Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 838 Key Points
The newly appointed captain of the city gate is leading the crowd to wait on the road.

Lu Chan has already been promoted to the temple, so the position of captain of the city gate will naturally be replaced by a newcomer.

The official position of this city gate lieutenant is not too high, but he is responsible for the defense around Chang'an, especially after Chang'an's abandoned city wall and the establishment of checkpoints, the checkpoints around Chang'an are all in charge of the city gate lieutenant, called Sili Xiao Wei may be more appropriate, so it is still very important.

And this position is not something that ordinary people can hold. Those who can serve as the captain of the city gate must be people with different identities and deep backgrounds.

A long time ago, this position has been controlled by the Queen Mother. It seems to be a default rule, that is, the Queen Mother's cronies should be employed. No ministers will find fault with this point, and they probably all acquiesced to this point.

Therefore, Zhang Yan is now the captain of the city gate.

Zhang Yan is the grandson of the old lady, the most beloved grandson, and the son of Liu Chang, who is not talented but has a noble status.

There are many dignitaries in Chang'an, and the person in charge of defense must have an identity or title that can deter those who come and go.

A knight rushed to report that the emperor's chariot was very close.

Zhang Yan took a deep breath. In front of the elders, the junior always wanted to show his best side. He stood upright on the chariot, and the knights and soldiers on the left and right stood up straight like him. ,look steadily forward.

Dahan now has many roads, the first is the track-laid Chidao, which is used to convey important military information, temple edicts, and the emperor’s travels. It’s just that Liu Chang rarely uses Chidao. I can no longer hide my identity. The second is the main official road. This is a road that is not paved and you can let everyone come and go. Road protection forests are planted on both sides, and there are signs and post stations at intervals for the convenience of people coming and going.

Liu Chang took the official path this time.

The crisp sound of horseshoes resounded on the official road. Looking at the official road in front of him, Liu Chang became thoughtful.

"This dirt road needs to be replaced after all."

"what?"

"Does Your Majesty want to pave the stone road?"

Lu Lu on the side was taken aback. This so-called stone road is a road exclusive to the imperial palace. If a road made of stones and mud is to be made into an official road, the cost is unimaginable. , I'm afraid that even I will go bankrupt!
Liu Chang shook his head, "It's nothing, now is not the time."

Anyway, Dou Guangguo is used to it. Sometimes, His Majesty will suddenly say a few words without beginning and end, and even boldly comment on characters from various places, but the problem is that these characters are people that Dou Guangguo has never heard of. Yes, most of the time, His Majesty is talking nonsense, but sometimes, what he said is so reasonable, even Dou Guangguo has to think for a long time, which is not at his normal level at all, but after getting along for a long time , Dou Guangguo gradually got used to it. This is probably the special feature of the man whose destiny lies.

"In fact, asphalt can be used to build roads. The quality is better than this dirt road. At least you don't have to worry about rain."

Liu Chang said with a smile, Lu Lu looked blank, but Dou Guangguo kept these words in his heart.

"If the big man wants to develop again, there are only two ways, Kaihai and Chen Tao."

"Either Kaihai discovered new crops, or Chen Tao made a steam engine. Otherwise, this has reached a limit, so we can only wait in peace."

Lu Lu said with some taste: "It turns out that His Majesty values ​​Chen Tao so much?"

"It's not about Chen Tao, it's about technology."

"The only way to govern the country is to increase productivity."

Liu Chang became emotional, and just when he was about to say something more, he saw the team coming to meet him in the distance.

I saw Zhang Yan standing straight and fully armed, and the tiger wolf soldiers standing beside him.

Liu Chang couldn't help feeling emotional, "I'm really a child!!"

Naturally, Zhang Yan also saw his uncle, got out of the car in a hurry, and went to pay his respects.

"His Majesty!!"

"You can call him uncle!"

"uncle!!"

Liu Chang nodded in satisfaction, "That's right, they have made some progress. When Lu Chan led the soldiers, they didn't have such a posture. Even if they were placed in the Northern and Southern Army, they could be regarded as strong soldiers. It seems that in military science It's not in vain either."

"I will not disappoint my uncle!!"

Liu Chang curled his lips, "Okay, you are fat and out of breath? What are you pretending to be in front of me, just do it! How long have you waited?"

"I've been waiting for more than ten days."

Zhang Yan also relaxed and smiled, "Why is uncle so slow?"

"Oh, I went this time, and made another battle and captured a county magistrate. Look!"

Liu Chang pointed to the carriage behind him, and Zhang Yan saw a man tied up and thrown on the carriage with his mouth gagged.

Zhang Yan asked in surprise: "A county magistrate was captured??"

He also couldn't understand it. He had only heard of capturing other county magistrates, how could he capture his own county magistrate?
"This person rebelled?"

"No."

"Breaking the law?"

"It doesn't count. Anyway, he was captured by me, don't ask more questions!"

Zhang Yan was stunned.

"Uncle, then he didn't do anything, why did you take him prisoner? It's really not"

Liu Chang narrowed his eyes, "Huh?? Do you think that capturing a county magistrate is not enough meritorious service, and you want me to capture another school lieutenant?"

