"Resale?"

"The crown prince is the same as the king of Qi and the king of Chu, is it really like that?"

Liang capital Suiyang, Liang Palace.

Hearing this news from Pengcheng, Liu Bang's face only froze for a moment, and his words were clearly in a tone of disbelief.

"Hey ······"

"Strange ······"

"But to quell a rebellious prince, the prince's temperament ······"

"How much has changed?"

Speaking with suspicion, Liu Bang didn't forget to sneer and look at the side, Xiahou Ying who was waiting on the side also shook his head with a stunned face, Liu Bang smiled, lowered his head, and carefully looked at the simple book in his hand.

You can't blame Liu Bang for making a fuss, and you can't blame Xiahou Ying for 'losing his manners in front of the king', it is really for anyone who knows a little about Liu Ying's character, this news is indeed too exciting.

——According to the news sent back by Pengcheng: After the end of the first battle of Yongcheng, Liu Ying sent the commander of the counterinsurgency, Li Shang, back to Guanzhong to complete the escort and placement of the coffins of the fallen soldiers, and also threw the final work of the war such as pursuing, arresting and dispersing the rebels, and arresting Yingbu to Jin She, the deputy marshal.

And Liu Ying himself set off from Yongcheng as soon as he learned that Liu Bangsheng drove east to the Valley.

But what is strange is that Liu Ying, who learned that the emperor Laozi had left Hangu Pass and was rushing towards Chudi, did not rush to Fengyi to prepare for work, but went to Pengcheng, the capital of Chu!

Yesterday, when he received the news that 'the prince went to Pengcheng and met with the king of Qi and the king of Chu', Liu Bang also sent two complaints such as 'not sensible at all';

Xiahou Ying also said something on the side, such as 'The prince should want to bring the king of Chu with him to ensure that the greeting etiquette does not go wrong', and made up a few words for Liu Ying.

And now, when another piece of news came from Pengcheng, Liu Bang and Xiahou Ying finally understood: why did Liu Ying go to Pengcheng in such a hurry······

"Hey!"

"Hey······ hey"

"Although I am not very majestic, I can still be considered a sophisticated ······"

Hearing Liu Bang's boast as if he had not done anything, the corners of Xiahou Ying's eyes twitched suddenly, and he hurriedly lowered his head.

——Look at what is said in the brief book in Liu Bang's hand?

- The prince said that the king of Chu and the king of Qi said: In the past, Shaofu allocated grain to solve the grain shortage of Qi and Chu, but the grain of Shaofu was taken from Mijia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, in spring and summer, and the payment was not settled; Now the war is nearing the end, Qi and Chu also get the grain of Shaofu and get rid of the food shortage, but Shaofu allocates grain to Qi and Chu and does not get money, and the autumn harvest has passed, and the time for the payment has come, and the government and the treasury are empty, and there is no money to pay the money owed by Shaofu for the purchase of grain······

At first glance, the brief letter in Liu Bang's hand almost recorded the conversation between Liu Ying and Liu Jiao and Liu Fei in the Chu Palace in Pengcheng.

But if this brief letter is summed up in one sentence, that is, Liu Yingchao, Liu Fei, and Liu Jiao spread their hands: give money!!

And this is also the reason why Xiahou Ying made a dumbfounded appearance like Liu Bang before.

——In the past, the crown prince Liu Ying has always been known in the world for his benevolent temperament and gentle treatment!

Not to mention elders such as brothers and uncles, even to younger brothers, and even 'competitors' like Liu Ruyi, Liu Ying has always been gentle.

The third brother Liu Ruyi likes swordsmanship, and Liu Ying worked hard to find a sword for Liu Ruyi!

The fourth brother Liu Heng likes to read, and Liu Ying mobilized a lot of manpower to find and take out a lot of money, and even lost his face, went to ask for a complete set of ancient books, and then gave it to Liu Heng!

- But don't think that it is an exaggeration to let Liu Yingdu, who is the crown prince, go out in person and even spend a huge amount of money to buy a set of ancient books!

