Xu was Liu Sheng's 'relief', so that Tianziqi finally adjusted from his lonely mood;

Early the next morning, Liu Wu, the king of Liang, showed his upper body, carrying a bundle of shaved smooth 'thorns', and appeared outside the Qingliang Palace, Tianzi Qi did not excuse himself to be 'seriously ill' and refused to meet Liu Wu, the king of Liang.

After generously forgiving Liu Wu, the king of Liang, Tianziqi even took his younger brother's hand and went to Changle Palace.

The mother and son were warm and affectionate, talked happily with each other, and even had a rare meal together.

It is rumored inside and outside the palace that His Majesty's illness has cured Gongzisheng.

But only Liu Sheng knows: Tianzi Qi is just 'back'······

In the evening, Liu Sheng also came to the Qingliang Hall as promised, and carried a roll of thigh-thick bamboo slips to the front of Tianzi Qi.

When the palace people on the side stepped forward and spread out the bamboo slips that were one zhang long, Liu Shengcai exhaled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

——From last night, bidding farewell to the Son of Heaven in Qingliang Hall until now, a full day and night have passed;

During this day and night, Liu Sheng only rested for less than two hours.

For the rest of the time, all of Liu Sheng's energy was invested in this moment, spread out on the bamboo slip in front of Tianzi Qi.

And Tianziqi's next reaction also made Liu Sheng faintly feel: In the past day and night, Liu Sheng should not have worked in vain······

"Hmm~"

"Hmm······"

"Huh?"

"Oh······"

"Uh-huh·········"

Sitting on the couch with his head down, carefully reading the bamboo slips in front of him, every time he looked at a paragraph, Tianziqi did not forget to settle down and secretly think about it.

After reading the entire scroll of bamboo slips word for word, and finally closing his eyes and thinking about it, Tianzi Qicai finally took a deep breath, and then slowly raised his head.

"That's a good idea."

"Hmmm······"

"Why didn't you write down what you need?"

asked softly, only to provoke Liu Sheng to hurriedly lower his head, and then took out a roll of 'normal' bamboo slips from his arms, and presented them with both hands.

took the bamboo slip, and looked at it carefully, Tianzi Qicai raised his eyebrows with a smile, glanced at Liu Sheng from time to time, and pointed to the text on the bamboo slip.

"If you want to cooperate with the imperial history, do you want to send the imperial history to monitor the price of grain in various parts of Guanzhong?"

Liu Sheng nodded.

"Prime Minister~"

"Issuing official documents?"

Liu Sheng nodded again.

Seeing that Tianziqi lowered his head again, he checked the 'demand list' again, and finally straightened up with a light smile and nodded slowly to Liu Sheng.

"Yes."

"Just do it the way it was presented."

said indifferently, but it made Liu Sheng slightly stunned, as if he was a little surprised that Tianzi Qi agreed to this matter so happily?

looked at Tianzi Qi with some doubts, stepped forward again, and looked at the 'demand list' written by himself;

After making sure that there was nothing missing, Liu Sheng raised his head again in surprise and looked at the strange look of Tianzi Qi.

"Father's ······"

"Just don't ask again?"

"Don't you ask the Shaofu Insider?"

asked in disbelief, but caused Tianzi Qi to shake his head with a smile: "There's nothing to ask." ”

"Since we want to stabilize grain prices, it is reasonable to open up internal funds to release grain and use money."

"I don't want you to do things, but I don't give you money and food for things?"

Yun said lightly, Tianzi Qi did not forget to turn sideways slightly, picked up a jade talisman from his leg, and threw it into Liu Sheng's arms.

"Shaofu, I've already said hello."

"With this jade talisman, you can call any money, grain, or other materials in the Shaofu at will."

"--Only for the Shaofu Mansion."

"Remember to make the account clear, it's better to do it beautifully."

"It's good for you to turn back."

After speaking, he saw Tianzi Qi lower his head as usual, and continued to consult the bamboo slips that he had read several times, as if he didn't hear the surprise in Liu Sheng's tone at all.

Seeing Tianziqi behaving like this, Liu Sheng only frowned in surprise, as if he was afraid that Tianziqi would not understand, and said cautiously: "What Erchen said, but all the grain and money in Shaofu are ······."

"Father, isn't he worried at all?"

"I'm not afraid that my sons will do anything wrong and lose all the money that the first emperor has accumulated over the years???"

But when he saw that the Son of Heaven heard this, he only raised his eyebrows contemptuously, and even had a hint of provocation in his gaze when he looked at Liu Sheng!

