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Originally, the place where King Li drew a pull, the first place is Shanyang on the south bank of Huaishui (now Huai'an District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu), straight to the south, to the southwest of Jiangdu (now Yangzhou City) to connect the Yangtze River, the second place is Chang'an to Tongguan East through the Yellow River, the third place is Luoyang to communicate the two major rivers of Huang and Huai, the last place has the largest amplitude, is the north of the Yellow River, from the mouth of the Qin River on the other side of Luoyang to the north, straight to Zhuo County.

This is clearly a sketch of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal......

Zhuge Jin still didn't know why, thinking carefully about the area that King Li had delineated, based on his political intuition, there seemed to be a flash of inspiration, but he couldn't grasp it.

Li Wang Langsheng explained: "I still remember that in order to conquer the Qi country in the north and compete for the hegemony of the Central Plains, he mobilized the people to dig from present-day Yangzhou to the northeast, through Sheyang Lake to Huai'an into the Huai River. ”

As soon as King Li's words fell, Zhao Yun was dumbfounded, not to mention Zhuge Jin, who knew the twists and turns.

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a long time, and suddenly bowed down and said: "Your Highness, this move is absolutely not feasible, now that the rule will be restored, rashly opening a ditch will definitely cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, and at this time, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are no longer in our hands, Your Highness's move is like moving stones and throwing feet to ask for hardship, think twice." ”

King Li stopped his hand and said: "Ziyu, don't panic, I didn't say that I will dig a ditch now......" Zhuge Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but when he heard King Li continue to say, he tensed up again.

"It is expected that the excavation will start next year, but this year there is no panic." Waving his hand to signal Zhuge Jin not to interject, he continued: "The excavation of the canal is beneficial to the country and the people, although it will affect the present generation, but it will benefit the future, now is a good time, if you wait until the peaceful years to do this move, it will really work for the people and lose money." ”

Zhuge Jin forcibly suppressed the words of exhortation and asked, "Why is this?" ”

King Li did not discuss this move with Zhang Juzheng, but Jia Xu agreed to this move, so the first thing King Li wanted to persuade was Zhuge Jin, the current leader in the state.

explained: "If you come and see, the Han dynasty is in danger, and the princes of the four sides support their own troops and become the overlords of a county or even a state, isn't this situation equivalent to occupying the mountain as the king?" In such a chaotic world, what is the least valuable? ”

At this time, Zhao Yunyu hesitated and said, "People? ”

King Li clasped his palms together and praised it, and said with a smile: "It is exactly what Zilong said, the most worthless thing is the life and strength of the people, the country has yet to overturn, not to mention the family, they just want to survive for a long time, at this time you give them a way to support themselves and even the whole family, will they care about anything else?" ”

Zhuge Jin frowned solemnly, and said: "You can't say that, now the land of our three states is in ruins, and Mr. Zhang's reform has also entered the beginning stage, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how can they agree with His Highness to open a ditch?" This time a lot of fertile land has been occupied, and how many people will move because of this, and in the end, His Highness's reputation will definitely be damaged. ”

Li Wang replied: "Now there are thousands of displaced people pouring into my rule from Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou every day, these are resources that can be used, and there are still 30,000 soldiers waiting for service in Yecheng who will have nowhere to place. ”

Zhuge Jin sighed deeply, and now it seemed that King Li was determined to open a ditch, and asked, "Does Mr. Zhang know about this?" ”

King Li stopped and said: "Uncle Zhang can't get out of the way when he starts reforming, I don't think he should be distracted by him, by the way, did I let the person you find have eyebrows?" ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, and said: "I sent several groups of people to Fufeng to find, and I have found the person His Highness asked for in August last year, and I heard that His Highness wants to reuse him, so he moved his family to Yecheng, I heard that at the end of last year, he was curious that the lord invented things such as horseshoes, and he should be in Changshan County at this moment." ”

King Li couldn't help but sigh and said with a smile: "This person's talent is not inferior to the world, in his field, he is an existence that we look up to, let him communicate with Qi Wuhuaiwen, maybe he can improve the wrought iron technique through his hands." ”

Zhuge Jin actually looked down on this person, this person's name was Ma Jun, his family was poor when he was young, and he had a stuttering problem, so he was not good at talking, but King Li asked to see this person by name, and he didn't hold on to it, just let him live in Yecheng, no matter if he didn't ask, if King Li hadn't mentioned it at this time, he would have forgotten it.

He hesitated for a moment and asked: "Your Highness, this person does not look like a nobleman, and suffers from stuttering, and is not good at communicating on weekdays. ”

King Li walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Let's put it this way, if you Zhuge Jin can leave a name on the second floor of Lingxiao Pavilion after his death, then this person can leave a name on the third floor of Lingxiao Pavilion, his life's skills are all in machinery, not you and I can reach it, if it weren't for Meng Qi mentioning this person slightly, I would have almost missed it." ”

Although Zhuge Jin was a little angry, he didn't say anything else, you must know that King Li is famous for his good use in the world, and at this moment he is the opposite, if this crow really becomes a phoenix in the future, it will be a slap in the face.

King Li asked again, "What about your second brother, is there any news?" ”

Zhuge Jin sighed and said: "There is indeed news, my uncle came to the news, at this time under Liu Biao, he served as Nanyang Juncheng, and Kong Ming chose a mountain in Nanyang, called Wollongong, ploughing land to compose poems, but it is happy to be idle, I sent two groups of people over in succession, and they all avoided it, this is not that I wrote a letter back at the end of last year, Kong Ming gave me a letter back, which said Li ...... His Royal Highness opened it in person, and I didn't dare to open the cover, Your Highness waited, and I ordered someone to pick it up. ”

King Li nodded and waited quietly, and it didn't take long for Zhuge Jin to come back, obviously arranging for his subordinate Pegasus to fetch it.

As if he had figured out something, Zhuge Jin said: "Your Highness, the matter of opening the ditch is very big, and the funds mobilized are huge, so I want to withhold some more taxes, how about it?" ”

King Li's face fell, and he said, "You won't still collect taxes from the imperial court." ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, and said: "Listen to Mr. Zhang, starting from His Royal Highness's tenure as a state pastor, the two layers of taxes will be handed over to the imperial court until ......."

Li Wang couldn't help but pat his forehead and said, "I haven't asked about taxes before, it's all my uncle who is in charge of dealing with it, and this has lost taxes for several years in vain, it's a pity." ”