Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 868 The Great Wisdom
Nanyue Kingdom, Wangcheng.

Since Zhao Tuo went to Chang'an to settle down, the affairs of Nanyue Kingdom fell on the prince Zhao Shi. Although Zhao Shi didn't have much talent and didn't know how to govern a country, but because of Zhao Tuo, he was still in the local area. very prestigious.

At the beginning, he led the army of South Vietnam to fight against the army of Wu State. He lost three battles and successfully passed the enemy all the way through the gate of his house. It seems that the officials of South Vietnam have forgotten it, or they don't want to think about it again. After all, this matter is not so glorious.

At this moment, Zhao Shi is sitting in the top position, and the Prime Minister is sitting beside him. The current Prime Minister of Nanyue Kingdom is not an ordinary person. The son of the beheading figure....

His name is Lu Xia. Although his surname is Lu, he has no relationship with the Lu family. He is the son of Lu Matong, Marquis of Zhongshui.

However, most of the dignitaries think that this person must have some relationship with the Lu family, and they dare not be too presumptuous in front of him.

Lu Xia pursed her lips, looked at Zhao Shi at the side, and shook her head helplessly.

It is said that the tiger father has no dogs, but compared to the king of Nanyue, this prince is simply... speechless. Since he came to govern the Nanyue Kingdom as the prince, the entire Nanyue Kingdom has become lively.

Whether it is the temples in South Vietnam or the life in the royal city, it has become extremely interesting and colorful, at least for the crown prince, but for the prime minister, it is simply the most painful torture. Lu Xia's age Not too big, and the hair and beard are quite sparse.

"Your Highness, the Marquis of Ruyin is coming soon. As the Minister of Funan Kingdom, contact with him is inevitable. We can't underestimate him. The position of Funan Kingdom is very important. We have to go to meet him..."

"He is just a prince. I am the crown prince of Nanyue. He should be the one who came to visit me. How could it be that I went to visit him??"

Zhao Shi said very angrily: "Why is the Prime Minister so confused? If my father finds out about this, he will definitely say that I have lost his face and take the initiative to meet a Chehou..."

Lu Xia was dumbfounded, "Your Highness, you haven't ascended the throne yet, even if the crown prince of the Han Dynasty knows that he is going to pass by, he has to go to see him... Besides, the Marquis of Ruyin is known for his bravery and constant victories. If the king is here , I will definitely go to see you."

"The position of Funan Kingdom is extremely important. The future trade of Nanyue Kingdom will almost all go through Funan Kingdom. If you offend him today, many things in Nanyue Kingdom will be inconvenient."

Zhao Shi was also very dissatisfied with this, and he continued: "The country is confused, this Funan country has long been conquered by us, and it was governed by us before, but now the temple suddenly divides this place, and let Xiahou Zao come in. Governance, isn't this unfair to us? Why don't we just write to the temple and ask not to seal Funan... let Xia Houzao turn around and return..."

Lu Xia was expressionless, the prince was being polite this time, he didn't say that he would send someone to intimidate Xia Houzao, trying to scare him away or something.

He decided to use another way to tell the prince that the local power is in the hands of the prime minister, but if the king does not cooperate with the prime minister, there will still be a little trouble, the king cannot directly order the prime minister to obey his own orders Arrangements, but the orders of the two sides conflict, after all, it is still troublesome.

Lu Xia cleared his throat this time, and said slowly: "Your Highness, I heard that the Prince Ren of the Wu Kingdom has already made preparations to welcome Xiahou Zao. He is going to go three miles out of the city to welcome him. Bringing the Minister of Civil and Military..."

"what??"

Sure enough, Zhao Shi immediately got excited. The friendly and intimate relationship between Nanyue State and Wu State started from the period of Zhao Tuo and Liu Heng, and the conflict between Yue and Wu seemed to be earlier. The two brothers began during the Warring States Period. pinch each other.

