The next day, Liu Bang hastily had breakfast in Changxin Palace, and then went to the front hall of Weiyang Palace to deal with government affairs.

When he entered the main hall, the ministers were already waiting for him with a wat board, looking at the ministers, especially the prime minister's eyebrows, as if there was something going on today, Liu Bang hurriedly glanced at the faces of the ministers in the hall, and walked on the dragon couch with his hands behind his back.

The ministers knelt on the mountain and shouted, "The emperor will be happy for thousands of years." ”

"Up." The eunuch raised his hand on the side and summoned the ministers to get up and do something.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to play." Prime Minister Xiao He was the first to come out of the class.

Liu Bang nodded, and raised his hand to call him to speak.

Xiao He bowed his old waist and said, "Yesterday, the minister received a news that the county guard of Yanmen County passed away in the early morning three days ago, and the position of county guard was vacant. Originally, the guard of Yanmen County should have been added by the acting king, but His Royal Highness the acting king did not arrive to take the country, and asked the emperor to cut it, I don't know if the emperor has a suitable candidate to settle Yanmen County. ”

Liu Bang whispered 'oh', his eyes glanced at Xiao He, his buttocks sitting on the dragon couch moved, he pinched his chin slightly with one hand, squinted his eyes slightly, and thought about it for a while, "This matter, Yanmen County guard went a little suddenly, how could I know that he died at this time?" As for the Yanmen County Guard, I'll think about it for two days. Yanmen lives in the north, adjacent to Dai County, and Yunzhong County in the west, these three counties are the barrier to the north, and the incompetent cannot be appointed. ”

Xiao He glanced at Liu Bang and lowered his head and was silent, standing in place. The ministers moved, and there was a small voice of discussion.

Liu Bang raised his hands in the air as a gesture of appeasement, and the ministers quieted down. Liu Bang raised his eyebrows slightly, and when he saw Xiao He in place, he said silently, "Is there a suitable candidate for the prime minister?" Hurry up. ”

Xiao He shook slightly, looked at the left and right ministers, and said, "There are two people, one is Xue Ou, the Marquis of Guangping, and the other is the Marquis of Qingyang." These two are the generals who have followed His Majesty to crusade against Great Qin and Xiang Ji, and then successively followed His Majesty to attack Han Wangxin, etc., Yanmen County is located in the north, sometimes there are Xiongnu invasions, choose a military general to guard Yanmen, the minister thinks it is feasible. ”

Liu Bang felt some truth when he heard what Xiao He said, and nodded unconsciously in recognition of Xiao He's words, Yanmen is indeed entangled with the Xiongnu all the time, and the Xiongnu often harass Yanmen and Yunzhong County, and non-military generals cannot be selected. But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was quite inappropriate, the character of the military general was inevitably a little irritable and lacked resourcefulness, and it was not a useful long-term strategy, so he unconsciously shook his head, and His Royal Highness was quite confused, and he didn't understand what the emperor meant. With his right hand, he drew circles around his temples, his eyebrows were squeezed together, and suddenly his eyes lit up, his face burst out with joy, and after thinking about it, he straightened his body, cleared his throat and said, "What the prime minister said is not unreasonable, but the rule of the county and the country cannot be governed by military generals or civil ministers, and the coexistence of the two is long-term peace and stability, what does the prime minister say?" ”

As soon as Xiao He heard the initiation, a pair of old eyes suddenly brightened, and he bowed his waist and praised, "What Your Majesty said is very true. ”

As for whether the parties Xue Ou and Wang Sue were willing, they didn't show it, the two of them stood on duty with calm faces, listening to the discussion between the prime minister and the emperor, glancing at the emperor and the prime minister from time to time, the corners of their mouths moved slightly, and they stopped talking.

"General Xue and General Wang Su are both generals, no matter how high or inferior, but there is only one person in Yanmen County, how can I assign them?" Liu Bang looked at Wang Suction and then at Xue Ou, he had been wandering between the two of them, and his face was embarrassed and entangled, not really entangled, but it was not good to send anyone. Both of them were generals in the central part of the Han court, and they were sent to the local area for a while, and they were in Yanmen County, which was adjacent to the Hu people, and no one wanted to go. Liu Bang was reluctant to directly say the name of the general, so he had to make a difficult decision for the two of them, so he put his right hand on his forehead again, and peeked at Wang Su and Xue Ou with two slits exposed.

Wang Su and Xue Ou turned their faces to glance at each other, and at the same time raised their eyes to glance at Liu Bang, who was in trouble.

Yanmen and the central Hanting court, of course, they will choose to be high-ranking officials in the central government, no one wants to go to the far north, and it is a place close to the Xiongnu, and they will encounter the invasion of the Xiongnu from time to time, and they will not be able to live in peace from time to time.

Liu Bang was in a dilemma, and the ministers couldn't say anything so they bowed their heads and remained silent.

