The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 402 Father and daughter talk
"Your Majesty, Cai Yong, pays homage to the princess."

"Father, please get up quickly. There are no outsiders here, so there is no need to salute."

In the Jinyang Palace, Cai Yan ordered people to invite Cai Yong.

Cai Yong shook his head: "The etiquette cannot be abolished."

It is true that Cai Yan is his daughter, and she is also the princess of the Han Dynasty.

Now that the Battle of Guandu is over and the Yuan-Cao coalition was defeated, the situation in the world has gradually become clearer. After Liu Han owned Bing, You, Ji, Sili and Qingzhou, he has another state, and half of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty have been recovered.

As long as we continue to fight steadily, the thirteen states will inevitably be unified again, and as the biggest contributor to the unification of the thirteen states, he is also the brother of Emperor Ling, the uncle of the Young Emperor and Emperor Xian, Liu Han will surely ascend to the throne.

At that time, he, the Chenliu Cai family, will have a queen.

And she is a truly unparalleled queen. Cai Yong didn't dare to think about it before, but now he just has to wait.

Cai Yong sat down and saluted and said, "I wonder why the princess called me here today."

Since Cai Yan gave birth to his eldest son, Cai Yong has focused all his attention on his grandson. He has been his son-in-law's designated heir since he was born, and the family property he inherited is the entire Han Dynasty.

"My daughter summoned her father to come here today for something."

Cai Yan got straight to the point.

"Hahaha... I wonder what the princess wants from me?"

Cai Yong is very satisfied now. He has a career that he loves, his daughter has a good home, and he has an eldest grandson to accompany him all day long. Although he is older, he is in good spirits.

If we talk about regrets, Cai Yong's regret may be that he did not have a son, which is why he did not make peace with Cai.

"Father, my daughter is asking you, have you written a letter to the king?"

Cai Yan's unhappy and questioning tone made Cai Yong suspicious, and his original smile disappeared.

"It has been written..."

"What's the content?"

"It's just a daily matter. I told the king that the prince can read a lot of words."

"anything else?"

"besides……"

Cai Yong suddenly thought of something and hesitated.

"Father, what did you say?"

Cai Yan never interferes in political affairs, and there are only two people who can take her heart, one is her husband, and the other is her children. Therefore, at most, when Liu Han goes out to fight, he can ask Jushou if there is anything he can do to help him with logistics. Liu Han has a lot of properties in Dahan. Liu Han used to take care of them and later handed them over to Cai Yan. Before Cai Yan had children, he had been keeping an eye on them. Now that he had children, Cai Yan also began to take care of Mi Zhen and Zhen Mier. people together.

One is to share the pressure for yourself, and the other is to keep an eye on your money bag.

When you don't become a householder, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. But when you become a householder, you realize that money is needed everywhere.

Liu Han has three families that specialize in business. One is the Wuji Zhen family. Zhen Mi's brother Zhen Yan, as the head of the Zhen family, is mainly responsible for buying and selling grain and stabilizing food prices for the people under his rule. Although there are road losses, the price of food has increased. The overall gap is not big, and with the large area of ​​department stores spread across counties and cities under the rule, people can buy affordable rice.

This is why the people under Liu Han supported the Han Dynasty so much. In the past, they could not eat food in troubled times, but now they can eat rice that is cheaper than in the prosperous times.

Of course, we should thank the gentry for bringing down the price of rice. Not to mention the confiscation of property and extermination of clans, the gentry handed over their land and grain, and the common people could keep 80% of the grain in rent each year, and the rest could be sold to department stores. Now, not to mention the large number of common people under his rule, they can even have meat every month.

The Mi family is different from the Zhen family. The Zhen family is responsible for grain, while the Mi family is responsible for trade with the foreign tribes in the north, Liaodong Goguryeo and other countries, and bringing their things back to the Han Dynasty.

Of course, while trading, Mi also has his own top-secret mission, which Cai Yan doesn't ask about.

The last one is quite special. It can be said that it is Liu's property. Cai Yan also respects the person in charge. That person is Sun Qian, Liu Han's junior brother. Sun Qian was responsible for something very sensitive - salt and iron. He followed Liu Han's idea to dry salt in Youzhou. After five years of hard work, the coarse salt on the market under Liu Han's rule basically disappeared, and was successfully banned by Sun Qian's sea salt.

After taking over Qingzhou last year, Sun Qian immediately took people to inspect and prepare to open up several more salt fields in Qingzhou. Sun Qian's idea was very simple, which was to lower the price of salt under his control.

But if you look to the outside world, such as Jingzhou, Yizhou, or even the northern foreign, Goguryeo, and Sanhan regions, I'm sorry, but the price of sea salt is sky-high.

Not to mention Tie, a large number of iron mines secretly hidden by the nobles were confiscated, and Sun Qian naturally captured Tie. Except for the casting of farm tools, the rest are all standard weapons, and iron is not allowed to be sold privately. As for adultery with foreigners, that is a major crime for the Yi tribe.

This is also the reason why there have not been many wars in the north over the years. The Han Dynasty controls the core resources of the north. After Tan Shihuai's death, the north has no hero and has now been divided into hundreds of tribes, large and small.

The strategies of Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai and others to attract and divide people are even more chilling.

Let him beat him today, let him beat him tomorrow, the prairie people have a hot temper, and they can do it at once. Many tribes have already formed mortal enemies, Tuoba, Murong, Yuwen...

The large tribes I had heard of were successfully divided due to the vicious tricks of these counselors. Now tribes disappear every day in the grassland, and new tribes are born.

Many industries are in the hands of Liu Han, and all profits generated from them, except for annual fixed expenses, are invested in post-disaster reconstruction.

"minister…"

Cai Yong suddenly thought of something and hesitated to speak. He just looked at Cai Yan and realized that his daughter today was different from the past. This calm and self-defeating aura gave Cai Yong the illusion that he was facing Cai Yan today. It was not Cai Yan who was right, but Liu Han.

"Father, who is more important, Cai or Qi'er?"

"Of course it's Qi'er!"

Cai Yong blurted out without thinking.

"In that case, why did father say those words?!"

Cai Yong knew about it, and Liu Han told Cai Yan about his intercession for Xun.

"Princess, I...I just..."

"Father, did they make a mistake?"

Cai Yong nodded.

"What mistake was made?"

Cai Yong remained silent and committed the crime of treason.

"Then the king punishes them, is it wrong?"

"But…"

Cai Yong just wanted to say that Liu Han was too harsh this time, and Yingchuan would bleed like a river if he continued like this. Cai Yong couldn't bear it, so he thought of adding a word or two.

"I know my father is kind-hearted. Let me ask him, if the king is defeated, how will they treat the king? How will they treat us, mother and son?"

Thinking of this, Cai Yong couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

"I……"

"Father, since they dare to commit such a serious crime, you should not think about them. You should not only think about your daughter, but also think about Qi'er. Although your daughter has little education, she also knows that this is a life-and-death struggle. After the death of the king, If there are too many people standing around, one wrong step will lead to an abyss.”

This is all Cai Yan said.

"I...know your mistake."

(End of this chapter)