Liu Bangfang and Zhang Liang inspected Luoyang, and suddenly received the news sent by Empress Lu about the life of Princess Luan, Liu Bang sighed "sigh-", and hurriedly gave the letter to Zhang Liang to see, Zhang Liang looked at it, and his face was heavy and he bowed his hand to the north but he was deeply moved, expressing grief for Princess Luan's life, and it was really a respect for Princess Luan's personality.

"Because of the pacification of the Chen Feng rebellion, I didn't care about dealing with the affairs of Jiuyuan County. Princess Luan's daughter Yinuo's automatic return to Jiuyuan, I really didn't expect it. Liu Bang said with a heavy face.

"Hu Di is a proud woman." Zhang Liang blurted out praise from the bottom of his heart.

For three days and three nights, Liu Bang ordered that there should be no staggering and singing in Luoyang City, and no singing and dancing should be allowed to promote peace, in order to show his condolences and respect for Princess Luan Sha Ling'er.

A few days later, the climate in Luoyang turned warm and sunny all day long. Liu Bang resolutely issued an edict: If you want to save the endowment, there is no way to offer it today, and the officials may give more to offer, and the princes and kings are especially many, and the people are sick. Let the princes and kings and the general wait always pay for the sacrifice in October, and the county shall pay the fee according to the number of mouths, and the age of each person shall be sixty-three cents. Because Liu Bang and Zhang Liang often inspected the city of Luoyang, and often summoned the Luoyang county guard, the county commander, the three elders and the common people to Nangong to inquire about the local finance, taxes, thieves, population and many other issues, the people all told Liu Bang that the taxes were heavy, and the court and the central government often collected taxes in various names, causing the people to live in hardship. Liu Bang was immediately stunned, and said to Zhang Liang puzzled, "The prince knows, I have never meant to tax. "Yes." Zhang Liang got up and said to the people of Luoyang, "You don't blame the emperor, the emperor governs the country with respect, leniency, faith, sensitivity, and benevolence, and any major fortification will be written in an edict, never at any time, never at will." "Build river embankments, build ancestral temples, repair city walls, and supply the salaries of the soldiers of the Northern Expedition," a middle-aged man wearing green cloth, a crown on his head, and a dark face said to Liu Bang and Zhang Liang, "When the emperor came to the future, the county order asked me to wait for the restoration of the South Palace, and these many fortifications were all disguised taxes." ”

Liu Bang and Zhang Liang glanced at each other, both of them were ashamed and silent for a long time. After the people left, Zhang Liang said to Liu Bang, "Your Majesty, give an edict." If you really want to collect taxes, the kings will squeeze the people to hand over to the court, why not set a date and a fee for the dynasties to give. ”

Liu Bang, who was reclining on the couch, sighed, and responded to Zhang Liang as if he was slightly tired, "Let's draft an edict in the ovary." "Whew." Zhang Liang gave up his hand.

With a sound, Liu Bang put down the copywriting information about Luoyang City in his hand in the past one or two years, got up and walked to the threshold of the palace, his hands around his arms and looked into the distance, but he sighed again and again, "I have no sage!" Zhang Liang's eyes lit up, and he suddenly looked at Liu Bang in a daze, Liu Bang smiled bitterly at Zhang Liang, pulled Zhang Liang back to the banquet, and poured a pair of warm wine for himself and Zhang Liang in a daze, Liu Bang poured the warm wine into his mouth with a bitter face, but suddenly felt bitter. Zhang Liang was silent, and drank the warm wine silently.

"There is no sage around me," Liu Bang said to Zhang Liang with a sad face, "the former Yan King Zang Di is against me, Yingchuan Hou Li is against me, Han Wang Xin betrays me, and the former Zhao King Ao wants to assassinate me, but Ao has a loyal Guan Gao." Liu Bang suddenly sighed sadly when he said this, "Alas! Han Xin also died, and the retainer Chen Feng also betrayed me, Peng Yue ......" Liu Bang's eyes suddenly lit up, Xu felt that the words were too much to expose, and he suddenly stopped, poured a handful of wine and drank it all.

