The major affairs of the country that arrived in Chang'an were basically in charge of the Empress Dowager Dou, so that Liu Che, the emperor, felt that he had nothing to do, and in the eyes of outsiders, he ordered Wei Qing to train Jianzhang Erlang as if he was venting himself, and then ordered Zhang Jiayang to form a period gate army to protect the palace and his own safety, these things have nothing to do with the country's major affairs, the Empress Dowager Dou only wants to be the emperor is a playful nature, and naturally it will not attract too much attention, one morning, Liu Che went to greet the Empress Dowager Dou under the escort of Zhang Jiayang and Han Yan, and the Empress Dowager Dou asked: " Recently, I heard that His Majesty often goes hunting outside the city, the imperial body should be fine, and the early dynasty is also not energetic, the ministers are looking at Your Majesty, see if you want to feast the ministers and ministers, Your Majesty can shorten the distance with the ministers during the meal, and harmonize the relationship between the monarch and the ministers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

At this time, Liu Che thought to himself that these were all a bunch of confused ministers, and they came to the Empress Dowager to tell the Empress Dowager about everything, which was really annoying to me, but he couldn't say it in his mouth, so he only said approvingly: "I may not have rested well at night, I will pay attention to it in the future, the Empress Dowager has a good idea, I will arrange it." ”

"Good, good, good. Empress Dowager Dou then said, "I heard that there is a shortage of personnel in the Great Agricultural Order again, after knowing about this yesterday, I was looking for a suitable candidate, but I have no clue, Your Majesty is now the emperor of a big country, and you must have your own plan, and the ministers who work directly below are lacking, and they must be replenished in time, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble." ”

"The Empress Dowager is right, I will do this when I go back. "Liu Che thought to himself that the prime minister I was looking for was exempted by the Empress Dowager, and the killing was killed, do I still dare to make decisions without authorization, and today with this sentence, I will find the right person when I go back.

Empress Dowager Dou continued: "Okay, let's go and get down to business, don't listen to my old woman's nagging." ”

"I'm leaving. ”

Liu Che walked out of the Yongshou Hall and told Han Yan: "You go and prepare a banquet according to the Empress Dowager's wishes and inform the ministers and ministers, and I will go to the palace of the mother to rest for a while." ”

"No. "The minister will arrange it.

Liu Che turned around and came to the residence of Wang Huan, the mother of Yilan Palace, who was talking to her uncle Tian Wei, Tian Wei suddenly saw Liu Che walking in, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "The minister didn't know that His Majesty had arrived, and he didn't go out to greet him, please forgive me." ”

"Uncle is all his own people here, so you're welcome. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

When Wang Wan saw Liu Che coming in, she asked with concern: "Your Majesty is doing well these days, and you still go out hunting often?"

"What can you do if you don't hunt, but I can't go today, the Empress Dowager has already arranged a banquet for the ministers. ”

Wang Wan saw the displeasure on Liu Che's face, so she reminded from the side: "Your Majesty is young, the major affairs of the country are not child's play, there are many places to learn like the Empress Dowager, and you must do it according to the Empress Dowager's opinion as much as possible, which is not all for Your Majesty's good." ”

Liu Che didn't seem to say a word to his mother's words, and Wang Wan continued: "Do you often go to the queen now, don't go too far, after all, Lord Dou supported His Majesty's accession to the throne in the past, and we must learn to be grateful." ”

"Mother, these are all things that my uncle told you to say, don't worry, I will take care of these things. Liu Che said casually, his eyes still looked at Tian Wei from time to time, and then said, "When I came out of the Yongshou Palace, the Empress Dowager did not forget to remind me that the Great Agricultural Order was already short of personnel, so let me find a suitable candidate as soon as possible, since I am here, my uncle will recommend one to me." ”

Tian Wei turned his head, and immediately thought of a person who had given money to him, so he said cheekily: "Your Majesty really asked the right person, the minister thought of a person, this person is superior in humanities and martial arts, and it should be more than enough to be a big farmer who manages the country's warehouse or persuades farmers to teach mulberry." ”

"Who is Uncle referring to?"

"Han Anguo, the governor of the Northland, this person has made great achievements in quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, but unfortunately he followed the wrong King Liang. ”

"Oh, I think about it, let him be the governor of the Northland or the Empress Dowager's recommendation, okay, it's him, the Empress Dowager must agree. Liu Che suddenly stood up as relieved, pointed at Tian Wei and said, "I will immediately invite the ministers to the banquet, and my uncle, the Marquis of Wu'an, will also attend the meeting, and we will go to the lively and lively together." ”

"No, listen to Your Majesty. ”

"The queen mother, the child took her leave. Liu Che didn't wait for Wang Huan to answer, he picked up the curtain and left the Yilan Palace, Tian Wei also hurriedly followed behind Liu Che, Zhang Jiayang and Han Yan guarded left and right, and went straight to the Qingliang Palace.

