Dahan first prince

Chapter 161 Erchen!Do not dare! ! !
"The Tian family of Changling plotted to assassinate the crown prince in an attempt to disrupt the foundation of the country. His crime is unforgivable. He beheaded his family and abandoned the city~"

"Prime Minister Binghou Xiao He, who was entrusted by me with the power of the court, failed to protect the lord, and was fined half a year old, as a warning to others~"

"Prince Liu Ying, the renovation of Guanzhong's water conservancy was done properly, and I gave you a sword to show your merit~"

"The war between Dai and Zhao has been going on for a long time, and I have no skills to separate myself. It is ordered that all affairs, big or small, in Chang'an, should be supervised by the crown prince; if there are priorities, the crown prince can do things cheaply~"

"Written: Prime Minister Binghou Xiaohe, Craftsman Shaofu Yangchengyan, etc., should do their best to help the crown prince in governing the government, make every effort to repair water conservancy, stabilize the price of grain in Guanzhong, and other matters. There must be no mistakes~"

After finishing reading the Emperor Liu Bang's words in a solemn and long voice, Chen Ping finally turned his face slightly serious, smiled warmly, and raised his head towards the imperial edict in his hand.

"Also ask the family to lead the decree."

When Liu Ying heard the words, she kowtowed meticulously in the direction of the imperial edict, and kowtowed to the Tianzi Festival behind Chen Ping, which was erected sideways by the eunuch.

"My son! Please follow the imperial father's edict!"

"Thank you father for giving me the sword!!!"

Before Liu Ying's solemn shout came down, an old eunuch in white came out from behind Chen Ping.

Standing up straight from the ground, she respectfully received the imperial edict with both hands. Liu Ying just turned her head, almost the moment she saw the long sword in the old eunuch's arms, she bowed her head in horror and smashed her head back to the floor. superior!

"Son!"

"My son!! Don't dare!!!!!!"

Hearing Liu Ying's terrified cry, Xiao He behind Liu Ying couldn't help but raise his head...
"This!!!"

At the same moment when he saw the long sword, Xiao He's staring eyes, full of shock, looked at Liu Ying's back that was prostrate on the ground, still slightly trembling.

Immediately afterwards, in the entire hall, whether it was the maids and servants or the team of envoys brought by Chen Ping, all of them buried their horrified faces deeply in their chests...
"Please get up at home, please get up..."

Seeing Liu Ying's terrified appearance, Chen Ping was at a loss for a moment, and finally stepped forward, carefully lifting Liu Ying from his shoulders.

When Liu Ying straightened up her upper body full of anxiety, but still knelt in front of her, from time to time, she turned her frightened eyes to the Tianzi sword in the old eunuch's arms, Chen Ping hastily adjusted his face to be more gentle.

"When the minister was about to leave, His Majesty said: The crown prince shouldered the heavy burden of supervising the country in his unprofessional years; it has been a long time, and it is inevitable that he will be underestimated by the arrogant minister."

"What's more, the prince is determined to forge ahead, so that the rebellious officials and thieves have evil thoughts in their hearts, intending to harm the country's heir, so as to shake the foundation of the society..."

As he said that, Chen Ping did not forget to turn his head with a gentle smile, but he did not dare to stretch out his fingers, and only raised his head in the direction of the Tianzi sword.

"This time, His Majesty ordered the minister to present the emperor's sword Chi Xiao, because he really wanted to pretend to be the emperor's prestige, and help his family supervise the country and supervise the government."

"Your Majesty's parents and children, His Majesty's love for each other, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to say no..."

After saying that, Chen Ping turned his head back with a smile, motioning for the old eunuch to come forward.

But when Liu Ying saw this, she shook her head like a rattle. She knelt and took two steps before, but she didn't dare to raise her knees!
"Qu Nihou!"

There was a cry of panic, and when Chen Ping stopped and turned around with doubts on his face, he saw fear written all over Liu Ying's face.

"This sword is the Emperor Chixiao Sword!"

"It's the emperor's obedience to heaven's orders, and it's the proof of the tyranny of Qin on behalf of the sky. It's my Hanzuo's important weapon!"

"Gu, I think alone that the crown prince is the crown prince. Now that my father is still alive, Gu'an dares to accept my father's gift of the emperor sword Chixiao?!"

She spoke several words in horror, and seeing Liu Ying cast a glance at the Chixiao Sword in the old eunuch's arms, she shivered suddenly as if she was frightened by something.

"Also, I also ask Qu Ni Hou Daigu to tell my father: my son and minister are only following orders, and with a meager body, I want to contribute a little to the society; and my father, Piyou, luckily did not make any mistakes."

"Father and emperor bestowed him with a royal sword, although my son and minister felt a little ashamed, he still had the audacity to accept it."

"However, the emperor's sword is as heavy as Chixiao, forgive me..."

"Even if I die, I dare not accept it!!!"