Zhang Liang listened to Liu Bang's 'chatter' cautiously and silently, but he didn't say a word to Liu Bang. Zhang Liang knew the boredom in Liu Bang's heart, Liu Bang's courtiers all rebelled against him and rebelled against him, from Zang Tu to Chen Xian's rebellion, Liu Bang became more and more cold, and there was more and more a sense of panic that the six reins had been taken off, the world was settled, and he couldn't control the princes and princes more and more, thinking that when he recruited Peng Yue, Peng Yue used the excuse not to come and led an army of 3,000 to help Liu Bang with a pair of generals, which made Liu Bang feel angry. Zhang Liang followed Liu Bang all the way to the founding of the country, knowing Liu Bang's temperament, the late Qin uprising and the four-year Chu-Han War, all the heroes followed Liu Bang, and after the founding of the country, all the heroes also rebelled against him and betrayed him, so that Liu Bang suddenly had a sense of loneliness of losing virtuous talents and a sense of sadness and emptiness that his brothers betrayed him, as well as a sense of suspicion that he no longer easily trusted others. Now, Chen Xuan's rebellion has not been completely pacified, and when he inspected Luoyang, he encountered the princes who levied all kinds of taxes in his name at any time, which made the people suffer and complain about him, and various factors mixed together made Liu Bang suddenly feel that there were no auxiliary ministers around him and the country was mixed, and he seemed to be powerless to control or educate the courtiers or the people. Zhang Liang seemed to be able to feel a heavy and irritable exhaustion in Liu Bang's heart at this time, Liu Bang had been drinking warm wine, but Zhang Liang could see that Liu Bang had a faint bitter annoyance on his face.

"Do you want to remove some of the people in the city from their titles?" Zhang Liang didn't dare to continue the sensitive topic of Liu Bang's heart about the princes and princes betraying him continuously, so he only asked Liu Bang about some things that he knew about in Luoyang City at this time.

Liu Bang waved his hands, an old face was slightly drunk, but after all, his heart was as clear as a mirror and said to Zhang Liang, "Just warn sternly, I can't change the in-depth things, and the replacement can't guarantee complete clarity, Luoyang is like this, and so are other princely countries, whether to change or not." When the water is clear, there are no fish, and the ovary is known. Zhang Liang obviously felt a heavy helplessness and powerless heartache that Liu Bang highlighted when he said this, and Zhang Liang nodded deeply.

"Ovary," Suddenly, Liu Bang immediately straightened his waist and said to Zhang Liangzhengse, "The ancient sages are difficult to find, but the king of Wen Weishui has Lu Wang; Qin Mugong changed for Baili Xi; Yan Zhao Wang Qianjin City horse bones; Qin Xiaogong sent a recruitment of virtuous scholars to get Shang Ying, they all got the sages and made the country governed, I want to learn it, and sent a recruitment of virtuous scholars to seek the world's wise men to govern the country with me, so that I am prosperous in China. Ovary, do you think I look like a sage and a holy king? As soon as the words fell, Liu Bang looked at Zhang Liang with a long-lost smile on his face.

"The emperor is also the lord of the Ming." Zhang Liang immediately bowed to Liu Bang is solemn, "If the water spring is deep, the fish and turtles will return, the trees will be prosperous, the birds will return, the grass will be lush, and the people and heroes will return." The emperor is also a hero, and he will send a list of talents to recruit talents, and the world's talents will come from thousands of miles. ”

Liu Bang smiled, rubbed his face with both hands and completely sobered up, and greeted Zhang Liangdao warmly, "Go back to the ovary, go back to the ovary, these days with me to patrol the city, you are tired and I am tired, go back to sleep first." ”

Zhang Liang got up with a smile and said to Liu Bang, "The minister has retreated." Liu Bang smiled and waved his hand, and Zhang Liang withdrew from the palace and went back.

The next day, the weather was very good, and there was a recruitment text issued by Liu Bang in the south of Luoyang City: the king of Gaiwen is not higher than Zhou Wen, and the uncle is not higher than Qi Huan, all of whom are waiting for the sages to become famous. Today, the wisdom of the sages is not the same as the ancient people? The trouble is that the master does not pay the reason, and the scholar is entered. Today, with the spirit of the sky, the wise man and the doctor must have the world, thinking that it is a family, and if it wants to be long, the temple of Fengzong will be extinct. The wise man has been with me, but not with me, but what? The Magi and the Doctor are willing to follow me, and I can show them. Announce the world, so that you know the meaning of the country, the imperial history of the prince and the princes of the country, the prince of the country, the imperial history of the law enforcement under the county guard, the person who intends to call the virtue, will be persuaded to drive, send the Xiangguo government, the agency, righteousness, year. Yes and there is a word, feel, and exempt. Don't send away old age.

A piece of paper made Luoyang City empty, and everyone was talking about Liu Bang's paper, or had the intention of entering politics.