The two of them only thought that Tang Qi was embarrassed, but they both shut up.

The army of more than 10,000 people marched from Chang'an to Shanggu County, most of them were foot soldiers, and even if there were galloping roads, it would take about half a month to travel long distances.

In order not to lose time, Li Guang took Tang Qi's suggestion and sent his subordinates to hurry up, and at the same time sent the drawings and samples of the farrier to Chang'an and Shanggu.

According to the original plan, the three of them went to visit Liu Pengzu, the king of Zhao, first.

If you want to talk about this King Zhao, it is also a shining wonder in the history of the princes of the Western Han Dynasty.

At that time, in order for the vassal states not to be completely independent of the central government, the ministers of each country were directly appointed by the central court and belonged to the officials of 2,000 koku.

In addition to assisting the king in governing the fiefdom, the prime minister also had the responsibility of supervising the behavior of the princes and kings.

For example, Liu Anxin, the king of Huainan, has objections, that is, his minister of state reports to the imperial court in time, and the imperial court will know the situation in Huainan well.

Therefore, for the princes and kings, the kingdom is more like a watchdog to guard against than a minister who can be respected.

How to get along with it has become one of the biggest problems!

Different princes and kings have different methods for dealing with the ministers sent by the central government.

The best situation is that "the monarch and the minister know each other", the king has no ambition, but he has a sense of responsibility for the people under his rule, and with the assistance of the minister of state, he will govern the feudal country with a sound and impressive reputation, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment.

But this is only a minority after all, and if it is done too well, it is easy to attract the attention of the central court.

The Son of Heaven is somewhat tolerant of his brothers, but he is not so good at talking to the ministers he is sent out.

I sent you here to watch over my brothers and uncles for the court, so that they wouldn't have any crooked thoughts.

As a result, you really regard the princes and kings as monarchs, and do your best to assist him and help them enrich the country and strengthen the army, what do you want to do?

Is there still a bit of political consciousness?

When this pimple comes together, those ministers who are diligent and know each other with the princes, kings and ministers often face a not so good situation.

If the ability is almost not enough to cause fear, I am afraid that I can only be a minister of state in this life, and I will never be able to return to the central government to display my ambitions.

If the ability is quite good, and it really helps the princes and kings to govern the feudal country in an orderly manner, then I am afraid it will be dangerous!

Therefore, whether out of public or selfish intentions, most of the ministers of state and the princes and kings they assist maintain a poor relationship.

If you don't have a ghost in your heart and get by, you just take the prime minister as the main thing, hand over all domestic political affairs to the minister of state, and just eat, drink and have fun.

The strong minister of state can still point his nose and scold the princes and kings for "plaything discouragement", and the king often has to pinch his nose to come down!

The princes and kings with stingy personalities like to face each other with the prime minister, and at this time it depends on the means and resourcefulness of the prime ministers.

If one is not good, it is easy to get your life in trouble!

However, the most common situation is that the two sides are not embarrassed and maintain a semblance of peace with each other.

The princes and kings don't want to get into trouble, and the prime minister also wants to find a way to return to the central government as soon as possible.

What about Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu?

He does not belong to any of the above!

This person's personality is not stingy, and the domestic reputation is not very bad.

But if you look at the world, it is not difficult to find that no matter who you ask to inquire, you can hear a belly full of complaints about King Zhao!

The reason is that this person is the prince of the palace and the elder brother of Liu Che.

But it's really not very exquisite!

It is said in the history books that Liu Pengzu is "clever and treacherous, humble and flattering", humble and respectful on the surface, likes to please others, but is mean and vicious on the inside.

And he had a deep knowledge of the law, and legend has it that he raised a group of people to study the law articles for him, so that he could use sophistry to slander the people he wanted to deal with.

For example, the minister of state sent by the imperial court.

Every time a new minister arrives, Liu Pengzu will change into a black cloth coat and dress up as a servant of the palace to greet each other in person.

He also personally cleaned the residence for the Prime Minister, and the treatment was meticulous and very humble.

In fact, history records that he mostly used "confusing things" to disrupt the daily behavior of the prime minister.

As long as there is inappropriate speech, or something that violates the taboo of the imperial court, he immediately writes a small report to the younger brother of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time mixes some false accusations such as being a traitor and seeking personal gain.

The investigators sent by the imperial court often cannot distinguish between the true and the false.

So much so that it has been nearly 30 years since he was crowned King Zhao, but no prime minister has been able to serve for two years, and he is often punished for his crimes.

Those who were lucky were sentenced to prison, and those who were unlucky were directly executed!

Over time, Zhao Guo was recognized as a place of death by central officials, and many people would rather be demoted than be Liu Pengzu's state minister!

And those who were unlucky and forcibly appointed did not dare to make any accusations against Liu Pengzu, but only dared to act with his eyes.

Although this old guy had no objections, he still turned Zhao Guo into his hall of words!

If it was just a scourge to the prime minister, the officials of the DPRK and China would not be so noisy, the key is that this old boy likes to bite when he catches people!

It is said that it is to prevent some officials from passing by under the pretext of secretly visiting him Liu Pengzu's various violations of the law.

All the past 2,000 stone officials, who pass through his fiefdom, will be treated like a state minister!

In particular, Jizhou Mu, who is responsible for supervision, has received more attention.

It's easy to throw away your life when you cross the road, so who would dare to plunder Liu Pengzu's tiger whiskers?

Of course, I can't avoid it!

"If it weren't for the fact that the army was marching to the point where the movement was too big, and I was afraid that I would miss the battle, I really didn't want to deal with King Zhao!" Li Guang also kept complaining, "When we get to the place, we all have to be vigilant, so as not to be caught by him!" ”

Even the dignified captain of the Northern Military Academy is so cautious, it is enough to see Liu Pengzu's bad reputation.

For such a person, Tang Qi couldn't help but be curious.

After all, this sounds much less elaborate than the old Zhu family's clan princes who were raised as pigs!

Huo Quzhi was dismissive: "Isn't it just a prince, master, I just captured a prince and added a prince, there is a kind of him to try to move the master?" ”

Li Guang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty favors you, King Zhao will definitely not dare to attack you, I am different." You raise your noble hand, don't bother me or not! ”

Huo Quzhi has reined in a little, but he still doesn't pay much attention to it.

Tang Qi's attitude is the same as Huo Qu's illness.

He was not an ancient, and no matter how he integrated into the living environment of the Han Dynasty, he still couldn't have even the slightest awe of concepts such as "imperial power" and "clan".

And this is probably the reason why he is valued by the emperor, but it is easy to cause dissatisfaction among cool officials.

After all, no matter how low-key and how to follow the customs, a modern person who has received equal education since childhood returns to feudal society, and he will be as prominent as fireflies in the night!