Li Jing frowned, the flooding of the Yellow River was something he didn't expect. The Central Plains Dynasty has experienced wars and turmoil in recent years, and the banks of the Yellow River have fallen into disrepair for a long time, and the Tang Dynasty cannot control it. But this natural disaster came from Dahan, which made Li Jing very depressed.

Sun Sheng's words, Li Jing is very agreeable, the top priority is to control the disaster situation in Haichu and Chu Prefectures, and then resettle the displaced people, and provide relief to the victims, and absolutely not let the two prefectures have accidents. Li Jing immediately instructed Gao Ze and said, "Gao Ze, go to Yang Lian immediately and announce his entry into the palace." ”

Sun Sheng couldn't help but be stunned, Li Jing decided to let Yang Lian guard the matter of Haichu and Chu Prefectures, Sun Sheng didn't know, at this time, when he heard the Son of Heaven arrange this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, do you want Yang Lian to go to pacify Haichu and Chu Prefectures?" ”

"Exactly." Li Jing's answer was very simple.

Sun Sheng hesitated slightly, feeling that he couldn't let Yang Lian go to Haichu and Chu Prefectures to deal with the disaster and resettle the displaced people, this kind of thing is difficult to deal with, simple and simple, as long as there is enough food, enough herbs, and proper arrangements, the disaster can be calmed down. Sun Sheng wanted Li Hongji to take this credit.

"Your Majesty, Yang Lian is a martial artist after all, and this kind of thing to appease the victims needs an experienced person to deal with." Sun Sheng said.

Li Jing narrowed his eyes, glanced at Sun Sheng, and said quietly: "In the opinion of the prime minister, who should deal with it?" ”

"Your Majesty, King Yan has held official positions in various places, and he is familiar with the situation in various places, and the affairs of Haichu and Chu Prefectures, the old minister recommends King Yan." Sun Sheng said cautiously, and at the same time secretly glanced at Li Jing.

Li Jing smiled slightly and said, "King Yan? There are still a lot of things going on in Runzhou, so I don't need to. ”

"Your Majesty, after all, King Yan is his own person, and he has experience in serving abroad, the old minister thinks ......" Sun Sheng also wanted to say.

Li Jing interrupted him, shook his head, and said, "Prime Minister Sun, you don't need to say any more, I have already made a decision, Yang Lian will take over Liu Yanzhen to manage the two prefectures of Haichu, deal with the disaster, and resettle the victims. ”

Sun Sheng's mouth opened wide, he couldn't imagine that the Son of Heaven had made a decision so quickly, which made him feel a little powerless. Suddenly, he remembered that Liu Yanzhen of Haichu and Chu Prefectures was Feng Yansi's party, so he said: "Your Majesty, that Liu Yanzhen is the assassin of Haichu and Chu Prefectures, and manages the military and political affairs of one party, and now that this kind of thing has happened, Liu Yanzhen is very derelict in his duties." ”

Regarding this point, Li Jing agreed very much, and said: "Yes, Liu Yanzhen has been running Haichu and Chu Prefectures for many years, and now the Yellow River is flooding, and Haichu and Haichu Prefectures are still hundreds of miles away from the Yellow River, and they have also suffered seedlings, which is enough to prove that he is ineffective." ”

Sun Sheng was overjoyed when he saw this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that Liu Yanzhen be arrested and returned to Jinling for punishment. ”

"It's certain to punish the crime, but now that the situation in Haichu and Chu is special, I think Liu Yanzhen must also be dealing with the disaster, and when he handles things and hands over to Yang Lian, after returning to Beijing, it's not too late to punish another crime." Li Jing said.

Sun Sheng narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, Your Majesty is wise. ”

Li Jing waved his hand and said: "Prime Minister Sun, the two states of Haichu are affected by the disaster, and there must be a shortage of food, so it is better to allocate a batch of grain as soon as possible and hand it over to Yang Lian, so that he can rush to the two states of Haichu and deal with this matter as soon as possible." ”

"The old minister obeys, and the old minister will deal with things." Sun Sheng said, arching his hand and retreating.

Li Jing Fu Shouzai's imperial study paced, such a thing made him very painful, after all, in recent years, it has cost a lot of troops, the treasury has dried up, but this kind of thing has happened again, as the king of a country, Li Jing is not impossible to sit idly by, so he has to allocate gold and silver money from the treasury to clean up the mess in Haichu and Chu Prefectures.

After Sun Sheng retreated, he hurriedly returned to the mansion and wrote a letter by hand, asking people to send it to Runzhou as soon as possible and hand it over to His Royal Highness King Yan.

Yang Lian received Gao Ze's command, and after explaining to Fu Jinzhan, he immediately rushed to the palace, and as soon as he entered the palace, he saw that King Qi was also in a hurry, and he looked anxious. Yang Lian stepped forward and said, "King Qi." ”

"Your Majesty ordered you to come?" Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, hurriedly asked.

"Exactly, just in a hurry, I don't know what happened." Yang Lian asked.

