On the same day, Li Shimin ordered Liu Zheng to pass the decree to Li Chengqian on his behalf, ordering him to be cautious and listen to the minister's opinions, which can be regarded as a teaching.

After the will was issued, Li Shimin still felt uneasy, and once again ordered the horse to go to Xue Dading in Yichuan County to pass on the speed.

Xue Dading is a practical official, and this time Li Chengqian sent him to preside over the repair of reservoirs and canals as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he threw himself on this.

He didn't even enter Luoyang City from Chang'an to Luoyang, and led his horse up the Yi River.

After repeated investigations in Yichuan and Song County, the hundreds of miles long Yihe River was repeatedly measured by him with his feet.

It took more than two months to plan how to repair the canal, where to build the reservoir, how to prevent floods, and how to enter the irrigation. After planning all this, he returned to Yichuan County and wrote his plan as a song and sent it to Chang'an.

Li Chengqian quickly approved it after receiving the song, and ordered him to recruit and transfer people to the nearest place in Luozhou, and take advantage of the winter slack time to start repairing the canal.

After the order was issued, the reply of Luozhou Assassin Destitude was also very good, saying that the entire Luozhou would fully cooperate with this matter.

In Xue Dading's opinion, Li Shimin is still living in Luoyang City, even if he gives a thousand dares below, he will not dare to fool him in this matter at this time.

Therefore, Xue Dading lived in Yichuan County with confidence, tired for more than two months, and as soon as he rested and deepened the autumn weather, his rheumatic leg pain occurred.

Xue Dading asked a doctor in Yichuan County to take a few medicines to see that it was a little better, and the people who followed him suggested that he go to Luoyang City to find a good doctor, but Xue Dading thought that he felt that this was an old problem, and it would be the same to find anyone, and it would not be cured for a while anyway.

And a day or two here, Luozhou Thorn Shi began to recruit Qi Minfu, and it was a big deal to start building the canal, so he has been living in Yichuan County.

Until it rained the day before yesterday, Xue Dading's housekeeper told him that there were people outside the door who petitioned not to build a canal here, and he originally wanted to go out to have a look, but was stopped by Hu Shangcheng, the commander of Yichuan County.

Hu Shangcheng promised him that he would be able to persuade people to leave in a while, and asked him not to worry, he didn't go out because of his leg pain.

I didn't want to send someone to pass the word today, saying that Li Shimin had summoned him to Luoyang to see the driver, and Xue Dading realized that something might have happened.

It's just that before he could send someone to investigate, he saw that Xingzai also sent an envoy urging him to go to Luoyang immediately to see the driver.

Xue Dading saw that Li Shimin was in a hurry, so he had to endure the leg pain and ride to Luoyang.

Fortunately, he has an old problem, the medicine he has taken these days has worked somewhat, and he is in a hurry and bumps all the way on the horse, and his leg doesn't hurt much when he arrives in Luoyang.

Xue Dading came all the way to Xingzai, just standing at the door and tidying up his appearance a little, he was summoned into the dormitory by Li Shimin.

"Minister, Xue Dading, see Your Majesty." Xue Dading bowed.

Li Shimin looked at Xue Dading expressionlessly, and said in a tone that couldn't hear joy and anger: "Flat"

Xue Dading straightened up and looked at Li Shimin, who was sitting on the Luohan bed, looked at him expressionlessly, and asked carefully, "I don't know what Your Majesty has to summon the ministers?"

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied when he saw that Xue Dading did not report the petition of the people of Yichuan County as soon as possible.

The expression on his face became a little colder, and he still said with joy and anger: "I heard that the people of Yichuan oppose the construction of the canal?"

Xue Dading thought about it for a while and replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, the minister has gone deep into the Yihe River in the past two months and found that Yichuan and Song counties have suffered from floods for many years, and the farmland harvest is very small, and the people's lives are poor.

After the reservoir and canal are built, farmland can be irrigated in times of drought, water can be stored and released in times of flooding, and floods can flow from the Yihe River into the Yellow River in a timely manner, and the Yihe River can also be dry all year round, which is conducive to navigation. It is the ministers who think that the canals and reservoirs must be repaired.

It's just that the construction of reservoirs and canals will occupy a lot of fertile land, and the people will see the harm before they see the benefits, and they don't know that the painstaking efforts of the imperial court are also there, but after the persuasion of the local officials, they all understand and are willing to work and contribute to the construction of the canal. ”

Li Shimin listened to Xue Dading's words, and the expression on his face became even colder, if the order to send troops to drive away the petitioners was to put pressure on the local government, it would be forgivable.