"Defeated Shaofu?"

"Huh······"

"Do you know how much money and how much grain is saved in today's Shaofu?"

"Do you know what kind of rich treasury the first emperor saved for my Han family during his reign of more than 20 years?"

Full of banter, and faintly proud, Tianzi Qi also turned sideways slightly;

Between the eyebrows, there is a lot of playfulness.

"If all the grain in Shaofu is taken out and piled together, it can be piled up outside Chang'an City!"

"As for saving money······"

"Hey, let's tell you that."

"—I'll transfer you fifty people, and give you another fifty years;"

"These fifty people, fifty years, the savings of the Shaofu Mansion, don't say you spend it, I'm afraid you can't count it!"

"Hey;"

"Defeated Shaofu ······"

"Hey······ hey"

As he said this, Tianzi Qi lowered his head, as if he had heard some joke, and snickered.

After a long time, he muttered as if it was casual, and even more like a temptation: "Anyway, the Shaofu will be handed over to you sooner or later; ”

"It's not a bad thing to learn to manage money early······

Such a sentence, intentionally or unintentionally, finally made Liu Sheng raise his head in disbelief.

But from the side face of Tianziqi when he lowered his head to read the bamboo slips, Liu Sheng did not see any valuable information.

After being stunned for a while, Tianzi Qi finally raised his head and moved his gaze to Liu Sheng's body again.

"Your way~"

"I'm afraid I haven't finished speaking, right?"

"-I'm afraid that there are any other requirements, I don't dare to fall on Jane, and I want to mention it to me in person?"

With a playful smile, he asked this question, and saw Tianzi Qi lying on one side quite casually, and looked at Liu Sheng, who still hadn't recovered from his shock, with a smile on his side.

"While I'm still happy, hurry up and mention it."

"Outdated!"

After thinking about it, Liu Sheng had to hurry back to his senses when he was told by the Son of Heaven, and he had to hurry back to his senses.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven looked at him in his gaze, there was still an insight that seemed to be able to see through the depths of people's souls, and Liu Sheng was no longer entangled.

"There are indeed three things that Erchen does not dare to fall on Jane."

Frankly admitting that he did have other requirements, and taking the opportunity to phrase it again, Liu Sheng's face suddenly surged with a rare seriousness.

"First of all: the retainers need people."

"——Capable ministers, officials, as many as you want."

"In addition, I have to ask my father for an official position of 600 stones."

The deep voice also provoked Tianzi Qi to sit up from the couch, and there was also a touch of seriousness on his face.

If someone is around the father and son, they may be surprised to find that the demeanor of the father and son at the moment is almost poured out of the same mold······

"Man, I've got it for you."

"—Capable ministers, none of them."

"Don't tell you, even if it's me, I'm worried that there are no 'capable officials' available."

Without dragging the mud and water, he said, "Capable ministers, no one", Tianzi Qi turned over slightly and nodded lightly to Chuntuo beside him.

After a while, I saw a little eunuch with clear eyebrows and gentle facial features, who was led to Liu Sheng by Chuntuo.

"Earlier, I was in the Imperial Palace, and I prepared a lot of subordinate officials for your eldest brother;"

"Now, most of them have been dismissed."

"The new prince's subordinate officials, it will take some time for the Shaofu to be re-equipped."

"-This is the eunuch's inner servant who was raised in the palace since childhood."

"From now on, I will follow you, whether it is serving your daily life or running errands, it is all up to you."

With the indifferent tone of Tianzi Qi, the little eunuch also stepped forward slightly, walked to the position of three steps in front of Liu Sheng, and bowed one by one.

"Slave, meet Childe······"

Looking at the little eunuch in front of him, who was obviously the same age as himself, and there was still a little green in his tone, Liu Sheng suddenly understood in his heart.

- Rumors in the palace: Today's eunuch Ling Chuntuo, that is, when Tianzi Qi was in his early tens, the first emperor personally sent someone to carefully select and equip Tianzi Qi.

In this way, the little eunuch in front of him is the 'eunuch order' specially prepared by the Son of Heaven for Liu Sheng in the future······

"What's your name?"

Seeing the intention of the Son of Heaven, Liu Sheng also squeezed out a slight smile and looked at the little eunuch in front of him.

But when the little eunuch heard this, the head that had just been raised sank down.

"After the knife and saw, I have no shame to use my ancestral surname;"

"When I was young, I cleaned my body and entered the palace, and I don't remember the name given by my father."

