Chapter 671 Coincidence

"Haha, Mr. Chao~~ It was just a little help before, you don't need to thank me!"

When Chao Cuo returned to his house, there was already a prince of the princes waiting for him carelessly.

But this vassal king was not the Yan King Chao Cuo expected, but the Xia King Liu Ci, who was unable to cut down the vassal vassalage.

Liu Ci was accompanied by a few confidants, who looked very proud, and did not regard Chao Cuo's mansion as belonging to an outsider at all.

Chao Cuo frowned and looked at the servant beside him.

Before the servant could answer, Zhang Tang said, "I brought them in."

Seeing that Chao Cuo was still a little unhappy, Liu Ci said displeasedly: "Don't forget, it was me who helped you with the idea of ​​the Lingyi system. When you were arrested and waiting for the outcome, it was me.

Walking around, I bought you this glimmer of life, now that you are out of prison, do you have to ignore my kindness to you?"

"I would like to thank the King of Xia for your kindness. I wonder what the King of Xia will do when he comes here?"

Chao Cuo's face was very calm, and he was not too rude to Liu Ci.

"Come on, don't be too polite, please sit down!"

Liu Ci resorted to his ancestral tradition of being a guest, and Chao Cuo sat directly on top, "If you have anything to do with your Majesty, please tell me now. I still have a lot of things to do, so don't delay."

"Chao Cuo! If it weren't for me, would you be able to leave the Tingwei Mansion?!"

"cannot."

"Then why are you so rude to me?"

If the person who came to question was King Liu Bi of Yan, Chao Cuo would have asked his servants to come and fetch him. But Liu Ci was different. Firstly, Liu Ci was young, and secondly, Liu Ci was the son of the emperor. He had heard of cutting off the emperor Zhongfu.

With all the brothers, they have never heard of killing the emperor's son. Thirdly, Liu Ci was not all nonsense. Chao Cuo had talked with Wang Tianqi and knew that Liu Ci had contributed a lot to this case. First, he brought

Zhang Tang met Wang Tianqi, helped him convince King Yan, investigated the ranger, etc.

"Your Majesty, forgive me."

Seeing that Chao Cuo was a little resigned, Liu Ci smiled again and said, "I know you have a lot of things on your hands, so I won't delay. I'm just here to get my reward. I've helped you a lot before. What are you going to do?"

How about repaying me?"

"How can your Majesty demand repayment of a favor?"

"The Han Dynasty governs the world with benevolence, righteousness and morality. If the king does this, doesn't he renounce himself from the world?"

Liu Ci was stunned, looked at Dong Zhongshu on the side and winked at him.

The young master is very courageous, but he really doesn't study much. He looks like "I don't study much, so you must try to lie to me." When Chao Cuo said this, he didn't know how to refute, but

Dong Zhongshu was different. After getting Liu Ci's hint, Dong Zhongshu quickly replied: "When Zigong redeemed the Lu people who had become captives, he did not ask for reward. Confucius criticized him for this, saying that he was doing it for his own reputation.

And make more prisoners suffer. My king saved you, which was a benevolent and righteous thing. If he didn't ask for reward, wouldn't he be like Zigong, so that no one in the world would dare to do a benevolent and righteous thing again?

?"

"Besides, my king is doing this to fulfill your reputation of repaying kindness. Isn't this wrong?"

Hearing Dong Zhongshu's answer, Liu Ci smiled even more happily. He is indeed a wise man.

Chao Cuo just glanced at Dong Zhongshu and replied simply: "Then just say whatever the king wants. It's just that I am an honest man. I don't have much money at home and I can't get anything out of it. I still have a few books at home and two books."

I have a servant to take care of me, but apart from that, I don’t even have any land to cultivate.”

"Ah?? In the past few years, your title has been promoted one after another. You are about to become a marquis. How come you don't have land and property?"

Liu Ci didn't quite believe it.

But Zhang Tang said: "There is indeed no money. Chao Gong spent all the rewards he received on doing things, and the family does not have much money."

Chao Cuo pointed at Zhang Tang again and said: "There is also Zhang Tang. If you need it, you can take him to Xia Kingdom. I have nothing to give you."

Liu Ci smiled and said: "I'm not here to ask for property. This time everyone in the Yushi Mansion plots to kill you. Except for Zhao Yu, the culprit, everyone else is probably going to be sentenced to exile and other crimes? I want them, can I let them go?

Where is the country of Xia? My country of Xia is poor."

Chao Cuo said seriously: "Zhao Yu is the only criminal in the Yushi Mansion. How to deal with him is decided by the Tingwei. The rest have not committed any crime, so why should they be exiled?"

Liu Ci was shocked, "Can Zhao Yu do such a big thing in the Yushi Mansion alone? Most of the officials in the Yushi Mansion are colluding with him. Do you still want to protect them?"

"It's not bias. Since there is no evidence of crime to prove that they made a mistake, then they are not at fault. Do you want me to exile them because they may be involved in murdering me? There are many important things in the temple, and I still need them to come.

Come on, if your Majesty wants to take advantage of me and ask me to send him to Xia Kingdom, then please come back!"

Liu Ci looked at Dong Zhongshu again, and Dong Zhongshu had no choice but to say, "Chao Gong, please don't blame me. The Xia Kingdom is poor, but it is extremely important. You also know that the Xia Kingdom includes all the grasslands, and it is to be the commander-in-chief.