After Zhao Tuo and Liu Heng left the south, their sons took over the banner in the hands of their parents and continued the friendly situation of the two countries living in harmony.The two sides have managed to seek differences without reserving differences on many issues. Although they have not reached the level of fighting, small-scale frictions continue, and there are always a lot of open ridicule and indirect sarcasm.

Zhao Shi hated this Prince Wu very much. He was just like his father. He was extremely hypocritical and put on airs all day long. He wanted to monopolize all interests and opposed him everywhere. higher and lower.

When Zhao Shi learned that Prince Wu was going out to meet Xia Houzao, he couldn't help it immediately, and said loudly: "No! This Funan Kingdom is next to me, so why should they come to welcome it? This has nothing to do with Wu State. What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, I don't know. This country of Wu has been competing with us in maritime trade. They obviously want to win over Funan and completely block our ships so as to enhance their own competitiveness and suppress ours. business activities……"

Zhao Shi hurriedly stood up, "He went out three miles, and I will go out thirty miles! Please make preparations now, and make sure to welcome General Xiahou!"

Lu Xia didn't say anything more. It seems that in the future, he can only use this method to persuade the prince. The princes and princes of the big Han, no matter what their surnames, are mostly not normal people. Listening to your own advice, you still have to pay special attention to this way of advice.

Xia Houzao is now riding a steed, walking on the official road swaggeringly, there are knights clearing the way, and there are a few scribes around him. These people were sent to him by Liu Chang, mainly to assist Xia Houzao in his work. It is Ling Shi Chang Shi who is next to Xia Houzao.

Xia Houzao looked at the surrounding situation, and couldn't help but sighed: "I followed His Majesty to the south, and the road was extremely difficult at that time, and there was no such a smooth road. I didn't expect that this southern country is different from what I saw back then. It's totally different."

You Lingshi said, "This is all thanks to His Majesty."

"Are you a disciple of Fuchubo?"

"No, it's from the Shizhong Mansion..."

"Oh, so I understand."

Xia Houzao is full of confidence in himself, and his words are all about the governance of Funan Kingdom. The followers all expressed concern about Xiahouzao's attitude. Those thieves shot, how to maintain law and order and so on.

These governance methods cannot be said to be wrong, but there is a problem. Now there are only a dozen knights around Xia Houzao, and it is not like usual with a large army in hand, followed by the Northern Army.The situation there is very complicated. If there is a big fight, can these more than ten people suppress so many tribes? ?

There are not many garrisons in Funan Kingdom itself, and most of them are local people. It is really hard to say whether these people obey the foreign prime minister or the local tribal leaders.

General Xiahou is of course brave enough, but no matter how strong his personal martial arts skills are, it is impossible to bring a dozen knights to fight against the people of a country. They are very worried that General Xiahou will come to the top, and they will start fighting there. , Directly forced against Funan, causing big trouble.

While everyone was discussing, a mighty welcome team slowly appeared in the distance, and many flags could be seen, and the surrounding soldiers, holding various sacrificial vessels, accompanied by bursts of drums, had already It is a very high-standard greeting etiquette, but if there are a few more ritual utensils, embroidered clothes can come to arrest people.

Xia Houzao muttered, and Ling Shi looked at the other party's flag, recognized their identities, and hurriedly whispered beside him: "General, this is the Nanyue Prince Zhao Shi leading the Nanyue officials to welcome... that The leader should be the Nanyue Crown Prince, and the one next to him is the Prime Minister..."

Xia Houzao nodded, and led the crowd towards the welcoming team. When the two sides met, Xia Houzao got off his horse and walked quickly in front of Zhao Shi. Both of them were big men.

In the south, especially in Baiyue, people are generally shorter in stature, and Zhao Shi, a big man, is very conspicuous among these people. His height is almost the same as Xia Houzao, but he is not as strong as Xiahou Zao. , actually a little thinner in comparison, the two of them stared at each other with wide eyes at this moment, and did not speak.

