Prosperous Tang special forces

Chapter 172 The Most Hateful Person
The new official took office three fires, Long Feiyu had just taken office, and the canal began to be built before the official affairs were finished.The common people have great opinions on this matter, thinking that the canal is the way to defeat. They have just lived a peaceful life for a few days, so naturally they don't want someone to destroy it.

As soon as Li Shimin mentioned the canal at the court meeting, he was opposed by his ministers, who believed that it was inappropriate to build a canal.

The debate among the crowd undoubtedly pushed Long Feiyu to the forefront of the storm again. He paused, looked around and said, "As everyone said, building a canal will make people lose their hearts, but everything has good and bad. Canals not only serve as The bridge connecting the north and the south, and it crosses several large rivers, can be used as a flood discharge during the summer flood season. We can't waste food because of choking. Because of Yang Guang's atrocities, the value of the canal itself has been ignored. You are afraid of taking responsibility, this For the construction of the canal for the first time, a document will be issued in my name, and I will bear it alone.”

When Long Feiyu said this, some people naturally objected: "Are you responsible? Can you afford it? If there is any loophole in the construction of the canal, not to mention you, even His Majesty will not be able to bear it."

Long Feiyu shook his head noncommittally and said: "Master Xiao's words are wrong, you are also a veteran of the court, you have seen Yang Guang, why he failed, you should be clear, this world is fair, if you put Other people's lives are not taken seriously, so why do you ask others to do things for you? Today's Tang Dynasty is still in the rudiments of a prosperous age. Yang Guang opened the canal with human lives, and we opened the canal with money. As long as the people have food Eat, and still have money to take, this Tang Dynasty can’t mess up.”

Although Long Feiyu's words are a bit ambiguous, they are also true.Master Xiao was still waiting to say more, but Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Okay, this matter will not be discussed anymore. I allocated all the money for the construction of the palace to the canal. The important project of the Ministry of Industry in the next few years is to dredge the canal and open up the north-south water transport. .”

"Yes"

I had heard before that Long Feiyu was going to build a canal, but now that the announcement was actually issued, the common people complained, but there was no major reaction. After all, this time the recruitment was used, not forced.And you can also enjoy a salary from the court. For a while, the bold have already started to sign up, and the timid are still waiting and watching.

Because it is dredging, [-] river workers will be recruited for this construction, and repairs will be made along the destroyed places during the war.

In order to prevent gangsters from looting along the coast, lighthouses were also built on the shore, and a team of soldiers would be stationed every ten kilometers.

In order to ensure the progress of the project, Long Feiyu even put aside the trivial matters of the court and went to Luoyang to supervise the work in person.Although Long Liang was a little dissatisfied with Long Feiyu's nagging, it was undeniable that if he was a commoner, he would also shout for Long Feiyu crazily.

The river workers didn't know how many rogues there were along the canal, but what they knew was that Long Feiyu was near them.In their eyes, Long Feiyu is not just a senior official in the court, he represents "faith". The common people like to call him "Sir", and they know it before others.

But Pan Geng's rogues along the canal retreated tactfully one by one when they heard Long Feiyu's arrival.Although some people dismissed it and wanted to use their familiarity with the local terrain to start harassing the river workers, the imperial court issued a document, rewarding five taels of silver for killing or capturing bandits who robbed along the river.

With a document, a nationwide campaign to suppress bandits was immediately launched. Those who occupied the mountain as kings and wanted to use it to gain freedom were arrested with the acquiescence of local officials. The common people have not been through the war for a long time, and the folk customs are still very tough. For a time, hills, big and small, began to retreat from these objects that they oppressed arbitrarily in the past.

Those who were good in the past are now more bandits than bandits. The long-standing grievances make them not catch bandits alive, and they chop them into meat paste in groups of three or four.The bandits who originally thought it was good to occupy the mountain as king now only hated their parents for losing two legs. After this rectification movement, although there were still some flaws, the flaws were not concealed. The bandits had completely lost their hiding places. The ethos is austere.

While the entire Tang Dynasty was working hard to become stronger and more prosperous, Long Feiyu received bad news from Chang'an.Empress Changsun passed away.

This news immediately made Long Feiyu stunned. In fact, although he and Empress Changsun didn't have much contact, he learned from Sanbao that the several unpleasant incidents between himself and Li Shimin were all grievances that Empress Changsun resolved.

Facing the death of a generation of virtuous queens, Long Feiyu forgot the joy when the canal was completed.Returned to Chang'an again with a heavy heart.

This made Long Feiyu feel a lot of emotion. The last time he returned was because of Li Yuan's death, but this time it was Empress Changsun.A capital city ran to the palace again before even the family had time to return.

As soon as Long Feiyu entered the hall, someone reported: "Mr. Xin Guo has arrived!"

One sentence surprised everyone. It is said that Long Feiyu is far away in Luoyang, and he was at least much slower than other ministers to get here, but this time Long Feiyu was the first to arrive here among the foreign ministers.

As before, Long Feiyu ignored those princes and princesses. In fact, he didn't want to have anything to do with these princes and princesses, so these people showed their favor to Li Zhen from time to time.In the hope of gaining Long Feiyu's favor.

