Dahan first prince

Chapter 215 This Life Will Be Different!
"Historical Records: The Benji of Gaozu" records: In the summer of the 11th year of the Han Dynasty, Bingzi ([-]th) in June, the prince went out of Chang'an to the east, and returned to Fengpei to worship the ancestors; After completion, Hou Lu Shizhi accompanied the prince around.

As for what happened afterwards, in Tai Shigong's writings, it became "Yingbu knew that the prince had returned to his hometown and had evil thoughts in his heart, so he raised his troops against Huainan".

Liu Ying knew nothing about the later generations.

Sitting in a brand-new chariot that exuded a chilling atmosphere all the time, looking at the Weiyang and Changle palaces that gradually blurred behind her, Liu Ying couldn't help but feel a burst of comfort in her heart while she was excited.

"Whoo~"

With a long sigh of relief, Liu Ying did not forget to smile slightly at Lu Shizhi beside her, and immediately shifted her calm gaze to the endless fields on both sides of the straight road.

"Since the second year of the Han Dynasty, the father and emperor were defeated by Xiang Yu under Pengcheng. The first emperor and mother were all imprisoned by Xiang Yu."

"Jigu, since the second year of the Han Dynasty, when he settled in Guanzhong for his father, he has never been far away from Chang'an for more than a hundred miles. It has been nearly ten years..."

Speaking of these words of reminiscence in an extremely sad tone, Liu Ying's face could not help but carry a little sentimentality.

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Shizhi seemed to be remembering some unbearable past events, he just lowered his head with a stiff smile, and didn't say another word.

In the second year of the Han Dynasty, the battle of Pengcheng between Chu and Han meant nothing but a complete fiasco for most of the founding fathers!

The coalition of princes headed by Liu Bang had 56 soldiers and horses, and Xiang Yu's [-] elites chased and hacked from Pengcheng, the capital of Chu, all the way to Xingyang!
The former Supreme Emperor Liu Xie, Lu Taigong Lu Wen, and the then Han Queen Lu Zhi were all imprisoned by Xiang Yu!
On the way to defeat, Liu Bang, the King of Han himself, even kicked the current Lu Yuan Princess Liu Le and Prince Liu Ying off the carriage several times, hoping to escape as soon as possible...
As for Lu Shizhi, who was ordered to guard the side of the former emperor, Lu Taigong, and empress at that time, and then fell into Xiang Yu's hands, the battle of Pengcheng only meant one thing.

——Late Zhou Luling Wuhou Lu Ze forced the palace to establish a crown prince while Liu Bang was fleeing, so as to rectify his name!
This move finally made Liu Bang helpless, and after gathering the defeated soldiers, he immediately registered Liu Ying as the prince of the Han Dynasty.

It was also from then on that Zhou Luling Wuhou Lu Ze completely lost the label of "credible" in Liu Bang's heart...
"Ugh······"

With a short sigh full of mourning, Lu Shizhi couldn't help but shook his head a little, and immediately cast his eyes on Liu Ying's face without any trace.

"To see today's crown prince, if elder brother is alive in heaven, he should rest in peace..."

Liu Ying was completely ignorant of Lu Shizhi's gaze towards her, and of the anticipation in her gaze.

As for "Gu has been in Chang'an for ten years", it was just Liu Ying's casual remark.

——In the second year of the Han Dynasty, that is, a full ten years ago, Liu Ying, who was registered as a reserve for Liu Bang, was only five years old!

For Liu Ying, the little prince who had just experienced "being kicked off the carriage repeatedly by his father" at that time, Guanzhong was completely under the control of the Han Dynasty, and it was undoubtedly the safest place in the world!

Furthermore, it is said: Liu Ying entered the Guanzhong in the past, what is the matter with Liu Ying now?

What really made Liu Ying utter the phrase "I have been in Guanzhong for ten years and never left Chang'an" is actually the time when Liu Ying was "imprisoned" in Weiyang Palace as the emperor in her previous life... ··

"Whoo~"

"This life, it should be different..."

