Dahan first prince

Chapter 282 Hey!This child!
"Hahaha······"

"Cough cough... cough cough cough cough cough!"

"Pfft ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace Sleeping Hall.

Hearing the news from Weiyang Palace, the old emperor, who was lying on the sickbed, could only laugh uncontrollably.

"That child, did you really say that to Marquis Pingyang?"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..."

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Seeing Liu Bangchang laughing, he still coughed violently. The old doctor beside him was sweating profusely on his forehead, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to.

On the contrary, the visitor nodded politely, and bowed to Liu Bang again.

"only."

"Prince said to Marquis Pingyang: Even if His Majesty is so good at martial arts and culture, he dare not believe in what the rotten Confucians say, 'govern the emperor with a bow', and the Marquis of Pingyang will be his prime minister soon, so he can understand it in the court."

"Whether You Nei Shi should set up a matter or not, Prince You San asked Pingyang Hou for an explanation."

Hearing this, Liu Bang kept coughing, but the smile on his face deepened.

He coughed a few more times on his own, and then waved to the imperial physician beside him, indicating that he was fine. Liu Bang wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, propped up his upper body, and asked with joy, "What does the Marquis of Pingyang say to restore the crown prince?" ask?"

As soon as Liu Bang asked this question, the face of the visitor suddenly became a little weird. He forced himself to calm down for a while, and looked up at Liu Bang who was on the imperial couch.

"The Marquis of Pingyang resigned repeatedly, but the crown prince remained unmoved. In the end, Marquis Pingyang only said: Whether the internal history should be established or not, the Marquis of Pingyang should go to the court hall to check it carefully, and then discuss it with the old officials in the court. Only by raising money can we get results."

"As far as who is the internal history, Pingyang Hou Zechang worshiped: he is the prime minister, and he dare not mention..."

"Um······"

Hearing this, Liu Bang also restrained the joke on his face a little, and nodded slowly with a little seriousness.

After pondering for a moment, finally seeing Liu Bang smiled again, and then shook his head with a smile full of feeling, then looked at Zhao Yao who was standing beside him, who hadn't had time to 'complain' to him.

"Zhao Qing has been an official for a short time, and he didn't have meritorious deeds from Yuan Cong. Yu Fengpei's old friend probably doesn't know much about it."

"—Cao Shen was originally the jailer of Pei County in the Qin Dynasty, and Zhang Pei County prison. It can be said that he has been in the officialdom for many years, and he is more familiar with the affairs of the officialdom."

"Later, when I launched an army to attack Qin, I used Cao Shen as my general; when Xiang Ji died, I made Cao Shen the chancellor of Qi, and I used Cao Shen as the eldest son of the emperor to govern Qi."

"Since Qin II was established and the world was in chaos, for more than ten years, Cao Shen first conquered the Quartet, and then became Prime Minister in Qi..."

"Ah~"

"After a few years, if it wasn't for the prince's actions today, I would have almost forgotten..."

"Hey!"

"Cao Shen, Cao Shen..."

Seeing Liu Bang talking, the joke appeared on his face again, and his words became even more ambiguous, Zhao Yao couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

But Liu Bang smiled strangely to himself for a moment, and then waved his hand casually to his side, causing all the people in the hall to retreat.

When there was no one else in the hall, Liu Bang turned his head with a smile and waved to Zhao Yao lightly: "Sit down and talk."

When the old emperor said a word, Zhao Yao respectfully bowed, and then sat down obediently.

Then, Liu Bang let out another long sigh, and a look of reminiscence quietly surged on his face.

"Ah~"

"This Cao Shen, he has been an official for many years as early as the Qin Dynasty, and he is well aware of the darkness of the officialdom."

"Besides, he has been a jailer for a long time. He is in charge of the Pei County Prison and governs the prisoners and soldiers in the prison. Over the years, life and death are quite meaningless, and life and death are regarded as commonplace."

Hearing that Liu Bang brought up Cao Shen's background, Zhao Yao nodded thoughtfully.

Although a small jailer, a small official of only two hundred stones, can even be called a small official, it seems that he has nothing to do with the life philosophy of "seeing through life and death, getting used to life and death", but in fact, Liu Bang said It's not wrong at all.

Don't forget: Cao Shen, the jailer, is not the prisoner of other eras, but the prisoner of Qin Dynasty, especially after the first emperor ruled the world!

And under Qin Prime Minister Li Si's harsh and jaw-dropping "Qin Law", the jailer in charge of a county prison, even if there is still a little gap with the executioner, but after a few years, he can definitely be called a sentence' I'm used to the cheap human life'!
Thinking of this, Zhao Yao couldn't help but think of a gossip.

It is said that in the beginning, Liu Bang, who was still the head of the pavilion in Sishui, Pei County, did not know all Fengpei Yuancong, but only knew Fan Kuai, a butcher who sold meat at the entrance of the village, Zhou Bo, who played flute and dirge at funerals, and his childhood playmates. From son to elder brother: Lu Wan.

