With a sigh of relief on his face, Liu Bang felt inexplicably that there was a burst of loneliness for no reason in his heart, and ······

Awkward.

This is not difficult to understand: even if the grain monopoly really needs to be checked by important ministers at the level of Jiuqing, it does not necessarily have to be Shaofu.

said that if Liu Bang personally decided on this matter, it was likely that all the affairs related to the grain and rice official camp would be included in the scope of internal history.

In addition, now, the functions and powers of internal history are basically in charge of Xiao He, who is the 'prime minister leading internal history', and Xiao He should be responsible for the official camp of grain and rice.

And the reason why Liu Bang may make such an arrangement is just above the court, only Prime Minister Xiao He is the most worthy of Liu Bang's trust.

Since Xiao He is now the veritable 'first person in internal affairs' in the Han family, why did Liu Ying, as the prince of the prison state, give up the near and far and hand over the grain and rice monopoly to the weakest and most 'unreliable' Shaofu in Jiuqing?

The answer to this question is the core content of Liu Bangfangcai's 'inexplicable' self-talk.

——The affairs of Shaofu should not be asked by the foreign court!

Except for the Shaofu, the other eight in the Jiuqing are theoretically under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

As for the military's top generals and cavalry generals, they are theoretically commanded by the Tai Lieutenant.

- Even Lang Zhongling, who is responsible for the safety of the Son of Heaven's life, and Wei Wei, who is responsible for guarding the palace, are strictly superiors, they are prime ministers, not the Son of Heaven!

In the entire political system of the Han Dynasty, there is only one special case in which the whole world can be ignored and only focused on the dispatch of the Son of Heaven.

This special case is Shaofu.

In addition, Liu Ying specially warned Shaofu Qingyang Chengyan 'Don't go too quickly with Prime Minister Xiao He', Liu Ying chose Shaofu to act as the first responsible department for the grain and rice franchise, and the purpose is obvious.

——Borrowing the grain and rice monopoly to prop up the shelf of Shaofu!

If you don't think about it, knowing that Liu Ying wants to support Shaofu, even Liu Bang can't help but feel a little strange.

But after pondering for a while and understanding Liu Ying's true intentions, Liu Bang was relieved, but he couldn't help but feel lonely and awkward.

——As the founding monarch of the country, Liu Bang himself has no need to control the court through checks and balances and scheming!

As long as Liu Bang gives an order, he is the servant in charge of Ma Zheng, the court lieutenant in charge of the prison, and even the Fengchang who is in charge of the ritual system and sacrifice, and the Zongzheng who is in charge of the internal affairs of the clan, can be driven by Liu Bang to become the vanguard of the grain franchise!

No one will question that the imperial servants and court captains should be in charge of horse administration and punishment, and no one will question whether Fengchang and Zongzheng should not interfere in farming.

But Liu Ying, as the crown prince, does not have such ability.

- The ability to break rules at will and make rules by nature.

The identity of the crown prince makes Liu Ying can only make appropriate choices within the rules.

For example, among the two departments that can be slightly related to 'grain', Shaofu and Neishi, choose one of them to be in charge of the grain franchise.

And Liu Ying's choice is Shaofu.

It is now a Shaofu with nothing and a transcendent status of 'foreign dynasties cannot be questioned'.

Liu Bang is very sure: the reason why Liu Ying chose Shaofu must be because of this.

Today's Shaofu only has the advantage of 'not being influenced by foreign dynasties', which is worthy of Liu Ying's attention.

And this is also the reason why Liu Bang feels gratified, and at the same time is inexplicably lonely and awkward.

——Liu Ying asked the Shaofu, who was 'not affected by foreign dynasties and only responsible to the Son of Heaven', to take full charge of the grain official camp, was it for Liu Bang?

Is it to let Liu Bang grasp greater authority through the grain and rice official camp?

Obviously, Liu Bang, as the founder of the country, does not need to borrow a small Shaofu and a small 'grain and rice franchise' to add an inconspicuous grain of ups and downs to his already monstrous power.

To put it more bluntly: Liu Ying let Shaofu be in charge of the grain and rice official camp, which was indeed to elevate the status of Shaofu, thereby indirectly enhancing the authority in the hands of the Son of Heaven.

But not for the sake of the current Son of Heaven, but for the next Son of Heaven who will surely ascend the throne at a young age in the future······

"Alas······"

"That's it······"

"It's a blessing for the community to have such a foresight······

"Or is this the Queen's plan?"

Secretly comforting himself, Liu Bang's expression of relief, which was a moment ago, suddenly brought an inexplicable vicissitudes.

On Liu Bang's side, Chen Ping finally reported the 'grain and rice franchise' word by word.

