As the major newspapers began to publish news about the emperor's parade, local people gradually came to know that the emperor was fine. This newspaper was indeed a powerful tool, conveying the news of the emperor's safety to various places as quickly as possible.
"Old thief! I have always respected you as the founder of the country, but I never thought that now you want to rebel!!"
"Old dog! I will never tolerate you!"
"Today, all you have to do is die!"
Liu Xiang rode a white horse of the same style as his father-in-law and cursed outside a county town on the border of Longxi and Hexi. The person he was cursing was Wei Yao, the governor of Longxi County.
Wei Yao lived a miserable life during these days. The emperor had trouble in his territory, and it goes without saying that the temple was hostile to him. Whenever something happened to the emperor, he, the prefect, would be the first to do so.
To be held accountable, the earthquake seriously damaged the entire Longxi County.
How big is the impact of this underground cave? Some water flows have changed their paths due to this earthquake. Many roads that originally connected Bashu and Longxi have been completely closed at this moment. They were used as passages for transporting grain in the Qin Dynasty. From now on
It is developing in the direction of the difficult road to Shu.
There were so many people affected by the disaster, and the number of destroyed cities, roads, etc. was incalculable.
If it were just these problems, forget it, but the biggest headache for Wei Ao was of course the man outside the city, Hexi King Liu Xiang. Hexi King Liu Xiang was quite powerful among the second generation princes, occupying the main road between the Han Dynasty and the northwest, so he could
It is said that status is irreplaceable.
After the emperor's accident, the people of Longxi quickly brought the news to the Hexi Kingdom. The King of Hexi was the first to know the situation. He could not wait to go to Chang'an, but was dissuaded by the Prime Minister Liu Jing.
Liu Jing believed that the foreign king could not leave the fiefdom without permission. On the one hand, he was ready to help appease the victims in Longxi, and on the other hand, he was ready for the Hexi king to go to Chang'an.
But the bad thing is that the temple did not convey any news from the emperor.
Liu Xiang immediately became anxious.
In his opinion, Zhongfu is seriously ill and the temple is hidden. What does this mean?
Liu Jing also reported immediately. Liu Jing believed that there were too many people in the world who wanted to murder His Majesty. As the emperor's son, he asked the king to lead troops to the border of Longxi to put pressure on the temple so that those who were interested would not dare to take action against the emperor.
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Zhou Bo also believed this, so the three of them began to take action. Liu Jing began to mobilize the ministers at home to convey the news of the emperor's injury to various princes and kings.
The people who care about the emperor the most in the world should be the princes and kings. Today's princes and princes are as prosperous as Liu Chang. Except for Liu Chang, no one can reuse them and trust them completely like they do now.
Zhou Bo, on the other hand, led the troops to get in touch with Qin Tong, who was in charge of guarding the border. The troops from various places were ready to move, giving the temple the illusion that troops were about to be dispatched.
Liu Xiang led the cavalry outside Longxi and cursed at the county guard.
"You old dog! How dare you make trouble because my father-in-law trusts you so much! Get out of the way and let me go to Chang'an! You are such a bastard..."
Just as Liu Xiang started to curse, the gate of the county town slowly opened.
Liu Xiang pursed his lips, stopped cursing in a hurry, and looked at the deputy general beside him in a panic, "Why did they really open the city gate? What should I do?"
The deputy general also looked confused, "Didn't the king ask them to get out of the way..."
"It was Zhou Taiwei who asked me to say this. Zhou Taiwei said that the harsher the scolding, the better. It is best to make Wei dare not leave here and make his teeth itch with anger, so that he and the Prime Minister can have enough time.
opportunity...but he didn't say what to do if the city gate opened on the other side..."
Just when Liu Xiang was eagerly telling the situation, knights filed out of the city gate. The man at the head was wearing heavy armor and was the governor Wei Yao. Seeing him, Liu Xiang also ran out. Liu Xiang no longer dared to scold him.
, his eyes were full of fear, Zhou Bo didn't tell him that this person could leave the city.
Since I scolded him so harshly just now, he shouldn't be here to take revenge on me, right?
Liu Xiang's horse still took a few steps back, and the surrounding knights also vaguely surrounded Liu Xiang, taking precautions to prevent the opponent's dogs.
Be prepared to jump off the wall.
With a dark face, Wei Nen quickly came to Liu Xiang's side. Liu Xiang scolded him for more than twenty days. Wei Ao's eyes kept looking at Liu Xiang with deep malice, as if he would be scolded the next moment.
When he wanted to assassinate the king, Liu Xiang laughed awkwardly.
"Wei Jun, why did you come out?"
"Hasn't the king been clamoring for me to come out these days? He also said that he wanted to chop off my head. I came out today, how are you going to chop off my head?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Wei is joking, how could I kill you... I just care too much about Father Zhong, yes, Father Zhong!! Don't forget, something happened to Father Zhong here, and his life and death are still unknown.
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Liu Xiang seemed to have found his courage again, and his tone became a little more serious.
