Chapter 201: The Ten Days Period
When the morning sun rises from the mountain peaks, the white clouds that float leisurely are dyed into brilliant gold.
The glow of the sun, through the branches and leaves of the trees swaying in the breeze, forms a dappled light and shadow, like broken gold and silver, shining and eye-catching.
Jinluan Palace.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Aiqing, do you have other things," the emperor's deep voice resounded through the hall.
"Your Majesty, the ten-day period is approaching, and I don't know how the two million taels of silver promised by Your Majesty will be handed over to the treasury," at this time, Zhang Xiang, the head of the household, stood up and said.
The civil and military officials of the court are also very curious, two million taels of silver, this is not 20,000 taels, 200,000 taels of silver, it is impossible to get it together within ten days.
Not to mention letting the four princes get together, even if you give the four princes two million taels of silver tickets, you may not be able to take out so much cash.
"Since I said that I would gather two million taels of silver within ten days, I would certainly hand over two million taels of silver to the treasury within ten days."
Yun Xuan relied on kidnapping and blackmailing the children of wealthy merchants in the capital to make up the silver taels, and the emperor was clear, but so far I don't know if the emperor has made up the money.
After all, until now, the emperor has not seen a penny.
The king has a promise, and the emperor has no choice but to believe in Yun Xuan.
"If there is nothing to do, then retreat"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live"
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"Your Highness"
Yun Xuan opened his eyes, he was almost startled, and he didn't let you sleep, where did the dark circles come from.
"Nightmare?" Yun Xuan looked at Ah Huan's listless appearance, and in his memory, Yun Xuan didn't seem to see Ah Huan have nightmares.
"It's not"
"Then why do you have such heavy dark circles"
"Your Highness, those treasures should be placed with the mother"
Last night, Ah Huan wasted all his efforts, and it took a lot of effort to make up his mind to put the treasure under his bed.
Unexpectedly, an inexplicable sense of fear appeared in Ah Huan's heart, and his mind was full of pictures of lost property, so frightened that Ah Huan got out of bed every half an hour to open it to see.
In this way, Ah Huan did not sleep all night, and the whole person was exhausted.
"Look at your little bit of talent" Yun Xuan said angrily, this is the palace, it is heavily guarded, and the rank is obvious.
So many treasures were placed in the courtyard in the open, and no one dared to take them, let alone put them in the house.
Yun Xuan looked at Ah Huan's bitter appearance, and then asked Ah Huan to find an iron ploughshare.
"Your Highness, what are you doing with this" After a while, Ah Huan held the iron ploughshare and said with a curious expression.
"Dig a pit and bury those treasures in it, and you won't be so scared that you can't sleep."
Ah Huan looked dazed, and then blinked, Your Highness, are you serious?
That's a treasure, not garbage, how can it be so sloppy?
What if someone finds out.
Besides, even if you want to bury it, you can't bury it during the day, you have to find a time to secretly dig a pit at night.
"Either dig a pit and bury it, or keep it under your bed," Yun Xuan said as he looked at Ah Huan's dazed and stunned look.
I'm a very well-known person, and I'll give you two choices.
Yun Xuan then lay down on the rocking chair and pretended to sleep, leaving Ah Huan alone in the wind.
"Bury it, see it yourself, bury it, see it yourself......" Ah Huan muttered in a low voice, like a demon.
"How are things going?"
The crown prince was a little anxious, in order to allow himself to win this competition, his father had already prepared a plan for himself.
If this is not done well, it will not disappoint my father, and I will not be ashamed of my father.
"The subordinates have secretly purchased 30,000 stone of grain," Zhang Wen didn't expect His Majesty to come to such a hand.
In order to fear that the prince would lose the match against the two kings, he secretly paved the way for the prince, especially the decision made on the refugee issue.
It is more perfect than what the four princes said in the court that day, which greatly increased Zhang Wen's confidence, and His Majesty is still on the side of the prince after all.
"30,000 stones, will it be too little" The prince frowned, according to what his father said, at least 60,000 stones of grain are needed to solve the refugee problem.
Although the cities along the way can open warehouses to store food, for the refugees, there is not enough food to eat.
"Prince, if you buy grain on a large scale, I am afraid it will cause turmoil, and when the merchants take the opportunity to raise prices, won't it cause panic among the people of the national capital."
Zhang Wen was a little worried, the national capital is the foundation of the country, and there must be no panic scene of the people, in Zhang Wen's opinion, 30,000 stone of grain is enough.
"Yes, yes, Lone is a little anxious"
If the two kings found out that they were secretly buying grain, wouldn't they be startled, and if they were alert, wouldn't they have failed their father's wishes.
"Prince, my subordinates have an idea that I don't know whether to say or not"
"Say"
"My subordinates think that we should continue to buy grain"
"Why" The prince was puzzled, just now you said that continuing to buy grain would cause prices to rise, and the people panicked, so why do you say that you still have to buy grain.
"Why did the prince let his subordinates secretly buy grain?" Zhang Wen asked rhetorically.
"My father gave me a refugee...... What do you mean is that my father knows that disaster relief alone will not solve the problem of refugees."
