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Chapter 284 What kind of person is Uncle Liu Huang?

"Friends from the media, please rest assured! Fortunately, Dr. Li Dangzhi, the 'hand of the surgeon', was present at the time. After his treatment, the Prime Minister's life was not in danger. Needless to say, the Prime Minister was shot twice and lost a lot of blood. So, I have been resting peacefully and believe that Prime Minister Liu will recover in the near future."

"Your Highness, may I ask, is you or the Prime Minister the target of this assassination?"

Liu Bian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "You have to ask the killer or the public security office about this, I have no comment!"

"Your Highness, does this mean that the security system is ineffective and the relevant departments are overstaffed and neglecting their duties?"

Liu Bian shook his head again: "No comment!"

As the first crown prince, he cannot accuse the Prime Minister's Yamen at will. This will cause tension between the royal family and the government and may lead to the collapse of the government.

At this critical moment, the royal family's attitude is very delicate. Once the media gets the handle, he himself will be in trouble.

Moreover, given the direction of public opinion and the national situation, the collapse of the Prime Minister's Yamen is absolutely not allowed.

Therefore, Liu Bian used the "four-character mantra" to repeatedly avoid talking about sensitive issues.

When Liu Bian finished the press conference and walked out of the Prime Minister's Office to get into his car, a tabloid reporter suddenly shouted: "Your Highness, if something unexpected happened to the Prime Minister at that time, would you be more happy or sad?"

Liu Bian's whole body seemed to be "fixed". Then he returned to the tabloid reporter, stretched out his uninjured left hand, and gave the reporter a hard slap in the mouth.

"At this time, you dirty things still want to eat steamed buns with human blood?"

"The First Crown Prince Liu Bian beat someone up" quickly became the headlines of major newspapers the next day!

"Prince Ben beat a tabloid reporter out of righteous indignation. Although we do not approve of violence, we understand that some unscrupulous media have gone too far!"

"Don't talk about a slap in the face. If I were there, I would definitely step on you! No, I would step on you twice more! As a human being, you can't have a bottom line!"

"We call on media people to have professional ethics. In this time of crisis, we should join hands to denounce terrorist acts!"

"Looking at the facts, maybe the tabloid reporter did go too far, but as a prince and the crown prince, this may damage the image of representing the royal family!"

"Considering from two aspects, journalists are right to pursue the truth. Public figures should restrain themselves more strictly. Otherwise, they will become a beauty in anger? What is this society like?"

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Public opinion is abuzz. The controversial figure Liu Bian is in his study, reading major newspapers, his eyes flashing, and his emotions are invisible.

The royal trio, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Prince are like an unsolvable three-body movement.

Liu Bian had an active and out-of-the-box thinking and did not like restrictions, but he firmly believed in the eldest son system when it came to succession to the throne.

From the first emperor selection, Emperor Liu Bei was sentenced to death in his heart.

Although Li Dangzhi performed emergency surgery on Liu Bei immediately, a gunshot wound in that position was not that simple.

From the inquiries and investigations of the Public Security Bureau and Jin Yiwei, Liu Bian made some insinuations and learned that Liu Bei was still in a coma and that the military hospital was fully monitoring him.

Of course, he also learned that the killer received the task from the dark market, and most of the dark markets were not local forces.

For example, the Rumor Division, the Secret Reconnaissance Guard, the Xuanji Camp, and it is said that there are also the Fusang Group of Japan and the Beifeng Wolf of Xianbei.

The initiator, haha!

Of course, as the behind-the-scenes controller of Tianlong Guard, Liu Bian disdained trading in the dark market.

But he had a hunch that the secret agent was the promoter, if not the mastermind.

You know, there are millions of people in the world who want to get rid of Liu Bei.

It had nothing to do with him, though, and as risky as the attack was, he clearly benefited greatly from the media, which was mostly sympathetic, but sympathy and support often go hand in hand.

Leaving the newspaper behind, the First Crown Prince ordered a cup of afternoon tea and later went to accompany the princess to embroider longevity pictures, which was a manifestation of filial piety.

There will be reporters taking photos, and it has been agreed that it will be the front page headline.

The Queen Mother was also very concerned about Liu Bei's situation, almost every morning and every night.

She was worried that the assassination of Liu Bei was just a prelude to a larger and more deadly action lurking.

Hua Tuo continued to treat the Queen Mother's body for several years, spending an unknown amount of money on various methods, hoping to fully recover, but with little success.

Even so, the Queen Mother's dedicated medical team is still working tirelessly to research new treatment options and mobilize a large number of cases, hoping to find effective improvement measures through large-scale comparisons.