“······ All the prince's purchases of merchants' warehouses and rice, and the matter of wanting to create a new warehouse, the ministers have recorded them and sent them to the outside of the palace; Your Majesty can see it in his spare time. ”

"In addition, the prince said: If the name is not right, the word is not good; As far as the matter of business and grain is discussed, His Majesty should personally issue an edict, so as not to disturb the order of the monarch and ministers······"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Bang only nodded silently, and the depression in his heart was slightly relieved.

"So cautious ······"

"Well, it's all for the queen's plan!"

"Hey, too."

"When I was only fifteen years old, I was still in Fengyi cockfighting and lackey······"

"Even if that kid is taught by the queen, how can he come to such a place?"

Thinking like this, Liu Ying's arrangements for the grain and rice monopoly were all classified as 'the queen's instructions', and Liu Bangton's heart was suffocated.

Liu Bang also did not give a reply to 'personally issue an edict prohibiting businessmen from storing grain', and the right should be acquiesced.

After a while, a touch of worry and a little irritability quietly surged on Liu Bang's face.

"How is the matter of King Zhao?"

"What crime does the prince want to add to King Zhao's body?"

With a gloomy face, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel that his chest and back were a little hot, so he simply threw the thick quilt on his body behind him, and stood up from the soft couch with an irritable face.

Seeing Liu Bang's posture, Chen Pingzi didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly surrendered his hand with just a few words.

"Your Majesty."

"The minister said that the prince was in front of the prince about the matter of King Zhao, but the prince seemed to have no idea what the king of Zhao did."

"The minister explained to the prince: King Zhao had close contacts with the Changlingtian clan, and there may be a cadre connection in the assassination of the prince."

Unexpectedly, the prince was shocked when he heard this, and immediately asked Xiao Xiang about this; Knowing that the evidence of King Zhao's crimes was all in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the prince did not dare to slack off for a moment, and took Xiao Xiang out of the palace and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion······"

Speaking of this, Chen Ping couldn't help but quietly lowered his head, took out the jade pendant that Liu Ying had forced into himself from his arms, and immediately raised his head and smiled awkwardly at Liu Bang.

"This jade is a bribe from the prince······"

"Uh, gift, gift."

With a stiff face, he changed the word 'bribe' to 'gift', and Chen Ping hurriedly continued: "The prince gave this jade gift, and asked Yu Chen: When he returns to Handan, he will speak a little on behalf of King Zhao and ······ in front of His Majesty."

"The prince said another: The assassination of Changling has no connection with King Zhao!"

"The longitudinal Lingtian clan raised the price of grain, and it was not done by King Zhao; When it was his maternal family's relatives, Qi Clan, he made a big mistake by envying money and profit, and tarnished the name of King Zhao······"

Listening to Chen Ping's steady tone, Liu Bang couldn't help but be stunned at first, and then raised his eyebrows in a little surprise.

"Prince, is that really what you said?"

Hearing this, Chen Ping nodded hurriedly: "Yes." ”

"Gifting jade to the ministers, and entrusting the ministers to speak on behalf of King Zhao, the prince carried Xiao Xiang to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"The post-ministers found out: The prince came out of the prime minister's mansion until dusk, and the robe was full of bamboo embers······"

After Chen Ping finished speaking, Liu Bang's face was surprised, and finally slowly turned into a look of concern.

As early as when Chen Ping was sent back to Chang'an, Liu Bang had many predictions about Liu Ying's possible reaction.

The three directions that Liu Bang once considered 'the most likely to become a reality' are none other than the following three points.

First, the matter was widely publicized, which completely stinked Liu Ruyi's reputation, and put the hat of 'killing brothers and seizing the heir' on Liu Ruyi's head, so that the storage position was completely stabilized.

Second, on the surface, he said that 'his younger brother is young and ignorant', and generously forgave Liu Ruyi's mistakes, but in fact, he still sat back and watched Liu Ruyi 'kill his brother and take away his heir'.

It's just that, instead of directly hyping it up, doing so can also make Liu Ying have a reputation as a 'friendly younger brother'.

The third is also what Liu Bang once believed, the possibility of more than half of the probability of occurring.

- Liu Ying's 'dementia' recurred, and she trembled and said, 'I don't dare to take care of this matter', and then threw Liu Ruyi to Tingwei!

In order to prevent Liu Ying from really doing this, Liu Bang even left an edict for Chen Ping in advance in case of emergency.

As long as King Zhao has the possibility of 'ruining his reputation', he will immediately take out the edict and order Liu Ruyi to go to Handan in the name of Liu Bang!

But Liu Bang didn't expect it anyway: for Liu Ruyi, Liu Ying actually ······

"The evidence of King Zhao's guilt was really burned for the crown prince?"

Liu Bang asked suddenly, and Chen Ping only nodded hurriedly.

"Before leaving, the minister asked Xiao Xiang, and Xiao Xiang said: Where today, except in Changle Palace, I am afraid that there will be no more 'pen and ink' of King Zhao······"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Bang first widened his eyes a little and looked at Chen Ping with a little suspicion.

