"Seventh brother, ...... are you?"

The matter of Hegong is too big, even if Li Hong is the prince, he doesn't dare to make a slight mistake in this matter, of course he hopes that Li Xian's mouth can directly spit out the words "brother of the prince", but he also knows that the possibility of this matter is not great, at least before Li Xian's appetite is satisfied, it is unlikely, seeing Li Xian laughing so ambiguously at this time, Li Hong's heart couldn't help but tremble, laughed, and asked half a sentence.

"Brother Prince, the younger brother has something unclear, and I ask Brother Prince for advice."

Li Xian is a master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, even if he has long planned to push the river work matter to the prince, but before waiting for the benefits, he didn't think he could make a very clear statement, and at this time, seeing Li Hong's concerned and chaotic appearance, Li Xian was secretly amused in his heart, but he didn't say anything, but his face suddenly straightened, and he replied.

"If the seventh brother has any questions, he will raise them, but if the elder brother can know, he will satisfy the seventh brother."

Li Hong is also a thoughtful person, although he is not as changeable as Li Xian, but he is not a fool who doesn't understand things, seeing that Li Xian is obviously talking about everything else, his heart immediately rolled a slight unhappiness, but he didn't say much, just hinted at it between his words, which means - if you kid has any requirements, just mention it directly, and then talk about it in a roundabout way!

"Thank you Brother Prince for your love, the younger brother just wants to know, if Brother Prince is in charge of the river work, how will it be done?" Li Xian could hear the subtext in Li Hong's words, but he didn't care, smiled slightly, and threw the topic out lightly.

"This ......"

As soon as Li Xian asked about this matter, Li Hong couldn't help but be stunned, just because in the past few days, Li Hong had already gathered people to study the various rectification measures proposed by Li Xian, and came to the conclusion that it was generally feasible, and the only thing that was more controversial was the source of the money for river control -- except for Liu Xiangdao and a few other officials who supported the liquor license and the car and horse license plates, the senior officials of the DPRK and China headed by Le Yanwei, Lu Chengqing, and Yan Liben all expressed their resolute opposition and advocated thinking about other methods, I don't see anyone who can say a reliable way, this is also the main reason why Li Hong did not dare to go directly to this Gaozong, and clearly competed for the river work.

"Brother Prince, the younger brother has some unreliable thoughts about the river work, and I ask the prince brother to correct it." Li Xian's dilemma Li Xian knows in his heart, after all, he really started to work on river engineering matters in the past few days, and it is almost impossible to come up with a more clever charter than Li Xian's excerpts, of course, Li Xian's intention to ask questions is not all to make things difficult for Li Hong, but just to lead to the topic, this time Li Hong was speechless, Li Xian smiled slightly, and said a word.

"Oh? Seventh brother, please speak, just listen for the brother. ”

When Li Hongzheng didn't know how to respond, when he heard that Li Xian actually had other ideas about the river work, he became interested, so he smiled and gestured, signaling Li Xian to say that it was okay.

"The prince's elder brother Mingjian, the younger brother thought that there were three difficulties in river engineering, one of which was that the river was in disrepair, there were many siltation, and the renovation project was huge and costly; Second, it involves a wide range of departments, all departments and local departments of the court are implicated, with multiple jurisdictions and multiple political departments, which is bound to be chaotic; Third, all kinds of interests are entangled, even if there are many court discussions, it is difficult to make a decision, and it takes time in vain. In addition to exchanging some benefits, the purpose of this is to try to ensure that the river work can go smoothly.

"What the seventh brother said is very true, if these three major difficulties are not eliminated, it will be difficult for the river work to achieve results, but I don't know what the seventh brother has to say about this?" Li Hong supervised the country many times, and he was naturally very clear about government affairs, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that what Li Xian said was true, and his heart moved, and he vaguely guessed Li Xian's thoughts, and involuntarily showed a trace of joy, but he didn't say anything about it, but hurriedly asked.

"Back to the prince's brother's words, the younger brother thought that the specific matters of the river work of the sixth brother have been described in detail, and there is no need for the younger brother to repeat it, the younger brother has only two suggestions, or help the river workers to remediate, one is to set up the river governor yamen to manage the river work, regardless of the river governance, water transportation, grain depot jurisdiction are all under the unified command and deployment of the river governor, each has a division yamen and even the local government as its auxiliary, the way to unify the power of this matter is also; Second, the cost of governing the river is very huge, although the sixth brother said that the liquor license, car and horse license plate can solve the temporary misfortune, but it is difficult to carry it out, and then consider it, according to the minister's brother, if the five-year period, divided into time and division of labor appropriation, then the pressure on the household will be reduced, if the plan is appropriate, there will be no risk of being overstretched. Li Xian talked freely, thinking and thinking one by one, although the words were plain, but the ideas inside were quite innovative, at least for Li Hong, there was a sense of refreshment.