Gao Ze was on the side and said: "Yang Jiedu rest assured, this is a chore, but it is also an opportunity, it depends on whether Yang Jiedu can grasp it." ”

Li Jingsui replied directly, "As you said a few days ago, the banks of the Yellow River have been in disrepair for a long time, and this year there was a big flood, which went south along the canal, affecting Haichu and Chu Prefectures. ”

Saying this, Yang Lian suddenly had a bottom in his heart, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, King Qi." ”

While a few people were talking, their movements were still not slow, and soon they arrived outside the imperial study, Gao Ze went in first, and said, "Your Majesty, Yang Jiedu is here." ”

Yang Lian took a step back, hurriedly gave a salute, and said, "Weichen Yang Lian has seen Your Majesty. ”

"Yang Aiqing doesn't need to be polite." Li Jing said, saw that the King of Qi also came in, and said, "Yang Aiqing, do you know that the Yellow River is overflowing, affecting the two states of Haichu?" ”

Yang Lian bowed slightly and said, "Weichen doesn't know. ”

Li Jing sighed and said, "This news has just come. I summoned you because I wanted you to leave as soon as possible and rush to Haichu and Chu Prefectures to provide relief to the victims and deal with the disaster. ”

Yang Lian arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the disaster situation in Haichu and Haichu is a major event, and Weichen will rush to Haichu and Haichu as soon as possible." It's just that the corresponding food still has to be bothered by the household. ”

"You can rest assured of this, I have asked Prime Minister Sun to assist in handling it, and in the next two days, I will first raise 500,000 stone of grain and go north with you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely complete the task." Yang Lian said.

"If you need anything, you can go to the household department, in short, the disaster situation in Haichu and Chu must be controlled." Li Jing advised.

"Wechen understands." Yang Lian said.

Li Jing thought for a while and said: "Although the disaster in Haichu and Chu this time is due to the Yellow River, I think that Liu Yanzhen, as the assassin of Haichu and Haichu, will not be able to escape the relationship if such a big thing happens. Yang Aiqing, when you go north, in addition to dealing with the disaster, I will give you a special edict to arrest that Liu Yanzhen and ask for the crime. ”

Li Jingsui glanced at Li Jing in some surprise and said, "Brother Huang, Liu Yanzhen has been operating in Haichu and Haichu for many years, and Yang Lian is single in Haichu, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch it." ”

Li Jing smiled and said, "Okay, I think with Yang Aiqing's ability, it is naturally not difficult to catch a Liu Yanzhen." In this way, this time you will go north, and you will naturally be accompanied by Praetorian Guards, and after the matter is done, I will allow you to leave two hundred people behind. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Lian said.

Li Jing nodded with satisfaction, Yang Lian had the courage, but he didn't pretend that he wanted to cultivate him, and asked again: "Yang Lian, what else do you want, but you can talk about it together." ”

Yang Lian thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the two states of Haichu have experienced this catastrophe, and the grain output will inevitably be greatly affected, the autumn harvest will definitely fail, and the people of the two states of Haichu will inevitably be waiting to be fed. If you want Jinling to allocate money and food, you need to apply to the household department, and the exchange will inevitably take time, and I am afraid that it will delay the big event. Weichen wants to ask His Majesty for a favor. ”

"What benefits? You don't let it go. Li Jing said.

"Your Majesty, there are salt farms in Lianghuai, which is an important source of taxes in the Tang Dynasty, and the two states of Haichu are located in the northern section of the Lianghuai salt fields. Weichen wanted to ask His Majesty for the salt fields under the rule of Haichu and Chu Prefectures. Yang Lian said, a little apprehensive in his heart, he went to Haichu and Chu Prefectures, pinning his hopes on the salt farm, hoping to make profits from it and earn military spending.

Li Jing thought for a while, frowned, and said, "This matter has always been under the jurisdiction of the salt of the household department, but it has nothing to do with mud. ”

Li Jingsui smiled and said: "Brother Huang, it is precisely because it has nothing to do with you that you need to give special approval to Brother Huang. ”

Li Jing is not a stupid person, the income of salt has always been very high, it is all government-run, he naturally will not give up the right to operate salt, but Yang Lian is telling the truth, even if the disaster situation in Haichu and Chu is stabilized, it is still a waste to be rebuilt, and there are many things needed, and more importantly, in order to stabilize Haichu and Haichu, a large amount of grain needs to be allocated from Jinling, Li Jing is a little reluctant.

Seeing Li Jing's hesitation, Yang Lian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if the salt in Haichu and Chu Prefectures is controlled by Weichen, Weichen will provide His Majesty with two hundred quintals of salt privately every year. ”

When Li Jing heard it, this made it! Two hundred quintals of salt is such a fortune, he was immediately moved, but although the salt farms in Lianghuai are rich in salt, due to the influence of technology, the output of salt is also high and low. The main reason is that Lianghuai is mainly used to boil salt, so the yield is not high. Yang Lian said that he could provide two hundred quintals, which made Li Jing a little surprised.

"Two hundred quintals of salt, can you do it?" Li Jing expressed the worry in his heart.

