In the palace of King Zhao, Liu Ruyi took several articles and couldn't put them down. As he got older, he looked more and more like Emperor Gao. Now he looks almost the same as Emperor Gao when he started his business.
…The similarity has reached an astonishing level. If a temple wants to paint a portrait of Emperor Gao, there is no need to dig up the Changling Mausoleum. It can just come directly to Zhao State to paint Ruyi’s appearance. The most amazing thing is that not only
The appearance, even the small details and habits are exactly the same.
Even when reading the poems, Liu Ruyi, like Emperor Gao, liked to read with his head sideways, and he always wrinkled his right eye inadvertently, which made people sigh at the power of this bloodline.
At this moment, what Liu Ruyi is reading are a few articles by Mei Cheng. Liu Ruyi is much better educated than Liu Chang. He quite likes this kind of literati. He also has some literati in Zhao State, and he eats them on weekdays.
After drinking, I would sit down with them and talk about literature and poetry.
Yuan An sat in front of him and couldn't help shaking his head.
People are pointing their fingers at you and scolding you, but you are still here to applaud?
Liu Ruyi looked at it for a moment and suddenly felt something was wrong, "Isn't this about Zhao Wangqian? Why are you and Jia Yi still there? You are not Zhao Wangqian's ministers...
"Is this a clerical error?"
Ruyi looked at Yuan An in confusion.
Yuan Ang remained silent and did not answer.
Ruyi suddenly woke up, "Isn't this an insinuation of the widow? Mei Cheng used Zhao Wangqian to ridicule the widow??"
After reacting, he angrily threw the article on the table, "I don't know this person. He has never even been to Zhao State. Why are you talking nonsense here? I must arrest this person.
condemn!"
Yuan Ang reminded: "Your Majesty... these are not important matters. At present, state affairs must be the most important thing."
"The ministers in the country are very opposed to your ban on the overstay tax... Today they gathered in front of the palace again and collectively submitted a letter... I was persuaded to go back... I thought that instead of caring about these useless articles, it is better to think about how to appease the ministers.
"
Today's Zhao State is different from the past. Since the discovery of many minerals in the country, Zhao State has gradually become wealthy. Zhao State's geographical location is already very good. When Ruyi first came to power, due to the destruction of the war, Zhao State's
The country has been left behind by other countries for a long time, but after decades of governance and the devastation of the war gradually disappeared, the Zhao country rose very quickly.
Liu Ruyi took advantage of the convenience of trade and relied on his favorable geographical location to strengthen commercial exchanges with various countries and quickly turned Zhao into a major mineral and production country in the north.
Zhao State originally only sold minerals, but now it reprocesses the mines and sells goods.
Zhao's ironware has completely occupied the entire northern market. Who doesn't know that the entire ironware business in the North is decided by Mr. Ruyi.
Ruyi is a bit like a mother in character, always confused in some details, but he has the same sharpness as Emperor Gao. In other words, he is very good at seizing opportunities. Yuan Ang sometimes even feels that his king is a bit wise and foolish.
Those acts of seeking death seemed to be a deliberate attempt to show his innocence to the temple. After the emperor's accident, he left Zhao directly and broke into the temple without permission. No one among the princes and kings dared to do this again.
The risk of doing this is very high, and it directly gives the temple a handle against itself.
If you're not careful, you might get your head chopped off.
But taking the initiative to hand over evidence to the temple is sometimes not a bad thing. Besides, because of his unauthorized intrusion into Chang'an, a certain queen mother in the temple had a change in her view of him. Many people in the country refused to cooperate with Zhao Guo's temple.
The whole family has changed their attitude.
His Majesty punished him for his crimes, but also increased funding for Zhao.
When Liu Ruyi insisted on going to the temple, Yuan Ang was already prepared to be expelled from the country. Who would have thought that Liu Ruyi went to the temple, not only was he not expelled from the country, but he also brought huge financial support to Zhao.
As for that glass, except for temples, only the State of Zhao can produce it, while the State of Tang does not have such a blessing.
