Dahan first prince

Chapter 120 The prince saw it, farther than us

"Prince, did you really say that?"

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Listening to his elder brother Lu Shizhi repeating his son Liu Ying's words, Lu Zhi could not help but frown slightly confused.

"This Shaofu Yangchengyan has been in close contact with Marquis Feng since he was ordered to supervise the construction of Changle and Weiyang Palaces. Is this something everyone in Chang'an knows?"

"Why does the prince give away my Lu family's private food for the use of the officials and slaves of the Shaofu?"

"Isn't it just a matter of reason that the Shaofu and Fenghou two people have a rift?"

Hearing Lu Zhi's question, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but look a little bitter.

"I don't know..."

"Just a few days ago, Prime Minister Xiao sent someone to sue the Shaofu, saying that the treasury was short of food and grass, and it was really unable to supply the officials and slaves of the Shaofu."

"The Shaofu went to the same family to speak again, and the family wrote a letter, ordering the officials to allocate food for the Shaofu."

"This call, it's thirty thousand stones..."

As he said that, Lu Shizhi did not forget to show a little distressed expression.

——Don't talk about other places, let's just talk about Chang'an. Today, a stone of corn is worth two thousand dollars!
As for this, it was just after the autumn harvest, and there was a lot of food in the people's homes, which made the price of food slightly flat.

If it is between spring and summer, a stone of corn can be sold for at least three thousand yuan in Chang'an!

That's it, there is no price!

You have to bid with others to grab it!
In the end, Liu Ying was lucky. The first thing he said was [-] shi of grain and rice. Converted into the market price between spring and summer, it would be worth at least [-] million yuan...

"I also ask the queen to revise a letter, and the family can dissuade it a little bit."

"These rice grains are the rent and tax of Marquis Li for the whole year. Although they are adjusted to be owned by the family, they should not be so profligate and used for nothing?"

As he spoke, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but pause, and lowered his head a little bit aggrieved.

But even if Lu Shizhi didn't say it, Lu Zhi had a general idea of ​​the words that Lu Shizhi swallowed.

——The Lu family managed to gather the food for the prince to repair the canal, so it can't be so cheap for outsiders...
Thinking of this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but secretly sighed a little, feeling a little depressed.

As far as Lu Shizhi's calculation is concerned, it is not unreasonable.

Whoever puts this matter on him will definitely feel unhappy in his heart.

But for some reason, there was still a coolness in Lu Zhi's heart that he couldn't explain why.

"My son, the last name is Liu, not Lu..."

"The family of the Lu family is nothing more than my son, who regards him as a step up to the clouds..."

Secretly sighing, Lu Zhi waited for Yu Se to raise his head, and when he looked at Lu Shi again, his eyes were so friendly that he even receded a little bit.

"Besides, what else did the prince say?"

Hearing Lu Zhi's quietly indifferent tone, Lu Shizhi couldn't help being startled, but he didn't bother to think about it.

After thinking for a while, Lu Shizhi shook his head hesitantly.

"Never."

"In the past ten months, the family lived a few hundred steps south of Zhengguo Canal, with the Shaofu and water craftsmen."

"The minister is in the lotus spoon, according to the order of the family, to supervise this time, and the queen will transfer the grain and rice from the family to tens of thousands of shi."

"The person who compiled the book at home to sue his ministers only said to allocate [-] shi of grain to the Shaofu. Besides that, there is nothing else to say?"

After saying that, Lu Shizhi thought hard for a while, and finally raised his head as if he suddenly remembered something.

"On the other hand, when I was about to leave, I heard that the officials of the Lianshao County Yamen mentioned the matter of meeting Shao Fu at home."

"It seems to be saying that the family called the Shaofu and said: Xiao has a very close personal relationship with the Shaofu. Why is it that the Shaofu is in trouble and Xiao is refusing to help?"

"There is a lot of talk about this matter in Lian Shao's officialdom. The local officials talk a lot about what Prime Minister Xiao said, or are they trying to pollute themselves in order to protect themselves in front of the family?"

Hearing what Lu Shizhi said earlier, Lu Zhi was still full of confusion, but after Lu Shizhi said the latter, Lu Zhi bowed his head thoughtfully, and fell into a short thought.

While Lu Zhi was thinking secretly, Lu Shizhi also tried and put forward his own guess.

"The empress thinks that this time, the family raised the private food to provide for the officials and slaves of the Shaofu. Could it be that she wants to be kind to the Shaofu, thinking that she will plan in the future?"

Asking this question with a slightly hesitant tone, the worry on Lu Shi's face could not help but recede a little.

"If that's the case, then it's all right to transfer the grain and rice to [-] shi?"

"Although Yangchengyan, the Shaofu, was born as a military craftsman and has no high rank, but no matter what, he is still the Jiuqing of the dynasty, holding the power of internal money."

"Having the friendliness of this person, will it be of great benefit to you at home in the future?"

