After the court meeting ended in the western suburbs of Chang'an City, it only took half an hour to get the news that 'the prince wanted to ask for private slaves in the princess's family, thinking that Zheng Guoqu was a force to be repaired', and it spread in Chang'an City.

All of a sudden, most of the streets and alleys of Chang'an were occupied by idlers and lazymen with broadswords tied to their waists, cloth belts on their heads, and dressed as rangers.

"Ah, that's it."

"Meritorious relatives and nobles, but most of them are unscrupulous and extremely stingy?"

"The prince wants to ask for private slaves, can these people agree?"

Hearing this question, the people who stopped to watch only subconsciously felt that something was wrong and wanted to open their mouths to refute it.

But when I think about it carefully, it seems that those high-ranking families haven't helped themselves much, so they don't know where to start.

But a moment later, I saw a few children running on the other side of the street, and they squeaked and screamed something.

Seeing this, the lazy man who spoke earlier thought for a moment, then stepped forward and stretched out his hand, grabbed a little baby, and asked, "What happened?" ”

I saw the little baby grinning and struggling, and finally broke free from the 'confinement' of the lazy man, and immediately ran away quickly.

"The meritorious marquis and the hundred officials are going to attack the Weiyang Palace with the strong men in the family~"

Hearing the 'message' coming back from the little baby's mouth, the lazy man's face suddenly froze.

After a moment, he spat in disdain.

"Boom!"

"Yellow-mouthed child, gibberish!"

"Weiyang Palace, that's the queen's residence, what are the nobles and hundreds of officials doing to attack Weiyang Palace?"

- If you want to fight, you should also fight Changle Palace!

Quietly swallowing this last sentence back into his stomach, the lazy man couldn't help but shake his head, turned around, and saw that the ten people gathered here before had all run away?

When he turned his head and looked at the road to Weiyang Palace, the lazy man found that something seemed to be really happening, and there were more people on the road!

"Isn't it ······"

Secretly suspicious, the lazy man thought about it for a while, then gritted his teeth, subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword, and ran in the direction of Weiyang Palace.

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"The queen mother doesn't know!"

"Xiao Xiang was about to kneel, and he almost didn't have time to help!"

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.

Eyebrows fluttered and repeated today's court discussion to her mother Lu Pheasant, and Liu Ying's face quietly swelled with palpitations.

"If you really let Xiao Xiang kneel, today, you really can't steal chickens, and you can't eat rice!"

As she spoke, Liu Ying didn't forget that she seemed to be really afraid, and patted her chest exaggeratedly.

Seeing Liu Ying like this, Lu Pheasant, who was sitting on the soft couch, only smiled gently, and immediately fell into a short period of thought.

"Stone brick paving canal ······"

With a slight murmur, Lu Pheasant raised his head, still not changing his gentleness, and summoned Liu Ying to his side and sat down.

"Ying'er's previous discussion with her mother and queen was a shortage of forced labor, and she gave money and food to the people, and took the people as servants."

"Why is it not now, change the stone bricks to build Chang'an, and encourage the people to come to help Zheng Guoqu renovate?"

Hearing that Lu Pheasant asked about this, Liu Ying's face was a little smug.

That's right.

——Paving the canal with stones was not taught by the old lady Lu Pheasant, but an idea that Liu Ying came up with herself!

As for why Liu Ying wants to 'make her own opinion', it is not all for the sake of showmanship, but it is indeed necessary to do so.

Thinking to herself, Liu Ying couldn't help but turn her head slightly, and when she looked at her mother Lu Pheasant beside her, her face was complacent and she quietly retreated.

"The queen mother doesn't know."

"Previously, I planned to get Zheng Guoqu's protection, and I only needed to use 50,000 troops."

"This 50,000 can be filled with 30,000 officials and slaves of the Shaofu."

"My son mistakenly thinks that the meritorious marquis, nobles, courtiers, and hundreds of officials can also get ten thousand if they are private slaves."

"In this way, the shortage of forced labor is only 10,000."

"This forced labor is 10,000 yuan, and Xu Min will be paid 100 yuan per person a day, and he will work for 100 days at most, but it will cost 10,000 yuan, and half a tael of Shaofu's money will be enough."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but shake her head and turn her head around.

"However, today's court discussion, Shaofu has to renovate Zheng Guoqu, and if it is less, it will require 60,000 forced labor!"

"And the labor period is at least more than three months, and I am afraid that it will not be completed for 100 days."

"There are no more than 3,000 courtiers and officials, and noble relatives who sacrifice their private slaves, far less than 10,000."

"In this way, the shortage of forced labor is nearly thirty thousand; If it is made to work for 100 days, it will cost 30,000 yuan. ”

After that, Liu Ying finally sighed with a bitter face.

"The queen mother should know that there is no way to pay 30,000 yuan in the Shaofu today······"

"Even if there is, if the father is not there, the Shaofu will not dare to follow the orders of his son?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but think about it for a while, and finally nodded with a gloomy face.

"Yes······"

"The treasury is empty, and there is no money in the treasury······"

Muttering to himself, Lu Pheasant smiled at Liu Ying again.

"That's fine."

"He who gives money and food to the people, and who comes to the end of profit; Those who come from Fang are loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty. ”

Seeing Lu Pheasant nodding with an approving smile on his face, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile and scratched the back of her head a little shyly.

But seeing Lu Pheasant asked again: "If you want to use the policy of 'stone bricks' to make the people come to work for the construction of canals, this matter should be widely spread in Guanzhong and made the people known." ”

"Does Ying'er have a plan for this?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying couldn't help but nod confidently.

"Already."

"Child's will, with Xiao Xiangxing's order, widely distribute the cloth, and post it all over Guanzhong to talk about this matter."

"In addition, the stone bricks were transported from Chang'an to Zhengguoqu, and they should be accompanied by officials of Shaofu with more than 100 stones; If someone asks on the way, tell them in detail. ”

After speaking, Liu Ying raised her head slightly and smiled as if pleased: "The queen mother thinks that this is appropriate?" ”

Unexpectedly, when Lu Pheasant heard this, he only chuckled and shook his head.

"Lubu is used by the court to issue government decrees and edicts, and if you tell Lubu with 'stone brick paving ditches', it will be too deliberate."

"Ask ······ people passing by"

As he spoke, Lu Pheasant couldn't help but pause, and patted Liu Ying's little head with pity.

"If you meet someone on the road, if you ask, you can tell them in detail; But what if passers-by don't ask? ”

Hearing this, Liu Ying was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Don't ask? ”

"How can you not ask?"

"The stone bricks for building the city are constantly shipped from Chang'an and sent to Zhengguo Canal, how can the people along the road not be surprised to see it?"

Seeing Liu Ying's slightly stunned appearance, Lu Pheasant shook his head and smiled again.

"Idiot~"

"When they see the stone bricks, the people are surprised, and the people who carry the stone bricks are all officials and slaves of the government."

"The people are wonderful, are they willing to ask the officials and slaves about this?"

"Then he accompanied him with soldiers, and when he saw the soldiers of the soldiers, the people should also be afraid and go around, how dare they ask each other?"

Listening to Lu Pheasant's slow and logical presentation of the actual situation, and feeling the pity for the innocent behavior of the younger generation in Lu Pheasant's gaze towards him, Liu Ying couldn't help but look pale.

"This ······"

"I'm doing such a big thing, and I can't let people know?"

"If no one really asks, isn't it really that no one cares, playing the piano to the cow?"