In addition to paying attention to the affairs of the migrants from time to time, Liu Bang also took Mrs. Qi's words to heart, and he didn't go out of the Yuzao Palace for two or three days, thinking about how to talk about it to the prince. Mrs. Qi's intentions Liu Bang knew from the bottom of his heart that he himself wanted to take this opportunity to see the reaction of the ministers, and he needed to try some people he trusted from this matter. Liu Bang was most worried that Empress Lu would know that the prince was guarding Helan, so he had to block Empress Lu's mouth in advance. So in the past two days, he pretended to be sick and couldn't leave the Yuzao Palace, and specially called the Imperial Physician Qin to check his pulse, and every time the Imperial Physician Qin said that the emperor's pulse was peaceful and fine. Liu Bang stubbornly said that he was dizzy, chest-mouthed, and dreamed at night. Imperial Physician Qin became serious, carefully checked the medical book, and felt that there was no problem when he checked his pulse again, so he had to say that it was caused by the emperor's excessive fatigue due to the emperor's work for state affairs. Liu Bang nodded in approval with a smile, and rewarded the imperial doctor with fifty gold, and asked the imperial doctor to prescribe a few pairs of medicines casually before asking the imperial doctor to leave. The news of Liu Bang's illness immediately spread throughout the palace, and in two or three days, there were often concubines who took medicine and sent soup to visit Liu Bang in Yuzao Palace. When I returned to the inner court, I saw Liu Bang, but I saw that he was wrapped in a quilt and showed his head and laughed at Mrs. Qi, saying that it was funny to pretend to be sick. Empress Lu has never been to the Yuzao Palace once since Chongyang Night, and she doesn't want to come to Qi Ji, she knows a lot of things in the court in the inner palace, and she smiles when she hears that it is well solved, and when she hears that the emperor is in trouble again, she is nervous for him and gives him a solution. Hearing that Liu Bang was sick in Yuzao Palace, he immediately thought that he was too tired and felt very sorry for his body, but when he thought that he was sick in Mrs. Qi, Empress Lu didn't want to ask him and became a little cold. The other concubines rushed to Qi Ji to visit the emperor, but Empress Lu stayed quietly in Changxin Palace and listened to the movements outside, including Yuzao Palace.

Helan was very anxious, Liu Bang pretended to be sick just to show Empress Lu, and guessed that she knew about it and couldn't wait to summon the prince Liu Ying in the Xuanshu Palace. Wrapped in a cloth on his head, he was still leaning on the couch with a sick appearance, half a bowl of steaming yellow 'medicine' soup was placed on the case, a pair of old eyes were hanging listlessly, and the corners of his mouth were still dry and cracked at some point, which was really a patient's appearance. Seeing the prince coming in, he became even weaker, and said with a trembling voice, "Ying'er, ah......" Liu Ying saw that her father was sick, and she didn't have time to salute, so she ran to the couch and knelt on the ground, holding Liu Bang's hand and asked urgently, "Is my father's body still not well?" The son was unfilial and failed to suffer this sin for his father. Liu Ying's appearance of a filial son made Liu Bang, who pretended to be sick, feel guilty and a little moved. Liu Ying looked at the case mountain with half a bowl of soup and medicine, and hurriedly picked it up and felt that there was still residual heat, so she held it to Liu Bangdao, "Why don't you finish it?" It is a blessing for the country that the father and the dragon are in good health, so drink it quickly. Send the decoction to Liu Bang's mouth. Liu Bang's eyes were stunned and swallowed dryly, he was not sick, although this medicine was a real medicine that had been boiled for several hours, it was originally placed on the case for the sake of looking at it to remove the suspicion of others. How to drink medicine without illness, and I don't know what medicine Imperial Doctor Qin boiled, so he hurriedly pushed the decoction back to the case, and shirked it, "I, I have drunk, I have drunk, I have drunk, and the bitterness is too strong is indeed good medicine." Liu Ying still guarded Liu Bang with a filial face, and asked the palace people to bring hot water, and Liu Ying personally wiped the dry corners of Liu Bang's mouth with a wet cloth. Liu Bang was moved, grabbed Liu Ying's arm, and said abruptly, "Helan has been attacked by Lou Fu's soldiers, and Guo Ting is currently guarding it." I have no generals to send, but I am worried that Helan is suffering from a minor illness, and I want to be strong and handsome, and the second or third doctor rushes to Helan to check the situation. Liu Bang clasped Liu Ying's arm, looked at Liu Ying with a determined and hopeful look, and said after a moment of silence, "I want to send you to guard Helan as the general, is it feasible?" ”

