When the ministers heard this, they immediately knew that the king of Chu had already made a move, and if it was not suitable to be built at this time, it was a hint that the construction of the canal would be delayed.

The current goal of the Chu State is still on the Yue State.

After knowing what the king of Chu meant, Dou You immediately defected: "King, the minister thinks it is feasible." ”

Then, Zhao Yu took a deep look at Zhao Chang on his side, and said, "The king, the minister also thinks it is feasible. ”

Zhao Chang was stunned for a moment, and immediately followed.

Xiong Huai saw that several important ministers already agreed, nodded, and then said to the ministers: "Do the ministers have any other doubts about the construction of the canal?" ”

The voice fell, and the ministers were all silent.

Seeing this, Xiong Huai spoke: "In other words, everyone is not against the construction of the canal?" ”

Hearing this, Jing Li arched his hand and said: "King, it may be possible to build a canal, but I don't know who the king thinks can preside over this matter?" ”

"This..." Xiong Huai couldn't help but look at Xu Xing, who made this suggestion, and saw that he raised his head and chest, looking full of confidence, and immediately bowed his head slightly.

Before he could speak, Doctor Zhao often spoke: "King, the minister thinks that Sikong is in charge of the fortifications, and this kind of big project requires too much manpower, so Sikong must preside over the construction." ”

Originally, after Jing Li spoke, everyone else also reacted, and now after Xu Xing's explanation, and the king of Chu does not object to the minister, then the matter of Xiujin Water Canal is imperative.

Once the presiding officer of the canal is built, this is a great achievement.

Sun Shuao of Chu State and Ximen Leopard of Wei State are all virtuous ministers who have left their names in history and have been sung by the people to this day. Especially Sun Shuao, this virtuous minister is still being sacrificed by the people in Shou County!

Not only that, after Sun Shu Ao died, the king of Chuzhuang saw that Sun Shu Ao's descendants were poor, and specially sealed 400 households to Sun Shu Ao's son, and to this day, Sun Shu Ao still enjoys the worship of 400 households.

Although Xu Xing has already won the credit for proposing the construction of the canal, Xu Xing will definitely not be able to take away the great merit of presiding over the construction.

Thinking about it, the crowd was immediately excited.

It's just that after Zhaochang proposed Zhaoyu, everyone was dumbfounded.

Zhaoyu is not only the third to agree to build a canal, but also Zhaoyu is in a high position, as a Sikong is the head of a hundred workers, to grab food from Zhaoyu's mouth, this...

Doctor Shangguan then said: "King, although Sikong is in charge of hundreds of work, but Sikong is old after all, and the construction of the canal is too tiring, the minister thinks that for Sikong's sake, it is better to let Ling Yin preside over this matter." ”

Doctor Shangguan's voice fell not long after.

The important ministers in charge of internal affairs have stood in line, one faction is headed by Zhaoyu, and the other faction is respected by Jing Li.

After arguing for a while, Jing Cui Zhaoju, who was in charge of the military, also stood in line and stood on the side of his family.

They know very well at this moment that they are fighting for power and profit, where can they care about whether they are in this branch or not, but if it is this kind of thing that can obtain a fief or a title, and something that can strengthen the foundation, that is to resolutely stand on the side of this branch.

After a while, looking at the hall like a busy city, Xiong Huai was silent for a moment.

In the palace, Gongsun Yan and Chen Zhen have been silent, the two of them are outsiders, they can only rely on the king of Chu, they can neither intervene nor want to participate.

And Xu Xing on the side, at the moment, was anxious, angry, angry and annoyed, when he said that he was going to dig the canal, you were either against it or silent, and none of them agreed.

Now, the pros and cons have been made clear by him, everyone has come to pick peaches, and he, the proposer of the construction of the canal, just put aside and ignore it, is this appropriate?

Thinking about it, Xu Xing couldn't help but sigh, now he finally knew why the Wen genre who was the guard of Wancheng back then went to Yueguo, no wonder the talents of Chu State went out one after another.

Xiong Huai was silent for a long time, and when he saw that the two sides were holding each other, he knew that it was now his turn to make a final decision on the king of Chu.

So, he coughed lightly twice, and immediately interrupted the discussion of the ministers.

After the ministers sat down again, Xiong Huai spoke: "The matter of building the canal is related to the century-old hegemony of my Chu State in the future, so it must be presided over by the important ministers." ”

As he spoke, Xiong Huai looked at Jing Carp, then at Zhao Yu, and then turned his gaze to Xu Xing, and when he saw that it was like a frosted eggplant, he withdrew his gaze.

Once the canal is built, then this is a great credit, not to pay the fief, it is to be a title.

Jing Carp and Zhao Yu, Xiong Huai is more inclined to Zhao Yu, because now Jing Carp has a title, if this credit is given to Jing Carp, then after the completion of the canal, Jing Carp fief must be rewarded in order to commend Jing Carp's merits.

And Zhaoyu is different, although his credit is great, but he has not yet received the title, even if the canal is completed, giving Zhaoyu a title is enough to commend Zhaoyu's merits.

After a pause, Xiong Huai spoke: "Ling Yin is the head of a hundred officials, there are many state affairs, and all the widows are entrusted to Ling Yin. ”

Listening to the words of the King of Chu, although Jing Li wanted to say that he was not afraid of hardship or tiredness, but since the King of Chu opened his mouth, and Zhao Yu was a commoner and was in his position, he had no choice but to bow and say: "Thank you for the king's love." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, looked at Zhaoyu and said: "Sikong, Qing is the head of a hundred workers, the big project of my Chu State was originally in charge of Sikong, so the construction of the canal is also in charge of Xianqing." ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, the wrinkles on the old face suddenly unfolded, his face was radiant, and he seemed to be ten years younger immediately, and he smiled and bowed: "The minister will live up to the king's trust." ”

Xiong Huai smiled and continued to say to Zhaoyu: "Sikong, although the matter of the canal can be handed over to you, but now that there are frequent wars, the fortifications are also not light, so in order to avoid Sikong being too tired, the widow thinks that he still needs to think that the assistant is responsible for the coordination of the canal, I don't know what Sikong thinks Xu Zi is?" ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, he immediately realized that this was the king of Chu who wanted him to pay the price for presiding over the canal.

Moreover, Xu Xingnai was the one who proposed the construction of the canal, and since the state of Chu was ready to build the canal, it could not be said that he had completely put it aside.

So, he arched his hand and said: "King, Xu Zi is proficient in agricultural affairs, and Xu Zi also proposed the water canal, and the minister thinks that Xu Zi can be worshiped as the right worker, and he is specifically responsible for the construction of the water canal." ”

"Hmm!" Xiong Huai nodded and looked at Xu Xingdao: "Xu Zi, the widow wants to worship Mr. as the right worker, ranking as a doctor, please ask Mr. to assist Sikong in building the canal, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

"Right worker!" Xu Xing nodded slowly.

The position of the right worker is not low, and now the leader of Chu Mo has already taken the position of the left worker of the Chu State, and he is also a doctor, and the position of the right worker cannot be regarded as an insult to him.

It's just that, if he can, in fact, Xu Xing prefers to be a farmer rather than a right-hand worker.

However, he did not want to refrain from the proposal to build a canal, which is also closely related to agriculture.

As for the main credit for the construction of the canal, Zhao Yu robbed him, and Xu Xing could only sigh helplessly.

One is that the construction of the canal still needs the support of a strong force within the Chu State, and the other is that his own foundation is too shallow.

Thinking about it, Xu Xing bowed and said, "The minister is willing to serve the king." ”