I, Han Gaozu, actually traveled through Song Gaozong?

Chapter 159 Bargaining
Some people are old, and what is old is the body as well as the heart. Such people look like half dead wood at first glance, and if you get close, you can even smell the 'old' smell on them.

Some people are old, but they are old, and it is easy to ignore their age when staying with them. Such people are also dead wood, but at a glance, what you see is the flowers blooming on the dead wood.

The two can be easily distinguished, looking at their eyes... Whether they are chaotic or clear, you can probably tell which kind of 'old' they belong to.

The woman who came in behind the Empress Dowager Wei was obviously rickety, and her skin was wrinkled, like a book that a hard-working student had turned over, but her eyes were the only ones that were so bright.

As soon as Liu Bang glanced over, he could never forget the look in the old woman's eyes. He has been a human being in two lifetimes, and he has met countless strangers. It is rare to be able to be like this old woman.

I also noticed that the group of ministers either breathed a sigh of relief after this person came in, or became a little excited... Especially Zhao Huan and the empress dowager seemed to be shocked, and they no longer felt flustered.

All these things made Liu Bang curious about her.

"If one person survives in this world, who can live without his own siblings..."

She walked straight towards her, and when she got closer, she didn't even say hello, let alone salute, and directly helped Zhao Huan, who was slumped on the ground, to his feet.

"Between brothers, if there is any hurdle that can't be overcome, even if there is a conflict, the door should be closed to discuss the matter. This kind of trouble is not for people to see the joke of the Tian family."

"When you were in Tokyo, among the sons your father gave birth to, only the eldest brother and the ninth brother were the most capable. The eldest brother is the beginning of the number, and the ninth brother is the ultimate number. They are all dragons and dragons. They are all outstanding people. They are also descendants of the Zhao family. Even if your eldest brother is wrong, he is still your eldest brother."

She spoke clearly and clearly, and saw Zhao Huan, a middle-aged man, making a childlike gesture in front of this man, as if a child who had suffered a great grievance had finally found an adult he could rely on.

Liu Bang let go of his hand, and there was no one to support the faucet, and immediately fell together, making a loud "dang" sound, which echoed in the lobby.

He didn't speak, and called Lu Zai twice. The old man had already known about this from the imperial guards, but because the emperor had arranged him in the Plum Blossom Hall, he didn't dare to leave his post, but his heart was itchy. Now that the emperor called his name, he quickly pushed the work in hand to Lu You, and he ran over excitedly.

As soon as he came, he saw several Zhao family members standing in front of the lobby. The old man was a little stunned, and first bowed to the woman.

"It surprised you..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Bang dragged him by the collar and asked in a low voice:

"This is your mother?"

Lu Zai was taken aback: "The official... what are you talking about?"

"It's not that your mother is here, you don't even recognize your father."

Only then did the living roomer realize that the officials were scolding him, and thinking that saluting to this man first was a rule set by the emperor himself back then, his face twitched for a while:
"You haven't even forgotten this one, have you?"

"Tell me."

Come on, Lu Zai cleared his throat, and then replied:

"This is the eldest princess of Qin Lu Kingdom, the tenth daughter of Emperor Renzong."

Liu Bang counted up, and the three sons of Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen died early, so he adopted Zhao Shulai from the line of King Shang, who was Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty.

According to the seniority, this old woman was of the same generation as Yingzong, and Yingzong was the grandfather of Huizong Zhao Ji, so the old lady was four generations older than herself.

It's really a long life, no wonder everyone has such an expression when they see her.

But if it's just about seniority...

The people standing here, one counts as one, they are not fools, if they pay attention to those things, they should stop when the empress dowager comes forward, they are not so simple as to think that this old woman can really make some waves, right?

After thinking for a while, Liu Bang stared at Zhao Huan who was almost shrinking into the arms of the old princess. The latter looked like a cat that had been beaten, and his hair was all blown up. He neither dared to look at Liu Bang nor took a step forward.

"Killing people will pay for their lives. The royal relatives and relatives are nothing more than that. Everyone should be careful about this matter."

"Although this man is my elder brother, but he violated this rule, even if I can't bear it, I still have to bring him to justice so that the common people can give an explanation."

"Otherwise... isn't this breaking the rules, what kind of heaven is breaking it?"

As he said that, he wanted to grab Zhao Huan's hair again, but was blocked by the old princess who took a step forward.

If the old woman was not surprised, she would be a lie. Back then, she was traveling south in a carriage with the Zhao official's family, and her son was killed by robbers on the way to escort him. Just because of these various personal affairs, he never disrespected himself, not to mention that he was so many years older than him.

