Liu Ju knew that Liu Che was talking about Liu Tan's plan to give him dividends, so he smiled and said nothing. Although Liu Tan had not told Liu Che about this matter, he had to report it to Liu Che, otherwise if Liu Che knew about it, he would have to make a note of it even if he didn't punish them both.

What's more, what Liu Tan said makes a lot of sense. Among all his brothers, he is the poorest one now.

The other brothers all have fiefs and can collect taxes even if they have no real power, but what about the prince?

Although he is the crown prince, the private property he holds is not even as much as that of a country, oh, except for a poor country like the Northern Border.

But if Liu Tan is well fed, his whole family will not be hungry. Although Liu Ju is not married, he has many concubines and children, and everything from food and clothing costs money.

And he didn't have a queen mother, so when Liu Tan was in Chang'an, the prince was not as rich as him.

Not to mention now, they own a copper mine!

The last time Liu Tan went to the Prince's Palace, he discovered that Liu Ju's life was actually quite simple. Some of the furnishings were not as good as his. It seemed too difficult for a prince to live like this.

So Liu Tan did not just want to remind Liu Ju to take back the right to mint coins, he also really wanted to improve his brother's life.

After reading it, Liu Che was shocked to realize that although he often gave rewards to the prince, he did not give him a fixed living allowance.

Everything the prince had was inherited according to the custom set by Emperor Liu Che at that time.

However, Liu Che ascended the throne at the age of sixteen. At that time, he had been married to Chen Ajiao for three or four years. Before that, he had no concubines and no children.

So I never felt the financial hardship of supporting a family.

Liu Ju is 24 years old this year. He has quite a few people in the prince's palace and three imperial grandchildren, and they are not too young. With this calculation, the teenage Liu Che did not feel poor, but Liu Ju might not.

Liu Che looked at Liu Chuan and said, "You don't need this one, Tan'er. I'll give it to you."

Liu Ju quickly said, "I didn't want it. My brother just arrived in Shuofang and it's already difficult for him to survive."

Liu Che nodded and said, "I understand. From now on, you will send someone to the Ministry of Finance to collect the monthly allowance."

"Your son thanks you very much, father." Liu Ju was really at the same point in life, he never expected that at his age he would still receive living expenses from his parents.

"Go ahead." Liu Che thought for a moment and added, "Send the imperial edict as scheduled."

Liu Ju immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had been busy for a long time with the matter of reclaiming the right to mint coins. As the future master of this country, Liu Ju did not want the right to mint coins to be in the hands of others, but he could not help but worry about Liu Tan.

But what's the point of worrying? His pocket money almost all comes from his younger brother!

Liu Ju left with a heart full of contradictions.

After he left, Liu Che wrote a letter to Liu Tan, telling him that he had something to tell his brother and scolded him for not telling their father. He also gave Liu Tan the right to mint coins.

Well, Liu Che took back the coinage rights of all princes except Liu Tan.

After Liu Ju knew this, he felt relieved and wrote a reply letter to Liu Tan.

When Liu Tan received the letter, he felt relieved when he saw the first part about the recovery of the coinage rights. But when he saw the second part, he almost breathed a sigh of relief!

What's going on? The coinage rights of all the princes were taken away, leaving him alone. What's the point? Isn't this like hanging him off the wall?

Special treatment is not allowed.

In particular, Emperor Wu of Han reassured him not to worry, saying that his right to mint coins would not be taken back at least within the next ten years, and asked him to quickly build the palace.

On the other side, Liu Ju jokingly told him that he wanted to thank him because Liu Che had given him pocket money and also selected people for him to mint coins, and he specifically emphasized that there were only three people in total.

I guess this is because he was worried that Liu Tan would become suspicious of the people he sent.

However...Liu Tan doesn't want the right to mint coins at all!

It seems like preferential treatment now, but who knows when it will become a death warrant!

Liu Tan sighed and grimaced at the letter, so much so that Huo Guang couldn't bear to watch it anymore and couldn't help asking, "Did something happen in the capital?"

Liu Tan looked up at Huo Guang and said, "The imperial report should arrive in two days. Father has revoked the coinage rights of the princes."

Huo Guang frowned, but soon relaxed. He comforted Liu Tan and said, "Your Majesty had forbidden any disclosure of this matter before, so I didn't tell you either. Actually, Your Majesty has been preparing for this for a long time, so it's not sudden. Your Highness, don't worry. I've already begun preparations and will begin reclaiming wasteland next year. As long as there's more arable land, tax revenue will also increase."

If you have more taxes, you won't be short of money. Although it's not as good as being able to mint your own coins, what else can you do now except relax?

Liu Tan looked at Huo Guang expressionlessly and said, "The Northern Kingdom's right to mint coins has been retained."

Huo Guang: ???