"Governor of the River? Yes, this idea is good, the power is unified, the responsibilities and powers are clear, good, if you can go according to the words and deeds of the seventh brother, why worry about the river work, the seventh brother is really talented! After all, the ministers who are attached to Li Hong are basically ministers from wealthy families, and Li Hongshi does not want to force the liquor tax to cause his ministers to deviate from morality, but this kind of thinking is really not enough for outsiders, so Li Hong only praised the setting of the yamen of the governor of the river, but did not mention the matter of the liquor license, which can be regarded as a move to avoid the important and light.

"Brother the prince thinks it's good, hehe, the younger brother is just thinking about it, it's just ......" Li Xian's mind is very smart, and he knows Li Hong's psychological changes well, but he doesn't want to say it, he smiled, casually echoed a sentence, and then the words turned around, leaving a tail.

"Do you still have any concerns about the seventh brother? Let's say that I know it with my brother, maybe my brother can help. Li Hong was excited, and when he saw Li Xian talking about it, he stopped, first stunned, and then laughed, waiting for Li Xian's bidding posture.

"Brother Prince, this matter is proposed by the sixth brother, although it is not appropriate for the younger brother to let it go, and it is also inappropriate for others to be afraid of it, and there are still villains watching from the sidelines, this sincerity must not be careless, what does the prince's brother think?" Since Li Hong put on a posture of wanting to trade, Li Xian naturally would not be polite, so he frowned in embarrassment and asked worriedly.

"Humph! The matter of the river work is a social matter, and the lonely children dare to do it, the father and the emperor are sage, and the villain cannot be tolerated, and the seventh brother does not need to worry about it! Li Hong naturally understood what Li Xian said that the villain was referring to the group of North Gate bachelors, and this thought of the Empress Wu intervening in the government every time, Li Hong was angry, snorted coldly, and his face was as gloomy as water.

"Don't dare? Not necessarily? Li Xian didn't care how ugly Li Hong's face was, shrugged his shoulders, and retorted indifferently.

"Seventh brother, you ......" Li Hong saw Li Xian reply, he was choked violently, angry, as if he wanted to attack, but at the bottom, he stopped in frustration, just because he knew very well that what Li Xian said was not false, and it was impossible for the Empress Wu to let go of such a major matter as Hegong, Li Hong did not have a trace of certainty in his heart to thwart the Empress Wu's intervention, and after being at a loss, his anger also faded, and after a long silence, he said in a cautious tone: "Seventh brother, Ming people don't say dark words, Since the seventh brother dares to speak out about this matter, he must have a countermeasure, and he can't bear to guess the dumb riddle, although the seventh brother has something to say, he will do it at his discretion. ”

Well, I'm waiting for you to say this old thing! Li Xian's plan to help Li Hong has been finished, all that remains is to get some benefits and leave, at this time, seeing that Li Hong has spread out the words and said, how can there be any reason to be unhappy, but Li Xiancheng's mansion is deep, and he didn't bring it to his face, but calmly took out a roll of paper from his wide sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to Li Hong, and said lightly: "Brother Chen, this is a gadget, and I also ask Brother Prince to take a look, if you can do it, Brother Chen should be grateful." ”

"Oh?" Li Hong glanced at Li Xian, snorted lightly, but didn't say anything, stretched out his hand to take the paper scroll, spread it out and looked at it, his face immediately sank - there were more than a dozen names listed on the paper scroll, and the current official position and the official position to be transferred were also indicated at the back, the number is quite a lot, but most of the official positions required are not too high, at most they are just asking for a six-grade official, except for the two who are serving as imperial historians, the rest of the people do not even have the qualifications of the last dynasty, and such a small-scale transfer is not difficult at all for Li Hong. Just give Liu Xiangdao, the secretary of the ministry, a word, and the matter will be handled easily, what really makes Li Hongse change is that most of the officials above are either from Qizhou or from Luwangfu, and they are obviously Li Xian's henchmen.

"Seventh brother, what does this mean?"

Li Hong invited Li Xian to come over this time, in addition to discussing the matter of river engineering, he did not take advantage of the opportunity of the two kings to fall out, and planned to envelop Li Xian, but at this time, when he saw that most of the officials to be promoted were Li Xian's people, he was naturally extremely unhappy in his heart, but it was not good to veto it directly, and after muttering for a long time, he asked in a somewhat unkind tone.