Fu Qing came forward to salute, and all the ministers hurriedly followed him to worship him.
Liu Chang rode his horse, raised his head, and looked at the ministers saluting in front of him with disdain in his eyes.
"Fu Qing, I asked you to govern the Xia Kingdom. Is this how you governed it? Along the way, I encountered so many bandits. They all wanted to rob my convoy. They were so vicious that they happened every day.
The thieves came to plunder, making our group restless day and night, and we even had to leave someone to watch out when we were sleeping. This is all your fault!!!"
After hearing Liu Chang's words, Fu Qing raised his head and looked behind Liu Chang.
Behind Liu Chang, a dense line of thieves formed a long queue. They were all tied up. There were also carriages loaded with stolen goods. There was no end in sight. There were also many carriages carrying human heads. There were so many heads on them. Look,
The person's scalp is numb.
Fu Qing was shocked, are there really so many bandits in our Xia Kingdom? Can we really encounter so many along the way?
He quickly apologized and said, "I mismanaged you! Your Majesty, please punish me!"
Liu Chang snorted coldly and pointed at the people behind him, "Send someone to collect all the thieves. Those cars are all stolen goods. I captured them after I defeated the invading thieves. Let's take them for statistics!"
"Every time we go on an expedition, we often sacrifice cattle and sheep to you, eager to get your protection!! Great Hercules!!"
Liu Chang grinned. He knew most of the officials in front of him, "Zou Yang? Are you still writing articles now?"
In the middle of the night, these barbarian leaders reluctantly said goodbye to the gods and returned home.
Liu Changxing sat tall and tall, and the leaders and officials of various ministries walked into the tent one after another, bowed to Liu Changxing, and then sat under Fu Qing and others.
Liu Chang said proudly and quickly. He was afraid that others would not understand, so he directly changed into Xiongnu language.
Fu Qing and others were a little confused. Obviously, they didn't know what kind of reputation Liu Chang had on the grassland. After Mao Dun unified the grassland, he gained supreme reputation and became the emperor on the grassland.
He defeated him, and even Liu Chang, who chased him all the way, became even more famous. His stature, huge strength, and even the white horse under his crotch all added a lot of mythology to him. The Huns originally worshiped the strong and powerful.
The tradition of worshiping the strong.
Gongyang Shou didn't care, "I wish there were people who didn't have eyesight. Only by killing a few of them will they know what power is. These barbarians have always been powerful but not moral. Killing a few is right. You don't know what power is."
no need to worry!"
After Liu Chang defeated Maodun, he was called a god by the Huns and began to worship him uniquely. People believed that he was a powerful god protected by God. They used cattle and sheep to sacrifice him and could use his power when hunting.
With divine power, draw a stronger bow and shoot more prey.
The atmosphere was very lively, and the Hu people spontaneously performed for Liu Chang. Of course, Liu Chang was not willing to be idle. He immediately started a fight with several famous warriors among the Hu people. Those leaders who were famous for their bravery were
Liu Chang was thrown around like a child. None of them were Liu Chang's enemies, but this still didn't surprise them. The majestic Hercules, what does it mean to throw a few of us warriors? Is this worthy of surprise?
Neither Wang Gao nor the others thought that Liu Chang's prestige among the Hu people was so high.
Another leader of the Hu people stood up and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, do you still remember me? When you rode a white war horse to hunt down Gutu Chanyu who was holding the plow, I was in the army, and your power was compared to
It was much stronger back then!!!"
"Your Majesty... I think you don't have to worry about Xia Guo's situation at all. Fu Qing has done a good job. Even if I deliberately find trouble, I can't find anything wrong."
"Today, we will enjoy the cattle and sheep together here. From now on, you will be the people enjoying my protection!"
“No one knows how to get along with these barbarians better than me!!”
Lu Lu sighed, "Your Majesty is right, Fu Qing and the others are also busy with this matter, trying to find ways to increase their recognition and actively carry out marriage alliances. Now it seems that the original idea of establishing the Xia Kingdom seems a bit inappropriate.
appropriate."