With a resolute word, Liu Ying kowtowed again in the direction of the Tianzi Festival. No matter how much Chen Ping persuaded her, she still refused to get up.

Seeing that Liu Ying couldn't be persuaded, Chen Ping struggled for a long time, finally got up shaking his head and sighing, and took Tianzi Festival back into his hand.

The moment Chen Ping put his hands on the yak knot, Chen Ping's original gentle demeanor was suddenly replaced by a heavy and solemn aura.

When Chi Jie turned around and looked at Liu Ying again, Chen Pingping's expression was like a cold and heartless pottery figurine...
"Your Majesty has also explained this matter."

"Your Majesty said: If the crown prince doubts and refuses the sword of the emperor, he will be disobedient to his father!"

"If you don't listen to father's teachings, it's not for my Hanzuo Chujun!"

A shocking low heh caused Liu Ying to raise her forehead from the floor a little bit, but she didn't know how to match each other. In a short while, her head was sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Chen Ping handed the Tianzi Jie in his hand to the eunuch next to him again, and stepped forward cautiously, to the side of Liu Ying's prostrate figure.

"Before leaving, His Majesty explained: Only one of the minister and the Emperor Jian Chi Xiao can return to Handan..."

"Please don't say no again, my family, it's not easy to be sympathetic..."

With a whisper of prayer, Chen Ping stretched out his hand again, and slowly lifted Liu Ying up from Liu Ying's right armpit.

When Liu Ying stood up and looked at her with a disturbed, terrified, and slightly dazed face, Chen Ping nodded to the old eunuch again.

Seeing the old eunuch holding the emperor sword Chi Xiao and walking towards her step by step, Liu Ying's face was full of numbness after extreme panic...

"No!"

Just when the old eunuch stretched out his hand and was about to tie the Scarlet Heaven Sword around his waist, Liu Ying suddenly let out a cry of astonishment as if waking up from a nightmare!
Then, Liu Ying hesitated for a long time with anxiety on her face, and finally stretched out her hands and bent her upper body to nearly ninety degrees.

After the respectful result, Emperor Jian Chi Xiao saw that Liu Ying was still a little apprehensive and turned around, forcing out a stiff smile at Chen Pingqiang.

"This sword of the emperor can only be hung on the waist of the emperor."

"Today, I have no choice but to accept it temporarily, and I dare not tie it to my side."

"Gudang bathed and changed clothes, fasted for three days, personally carried this sword, enshrined it in the Changxin Main Hall of Changle Palace, and stood it on the imperial couch of Changxin Hall."

"In this way, Tianzijian stands in the Changxin Hall in place of his father, guards the court and protects the orphan and supervises the country. Qu Nihou's trip is also a fulfillment of his mission?"

Hearing Liu Ying's impeccable arrangements, and the seemingly invisible pleading in his words, Chen Ping finally sighed, smiled and cupped his hands at Liu Ying.

"Chen, Xie's family..."

Chen Ping bowed and waited for Liu Ying to return the salute, but saw that Chen Ping was not in a hurry to leave, but straightened his face slightly.

"The edict of Cai just now is the edict of the book."

"In addition to this edict, His Majesty has another oral order, and the envoys will ask the family face to face."

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Ying just nodded with a stiff smile, still not daring to leave the Emperor Sword Chi Xiao in her hand, turned sideways, wiped the cold sweat on her forehead with her arm, and then nodded to Chen Ping.

"Also ask Qu Nihou to sit down for a moment."

"The solitary should be properly placed before the Chixiao sword, and come back here, in response to Qu Nihou's question..."

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Putting the Chixiao Sword, which was obviously cold to the touch but inexplicably hot to the touch, in the apse, Liu Ying calmed down her anxiety and returned to the main hall.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the hall, he heard Chen Ping's recognizable gentle voice coming from the main hall.

In line with the principle of 'eavesdropping is immoral', Liu Ying barely stopped, then forced a polite smile and stepped into the palace gate.

"Qu Nihou is returning to Chang'an, do you intend to explore the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal?"

Asking with a light smile, Liu Ying went to the seat at the head and sat down, looking at Chen Ping calmly.

"If Qu Nihou has this intention, I will send the officials of the Shaofu to accompany Qu Nihou."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Chen Ping just smiled and shook his head, pointing to Xiao He who was sitting opposite him in the hall.

"I am returning to Chang'an, and I have indeed obtained an order from Your Majesty to investigate the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal."

"Just now, the minister and Xiang Xiang were alone in a room, so I asked Xiang Xiang about repairing the canal."

"Look at him as close as possible..."

As he spoke, Chen Ping lowered his head with a smile, and bowed his hands slightly to Liu Ying.

"I am on a mission this trip, and the war between Dai and Zhao is still pending. I am afraid that I will finish my mission quickly, return to Handan as soon as possible, and return to His Majesty's face..."

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Ying also smiled easily, and lowered her head to herself.

