back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 972
The Liao Kingdom fell.

After Yelu Hongji issued the abdication edict, the Liao Kingdom became history.

After the captive offering, Yelu Hongji and more than 100 people were arranged in a large manor next to Shanglin Garden. Although they had no worries about food and clothing, there were countless guards outside.This manor is inaccessible.If there is no accident, these royal families of the Liao Kingdom will be imprisoned until they die of old age.

But Yelu Hongji will not be lonely, because there is a person who arrived several years earlier than him - Li Renzong, the prince of Dayue in Cochin.Dai Viet Emperor Li Ri Zun is dead, but his son is recuperating here.When Li Renzong came here, he was only two or three years old. More than ten years later, he has grown into a young man.

Hearing that Yelu Hongji was coming, Li Renzong, who is also a man of Han culture, hurriedly went to pay his respects, and even decided to betroth his sister to Yelu Jun.

The two in-laws really fell in love at first sight, and they loved each other with all their hearts, and they cried endlessly.

After crying bitterly, Yelu Hongji also accepted the reality and lived leisurely in this manor.

Yelu Hongji and Li Renzong became close friends, and they talked about everything, drinking and chatting happily, playing chess, writing poems, and studying songs and prose.One day, Yelu Hongji and Li Renzong played Go under the shade of a tree, holding a jug of "shochu" which had just been released to the market.

Looking at the black and white pieces on the chessboard, Yelu Hongji seemed to have seen the scene of thousands of horses and horses galloping that day again, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart: "Tell me, who is the next emperor to come?"

Li Renzong was taken aback for a moment, and then said quite lonely: "I don't care about those mundane things, and I'm still thinking about the outside world here, looking for trouble!"

Yelu Hongji insisted: "I have come, can the others run away? In my opinion, King Goryeo, King Uighur, and King Heihan all have to come! And what about Emperor Dongying? He will definitely be hated There is nothing wrong with taking the emperor's name, isn't it just asking for trouble!"

Li Renzong said uncertainly: "I don't know the rest, but what kind of 'Huihui Cannon' does the Uighur have, and it is not weaker than Dashun!"

Yelu Hongji smiled and said: "'Huihui Cannon'? Isn't it still a trebuchet! Even if it is more powerful, how far can it hit? Dashun's artillery can hit ten miles away!"

Li Renzong sighed: "Dashun is still rising, there is no room for us to survive..."

Yelu Hongji also took a sip of strong shochu in desolation, half-opened his drunken eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, my Daliao is dead, so it's useless to talk about it..."

The two of them were not in the mood to play chess anymore, you took a sip of wine, and I drank a sip of wine, and soon both of them got drunk, hugged each other, and cried.Later, the families of both parties came to pull them, but they couldn't pull them apart.

Chang'an City, inside the palace.

Two dusty officials were being summoned by Lu Chengqi.

"You two Qing family, you have worked hard!" Lu Chengqi said sincerely, "For Dashun, you have made a great achievement that has never been done before, and will never be seen in the future! On behalf of the people of the world, I thank the two Qing family!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Chengqi bowed to them, and the two people panicked in fright, and quickly helped Lu Chengqi straighten up: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it!"

These two people are Li Jie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and Chen Xun, the supervisor of Qintianjian.They have been working hard and taking charge of the dredging of the Yellow River and the work of digging the Grand Canal for more than ten years.In ancient times, there was Yu the Great who controlled the floods, and he could not enter the house three times.Now there is Li Jie and Chen Xun digging canals, and they have not returned to Beijing for more than ten years.

The canals of Dashun widened the deep mountains and Yangdu, and opened the Jiqu, connecting the Luo, Huang, Bian, and Si rivers to the Huaihe River.Later, the canal in the south of the Yangtze River was widened and deepened to reach Hangzhou. At the same time, the Yongji Canal was dug from the vicinity of Luoyang to connect the Weihe River, passed through Linqing to Youzhou, and then dug through the Jizhou River and Huitong River, and built gates and dams to channelize the river.After the Grand Canal was opened to navigation, the waterway was greatly shortened, and even connected Chang'an, Luoyang and Youzhou. Not only did the water of the Yellow River have a place to go, it would no longer cause flooding, but it also connected the Yangtze River to the Yellow River, making water transportation more convenient.

Although there is a lot of waste, tens of millions of money have been spent so far.But the merits in the present age and the benefits in the future, anyone with a discerning eye can see the significance of the Grand Canal for commercial development.

Coupled with sea transportation, even if Chang'an stops producing grain in the future, grain from Jiangnan will continue to be transported.

The entire Central Plains is connected into one piece, communicating with each other.

With the Grand Canal, Lu Chengqi became more confident.He knew that as long as there is the Grand Canal, if he insists on planting trees and maintaining water and soil, he will not be afraid of the Yellow River flooding.With the Grand Canal, food from the south can also supply the north, which was even more important during the Little Ice Age.With food, the people will not rise up.Another one is business.Road leads to wealth. With the opening of the Grand Canal, all places along the route are economically prosperous.

Once the people become rich, are they afraid that they will not have money to buy things?
"Make it, absolutely make it!"

Lu Chengqi straightened up slowly, and said in a deep voice: "I remember the achievements of the two Qing families clearly. In the fifth year of Hongxiang, there was heavy rain, and the Yellow River was about to burst. You saved the day from danger; in the eighth year of Hongxiang, the rain along the Yellow River There are too many, and it is also because of the canal that we can overcome dangers and solve difficulties; in July of the tenth year of Hongxiang, the water levels in Damingfu, Guantao, Yongji, Qingyang, and Chanzhou were in emergency. There was no breach of the Yellow River. In the next year, although Xiajin of Daming Mansion breached, it was only a little bit more, and it was not a serious problem. In the 13th year of Hongxiang, there was another torrential rain, but the water level of the Yellow River was still low, which was not due to the Grand Canal yeah?"

Both Chen Xun and Li Jie were moved. They didn't expect Lu Chengqi to remember it clearly, and said with red eyes: "Your Majesty's praise, I'm terrified!"

"No, the merits of the two Qing families are unparalleled in the past and present, and I can't compare with them. This is not a false praise, but you deserve it!" Lu Chengqi said with emotion. He knows how scarce tap water will be in future generations. Without the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the population in the North would have been cut in half.Although the excavation of the Grand Canal cost artificial money, once it is dug through, it will be a great contribution to the nation!

The national hero is not only Huo Qubing, but also Chen Xun and Li Jie!
"I've decided, to make Li Qing the young master and Chen Qing the young protector!" Lu Chengqi dropped a heavy bomb.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Li Jie was greatly surprised. Although he knew that Lu Chengqi would definitely reward him generously, he did not expect it to be so generous.Although Shaofu Shaobao is a false title and has no real job.But that's still the prince's teacher in name!Being a teacher for a day, being a father for life, and the crown prince ascending the throne in the future, aren't they extremely human ministers?
Seeing Li Jie like this, Chen Xun was slightly dissatisfied.But he also knows that the political struggle between the DPRK and China is bloodless, and they occupy a high position, and they are absolutely invincible.If one is not careful, it will be beyond redemption.

"Stop talking, I've made up my mind." Lu Chengqi said firmly, "I want the world to know that the Grand Canal is my most wise decision!"

The emperor said so, and they couldn't stick to their views.Over the years, Lu Chengqi's majesty has become more and more powerful, and few people can influence his thoughts.Although Lu Chengqi also realized that this was inappropriate, but for the sake of his grand ambition, he still had to do this.Isn't it just arbitrariness?He has insights beyond a thousand years, and he can bring Dashun on the right track!

(End of this chapter)