Turning her head to the side, she looked at the jailer of the Southern Army who was behind him in full armor and uniform, and then subconsciously touched the wooden box in her arms, which contained the tiger talisman for dispatching troops. Liu Ying felt a sense of peace in her heart.

"This life will definitely be different!"

"must······"

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When Liu Ying took the new chariot bestowed by Liu Bang and embarked on the long journey of "returning home to worship ancestors", in the Changle Palace, the emperor Liu Bang was also packing on the hour, and the departure was imminent.

——As Chang'an gradually warmed up, the wind and cold that Liu Bang contracted at the beginning of spring has gradually recovered.

But with midsummer approaching quietly, the sweltering Chang'an always made Liu Bang feel irritated!
Counting it down, it is almost the eighth year that the Han Dynasty has been established.

But after Liu Bang became the emperor, he basically didn't live a peaceful life for a few days.

The successive rebellions of princes with different surnames in the Kanto also exhausted the old emperor Liu Bang physically and mentally, exhausting the remaining vitality.

Up to now, almost every time Liu Bang wakes up from the imperial couch in the bedroom of Changle Palace, he feels as if he has walked through the gate of hell and finally returned to the world by luck.

Coupled with the deteriorating physical condition, the imperial doctors in the palace frowned even more, and Liu Bang also understood: I should not have many days...
Feeling that there is not much destiny, the old emperor wants to take advantage of the last time of his life to enjoy a moment of peace.

And in the midsummer of June, Ganquan Palace, which is nearly [-] miles north of Chang'an, is undoubtedly a good place to go.

Soaking in hot springs, enjoying the beauty of the mountains and forests, and staying away from the trivialities of the court, taking care of the body, not only can make the mood better, maybe it can also make the physical condition slightly better, and live for three or two months longer.

As for the affairs of the DPRK and China, Prime Minister Xiao He has been watching anyway, and it has been so many years without any mistakes.

Looking at the busy maids and eunuchs in the palace, and looking forward to his leisure time in Ganquan Palace in the next few months, the old emperor also quietly put on a faint smile.

But soon, that relaxed smile that hadn't been seen for many years was replaced by a wry smile along with an old figure appearing at the gate of the palace...
"Prime Minister He..."

"No gift, no gift~"

Before Xiao He could say his greetings, he saw Liu Bangman waved his hands in an easy-going manner, turned around with his hands behind his back, and sat back on the imperial couch.

"That is to say, let's sit down and talk."

Feeling the old emperor's easy-going and slightly tired eyes, Xiao He just lowered his head and smiled, and knelt down on the banquet not far from the imperial couch.

After a while, the old emperor's sentimental voice came to Xiao He's ears again.

"Old~"

The word light and fluttering provoked Xiao He to raise his head quietly, and Liu Bangman pointed at Xiao He jokingly, and he did not forget to point at his gray beard under his chin.

"It's been ten years since my uprising in Fengpei..."

"The head of the Sishui Pavilion in the past is the ancestor of the Han Dynasty today; the chief official of Pei County at that time is now also the most noble of the Han Dynasty."

"Unfortunately, time flies..."

As he spoke, Liu Bang lowered his head in a slightly lonely manner, and let out another long sigh.

When Xiao He also smiled lightly and nodded slowly, Liu Bang finally shook his head and smiled, then looked at Xiao He jokingly.

"Say it straight."

"What's the matter, that Marquis Bing went to Changxin himself, to meet me face to face?"

Hearing the banter in Liu Bang's tone, Xiao He couldn't help but smile.

After thinking for a while, Xiao He finally lowered his head, took out a cloth bag from his arms, and handed it to the eunuch beside him.

"To His Majesty."

With a low order, the eunuch hurriedly finished the cloth bag, not daring to delay for a moment, and sent the cloth bag to Liu Bang.

Seeing Xiao He's posture, Liu Bang was not in a hurry, but took the bag slowly.

"money?"

He subconsciously weighed the cloth bag, and heard the pleasant sound of coins colliding, Liu Bang couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

Opening the cloth bag and taking out a coin casually, Liu Bang finally showed a signature serious look on his face.

