Xiong Huai heard the prince's inquiry, smiled slightly, and then asked rhetorically: "I don't know what the prince thinks." ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately frowned, thought about it carefully, and then said hesitantly: "Father, although there is no solution to the rumors now, after seeing the deeds of King Zhou Li yesterday, the son-in-law now has some opinions. ”

"Hmm!" Xiong Huai nodded and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't have to be restrained, there are only you and my father and son here, and the prince can tell his father if he has any opinions." ”

"Yes, Father." The prince replied, and then slowly spoke:

"The Zhou family has the world since King Wu, and at the beginning of his great policy of sealing the country, and opened the mountains, forests, swamps, rivers and lakes to the people, encouraging all countries and the people to open up the wasteland.

Then, hundreds of years later, all the land that was easy to cultivate was reclaimed, and while many countries were still reclaiming, the land expanded rapidly, so that all the countries that did not share borders were bordered. Even, wars broke out in various countries for these reclaimed lands, the most famous of which was the farthest away from Guanzhong, the contradiction between Qi and Ji.

In the end, the contradiction between the two countries ended temporarily when the Marquis of Ji reported the Marquis of Qi to Zhou Tianzi, and the King of Zhou Yi cooked and killed the Duke of Qi. ”

Saying that, the crown prince Heng saw that the king of Chu was always smiling, his heart sank, and he continued: "Although because of the death of Qi Aigong, the wars in all countries in the world have been temporarily stopped, but the countries are more centrifuged by Zhou Tianzi.

Subsequently, King Zhou Yi died, and King Li ascended the throne. After King Li ascended the throne, in order to change the trend of the weakening of the Zhou Dynasty, in order to revive the Zhou Dynasty, in order to increase financial resources, and in order to strengthen the control of various countries, it was decided to take back all the mountains in the world to the state.

As soon as this law was implemented, it was opposed by the whole world, and the world regarded King Li as a tyrant, and set King Li and Xia Wei Shang side by side, and rumors spread in the country...

"Slow!" Xiong Huai suddenly interrupted Prince Heng's words when he heard this, and then asked Prince Heng: "Does the prince know that King Zhou Li's decision to take back Shanze was opposed by the whole world?" ”

The crown prince was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then responded: "Back to my father, when the Zhou Dynasty was the king of Zhou, the Zhou family had made appointments with various countries, and the Zhou family recognized that the land reclaimed by various countries belonged to each country, but all countries needed to pay taxes to the Zhou family for these lands. However, the world was too big for the Zhou Dynasty to reach, and after the countries reclaimed the land, they concealed it one after another, and took these lands as their own, without paying taxes to the Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, by the time of King Zhou Li, not only the Kwantung countries far away from Guanzhong, but even the nobles and common people within Zong and Zhou had all hidden a large number of fields. Although these fields are still desolate mountains on the map of the Zhou Dynasty, in fact, all these lands have been the private property of various countries and the nobles of the Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, King Zhou Li wanted to forcibly take back those mountains and rivers to the state, in fact, he was taking food from the hands of various countries and important ministers in the court.

Such a move will naturally be opposed by the whole world. Whether it was the Zhao Gong who was loyal to King Li, or the ministers who were dissatisfied with King Li's policies, they all persuaded King Li to give up his plan to take back the land of Shanze to the state, and persuaded King Li to open up the mountains and share them with the people, but King Li did not listen.

Subsequently, the ministers and the people saw that King Li did not listen to his repeated advice, so they spread rumors to slander King Li, and the rumors in Hojing continued. Under these circumstances, King Zhou Li was furious and transferred ministers from Weiguo to forcibly suppress the rumors by means of killing, causing the people to lose sight of the road. In the end, the people of Haojing launched a riot, King Zhou Li fled in panic, and the Zhou family also suffered from chaos and the national power declined, and King Zhou Li himself became the third tyrant after Xia Wei Shang. ”

Speaking of this, the prince arched his hand and said: "Father, yesterday Si Defeat and Assassin Shi Lingcai wantonly arrested spies from various countries in Yingdu and forcibly suppressed the rumors in the city, but today it was only half a day, and rumors spread in the city again.