In the past, whenever they met, this person would salute to her, but today, not only did she not, but her eyes were full of disdain and contempt... She has lived in vain for eighty-three times, and after all, she can tell whether a person is hot or cold.

Even the deity thinks this way, let alone other people. Most of the officials standing in the hall were summoned by the Zhao official family from the prefectures and counties to come to the court, and most of them claim to be the direct descendants of the official family.

Many people were sighing, did they really follow Jie Zhou?
The old princess stared at the emperor for a long time, and finally uttered:
"Is this really what the officials want?"

"really!"

"Is there no room for negotiation anymore?"

"no!"

The old woman sighed lightly: "So, I thought more about it."

"Emperor Taizu Gao of the Han Dynasty wanted to make Liu Ruyi the crown prince, but he couldn't. He finally wrote a song saying: 'The swan flies high and moves thousands of miles. The feathers and heels are already there, and they span the world.'"

"Now the official family is already full-fledged and high-flying swan. You are the king of the world, and you should do the things of the world. Naturally, you don't need old people like us."

"In this way, the officials will take my life as well."

As soon as the old princess said this, everyone clearly saw that the emperor's face was flushed and then white. Those who didn't know thought that he had changed his mind and was ashamed by the old princess' words.

Only Liu Bang himself knew that he was provoked by the old lady's words, and remembered some unpleasant things.

"Are you threatening me?"

The old lady didn't answer, but stood firmly in front of Zhao Huan, expressing her position.

Liu Bang didn't have much affection for her, and he was indeed murderous at this time, only to hear him say:
"The shelter, it should be..."

"Official!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Ding and Xin Ciying shouted at the same time, and after a while, several central ministers surrounded him.

"The princess has come forward, this matter is over, the officials don't want to say anything else."

Zhao Ding has never tried to persuade the emperor, but at this time, he had to stand up... If Zhao Guan's family is really fooling around... Yes, in the eyes of this Prime Minister Zhao, killing a brother is not considered foolishness, and disobeying one's mother is not considered foolishness. Only if the old princess is involved, it is foolishness.

If he was allowed to continue like this, the consequences would probably be much more serious than killing ten Xiaociyuan Holy Emperors.

Xin Ciying and Hu Quan, Liu Ziyu and Su Fu, plus Lu Zai next to him, even Wan Qixie who never liked to cause trouble, and many, many people began to persuade each other at this time.

The attitude of these people is ten times, a hundred times stronger than that of just now!
Liu Bang was a little confused...

The national conditions of the Song Dynasty, and the doorway here, are beyond the scope of his experience and understanding; an old woman like this is even more worthy of protection than an emperor.

What's the point of this?
After a pause, he stopped all these people:

"You good sons, you are really filial, you are talking to your own mothers!"

The emperor scolded her like this, but everyone couldn't even get angry, because the princess's seniority was put there, and the officials scolded herself.

"Go away...Zhao Ding, tell me."

Everyone put their hopes on Zhao Xiangye again, and each of them scattered to the side, looking at the two of them eagerly.

"The official family..."

"Why stop me?"

Zhao Ding looked around, then took the emperor aside, and after getting away from everyone, he introduced the eldest princess and the things behind her in detail with a voice that only the two of them could hear.

It turned out that the person who married back then was Qian Jingzhen, the former Shaoshi and King of Kuaiji County.

The old princess was not to be feared, nor was the dead Qian Jingzhen, but the Qian family had to be fearful.

This is the lineage of the monarch of Wuyue, Qian Liu. After the last monarch Qian Chu Natu returned to the Song Dynasty, he has always had a close relationship with the Zhao family... Among the subjugated monarchs in Zhao Dazhao's second hand, only the Qian family has the best life. He has been favored for generations and has countless marriages with the Zhao family. No matter when, he never has two hearts.

If the Tudan family is the first foreign surname family in Jin, then the Qian family should be the first foreign surname family in the Song Dynasty... At that time, someone wrote "Hundred Family Surnames", and the word "Qian" came after Zhao.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Qian family has made a fortune in Huainan. When Wuyue and Qian Liu arrived, the descendants of the Qian family spread branches and leaves in the southeast of the south of the Yangtze River.

With such a network of contacts, coupled with several generations of business operations in the south, and the unprecedented maritime trade of the Song Dynasty, the Qian family has already accumulated a mountain of wealth... Take the emperor Nandu as an example. If the Qian family hadn't contributed people and effort, and paid for the ship and money, then when the city of Kaifeng collapsed, the Song Dynasty could be counted as dead.

