Chapter 654: Happiness and anger are not expressed in color, but in fists and feet
Zhao State, outside Handan City.
Liu Ruyi looked helplessly into the distance, Yuan Ang stood beside him with a complicated expression, and the two of them quietly waited for the messenger from Chang'an.
"Oh, these ministers in the temple actually took advantage of my eldest brother's absence to frame me, saying that I secretly minted coins, hid armor, and raised dead soldiers. They wanted me to die!!"
Liu Ruyi gritted his teeth and even had some fear on his face. He looked at Yuan Ang beside him and said, "I don't want to go to Chang'an in a prison car. You have to find a way."
Yuan An glanced at Liu Ruyi calmly and did not speak in a hurry.
This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used the foreign king to suppress the courtiers. In fact, it was nothing. Originally, one of the main functions of the foreign king was to suppress the ministers. But the problem was that the battle was getting a bit unbearable. The foreign king showed off his power and suppressed wantonly. Under the leadership of Chao Cuo, the ministers were also forced to form a coalition and launched a counterattack, convicting several princes and kings. King Liang's crime was debauchery. The ministers impeached him for staying away from his virtuous wife, but he was punished. He hangs out with his beautiful concubine, does not govern the affairs of the country, indulges in women's sex, and thinks that his virtue is not worthy of serving the country.
The crime of King Yan was to hoard a large number of troops without knowing his purpose.
This actually means that the King of Yan rebelled, and the King of Yan was also very angry about this. The Yan country is so big, but if the Duke doesn’t recruit soldiers, why don’t you come to guard the gate for me???
King Yan had a hot temper. After learning that he had been impeached, he immediately said that he would drive to Chang'an in person and would never accept the investigation of the officials. He would let the officials come and tell him about the impeachment in person.
The King of Jiaodong and the State of Wu were accused of using troops privately. It was still the same old story. Only the King of Qi and a few other princes and kings who did not participate in this incident survived. It is worth mentioning that Liu Xiang, the King of Hexi, followed Liu Chang to fight. , and his Prime Minister Liu Jing angered the ministers in the temple because he agreed with several other princes and kings. As a result, the king of Hexi who was far away was convicted, saying that he did not care about the king's affairs. Tens of thousands of soldiers in the country actually Bringing thousands of people to follow His Majesty on the expedition is obviously suspected of sparing one's own strength.
Among them, Liu Ruyi was accused the most of secretly coining currency, hiding armor, and raising dead soldiers.
Although Mao Chang was afraid, he still came forward and said: "Your Majesty, this belongs to the foreign king. It is not appropriate for you to use it as a throne. King Asoka is a poisonous king, why should you sit on his throne? It is so disrespectful. , Your Majesty is not a barbarian, nor is he inheriting the throne of a barbarian. What your Majesty inherits is the position of Emperor of the Han Dynasty, which was bestowed by Emperor Gao."
Therefore, all countries looked down upon those who came to investigate, but King Zhao was different.
Liu Chang sneered and looked at the many ministers in front of him one by one, "I am not that arrogant person like An, and you can't just push someone out and settle the matter. The princes and kings are loyal and guard the four sides for me, but they still have to suffer from you. With such slander, my brothers, don’t I know who they are? You accuse them of all kinds of crimes, even treason. I think you just want the princes to rebel. You are forcing them to do so. Are you asking my brothers to rebel?!"
Yuan An licked his lips, wanting to say something.
Mao Chang, who was in charge of temple etiquette, couldn't help but speak.
Moreover, his thoughts are obviously more radical. Although His Majesty is always eager to see results when doing things, he still takes it step by step. It is better for His Majesty to directly propose many whimsical policies in the eyes of the ministers without any prelude. , fire directly.
Seeing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince banning the place of origin, allowing women to study and serve as officials, blowing up the city walls, and reemploying those mud-legged people, the ministers felt indescribable pain in their hearts. Your Majesty, where are you???
Now that His Majesty is back, the ministers are extremely happy. His Highness's chaotic government should be over now, right?
Is it time for everything to return to normal?
