Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

what?

Zhou Chuxuan's words shocked all the officials in the court and made them open their eyes wide.

Natural disasters are frequent, and hoarding grain is a serious crime. The second prince even wants to transport the grain out secretly. He cannot escape the death penalty!

At the same time, some officials were secretly glad that they were smuggling grain and were not discovered by the emperor, otherwise all their clans would be in danger!

The Second Prince was trembling all over, his face pale, and he shouted angrily: "Sixth Prince, you are slandering me!"

"When will I be transporting food to the mountains?"

He did secretly transport the grain out, intending to wait until the disaster was over and then secretly transport it back to prevent his father from investigating corruption.

He thought he was being very secretive and that almost all the food had been transferred. How did this idiot find out?

Father, have you discovered anything?

Thinking of this, beads of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and his body under the golden python robe trembled slightly. He could not help but glare at the Sixth Prince to hide the fear in his heart.

"Look, second brother, you yourself said that you have food." Zhou Chuxuan said with his head tilted, smiling harmlessly, like a weak and helpless little lamb.

But every word he said was so devastating that it almost made the Second Prince vomit blood.

"you!"

The second prince suddenly realized that the sixth prince was deceiving him!

Zhou Chuxuan was indeed trying to trick him. After all, who would care about what a fool said? But he didn't expect that the second prince was so stupid that he actually fell into his trap.

"enough!"

Sitting on the dragon throne, Emperor Wu's face was ashen, and he was furious.

He was well aware that the prince was secretly hoarding food, but as a father, as long as they did not go too far, he would turn a blind eye and let them do as they pleased.

But he transported the grain out of the city, hid it himself, deceived his superiors and subordinates, and openly supported borrowing grain from the Liang Kingdom in the court. This behavior is tantamount to rebellion!

"I beg Your Majesty to understand. I have absolutely no second thoughts!" The second prince knelt down hurriedly. His face turned pale with fear and tears streaming down his face. How could he still act like a prince?

The other princes also knelt down, after all, none of them were clean.

"How can you cry in the court? Stand up!"

"I'll deal with you later!"

Emperor Wu was so furious that he wanted to drag all his sons out and give them dozens of beatings.

You agree with whatever Lao Liu says. Doesn’t he know he is a fool?

A bunch of good-for-nothing guys!

He sighed deeply, and for a moment, there was a hint of admiration in his eyes when he looked at Zhou Chuxuan.

Zhou Chuxuan had a dazed look on his face, drooling from time to time, but a barely perceptible gleam of brilliance flashed in the depths of his cloudy eyes.

The reason for doing this was, firstly, to attract the attention of Emperor Wu. The Crown Prince had many spies in the palace, and if the counterfeit had ulterior motives, it would soon reach the Crown Prince's ears.

The latter would naturally try every possible means to get rid of the counterfeit, and letting Emperor Wu pay too much attention to it would at least protect his safety on the surface.

The second reason was for the Northern Desert envoy who would visit the dynasty in three days. Wu Dynasty had suffered frequent natural disasters this year, and the Northern Desert was also affected.

In addition, they were a nomadic people with strong soldiers and horses. They stationed 50,000 troops on the border of Wu Dynasty, hoping to put pressure on them to "borrow" food. If they could not get food, they would attack by force.

On the other hand, the Wu Dynasty suffered frequent natural disasters and people were in panic. How could they fight against it?

However, no one is willing to sign this humiliating loan.

Zhou Chuxuan wanted to take this opportunity to show his talents in front of Emperor Wu and pave the way for his trip to the northern border.

However, Emperor Wu was too suspicious. If he found out that he was pretending to be crazy, not to mention the crisis of becoming the crown prince, he would probably be eliminated by Emperor Wu first.

"Your Majesty, the Wu Dynasty is currently plagued by frequent natural disasters and faces powerful enemies. If we do not seek help from the Liang Kingdom and form an alliance with it, I'm afraid..."

At this time, the previous Shangshu spoke.

His tone was extremely helpless, but his words were full of persuasion to surrender.

