Dahan first prince

Chapter 153 In the assassination of the prince, does King Zhao have any share?
In February, Guanzhong has gradually felt a little warm before spring, but in Dai, Zhao and other places north of Dahe, the weather is still bitingly cold.

Since he set off in September last year and arrived in Handan around the end of the year and the beginning of the new year, Liu Bang's army basically blocked Chen Xi, who had established himself as the king of Dai, in the territory of Dai.

In winter and November, Dai and Zhao Chuxue agreed to temporarily suspend the conquest, and they started winter in their respective camps.

Logically speaking, the two sides have temporarily 'peacefully developed' a tacit understanding, which should have been maintained until mid-to-late March, when the weather warmed up, before being replaced by war again.

However, after a series of memorials came from all directions, sent into Handan City, and handed over to the emperor Liu Bang, the war between Dai and Zhao had subsided for a whole winter, but it was at the point where it might resume at any time... ···

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"Your Majesty summons your ministers, what orders do you have?"

Walking into Liu Bang's palace with doubts on his face: Handan Zhao Palace, Chen Ping bowed to Liu Bang, who was the leader.

When he raised his head, he saw Zhao Yao, the official censor, with a serious expression on his front, turning around Liu Bang's side.

"Could it be..."

"The war has another incident?"

Chen Ping was wondering, but he saw that Liu Bang only raised his eyes for a moment, then continued to frown, repeatedly checking the scrolls of bamboo slips on the desk.

After a while, Liu Bang picked up one of the volumes with hesitation, and threw it at Chen Ping.

"Let's take a look at Qu Nihou."

"This slip is written by the prince."

Having just received the bamboo slips thrown by Liu Bang, and hearing Liu Bang's words, Chen Ping couldn't help but hastily spread the bamboo slips.

After glancing at the contents of the book, Chen Ping couldn't help but widen his eyes!

"Prince!"

"The prince was assassinated in Changling?!"

Looking up in disbelief, seeing Liu Bang nod slightly with a sullen face, Chen Ping widened his eyes again, and carefully examined the bamboo slips in his hand.

"Since last year's autumn harvest, the Changlingtian family has teamed up with grain merchants in Guanzhong to drive up the price of grain in Guanzhong; until the first month of spring, the rice and stone in Guanzhong amounted to nearly [-] yuan..."

"My son wanted to offend the Tian family by towning Guanzhong, so he first went to Changling to meet Tian Zizhuang, the descendant of the Book of Changes. Unexpectedly, he assassinated several dead men on the way back!"

"Thanks to the protection of the father and the former emperor, the son was not seriously injured; when he heard that the son was assassinated, the mother and the queen were furious, and ordered Xiao Xiangguo, and the patriarch Lingtian clan had more than [-] mouths..."

"The Tian clan is unique, and the price of grain in Guanzhong is imminent. My son discussed with Xiao Xiangguo to set up a grain market twenty miles south of Chang'an, and sell cheap grain in Shaofu..."

"However, there is not much food in the Shaofu, and the treasury is also responsible for the transportation of food and grass for the army. Therefore, this book is specially requested by the father."

"——Every grain merchant in Guanzhong, who wants to buy grain, should do it in the grain market; it is better to order..."

"I'm out of food?!"

Mo read out the words on the slip in a low voice, Chen Ping's complexion also changed repeatedly according to the content on the slip.

At the end, when he uttered the phrase 'There is nothing left to eat', Chen Ping's face was even more vigilant.

"His Majesty."

Seeing Chen Ping thinking for a while, he bowed his hand to Liu Bangshen.

"If the crown prince's words are true, Guanzhong's grain is really worth nearly [-] renminbi, and it may not be a few months. Then it will be four years after the return of the Han Dynasty. Guanzhong's grain is worth [-] renminbi.

"As well as the establishment of the Prince's Grain Market, the sale of cheap grain at the Shaofu..."