Long Feiyu finished saluting to Empress Changsun, but didn't speak to Li Zhen, and went straight to Li Shimin.When they came to the palace, all the ministers gathered here, and Li Shimin was lying on the bed with a haggard face.

At this time, the people from the Ministry of Industry were discussing the construction of the Queen's Mausoleum. Seeing Long Feiyu's arrival, everyone's expressions suddenly became unnatural, and even Li Shimin felt a little embarrassed.Looking at the people from the Ministry of Industry, it may take some trouble for Long Feiyu to come here to build the Zhaoling Mausoleum.

However, to Li Shimin's surprise, Long Feiyu clasped his hands to Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty was gentle and virtuous from the very beginning with His Majesty. Now that she has passed away, I am very sad. Your Majesty's virtues are rare in ancient times." , should be buried in a grand manner to comfort the spirit of the empress.”

Hearing what Long Feiyu said, Li Shimin was surprised and said, "You really think so?"

Long Feiyu nodded solemnly. Seeing him nodding, Li Shimin gave Long Feiyu the Zhaoling they were discussing with a wave of the Minister of Handicrafts. After watching it, Long Feiyu felt that it was too luxurious, but he didn't say anything. What, just said: "I don't know anything about the construction of the mausoleum, and it's useless to read it, so I won't make any comments."

Li Shimin nodded. Li Shimin was afraid that Long Feiyu would object to such a huge mausoleum.After all, it wasn't once or twice that he obstructed the construction of the palace.

Seeing that the matter has been settled, Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "Okay, since the matter of Zhaoling has been agreed, let's proceed according to this agreement. I feel a little uncomfortable. These days, I will leave the government affairs to Xuanling and Long Feiyu." Let's do it. Let's get back."

Li Shimin has said so, and there is no need for everyone to stay.Although they wanted to say something, they didn't dare to say more when they saw that Li Shimin was not in good spirits, and left the hall directly.

Long Feiyu returned to the Dragon Mansion again, and he was very sad.I thought it would not take long for a canal, but it took two years to complete the canal when I went out this time.With the completion of the canal, more merchants went north and south.At the same time, it is much more convenient for the court to pay taxes.

But this time when he returned to the mansion, Long Liang surprisingly didn't count on Long Feiyu.The reason is that Long Tian has been watching him. For the past two years, the samurai Xun drove west of Hexi, which made Long Liang feel very lonely, so he could only sigh: "I heard that your two sons of Uncle Wu treat his stepmother Mrs. Yang is very vicious, and even kicked them out, he is my good friend anyway, you take some time to bring their mother and child to Chang'an."

Long Feiyu nodded, agreeing with Long Liang's words, but not at this time.The most busy thing at this time is the construction of Zhaoling. Although Li Shimin doesn't have high demands on Long Feiyu, he only needs him not to intervene.But for the person he admired, Long Feiyu naturally lowered his attitude and went to Zhaoling to supervise the work in person.

In fact, Long Feiyu also wanted to see how the ancient people built the mausoleum, so that the mausoleum of Emperor Qin could not be excavated in modern times.

The funeral of Empress Changsun was completed in an atmosphere of common grief. In order to get rid of the longing for his dead wife, Li Shimin used tedious government affairs to distract himself, and sometimes summoned his officials in the middle of the night.This made all the courtiers full of worry, but they didn't know who to send to comfort them.

A large group of people gathered in the meeting room for a while, and someone suggested: "Master Changsun, you are the elder brother of the queen, and you have a good relationship with His Majesty, why don't you go?"

Changsun Wuji hurriedly shook his head and said: "The Queen is my younger sister. Wouldn't Your Majesty be even more sad to see me? Xuanling, why don't you go, Your Majesty has a good relationship with you."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, I think Shubao, Jingde and Yaojin are suitable to go, we just want to send a message to His Majesty, the wife is gone and there are brothers, let him cherish his present."

As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, someone shook his head and said, "Then it would be better to let the prince go, this method won't work, let's think of another way."

Just when everyone was thinking hard and to no avail, someone suggested: "It's okay to have a good relationship, but maybe it's okay to have a bad relationship. Let the bad relationship go, just to stimulate your majesty and rekindle your fighting spirit."

"Who should I send? Those who have a bad relationship have already become ghosts under the sword, so there are more."

Hearing someone muttering, someone made a suggestion: "There are only two people that His Majesty Wenwu dislikes the most but has to meet, one is the admonishing doctor Wei Zhengwei, and the other is Shangshu Zuo Chenglong Fei Yulong, as long as the two of them meet After seeing His Majesty, His Majesty has trouble sleeping and eating, and keeps checking himself to see if there is any fault. Let the two of them go, and Your Majesty will know what the ministers mean."

As soon as this person finished speaking, everyone held back their smiles and looked at Long Feiyu and Wei Zheng who had been sitting there without saying a word. From the perspective of the two of them, they wished to crush the person who made this suggestion to death, but no need to look, the person who could make this suggestion was obviously not something he could crush to death.

The familiar voice told him that this person was the old goblin Cheng next door to his house.At this time, they are not allowed to go. If His Majesty recovers, the two of them will become famous.But looking at the gazes cast by the crowd, the two of them thought surprisingly the same, looking at their noses and noses, pretending not to hear, and sitting there with their eyes closed to rest their minds.

(End of this chapter)