Dahan first prince

Chapter 220 Where is King Jing?Why didn't you come?

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, another ten days have passed, and Xia Junyue is quietly coming to an end.

And in this month, many major events happened in the whole Han Dynasty to add fun to the people before and after tea and dinner.

——In Guanzhong, a piece of "Forbidden People's Private Casting Order" can be said to have caused a lot of trouble.

After learning that the three baht money in his hand had been classified as "unusable bad money" by the emperor Liu Bang in the form of an edict, an inexplicable and strange atmosphere quietly spread in Guanzhong.

On the seventh day after the promulgation of the "Forbidden Private Casting Order", this inexplicable and strange atmosphere finally broke out in Chang'an.

——Led by Zhifanghou Yongchi, a team of nearly ten Chehous with more than a thousand households in the food town appeared outside Changle Palace!

Under the watchful eyes of courtiers, officials and onlookers, Zhifanghou Yongchi fell to his knees with tears streaming down his face, and kowtowed to Changle Palace.

Then, it was a palace gatekeeper who ran into the palace with Yongchi's crying.

After learning that Yongchi was crying outside the palace and clamoring, "Your Majesty, please suspend this edict", the emperor Liu Bang also generously rewarded Yongchi with a board, and deprived five hundred households of Jufang Hou.

So far, under the gentle handling of the emperor Liu Bang, the turmoil caused by the "Forbidden Private Casting Order" has come to an incomplete end.

——Since then, the right to mint coins has been returned to the central government, and no one can question it anymore!
——The value of the three baht coin was explicitly denied by the official!

The people in Guanzhong were discussing a lot, and when they calculated their attitude towards "money" in the future, no one noticed that in the past few days, the Shaofu, which had been melting lead and casting three baht non-stop, once again activated all the coin-making workshops; the entire Shaofu All the manpower and material resources are unreservedly concentrated on the matter of making money.

As in the past, it was still Qin Banliang with a copper content of more than [-]% that was smelted by Shaofu.

But the difference is: this time, Shaofu did not buy too much lead from the market in order to make money...

If the farce in Guanzhong was caused by a piece of "Forbidden People's Private Casting Order" and ended in an anticlimactic manner, then Dai and Zhao north of Dahe had another weird scene.

——Before Liu Bang returned to Chang'an, Chen Xi, who had already lost his army, lost his city and land, and showed signs of defeat, unexpectedly took a breath of relief!

This incident has also become a topic of discussion among people in northern regions, especially Yan and Zhao countries.

However, compared with the indifference and gossip of the people in Guanzhong when they talked about the "Forbidden People's Private Casting Order", when the people of Yan and Zhao talked about Chen Xi, they always mentioned a sentence carefully, and then they were afraid that someone would listen to it, deliberately Move off topic.

Such a situation did not last long, and with the spread of another news, it cast a shadow over it.

——Emperor Liu Bang sent envoys eastward to Jiyi, the capital of Yan, and summoned King Lu Wan of Yan...

For what happened in Guanzhong and north of Dahe, Liu Ying didn't pay attention.

Because compared with the turmoil in Guanzhong and the turmoil in the north, Liu Ying has more important things to do at this moment.

The importance of this matter, even in a sense, surpasses Liu Ying's emphasis on storage positions...
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"At home."

"The King of Chu and the King of Qi have each brought the internal history of the country and are waiting outside the palace."

Renchen (11) in the summer and June of the 29th year of the Han Dynasty, the side hall of Fengyi Palace.

Hearing her uncle Lu Shizhi's soft call, Liu Ying hurriedly put the bamboo slips in her hand back on the table in front of her, and stood up from the soft couch above.

"Hurry up please!"

The crown prince issued an order, and within a short time, two noblemen, one old and one young, were led into the hall by Lu Shizhi.

The old man's demeanor is elegant and gentle, with an approachable smile on his face all the time, and the bookish spirit unique to a literati all the time in his brows.

The younger man looked obviously much older than Liu Ying, in his early twenties;
Different from Liu Ying, who looks more like his mother, this person's eyebrows and eyes are exactly like Liu Bang today, but in his temperament, there is a faint hint of cowardice and anxiety.

