Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Thunderclap Rises on the Flat Ground (Part II)
The affairs of government affairs are not done in a hurry, that's right, according to Li Xian's booking plan, Li Xian's excerpt is indeed on it, but it must not be at this time, the reason is very simple, at this time Gaozong just released a meaningful word, the prince is obviously angry, this time, isn't it clearly to slap the prince's face, in this way, how can the prince tolerate it, counterattack is inevitable, so under it, this dynasty will be afraid that it will become a battlefield of brotherly debate, although it is in line with Gaozong's intentions, But it obviously does not conform to Li Xian's original plan to secretly cross Chen Cang, and if he is not careful, the whole plan has the possibility of being ruined, which makes Li Xian how can he not be annoyed, but unfortunately he has no way to be annoyed, at this time Li Xian has no way to come forward to stop Li Xian's impulse, so he can only frown slightly and think of countermeasures.
Sure enough, as Li Xian expected, when he saw Li Xian stand up, the prince's already unhappy face suddenly became a little more gloomy, but at this time of court discussion, he didn't dare to behave out of line, so he could only glance at Li Xian with a cold eye, and instantly regained his calm, but the smile at the corner of his mouth seemed quite stiff.
"Oh? Xian'er has a chapter, just play it, and I just listen to it. ”
Li Hong was unhappy, but Gaozong was very happy, smiled and raised his hand at Li Xian, signaled Li Xian to be flat, and then commanded in an encouraging tone.
"Son, thank you father Emperor Longen." Seeing that Gaozong's face was full of encouraging smiles, Li Xian's waist immediately straightened, and his face was slightly red due to excitement, and after thanking him, he continued: "Playing the father, what the child wants to play is the matter of Cao Yun, now the population in the Guanzhong is increasing, and the acres of land are no longer enough, and it is urgent to transfer grain from the south of the Yangtze River into the Guanzhong, however, although there is a canal dredged by the previous dynasty, the Cao Yun has always been unfavorable, according to the child's view, this is caused by the Cao Yun law, the child has five strategies to solve this misfortune, and I implore the father and the emperor to see it." ”
"Huh? Xian'er has a good idea, and let's talk to me about it. Gaozong introduced Li Xian into the court, the original intention was just to let him contain Li Hong, and he didn't expect Li Xian to make much achievements in government affairs, but at this time, as soon as Li Xian opened his mouth, Cao Yun was such an old and difficult problem, and he was a little interested, sat up straight, and asked with a smile.
"Father, the son thinks that the difficulty of the water transport is in the waterway when the time is blocked, if you want to completely solve it, you must make a big change to the existing water transport strategy and even the waterway, the son has five strategies here, one of them, the Guangtong canal is seriously silted up, and it must be reopened; Second, the Bianqu is easy to silt up due to the sandy nature of the Yellow River, so it must be protected by a special official; Third...... "Li Xian's eloquence is already excellent, and this excerpt is the result of many discussions between him and Li Xian, so eloquent, it is quite convincing, not only Gaozong listened attentively, but also the courtiers were greatly encouraged, and when Li Xian finished explaining the article, many courtiers didn't even care about this is a matter before the king, and actually whispered in private, and for a time the hall was full of buzzing and small words.
Gaozong has long wanted to completely solve the problem of Cao Yun, over the years, there have been no less in the court to ask the ministers to offer advice, since it is not too strange to Cao Yun, this time Li Xian's five policies have been carefully passed, did not find that there is anything wrong with these five strategies, this saw that the ministers were talking non-stop, immediately raised their hands and pressed, signaled the ministers to be quiet, and then said in a deep voice: "Well, Xian'er can be honest for the country, I am deeply pleased, all the ministers, if you have any opinions on this article, you will discuss it." ”
Yes, Gaozong didn't speak, under this speech, the ministers didn't discuss it privately, but they didn't see any courtiers willing to stand up and comment on this policy, not that the ministers had nothing to say about these five strategies, but they all had deep scruples in their hearts, just because Li Xian's identity was too sensitive, standing up for Li Xian at this time, it was bound to offend the prince, and it was not necessarily possible to get the holy will, if it was against it, but it obviously offended Li Xian, after all, no one dared to be sure that the cloud in the sky would rain, in case Li Xian gained power, Isn't that self-inflicted, so no matter how eager Gaozong's expectant eyes were, most of the courtiers pretended not to see - the officials close to the prince's side did not get the prince's hints, and did not dare to act rashly, but the officials on Li Xian's side, but because Li Xian suddenly launched in advance, they were in the dilemma of not knowing whether they should come forward to cooperate at this time, as for the neutral courtiers, they were even more reluctant to intervene in the fierce fight of the princes, and it was imperative to remain silent, and no one was angry. The hall was once again dullly silent.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has served in the river affairs, suffering from the poor river, according to Weichen's opinion, if you can go with the wonderful strategy of His Royal Highness King Lu, you will not worry about the difficulties of luck, I hope Your Majesty will make a clear decision."
