Scold;

Huh······

Don't be ignorant of lifting······

"Prime Minister, what a big official······"

"Huh······"

With a sarcastic sneer, Liu Sheng threw his interested gaze to Dou Ying and Yuan Ang on the opposite seat.

Before coming, Liu Sheng had already predicted: Today's meeting with Zhou Yafu is likely to be a 'Hongmen banquet'.

But even so, Liu Sheng did not completely rule out another possibility.

Especially after seeing Yuan Ang and his cousin Dou Ying, Liu Sheng was even more naïve to think: Today's meeting may make Zhou Yafu 'lose his way back';

At the very least, it can also ease the relationship between the two a little, so that the two can reach a tacit understanding similar to 'well water does not interfere with river water'.

But after calculating everything, and being mentally prepared for Zhou Yafu's arrogance, Liu Sheng definitely never expected that he, who had become the crown prince, could still hear these six words from a certain Han man.

"Lift ······"

"Hey;"

"Hey······ hey"

sneered and let out two more sarcasm, and Liu Sheng finally stopped having illusions.

With a slight melancholy sigh, he turned sideways as if smiling.

"Okay."

"——Since the prime minister 'called' me and had something to ask, then I will listen."

"It's a long experience."

"Listen to the prime minister, what an unbelievable thing he can say······"

said this with a strange smile, and Liu Sheng immediately sat up straight, and really put on a posture of 'listening to his ears'.

Only on the face that shows the youth and immaturity, but it is still a ridicule that cannot be overflowed.

On the opposite side of Liu Sheng, Dou Ying and Yuan Ang had completely forgotten the previous draft.

Now, the two only hope that this meeting, which should not have happened, can end as soon as possible.

If nothing else, after this meeting is over, the two will have to discuss carefully: where is the Jing Tiao, which is more suitable for the two of them to go to the Taigong and ask Liu Sheng for their guilt.

Only Zhou Yafu, seeing that he had neither been able to scare Liu Sheng nor provoke Liu Sheng, his face became gloomy again.

But after all, he is the queen of the gate and the heir of the father;

After the sentence 'don't be ignorant' failed to achieve the expected results, Zhou Yafu also understood in his heart that the previous plan could no longer be carried out.

Next, I can only bite the bullet and follow what I said before······

"I heard that Gongzi stabilized the price of grain in Guanzhong because last year, the local counties collected it, but did not return the tax grain to the people."

"I don't know about that, Childe, can you explain it to me?"

"——Since Emperor Taizu Gao established the Han Dynasty, the agricultural tax of my Han family has always been included in the treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"How did you get to Gongzi here, and the agricultural tax was classified into the Shaofu?"

"Where did Shaofu get the courage and who instructed him to dare to include the taxes and grain that should have been included in the treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion into the Shaofu's treasury without permission?"

As Zhou Yafu came out of his mouth, he asked one sentence after another, and even questioned, with each sentence, the heads of Dou Ying and Yuan Ang dropped a point.

On the opposite side of the two, seeing that Zhou Yafu really dared to ask, Liu Sheng shook his head with a sneer after a short period of stunnedness.

- Let you ask, do you really ask?

Huh······

"It turns out that Tiaohou wants to ask me about my Xingshi~"

"I'm taking it lightly."

"-I thought that the Marquis had been the prime minister for more than half a year, and he still didn't know the door of the prime minister's mansion, so he opened it to that side······"

"I never thought that the Marquis actually knew that the treasury should be controlled by the Prime Minister's Mansion;"

"Do you know that agricultural taxes should go to the treasury?"

As soon as he walked into the military tent, Zhou Yafu completely tore his face, and Liu Sheng obviously had no need to be polite.

Unabashedly mocking, he shook his head with a smile;

After a moment, he sighed softly and turned sideways again.

"Last year, Tiaohou was appointed as a lieutenant by his father and led the army to quell the rebellion of Wu Chu."

"——A rebellion of Wu Chu, Tiaohou is naturally out of the limelight;"

"It is the marquis of Jiang, and it is the promotion of prime minister, it can be said that the scenery is unique, and the merit is the best in the world."

"But how could Tiaohou know: in just three months of rebellion, most of the farmers in Guanzhong missed spring ploughing?"

