Regarding Li Xi's letter and His Majesty Emperor Xuanzong's agreement to rebuild the Guangtong Canal, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition.

There are those who are in favor and those who are noncommittal, but it is clear that there are even more opponents. And all in all, coupled with the discussion about the establishment of the Jianghuai Transit Envoy Yamen and the appointment of Li Xi, a young man who is only 18 years old and has no merit, to take charge of this new yamen, the result of the superposition is that by the time Li Xi and others returned to Chang'an on November 6, this kind of discussion has turned into a trend.

"Then Li Xi's poems are naturally good, don't say that the old man, I'm afraid that as long as you know his poems, you have to give a thumbs up and praise a poem that is wonderful, but if this poem is done well, it doesn't mean that you can do a good job! Besides, even if he is talented, he should always go through a few years of training before he can be entrusted with a big responsibility, and now he is only eighteen years old, and he has only been the chief bookkeeper of a county for a few months, and he is actually directly in charge of a yamen, this ...... Alas, the old man does not dare to disagree, he does not dare to disagree! ”

"Yes, yes, look at it, young people do things, that's it, frizzy, the surname is not calm, he actually has to rebuild the Guangtong Canal just a few days after taking office, this ...... His Majesty asked to increase the intensity of Cao Yun, and for this reason, we will not care whether the Jianghuai Transshipment Envoy is appropriate or not, but this is the rebuilding of the Guangtong Canal...... Human, material and financial resources...... Just building this one Guangtong canal will cost me three years of wealth in the entire Tang Dynasty, but all I get is some grain...... It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! ”

………… Discussions like this are all over Chang'an.

Li Xi didn't care about these discussions, in fact, he knew that he didn't have to deal with them at all.

After returning to Chang'an, he was busy making plans, and then, although he had already assigned this matter to Wei Yue to be specifically responsible, and the chapter of guaranteeing him to serve as the military officer of Jingzhao Mansion was also approved as soon as it was handed over, it was obvious that it was impossible for Wei Yue to do it alone.

The plan is roughly worked out, and then there is a division of labor. Wei Yue asked someone from the Ministry of Industry to walk the old road of Guangtong Canal and Weishui again, discussing the specific dredging and rebuilding of the route of Guangtong Canal along the way, and Li Xi was responsible for running up for him.

Ask the Ministry of Household for money, all the labor in Jingzhao Mansion and Shaanzhou for next year, ask the Ministry of Industry for more experienced craftsmen, tools, and, of course, go to Jingzhao Mansion to get as many cattle, horses, and livestock as possible, as well as as as much food supply.

All of this, Wei Yue couldn't run down, even if Li Xi went to ask for it, it would be very difficult.

Although with the full support of Emperor Xuanzong, the holy decree has also come down, and there is no difficulty on the side of the political affairs hall, but when it is really time to do something, how much support each yamen is willing to give you depends on yourself.

During this period of time, Li Xi almost tried his best, and all the connections, resources, and channels that could be used were all pulled out by him - fortunately, he stayed in Chang'an some time ago to study, although the shelf has always been relatively high, and even offended many people, but when it comes to breaking relationships, he has really accumulated a lot, especially in some key positions, he knows some extremely key people.

Li Linfu, Su Jin, He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, Yang Chongli...... In the past ten days, Li Xi has been running back and forth, and one thing after another has been gradually implemented.

Although the pressure has been very great from beginning to end, including the discussion brought by the outside world, including the inexplicable resistance shown by many people in the government and the opposition to him, etc., but in the end, the blueprint of this matter is gradually becoming clear.

Of course, at the same time, the discussion of Li Xi from the government and the opposition is becoming more and more intense.

But at this time, a sudden thing happened, Xiao Song and Han Xiu, the two prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, were deposed at the same time - for a while, the entire Chang'an was shocked and lost its voice.

According to common sense, although the position of prime minister does not have a fixed term, it mainly depends on whether the prime minister's actions during his tenure can be in the same pulse as His Majesty the Emperor - everything can grasp the right direction, can be recognized by His Majesty the Emperor, and the court can handle interpersonal relationships and affairs very well, and has his own unique and excellent governing ideas, this is a good prime minister - but in general, as long as a prime minister comes to power, as long as he does not make any big mistakes, Most of them can sit in this seat for a few years.

In the past, there were many examples of this, just talking about the Xuanzong Dynasty, the era of Kaiyuan has been twenty-one years now, and there have been only a few people who have served as prime ministers, such as Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, Li Yuanhong, Pei Guangting, etc., even if they are evenly divided, each person's reign time is eight to ten years, and if you count the court, there are often two or three prime ministers who govern together, then there is no doubt that the time in office will become longer.

Of course, like some people, such as Li Linfu in history, he can sit in the position of prime minister for 20 years, that is an outlier, and it cannot be discussed as common sense.

However, the two prime ministers, Xiao Song and Han Xiu, have been in power for an extremely short time.

Xiao Song is better, as the third Xiao clan in the Tang Dynasty to worship the prime minister, in February of the sixteenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty Zhang said to Shi, he in November of the same year, as the deputy ambassador of Hexi Jiedu transferred to the Ministry of War, with the Ping Zhangshi, it is a formal visit, and it has been five years.

But Han Xiu ...... Just this year, in the spring of the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan, after the death of Pei Guangting, he was able to serve as the Huangmen squire and Tongping Zhangshi because of Xiao Song's recommendation, and it has only been eight months.

The cause of the matter naturally comes from a source, since Han Xiu took office, because of his straightforward surname and meticulous work, he has repeatedly contradicted Xiao Song, and the two have quarreled in front of Emperor Xuanzong, and Xiao Song has been in phase for a few years, although he has acted quite squarely, but it is inevitable that there will be some shortcomings, so Han Xiu often does not shy away from directly exposing his shortcomings and mistakes in front of Emperor Xuanzong, which makes Emperor Xuanzong very unhappy.

A few days ago, it is said that Xiao Song suddenly wrote a book to beg for bones, meaning that he hoped to return to his hometown. Although Emperor Xuanzong was a little dissatisfied with the two prime ministers, he was still within the scope of endurance, and he did not plan to split this pair of partners, so he summoned Xiao Song and asked why he begged for bones, "I am disgusted with Qing, why is Qing gone?" ”

Xiao Song said: "The minister is favored, the prime minister is treated, the wealth is extreme, and His Majesty is not tired of the minister, so the minister has to be calmly led, if he is tired of the minister, the leader of the minister is not guaranteed, and he can be free!" And he cried on the spot.

So, three days later, the results came in.

Xiao Song was dismissed as the prime minister of Zuo, and Han Xiu was dismissed as the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and the two left the phase at the same time.

(To be continued)