Liu Ying was stunned immediately when she heard this, she had never heard that Helan was cowardly, and she never thought that her father would ask her to go to Helan, and she didn't even know where Helan was, but she probably knew that it was in the north. Liu Ying's mind was a mess, and she understood that she had never been a general. But his father is slightly ill and cares about Helan wholeheartedly, and there is no general in the city, even though Liu Ying knows that his father's statement is contrary to the ancient system, even if he understands that he is not qualified for this task but cannot resist, how can he not care about national affairs as a national prince, and knows that his father has thought through before telling him the news. Regarding her father's words, Liu Ying never resisted, nor did she ask the reason, but only followed consistently. Liu Ying's eyes also looked at Liu Bang firmly and agreed, "Son, live up to the country's fate." ”

Liu Bang saw that he didn't even resist, even if he was not in good health, the prince should always know that what he should do was to supervise the country or raise the army, and now the prince saw that he was sick and was still ordered to go to Helan despite the consistent national order system, and even did not state to Liu Bang about the turmoil that might be caused in the future, and did not express any opinions but reluctantly accepted the appointment. The prince is too elegant and filial, lacking rigidity and strategy, and seeing the prince deal with this matter today proves the prince's weak side. Liu Bang was very annoyed by the prince's non-resistance and acceptance, and wanted to hear him explain the dangers of the prince's layman generals, but the prince didn't realize it. The heart that was originally sorry for the crown prince was burned to ashes by anger at this time, and he shook off Liu Ying's hand, straightened up and pointed at him and scolded, "Don't you know what the prince is in charge of the country or the army?" Don't you think it's inappropriate to transfer you to Helan and send you out of the palace? As the national prince, don't you know that you will inherit the society and should not leave the national capital for half a step? Even if I am slightly ill, even if I have no generals to send, can't I transfer the princes? How weak are you to be so unaware of the dangers of travel? How did Uncle Sun Tong teach you, as a prince, to do the prince's things? Do you accept what you are given? How to rush to the order without thinking about the vital points? Liu Ying was so frightened by Liu Bang's sudden roar that she didn't dare to say a word, and she couldn't understand why her father was angry, didn't he tell him to guard Helan? How to blame yourself. I kept spelling the words in my heart but didn't know what to say, my mind was blank, and the nervous Liu Ying clenched her fingers and stood with her head respectfully bowed. Seeing that he still didn't speak, Liu Bang became more and more angry, and flicked his sleeves unpleasantly, "It's good if you resist me once, how can you accept whatever I say?" There is no national reserve in the form of a faction of submissiveness. Liu Ying heard Liu Bang's words as if she understood a little, and suddenly felt wronged and wronged, Liu Bang said it decently, and there were some small grievances in her heart, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath and re-arched her hand in front of Liu Bang, and said with a little excitement, "The world has changed, how can people blindly follow the ancient system?" The national reserve is the foundation of the country, even if there is nothing wrong, if there is no land, how can the national reserve? Your Majesty has many beloved sons, and the ministers are the most poor. Even if you are the crown prince, shouldn't you lead everyone to protect every inch of mountains and rivers? The prince can be elected, the mountains and rivers are more important, every inch of land is killed and bloodshed, is a prince heavier than the hundreds of millions of people who died of bloodshed? It doesn't matter if this prince doesn't stand up. Sending a layman to a minister is for the land, and the land is guaranteed but the minister is dead. The acting king can replace the minister as the crown prince. Liu Yingluoluo's generous and surging statement said his thoughts happily like fire, not only refuting that Liu Bang could not be a layman, but also pointed out Liu Bang's mind in one sentence, that is, to replace himself with wishful thinking. Liu Bang's ravine-lined old face was really stunned, he didn't expect the prince to refute himself so powerfully, the prince was so emotional that he turned the father and son into a dialogue between the monarch and the minister, calling his father His Majesty and calling himself a minister, and the last sentence actually pointed out Liu Bang's thoughts nakedly, which made Liu Bang a little embarrassed. Liu Bang was just stunned but turned to laugh, but he liked that the prince at this time dared to refute himself, and said with a smile on his face, "The kid is proud, so I am like this." He patted Liu Ying on the back with a smile, "You should be like this." You can only rest assured when you go to Helan. Liu Ying was afraid that she was busy with her brave words just now, and she gave up her orders. Liu Bang knew that the prince was not familiar with military affairs, so he said that he would find a few generals for him to help him, and said that as long as he went to Helan to take over the affairs of General Guo Ting, he had raised the barrier and dug a deep moat, and the prince went there to just defend carefully, and there was nothing important, if he found anything suspicious, he should immediately fly to Chang'an to report.