There was no sound in the hall for a moment, and the silence was broken by the sound of a shoe, and everyone saw that Wang Suck stepped out of class, straightened up and bowed and recommended himself, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Yanmen." ”

Liu Bang: 'Huh? With his mouth wide open, he hurriedly put down his hand and looked at Wang Su carefully, Liu Bang's face instantly turned into calm, raised his hand in the air and retracted it, and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, good, the prince is really my good minister, I will increase your food to 4,800 households, how about it?" ”

After Wang was stunned for a moment, he quickly knelt on the ground and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Liu Bang nodded happily, as if he was very satisfied with Wang Su's decision, and waved the sleeves of his wide robe to tell Wang Sug to go back to work and stand. Wang Sue stood back in his original position, and glanced at Xue Ou in front of him, Xue Ou was also smiling at him and nodded, it seemed that a kind of general and gentleman smiled faintly, the big husband didn't ask about the pain, didn't ask about the predicament, the big husband cared about brotherhood, the monarch and the righteousness, Wang Su smiled indifferently at Xue Ou, and the smile between the two was clean and gentlemanly.

The ministers all cast blessed eyes and waved their hands towards Wang Su, who smiled back again. Liu Bang, who was seated, suddenly frowned with joy, bit his fingers slightly in the compliments of the ministers to Wang Su, thought for a moment, sat up straight, raised his voice and continued, "Yanmen County guards the subordinate county Cheng, I don't ask if the original county is doing things properly, set up a right county above him, and the right is the biggest." I thought about it again and again, Mrs. Guan's younger brother Guan Xiuyan is quite competent, don't underestimate Guan Xiuyan's ability to only eat and drink, he also has skills that you haven't discovered, Guan Xiuyan is appointed as the right county and belongs to the category of Wang Su. You don't have any opinions, right? Liu Bang's thoughts just now are reflected in his behavior and language at this time, it seems that everything has been arranged, and his mind reacts quite quickly, the things reported today can be handled in an instant, and his brain turns very fast, the most important thing is that he reflects Guan Xiuyan in his thoughts, ignoring foreign ministers first, and giving priority to his wife's party forces and his own people. Yanmen belonged to the Zhao State as early as the Warring States Period, and the Zhao State was divided into two bodies of nomadic civilization and agricultural civilization at that time, and it was difficult for Handan, the capital city in the south, to control the Daijun and Yunzhong County of Yanmen to the north, and often caused trouble. Yanmen County belongs to the nomadic civilization in the north, far away from Chang'an and difficult to control, and extremely close to the Xiongnu. Liu Bang was afraid that Wang Sue would be like the second Han Wangxin, even if he knew that Wang Suck was simple and honest by nature, he had to take extra precautions, so he had to send a trustworthy person around him to Yanmen with Wang Su. Quickly sifting through the available people in his mind, a flash of inspiration, he thought of Guan Xiuyan who had entered the palace a few days ago, he was Mrs. Guan's younger brother, the most important thing was not to ask him to really be a county prince, but to send him to supervise everything in Yanmen, but also to manage Xiuyan for the good of Guan Xiuyan and stay away from some dangers in the Han Court.

When the ministers first heard that Guan Xiuyan opened their mouths in surprise, they hurriedly said to the left and right that this person was just a gangster on Chang'an Street, how to take on the position of Yanmen County, and he didn't dare to speak out, so that everyone was blushing, and when he saw the emperor's suggestive eyes and an unchangeable momentum, he had to compromise and shouted, "The emperor is sage, and the ministers have no objections." The ministers bowed their heads and echoed Liu Bang, and after the mountain shouted, they all understood that the emperor's strategy of employing people was gradually changing, and suddenly a kind of heartache suddenly hurt, although the former relatives and friends also relied on his own preferences, but he could also appoint people like Yan Wangjuan who had military achievements. Now Guan Xiuyan is just a broad son on the streets of Chang'an, who has no military achievements and no ability, but he is competent as the commander of Yanmen County. Prime Minister Xiao He felt that it was inappropriate, stepped forward to argue, and just raised his hands in the big sleeves of his wide robe and saw the emperor staring at him with his eyes, Xiao He retreated and stood silently. Seeing that the ministers had no opinions, Liu Bang laughed again, happily kicked on the several cases full of bamboo slips in front of him, grabbed the fruit on the case and chewed it in his mouth, regardless of the image of the king. The ministers looked at each other again, each bowing his head and saying nothing. His Royal Highness's silence made Liu Bang smile immediately, and hurriedly put his feet down, explaining his bad behavior with a smile, "The old problem is committed, Qing and the others don't need to look up, they are in their hometown...... When I was in Peixian, I often put it on a few cases like this, and I don't need to be surprised, I will change it. ”

The ministers didn't care what he was like, it wasn't that he didn't understand the emperor's hooliganism, he had been the emperor for a few years, and the vulgar old problem had hardly changed, and he still loved to scold people, whether you were a prince or a princess, and when he was happy, he really exposed his shortcomings.

The ministers twitched at the corners of their lips, did not say anything about his words, bowed their heads and continued to stand. Wang Lingqing cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers also have something to play." Then he gathered the eyes of the ministers.

