After the two of them were polite, Li Shanchang knew that Tao Kai had something else to say when he came this time, so he was not in a hurry. He accompanied Tao Kai to drink tea and talked some gossip. After talking for a while, Tao Kai glanced at Li Shanchang, picked up the teacup and sipped the tea, and said, "Master, I have made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty. This morning, the emperor gave great rewards and was the first of the six ministers as a literati. It is really gratifying to congratulate me!"

"Is that right?" Li Shanchang glanced at Tao Kai quickly from the corner of his eyes, and quickly picked up the teapot and poured him a cup of tea, and said quietly: "Mr. Tao was joking. Which civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty, who is the assistant minister, is not a minister who works hard and makes great contributions? I have this reward, but is it your Majesty's love?"

Tao Kai sighed, put down the teacup and smiled, "Yes, all the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty, who is not a great assistant to the emperor, who is not dedicated to his efforts and has made great contributions, but who has received such a great reward than the great master? As the saying goes, good fortune is the attachment to the misfortune. Your Majesty, regardless of the opposition of the ministers, rewards to the masters so much, never existed in the past. In theory, this is the great emperor's grace, and the master should remember it in his heart. It's a pity that Your Majesty's thoughts may not be like this?"

Li Shanchang was shocked. He felt that his reward was too heavy. In addition, Liu Bowen, who made great contributions to the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, only appointed him as the Zhengyi Bo, and his salary was the lowest. This made him a little worried. All this was caused by Liu Bowen. After hearing Tao Kai said this, he couldn't help but raise it up.

Although he was worried, he smiled calmly when he saw the wind and waves, saying, "Oh, what does Lord Tao mean?"

Tao Kai looked at Li Shanchang with a smile and said, "Don't the Prime Minister know the reason why a big tree attracts wind? Today, the Lord has never given me a reward, which makes all civil and military officials look at me. Can you really be calm?"

At this moment, a hint of panic surged in Li Shanchang's heart, and he said with a smile: "To be honest, I am really frightened in my heart. I was thinking of finding an opportunity to speak to the emperor and resign from these rewards?"

"Oh—?" Tao Kai's eyes flashed quickly, and he said, "It's rare that lord has this kind of intention? But——?"

"Just what?"

Tao Kai smiled indifferently and said, "Sir, settle the rear and made a lot of contributions to our Ming Dynasty, but don't forget, who is your Majesty imitating now?"

Li Shanchang's heart was thrilled and he couldn't help but say, "God-Emperor Liu Bang of Han Dynasty!"

A hint of praise flashed in Tao Kai's eyes and continued to say to Li Shanchang: "Your Majesty calls Xiao He the time of the world, do you think he is humble?"

Li Shanchang raised his eyebrows and said, "How?"

Tao Kai said: "The Lord will help all the generals, and use people according to their talents, so that they can get the troops and transfer wages they can all be transferred. Restoring the money, defrauding Huai salt, establishing tea laws, opening iron smelting, setting fish taxes, and the country's use will be more abundant, but the people will not be trapped. It is because the Lord will dispatch it from this that our Ming Dynasty can defeat Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen, and the Tartars. This is the four words "Xiao He" that "reborn Xiao He" are the words "but the Lord has forgotten how Xiao Prime Minister slandered himself and avoided the suspicion of Emperor Gaozu?"

Li Shanchang was stunned and looked at Tao Kai with an incredible look on his face.

He was familiar with history books and naturally knew about Xiao He's stigmatization.

At that time, Chen Feng, the Han general, plotted against Chen Feng, and Liu Bang personally led the army to fight. During this period, Empress Lu used Xiao He's plan to kill Han Xin in the court. Liu Bang heard that Han Xin had been punished and sent someone to worship Xiao He as the prime minister, and added 5,000 households to the fief, and sent 500 soldiers and a chief lieutenant as the guard of the prime minister. All the civil and military officials of the court came to congratulate Xiao He, but only one named Zhao Ping came to report his worries.

Zhao Ping, the man named Zhao Ping, was originally the Marquis of Dongling of the Qin Dynasty. After the fall of Qin, he lived in seclusion in Guowai's family to plant melons. The taste was very sweet. People at that time were called Dongling Gua. Xiao He entered the pass and heard that he was famous and was attracted to the siege. Whenever he did something, he would ask him to make a decision and benefit a lot.

Today, when he saw that Xiao He had not understood his meaning, he said, "Don't be happy, there will be endless troubles from now on!" Xiao He was puzzled and asked, "I have become the prime minister, and I have been favored and loved ones. I am cautious when I encounter problems and have not dared to be slightest. Why do you say this?" Zhao Ping said, "The Lord will fight south and north, and personally take arrows and stones. But Gong'an lives in the capital, and does not fight with the battle formation, but has to be granted a fief. I guess the Lord's intention, and I am afraid that he will doubt the Lord. Don't see the consequences of Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin?" Xiao He suddenly realized and suddenly became scared and sweated. The next morning, Xiao He hurried into the court to face the saint, resigned his fief, and took out a lot of wealth, transferred it into the national treasury, and moved it to the military supplies. Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty was very happy and rewarded.

But not long after, Liu Bang was still worried about Xiao He. It happened that his generals rebelled and he personally led his troops to fight. He was in front of him. Every time Xiao He sent someone to transport military rations to the front, Liu Bang would ask: "What is Xiao Xiang doing in Chang'an?" The envoy replied that Xiao Xiang's love for the people as much as his son. In addition to handling military supplies, he was nothing more than to do things to comfort and compassionate with the people. After hearing this, Liu Bang always kept silent. He came to repay Xiao He, but Xiao He did not know what the Han Emperor wanted.

One day, Xiao He occasionally asked his guests, and one guest said, "The whole family will be executed soon." Xiao He was shocked and hurriedly asked about the reason.

The client continued, "The position is the head of all officials, and what position can be given to you again? Besides, you have been deeply loved by the people as soon as you enter the pass. It has been more than ten years since then. The people support you, and you still try your best to do things for the people to appease the people. Now the emperor asks about your daily life several times because he is afraid that you will have any bad actions with the help of the people in Guanzhong! Just imagine, once you take advantage of the call and stay in seclusion, wouldn't it be that the emperor is putting the emperor in a situation where he cannot advance or fight and retreat without returning? Why don't you buy folk land and houses at a low price, deliberately let the people scold you, resent you, and create some bad reputation, so that the emperor will feel at ease with you when he sees that you are not favorable to the people."

Xiao He sighed and said, "How can I exploit the people and become a corrupt official!" The guest said, "You really understand others and are confused about yourself!"

Liu Bang quelled Ying Bu's rebellion and withdrew his troops to Chang'an. The people blocked the road and filed a complaint, accusing the prime minister of forcibly purchasing private land and houses at a low price, worth tens of millions.

Liu Bang returned to the palace and the prime minister came to pay his respects. The emperor smiled and said, "When the prime minister actually invaded the people's property and made profits for himself!" He handed over all the accusations from the people to the prime minister and said, "You go and apologize to the people!" The prime minister took the opportunity to ask the people for their requests: "The area around Chang'an is narrow, and there are many empty spaces in Shanglin Garden, and the land is thrown away in vain. I hope to order the people to go in and farm. (After the harvest, the grain belongs to the ploughers,) the straw is not allowed to be taken away, and it is left as food for the beasts in the garden." Liu Bang was furious and said, "You collect the merchant's property, but come to ask for my Shanglin Garden!" So he ordered the prime minister to be handed over to the court magistrate and also gave him torture instruments.

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