloomy as before.
He looks quite free and easy, like a fairy.
"When did you find Marquis Ruyin?" Liu Chang suddenly asked.
"Why am I looking for him? Maybe he is looking for me."
"Hahaha, Marquis Ruyin and the others have never been on good terms with you. Unless you get close to him specifically, he will never take the initiative to come to you."
"On the day before His Majesty came back, I sent someone to his mansion and invited him to come and have a serious and detailed discussion."
Liu Chang clicked his tongue in surprise. Sure enough, his guess was correct. Xia Houying was sent by Chen Ping to keep an eye on Han Xin. On the one hand, it was to protect Han Xin from being harmed by outsiders, and on the other hand, it was to prevent Han Xin from rebelling. It was a two-pronged strategy.
In the end, Xia Houying was even asked to visit Prime Minister Zhang and carry out the matter in the name of Prime Minister Zhang. If something happened in the end, it would be Prime Minister Zhang's fault and had nothing to do with him.
"I understand more and more why my father always took you with him wherever he went. Even when he went to war, he had to let you accompany him..."
Chen Ping said nothing and asked calmly: "Your Majesty came to me for more than just this matter, right?"
In this matter, Chen Ping really doesn’t have to worry. There is nothing wrong with what he did. Even if outsiders find out, no one can blame him. This counselor is actually a loyal minister. In Liu Chang’s dream
When Chan Helu took control of the temple and was about to change the world's surnames, the counselor took the initiative to put down his status and made friends with Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Guan Ying and others who were always keen to slander him, and then designed to take the world back.
I just retired and returned home.
In fact, these people are loyal ministers. They are loyal to the Liu family. Although the act of killing the second brother's children is too cruel, Liu Chang can still understand their thoughts. In that case, they dare not leave any more
Hidden danger.
"I came here to complain to Father Zhong."
"Father Zhong, due to my illness, the great Han Dynasty almost perished. I have thought about it and it is all the fault of my father and Mr. Xiao!"
"The system they established has too many hidden dangers. Once something happens to the emperor, the world will be in chaos. After my father passed away, it was because of me that the world was stable. But there may not be another person like me in thousands of years. If
If I die, what will happen to the world?"
Chen Ping really didn't expect that Emperor Gao and Hou Hou had both passed away for so many years, and yet they could still be blamed by the emperor.
You really can’t see your own reasons at all!
Chen Ping reminded: "Your Majesty has done a lot of things over the years. The number of officials in the government departments and central government has continued to increase. Their powers overlap with each other and there is no clear distinction. The vassal states are in the hands of your Majesty, even more so.
With the prosperity of the country, the princes and kings expanded their territory and became arrogant, the generals in the army became arrogant and domineering, and the ministers in the court fought with each other, all because of your majesty's connivance and disdain."
"Then how to solve these problems?"
"On the one hand, it is to check and balance the forces in the court, share power, and prevent one family from becoming dominant. At the same time, it is necessary to improve the inheritance system and power structure of the temple, and also to strengthen the power of the prince. In the face of this world situation, the power of the prince
It is too weak and should be strengthened reasonably."
"For the vassal states, Your Majesty can take measures to strengthen the power of the prime minister and weaken the power of the vassal kings. Although the previous rotation of the state phase effectively prevented the vassal states from running their own affairs, it also greatly weakened the phase. Your Majesty must appropriately strengthen the princes.
The power of the ministers of the country is used as a means to restrict the princes and kings."
Chen Ping had a lot of ideas, and he explained them to Liu Chang seriously while eating tea.
In fact, many veterans have the same idea. They all followed Emperor Gao to personally build this world. No one wants to see this world destroyed. After Liu Chang fell seriously ill, these people were the first to think of ways to come.
Save the big man.
When Liu Chang came out of Chen Ping's mansion, the sun had not yet set.
Chen Ping actually hadn't finished speaking yet, but Liu Chang didn't want to disturb him anymore. Chen Ping's body looked increasingly weak.