Saying that, even the heartache visible to the naked eye in Lu Shizhi's expression could not help but ease a little.

It seems that in Lu Shizhi's opinion, if Liu Ying can win the support of Shaofu Yangchengyan with [-] shi of grain, it will be a good deal, at least not a loss.

But when Lu Zhi heard the words, he just shook his head with a warm smile, and the coolness that seemed to be absent in his heart couldn't help but deepened.

"Ugh······"

"Brother, brother..."

"If it wasn't for my elder brother being so short-sighted, and the Lu family not having many males, why would I need me, a mere woman, to work hard inside and outside the palace to plan..."

Sighing bitterly in his heart, he shook his head, the complaints that were waiting to be complained, were still not heard by Lu Zhidao.

Lu Zhiqiang straightened himself up from the soft couch, walked forward with a smile on his face, and looked to the north thoughtfully.

——A hundred miles away, Liu Ying is visiting his place in person, supervising the direction of the Zhengguo Canal.

"Although Shaofu was born as a military craftsman and has no high-ranking nobles, he is still a minister of the Zhu Kingdom; although he has not yet been granted the title of Marquis, it is because he wants to be granted the title, but has no merit to be awarded."

"When the time is right and the young mansion has made some meritorious service, His Majesty will find another reason to make the young mansion a marquis, and it will be sooner or later."

"However, His Majesty is still here, and it is not the turn of the Crown Prince Yue Zu to act on his behalf. Boon and Wei Yu Shaofu."

"The prince should understand this truth..."

Hearing this, Lu Shizhi thought for a while, and couldn't help but bow his hands in agreement, that is, he agreed with Lu Zhi's statement.

But soon, on Lu Shizhi's face, the previous puzzled expression appeared again.

"Since it's not kind, what's the family's intention?"

"Is it possible that the family wants to use this to show the style of generosity and benevolence, to win the trust of all officials and meritorious officials, and to plan for the future?"

"Or to show it to His Majesty, to show that the family attaches great importance to the construction of the canal, and secretly make His Majesty never think about it?"

Hearing Lu Shizhi's two consecutive questions, Lu Zhi couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.

Seeing Lu Shizhi's obviously concerned and puzzled expression, and the phrase "brother why is he not as clear as the crown prince" on his lips, Lu Zhi felt that he couldn't say it.

In the end, Lu Zhi finally shook his head and smiled, Wen Yan raised his head and looked at his elder brother Lu Shizhi in front of him.

"I'm afraid it's the prince, who sees farther and deeper than my elder brother..."

Seeing that Lu Shizhi showed a more puzzled expression as expected, Lu Zhi finally gave up the last sliver of luck, sighed leisurely, and stood up straight from his seat.

"Your Majesty Fenghou Meng has great trust. For several years, he will always be the prime minister to hold the power of the center of the court."

"Yangchengyan, the Shaofu, succeeded His Majesty as the emperor. When he ordered Han Zuo to build Changle and Weiyang Palaces, he was personally recommended by Marquis Feng to His Majesty."

"In the past few years, all important affairs in the court were nothing more than the Marquis of Feng issuing orders, and the Shaofu would stand on his back and never dare to speak nonsense."

"It's not just the Shaofu. Every court center has a secretary, three lords and nine ministers, but when they hear the decree of Marquis Bing, they all regard it as His Majesty's edict and follow it with all their strength."

Speaking in a calm tone, Lu Zhi slowly paced forward, and finally turned around, looking at Lu Shizhi with a hint on his face.

"This is the reason why Marquis Feng defiled himself to save his life, and won His Majesty's trust as before."

Hearing Lu Zhi's words, and thinking about it secretly, Lu Shizhi finally showed a look of enlightenment, and immediately raised his head a little hesitantly.

"The meaning of the queen..."

"This is because the family doesn't like the Young Mansion walking too close to Xiao Xiang, so they want to use this to separate the Young Mansion and Xiao Xiang?"

Hearing that Lu Shizhi said the word 'divorce', Lu Zhi couldn't help but shook his head and smiled again, and finally looked at Lu Shizhi with a smile on his face.

"Now Your Majesty melts half a tael of Qin money and mints three baht of Han money. Although it seems to make the internal money more abundant, in fact, it has to be an expedient measure."

"Don't say that in the future, when the crown prince is in power, I'm afraid that if he is not a few years old, three baht worth of money will be spent."

Saying that, Lu Zhi couldn't help but smiled and stepped forward, and sat back in his seat again.

"Nowadays, the Shaofu seems to have no power in its hands and no money left in its treasury. It is usually in charge of casting coins."

"However, in the future, the three baht worth of money will be abolished, and the Shaofu will be paid by millions of households in the world every year, and the money in the house will become more abundant."

