The next day, when Liu Chang and Lu Lu came to visit Cao Mi, Cao Mi pointed at Lu Lu and expressed his dissatisfaction. Lu Lu was immediately confused. Your Majesty is the one who sent you to the Western Regions. What do you care about me?
??
Liu Chang was also a little confused. Although Cao Mi was injured this time because he was greedy for merit and had no problem with him, he was the one who sent him to the Western Regions after all. After returning from life and death, he had to come and say hello.
Fan, he held a banquet for King Baicheng last night.
At dawn today, he hurriedly came to see Cao Mi, but he didn't expect that as soon as he saw Cao Mi, Cao Cheng reprimanded Lu Lu.
"Marquis Pingyang... I wonder what I did to make you so angry?"
"You have a lot of properties in the Westing Kingdom and the Beiting Kingdom. So the Hexi Kingdom is a relative of yours, so why are you only willing to help a few people? Xiang wrote a letter to you, and you actually reprimanded him for doing this.
An elder’s?”
Cao Cheng was a straightforward man, and he basically couldn't hold back his words and spoke directly.
Liu Chang was stunned when he heard what he said, and then looked at Lu Lu, "Is there such a thing? Then this is indeed your fault. You have to treat these scoundrels equally. No matter how naughty they are, they are still blood relatives."
, how can we ignore it?"
Lu Lu, with a dark face, said angrily: "Is this what Xiangzi told you?"
"You only know one thing, but you don't know the other thing. It's true that he wrote to me, and I did reprimand him. But this stupid letter was not asking me for help at all. It was blackmail.
It’s a threat!! This guy brazenly said that if I don’t give him money, he will let Liu Jing kill me!!”
"If I hadn't been here to serve His Majesty, I would have gone over and beat him up!"
When Cao Cheng heard this, he was also stunned.
Immediately, he cursed in a low voice: "I said that when this guy was talking to me, he didn't match the first words and the last words. It turned out to be like this..."
Liu Chang patted Lu Lu on the shoulder and said, "You must be magnanimous. Don't take it to heart if you are ignorant. After Luan Bu's education this time, he will definitely not be like this again. As for Hexi Kingdom, can you help me?"
We still need to help, Hexi is the bridge between the Central Plains and the Western Regions..."
Anyway, as long as the matter does not involve him, the elder is very tolerant. He persuaded Lu Lu, then sat next to Cao Mi and looked at Cao Mi, "Why do you want to lead people to poison themselves? I
Obviously no such order was issued?"
"At that time, the results were insufficient and I was too embarrassed to return to the temple, so I went there."
Liu Chang took a deep look at him and said, "There's no need to sacrifice your life to win. If you die in the Western Regions, how can I explain to Shu? Wouldn't she hate me to death?"
"As a virtuous person, I will never resent Your Majesty for this."
Cao Cheng said confidently, and Liu Chang smiled, "The Pingyang Hou family... everyone is stubborn."
While they were talking, a servant came in with his head lowered and gave Cao Mi medicine. Cao Mi originally wanted him to give the medicine later, but Liu Chang didn't care and let him start directly. Cao Mi took the medicine
, said with some pride: "This time, if it weren't for my loyal servant, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to come back..."
"He went to Shendu twice and brought me back safely!"
Liu Chang looked curiously at the servant who was feeding him the medicine, but he didn't ask any questions. After he finished feeding him the medicine, Cao Mi waved his hand and said, "Ying, you go out first. Don't prepare the food yet."
, Your Majesty, he cannot eat anything light..."
Liu Chang watched the servant leave and said, "This man is quite good. He is talented and has a good appearance."
"Well, his name is Wei Ying, and he is my best servant."
"The surname is Wei???"
Liu Chang asked quickly.
Cao Cheng nodded, and Liu Chang asked again: "Then does he have a son?"
"yes…"
Liu Chang seemed to have remembered something and hurriedly shouted to Lu Lu: "Go and call that servant in!"
Wei Ying stood in front of Liu Chang fearfully. He was considered well-informed. The emperor had seen him several times, but he had never seen him before.
He thought that one day he would be able to talk to the emperor face to face, but he showed great fear and his hands could not help but tremble.
