When talking about this issue, Liu Xin felt a little headache. She couldn't help but waved her hands and said: "I am not yet 'confused'. I am still in the prime of life, so we can discuss the matter of establishing a heir later!"
Chen Gong stood up and said: "The establishment of a crown prince is related to the country's foundation. How can we delay it again and again?"
Liu Xin said displeasedly: "Then according to the wishes of the ministers, who should be appointed as the prince?"
Guo Jia cupped his hands and said: "Since ancient times, the eldest son has been the direct descendant, so there is no need to discuss it!"
Zhang Fei said loudly: "Liu Bang is cowardly, how can he take on this important task!" [
As usual, whenever the matter of establishing a crown prince was mentioned, the court would be divided into two camps and quarrel. At this time, Jia Xu, who had just returned to Chang'an to report the changes that had occurred in the Qin Empire, came out and bowed his hands in all directions. , said: "The eldest prince has been separated from his parents since he was a child, and it is inevitable that he will be a little cowardly in character. I have an idea. It is better to arrange a job for him for a period of one year. If it is within one year, the eldest prince will The prince is still on the rise, so no one will mention the matter of making him the heir in the future. If within a year, the eldest prince's performance in all aspects is faulty, I think your majesty will not have any objections anymore!"
Liu Xin thought for a while and then understood what Jia Xu meant. Jia Xu's proposal could not only temporarily resolve the disputes among the ministers, but also buy him a year, so that he would not have to argue about the appointment of the crown prince every time he went to court. Fan.-》
Seeing that the ministers were still arguing, Liu Xin coughed twice and said: "My dear friends, I think the peace proposal is reasonable. What do you think?"
In fact, Jia Xu's compromise was acceptable to everyone, so they stopped arguing. Liu Xin nodded and said to Tian Feng: "Yuan Hao, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so I will leave this matter to you. Do it!”
Because Liu Bang had a special status and Tian Feng knew that Liu Bang had no abilities, he deeply felt that this task was very difficult. After the dynasty dispersed, Tian Feng quickly summoned several major officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to discuss and arrange The position should be able to achieve the purpose of inspecting Liu Bang, but should not cause any big trouble due to Liu Bang's lack of ability. After several discussions, everyone unanimously proposed to arrange a position for Liu Bang to be the Eastern Lieutenant of Chang'an.
The Dongfang Lieutenant of Chang'an is the school lieutenant responsible for public security in the East Gate area of Chang'an. Rich families live in the East Gate of Chang'an. Therefore, although the Eastern Lieutenant's position is low, he has heavy responsibilities. It is very difficult for ordinary people to enforce the law impartially, and Liu As the eldest prince, Hama has a distinguished status, and no one dares to show off in front of him, so it is a very good choice for him to serve as the Northern Lieutenant.
The imperial court had its own rules. Liu Xin stipulated that no one could disclose anything discussed in the court. Therefore, although Chen Gong, Cheng Yu and others took a stand on the issue of establishing the crown prince, In Liu Bang's case, they would not tell Liu Bang himself about the investigation of Liu Bang, and they were all doing it out of public interest. They had no personal relationship with Liu Bang, and there was no need to take this risk.
However, Liu Bang stayed in the palace all day, being bound by various rules, and he couldn't play with Liu Yu and the others, so he was depressed for a long time. I heard that he was asked to be the Northern Lieutenant, even though he was just a mung bean. He is a humble official, but he is also very willing to do so.
Liu Xin's ears finally calmed down a bit, and he began to refocus his energy on the issues of the Qin Empire. The Phantom has been officially disbanded, and some of them have been assigned to various counties and counties to handle arrests, while other elites have been gathered together to form a The new agency is called the Dahan Foreign Intelligence Service.
The activities of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Han Dynasty are strictly restricted outside the territory of the Han Dynasty. It is responsible for spying on the intelligence of the countries surrounding the Han Dynasty. However, it is not allowed to use surveillance, investigation, eavesdropping and other methods on the citizens of the Han Dynasty. Only the surrounding countries such as Dawan and Kangju are allowed to conduct surveillance. The Han Dynasty was relatively friendly and it was very easy to spy on information. However, Wusun, Shendu and Kuishang's attitudes were unclear, but they did not dare to obstruct the actions of the Han Dynasty's Foreign Affairs Office because they were frightened by the powerful force of the Han Dynasty.
This time, in order to understand what the Qin Empire wanted to do, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Han Dynasty had to break through the previous areas and continue westward. Liu Xin also knew that their mission this time would be difficult, so he also assigned special forces to them. It was with the help of the special forces that the Han Foreign Affairs Department overcame many difficulties and brought back the much-needed news to Liu Xin.
After the bloody massacre and plundering of foreign caravans, the Qin Empire temporarily came to a standstill. The Roman palace was filled with exquisite silks and porcelain. Putimius could enjoy the magic every day that could make him a hundred times more energetic. Tea leaves, the nobles in the city no longer have to pay large sums of gold and silver to buy luxury goods from the far east, and more than half of the property confiscated from foreign caravans have been given to them. No one will bother about this anymore. Give advice to Putimius.
However, the good times did not last long. Porcelain as smooth as white jade and silk as smooth as baby skin have always been the favorites of the Qin nobles. These things are basically durable goods. Without foreign caravans, their home inventories are still It can be used for a long time, but it is different with tea, which is gone after drinking it.
Just half a year later, the chief steward of the Great Qin Palace came to Chez and reported to Putimius that all the tea in the palace had been drunk. Putimius was very surprised. According to his estimation, from those foreign merchants, The tea leaves that the team snatched can be drunk for at least three years, but they made a fatal mistake and did not store the tea leaves properly. The humid climate around the Mediterranean caused the tea leaves to become damp and moldy.
There was no tea in the past, so Putimius lived like this. Now that he is used to drinking tea, but suddenly there is no more tea. Putimius always feels that something is missing in his life. Putimius is about to cut it. Si reprimanded him severely and sent all the attendants who were responsible for keeping the tea to the guillotine.
But doing so could only calm his mood a little, and it could not completely solve the dilemma of lack of tea. And there were other high-ranking nobles of the Qin Dynasty who were also uneasy because they could not buy tea. Although Putimius He is the Emperor of Qin, but without the support of these nobles, his throne will be immediately shaken, and the Council of Elders who have lost power may even make a comeback.
Putimius had to face up to the small tea issue, even if it was not for himself, but also for the sake of the entire Qin aristocracy, so Putimius re-issued a decree to allow foreign caravans to enter In Rome, tea, silk, porcelain and other magical goods from the East were openly sold. However, at the same time, Putimius ordered that the price of these goods be limited. The price of all goods must not exceed one-third of the price before the promulgation of the tea ban. .
However, after the promulgation of this new decree, no foreign caravan was willing to enter the territory of Daqin, and Daqin's own caravans were also boycotted by neighboring countries. No one was willing to sell these goods to them. Foreign caravans were not willing to enter the territory of Daqin. They are willing to do business with the people of Daqin. One aspect is that the price limit order has compressed their profit margins. More importantly, the bloody scene in Rome has made those foreign businessmen frightened. Without ten years and eight years of hard work, it may be difficult to make them happen. Change.
Putimius became angry. Since he couldn't buy it with money, he would go and rob it. The reason why the Qin Empire had its current territory was through plundering war after war. He wanted to launch a war caused by tea. war,[