Although Liu An did not dare to approach Tingwei, his family members could come, but Ju Meng and Zhang Fu could not come. It would be easy for them to get into trouble if they came, but Feng Tang and Mao Chang didn't care.
Feng Tang is old and has high moral standards. Although Zhang Shizhi is a little unfriendly to others, he is not to the extent of embarrassing the old man. As for Mao Chang, he has never committed any crime in his life and has a very good reputation. Zhang Shizhi is
I just want to arrest him to improve his reputation, but I'm afraid he won't be able to do so.
He also had an uncle who was a great Confucian in Taixue. Zhang Shizhi still respected these elderly masters, especially those who can have an impact on today's legal science, such as the revision and improvement of today's laws.
It must go through the Tingwei, but many of the drafting ideas of the law still require these people to take action.
In fact, not only Legalism, but Confucianism and other schools of thought all have their own special interpretations of the law, especially Huang Lao. As a hodgepodge that absorbs the essence of hundreds of schools of thought, Huang Lao's theory focuses on corporal punishment and emphasizes education. Compared with Legalism,
The severe punishment should be lighter, for example, the Confucian education should be heavier, which is quite balanced.
Zhang Shizhi loves these classics about law. In the view of hundreds of schools of thought, law and Legalism are not bound. Each school has its own understanding of law. Some people think that law is to punish criminals, while others think that law is to punish criminals.
Some people think it is to educate criminals, some people think it is to restrain the people, and some people think it is to restrain the country.
Although Liu An was very talented and learned, his special status made him the fat man in Zhang Shizhi's eyes. He used it to establish authority for the law and warned everyone to abide by the law. Even a prince must abide by the law, let alone a prince.
What about you?
Feng Tang and Mao Chang came specially to greet Chao Cuo. Chao Cuo looked very bad. He didn't want to leave Tingwei at the moment... The prince spread the word that he had drawn up the assessment system according to his own ideas, but then
Chao Cuo felt horrified when he heard about the system. He wanted to use his own name for this thing?
Then my reputation in this life is ruined, what else am I going to do?
But the young Mao Chang didn't realize this. He walked up to Chao Cuo with a smile and said, "Gong Chao, we are sent by His Highness to greet you. If it weren't for you this time, His Highness wouldn't
The method was so successful that while you were in prison, His Highness has already started the assessment, and you will soon be able to get a large number of outstanding talents!!"
The corners of Chao Cuo's mouth twitched, and he looked inexplicably sad and angry.
The father and son are really more exaggerated than the other. One takes away his good policies and puts them in his name. Your Majesty has taken away many of his policies and implemented them in his own name. Of course, Chao Cuo is
It doesn't matter, as long as it works, your enemies all know who it is anyway.
Formulated, they dare not despise their own.
But His Highness the Crown Prince's decision to put his own bad policies on his own head is really a bit too much. He is simply worse than His Majesty.
It’s too much, Your Majesty would never do such a thing!!
This is using yourself as a scapegoat and humiliating your own reputation!!
The more Chao Cuo thought about it, the more sad and angry he became, but he did not dare to say anything more. He pursed his lips and looked at the smiling Mao Chang, silently.
After all, Feng Tang had experience and could tell at a glance that something was not right about Chao Cuo's expression, so he asked Mao Chang to drive for them, while he invited him to get in the car and sat next to him.
"Mr. Chao... I don't think these policies are from your hand."
Suddenly hearing someone's words, Chao Cuo hurriedly turned around and stared at Feng Tang, "This is clearly His Highness's own idea!! Most of these policies are based on surprise. In the entire Han Dynasty, there are only two people who act based on surprise.
One is Qu Nihou, and the other is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Although Marquis Qu Ni doesn't like me, there is no need to frame me like this. Besides, he is also busy with business and drug affairs. He has not recovered from his serious illness. How can he participate in the assessment? This is what His Highness is thinking.
It has nothing to do with me at all!!"
Feng Tang was stunned and asked suspiciously: "Didn't you ask those idiots to pass on the message?"
