The prince received this Zhizhou complaint that the prefect Wang colluded with Xiao Zongbing to collect money by building a mutual market, which was a headache. He didn't have any friendship with the prefect of Wang, and he hadn't even met in person. But the Wang family is kind to him in some ways.

When he was still young, the three elder brothers each had their own power and grasped the advantage of winning the crown prince. At that time, even if he was passed on to the crown prince by his father because of his son-in-law, he could only become the target of the public, and he could only be beaten passively, and he was unable to resist. This state of being completely at a disadvantage, but because the Wang family caused a lot of damage to the power of the three elder brothers, they were almost all wiped out. Among them, it is said that the household department has benefited the most, and the wealth collected is enough to cover three years of taxes. But after his mother analyzed it, she thought that he, the prince, was the little lucky star who benefited the most. No matter what the purpose of the Wang family is, in short, it is for the benefit of him, and his mother asked him to win over the prefect of the king and other officials of the Wang family no matter what the future holds.

Now this kind of sue against the prefect of the king has put him in a dilemma. At the same time, he was also puzzled: "I wish the waiter!" You say that his own official position is greater than that of the prefect of the king, why don't he dispose of the prefect of the king himself, but instead make trouble with me? ”

The reason why Zhu Shilang was able to achieve the position of Shilang was not by luck, but by his own mind. At the same time, he also admired the prefect's willingness to stay in the western part of the country for another term, just to finish the things in hand and make the people here live a better life. In addition, he also knows a little bit about the family situation of the Wang Governor's Mansion. A few clicks and an analysis. He had an idea in his head.

"Prince! The lower officials thought that the Zhizhou sued Wang Zhifu and Xiao Zongbing only because there was no tangible evidence, either false accusations or false evidence to plant false evidence. ”

The prince shook his head: "Whether it's a false accusation or a false accusation." They are all responsible, and if they can't sue others, they will be unlucky, what good will it do him? ”

"Xia Guan thinks! His purpose is very simple, that is, to temporarily remove the official position of the prefect of the king with your hand, and when the problem is clarified, if there is no one behind the prefect. It's hard to reactivate. ”

"There may be some truth in what you said, but why did he even piggyback on Mr. Xiao? Can he have so much energy against the two major officials? Don't you think that someone behind him may be digging a pit for me to jump, and the ultimate goal is to make me face these two officials who are currently very trusted by my father?! ”

Zhu Shilang's eyelids jumped. The heart is also pounding and pounding. Oh my mother! This Zhizhou must not be involved in the dispute between these princes!

The more the prince thought about it, the more he felt that his conjecture was not wrong, it must be which brother wanted to confront the Wang family and the Xiao family head-on. Which of these brothers didn't know that the Wang family had been under the protection of their father, and whoever wanted to move would be reprimanded by their father. If you directly investigate the prefect of Wang's mansion today, it would be good to find solid evidence. If it's a pure false accusation. Although his position as the crown prince will not be affected much, it may be even more difficult to gain face in front of his father in the future. This Wang family alone is enough for himself, and if there is another Xiao family, then his position as the prince will be in jeopardy. This prince and these royal brothers are really amazing! would have thought of such a bloodless knife that kills people. He thought about it a lot, and he was alert in his heart, and he immediately knew how to deal with it.

"Best wishes! Tell him that my main task this time is to negotiate with the people of Western Xinjiang, as for his accusation of Wang Zhifu and Xiao Zongbing. I can only wait until I have finished this matter before I can deal with it, and ask him to wait patiently with his witnesses for a few days. ”

As soon as Zhu Shilang heard the prince's meaning, he dragged Nazhizhou first. At the moment, "The prince's move is high!" Okay, the lower official will go and talk to him. ”

Zhu Shilang, who turned to leave, immediately understood that he was afraid that he would not be able to run in the future. Regardless of whether he deliberately dug a pit to make the prince jump, today the prince has already decided that he has taken refuge in another prince and listened to the instructions from above to pit the prince.

Xiaolong didn't expect that Zhizhou would give him this set of things out of nothing behind his back, so when he received the prince and the squire of the military department, he also took them to visit the mutual market waiting for them to come to open the market.

Although the prince does not know about the folk world, he is not an idiot for some things. He pointed to the big market, which didn't even have a decent house, and asked, "How much silver did you use for this market?" ”

Xiaolong smiled: "How much silver can this cost?!" There was no cement, brick, and stone on the walls and on the ground, and the laborers needed to spend some silver to eat. In total, it cost no more than 50,000 taels of silver. ”

"Then did all this money be allocated to you by the household?" The prince felt more and more that Zhizhou was digging a pit for himself to jump, and in order to know more accurately, he asked again.

"How is this possible! This mutual market is a market established by the lower officials unilaterally facing the people of Western Xinjiang, and it is already a great thing for the emperor to nod, and he can still ask the household department for money? Even if they open their mouths to ask for it, they won't give it! This is all built with the money that our government has borrowed for the time being, and when the mutual market opens, I will take out a part of the future tax money and pay it back, and I will definitely pay it off before I leave office. ”

The prince is 100% sure so far, that Zhizhou is the pusher made by others, and he wants to push himself to jump into the pit. Therefore, he did not hide it from Xiaolong: "Lord Wang! Zhizhou sued you and Xiao Zongbing for making money in the name of building a mutual city, what do you think of this? ”