Speaking of this time, although the edict sent back by the emperor's father to Chen Ping is only a few short, the amount of information implied in it is really not small.

The opening sentence, "Assassination of the crown prince, the clan", naturally added a legal procedure for the fact that Lu Zhi used the queen's body to punish the entire family of Changling Tian's family.

Then came the interesting stuff.

——Prime Minister Xiao He failed to protect the Lord and was fined for half a year!

——The crown prince refurbished the Zhengguo Canal properly, and he is commended with a sword!
If these two things are taken apart, they can be regarded as commonplace.

The emperor Liu Bang was away in battle, and the prime minister Xiao He was guarding the house. As a result, a major political incident occurred that "the crown prince was assassinated and almost died".

And Liu Ying, although named 'Jianguo Prince', is still only a young man who has not been crowned, only 14 years old.

Boys of this age, not to mention ordinary families, but the nephews of Gonghou Guixun's family. At Liu Ying's age, anyone who is not obsessed with cockfighting, running dogs, wine pools and meat forests is enough to be praised as "a tiger father has no dogs".

In this way, Liu Ying, a 14-year-old boy, not only repaired the Zheng Guoqu that Xiao He hadn't bothered to repair in the past ten years, but nothing went wrong.

But if you put these two things together and compare them back and forth, the information contained in them will change!
——Prime Minister Xiao He and Prince Liu Ying, one is the actual controller of the Guanzhong court, the other is the nominal "Prince of the Supervisory Kingdom", one is fined for half a year, and the other is commended with a sword?
Especially the "Royal Sword" given to Liu Ying by Liu Bang, or the White Snake Sword with extremely mythical and political colors in the Han Dynasty?

To say that Liu Bang's move did not have any special intentions, I'm afraid even ghosts wouldn't believe it!

Combined with Liu Ying's fear of accepting the Scarlet Heaven Sword', Chen Ping revealed the meaning of 'your father is giving you a token to protect you', and the follow-up content of the edict, this matter is much clearer up.

——Liu Bang was very dissatisfied with the upsurge in grain prices in Guanzhong!

Especially for the Prime Minister Xiao He who actually controls the court but is helpless against the skyrocketing food prices, Liu Bang has very strong opinions!

It was even so big that Liu Bang, as the founding emperor, had to officially promulgate it together, which would inevitably be included in the paper-made edict of the emperor's daily life in the future, expressly blaming the founding prime minister Xiao He!

And Liu Bang's commendation of Liu Ying, as well as the scarlet sword that made Liu Ying feel terrified, and she is still a little terrified at this moment, seems to be true, as Chen Ping said, because Liu Bang was afraid that his son Liu Ying would be bullied when he was not at home. .

However, judging from the sentence, "There are priorities, and Prince Xu can act cheaply" and "Xiao He, Yang Chengyan, etc. are doing their best to help the prince and stabilize the grain price in Guanzhong." Liu Bang's real intention for this move is probably in his capacity as the emperor. End in person and endorse Liu Ying's next series of measures to stabilize grain prices in Guanzhong.

——Food prices are skyrocketing, Xiao He, why are you just watching?

——Brother Liu, I am very upset!

——The prince has a way, let the prince handle this matter, you all give the prince a good hand!
Wanting to understand this, Liu Ying was secretly delighted, but she couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"Before leaving, didn't you still clamor for Yi Chu to waste the empress and let Liu Ruyi be the crown prince?"

"This is······"

"What stimulated you?"

With a bewildered slander, Liu Ying temporarily put aside the doubts in her heart.

Seeing that Liu Ying finally turned around from his thoughts, Chen Ping straightened his face and bowed his hands solemnly to Liu Ying.

"At home."

"When I was about to leave, Your Majesty ordered me to send a verbal order: the turmoil in grain prices in Guanzhong, the renovation of water conservancy, and the assassination of the crown prince are all up to the family to decide."

After saying this with a serious face, he turned Chen Ping's head slightly hesitantly, and looked at Xiao He.

After Xiao He was stunned for a moment, he quickly made an evasive posture, but Chen Ping subconsciously raised his hand to stop Xiao He.

"The pillar of Xiao Xiangguo, and the head of all officials, there is no evasion and don't hear the truth of His Majesty's edict..."

When he said this with a slightly distracted gaze, Chen Ping turned his head again and looked at Liu Ying who was looking up.

"A while ago, the family used the matter of the 'grain market', as well as the parity sale of grain in the Shaofu and civil documents to report to His Majesty."

"However, His Majesty was puzzled by the subtleties, and feared that the books and silks would not be enough to carry on the family's strategy of stabilizing grain prices, so he sent his ministers to ask the family face to face."

"—Dare to ask my family: Where does the Shaofu sell the grain to the people of Guanzhong at a par price?"

"The family also wants to ban merchants from selling grain. In the future, when there is a shortage of grain merchants in Guanzhong, what do you want to replace?"

(End of this chapter)