Dahan first prince

Chapter 150 Xiao Xiang has been a little dereliction of duty recently?

Hearing Liu Ying's words, the worried look on Xiao He's face did not go away, on the contrary, it became more visible to the naked eye.

"Could it be that at home, you really didn't understand?"

She secretly slandered slightly, and was about to speak again, but saw Liu Ying waved her hand with a smile.

"Xiao Xiang, a veteran of the Zhu Kingdom."

"There is no need to talk about such a simple thing in detail."

"In the past, Gu once sent Marquis Jiancheng to investigate, and found the Changling Tian family. It seems that there are hundreds of thousands of stones in storage?"

As she spoke, Liu Ying did not forget to give a meaningful smile and narrowed the corners of her eyes slightly.

"According to Xiao Xiang's opinion, what is the most appropriate use of the hundreds of thousands of stones of rice grain?"

Seeing that Liu Ying changed the topic, Xiao He did not follow Liu Ying's words to respond. Instead, he took a deep breath with an uncertain expression, then lowered his head slightly, and fell into deep thought.

Xiao He never believed that Liu Ying would not be able to understand the deep meaning in his words!

What Xiao He wanted to tell Liu Ying was definitely not Lu Zhi's revenge for his son, and how much influence it would have on the laws of the Han Dynasty!

What really frightened Xiao He was the powerful mobilization ability of a queen who theoretically had no political rights in this incident!

How long has it been since Liu Ying was assassinated in Changling yesterday?

Less than twelve hours!
Then in less than a day and a night, what changes took place in Chang'an City?

——Changan curfew!
——The southern and northern armies are coming out in full force!

——Arsenal, Taimiao, and Changle and Weiyang palaces are under martial law!
——'The chief culprit', Changling Tian's family, has been sent to the execution ground, and he will be executed soon!
Under such strict precautions, even when Xiao He entered the palace just now, his identity was almost checked by a close-eyed Qiu Bapan!

It is true that the prince was assassinated in Changling, which is only twenty miles away from Chang'an. Such a big event, even with the current level of defense, is by no means extreme.

But the crux of the problem is: in this series of frightening changes, each of which is likely to affect the fate of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He, as the prime minister, has hardly issued a single decree!
Xiao He didn't even get a nod of approval, or even a chance to know about these transfers!
What do you mean?
——Queen Lu Zhi, who theoretically has no power, completed this series of transfers extremely quickly in a very short period of time under the nose of Xiao He, who theoretically holds all the power in the court!

What frightened Xiao He even more was: if he didn't think about it carefully, even Xiao He himself didn't think there was anything wrong with it...

Just like the queen of the Han Dynasty, she should naturally have the power to mobilize the southern and northern armies, the martial law Changle, the two palaces of Weiyang, the Taimiao, and the arsenal...
"At home..."

"Ugh······"

"That's all..."

"Let's wait for the future, and wait for the opportunity to persuade..."

Seeing Liu Ying lying sideways on the soft couch, her lips were a little morbidly white, and her forehead was covered with a little sweat, Xiao He just shook his head secretly and sighed, putting aside his original plan for the time being.

Because Xiao He thought that Liu Ying's mentality at this time might be the same as her past self.

——Just like in the past, Xiao He was unwilling to accept Han Xin's rebellion. At this time, Liu Ying should also be unwilling to accept her own mother. In fact, it has become a serious problem for the Han family...
"Yesterday, I only searched Tian's house, and indeed found that Tian's family has nearly [-] villages, warehouses, etc. outside Changling."

"In the middle of the night, when Yatian's family returned from Changling, the ministers had sent the servants of the internal history office to seal up nearly twenty villages and warehouses."

"And how much food is stored, I don't know yet."

Suppressing the worries in his heart, Xiao He finally followed Liu Ying's topic and talked about Changling Tian's real 'crimes' this time.

Although Lu Zhi and Xiao He didn't say anything about it yesterday, and Liu Ying never said anything about it, everyone knew in their hearts: Changling Tian, ​​a mere merchant and lowly family, even if he had the motive to assassinate Liu Ying, he would definitely not have the guts to do so!
The most important thing is: as the most shameless group in this era, the merchant group still has a generally irrefutable advantage.

—smart enough.

Only those who are smart enough, or even smart enough to the extreme, can make a fortune by relying on the art of merchants in this era of backwardness, scarcity, and not yet fully escaped from the chaotic world of war.

Faced with the hostility and derogation of the entire universal value towards itself now, and even in the past thousands of years, the merchant class has long evolved the instinct of "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages".

To seek profit is to buy low and sell high to seek profit.

And avoiding harm is someone who should not be provoked, and must not be provoked...

In this way, the problem is much more obvious.

——In today's world, how many people are more difficult to mess with than Prince Liu Ying?

Full play and full calculation will never exceed the number of five fingers.

Therefore, not to mention Lu Zhi, Liu Ying's mother and son, and Xiao He who was the founding prime minister, the entire Chang'an court, and even some ordinary people with bright minds, can understand: For the Changling Tian family, assassination The prince is nothing but a scapegoat.

As for this scapegoat, why did it hit Changling Tian's head impartially...

"Let's take a look at home."

While talking, Xiao He took out the scroll of bamboo slips that Lu Zhi had seen yesterday from his bosom, and handed it to Chuntuo beside him.

