Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

However, for Li Huairen, giving in is only temporary.

"Brother Kuan, I think... we can't do this." Facing the Buddhist Prince of Chu, Li Huairen began to express his opinion: "How should I put it... although we are here to suppress bandits... but the Wang family intends to collude with the bandits, this matter is much more serious than the banditry in Taihang Mountain!"

"What? The Wang family is trying to collude with the bandits? Now the only one who sticks his head out is Wang Dayong. He is not even the main branch of the Wang family. If you really want to convict him of treason and execute his entire clan, you can imagine how chaotic the situation will be." His Royal Highness the King of Chu sighed upon hearing this: "Of course, no matter how chaotic the situation is, the king has a way to suppress it, but I have already thought of a better way to deal with them, so there is no need to be so radical. Besides, I think the more urgent thing now is how to destroy Goguryeo, and then take down Silla and Baekje, and then go out to sea to completely realize the plan that I once said to Wanwan, 'I have a plan to restore the Sui Dynasty to light', so that she won't tease me with this every now and then."

"My dear brother Kuan, you are really willing to spend so much money..." Li Huairen shook his head helplessly and said, "Alas... you are lucky to have a good brother like me to support you, otherwise... in the future you will definitely..."

"Don't force me to cut you down right now." Seeing his good brother acting out the sad drama of "I am the only loyal and virtuous minister" again, His Royal Highness the King of Chu picked up the pear on the seat and threw it at him: "Go, call Chu Mo and A Yong, I have something to tell them."

"Just let me handle it." Li Huairen took the pear, took a bite, and then spat it on the ground: "Pah... I forgot that this pear tastes bad..."

"..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu really didn't want to hurt his good brother's heart, but the other party just didn't have any self-awareness: "Go call someone!"

"Oh..." Li Huairen was no longer stubborn and turned to leave the hall after hearing that.

"Your Highness," At this moment, in the hall, besides the King of Chu, there were only Wang Xuance and Zhang Zhenxuan. It was not until this moment that Zhang Zhenxuan finally expressed his inner thoughts: "I have a suggestion, but I don't know if it is feasible or not."

"Zhenxuan, do we still need to be polite to each other? Just say what you want to say!" Upon hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu sat up straight and waited for the other party's next words.

"I have previously visited those bandits we recruited, and from them, I learned some interesting news. For example..." Zhang Zhenxuan took a deep breath. He knew that if he told all these words to his own prince, Wang Dayong might not live to see tomorrow, but he really couldn't bear to see the sufferings of the world: "In order to make money, Wang Dayong privately imposed taxes, forced the people to do corvée, and built manors for him. He even used the imperial court's previous order to build granaries in various places to make a fortune. He directly teamed up with local grain merchants in Xingzhou to lower the price of grain by nearly 30%, and even issued a notice not allowing the people to sell grain to foreign merchants.

If there was any disobedience, the people who sold grain would be directly sent to forced labor, and the foreign merchants who collected grain would have their property confiscated and be beaten with a stick.

Last year, the entire Hebei Province was hit by drought again. Most of the poor people in Xingzhou were forced to go up the mountain and become bandits because of the decrease in grain harvests, the inability to sell their grain at a high price, and the inability to pay taxes.

Not only that, he also originally——"

"Wait, the imperial court should order a tax cut in this matter." Although His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu always calls his father a tyrant, he still knows how his father will deal with this situation.

"Your Highness, although Wang Dayong also issued a notice stating that the court would reduce the rent and taxes on the land, he privately added the rent and taxes that the court reduced to other tax items..."

"Brother Zhenxuan, that's enough, stop talking..." Wang Xuance knew that if he allowed Zhang Zhenxuan to continue talking like this, His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu would probably take up his knife and go to the Xingzhou government office to chop people.

"Zhenxuan, Xuan Ce, I suddenly have a good idea." At this moment, the furious Prince of Chu cast his eyes on his two trusted retainers: "Wang Dayong used all means to force those common people to become bandits. What do you think... I will let him suffer the consequences? And those grain merchants in Xingzhou City... those unscrupulous profiteers... every one of them will have to pay the price for the evil they have done!"

"Your Highness... you... you don't want to..." Wang Xuance's tone was full of hesitation: "Lead these 20,000 bandits to attack Xingzhou?"

"Xuan Ce, am I that stupid?" When His Royal Highness the King of Chu heard what Xuan Ce thought of him, he became even angrier. "I may be a tyrant, but I'm not stupid! I could have just sentenced them to death. Why would I risk my good reputation? Besides, what did the hundreds of thousands of civilians in Xingzhou do wrong? How could I let them suffer such misfortune? It's just that... I have to think of a way to kill one to warn the rest, otherwise just chopping off a bunch of bastards' heads will only be a temporary solution and not a permanent one..."

"Your Highness, you are finally..." Wang Xuance was about to be relieved again, but Zhang Zhenxuan put his hand on his head at this time: "Xuance, you kid, don't always think that Your Highness is so reckless. Look, Your Highness is so far-sighted."

"So I'm the bad guy again?" Wang Xuance slapped the man's arm away in anger, then looked at the King of Chu and said, "Your Highness, in my opinion, we should leave this matter to His Majesty - you are only responsible for suppressing the bandits, and you should stay out of the rest of the matter."

"This kind of thing should be my father's turn to worry about, and in the future... my eldest brother will also have a headache, but this king... ah... for the sake of our family, I will reluctantly worry about it for them." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu slowly stood up after hearing this, and then cast his eyes to the door: "Some things have to be done by someone. Since this king has encountered it, there is no reason to turn a blind eye. Aren't they just a group of traitors? I hold the truth in my left hand and the sword in my right hand. What am I afraid of? But then again, what I am most worried about now is whether there are people from my Dou family among the black-hearted grain merchants in Xingzhou..."

"Your Highness, absolutely not." Wang Xuance gave the answer immediately after hearing this: "Our family's original property in Hebei Province was given away by the old lady when she divided the family."

"You know all this?" His Royal Highness the King of Chu was a little surprised: "Xuan Ce, are you hiding something from me?"

"Your Highness...you never asked at all..." Wang Xuance felt a little aggrieved.

"Then..." His Royal Highness Prince Chu suddenly became curious: "Do you know how much property my grandmother left me?"

"Your Highness... please don't make things difficult for me... Lord Dou... you know what I mean..." Wang Xuance began to sweat profusely.

"Dou Shu'er is not here now, and there are only three of us here." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu still did not give up.

"Your Highness," Wang Xuance replied seriously, "I am a man of my word."

You can’t say it, even if Your Highness is already rich enough to rival a country.

"Boring..." His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu shook his head upon hearing this, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Zhenxuan: "Zhenxuan, how is your injury recovering?"

"You will be fully recovered in two days." Zhang Zhenxuan bowed slightly when he heard that.

"That's good," His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled upon hearing this, "Although there are all kinds of miscellaneous matters going on right now, and there are endless changes, fortunately, there is still one thing that makes this king happy."

It is really not easy.