The left deputy envoy waved his hand: "Go, remember to raise grain and grass as soon as possible." Z.br>

"Yes."

Liu Zhizhong nodded and turned to leave.

Qin Fan glanced at the left deputy envoy, and saw that the left deputy envoy was staring at Liu Zhizhong's back leaving, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to go with you to have a look?"

The deputy envoy of the left courtyard smiled and said, "No need, this guy is very deceitful, and he must have a trick." We'll just have to wait and see what happens."

Qin Fan nodded, didn't say anything more, and went straight back to the East Palace.

East Palace.

"You said, my father asked you to collect the arrears of the Liu family?" Liu Zhixiao asked suspiciously.

The Liu family's arrears totaled 58 million taels of silver, which was a huge fortune even for the East Palace, but the emperor gave Liu Zhixiao 50 million taels of silver in one go.

Qin Fan smiled and said, "That's right, the prince asked us to collect the arrears of the Liu family, and divide the arrears into three parts, each of five million taels."

"In addition, I have also received news that the emperor is ready to canonize Her Royal Highness the princess as the new concubine and reward her with many gold, silver and jewelry."

"What? Canonize Her Royal Highness the Princess as the new concubine?" Yoo Zhixiao's eyes widened in shock.

"Yes." Qin Fan smiled, "The prince seems to like this daughter quite a lot."

Liu Zhixiao said bitterly, "I don't know what my father is thinking."

The Liu family is an imperial businessman, and Liu Zhixiao is the prince's uncle.

He naturally didn't want Liu Zhizhong to be canonized as a concubine, but since the emperor's decree had been issued, what could he do?

After a pause, Liu Zhixiao was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, stared at Qin Fan and said, "Little junior brother, tell me honestly, does this matter have anything to do with you?"

"Huh?" Qin Fan raised his eyebrows and asked, "Senior Brother, what are you referring to?"

"Don't play stupid." Liu Zhixiao snorted coldly: "You have never had a deep relationship with Liu Zhizhong, and his sudden request for help from you was definitely premeditated."

Qin Fan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Senior brother, you're thinking about it. If I want to harm the Liu family, why wait until today."

Yoo Ji-hyo frowned.

"Senior brother, don't worry, I won't harm the Liu family." Qin Fan said.

"I'll tell you the truth, I wanted to arrest Liu Zhixian last night, but I was stopped by Wang Wuyang halfway, and I was almost injured."

"What?" Liu Zhixiao jumped up from his chair suddenly, his face was cloudy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This damn beast."

Although he is the crown prince, he has no foundation.

If someone wants to harm him, it's easy.

"This bastard."

The more he thought about it, the more he hated, and his fists creaked, as if he was about to rush up and beat Wang Wuyang in the next second.

Qin Fan glanced at him and said, "Senior brother, Liu Zhixian is such a waste, can you bother with it?"

"This bastard thing." Liu Zhixiao's anger eased slightly, but he was still angry.

"Okay, you can rest assured." Qin Fan patted him on the shoulder: "I promise, this kind of little thing will never happen to you, Senior Brother."

When Liu Zhizhong heard this, he suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.

"Senior brother, I'm going to find Liu Zhizhong."

Liu Zhixiao waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Qin Fan walked out, then quietly circled around and left the Prince's Mansion.

After Qin Fan returned to the East Palace, he summoned Zhao Yuantai and said, "I heard that the prince is going to make you responsible for collecting the arrears?"

Zhao Yuantai hurriedly said, "Yes."

Qin Fan frowned.

"What do you think?" Qin Fan looked at Zhao Yuantai.

Zhao Yuantai hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the prince may be unfair in arranging it like this."

Qin Fan narrowed his eyes: "Oh? What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Yuantai said, "Your Highness should also know that the Liu family is our ally."

"Although Liu Zhizhong's move violates benevolence and morality, but they

After all, they are heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country, and if the prince disposes of them, it will chill the hearts of the people."

"Huh." Qin Fan laughed: "Doesn't this official know this truth?"

Zhao Yuantai was stunned, lowered his head, and didn't dare to say anything.

Qin Fan sighed, shook his head and said, "The prince has been working hard all these years, wanting to revive the prestige of the country and make the four seas peaceful."

"However, both inside and outside the court believe that the prince's personality was distorted and he became brutal and bloodthirsty because of his injury."

"Because of this, above the government and the opposition, the ministers are quite jealous of the prince, so if the prince wants to reform, he will encounter all kinds of constraints."

"And this time, Liu Zhizhong sacrificed his life for the country, but it created an opportunity for the prince to reform."

"So not only will they not object, but they will also support the prince, and it is even possible that in order to win over the civil and military officials of the court, they will also take advantage of the situation to suppress the imperial power."

"Think about it, if the prince can complete the reform, his position will definitely rise, and it will be easy for him to weaken the power of the royal family at that time."

After Qin Fan finished speaking, he stared at Zhao Yuantai with burning eyes and asked, "Senior brother, do you understand what I mean?"

Zhao Yuantai suddenly realized.

It turned out that his father had long planned to weaken the power of the imperial family, and the reform plan proposed by Liu Zhizhong was exactly what he wanted.

He hurriedly bowed down and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness, Congratulations to Your Highness."

"Hahaha, rejoicing together." Qin Fan laughed and said.

"If the father's reform goes well, then this palace will naturally be able to fight for twenty years less, and when the time comes, senior brother, you will follow under the command of this palace, and this palace guarantees that it will definitely not treat you badly."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Zhao Yuantai knelt on the ground excitedly and bowed.

Qin Fan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, since the matter has been negotiated, you can hurry up and do it."

"Yes." Zhao Yuantai got up and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness. The minister will do his best to help the prince achieve his wishes."

"Hmm."

Qin Fan waved his hand, and Zhao Yuantai retreated.

As soon as Zhao Yuantai left, Qin Fan called his henchmen: "You go and find out, what the Liu family has been doing recently."

"Yes." The henchman said yes and hurried away.

Qin Fan sat on the chair, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, but he was secretly worried in his heart.

"It's weird. Liu Zhizhong is a smart man, and he will never risk the entire Liu family."

"The reason why he came up with such an unbelievable proposal to build a dam is obviously with ulterior motives."

"What the hell is he trying to do?"

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes and said to the maids who served on the left and right, "Change my clothes."

After Liu Zhizhong returned to Liu's house, Mrs. Liu immediately greeted him and hurriedly asked.

"What about the Emperor's decree?"

Liu Zhizhong said lightly: "The emperor will send troops to conquer Jiangbei County in a few days."

Old Madam Liu was stunned for a moment, and then said with great joy: "Really? That's great. Our Liu family has finally come out."

"Nope."

Liu Zhizhong shook his head and said, "Our Liu family is now riding a tiger. We must pay off the arrears immediately. Only by paying off the money and food can the crisis be resolved."

Old Madam Liu's expression froze, and she hurriedly asked, "Then what should we do now?"