Dahan first prince

Chapter 181 I have to go back to Chang'an to have a look
With a sigh of relief on his face, Liu Bang felt inexplicably that there was a burst of loneliness in his heart for no reason, and...

awkward.

This is not difficult to understand: even if the matter of food franchise really needs to be checked by important ministers at the Jiuqing level, it does not necessarily have to be the Shaofu.

Speaking of this matter, if Liu Bang decides it himself, it is very likely that all the affairs related to the grain and rice official camp will be included in the scope of the internal history.

In addition, nowadays, the authority of the internal history is basically in charge of Xiao He, who is the 'prime minister leading the internal history affairs', and Xiao He should be responsible for the official management of grain and rice.

And the reason why Liu Bang might make such an arrangement is that at the top of the court, only Prime Minister Xiao He is the most worthy of Liu Bang's trust.

Since Xiao He is the veritable "No. 1 in internal affairs" of the Han Dynasty today, why did Liu Ying, as the prince of the supervisor, go far and leave the matter of grain and rice monopoly to the weakest and most unreliable among the Jiuqing? Spectrum' in the hands of Shaofu?

The answer to this question is exactly the core content of Liu Bangcai's 'inexplicable' soliloquy.

——The matter of the Shaofu, the foreign court must not intervene!

Except for the Shaofu, the other eight of the Nine Ministers are theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As for the military's top generals, chariot generals and other top generals, theoretically they are all commanded by Taiwei.

——Even Lang Zhongling, who is in charge of the emperor's personal safety, and Wei Wei, who is in charge of guarding the palace, are strictly superiors, not the emperor, but the prime minister!

In the entire political system of the Han Dynasty, there is one and only such a special case, which can ignore the whole world and only focus on the dispatch of the emperor.

This special case is Shaofu.

In addition, Liu Ying specially warned Shaofu Minister Yang Chengyan to 'don't get too close to Prime Minister Xiao He', and Liu Ying chose Shaofu to be the first department in charge of the grain and rice franchise, and the purpose was obvious.

——Borrowing the grain and rice franchise to prop up the airs of the Shaofu!
If you don't think about it carefully, even Liu Bang will feel a little strange knowing that Liu Ying wants to support the Shaofu.

But after thinking about it for a while, after understanding Liu Ying's true intentions, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel a little lonely and awkward while being relieved.

——As the founder of the country, Liu Bang himself, it can be said that there is no need to control the court through checks and balances and tactics!

As long as Liu Bang gives an order, the eunuch who is in charge of horse administration, the court lieutenant who is in charge of punishment and prison, and even Fengchang who is in charge of rituals and sacrifices, and Zongzheng who is in charge of the internal affairs of the clan can all be driven by Liu Bang. Become the vanguard of the food franchise!
No one would question whether the eunuchs and Tingwei should be in charge of horse administration and punishment, nor would anyone question whether Fengchang and Zongzheng should not interfere in farming.

But Liu Ying, as the prince, does not have such ability.

——The ability to break the rules at will, and then make the rules at will.

As the prince, Liu Ying can only make appropriate choices within the scope of the rules.

For example: Among the two departments of Shaofu and Neishi that have a little relationship with "grain", choose one of them to be in charge of the grain monopoly.

And Liu Ying's choice is the Shaofu.

It is a young mansion that has nothing now and has a detached status of 'outsiders can't interfere'.

Liu Bang was very sure: the reason why Liu Ying chose Shaofu must be because of this.

Today's Shaofu only has the advantage of being "not affected by foreign courts", which is worthy of Liu Ying's attention.

And this is why Liu Bang feels relieved, but at the same time is inexplicably lonely and awkward.

——Liu Ying asked the Shaofu, which is "not affected by foreign courts, but only responsible to the emperor", to take full charge of the official grain management. Is it because of Liu Bang?
Is it to allow Liu Bang to gain more power through the grain and rice official camp?

Obviously, Liu Bang, as the founder of the country, did not need to borrow a small Shaofu, a small "grain and rice franchise" to add an inconspicuous ups and downs to his already monstrous power.

To put it more bluntly: Liu Ying let the Shaofu be in charge of the official grain and rice camp, indeed to elevate the status of the Shaofu, thereby indirectly strengthening the power in the hands of the emperor.

But not for the current emperor, but for the future, the next emperor who will ascend the throne at a young age...

"Ugh······"

"That's all..."

"It's my family's fortune to have such foresight..."

"Or, is this the queen's plan?"

Consoling himself secretly, Liu Bang's slightly relieved expression a moment ago suddenly showed an inexplicable vicissitudes.

And at Liu Bang's side, Chen Ping finally reported every detail of the 'grain and rice franchise' matter word by word.

"······Every matter that the prince buys merchants' warehouses and rice, and wants to create more than a dozen large warehouses, the ministers have recorded them and sent them outside the palace; your majesty can look at them at your leisure."