"How do you know that last year, all the Guanzhong peasant households who had men marching with the army as soldiers and husbands were all women and children, the old and weak, and the acres of land in their homes were all taken care of by women and children, the old and weak?"

···

"In the Kanto, Taiwei Zhou strategized, and in the snap of his fingers, Wu Chu was wiped out;"

"But in Guanzhong, the people suffer from the lack of male men at home, so they can only allow spring plowing and irrigation to be mistimed, and even have to abandon some acres of land."

"—In the Kanto region, it took three months for Taiwei Zhou to quell the rebellion;"

"But even in these short three months, it has reduced the harvest of Guanzhong last year by a full 30······"

···

"Father Emperor Renze~"

"I couldn't bear to let the people of Guanzhong suffer from hunger and cold because of the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, so I ordered: exempt the agricultural tax and the weeding tax for the whole year of last year;"

"The father said: Even if we can't completely eliminate the losses suffered by the people of Guanzhong due to the Wuchu Rebellion last year, it can reduce the burden on the people's shoulders somewhat······

Speaking indifferently, Liu Sheng looked at Zhou Yafu's gaze, but it became more and more sarcastic.

When this last word came out, he raised his head slightly towards Zhou Yafu and smiled playfully.

"Do you know these things?"

"Does Tiao Hou know what last year's Wuchu Rebellion meant to the Chang'an court and the people of the world?"

"Knowing that this short three-month rebellion has made many Guanzhong farmers who could still have enough to eat from now on, they can only tighten their belts so that they don't feel too hungry?"

···

"Does the Marquis know that his father and the court want to stabilize the price of grain?"

"Do you know what the price of food means to the people?"

"—I don't even need to say this, just ask the Marquis: Junhou, do you know what the price of grain is?"

"Do you know how to write the word "flat" ???"

The slightest merciless cynicism made Zhou Yafu's face redder and redder;

But Liu Sheng didn't give Zhou Yafu another chance to humiliate himself.

"Tiaohou, I don't know."

"Tiaohou doesn't know what grain prices are, what is stabilizing grain prices, and he doesn't know why the court wants to stabilize grain prices."

"-Tiao Hou only knows: a rebellion of Wu and Chu allowed Tiao Hou to worship the Han Prime Minister by virtue of his great achievements;"

"I only know that the prime minister is the head of the hundred officials who avoid the way of the ministers, the courtesy of the hundred officials, and the extremely popular minister;"

"But I don't know at all: what kind of responsibility my Han family's prime minister needs to shoulder."

···

"Today, the Marquis of Tiao 'called' me to come to this northern camp, but because I didn't enter the camp gate by car, I lost the opportunity to insult me and raise my name like the military parade of Emperor Xiaowen of the former Taizong Xiaowen."

"—After I walked into this big tent of the Chinese army, Tiaohou was a minister, but he didn't stand up to greet him;"

"I was bowed by the prince first, but I still didn't know how to get up and return the salute;"

"Wearing cloth clothes and entering the barracks, facing the prince, etc., needless to say."

"In the end, Tiao Hou even dared to say in front of me, in front of Wei Qihou and Dr. Zhong, that I, the prince, was 'to be discussed'?"

"And said that I came to this barracks because I was 'summoned' by the Marquis?"

"-I even asked the prince of the Han family not to 'ignorant'??????"

When he first heard Zhou Yafu's question, Liu Sheng was stunned by 'why did Zhou Yafu ask such a stupid question';

When he opened his mouth to give an answer to Zhou Yafu, Liu Sheng felt amused by what Zhou Yafu did today.

But when it came to the end, when the sentence 'You dare to tell me not to be ignorant', Liu Sheng's eyebrows were full of undisguised ridicule and a sneer full of play.

And after Liu Sheng's next sentence came out, even the guards outside the military tent couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat······

"Junhou, Liu's Hu?"

···

Junhou, Liu's Hu?

···

The five words of extreme indifference, coming out of Liu Sheng's mouth, made the military tent completely fall into a bone-chilling cold.

Outside the military tent, the guards broke out in a cold sweat, and they only involuntarily took a step and walked away from the area around the military tent;

In the military tent, Dou Ying and Yuan Ang looked stunned, and their eyes swept over Liu Sheng on the opposite side and Zhou Yafu on the top from time to time, making a 'dumbfounded' shape;

On the throne, Zhou Yafu was dressed in cloth, his face was sinking like water, and he was speechless.