Lu Xia, the Prime Minister of the country, hurried forward to pay respects, and then interrupted the two people's staring at each other. Xia Houzao returned the salute, and Lu Xia hurriedly said, "I heard that Prime Minister Xia Hou is going to come to Funan as his prime minister. , I also hope that you can go to Nanyue and stay for a few days."

Xia Houzao hastily dragged him to his side, and took a peek at Zhao Shi, "You prince, aren't you a bit too smart?"

"what???"

"I was a little silly when I looked at him at the beginning, but now I feel even more stupid when I look at him..."

Lu Xia was silent for a while, and didn't know what to answer. In his opinion, the two men in front of him were actually the same, and no one could tell who was who. Still very happy to sell the Nanyue prince.

"Yes, you're right. Our prince fell off his horse when he was young, so that's why. If he offends you in any way, please don't take offense."

Xia Houzao suddenly realized, and smiled politely at Zhao Shi. Zhao Shi was just confused and didn't know what the two of them were whispering here.

A group of people drove slowly towards the palace. Zhao Shi had already achieved his goal, and he did not let Prince Wu take the lead, so the next thing would have nothing to do with him, and all the affairs would be left to the Prime Minister.

Lu Xia followed Xia Houzao with a smile, and said, "You are new here, and you certainly don't know many things. In the past, Funan Kingdom was always governed by Nanyue. I am most familiar with the situation there. If you want to know more, you can ask me, if you need help, you can talk to me directly."

Lu Xia looked righteous, and he said loudly: "We are all doing things for His Majesty. Since Your Majesty has ordered you to do this, then we should fully cooperate. You just have to speak."

When Xia Houzao heard about it, he immediately grabbed Lu Xia's hand and hurriedly asked, "Do you have a BMW here?"

"Eh... General, we don't produce horses here... I don't have any horses..."

Xia Houzao looked disappointed, "Then what else can you cooperate with?"

Lu Xia hurriedly narrowed her eyes, looked at the people around Xiahou Zao, and said with a smile: "You don't know, the people of Funan are barbaric and difficult to tame. Wilder than beasts."

"There are serious conflicts between the various tribes. The tribes shelter those bandits and water thieves and plunder each other. You must solve these problems this time. With all due respect, if you only bring these knights, it will be difficult to deal with those people Yes, my country of Nanyue is on the sidelines, and there are ten thousand men in armor."

"If you give an order, our South Vietnamese army is willing to use it for you to help you stabilize the situation there, and then we will make other plans. This is what we did when we governed Funan in the past. , only soldiers can make them obedient..."

Lu Xia spoke very seriously, but the scribes around Xia Houzao were not excited by this, their eyes were full of worry. Of course they knew Lu Xia's purpose. For local control, if Xia Houzao uses the army of the Nanyue Kingdom to pacify the local area, then he will have to rely on the Nanyue Kingdom in the future.

This is not what these people want to see. Although everyone belongs to the Han Dynasty, they are all different princes and kings after all. Each princely country has its own interests, and their purpose is to ensure the interests of the Han Dynasty. Under the premise, it is of course understandable to seek as much benefit as possible for oneself.

Officials in every place want their own place to be governed first, and the emperor will not interfere too much with these situations, and can understand such situations.

In the worried eyes of everyone, Xia Houzao smiled, and patted his chest triumphantly, "It's just some bandits, I go alone, since I can calm down, why do you need your troops from South Vietnam?"

The scribes breathed a sigh of relief. The general didn't act stupid at the critical moment. If he agreed immediately, the situation would be very bad.

Lu Xia shook her head and continued, "It's not that I underestimate the general. The general's bravery is well known in the world. It's just that the general is alone with only a few dozen entourages around him, and Funan is a big land. How can he manage it?"