Since the first emperor burned the books of the world, and Qin Prime Minister Li Si promoted the promulgation of the "Book Order", that is, the law of books, the books of the land of China have long been lost!

Coupled with the later wars, as well as Xiang Yu's burning of Xianyang Palace and other events, most of the scriptures and allusions left in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and even earlier periods were basically lost.

How rare are books today?

Nothing else is needed, just say a little and it will be enough to prove it.

——Today, including Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, I can't find even a complete and complete set of sage classics!

Not to mention Confucianism, Mo, Law and other studies, even the ruling school of the Han Dynasty: Huang Laoxue, dare not say which classic in his hand is complete and has not been lost!

This is true of all the ruling schools, not to mention the rest of the schools.

Legalist allusions, which can still be found today, are several "Shangjun Shu" and "Han Feizi" taken from the site of Xianyang Palace, and they are all fragments;

Confucian classics, not to mention.

- The Six Classics of Confucianism (1): Poems, Books, Rites, Yi, Music, Spring and Autumn, three of which are partially lost, and two of which are completely lost!

Some of the lost "Book of Songs", "Zhou Yi" and "Rites" are basically 'although the book is gone, but the people are still there', thanks to a few academic giants who hid in the mountains and were lucky enough to escape the war, they were partially preserved. (Fu Qiubo - "Book of Songs", Lu Jia - "Rites", both of whom are disciples of Xunzi; Tian He - "Zhou Yi", a school of its own and a single line, to Tian He is the seventh generation)

"The Book of Music" and "Book of Shang" are completely lost, that is, there are no books and no people! (Gongsun Nizi, the successor of the "Book of Music", lost his whereabouts at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the "Music" has been lost to this day; Han Fei and Li Si, the successors of "Shangshu", both died before the death of Qin, and these three people were also Xunzi disciples)

The only "Spring and Autumn" that has been preserved in its entirety is because of the inhuman memory of the current dynasty and the Marquis of Beiping, Zhang Cang, who memorized the "Spring and Autumn" word for word in his mind······ (Zhang Cang is also a disciple of Xunzi)

From this, it is not difficult to see how precious, how rare, and what a rare and undesirable gift the 'complete set of books' is.

It is no wonder that back then, Liu Ying, who was the crown prince, had to come to the door in person to beg for it, spend a lot of money to buy it, and finally buy it, and repeatedly thanked people for 'enduring pain and cutting love'.

——In the world in front of you, a book, that is the cornerstone of a gate valve family!

It is not difficult to see from this: Liu Ying found a whole set of ancient books because her younger brother likes to read, how valuable it is.

As for the other younger brothers, although they have not shown any special interests and hobbies because they are too young, Liu Ying's love for the rest of the younger brothers is also obvious to the entire Chang'an, agriculture, industry, and business classes.

This is true for younger brothers, and for elders like brothers and uncles, there is no need to repeat them.

——In the past, when Liu Ying saw Liu Jiao who came to Chang'an for the Hajj, he was also defeated again and again, so he sat down with half of his buttocks tremblingly and listened to Liu Jiao explain the "Book of Songs" to himself.

This also leads to the fact that in the past, whenever the crown prince Liu Ying was mentioned, most people's first reaction was: Ah, the prince Ying, is a simple person, filial piety to parents, deference to the elders, and benevolence to the younger generations······

And when Xiahou Ying also took such a stereotype and looked at Liu Ying reaching out to Liu Jiao and Liu Fei to ask for money, the picture suddenly became disobedient······

It is no exaggeration to say: Liu Ying asked Liu Jiao and Liu Fei for money, and he was so upright and straightforward to reach out and ask for money, which is almost equivalent to Cao Apu bowing his head and admitting his mistake, and Liu Xia Hui Piao-chang was arrested!

Especially Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, after learning about Liu Ying's almost scoundrel-like behavior, he actually had the face to say, 'Although it is not like me'······

"If this is the case, Your Majesty will also say again, 'The prince is not like a father'······"

Full of malice, Xiahou Ying finally lowered his head and locked his gaze on his toes.

