Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 89

Government affairs cannot be done in a hurry. That’s right. According to Li Xian’s reservation plan, Li Xian’s book should indeed be submitted, but it must not be submitted at this time. The reason is very simple. The words of the prince obviously had resentment on the other side, and if he went to the book now, it would be obvious to slap the prince in the face. In this way, how could the prince tolerate it? Counterattack is inevitable. Now, this court will probably become a battleground for brothers' disputes. Although it is in line with Gaozong's wishes, it obviously does not conform to Li Xian's original plan of secretly crossing over to Chencang. If one is not careful, the whole plan may be ruined in one fell swoop. Possibility, how could Li Xian not be annoyed, but unfortunately, no matter how annoyed he was, there was no way for Li Xian to come forward to stop Li Xian's impulse at this moment, so he could only frown slightly and think of countermeasures.

Sure enough, as Li Xian expected, seeing Li Xian stand up, the prince's unhappy face suddenly became more gloomy, but he didn't dare to show any special behavior during the court meeting. , could only glance at Li Xian with cold eyes, and instantly regained his composure, but the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed rather stiff.

"Oh? Xian'er has a lot of chapters, just play it, and I will listen to it."

Li Hong was not happy, but Gaozong was very happy. He raised his hand to Li Xianxu with a smile, motioned for Li Xianping to stand down, and then gave instructions in an encouraging tone.

"My son, thank you, Father, Emperor Longen." Seeing Gao Zong's face full of encouraging smiles, Li Xian's waist straightened immediately, and his face flushed slightly due to excitement. After he thanked Gao Zong, Then he went on to say: "Father, what my son wants to play is about water transportation. Now that the population in Guanzhong is increasing, the output from the fields is not enough. It is urgent to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River to Guanzhong. However, despite the previous The water transportation of the canals dredged by the court has always been unfavorable. According to my son, this is caused by improper water transportation. My son has five strategies to solve this problem, and I implore my father to learn from it."

"Huh? Let me tell you what clever strategy Xian'er has." Gaozong brought Li Xian into the court, his intention was just to let him restrain Li Hong, and he didn't expect Li Xian to make great achievements in government affairs, but at this time Hearing Li Xian opened his mouth about such a long-standing and difficult problem of water transportation, he immediately became a little interested, sat up a little bit, and asked with a smile.

"Father, my son thinks that the difficulty of water transportation is when the waterway is blocked and open. If we want to solve it completely, we must make major changes to the existing water transportation strategy and even the waterway. My son has five strategies here. The first is Guangtong. The canal was seriously silted up and had to be reopened; second, the Bianqu canal was easy to silt up due to the sand in the Yellow River, so special officials had to protect it; third..." Li Xian's eloquence is already excellent, and this excerpt is written by him and Li Xian. Obviously, the result of many discussions, such eloquence is quite convincing. Not only Gaozong listened to it, but also the courtiers were greatly encouraged. After Li Xian finished explaining the statement, many courtiers Even ignoring that this was a matter of discussion before the emperor, they started discussing it in a low voice, and the hall was filled with the sound of buzzing and buzzing.

Gaozong had long wanted to completely solve the problem of water transportation. Over the years, he had often asked his ministers for suggestions in the court. He was not too unfamiliar with water transportation. Realizing that there was something wrong with these five strategies, seeing the ministers discussing non-stop, he immediately raised his hand to signal the ministers to be quiet, and then said in a deep voice: "Well, Xian'er can be sincere The country, I am very pleased with it, all ministers and workers, if you have any opinions on this statement, please discuss it."

Well, it’s okay if Gaozong didn’t speak. After this speech, the officials stopped discussing in private, but no courtiers were willing to stand up and comment on this strategy. It’s not that the officials were indifferent to these five strategies. It can be said, but each has deep scruples in their hearts, just because Li Xian's identity is too sensitive, standing up to applaud Li Xian at this time will definitely offend the crown prince, and may not win the holy will. If he objected, he obviously offended Li Xian. After all, no one was sure that the cloud in the sky would rain. If Li Xian gained power, he would be asking for bad luck. Most of the courtiers pretended not to see how eager their eyes were looking forward to—the officials close to the prince did not get the hint from the prince and did not dare to act rashly, but the officials on Li Xian's side did not dare to act rashly because of Li Xian. It was suddenly launched in advance, and it was in a predicament of not knowing whether to cooperate at this time. As for the courtiers who were neutral, they were even more unwilling to intervene in the fierce battle of the princes, and it was imperative to keep silent. Without saying a word, the hall became dull and quiet again.

"Your Majesty, I once served in the river affairs department and suffered from the difficulty of the river channel. In my opinion, if we can follow His Royal Highness King Lu's ingenious strategy, we will not worry about the difficulty of water transportation. I hope Your Majesty will make a clear decision. "

Silence returned to silence, but it is obviously impossible to stay so silent forever. Not to mention Gaozong's face gradually turned ugly, even Li Xian couldn't stand up anymore. Fortunately, Yang Wu, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, stood up in time to break it. The dull silence unswervingly supported Li Xian.