Although the society has become more stable in the future, the role of the Qian family is still playing a role. Half of the ships in the Song Dynasty are in the hands of the Qian family. The annual taxes paid by the family alone are enough to support the 10,000+ military horses in the two Huaihe Rivers.

And this Lin'an city...Qian Liu has built it from a small city into a city with numerous houses, beautiful rivers and mountains, and a beautiful shape of lakes and seas. It can be compared to Luoyang in Chang'an in the past, and it is a rare city in the world. Although the king of Wuyue exhausted the entire land of Wuyue. Don't you miss the Qian family?
Everything here is the confidence of the old princess, and it is also the reason why Zhao Ding must not let the emperor mess around.

It doesn't matter if Zhao Huan is killed, but if the relationship with the Qian family is broken... No one can afford the consequences, at least the current emperor, the current Great Song Kingdom, cannot afford it.

Zhao Ding had already made his words quite clear. He didn't even leave the emperor with the slightest leeway. This was not a choice between killing or not killing. Zhao officials had one and only one choice.

That is to give up.

Zhao Xiangye believed in his own emperor, and believed that he was a person who could distinguish between the important and the important. He revealed the details of the old princess, how to care about it...that was the business of the Zhao official family.

He stepped aside, looking at the questioning expressions on everyone's faces, Mr. Zhao nodded lightly, and in this way, everyone's hearts were completely put back.

Everyone just looked at the official, but he still stood there with his head down, as if he was making an extremely difficult decision.

That's right, since Liu Bang became the emperor of the Song Dynasty, most of the time it went smoothly, killing whoever he wanted, sleeping whoever he wanted to sleep, and nothing could change his mind.

Now, facing the Qian clan that Zhao Ding talked about, he really felt the pressure... Stronger than the first emperor, he did not kill all the nobles of the six countries, stronger than himself, and often had to consider the interests of multiple parties.

Qian family...

He took a deep breath, looked back at Wang Xiaoer who was bending over in the lobby, and the faces of Ji Wu and Old Wangtou kept flashing in his mind. Finally, that song, the song "Song of the Swans" written by him himself, the old woman only said the first two sentences, but now the latter two sentences kept ringing in his ears.

"Across the world, what can I do?"

"Although there is a small payment, what is Shang'an doing?"

Even if you have a sharp arrow, what can you do with it, what can you do with it? !

He had already clenched one hand, his knuckles turned white, and after a while, he finally made a decision.

Everyone saw that Zhao Guanjia walked up to the old princess, pulled her wrist, and said with a smile:
"What you're saying is that I was abrupt. It was because I didn't think about it. I was stunned for a while. Fortunately, you came in time and woke me up. This prevented me from making a big mistake."

The old princess's eyes, which were originally bright, became brighter now. She gently pulled out a hand, and gently patted the back of the emperor's hand:
"The prodigal son will not be exchanged for gold when he turns back, and he can become a Buddha immediately after putting down the butcher's knife. It is a blessing for the Zhao family and Da Song that the ninth brother wakes up early."

"It's just that I lost a lot of etiquette when I spoke just now, brother Jiu don't blame me."

"Thank you before it's too late, how can we talk about blaming..."

Liu Bang smiled very warmly. If someone who doesn't know what happened in front of him sees this scene, he should take it as a warm family relationship.

He also saw the emperor chatting with her parents for a long time, asking her how she was eating, and how she was sleeping. If Liu Bang hadn't restrained himself, Liu Bang would have liked to tell her about his marriage... For example, Xin Ciying, although he was old, was thirty years younger than her in front of him.

Seeing the emperor staring at him, Xinfu Yin immediately felt his scalp tingle and felt uncomfortable, but he didn't know what happened.

"Then this big brother..."

After all, the old princess was a nobleman, a serious nobleman who lived almost a hundred years younger. From Fan Zhongyan to Qin Hui, she had never met anyone or seen anything. She was old but her mind was very clear.

The reason why the emperor wanted to put his elder brother to death was that it was on the emperor's mind at best, and at worst it was because he was too small to tolerate others... No matter how you say this guy lived in the north for so many years, no matter how wrong he was, it was not a reason to take his life.

So, she turned to Liu Bang and said:
"The country cannot tolerate two masters. I know about this, and my elder brother also knows about it. It's just that he has always been an elegant man. It's a blessing to be able to come back alive this time. How dare he think about other things."

"In this case, it's better to let him follow me to Linhai and recite Buddhist scriptures every day, so as to pray for Brother Jiu and all the people of Song Dynasty."

Speaking of Buddhist scriptures... There is a poem from the Tang Dynasty that says '480 temples in the Southern Dynasties'. This number is no longer an imaginary number.