- 'I'm not a bastard' This kind of thing came out of Liu Bang's mouth, just listen to it.

If you really want to open your mouth, kindly remind Liu Bang that 'you have a problem with your own cognition', that is a problem with your brain.

After a while, Liu Bang could be regarded as having finished reading the simple book in his hand, and unconsciously sneered.

"Eh, Xiahou."

"What the prince said is not unreasonable?"

"Huh?"

"The grain allocated by the Shaofu was originally taken from the grain merchants in Guanzhong, and the Shaofu had no money to pay for the purchase, so it waited to sell the rice and get the money, and then paid for it."

"If the king of Chu and the king of Qi get grain and don't pay for it, how can Shaofu be good?"

"——In the year of my sixtieth year, I must not lose my trust in the world and make Shaofu refuse to pay this money???"

Seeing Liu Bang say this sentence endorsing Liu Ying's actions in an inexplicably smug tone, Xiahou Ying smiled and nodded, but secretly slandered.

- The person in front of him can really do such a thing as 'not giving money for nothing'!

Not only can this one do it, but even at this moment, the little one who is rushing from Pengcheng to Fengyi can also do it!

- Last winter, the requisition of the laborers in Guanzhong and the slaves of the hundred officials and ministers to repair the canals for free did not mention it, at least he also distributed some food to the people.

But this spring, when I bought the granary from the grain merchant, half of the 'purchase money' given by the Shaofu was three baht pods!

Fixed assets such as granaries, those who can 'break bones' and 'postpone payment for goods', not to mention, can give half of the money, it can already be regarded as the grace of the one.

According to Xiahou Ying's prediction, the result of this matter will most likely be when the money is collected, Liu Ying kept saying, 'There is still no payment for the goods', and when the money is paid, he will forget about it completely!

And judging from last year's 'white prostitution labor, but also some food', and this year's 'taking advantage of businessmen, but only half of it', the little one is more or less principled and bottom-line than the old one in front of him.

Seeing that his statement was 'highly agreed' by Xiahou Ying, the emptiness in Liu Bang's eyes also disappeared in an instant.

"Xuanping Hou's department, can it still be outside the city?"

asked inexplicably, and when Xiahou Ying nodded a little suspiciously, she saw Liu Bang slapping his hand on his thigh!

"Good!"

"Spread my message: Xuanping Hou's generals will die 100,000, and Zhao Yao, the imperial historian, and Lang Zhong will order Wuhu to receive half of them, and distribute them to Linzi and Pengcheng, and transport Qi and Chu enough food to Chang'an, and pay Shaofu!"

After giving the order of 'sending a large army to Qi and Chu to transport money' with a happy expression, Liu Bang was entangled for a moment, and then beckoned to Xiahou Ying.

When Xiahou Ying stepped forward with a strange face, Liu Bang stretched out his hand, put his upper body in front of Xiahou Ying with a big grin, and whispered in his ear: "You go and warn Zhao Yao and Wu Hu: You must not charge three baht!" ”

"——If the two of them go here, dare to bring a three-baht coin back to Chang'an, I will never spare !!"

After mysteriously making additions, Liu Bang sat back on the soft couch with a smile, and his face was full of joy beyond words.

- If Liu Ying hadn't taken the initiative to ask for money, Liu Bang would have almost remembered this stubble!

If it weren't for Liu Ying's demonstration, Liu Bang would probably have seen that Liu Jiao and Liu Fei were his juniors, and they had made great efforts to pacify Chen Feng last year and Yingbu this year, and deliberately forgot about this matter.

But after Liu Ying stretched out his hand to ask for money, and Liu Fei and Liu Jiao agreed to give money, Liu Bang pinched his fingers and calculated it, and only then did he react in hindsight: Tenaina's almost lost a lot of money!

——In the summer-autumn, Shaofu allocated nearly five million stones of grain to the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Jing!