Only then did the prince remember that the purchase of grain was his father's proposal, and if there was enough or even a lot of grain, there was no need to secretly buy grain.
"This subordinate doesn't know, but the subordinate thinks that Your Majesty shouldn't exactly mean that."
"Prince, you think, since you are a refugee, you must make a meritorious contribution that is speechless."
"If you just manage the refugees in your own area and want to make the two kings admit defeat, according to the character of the two kings, they will definitely not admit defeat so easily."
"You mean to let me make second-hand preparations, and to prevent the failure of the two kings' governance, I need to be alone?"
Who are the two kings, even if they want to admit defeat, those ministers who are loyal to them will not let go easily, and will definitely criticize Gu above the court.
If you want to take advantage of this refugee matter to make Gu regain the position of the crown prince, you must do something that satisfies your father, the ministers, and the people.
"That's right, only in this way can the crown prince overpower the two kings."
In Zhang Wen's opinion, if the emperor didn't want the prince to suppress the two kings with absolute strength and win the first place, there was no need to favor the prince at all.
With the strength of the crown prince, even if he can't win, he won't lose, and at most three people will have a draw.
Since the emperor has made a move, then the prince must win this game, and he must win beautifully, otherwise the hundred officials will definitely have something to say.
"What should I do?"
"The refugee relief plan is very clear that the prince only needs to do it, but we should do some small things."
"What means"
"Prince, my subordinates think we should do this......"
"Hahaha, just do as you say, first let people bring the family of the Jiangnan refugee management official to the national capital."
The prince smiled knowingly, and then asked Zhang Wen to act according to the plan.
The bright summer sun shines on the endless vast land. The sky is blue like washing, and the white clouds are floating leisurely.
The two figures fought each other in the scorching sun, and the thin figure was like an agile monkey, heading towards the other strong figure.
"If you don't fight, it's not interesting at all" Although Yun Xuan used eighteen kinds of martial arts, he still didn't even touch Cheng Yuan's sleeve.
This gave Yun Xuan's confidence a big blow, you must know that Cheng Yuan has been passively defending, even so, he still can't get close to his body.
"Your Highness don't need to be discouraged, if you can touch the sleeves of your subordinates in a few days, then what kind of face do your subordinates have to teach the four princes martial arts?"
Cheng Yuan was a little surprised, he didn't expect the four princes' martial arts to progress so quickly, although the operation was as fierce as a tiger, he didn't even touch his sleeve.
But in Cheng Yuan's opinion, this is already very powerful, how many years have he practiced martial arts, the fourth prince has only practiced martial arts for a few days, and he can walk through so many moves in his own hands, which is quite remarkable.
However, Cheng Yuan was shocked, and when they fought, Cheng Yuan clearly felt that there was a powerful force in the body of the four princes, comparable to a centurion.
However, looking at the appearance of the four princes' moves, they didn't seem to know, and Cheng Yuan didn't say it, after all, each prince has his own secrets.
Having said that, Yun Xuan is a little unconvinced, he is the pride of the sky, if he is like an ordinary person, then why is he the protagonist.
Yun Xuan was a little annoyed, one step away, every time he was one step away from touching Cheng Yuan's sleeve, this feeling of being one step away was really uncomfortable.
"Where is the box I asked people to bring back from outside the palace last time?"
"Your Highness, your subordinates have arranged for someone to guard you, and there will definitely be no accidents."
Speaking of this box, Cheng Yuan was very surprised, the last time the four princes greeted him, he asked himself to send more than a dozen people out of the palace without saying a word.
If it weren't for the fact that the people who came were too big, Cheng Yuan would have thought that the fourth prince was joking with him.
People sent it out, but hundreds of boxes were brought back, and no one was allowed to open them, which made Cheng Yuan a little curious.
secretly asked the soldiers sent out that day, but the reply was that the four princes had an explanation, and they were not allowed to disclose the situation on that day, otherwise the whole clan would be punished.
Cheng Yuan also planned this idea, but he didn't see the four princes come for several days, and Cheng Yuan thought that the four princes were curious for a while, so he got so many boxes in the palace.
"That's good, someone should take the boxes in a few days."
"By the way, these boxes are very important, if something goes wrong, Commander Cheng will not have enough to cut off ten heads."
Seeing that Commander Cheng has been teaching himself martial arts for so long, Yun Xuan also said hello to Cheng Yuan, of course, there is also some meaning of revenge.
"The fourth prince can rest assured, his subordinates must be optimistic about these boxes, and there will be no accidents," Cheng Yuan said with a solemn face.
"Commander Cheng, you said that next time I touch your sleeve, what can I get?"
"If the four princes can really touch the sleeves of their subordinates, then the subordinates will start teaching the powerful moves that the four princes have always wanted."
Cheng Yuan looked incredulous, even if the fourth prince had the strength of a centurion, he was definitely not his opponent.
It's impossible to touch your sleeve.
"A word is a certainty"
Yun Xuan looked at Cheng Yuan's indifferent appearance, and knew that Cheng Yuan didn't believe that he could do it at all.
But that's fine, the more he doesn't believe it, the more likely he is to do it.