As he spoke, Chen Ping paused for a while, hesitated for a long time, and finally pursed his lips and shook his head.

"I think it's not a long-term solution."

"If you want to bring down the price of grain, it may not be enough for Shaofu to sell grain at a fair price in the market alone."

"Indeed, as the crown prince said, His Majesty should personally issue an imperial edict to force the grain merchants in Guanzhong to sell cheap rice to the grain market set up by the crown prince!"

"If this is not the case, I am afraid to wait for your Majesty's class teacher, Guanzhong..."

Having said that, Chen Ping quietly stopped talking, and didn't say the whole thing.

When Liu Bang heard the words, he raised his eyebrows with a strange expression.

"Why?"

"Qu Nihou also thought that the prince's strategy can be called: perfect?"

As he said that, Liu Bang did not forget to turn his body slightly, and looked beside him. It was still Zhao Yao who was full of distress.

"What do you think Doctor Zhao thinks?"

Hearing Liu Bang's words, Chen Ping did not speak, but frowned slightly, and followed Liu Bang to look in Zhao Yao's direction.

When Zhao Yao heard the words, his brows, which were already tightly furrowed, were wrinkled even tighter.

"His Majesty!"

"Prince's policy, in fact, the children's playful words, it is called the Arabian Nights, and it is not in the slightest!"

Without hesitation, he left a word, Zhao Yao's brows were full of worries about Guanzhong and Chang'an court.

"The prince asked His Majesty to issue an imperial edict to force the grain merchants to sell rice in the grain market; but the Guanzhong is far away from thousands of miles away!"

"How can the people buy grain and rice from the so-called 'grain market' in the south of Chang'an in a land thousands of miles away?"

"Even if some people have no way to buy rice from the Chang'an grain market, there must be grain merchants who are unwilling to obey the order and privately sell rice in places far away in Chang'an."

"However, the prince said again: It is better to order, and there will be no food."

"—Here, it's not about killing the chicken and picking the egg?"

"Today, the crown prince can steal all the rice from the grain merchants because of 'grain storage is strange'. In the future, how can he not seize the merchants' cloth, salt and tea?"

"In the long run, will there still be merchants in the world?"

"Without merchants, how can the goods be exchanged between the north and the south, and the east and west?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yao's expression already carried a hint of grief.

But seeing Liu Bang heard the words, he didn't show any obvious displeasure, just shook his head slightly.

"The details here are not stated in the book; however, this strategy, even Marquis Feng also thinks it is good, so there is nothing wrong with it."

"And the issue of the imperial edict..."

As he said that, Liu Bang couldn't help but look a little dark, and finally looked at Zhao Yao with unclear intentions.

"Doctor Zhao, let's go and look for Wang Tianqi here."

"I agree with Qu Nihou, there are other important matters."

Seeing that Liu Bang was not persuaded by himself, Zhao Yao first subconsciously panicked.

After Liu Bang secretly issued the order to expel the guests, even if Zhao Yao wanted to say something, he could only bow his hands with worry and exit the hall.

When only Chen Ping and himself were left in the main hall, Liu Bang's unsteady face suddenly became a little dignified.

"Just now, Qu Nihou seemed to say that 'the prince's strategy can solve the crisis of grain prices in Guanzhong', but he was worried?"

"But what's wrong with this matter?"

Seeing that Liu Bang finally showed a little solemn expression, Chen Ping was relieved, but his expression became more serious.

"As Your Majesty said: the crown prince used the strategy of 'grain market' to balance the price of grain in Guanzhong. Although he did not elaborate on the strategy or strategy, it is nothing wrong with Marquis Feng personally supervising the matter. There should be no omissions or mistakes."

"My minister's worries..."

As he spoke, Chen Ping couldn't help raising his eyes slightly to glance at Liu Bang, and then lowered his head with a stiff smile.

"A while ago, in Guanzhong, there was a theory that 'the crown prince built the canal and won the hearts of the people in Guanzhong', thinking that His Majesty knew it."

