Dahan first prince

Chapter 262 Big and small gangsters, in the same line

"Resale?"

"The crown prince and the kings of Qi and Chu really said that?"

Suiyang, the capital of Liang, is the Royal Palace of Liang.

Hearing the news from Pengcheng, Liu Bang's expression froze for a moment, and the words he said obviously carried some unbelievable tone.

"Hey······"

"Strange things..."

"It's just to wipe out a rebellious prince, the temper of the prince..."

"It has changed so much?"

Said full of doubts, Liu Bang did not forget to sneer and looked to the side, Xia Houying who was standing beside him also shook his head in a daze, Liu Bang then smiled, lowered his head, and carefully checked the short book in his hand Come.

You can't blame Liu Bang for making a fuss, and you can't blame Xia Houying's "disrespect before the emperor". For anyone who has a little understanding of Liu Ying's character, this news is indeed too explosive.

——According to the news sent back from Pengcheng: After the end of the first battle in Yongcheng, Liu Ying sent Li Shang, the coach who suppressed the rebellion, back to Guanzhong to complete the escort and resettlement of the coffins of the fallen soldiers, and chased and captured the defeated soldiers The rebels, arresting Yingbo and other finishing tasks of the war were casually thrown to the deputy commander Jin She.

However, Liu Ying herself set off from Yongcheng as soon as she learned that Liu Bangsheng was leaving Hangu.

But what is strange is that Liu Ying, who learned that the emperor Laozi had left Hangu Pass and was heading towards Chu, 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 crown prince is going to Pengcheng to meet the kings of Qi and Chu', Liu Bang also complained like 'not sensible at all';

Xia Houying also said something besides, such as, "The prince should want to bring the king of Chu with him, so as to ensure that there will be no mistakes in the welcoming etiquette", and added a few words for Liu Ying.

But now, when another news came from Pengcheng, Liu Bang and Xia Houying finally understood: Why did Liu Ying go to Pengcheng in such a hurry...

"Hey!"

"hey-hey······"

"Although I don't quite have my majestic posture, I can still be considered sophisticated..."

Hearing Liu Bang's bragging as if he had done nothing at all, the corners of Xia Houying's eyes twitched suddenly, and he immediately lowered his head.

——Look at the brief book in Liu Bang's hand, what did it say?
——The prince said to the kings of Chu and Qi and said: In the past, the Shaofu allocated grain to solve the grain shortage in Qi and Chu. However, the grain of the Shaofu was all taken from Mi Jia, a grain merchant in Guanzhong, in spring and summer, and the money was paid for. It's not clear yet; now that the war is nearly over, Qi and Chu also got the food from the Shaofu to solve the food shortage. , The warehouse is empty, and there is no money to pay the money owed by the Shaofu to purchase grain...

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

But if this brief booklet can be summed up in one sentence, it would be that Liu Yingchao, Liu Fei, and Liu Jiao shared their hands: Give me money! ! !

And this is also the reason why Xia Houying acted like Liu Bang before, acting dumbfounded.

——In the past, Prince Liu Ying was always well-known in the world for his kindness and gentleness!
Not to mention elders like elder brothers and uncles, Liu Ying has always been gentle with younger brothers and even "competitors" like Liu Ruyi.

The third younger brother Liu Ruyi likes swordsmanship, so Liu Ying worked hard to find a sword for Liu Ruyi!
The fourth brother Liu Heng likes to read, and Liu Ying even mobilized a lot of manpower to find it, took out quite a lot of money, and even lost her face to ask for a whole set of ancient books, and then gave it to Liu Heng!
——But don't think that it is an exaggeration for Liu Ying, the crown prince, to buy a set of ancient books in person, and even spend a huge sum of money to buy them!
Ever since the first emperor burned all the books in the world, and Qin Prime Minister Li Si promoted the promulgation of the "Order of Holding Books", that is, the law of holding books, [-]% of the books in this land of China have long been lost!

Coupled with the subsequent wars and the burning of Xianyang Palace by Xiang Yu, more than half of the scriptures and allusions left over from the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and even earlier periods were basically lost.

How rare are books in today's world?
Needless to say anything else, just one point is enough to prove it.

——In today's world, including the emperor Liu Bang, there is not even a complete and complete set of classics of the sages!

Not to mention Confucianism, Mohism, Legalism, etc., even the ruling school of the Han Dynasty: the Huang-Lao School, dare not say which classic is complete and not lost!

This is true for the ruling school, not to mention the other schools.

Legalist allusions, which can still be found today, are a few "Book of Shang Jun" and "Han Feizi" taken from the ruins of Xianyang Palace, and they are all fragments;
Not to mention the Confucian classics.