"So long? I'll give you one year. If it doesn't work out, I'll withdraw your title!"
"God Kuqu"
"I can't do it"
"At first you followed Maodun and became my enemies, but today you have become my people. Hahaha. I know that some of you have married women surnamed Lu. They are all from my mother's clan! Your children are born to be
Having the blood of Hercules! This is a good thing!"
"The Yuezhi are semi-nomadic and semi-cultivating. When they came to the Tang Kingdom, because they were not as numerous as the Tang people, they easily became Tang people. They all considered themselves Tang people, but the Xia Kingdom was not the same. The Xia people here were all the people of the Huns in the past.
There are less than one in ten people from the Central Plains here. This is not the same as the situation in the Tang Dynasty. You also know that the king here is mediocre and incompetent, similar to King Zhao. Can he govern the people here well? Can he control the people here?
Will the common people become the people of the Han Dynasty?"
Fu Qing was very happy. Liu Chang didn't say anything more. He just looked at the officials behind Fu Qing. Most of them looked familiar. They were all exiled ministers. Gong Yangshou and Wang Gao.
And so on, almost all of them were people who had offended Liu Chang. When they found that Liu Chang was looking towards him, everyone had different reactions. Gong Yangshou hurriedly smiled, while Wang Gao turned his head and ignored His Majesty the Emperor at all.
.
Among the Han people, he is the emperor, but among the Hu people, he is basically a god.
Liu Chang shook his head gently, "Xia's problem is not in the administration of officials."
The reason why these barbarians dressed up carefully and came here was not only because of their respect for the emperor, but also because they came here with a kind of pilgrimage mentality.
Liu Chang was probably a little tired from walking all the way. After explaining, he kicked them all out and stayed alone in the tent to rest.
Liu Chang was very unhappy, "I mean, you have to complete the construction within one year, and the quality must be very high, so there can be no delay!"
Wang Gao and others were stunned, what the hell??
"Your Majesty has always been a narrow-minded person and cannot tolerate being offended by others, let alone barbarians. If any ignorant barbarian offends your majesty, your majesty will have to tear him apart. We spent so much energy to recover these people.
The barbarians are for your own use. If your majesty tears a few of them in front of them, I am afraid that the barbarians will be frightened and may even defect. This will make all our previous efforts in vain. It is best to teach them how to communicate with your majesty first.
Deal."
"About two and a half years."
"Um??"
"Hercules"
"I have made my fourth son your king. With my protection, you will be invincible and defeat every foreign enemy!"
The barbarian leaders chatted in low voices, looking at Liu Chang with eyes full of fear and admiration.
Fu Qing was still very calm, "When the time comes, we will watch together. If someone wants to offend His Majesty, we will stop him first. If Your Majesty wants to beat them, we can also give him advice first."
"I originally wanted to reward you, but along the way, I encountered so many thieves and bandits. I am really disappointed. The merits and demerits are equal to each other, so there is no need to reward you!"
"Don't talk nonsense here! Solve the problem of thieves as soon as possible! Make sure the roads are smooth! There are not so many thieves in Zhao State. You claim to have 200,000 cavalry, so do you condone those thieves? Or do you not care about them at all?
Little thieves, don’t you think they have any great military achievements?!”
Fu Qing was very helpless.
Obviously, no one listened to their explanation, and they were quickly escorted away.
Liu Chang passed Fu Qing triumphantly and walked towards the big city under construction in the distance.
Fu Qing cleared his throat several times before letting Liu Chang speak elegantly.
Fu Qing's lips trembled for a moment, "Your Majesty, you can't just pursue speed. Building a city is very important. If you only focus on the speed of construction but ignore the quality, then what's the point of building a city?"
"The problem here mainly lies with the Xia people."
These leaders of the Hu people had recently surrendered to the Han and did not know the etiquette of the Han. What would they do if they offended the emperor?
