Chapter Ninety-Four: Rumors
Lu Shu was not Huo Guang who answered immediately, Huo Guang was quite satisfied with this, which showed that Lu Shu was a person who thought twice before acting, and would not make empty promises just to please himself. And often once such a person agrees to something, it will be done unexpectedly well, so Huo Guang is also a little looking forward to whether Lu Shu can bring him some surprises.
"You go and gather the people first, you go and choose the address of the workshop, and then you can tell me about it. If you have anything in the future, you can contact Zhen Youcai directly. If it's okay, I'll arrange for someone to send you back. "Since Huo Guang chose Lu Shu, then he won't interfere too much, and directly let Lu Shu do it, but Huo Guang doesn't arrange anyone to help with these two boxes of gold cakes, and Lu Shu really can't move it alone.
"That subordinate retired first." Lu Shu bowed and didn't say anything, he knew in his heart that no matter how much he said at this time, only by making real achievements could he repay Huo Guang's kindness.
"Someone, go and ask the master to come over." After Lu Shu left, Huo Guang said to the officials outside the house.
A moment later, Du Yannian came to Huo Guang and asked, "What is the matter with my lord?" ”
"Has there been anything going on in the Yamen lately?" Huo Guang asked casually, after all, he was a Chang'an order, so he should still care about the situation of the county government.
"Back to my lord, everything is normal." Du Yannian replied.
This Chang'an order is the most difficult county order in the entire Han Dynasty, but the Chang'an County Government is the most idle county government in the Han Dynasty. The basic role of the county government is to collect taxes and arrest thieves, and these two things are the best in Chang'an County, tax collection is generally smooth, and Chang'an thieves are also the least in the country, coupled with Huo Guang such a strong county order, Du Yannian feels that this day is a little too leisurely.
"By the way, do you know anything about Wu Qianghou?" Huo Guangxian just asked casually, and the main purpose of his finding Du Yannian was actually this sentence.
Du Yannian was stunned at first, he didn't know why Huo Guang suddenly asked Zhuang Qingzhai. Du Yannian recalled for a while and said, "Why did the adults suddenly think of Marquis Wu Qiang? He is an old minister of the first emperor, when Bai Zhihou Xuchang was the prime minister, the Marquis of Wuqiang was already the imperial doctor, but later His Majesty let the Marquis of Wu'an Tian Wei be the prime minister, since then the status of the Marquis of Wuqiang has not been as good as a day, and now he is not much in charge of things in the court. ”
"Oh? It turns out that Marquis Wu Qiang once worked as a doctor of imperial history! "It's really the first time that Huo Guang knows that Zhuang Qingzhai has been a doctor of imperial history as early as twenty years ago, but that was already at the beginning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's accession to the throne, so it seems that this Zhuang Qingzhai is really regressing more and more as an official. Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Fa
"Adults may not know, in fact, Bai Zhihou Xuchang was the prime minister, and Wuqiang Hou Zhuang Qingzhai was the imperial doctor, which is the meaning of the Empress Dowager Dou. Adults may have heard about the rest of the story, right? Du Yannian said in a low voice, with many vague meanings between his words.
"Oh, I see!" As soon as Du Yannian mentioned this, Huo Guang suddenly realized, but there are some things that need to be clear in his heart, and he can't say them directly.
Du Yannian's Empress Dowager Dou, to be precise, should be the Empress Dowager after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, that is, the famous Dou Yifang in later film and television works. In the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the entire Han Dynasty was actually still in the hands of the Empress Dowager Dou. Because Empress Dowager Dou is the empress of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, her governing philosophy is to believe in Huang Lao's technique, and the reason why Xuchang and Zhuang Qingzhai are reused by Empress Dowager Dou is precisely because they also believe in Huang Lao's technique.
Understanding this, it is not difficult to understand why Zhuang Qingzhai was removed from office after the death of Empress Dowager Dou. On the one hand, this is a contest between the forces of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Empress Dowager Dou, and on the other hand, it is also a difference in political concepts. Speaking of which, it is already rare that Zhuang Qingzhai can still have an official position now.
Huang Lao's art is a school of political thought formed by Taoism as the core, as well as some ideas of Legalism and Confucianism. This idea directly ruled the early Han Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and its core of inaction and the policy of recuperation with the people made the society stable for a long time after the war, and the economy was rapidly recovered and developed under the policy of recuperation. This is one of the important factors that laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, this kind of thinking also has its limitations and drawbacks, that is, under the excessively liberal and laissez-faire political system, a situation of powerful princes has been formed, and some rich businessmen and tycoons have even monopolized the salt and iron of the country's economic lifeline. These problems became problems that Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to face.
Through a few simple words with Du Yannian, although Huo Guang has not met Zhuang Qingzhai himself, he also has a relatively deep understanding of this person. In Huo Guang's eyes, Zhuang Qingzhai has been defined as an old man who believes in Taoist thought.
"Marquis Wu Qiang is the prince's teacher, no wonder His Royal Highness the prince is generous and benevolent." Huo Guang suddenly smiled and whispered, at this time, he somewhat understood why there was such a big gap between the thoughts of the crown prince Liu Yi and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it turned out that the root of the problem was in this prince teacher.
"Hehe, my lord's view of the problem is really to the point!" When Du Yannian heard this, he also had to admire Huo Guang's viciousness in looking at problems.
