When it came to this issue, Liu Xin had a headache, couldn't help waving his hand, and said: "I am not confused yet, I am in the prime of life, and I will discuss the matter of establishing a reserve later." ”

Chen Gong got up and said: "Lichu is a matter of national capital, how can it be delayed again and again. ”

Liu Xin said unhappily: "Then according to the will of the people, who should be appointed as the prince?" ”

Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "Since ancient times, why do you need to talk about it!" ”

Zhang Fei said loudly: "Liu Bang is cowardly, how can he take on such a heavy responsibility? ”

As usual, whenever the matter of Lichu is mentioned, the court will be divided into two camps and quarrel. At this time, Jia Xu, who had just returned to Chang'an to report on the changes in the Great Qin Empire, walked out, arched his hand around, and said: "The eldest prince has left his parents since he was a child, and it is inevitable that he will be cowardly in character. Weichen had an idea, it was better to arrange a job for him for a one-year period. If the eldest prince still does not improve within a year, everyone will no longer mention the matter of appointing him as the prince in the future. If within a year, the eldest prince's performance in all aspects is impeccable, Weichen thinks that His Majesty will not have any more opinions. ”

Liu Xin pondered for a while, and then understood what Jia Xu meant. Jia Xu's proposal can not only temporarily resolve the disputes among the ministers, but also buy him a year, so as not to have to quarrel over the matter of the prince every time he goes to the court.

Seeing that the ministers were still arguing, Liu Xin coughed twice and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, I think Wenhe is reasonable, what do you think?" ”

In fact, Jia Xu's compromise opinion was still acceptable to everyone, so the debate stopped. Liu Xin nodded, and said to Tian Feng again: "Yuan Hao, you are the secretary of the ministry, so leave this matter to you." ”

Because Liu Bang's identity is special, and Tian Feng knows that Liu Bang is not capable, he deeply feels that this task is very tricky. After the dispersal of the dynasty, Tian Feng hurriedly convened several principal officials of the Ministry of Officials to discuss, and arranged positions that could not only achieve the purpose of inspecting Liu Bang, but also not make any big mess because of Liu Bang's lack of ability. After several discussions, everyone unanimously proposed to arrange Liu Bang with the position of lieutenant in the eastern part of Chang'an.

The eastern lieutenant of Chang'an is also the lieutenant who is responsible for the security of the east gate of Chang'an, and the east gate of Chang'an lives in some wealthy families, so although the position of this eastern lieutenant is low, the responsibility is heavy, and it is very difficult for ordinary people to enforce the law impartially. And Liu Bang, as the eldest prince, has a noble status, no matter what kind of people dare not play prestige in front of him, it is a very good choice for him to serve as the northern lieutenant.

The imperial court has its own rules of the imperial court, and Liu Xin stipulates that no one can reveal everything discussed in the court. Therefore, although Chen Gong, Cheng Yu and others are on Liu Bang's side on the issue of establishing a prince, they will not tell Liu Bang himself about the investigation of Liu Bang, and they are all out of public intentions and have no personal relationship with Liu Bang, let alone take this risk.

However, Liu Bang stayed in the palace all day, bound by all kinds of rules, and couldn't play with Liu Yu and them, so he was already depressed.

Liu Xin's ears finally calmed down a little, and he began to refocus his energy on the problems of the Great Qin Empire. The Phantom has been officially disbanded, and some of them have been assigned to various counties to take charge of arrests, while the other part of the elite has been gathered to form a new organization, called the Dahan Foreign Intelligence Office.

The activities of the Han Foreign Intelligence Department were strictly restricted to the outside borders of the Han Dynasty, and it was responsible for spying on the intelligence of the countries surrounding the Han Dynasty, but it was not allowed to use surveillance, reconnaissance, eavesdropping, and other means against the citizens of the Han Dynasty. It's just that the surrounding Dawan, Kangju and other countries are relatively friendly to the Han Dynasty, and it is very easy to spy on the news. The attitudes of Wusun, Shenfu and Guishan are not very clear, but because they are afraid of the strong force of the Han Dynasty, they do not dare to obstruct the actions of the Han Foreign Intelligence Department.

This time, in order to understand what the Great Qin Empire wanted to do, the Great Han Foreign Intelligence Department had to break through the previous territory and continue to travel west. Liu Xin also knew that their mission would be difficult this time, so he transferred special forces to them. It was with the help of the special forces that the Dahan Foreign Intelligence Department overcame many difficulties and brought back the news that Liu Xin urgently needed.

After a bloodbath and plundering of foreign caravans, the Great Qin Empire temporarily stopped. Rome's royal palaces were filled with fine silks and porcelain, and Putimius could enjoy the miraculous tea leaves that would make him feel a hundred times more refreshed every day. The nobles of the city no longer had to pay large sums of gold and silver for the luxury goods from the Far East, and most of the goods confiscated from the foreign caravans were distributed to them, and no one ever gave Ptimius any more advice on the matter.

However, the good times were short-lived. Porcelain as smooth as white jade, and silk as smooth as a baby's skin have always been the favorites of the Great Qin aristocracy, these things are basically durable goods, and without foreign caravans, their home inventory can be used for a long time. But tea is different, that is, there is no more after drinking.

It had only been half a year, and the chief housekeeper in the Great Qin Palace, Lai Chesi, reported to Putimius that the tea in the palace had been drunk. Ptimius was very strange, and according to his estimation, the tea stolen from the foreign caravans could be drunk for at least three years. But they made a fatal mistake by not keeping the tea properly, and the humid climate around the Mediterranean caused the tea to become damp and mildew.

In the past, there was no tea, and Putimius lived like this, but now that he is used to drinking tea, suddenly there is no more, and Putimius always feels that something is missing in life. When Ptimius arrived, Chase reprimanded him severely, and sent several of the attendants who were in charge of keeping the tea to the guillotine.

But doing so can only calm his mood a little, and it can't completely solve the dilemma of lack of tea. And those who were also unstable because they couldn't buy tea were other high-ranking Daqin nobles. Although Putimius was the emperor of Great Qin, if he left the support of these nobles, his throne would be shaken immediately, and the House of Elders, which had lost power, might even make a comeback.

Putimius had to face up to the small tea problem, even if not for himself, but for the sake of the entire Great Qin aristocracy. As a result, Putimius re-issued a decree allowing foreign caravans to enter Rome and openly sell magical goods from the East, such as tea, silk, and porcelain. At the same time, however, Putimius ordered that the prices of these goods should not exceed one-third of the prices they had before the ban on tea.

However, after the promulgation of this new decree, not a single foreign caravan was willing to enter the territory of Daqin. And Great Qin's own caravans were also resisted by the surrounding countries, and no one was willing to sell these goods to them. Foreign caravans were reluctant to do business with the Great Qin, and the price limit order compressed their profit margins was one aspect, and more importantly, the bloody scene in the city of Rome had already made those foreign merchants frightened, and it was difficult to change them without ten or eight years of hard work.

Putimius was not annoyed and angry, since he couldn't buy it with money, he would rob it! The reason why the Great Qin Empire can have today's territory is that it was plundered through wars and plunders, and he wants to launch a war caused by tea!