Dahan first prince

Chapter 68 The prince gave it, who dares to ask for it?
Walking out of the Xuanshi Hall and reaching the North Gate of Weiyang Palace - near the Sima Gate, Yang Chengyan still couldn't recover from the shock just now.

Xiao He was walking in front of the Yancheng side of Yangcheng. Ever since he left the announcement room, he had a pensive look on his face all the way, as if he had realized some great event.

Walking out of Sima Gate, looking at the coachman waiting for him not far from the palace gate, Yang Chengyan thought for a moment, and finally waved his hand slightly, signaling the coachman to drive home on his own.

Seeing this, Xiao He couldn't help chuckling, and also motioned for his own carriage to go back first.

When Yang Chengyan stepped forward with a tangled expression, Xiao He didn't say much, he just turned around naturally and walked slowly towards Shang Guanli.

Only a moment later, Xiao He's expected soft call sounded behind him.

"Master."

"Today at home..."

"What do you mean?"

As he said that, Yang Chengyan quickened his pace a little, followed one step behind Xiao He, couldn't help frowning a little, and lowered his voice even more.

"The queen's strange behavior is frequent, why?"

Seeing that Yang Chengyan still had a puzzled look on his face despite being surprised, Xiao He couldn't help but smiled lightly, and shook his head slightly.

"The suspicion of the Shaofu is that the family or Qin Banliang from the Shaofu was used for the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal?"

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan's expression tightened again, but he didn't speak or nod, Quan Dang acquiesced to Xiao He's statement.

Seeing this, Xiao He only heaved a long sigh, but he didn't stop, and there was a bit of bleakness in his tone of voice.

"Um······"

"Since the Shaofu is confused, the old man will ask about it."

Saying that, Xiao He turned sideways and looked at Yang Chengyan with a relaxed face.

"If there is a court meeting in the future, the family will order the courtiers, officials, and noble relatives to be private slaves in the house for the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal, will the Shaofu follow?"

"If Qin Banliang, who wants to leave the Shaofu, wants to reward the Shaofu for sending slaves, will the Shaofu accept it?"

Hearing Xiao He's question, Yang Chengyan lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head with a little hesitation.

"The renovation of the Zhengguo Canal is a personal order of His Majesty, and it is even more important for farming in Guanzhong!"

"If the family speaks, I will do my best to send the strong slaves of the family to help."

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but pause, and a little panic appeared on his face again.

"Your family is paid by the former Shaofu, and I can't stop you, so how dare you accept it?"

"If that's the case, I should directly admonish my superiors in front of all the officials, so as to eliminate my family's idea of ​​calling Shaofu Qin Qian!"

Seeing Yang Chengyan put on this stern posture again within a moment, Xiao He couldn't help but sneered and shook his head jokingly.

"Your Majesty's money is entrusted to Yang Gong, it can be said that it is absolutely safe!"

After teasing half-jokingly, Xiao He continued to ask: "Then according to the Shaofu's opinion, what should I do if my family wants to be a servant in the courtiers and officials' house?"

Being ridiculed in good faith by Xiao He, Yang Chengyan's worry eased a little, and when Xiao He asked again, he couldn't help but raised his head tentatively.

"You don't have to worry too much about the Shaofu, just say it outright."

Hearing Xiao He's words, Yang Chengyan also had no choice but to nod his head slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Xiao Xiang is the head of all officials, the most expensive prime minister, and even the ten thousand households in Bingyi."

"If the family speaks up, Xiao Quite will set an example for hundreds of officials and send out hundreds of slaves?"

Seeing Yang Chengyan give this slightly uncertain answer, Xiao He just smiled and shook his head, looking into the distance with a complex expression.

"What the Shaofu said is not much different."

"This old man enjoys the food of the Han Dynasty and is the head of hundreds of officials. He should lead by example and become a private slave in the house to help the maintenance of the Zhengguo Canal."

"And the family is paid with money from the Shaofu. The old man accepts Han Long's kindness, and he has no face to accept it..."

With an unpretentious exclamation, Xiao He was silent for a moment, and looked at Yangcheng Yanji again, with a little admiration in his eyes.