"Brother Yannian made fun of me, let's just talk about it, don't dare to talk nonsense when you take out these words!" Huo Guang said with a smile, he said these words to Du Yannian, in principle, there is no big problem, and there is nothing disrespectful to the emperor and crown prince, but talking about the emperor and the crown prince in private is not a worthy thing after all.
"By the way, my lord, Xia Guan suddenly remembered something. I seem to have heard that Marquis Wu Qiang would go to Cuihua Mountain at the end of each month and sit down with some old ministers and celebrities. Du Yannian suddenly remembered a rumor he had heard, he didn't know why Huo Guang was suddenly interested in Zhuang Qingzhai, but he still said what he knew.
"Cuihua Mountain...... Got it. Huo Guang just replied casually. The idiom of Tao is derogatory in later generations, but it is not derogatory in the present period. There is a saying in "Zhou Li": "Sitting and talking about the Tao is called a prince." Sitting and talking about deeds, it is called a doctor. This is actually a division of labor between policy and implementation, and the person who sits and talks about it is the person who makes the policy, usually only the person who has a very high status.
Huo Guang wrote down the place of Cuihua Mountain, and then stopped talking about Zhuang Qingzhai, and then chatted with Du Yannian casually about the situation in Chang'an.
Two days ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally officially decreed that the second son Liu Hong was the king of Qi, the third son Liu Dan was the king of Yan, and the fourth son Liu Xu was the king of Guangling. Since then, the existing sons of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty have all been crowned kings, and the position of the crown prince Liu Ju is as stable as Mount Tai.
Moreover, not only was the feudal kingdom of the three kings set, but even the date of inauguration was set on the third day of April next year. Why Huo Guang set this date is not clear, but it must make sense, because the prince does not just say that he will leave, and there is a set of complex and grand ceremonies when leaving.
The matter of the three kings having the country had nothing to do with Huo Guang, but with the establishment of the three kings, I don't know when it started, and suddenly there was an additional rumor, that is, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty intended to ask the current Chang'an to order Huo Guang to be the prime minister of Qi and assist Liu Hong.
"My lord, is this true?" Speaking of this topic, even Du Yannian couldn't help but ask curiously.
"How is it possible, you won't believe such rumors, Brother Yannian, right?" Huo Guang is quite speechless now, and he doesn't know when this rumor started, but it is definitely related to Emperor Wu of Han, because only Emperor Wu of Han and Huo Guang were present when he said this.
"Hehe, I don't believe it much, but looking at the adults, I sometimes feel as if it's not impossible." Du Yannian said with a smile. This rumor is indeed a little unlikely, but the protagonist of the rumor is Huo Guang, and then contacting Huo Guang's journey in the past two years makes people feel that it is not completely impossible.
Huo Guang himself firmly believed that this was impossible. Because let's not say whether he is suitable to be Qi Xiang, but with the relationship between Liu Hong and the Huo family, letting Huo Guang be Qi Xiang is to send him to death, unless Emperor Wu of Han really wants Huo Guang to die, but Emperor Wu of Han doesn't have to be so troublesome if he wants him to die. Besides, it really feels a bit child's fun to let someone of Huo Guang's age be the appearance of a country, and it is impossible for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to make such a joke.
"Forget it, rumors stop at the wise, just spread them however you want, there is nothing to do anyway." Huo Guang didn't bother to explain, anyway, when the three kings came to the country, the matter would pass, and it would have no real impact on him.
However, Huo Guang may never have imagined that in an era like the Western Han Dynasty, when there was no media, rumors could still be spread quickly. Just when he was talking about this issue with Du Yannian, Liu Hong, the king of Qi in the Jiaofang Palace, was kneeling in front of Mrs. Wang's bed, and the mother and son were talking about this topic.
Mrs. Wang didn't know what was going on, since the last time Huo Guang went to the Jiaofang Palace, Mrs. Wang suddenly became ill on the third day, and the disease was not light, she was bedridden in just one day, and now a few days have passed without a trace of improvement, and even the imperial doctor in the palace is helpless.
"Is my mother feeling better? My father has issued an edict that on the third day of April next year, I will be in the country on the same day as my two imperial brothers. "Liu Hong is only eleven or twelve years old, but being born in an imperial family makes him less youthful and a little more sophisticated.
"Hong'er, I'm afraid that the queen mother's body will fail, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany my son to Qi country!" Mrs. Wang's face was haggard, and she said in a choked voice. Because Liu Hong is already the official King of Qi, and Mrs. Wang is also respected as the Queen Mother of Qi, she can also use the title of the latter.
"The mother recuperates with peace of mind, and when the child in Qi Country arrives, he must invite famous doctors in the world for his mother, and the child will serve his mother." Liu Hong and Mrs. Wang have a deep relationship with mother and son, and seeing Mrs. Wang like this, Liu Hong felt very uncomfortable, and his eyes were crying tears.
"You are now a king, you must not cry like this in the future, you must be like a king." Mrs. Wang felt very comforted in her heart, but she still taught Liu Hong.
"What the queen mother taught me is, I don't know if the queen mother knows, did the father really let Huo Guang be the same minister?" Liu Hong nodded yes, he also heard rumors about Huo Guang being Qi Xiang, and he had to discuss this matter with Mrs. Wang.
"This can't be ......," Mrs. Wang said subconsciously as soon as her voice was mentioned. When it came to Mrs. Huo Guangwang, it was difficult to hide the hostility in her eyes.