Weak. With the knowledge in the dream, Liu Chang felt that this was probably similar to tension headaches and migraines. They were similar symptoms anyway. Unfortunately, this kind of disease is still difficult to treat in this era. Liu Chang
The president was also a little helpless. He couldn't make medicine and couldn't diagnose Chen Ping.
What's more, at Chen Ping's age, the imperial doctors did not dare to give him too strong medicinal materials when making medicine, for fear that something would happen to him.
Liu Chang didn't want to cause him any more headaches.
When he returned to Houde Hall, Cao Shu was waiting for him. "Your Majesty's illness has not been cured yet. Where did he go?!"
Cao Shu frowned and helped Liu Chang change his clothes. Cao Shu's performance in this crisis was not very good, but there was no way. No one could do the best at the beginning. As the person in charge of the harem,
, the gap between Cao Shu and the Queen Mother is still very big. Although she has the title of Wise Queen, she has not experienced so many storms and fought with so many masters as the Queen Mother. She still cannot stabilize the overall situation of the world when something happens to Liu Chang.
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Liu Chang did not blame him for concealing the news of his accident. How should I put it, there were advantages and disadvantages. Being able to make a decision was considered very courageous.
"An has not been in a good mood recently, a little depressed...
"I know, I've already told him, don't worry..." The two were chatting when someone rushed in.
"Father!!"
The person who came was none other than Bo. It must be said that these few people forget quickly. They probably also forgot about Liu Chang's previous illness. When they saw my father getting up, they just pretended that nothing happened and continued.
As I was living my life in the past, I didn't even realize how dangerous the original situation was.
Liu Bo threw himself into Liu Chang's arms, holding a piece of paper in his hand, his face flushed with excitement. "Father, someone wrote me a letter!"
"Oh? Write a letter, who wrote it to you?" "It's my Prime Minister!"
This was the first time Liu Bo received a letter, and it was such a formal letter. Although his personality was relatively reserved, he was also very excited and couldn't help showing off to his father. Liu Chang took the letter curiously and read it.
This is a letter from Liu Buhai of the Kingdom of Dai to Liu Bo. In the letter, he reported the recent changes in the Dai army, explained the reasons, and then admitted his mistake. He acted without the king's order.
class.
Liu Chang sneered and cursed: "Liu Buhao, even though he became a lieutenant, he still can't change his petty attitude!"
Cao Shu asked in surprise: "That guard you used to have?"
"Yes, he wrote a letter to Bo specifically to apologize. In fact, he was just showing it to me... I can't punish him, so why do you think he should be so afraid?"
Liu Chang handed the letter to Bo and said earnestly: "You will reply to him later and ask him not to obey the orders of other vassal states in the future, otherwise I will chop off his head!"
Cao Shu shouted displeased: "Your Majesty!!"
"Ahem, okay, don't add the last sentence."
Liu Chang rubbed Liu Bo's head and asked with a smile: "How are your studies lately?"
"It's not good. My classmates are not interested in studying. They shout all day long to punish the rebellious ministers...and they always come to me. The teacher specially arranged a few classmates to protect me and not allow others to get close."
Liu Chang said with emotion: "It seems that I have to make time to go to Taixue."
"Your Majesty has not fully recovered yet, so you should rest for a few days. The situation everywhere is improving, so your Majesty does not need to be so anxious."
"I know, I know."
That night, Liu Chang held a family banquet. Except for Liu Ying who could not come due to health reasons, everyone else was present, including the Queen Mother. This was also a celebration of Liu Chang's recovery. Empress Lu sat at the top.
, Liu Ci and Liu Liang sat beside her respectively, enjoying themselves happily, Liu Chang sat with Liu An and Liu Bo, and Cao Shu and Fan Qing sat opposite.
"Mom, I want to eat meat!!" "Okay, okay, eat meat."
"Auntie, my aunt beat me again last night. I said I wanted to tell auntie, but she also said she wasn't afraid of you!"
Liu Ci ate the meat and gave it to Empress Lu with an angry face.
Talking about her own experience, Queen Lu smiled and looked at him complaining, rubbing his head from time to time. The youngest will always be the most favored. Liu Liang and Liu Ci are enjoying this treatment now, and they will wait until they are older.