The ministers were very happy to stand outside the palace, congratulating each other. The Taiwei and the others were still on the way. After all, the land route was longer. Zhang Buyi had not returned from the northwest. Zhang Cang, who is currently in charge of the ministers,
At the moment, it seems that he is not willing to pay attention to the ministers around him. Prime Minister Zhang has always been like this. He is definitely the most representative official of the Han Dynasty. He will never do more if he can do it. If he can do it, he will never do less.
, Over the years, Prime Minister Zhang has always maintained a very comfortable mentality when doing things, and lives a more chic life than anyone else.
"Your Majesty, you are not allowed to collect armor at any time. Even if you gave it to Your Majesty before, the ministers will definitely punish you. What they care about is not what you do with the armor, what they care about is that you have this idea and
Strength. Also, why do you think that the people you have trained can be braver than those doctors? There are doctors here to protect His Majesty, why do you bother? Forget it, Your Majesty, don't think about it."
King Zhao cannot be said to be fatuous. He has indeed governed the State of Zhao well. Now the State of Zhao has developed quite well. The officials he used are also very good people. But there is one thing. In terms of politics, how should I say, the world's politics
We have only one stone, but what we wish for is eight fights. King Zhao really lacks political sense. No, he simply does not have this thing. He can make some very dangerous moves every time. You can say that he is very wise and foolish.
It's not like that. If I have to say it, I can only say that it's inherited from the biological mother.
Yuan An also figured it out. Anyway, if you follow King Zhao, death will happen sooner or later. It doesn't matter whether it comes early or late.
If His Majesty were still here, things wouldn't be like this, right?
"Your Majesty, transport the armor to your own royal tomb as soon as possible. Don't let too many people know about it. This matter will really kill you. If only one person in the temple knows about this matter, you will be in a prison car.
It needs to be dealt with as soon as possible!”
This, of course, aroused strong dissatisfaction among the ministers, but the ministers had long been accustomed to this man's style and did not use it to deal with him.
At this moment, the officials were surprisingly silent.
While the two were talking, cavalry hurried over.
Luan Bu could see it clearly, but he didn't say anything.
Liu Chang couldn't help it anymore. Nai Gong just wanted to show off. Why do you talk so much?
He said displeasedly: "I knew you people would say this, so I melted Ashoka's own crown and added it to this throne. This way it is not inheritance, but conquest!!"
“Everything is okay???”
"no."
The officials immediately understood, oh, it turns out they were snatched from the peacock.
Liu Chang looked at the other ministers angrily and asked slowly: "After I left Chang'an, nothing major happened in Chang'an, right?"
Just do whatever you love.
Liu Ruyi became a little anxious again.
Anyway, he had completely given up resistance.
Liu Ruyi saw Yuan Ang's despair and said helplessly: "Whenever I do something in the future, I will definitely conspire with you in advance!"
The door of the palace slowly opened, and the officials strode in under the leadership of Prime Minister Zhang.
Following Liu Chang's violence, the doctors standing inside and outside the palace suddenly changed their bodies, and the spears in their hands were superimposed, directly blocking the exit. At the same time, the doctors outside began to gather quickly, even if they were standing inside the palace,
Outside, you could hear the sound of armor being waved and weapons clashing together. This sound made the officials shudder, and they hurriedly saluted and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, nothing serious happened, everything is fine."
At that moment, Liu Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief and almost fell to the ground.
Your Majesty can beat people, but as long as you say a few nice words, Your Majesty is still easy to coax. His Highness is different. Your Highness doesn't care about these things at all. Good or bad words are useless. He just sticks to what he decides to do and keeps doing it.
do not change.
Liu Ruyi frowned and shook her head resolutely.
As Liu Chang's servant for many years, Luan Bu was very familiar with him.
"We really can't persuade him!"
By this time, the officials began to miss Liu Chang.
At this moment, Chang'an became lively because of the court discussions.
Your Majesty is such a protective person. You want to use him to deal with His Highness?? You are overthinking it. The most likely outcome of this court meeting is that Your Majesty will stand up for His Highness and clean up those few who stand out.
"Your Majesty! This is all done by the imperial censor!"
Yuan Ang asked tentatively: "Isn't the king afraid of being executed for this?"
The ministers were trembling, not daring to say a word, their eyes full of fear.
They said they were sending people to investigate them, but in fact they just wanted to delay them so that they could no longer dictate what happened in the temple.
