Liu Zheng is not a fool as an emperor, listening to the tone of Shi Xian and Wulu Chongzong, it shows that there is still this matter, but taking out 30,000 yuan makes Liu Zheng very curious.

"Prince, just stand up and explain, it seems that you won't lose anything by letting you come today, otherwise things will be really difficult to handle." Liu Zheng said with a smile.

Liu Biao was still thinking about how to solve it at this time, and the words of the old man made Liu Biao a little helpless, and he walked in front of Liu Ao very carefully.

"How are you trying to solve it? Do not hurt each other, or do they harm one side and benefit the other? Liu Biao said in a low voice.

Liu Zheng smoothed his beard, "You kid can't even see your father's face, he must be precious, and the emperor doesn't want to do whatever he wants, balance knows, the balance of the two sides is the best." ”

"Containment is right, Shi Xian restrained Kuang Heng, Kuang Heng restrained Shi Xian, I didn't expect it, Dad, you look very mediocre, your abacus is good." Liu Biao said in a low voice.

"Don't talk nonsense here, you kid, hurry up and solve it, now your ability is very important to your father." Liu Zheng patted Liu Biao's shoulder and said.

Liu Biao returned to his position, looked at Zhai Fangjin, and then looked at Shi Xian, it is indeed better to value harmony, but Zhai Fangjin is biting here, which is very troublesome.

First of all, Zhai Fangjin's point of view, "Shi Xian used the 100,000 stone grain given by the imperial court to earn a lot of extra income, among which the prince participated, of course, the prince's original intention was good, so he made all 400,000 grains sent to the disaster area to alleviate the situation at that time." ”

"Shi Xian embezzled 50,000 stone grain in this incident, if it weren't for the prince, I'm afraid it would be more, although you made up 30,000 in the follow-up, but these grains are just a drop in the bucket for Shi Xian."

"Embezzling 50,000 stones, the crime cannot be punished, and the 30,000 grains can't make up for the sin at all, so it's best to cut it." The above is Zhai Fangjin's view.

As for Shi Xian's point of view, it is also very simple, "Although I want to embezzle grain, but seeing that the prince loves the country and the people, he did not do it, and he put in 30,000 grains before and after, and these grains and the exchange of 300,000 stone grains are enough to make up for it." ”

The rest of the ministers in the court did not speak, Liu Ao was pacing back and forth at this time, if Liu Zheng was no longer here, it would be easy to solve, but the current plan must satisfy Liu Zheng.

Liu Biao pondered for a moment before he spoke: "Prime Minister Si said bluntly, this matter should be handed over to the Governor's Mansion to deal with, but if you think about it, Shi Xian is not corrupt. ”

"At the beginning, I went to visit Shi Xian, and he felt that 100,000 stone grain was not much, but the merchants in the capital had a lot of grain, so he co-starred with the prince and deceived the merchant of 300,000 stone grain."

"Shi Xian disregards his reputation like this, and loyal and patriotic people are really rare, and in the middle, he and Jian Liang and others took out 50,000 stone of grain, which is also all disaster relief, the behavior is guilty, the original intention is good, and it will not be punished, if the prime minister Sizhi is still dissatisfied, corporal punishment can be carried out on the prince."

"Of course, Si Zhi pointed out Shi Xian's mistakes, which is also a manifestation of uprightness and should be rewarded, so in the end, the prince decided that Shi Xian would not be punished, and Si Zhi would be rewarded, I don't know what the two of you think?"

When Shi Xian heard this, he immediately stood up, "What's that, what the prince said is too reasonable, Weichen doesn't have any opinion, but I don't know what Si Zhi thinks in his heart?" ”

How did Zhai Fangjin not know that the prince intended to protect Shi Xian, and only Liu Biao knew the reason best, Liu Zheng just listened to the results.

Kuang Heng also kicked Zhai Fangjin from behind, "You kid take it easy, the old man has finished telling you what you said, now that the prince has given the steps, you hurry up and reply, I'm your teacher, you'd better not pull me into the water!" Otherwise, the country would really be theirs. ”

Zhai Fangjin listened to the teacher's whisper, and also felt that it made sense, "Since the prince has said so, Weichen also thinks it is feasible, but the matter of the Huns?" ”

Liu Biao hurriedly interrupted Zhai Fangjin's words, "Father, the matter of the Huns and grain is one yard to the other, just say it, how did the ministers solve this matter?" ”

Liu Zheng nodded, "It's very good, it's similar to me back then, but Si Zhi, you continue to talk about the Huns, and the grain matter is just as the prince said." ”

When Zhai Fangjin talked about the affairs of the Xiongnu, Liu Zheng's face was obviously much more formal, the Xiongnu, Cheshi, Shanshan, and the Western Regions all belonged to foreign countries.

But among these countries, only the Xiongnu are the most difficult to deal with, before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they have always used peace and affinity, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, until Emperor Xuan, almost all of them were wars, and then the Xiongnu paid tribute, and finally made peace to avoid war.

Now in the generation of Emperor Yuan, due to the appointment of Shi Xian by the state, the court is full of miasma, and disasters occur in the four seas, and the Xiongnu are in a state of modesty.

What is modesty, that is, to give gifts, stabilize the frontier, and wait until the country is strong to solve these things, the Xiongnu have become more and more rampant in recent years, so Emperor Yuan attaches great importance to it.

For more than 100 years in the Western Han Dynasty, it can be regarded as the time of internal and external troubles, but the interesting thing is that Emperor Yuan did not worry about internal troubles, only to guard against external troubles, after all, there are many fools in the world, no matter how many internal worries there are, there is an official government, and it is not a climate for now.

At the end of the second year of Jianzhao, Emperor Yuan paid a large amount of tribute to the Xiongnu, and Shi Xian embezzled a lot in the middle, and now Zhai Fangjin wants to talk about this matter.

Emperor Yuan Liu Zheng's face was very serious, Shi Xian and the others did not dare to interject, Zhai Fangjin kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, some time ago, our country paid tribute to the Xiongnu a batch of treasures, but I didn't think that Shi Xian would kick back half of it. ”

"And share the spoils with Prison Liang, Wulu Chongzong and others, resulting in the border Mayi being sacked by the Huns, such things that harm others and benefit oneself, I think only Shi Xian can do it!"

After hearing this, Shi Xian said with some trembling: "You are spewing blood, when did I become corrupt, besides, Mayi City is close to the frontier, and now it is the responsibility of the Xiongnu to attack it, what does it have to do with us!" ”

"We are law-abiding officials, how can we misappropriate the country's money indiscriminately, we don't care about that bit of food, how can we not hold it because of this tribute!" Prison Liang then said.

Zhai Fangjin glanced at the prison beam with some facelessness, "You don't care about food when you talk to me now, if it weren't for the prince in the middle, I'm afraid it wouldn't be 100,000 stones in your mansion!" ”

"Who doesn't know your little thoughts, don't put garlic here!"

The prison beam was speechless by Zhai Fangjin, and the Wulu Chongzong next to him was about to step forward, Liu Zheng waved his hand at this time, signaling the ministers to return to the queue.

"Let's not talk about the grain for the time being, I will ask, is it true that the Xiongnu property was embezzled?" Liu Zheng said very calmly.

"This? This thing? Shi Xian stammered.

"Is it true or not?" Liu Zheng suddenly shouted.

Shi Xian was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to his knees.