It is already an astonishing amount of incense money that does not go through the account books and is not taxed in one day, and most of it still belongs to the Qian family.

There was no way, the land where the temple was built basically belonged to the Qian family, and it was not normal for the Qian family not to pump some water.

Liu Bang looked down at Zhao Huan. The latter didn't have the courage to look at him, but turned his head to one side. He really wanted to swear, but he endured it anyway.

He caused such a big battle today, not only did he not breathe out, but if he just let it go like this, he would undoubtedly lose a lot of face in front of the people.

But... To be honest, he has experienced more aggrieved times than this. Knowing that people want to kill him, he has to lick his face to accompany him to drink and eat. Although he is the emperor, he no longer has to endure many things.

But if you really want to endure it, it's not impossible.

"Since you have opened your mouth, then I am naturally omnipotent, but I also have one thing that needs your help."

The old princess had a smile in her eyes: "The officials don't say anything to help. The Qian family and I are willing to accept your request."

"Well," Liu Bang nodded, "The Northern Expedition is a national policy, and there is no possibility of reconciliation between the Song and Jin Dynasties, but you also know that this war is all about money, and once the magic arm bow is sent out, a hundred dollars will disappear."

"To tell you the truth, the first thing I do every day when I open my eyes is to think about how much money I have left, and the first thing when I close my eyes is to think about how much money I have spent today."

"After much deliberation, people are much haggard."

From the time he spoke, the old princess had already guessed what he was thinking. Since the Northern Expedition, the Qian family has indeed not shed blood yet.

But for her sons, the Qian family had suffered the most during the emperor's Northern Expedition.

After all, no one has more ships than them, and no one is more affected than them.

What should come will always come, and if money can solve it, then it is not a big deal.

The old princess nodded slightly:
"This is a matter of duty. Back then, the king of Wuyue left ten instructions on family management, and one of them said, 'Don't love money, don't be safe'. The accumulation of Qian's family is all due to the income of the Song Dynasty. If the officials want it, they can take it for themselves."

Her generosity made Liu Bang a little embarrassed:

"It doesn't take much, just give me 800 million silver."

Although the old princess was old, after hearing this, the skin and flesh on her face seemed to have returned to life.
Started to twitch.

1000 million taels of silver, that is 100 million taels of gold.

No matter how rich Qian was, if he really followed the emperor's words, he would have to go begging.

What kind of concept is this? Let's put it this way, ten thousand renminbi is equal to ten guan renminbi, which is equal to ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver can buy a beautiful girl to serve you tea and water, and you can also give birth to a son for you.

This money is enough to buy 100 million pretty beauties like flowers and jade.

If they are asked to put on armor to kill the enemy, the golden man will be exhausted.

She choked for a while before she spoke:

"Brother Jiu is really joking... I have to ask the God of Wealth for 800 million taels of silver... Let's do this, 10 taels of silver, I can still be the master of the money."

"A word is settled!"

Liu Bang is not a person who eats minced meat, of course he knows what the money means.

The 1000 million taels was originally offered for her to bargain. Although it was a bit outrageous, who made him shout even more outrageously.

Zhao Huan, who was listening, saw that Lao Jiu finally let go, and his life was finally saved. For a moment, he was filled with emotions, and the tears that were frightened back flowed out again.

When Liu Bang saw it, he was very annoyed, but he still held his hand and said:

"With your appearance, people who don't know will think that I have done something to you."

"His Majesty……"

"Come on, give me a smile."

Zhao Huan hurriedly wiped away his tears, and finally managed to make a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Not enough, not festive enough."

Liu Bang shook his head, and Zhao Huan quickly opened his mouth wide again, revealing his two rows of teeth, and kept making 'clack-cluck' sounds, like a hen laying eggs.

"It's still not enough. It seems that you are not happy in your heart, and your smile is a little fake."

The old princess couldn't bear Zhao Huan's appearance, and wanted to persuade her, but she heard the emperor say:
"Well, then let's see something fun."

The crowd didn't understand what he meant, they saw that he called Wang Qi over, gave some instructions in a low voice, and the latter left in a hurry.

"The table is set up, let's forget it, how can I be worthy of all the interested judges?"

Zhao Huan kept claiming that he was the ninth younger brother who agreed with him. Not long after, Wang Qi took the lead, and a group of people came to the mansion.

Everyone holds a human head in their hands, and they line up from left to right, which happens to be one.

As for the one in the middle, the head is still connected to the body, so it will inevitably look a lot more abrupt among these heads.

"Zhao Shicheng!"

