At the end of the discussion, Chen Ping bowed again, returned to his position and knelt down.

The issue of grain prices in Chang'an was originally a 'gift' that Chen Ping planned to give to Liu Hong during the next Chang Dynasty.

According to Chen Ping's speculation, it won't be long before the border army that made it difficult for him to sleep will surface, and then he will easily solve it.

——There are only two pieces of troop transfer tiger talismans in the world, which are in the hands of Zhou Bo and Guan Ying respectively at this time, unless Liu Hong personally appears outside the barracks, otherwise with only a piece of edict, Qin Mu can't move any army at all!

As long as any army moves even ten miles in the name of 'acting in accordance with the edict', Chen Ping can classify that army as a rebel on the charge of 'transferring troops and horses without a tiger charm and plotting against him', or even 'exaggerating the edict'!

Therefore, Chen Ping's purpose in making a fuss about the grain price in Chang'an is obvious - to prepare for the second 'persuasion' of Liu Hong to abdicate in the future.

Losing the border army, the little emperor will no longer have the strength to rely on, and the last problem in front of Chen Ping is only the name of righteousness.

Originally, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo had an almost perfect banner of righteousness: Liu Hong was not the son of Emperor Hui, he was stealing from the supreme, and he deserved death!

It's a pity that Xiahou Ying's idiot couldn't even kill a little child, giving the little emperor the opportunity to appear in front of the people of Chang'an and the soldiers of the Northern Army.

Now, if Chen Ping wants to 'persuade' Liu Hong to abdicate again, the first thing to consider is how to make the people of Chang'an, or the people of the world, recognize Chen Ping's move of 'persuading the puppet emperor to abdicate', which is in line with etiquette and the system.

After pondering and meditating, Chen Ping found that there was no longer any article to do about the source of the little emperor's legal system - from the moment the courtiers welcomed the little emperor into Weiyang Palace in Beique that day, Liu Hong's status as an emperor had undoubted legitimacy.

Therefore, Chen Ping must 'persuade' Liu Hong to abdicate on the premise of acknowledging Liu Hong's identity.

As a veteran minister who has been up and down for decades, Chen Ping really knows too well what kind of crime hurts the emperor the most, so big that people can ignore his own 'persuasion of the monarch to abdicate', and even praise his own actions.

The little emperor's Northern Que Incident won the hearts of the people of Chang'an, and it led to the instability of the Northern Army; But as the low-level people who can survive strong in this barren era, there are not many fools.

Xunzi said very well: water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat.

The common people have never been loyal to the Son of Heaven, not out of natural righteousness, but because the emperor has fulfilled his obligations and protected his people.

If not?

Qin II didn't do it, and then the people of the world sent Chen Sheng and Wu Guang as class representatives to express their opinions - princes and generals, rather have a kind!

What is the duty, or duty, of the Son of Heaven?

According to the record of the Hong Fan chapter of the "Book of Zhou": The Son of Heaven is the parent of the people, and he thinks that he is the king of the world!

In other words, theoretically, the emperor is the parent of every common man under his rule.

In layman's terms, as a parent, the emperor had to protect his children from outsiders and feed the bellies of the people under his rule.

What Chen Ping can do is also obvious: either let the people think that Liu Hong did not protect them, or let the people think that Liu Hong did not let them eat enough.

Hurting the people...

Chen Ping asked himself if he was not so frustrated, and by sending troops to kill the people, Liu Hong was burdened with the responsibility of not protecting the people.

But the problem of food is a lot to be done!

Since the little emperor dares to enter this Weiyang Palace and sit back on the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme, he should ensure that his people have food to eat.

It's not that they are giving food to the people, at least the people take the money to go to the rice shop and buy food, right?

This is Chang'an, at the foot of the imperial city!

The people of the imperial city have no food to eat, so what do they have?

And as the prime minister, the 'general manager' of the Han Empire, Chen Ping has countless ways to make Chang'an and even the entire Guanzhong grain market not a single grain of corn for sale appear!

It's very simple, take a sum of money from the treasury, go down with an official document, and let the internal history send officials to go door-to-door to find the grain merchants in Guanzhong: the border is urgent, and you urgently need some military rations, and your family's rice has been requisitioned! Don't take it for nothing, this is the money to buy grain, you count it!

Anyway, at the beginning of the year, the Prime Minister's Mansion also needed to buy a large amount of corn to distribute money to officials all over the world, so it was considered to be bought back in advance.

But now, Chen Ping doesn't want to take this risk, and he will fall for the future - the last military power in the hands of the little emperor is about to be lost, and the people's support will be lost in the near future.

Chen Ping really couldn't think of any possibility for him to lose.

Since this is the case, there is no need for Chen Ping to personally go out and use the power of the prime minister to do this kind of dirty thing; Just send a few subordinates to bring a message to the wealthy businessmen under his control.

As for the little emperor taking out the pitiful stock of food in Shaofu, Chen Ping scoffed.

- Just that bit of food, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo's private wealth is enough to eat!

It is true that many people will be moved by Liu Hong's action, and feel glad that they live under the rule of such a benevolent king.

But at most, the people's discouragement is slower, and the death of the little emperor is only a few days later.

When Chang'an ran out of food, and the people's hungry chests were attached to their backs, the little emperor's 'act of benevolence' was like that.

Just imagine: when the people learned that the little emperor took out the grain from Shaofu to sell, they went to buy grain with a cloth bag on their backs with great anticipation, but only got a result of 'sold out', how would they feel?

As for the purchase of grain from Kanto, it was imported into Guanzhong...

Thinking of this, Chen Ping felt even more funny!

Not to mention that Shaofu is in Chen Ping's control of this matter, whether the officials who buy grain can pass through the pass smoothly and how long it will take to buy the grain back is not something that Liu Hong can control!

——If you want to pass through the pass station, both civilians and officials need to hold the transmission and introduction issued by the government in order to pass smoothly.

Even Qin Mu, who went to the north wall to summon troops, first got the transmission and introduction before leaving, and then drove his horse to the north, not to mention the officials who went to the Kwantung region to transport grain?

As the prime minister, Chen Ping also has countless means, so that the grain transportation officials can't get the transmission and introduction, or wait for ten days and half a month to get it.

- grinding foreign workers, but the special talent of officials!

The dark clouds that had been stuck in his heart for a long time gradually dissipated, and Chen Ping suddenly felt a lightness in his body, and his complexion became lighter.

The Shuowang Dynasty is also coming to an end in the mouths of the clan lords.

Pretending to move his neck, Chen Ping turned his head slightly to the left and nodded to Shaofuqing invisibly.

Shaofuqing hurriedly nodded, and when Liu Hong on the imperial steps shouted the words 'Shaofu', he bounced up from his seat and came to the hall.

"Minister, command..."