"It was passed...but they were just passing it on randomly!"
"When I said Yang Zhu, they said he was raising pigs. When I said he wanted to strengthen talents, they said he was robbing wealth.
, I’m talking about being in the same team, they are rumored to be in the same room!! These people are not human beings, don’t let me meet them again!!”
Chao Cuo gritted his teeth. He could not imagine what this policy that had been passed down from word to mouth would eventually evolve into.
Mao Chang was stunned in shock, but Feng Tang said thoughtfully: "However, His Highness has explained all this. He believes that raising pigs is to eliminate the powerful, robbing wealth is to eliminate big businessmen, and sharing a room is to make them sincere.
We cooperated and made all kinds of arrangements...even Mr. Lu was amazed."
Chao Cuo was stunned, touched his chin and thought for a moment, "If that's what you said, then it's not bad, not too bad."
Feng Tang's eyes lit up and he hurriedly looked at Chao Cuo and said very seriously: "Mr. Chao, there is something I need your help with."
"I'm not familiar with you, so how can I help you?"
Chao Cuo has no tradition of respecting the elderly at all here, and ordinary etiquette is meaningless to him, and his attitude is very indifferent.
Feng Tang was not angry. He continued: "When you meet His Royal Highness, you will admit that these are your suggestions, okay?"
"No! I always tell the truth. If I was the one who submitted the memorial, I will never shirk it. But if I didn't do it, I will never take credit. If His Highness did it unintentionally, then I will definitely let him know!"
Feng Tang sighed and said slowly: "Previously, His Majesty was seriously ill and the Crown Prince was ordered to do something in danger. However, because he was too young and lacked experience, His Majesty did not do very well. This was a great blow to His Majesty."
"In the following days, I can clearly feel that His Highness is restrained. He has read many books. He has read more books than I have ever read in my life. He knows everything.
But he is very afraid, afraid that he will make a mistake again and fail His Majesty again."
"But he is eager to prove himself in front of His Majesty. His Majesty's talent is enough to make anyone afraid. The more anxious His Majesty is to prove himself, the more afraid he is of making mistakes. He clearly knows what to do, but he dare not do it.
.”
"This time, His Highness understood the message in his own way and came up with a very good method, but he was not confident enough. You are a capable person. He trusted you and gained confidence from you, and then used his own ideas
Come and formulate policies.”
"I hope you can admit that this is your idea, and then tell the prince the truth when things are a big success. By then, the prince will understand that he himself can come up with policies that are no weaker than yours.
You will understand how much potential he has hidden in his body."
"Everyone in the world marvels at his talent and thinks that he will be the next saint of Huang Lao. It is a pity that this saint is in serious self-doubt now and has been unable to take a step forward. If this time, he can be completely
The knowledge and abilities of those who open their hearts will be as people say."
"A sage will truly appear in the clan."
Mao Chang couldn't help but said after listening to Feng Tang's words: "His Highness has not gone out to play for a long time. His friends are still fooling around, but His Highness has locked himself up all day, reading and thinking about countermeasures.
rack your brains to do something really big."
"Gong Chao, Your Highness is the future crown prince of the Han Dynasty. If you feel a little wronged now, you can make the Han Dynasty have a more outstanding crown prince. Then what reason do you have not to do so?"
Chao Cuo frowned and pondered for a long time.
"Feng Tang's expression was no longer serious. He said with a smile: "If you agree to this, I will definitely find an opportunity in the future and use this crutch to hit Zhang Shizhi hard on the head!"
"And Shen Tujia!"
"good!"
"Then I agree."
Chao Cuo said reluctantly, but Feng Tang still smiled. When Chao Cuo hesitated, Feng Tang knew that he had agreed. What he said next was just a step down for this aloof young man. After all,
, Chao Cuo will not help others.
When they arrived at the prince's residence, Liu An came out to greet him personally. The prince's attitude changed a lot. He personally helped Chao Cuo get out of the car. After Feng Tang's words, Chao Cuo suddenly discovered many things that he had never known before.