"If the prince does not abandon ······"

"Meng Gongzi does not give up ······"

Halfway through his words, the little eunuch was inexplicably speechless, but in his tone, he couldn't hear the slightest hint of nervousness.

Liu Sheng understood the hint of the little eunuch, so he tentatively raised his head and cast his gaze on Tianzi Qi.

When the Son of Heaven turned his head sideways indifferently, Liu Sheng lowered his head;

After thinking for a moment, he nodded to the little eunuch in front of him.

"Let's call the summer sparrow."

"Festive."

The gentle words provoked Xia Que to kowtow again in a hurry, and the excited tone was tinged with some trills.

"Slave, slave Xia Que, Xie Gongzi gives the name!"

"From now on, if there is any disloyalty to the son, let the slave!"

"Let the slave ······"

was excited, and anxious to say several 'let slaves', but Xiao Xia Que couldn't say why.

Maybe he wants to say: If you are not loyal to your son, let the slave cut off her children and grandchildren!

After reacting, he looked down again······

uh······

"Alright;"

"Get up."

Seeing that Xia Que was anxious to make a poisonous oath, and because he really didn't know what poisonous oath to make, his anxious forehead was sweating, and Liu Sheng couldn't bear to embarrass this hard-working person anymore.

Symbolically stretched out his hand and helped Xia Que to his feet, and he didn't forget to turn his head sideways as if he was smiling, and pointed to Chuntuo on the side.

"There's no need to swear any poison~"

"If there is really a day of 'disloyalty', the eunuch order will definitely take action for me."

"Huh?"

said indifferently, and said 'um' to Chuntuo again, only to see the smile on Chuntuo's face suddenly stiffened!

Xia Que, who had just stood up, also fell to his knees again with a pop.

"Slave!"

"Slaves don't listen to anyone else!"

"Only the son is the master of the slave!"

"Slaves only listen to Childe!"

The panicked statement did not make Liu Sheng's meaningful gaze go back and forth from the eunuch Ling Chuntuo not far away.

Waiting for Chuntuo, who was also looked at by Liu Sheng's meaningful gaze, saw that the corners of his forehead were sweating, and Tianziqi, who was watching the play on the side, finally spoke again.

"Okay~"

"Look at your little bit of talent!"

"-given to you, that's your person."

"I can't afford to be such a bastard for you, so I specially sent a temple man to do eyeliner."

Xu is remembering the last time, the eyeliner he sent, the memories of being despised by Liu Sheng in person, and the tone of Tianziqi was only inexplicably a little annoyed.

And beside the imperial couch, with the words of Tianzi Qi, Liu Shengcai lowered his head with a shallow smile and withdrew his gaze from Chuntuo.

After a while, he cast his inquiring gaze to the Son of Heaven in front of him again.

That's it?

For such a big thing as food, you should be given a eunuch?

The son-in-law is cheeky and asks for someone, and his father takes a eunuch, so he wants to fool him?

Seeing the doubts in Liu Sheng's eyes, and even 'questioning', Tianziqi only frowned slightly.

After thinking for a moment, he replied to the question that he was not asking, and asked Liu Sheng: "The official position of six hundred stones~"

"Do you want to use a maternal relative?"

Seeing Liu Sheng nodding slightly, he immediately muttered dissatisfiedly: "If my father doesn't transfer people, my sons will have to find someone by themselves; ”

"Can't you find someone and let people work for your son?"

Hearing this, Tianzi Qi frowned again.

After thinking about it for a long time, he shook his head.

"It's too early."

"—Give the official position, it's too early."

"Hmmm······"

···

"That's it;"

"-Shaofu's money, I allow you to use it privately, limited to one million dollars."

"Maternal relatives, let's get the money first."

An undoubted word, and when Liu Sheng nodded reluctantly, Tianziqi frowned again.

"In addition, I will transfer Nanpihou Dou Pengzu to you to use, and lead the Su Du Lieutenant."

"When necessary, the sons and nephews of the Dou family's relatives except Wei Qihou and Nanpihou, if you want to use them, you can also go to the Queen Mother yourself."

"As long as it is the nephew of the Dou family, I can leave you an official position of less than five thousand stones."

"But Jia~"

"It's not time to ······ yet"

In the end, the tone of the Son of Heaven was full of inexplicable deep meaning;

Hearing this last sentence 'It's not time yet', Liu Sheng will finally be relieved, and bowed his head thoughtfully.

Nowadays, the Han family's two-palace system, one of the most critical links, or the link between the east and west palaces, is undoubtedly the emperor's mother family, the queen mother's family - the descendants of the relatives.