"There is a lot of money in the house, and the power of the Shaofu will naturally rise. I don't know when, how many people will gather outside the door of the studio, and I beg the Shaofu to open the net and use the government funds for use." Woolen cloth······"

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi raised his head with a warm smile, his eyes were full of meaning, and he looked straight into the depths of Lu Shizhi's eyes.

"Brother, try to think about it."

"The Marquis of Feng, as a prime minister, collects the world's grain tax into the national treasury; in the future, the Shaofu will also pay the millions of households in the world to the internal money."

"The tax and food from the national treasury and the money from the internal funds are the only income of the center of the court."

"If Marquis Feng and Yang Chengyan are still inseparable as before, may His Majesty feel at ease?"

"——Even if His Majesty is at ease, when the crown prince comes to the court in person to hold the power of the court, how can the 'prince' at that time sleep peacefully?"

Hearing Lu Zhi bit down the accent on the word 'Prince', Lu Shizhi also understood the deep meaning of Lu Zhi's words.

Seeing that Lu Shizhi nodded thoughtfully, he finally looked at Lu Zhi with joy on his face.

"So, the family's actions today are planning in advance for the coming day to take charge of the government in person?"

Hearing this question, Lu Zhi only smiled gently, did not nod, but did not shake his head, but raised his head full of feeling, and looked out of the hall with distracted eyes.

"It's not about planning the layout, nor is it about alienating the friendship between Fenghou and Shaofu."

"The crown prince's move should only be an act of benevolence and kindness to the Shaofu, so that the Shaofu will do everything possible, and the prince will supervise the repair of the Zhengguo Canal."

"By the way, there may be a little beating, a hint of admonishment..."

Muttering as if talking to himself, Lu Zhi couldn't help but stop talking, turned his head, and smiled at Lu Shi with a teasing face.

"Today's prince has gradually learned the art of controlling subordinates and ministers."

"In the future, in the face of the crown prince, my Lu family's son, nephew and relatives, I'm afraid I should be more careful in serving..."

Although he said these words in a joking tone, in Lu Zhi's heart, there was a sense of sincerity inexplicably.

Lu Shizhi didn't notice this, he only thought that Lu Zhi was teasing him, so he replied as if joking: "What the queen said is true."

"My sons and nephews of the Lu family are all uncles and cousins ​​of the Crown Prince's mother's family. No matter what, they will definitely not shame the Crown Prince..."

Seeing Lu Shizhi's reply, Lu Zhi immediately understood: Lu Shizhi hardly listened to a single word of the warning he said half in jest.

But for this, Lu Zhi could only lament in his heart, there was no other way...

"Ugh······"

"I'm afraid that in the future, my son will be regarded as the emperor, and I will be regarded as the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty, and Lu's relatives, so I will no longer be as respectful as I am today..."

"That's all..."

"At that time, let's figure it out..."

Shaking his head again with bitterness in his heart, Lu Zhi only changed the topic a little annoyed.

"Is the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal going well?"

"When brother is about to leave, can the prince send a message back?"

"Has the prince ever said when the matter is over and when will he return to Chang'an?"

Hearing that Lu Zhi asked several questions one after another, Lu Shizhi also turned positive.

"The renovation of the Zhengguo Canal is generally smooth. According to the Shaofu, the labor force for the repair of the Zhengguo Canal today will cost more than [-] people from Weibei who come alone."

"When the minister was leaving, the family also asked the minister to tell the queen: the repair of the canal should be completed in the middle of November in winter, and the family will also return when the work is completed..."

Hearing Lu Shizhi's words, Lu Zhi only nodded slightly worried.

"Since that's the case, brother will go back to the mansion to rest for a few days, then set off and return to Lian Shao."

"Before I left, I wrote a letter and asked my elder brother to take it with me so that I can hand it over to the prince."

Seeing that Lu Shizhi heard the words and accepted the order without hesitation, he made a gesture of saying goodbye and leaving.

Seeing Lu Shizhi's posture, Lu Zhi also got up from his seat, but saw Lu Shizhi's figure froze, and there was an expression of hesitation on his face.

After Lu Zhiwen nodded with a smile, Lu Shizhi cupped his hands apologetically, and looked at Lu Zhi with doubts.

"The empress said just now that the actions of the family are intended to beat and secretly warn the young mansion not to walk or have too close contact with Xiang Xiang."

"—However, if this matter is known to Prime Minister Xiao by the Shaofu, or heard by Prime Minister Xiao, why don't you bear grudges at home?"

"Even if you don't dare to hold grudges, you are afraid that Xiang Xiang will drift away from the family in the future. If something happens to the family, Xiang Xiang will stand by and watch and stop helping the family?"

But when Lu Zhi heard the words, there was only an inexplicable bitterness on his face.

Shaking his head a little, Lu Zhi smiled lightly at Lu Shizhi again.

"You don't need to worry about this matter, brother."

"Marquis Feng will never hear of what the crown prince has done."

"Even if you hear it, you will pretend not to know..."

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