Noticed.
The prince seemed to have not gone out to make trouble for a long time, and had not committed a crime for a long time. His eyes were slightly swollen, and he looked a little tired. He was extremely eager to be recognized, but he was not confident about his talents because of his failure last time.
There is self-denial.
Chao Cuo said calmly: "It's good that Your Highness can easily understand my words and make policies. However, I have been detained in Tingwei for so long, and His Highness has never thought of rescuing me. Is it because he is afraid that I will take away my power?"
Your Highness’s contribution?”
Liu An hurriedly explained: "That's not the case. Zhang Shizhi is really too difficult to deal with. I really don't dare to get close to Tingwei..."
"Your Highness is the prince, why are you afraid of Zhang Shizhi? If you want to kill him, can anyone stop you?"
Chao Cuo was very angry. He didn't understand. Why couldn't the prince learn from his father? When the prince was the age of the prince, his majesty had already led his troops to attack the Huns, let alone the Tingwei.
Even the Xiongnu Chanyu couldn't stop him, and he chased him all over the place.
How could such an arrogant and domineering person give birth to such a well-behaved child? We must follow the rules in everything. Can someone who can follow the rules still be a good emperor?
Liu An smiled bitterly, "If I were the emperor, I wouldn't have to be afraid, but now I am just the prince, and he is deeply loved by his father...".
"Isn't there anything your Highness can do to deal with him?"
"Yes, but I can't do that. Zhang Shizhi has no personal enmity with me. He just wants to use me to enhance the authority of the law for the sake of the law. I know the importance of the law. This is fundamental.
Now I only need to suffer some losses to make the law deeply rooted in people's hearts, and I am willing to do this."
Chao Cuo narrowed his eyes and said nothing more.
Liu An invited him into the palace and asked him humbly. But the strange thing was that no matter how Liu An asked, Chao Cuo was unwilling to answer him. He just pretended to be very angry and asked back.
"I have already done the test questions for the assessment, but I don't know if the level is too high. I have collected difficult cases from all over the country. I am afraid that they are young and do not have the ability to answer these. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"What? Do you still need to ask me about such a simple thing? Didn't I already say that the assessment must be based on the overall situation!"
Liu An thought for a moment and replied thoughtfully: "You mean, let me ignore these test questions and candidates, but focus on the impact and role of policies on the Han Temple? You are right, this kind of
Things can be done by officials, but what I need to do is the overall big things..."
Chao Cuo did not answer, but kept asking questions, but Liu An "understood" Chao Cuo's thoughts one after another, which made Liu An admire Chao Cuo endlessly.
Feng Tang sat aside and looked at the arrogant and domineering Chao Cuo. The more he looked at him, the more he found him pleasing to the eye.
This life is not bad.
In the Houde Hall, Liu Chang was eating meat. His hands were all greasy, and his whole body was greasy. It had reached the point where Empress Lu would be beaten if she saw it. He looked very ferocious when eating meat.
Holding the meat with one hand, he tore it open and ate it, like a hungry wolf.
Compared with him, the Xiongnu Chanyu was considered well-educated, and compared with him, the Fuyu barbarians were all gentle and gentle.
Liu Zhang stood in front of Liu Chang and was telling in detail what had happened recently.
Liu Zhang, who masters Xiuyi, usually keeps a very low profile in Chang'an, but in recent years, Xiuyi's secret strength has increased to an unprecedented level. Xiuyi has contacts in various places, and the main contact point is called Wuding Tower.
.
They have secret personnel in various places. These people will not reveal their identity as Xiu Yi. There are spies dressed in brocade, and there are also spies who have mixed into all walks of life. Xiu Yi has successfully expanded his power to the Yan Kingdom, South Vietnam,
In Bashu and other places, the only areas where embroidery power is insufficient are Xiting, Beiting, and Dian Kingdom.
Elsewhere, Xiu Yi monitors everything.
"Chao Cuo passed the news to the prince through those dudes. The prince drafted a petition and informed Lu Jia...
