~.<  >-~    Yingren shook his head and said, "Brother Prince, I don't know."

"Not what?"

"I won't go back and compete for the position of crown prince with my third brother." Yingren said, "I know how much I have, and I will never be able to compete for the third brother. And... and I have never thought about being a crown prince...!" He smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Prince, the crown prince of the country is the king of tomorrow. You must have both virtue and talent. Yingren has no talent and no virtue, so it is impossible. Don't worry, if the father really wants to depose the crown prince, Yingren will be punished by his father, and beg his father to dispel this idea."

"Things are final, even if my father has no intention of abolishing the crown prince, I have no intention of inheriting the great cause." The prince said firmly.

"That third brother...!"

"Many people in the court think that once this palace is deposed, the third brother must be the most suitable candidate." The prince shook his head and said, "But I will never think so. It is not that I look down on the third brother, nor is it that I have any prejudice against the third brother, but that I consider my great Qin Dynasty. Among my three brothers, the third brother cannot become the crown prince!"

Yingren asked in confusion: "Why... is this?"

The prince did not answer immediately, but said slowly: "Last year, there was a tsunami on Fuhai Road. Countless villages along the coast were swallowed by the sea, tens of thousands of people died, and hundreds of thousands of victims. The court rescued the disaster, the national treasury was empty, and the rescue was ineffective, causing tens of thousands of people to die in that tsunami. Most of them were due to poor rescue, died of plague after the tsunami, and starved to death due to food shortage. Nowadays, countless people are unable to rebuild their homes and are displaced. They are forced to gather people to become bandits and make a fortune."

"In the same year, there was a severe drought on Chuanzhong Road, the national treasury was empty, and the disaster was ineffective, which caused countless people to die of hunger and their families to be destroyed."

"At the end of last year, the river bank of Yuling Road broke its dam, and the memorial was like snowflakes. The national treasury was short of silver and food. To this day, the river was only temporarily built. Once flooded, the embankment would break again at any time, and it would be another tragedy at that time."

"At the beginning of this year, Anyi Road reported urgently that in the cold winter last winter, many people were frozen to death. The defenders of the Anyi horse farm did not even have winter clothes, and dozens of people were frozen to death by the heavy snow disaster. The horse bandits in Anyi took the opportunity to rob the Anyi horse farm and snatched two or hundreds of horses."

The prince's expression became solemn and sneered: "The reason for all this is because the Ministry of Revenue has no silver or food. Those people who were originally protected by the empire either died or gathered to rise up because of the empire's emptiness, becoming a major concern for the court. When bandits arise, they must be encircled and suppressed. The military expenditure is often not settled...!" He looked at Yingren and said seriously: "You go to Xishan Road and leave the capital. You should also see and hear some people. The country is based on the people. If the people cannot survive, then the foundation of the country will be shaken. How can I talk about stability in the Qin Dynasty?"

Yingren frowned and said, "Why is the national treasury always without silver? I heard from the teacher that the imperial court's taxes have been added in the past few years, and the people can't bear the hardships. The national treasury should be very sufficient. Why... why is the taxes have increased and the silver is less?"

The prince smiled faintly and said, "You understand what I meant. Yes, the tax was increased, but the silver was reduced. Naturally, I had to ask Huang Ju. The father handed over the money and grain of the Qin Dynasty to his hands, and only he knew the best where the silver went."

The garden is picturesque and beautiful, but the topics of the two princes are very heavy.

Chu Huan didn't understand why the prince and Yingren were talking to each other, so he wanted to follow him. Now that he heard that the matter had already involved the Ministry of Revenue, he vaguely understood something.

"Since you understand what I said, do you understand why I said that the third brother cannot be the crown prince?" The prince stared into Yingren's eyes.

Yingren thought for a while before sighing: "Brother Prince, are you afraid that the third brother will inherit the great cause in the future, and will... continue to let the Huang family control the money and grain in the world? Are you worried about the money of the national treasury? When the third brother ascended the throne, he will still be so empty?"

The prince stretched his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You have grown up. When the third brother succeeds to the throne, the money and food in the world will definitely continue to be controlled by the Huang family. Even if Huang Ju dies, he still has his clan members. The Huang family has so much effort to help the third brother to rank, and the purpose of the third brother is to make a long-term plan for the Huang family. Although Huang Ju is already a Duke, don't forget that he is a businessman and is profit-oriented in his bones. Their purpose of risk is never for the people, but for their own interests. In their eyes, there is never a country first!"

"Brother Prince, Yingren said something that shouldn't be said, you... don't be surprised!"

"You and my brothers, since you are here, you have nothing to say." The prince smiled and said, "You said."

Yingren thought for a while before asking, "Brother of the Crown Prince, the Huang family is so presumptuous, father... don't the father know? There are many people in the Qin Dynasty, and when disasters arise, don't the father know?"