——Six Classics of Confucianism①: Poems, Books, Rites, Books of Changes, Music, and Spring and Autumn Annals, three of which are partially lost, and two of which are completely lost!
Some of the lost "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes" and "Rituals" are basically "although the book is gone, but the people are still there". Only a few academic giants who hid in the mountains and were lucky to escape the flames of war were partially preserved. down. (Fuqiubo - "Book of Songs", Lu Jia - "Rituals", both of them are disciples of Xunzi; Tian He - "Book of Changes", a school of its own and a single pass, Zhitian He is the seventh generation)
The "Book of Music" and "Shangshu" are completely lost, that is, there are no books and no people! (Gongsun Nizi, the descendant of the "Book of Music", lost his whereabouts at the end of Qin Dynasty, and "Le" has been lost to this day; Han Fei and Li Si, the descendants of "Shangshu", both died before the death of Qin Dynasty, and these three were also disciples of Xunzi)
The only "Spring and Autumn" that has been preserved in its entirety is due to the ingenious memory of Beiping Hou Zhangcang, who memorized every single word of "Spring and Autumn" in his mind... ··(Zhang Cang is also a disciple of Xunzi)
From this, it is not difficult to see how precious and rare a "complete set of books" is in this era, and what a gift that can be met but not asked for.

It's no wonder that Liu Ying, who was so expensive as a prince, had to go to the door to ask for it, spend a lot of money to buy it, and finally bought it, and thanked him repeatedly for "reluctantly giving up".

——In this troubled world, a book is the cornerstone of a powerful 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, which is a rare thing.

As for the other younger brothers, although they have not shown any special hobbies because they are too young, Liu Ying's love for the other younger brothers is obvious to all the Chang'an scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants.

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

——In the past, when Liu Ying saw Liu Jiao who came to Chang'an for pilgrimage, she paid her respects several times before she sat down with half of her buttocks tremblingly and listened to Liu explain the "Book of Songs" to herself.

This also led to the fact that in the past, whenever Prince Liu Ying was mentioned, most people's first reaction was: Ah, Prince Ying, he is a simple and honest person, respectful to his parents, respectful to the elders, and benevolent to the younger generation... ·
And when Xia Houying also took such a stereotype to look at the matter of Liu Ying reaching out to ask Liu Jiao and Liu Fei for money, the picture suddenly went against the grain...

It is no exaggeration to say: Liu Ying asked Liu Jiao and Liu Fei for money, and she asked for money in such a straightforward and straightforward way, which is almost equivalent to Cao Aman bowing his head and admitting his mistake, and Liu Xiahui piao-chang was arrested!

Especially the emperor Liu Bang, after learning of Liu Ying's almost rogue-like behavior, he still has the face to say, "Although it's not like me"...

"If this is the case, His Majesty will say again that 'the prince is not like his father'..."

Slandering maliciously, Xia Houying finally lowered her head and fixed her eyes on her toes.

——"I'm not an asshole" is out of Liu Bang's mouth, just listen to it.

If you really want to speak up and kindly remind Liu Bang that 'you have a problem with your own cognition', then you really have a problem with your brain.

In a short while, Liu Bang had finished reading the brief book in his hand, and laughed unconsciously.

"Hey, Xiahou."

"Isn't what the prince said unreasonable?"

"what?"

"The grain allocated by the Shaofu was originally obtained from the grain merchants in Guanzhong, and the Shaofu has no money to pay for the purchase, so it waits to get the money from the sale of rice, and then pays."

"If the kings of Chu and Qi get food but don't pay, what should Shaofu do?"

"——I am sixty years old, I can't break my promise to the world and make the Shaofu refuse to pay this money???"

Seeing Liu Bang uttering this sentence in an inexplicably complacent tone that endorsed Liu Ying's actions, Xia Houying nodded with a smile on his face, but secretly slandered him again.

——This one in front of you can really do something like 'whoring for nothing'!
Not only this one can do it, even the young one who is rushing from Pengcheng to Fengyi at this moment can also do it!

——Last winter, it was easy to talk about the free canal repairs of the slaves of Guanzhong Lao Zhuang and hundreds of officials and officials. At least they distributed some food to the common people.

But this spring, when buying granaries from grain merchants, half of the "buy warehouse money" given by the Shaofu was three baht pods!
For a fixed asset like a granary, that person can "break the bone", not to mention "delayed payment of the payment". If you can give half of the money, it is already considered a favor of that person.

According to Xia Houying's prediction, the result of this matter will most likely be when the money is collected. Liu Ying keeps saying, "there is still payment for the goods, so I can't accept it." When the money is paid, she will forget about it. Spotless!

And judging from the two incidents of "whoring labor for free, but also giving some food" last year, and "taking advantage of the merchants, but only accounting for half" this year, the younger one is more or less the same as the old one in front of him. Talk about principles and bottom lines.

Seeing that his statement was "highly recognized" by Xia Houying, the guilty conscience in Liu Bang's eyes disappeared in an instant.

"Xuanping Hou's troops, can they be returned outside the city?"

She asked a question inexplicably, and when Xia Houying nodded with doubts on her face, Liu Bang slapped her hand on her thigh!
"good!"

"It is passed down to me that the generals under the Marquis of Xuanping will have [-] soldiers, and half of them will be led by Zhao Yao, the royal historian, and half of them will be sent to Linzi and Pengcheng by Lang Zhongling Wuhu. They will use the money purchased by Qi and Chu to Chang'an. Fu Shaofu!"