Liu Bang can only be regarded as having a little friendship with Xiao He who is the chief official in the county government, and he is not very familiar with him.

And Cao Shen is a middle-level official sandwiched between Xiao He and Liu Bang-that is, the direct subordinate of the chief official Xiao He, and also the direct superior of Liu Bang, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion.

As for what changed the relationship between Xiao He, Cao Can, and Liu Bang, it was the rumored incident about Xia Houying who made Liu Bang acquainted today.

——At that time, Xia Houying was in charge of raising horses in the stables of the Peixian county government, and was not a groom or coachman who would drive officials. Although he was not even a petty official, he could be regarded as Liu Bang's colleague.

Once, Xia Houying went to Liu Bang's outer room for dinner, which is the restaurant opened by Cao's mother, the biological mother of Liu Fei, the current king of Qi.

Seeing that someone wanted to eat free food, the pungent Cao family was unambiguous, and in a short time went to the entrance of the village to find Fan Kui, to uphold justice for himself.

Knowing that Big Brother's woman was being bullied, Fan Kui didn't show mercy, and just yelled at Xia Houying, but Xia Houying drank some wine while eating;
Seeing Fan Kuai, a butcher, talking nonsense to him, Xia Houying was also using his strength to play the prestige of a "county government official".

This time, things exploded.

Fan Kuai was originally a butcher, and he never left his body with a meat chopping knife; when he saw Xia Houying, a horse-breeding handyman shaking his official prestige with him, he pulled out the knife at his waist and slashed at Xia Houying's body. .

By the time Liu Bang heard the news and felt it, the situation had already developed to the point where it was out of control.

——According to the Qin law, private fighting among common people is strictly prohibited, especially fighting with weapons!

If Liu Bang let it go, then according to the regulations of Qin Law, Fan Kui, who wounded someone with a knife, would be dead at the least!

In order to protect his brother Fan Kuai, Liu Bang stood up and found a doctor out of his own pocket, bandaged Xia Houying's wound, and made an agreement with Xia Houying: As long as this matter is not disclosed, we will be brothers.

By this time, Xia Houying's alcoholism had also passed, and as soon as he recalled it, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

——The definition of "armed fighting" in the Qin Law does not mean that both sides hold sharp weapons, but that as long as one party holds sharp weapons, both parties will be counted as participating in the weapon fighting!
If this incident gets out, Fan Kui who was hacked will be in trouble, but Xia Houying who was hacked will also be punished for the crime of 'armor fighting'.

Wanting to understand these problems, Xia Houying also nodded heavily, patted Liu Bang on the shoulder and said: "You brother, I hand it over!"
But as the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world-this matter was finally exposed to the prison of Pei County: Cao Shen.

Knowing that there were private fights among the people under his rule, especially with weapons, Cao Shen quickly found the person Xia Houying, pointed to Xia Houying's wound and asked, "Is your wound caused by fighting with others?"
Xia Houying, however, insisted: the one on her abdomen was less than half an inch wide, and all had wounds nearly a foot long, which were 'kicked' by the horses in the county government's stable...

Seeing that Xia Houying didn't let go, Cao Shen followed the tradition of Qin officials and tortured Xia Houying for a while;
After torturing Xia Houying half to death, Cao Can, who still couldn't get a satisfactory answer, brought Liu Bang over.

Xia Houying, who was chopped off, did not escape the torture, and Liu Bang, who took the initiative to take up the matter, also failed to escape the whip for a while.

In the end, it was Liu Bang's old acquaintance, Xiao He, Cao Shen's boss, stood up and said to Cao Shen: This Liu Bang is also a friend of mine.

In this way, Liu Bang, who took the initiative to stand up for Fan Kui to fight the matter, was able to get away with Xiao He's relationship, and became more and more intimate with Xiao He since then;

As for Fan Kuai, who caused trouble, he also remembered Liu Bang's kindness because of this incident, and vowed to be Liu Bang's younger brother for the rest of his life;
Since then, Cao Shen has also begun to be more polite to Liu Bang, an acquaintance of his boss. Although he is not too humble because of his status, he still starts to discuss friendship with Liu Bang, who is a subordinate.

However, Xia Houying, the only victim in this "armor fight" incident, was imprisoned in Pei County Prison for more than a year by Cao Shen in the name of "refusing to plead guilty", and was released after being whipped hundreds of times. come out.

Therefore, the entire court today knows that among Fengpei's meritorious and meritorious princes, Xia Houying and Cao Shen have the worst relationship and are the most incompatible;

As for the emperor Liu Bang's attitude towards these rich old people, it was also somewhat affected by the past events back then.

