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Xia Houlan was escorted into the hall, and he was not qualified to enter the Xuchang Council Hall before. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Liu Zhang sat on the top, carefully looking at Xiahoulan, who was tied up like a zongzi, with a smile on his face, and the soldiers who escorted Xiahoulan were not so polite. Several people slammed down Xiahoulan's shoulders and said, "When you see King Qin, don't kneel down quickly!" Be careful, we're not kind to you! ”

"That's it!" With a wave of his hand, he stopped the soldiers who wanted to commit violence against Xiahou Lan, and Liu Zhang smiled: "Untie it!" ”

Soon, the pawn untied the rope on Xia Houlan's body, Xia Houlan moved her muscles and bones, then sat on the chair next to her and said, "Liu Jiyu, what do you want to do?" Don't do anything hypocritical, I won't surrender! ”

"No one wants you to surrender!" Liu Zhang smiled and asked, "Brother Lan, I haven't seen you for more than 20 years, are you okay?" ”

"You..." Xia Houlan was stunned for a moment, he had thought of many scenes of meeting Liu Zhang, but he didn't expect Liu Zhang to be the king, and he was so polite to him! However, some people will treat politeness as a blessing, Xia Houlan is such a person, he said coldly: "Liu Zhang, don't pretend, if you want to kill, you have to shave casually, if you frown, I am not a hero!" ”

"Why did I say I was going to kill you?" Liu Zhang was a little puzzled and said, "I remember that we are senior brothers, what makes you so disgusted with me?" You just have to say it, and I'll try to satisfy you! ”

"You brutalize the family, kill people all over the house, so cruel and unkind, everyone in the world hates you!" Xia Houlan stared at Liu Zhang, and his bruised hands clenched the armrests of the chair, fully showing the anger in his heart!

"If that's the case, I can't help it!" Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "The family has become the source of hindrance to the stability of the world, if they don't cooperate with my policy, I can only force them to cooperate with my iron and bloody hands!" ”

"Joke, the family has been helping the imperial court to govern the world, how can it become the source of endangering the stability of the world? Liu Zhang, don't make excuses for your ambitions! Xiahou Lan pointed at Liu Zhang, his face was full of anger, he bared his teeth, as if he couldn't bite Liu Zhang's piece of flesh!

"Governing the world?" Liu Zhang smiled and asked, "Let me ask you, why is the big man messy?" ”

Although she didn't understand why Liu Zhang asked that, Xia Houlan still replied: "The Ten Standing Servants sell the official mantle, and Zhang Jiao is a disaster to the world!" ”

Liu Zhang said loudly: "Then let me ask you again, who is buying an official from the Ten Standing Attendants?" Why did the Yellow Turban Dao rebel? ”

"This..."Xia Houlan was stunned, he had never considered these questions. In addition, the power of the family under Cao Ying's command is still very strong, and no one will put the charge of disturbing the Han on the head of the family!

"I'll tell you!" Seeing that Xiahou Lan was stunned, Liu Zhang sneered: "The person who buys the official from the Ten Standing Servants is a big family, and Cui Lie spent a full 30 million yuan in order to become a captain back then!" As for the Yellow Turban Dao rebellion, it's because they can't survive anymore! The reason why the people can't survive is because the big families used the looted money to buy officials! If there is no family to buy officials, the officials have to go through normal procedures, if there is no family to loot the people, the Yellow Turban Road will not rebel! The family is the culprit who makes the world unstable! ”

"This..."Xiahou Lan was stunned, although he didn't want to admit it, Liu Zhang's words were indeed thought-provoking, he hesitated for a while and said: "Even if you are right, you don't have to kill all the big families!" When I was in Yizhou, I watched you behead the family at the entrance of the vegetable market, do you know how I felt? I've been suffering because my brother is a tyrant, a murderer! ”

"Brother Lan, I can't help it!" Liu Zhang sighed: "I also want to take it slowly, but what about time? After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I knew that the world was about to be in turmoil, and I had to find a way to master enough strength to gain a foothold in the troubled times! In the face of the resistance of the family, I can only use killing to deter, otherwise when the troubled times come, it will be me who will die! Besides, I didn't exterminate the whole family! ”

"Haven't killed them all?" Xiahou Lan jumped up again and said, "You say, do you still have a big family under your command?" You confiscated the family's land and domestic slaves, how can they live? ”

"Brother Lan, you are not a big family, I don't blame you! Do you think that the family lives on land and domestic slaves? You couldn't be more wrong! Liu Zhang smiled and shook his head, if it weren't for Xia Houlan being his junior brother, he really didn't want to waste saliva with him.