Either he is really lucky, or he is really lucky
There's something about it.
After reaping the benefits of business, Liu Ruyi waved his hand and decided to abolish the detention tax. The so-called detention tax is the tax that merchant ships or caravans from other regions have to pay when staying in their own ports or cities.
to pay part of the total value of the goods on a certain date...Liu Ruyi felt that this tax could bring revenue to the national treasury in the short term, but it also seriously hindered the development of business, so he banned this tax in the country.
Is there any benefit to doing this? Of course there is. Zhao State was the first to abolish this tax, so merchants were more inclined to transit or trade in Zhao State. This allowed Zhao State to quickly squeeze Tang State out of its position as the northern trade center. Business
The exchanges became extremely frequent in Zhao State.
The disadvantages are also obvious... A large number of merchant ships began to accumulate in the port, the roads became blocked, and public security began to decline. Most importantly, the ministers believed that King Zhao's preference for merchants would ruin Zhao's current good situation.
The elder changed the world's view of craftsmen by one person, but he could not change the world's view of merchants... Merchants were discriminated against in the Qin Dynasty, and they were always the first to go to the corvee, but in the Han Dynasty
The same is true in the dynasty. You can't avoid corvee. Not only corvee, but also if you encounter people who want to move or make voluntary donations or other things, they usually have to be the first to come... Although the elder has opened a business, the agrarian thought is still the mainstream, even
Even the elders will not change this mainstream.
Because in an era when food productivity is insufficient, the price of not paying attention to agriculture is the destruction of the country.
Money is worthless, food is the most important.
People can be without money, but they cannot be without food.
The radicals headed by Chao Cuo all thought so. Chao Cuo even wrote a famous article called "On Precious Millet", which wanted temples to pay more attention to agricultural production.
Such an obvious preference of King Zhao would certainly arouse the vigilance of the ministers.
Fortunately, Yuan Ang is still on his side, but Yuan Ang is not as powerful as Jia Yi, and he is not able to make the entire Zhao Kingdom obedient.
Liu Ruyi frowned, "Why do they care so much about this matter? It is obviously beneficial to Zhao... Prime Minister Yuan, do you have any good ideas?"
"The king still needs to show that he values agriculture... In a few days, the king can lead his ministers to the cultivated fields to hold a spring sacrifice to pray for good weather in Zhao... to express his attitude. By that time, if there are more ministers coming
If you submit a letter, I will deal with it myself. Your Majesty, just pretend that you don't know."
Liu Ruyi asked suspiciously: "You don't want to harm me, do you? The elder hates this kind of sacrifice the most... If I go to perform sacrifices, he won't take another county from me, right?"
"Your Majesty, I."
Yuan Ang didn't know what to say. Why did you become so alert at this time???
"Your Majesty, don't worry...it's just a farm festival. Your Majesty naturally knows your situation and won't say anything more."
"Okay, let's do what you said."
After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, she pointed to the essays in front of her again and said, "After we have dealt with the domestic affairs, let's deal with this person again!"
"This man has no grievances against me, but he dares to mock me. I must kill him!"
"Your Majesty...this person is your Majesty's doctor..."
Liu Ruyi slapped her thigh fiercely, "No wonder, the chief must have specially found someone to write an article scolding me! No! I can't just be scolded by him! You go and call the scribes in the country! I want to
Let them write a long and sarcastic article!!"
They also have to dare to write??
Yuan Ang reminded again: "Your Majesty, who is the current imperial censor?"
"Why have you forgotten this? It's not Na Chao..."
Liu Ruyi reacted immediately and hurriedly said with a smile: "Forget it, I am generous and don't care about these people! How can my achievements be discredited by these articles? I am different from the tall one, I am magnanimous..."
Outside Chang'an, preparations for spring plowing have begun in full swing.
Liu Chang sat in the car, Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi sat beside him. The three of them were fully armed. They were preparing to go
Shanglinyuan hunting.
"The King of Wu sent a letter, and finally there is news about Shengzhi... This guy finally bypassed the island and came to the other side of Jiaozhi and other counties in the South Vietnam Kingdom... This place is very close to the body poison."