Xiaolong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What can you think?" Revenge! Previously, Xia Guan and Xiao Zongbing worked hard for a year to build this mutual market. Zhizhou he didn't know where he got the confidence, as soon as he arrived here, he asked us to hand over the management rights of this mutual market to him, and he would be in charge of the future taxation and management. Even if I am his subordinate, I can only obey his orders, but I am not General Xiao Bing! Can people see peaches that are ready to eat and ask others to pick them? The two said that they couldn't get along, but Mr. Xiao didn't hold back his hand and slapped Zhizhou's two fists. I'm afraid this makes Zhizhou resentful! ”

The crown prince saw that what the prefect said was so lightly, and he didn't follow his own thoughts at all. Somewhat disappointed. But he was not discouraged, and immediately followed up and said: "Then what about how many people have witnesses?" ”

Xiaolong was also surprised, but his accounts were clear. But I can't be nervous and afraid: "Where else can I testify?" Hey! He's got a little bit of a knack for it! I even got all the human certificates out! Prince, what's going on with this person's testimony, the lower officials really don't know! Anyway, the account books of the subordinate officials are still kept, and even the soldiers and generals who work have kept accounts for eating steamed buns in the morning, which is very clear. Welcome to check! ”

Seeing that the prefect of the prince was still unwilling to follow his own train of thought, the prince was a little anxious: "Lord Wang! Don't you think that someone is deliberately stirring up trouble behind his back, the purpose is to provoke hostility between Prince Ben, Lord Wang, and General Xiao? ”

Yell! Even conspiracy theories are coming! The little dragon muttered to himself. However, the prince was able to take the initiative to talk to him about such a topic. It's clear that it means to show goodwill, and you really have to take it.

"What the prince meant, the lower officials understood. I and Mr. Xiao will be fully responsible for your safety here! How others want to toss. As long as you don't take it, let them go! Can't jump out of the flowers! ”

said so, but Xiaolong was not careless. He immediately sent a message back to send most of the people who remained in Fucheng and Qujiaao to protect the prince's safety, and asked Xiao to send 1,000 of the most elite soldiers to be stationed around the prince's residence. He was only afraid that the prince's suspicions were true. If that's the case. If those princes come to be more ruthless, get rid of the prince here, and then put the blame on his head, then he has to die if he doesn't want to die!

After listening to what Xiaolong said, Xiao Zongbing did not dare to be careless, and immediately sent a thousand elite soldiers to garrison the prince's residence.

"Lord Wang! You said that this Zhizhou's brain is really good enough! If the prince is a person who is anxious for quick success and quick profits, and covets the interests of the mutual market, he will suspend the two of us for investigation without asking questions, and take over the affairs of the mutual market himself. In the end, it doesn't matter if we're innocent or not. But there is no more business for the two of us in this mutual market. Not to mention, wait for our things to be clarified and give the final result. The daylilies are cold, in the future! I'm afraid it's just the life of staying at home. After Xiao Zongbing arranged the prince's security measures, he was in a cold sweat when he thought about it. Fortunately, the prince is vigilant, has a smart brain, and thinks a lot. If you have this kind of temperament that sees the wind and rain, you will be planted in it.

Xiaolong pondered, and didn't analyze the meaning of Mr. Xiao's words too much. His mind was on who the so-called witnesses were. What do they have to prove what convicts him and Xiao Zongbing? If it is fabricated, then what evidence can they fabricate for a while?

"Lord Commander! Is there anyone in your army who hasn't been there for this time? ”

In the barracks, there is a roll call every morning and evening, and if anyone is not there, he immediately knows, he shook his head and said: "No one is not there, morning and evening are all named!" ”

Xiaolong frowned, he himself didn't have anyone here, so who was this witness? Xiao Zongbing saw that Xiaolong was thinking of a dead end, and patted him on the shoulder: "You call him a bear!" We haven't even taken a single steamed bun, so he just sued the saint, what can he do? ”

"Hey! Or are you right, cut! Whatever they do! We just have to do our best! "Mr. Xiao is right, even if he makes trouble in front of the emperor, what can he do? Even trumped-up charges have to give people a chance to defend themselves, and it is not something that anyone who wants to plant a false accusation can do it.

Immediately afterwards, he was busy with the negotiation between the prince and the people of Western Xinjiang. Before coming, the emperor put the conditions here very leniently, and those prisoners were actually living for nothing here. They only graze, but they don't dare to let them do it, because they are afraid that they will run away while they are grazing. I can't do farm work, so I can help out on the side. Therefore, the people of Western Xinjiang want to exchange horses for back, and the emperor is a hundred willing. Xiaolong also couldn't ask for it, he was afraid that these captives would escape, and it would be his dereliction of duty when the time came, and he was afraid that these captives would have a fight with those homeless people, which was also his responsibility for public security. Guangguang arranged there to guard the captured government soldiers, and the annual cost was several thousand taels of silver. Now these captives, since the Western Xinjiang side is still willing to exchange them back, let's get them back quickly! It also saves him a lot of money every year.

Because the conditions here are relaxed, and the other side really wants these people to return, and the talks are very smooth and successful. Xiaolong asked for all the silver that had been spent on them in the past few years, and added the losses of some of the people who were robbed here, a total of 50,000 taels of silver. The prince didn't ask for silver, but directly asked for horses. A total of 3,000 horses were required, five pairs of fine breeds, no less than 20 pairs of good horses, no less than 1,000 good horses, and the remaining horses could be looked at, but they should not be too old or disabled.

The people of Western Xinjiang agreed one by one, and the families of those captives were not poor in the first place, so it was no problem to take out a few horses. After Xiaolong knew these inside information, he regretted slamming his head with his fist.

"It's a loss! It's a loss! (To be continued.) )