Liu Bang leaned on the dragon couch, yawned, wiped his hands as if he was washing his face, sat down again with his spirits, looked at Wang Ling with a smile and asked, "What's the matter with the prince?" ”

Wang Ling first bowed and said worriedly, "The Xiongnu have married the Han Dynasty, but the Xiongnu were allowed to settle in Jiuyuan for a year, and the ministers are afraid that there will be hidden dangers, whether they should divide their troops and garrison Jiuyuan County, after all, Chang'an is close to Hetao and Jiuyuan, and the territory of the Xiongnu is getting more and more south, and it is not a good strategy to continue like this for a long time." ”

Xiao He came out to second, "The minister also has this opinion, what the prince said is not false, Your Majesty needs to take a countermeasure." "All the ministers followed Xiao He to second the royal tomb. Liu Bang rubbed his nose and was silent, the folds on his face were squeezed together again, and the stripes on his forehead deepened a lot, and after a while, he got up and walked back and forth on the steps with his hands behind his back, and finally stood at the edge of the steps, as if he had an idea, and smiled at Wang Ling, "I have my own plans, and I will talk about it when Liu Jing comes back." I was touched by the prince's concern for state affairs. ”

Wang Ling hurriedly raised his hand, "The minister is ashamed and dare not accept it, I hope Your Majesty will consider it." ”

Liu Bang smiled and nodded. Taking a deep breath, he looked past the ministers and saw that the sun outside the hall was already so high, and he was embarrassed to say it when he was ready to go to court. Scratching the back of his head, he turned his gaze to the other ministers and asked, "Is there anything else to do?" ”

The ministers looked at each other's colleagues, shook their heads silently, and had nothing to do.

Liu Bang was delighted, but he pulled the corners of his mouth up to his right cheek, and his eyes were patrolling a person. Since entering the hall, this person has been bowing his head and contemplating and his eyebrows are locked, and he can't guess what to think, Liu Bang finally looked at him and chuckled. I walked down the stairs and walked up to him, put my hand on his shoulder, smiled and said, "I don't see anything played by the prince, why?" Every time he encounters a problem, the prince comes out to offer advice, does the prince really regard himself as the second in the ovary? Liu Bang smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

Everyone turned their eyes to this person, and Zhou Bo and the others also turned around and watched. It turned out to be Qu Rebellion waiting for Chen Ping, Chen Pingzheng lowered his head indifferently and thought about things, his hands were arched in the deep sleeves of the wide robe and did not come out, and his eyes glanced at Liu Bang beside him, dressed in a black imperial Hanfu, and thick black boots dangled in front of him.

Quickly closed his eyes and moved his mind for a while, and then raised his head and replied to Liu Bang, "Minister...... There's really something to do. ”

Liu Bang's eyes widened and he instantly bent his eyes and smiled, "Oh? You say, "I have never heard you say anything." ”

Chen Ping got up, took a step back, bowed his waist and said, "That's it, it's the matter of Qi country's salt production." ”

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, "I know this and allow it." ”

After Liu Bang finished speaking, Chen Ping immediately answered and hurriedly said, "No matter what the Qi country is, it is not appropriate to increase the price of salt. The minister believes that it is not allowed to indulge the Qi country too much, and the prohibition of things is prosperous, and the prosperity is declining. Qi is the largest country in the Kanto region, at this time the national strength is flourishing, and the rest of the feudal countries have no comparison, which is to make salt for profit, and it is also the grace of His Majesty. However, the State of Qi sells salt grains at a high price, which will definitely arouse the hatred of other countries, and it is not allowed that some countries will secretly join forces to control the State of Qi, although the State of Chu, the State of Zhao, and the State of Jing will not put pressure on the State of Qi, but what about the State of Liang, the State of Yan, the State of Changsha, and the Kingdom of Huainan? Will they privately join forces to suppress the State of Qi, or even the State of Chu or the State of Zhao? The minister heard that after Changsha and Huainan raised the price of salt by 30% in Qi, they also raised their domestic prices by more than 30%, and all the things sold to Qi were raised in price, but they were still sold at the original price internally, which was to curb the development of Qi, but Changsha and Huainan were secretly sold to each other at the original price, and it seems that the price increase of other countries was only for the salt price of Qi. Then, although the Qi State was prosperous for a while, it could not withstand the joint containment of other countries, and at that time, except for a few fraternal clan countries, other countries would not help the Qi State. Moreover, the minister also heard that the increase in the price of salt in Qi was the idea of Queen Qi......" Chen Ping said a lot, and Liu Bang's originally smiling face instantly turned serious and worried, and he raised one hand to interrupt his words, left Chen Ping's side, and returned to the dragon couch, thinking silently.

"Didn't you say that Huainan and Changsha raised the price first, and Qi only rose?" Liu Bang locked his eyebrows and thought, "Why is Queen Qi also involved?" How did this Cao Shen do it? ”

Chen Ping returned to his original shift and stood. Liu Bang sat on the dragon couch and meditated, and His Royal Highness's ministers looked at Chen Ping with jealous eyes instead of envy.

Liu Bang said vaguely, "What the prince said is reasonable, I really should handle the affairs of the Qi country well." ”