"Chao Cuo's suggestion???"
Liu Chang dropped the meat in his hand, took the letter, and looked at it carefully. After looking at it for a moment, Liu Chang shook his head disdainfully, "
No, no, this is not Chao Cuo’s style. What your people said is wrong. This is not Chao Cuo’s suggestion.”
Liu Zhang was stunned and said firmly: "Anyway, these dandies told the prince. If it's not Chao Cuo, then it's those dandies."
"Haha, how many children do you think are better than them? How can they have such brains??"
Liu Chang shook his head, "This style is definitely not Chao Cuo's."
"Who else could it be?"
"If you can't think of anyone, it must be Chen Ping!!"
Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment and then said: "But in the past few days, Marquis Chen has been riding with Marquis Huaiyin for outings, hunting, and drinking. He has never been in contact with those dandies."
"What?? The two of them went out to play and didn't call me? Why didn't you tell me about such an important thing before?!"
Liu Chang suddenly felt that the meat in front of him had lost its flavor.
Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "I told Father Zhong before, and it was Father Zhong who said that there is no need to pay attention to the Marquis of Huaiyin..."
Liu Chang was a little angry. He stood up and cursed: "These two old men are not doing their jobs properly. Instead of doing so many things, they go out for outings and hunting, drink wine and eat meat. How unbecoming are they?
Hou, are everyone so obsessed with wealth?!"
"When a man is alive, he wants to do great things. How can he be so indulged in enjoyment!!"
Liu Zhang glanced at the meat and wine in front of Zhong's father and said hesitantly, "But they have already made great achievements..."
"Fart! Can their deeds be greater than mine? At my age, we are all diligent and diligent. One of them is only sixty and the other is only half a century old. How can they go out and have fun?"
"Forget it, go out. Don't keep an eye on Chao Cuo. Send more people to keep an eye on Hexi and Jiaodong. These two are the ones that worry me the most."
"only!!"
After seeing off Liu Zhang, Lu Lu just walked in. Although Liu Chang said that Lu Lu did not need to avoid him, every time Liu Zhang came in, Lu Lu would still wait outside. Mainly because of his special status, sometimes
, easily embarrassed, such as when Liu Zhang reported on the situation of the Pin family...
"Lu, that King of Hundreds of Vehicles, hasn't he reached Han Dynasty yet?"
"Your Majesty...the two countries are extremely far apart. What's more, he has to take Pingyang Marquis with him and take a long way to come. I'm afraid he will have to wait for a long time..."
Liu Chang looked at the bones in front of him and sighed, "It's a pity that it took so long. These bones are very good."
As we all know, the elders have always used bones to communicate with outsiders. When they meet, they will perform a unique skill for each other, breaking large bones with bare hands. The average foreign king will basically kneel down after seeing this unique skill. If he can break cattle bones with his bare hands, he can naturally
Break their bones.
Liu Changren took the bones away and wiped his mouth with his sleeve to make it a little cleaner. Then he said: "Lu, you will accompany me to Shangfang later. There are some good things. I am going to let you
Responsible for sales... I have thought of many industry fields for you, your bank has started to make a profit, right?"
"I still have many money-making businesses here. We all have to try them one by one. To start a business, we still have to go to the temple to motivate other big merchants, otherwise they will not know what to do at all. You see, all the merchants now have started
How much money can you make in the textile business? You have no vision."
"I want to make a lot of money with you!!"
"Your Majesty... It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. It's just the money you borrowed from me while drinking in Dongshi the day before yesterday..."
"Oh, when you said that, I remembered... Mr. Fan wrote to me, saying that his place is rich in materials and manpower, but the construction is a bit slow.
Wait, let me ask you if you can lend him some money for construction. How about you give him 100 million and make you the Japanese Prime Minister after the project is completed?"
"..."
ps: I have rented a nice house, although it is not big, but it is very clean. I will see if I can buy a house nearby. I will be a Tianjin person from now on... The jet lag is finally the same as yours, and I can update steadily.