Dahan first prince

Chapter 82 Can't do it, don't build it

Hearing Zhang Cang's words, the courtiers and officials who formed a circle couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Please go home, think twice..."

Although I haven't quite understood why Liu Ying insisted on laying stones at the bottom of the Zhengguo Canal, the courtiers and officials only subconsciously felt that it was a waste of Liu Ying's paving the bottom of the Zhengguo Canal with stone bricks.

——Yang Chengyan also said that these 20 stone bricks were saved by the Shaofu in the past five years, and they will be used to build Chang'an City!
If you take out these stone bricks, you can pave the entire upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, once and for all, and you don't need to spend money to maintain the Zhengguo Canal, that's fine.

But Zhang Cang said again: If 20 stone bricks are thrown down, it will be able to pave five miles?

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It seems that there is no need at all, right?
Anyway, using ordinary stones can also hold down the sediment in the upper reaches of the canal. Even if there are gaps, it is much better than nothing now, and it will save a lot of effort in future maintenance.

In the eyes of the courtiers, Liu Ying, a delicate and precious prince, came up with such a useful idea of ​​'laying stones on the bottom of the canal to hold down the sediment', which is already very surprising.

As for the stone bricks from the Shaofu, it is better to save them and use them to build Chang'an City in the future.

Thinking so, everyone couldn't help raising their heads slightly, and was about to persuade again, when they saw Liu Ying's face was full of jokes, and there was a little determination in Yang Chengyan's eyes.

"Dare to ask the Shaofu."

"The construction of Chang'an City was ordered by the Emperor Father in the fifth year of the Han Dynasty to proceed quickly."

"It's the end of the tenth year of the Han Dynasty. Why is the Shaofu so slow in moving? It only knows how to prepare stone bricks, but doesn't build the four walls of Chang'an?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan's words came to his lips abruptly, and for a while, he couldn't say a single word...
Seeing this, Xiao He was about to explain his background when Liu Ying smiled again.

"The Shaofu doesn't know, so I just tell the Shaofu to know."

"—no money!"

"—no food!"

"——There is no force available!"

"—Except for the 20 stone bricks, everything needed to build a city is available!!!"

Liu Ying yelled angrily without warning, causing all the officials and courtiers to bow their heads subconsciously, silently enduring the inexplicable anger from the prince.

However, Liu Ying still looked a little annoyed, looking sideways at Xiao He.

"I'll ask Xiang Xiang again."

"—You have money in the house, why don't you have any money?"

"——The treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion, why is there no food?"

"——Today in Guanzhong, there are more than [-] households of people, and my Han Zuo wants to build Chang'an, the imperial capital, so why can't I use my force?!"

After asking again and again, Liu Ying's face was full of annoyance!
Being looked directly at by Liu Ying for a moment, Xiao He finally felt deeply guilty again.

With a sad face and a long sigh, Xiao He bowed tremblingly, making a gesture to kneel down.

As for Yang Chengyan on the side, as early as Liu Ying's first yell, he was so frightened that he fell to his knees.

Seeing Xiao He about to kneel, Liu Ying couldn't help being startled, she jumped forward and pulled Xiao He up before Xiao He knelt down.

When Xiao He raised his head devastated, Liu Ying only sighed, and patted Xiao He's hand in comfort.

Immediately turned around, and lifted Yang Chengyan from the ground.

"Gu's wrath is not to blame Xiang Xiang, nor to reprimand the Shaofu."

After comforting Xiao He and Yang Chengyan for a while, the anger on Liu Ying's face did not decrease at all.

"Gu Nu is resenting the princes of the Warring States who have fought against the world for a hundred years!"

"Gu Nu hates the princes of different surnames in the Kanto region, who won Mu Tianen without knowing it, and repeatedly started wars!"

"Gu Nu is angry that the orphan is too young and did not supervise the country as soon as possible to investigate the blockage of the Zhengguo Canal!"

After several sonorous and forceful high-pitched sounds, Liu Ying felt her Qi and blood surge up, and her breath also became heavy.

