After Li Haochen followed the mysterious man all the way to the study, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty is so late, I don't know what to do when you come to Weichen's mansion?" The minister didn't know that His Majesty had arrived just now, and his words collided with His Majesty, and he asked His Majesty for forgiveness! "The person who knocked on Li Haochen's door in the middle of the night was none other than Li Jiancheng, the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Jiancheng raised his smiling hands and said: "Haochen, you followed me when I was the prince, and today I am out of the palace in micro-service, so there is no need to be polite, but you scolded me very hard just now?" I almost wanted to cure you for a great crime of disrespect, but I don't know if it's me, and besides, your flesh is probably busy with sexual affairs at this time, and when I disturb you, I won't punish you! But I really have something to discuss with you when I leave the palace this time, so let's take a look at this! Li Jiancheng said and handed Li Haochen a notebook.

Li Haochen carefully took the fold and opened it to read it carefully, the fold is a book written by Yang Yan, the supervisor of the Yellow River, the Yellow River broke this year, the houses of the people in Henan were washed away, the land was flooded, and the imperial court needed to allocate funds for disaster relief, and applied to the state capitals to open warehouses and release grain, and at the same time needed to allocate another 400,000 taels of silver to repair the river embankment.

After reading the recital, Li Haochen carefully closed the recital, and handed it back to Li Jianchengdao: "Your Majesty, the Yellow River is flooding, and the people on both sides of the river are suffering, and it is reasonable to allocate funds for relief and open warehouses to release grain, is there anything wrong with this?" Li Haochen knew that Li Jiancheng showed him that there must be something wrong with it, but to be honest, he really didn't see any problems, so he asked Li Jiancheng about it.

Li Jiancheng sighed and said: "I also thought so at the beginning, I thought that Zhu Bi would approve it and let the household department handle it, but I still have little experience in such a big event, so I went to ask my father, who knew that my father told me a news, this Yellow River basically broke every year at the beginning of the founding of my Tang Dynasty, flooded every year, and the imperial court allocated funds every year, and gave relief every year!" ”

Li Haochen hurriedly said when he heard this: "If this is the case, then there must be something greasy in this, why didn't the Emperor Taishang send capable officials to investigate at that time?" ”

When Li Jiancheng heard Li Haochen's words, he couldn't help but sigh and said: "I also asked my father this way at that time, and my father shook his head helplessly at that time, saying that he had also sent ministers to go at that time, and he would send ministers every year since the third year of Wude, but these ministers came back to report that the flood situation was true, and the imperial court had no choice but to allocate funds for relief. ”

Li Haochen listened to Li Jiancheng's introduction, and said in a deep voice: "Are all the survey ministers the same in the past few years?" Didn't anyone find any clues? ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head at first, and then nodded and said: "Liu Gang, the secretary of the Ministry of Wude in the seventh year, was appointed as the Minister of Supervision and went to investigate, and half a month later, Liu Gang gave his father a secret fold saying that the flooding of the Yellow River was not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. The father felt that there must be something strange about this matter, and sent thirteen ministers to Henan to strictly investigate the matter, but after these ministers came back, they all said that the cause of death of Lord Liu was the same, and he did die of disaster relief, and the matter was over. ”

Li Haochen also sighed when he heard this: "Your Majesty, it seems that the water in Henan is very deep?" Your Majesty must have something to do when you come to see the minister late at night, and please make it clear to Your Majesty. ”

Li Haochen probably knew that Li Jiancheng wanted him to go to Henan to set things right, which is why he had been canonized as the military and political governor of Henan Province before, and it seemed that Li Jiancheng had already planned in his heart. Although he thought clearly, Li Haochen still needed Li Jiancheng's accurate instructions.

Li Jiancheng looked at Li Haochen with a smile, knowing in his heart that Li Haochen already knew what he asked him to do, stepped forward and patted Li Haochen on the shoulder and said: "Haochen, I trust you, I hope that you can solve this Yellow River problem in one fell swoop when you go to Henan, I am not unwilling to allocate funds for relief, but I asked the transfer department, I really can't take out such money, this Yellow River breaks every year, and every year is more money than the previous year to manage the imperial court, this year they want the sum of my Datang half a year of taxes, even if I can bear it, Datang can't afford such a deficit, this is a bottomless pit, I can't watch him swallow Datang in the end! Saying that, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Haochen eagerly and continued: "Haochen, can you understand what I mean? ”

After listening to Li Jiancheng's words, Li Haochen sighed secretly in his heart, to be honest, he was unwilling to wade into this troubled water, not because he was afraid of anything, but because he was not good at this, I was afraid that he would not be able to do it and mess things up.

Li Haochen thought so, and said to Li Jiancheng: "Your Majesty, it's not that the minister is unwilling to share worries for Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you know the minister, the minister is from the army, he doesn't understand politics, and he won't fight, His Majesty asked the minister to attack the city and conquer the land, protect the land and the people, and the minister will not frown, but this finds out the reason for the Yellow River bursting, and the people behind the scenes, the minister is afraid that he will have the heavy trust of His Majesty, and he will not be able to complete His Majesty's trust, if so, Haochen will die and it will be difficult to atone for his sins!" ”

Li Jiancheng listened to Li Haochen's words, patted Li Haochen on the shoulder again and said: "Haochen I know your ability, to be honest, half of my position as the emperor is your credit, not your careful arrangement, I am afraid that I and Yuanji will not escape the poisonous hands of the people in Xuanwumen, your ability I believe in it, there are indeed old ministers who are good at fighting in the court, and their abilities are also outstanding, but I don't trust them, I am afraid that they will go, this Yellow River will still break every year, and the imperial court will still provide money every year!" In the end, Li Jiancheng said to Li Haochen earnestly: "Haochen, whether the Tang Dynasty is stable or not, and whether I can sit firmly on the throne, depends on your trip to Henan, I believe in you!" ”

Li Jiancheng's words came from the bottom of his heart, Li Haochen was still very useful to Li Jiancheng's words, and Li Haochen at this moment really gave birth to a feeling that he was a confidant and died.

The excited Li Haochen bowed down to Li Jiancheng again and said, "Minister, thank Your Majesty for your trust, and the Minister will definitely complete the task assigned by Your Majesty!" Your Majesty, please rest assured! ”

Li Jiancheng listened to Li Haochen's words, said hello three times in a row, and then turned around and left Li Haochen's study, leaving Li Haochen alone in the room and not knowing what to think about.

Just as Li Haochen was pondering, a voice suddenly came from the door of the study, interrupting Li Haochen's thoughts: "General, can you take me with you on this trip?" ”