If it wasn't the Prince of Yongjia County, who else would it be!

The thing Tang Hong was most worried about happened, and Zhao Guan's family really wouldn't let that person go... Also, how could he just say that for such a big crime of treason!
Just thinking of his daughter, he panicked for a moment.

Fortunately, Lu Zai saw it, and the old man whispered a few words in his ear, this Tang Shaoqing blushed for a while, but finally settled down.

Similarly, the old princess had lived a long time and had a close friendship with the elders of the Zhao family. Zhao Shicheng was the son of King Yi, and counted, he was a generation older than the two emperors here.

They were all staying in Liangzhe, and he walked with him quite frequently. He called out "aunt" on weekdays, and he was a filial person after all.

Unexpectedly, he did not learn well, and embarked on the road of rebellion.

Although the old princess couldn't bear it in her heart, she also knew that the emperor had given in a lot. She opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything after all.

She didn't say anything, but Zhao Shicheng recognized her clearly and knew where her energy was. After spending a day and a night with the heads of his ten brothers, he was already on the verge of collapse.

At this time, there was life, and he was not willing to let it go, and shouted loudly:

"Auntie save me, Auntie save me!"

"Shicheng is known to have committed a crime, Auntie, Auntie!"

"All my brothers have been killed, enough to pay for Shi Cheng's crimes, Auntie, save me~"

After all, she was a junior, and this cry for help reminded her of her old friend from back then. The old princess sighed and was about to speak, but was interrupted by the emperor again.

"You have to think about it, do you still have so much money?"

"10 taels of silver..."

Just as she was thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and used her private money, and it was not impossible to get it out, but she heard the emperor say:

"No, no, no, his head is worth 100 million taels...the price is the same."

This time, she completely blocked her mouth.

Liu Bang sneered and said loudly:

"Everyone already knows what this person did, so I won't say more."

"Whatever you do, you have to bear the consequences. Everyone understands this truth."

"I didn't see what I wanted to see today, so it's worthwhile to see what happens to this guy."

As he said that, he nodded towards Wang Qi, Little Yasha understood, and pulled the dog's head guillotine over, but instead of chasing him, let the two of them stuff his legs in as they had discussed before.

Afterwards, he looked greedily at the Yongjia County King, allowing him to scream and beg for mercy... The louder he was, the more excited Wang Qi became.

Seeing that the kid was fascinated again, Liu Bang was a little angry:
"You bastard, hurry up!"

Wang Qi quickly woke up, and lightly let go of the hand holding the guillotine...

If not to say that there are many skilled craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty, his legs were separated from his body with just a 'click'.

Blood splattered Wang Qi's face, Xiao Yacha almost jumped up with joy, and waited for the county king to struggle for a while before stuffing his hand into the tiger's head again.

"Brother Jiu, let him have fun."

"1 taels of silver."

Even if the old princess is a piece of wood, she is a little angry at this moment:
"I'll give you 2 taels, give him a good time!"

Liu Bang was overjoyed, he didn't expect the dead man's business to be so easy to do, so he agreed immediately.

Wang Qi raised the knife and dropped it, and the heads of Yi Wang's eleven sons were finally placed neatly together.

The old princess kept shaking her head, and was about to leave, but was stopped by the emperor:
"Don't go, there are still a lot of good shows today, so you can watch them with me."

"Let's all watch together!"

As he spoke, he ordered Xin Ciying to continue the trial of the case.

Those who sue Wang Xie's soldiers, sue one, and the people from the Lin'an government office will go and get one, and when they plead guilty, they will ask them to hand over the money they have looted, and then...

Just use three guillotines to know their lives.

At this time, the emperor didn't know which one was which. What kind of dragon head was only used to kill the emperor's relatives, and those who didn't exist were all murderers, and they used everything to their best advantage.

Watching the heads fall one after another, one by one, they were casually thrown aside like throwing a bow, and the pile was as high as a small hill. The lobby of the Lin'an government office was also filled with blood, and the smell was everywhere.

No one dared to leave, and they didn't even have any ideas. They were afraid that the emperor would get angry and killed themselves.

Looking at these people, Liu Bang finally felt the pleasure of revenge.

However, this is just not enough.

Zhao Huan is not dead, everything else is false.

The old princess watched all this happening with horror. At first, she could say a few words of 'Amitabha Buddha', but when she found that the emperor was also chanting, she never said a word again.

She just became a little suspicious, wondering whether it was good or bad for her to wade into this muddy water.

Looking at the emperor on one side, and Zhao Huan on the other side who couldn't stop shaking, it finally turned into a sigh in her heart.

(End of this chapter)