Li Ke, the king of Shu, has been looking for an opportunity to turn over since he was implicated by his father-in-law last time, and he really found it. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

In mid-September, heavy rains in the Guanzhong area caused a major passage in Chang'an, the Yongtong Canal, to be washed away by floods, with a breach of more than 100 meters, and the water level of the Yongtong Canal dropped and ships could not pass.

At this time, Chang'an City had not built a cement road to Luoyang, and the road was muddy. The supply of materials in Chang'an City has been affected.

As the saying goes, "Disasters do not go alone", and it was at this time that Taicang, the grain reserve warehouse of Chang'an City, which was in charge of the crown prince Li Chengqian, was flooded and lost a large amount of grain. Now, even the food supply is in question.

Food prices are soaring, and people in Chang'an City are panicking.

Tai Chi Temple.

Faced with an embarrassing situation, Li Shimin temporarily convened a court meeting to mobilize his ministers to use their brains to solve the crisis.

Li Shimin first asked the opinion of the crown prince Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian was just reprimanded by Li Shimin because of the Taicang incident, and he was also criticized by the ministers. He was only thinking about how to shirk responsibility, and he was already panicking, where else did he have any ideas. So, he didn't say a word.

At this moment, Li Ke, the king of Shu, stood up, and he said: "Father, the son thinks that at this time, the land route should be dredged, and only vehicles carrying grain should be allowed to enter Chang'an, and at the same time, the Yongtong Canal should be repaired to facilitate the transportation of grain in the south." ”

Actually, Li Tai, the king of Wei, also thought of this idea, but this errand was too risky.

First, a considerable number of the carriages and horses that come and go to Chang'an are owned by the powerful people of the imperial court, and among these people, there are many people who want to take advantage of the shortage of materials in Chang'an City. Cutting off their passage will offend many people.

Second, repairing the Yongtong Canal is not an easy task. This requires the requisition of a large number of people, and it is also a matter of offending people. In addition, it is the rainy season, and all kinds of situations can happen, and if you don't get it done on time, you will be blamed by countless people, because everyone is looking forward to the smooth flow of the Yongtong canal.

Li Tai is a smart person, and he will not come out of anything that is risky. If you don't do something, you won't make mistakes, and it's better than doing things wrong. So, he didn't say anything.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Ke finished speaking, someone immediately came out to object.

Li Tai's sworn friend Zhang Liang said: "This is not good, in Chang'an City, there is not only a shortage of food, but also a shortage of other materials, it is not appropriate for you to kill with such a rod." ”

Li Ke said: "There are no other materials, it's just inconvenient, but it's much better than starving people to death without food." ”

The new Jingzhao Yin Chuyun is the crown prince Li Chengqian's person, and in order to stand up for his master, he said: "Now there are houses and fields washed away by the torrential rain everywhere, and the people are too busy to take care of themselves. The repair of the Yongtong Canal required the requisition of a large number of people, and the ministers could not speak to the people. ”

Li Ke said: "There is no need to recruit people, there are tens of thousands of Tang troops in Chang'an City, and a thousand Tang troops can be transferred." ”

Li Shimin was also worried about the transfer of people just now, and Li Ke's suggestion woke him up all of a sudden. He said, "Okay, just do it"

Then he said: "Li Ke, the king of Shu, took the order. ”

Li Ke perked up and said loudly: "Erchen is here." ”

Li Shimin said: "I now order that Li Ke, the king of Shu, is responsible for repairing the Yongtong Canal and dredging the pipeline to Luoyang. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry obeyed the dispatch of Li Ke, the king of Shu, and repaired the Yongtong Canal within 40 days. ”

"Minister's order." Li Ke, the king of Shu, Xuan Ling, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Fu Rui, the emperor of the Ministry of Works, replied together.

In the following days, due to the smooth passage of grain by land, a large amount of grain was continuously transported into Chang'an City, which greatly alleviated the grain shortage and stabilized the grain price.

At the same time, Li Ke took Chai Zhewei, the son of Chai Shao, the son of his sworn friend Chai Shao, and Fang Yiai, the son of Xuanling, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to personally supervise the construction site day and night, and in 32 days, the Yongtong Canal was finally repaired.

Li Shimin deducted Li Ke's three-month salary last time, and this time he rewarded him with half a year's salary at once, and greatly praised him. This time, Li Ke was in the limelight.

The Chenghui Hall where Concubine Yang lived.

Concubine Yang was very distressed when she saw the black and thin face of her eldest son Li Ke, and she said: "Ke'er, it's hard for you, this time you solved such a big problem for your father, and finally redeemed the impact of last time." It's not in vain. ”

Cen Wenwen said: "Congratulations to Your Highness, your handling this time is decisive and effective, and it has greatly increased in the emperor's mind." It's really gratifying. The minister once heard the emperor say that among my sons, Li Ke is the most like me. ”

Li Ke was overjoyed and said, "Really? Did the Emperor really say that? ”

Cen Wenwen said affirmatively: "Really, what the minister heard with his own ears, what the emperor said to himself in the study, is definitely from the heart. ”

Concubine Yang wiped her tears happily and said, "Okay, Ke'er is finally going to have a bright day." ”

During this period, Li Tai, the king of Wei, was not idle, and the "Chronicles of the Kuodi" edited by him also made significant progress.

The Chronicles of the Ancient Territory is a large-scale geographical work of the Tang Dynasty in China, edited by Li Tai, the king of Wei in the early Tang Dynasty. The main text of the book is 550 volumes, and the preface is 5 volumes. It absorbed the characteristics of the compilation of the two books "Hanshu Geographical Chronicles" and Gu Yewang's "Geographical Chronicles", and created a new genre of geographical books, which set a precedent for the later "Yuanhe County Chronicles" and "Taiping Huanyu Ji". The book is arranged according to the ten ways of Zhenguan and 358 states, and then takes the state as a unit, and describes the history, geographical prestige, name, mountains, rivers, cities, historic sites, myths and legends, and major historical events of each county under its jurisdiction. It has been extensively cited and preserved many precious materials in the geography books of the Six Dynasties. The number of words in the original book is not examined, and now the "Chronicles of the Universe" is four volumes, about 130,000 words.

Li Shimin also greatly praised Li Tai.

During this period, only the crown prince Li Chengqian was reprimanded.

Li Dan reported the situation in Chang'an City to Li Su. Li Su was depressed in his heart, but he was far away in the grassland, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Li Su had no choice, so he sent people to Li Chengqian for some affairs on the grassland that did not have to be decided immediately, and he forwarded them to Li Shimin, which was counted as his merit.

This trick really worked, Li Shimin felt that the prince could control the affairs of the grassland, which was something that a prince should do, thinking that he was more diligent, and at the same time thinking that he had the ability to control Li Su and others.

That's all Li Su can do for him for the time being.

During this time, Li Su has been stepping up to do one thing - to solve the problem of wintering the garrison.

The winter on the grassland is very cold in most areas, and most of the officers and men of the garrison are from the mainland, and it is difficult for them to adapt to the harsh cold climate on the grassland.

Li Su must solve these problems for them before the winter begins.