However, Liu Chang behaved very gently and asked with a smile: "Your name is Wei Ying?"
"Yes...I dare not insult His Majesty's ears with a humble name..."
"This is not a nickname. If you say that again, Marquis Ruyin and Marquis Yingyin will cause trouble for you... By the way, you have a son? What is his name?"
"Call Wei Wen..."
A trace of disappointment suddenly flashed across Liu Chang's face. Why not call him Wei Qing? Liu Chang received many revelations in his dream. In his own time, the ones that impressed him most were the two famous generals, a pair of uncles and nephews.
, with great military exploits, if the two of them were added together, they might be able to surpass their teacher.
Liu Chang vaguely remembered that they were domestic slaves, but he was not sure whether they were related to the person in front of him named Wei.
"I have heard about your story. Yes, I will reward you with ten gold coins as a reward for your loyal protection of the Lord!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
...
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Cang was sitting in his study, with all kinds of documents piled up in front of him. Liu An was sitting aside obediently, not writing anything, but just watching Zhang Cang's operations.
There were three pieces of paper placed in front of Zhang Cang, including calendar calculations, an impeachment report from a local official, and this year's farming budget...
Zhang Cang first calculated some calendar data, calculated for a while, then turned to look at the impeachment aside, and made comments below. After finishing the comments, he started to look through the final farming budget. Liu An took out the contents he had reviewed.
, and put new things on him.
Zhang Cang's operation amazed Liu An. He had never seen such a person. He didn't delay anything. He could handle three completely different types of things at the same time without making any mistakes. What kind of brain was this?
.Simply outrageous.
No wonder my father is so leisurely on weekdays. If he had such an old monster by his side, he could go out hunting all day long without having to worry about anything.
The power to handle all government affairs in the court fell into Zhang Cang's hands. My father would probably not be able to finish the memorials he had to deal with every day after sitting for three days, but Zhang Cang could not only read them, but also review them.
He can read memorials very quickly, and he can remember ten lines at a time.
It is said that this is a skill he learned when he was guarding the royal library in Qin.
Speed is not the most important thing, accuracy is the most important thing. Liu An observed him seriously for a long time, but he couldn't find a single mistake on his part.
After being so busy until noon, Zhang Cang put down the pen and ink in his hand and stood up with a smile, "Your Highness, do you want to have dinner together?"
"good."
Zhang Cang clapped his hands, and immediately two young women came in and supported Zhang Cang slowly out of the study. Liu An followed him. They took Zhang Cang into another room and helped him change.
The clothes were brought to eat with Liu An. Even while eating, there were still people helping Zhang Cang and squeezing his shoulders.
It's a pity that for such a great talent, his lifestyle is a bit...unsightly.
Liu An secretly lamented that this old man seldom knelt down on weekdays. Most of the time he sat on the bed, stretched out his legs, and had his feet washed and massaged. Even when he was dealing with government affairs, someone would come in to wait on him. This
I really know how to enjoy it.
He never seemed to let himself get too tired, and he would not work around the clock like Zhou Chang did in the past. If he had to do something for three hours, he would relax for four hours to make up for it.
However, what he can do in these three hours is equivalent to the workload of three or four days, so there is really not much to say.
Zhang Cang is also very particular about food. Liu An always eats a lot of strange meals at his place. The recipes are very different and most of them are very delicious. What my father eats on weekdays is nothing more than this.
"Your Highness came to my residence and studied for a while. What did you gain?"
Liu An smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Your method is not something ordinary people can learn. The generals of the Tang Dynasty said that they had fought with the Marquis of Huaiyin for many years, but they could not learn his tactics at all, and they could not even understand his tactics.
Tactics, I didn’t quite believe it at first
, I believe it today.”
"I can't keep up with your processing speed. I haven't even finished reading the memorial, but you have already processed it..."
There was a trace of confusion in Liu An's eyes, just like when Zhou Bo and others saw Han Xin commanding the battle, their eyes were full of confusion. How on earth was this done?
Zhang Cang stroked his long beard and said seriously: "Your Highness, it doesn't make much sense for you to come to study here, because you don't need to be like me at all. You need to be like Emperor Gao, who is now your Majesty."