"Um······"

Frowning for a long time, Liu Bang finally raised his head with a stiff expression, and looked at Xiao He with a little embarrassment.

"Hanbanliang?"

After Xiao He nodded with a wry smile, Liu Bang only frowned more tightly, and simply turned the money bag upside down, pouring all the coins in the bag onto the imperial case in front of him.

As far as Liu Bang saw, there were nearly [-] similar-looking 'copper coins' lying on the imperial case in front of him.

Like Qin Banliang, these hundreds of copper coins also have round square holes.

However, compared to Qin Banliang, whose diameter is more than one inch, and the inner hole is no more than one-third the length and width of Qin Banliang, the outer diameter of the hundreds of 'copper coins' in front of Liu Bang is no more than half of Qin Banliang, that is, five. point.

On the contrary, the square hole in Qian Nei seems to be a circle bigger than Qin Banliang!
What made Liu Bang furrow his brows the most, and reveal a faint embarrassment, was that the fronts of these 'copper coins' exuding silver-white light were engraved with the word 'banliang' just like Qin Banliang.

It is also these two characters that make the "Han half tael", which obviously weighs no more than three baht, legally possess the "half tael", that is, the face value of twelve baht.

What is different from Qin Banliang's smooth and flat back is that the word "Hanxing" is engraved on the back of these hundreds of coins...

"No wonder..."

"It's no wonder that Shaofu melted and cast Han Banliang, which can get ten times the benefits..."

Muttering with a gloomy face, Liu Bang only tightened his lips, looked at the hundreds of coins on the imperial case, and fell into a little thought.

In the past, Liu Bang only knew roughly that Shaofu melted half of Qin and cast three baht of Han, which could indeed achieve the goal of "money begets money".

But until today, after witnessing the true face of the "Han Banliang", Liu Bang clearly felt: why the three baht coin completely lost its credibility in just two or three years.

Needless to say, at this moment, the weight and materials of the hundreds of three baht coins lying in front of Liu Bang's eyes are far from those of Qin's.

——The money bag that Xiao He handed over was only the size of a palm!
Although Liu Bang didn't see much money after he became the King of Han, or even the emperor, but in the first half of his life that was not successful, Liu Bang also dealt with coins.

This also made Liu Bang clearly know that if a purse of this size was filled with Chu money from the Warring States period, it could probably hold 120 to [-] coins.

If it is used to hold Qin Banliang, it can hold fifty pieces if it is dead.

But now, Xiao He used such a palm-sized cloth bag to hold at least three hundred 'Han Ban Liang'!
It's not even full! ! !
This already explains the problem very well.

"Um······"

Moaning for a moment with a gloomy complexion, Liu Bang finally frowned and raised his head, looking at Xiao He with dark eyes.

Although he didn't speak, Liu Bang looked at Xiao He clearly with these words written in his eyes.

—Tell me, what should I do?
Seeing Liu Bang's statement, although Xiao He's face was still calm, secretly he was relieved.

Before entering the palace, what Xiao He was most worried about was undoubtedly that after seeing the true appearance of the "Han Banliang", Liu Bang began to pretend to be confused again, and even blamed the officials of the Shaofu for the crime of "poor money casting".

At this moment, after confirming that Liu Bang is willing to accept the reality, and no longer pretending to be confused, but secretly expressing his intention of "how to solve this problem", Xiao He's hanging heart finally quietly fell to the ground.

After bowing his head and meditating for a moment, he reworded the draft he had prepared long ago, and Xiao He bowed his hands to Liu Bang with a little solemnity.

"Don't dare to lie to Your Majesty."

"The disadvantage of money and three baht was first mentioned by Xunchen at home when I was last year."

"However, at that time, Chen Xi was chaotic Dai, Zhao, His Majesty's royal conquest was imminent, and the crown prince..."

Stop talking if there is something pointed out, wait for Liu Bang to nod his head for a while, expressing 'I understand', Xiao Hecai changes the subject again.

"His Majesty the Empress set out to command the prince to oversee the country."

"At the beginning of spring, the price of grain in Guanzhong is booming, and the prince first planned a strategy for the official management of grain and rice."

