As soon as he walked outside the main gate of the mansion, Chen Ping saw Zhou Bo walking back and forth in the courtyard with his hands behind his back; Seeing Chen Ping cross the threshold, he flicked his sleeves, turned around, and hurried towards the mansion.

Chen Ping had no choice but to smile helplessly, follow Zhou Bo's footsteps, and walk towards the front hall.

As soon as he walked in the door, he saw Zhou Bo sitting cross-legged at the head of the west seat without any manners, his left hand and right elbow were supported on his knees, and his right hand was kneading the beard on his cheek, his eyes full of anxiety.

Shaking his head with a light smile, Chen Ping walked to the first place with his hands in his hands, and said with a teasing tone: "The captain didn't bring wine to the door today, isn't he afraid of the old man?" ”

Zhou Bo sneered, looked at Chen Ping with contempt, and sneered: "The pillar of the prime minister's country, the arm of the king; A certain vulgar, how dare you drink with Cheng? ”

In the previous day, Chen Ping really broke Zhou Bo's heart...

Counting the time outside Beique, this is the second time that Zhou Bo has been disgraced in front of the ministers of the court in less than five days!

Chen Ping lowered his head with a light smile, took out the bamboo tube from his arms, handed it to the slave beside him, and motioned for Zhou Bo to send it.

After the servant respectfully placed the wooden tube on the table in front of Zhou Bo, Chen Ping waved his hand lightly again, signaling everyone in the hall to retreat.

Seeing that Chen Ping was so cautious, Zhou Bocai reluctantly resisted the urge to smash the wooden tube on the ground, took out the brocade in the tube, and looked down to check it.

But after a moment, Zhou Bo raised his head irritably: "Isn't it the military report of the Hun Aries Department?" I knew it early! ”

"Yun Zhongshou also said: This may be the migration of herdsmen, and it cannot be confirmed yet."

As he spoke, Zhou Bo's face sank again: "Why does the prime minister care about him?" ”

Chen Ping was still not anxious, got up slowly, came to Zhou Bo's side, took out another piece of cloth brocade from his arms, and handed it to Zhou Bo: "Jiang Hou will take a look at this battle report." ”

Could it be that the side wall is really police?

With this in mind, Zhou Bo looked at the second battle report, but no matter how he looked at it, the book on it was not much different from the first one.

Raising his head suspiciously, he saw that Chen Ping had already sat back on the seat above, bowed his head and blew the tea soup in the bowl, and said indifferently: "This battle report is handed over to the old man by His Majesty..."

Taking a sip of tea, Chen Ping raised his head and saw that Zhou Bo still looked confused, so he had to get up again, walked outside the hall and looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he turned around and walked in front of Zhou Bo.

Seeing that Zhou Bo was still looking at himself cutely, he had no choice but to sigh helplessly, knelt down beside Zhou Bo, leaned forward slightly, and said: "The old man got this battle report, and he was in the prime minister's mansion in the clouds; The income of Jiang Hou was reported to the Taiwei Mansion by Lieutenant Yun. ”

After speaking, Chen Ping stared deeply into Zhou Bo's eyes: "Wait for me: Where did Your Majesty get this battle report?" ”

Slightly stunned, figuring out the meaning of Chen Ping's words, Zhou Bo's eyes widened suddenly: "The prime minister said..."

Without waiting for Zhou Bo to finish speaking, Chen Ping stopped Zhou Bo from continuing with his eyes, raised his eyebrows and said, "If this is not the case, why should the old man commit himself to that child?" ”

Zhou Bo suddenly realized, and immediately stood up in shame, and made a deep move: "The minister (1) is rude, don't blame the king..."

Chen Ping nodded slightly, and accepted it calmly: "Jiang Hou's words are serious." ”

As soon as the two knelt down and sat down, Zhou Bo wondered again: "Although what the prime minister said is reasonable, Lu ··· The old woman has been in power for more than ten years, how can there be a border army... ”

I saw Chen Ping said with a cautious face: "Jiang Hou should know that what we do is almost no different from walking on the edge of the cliff; If you are not careful, you will be crushed! ”

Saying that, Chen Ping also stood up and bowed solemnly to Zhou Bo: "The old man has to be cautious, don't worry about it." ”

Zhou Bo hurriedly got up and helped Chen Ping up crampedly: "The prime minister is not like this, it is a certain crime to endanger all colleagues..."