, they are the ones you should imitate.”
"However, I have never spoken against it because I am very curious about one thing and want to find out the truth from His Highness."
"Oh? I wonder what you want to ask?"
"I would like to ask first, is Your Highness willing to let Chao Cuo take the blame for you?"
"ah??"
Liu An was a little confused and shook his head hastily, "How could I do such a thing?"
"Your Highness really doesn't have such thoughts?"
"Never before."
"Then I will know that Your Highness has talent, but just lacks confidence."
"Why do you say this?"
Zhang Cang grinned, "I learned from Chao Cuo that when His Highness was going to conduct the assessment, the people he asked to bring him were not what His Highness was promoting at all. At first, I thought it was His Highness who deliberately asked
Chao Cuo came to bear the name, so that if something happens, His Highness will not be implicated."
"Not just the veteran, I'm afraid even His Majesty thinks so."
"But if Your Highness really doesn't have such thoughts, it can only mean that Your Highness can do good things without relying on Chao Cuo, but he just lacks confidence. After you got the name Chao Cuo, you suddenly gained confidence and thought
A lot of policies have been introduced..."
"Your Highness, what Chao Cuo said is not to accept Yang Zhu's people, but to strengthen their talents and divide them into groups. It is completely different from what Your Highness is promoting, but fundamentally speaking, it is still somewhat similar."
Liu An's eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Cang blankly, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Although Liu An lacked experience, he was not stupid. The key point was that he understood everything clearly. When Zhang Cang said this, he immediately understood in his heart. He frowned and pondered without saying a word.
Zhang Cang did not interrupt his thinking, but just looked at him quietly.
"Chao Cuo didn't say it because he also felt that I was deliberately giving him a bad name. He didn't dare to say anything. Feng Tang and Mao Chang went to greet Chao Cuo alone. They must have known about it. But they didn't say it because they wanted to wait until it happened.
Later, tell me...you are telling me this now because of my two sacrificial relatives."
Liu An said very calmly, Zhang Cang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad."
"Your Highness, the principles in the world are all interconnected. Once you understand one of them, you can understand the others... The more I do it, the more proficient I become. My current ability is not something I am born with, but something I have learned through experience.
It’s been a long period of study.”
"When I first started studying with the teacher, I always felt that I was useless. Your Highness didn't know something. My senior brother was proficient in government affairs and talked about the principles of governing the country. My second senior brother implemented the principles of Legalism.
Knowledge is self-contained..."
"My third senior brother is proficient in Confucianism. He can draw inferences from one case to another and is even better at debating with the teacher... There is also a fellow who started at the same time. He is unparalleled in eloquence and has superb swordsmanship. Even the rangers avoid him..."
"Compared with them, I am nothing. There is no place where I can compete with them."
Liu An listened in a daze. He could vaguely guess the identities of Zhang Xiang's brothers. He hurriedly asked: "What happened next?"
"Later, my teacher knew about my troubles. He told me that you don't have to compete with the senior brother to govern the country. You don't need to compete with him in swordsmanship. You don't need to compete with the second senior brother in learning. You don't need to compete with him in eloquence. You don't have to compete with the third senior brother.
Compare Confucianism, compete with him in mathematics, don’t have to compete with Fourth Senior Brother in eloquence, compete with him in knowledge..."
Liu An was stunned and murmured: "I really want to meet Xunzi..."
"I think,
Although His Highness does not have so many senior brothers, he does have a father who has achieved the ultimate goal. His worries are probably the same as mine... Your Highness does not need to think about how to surpass His Majesty, and there is no need to belittle yourself and think that you are not as good as Your Majesty."
"You should continue to study, strengthen your own strengths, and make yourself more capable. Use your own strengths to compare with His Majesty's shortcomings..."
Zhang Cang smiled and blinked.
At that moment, Liu An felt a lot more relaxed all over. The older he got, the less smile he had on Liu An's face. Liu Chang was like a big mountain, weighing heavily on him. No matter which field he was in,
It seems that my father has already reached the extreme. Let alone surpassing him, it is almost impossible to catch up.
