In the northwest corner of the palace, there is a secluded courtyard, called "Yinyue Pavilion", which probably takes the moon shadow into the water, and the meaning of the sassy people is feeling. A few days ago, Concubine Liu told the whistleblower that Princess Dao had transported more than 100,000 stone grains back to her mother's house in Chongqing, and Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, couldn't help but be furious in his heart. Today, Zhu Zhilu, the king of Taiping, Liu Quanzhong, the commander of the left guard in Chengdu, Wang Kunshan in Chengdu, and Chen En, the secretary of the Shu Palace, were summoned to the Yinyue Pavilion to discuss how to deal with it.

Taiping King Zhu Zhilu is Zhu Zhishu's fourth brother, the King of Xiao Shu is eleven years old, with a polite appearance and a bookish atmosphere. Because he was born as a concubine and his mother's status was low, he had a lot less land and silver taels than Zhu Zhishen, the king of Fushun, when he was divided. In the past few years, there has been a shortage of wars, natural disasters have continued, the production of land has been greatly reduced, and the government has not been able to distribute the rice in full and on time, so his family is a little embarrassed, so he has to fight the autumn wind here with his eldest brother.

Of course, Zhu Zhilu didn't dare to go to his sister-in-law to fight the autumn wind. That tigress, except for the general spicy and brutal third sister-in-law, who doesn't feel worried when she sees it? Today, the eldest brother came to him to discuss the matter, and he wanted to take this opportunity to borrow another 10,000 or 20,000 silver from the eldest brother.

Wang Kunshan is in his forties and has been a guest of the prince for many years. At that time, he couldn't go to school, and he was poor, so he had to commit himself to the palace, and it was the prince who funded him from Xiucai all the way to Juren. Therefore, he is most grateful to the prince, and often gives advice to the prince before and after the saddle, and has won the trust of the prince.

Liu Qianzhong, the commander of the left guard, was originally only one of the hereditary hundred households in the left guard. Because of his meritorious contribution to the silver, he became the eldest brother-in-law of the prince, and he was able to beat many people with higher rank and older qualifications in the guard, and was promoted to the commander of the palm print of the left guard.

Everyone arrived at the Yinyue Pavilion and waited for a long time before they heard a little eunuch shouting in a shrill voice: "The prince has arrived, and the princes kneel to greet him!" ”

When the king of Shu arrived, the great eunuch Chen Enxian explained the theme of the discussion.

Because it involves the family affairs of the palace and the protagonist is the princess, the people involved in the deliberations can't help but be solemn, and the cabinet falls into silence.

"Chen En, you will verify the situation first." The prince commanded Chen Endao, who was standing aside, in a deep voice.

Chen En received the will, and then briefed everyone present on what he had found out in the past few days. After the autumn harvest in October last year, the princess sent 150,000 stone of grain to the Qiu family in Chongqing Prefecture by boat. The grain was transferred from the Wangzhuang warehouse around Chengdu Prefecture, and the fleet carrying the grain belonged to the Qiu family, and the reason for the grain transfer was unknown.

The prince's eyes scanned to see who spoke first.

"Lord, the princess, this matter, it is the prince's family affair to say that it is small, it is nothing more than the princess secretly taking money from her mother's house. But if you think about it, this matter is not simple. The fat man Liu moved his fat buttocks as he spoke, as if the armrests on both sides of the chair were too narrow, which made him uncomfortable.

"Make it clear." The prince said with a calm face.

"Lord Wang, you think, it is currently the spring famine season, and the market price is almost three taels and one stone! 150,000 stone grain is 450,000 taels of silver. The soldiers raised by the prince are all domestic slaves bought by the prince's mansion. Ten taels of silver to buy a person, and then spend fifteen taels a year to raise people, and these 450,000 taels of silver can support people for one or two thousand!

