The Han Dynasty no longer had the cumbersome rules of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the past, the emperor, princes, officials, and civilians were all restricted by etiquette and law on how many meals they could eat a day. But it was different in the early Han Dynasty. As long as you had money and love,
You can eat as many meals as you want, no one has time to care about how many meals you have.
The Han Dynasty picked up etiquette again after Wenjing. If Liu Chang had been born thirty years later, he would have been the best tool for ministers to increase their reputation. At that time, the ministers used etiquette as an excuse to keep an eye on the prince.
Whenever anyone does something that does not follow etiquette, they will jump out and reprimand them to build their reputation.
In the late Western Han Dynasty, with the rise of the restoration movement, etiquette became more and more stringent, almost skipping the Spring and Autumn Period of the Warring States Period and jumping directly to the trend of the early Zhou Dynasty.
But at this moment, the emperor is just a more powerful nobleman, and the prince is just a noble son with a certain status. They don't even have enough to eat, so what etiquette is there?
Liu Ying ate with her family members. Liu Ying did not take the four old people with her on this trip. They were too old and not suitable for traveling far away. Liu Ying only took six younger family members with her.
.And this one is younger, just compared to the four elders. They are younger than Liu Bang, and they are definitely not young.
Liu Chang sat on Liu Ying's left hand, eating meat with big mouthfuls.
"Second brother, why did you bring so much meat?"
"It's all the dried meat prepared specially for you by the queen..."
"Oh, um..."
Seeing Liu Chang taking action directly without giving in to his elder brother, and burying his head in his teeth, the people sitting on the right side of Liu Ying were a little angry.
"Young people must know how to be courteous to their elders! Before eating, you must ask your elders three times for permission before eating!"
A guy with a goatee blew his beard and said to Liu Chang angrily.
Liu Chang was immersed in cooking, so he wouldn't pay attention to him.
Luan Bu, who was sitting next to Liu Chang, slowly raised his head and said, "Your Excellency is well versed in the etiquette of brothers, don't you know the etiquette of monarchs and ministers? As a minister of the prince, he does not know how to maintain the friendship between the master and his brothers. Instead, he has to act as a minister.
Is this something that a minister can do by lecturing him face to face and driving a wedge between brothers?"
After Luan Bu's words, the speaker's face turned red, he glared at young Luan Bu and cursed: "How can a person like you have the right to speak here?"
"Oh... stop arguing. My eldest brother can eat whatever he wants. This was originally prepared for him..."
Liu Ying hurriedly persuaded him, but Liu Chang still lowered his head and ate hard because he was starving.
Luan Bu sneered, "I thought we were both sons of Confucianism, but unexpectedly, we turned out to be disciples of Shaozhengmao!"
"You're rude!"
The other people stood up immediately and put their hands on the scabbards of their swords. Liu Ying could no longer sit still, so she stood up in a hurry and continued to persuade.
Just as the two sides were confronting each other, Liu Chang finally raised his head helplessly. He squinted and looked at those people with disdain, "Luan Bu, take away the meat in front of them!"
"Eldest brother...this..."
"My mother gave this to me. These people are not qualified to enjoy it."
Luan Bu also obeyed and stepped forward directly to take away the food in front of them one by one. The servants were completely angry and stared at Liu Chang fiercely. One of them said: "Young master is rude, how can you govern the country?"
"The young master is ignorant of etiquette, which shows that Gai Gong and his like are treacherous villains..."
Before the other party finished speaking, Liu Chang was already furious, "Luan Bu! Kill him!!"
At that moment, Luan Bu did not hesitate, he immediately pulled out his long sword, jumped a few steps quickly, and slashed the man's neck with the long sword in his hand, "Bang!", it was too late to say, but soon, Liu Ying hurriedly
He stretched out his scabbard to block Luan Bu's chop. The sword in Luan Bu's hand pressed against the prince's scabbard and hit the man's neck hard.
The Sheren snorted, took a few steps back, and looked at Luan Bu in horror. Where did this lunatic come from? The Prince Sheren, he just chopped him off when he asked?
Seeing this scene, Liu Chang was stunned for a moment, and soon calmed down, "Luan Bu, stop!"
"only!"
Luan Bu stopped his hand, and Liu Ying's face turned pale. If he hadn't blocked it in time, this person's head would have flown out long ago. Is this person a little too cruel, eldest brother?
"Let's go!" Liu Chang ordered, wrapping up the dried meat in front of him, and turned around to leave. Luan Bu snorted coldly, stared at those people fiercely, then picked up the dried meat and followed Liu
Long, the two of them left here in a swaggering manner.
Liu Ying sighed helplessly, "Oh, why bother?"
"Prince... I... I have no face to live in this world..."