"In addition, the prince said: if the name is not correct, the words will not go well; the matter of prohibiting merchants, storehouses and goods and grains should be issued by His Majesty himself, so that the order of the monarch and his ministers will not be disturbed..."

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Bang only nodded silently, and the depression in his heart eased a little.

"So cautious..."

"Well, I should do my best to plan for the queen!"

"Hey, too."

"When I was only fifteen years old, I was still fighting cocks and running dogs in Fengyi..."

"Even if that kid was taught by the empress himself, how could he come to such a place?"

Thinking about it this way, classifying Liu Ying's arrangements for the grain and rice franchise as "instigated by the queen", Liu Bang suddenly felt that most of the depression in his heart dissipated.

Liu Bang also did not give an answer to "Issuing an edict personally to prohibit merchants from storing grain", and he should be the default.

After a while, worry and a little irritability quietly appeared on Liu Bang's face.

"What about King Zhao?"

"What crime does the crown prince want to impose on King Zhao?"

When he asked this question with a gloomy face, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel his chest and back became a little hot, so he simply threw the thick quilt behind him, and stood up from the soft couch with an irritable face.

Seeing Liu Bang's posture, Chen Ping didn't dare to delay, he only said a few words, and hurriedly cupped his hands.

"Your Majesty."

"The minister told the prince to face the prince with the matter of the king of Zhao, but the prince doesn't seem to know anything about what the prince did to the king of Zhao."

"The minister explained to the prince: Zhao Wang has close contacts with the Changlingtian family, and may have a connection with the assassination of the prince."

"Unexpectedly, the crown prince was shocked when he heard this, and immediately questioned Prime Minister Xiao about it; knowing that the evidence of King Zhao's crimes was in the prime minister's residence, the prince did not dare to neglect for a moment, and took prime minister Xiao out of the crown prince's womb, and went straight to the prime minister's residence. ..."

Speaking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help but quietly lowered his head, and took out the jade pendant that Liu Ying forced for him from his bosom, then raised his head and smiled awkwardly at Liu Bang.

"This jade was bribed by the crown prince..."

"Uh, gift, gift minister."

With a stiff face, he changed the word 'bribe' into 'gift', and Chen Ping hurriedly continued the conversation: "The crown prince presents this jade as a gift, and I would like to ask my minister: when I return to Handan, I will make a little progress on behalf of King Zhao to speak to your majesty. ..."

"The prince said otherwise: The assassination of Changling has absolutely nothing to do with King Zhao!"

"It was not the king of Zhao who raised the price of grain by Chang Lingtian's clan; it was the Qi clan, a relative of his mother's family, who envied money and profit and made a big mistake, tarnishing the name of King Zhao..."

Hearing Chen Ping's steady tone of speaking, Liu Bang couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows in a little surprise.

"Prince, did you really say that?"

Hearing this, Chen Ping hurriedly nodded again: "Yes."

"Give jade to the minister, and ask the minister to speak kindly on behalf of King Zhao. The prince will take Xiao Xiangji to the prime minister's mansion."

"The rear minister found out: The crown prince came out of the prime minister's mansion until sunset, and his robes were filled with the aura of bamboo embers..."

After Chen Ping finished speaking, Liu Bang was astonished, and finally slowly turned into a look of thought.

As early as when Chen Ping was sent back to Chang'an, Liu Bang had made many predictions about Liu Ying's possible reaction.

The three directions that Liu Bang considered "the most likely to become a reality" are nothing more than the following three points.

One, publicize this matter widely, completely ruin Liu Ruyi's reputation, and put the hat of "killing brothers and seizing heirs" on Liu Ruyi's head, so as to completely stabilize the reserve position.

Second, on the surface, he said that his younger brother was young and ignorant, and generously forgave Liu Ruyi's faults, but in fact, Liu Ruyi was actually "killing his brother and seizing his wife".

It's just that, instead of directly publicizing it, doing so can also give Liu Ying a reputation as a "friendly younger brother".

The third type, which Liu Bang once believed, has a probability of more than half.

——Liu Ying's 'dementia' relapsed, and said tremblingly, 'I don't dare to take care of this matter', and then threw Liu Ruyi to Tingwei!

In order to prevent Liu Ying from really doing this, Liu Bang even left an edict for Chen Ping in advance for emergencies-as long as King Zhao has the possibility of "being ruined", he will immediately take out that edict and in the name of Liu Bang, order Liu Ruyi went to Handan!
But Liu Bang never thought of it anyway: For Liu Ruyi, Liu Ying actually...
"The crown prince really burned all the evidence of King Zhao's crime?"

When Liu Bang asked suddenly, Chen Ping just nodded quickly.

"Before leaving, I asked Xiang Xiang, and Xiao Xiang said: In the world today, except in Changle Palace, there may be no "pen and ink" of King Zhao..."

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Bang first widened his eyes slightly, and looked at Chen Ping with some doubts.

"When the prince answered, was the queen really not by the prince's side?"

