Dahan first prince

Chapter 18 Ask for advice?Trouble?
"Prime Minister Bing Hou Chen He, and Shao Fu Chen Cheng Yan, please refer to the family."

When Liu Ying walked into the living room of Marquis Feng's mansion, she saw Xiao He and Yang Chengyan cupping their hands with doubts on their faces.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ying bowed her hands in return, and stepped forward without any scruples, and sat down on the seat Xiao He gave up.

Logically speaking, in front of the Prime Minister Xiao He, even the prince has absolutely no reason to sit on the top seat.

Because of the prince, his status in the Han Dynasty is "clan"; there is a high probability that he will be named a prince in the future.

The princes and kings have gold seals and purple ribbons, and the prime minister is considered the head of a hundred officials, ranking among the three princes, compared with princes and kings, and the same gold seals and purple ribbons.

Judging from the rank ratio and rank, the prime minister seems to be at the same level as the princes and kings. If the "clan" status of the princes and kings is added, the prime minister seems to be even lower.

But in fact, the status of the prime minister is not only not lower than that of the princes and kings, but even much higher than that of the princes!
Because now the Han Dynasty has gradually formed the practice of "princes and kings concurrently with Wang Taifu", that is to say, most of the state ministers who are relatives of the princes are also the teachers of their own kings while they are the king's ministers.

In the context of the universal value of "a teacher for a day, a father for life", not to mention the prime ministers of the Chang'an Central Committee, even the prime ministers of the princes and kings have a stable position over the princes and kings.

Probably: I call you the king, you call me the teacher, and we have different opinions.

Since the status of the princes and kings is higher than that of the princes and kings themselves, let alone Xiao He, the prime minister who governs the world and ranks ten thousand stones.

Therefore, the person who came to the door today is not Liu Ying, but Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi, or other princes, not to mention sitting at the head, even whether he can enter this living room depends on Xiao He's willingness to see him!
And when Prince Liu Ying came to visit, Prime Minister Xiao He did not have the privilege of "thanking guests behind closed doors".

The reason is that the crown prince is the foundation of the country and the future emperor.

No matter how high and powerful the prime minister is, he is still a minister; and no matter how young the prince is, he is also a quasi-jun.

only……

"What is the prince's intention here?"

At this moment, this question not only troubled Xiao He, but also made Yang Chengyan beside him feel puzzled.

An Ran took the first seat, seeing that the two hadn't spoken for a long time, but Liu Ying showed no embarrassment at all, she just smiled and looked at the decoration of the living room.

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Xiao He had no choice but to bite the bullet and get up from his seat even though he was unwilling to speak up.

"At home."

Hearing this, Liu Ying quickly regained her distracted attention, got up quickly as if flattered, and bowed to Xiao He.

"Does the prime minister have any advice?"

As soon as the words came out, Xiao He's face suddenly became embarrassed.

——You came here uninvited, and asked me what advice I have?
After slandering secretly, Xiao He finally had no choice but to worship again.

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

"I just don't know that today, my family came to my humble house, but I have something important to discuss with my ministers?"

As he spoke, Xiao He did his best to suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, and managed to maintain a respectful face.

That is to say, Xiao He has a good temper. If he were replaced by those grumpy Gonghous, even if he wouldn't drive Liu Ying out of the house, he would have to show his face.

But when Liu Ying heard the words, she suddenly slapped her forehead as if she suddenly remembered something important.

"Hi."

"If the prime minister doesn't mention it, Gudu will almost forget it."

"Don't blame the prime minister, don't blame..."

While speaking, Liu Ying took out a piece of silk cloth wrapped with something from her bosom, got up and came to Xiao He, and handed the silk cloth together with the contents inside.

"The Emperor Taishang passed away, and his father was benevolent and filial. He insisted on staying in Liyang Palace to guard his filial piety. He sent the prime minister, the young mansion, mother, queen, and orphan to return first."

While talking, she sat back at the top, and Liu Ying picked up the tea bowl in her hand with a calm expression.

"Now, Chancellor Chen Xi will be in chaos in the north, and a big battle is imminent."

"Father sent the prime minister and the young mansion back first, it's a matter of war preparation."

"However, the father ordered Gu to turn around first, and Gu Ben couldn't understand it."

As she spoke, Liu Ying did not forget to make a really confused expression, and after a while, she changed the subject again.

"Lonely thinking and meditating, is it to finally understand the meaning of the father, or is it to send the lonely to return with the prime minister, and to be familiar with the affairs of the country by the prime minister's side?"

"That's why I came here to ask the Prime Minister for advice: this year's autumn harvest may not be abundant in Guanzhong. Prime Minister, how should we deal with the high price of grain in Guanzhong?"

Listening to Liu Ying's vivid description, Xiao He's complexion gradually became mixed.

Xiao He knew the reason why Prince Liu Ying and Empress Lu Zhi were driven back to Chang'an in advance.

——It's just that the war is coming, and Liu Bang wants to use this to cultivate party members for King Zhao and Liu Ruyi, and pave the way for the future abolition of the reserve.

Xiao Heyuan thought that during this period of time, Lu Zhi, Liu Ying's mother and son's attention should all be focused on how to deal with it, or prevent Liu Bang from abolishing the reserve.

It's no wonder that when Liu Ying came uninvited, Xiao He and Yang Chengyan were really uncertain about Liu Ying's intentions.

When Liu Ying said, "Father asked me to come back, perhaps to let me learn how to govern the country by the side of the prime minister", Xiao He's heart tightened a little.

——Could it be that the queen has already thought of a way to break the situation, which makes the prince so confident, not worried about the instability of his reserve position, and even visiting elegantly in leisure time to learn the way of governing and supervising the country?
Just when Xiao He was hesitating, Liu Ying's last question made Xiao He look serious.

The reason is very simple: Liu Ying said that she was "on-site learning", but from her tone, she couldn't hear the humility of "asking for advice" at all!
The look on his face when he was asking questions didn't look like he was asking for advice at all, but instead carried more of a sense of asking questions.

"Is the millet not abundant?"

With a murmur in doubt, Xiao He lowered his head, put the handkerchief on the table, and slowly spread it out.

Afterwards, Xiao He picked up a short and thin millet seedling with extremely sparse fruits.

"When the color is blue and yellow, it is about to be ripe; but the seedlings are weak and the fruit is few, and they cannot bend their stalks when they stand..."

Xiao He was talking to the millet seedling, when he heard Liu Ying's voice, which could not be heard with joy or anger, came to Xiao He's ears again.

"Yesterday, I drove back to Chang'an from Xinfeng alone. I didn't see the acres of fields along the road. The millet might not be strong."

"I was very surprised, so I got out of the car and took the seedlings for the prime minister to watch."

As she spoke, Liu Ying finally sipped the tea soup in the bowl, moistened her throat, and seemed to be talking to herself: "If I remember correctly, yesterday, I went from Xinfeng to Chang'an alone, and the places along the way are all Weinan?"

"Tsk tsk."

"Yesterday's fields and millet seedlings are all like this."

"If it's the same in Guanzhong, the autumn harvest this year may be less than two stones per mu in Guanzhong..."

After saying this meaningfully, Liu Ying finally put down the tea bowl in her hand, raised her head coldly, and looked at Xiao He.

"If the autumn harvest is not abundant, the people will not be able to eat enough, and the price of grain will also be high, so that the people will change and eat each other."

"I don't know what the prime minister wants to do to solve the crisis of food shortage in Guanzhong this year?"

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