Zhang Yan hurriedly said seriously: "Why do you do it yourself? Looking at this person's face, you can tell that he is a cunning villain. Even if he doesn't do anything now, he will rebel sooner or later! You are right!!"

Lu Lu sighed softly, what a good child he was at the beginning, but he was harmed like this.

Liu Chang nodded in satisfaction, "You're right, well, let your soldiers lead the way!"

Zhang Yan guarded the emperor and walked all the way towards the city. On the way, Zhang Yan just learned that the guy who was captured was the famous Ji An back then.

Ji An is very famous in Chang'an. As the number one talent recognized in Taixue, he has a strong and upright character like Zhou Chang, and his research on Huang Lao is among the best in all aspects, especially his moral character. It made everyone admire. Everyone thought that this guy would stay in the temple after finishing his studies, and he would be able to reach the level of Jiuqing at the age of 30.But no one thought that the evaluation of the Marquis of Beiping would change all of this. He became the county magistrate, and those students who were not as famous as him before all surpassed him, both in terms of status and official rank, so There is also a little allusion in Taixue: the late comers.

This is simply a great mockery of Ji An.

Now that he offended the emperor again, Zhang Yan shook his head helplessly, life for this fellow will not be easy.

Sure enough, just as he had imagined, when he entered the city, Liu Chang ordered Ji An to be taken to prison.

Dou Guangguo reminded: "Your Majesty, this person is weak and sick, so I am afraid that he will be in prison."

Liu Chang grinned, "Let the people over there take care of him a bit, and don't hurt this guy. If this guy has been tempered, he can still use it. Even if I can't use it, Ann can use it."

"only!!"

After ordering everything, Liu Chang went straight back to the palace.

"Mother!!!"

When Liu Chang broke into the Shoudian, the old lady was not alone.

Seeing the old lady standing majestically in the middle of the hall with a wooden stick in her hand, Liu Chang quickly stopped her steps and subconsciously turned around to run.

But when I think about it again, I'm already this age, and I haven't done anything wrong, so why be afraid of the old lady? ?

Liu Chang stopped and looked at Grandma again, this time he saw clearly.

The two men were lying in front of the old lady with their trousers stripped off, their butts were almost smashed.

Seeing Liu Chang, Liu Qian couldn't help but yelled, "Father, help me!"

Liu Chang walked up to them with a straight face, and asked angrily: "You two scumbags, how dare you provoke the Queen Mother? What happened this time?!"

He questioned loudly, but glanced at Aunt.

Empress Lu said angrily: "Whether you and An are here, these two scorpions are about to turn against each other!"

"But how big are these two sticks?"

Liu Chang was a little surprised, one was over five years old and the other was just three years old, what kind of outrageous things could they do?Can you still alarm grandma?
Empress Lu snorted coldly, "These two conspired to steal your chariot and drive it to Shanglinyuan to hunt. Is this something the Son of Man can do? Do you want to send yourself to feed the wild beasts?!"

"Don't let them grow a memory, it's simply lawless!"

Liu Chang frowned immediately, and cursed at the two of them: "It's useless! Still want to go hunting? Come on! Send it to the queen! Tell me the truth!! Let the queen punish you!"

Immediately, a soldier took the two little guys and left.

Liu Chang hurried to Empress Lu's side, and said with a smile, "Mother, don't get angry. They are still young and ignorant. You don't need to get angry because of them. Let Cao Shu punish you. Why do you do it yourself?"

Liu Chang quickly snatched the wooden stick from Empress Lu's hand, and helped her to sit down.

But Empress Lu still didn't calm down, "If you don't care about these two sons now, they will cause big trouble sooner or later!"

Liu Chang can see that the mother still values ​​these two little guys very much. After all, she can come forward to clean up in person. If other clansmen commit crimes, the old lady will usually ignore them and hand them over to the queen to clean up. Personally come forward to beat him up, this is the only treatment Liu Chang has.Not everyone can take care of the old lady, and not everyone is qualified to make the old lady angry.

"Hahaha, it's good to have a more lively personality, but I'm afraid it's a timid temper."

Empress Lu pursed her lips, "These two guys are too lively and reckless. When they are young, they need to be disciplined more, otherwise they will not be able to change when they are old. I am very concerned about this. I have experienced it, if you dote on a child when he is young and don’t beat him hard enough, when he grows up, he will be unable to manage and become a scourge!"

Liu Changyi said angrily, "Aunt is right! That's what Liu Ci is like!"

"Ah."

Empress Lu snorted softly, but didn't say anything clearly.

"However, you have to train these two guys well. Needless to say, grandson of the emperor, as for Xiaozhu, he will definitely be his right-hand man in the future. Xiaozhu is smart and courageous."

Liu Chang agreed very much, "He is a very well-behaved child."

"Be nice?? Someone in the prince's mansion insulted you. He hit that person with something and wanted Wei Wenjun to kill that person. Wei Wenjun refused, so he said this in front of Liu Ci again, and asked Liu Ci to help him kill him." That man Liu Ci led people to fight those people and almost killed them. Yu Shigong was alarmed and directly imprisoned Liu Ci. It was an act of filial piety for King Xia to act for his father, and he wanted to force Yu Shigong to let him go, but Liang was also imprisoned in the end."