Liu Chang directly used tea to draw on the table.
"Due to ship problems, he could only move along the coast... He didn't dare to go too far from the coast. However, if he moved forward like this, he would be able to catch up sooner or later. He didn't believe me in the past! Within this year, his fleet will probably be able to
If you reach the south of Shendu, you may be able to go directly to Baicheng... But Nanyue also needs to cooperate. If you want to capture the entire island, build a port directly on the side near Shendu and build large ships, so you don't have to walk around the island for so long.
…I guess I still have to leave this matter to my fourth brother.”
Chao Cuo criticized the feudal system all day long. According to him, the system of prefectures and counties like the Qin State is the best system. The feudal system will only bring endless civil war... But, the feudal system also has the benefits of the feudal system.
, just like now, if there was no enfeoffment system and everything had to rely on Liu Chang alone, then the Han Dynasty would not be able to have the territory and power it has today. The temples could not control such distant places at all. Only the princes and kings could do it.
Their power will gradually decrease. Anyway, they have many children. Once they die, their children will quickly divide the territory of the country.
At that time, the fragmented vassal states will pose no threat to the temple.
What's more, with the improvement of various systems, the power of princes and kings has been greatly restricted. The prime minister is completely obedient to the orders of the temple, and domestic ministers still have to rotate, eliminating the possibility of princes and kings colluding with domestic ministers to gain power.
But the current power of the vassal states is still a bit ridiculous, that is, Liu Chang can suppress them. What Chao Cuo is worried about is that once Liu Chang is gone, this balance will be broken, and the Han Dynasty will completely fall into civil strife.
What we have achieved now will be gone by then.
"The dangers at sea are different from those on land...my brother, this trip is not easy either."
Zhou Yafu said with emotion.
Lu Tazhi asked: "If we could reach Shendu from the sea, wouldn't the situation be different?"
"That's natural... If we intervene in Shendu's affairs from the north... sending troops from Xiting Kingdom will take several years to march. But it's different in the south. The South Vietnamese army can reach Shendu within a few months by ship.
Along the coast... of course the situation is different. They will be more obedient, and we can ask them for some ports, station troops there, and beat up anyone who disobeys. We can also advance along the coast. Hahaha,
Maybe you can even meet a Roman!"
Zhou Yafu asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty always talks about this mule and horse man...who is this person?"
"They are a very powerful opponent in the west... They should be much more powerful than the Venomous Man. I really hope that one day I can take you to meet them. Let them also build a huge sculpture for me!"
Lu Tazhi smiled bitterly, "Just trying to get rid of the body poison will take me countless years, let alone a more distant place. In this life, we will be satisfied if we can follow your majesty to get rid of the entire body poison.
"
"If a man has great ambitions, body poison is nothing. If it weren't for the mountains in between, I would have fallen into all the kings of body poison several times!"
"Then your Majesty's ambition is to become king of Rome?"
"We have to go get him together!"
Lu Tazhi laughed, "That depends on whether the Roman king is handsome or not!"
There were no outsiders, and Zhou Yafu also told a joke seriously, "It has to be your Majesty. Other kings want to capture the other king and marry their princess. But our Majesty is different. He wants to capture the other king."
The princess has joined their king..."
The three of them laughed, and Liu Chang picked up the bow and arrow, "You two are both good at shooting. When hunting later, you have to cooperate a little, but you don't need to help too much. When you encounter prey, you help me drive it away. You can only drive it away."
, don’t shoot...I’m not joking with you. When the emperor is holding a sacrifice, if a minister shoots you first, it is a serious crime of overstepping and your head will be beheaded!"
"But we are not going to offer sacrifices."
"That's the same!"
Lu Tazhi slapped his chest, "Don't worry, your majesty will definitely have a great time hunting today. However, if your majesty hunts well today, don't forget me when you advance into the body next day. I will be the vanguard!"
"Don't worry about that. If Pioneer doesn't give it to you, how can it be given to Xiahou Zao?"