What Wei Ao was waiting for was his words. Wei Ao took something out of his arms and threw it directly in Liu Xiang's face. Liu Xiang was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. He saw clearly what hit him in the face.
It was a newspaper. Liu Xiang took a few glances and saw news about the emperor going to inspect the Weishui Pier.
Liu Xiang's expression changed greatly, "Is Father Zhong okay?"
"Why, it seems that King Hexi doesn't want to see His Majesty in peace?"
Liu Xiang shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, no, I don't mean that..."
He looked at Wei Yao, who had a very bad expression in front of him, and suddenly laughed awkwardly, "Look, this is all a misunderstanding. I thought something happened to Father Zhong. Because he was too worried, he spoke rudely to you. You are the only one who founded the country."
General, you will never have trouble with a little king like me, right?"
It's really fun to scold the founding minister, but it's best if you don't do it face to face...
Liu Xiang grinned stupidly, and his whole body exuded the aura of Emperor Gao. Anyway, you just can't retaliate against me.
Wei Ao squinted his eyes, "Your Majesty has scolded me for so many days. I'm afraid it won't be easy if I want to brush it off today."
"Then tell me, what do you need me to do?"
"You insulted me in front of my soldiers and humiliated me. Please get off your horse and confess your sin to me in front of everyone on the city wall!"
Wei Yao said seriously.
When Liu Xiang heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was nothing more than a confession. He thought that when he was in Chang'an, he confessed his confession every day. The confession he wrote to his father could be enough to make up a book. This is nothing.
There is no difficulty.
I thought that the founding minister was as difficult to deal with as the Taiwei and should not be easily provoked. Unexpectedly, it turned out that there were still some soft persimmons. Liu Xiang smiled again. If there was such a soft persimmon next door, he might be able to help Hexi Kingdom in the future.
More goodies are coming.
He got off his horse, followed Wei Ao step by step to the city wall, and then apologized very sincerely to Wei Yao in front of everyone.
"Okay, your confession is very sincere. I accept the king's apology!"
Wei Yao said seriously.
Just as Liu Xiang was about to say something more, Wei Ao said, "But, Your Majesty, fifty steps outside the city is the boundary of Longxi County."
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"Nothing else, here comes someone! The King of Hexi led his troops across the border and broke into the territory of Longxi County!! Arrest him!!"
Before Liu Xiang could react, the tiger-like and wolf-like soldiers had already pounced on him, grabbed Liu Xiang, and pushed him to the ground. Seeing this scene, the Hexi *** team behind him was shocked and in chaos.
Wei Ao just looked at the cavalry and cursed angrily: "Go back and tell Zhou Bo what happened here!!"
The Hexi soldiers did not dare to approach. After being scolded by the other party, some actually started to leave, preparing to inform Zhou Bo of the news.
Liu Xiang was taken directly into the city and thrown into prison.
"You actually lied to me!!!"
Liu Xiang felt unspeakable grievance and almost cried. He treated Wei sincerely and ended up being deceived like this. However, he really offended Wei Yao too much this time, and the other party ignored him at all.
, put him directly into the prison car and sent him to Chang'an.
As for Zhou Bo, he also came here shortly after Liu Xiang was caught. He came here because he learned a good news
, the good news is that His Majesty is fine, but when he came here and was about to tell the king the good news, he heard bad news.
The king was captured and sent to Chang'an...
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"This guy is addicted to scolding. He deserves to be caught!"
Liu Chang looked at the memorial sent from Longxi with disdain in his eyes.
"This Zhuzi brought thousands of cavalry, and he was captured like this. I actually thought of letting him sit in the northwest to defend the Central Plains and the main road to the west. Now it seems that I have thought too much. This Zhuzi can't be done.
Great weapon!!!"
Liu Chang was very angry. He was not angry at Liu Xiang for contacting princes, kings and the army in order to put pressure on the temple, nor was he angry at Liu Xiang for openly insulting the temple ministers. He was just angry that this man was caught so easily and had let himself down.
Such high hopes.
Seeing his father yelling at him, Liu An helplessly stood up to defend his brother.
"Father, he has offended many local ministers before. I think he was not caught carelessly, but deliberately, just to ease the relationship between the two parties, and also to..."
Liu An was also a little unable to continue. Liu Chang waved his hand and interrupted his speech.
"Okay, I won't ask about these things. You can go and comfort yourself...and those people in Tang State, you also need to comfort them."
"Father, don't worry, I know what to do!"
Liu An is full of confidence. Liu Chang now intends to increase his power and allow him to deploy his power in various key departments of the temple. Since Liu An has received such huge support from his father, he naturally wants to make something
It came from a career.
"By the way, Father, there is one more thing."
In the past few days, Liu An has been checking for gaps with Liu Chang and doing Lu Lu's work. This can be regarded as gradually beginning to share the pressure of government affairs for Liu Chang.
Liu An seriously picked up a memorial and said: "Father, this is a petition from the ministers. They are all extremely dissatisfied with King Zhao's private trip. They request to reduce King Zhao's food... Anyway, they want to give
Punishment... I don’t want my father to just fool him like this.