Why didn’t you say so earlier!

After breathing a sigh of relief, Huo Guang also realized that such special treatment was somewhat dangerous.

He lowered his head in thought for a while, then looked up at Liu Tan and said, "Your Majesty has only taken back the coinage rights of the princes, but has not delegated this power to the court. As far as I know, Your Majesty has many kilns responsible for minting coins."

Liu Tan's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Huo Guang meant. The world belonged to Liu Che, but what belonged to Liu Che did not necessarily belong to the court.

He thought for a moment and said, "How about this copper mine be taken over by the royal family?"

Huo Guang said, "I think it would be best if, besides the King of the Northern Territory, only Your Majesty and the Empress could obtain it. I've asked before, and the mining time of this copper mine is at least a hundred years, so it would be best to establish a fixed rule."

Liu Tan understood what Huo Guang meant, but he was embarrassed to mention the King of the Northern Territory... probably only his generation.

After all, he doesn't plan to get married, so naturally he won't have children. If he were an ordinary person, he could adopt or raise a child.

But adoption is impossible due to his status. He doesn't have a good relationship with his other brothers and doesn't want their sons to inherit his family business. The only one he has a good relationship with may be the prince. However, the prince's son will be a prince in the future, so he doesn't lack this fiefdom.

However, he did not tell Huo Guang about this. He just nodded and then wrote a letter saying that he had too much money and had to offer it to his parents. By the way, he gave a portion to the prince. However, the portion given to the prince would only belong to the prince. If the prince ascended the throne, he would take it back. Anyway, the prince would be able to inherit the emperor's portion at that time.

After receiving the letter, Liu Che laughed and cursed: "Do I still need his money?"

Then he found an excuse to reward him with 100 pieces of unicorn gold and horse hoof gold, and also gave him some precious jades, asking him to use them to decorate the palace.

After reading the letter, Chen Ajiao complained to the Grand Chamberlain beside her, "How much money does he have? He's spending money just because he discovered a copper mine. Go, send someone to give him some money. How can the tax revenue from the Northern Border Kingdom be enough to build the palace? Tell him to build it well. I want to come and see it when it's finished. If it's not good enough, be careful or I'll tear it down!"

When it came to Liu Ju, things were very simple. He didn't say polite words to Liu Tan. He understood what Liu Tan meant. In fact, even if Liu Che started to give him money, Liu Ju's life would only be a little more comfortable than before.

So Liu Ju very affordably sent Liu Tan a bunch of fruits and vegetables that would not perish easily - he had heard that there was little arable land over there and few varieties of vegetables, and he was worried that his brother wouldn't be able to eat good food, so he also reminded him in the letter: Wait until you've finished eating, I'll send someone to deliver it to you!

In addition to this, Liu Ju also gave Liu Tan a piece of news: It is said that after Liu Fuling learned that his right to mint coins was taken back and Liu Tan's right to mint coins was retained, he directly smashed his bedroom, and as a result, he could only sleep in a side hall that night.

So Liu Tan exchanged the three letters for a big gift pack of gold coins and a big gift pack of food.

After hearing that the delivery convoy stretched almost all the way from the county government gate to the outside of the city, attracting many onlookers, Liu Tan couldn't help but turn to look at Big Gao and said, "How many things... are there?"

Bi Gao had an order in his hand, and he made a rough estimate and gave Liu Tan a number.

Liu Tan thought about the annual output of the copper mine he had estimated before, and then found that even if the loss of coins and the wasted time in the middle were not counted, based purely on the mining efficiency of the copper mine, this money would probably be equivalent to five years of dividends to the emperor and empress.

Among them, the unicorn gold and horse hoof gold are special rewards with different symbolic meanings, and cannot be simply measured by the price of gold.

Liu Tan wiped his face and instantly returned to reality from the inflated state of "I am very rich".

He looked down at Liu Ju's letter and couldn't help laughing after seeing the last additional message.

Although I know that he and Liu Fuling are in the south and the north respectively, unless there are special circumstances, they may never see each other in this lifetime.

But that doesn't stop him from gloating, right?

When Huo Guang came in, he saw Liu Tan smiling at the letter like a fox. He couldn't help but stop in his tracks, wondering if his prince had gone crazy with joy.

Liu Tan adjusted his expression back to normal after seeing Huo Guang. He looked up at Huo Guang and saw that he was holding the map again. He immediately became alert: "What's wrong?"

You won’t let him choose the place again, will you?

Huo Guang paused, coughed lightly, and said, "Your Highness, please take a look at this map."

Liu Tan glanced down and said in surprise, "Huh? Didn't you draw this? Not bad. You used all the methods I suggested. Did you find someone suitable for drawing maps? Who is it?"

Huo Guang said, "Sang Qian."

Liu Tan: "Ah?"