At least, the Queen Mother's close servants could already understand the unclear speech, and writing had no problem for a long time. Therefore, Zuo Feng accumulated merit and became the Dahuang Sect, and even became the de facto manager of the harem.

In the evening, the evening newspaper of the day was delivered on time, and the prince and his wife, Liu Bian and Tang Ji, came immediately after the evening newspaper.

Calming the provinces in the morning and dusk is something that must be done every day, including the emperor Liu Xie.

Today, the emperor was later than usual and finally arrived at Changle Palace. Fu Shou had been waiting outside for a long time, and the two of them paid homage to the queen mother together.

There are many rules for royal dinners, and the etiquette is quite complicated. Liu Xie has been doing it for more than ten years, and it has almost become instinctive.

Tang Ji and Fu Shou are extremely smart, and they do everything perfectly. Every move, every smile, every frown is just right. They are worthy of being ladies.

Only Liu Bian would move his buttocks from time to time, or sit upright at Tang Ji's suggestion.

From this point of view, he and Liu Xie are simply mirrors, with opposites inside.

In fact, the royal dinner is far less fashionable, exquisite, diverse and original than restaurants outside.

But, this is the difference between the royal family and the subjects.

Although the royal family has dismissed a large number of palace maids and eunuchs, and only recruits female workers when necessary, there will never be a large-scale draft into the palace again.

The benevolent Queen Mother even allocated more than half of the royal palace to the Prime Minister's Yamen to manage it, so as to avoid the construction of public buildings.

For example, opera houses, swimming pools, museums, military history museums, planetariums, aquariums, etc. Of course, these public facilities will all bear the royal name.

With the reduction of personnel, the royal family's expenses have dropped sharply. Through open and transparent bidding and procurement, the corruption problem has been effectively curbed.

With a large balance in the internal treasury, the royal family began to liquidate and sell a large number of royal estates, mines, land, and real estate in various places, and deposited the money into the five major banks, and the monthly interest paid was as high as 40 taels of silver.

Therefore, while retaining enough royal estates and mines, the Queen Mother not only met daily needs, but also retained large deposits. At the same time, she also gave generous salaries to the palace staff, which greatly changed the negative views of her subjects towards the royal family.Therefore, people praised the Queen Mother and directly gave her the reputation of "Wise Queen Mother", which made Queen Mother He very happy.

Today, after dinner, the Xianming Queen Mother stayed with her two sons and daughter-in-law.

"The trees want to be quiet but the wind is not stopping, but the strong wind knows how to strengthen the grass. Some dark and evil little things are destined to fail to become a climate."

After resting for a while, the Queen Mother continued: "Today is Xie'er's birthday. After calculation, she is already 16 years old, and she will be an adult tomorrow. Therefore, the Queen Mother has left your two brothers, including the Queen and Princess, because she has something to do. inform."

Liu Xie and Liu Bian were both confused. What kind of thing requires the presence of four people, their son and daughter-in-law, at the same time?
It shouldn't be something that happened after her death. After all, isn't the mother's body always recovering well?
Seeing the four people staring at each other, Queen Mother He did not remain in suspense for too long, but said: "You should first take a look at the royal family's family background."

The palace maid presented each of the four with a brief list of the royal assets.

The table shows information including fixed assets, deposits, holding ratios of stocks of major listed companies, funds, etc., as well as deposits of up to [-] million taels of silver.

After the four people finished reading, Queen Mother He continued: "I have always been in charge of this family. From now on, I will let go and gradually hand it over to you to take care of. Everyone will receive a start-up capital of one million taels of silver, plus A listed company. After one year, whoever performs better will be given additional funds. Those with mediocre performance will be encouraged accordingly. Those with the worst performance will be given one last chance. If it doesn’t work, then they can only earn interest. Retirement.”

At this time, Liu Xie frowned, but he held it back. Sure enough, Liu Bian spoke first.

"Why is the mother like this? Is it because the son and daughter-in-law didn't do well enough? Or is there something wrong?"

"Are you afraid? Are you afraid that you will do the worst?"

Liu Bian hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not that I'm afraid, but it will distract His Majesty's energy. He has to deal with official duties every day, so how can he have time to take care of listed companies?"

Queen Mother He was already calm and said slowly: "Then let me ask you, if one day, the royal family has nothing, or we all become ordinary people, how will you support yourselves?"

Liu Xie was extremely shocked. He knew that Queen Mother He never made secrets to scare people.

Things that don't have a score are never revealed. Is this incident related to the assassination of Uncle Liu Huang?
Liu Bian was even more shocked. He knew his mother's methods very well and was as prepared as a well-known counselor.