After some politeness, the two sat down separately, and Zhou Bo's unhappy face was long gone, but he said with a little resentment: "That's it, shouldn't you indulge that little kid to be so rampant?" ”

Chen Ping smiled gloomily, his face was full of ease: "In the past, the child was already cocooned and self-bound, and he just waited to sit and watch his fun." ”

Seeing Chen Ping's appearance of being a bamboo in his chest, Zhou Bo had no choice but to settle down for the time being: "The prime minister has worked hard..."

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In Weiyang Palace, Liu Hong still knew nothing about Chen Ping's conspiracy.

At this time, he couldn't put it down and wiped the 'Gaozu White Snake Sword' that Wang Zhong retrieved from Shaofu!

The original unpretentious bronze blade has been plated with a layer of fine iron by craftsmen overnight, faintly emitting a dangerous light; The hilt of the sword is even more exaggerated, and all kinds of gold and jade beads and stones are inlaid on it as if they don't want money, and even outside the scabbard, there is also a row of full and rich pearls.

After playing around and tying the sword to his waist, Liu Hong looked at himself in the bronze mirror with satisfaction, and did not forget to ask Wang Zhong beside him: "Who is in charge of Shaofu now?" ”

I saw Wang Zhongwei entangled, and said carefully: "When the old slave went to Shaofu yesterday, no one welcomed the old slave inside; Or an old slave trusts an old acquaintance and brings the sword of Emperor Gaozu into Shaofu..."

Liu Hong was stunned when he heard this, and when he turned around, he saw Wang Zhong putting his head deep down, and his chin was about to burst his chest...

"Oh, sure enough."

Just from Wang Zhong's secretive appearance, Liu Hong can already roughly guess the current situation of Shaofu.

Shaofu, also known as the Inner Treasury, its main duty is to take out 1.8 million pieces with his eyes closed and throw them in front of the emperor when the emperor needs anything.

Of course, such a huge department integrating inventory, production, and supply could not serve the emperor alone.

When the price of something is too low, the Shaofu will buy a large amount of money for the purpose of saving costs, and hoard the treasury for emergencies; In the season when the year is not abundant and the materials are tight, the Shaofu will sprinkle a certain material in the inventory into the market in an appropriate amount on the premise of ensuring that it does not affect the needs of the palace, so as to make profits.

Although it is somewhat similar to the means of businessmen to 'buy at a low price and sell at a high price', because the transaction scale and throughput are large enough, it can also inadvertently form a preliminary regulation of the market, so that the price fluctuations are within a relatively reasonable range, so that the people's lives will not be overly hit by market fluctuations.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the grain tax paid by the people of the world to the state was 15 taxes and 1, that is, each household paid nearly 7 percent of the grain harvested that year.

But in addition to the grain tax, the conscription, and the military service of a man over seventeen years of age who takes one of the three years, and one person per household every three years, the people must also pay a poll tax: a mouth tax, one hundred and twenty yuan per person per year.

The grain tax, as the main source of revenue for the state, will be fully collected into the treasury under the control of the prime minister, and used for the state's expenses, including the expenses of officials, the construction of facilities, the maintenance of roads, and the food and salary of the army.

The oral endowment was handed over to the Shaofu and became the emperor's private treasury for court expenditures, emperor's rewards, and rewards for the army.

Judging from Wang Zhong's feedback, Liu Hongdi's small treasury is not only in an 'unsupervised' state of release at this time, but also has no awareness of the existence of the owner Liu Hongdi.

Even, if Liu Hong did not hesitate to guess with the greatest malice, the Shaofu at this time was afraid that it would have been eaten by all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods, and there would not even be any bones left.

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PS: 1. There is no problem for Zhou Bo to call himself a 'minister' in front of Chen Ping, there is an example to follow - in history, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo sat back and watched Lu Hou come chaotically, and crowned Zhu Lu as the king, and even when he waved his flag and shouted on the side, Wang Ling accused Zhou and the others of being so spineless? The original text of Zhou Bo's answer is: The face is folded and the court is disputed, and the minister is not as good as the king; After the whole society Ji and An Liu's family, the king is not as good as the minister. The minister here is Zhou Bo's self-title, which can be understood as 'I', and Jun refers to the royal tomb, which can be understood as 'you'.

It can be seen from this that in front of people whose status is similar to their own and slightly higher than themselves, people whose status is slightly lower can also call themselves ministers to show respect for the other party. Zhou Bo, as a lieutenant, his official position and age are slightly lower than Chen Ping, who is the prime minister, and he is apologizing in the article, calling Chen Ping a 'gentleman' and a self-proclaimed 'minister', which is understandable.