Yang Lian nodded and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen is willing to make a military order." ”

Saying this, Li Jing suddenly relieved his heart and said with a smile: "Okay, since this is the case, I will make the decision, temporarily set aside a disaster relief area, and give you the salt works in Haichu and Chu Prefectures for three years." ”

Yang Lian pursed his lips, thinking that this Li Jing was quite cunning, and only gave himself the right to use it for three years. Although the time was short, Yang Lian felt that it was enough. If Yang Lian can't achieve anything within three years, I'm afraid that Guo Wei has already established the Zhou Dynasty at that time, and the pressure on Yang Lian will be even greater.

"Your Majesty, you have no jokes." Yang Lian said with a smile, first use a radical method.

"Of course, you don't have any jokes." Li Jing replied.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "This matter is very important, in order to avoid criticism in the future, Weichen wants to ask His Majesty for a holy decree." ”

"Well said, well said!" Li Jing saw that it was profitable, so he agreed with a smile, and immediately asked Gao Ze to polish the ink, write the holy decree by himself, and cover it with a jade seal.

Yang Lian took the holy decree and looked at it carefully, then solemnly put it into his arms, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Okay, you don't have to thank me, as long as you do things well, I will naturally be rewarded." Li Jing said.

"Wechen retired." Yang Lian asked for the holy decree and said.

Li Jingsui also said: "The younger brother retired. ”

Li Jing felt a little tired, so he nodded, and when the two of them retreated, they glanced at the piles of folds, and suddenly felt that their heads were big, so they said, "Gao Ze, make me a pot of hot tea." ”

"Whoa!" Gao Ze replied, when he made the hot tea and returned to the imperial study, Li Jing had already fallen asleep on the soft couch, Gao Ze had to shake his head, retreat, and tell the little eunuch to take care of it carefully.

"Yang Lian, you shouldn't be like this." When Li Jingsui and Yang Lian were walking in the palace, Li Jingsui couldn't help but speak.

"Why did King Qi say this?" Yang Lian asked.

"Yang Lian, I know that you are dedicated to the country, but the grain production in the two states of Haichu was not high, and now it has been affected. After the yellow flood, the land is even more barren, and you don't want Jinling's support, but instead want to manage the salt farms in Haichu and Chu Prefectures, I think it's unwise. Li Jingsui shook his head.

"King Qi, Haichu and Haichu are near the sea, and the coastline stretches for hundreds of miles, I am confident that a large amount of salt will be produced, as long as the salt is sold, and then buy grain in Jiangnan, it is cost-effective." Yang Lian said with a smile.

"Alas, what should I say about you? Do you know how to boil salt? Lone once went to see that boiling salt took a long time and the yield was not high. There are not many people in Haichu and Haichu Prefectures, and the annual output in the past few years was less than 300 quintals, but you are arrogant and have to take out 200 quintals to the imperial brother, how can you meet the needs of Haichu and Haichu Prefectures with only 100 quintals left? Li Jingsui said that in the back, he had a bit of a hatred of iron.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "King Qi, please rest assured, Yang Lian has seen people cook salt, and he also has some experience, these two hundred eyes are just a trivial matter." ”

Li Jingsui was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you really have a way?" ”

"There's a way." Yang Lian said with a smile.

Li Jingsui pursed his lips and said, "Since there is a way, Lone will let go." It's just that if it doesn't work, you have to tell Lone first, and Lone can also help with it. ”

"Yang Lian, thank you King Qi." Yang Lian arched his hand.

"No need, Lone is still waiting for you to make a contribution and come back to marry Huairou, don't you know, in the past few days, she has lost a lot of weight." Li Jingsui shook his head.

Yang Lian was taken aback and said, "What's the matter, Huairou doesn't eat again?" ”

"This is not the case. She just misses it, this child is just missing. Li Jingsui shook his head.

Yang Lian suddenly remembered that Huairou went to see Princess Yongxing, after so many years, she was just a little girl a few years old, and she still remembered Princess Yongxing's goodness, naturally she was not a merciful person. Yang Lian sighed slightly and said, "These two **** are done, so I'll go and see Huairou." ”

"This is naturally the best." Li Jingsui smiled, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to find Li Ping, the household servant." ”

Li Ping, the head of the household department, is in charge of the power of the household department, although there is a book, but it is mostly the waiter to implement, Yang Lian nodded hurriedly, with the help of King Qi, there is less wrinkles, it is naturally good. The two of them talked about things as they walked, and soon arrived at the household.

Li Ping, the head of the household, was in the office, heard footsteps, raised his head, and saw that it was Li Jingsui, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "Wechen has seen King Qi." ”

"Li Shilang, this is Yang Lian, the envoy of the Shuntian Festival." Qi Wang introduced.

"It's better to be famous than to see it, Yang Jiedu is very prominent, and he is really a talent." Li Ping smiled and saluted Yang Lian.

Yang Lian hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Li Shilang is in charge of the household department and takes care of the affairs of the household department in an orderly manner, and Yang Lian is also impressed. ”

Li Ping smiled and said, "Yang Jiedu is polite." ”

"Okay, you two don't have to flatter each other." Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, shook his head, looked at Li Ping, and said, "Li Shilang, today Gu and Yang Jiedu came here because you have something to help." (To be continued.) )