Why does the prince raise so many private soldiers? Isn't it that the son of the world sees the troubled times coming and wants to leave a way back for himself. It is said that the private soldiers raised by the prince are also the private soldiers of the prince. It's just that the princess made such a play, and Weichen didn't know what they wanted. ”

Liu Quanzhong tried his best to entangle the princess's grain transportation with the prince's army, in order to leave a first impression that the princess and the prince must have a plan.

"The prince's family affairs are beyond the reach of the courtiers. However, the matter involves the son of the world, and Weichen has to risk his life to admonish! ”

Seeing that Liu Qianzhong had charged the prince with a trumped-up charge at the beginning, Wang Kunshan was very uneasy: "The prince is fifteen years old and has not yet married. It is not only the prince and your descendant, but also the son of the court who has set the decree of the court, and you are connected with the same root, and you are dependent on each other! If someone in the court harms you, the minister believes it; If it is said that the Shu government calculates you, the minister also believes it; If you say that the prince is planning against you, don't say that the ministers don't believe it, I'm afraid that the officials and gentry of Shu will not believe it!

There was a folk proverb that rises and falls every three hundred years. Counting on the fingers, it has been almost three hundred years from the time when the great grandfather cleared the sea to the current day when thieves are rampant and the border captives have repeatedly violated the ban. According to Weichen's erroneous opinion, now that the troubled times have come, the son of the world raises troops for the sake of the people of Shu, and even more for the sake of you and this feudal country......"

Liu Qianzhong usually has a good relationship with Wang Kunshan, but he didn't expect this old thing to help the princess and the prince talk. Now he can't grasp many dry goods, if the princess and the prince find a reason to talk about it, he may be busy in vain these months.

Liu Fatzi hurriedly interrupted Wang Kunshan and asked, "What is the intention of the prince to secretly train the army?" What is the princess's intention to secretly pull food from her mother's house? ”

After all, Wang Kunshan is a lifter, and his kung fu is not comparable to that of an illiterate old man like Liu Fatzi. He immediately seized the loophole in Liu Qianzhong's words and refuted it.

"The prince of the world is training and protecting the caravan, it is all approved by Lord Futai, and it cannot be said to be 'secret' to the government! Most of the leaders in the caravan are officers in your left guard, Lord Liu, and you can't be said to be 'secret' to Lord Liu and Lord Liu! Moreover, the gentry of Shu raised a few families in the grange, and even the village was built to ward off thieves, which was also advocated by the government! My Wang Zhuang is in turmoil, why not raise a few Zhuang Ding?

As far as Weichen knows, the prince is in Yazhou, Pengshan, Xinfan, and Peng County, cutting off the remnants of the sacrifice thieves and quelling the civil unrest, which has now been heard in Shuzhong. The gentry and the people all praised you, the prince, who is virtuous and benevolent, has a good way to teach his son, and has the style of dedicating the prince's legacy! The prince repaid the merit in the name of Tianquan Tusi, that is, the prince acted cautiously, and he didn't want the palace to be targeted by the imperial court, let alone let the prince bear the suspicion of rebellion! As for the transportation of grain from the palace to Chongqing, the ancients said: 'Intimate and intimate', we and other ministers really dare not speculate without authorization! Why didn't the prince personally invite the princess to ask the reason, and it also saved the husband and wife from suspicion about this. ”

Wang Kunshan praised and blew it, and the prince nodded frequently with a smile when he said it.

"Hmm...... Well...... What Mr. Wang said is extremely true! Although Jin'er acted like Meng Lang, after all, she was the blood of the lonely king, and her heart was still towards the lonely king. He was training with the Lone King behind his back, and the Lone King would not be held accountable. It's just that the matter of the 150,000 stone grain must be asked! Chen En, you draw up a will, send it to ask the princess, what is going on in Chongqing Mansion, and let her answer it! This mother-in-law's brutal nature should also be cleaned up, every time she reprimands her, she will talk about her being the granddaughter-in-law chosen by the prince of Duan, as if no one in Shu can touch her! Fourth brother, didn't you make a fuss about divorcing your wife a few days ago? If this silver really enters their Qiu family's warehouse, the lonely king can also divorce his wife! ”

When the prince talked about cleaning up his wife, his face showed unconcealed happiness. When everyone saw it, no one dared to answer, only King Taiping was very embarrassed.