Chao Cuo didn't come either. According to His Majesty's order, he had to stay at home for two days before he could come to do business.
But he is a cultured person and cannot say bad words.
Yuan Ang was a little surprised. Looking at the man with a very determined expression, he seemed to understand why the king would not be dealt with strictly every time he committed a crime.
When Liu Chang just left the temple, they were very happy, because compared to Liu Chang, Liu An was obviously easier to talk to. He was a reasonable person, and he was reasonable in everything he did. Even if he acted rogue, he still followed normal procedures.
He will find loopholes in words or systems to play rogue, unlike Liu Chang, who has a pure rogue character of a market villain, and is unreasonable. If he says you are wrong, it is wrong, and he will not give a reason. If asked for a reason, he will just beat you up.
If you ask again, you will lose Tingwei. If you ask again, you will be in Longxi, and you can go all the way to Xia Kingdom.
After all, other princes and kings may have been framed, but Liu Ruyi really did behave like this.
Yuan Ang was not surprised by this. This was the normal operation of his own king.
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"Who among the sons of Emperor Gao is greedy for life and afraid of death???"
But gradually, they discovered something was wrong.
The ministers looked a little proud.
When His Majesty is doing things, if the ministers object, he can still listen to what they have to say. If he himself feels that it is wrong, he will quickly change the implementation of the policy. But Liu An is different. He will not change his mind at all, or even
Flattery and kind words are of no use to him. He is not as easy to coax as His Majesty.
Liu An, who had never spoken a word, looked at the trembling ministers without any surprise in his eyes.
Liu Chang didn't even look at him, but said proudly: "I went out to fight and ended the fight. The Mauryan King was extremely grateful to me and had no intention of repaying me, so he dedicated this golden throne to me. This is the former Peacock Emperor Ashoka.
I heard that the throne was made by him after defeating many enemies and melting their crowns, that is, crowns. People over there like gold crowns and helmets."
Liu Ruyi didn't mint money privately, he didn't have the courage, but he recycled private copper coins and refurbished them. Mainly because the currency issued by Liu Changxin became more and more popular, and those copper coins in the past began to have little effect. Liu Ruyi used both hands to
I thought about it and thought that these old coins couldn't be wasted like this, so I took it upon myself to recycle, recast, and renovate them. As for the armor, it was even more outrageous. According to Liu Ruyi's own words, His Majesty was about to go on an expedition.
, so he had to prepare more armors to send to his younger brother. Then he collected armors like crazy. In order to ensure the safety of his younger brother, he also adopted many people and taught them. He wanted these people to serve as his younger brother's personal soldiers and fight with their lives.
protect younger brother
The courtiers may not know these things, they just acquitted them of a crime at random.
"Your Majesty! The envoys have gone back again. It is said that His Majesty returned to Chang'an and ordered the envoys to go back."
Immediately, soldiers dragged Mao Chang away from here, and Mao Chang woke up. The person in charge now was His Majesty, the one who didn't follow the rules. But when he figured it out, he had already been taken out of the Xuanshi Palace.
In the past few years since Yuan An came to Zhao, he has become accustomed to the king's operations.
I can't persuade you.
In line with the principle of selling whoever is absent, everyone simply betrayed Chao Cuo. They didn't like Chao Cuo anyway.
Although Liu An is reasonable, it seems that His Majesty is more talkative.
Liu Chang's eyes suddenly widened, he hit his handrail violently, and roared: "I have only been out for more than two years, and all five princes and kings have been convicted by you, saying that the King of Liang was debauched, the King of Yan was immoral, and the King of Wu was trespassing.
The King of Hexi was disloyal and even said that King Zhao was going to rebel?? Isn’t this still no big deal? What is a big deal? Is it a big deal if the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were dragged out and executed?!"
Liu Ruyi raised her head, feeling high-spirited.
These are just the methods used by the ministers to deal with the princes. It is not necessary to punish them, but to prevent them from participating in the temple affairs. Only King Yan with such a violent temper would want to drive directly to Chang'an to prove his innocence.
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The other princes and kings are not afraid of others coming to investigate. They are all framed anyway.
Different from the excitement just now, they all looked a little worried now.
Luan Bu squinted his eyes and looked at the ministers with some disdain.