However, we have never had any experience in this area in the past, so we don’t know what to do. We don’t want anything else this time. We just want Mr. Chao to give us some advice. Is that okay?”

Chao Cuo did not refuse in a hurry this time. Although Chao Cuo was a firm believer in reducing vassal states, his idea was to weaken the vassal states, not to abolish them. He was still very clear about the significance of the existence of vassal states. His Majesty the Emperor wanted to

To govern the area outside the Great Wall, break the antagonistic relationship between the Central Plains and the Great Wall, turn it into his own territory, and gain long-term peace, Chao Cuo did not object. He was silent for a moment, then asked for paper and pen, and began to write.

stand up.

Liu Ci and others stood beside Chao Cuo in astonishment, watching him writing furiously.

Liu Ci tugged on Dong Zhongshu's sleeve, "That's not what I said when I came here. I have been running around and begging for help these days just to let him write an article? What's the use of it?"

"

Dong Zhongshu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be impatient. You will know later."

Liu Ci did not speak and waited seriously. He waited for more than half an hour. After Chao Cuo finished writing, he revised it again and again. By the time Liu Ci's stomach began to growl with hunger, Chao Cuo continued to revise it again and again.

While screaming, he finally finished writing and handed the things to Liu Ci.

Liu Ci hurriedly took it and looked at it, "Please treat the book outside the Great Wall?"

"Yes, this is the policy I propose to your Majesty. The areas beyond the Great Wall are completely different from those in the Central Plains. If we govern the areas outside the Great Wall according to the methods of the Central Plains, there will definitely be no good results. Fu Qing is a capable minister, but he has no experience in governing the areas outside the Great Wall.

Your Majesty can send this book to him, and he will naturally know what to do."

Dong Zhongshu also popped his head to watch.

Chao Cuo said softly: "To govern outside the Great Wall, we still have to follow the example of Mao Dun. Mo Dun integrated the Great Wall and adopted a differentiation approach. He divided his power into three parts and arranged different grazing areas for different tribes.

District, they are not allowed to go out to prevent them from uniting privately, and then appoint ministers to supervise their situation, adopt the method of intermarriage to appease the leaders, gather the young people of each tribe around them, and learn knowledge so that they do not know their own tribe

But I only know that Daxia changed its customs, made great gifts, organized caravans from various ministries, actively carried out trade with the Central Plains, and opened the door wide to allow merchants from the Central Plains to come. They did not seek to make profits for Daxia, but only wanted to break the barriers.

Make them interoperable.”

"Build cities in places where nomads must pass through, gather people to farm here, and promote agricultural technology. Gradually control the entire area outside the Great Wall from several important points."

"Start the assessment system as soon as possible and recruit local talents through military merit and assessment."

Chao Cuo listed a total of more than 20 policies, most of which imitated the original Maodun, and some were combined with the Han system.

Liu Ci was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Chao Cuo in front of him. He suddenly raised his head and sighed, with a look of annoyance and regret on his face.

"Your Majesty? What's wrong with you?"

"I regret why I took action to save Chao Cuo!!"

"If he is convicted and exiled to Xia Kingdom, why should I go around asking for help??"

Liu Ci took the letter and left Chao Cuo's mansion happily.

Zhang Tang did not leave together. After sending them away, he returned to the study and continued to serve Chao Cuo.

Chao Cuo was currently writing another article on how to deal with powerful people. Zhang Tang read it very carefully. They all said that Chao Cuo had the talents of a state minister and was not weaker than Zhang Cang. Zhang Tang agreed with this.

Chao Cuo's talents are indeed very high and his talent is transcendent. He is one of the top three writers in the country, one of the top three politicians in the country for his strategies, and one of the top three scholars in the country for his study. It is a pity that he is too stubborn and does not do serious things.

, never forgetting the matter of reducing the vassal state, and always felt that the vassal states were the number one threat to the Han Dynasty and had to be eliminated.

According to Chao Cuo's theory, the biggest threat to the Han Dynasty must be the internal vassal states. This is only a matter of time, and it will happen sooner or later.

Chao Cuo hurriedly completed another petition, put it aside, stretched his muscles a bit, raised his head, and met Zhang Tang's eyes.

"what are you doing here?"

"I will call you if something happens, go back and rest!"

Chao Cuo waved his hand, and Zhang Tang had no choice but to reply: "I want to learn something from you."

"Hahaha, what can you learn from this little kid? Go read your book!"

Zhang Tang saluted, turned around and left.

Chao Cuo didn't know what he was thinking of, but he suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

Zhang Tang stopped and turned to look at Chao Cuo.

Chao Cuo looked at Zhang Tang in front of him, his expression seemed a bit complicated. In his eyes, Zhang Tang's image seemed to gradually overlap with that of another person. Chao Cuo looked at him for a long time, and finally said with emotion: "Maybe it really is.

It’s my fault!”

"Chao Gong?"

"Stand over here."

Zhang Tang stood carefully beside Chao Cuo. Chao Cuo pointed to the strategy in front of him and said seriously: "To govern the world with the Yushifu, there are three things to do. Different positions have different ways to govern the world.
To be continued...