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Chapter 255 Whimsical
Hearing that Lu Chengqi was so confiding and thoughtful of himself, even if Li Jie was a piece of wood, he should have been touched by now.What's more, people are not grass and trees. Although Li Jie has a dull and honest temperament, his IQ is very high, and he can tell that Lu Chengqi really values ​​​​himself.

If it was a different person, it would be like this to win the holy family, and to go out of Donghuamen, the head would be soaring to the sky.Often this kind of favored and proud person will not end well in the end.The emperor can tolerate a courtier because of his talent.But the temperament is too perverse and domineering, the emperor will not be happy.As time goes by, no matter how talented you are, you will be dragged down by your personality and gradually lose the emperor's trust.In this way, the powerful minister also lost his holy family, and became a generation that everyone could reviled.

Character determines life, and there is a certain truth in what I said.If Li Jie was a domineering person, Lu Chengqi would definitely not dare to use him so much.On the contrary, I think highly of the kind of officials who do things conscientiously, not greedy for merit, and not seeking fame.As the boss of all the officials in Dashun, Lu Chengqi has the right to decide whether to promote or relegate. When you no longer look down on other officials, as an emperor, you will still raise such a subject, and let him harm the officialdom?I'm afraid no emperor would do this. He would rather give up his talents than demote him from Chang'an to serve as a governor.

Li Jie felt the strong influence of the holy family, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty shouldn't be like this. I'm just a mediocre minister. How can I afford your Majesty's heavy use?"

What Li Jie said was the truth, influenced by his notions, Li Jie himself felt that his interests were unreasonable.Before being a prisoner, he had already labeled himself as a craftsman, and when he entered the Ministry of Industry and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he couldn't take off the hat of a craftsman.The perception of craftsmen in this era also made Li Jie feel that his skills were mediocre.

However, Lu Chengqi comforted him with words: "Three hundred and sixty years of practice, one can be the champion. Since Li Qing has such a talent, why can't he become Dashun's Gongshu class? Even if the Gongshu class is admired by the world, why does Li Qing belittle himself?"

Li Jie was quite touched when he heard this.But he was dull by nature, and he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.Lu Chengqi smiled and said: "Li Qing, your skills may be nothing to the other officials. But in my opinion, you, Li Qing, are the only one in the entire Dashun territory! I have searched for Dashun officials, is there anyone like Li Qing?" A person like Qing who is proficient in construction, farming, water conservancy, roads, and river management? If Li Qing can find half of them, I have nothing to say!"

Hearing this, for the first time, Li Jie felt a sense of pride in his "professional skills" from the bottom of his heart.That's right, they are all goods and emperors' houses, as long as they have goods, they can be sold.Maybe Li Jie's literary talent is not good enough, but he is a first-class master in construction, farming, water conservancy and other aspects!
But when he heard that Lu Chengqi talked about river governance, Li Jie was still a little unconfident.Li Jie knew about Dayu's water control and Li Bing's water control. He also read the chapter on rivers and canals in "Historical Records".But it's like talking about war on paper. You just read the book of war without any practice.

Based on this, Li Jie immediately told Lu Chengqi his worries.

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi laughed loudly and said, "It took Dayu 13 years to control the floods, and it took Li Bing five years to control the waters. If Li Qing wanted to achieve it in one step, he would have underestimated the power of the world. I know that the disadvantages of the Yellow River have a long history. Whenever the flood floods the people along the banks, their lives are ruined and their property is wiped out. Li Qing didn't want to do something beneficial for the people and future generations? I know, Maybe there are geniuses in the world, but very few. Most of them are based on previous experience, bold assumptions, and careful verification, so that they can continue to develop. The same is true for river governance. Sure enough? Didn’t Dayu succeed after failing many times! Don’t underestimate yourself, find a way in practice, and I believe that Li Qing can definitely do it!”

Hearing this, Li Jie was touched in his heart.Encourage him not to be discouraged, besides the mentor who taught him, he is the little emperor in front of him.Leaving aside his political achievements, this little emperor is very good at encouraging people.Li Jie's so dull and honest temperament, even Lu Chengqi said that he was eager to try.

After all, he was still a bit of a prudent person, so Li Jie handed over the river control plan he had prepared to Lu Chengqi.Lu Chengqi originally gave him three days to plan this, but he didn't expect him to figure it out in just two days, the efficiency is evident.

Spread out more than a dozen engineering drawings in front of Lu Chengqi, and let Lu Chengqi look at them.

Seeing such sloppy engineering drawings for map work, Lu Chengqi felt dizzy.After all, ancient maps are very simple, and the mountains and rivers marked are considered accurate maps.What's more, Li Jie searched many books and maps, and the engineering drawings drawn are already very accurate.However, Lu Chengqi was really indifferent to this. After watching it for a while, he really couldn't understand it, so he asked Li Jie to come and explain.

After hearing Li Jie's method, Lu Chengqi felt that it was not practical.His methods are still not separated from blocking the breach, diverting water to the east to restore the river course, opening the Liuta River, building dams along the river, etc., all of which have been discussed by predecessors and have achieved certain results.

Lu Chengqi didn't know anything about river control, but he also knew that these methods, in the ancient times when there was no cement, would definitely not have a good effect on river control.The allusions of Yu Dayu's flood control are told to future generations, blocking is worse than sparse.Because the trees in the upper reaches have been cut down, the sediment was not solid and washed into the river. The water of the Yellow River was mixed with a lot of sediment and rushed to the middle and lower reaches. The river bed was raised and formed a suspended river on the ground.In addition, the downstream is mostly curved, which increases the flow velocity of the water and also strengthens the impact on the river bank.Most of the Yellow River breaches because of this. In the rainy season, the river will soar, and it would be a strange thing not to breach.

Since the establishment of the Dashun Dynasty, the Yellow River has breached dozens of times, each time tens of millions of coins were spent, but to no avail.The point is that in ancient times, there was really no good way to straighten out this giant dragon on the ground.

Lu Chengqi patiently finished reading Li Jie's engineering drawings, and suddenly said: "Li Qing, do you think that if a canal connecting Luo, Huang, Bian, and Si to the Huai River is built, can the flood of the Yellow River be alleviated?"

In order to control the river, Li Jie has long kept the water system of the Yellow River Basin and the water system of the Yangtze River Basin in mind.When Lu Chengqi said this, he immediately had the scale of the Grand Canal in his mind.This idea doesn't matter, after getting an intuitive image, Li Jie was stunned by Lu Chengqi's "whimsical" idea: "Your Majesty, digging such a large canal will waste people's money and money, and there may be accidents!"

(End of this chapter)