And Liu Sheng, after saying the breathtaking five words, finally locked his cold gaze on Zhou Yafu's body.

"Tiaohou, maybe you don't realize how ridiculous your problem is, right?"

"Hey ······"

"——Last year's agricultural tax, wasn't it swallowed by Shaofu~"

"But he was exempted by his father."

"The tax grain collected from the people was converted into money by the Shaofu and returned to the people."

"My father exempted the agricultural tax, and the treasury had no income, so it was impossible to issue official salaries, so the father asked the Shaofu to pay the money from the house, and converted the agricultural tax for the whole of last year into money and subsidized it to the national treasury."

···

"The money for tax refunds to the people comes from the Shaofu treasury;"

"The money for subsidies to the state treasury is also allocated by the internal funds of the young government."

"——Obviously there is only one agricultural tax, but the Shaofu internal government has allocated two agricultural taxes to the people and the state treasury respectively;"

"I spent two shares of agricultural tax money, but in the end, only one tax grain was included in the Shaofu treasury."

"Now, the Marquis actually asks me: Why hasn't this grain been returned to the people into the national treasury?"

"Huh?"

Without hesitation to give the answer to Zhou Yafu's 'question', Liu Sheng no longer hesitated, and only got up from his seat.

Put your hands behind your back, take two steps forward, and come to the center of the tent.

Facing Dou Ying and Yuan An, he slowly raised his hand, but his index finger pointed to Zhou Yafu, the prime minister who was sitting on the main seat and his face was uncertain.

"You two, you should know what's going on, right?"

"-Tiaohou, I don't know what agricultural tax is and what tax exemption is;"

"I have never cared about the Prime Minister's Mansion, the National Treasury, and anything that the Prime Minister should care about."

···

"Maybe a few days ago, I heard that I used the agricultural tax collected by the local county last year to stabilize grain prices;"

"So the Marquis was overjoyed, thinking that he had caught my handle, so he set up this Hongmen banquet for me in this northern camp."

"One plan, then another~"

"One ring, one ring, one ring."

"—From the moment I stepped through the door of the North Camp, the Marquis has been trying to do something to hold on to me."

"Anger or intimidation;"

"In the end, it's just Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, which is intended for Pei Gong······"

···

"What about the two of you?"

"Today's Hongmen banquet, what are the identities of the two?"

"——Xiang Zhuang who stabbed Pei Gong with a sword?"

"Or is it Uncle Xiang who protects Pei Gong?"

No longer questioned without the slightest emotion, only to provoke Dou Ying and Yuan Ang to hurriedly raise their heads.

In front of him, Liu Sheng, who raised his hand sideways and pointed his finger at Zhou Yafu, was looking at himself directly;

The corner of his eyes twitched slightly, but when he saw the main position, Zhou Yafu's face was red, his snort was heavy, and his chest was rising and falling for a while, but he couldn't speak again for a long time.

The situation has developed to such a point that Dou Ying and Yuan Ang only feel that their hearts are full of bitterness, and they can't say anything······

- What are you doing with this cheapness?

What are you doing with this game?!

What are you doing with this?!!

Staying at home honestly, even if you eat, drink, and have fun, get drunk, and dream of death, isn't it better than this???

In their hearts, the two of them have long been unable to regret it;

After Liu Sheng's question, it was not Liu Sheng's cousin and prince who stood up first······

"Today's events are all my fault."

"I originally wanted to make peace from it, and let His Highness Cheng Tong talk about it;"

"I didn't expect it to end up like this······

Under Liu Sheng's gloomy gaze, the first to get up from his seat was Yuan An.

After bowing to Liu Sheng, Yuan Ang turned around and looked at Zhou Yafu who was above him.

Almost at the same time as he turned around, the sad look on Yuan An's face was replaced by a burst of grimness.

"Let the prime minister meet His Royal Highness, it's my suggestion."

"But I never thought that the prime minister would be so stupid now."

"——Back then, the prime minister's father was imprisoned for misdeeds;

"Fortunately, it was an unintentional mistake, and with me telling the truth to the first emperor, the prime minister's father was able to get out of trouble."

"But today's prime minister really makes me ······"

"Alas······"

"Prime Minister, let's do it yourself······"

"If one day, the prime minister, like the dead Marquis of Jiangwu, is also imprisoned for being domineering, I will never go to plead with Your Majesty again·········"

After saying that, Yuan Ang hesitated in every way, but finally raised his head, turned his head sideways, and reluctantly bowed his hand to Zhou Yafu.

