Liu Bang looked at a younger man in the crowd and asked, "How old are you?" ”

The young man's simple gaze met the emperor's majestic eyes, and he replied in a slightly immature whisper, "The fifteenth year of the grass people." The young man pursed his lips tightly and looked at the emperor nervously, his fingers constantly grasping the seam of his trousers.

Liu Bang asked again, "Why did you come to build the Changling Tomb?" "The family is poor, the old father has been dead for many years, the old mother is cold, and the Pengshu family is unable to pay the taxes so they take the initiative to come to Changling to pay the taxes." The young man said that, his eyes were red, and he lowered his head. Liu Bang exhaled a long breath of pity and patted the young man's shoulder for comfort. He threw the wide robe and big sleeves behind his back and asked everyone, "How long have you been building the Changling Tomb?" ”

He replied, "a year and a half," "three years," and "since the second year of His Majesty's accession to the throne." "There are different voices.

Liu Bang asked again, "Where do you live?" Do you have parents and siblings at home? ”

He replied that "the family lives in Qinshui County, Hanoi County", "Zhongmu County in Henan County", "Changzi County in Shangdang County", "the only white-haired old mother in the family", "has parents and younger brothers", and so on, are all poor people who came out to serve in forced labor due to poor family conditions.

Liu Bang was silent for a long time, and then said, "How much land is there at home?" What is the year-old harvest like? ”

Everyone kept silent and bowed their heads.

After asking, Liu Bang's heart was already turbulent, his face was guilty, he took a step forward, raised his old hands and put his hands left and right, lowered his head and bowed deeply to the Xiuling people in front of him. Everyone was flattered and hurriedly returned the courtesy and bowed to the emperor. Liu Bang got up and still made a false gesture to tell everyone to hurry up, and said, "Everyone, I said that you will soon get the original land, and the prime minister will take care of this matter." Those who are not over the age of 23 or over the age of 56 can take over their duties and go home today, except for criminal offenders; The only parent in the family or the only pillar of the family will go home today; Those whose homes are far away from Chang'an, and those who have never returned home at the end of the year, will take over their posts and go home today. Whoever has a knighthood and is fifty-six years of age or older, and who does not have a title and is sixty years of age or older, shall be given the King's scepter to be free from old age. Those who have participated in the construction of the Changling Tomb are exempted from forced labor for three years, and those who are willing to stay are exempted from forced labor for six years, and rice and wine are given every year. "The rod-giving system was a tax policy adopted in the early Han Dynasty for the elderly who carried the rod. The old man was exempted from the burden of taxation and servitude, and those who carried the royal rod were respected by the officials, and no one was allowed to beat or scold the old man who carried the rod. Exemption from the city tax for the elderly with a cane, allowing the elderly with a cane to do business without collecting taxes. The living conditions of the old man with a rod are comparable to those of the officials of 600 stones, and the offender can be dealt with lightly. The old-age exemption system is a system of exemption from forced labor adopted by the people who meet the age standard, and the age of the exempted elderly must reach 56 years old for those who have a knighthood, and the age of the exempted elderly for those who do not have a title must reach 60 years old. The system of giving rice and wine was originally a preferential policy for the elderly who were over 90 years old or older, and the oldest of the old people in Xiuchangling was only 70 years old.

Several important ministers around Liu Bang nodded their heads in unison and praised his correct words and deeds. As soon as the emperor's words fell, everyone cheered happily, and the young man who was the most happy jumped up and danced to cheer the emperor Shengming. "Ouch-" Liu Bang was accidentally touched by the young man and retreated a few steps away, almost falling, the ministers around him rushed to Liu Bang, glaring at the young man who didn't know how to be polite, Fan Hao even dragged the guy past him and told him to kowtow to Liu Bang to apologize. The guy felt that he was too excited and accidentally pushed the emperor with his hand, and he didn't notice who it was, but he didn't know that it was the emperor. The guy was so frightened that he went out and knelt tremblingly, but before he knelt down, Liu Bang smiled and helped him up, and waved his hand with a smile to say that it was okay.

Everyone continued to cheer each other on the spot, and their faces were filled with long-lost smiles, unpretentious and pure and natural, as if they were encountering the spring breeze, the clear spring moistened the heart, and the warm winter sun shone brightly, and they were very grateful to the emperor for his golden words.

Seeing everyone smiling like summer flowers, Liu Bang was really happy in his heart, but he maintained the usual imperial style on his face, just brushing his hair and smiling lightly with everyone. The ministers also admired the emperor, and they knew that he could do things that benefited the country and the people after accompanying the emperor for so many years, and easily solved everything without much consideration.

