Qian Jun's words are actually what the third prince thinks. But he won't speak on his own, because he wants to establish a character who dares to take responsibility.

After all, no one can force him to do anything. Even if it is Zhuge Cheng's advice to clean up corruption and attack the emperor and businessmen, it is still himself who makes the final decision.

However, this does not mean that the third prince has no complaints in his heart.

If nothing happens, if you do these things yourself, it will be a great achievement for the Jiangshan Sheji or for the emperor.

But now, because of the problems with the grain and grass of the soldiers and horses in Youzhou City, these achievements seem insignificant.

The third prince was annoyed in his heart, this time he not only lost his wife but also broke his army, offended the officials and imperial merchants, not to mention, if it was because of the problem of grain and grass, the emperor would definitely not give up.

Draw the camp by yourself, be cautious, and there is still such a problem, how can you not let the third prince be angry?

Zhuge Cheng looked at Qian Jun and didn't speak, but the gloating eyes of others, Zhuge Cheng didn't take it to heart at all, what really chilled him was the attitude of the third prince. He originally thought that the third prince was different from other princes, he was a polite corporal, but he was just depressed.

The three princes are trapped in the shallows for the time being, and sooner or later they will be able to soar into the sky. But today's events have hit Zhuge Cheng's originally confident heart a big blow.

This is not good, the second prince showed a strong contrast, which made Zhuge Cheng's heart half cold.

But he still didn't give up hope completely, and said, "Does the third prince think so too? ”

Although the third prince was arbitrary to Zhuge Cheng in the past, he didn't get along well with others. But he knew that Zhuge Cheng was a person with two brushes, so he would not have a head-on conflict with him unless he had to.

"Mr. Zhuge has thought too much. All decisions are made by the prince. If there is a mistake, it is my fault. However, sir, at this time, let's not engage in infighting, if you have any ideas, please speak up quickly."

The third prince kept telling Zhuge Cheng not to think about it, but he was partial to Qian Jun in his words, and he didn't say that what Qian Jun just said was wrong. Obviously, in his heart, he still agrees with Qian Jun's words.

This made Zhuge Cheng very hurt and depressed. However, with so many pairs of eyes in the house looking at him, he knew that usually, he spoke arrogantly and did not join these officials, which offended many people. Among these people, the vast majority of them are waiting to see their own jokes, Zhuge Cheng is such a proud man, how can he let others see jokes, especially these officials he has never disdained?

Zhuge Cheng pretended not to see Qian Jun's sarcastic expression, and said with a serious face, "Your Highness, this matter is obviously deliberately arranged by someone. The war in Youzhou City is tight, and everyone knows that it is not the first time that the household department has purchased soldiers, horses, food and grass, how could they make such a low-level mistake? Even if there is not enough grain in the market because of the fire in the granary in Henan, there are so many granaries in other parts of the country, and if it is urgently dispatched, it will not delay the grain and grass in Youzhou City at all. However, the household department was slow to react, and the price of grain in the market suddenly increased several times overnight. As a result, even money cannot buy grain, so there is now that the merchants' warehouses are full of grain, but there is no grain to buy in the market. There are piles of grain in the granary, but the distribution is disordered"

"Apparently someone hoarded the grain in his hand for some purpose and did not circulate it in the market. There is also a cargo terminal, and because of some tacit understanding, grain cannot be delivered to Kyoto. Someone must take the lead, otherwise, not everyone will have such a tacit understanding. And the leader must have mastered the grain and freight terminals of the country. If you can do this, it's not difficult to guess," Zhuge Cheng said slowly, even though there were many dissatisfactions in his heart, he still analyzed it perfectly.

"Sir, you mean, the prince arranged all this?" The third prince was not stupid, and he heard the meaning of Zhuge Cheng's words. Everyone knows that the prince not only controls the household department, but also has two families with the imperial merchant Sun and Li, the imperial merchant Sun family is a grain merchant, and nearly half of the country's grain is in the granary of the Sun family; The Li family controls nearly half of the country's land and water docks. If there is a problem in the sale, sale, and transportation of grain, it is most likely that the Sun and Li families will do something.

"The prince's involvement, for sure. However, I don't know now whether the second prince is also involved. If the second prince is also involved, then the problem may not be simple. Of course, Zhuge Cheng knew that the crown prince was the most suspicious, but he was also worried about what role the second prince played in it.

He had always been uneasy about the emperor's arrangements for this hunting trip. The fact that the crown prince and the second prince were not in Kyoto was not accompanied by them was a very strange thing in itself. What's more, these days the court is too calm, and people have to suspect that this is a means for the crown prince and the second prince to invite the king into the urn.

Therefore, Zhuge Cheng has always opposed the instigation of others, asking the three princes not to rush to win over officials and expose their intentions too much. can do a lot of calculations, but I didn't expect that even if the crown prince and the second prince were not in Kyoto, they still acted through others.

"Mr. Zhuge , His Highness is calling you"

Zhuge Cheng was in a daze, but was reminded by the people around him.

Zhuge Cheng hurriedly looked at the third prince, saw that the smile on the other party's face remained unchanged, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, the student thinks that at this time, we are in the light and the enemy is in the dark. Or should we respond to all changes with the same?"

"Since Mr. said so, then let's hold our troops for the time being and see the follow-up development" The third prince also knew that he couldn't do anything now, and everything could only be dealt with after the emperor returned to Beijing.

On the other side, Youzhou City, Marshal's Mansion.

The real king Zhu Xi is looking at the family letter at the moment.

Because the war in Youzhou City was about to break out, he didn't even have a chance to spend the Spring Festival with his family and eat Chinese New Year's Eve. He hurried back to Youzhou City.

The atmosphere in the city is not good. Although the Jurchens, do not launch an offensive in winter. But that doesn't mean they won't send spies into the city to inquire about the news.

Because they know that there will be a war at the beginning of the year, how can the people in Youzhou City have a good year?

If it weren't for the fact that ordinary people had been in Youzhou City all their lives, and because of the protection provided by Gao Jinnian and Gao Jiajun, people in the city would have been panicked and fled in all directions. It will not be like now, tight on the outside and loose on the inside, and you can barely get by.

However, such a day does not know when it will end, and everyone hopes that the war will end as soon as possible.

The true king is also one of them, and he hopes to return home, with a beautiful wife in his arms, and children and grandchildren around his knees.

looked at the thick stack of family letters in his hand, including the parents written by his wife Song Yi, and the trivial things written by his son, even if they were trivial, they were also true.