Then concealing the rumors of Song County and Yichuan must be ill-intentioned.

Li Shimin wanted to take down Xue Dading immediately, but there was no real reason, after all, it was a special advance and a secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

After thinking about it for a while, he said lightly: "It's hard work Xue Qing, you can recuperate in Luoyang City for a few days." ”

Xue Dading saluted and retired when he heard this, and he didn't know what happened until he walked out.

Li Shimin: Not long after Xue Dading left, there was an attendant who led the Zhongshu people to come in.

Li Shimin was about to find someone to talk to, so he ordered Laiji to sit down.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invented a decree to reprimand the local officials of Luozhou Shangjuan, please severely punish Du Zhenglun." As soon as Lai Ji sat down, he said.

Li Shimin was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "When did this happen?"

"Your Majesty's will is to come to Luoyang today."

Li Shimin looked at Lai Ji and asked suspiciously, "Laiqing, how did you say things got to this point?"

Lai Ji also frowned when he heard this: "Anyway, it is not wrong for Du Zhenglun to mention that officials are miscellaneous, and it is not wrong for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to protect him." ”

Li Shimin heard that what he said was equivalent to a nonsense, so he waved his hand and signaled to retreat.

To be honest, Li Shimin is not good at handling general affairs, it turns out that he has Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, Gao Shilian, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen and others around him to deal with it, he just needs to grasp the general direction.

Now there is only one Ma Zhou by his side, and he doesn't dare to fully believe Ma Zhou at this time.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the inner servant come to report: His Royal Highness the King of Jin asked to see him.

Li Shimin didn't think about it, so he ordered Li Zhi to come in.

"See Father!" Li Zhi saluted Li Shimin with a miserable expression.

Li Shimin was in a bad mood at this time, and when he saw Li Zhi's expression, he couldn't help but get angry, and asked angrily: "What's wrong that makes you so depressed?" ”

Li Zhi sobbed without speaking, and Li Shimin was even more angry when he saw it, and shouted angrily: "I'm not dead yet, why are you crying?"

"Father—"

Li Zhi was so frightened by his drink that he fell to the ground and cried, but he held a letter in both hands.

Without Li Shimin speaking, the attendants in the palace hurriedly took the letter and handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin took it and saw that it was the letter written by the eldest grandson Wuji to Li Zhi, Li Shimin had not heard from the eldest grandson Wuji for a long time, and at first glance he saw that this confidence was a pinch, and when he saw that the envelope had been opened, he hurriedly took out the letter paper inside and looked at it carefully.

This is a letter written by the eldest grandson Wuji to Li Zhi, in which he said that he was seriously ill in Qiongzhou and would die soon, and advised Li Zhi to teach Li Shimin well in the future and take care of his family for the sake of the eldest grandson empress.

The words in the letter are bleak, and even those who read the letter feel sad.

Li Shimin was silent for a long time after reading the letter before he eased up, and asked Li Zhidao: "Why didn't your uncle write a letter to me?" Is he still to blame?"

Li Zhi has been answering and answering without answering Li Shimin's question, and Li Shimin has not waited for him to answer. After asking this sentence, he got up and walked to the door, looking up at the sky in the south, and the eldest grandson Wuji was in the south.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Li Shimin were good friends when they were young, and later Li Shimin married the eldest grandson queen and the two became in-laws.

The eldest grandson Wuji has always followed Li Shimin, encouraged him, helped him, and made great contributions to his country, more like a brother than his own brother.

Thinking that the eldest grandson Wuji might die at the ends of the earth, this scene passed over and over again in Li Shimin's mind.

I don't know when Li Shimin has burst into tears.

I don't know how long he stood at the door, Li Shimin made up his mind and slowly made an order: "Spread my will, the eldest grandson Wuji is seriously ill and difficult to treat, remembering his past merits in the country, send a messenger to Qiongzhou to pick up Changchi Wuji and return to Luoyang to recuperate, and the decree will be carried out without delay." ”

"Yes!" The attendants in the palace hurriedly received orders to go out to deliver the message.

Watching the chamberlain go out, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, walked back to the hall and sat on the Luohan bed, was stunned for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Spread my will, don't drive Chenzhou to know the festival, the former was too small to depreciate Chenzhou, and now remember his past achievements, and amnesty to return to Luo to recuperate." ”

Li Shimin issued these two wills, and only then did he settle down in his heart.