The next morning, the crown prince Li Shi hurried to the imperial study with a notebook.

The son of heaven Li Yu's health is indeed not very good, and his energy is not enough, and it is difficult to bear the heavy court affairs, so after the establishment of the crown prince, Li Yu transferred part of the government affairs to the East Palace and handed them over to the crown prince Li Shi to deal with, and he only considered major military affairs.

Li Shi waited for a while, and a eunuch came out to lead him into the imperial study.

"How is my father's health during this time?" Li Shi asked the eunuch with concern.

"If you go back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the Holy Lord is in good spirits, but he has eaten too little, and the imperial doctor is very worried."

"Hey! I have to persuade my father that if this goes on for a long time, it will hurt my body a lot. ”

"No, we're all worried."

After waiting for a moment at the door of the imperial study, the eunuch came out and said, "His Royal Highness Shengshangxuan go in." ”

Li Shi tidied up his clothes and walked into the imperial study.

In the imperial study, Li Shi saw his father standing in front of the map with his hands in his hands and watching something, Li Shi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Son, see my father!" ”

Li Yu nodded, "The emperor is exempt from courtesy!" ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Shi stood up and stood aside with his hands down, Li Yu glanced at him and asked, "How is Yang Xiangguo's situation?" ”

Yang Xiangguo is Yang Xuan, who succeeded Yuan Zai as the right minister last year, he suffered a stroke and hemiplegia after only a few months in office, and Li Shi went to visit him yesterday on behalf of his father.

Li Shi shook his head, "Back to my father, Yang Xiangguo's situation is very bad, he can't speak anymore, and the imperial doctor who treated him said that he may not survive this year." ”

"Have you considered recommending Shin Sang-kook again?" Li Yu asked again.

At present, it is still a five-phase state system, with Yang Juan, Chang Gon, Han Rong, Liu Yan and Cui Youfu, five of whom serve as ministers.

Chang Gon and Cui Youfu replaced Wang Jin and Yang Yan.

Although Xiangguo is ultimately decided by the Son of Heaven, Li Yu still gave his son Xiangguo the right to recommend, his health has been getting worse and worse in the past two years, if his health is really not good, he also decided to give up the throne to the crown prince in advance and become the emperor himself.

So Li Yu is also giving up power a little bit.

Li Shi bowed and said: "Erchen considered letting Chang Gon be the right prime minister and Liu Yan was the left minister, originally considering Cui Youfu, but Cui Youfu and Chang Gon had a bad relationship, and the two could not work together together, which would affect the government. ”

Li Yu pondered for a long time and said: "Li Mian is in charge of Biansong, now the situation in the Central Plains is unstable, it is best for him not to leave, Yan Zhenqing is loyal and upright, I think it can be considered." ”

Only then did Li Shi understand that his father had already decided to use Yan Zhenqing.

Li Shi presented a memo to Li Yu again, "Father, this is a memo written by Guo Song of Fengzhou, asking for Yulin County to be assigned to Fengzhou, his reason is that the families of the soldiers who surrendered to the city in the east can be placed in Yulin County. ”

Li Yu smiled and said, "He has been making big moves during this time!" First applied to move the army's family to Fengzhou, I agreed, this is a practice, it is conducive to the soldiers to guard the frontier with peace of mind, some time ago he proposed to repair the wharf, repair the warehouse and repair the shipyard, it seems that the Ministry of Industry approved, and now he asks to assign Yulin County to Fengzhou, what do the Xiangguo say? ”

"Three are in favor and one is against, Han Yun, Liu Yan and Cui Youfu are in favor, and Chang Gon is resolutely opposed!"

"What is the reason for Chang Xiangguo's objection?" Li Yu asked.

"Chang Xiangguo believes that the assignment of Yulin County to Fengzhou does not conform to the principle of checks and balances, and the south of Yulin County is a desert and the Gobi, and once Yulin County is assigned to Fengzhou, Fengzhou will be isolated from other states, and it is easy to cause a situation of secession.

Li Yu looked at the map for a long time, and then asked, "What about the emperor's opinion?" ”

Li Shi hesitated and said: "Chang Xiangguo's idea is right, and it is understandable to adhere to the principle of regional checks and balances, but Erchen thinks that it is a bit out of place to put this principle of regional checks and balances on Fengzhou." ”

"Why? You explain. ”

Li Shi said: "First of all, the population of Fengzhou is too small, and all kinds of materials are very dependent on the imperial court, so it does not have the conditions for secession, and secondly, Fengzhou is facing the threat of external threats, and secession can only lead to its inability to get the support of the imperial court and quickly perish. ”

"The emperor's meaning is to agree that Yulin County will be assigned to Fengzhou."

"Yes! Erchen, like the other three ministers, thought that it was most appropriate to place the families of the eastern surrendered city in Yulin County, and in this case, the request to put Yulin County under the jurisdiction of Fengzhou was reasonable and necessary. ”

Li Yu returned the fold to Li Shi, "I don't participate in this matter, you can discuss it with a few Xiangguo and decide!" ”

"Thank you, Father!"

Li Shi took over the fold, and he knew that his father actually agreed with him and assigned Yulin County to Fengzhou.

"Father, there is also an issue of exchanging land between the Eastern Surrender City and Yulin County and Luobu."