"This..."Xia Houlan asked, "If the family does not depend on the land to survive, how can they survive?" ”

"Do business, run restaurants, shops, restaurants, etc.!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Almost all of the large-scale businesses in the city are controlled by the big families, and the land is only a small part of their income. But sometimes, just for that meager income, they bully the township, fish and flesh the people, and make the people miserable! As long as the people have a bite to eat, they will not rebel, and I let the family not control the land, just so that the people have something to eat. Do you know that the people under my rule do not have to pay agricultural taxes? ”

"Is this true?" Xiahou Lan was stunned, he had never heard of a dynasty that did not collect agricultural taxes, that is, the Zhou Dynasty that all Confucian students longed for, and when the well field system was implemented, a piece of land in the middle had to be left to the imperial court!

Liu Zhang smiled: "What are you lying to do?" You're already my prisoner! It's really not good, how much work can it cost me to kill you directly? It's not that my brother said you, your kid has underdeveloped limbs and a simple mind. If you say a few words and you believe it, don't you see it with your own eyes, don't you think with your own heart? Not everyone is honest with you, you have to judge for yourself! ”

"What the senior brother said is very true, the younger brother has been taught!" Xia Houlan was convinced, and he finally recognized Liu Zhang, the senior brother.

"You kid..."Liu Zhang patted Xia Houlan's shoulder and said, "Go and clean up, I'll pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!" ”

"Senior brother, I'm a prisoner, let's go back to the prisoner camp!" Xia Houlan smiled awkwardly, he hadn't forgotten his identity!

Liu Zhang laughed and said, "You kid still come with me?" Go pack up, you'll always be a guest of honor with me! ”

"No!" Xiahou Lan smiled and said, "Senior brother, the reason why I don't call you King Qin is because I didn't surrender." No matter how much you say, I can't betray my family. My father said that my family gave me life, and I will defend my family with my life. Thank you for your understanding! ”

"This..."Liu Zhang was stunned, he knew that the family members attached great importance to the interests of the family, but he never thought that even a person like Xia Houlan, who did not enjoy the benefits of the family, could give up his life for the family. After being silent for a long time, Liu Zhang suddenly smiled and said: "If you don't surrender, you won't surrender, you should have died once, and now you just came to see me, the senior brother!" ”

"Senior brother, you..." Looking at Liu Zhang, Xia Houlan didn't know what to say. Obviously he is an enemy, Liu Zhang is still bitter, knowing that he will not surrender, but he still treats him as a brother! People's hearts are made of meat, and Xia Houlan knows how to move no matter how mixed she is!

"Our senior brothers, we know it!" Pointing to his chest, Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Zilong should be ready, you go to wash, I will introduce you to the second senior brother Zhang Xiu, as for the senior brother, you can see it when you go to Chang'an!" ”

"Thank you, senior brother, for making it perfect!" Xiahou Lan paused for a moment and immediately understood what Liu Zhang meant. Although Liu Zhang still recognizes him as a junior brother, he can't put him back against himself, since he doesn't surrender, house arrest is the best result!

Seeing the rich expression on Xia Houlan's face, Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Don't worry, although I can't let you go back, in Chang'an, you can move around at will, as long as you don't go out of my territory, you just want to go to Bingzhou and Liangzhou, and no one will stop you." ”

"Senior brother Rende, how can I repay it?" Two lines of clear tears flowed down her cheeks, and Xia Houlan was full of guilt for her earlier actions.

"You and I are brothers, as long as you live happily, it will be the greatest reward for me! I want everyone in the world to live a happy life, you are my junior brother, and I should take care of you! Liu Zhang smiled slightly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, so he asked: "By the way, I remember that you left to find Fan Juan, but have you ever found it?" ”

At the mention of Fan Juan, Xia Houlan's face suddenly became gloomy, and he shook his head and said; "I searched all over the thirteen states of Dahan and found countless women named Fan Juan, but there was no one I was looking for! Perhaps, she is long gone! ”

"Don't be discouraged, after the world is unified, I will help you find it!" Liu Zhang said very sincerely, Xia Houlan's eyes suddenly lit up, and the power of the Intelligence Department spread all over Cao Jun! However, after the unification of the world, he was a little disappointed. Although Liu Zhang is already powerful in the world, Cao Ying still has 670,000 horses and horses, and Jiangdong still has 200,000 or 300,000 troops.

"Then thank you, brother!" Xia Houlan bowed and thanked her, Liu Zhang was able to do this, which can be regarded as benevolent and righteous!

"It's still the king who has a way!" Just when Liu Zhang and Xiahou Lan were in harmony, Zhao Yun strode in, he had already prepared everything! Seeing Xia Houlan saluting Liu Zhang, she opened her mouth to joke!

"It's nature!" Xiahou Lan smiled: "Zilong, after so many years, you still can't express yourself. If it weren't for Senior Brother knowing you, I think you wouldn't be where you are today! ”

"This is natural, in my life, in addition to my parents and master, I have to thank the king!" Zhao Yun was also very excited, although his official position was not high, but his power was not small, under Liu Zhang, the general who could command the whole army, except for Zhou Yu, Xu Shu and other strategists, there was only him!

"Zilong, don't make a fool of yourself!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Today, when the little junior brother returns, we only talk about brotherhood, and nothing else!" ”

(To be continued)