"But there probably won't be a fight in the near future... The Taiwei has already started to take charge of the confrontation between the two countries. I think his intention is to allow the two countries to go to war and make profits from it... If the country is weak, he will probably still be a little bit
Please help me...sometimes, I can't quite understand the captain's thoughts, but I just trust him..."
Liu Chang spoke slowly, and at this moment, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Your Majesty! There is a carriage blocking the road ahead!"
The driver said hurriedly.
Lu Lu had some private matters to attend to, and he was not the one driving the car today. Liu Chang immediately became furious and cursed: "Is there anyone in Linyuan here who dares to block my carriage? Tell him that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is here and tell him to hurry up."
Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
"Your Majesty... If you are an acquaintance, this would be a bit rude..."
Lu Tazhi reminded.
Liu Chang dismissed it, "This is my private hunting place. Even acquaintances cannot block my carriage! What are you afraid of?!"
Soon, the driver lowered his head and hurried back to Liu Chang's side.
He looked a little panicked, "Your Majesty... the other party's driver sent a message... saying..."
"say what??"
"Tell the Emperor of Han Dynasty to go over and pay homage to him.
"I…"
Liu Chang rolled up his sleeves and jumped out of the carriage. He suddenly remembered something, "My mother is in the palace...is it the captain's carriage?"
"no."
"Is it my second brother's?"
"no."
"That's easy! I'll tear him apart today!!"
Liu Chang walked toward the carriage opposite angrily, followed closely by Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi. Liu Chang looked at the luxurious carriage and shouted angrily: "The Emperor of Han is here! Get out of the car!"
!If Nai Gong doesn’t tear your mouth to pieces today...I won’t have a last name..."
He pulled open the car curtain and saw the person sitting in the car.
The person sitting in the car was completely rude and stretched out his hand to pinch Liu Chang's ears.
Liu Chang screamed in pain.
"Big sister!! Big sister!! I didn't know it was you!!!"
Liu Le had a dark face, "You want me to get out of the way? You have a bad temper? Whose mouth are you going to tear apart?"
"I want to tear...Ruyi's."
The eldest princess of the Han Dynasty sat arrogantly in the car, Liu Chang smiled awkwardly, Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi stood behind him, their heads lowered.
"Sister...Why are you here? Are you here to hunt too?"
"I came to Shanglin Garden to see the scenery. Why do I need to tell you first?"
"Hahaha, of course not..."
Zhou Yafu and Lu Tazhi looked at the flattering emperor and closed their eyes, pretending they saw nothing.
Liu Le looked at Liu Chang and asked displeasedly: "Going out to hunt again? With so many things going on in the country, how unbecoming are you to go out hunting all day long?"
"The king hunts according to the four seasons. This is the rule set by our ancestors. How dare I violate it?"
"You follow the rules that are good for you."
Liu Le signaled Liu Chang to get on the car. Liu Chang got on the car suddenly. The whole carriage shook. Liu Le said seriously: "I just want to see you for something... You came just in time... Your sister-in-law has a distant relative... who is a county official in Chang'an."
Cheng, his son is less than ten years old, and he is actually able to help his father write a book about prison... He wrote it in a decent way... A few days ago, he came to my residence with his child and wanted me to help him.
He is looking for a teacher for his child... It is said that several people were introduced to him as teachers before, but none of them could teach him. They were all confused by the child..."
"There are many wise people around you, why don't you help me find a teacher?"
Liu Chang was a little unhappy, "Sister
How many times have I told you... these distant relatives, if you can ignore them, just ignore them... I'm not a father, do I have to get an official title for any distant relative who comes to visit me? My sister-in-law is no longer here, so you still pay attention to him?
What do distant relatives do?"
"Fart! If I were gone, wouldn't you ignore Yan and Yan anymore???"
"This is different...Oh, okay, I'll make arrangements. What is the child's name?"
"My name is Zhang Tang."
"What's it called???"
"Sister...my sister-in-law was very good to me in the past. His relatives are my relatives! Don't worry, I will find him a good teacher!!"