After a while, Liu Ying suppressed the anger in her chest, took a deep breath, and the anger on her face receded a little.

Liu Ying turned her head to the side again, looking at Yang Chengyan who lowered her head and said nothing.

"The Shaofu just said that the 20 stone bricks were used for the construction of Chang'an City."

"Could it be that the virtue of my Han Zuo relies on the capital Chang'an?"

Asking loudly, Liu Ying turned her head again, looked at Xiao He who was still ashamed, and pointed to Changle and Weiyang palaces not far away.

"Or maybe the father was able to establish Han Zuo because of the magnificence of the emperor's palace Changle and the grandeur of the harem Weiyang?"

Having said that, Liu Ying put her hands behind her back and shook her head leisurely.

"I think it's all wrong."

"Father the emperor has established Han Zuo, which is to win the hearts of the people of the world, and everyone expects it!"

"It was the father who granted the people the title of Tian Jue, and broadly bestowed benevolence and righteousness, allowing the people to recuperate and live, so that the world will be in peace!"

"It is Xiao Xiang, the Shaofu, and the meritorious princes who accompanied the father to the war, and the officials and princes who stayed in Chang'an. They helped the father and the emperor to comfort the people, and Fang Hanzuo was established!"

Said that this passage was a bit taboo, and besides Liu Ying, there was no other person who could say it openly, Liu Ying looked at Yang Chengyan again, sighed and shook her head.

"The Shaofu said that these 20 stone bricks should all be used for the construction of Chang'an City."

"I just thought, this is a big fallacy..."

As she spoke, Liu Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Why?"

"Gaiyin Zhengguo Canal's access and closure are related to the livelihood of tens of thousands of households in Weibei!"

"If Chang'an, the capital city, is lost, tens of thousands of people can live and work in peace and contentment, and have enough food and clothing. I also think that this is a good government that benefits the country and the people!"

After saying that, Liu Ying turned her head resolutely and looked at Yang Chengyan and Xiao He respectively.

"Young Mansion thinks so, don't you?"

"Xiao Xiang, what do you think?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words full of pride and ambition, but also full of true feelings, Yang Chengyan finally nodded with approval, and bowed his hands dumbly to Liu Ying.

As for Prime Minister Xiao He, he even bowed to Liu Ying with respect, and under those eyes full of satisfaction, the eye sockets were faintly red...

Seeing that Xiao He and Yang Chengyan hadn't spoken yet, all the officials and ministers showed their expressions of praise, Liu Ying finally sighed a little and tried her best to calm down a little.

"Since that's the case, the Shaofu will act according to the order."

"Tomorrow, the 20 stone bricks will be sent to the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal in sequence by the slaves of the Shaofu officials."

After saying that, Liu Ying looked at Xiao He again, and cupped her hands apologetically.

"The Shaofu uses officials and slaves as slaves to transport stone and bricks to the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal. The prime minister may need to send some soldiers to accompany the transport."

"When the stone bricks arrive, they should be gathered together in one place and guarded by soldiers, so as not to let the stone bricks be stolen and destroyed by thieves."

Hearing this, Xiao He and Yang Chengyan couldn't help but bow their hands together.

"Minister, take orders..."

Seeing this, Liu Ying finally nodded in satisfaction, and looked up at the officials and courtiers with magnanimity.

"You don't have to worry."

"Waiting for my father's class teacher, I will report all matters here to my father personally!"

"If the Duke of Chao is convicted because of this, Gu should also ask his father to offend him, lest all the princes suffer such innocent disasters because of helping Gu!"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, all the officials and loyal officials hurriedly bowed their hands, even saying that they dared not.

Seeing Liu Ying continuing on her own: "Being a teacher in the father's class, I will play to my father alone: ​​in the next few years, the Shaofu will try my best to cut stone bricks to lay the first hundred miles of the Zhengguo Canal!"

"If the father promises, Gu Geng should take it as his ambition—"

"——The first hundred miles of the Zhengguo Canal, the soil has not been consolidated for a day, and Chang'an, the capital of the emperor, has not been built for a day!"

(End of this chapter)