The prince agreed one by one. After explaining this matter to the prince, there was nothing else, so Liu Bang found some trivial matters to talk to the prince. asked the prince how his studies were recently, and asked him how his health was, whether he went to worship the queen, or went to Liyang Palace to worship the emperor. The prince has done everything, but for his studies, the prince said that when he is tired of studying every day, he will go to the nullah for a walk, or go to the forest garden to ride a horse, or go to the Lone Star Terrace to look at the vast rivers and mountains. Liu Bang nodded with satisfaction, the prince is gentle and elegant, and his demeanor is pleasant, he can always do a good job of these things that are full of Confucianism.

It happened that Wang Ling and Chen Ping came to report the immigration to the Kanto, and the prince withdrew from the hall with a farewell salute, and passed by Wang Ling Chen Ping, the prince nodded slightly, and Wang Ling Chen Ping gave his hand to the prince but caught a glimpse of some indescribable melancholy and melancholy on the prince's face. After a quick glance, he walked to the front of the case and saluted Liu Bang. Liu Bang didn't want to tell them about the prince's trip to Helan, but the prince's departure from Beijing would always spread the word, so he told the two of them about Hu Kou Helan and wanting the prince to go to Helan recently. Both of them were puzzled, first of all, they also did not believe that Lou Fu dared to invade the Helan area, in the past, the important defense was the northwest of Daidi, and they were afraid that the Huns would be caught off guard by attacking Daidi, but now they actually pointed out that Lou Fu invaded Helan. Wang, Chen, and Zhao Yao, like Zhao Yao, all know that Helan has excellent geographical conditions, and the fish and water are beautiful.

Liu Bang asked the two of them what they thought of the prince's departure to garrison Helan. Wang Ling thought about it for a while and felt that it was inappropriate, "The prince is the foundation of the country and it is not suitable to leave the palace at a young age, since ancient times, the crown prince has not left the monarch, so why should the prince go to Helan alone?" In case the floor is annoyed to attack again, the prince has no military experience, so it is better to stay in the palace. Liu Bang gritted his teeth with an indifferent expression, did not say anything, and continued to look at Chen Ping. Chen Ping also had concerns, but after thinking about the emperor's words and seeing the prince's melancholy and melancholy face just now, he had already concluded that the emperor had decided to guard the crown prince Helan, so he just wanted to see their attitudes. Chen Ping understood that the emperor's move had intentions, and he didn't feel that the prince was inappropriate, so he first followed Liu Bang and said, "Although the prince is true, the minister is still willing to leave the palace. At that time, King Wuling of Zhao followed his father to conquer cities and conquer cities since he was a child, and ascended the throne at the age of fifteen to become the monarch of Zhao. Now that the prince is fourteen years old, it is time to practice. Although Helan is close to the Xiongnu, once the Xiongnu or Lou Fu send troops to Helan, Houhua, who guards Yanchi County, Beidi County, will immediately go over to reinforce him, and the prince will be harmless. ”

Liu Bang was very satisfied with Chen Ping's words, and he originally hoped that the prince would go to Helan. For the prince to go to Helan is already on the line, Liu Bang doesn't have to listen to Wang Chen's words. When he heard that they were going to talk about the relocation of the people from the eastern part of the country, he told them to come and hear about it.