Of course, what is seriously inconsistent with the elegant old man and the cowardly young man's temperament is that the two of them are already wearing military uniforms!

And when the two stepped into the high sill at the gate of the palace, before they had time to reach the center of the palace, within the huge palace, there was a shout full of joy.

"Brother Wang!"

Before the words fell, Liu Ying's thin and thin figure floated down from the top like a ghost, and suddenly appeared in front of Qi Wang Liu Fei.

"Brother Wang!"

"Since the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, brother Wang has lived in Linzi, and we, Kunji and I have not met each other for several years~"

"Ji ①, I really miss my brother!!!"

Speaking with emotion, Liu Ying did not forget to hold her elder brother Liu Fei's arm tightly, and within a moment, her eyes were slightly red.

Seeing Liu Ying's posture, Qi Wang Liu Fei, who was already reserved, suddenly became a little at a loss, as if he wanted to decline Liu Ying's kindness, so as to distinguish the superiority of the monarch and his ministers, but was stopped by an inexplicable hesitation. I froze in place for a moment.

On the other hand, Liu Fei looked at the scene of "brother reunion" in front of him. Chu Wang Liu Jiao only smiled and withdrew sideways from the two parts.

"Your Highness's temperament has not changed at all..."

"Yu Zong's brothers and sisters are still so friendly..."

While Liu Jiao was thinking secretly, Qi Wang Liu Fei, who was "gazing affectionately" with his arms tightly held by Liu Ying, also calmed down a little.

He looked at Liu Ying's expression tentatively, and struggled with himself for a long time, finally saw Liu Fei smiled stiffly and lowered his head, as if reminding him, he whispered.

"Your Highness loves the widow, and the widow is really flattered and even more delighted."

"However, Your Highness is the crown prince, so I'm afraid you should pay attention to your manners, so as not to fall into the trap of outsiders..."

As soon as the words were spoken, Liu Fei seemed to have realized something, his complexion suddenly tightened, and soon he looked at Liu Ying's tearful smile with terrified eyes.

Fortunately, in the end, Liu Ying did not show displeasure because of her pointing, as Liu Fei imagined.

Hearing Liu Fei's reminder, Liu Ying only looked at Liu Fei greedily, and then nodded solemnly.

"My brother taught me that."

"Ji Jin has become the crown prince, so he must always take care of his dignity."

As she said that, Liu Ying bowed her hand to Liu Fei solemnly, causing Liu Fei to be at a loss for a while, and her expression became panicked.

But seeing that Liu Ying didn't seem to pay attention to this at all, she just turned around with a respectful face, adjusted her clothes, and then turned around again, and bowed to Liu Jiao and Liu Fei one after another.

"Nephew Ying, I met Uncle Chu."

"Ji, I met Brother Qi..."

Seeing Liu Ying put on such a posture of "today, I only talk about family etiquette", the expression of panic on Liu Fei's face finally reached the extreme.

Like ants on a hot pot, he moved his feet uneasily in place. After a while, Liu Fei finally turned his eyes for help to Chu King Liu Jiao who was beside him.

Feeling the urgent look in his eyes asking for help, Liu Jiao didn't react too violently. He only smiled gently, and bowed his hands to Liu Ying in return.

After standing up straight, Liu Jiao's face was naturally filled with humility.

"Your Highness."

With a soft call, Liu Jiaowen nodded to Liu Fei with a smile, and then continued to speak to Liu Ying: "Although what King Qi just said is inappropriate, it is not unreasonable."

"As the so-called monarch and ministers are old and young, and monarchs and ministers are old and young, here, the emperor and ministers are first, and then the elders and young."

"Your Royal Highness is the prince of the Han Dynasty, and the widow is the king of Qi, and all of them are princes of the Han Dynasty. This is the difference between monarchs and ministers."

"Therefore, when your Highness sees the widow and the king of Qi, I am afraid that he should not regard the elders as the elders, but hold the nephew and the season's rites, and should hold the emperor's rites based on the dignity of the monarch and his ministers..."