“Who told you to ignore quality?!”
An official with thick eyebrows and big eyes said angrily: "I still write occasionally but not as much as before."
As we all know, His Majesty has special diplomatic methods, which are usually bone-breaking diplomacy. He breaks bones to shock the envoys, and occasionally performs other things.
The more Liu Chang chatted with these leaders, the happier he became. Of course, the traditional project of breaking bones still had to be carried out. Unfortunately, when Liu Chang broke the bones, he did not get any surprised looks. For the Hu people, vigorously
What does it mean for God to break a bone? Isn't this a trivial matter? What a normal thing.
Lu Lu asked curiously.
Not long after, officials from all over the Xia Kingdom rushed towards the new city. They all learned about the emperor's visit to the Xia Kingdom, and they were extremely excited. Many leaders met the emperor for the first time. They even
They also dressed up. More and more knights came here, and Fu Qing also gathered a large number of cavalry around to protect His Majesty's safety. Watching the leaders and officials from various places coming, Fu Qing and his subordinates
The officials were still a little uneasy.
Wang Gao was shocked and was about to say something, but Liu Chang spoke first. He lowered his head and asked loudly: "Does it look good?!"
Liu Chang seemed to be giving pointers, but in fact he was expressing his dissatisfaction, because this Zou Yang came to serve as an official in the Xia Kingdom because he wrote articles satirizing the emperor. Among officials from various places, the officials of the Xia Kingdom were the ones who were most remembered by the emperor.
Yes, Liu Chang can name almost all the officials here. After all, they have all offended him, and Liu Chang will never forget those who have offended him.
Fu Qing walked out of the camp and began to dispatch knights, summon officials from various places, and ordered the start of the suppression of bandits in the territory. Lu Lu checked for a day, but found no corruption in the local construction process. The bill was very clear, and the warehouse
The materials were also on point, and Fu Qing did a good job in this regard. When Lu Lu came in to report these things to Liu Chang, he praised Fu Qing very much. He did a really good job.
Wang Gao seemed to be most worried about this matter.
Gongyang Shou waved the long whip in his hand and cursed while beating him: "A group of short-sighted people just robbed Your Majesty on the head when Your Majesty first came to Xia Kingdom. They deliberately wanted to give us Xia Kingdom
Are the state officials ugly?! Drag them all out!! Build the city! Go build the city!!"
Lu Lu hurriedly accepted the order. Liu Chang suddenly appeared here. He also wanted to check whether there was corruption in the construction of the city. Construction has always been a good opportunity for traitors to be corrupt, so it must be strictly investigated. Lu Lu led the two
A knight went directly to the local officials to verify the situation without giving them any time to prepare. Fu Qing stood beside Liu Chang, seemingly not in a hurry at all and having great confidence in himself.
They had been worshiping Liu Chang for more than ten years.
"Fu Qing can build a city here, open up farmland, open pastures, and build roads. There will be no problem. But if he cannot make the local people return to their hearts and help them establish their identity with the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, then what he does is, to put it bluntly, siding with the enemy.
.”
"Okay, let's call the officials from all over the Xia Kingdom. I want to meet them, and then I will go to each tribe to have a look!"
"No, this area outside the Great Wall must be brought under the rule of the Han Dynasty. How can we give up such fertile land, such good natural pastures, and a nourishing place for cavalry? If the temple can truly own this place, then the Han Dynasty will not be lacking from now on.
War horses, if there is no shortage of cavalry, a large number of cavalry can be sent to attack Parthia and other countries for many years, and the logistical pressure will be greatly reduced."
As the banquet became more active, they became marginalized, and neither the barbarians nor the emperor paid attention to them.
Those barbarians walked into the camp, raised their heads, and began to look at the emperor sitting on the throne, looking directly at the king, like a thorn.