Later, when the war broke out, Liu Jia, the king of Jing, landed into a box, and Jing Guo was out of control, and the five million grains had already been sent back to China by Liu Fei and Liu Jiao!

And how much is these five million stone grains worth?

- If it weren't for the fact that he hadn't spent money on food since becoming an emperor, Liu Bang almost didn't react: The current world is not Qianqin!

Today, rice costs thousands of dollars a stone!

Even Guanzhong, which was deliberately suppressed by Liu Ying and praised by the people as 'Prince Benevolence', was a full 2,000 yuan per stone!

Guanzhong, which is already enough for self-sufficiency and even has the power to deliver grain to Kanto, has been personally suppressed by the crown prince Liu Ying, and the price of grain is still 2,000 yuan per stone, so how high should the price of grain in Kanto be?

Don't even need to say anything else, just calculate it at 2,000 yuan per stone, and the five million stone grain that Shaofu allocated to Qi and Chu is also ······

"Millions, 100,000, millions······"

"A million dollars !!"

Playing with his fingers, Liu Bang only subconsciously exclaimed, and then was stunned in place.

"With this money, the government and the treasury can be filled in an instant, and in the future, there will be no shortage of money and food in the court!"

"Hmmm······"

"——This money must not be !! with profiteers"

In the blink of an eye, Liu Bang completely forgot the previous sentence 'This little rascal is not like me', and completely made up his mind to be gluttonous!

And when Liu Bang raised his head with joy, wanting to see if there was anyone beside him who could show off, he saw Xiahou Yingman still standing aside with a tangle, as if he had spoken first, but he didn't know how to speak.

First brothers for many years, and then monarchs and ministers for many years, as soon as he saw Xiahou Ying's posture, Liu Bang understood: This guy, I'm afraid I want to say something inappropriate.

However, Xiahou Ying is also quite lucky - thanks to the blessing of his son Liu Ying, Liu Bang's current mood is not ordinarily good.

"What do you want to say inappropriately, so as to damage my life?"

Hearing Liu Bang's half-joking, half-serious joke, Xiahouying first subconsciously smiled.

When she remembered what she was going to say, Xiahou Ying wrinkled again, and after thinking about it for a while, she stepped forward cautiously.

"Your Majesty······"

"Marquis Xuanping, still kneeling outside the hall······"

Some readers may be a little surprised: How is the Six Classics?

Isn't it the Four Books and the Five Classics?

In fact, the reason why the Six Classics of Confucianism became the Five Classics has been written in the annotation in the text - Gongsun Nizi, the successor of the "Book of Music", lost his trace in the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the "Book of Music" has been lost, and his whereabouts are still unknown (April 12, 2022).

As for the "Book of Shang", although it was temporarily lost because Han Fei and Li Si did not die well, in the history of Emperor Wen, Jinan Fusheng (also known as Fu Sheng) dug out the earlier hidden "Book of Shang" from the wall of his home, so that the "Book of Shang" can be preserved and passed on to this day.

And the officials sent by Emperor Wen to learn the "Book of Shang" from Fu Sheng were the later Prince Zhan Shi (also known as the Prince Family Order) and Emperor Jing Taifu Chaocuo.

By the way: Fu Sheng dug up the "Shangshu" from his own wall, which is what we often call "Jinwen Shangshu", and everyone should have heard of "Guwen Shangshu".

What is "Ancient Texts and Books"?

——According to the most accepted statement in contemporary times, it is Kong Anguo, a descendant of Confucius, who had evil thoughts because of Fu Sheng's "Jinwen Shangshu", and wrote, directed, and acted in a play of "I have dug up the "Shangshu" in the wall of my house.

Then, Kong Anguo pointed to this fake "Book of Shang", that is, the ancient text of Shangshu and said: These words are all ancient characters, and no one in the world can understand them except me······

In this way, Confucianism was finally able to regain the right to interpret and mark the "Book of Shang", and the scam of "Jinwen Shangshu" also lasted for more than 2,000 years from the Western Han Dynasty to modern times, and was falsified under the evidence of unearthed cultural relics.