"Ah?? Someone in the Prince's Mansion scolded me?!"

Liu Chang asked angrily.

"I've told you so much!! Did you only hear this sentence?!"

"Who is scolding me?!"

Empress Lu was furious, and was about to take the wooden stick immediately. Liu Chang quickly changed his words, "Aunt, isn't it very clever to do it for me? Besides, these people staying in the Prince's Mansion will definitely affect my relationship with Liu An." It doesn't matter, it's good to get out."

"That's right. I admire this little pig very much. His intelligence surpasses Qian. After I caught him hunting this time, little pig took the initiative to take responsibility and admit his mistakes. He wanted to save his brother from punishment. As for Qian, he just kept saying that he wronged you, but you are very discerning. He found such a piece of uncut jade from the clan. That's the name, it's a bit too much."

Empress Lu shook her head, "This name is still not suitable for a prince, so I still have to change my name."

Liu Chang laughed and said nonchalantly, "Mama can handle this matter."

Empress Lu nodded, and Liu Chang hurriedly talked about Liang Guo's situation.

"Aunt, I have a virtuous prime minister!"

"You can't believe it, what did I see when I went to Liang this time? That's Chao Cuo!"

in prison.

Sitting helplessly on the ground, Ji An let out a long sigh.

How did things get like this?

I have always felt that the position of county magistrate is a humiliation to me. This is great. I have become a prisoner directly from the county magistrate. Is there anything more humiliating than this?
And all of this is because of the Marquis of Beiping.

I still remember that at the beginning, the prince happily took him to visit Beipinghou, but because he said a few truths, he made Beipinghou make such an evaluation.

Thinking of his own life, Ji An's mood gradually calmed down, the way is natural, why do he think so much about it?
"Hey, hey"

Just as Ji An closed his eyes and meditated to gain peace, someone stretched out his hand and pushed him.

Ji An opened his eyes, but he saw a young man. In this prison, he basically couldn't see his face clearly. He only thought that this was a strong young man, but the prison here is not a single detention, but a collective prison. ?

Ji An looked at the other party curiously, and was about to close his eyes again, but the boy asked, "Who are you? Why have I never seen you before?"

Ji An just felt that it was outrageous, and couldn't help but said: "There are so many people going in and out of the prison, can you recognize them all?"

"No, you don't know, the prison outside is just like what you said, but inside, not ordinary people can enter, I know everyone who enters!"

The young man was very proud of what he said.

Hearing this, Ji An said softly, "Your Excellency is still a habitual offender."

The boy laughed loudly, not ashamed, and asked again: "Why did you come in?"

Ji An replied: "Because I insulted others."

The boy suddenly realized, and then said: "I am similar, I also came in because someone insulted me."

"Oh?"

"There was a blind man who insulted the emperor, so I led the men to beat him up. His body was covered in bruises. If the soldiers hadn't arrived in time, I would have beaten them to death and imprisoned them. .By the way, who did you insult?"

Ji An widened his eyes and was silent for a long time.

"emperor."

This time, both of them were silent.

There was an unusual silence, and the young man shouted: "Fourth, come and see, there is someone insulting the emperor!"

Then I saw another boy coming out from the side, and also sat on the side, staring at Ji An.

Ji An couldn't see his appearance clearly, he just felt that this person was thinner.

"You are the fourth child."

The man said helplessly.

The boy looked at Ji An with light in his eyes, and he said loudly: "You must have great talent!!"

Ji An was taken aback, he was already prepared to be beaten, "Why did you say that?"

"It's very simple. If you have no talent, insulting the emperor would have thrown you to Longxi or Xia Kingdom. It is absolutely impossible for you to stay here."

The young man scolded: "This stupid king has always been like this."

Ji An was stunned. Are all the people in this prison so brave? ?
The two chatted with Ji An, and Ji An quickly understood their personalities.

The lively boy said seriously: "I really want to stay with you for a while longer, but my sentence is coming to an end, so I can't stay with you for too long, so, for the sake of our fellowship, I tell you The reason why you left. The emperor is the person I am most familiar with. He has always respected talents, but he is not sure if others are really upright, so he will try to find a way to test you. Now is his temptation to you. Don’t you Don't panic, keep your staunch character, next time you meet him, be more staunch, don't insult him, just say that he is far inferior to Emperor Gao who doesn't know how to fight, governing the country depends on teachers, and people around you can only flatter flatter"

"As long as you advise like this, you will be able to escape and avoid this prison!"

Ji An looked at him thoughtfully, and asked, "Why don't you tell me yourself?"

"Of course I will!"

"There are too many traitors in this temple. Speaking of which, they are all flattering villains. I am leaving Chang'an anyway. To tell you the truth, I heard that the Xia Kingdom is very good. It respects talented people there. There is a lot to do, I am ready, after I come out from here, I will find a way to persuade the emperor, and then go to Xia Guo!"

"If I dare not persuade the emperor, my surname is not Lu!!"

(End of this chapter)