The Wu Dynasty has been passed down for more than three hundred years and has always been a powerful country. Other countries have always formed marriages with the Wu Dynasty, but now it is the other way around?

Emperor Wu wanted to establish the Wu Dynasty as a heavenly kingdom, so how could he agree to this?

but……

Emperor Wu clenched his fists, veins bulged, and anger gathered in his chest, but he was unable to express his anger.

"Hehe..." At this moment, a silly laugh broke the silence.

When everyone looked over, they saw Zhou Chuxuan sucking his fingers foolishly, his saliva flowing down his python robe onto the ground, and he was staring at the minister closely.

The latter's hair tingled with rage, and he couldn't help but ask, "May I ask why the Sixth Prince is laughing?"

After saying that, he shook his head and laughed secretly, asking a fool why he was laughing?

When did I become so stupid?

"Well……"

Zhou Chuxuan mumbled but couldn't utter a word.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly!" Emperor Wu said angrily, holding his forehead. What kind of people did he give birth to?

"Sister Hanyan told me that I should help my father solve his problems and govern the country, so she asked me to stay in the study to read and study."

Zhou Chuxuan spoke slowly, and the ministers became puzzled.

A fool is reading a book?

Can you understand?

"Get to the point!" Emperor Wu was so upset that he wanted to slap him.

"Your son...I read in a book that there was once a place with a food shortage, and an uncle used fine sand as a substitute for food..."

hiss!

Upon hearing this, all the ministers gasped.

The ministers who were close to the Sixth Prince also hurriedly moved away, fearing that they would be mistaken for his accomplices.

The muscles at the corners of Emperor Wu's mouth twitched violently. If it weren't for the presence of his ministers, he would have beaten the Sixth Brother like a top!

Distribute fine sand to the people as food?

Do you want the people to rebel?!

The second prince jumped out at this time and mocked the other princes, who also felt angry.

"Well……"

"The book says that grain was brought into the city as sand, and he bought it at a high price. Furthermore, regulations stipulated that grain could not be bought or sold at a low price, so grain prices skyrocketed."

When the Sixth Prince spoke here, the ministers were so shocked that they were speechless.

Is this a strategy?

This might be a vicious plot!

If people had listened to the Sixth Prince, I'm afraid some would have opened their coffins and started a rebellion the next day!

Emperor Wu's face turned pale, as if he had already decided where to bury this fool!

"So the news spread to other places, attracting grain merchants from other places. When the grain merchants were everywhere, that person secretly ordered to sell it at a low price."

"Grain merchants from other places were forced to sell at a lower price, and thus the disaster was resolved." After the Sixth Prince finished speaking, the entire court fell silent again.

Those ministers and princes who had been mocking each other now had their eyes wide open in disbelief.

return……

Can you still play like this?

Everyone was amazed, even Emperor Wu was a little stunned. Grain merchants were obsessed with profit, and local grain merchants hoarded grain, causing the price of grain to rise sharply.

If someone buys at a high price and the price of grain continues to rise, it will definitely attract a large number of grain merchants from other places. Once all the grain merchants come in and kill the pigs and bleed them, the price of grain will drop significantly.

Foreign grain merchants have huge costs in transporting grain, so they will inevitably sell off their grain like crazy. This will hurt local grain merchants who are trading at high prices. Even if they lose money, they will still sell off their grain...

wonderful!

How wonderful!

Emperor Wu muttered something, and after hearing the explanation, his ministers all gasped.

He looked at the Sixth Prince in shock.

This fool...

When did he come up with such a brilliant idea? Could it be that... he was really playing mad?

Emperor Wu also looked at Zhou Chuxuan, pondered for a moment, and said, "Sixth Brother, what book did you read this in?"

"Hmm..." Zhou Chuxuan thought for a moment and said, "I saw it in the Yongle Encyclopedia."

"Yesterday, my second brother asked me to take the chicken next to my father's bedroom and roast it over the fire. He used that book to light the fire."

When the voice sounded, the ministers' eyes jumped.

The chicken in His Majesty's bedroom?