"I have always admired Marquis Wu of Ruyin, and I have paid homage to him many times in the past. When I see you now, I am as happy as seeing my own brother. Don't refuse, just words are enough. This is a matter of Funan Kingdom. It’s about my South Vietnam business, your business is also my business!!”

Xia Houzao laughed triumphantly, "They are just barbarians. If they take you there, they will think that I am afraid of him! I am enough alone, no need to help!"

Lu Xia looked at him suspiciously, he was a little uncertain, whether the person in front of him was really stupid, or was he just pretending in front of him, why didn't this person fall for it?
Since Xia Houzao refused, Lu Xia couldn't continue this topic. Instead, he talked about the future cooperation between the two countries. He didn't mention Fang Cai's proposal. He talked about many ports and the preparation of naval bases. Established in the many situations of Funan Kingdom.

Xia Houzao was a little confused, a navy base? ?

He has been on the road these days, and he doesn't know what happened in the temple at all, and he doesn't know that Han Xin is about to build a navy base in their Funan country.

When Lu Xia slowly explained these things, Xia Houzao suddenly realized, his face was full of joy, he looked at Lu Xia seriously, and asked with a smile: "Then what is the king of Nanyue thinking?"

Lu Xia smiled and said, "My king..."

As soon as he said the beginning, he stopped, his face changed greatly, as if he was drawn by something, he trembled, and said: "I don't know what my king thinks, these things are mentioned in the temple newspaper, It wasn’t my king who sent someone to tell me.”

Xia Houzao snorted, nodded, and said, "I really haven't read the newspaper much these days."

The scribes pursed their lips, it's not that you haven't read newspapers these days, you have never read newspapers.

At this moment, Lu Xia put away all her contempt, kept her words serious, and followed Xia Houzao, not saying anything anymore. People around all signaled, but he pretended not to see it.

All the way to the palace, everyone sat down, Zhao Shi started the banquet, Xia Houzao had a good time, and let go of his unhappiness, drank wine and ate meat, it was a treat, Zhao Shi Eager to try, he kept talking about the possibility of cooperation between the two countries, but Lu Xia just sat quietly by the side.

Faced with Zhao Shi's many proposals, Xia Houzao said seriously: "I am a military general, and I don't know the principles of governing the country. Therefore, it is better to inform the temple about these things and let the temple make up for us. I am also a person. I'm too lazy to think about so many things, I went there for hunting, these chores, it's better to make the temple a headache!"

Zhao Shi was also very happy, and hurriedly took Xia Houzao's hand, and said seriously: "Actually, I have always thought this way. I told the Prime Minister at the beginning to let the temple handle it, but he insisted..."

"Cough cough."

Lu Xia interrupted the prince's speech, and then said seriously: "Everything is subject to Xiahou Guoxiang. We can leave these matters to the temple to decide. You don't have to worry. The two countries are so close. In the future, we will definitely support each other and work together. governance."

That day, Xia Houzao slept here happily.

However, many officials of Nanyue Kingdom gathered together and began to discuss major issues. Zhao Shi sat on the top position blankly and listened to the state minister discussing with many ministers.

"Why didn't the Prime Minister stop persuading him just now? The King of Funan is deeply favored by His Majesty, and more cooperation with them is extremely beneficial to us. Moreover, General Xiahou doesn't know how to govern the country, so it is the time when we are most needed... ..”

Lu Xia shook her head, "No, it's a coincidence that this Marquis of Ruyin can still be considered lucky once or twice, but every time it happens like this, then there is something wrong. He avoided all my methods, and even turned back The first army, let me almost kill my king... I can't even see whether he did it on purpose or sincerely."

"I don't think this person is stupid, but rather wise. He has won battles and won titles all these years. Is this what a stupid person can get?"

Zhao Shi suddenly realized, "It turns out that people like us are all wise and foolish!!"

ps: Closed management, you can’t even bring your mobile phone into the class, and you can’t update it, but fortunately, it’s coming to an end, and this day is almost over, and you can go home on the 28th.

(End of this chapter)