After giving the order of 'send a large army to the capitals of Qi and Chu to transport money' with a cheerful expression, Liu Bang hesitated for a moment, then waved to Xia Houying.

When Xia Houying came forward with a strange expression, Liu Bang stretched out his hand, and put his upper body in front of Xia Houying carelessly, and whispered in his ear: "Go, dear, and warn Zhao Yao and Wu Hu: Never accept three baht money." !"

"——If the two of you go here and dare to return to Chang'an with a three baht coin, I will never forgive you lightly!!!"

Then he supplemented mysteriously, and then Liu Bang smiled and sat back on the soft couch, his face full of joy beyond words.

——If Liu Ying didn't take the initiative to ask for money, Liu Bang would have almost forgotten about it!

If it weren't for Liu Ying's demonstration, Liu Bang would most likely see that Liu Jiao and Liu Fei are his juniors, and that they both put down Chen Xi last year and Yingbu this year, and put this down. Things are deliberately forgotten.

But after Liu Ying reached out to ask for money, and Liu Fei and Liu Jiao both agreed to give the money, Liu Bang made some calculations before realizing it belatedly: Tenenai almost lost a lot of money!

—— During summer and autumn, the Shaofu allocated nearly 500 million shi of grain to Qi, Chu, and Jing!

Later, the war broke out, King Jing Liu Jia landed in a box, and the country of Jing was out of control. The 500 million grains had already been sent back to the country by Liu Fei and Liu Jiao respectively!

And how much is this 500 million shi grain worth?

——If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't spend money to buy food after becoming emperor, Liu Bang almost didn't realize it: the current world is not the former Qin Dynasty!

In today's world, the price of rice is thousands of dollars a stone!
Even Guanzhong, which was deliberately suppressed by Liu Ying and praised by the people as "the prince's benevolence and righteousness", was a full two thousand yuan per stone!
Guanzhong, which is already self-sufficient and even capable of transporting grain to the Kanto, has been suppressed by Prince Liu Ying personally. The price of grain is [-] yuan per shi, so how high should the price of grain in the Kanto be?
Even needless to say anything else, it is calculated at two thousand dollars per shi, and the Shaofu allocates 500 million shi of grain from Qi and Chu, that is also...

"Ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million..."

"One million dollars!!!"

Fiddled with his fingers, Liu Bang subconsciously let out an exclamation, and then froze in place dumbfounded.

"With this money, millions of dollars, the mansion and treasury will be filled in an instant, and from now on, there will be no shortage of money and food in the court!"

"Um······"

"—This money must not be shared with profiteers and evil merchants!!!"

In the blink of an eye, Liu Bang completely forgot the previous sentence "this little rascal is not like me", and made up his mind to be a glutton!

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

First they were brothers for many years, and later they were monarchs and ministers for many years. Seeing Xia Houying's posture, Liu Bang understood: This guy is probably trying to say something inappropriate.

However, Xia Houying is still considered lucky - thanks to the blessing of his son Liu Ying, Liu Bang's current mood is not so good.

"And what inappropriate words do you want to say, so as to damage my lifespan~"

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

When she remembered what she was about to say, Xia Houying wrinkled again, and struggled for a long time before stepping forward cautiously.

"His Majesty······"

"Xuan Pinghou, still kneeling outside the hall..."

　Some readers may be a little strange: how is the Six Classics?
　　Isn't it the Four Books and Five Classics?
　　In fact, the reason why the Six Classics of Confucianism became the Five Classics, I have already written in the annotations in the main text-Gongsun Nizi, the descendant of the "Book of Music", lost his trace in the war at the end of Qin Dynasty, and the "Book of Music" was lost. (April 2022, 4) whereabouts unknown.

　　As for the "Shangshu", although it was temporarily lost because of Han Fei and Li Si's untimely death, during the reign of Emperor Wen in history, Jinan Fusheng (also known as Fu Sheng) dug out the "Shangshu" hidden earlier from the wall of his home. ", so that the "Shangshu" can be preserved and passed down to this day.

　　The officials sent by Emperor Wen to learn "Shangshu" from Fu Sheng were later Prince Zhan Shi (also known as Prince Jialing) and Emperor Jing Tai Fu Chao Cuo.

　　By the way: The "Shangshu" that Fu Sheng dug out from the wall of his house is what we often call "Jinwen Shangshu". You should have heard of "Guwen Shangshu".

　　So what happened to "Guwen Shangshu"?
　　——According to the most widely accepted statement in the contemporary era, Kong Anguo, a descendant of Confucius, had evil thoughts because of Fu Sheng's "Jinwen Shangshu", and wrote, directed and acted "The Shangshu was also dug out from the wall of my house" 'The play code.

　　Then, Kong Anguo pointed to this fake "Shangshu", that is, ancient Shangshu, and said: These characters 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 label the "Shangshu", and the deception of "Guwen Shangshu" lasted for more than 2000 years from the Western Han Dynasty to modern times, and was only falsified with the evidence of unearthed cultural relics.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)