"Today, the crown prince is about to stabilize food prices and secure nearly a million households in Guanzhong..."

"My minister's worry is that when your majesty is in charge of the class, there is no possibility of easy storage and abolishment..."

Listening to Chen Ping tentatively expressing his guess, Liu Bang's serious expression did not weaken even a bit.

Seeing Liu Bang lower his head with a dark face, he picked up another roll of bamboo slips from the desk, this time he didn't throw it away, but motioned for Chen Ping to come forward to get it.

"This slip is written by the queen."

"What he said was also about the assassination of the crown prince and the high price of grain in Guanzhong."

"Qu Nihou, let's observe it first, and then discuss whether it is true or not."

Hearing this, Chen Ping couldn't help but cupped his hands a little, stepped forward to take the bamboo slips, and examined them carefully.

"The prince will go to Changling to meet Tianzizhuang, and on his way back he will pass Tian's house, and set up as an assassin to shoot him with cold arrows!"

"Hou Binghou found out: The assassination of the prince was due to Tian's fear that the prince would build the Zhengguo Canal, which might lead to a bumper harvest in Guanzhong and a sharp drop in grain prices."

"And the plot to assassinate..."

"Out of the hands of the Marquis of Huaiyin?!"

With an unbelievable exclamation, Chen Ping's eyes widened again, looking up at Liu Bang.

"His Majesty!"

"The queen's words..."

"Impossible!!!"

Before Chen Ping could explain why, Liu Bang suddenly let out a low growl, and immediately stared into the depths of Chen Ping's gaze!
"The Changling Tian clan is the descendant of the former Tian Qi royal family!"

"The state of Tian Qi was destroyed by the Marquis of Huaiyin in the past!"

"With the Marquis of Huaiyin, the Tian family can be said to be inseparable, and there is absolutely no doubt of the same hatred!!!"

After several low growls full of determination, Liu Bang narrowed his eyes slightly: "I think that what the queen said is half true or false."

"Qu Nihou might as well try to say: What is true and what is false about what the empress said about 'the Marquis of Huaiyin instructed Tian to assassinate the crown prince'?"

Hearing Liu Bang say that "Han Xin and Tian's family can't have a nest of snakes and rats", Chen Ping first nodded slightly in agreement.

When Liu Bang asked the latter question, Chen Ping suddenly became a little hesitant.

It is indeed as Liu Bang said: Changling Tian and Huaiyin Marquis Han Xin are almost the two parties that are most unlikely to get together in the Han Dynasty.

The reason is simple: Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, was relegated from the position of King of Chu to Marquis of Huaiyin; before becoming King of Chu, Han Xin's identity was King Qi.

Then how did Han Xin get the status of "King of Qi" in the first place?

——This matter, not to mention the Chang'an court, even the whole world, almost everyone knows about it, and no one knows about it!
In the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang, who had just experienced the defeat of Pengcheng, realized that if he wanted to defeat Xiang Yu, he had to include Qi into his camp.

Because Qi State happened to border on the north and south of the Jingchu area controlled by Xiang Yu; by bringing Qi State under his control, Liu Bang could exert pressure on the overlord Xiang Yu from the north and west, making him be attacked on both sides.

After making up his mind, Liu Bang sent his most powerful lobbyist, Guangye Jun Li Shiqi, to Linzi, the capital of Qi, to persuade Tian Guang, the king of Qi at that time, to submit to him.

It was also precisely when Li Shiqi, relying on his three-inch tongue, managed to get Qi Wang Tianguang to agree to submit to Liu Han and no longer set up defenses against any army under Liu Bang's command. On this fat piece of meat from Qi State.

Without any request for instructions, and without communicating with Liu Bang, Han Xin almost relied on the sentence "I will be away, and the king's fate will not be accepted", and he attacked and destroyed the Qi Kingdom of the Tian family who had promised to surrender to Liu Bang and completely put down all defenses!