He looked at Yuan An beside him with a smile, "Great! The messenger is not coming! Our lives have been saved!"
But a few ministers remained calm at this moment, such as Luan Bu.
"Yes, yes, everything is fine!"
There was no trace of happiness on Yuan An's face, he just nodded numbly.
Among the ministers, there was also Wang Tianqi who also remained calm. Wang Tianqi stood among the ministers without showing off his appearance, but his face was quite calm and his heart was as calm as water. Presumably, he had already seen the true purpose of the court meeting. As a
The representative figure of the wallflower, Wang Tianqi, was the first Jiu Qing to pay homage to His Highness. After Liu An began to officially work, Wang Tianqi was the first to show his loyalty, and then he was reused by Liu An. He followed Liu An all day long.
The momentum around him even surpassed that of the other nine ministers.
When they entered the Xuanshi Hall, Liu Chang had already sat in the upper position, and the prince sat next to him. When they saw the emperor, everyone was stunned, because Liu Chang actually sat on a Hu chair at this moment, and the Hu chair looked like
It looked extraordinarily tall and mighty. The entire chair was made of gold, with various carvings on it. Even the armrests were decorated with two male lions raising their heads and roaring. The texture was exquisite and golden. The officials were all stunned.
On the ground, I looked at His Majesty’s ostentatious and gorgeous Hu chair.
At this moment, after His Majesty returned, Wang Tianqi seemed to have stopped visiting His Majesty.
"But why did the eldest brother come back so quickly? He has already come back before I sent these armors. Then wouldn't I have collected them in vain? I still want to give them to him."
"Your Majesty, it is disrespectful to sit on this chair when discussing important matters in the temple."
"More than seven thousand sets of armor. It would be too unfair for them to follow me into the grave. How can I be worthy of it? It is not easy for the eldest brother to govern a big man. From the beginning of poverty, he has developed step by step to where he is today. You can't just because you are rich now."
Such a waste. Even if I am caught and beheaded by the ministers, I will never do such a waste of my eldest brother's efforts. Prepare a letter for me. I will inform my eldest brother of these things and let him use the armor where it should be used.
go."
Liu Chang has never been a person who expresses his joy and anger. His joy and anger are not only expressed in color, but also in fists, feet, sticks and so on.
Whether he was happy or not, the officials could tell at a glance, and the way he treated Mao Chang so impatiently just now showed that Liu Chang was definitely not in a good mood at the moment. Liu Chang was sitting on top, watching with eager eyes.
Supported by the high chair, Liu Chang's figure seemed to be even larger and oppressive, like a giant. Looking down at them, the ministers were already frightened. They did not dare to say anything and just lowered their heads.
He looked at Yuan An bitterly, "If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have thought of rounding up the numbers and sent it directly to my eldest brother. Now, I can't even explain why. What do you mean, if I tell the other party now that these armors are all ready to be given as gifts?"
If you give it to your eldest brother, will he believe it?"
But Liu Ruyi was afraid.
Mao Chang opened his mouth again, but Liu Chang suddenly shouted: "Here comes someone! Take this guy down to me! Put him in Tingwei Prison!!"
Of course, although Prime Minister Zhang doesn't like to do things, his ability is definitely at the peak of the Han Dynasty. If we make an attribute table, the political attributes of the other ministers are in their early eighties, his should be ninety-nine, and Marquis Fou is one hundred. In Liu's case,
During the time when An was working, he didn't do much. He just developed Han's agriculture with peace of mind, and carried out it unhurriedly. By the way, he had a few more children. Liu Chang couldn't force Zhang Cang to do things, let alone talk about it.
It's Liu An, Zhang Cang is also a person who doesn't follow the rules.
Liu An still obeyed the rules and obeyed the rules of the ministers and the emperor. The two sides fought back and forth.
When I was preparing to do something, many customers came to persuade me, and even others came to persuade me.
Let yourself think about the consequences, don't be reckless, don't be so radical.
So what if Naigong is radical?
My father Han Zhouyou Li Keke, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, what dare you do?!
Liu An was so courageous that he raised his head high.
When his father sat next to him, he felt that he was not afraid of anything. Even if Taiyi came in person, he would dare to draw his sword and attack him because his father was a majestic mountain that supported everything.