The prince said that he was about to draw his sword and kill himself. Liu Ying hurriedly stopped him and tried to persuade him, but the man refused to listen. When the two sides were arguing, Liu Chang, who had already walked away, suddenly turned around and shouted: "Hey
! Just you! Listen to me!"
"What did my brother say? Just listen honestly! Otherwise, I will capture all of your clan tomorrow and cook them in a big pot!"
Shiren's eyes widened, his expression frightened, and he put down the sword involuntarily. The other Shiren smiled awkwardly, and were much more polite to Liu Ying.
Liu Chang led Luan Bu to a group of miners who were eating. The miners hurriedly wanted to salute, but Liu Chang waved his hand, "It's okay, I'll eat yours!"
Liu Chang simply sat next to them, regardless of whether his clothes would get dirty, and Luan Bu also sat down together.
"Come, come, let's eat meat together... Luan Bu, share the dried meat with them!"
Luan Bu distributed the dried meat that he took from Shiren to these people. They didn't even have time to say thank you, so they grabbed the dried meat and wolfed it down. Liu Chang ignored them and just looked at Luan Bu, "What are you doing?"
Are you really going to kill him?"
"How can you disobey the Lord's order?"
"I'm just scaring him. Why do you really want to chop him down? He is the prince's sacrificer. If you are hacked to death, won't my mother beat me to death?"
Luan Bu said seriously: "He insulted the master's teacher, so what if you kill him?"
Liu Chang shook his head and said: "This way, from now on, you just look at my fingers. When I say to chop to death, if I stick out one finger, you scare me. If there are two, you just chop to death. What?
Sample?"
"only!"
"By the way, aren't you all Confucian? Why are you still quarreling?"
"Sir, there are many factions in Confucianism."
"Then they are?"
"You don't need to ask anyone to know that... my younger brother Tuo has his crown, Qi Gu has his words, Yu moved while Shun followed, this is the despicable Confucian of the Zhang family!"
Luan Bu replied disdainfully, Liu Chang nodded and asked, "Who are you?"
"Uh..." Luan Bu's face suddenly became a little ugly.
"The Confucianism of Zixia."
That is to say, Liu Chang did not study enough. If Liu Ying were here, he would definitely be able to pick up the next sentence, "If you straighten your clothes and colors, and speak loudly but say nothing all day long, you are the despicable Confucian of the Zixia family!"
So why do the Confucian schools dare not retaliate when they are scolded? Because the person who scolded them has a certain status in the Confucian school, and his name is Xun Kuang.
While the two were talking, the miners around them had already eaten all the dried meat.
Most of the people mining here are not good people. Many of them have shackles on their legs and four or five people are tied together for fear that they will run away. But the group of people Liu Chang chose is obviously different. There are people around them.
There are no soldiers to guard him, and there are no chains on him.
They looked at Liu Chang cautiously, and Liu Chang also looked at them. For a moment, Liu Chang didn't know what to say. He decided to find a topic and chat with these people before Zhao Huan came back.
"What do you do?"
Liu Chang asked with a smile.
For a moment, the miner sitting in front of him with a hoe beside him looked at the young master with some confusion. After hesitating for a long time, he answered uncertainly: "The miner..."
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, Liu Chang smiled disapprovingly, "Then did you commit any crime?"
"If we have never committed any crime, we are all sons-in-law."
The man was very calm. There was neither shame nor hesitation in his words. He had already accepted his identity.
Liu Chang was a little confused, "What happened to the son-in-law?"
Luan Bu had no choice but to explain: "According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, anyone who does these things, except a criminal, is a son-in-law."
"Why?"
"This..." Luan Bu looked at the people around him, but did not continue to explain.
"Young master, it's because we are humble..."
It was the miner who answered.
"Thank you for the meat, Master... Maybe we haven't smelled meat for a long time... Master, you should leave quickly, otherwise you will be laughed at..."
"Oh, with those guys... what do you call Confucianism?"
"Zizhang Zhiru."
"Yes, you will be ridiculed only if you hang out with that gang of Zhang Zhiru!"
"How many people are there in your family?"
There was no disdain in Liu Chang's eyes, and he asked about these people's family situations with a smile.
Everyone immediately felt at ease. You said something and I started chatting with Liu Chang. Liu Chang began to brag loudly about what he had learned in Chang'an. These people stared at the young master's mouth and listened very seriously. Liu Chang
The chief said: "Don't worry, you won't have to suffer anymore soon... I will tell my second brother that people other than criminals who engage in such dangerous work should receive a salary or be promoted.
The second brother is a good person, he will not disagree!"
Luan Bu looked at the hope burning in these people's eyes, but he didn't have the heart to refute Liu Chang.
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