As soon as Liu Qianzhong went into battle, he was beaten by Wang Kunshan. He took advantage of the prince's words, thinking in his heart how to find a breakthrough and move back to a game.

Yazhou tax card! Yes, let's get started here! On the surface, the prince is poetic and romantic, but in his bones he is the most greedy for money and lustful. You have to lead the prince's thinking to Yazhou's tax and silver, as long as the prince sees the wealth, he is not afraid that he will not open his mouth and collect the prince's soldiers in his left guard. If you want to collect taxes, how can you do without soldiers? As long as the soldiers of the prince are accepted, won't the prince become a toothless milk tiger, let my brothers and sisters knead it?

Seeing that the prince was happy, Liu Qianzhong hurriedly launched the second offensive: "Lord, this Yazhou tax customs was taken away by the prince on the grounds of quelling the chaos, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be collected from merchants a year!" The prince sent his good friend to Yazhou to do tea and horse business, and he could get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year! With this large amount of income, the prince and the princess can reduce the rent in Wangzhuang!

It's just...... Although this rent reduction is good, it hurts the interests of the gentry in Shu! The prince is famous in the world for his virtuous name, if the Beijing master loses in the future, the ministers will definitely nominate a new master, and the virtuous name of the prince will be of great use! Now the gentry in Shu are talking a lot, saying that the royal palace is occupying the people's land, and they want to ask Wang Yingxiong to transfer the excerpt to the imperial court. If the old scholar Wang really forwarded the excerpts of the gentry, it would definitely cause an uproar in the court! The Holy One indulges in the friendship of relatives and relatives, and does not punish you, but your reputation in this life will be ruined!

Therefore, Weichen thought that if he wanted to calm down the incident and avoid the truth, the prince could not keep this soldier, and he should incorporate the soldiers who could fight into the guard army as soon as possible, and Wang Zhuang rents the same as the gentry. In this way, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from Naya Prefecture can be saved into the royal palace immediately......"

"Lord Wang, by all means!" Wang Kunshan seems to have taken the wrong medicine today, and always raises the bar with Liu Qianzhong, "The prince has no soldiers, how can he receive taxes in Yazhou?" Wangzhuang's rent increase is another situation before the civil unrest! ”

The prince was silent this time, looking pensive and undecided.

Liu Quanzhong smiled in his heart, Wang Kunshan was tricked. He talked about rent reduction is false, and it is also false to talk about virtuous names, and repeatedly reminded Wang Ye that there are "hundreds of thousands of taels" in taxes and silver in Yazhou, which is true!

Since Princess Qiu entered the mansion, she has been spending the money in the palace tightly, and the prince has to save a few private money to ask for a few small houses. The clan of Shu is full of complaints about this housekeeper who picks the door, and the king of Shu is sandwiched between the clan and his wife, which is very difficult. Liu Quanzhong believes that as long as he opens a golden treasure chest in front of the prince, the prince will pounce on it for ten thousand reasons! It is a matter of interests, and the Taiping King here today will definitely support himself!

After pondering for a long time, the prince finally spoke: "Be loyal, what should I do if the prince of Yazhou tax card refuses to give it?" Didn't Wang Sizhong say that Chen Youfu had already impersonated the official army? Does the Ya state tax card still have a copy of Tianquan Toast? These brutes are not easy to mess with! They are now guarding Chengdu, and if they are in a hurry, there will be chaos! ”

"Qi Gong Wang, Wang Sizhong said it." This time, Liu Quanzhong was confident, "That Chen Youfu pretended to be an official soldier, but the soldiers below him are all domestic slaves of my palace!" Weichen didn't believe that they dared not listen to the prince! We will not move the share of the barbarians on the tax card in Yazhou, let them just take it, and we will bring back the rest ourselves. ”

"But......" the prince was still worried, "the prince will not be able to support his soldiers without that share of silver!" ”