While walking, Han Yan reported to Liu Che: "Report to Your Majesty, the minister has arranged for the cabinets to prepare a banquet, and notified the minister according to the Empress Dowager's suggestion, and also arranged for the waiter to participate by the way." ”

"Okay, Han Aiqing arranged it well, if I just had dinner with those elm-headed ministers, I wouldn't be able to stay for a quarter of an hour, and it would be much more fun for the waiters to be here. ”

Liu Che walked to the Qingliang Palace, the place where the dinner was gathered, and the ministers were already waiting in the hall, and when the ministers saw Liu Che arrive, they got up and saluted and shouted in unison: "The ministers ask Your Majesty for peace." ”

Liu Che went straight to his main seat and looked at it, Prime Minister Xu Chang, Lang Zhongling Shi Jian, and Neishi Shi Qing...... When I thought that most of them were people trusted by the Empress Dowager, I didn't feel good in my heart, and then when I saw the Chang Shilang Dongfang Shuo and others on the side, a smile instantly appeared on his face, and he waved his hand and said: "All Aiqing, please take a seat, today's banquet is the Empress Dowager's grace, I will follow it, the atmosphere does not need to be too tense, it should be based on drinking and talking, let's start." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Hula sat down.

"Come, come, I respect. Liu Che picked up the wine and started to drink, and the monarchs and ministers began to drink freely.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Liu Che said: "I didn't pay much attention to details before, I asked you Aiqing for advice on everything, and consulted the Empress Dowager, today I was taught by the Empress Dowager, I know that everything must be meticulous, I often hunt in the countryside, and I will inevitably trample on the people's fields, and I will not go again in the future, so as not to affect the people." ”

"Your Majesty, the great fortune of the country and the great fortune of the people. ”

Before the ministers' words landed, Liu Che continued: "I am going to report to the Empress Dowager, relocate the houses on the basis of the hunting grounds outside Chang'an City, rebuild the farmland, build the Shanglin Garden, and release wild beasts for me and other hunting purposes, and no longer disturb the people, what do you think?"

As soon as he heard this, the ministers who were eating and drinking widened their eyes one by one, and first Liu Che said that he would no longer go hunting in the countryside, thinking that the emperor would review his past mistakes from now on, and be an exemplary model who loves the people or something, this is good, the people have to move, and they have to spend money on construction, these personalities are completely different from the emperors, but the emperor is young, and the ministers know that Liu Che's character is sometimes a child's temper, and they are all unwilling to answer this matter head-on, and they are unwilling to make the bird on the head.

The hall was silent for a long time, and suddenly someone cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty has calculated the budget and loss of this fortification?" Everyone looked at each other, and the speaker was Dongfang Shuo, who was nine feet tall.

Liu Che saw that someone had finally spoken, and replied: "The general Shaofu (the official in charge of the project) has a roughly budget, and the amount of gold million is not enough for the initial project. ”

"Your Majesty wants to build the forest garden in the place of rich products, the terrain is dangerous, if the forest garden is not compassionate to the agricultural time, not the rich country and the people's plan, can not build the forest garden has three, one of which is with its real estate is rich, the production is very much, and it is very inappropriate to turn it as a place of amusement, and then relocate the people's houses and destroy their fields and ancestral graves, the people will resent Your Majesty, the most important thing is that Your Majesty said that the area is deep and dangerous, Your Majesty's body is ten thousand gold, and it is not responsible for Your Majesty and the Han Dynasty. ”

"It is said that it is very good, good, good. The ministers and ministers at the banquet all applauded Dongfang Shuo's suggestion.

Liu Che wanted to take this opportunity to test the ministers, but immediately knew the result, and hurriedly changed his words: "Let's discuss it later, discuss it again, and the secretary will continue to drink." ”

While everyone was eating and drinking, Liu Che took the opportunity to go to the thatched house and slipped away.

Who knew that on the third day, Liu Che sent the personnel of the Shaofu to measure the land, and the parents who were in charge of the project area were dismissed from the people.

Dongfang Shuo took the piece he wrote and prepared to hand it over to Liu Che, but no one knew where Liu Che went, and disappeared together with Han Yan and Zhang Jiayang, and when he was wandering outside the palace gate, Zhang Jiayang suddenly appeared in front of him, Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Zhang Jiayang: "Does the Marquis of the ancient city know where the emperor went, I waited all morning and didn't wait." ”

Zhang Jiayang said with a smile: "Hehe, now the emperor is afraid of seeing Brother Dongfang, is he holding a recital to persuade the emperor to stop building Shanglin Yuan." ”

"Exactly, even if you can't stop the emperor, you have to tell the emperor what I mean. ”

"Okay, admire it, go, for the insistence of Brother Dongfang, and the belief in asking for the people's life, even if Jia Yang is punished by the emperor, he will take you to see the emperor. ”