"I got more than 170 bamboo slips from the Tian family's house in Changling. What is said on them is that the Tian family linked up with grain merchants from all over Guanzhong to hoard grain and rice to raise prices."

"This time, the price of grain in Guanzhong has skyrocketed. In addition to the Changling Tian family, there are dozens of other grain merchants with households worth more than ten million, more than one million, and even hundreds..."

Speaking of this, Xiao He's expression became a little serious.

"I think that if we don't use thunder to suppress, I'm afraid that only the Tian clan will die, and there is still no way to calm down the ups and downs of grain prices in Guanzhong."

"Yesterday, I asked the empress for this, and the empress said that the minister said: Regarding the matter of grain prices in Guanzhong, the family has already had a countermeasure."

"That's why today, even though my family members were injured, I still had to enter the palace to show my superiors to Lao's family."

"——The matter of grain prices in Guanzhong, my minister, what should be the outline?"

After saying that, Xiao He bowed his hands solemnly, his face was full of seriousness.

Hearing Xiao He's words, Liu Ying pretended to be thoughtful, but secretly shook her head in disappointment with Xiao He.

If other people saw Xiao He's attitude of saluting solemnly to Liu Ying at this time, their first reaction would definitely be: You're welcome!Definitely a courtesy!

If it weren't for Liu Ying lying on the couch because of her injury, Liu Ying would have lost a lot of impression points in the hearts of courtiers and officials just because of the item of "being calm when being worshiped by Prime Minister Xiao".

But at this moment, looking at Xiao He's dignified expression, Liu Ying knew very well in her heart: Xiao He's gesture was really not polite.

"In the past few months, Prime Minister Xiao was busy with the food and grass needed by his father's army, and the affairs of Guanzhong, but he was a little careless..."

Xiao He was reminded with a hint of joking in his tone, and Liu Ying moved her body a little, adjusted to a more comfortable posture, and immediately let out a long sigh.

"Xiao Xiang may not know."

"——The difference in grain prices in Guanzhong began to appear even in the autumn and September of last year, when the autumn harvest in Guanzhong was over."

"Later, in the first tenth month of the new year, the Changling Tian family suddenly raised the price of rice in Chang'an, and then followed suit in other places in Guanzhong. Today, the rice grain in Chang'an is [-] yuan per stone!"

"The rectification of the Changling Tian family has been planned for a long time..."

As she spoke, Liu Ying couldn't help but raised her head towards her wound, and immediately laughed at herself.

"When I went to Changling, I was afraid of Tianhe Tianzizhuang because I wanted to rule the Tian family, so I went to meet him."

"Unexpectedly, such an accident happened before the half way home, but I will save my loneliness and worry, and take the responsibility of Luo Tian's crime..."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Xiao He's face almost echoed with strong self-blame.

I can't blame Liu Ying for being 'strict', it's because Xiao He himself knew in his heart: how much energy he had in the past winter was not put on the matter of raising food for Liu Bang's army...
As for Liu Ying's statement that "he happened to be assassinated, so he just saved Tian's crimes", Xiao Hezi also understood.

——It is bad for nature and justice to garrison grain and drive up prices, and it is not bad to shake the country.

But the crux of the problem is: the "Han Law" has tens of millions of words and tens of thousands of crimes, none of which have regulations on 'no price gouging'.

In the words of later generations, it is: Changling Tian's hoarding of goods and driving up food prices are not worth advocating morally, but they are not illegal.

Of course, there is no solution to this kind of behavior of 'you didn't commit a crime, but it's very unpleasant'.

The emperor Liu Bang raised his eyebrows, pointed in the direction of Changling and shouted: I think he is unhappy, just kill him, that's all.

After all, he is the son of heaven, and he is also the founding king of the country. He has the constitution of heaven in his mouth and follows the law when he says it.

But Liu Ying, after all, is not Liu Bang~
As a prince, even if he is the prince of Jianguo under the guise of the power of the emperor, if Liu Ying wants to kill the Changlingtian family with the background of the "old six kings", she must obediently hold a copy of the "Han Law" and pull out one that is enough to kill him. The crime of beheading, and even killing the whole family, was then placed on Tian's head.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is obvious that there is no other crime more suitable for the Changling Tian family than "assassinating the prince with the intention of overthrowing the country".

"Um······"

While Xiao He was thinking, he saw Liu Ying ponder for a moment, then raised her head meaningfully.

"The grain stored by the Changling Tian family has been found after it was completed, and it is more than 70 shi."

"The 70 shi of this grain should be transferred to the Shaofu for 20 shi, and another [-] shi should be kept for sale in Dongshi at a fair price."

"The remaining 40 stone..."

As she said that, Liu Ying couldn't help dragging Chang'an deliberately, and looked at Xiao He with a little deep meaning, with a strange smile hanging on the corner of her mouth, but she didn't continue talking.

Seeing Liu Ying's face, Xiao He only thought for a while before he understood.

Shaking his head with a bitter smile, Xiao He bowed his hands to Liu Ying as if admitting defeat.

"At home, to put it bluntly is..."

"But it's not a big construction project, a waste of money and food, or something that is against the country and the community, the minister should have nothing to do..."

(End of this chapter)