Li Yu nodded, "This can be agreed, it was a temporary measure to put the Tongluo Department in Yulin County back then, if they were allowed to stay in Yulin County, then there would be no point in surrendering the city in the east, send them back to the north bank of the Jinhe River, I completely agree." ”

"There is nothing else to do, and the day after tomorrow the son will report to his father the final preparations for the imperial examination."

"There is no need to report the imperial examination, and after it is over, it will be reported in full again."

"Sons obey orders!"

Li Shi originally wanted to persuade his father to pay attention to his diet, but he found that his father was a little tired, so he bowed and retreated.

.........

In the afternoon of the same day, the government hall passed a vote, approved by the crown prince Li Shi, and formally agreed to the request of Guo Song, the assassin of Fengzhou, to assign Shengzhou Yulin County to Fengzhou, so that Fengzhou had more than 500 li of jurisdiction on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the household registration of 4,000 households in Yulin County was also assigned to Fengzhou.

This imperial court document was first sent to the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion in Lingzhou, whether Shengzhou or Fengzhou belong to the military defense scope of the Jiedu Mansion, the military and political affairs of each state are controlled by the Jiedu Mansion, and the Shuofang Jiedu Mansion has the right to know about the more important affairs such as regional changes.

When the text was delivered to Jiedu Mansion, it happened that Guo Song was in Lingzhou, and he came to visit Duan Xiushi, the envoy of Jiedu, to discuss the shipyard.

Of course, Duan Xiushi fully supported the establishment of a shipbuilding workshop within the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, which was also a matter of his many requests to the imperial court, but each time it was shelved by the imperial court on the grounds of insufficient finances, but he did not expect Guo Song to succeed in one application, which made Duan Xiushi very happy, and at the same time very emotional, if it was not for Guo Song's application, if it was another person, the imperial court might not be able to approve it, and it would be easy for someone in the court to do things!

Duan Xiushi's only objection is where is the shipyard located? Of course, he thinks that it should be placed in Lingzhou, Fengzhou's population is thin, and it can't afford a large-scale shipyard at all, and Fengzhou doesn't have many troops, so he can only take a defensive position against Xue Yantuo's army, and building a shipbuilding workshop is not just for the enemy to burn down?

Lingzhou is much stronger than Fengzhou in all aspects, and can bear the various needs of a large shipyard.

If it weren't for the fact that the shipyard was applied for by Guo Song, Duan Xiushi would not have given Guo Song a chance to bargain, and put the shipyard in Lingzhou in a word.

On the bank of the Yellow River in Lingwu County, Duan Xiushi pointed to a vacant lot in the distance and said to Guo Song: "I considered building a shipyard there five years ago, but it was really because of the lack of financial resources and the court's refusal to allocate money, so it has not been put into action. ”

Guo Song has been explaining for two days, Duan Xiushi is unmoved, it seems that he is determined to put the shipyard in Lingzhou.

His arms couldn't twist his thighs, so Guo Song decided to retreat to the next best thing and strive for a little benefit.

"Don't hide the envoy of the festival, the humble post has already started shipbuilding in Jiuyuan County, and is ready to build ten cargo ships of 2,000 stones for transporting supplies......."

"Wait!"

Duan Xiushi interrupted Guo Song's words, his eyes widened and asked, "The money from the imperial court hasn't been allocated yet, where did you get the money to build ships?" Could it be that the rumors are true, Fengzhou has found gold sand. ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "Fengzhou actually only took out 10,000 yuan, or the rest of the imperial court last year, mainly because there is a batch of timber in Feng'an County, which can just build ten cargo ships of 2,000 stones, and then use 10,000 yuan to buy some other materials, as for the wages of the shipwrights and the money for 200 recruited boatmen, you can wait for the imperial court to allocate the money and then pay it." ”

Duan Xiushi smiled faintly: "Are you bargaining with me?" ”

"It can be understood in this way, I promised to put the shipyard in Lingzhou, but at least after we finish building ten cargo ships, this condition is not excessive!"

Duan Xiushi also knew that the construction of the shipyard itself did not cost much money, but the follow-up shipbuilding and recruitment were the real places where the shipbuilding workshop really spent money.

The key is that Guo Song has promised to move the shipyard to Lingzhou in the future, and Duan Xiushi also needs to make some kind of concessions.

He thought for a moment and asked, "How much do you need to build ten cargo ships?" How much time does it take? ”

"The follow-up money is only 50,000 yuan, but the time will take two years, of course, this does not affect the construction of the shipyard in Lingzhou, but the premise is that the 50,000 yuan must be allocated to us first, I have a word in advance, and the money for building docks, warehouses, and roads cannot be squeezed out."

Duan Xiushi sneered and said: "You think too well of those misers in the imperial court, where can they allocate money in full, it would be good to give half of the money, and the other half will have to find a way to raise it themselves." ”

After a pause, he decisively said: "Then it is a decision, I will allocate the first batch of 50,000 yuan to Fengzhou, let you build ten big ships first, and I will not give you the follow-up money for the shipyard, as for the money for building docks, roads and warehouses, I will give you as much as the imperial court allots, but you must be mentally prepared for great disappointment." ”

Guo Song nodded, "I'm fully mentally prepared!" ”