, I have to give this treatment to my sister.
"Why did your mother beat you?" "I spit in Wang Sheng's face."
Queen Lu patted his head gently and said, "This child, how can you call your teacher a student? If you want to call him a prince, how can you spit on him?"
"He was the one who scolded my father first. He said a lot of words that I didn't understand. Then he called my father a villain. I wanted to beat him, but I couldn't beat him, and then he spat...
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"The prince doesn't seem to know how to curse, does he?"
Empress Lu was a little surprised. Liu Liang on the side said honestly: "Mom, the teacher said that my father risked his life and risked himself as a gentleman to save my life. A gentleman's good deeds can save millions of lives. I, a gentleman's bad deeds
, it will cause millions of misfortunes to me, this is not the behavior of a gentleman...Then the fourth brother said that the teacher was calling my father not a gentleman, but a villain, so he went up to beat him..."
Han family education has rules. Generally speaking, the parents are responsible for correcting and reprimanding, while the eldest father and eldest mother are responsible for pampering. Han people generally do not recommend parents to show too much love to their children, because the trend at that time was
You must be strict with your children. As for your grandchildren, there are no requirements. It is the business of their parents to educate them as a person. You have already educated your parents, so don’t you still have to educate them?
Therefore, the old man doted on his grandson to a very high degree, which later became the mainstream trend in Chinese families and lasted for a long time.
Yong'e also had a headache at the moment and told her two sisters her troubles.
"It's a gift to be good, smart and sensible...I'm so lawless. I've been beaten and scolded, but I just can't change it. I just cause trouble everywhere..."
Fan Qing expressed his opinion, "Chief was very naughty at first, but my mother spanked her all day long, and finally she changed her mind, didn't she? She still didn't spank enough!"
Cao Shu said seriously: "Ci is not a bully. You also need to look at the method of educating children. He has an active personality and doesn't like rules, but he is still very filial. When something happened to Your Majesty, look how long he cried.
.. Pay attention to the method. Since he doesn’t like to study, don’t force him. Let him do more things he likes, let him practice martial arts, tell him more about how to behave, and don’t just beat and scold him.”
Mother Cao, who has rich experience in teaching children, has quite a lot of skills in this field. As for Liu Chang, he is bragging to Liu An at the moment.
"Remember when I told you that we live in a sphere? Let me tell you in detail. We live on a sphere. Because of gravity, we will not fall down. So what is gravity...·.
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"Also, the sun and the moon are both spherical. The moon revolves around our earth, and the earth revolves around the sun. At the same time, the earth also rotates. This is day and night.
There are also reasons for the four seasons..."
"Actually, there are many planets outside us...you know, right?"
Liu Chang drank some wine, his face turned red, and he pulled Liu An to start telling the story. Liu An was dumbfounded. His father was destroying his world view every day.
"Speaking of mechanics, apart from the universal gravitation, there is also the fact that all objects always remain at rest or move in a straight line at a uniform speed when they are not acted upon by any force or when the resultant force is zero..."
"This is Liu Chang's first law, you know, right?" "And Liu Chang's second law..."
Liu Chang mixed everything he knew together and talked about it to his heart's content. He didn't follow common sense. One moment it was astronomy, the next moment it was physics, and the next moment he skipped to chemistry, what about oxygen, Liu Chang's periodic table of elements, then
They all started with his mouth. In the end, even in terms of literature and philosophy, Liu Chang casually said a few lines of Yuefu poetry. This was more complete and outstanding than the Yuefu poetry that had just started today. Liu An was so shocked that he was speechless.
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Liu An was scratching his head and head anxiously, with countless questions in his mind.
"What are you in a hurry? The knowledge I have here is enough for you to learn for a lifetime. With this knowledge
Come and lay the foundation, Dahan's various systems can be perfected, and by the way, your book will also be even better. When will you write Huainanzi?"
"Ah? Father, who is Huainanzi???"
Liu An asked again, but Liu Chang was already drunk and unconscious.