When he said this in a calm tone, Liu Jiao smiled warmly, then bowed his head and cupped his hands, and added a sentence as if inadvertently: "As for the elders and elders of the clan, if your highness is difficult to care about, you can also hide it in your heart, which is enough to make the widow , King Qi Rumu Tianen..."

After saying that, Liu Jiao took his hands back from his chest and embraced his belly, assuming a posture of "bending and waiting for orders", but actually raised his eyelids a little, and secretly looked at the expression on Liu Ying's face.

Hearing Liu Jiao's euphemistic and well-founded persuasion, Liu Fei on the side finally heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded to himself.

Although she didn't open her mouth, Liu Ying could easily tell from the face of this concubine that 'it's so great! 'number······

As expected by Liu Jiao, upon hearing these slightly remonstrating words, Liu Ying only quietly showed a look of gaining something.

After a while, Liu Ying's complexion became straight again, and she bowed slightly to Liu Jiao to express her gratitude.

But Liu Ying's next move was far beyond Liu Jiao's and even Liu Fei's expectations.

"What Uncle Chu Wang said really enlightened my nephew, the loss of my confidant."

When she said a word with a serious expression, an extremely friendly and casual smile suddenly appeared on Liu Ying's face.

"But today, it's not a court meeting, nor is it a match between the monarch and his ministers..."

Wen smiled and said this, Liu Ying stepped forward to explore, grabbed the arms of Liu Jiao and Liu Fei with both hands, and walked towards the hall.

Forced to pull the two into the hall, Liu Ying turned her head to the side with a smile, and winked playfully at Liu Jiao.

"If clansmen reunite, if the rituals of monarch and ministers are still followed, and the order of elders and children is abolished, wouldn't it just be respectful of rituals and lose the friendship of clansmen?"

Having been held by Liu Ying's arm earlier, Liu Feizi was flustered for a while, and even Liu Jiao's face was filled with words of bewilderment.

But after hearing these words, two completely different expressions appeared on the faces of the two of them at the same time.

From Liu Ying's mouth, after hearing the phrase, "Family gatherings, how can family affection be divided for the sake of etiquette", Liu Fei finally felt a sense of complete peace of mind on his face.

With just this one word, His Royal Highness King Qi, who was in his early twenties, came to a conclusion in his heart.

——Liu Ying, still the good younger brother who treated people kindly and loved brothers and sisters in the past!
On the other side of Liu Ying, looking at Liu Ying for a moment, he completed the transition from "thank you for the teaching" to "don't talk about these common etiquette" without any bluntness. A hint of thought.

"As the saying goes, when the father stands up, the son's head is the head; when the son stands up, the father's ears are in tune."

"The ancients, do not deceive me..."

"like."

"Like it!"

Coming to this conclusion in his heart, Liu Jiao suddenly became suspicious.

——The prince is disrespectful to his father?

This is like a face-changing technique carved out of a mold. If it can be said to be an 'unworthy father', then there is probably no father in the world who would think that his son is 'like himself'!
After only a moment, Liu Jiao's gaze towards Liu Ying became deeper and deeper.

Because from the rumor that spread all over the world in the past, Liu Jiao keenly smelled a strange aura...

An aura called 'conspiracy'!

"Even today, the prince is only fifteen years old; however, the saying 'the prince is not like your majesty' has been widely spread throughout the world since the fifth year of the Han Dynasty."

"At that time, the crown prince was only eight or nine years old. How can he appreciate his temperament when he is a child?"

"Brother Genghuang is a wise and powerful man. He defeated Qin and Chu in half a hundred years, and established Han Zuo with a three-foot sword. The prince is just a child who has not been crowned, so how can there be an opportunity for 'Father Xiao'?"

Thinking of this, Liu Jiao's gaze involuntarily turned to Qi Wang Liu Fei who was mostly blocked by Liu Ying.

"If you say 'I don't like my father', I'm afraid of the king of Qi, so I should call it: I don't have the slightest grace of your majesty..."