Chen Ping returned to the point and said, "Prime Minister Xiao Cheng has drawn up a list of several migrants in a row, and the first batch is designated as businessmen and artists. The Han law stipulates that merchants are not allowed to own land, so they are not engaged in agricultural production, so they will not be nostalgic for land, so Kanto Kannai is the same for them. The minister also heard that these merchants and artists, especially the merchants, hoped that His Majesty would be more lenient to them, allowing them to wear precious textiles and levy a population tax, hoping to be the same as ordinary people's families, and they hoped that His Majesty would not impose double taxes on them for the sake of those who were willing to move to the Guannai, and if they could, they would enliven the economy and culture of the Guannai. ”

Liu Bang was a little worried, sitting on the couch with one hand on his forehead and falling into deep thought, the policy for merchants has become customized since the founding of the Han Dynasty. The edicts that suppressed the merchants only forbade them to gain political status in exchange for profit and become those who seized the interests of the state. According to Chen Ping, they only made some trivial demands, which would not cause any damage to the Han Empire. Liu Bang thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to wear expensive clothes if you want to, but I'm afraid it's not okay not to pay double taxes." The cart before the horse can not be reversed, it has always been based on the peasants, and the people of the businessmen are wise and deceitful, and the deceitful are clever and decreed. The decree of such detail is to restrain them, and to eat the people's grains without producing, which can be said to be reaped for nothing, and it is justified to levy a double tax today. ”

Chen Ping and Wang Ling followed Liu Bang's statement. Speaking of these merchants, he also remembered another thing, Liu Bang thought that the Xiongnu repeatedly invaded the border just for the sake of the Han Dynasty, and recently instigated Lou to invade Helan, and their brutal robbery and robbery made Liu Bang helpless. After many years of thinking about how the Han and Hungarians could reduce the friction of the war, Liu Jingxian recently made Liu Bang have a plan to migrate to Guanzhong. He asked Wang Ling Chen Ping how to open a Guan City on the northern border, the two looked at each other and clapped their hands, thinking that it was an excellent idea, and now marrying the Xiongnu, opening the Guan City can not only reduce the war between the two countries, but also increase the exchanges between the two countries, and bring the Han family time to recuperate. The two said that they needed an envoy to go to the Xiongnu to tell Mao Dunshan Yu about this idea, hoping that he would accept this opinion, so that the Xiongnu people could also exchange the Han unique silk, rice wine, ironware, pottery and other Central Plains objects on the border. Liu Bang nodded in approval, thinking that after dealing with the matter of the Kwantung migrants, he would send an envoy to the Xiongnu to negotiate the opening of a customs market on the border.

After everything had been stated, Liu Bang told them to go out first, and before leaving, he asked Wang Ling and Xiao He how the thieves in Guanzhong and the annexation of farmland were going. Wang Ling said that the prime minister killed a hundred to make an example and scared off many Guannei marquis, and indeed gave up a lot of land, and there were many fewer thieves. After Wang Ling Chen Ping left, Liu Bang himself was entangled in his heart, the people were the foundation and foundation of his rule of the country, and the bureaucrats were the difficult brothers and brothers who followed him to fight the world together, and they were given fields and exempted from certain taxes and servitude, which seemed to have been compensated with benefits, but only a few high-ranking military officials became bureaucrats, and most of the soldiers became yeoman farmers with a piece of land after returning to their hometowns, just like ordinary people. If there is an identity and a field, there will be comparisons and hierarchies, and there will be bullying.