"Marquis Qu Ni arrived in Chang'an, did he go straight to Weiyang Palace, to see the crown prince first?"

When Chen Ping nodded again without changing his expression, Liu Bang's face froze, and finally turned around with thoughts on his face, bowed his head and meditated.

"Um······"

"It really doesn't look like a queen's style of handling things..."

With a murmur to himself, Liu Bang looked at Chen Ping again.

"Where is King Zhao today?"

Hearing that Liu Bang asked Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi, Chen Ping couldn't help but froze for a moment, and there was also a little guilty conscience in his expression.

"Knowing that King Zhao has close contacts with the Changling Tian family, the crown prince only cares about exonerating King Zhao, and he didn't say to blame King Zhao."

"Then in the next few days, the empress summoned her ministers and said: The prince's heart is benevolent, and he cannot bear to offend his younger brother. However, the master of the palace behind the empress must not sit back and watch the prince make mistakes and go unpunished."

At this remark, Liu Bang's face only tightened in response.

Seeing that Chen Ping didn't dare to delay at all, he hastened to continue: "But the crown prince doesn't want to add more crimes, and the queen doesn't want to severely punish King Zhao, so as to hurt the brotherhood between the prince and King Zhao."

"Therefore, Zhao Wang and Qi Ji are all empresses who are confined to the Xuande Hall of Changle Palace, and wait for your Majesty's class teacher, and then send them off personally..."

When he heard the words from Chen Ping's mouth, "wait for your Majesty's class teacher, and then send it out in person", Liu Bang finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, a touch of astonishment flooded Liu Bang's face again.

"Queen?"

"This statement really came from the Queen's mouth?!"

Hearing Liu Bang's involuntary high-pitched voice, Chen Ping couldn't help being taken aback, and nodded numbly.

But seeing Liu Bang's brows furrowed for a while, his face full of disbelief, he looked at Chen Ping's face for a while.

After confirming the fact that 'Chen Ping didn't lie', Liu Bangman's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Strange things..."

"When was the empress so reasonable that she could be persuaded by the prince?"

Looking at Chen Ping suspiciously, seeing Chen Ping shaking his head stiffly, Liu Bang's confused expression became more intense.

——Liu Ying didn't take this opportunity to attack Liu Ruyi. Although it was a little bit beyond Liu Bang's expectations, it was barely understandable.

After all, if the "fraternal killing" of the common anger between human beings and gods really broke out among the royal family, no one with the surname Liu will have good fruit in that day.

Taking the overall situation into consideration, Liu Ying abruptly pulled Liu Ruyi out of the abyss of "killing brothers and seizing heirs". Liu Bang was surprised, but more pleased and recognized.

But Lu Zhi didn't take this opportunity to clean up Liu Ruyi's mother and son. Liu Bang couldn't believe it no matter what.

——Who is Lu Zhi?

Today, there are millions of households and more than [-] million people. The person who knows Lu's pheasant best is undoubtedly the emperor Liu Bang!

Liu Bang is very sure: for Liu Ruyi's mother and son, the option of 'letting go of the past' and 'letting go of the past' will never appear in the mind of Queen Lu Zhi!

And now, Queen Lu Zhi, who is known as "revenge for every grievance", unexpectedly did not show her teeth in an extremely abnormal way before the number one enemy made a mistake...
"Foot ban..."

"Waiting for my relatives to be convicted..."

Bowing his head and talking to himself, Liu Bang finally shook his head suspiciously.

——This is definitely not something Lu Zhi can do!
At the very least, it is absolutely impossible for Lu Zhi to do something on his own initiative.

"Could it be, it's really the crown prince's persuasion..."

Thinking about it, Liu Bang finally shook his head, and sat back on the soft couch with a sullen face.

"Since spring and March, Chen Xi has been defeated one after another. It can be said that he has lost troops and lost generals, and he has not had enough food and grass."

"A few days ago, the King of Yan also came to report that the envoys sent by Chen Xi failed to attract the Huns to go south."

As he spoke in a low tone, he saw Liu Bang clenched his hands into fists, and slammed his thighs lightly and hard.

"Chen Xi is at the end of his strength, and his defeat only took a few months."

"It's spring and cold in Zhaodi, and I'm sick."

"Um······"

In the middle of speaking, Liu Bang paused for a while with hesitation, and finally nodded.

"Ah."

"There is no need for my relatives to stay in Handan to calm down the affairs of Dai and Zhao."

"In a few days, I will turn around first and rest in Chang'an for a while."

After saying that, Liu Bang waved his hand and signaled Chen Ping to call the general into the palace.

When Chen Ping took the order to leave, Liu Bang stood in front of the soft couch with his hands behind his back, looked out of the palace gate, and quietly narrowed his eyes.

"Prince..."

"Queen..."

"King Zhao..."

"Marquis of Huaiyin..."

　Sao Rui Sao Rui, there is a bit of a jam in the middle, so the writing is slow
　　Goodnight, everyone
　　
　
(End of this chapter)