Liu Chang laughed and said, "You can't just break the bones when you encounter anything! Back then, I was able to lead the Yuezhi people to submit to the Han and attack the Huns. Now I can naturally lead the Xia people to return to my heart!"
"They are all acquaintances."
The leaders cheered loudly, and soon all kinds of meat were brought up.
Although he didn't know why thieves brought stolen goods when they came to rob, Fu Qing hurriedly ordered an inventory.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
The city is still uninhabitable, and many officials are sitting on both sides of Liu Chang, listening to the emperor's edicts.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Amid everyone's uneasiness, the banquet finally began.
The barbarian respectfully saluted again in his own way, and said with a pious look: "Your Majesty is so powerful!!"
Under the leadership of Fu Qing, Liu Chang followed to a camp.
Lu Lu nodded, "It's true. Your Majesty has never gotten along with gentlemen, but he enjoys talking to those barbarians and thieves and hates seeing each other so late."
The thieves who had been whipped a few times were also very aggrieved and were shouting: "They came to rob us! We didn't rob at all!!"
"Two hundred thousand cavalrymen possess the most advanced technology and mature logistics of the Han Dynasty. Who can stop us in the north?"
Fu Qing led the local officials and continued to follow Liu Chang. Liu Chang looked at the new city in front of him and ordered Lu Lu beside him: "Go to the responsible officials to check their income and expenditure, and also
Yes, check the appointment and dismissal of officials."
In history, several generals in the Han army enjoyed such treatment.
They were thinking before that these people did not understand etiquette and would offend the emperor. Now it seems that they are simply overthinking it. In front of the emperor, they all transformed into Zhang Bujie, their eyes were full of fanaticism, and they even knelt down.
Come down and ask the emperor to bless them so that they can also have the power to "lift mountains".
Wang Gao also had his own thoughts, "This is not the Central Plains. Our subordinates are all barbarians as you said. If we lose our hearts, we will become alone!"
"Your article is very good, but it's a bit fraudulent and not true enough. This is outside the Great Wall. Write more articles about it. This will be good for your writing."
This situation is completely different from what they thought!!
"The officials of Xia State are all carefully selected by me. They are all talented people and they will definitely do a good job."
"I will send people to various places to exterminate the bandits! No one will be left behind!"
Seeing the tall and true god sitting in the upper position, exuding "divine power" all over his body, these barbarian leaders were extremely excited, and even eager to move in the direction of Liu Chang. Either they had evil intentions, or they just wanted to take advantage of Liu Chang.
Hearing this man's words, Liu Chang couldn't help laughing. The loud voice resounded throughout the camp. Liu Chang said proudly: "I know you use cattle and sheep to sacrifice me, so I didn't
Riding on a white horse to destroy your tribe!"
Fu Qing had a dark face and asked the officials to suppress the thieves.
"Then His Majesty summoned officials from all over the country to break their bones again??"
"Qing. How long is it expected to take to complete the construction of this city?"
Liu Chang wanted to say something, but suddenly he was stunned and squinted his eyes, "Lu, why do I think you want to be an official in Xia Kingdom?"
Liu Chang raised his head, "You can't do this? Don't they say you are a wise prime minister? Why can't you even do such a simple request? Don't worry, I have a way for you to do it. Shang Fang will do it.
I have produced some new building materials and I have sent them over. Those people should be in Tang State now and will be here soon."
After they left, Lu Lu's face was full of disbelief.
"Your Majesty, I feel like you don't have to worry about any identity issues here. The sacrifices left by the Huns have not dissipated yet. They even worshiped you within the tribe... and directly regarded you as Taiyi. What are you worried about?
I didn’t expect that the Huns would do you such a big favor, Hercules. Do they really dare to say that you knew about this before? So why did you set up the Xia Kingdom here to take over the power left by the Huns?
"
Liu Chang touched his chin.
"Actually, I didn't know that I knew that the Huns on the grassland would sacrifice me and treat me as a god, but I didn't know that this sacrifice had been extended to various tribes."