The reuse of maternal relatives can save a lot of trouble for the prince/son of heaven, and at the same time can further strengthen the connection between the two palaces.

- For the prince/son of heaven, the maternal relatives are trustworthy;

- For the Queen Mother/Empress, the son's appointment of his own relatives can be satisfied, both emotionally and profitably.

In the context of such an era, as a quasi-prince, Liu Sheng wants to use his maternal relatives, which is also the reason in the question.

But as the Son of Heaven Qi Fangcai said: It is still a little too early for Liu Sheng to use the maternal relatives······

"Erchen, understand."

"-Uh-huh~"

"—It's good to understand······"

After a simple conversation, Liu Sheng's first request can be regarded as a result.

A small eunuch Xia Que, a governor of more than 2,000 stones, Dou Pengzu, plus five official positions below 1,000 stones limited to Dou's nephews.

Such a result is obviously not enough to satisfy Liu Sheng······

"Then I'll have to bring my brother with me."

"—whatever you want."

Indifferently responded to Liu Sheng's last candidate, Tianziqi grabbed the tea bowl and took a sip.

"The remaining two conditions are also mentioned;"

"I'm busy."

Seeing Liu Sheng hear this, he only took a deep breath with a gloomy face.

The next sentence made Tianzi Qi's action of drinking tea stagnant.

"Son, you need military power."

Moment!

At the moment when the second son of 'military power' came out of Liu Sheng's mouth, the Son of Heaven Qiben was still a little relaxed in his eyes, and a flash of light flashed in an instant!

But soon, the essence of light was retracted by the Son of Heaven without a trace;

Even though he turned his head slightly playfully, he looked at Liu Sheng for a long time.

"How?"

"I want to make a fuss about 'Liu's left side' again, so that I can smash out another seal and break your other wishbone?"

The words were full of playfulness, but they failed to weaken the solemn expression on Liu Sheng's face.

He raised his head calmly: "There is no need for mobilizable military power; ”

"I only need my father's order to transfer a lieutenant and garrison it outside the city outside Taicang;"

"When necessary, it is enough to let the generals who lead the army follow the orders of their ministers to scare and frighten some bold and reckless people."

Hearing this, the Son of Heaven came to his senses, and after a little thought, the doubts in his heart also dissipated.

"Hmmm······"

"I will transfer two more captains from the Northern Army to garrison Taicang."

"If there is anything, you can go to Zhidu to discuss it yourself."

"If Zhi Du agrees, then I agree."

"If Zhi doesn't agree, then you don't have to ask me again."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng only nodded to himself, and the second condition was also settled.

And the third condition······

"The third condition;"

"Son, I need my father's palace."

As soon as Liu Sheng's words came out, Tianzi Qi frowned again!

But with the previous condition as a foreshadowing, Tianzi Qi did not rush to speak this time.

After thinking about it for a while, he vaguely understood Liu Sheng's intentions, so he raised his head slightly;

I saw Liu Sheng shaking his head and smiling bitterly, and shrugged his shoulders helplessly.

"The son knows: if the name is not right, the word is not good;"

"Erchen is going to be too womb now, which is indeed a bit excessive."

"But it is precisely this sentence 'if the name is not right, the word is not good', that the sons and daughters need the uterus even more."

"-- The matter of food will inevitably involve many people, many people who cannot be provoked."

"If you don't pull up the tiger skin of the 'quasi-prince', I'm afraid that the fly swatter of Erchen won't be able to scare away some jackals······"

It was another frank explanation, and it finally made the Son of Heaven settle down.

Will the unspoken 'so urgent?' 'Swallowed back into the stomach, the Son of Heaven revealed, and finally took a long breath.

"I will greet Shaofu, open the Tai Palace, and let you enter and exit freely."

"But that's about it;"

"I didn't promise you anything today······"

"If something happens, I will never come forward to protect you."

The low and powerful words made Liu Sheng's face even more solemn;

was stared at by the profound gaze of the Son of Heaven and looked at each other for a moment, and Liu Sheng finally slowly gave up his hand.

"Thank you, Father."

"-well, go ahead;"

"-Remember to go and play with the Queen Mother first."

"——At any time, don't forget: my Han family, I am not the only emperor······"

"-Even if you offend me, you must not offend the 'old emperor' of Changle Palace······"

Sorry, I was a little unwell yesterday.

Try to make up for the three watches today, the three watches tomorrow, and make up for the two watches yesterday.

(End of chapter)