"The emperor and sage have now won the hearts of the people of the world." Gao Qi was overjoyed, stepped in front of the emperor and praised Liu Bang.

Liu Bang turned around with a smile and nodded slightly to him and patted him on the back.

Lu Jia is a follower of Confucianism, the core of Confucianism needs to advocate the implementation of 'benevolent government', seeing that the emperor's actions are in line with Confucianism, he also stepped forward and praised, "The emperor has the heart of intolerable people, Si has the government of intolerable people, kiss and benevolent people, and win the heart of the world." ”

Liu Bang has long been accustomed to Lu Jia praising himself with a little Confucian language, although he has not read many sage books, but he also knows that the 'unbearable heart' is a kind of sympathy and benevolence of Confucianism. Hearing Lu Jia praise himself like this, Liu Bang looked up to the sky and laughed.

Liu Bang looked up to the sky and smiled, but everyone knelt on the ground and shouted, "Long live Your Majesty the Emperor, I wish the Celestial Empire prosperity and prosperity, and I wish His Majesty the Emperor a healthy dragon." ”

Liu Bang smiled and squatted down to make some false help to tell everyone to calm down, and several ministers saw the situation and hurriedly helped a few elders in front of them, and the elders arched their vicissitudes of life and said thank you again and again.

Everyone hugged Liu Bang to listen to him, Liu Bang said that since the order has been given, they don't have to be here, and they can pack up their things and go back now. The kindness of His Majesty and the Empress is unforgettable for us and other untouchables. ”

Liu Bangleng paused for a moment, and told himself in his heart how to get involved with the queen. But without much thought, he smiled and nodded, waved his hand, and told everyone to leave. Some people who met the conditions of Liu Bang's order put down their work and packed up their things and gradually left, and after walking a long distance, they still looked back and bowed to Liu Bang again with gratitude, thanking the emperor who gave them a sweet road. Liu Bang waved them away, and a group of old and young people in ragged clothes followed them back.

The remaining convicts and some who were willing to stay reluctantly resumed their work and left the emperor one by one. Seeing that everyone was leaving, and some people were worried, Fan Xu stood up first, and said with a worried face, "Your Majesty Huaide is known to everyone, now that most people are gone, how to build the Changling Tomb?" ”

In fact, everyone has this idea, Liu Bang didn't think much about it, and when he heard Fan Hao say this, he was stunned and slapped his forehead, and for a moment he was embarrassed, he smiled and scratched his neck, took three steps forward, and thought about it for a while with one hand on his waist, and after less than half a cup of tea, his eyes lit up, grinned, turned around and said mysteriously, "Tomorrow, the people who committed the five punishments in the prison lawsuit of the counties and counties in the eastern part of the country will be sent to Xianyang Yuan to build Changling, aren't there still those thieves?" One hand patted Fan Xu's back and asked with a smile, "Tuzi, do you understand now?" ”

Fan Hao was amused when he heard it, the emperor didn't call himself a butcher for a long time, and Fan Hao felt very cordial when he called it, and touched the back of his head and smiled honestly, "It's still Brother Bang is smart." ”

Fan Xu actually played with his relationship with the emperor, and he didn't even call the emperor anymore, but changed his name to the original 'Brother Bang'. Liu Bang was a little confused when he heard it at first glance, and he laughed slightly, picked up a foot and kicked lightly on Fan Xu's ass and scolded with a smile, "You butcher is really good at finding cracks." ”

Wang Ling and Lu Jia's people were all amused by these two people. After staying at Changlingkou for a while, I walked inside. After turning around a few times and continuing to walk north, someone suddenly shouted, "Isn't that the queen's shoulder?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Bang's smiling face was put away, and he just raised his waist and raised his neck to squint, and the person holding the red Luo umbrella cover sat on the mound and watched left and right, and there was a red and black curtain tent quietly parked next to him. From the bottom of his heart, he told himself when the queen would come to Changling, and inexplicably pinched his chin and walked a few steps forward to probe his brain and look.

"Your Majesty, maybe the queen is inside." Zhou Bo said.

Liu Bang grabbed a young man who was working and asked, "Is this ...... Is the queen coming? ”

The young man bowed his head and said, "Just supervise inside." ”

'Oh' and waved his hand for the young man to go down. Looking at Liu Bang, who was puzzled, he didn't know when Empress Lu came, so he asked the young man who had walked not far away, "When did you come?" ”

The young man who had not gone far hurriedly turned around and said, "It's only half an hour, but it always comes." ”