"At that time, the prince once said to his ministers: He wants the Shaofu to take the old grain merchants and Mijia and replace them, buy grain in autumn and store it for the people, and then sell it later for people's food."

"However, in the end, the prince thought about the disadvantages of the three baht money, so he had to suspend this thought, and instead planned to 'get a warehouse and store grain on behalf of the people, so as to get the storage fee'."

"And when the crown prince wiped out all the grain merchants and rice merchants in Guanzhong, and when he got the rice from the grain merchants, or delivered the rice and grain to the people, he clearly ordered the Shaofu: No matter what the goods are or are bought, they are not allowed to accept or spend three baht!"

"In this way, we will make the official grain and rice of the Shaofu go, and the upsurge in grain prices in Guanzhong will gradually ease..."

Saying these words with a serious face, Xiao He's face even showed a little bit of lingering fear!
As the so-called layman watches the fun, the expert watches the doorway.

As the old prime minister who has been in charge of the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty for many years, Xiao He really knows very well what will happen when the price of food in Guanzhong skyrockets at the beginning of spring...
If it weren't for Liu Ying's strong promotion of the "official grain and rice camp" and abruptly "robbing" the grain in the hands of the grain merchants, so that the grain price returned to normal levels, by the end of the year, autumn and winter, the entire Guanzhong would inevitably be in a state of desperation. What a miserable scene full of mourners!

If it's just "the hard work of the people this year", then that's fine. Left and right are just labor pains, which will pass sooner or later.

What really frightened Xiao He was that a few years ago, the scene where the rice and stone in Guanzhong were priced at [-] yuan, and the people changed their children to eat each other, might happen again in Guanzhong!

If such a tragedy really happened, then Xiao He would take the blame and step down, and the late festival would not be guaranteed. I am afraid that some horned Gada will come out and "some wins and some Guang" will climb up and shout, and the whole world will gather to "destroy the tyrants". ·····

It is true that in order to avoid such a situation, even without Liu Ying's "grain and rice official camp" policy, Xiao He would inevitably take some measures.

But even so, Xiao He has no confidence at all, to control the boiling of food prices to the point where it seems like it never happened.

This also made Xiao He naturally have an endless fondness for Liu Ying's official grain and rice management policy.

However, due to the existence of three baht coins, Liu Ying had no choice but to shelve the "official" part of the official grain and rice policy, and used "storing grain on behalf of the people" as an expedient measure, which naturally made Xiao He feel the same way.

In order to get the grain and rice official business policy on the right track as soon as possible, and to fulfill Liu Ying's entrustment before leaving, Xiao He could only bite the bullet, and with his detached position, said that sentence would inevitably appear, and it should have been introduced to Liu Bang long ago. Words in the ear...
"Today, Your Majesty also knows the disadvantages of Han Banliang: Although it is called 'Half Liang', it is really only three baht!"

"And now the prince's official business is grain and rice, so that the money in the Shaofu can only store grain, and there will be no shortage of grain and grass in the conquest."

"The old minister's intention: Your Majesty may consider abolishing three baht of money and prohibiting people from private casting!"

When he said these words with a determined expression, Xiao He finally kowtowed heavily.

"Minister! I'll worship you to death! I bow my head, I bow my head..."

　1. One inch = 10 points and one point = 10 centimeters.

　　Another inch ≈ 2.3 centimeters, and one minute ≈ 2.3 millimeters.

　　According to the unearthed Qin and Han coins, Qin Banliang has a diameter of 2.5-2.77 cm, an internal square hole of 0.6-0.8 cm in length and width, and a weight of 2.5-3.35 grams.

　　Han Banliang, the diameter generally does not exceed 1.2 cm, the length and width of the inner square hole exceeds 0.7 cm, the shortest distance between the four corners of the inner hole and the outer arc of the coin is less than 0.1 cm, and the weight is generally 0.6-0.7 grams. Half two'.

　　It is precisely because the diameter is only half of that of the Qin Banliang, that is, about five cents, that the Han Banliang is also called "five cents" - five cents in diameter, that is, half an inch of money.

　　
　
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