——For Xiao He, even after Liu Bang became the king of Han and even the emperor, he often talked in the tone of a friend;
For Fan Kuai, Liu Bang always trusted him unconditionally in the past, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Bang was extremely disappointed in Fan Kui after Fan Kui increasingly tilted his position in the direction of "Lu's Minions";

For Xia Houying, the emperor Liu Bang still feels guilty to this day, so even if Xia Houying was on the way to escape, Liu Ying and Liu Le, who had thrown Liu Bang out of the car several times, picked them up, Liu Bang never cared;

Only Cao Shen.

Only Cao Can, who has been serving as Liu Fei's prime minister in Qi State since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, made the entire Chang'an court feel extremely strange, and it was completely unclear about the emperor Liu Bang's attitude towards Cao Can.

Until a few months ago, when the emperor Liu Bang personally brought Cao Shen back to Chang'an, and said that Cao Shen was Xiao He's successor, the doubts of the Chang'an court towards Cao Shen finally reached their peak.

But all of this has nothing to do with Zhao Yao today.

——Because in Zhao Yao's view, Cao Shen's official return to Chang'an made Zhao Yao, a former royal doctor under the age of 40, lose the opportunity to be famous in history and rank among the three princes of the Han Dynasty...
Zhao Yao entered the palace today because he was confused because he was suddenly dismissed, and wanted to meet Liu Bang in person to ask for advice.

But before Zhao Yao could open his mouth, the news came from Weiyang Palace that the prince questioned the Marquis of Pingyang, and stuffed Zhao Yao's unspoken words back into Zhao Yao's stomach.

Up to this moment, when he heard Liu Bang's unequivocal evaluation of Cao Shen as "just a veteran in the officialdom, there is nothing he doesn't know about officialdom", a glimmer of hope finally ignited in Zhao Yao's heart.

After thinking about it again and again, Zhao Yao finally gritted his teeth and got up, pretending to be puzzled and bowing to Liu Bang.

"His Majesty."

"It's the Marquis of Pingyang...uh."

"Hearing your Majesty's intentions, it seems that you are not very happy like the Marquis of Pingyang?"

"Since that's the case, why did Your Majesty summon Marquis Pingyang back to the capital and entrust him with the position of Doctor Yushi, and prepare him to be the successor of the Prime Minister?"

But when Liu Bang heard the words, he only smiled at Zhao Yao with a little deep meaning, and immediately waved his hands casually.

"Cao Shen, although he occasionally has the habit of a small official, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the righteousness of his family and country."

"Moreover, I founded Han Guozuo, and Cao Can was also the first of the heroes because of his martial arts. Although there are occasional people who don't like Cao Can, the princes and dignitaries have a lot of respect for Cao Can."

"And in the past, Cao Shen also served in Peixian County with Xiao He, and he was regarded as an official of Qin; in terms of the ability to govern the people, although Cao Shen is not as good as Xiao He, he has seen Xiao He do it himself, and there is nothing wrong with it."

"Looking at the world alone, after finally seeing Xiao He, Cao Shen is the only one who can be regarded as the most important of the Han Dynasty."

"that is it······"

After saying this seemingly random but full of information, Liu Bang smiled and shook his head.

There is another key issue, Liu Bang did not tell Zhao Yao.

——In addition to Cao Shen's qualities in all aspects, he is the best choice among the candidates. The trait Liu Bang values ​​most is Cao Shen's "occasionally disliked by Yuan Xun".

To put it simply, some people don't like Cao Shen, because in a short period of time, the court under Cao Shen's control can never be monolithic.

If he wants to reach the level of Xiao He in the past who has full control over the court and holds great power, Cao Shen still has a long way to go.

It will take a long time for Cao Shen to go through this road.

And what Liu Bang needs, or what the Han Dynasty needs in the next few years, is exactly such a period of time when "the court is not broken" and "the prime minister respects but has no prestige"...
"Um······"

"From this point of view, Cao Shen's temper can be regarded as that child knows a lot about it."

"If Cao Shen is your chancellor, you won't be able to hinder that child for a long time..."

Thinking of the business, Liu Bang's face became serious involuntarily, and there was a hint of warning in his gaze towards Zhao Yao.

"Your intention of coming here, I know."

"Yu Qing's doubts, I only use two words to make a decision."

"—One, since then, he has performed his duties in the court, accumulated a lot of accumulation, and regarded him as a minister of the new emperor;"

"Both, in the past..."

As he said that, Liu Bang's face was only slightly taken aback, as if he remembered something he didn't want to think of.

In the end, Liu Bang still slowly closed his eyes, shook his head and lay back on the imperial couch with a sigh.

"The two, that is, go to Liuyi, and serve as the minister of Huainan, and persuade the king day and night with the words of loyalty to the king..."

"These two words, you can decide on your own..."

"If you can't decide, you can hang a seal and return home..."

(End of this chapter)