In the autumn of the tenth year of the Han Dynasty, Jiayin (21), the eastern suburbs of Chang'an.

As soon as the day dawned, the courtiers, officials, and meritorious princes all came to the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, east of Changle Palace, as if waiting for something.

——On the eleventh day after the death of Emperor Taishang, Liu Bang, the son of heaven who was stranded in Xinfeng, decided to return to Chang'an!

For this sudden change, everyone felt a little confused.

Although at this time, there was no hard rule of 'parents mourning, children keeping filial piety for three years' in later generations, there were similar funeral etiquette standards.

For example, the mourning clothes in the "Rites" stipulate that when both parents die, they need to wear linen for three years; Two years after the death of the brothers and sisters, one year after the death of the eldest relatives of the third service, etc.

But this time, the situation was obviously so special that the sages who compiled the ritual law did not expect it.

——The Emperor Taishang died, and the Son of Heaven is a son, what should he do to conform to the law and be filial piety?

I am afraid that even today's experts in Han etiquette: Feng Changqing's uncle Sun Tong can't give a clear answer to this question.

No matter how you say it, after all, it is the death of his biological father, even if Liu Banggui is the son of heaven, he should keep filial piety for half a month and wear filial piety for half a year, so that he can barely say it.

And now, on the eleventh day of the death of Emperor Taishang, Liu Bang's imperial chariot embarked on the road back to Chang'an.

For this slightly unexpected change, the courtiers and officials were undoubtedly worried.

Among them, especially Shaofu Qingyang Chengyan is the most panicked......

"Xiao Xiang."

Taking advantage of the fact that all the officials and the marquis had their hands around their stomachs and closed their eyes to recuperate, Yang Chengyan quietly walked to Prime Minister Xiao He's side and gave up his hand slightly.

"The day before yesterday, Your Majesty could send someone to deliver a letter, saying that you want to stay in Liyang Palace and stay until after the autumn harvest?"

"There are still ten days in autumn and July, and there are still nearly ......ten days before the autumn harvest."

"Your Majesty, ...... this?"

Hearing Yang Cheng Yan hesitate to ask, Xiao He opened his eyes leisurely and turned sideways slightly, but he did not look directly at Yang Cheng Yan.

"Don't worry too much about Shaofu."

"Your Majesty's return to Chang'an this time is definitely not due to raising grain and grass."

Xiao He could see clearly: Yangchengyan mistakenly thought that Liu Bang suddenly returned to Chang'an ahead of schedule because he was dissatisfied with the progress of the Shaofu and the treasury in raising food and salaries.

Perhaps, in the eyes of outsiders, although this possibility is not high, it cannot be said that it is completely impossible.

But Xiao He understands that Liu Bang's stubbornness will never be used in a place where such objective conditions do not allow it, forcing his ministers to subjectively speed up the process of solving the problem.

Let's just say that now, the big war is imminent, and the collection of grain, grass, and military salaries is not effective, Liu Bang may be dissatisfied and will send people to urge, but he will never strictly set a deadline.

As long as the news of Chen Xuan's rebellion reached Chang'an, the grain and grass were raised, and Liu Bang would not ask any more.

In the past ten years, every time the Kwantung War started, Xiao He, who was in charge of the army's logistics, grain and grass, also came over like this......

As for returning to Chang'an in advance on the suspicion of incomplete filial piety in order to raise food and grass, it is even more impossible.

Seeing that Xiao He didn't show the slightest hint of worry, Yang Chengyan also calmed down in disbelief.

The raising of grain, grass and military salaries is said to be done by the prime minister and the Shaofu together, but today's Shaofu is far from developing into a huge monster that can affect the national policy of the Han family later.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Yangcheng has extended the task of the young minister, and the Manchu Communist Party has only a few.

——Named by Xiao He, Shaofu is the mainstay, and the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang are built;

——Take out the specific construction plan of Chang'an City, as well as the budget of manpower, money and food, and then wait patiently for the appropriation;

-- Calculate the oral endowment paid into the Shaofu treasury every year, and melt and cast half a tael of the internal treasury into three baht coins in order.

These three tasks are all the work content of Yangchengyan in the past few years.

Among them, the task of building the two palaces of Changle and Weiyang, with the support of the national treasury, was finally completed in the fifth year of the Han Dynasty.

Although the smelting of half a tael of the Shaofu's internal money into a three-baht coin is also underway, it is undoubtedly making the effective property of the Shaofu shrink steadily.

With the past two years, most of the mouths sent into Chang'an from all over the world have been occupied by the lead money of three baht that has been melted and cast by Shaofu himself and flowed into the market.

——The pile-up and steadily increasing number of bad coins, it is not an exaggeration to say that today's Shaofu is poor and white!

As for the construction of Chang'an City, that's not to mention.

Five years have passed since the construction plan was put forward in the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, and the treasury has still not been able to allocate even a single copper coin for the construction!

The state treasury does not allocate funds, and the money of Shaofu itself is used to melt and mint bad currency three baht, and the construction of Chang'an City is naturally far away.

The plan to build Chang'an City was shelved because of the emptiness of the Shaofu and the treasury; The smelting of three baht coins is causing the already small coin savings of Shaofu to fall.

In this way, today's Shaofu is actually a ruthless three-baht coin manufacturing machine.

In this case, it is undoubtedly difficult for a strong man to make a contribution to the matter of 'raising the army's grain and grass' if he wants to make a contribution to the matter of raising food and grass for the army.

At the end of the day, Yang Chengyan could only allocate a part of the manpower responsible for melting coins to expedite the forging of a batch of weapons and ordnance, plus the inventory of the arsenal, and barely completed the ordnance needed by the army.

As for food and salary, it can only be solved by the treasury under the control of Prime Minister Xiao He.

Now that the ordnance he is responsible for has been prepared, Xiao He, who is in charge of the salary, is not in a hurry at all, and Yangcheng Yanzi is also happy.

But unlike Yang Chengyan's attitude of specializing in his own work, Xiao He's heart at this time was already full of grimness.

"Your Majesty suddenly turned back to Chang'an, when there is a change in the Kanto ......"

Secretly whispering to himself, Xiao He raised his head slightly and looked at the sky and the royal chariot that appeared with the sun.

"Chen Feng ......"

"Probably not."

"The autumn harvest is imminent, if Chen Feng wants to rebel, he should also wait until after the autumn harvest to collect the grain harvested by Dai and Zhao Qiu, before he can make the trip."

"That's ......"

Thinking of this, Xiao He turned his head sideways with a jealous face, and cautiously looked at the queen Feng Yuan who was not far away, temporarily staying at the edge of the jungle.

"The king of Chu and the king of Jing are mourning, and they should have passed the ...... of Hangu"

"Could it be that the queen already has a move......

Whispering softly, Xiao He quietly lowered his head and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"The dragon and the phoenix are fighting, but I am afraid that one will die and one will be injured......"

"But why is the court a pond fish, and why is the world innocent?"

Just as Xiao He lowered his head and sighed, worried about the general trend of the court in the future, he saw a horse coming quickly from a distance, and stopped at a distance of dozens of paces from Baiguan.

"Your Majesty's edict: The meritorious marquis and hundreds of officials will be to Changle to prepare for the court!"

With that, the knight ignored the jaw-dropping faces of the crowd and galloped off the path he had come.

Hearing the knight's words, Xiao He could only put aside the worries in his heart for the time being, and took the lead in the direction of Changle Palace behind him.

"I'm afraid it's the King of Chu and the King of Jing, what news did they bring back from Kanto......"

"Alas......"