The country was ruined and his family was destroyed by such a sudden change, Qi Wang Tian Guang was naturally furious, thinking that it was Liu Bang's reneging on what he said, or his words were broken, so in a rage, he cooked and killed Guangye Jun Li Shiqi.

However, Han Xin, at the first moment when he conquered Linzi, the capital of Qi, asked Liu Bang for the title and made himself the king of Qi...

It might make sense to say that Li Shiqi's younger brother, Li Shang, assassinated Han Xin because of the revenge of "killing his brother", or that the Changling Tian family assassinated Han Xin because of the hatred of "cutting off the country".

But if it is said that the Changling Tian family, who has a hatred of "subjugation" with Han Xin, can join hands with Han Xin to plan to assassinate the prince Liu Ying, then it is undoubtedly a three-year-old child's words.

——This is the great enemy of destroying the country and severing the community!

As the only 'Tianqi royal family' with a legitimate name in the world, the Changling Tian clan almost carved this hatred into their bones!

Not to mention that now, Han Xin is just a Marquis of Huaiyin under house arrest in Chang'an, even if Han Xin is still the king of Chu or Qi, even if he is just a lowly merchant, the Tian family will never become 'friends' with Han Xin!
In this way, the truth of the matter becomes obvious.

——Queen Lv Zhi said: Han Xin and Tian Shi assassinated Liu Ying, this sentence is only half true.

That is: either Tian's assassination of Liu Ying, or Han Xin's assassination of Liu Ying, it is absolutely impossible for the two to join forces, or one of them was instigated by the other.

"Tian Shi..."

"Marquis of Huaiyin..."

Just as Chen Ping was thinking about which of the two parties was more daring to assassinate Liu Ying, and who was more likely to have such a motive, Liu Bang finally stood up and handed the third bamboo slip into Chen Ping's hands.

"The Tian family raised the price of grain in order to compete with the crown prince..."

"The assassin of the crown prince was dispatched by the Marquis of Huaiyin..."

"What Mrs. Tian has done is..."

"Instigated by King Zhao?!!!!!!"

Following the jaw-dropping messages one after another, Chen Ping silently recited them in an unbelievable tone, and the expression on Chen Ping's face was even more horrified to the point of numbness!
And when his eyes stayed at the end of the bamboo slips, where the line was nothing more than a number, Chen Ping was completely stunned...
——Prime Minister Binghou Chenhe, I sincerely worship!

Only these few characters endow the authenticity of the writing on the scroll with the authority of "there is absolutely no possibility of falsehood".

Xiao He, it is impossible to lie!

Especially in front of Liu Bang, it is impossible to lie about such a major matter concerning the country and the country!
in this case······
"Qu Nihou thinks, who is responsible for the assassination of the crown prince?"

"Mr. Tian, ​​why are you resisting the crown prince?"

After asking two questions in succession, Liu Bang's face was so gloomy that it could almost drip ice water.

"King Zhao, are you suspected of assassinating the crown prince, seizing the reserve, and taking over the country?!"

Listening to Liu Bang's repeated questions, even Chen Ping still couldn't believe what Xiao He said in the book, and finally lowered his head with a serious expression.

After a full [-] breaths, Chen Ping deliberated and gave his final conclusion.

"His Majesty."

"Since His Majesty abolished Han Xin's Chu throne and demoted him to Marquis of Huaiyin, Han Xin has long held resentment against His Majesty."

"This time, Chen Xi's rebellion against Dai and Zhao may have connections with Han Xin; when His Majesty was about to set off, Han Xin said he was sick and refused to go with His Majesty."

"The old minister thought that the assassination of the crown prince was done by Han Xin alone..."

After saying that, Chen Ping couldn't help but wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and lowered his head even deeper.

"Ji Tian's family, a mere family of merchants, if no one instigates them to rely on them, they may not have the guts to fight against the Crown Prince of the Jian Kingdom..."

(End of this chapter)