Silence after silence, but it is obviously impossible to be so quiet, not to mention that Gaozong's face gradually became ugly, even Li Xian was a little unable to stand, but fortunately, at this time, Yang Wu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, stood up in time to break the dull silence and unswervingly supported Li Xian.
"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that this is a great good, so you should do it quickly!"
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that His Royal Highness King Lu's policy should solve the difficulty of luck, and it is also a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people!"
"Your Majesty, Weichen seconded it!"
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According to Li Xian's prior arrangement, Yang Wu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, who had already worked in the river, was the benchmark of his series, as long as Yang Wu moved, the rest of the people would immediately follow, now that Yang Wu had stood up, Lynch and other more than a dozen middle and lower-level officials did not dare to slack off, and they came out to support Li Xian, although the number of people in the list was not large, and the grade was not high, but all the voices were shouting, and the momentum was quite huge.
Gaozong seemed to be very satisfied with the statements of Li Xian's officials, although he didn't immediately say something, but the smile on his face became more and more gentle, and he nodded his head lightly from time to time.
I don't understand, Li Xian can't figure out what he did wrong, why he is supervising the country in a good manner, but he suddenly has such an inexplicable early dynasty, and he can't figure out why his father, who was originally trying to defend himself, forced Li Xian and Li Xian's two disgusting younger brothers into the court, but there is one thing he understands, that is, Li Xian's Cao Yun is menacing, and it is extremely difficult to deal with, if Li Xian is really allowed to grasp the matter of Cao Yun in his hands, it will inevitably affect the trend of the entire court situation. It will inevitably greatly threaten his status as the crown prince of Li Hong, and this is the result that Li Hong can never accept, the trouble is that first, Li Hong himself is not familiar with Cao Yun, and it is difficult to find out the loopholes of Li Xian's excerpt in a short period of time, and second, at such a sensitive time, it is inconvenient for him Li Hong to come forward to deal with Li Xian in person, after all, it is too much to do, and it is easy to be criticized, and it seems that he Li Hong is too intolerable, but no matter what, Li Hong will never allow Li Xian to take the matter of Cao Yun.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has some questions and would like to ask His Royal Highness King Lu, and I beg Your Majesty for your permission."
Li Hong's mind moved quickly, and since he had already decided that he couldn't sit and watch Li Xian take away the Cao Yun matter, he no longer hesitated, and quickly glanced at Yan Liben, who was standing in the front of the civil official queue, but after seeing Yan Liben quietly nodded his head, he strode to the hall, saluted to Gao Zong, who was sitting on the big seat, and reported loudly.
"Well, Yan Aiqing has been in the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and she should have a lot of experience in Caoyun, so I think I should be able to make some benefits to Xian'er's excerpts, and I am right." Yan Liben was personally transferred back to Beijing by Gaozong to assist the prince, and he knew that Yan Liben was the absolute prince's party, and when he saw him stand up, how could he not understand that the prince was going to launch a counterattack, and this was obviously in line with Gaozong's original intention, so he was naturally happy to see this happen, so he nodded with a smile and agreed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yan Liben thanked him unhurriedly, then turned to the side slightly, looked at Li Xian calmly, bowed slightly, and bowed his hand: "Your Royal Highness King Lu, the lower official has a few questions to ask for advice, and asked His Royal Highness to solve the doubts on his behalf, and the lower official is grateful." ”
"Don't dare, Yan Shangshu is serious, if you have any questions, it doesn't matter, but if Xiao Wang can answer, he will never disappoint Yan Shangshu." Li Xian had long known that he would be troubled by the officials of the prince's family, and when he saw Yan Liben jumping out, he would not feel strange, so he returned the salute with a calm face, and replied in a flat tone.
"Dare to ask Your Highness, if the five strategies you mentioned are to go here, how long will it take, and how much manpower and money will be needed to achieve the full success?" Yan Li was originally a veteran of the Ministry of Industry, and he was very clear about the river workers and even the Caoyun Dumen, and he knew that the five strategies offered by Li Xian did have the possibility of solving the problems of Caoyun, so of course he would not criticize Li Xian from the specific practice, but put forward two key issues in a row.
Yan Shangshu asked well, although Xiao Wang's five policies are one, but the specific implementation can be carried out separately, one of them, the segmented transport can be carried out now, if the ministries can work together, half a year will be able to see the results, second, the Guangtong canal first, and the three canals later, the former takes two years, the latter takes three years, the two can be crossed, it takes about four years to put together, as for the maintenance of the canal needs to be perennial, and there is no time limit, the specific manpower required must be coordinated by the household, the second ministry of work, along the way to the state deployment, the overall plan needs to cost nearly 10 million yuan, four years, at least about 2.5 million per year. Li Xian had already privately calculated the account with Li Xian several times, although he didn't dare to say that he could get a 100% accurate figure, but in general, how much money would be spent could still be estimated to be an approximate number, of course, this value was really too amazing, even if Li Xian had greatly compressed the number originally estimated, but as soon as such an astonishing cost came out, it made all the ministers in the palace gasp, and in an instant, the buzzing discussion immediately burst into flames again......