At this time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was talking to Han Yan, Guo Sheren was in a mysterious courtyard in the backyard of Weiyang Palace, only to see that the courtyard was wide, surrounded by green trees, isolated from the surrounding noise, it was really a good craftsman's place, only to see five or six charcoal fires burning on the wide flat land, there were more than a dozen shirtless strong men holding hammers and other tools on the stove to beat, at first glance it was forging weapons, this turned out to be Liu Che's private construction of forging weapons workshop, Liu Che saw it in his heart, happy in his brows, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that could not be concealed, Han Yan said: " Your Majesty Shengming, choose this feng shui treasure place to forge a sword, absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and you will definitely be able to forge a first-class sword. ”

"Yes, I think so too," Liu Che walked around the workshop, and then randomly entered a living room and asked Guo Shedao, "I have time to check the construction of Shanglin Garden for me, don't have any forks in the middle, build Shanglin Garden, the ministers objected, at the banquet the day before yesterday, Dongfang Shuo took the lead in stating his opposition, it was really a headache." ”

Guo Sheren is Liu Che's side of the tea and water to serve the bed, since Dongfang Shuo walked into the palace, by Liu Che's favor, for fear that his position is not guaranteed, always want to find an opportunity to make Dongfang Shuo's reputation stink, today I heard Liu Che mention that Dongfang Shuo opposed the construction of the forest garden, felt that the opportunity had come, and replied: "Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo just can play the carving insect skills of shooting and guessing riddles, and there is a chance that Your Majesty will let the ministers teach him a lesson, let him retreat in the face of difficulties, so that he does not dare to point fingers at His Majesty's Shengming decision-making." ”

Liu Che smiled in acquiescence.

As soon as he said this, he heard Zhang Jiayang walk in from outside the door and report: "Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo is desperate to see Your Majesty, but the minister has no choice, so he brought him." ”

"Hehe, what did you say, as soon as I talked about him, he came, Guo Sheren is ready. ”

"No. ”

Dongfang Shuo walked into the room in two steps and one step, and when he saw Liu Che Shili, he said, "The minister greets Your Majesty." ”

"Dongfang Shuo, I heard Zhang Aiqing say that you forced him to come, what do you have to see me?"

"Report to Your Majesty, and the minister will report it. Dongfang Shuo said that he was going to hand over the plate to Liu Che.

"Wait, Your Majesty just had a decree to play a game with Your Majesty, and only if you win can you report it. ”

"Oh, what a game, let the minister take a look. Dongfang Shuo said disapprecantly.

Listening, Guo Sheren said with confidence: "The first question is a guessing riddle, and the puzzle is that the guest comes from the east, and sings and acts." He does not enter through the door, but passes over my wall. The game is in the atrium, and the palace is entered. The blow is slapped, and the dead are crowded. Fighting to death, the master is not injured. What is this?"

Dongfang Shuo also said without thinking: "The beak is thin, and the day is hidden." Bloodthirsty and vicious smoke, fingers. Chenshuo is stupid, and the name is called mosquito. ”

Guo Sheren immediately knew how powerful Dongfang Shuo was, so he took a step back silently and said: "This is a warm-up, let's continue to play shooting, let Your Majesty put the items, let's guess, the three games will be won or lost." ”

Liu Che also likes this game very much, Han Yan took it to Liu Che and gave it a reply, and Liu Che said: "Then I will start." ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty put his jade pendant and sword pendant under the cover, Guo She and Dongfang Shuo guessed correctly, and the last time Liu Che said: "You can guess this time, I have a reward." ”

Dongfang Shuo looked at it carefully, and said to Guo She: "Can you guess it, otherwise I will guess first." ”

Guo Sheren scratched his head and said, "I can't guess this, you guess." ”

Dongfang Shuo said: "The minister has a dragon and no horns, it is said that the snake has feet, the veins are good on the wall, and it is a lizard that is not guarding the palace." ”

"Hahaha, a good Dongfang Shuo, reward ten horses. ”

Guo Sheren stood in the corner of the wall without face and never spoke again, Dongfang Shuo said, "Thank you for the emperor's reward, but this is a trick." ”

"Show it to me. Liu Che unfolded the reading on the spot, and sure enough, Liu Che could not build Shanglin Yuan, and cited the examples of King Yin, King Chu Ling, and Qin Shi Huang who built a large number of buildings that led to chaos in the world. Finally, he presented the "Six Fu of the Tai Stage", hoping that Liu Che could observe the mutation of celestial phenomena and reflect on what he had done.

Liu Che is such a smart emperor, he suddenly found that there were such admonishing ministers around him, his excited eyes moistened, and said: "Good, Dongfang Shuo is really loyal to the people and worships as the Taizhong doctor." ”

Dongfang Shuo suddenly heard that he had been promoted again, and hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the ministers must do their best to serve the country." ”