After Liu Chang fell ill, Liu An was unable to deal with domestic affairs, which made him see the gap between himself and his father. The more powerful his father was, the greater the pressure on him, and he felt more and more incompetent.
Lost confidence, anxious to express themselves and prove themselves.
"Your Majesty, in these days, in order to get His Majesty's praise, you have been busy and toiling all day long, and you want to do almost everything. In fact, this is not necessary. Now is not the time for you to exert your efforts. You can do more of what you want.
You are still young when it comes to what you want to do. Learn slowly and do more of the things you are good at, no matter how good or bad you are."
When he came out of Zhang Cang's mansion, Liu An looked a little dazed. Zhang Cang's words spoke directly to his heart, making him suddenly understand a lot of things.
Feng Tang and other family members were standing outside the door. They all looked a little tired.
During these days, Liu An was always busy. He had to intervene in almost everything in the country. He was eager to prove himself, and his family members were naturally busy along with him. They never took a break for a long time, but it became more and more difficult.
The more anxious you are, the less smooth things will be.
When Liu An came out, several people from the house hurriedly came forward.
"Your Highness, are you okay??"
Feng Tang was the first to notice His Highness's expression, and Mao Chang on the side said quickly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about King Bai Cheng. I have already sent someone to contact you, and I will take you there later. Their
Regarding the specific situation, Ju Meng has already gone to Dianke to inquire..."
"No need."
Liu An waved his hand.
Mao Chang was stunned for a moment, then looked at him in surprise, "Your Highness... what are you..."
"Let Ju Meng come back. When the foreign king comes, Dian Ke should be there to greet him. What does it have to do with me? Today, you all prepare yourself and come with me..."
"Your Highness, where are we going?"
"Wuding Tower! Call the best musicians. Today I will have a drink with you. Let's discuss knowledge, compete in calligraphy, sing poems, and dance together!!"
Liu An said loudly, and everyone looked at each other in confusion.
At that moment, Liu An grinned and felt that his whole body was so comfortable, relaxed and comfortable. He simply ignored everything and jumped into the car singing loudly, "Let's go! Go to Wuding Tower!! I will personally serve you all
Play a song!!"
Mr. Zhang didn't hesitate and rushed out of the carriage. Feng Tang and Mao Chang looked at each other, quickly got on their horses and followed the carriage.
On this day, Wuding Tower became extremely lively. More than 30 talented people gathered on the fifth floor. Surrounded by everyone, Liu An began to compose poems, recite poems, and lead everyone to dance. Liu An's literary talent was very good.
He was very good, and everyone applauded him. He also played the instrument very well, and even the songs were so beautiful.
Everyone was drunk, and suddenly someone asked Mr. Huang an academic problem. Liu An stood up unsteadily, waved his sleeves to everyone, and explained loudly that those academic problems seemed to be irrelevant to Liu An.
No matter what the big deal, he easily used the theories of various schools of thought to solve these problems.
Everyone was fascinated by it and clapped their hands again.
Several young people staggered into the Wuding Tower. Zhou Zuoche supported Zhou Sheng and asked drunkenly: "We haven't sobered up from the wine this morning, so we are here to drink again?"
"The wine didn't go well with him this morning and it stayed in his throat. I have to get him some more wine to drink!!"
"My head got drunk from the wine this morning, and it still hurts now. How can I drink it again?"
"What's the point of drinking? I'm fine. Just come with me. It's not your invitation. What are you talking about..."
Zhou Sheng said loudly, and the other sages also swayed and followed Zhou Sheng with difficulty, slowly walking to the fifth floor. Zhou Sheng was the tallest and was the first to see the situation on the fifth floor.
The ragged Liu Anzheng danced enthusiastically among several dancers, holding a sword and shield, singing and dancing wildly, while several people gathered around him and clapped their hands and cheered.
Zhou Sheng was stunned at that moment, turned around and walked downstairs.
The other sages stopped him hastily, "What's wrong??"
"It seems that I'm really drunk and I'm hallucinating. We can't drink any more... Let's go back."
ps: I have had a severe fever for the past two days. My head doesn't hurt, but my throat and body hurt so much. I feel like I'm going to fall apart... I wrote all day and for several hours before I finished two chapters...