"Your Majesty, I also think that these five strategies are very good, so we should implement them quickly!"

"Your Majesty, I think that this policy of His Majesty King Lu's can solve the difficulty of water transportation, and it is a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people!"

"Your Majesty, my minister seconded the proposal!"

According to Li Xian's prior arrangement, Yang Wu, the servant of the Ministry of Industry who had been working on the river, was the benchmark of his department. As soon as Yang Wu made a move, the rest of the people would immediately follow. Now that Yang Wu has stepped forward Lin Qi and a dozen middle- and lower-level officials did not dare to be negligent, and they all expressed their support for Li Xian. It is also made quite a bit huge.

Gaozong seemed to be very satisfied with the stance of Li Xian's officials. Although he didn't say a word of affirmation immediately, the smile on his face became more and more gentle, and he nodded slightly from time to time. In Li Hong's eyes, his heart immediately felt as if a thunder had struck the ground, and he was literally dizzy from the shock.

I don't understand, Li Xian can't figure out what he did wrong, why such an inexplicable early court suddenly appeared when he was supervising the country, and he couldn't figure out why his father, who tried his best to protect him, If he wanted to force Li Xian and Li Xian, the two annoying younger brothers, into the court, he understood one thing, and that was that Li Xian, a water transporter, was very aggressive and difficult to deal with. If Li Xian grasps the matter of water transport in his hands, it will inevitably affect the trend of the entire court and greatly threaten his status as Prince Li Hong, and this is a result that Li Hong absolutely cannot accept. Because Li Hong himself is not familiar with water transportation, it is difficult to find out the loopholes in the booklet presented by Li Xian in a short time. Secondly, at such a sensitive time, it is not convenient for him, Li Hong, to confront Li Xian in person. After all, it would be a bit too ostentatious to do so, and it would be easy to be criticized by others. It seemed that Li Hong was too intolerant, but no matter what, Li Hong absolutely could not allow Li Xian to take over the matter of water transportation.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has some questions and would like to ask His Royal Highness King Lu for advice. I implore His Majesty's permission."

Li Hong's thoughts moved quickly, and since he decided that he couldn't just sit back and watch Li Xian take away the matter of water transport, he stopped hesitating and quickly cast a glance at Yan Liben, who was standing in the front row of the civilian queue, but Yan Liben remained calm. After nodding his head lightly, he strode into the hall, saluted Gao Zong who was sitting high on the throne, and reported loudly.

"Well, Yan Aiqing has been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, so she should have a lot of experience in water transportation. If so, I think she can make some contributions to Xian'er's book, I agree." Yan Liben was transferred back to the capital by Gaozong himself to assist The prince, of course, knows that Yan Liben is the absolute prince's party, seeing him stand up now, how could he not understand that the prince is going to launch a counterattack, and this is obviously in line with Gaozong's original intention, so he is naturally happy to see this Happened, he smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Yan Liben thanked Li Xian calmly, then turned his side slightly, looked at Li Xian calmly, bowed slightly, and bowed his hands in salute: "His Royal Highness Lu, I have a few questions Ask for advice, and ask His Highness to help you solve the confusion, I am grateful."

"Don't dare, Yan Shangshu's words are serious. If you have any questions, it's okay to ask. As long as Xiao Wang can answer, Yan Shangshu will definitely not be disappointed." To make things difficult, seeing Yan Liben jumping out at this moment, I would not be surprised, so he returned the half-respect calmly, and replied in a flat tone.

"May I ask Your Highness, if the five strategies you mentioned are carried out in this way, how long will it take, and how much manpower and money will it take to achieve the full effect?" Clearly, he knew that the five strategies proposed by Li Xian could indeed solve the problem of water transportation. Of course, he would not criticize Li Xian from the specific practice, but raised two key issues in a row.

"Yan Shangshu asked a good question. Although Xiaowang's five strategies are integrated, they can be implemented separately. First, the water transportation can be carried out in sections now. If all departments can cooperate fully, results can be seen in half a year. Second, , Guangtong Canal goes first, and Sanmen Canal follows. The former takes two years and the latter three years. In other words, there is no time limit, the specific required manpower must be coordinated by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Second Ministry of Industry, and deployed by the states along the way. The overall plan will cost nearly 1000 million guan, and it will take four years, at least 250 million guan per year." Li Xianzao I have done private calculations with Li Xian several times. Although I dare not say that I can get a 100% accurate figure, I can still estimate the approximate amount of money that will be spent. Of course, this figure is too much It was a bit astonishing, even though Li Xian had already greatly compressed the originally estimated number, but once such an astonishing cost came out, all the ministers in the hall took a deep breath. , The humming and buzzing discussions immediately exploded again.

(End of this chapter)