After thinking about it, Liu Jiao and Liu Fei were finally dragged into the hall by Liu Ying, near the upper soft couch.

It's just because of the "lesson" that I gave up my brother Liu Fei's seat in my previous life and almost let Liu Fei die under the hands of my old lady Lu Zhi. Instead, he led the two of them and sat down in two adjacent positions near the top.

As for Liu Ying herself, she did not sit on the top seat grandly, and put on a princely air of "I am the king, you are the minister" in front of her own uncle and half-brother. The futon knelt and sat down not far from Liu Jiao and Liu Fei.

Seeing Liu Ying's move, Qi Wang Liu Feizi was secretly happy again, and the expression of fear on his face had disappeared.

But beside Liu Fei, Liu Jiao, who saw Liu Ying's actions in his eyes, became more and more certain of the conjecture in his heart.

——The prince is not like his father, it's just a rumor!

And in Liu Jiao's eyes, Liu Ying's behavior that resembled the emperor Liu Bang more and more was also subconsciously interpreted as "when you get older and grow older, you start to look like your father."

Liu Ying knew nothing about Liu Jiao and Liu Fei's thoughts.

Carelessly taking their seats in the hall, and beckoning people to offer hot soup, Liu Ying looked back and forth between the two for a moment, then frowned slightly.

"How come King Jing didn't come with Uncle King Chu?"

Hearing Liu Ying's question, Liu Feizi was still the same as before, so he hurriedly turned his eyes to his uncle Liu Jiao, who was beside him, with a look of "Yes, where is King Jing?" ' expression.

Hearing Liu Ying's question, and seeing Liu Fei's flamboyance, Liu Jiao just shook his head and smiled, then bowed his hands to Liu Ying indifferently.

"Your Majesty."

"King Jing, I wanted to accompany the widow to Fengfeng to welcome His Highness."

"However, when we were leaving, there was a sudden food shortage in the country of Jing, and the people in Jing were too uncivilized, and the people's customs were aggressive..."

Speaking with deep meaning, Liu Jiao couldn't help but quietly raised his eyelids, looked at Liu Ying's face, and said something with a wry smile.

"The state of Jing has no grain and food for the people, and the King of Jing has received an order from His Majesty to prepare grain, grass, and soldiers for Huainan."

"When I heard about this, I was instigated by three or two thieves. The people of Jingdi were outraged and clamored outside the city of Wuyi, the capital of Jing."

"Today, the king of Jing knew that His Royal Highness was in abundance, and he was eager to meet him; however, Wu Yi was besieged by rioters, and the king of Jing wanted to go out, but he was unable to do so..."

　1. season

　　The protagonist calls himself 'Ji' because in the colloquial habits of the Qin and Han Dynasties, 'Zhong Ji' is used to represent the relationship between 'brothers'.

　　Kunzhong and Zhongxiong refer to 'elder brother'; Kunji refers to 'younger brother'.

　　The protagonist in the article calls himself "Ji", to the effect: my younger brother.

　　By the way: Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, had the word Ji, and people in the world are taboos for the venerable, so they only need to avoid the name, which is the word 'Bang', and there is no need to avoid the word 'Ji'.

　　In fact, most of the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty had "baby names" when they were young. After they were established as princes, if their names were too common, they would change their names to a relatively uncommon word for the convenience of the world.

　　For example, Liu Bang, the great ancestor, began with the word Liu Ji and was unknown; after ascending the throne as emperor, he was named Liu Bang;

　　Later young emperor Liu Hong, formerly known as Liu Shan, first changed his name to Liu Yi when he was granted the title of King of Changshan, and was later made emperor by Empress Lu, so he changed his name to Liu Hong again;
　　Emperor Wu Liu Che, whose real name was Liu Yu, was renamed Liu Che by Emperor Jing Liu Qi when he was established as the crown prince;

　　Emperor Xuan Liu Xun, whose real name was Liu Bingji; Emperor Zhao Liu Fuling died without heirs, Changyi King Liu He was deposed after 27 days of reign, Liu Bingji was replaced by Huo Guang and changed his name to Liu Xun, etc.

　　
　
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