Then, he didn't look at Zhou Yafu again, turned around, walked to Liu Sheng's side, turned his back to Zhou Yafu, and lowered his head in shame.

With Yuan Ang making a demonstration, Dou Ying finally reacted, and got up from his seat with a mixed face.

As soon as he bowed his hand to Zhou Yafu with an extremely complicated expression, he turned around without saying a word, walked into the tent door, and bowed his head in shame.

Seeing that the two of them finally realized what they had done today, the fire in Liu Sheng's heart dissipated a little.

But he didn't leave there, but turned sideways, put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and stared into the depths of Zhou Yafu's gaze without fear.

"I know why I hate me so much."

"Left and right, it's just a sentence of 'waste grows and grows young'."

"But the Marquis must know: not everyone can interfere in this matter;"

"—at least, not something that the Strip can interfere with."

···

"I'm not going to tell anyone about today."

"Wei Qihou and Doctor Zhong will also keep secrets for Tiaohou."

"It's not because I'm afraid of the Marquis, or because I want to show favor to the Marquis."

"It's just that I don't want to let my Han family lose a meritorious prime minister because of this incident, and the government and the opposition will be in turmoil because of this."

···

"If the prime minister has anything to say, I'll listen to it."

"If not, then I'm leaving."

"It's just that before leaving, I want to give the last advice to the marquis: please be the prince, so that you can do it yourself."

When these words came out of Liu Sheng's mouth, all Zhou Yafu could see from Liu Sheng's gaze was calm.

The ultimate calm.

Zhou Yafu is very sure: his actions today must have angered Liu Sheng.

- If you are anyone, you will definitely be angered by what Zhou Yafu has done today!

But the more he understood this in his heart, the calmness in Liu Sheng's eyes made Zhou Yafu feel upset at this time.

Although it only took a moment, countless pictures flashed in Zhou Yafu's mind.

Zhou Yafu thought of a lot of things;

- Thinking of myself, why did I do this;

- I thought about myself, what exactly I was insisting on.

But Zhou Yafu only didn't expect that his identity was qualified enough······

"Since Childe has made what he said so clearly, then I won't beat around the bush anymore."

"——Abolishing the long and standing up is the root cause of the trouble, and it is a hidden danger for the temple and the community!"

"-I was entrusted by Emperor Xiaowen of the former Taizong to take care of this Han family for the first emperor!"

···

"The edict of the prince was issued by the Queen Mother."

"I want to stop it, but I can't stop it because of the way of loyalty and filial piety."

"-I believe that Gongzi must also understand what kind of hidden dangers His Majesty will bury for my Han family."

"I hope that after the son goes back, he can go to the Queen Mother in person;"

"Xiang Empress Dowager, please resign as the crown prince······"

There were some serious words, which only made Liu Sheng stunned for a moment!

Even Dou Ying and Yuan An, who each lowered their heads and began to 'reflect on their mistakes' in advance, raised their heads in horror again!

After staring at Zhou Yafu for a while, and making sure that Zhou Yafu was not joking, Liu Sheng finally just took a deep breath······

"Hiss~~~"

"Hoo ~~~~~~"

···

"The word loyalty and filial piety, it can actually be said from the mouth of the marquis, it really makes me ······"

"Huh;"

"—That's it, and I don't have much more to say."

"I just want to remind Tiaohou: In my Han family, Zhou's family is not an auspicious surname······

"Say goodbye today, look at the prince and marquis, so that you can do it yourself······"

Still holding your head high, still carrying your hands behind your back;

Between the eyebrows, there is also a little sigh and nostalgia

Squinting the corners of his eyes, and finally taking a deep look at Zhou Yafu, Liu Sheng finally turned around.

Opened the curtain of the military tent, and before his feet stepped out of the barracks, the indifferent tone came to Zhou Yafu's ears again.

"Doctor Zhong, let's go to Changle Palace."

"The imperial grandmother may have something to say to the middle doctor."

···

"Wei Qihou, don't follow Changle."

"On the way home, I passed by Zhang Wuhou's mansion in Shangguanli, and went to visit the boss for me."

Two more are completed~

Good night~

(End of chapter)