Erchen thought that the rumors in the city now would never be driven by the spies of various countries, at least the main force behind the scenes, and it was definitely not the spies of various countries.

Therefore, in this case, forcibly suppressing rumors is undoubtedly following the old path of King Zhou Li, and this strategy is absolutely not feasible. ”

"But!" The crown prince hesitated for a moment and said suspiciously: "But in the face of all kinds of rumors in the city, if you don't send troops to suppress them, your sons can't think of any other way to quell the rumors in the city." ”

Xiong Huai smiled when he heard this: "In just one day, the prince can find the root cause of the death of King Li in the past from the history books, and put forward a suggestion for the current predicament. ”

When the prince heard this, his cheeks were slightly hot, and then he recovered.

He is the crown prince, he is the prince, and as the prince, the most important thing is to exert the power of the collective. The merit of a courtier is his own merit, and the ability of a courtier is his own ability.

At this moment, he has a deeper understanding of the prince and even the monarch.

On the other side, after Xiong Huai praised the prince, he shook his head and said: "Although the prince is hardworking, it is a pity that he still can't read." There is great wisdom in books, and one must not read them, but it is better to believe in books than to have no books at all. Being bound by books, imprisoned by predecessors, and unable to detach from the past of books, this is just a dead reading, not being able to read, which is still useless and useless. ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately bowed his head and said, "The son is stupid. ”

Xiong Huai smiled, and continued: "The prince read the old story of King Zhou Li yesterday, and already knows the root cause of King Li's death, and the reason why King Li died is not because of rumors, but because of patents. Now, rumors are rife in Yingdu, and this situation seems to be the same as the situation faced by King Zhou Li in the past, but in the end, it is very different.

King Li's patent is a single husband, but the widow is not, the people complained about King Li back then, but now the people of Chu have never complained about the widow. Now rumors are flying all over the city in Yingdu, but it is because the people lack topics and are happy to hear all kinds of strange theories, which is based on false rumors, and some people are behind the scenes, which has caused the current appearance.

It's just that the people of the country had a painful pain for King Li back then, but now the people of the country have no resentment against the widow, and the widow has not really made a move that is unfavorable to the ministers, which is the biggest difference and the most fundamental difference. ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately chimed in: "My father is merciful, and he has repeatedly conceded benefits to the people, and he has been punished with flesh; stone grinding flour; When it snows heavily, open cloud dreams and send charcoal in the snow; When Taifu had no money, he would rather borrow money from the nobles and wealthy merchants than give the countrymen the title of king, such as all this, the people of the country admired their father as they admired their parents, how could the king of Dufu Li be compared with his father. ”

"What the prince said is very true." Xiong Huai nodded with satisfaction, and then said with a smile: "Although for various reasons, there are some misunderstandings between the widow and the ministers, and even some people have compared the widow with King Zhou Li, and used the method of dealing with King Li to deal with the widow.

But as the prince said, how can King Li be compared with the widow, and how can they use the same method to deal with the widow as they deal with King Li, how can it work. Therefore, the widow has never taken the rumors in the city to heart, and the countries have taken the initiative to jump out in order to spread the rumors, which can be regarded as giving the widow a chance to attack the countries. ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Now that the spies of various countries have been eliminated, it is time for the widows to take action to calm the hearts of the people in the city and quell the rumors in Yingdu." ”

When the prince heard this, he immediately showed a look of shock.

He had nothing to do with rumors, but in the eyes of his father, the rumors that had been repeatedly banned in the city seemed to be extinguishable and not worth mentioning at all.

Thinking about it, the prince looked at Xiong Huai in surprise and asked, "I don't know what my father plans to do." ”

Xiong Huai smiled slightly: "Simple! Invite the ministers to have a meal, and then invite the ministers and the widow to go hunting with the clouds, these two things alone are enough to calm the rumors. ”

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