"The Huang family manipulated money and grain, and the father naturally knew." The prince nodded slightly: "But the father and Huang Ju had an agreement that the emperor would never repent. If the father wanted to maintain the emperor's prestige, he would not go back on his word. Therefore, even if he knew that Huang Ju did evil in money and grain, he would not ask about it before. The most important thing, the father spent countless times in practicing Taoism over the years, and these silvers were all raised from the Ministry of Revenue. Huang Ju never made any mistakes in providing Taoism. Father...!" Speaking of this, he did not continue to talk about this topic, but continued: "If the people are affected, the father must also know one or two, but he will never do it, but he will never do it."

Know everything. My father devoted himself to practicing Taoism and rarely asked about state affairs. I still remember that at the beginning of the founding of the country, my father often went on a patrol and inspected the world. At that time, he knew very well about the situation in the world. However, in the past two years, he had been in the palace day and night, and had not left the palace for several years. He only knew from the outside world from his ministers. Someone once said that the world was in chaos in front of his father, but Huang Ju and other treacherous ministers scolded Zhi minister for being nonsense and exaggerated. His father was old and he no longer liked to hear those blunt words, nor did he want to hear the crisis in the empire. After Zhang Tai was killed in the Censorate, it was difficult for his father to hear the truth...!"

Chu Huan listened to the prince's words behind him, and vaguely felt that the prince seemed to have a bit of intention to plan for the country, but he didn't know whether he was just hypocritical or heartfelt.

Chu Huan didn't know who Zhang Tai was, but Ying Ren understood that Zhang Tai once gave a frank advice, saying that the emperor should not practice Taoism because it was a mistake in national affairs and caused chaos in the world.

His fate is naturally very miserable.

There are not many people in the world who dare to tell the truth. They killed a group of people, and they naturally would not say it. However, those who hesitate in their hearts became afraid to say it.

"Yingren, Grand Secretary Xu is a rare good minister in the court. He has backbone, but now he will not talk about the imperial turmoil in front of his father. How many people do you think there are still people who dare to say it?" The prince sighed: "Since Huang Ju's party can deceive his father, when he succeeds to the throne, their power will be greater at that time, and they will naturally deceive the third child. The third child trusts Huang Ju very much. If he inherits the throne and has a treacherous minister like Huang Ju, do you think he can really manage the thousands of miles of my Great Qin?"

Yingren thought for a while before whispering: "Brother Prince, do you think the third brother is really controlled by Huang Ju's party?"

"Of course he won't be willing." The prince said: "Now they are together, just to deal with me. When the third brother really becomes the emperor in the future, he will definitely be afraid of Huang Ju. But you must understand that the third brother can have today, although the father's promotion is promoted, but more of the Huang party is planning for him behind the scenes. The treasury is empty, where does the silver go? Don't think that it is all used by the father to practice Taoism and build the Tongtian Palace. That is only part of it, and some of it is used by the Huang family to buy it. Officials formed the Han Wang gang. The third brother thought that those forces were all forces in his hands, but he forgot whether those people were controlled by him or the Huang clan?"

Yingren's eyebrows were squeezed together again.

"If the third brother understands this truth one day, I'm afraid it's too late." The prince sighed: "The third brother is smart, but Huang Ju came from a businessman. He was able to suspiciously surrender to his father. It can be seen that he is so scheming. Whether the third brother can be his opponent is really uncertain." After a pause, he said: "What's more, even if the third brother can really suppress the Huang family and rule the world in the end, do you think he is a wise ruler in governing the country? This question has been thought countless nights that if the third brother is really a good ruler in governing the country, I can even abdicate and give him the wise and support him to the throne!"

"Brother Prince, many people say that the third brother is civil and martial, but I don't know whether it is true or false." Yingren shook his head and said, "But I like to talk to the prince brother, and I don't like to be with the third brother."

He said this and felt a little childish.

The prince smiled slightly and said, "Your third brother is indeed a rare talent, both civil and military, but such a talent may not be a good emperor."

"oh?"

"Yingren, I still remember when you were young. I could walk. My father took us to hunt. It happened that time that Liaodong Chilihuang General sent someone to send three Liaodong military horses. My father gave us three. At that time, my father asked you two a question. Do you still remember?" The prince stared at Yingren and asked.

Yingren thought for a while and nodded, "Remember. At that time, the father asked us, how would we use that horse if we gave us the horse!"

"I remember your answer at that time, you should be with the horse, so that it can be full and warm, so that it can be free from bullying, right?" the prince smiled gently.

Yingren scratched his temples and said a little embarrassedly: "That...that's all about children, the prince still remembers it."

The prince continued to ask, "Do you remember how the third brother answered at that time?"

"Remember." Yingren nodded and said, "The third brother said that he would ride that horse and follow the footsteps of his father, jumping around the world. As the horse whip pointed, all troops came out together, expand territory, and build a larger country. Wherever there is a sun in the world, there will be the banner of my Great Qin!" He smiled bitterly, "At that time, I thought the third brother was so majestic and arrogant. Compared with his ambition, I... I... am so much worse than his ambition!"

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