"When the prince answered, the queen was really not by the prince's side?"

"Qu Shunhou arrived in Chang'an, and he really went straight to Weiyang Palace to see the prince?"

After Chen Pingping nodded his head without changing his color, Liu Bang's face froze, and finally turned around with a thoughtful face, bowed his head and pondered.

"Hmmm······"

"It's really not like the queen's style of doing things······"

With a muttered to himself, Liu Bang looked at Chen Ping again.

"Where is King Zhao now?"

Hearing Liu Bang ask about Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao, Chen Ping's expression couldn't help but stagnate for a moment, and his expression was also a little weak.

"Hearing that King Zhao had close contacts with the Changlingtian clan, the prince only excused King Zhao alone, and did not say anything about the crime against King Zhao."

"However, a few days later, the queen summoned the ministers and said: The prince is kind-hearted and can't bear to offend his younger brother, but the lord of the palace behind the queen cannot sit back and watch the prince make mistakes without punishment."

At this point, Liu Bang's face only tightened.

Seeing that Chen Ping didn't dare to delay at all, he hurriedly continued: "However, the prince does not want to add to the crime, and the queen does not want to punish King Zhao severely, so as to hurt the brotherhood of the prince and King Zhao. ”

"Therefore, King Zhao and Qi Ji are all confined to the Xuande Hall of Changle Palace for the queen, and they will be sent to the ······ in person after His Majesty's class teacher."

After hearing the words 'wait for His Majesty's class teacher, and then send it out in person', Liu Bang finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, on Liu Bang's face, there was a touch of surprise again.

"Queen?"

"This is really from the mouth of the queen?!"

Hearing Liu Bang's high-pitched volume, Chen Ping couldn't help but be stunned, and nodded his head.

But seeing Liu Bang's brows tightened, his face was full of disbelief, and he looked at Chen Pingrong for a while.

When the reality of 'Chen Ping was not lying' was confirmed, Liu Bang squinted in disbelief.

"Strange ······"

"Once upon a time, the queen was so reasonable that she could be persuaded by the prince?"

looked at Chen Ping suspiciously, and saw that Chen Ping shook his head stiffly, and the puzzled look on Liu Bang's face became even more intense.

- Liu Ying didn't take this opportunity to hit Liu Ruyi, although it was a little unexpected by Liu Bang, but it was barely understandable.

After all, if the common anger of people and gods such as 'fratricide' really broke out among the royal family, then anyone surnamed Liu in the world would not have good fruit to eat.

Liu Ying took the overall situation into account and forcibly pulled Liu Ruyi out of the abyss of 'killing his brother and seizing his heir', Liu Bang was not only surprised, but also relieved and recognized.

But Lu Pheasant didn't take this opportunity to clean up Liu Ruyi's mother and son, which Liu Bang couldn't believe no matter what.

- Who is Lu Pheasant?

When there are millions of households and more than 17 million people today, the person who knows Lu Pheasant best is definitely Liu Bang, the son of heaven!

Liu Bang is very sure: for Liu Ruyi's mother and son, in the mind of Queen Lu Pheasant, there will never be an option of 'releasing the past suspicions' and 'not blaming the past'!

And now, Queen Lu Pheasant, who is known as 'retribution in the eye', actually did not bare her teeth before the opportunity for the number one enemy to make a mistake······

"Grounded ······"

"Waiting for my relatives to be convicted ······"

Bowing his head and muttering to himself, Liu Bang finally shook his head suspiciously.

- This is definitely not something that Lu Pheasant can do!

At the very least, it is absolutely impossible for Lu Pheasant to take the initiative to do something.

"Mo Fei, it's really the prince who persuaded ······"

Thinking about it, Liu Bang finally shook his head and sat back on the soft couch with a calm face.

"Since the spring of March, Chen Feng has been defeated again and again, which can be described as a loss of soldiers and a lack of food and grass."

"Some time ago, King Yan also came to report: The envoy sent by Chen Feng failed to attract the Huns to go south."

As he said in a low tone, he saw Liu Bang's hands buzzing into fists, smashing on his thighs.

"Chen Xuan, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, and its defeat is only a few months' work."

"It's cold again, and I'm sick."

"Hmmm······"

Halfway through the words, Liu Bang paused hesitantly, and finally nodded.

"Hmm."

"The matter of pacifying Dai Zhao no longer needs to be in Handan."

"In a few days, I will turn around first and take a break in Chang'an."

After speaking, Liu Bang waved his hand slightly and motioned to Chen Ping to summon the generals into the palace.

After Chen Ping took the order, Liu Bang stood in front of the soft couch with his hands, looked out of the palace door, and quietly narrowed his eyes.

"Prince ······"

"Queen's ······"

"King Zhao······"

"······ of the Marquis of Huaiyin"

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Sao Rui Saorui, there is a bit of a card in the middle, so it is slow to write

Good night everyone

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