"Mother, what's going on? Why did such a ridiculous thing happen? The Public Security Bureau has launched a targeted crackdown, and the lawbreakers will be wiped out soon!"

Queen Mother He ate more salt than he ate rice.

He sneered and said: "Bian'er, you are too young and don't know the dangers of people's hearts. This incident is not an isolated incident, but a conspiracy. It is not the emperor's uncle who is targeted, but the entire royal family."

Liu Bian opened his mouth in disbelief.

Liu Xie asked unhurriedly at this time: "Mother, why did you say this? Has the person behind the scenes been captured?"

Queen Mother He waved her hands and continued to speak vaguely: "You can come to your own judgment when you have time to learn induction, deduction, and logic. To put it simply, you can assassinate the emperor's uncle and the prime minister today, and you can assassinate the prime minister tomorrow. Prince Tian, ​​as long as there are five killers, the royal family will be wiped out. Isn’t this difficult to understand?”

Liu Xie's eyes closed, with a hint of anger.

But Liu Bian still couldn't accept it. He didn't understand why the assassination was obviously aimed at Liu Bei, but he insisted on putting it on his head.

Empress Dowager He ignored the reaction of her son and daughter-in-law and said directly: "Okay, let's do this. Whether you do it well or not is up to you."

Liu Bian stood up angrily and prepared to leave to express his dissatisfaction.

But Queen Mother He said: "Did I let you go?"

Liu Bian was stunned, knowing that there was something else, so he had to sit back patiently.

"Next, I want to talk about your imperial uncle, Liu Bei and Liu Xuande."

Liu Bian felt that his mother must be bored because there were countless people thinking about Uncle Liu Huang every day, and a small library of related books and articles could be built.

Literature, mathematics, physical chemistry, animals and plants, medicine, astronomy, geography, nature, firearms, engineering, entertainment, shipbuilding, navy, army, business, war, scientific inventions, finance, from national policies to the fields, Liu Bei Many of his remarks are enough to publish a professional book.

Everyone found it incredible, and some even called him "the person closest to God."

Under the gaze of her son and daughter-in-law, Queen Mother He said slowly: "He is not a mortal."

Liu Bian's figure swayed, and he almost thought he heard wrongly.

The other three audience members were not much better than him, and they all looked surprised.

"He told me that he once had a dream, and the big man in the dream was not like he is now."

"In that dream, I was poisoned to death, and so was Bian'er. The rest could not be considered a happy death!"

"Bah!"

Liu Bian was full of murderous intent and shouted angrily: "Absurd! What does he mean? Is this what a minister should have such a rebellious and unethical idea?"

Tang Ji was so frightened that she quickly pulled her husband's sleeve to signal him not to be reckless.

"Why are you holding me back? Did I say something wrong? How can there be fairness and justice in this world? It's all because he is behind my back..."

Queen Mother He looked at him coldly, looking at her son, the feeling in her heart was indescribable.

A few minutes later, Liu Bian finally finished venting his anger and sat down in a frustrated position without speaking.

"You all think carefully, where do those novel things, novel ideas, and novel methods come from?"

"I have read many books and looked for clues. From gunpowder to ammunition, bronze to steel, we can also learn from the wisdom of ancient and modern people, but there are some things that cannot be found at all, such as telescopes, steam engines, and financial systems. For example, Tai Chi and Earth Theory are all created out of nothing. Why can he have so many fantastic ideas? There is no one else except him, which is unreasonable. "

"It doesn't matter what you think, but if you don't try your best to understand a person who is so important to the country and the world, and if you don't delve into his thoughts and intentions, what qualifications do you have to make a conclusion about him?"

Silence, the scene was silent.

Finally, Liu Xie said to the Queen Mother He: "Mother, my son has little experience and poor knowledge. There is only one thing he is very confused about. The Prime Minister had many opportunities before, but he did not act on them, and even suppressed them. He did not ask the Queen Mother Have you revealed anything?"

The Queen Mother He said: "Human beings are the most difficult to understand in the world, but he told me a simple method that is roughly predictable. That is big data calculation. You know how the weather forecast for today, tomorrow and the next three days was released by the Qintian Prison in the newspaper recently. ?"

Liu Bian muttered: "It's not accurate, it's of no use..."

"Snapped!"

The four sons, daughter-in-law, were all shocked.

Queen Mother He stared at her son and asked: "Come, tell me, why is it not accurate? What is the degree of accuracy? Is it inaccurate every day, half inaccurate, or [-]% inaccurate?"

(End of this chapter)