It's just that this admiration is not aimed at Yang Chengyan in front of him.

"Is it the family's scheme, or the queen's scheme..."

Thinking secretly, Xiao He smiled lightly and shook his head, then stopped at the left and right of the arsenal.

"Let's think about it, Shaofu."

"The family conscripted private slaves from hundreds of officials for the maintenance of the Zheng Guoqu, but the old man and the young man, one a minister of Han and the other a minister of Jiuqing, both dared to sell private slaves, but did not dare to accept payment. "

"We two are like this, how about the courtiers and officials?"

"How about the meritorious relatives?"

Asked two questions as if talking to himself, Xiao He shook his head without waiting for Yang Chengyan to answer.

"Protecting the Zhengguo Canal is good governance that wins the popularity of the people and the government!"

"Send private slaves to help build the Zhengguo Canal, even if the family doesn't speak up, or someone who speculates does it."

"After the court meeting in the future, the family will ask hundreds of officials face-to-face as a 'private slave', fearing that all court officials, meritorious lords and relatives may compete to sell private slaves, and dare not accept the money from the family."

"In this way, without spending a single copper or a single gold, the family can make contributions to the family of Marquis Guixun and get thousands of private slaves..."

Hearing Xiao He's words, Yang Chengyan was taken aback for a moment, his face full of disbelief.

"It doesn't cost a copper or a gold?"

Asking himself in astonishment, Yang Chengyan thought for a long time, and finally nodded as if realizing something.

But soon, the doubt just now appeared on Yang Chengyan's face again.

"But even so, there are only a few thousand private slaves in the family of Baiguan Gonghou?"

"Fang Cai, the family said that the maintenance of the Zhengguo Canal would take three months of hard labor; however, even if all the officials and slaves of the Shaofu were sent out, there would be less than [-]."

"Even adding thousands of private slaves will not help the matter?"

Hearing this question, Xiao He shook his head again, looking at Yang Chengyan with a hint of sincerity.

"The old man considers himself a chancellor of the Han Dynasty, and he ranks among the nobles of the nine ministers of the Han Dynasty, so he dare not accept money from his family."

"It's the same with the meritorious officials of the foreign courts, courtiers and relatives."

"The family is rewarded with money, and the nobles and meritorious officials of the Manchu Dynasty dare not accept it. How can I ask Guanzhong, how can a rich and powerful man with a rich family dare not be a slave?"

"How dare you accept money?"

"What the master of the house wants to do is to protect the Zhengguo Canal, and to be good at farming for the people in Guanzhong. Will the poor farmers not have slaves to help?"

"Today's food in Chang'an, the price of grain and rice is almost [-] renminbi per shi. How can the farmers who are released from slavery be greedy for the daily reward of [-] renminbi?"

After asking several questions in succession like a machine gun, Xiao He heaved a long sigh full of emotion, and his tone of soothing Yang Chengyan was also full of determination.

"You don't have to worry too much, Shaofu."

"Although the family said that the people and slaves who built the Zhengguo Canal were paid a hundred dollars a day, but the family's remuneration, looking at the whole world, I am afraid that no one would dare to accept it..."

Hearing Xiao He's last words, Yang Chengyan thought for a long time before finally nodding his head reassuringly, and immediately bowed his hands to Xiao He solemnly to express his gratitude.

Seeing Yang Chengyan's face finally calmed down, Xiao He thought about it for a while, and finally swallowed the words he felt forcibly into his stomach.

——One more thing, Xiao He didn't dare to say it.

"Your Majesty, I'm over sixty years old..."

"The shortest is three or two years, and the longest is five or six years old. Once the palace chariot is driven, the world will change immediately, and the new emperor will ascend the throne!"

Recalling just now, the strange behavior that Empress Lu Zhi almost made clear in the Xuanshi Palace, Xiao He couldn't help but sighed, and looked thoughtfully at Yang Chengyan.

"Above the court, how many people can go to the hidden mansion and seduce each other with the power of the dragon?"

"How many people can there be, who are as straightforward and pure as Shaofu..."

(End of this chapter)