"Where are you from?!"
Liu Chang glared at Liu An, then stroked his chin, "Then go ahead and cut him off. If Zhao Guo can cut off anything else, he will become the Marquis of Che. If he cuts off a county in Qinghe County, this county will not be given to him."
In any vassal state, the temple should be managed by itself. It happens to be among the states and can effectively convey the orders of the temple and curb the disputes among the states."
Liu An stood beside Liu Chang seriously, and he was actually learning. His father's coping ability was very amazing. No matter what happened, his father could always respond quickly. This ability seemed to be
He is innately enviable.
While Liu An was assisting his father in doing things, he was also learning his father's abilities.
Liu An took the thick memorial and walked out of the palace. Now he has begun to officially intervene in major events. He must be careful. When Liu An walked out of the palace, there were people preparing for him, got on the carriage, and hurried towards his mansion.
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"Your Highness, where are we going?"
"Let's find Zongzheng first"
While Liu An was talking, the people's exclamations came from the distance. They saw a chariot speeding towards the palace, followed by many soldiers. The people along the road were shouting.
He gave way and did not dare to stop him. Even the soldiers of the Northern and Southern Army did not dare to stop him.
"Make way, give way... Don't hit me. Could it be that Captain Xiahou is here?"
Liu An said in surprise, but when the chariot flew past him, he saw clearly, oh, it turned out that it was not Captain Xiahou, but General Zhou Shengzhi.
"His Majesty!!!"
Zhou Shengzhi rushed to the palace and hurried to the Houde Hall. As soon as he entered the Houde Hall, without saying anything, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Chang.
Speaking of which, Liu Chang had not seen him for a long time, and he never thought that Zhou Shengzhi would come so quickly. At this moment, Zhou Shengzhi knelt in front of Liu Chang, motionless, with his head buried.
Liu Chang knew very well why he was like this.
King Wu can directly
Appearing near Chang'an relies on the ability of the naval forces from various places. Who can mobilize the naval forces from various places? Of course it is Zhou Shengzhi. Considering that Zhou Shengzhi was in the southwest previously, it is certain that Wu's army can reach Chang'an.
It was because of Zhou Shengzhi's help.
If something really happened to him, it would be right for Zhou Shengzhi and the wise king to help the world.
But the emperor was fine, but the dignified Han Dynasty ship general openly colluded with the princes and kings, and even helped transport troops to Chang'an. This is a bit unclear.
What's more, the Zhou family is already very powerful, and no one would think it was inappropriate to have three generals in the same family.
Lu Lu, who still didn't understand the situation, looked at this scene in surprise and asked with some curiosity: "What are you doing? Why did you kneel down immediately when you saw His Majesty? Could it be that you took the opportunity to rebel when His Majesty was seriously ill?"
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Hearing these words, Zhou Shengzhi raised his head, looked at Lu Lu hesitantly, and then looked at Liu Chang seriously.
"Your Majesty, I have made a big mistake, please punish me!"
"You also know that you have made a big mistake. Well, your troop transport ships are getting more and more powerful. Now you are transporting troops from the Kingdom of Wu. Will you have to transport troops from the body poison in the future?"
Zhou Shengzhi lowered his head, his eyes full of helplessness.
Lu Lu was even more surprised. He looked at Liu Chang and Zhou Shengzhi blankly, "Your Majesty, when his arms were around his neck, Zhou Shengzhi's face turned red immediately. He was tightly clamped by Liu Chang and could not move.
"I'm going to cut you off by a thousand households."
"Do you have any opinions?"
"No...no."
Liu Chang clenched his other hand into a fist and hit Zhou Shengzhi on the head a few times, "I have high hopes for you. If you dare to be so reckless again, I won't spare you!!"
"I will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations! I will do my best to explore and prove for Your Majesty whether it is possible to travel to Shendu via water..."
Just when Zhou Shengzhi was expressing his loyalty, Liu Chang seemed to suddenly think of something. He let go of Zhou Shengzhi and looked directly into his eyes.
"What else is there to prove? We can make it. Now we are in Vietnam... South Vietnam, right? Go all the way down South Vietnam, and then turn like this from the island, and you can turn into Yin... Shendu, come on, do you have a pen?
?Lu!! Quick, prepare some pen and ink for me, and some paper, something bigger!!"
Liu Chang urged Lu Lu to act hurriedly. Zhou Shengzhi looked at Liu Chang blankly. Soon, Liu Chang picked up the pen and began to draw crudely.
"Look, this is the scope of the Han Dynasty. Starting from here, this is Wa Island. Well, starting from Minyue, you can reach an island, Yizhou Island... The place you are currently at, go down
There is a big island, and the human resources here are abundant."
"Go all the way from here...well, here is Africa..."
Liu Chang started painting excitedly, and the more he painted, the more he painted.
Zhou Shengzhi and Lu Lu just looked at him in shock.