Xiao He was injured so that Zao Chao would not rest in the mansion.

On the morning of this day, Mu Churan threw out the problem of building a dam to improve flooding, and the ministers were in an uproar.

The ministers did not understand why the emperor would suddenly ask this question. Only the ministers who followed the southern tour understood in their hearts that this was the credit of the southern tour. His Majesty has seen with his own eyes the number of villages and farmland on both sides of the Langjiang River, the vastness of the Langjiang River, and the breadth of the river basin.

Although the purpose of the southern tour at the beginning was to celebrate the birthday of Her Royal Highness the Princess, it was naturally a good time for Her Majesty, who always had the livelihood of the people in mind. In the southern region, hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and have no food to eat. The already inadequate treasury has to allocate a huge amount of silver taels every year for this purpose, but it still does not cure the symptoms. In the coming year, the floods will return. In the long run, the treasury was empty, and the granary could not be burdened. If neighboring countries take advantage of the situation, then internal and external troubles will really come to the moment of great danger and critical survival.

The most vocal in this regard are Li Zhaoting, the secretary of the household department, and Lynn, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. In addition, the two had been instructed by the emperor before, and they investigated and sorted out the literature and data in this regard. At this moment, he took the opportunity to talk eloquently in front of the ministers, and talked about the benefits of revitalizing water conservancy and building embankments, which proved that this was a feat for the well-being of the people and for the benefit of future generations.

Many ministers were convinced to agree with the two men's words, but there were still ministers who disagreed. Most of the reasons are that the treasury is weak, and it is impossible to come up with so much money to build water conservancy at this time; The water potential of the Langjiang River is dangerous, and building a water conservancy on it will sacrifice a large number of people, etc.

As soon as these words came out, the two Shangshu could not even come up with convincing remarks. After all, the treasury is indeed weak, and it cannot come up with such a huge sum of silver taels. Once there is no silver tael, it will be difficult for the Ministry of Industry to start construction. Li Zhaoting and Lin En no longer have the right to speak at this time.

The court fell silent for a while, and Mu Churan's face was a little ugly.

What broke this silence was Ji Changge.

"Neither of the questions raised by the Rank Ministers is a problem." Ji Changge begins with such a sentence.

Some of the opposing ministers snorted coldly and laughed at this fourth-rank garrison who had just been demoted.

Ji Changge didn't care, he turned to face the emperor and bowed his hand slightly.

Mu Churan's eyes were very excited, and his tone was appreciatively allowed: "Ji Aiqing, please speak!" ”

Ji Changge got the holy order, so he didn't care about other people and talked eloquently. There is nothing false in what he says, and there are two points at the center of his content, which correspond to the two questions against the minister.

First, there is a shortage of funds. The solution is fundraising, and His Majesty takes the lead in fundraising; pay close attention to anti-corruption and corruption; Calling on the people of the world to share a small amount of expenses for this, of course, this is also a policy, and it has to be used as a last resort.

Second, the sacrifice of personnel is huge. Here Ji Changge is very puzzled, why every year the Langjiang River floods, tens of thousands of people drown in the turbulent river, you don't think the sacrifice is huge, tens of thousands of people starve to death in the wilderness, you don't feel that the sacrifice is huge. At this point, in order to solve the root of this problem, do you feel that the sacrifice is huge?

These words made several ministers on the other side speechless. There are still a few people who don't want to have any more questions, but they are all refuted by Ji Changge one by one.

Mu Churan was very satisfied with Ji Changge's ability to solve problems, and Liu Zixin, the head of the guard, was not a little worse than Ji Changge.

So early that morning, Mu Churan finalized the plan for revitalizing water conservancy, and the specific investigation and implementation were carried out by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry.

I didn't expect to solve a difficult hard bone so easily today, Mu Churan was in a very happy mood when he was in the morning court. I remember how difficult it was to promulgate an edict in the past when I wanted to promulgate an edict in which the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty could not utter a single word of "no", and some ministers seemed to not hold objections as if they could not reflect their own value. I did everything I could to add to my own blockage and delay the implementation of the law. These all gave Mu Churan a headache.

With a courtier like Ji Changge who knew how to judge the situation and consider it comprehensively, Mu Churan suddenly felt that the efficiency of the early dynasty had improved a lot.

On that day, Xiao He was eating oranges in the mansion, and he heard Duan Heng come to tell him about Ji Changge's legend in the court. Duan Heng played Mu Churan and Ji Changge alone, as well as several ministers who were responsible for mocking. There may not be any major flaws in the rhetoric, but Xiao He felt in his heart that Duan Heng was suitable to play the minister who was responsible for mocking, because the smile on the corner of his mouth didn't need to be pretended, it was already there.

When Duan Heng played Ji Changge, he became inexplicably serious, and Xiao He didn't feel the righteousness and awe-inspiring spirit on Ji Changge's body, but he looked like a villain. laughed so much that Xiao He Tangerine spit out several times.

Duan Heng was very happy to see him smiling so happily, but the emotions on his face had to be tightened, otherwise he would be faceless.

So he said with a straight face and pretending to be angry.

"Hey, I'm kind enough to learn this scene to show you, isn't it so that you can feel this wonderful early dynasty in person, in a vivid way? What do you mean by laughing all the time and spitting oranges? ”

After that, he also took a citrus in Xiao He's hand, took a deep breath of the aroma, and said with a little intoxication.

"This orange is the best citrus in the country. It is said that orange is orange in the south, and orange is orange in the north. As far as the citrus that this son has tasted is concerned, the citrus belonging to Fengguo is the sweetest in the world. ”

Xiao He was stunned by the sudden change in his expression, but Duan Heng snatched the orange from his hand and said infinitely sadly.

"I kindly bought it with a lot of money and sent it to you to taste, and you keep throwing up. It's really a bad offense to other people's hearts. After that, the woman twisted her body delicately.

Xiao He saw him amusing himself like this, and his heart was also moved. He got up and took back the half-peeled orange in Duan Heng's hand, sat down and asked casually.

"What about the oranges of Bongkook. They come to sell oranges at this time of year, don't you feel far away? ”

Duan Heng also sat down when he heard this, pinched the oranges on the plate and said very seriously.

"No. It is rare for people to come to a city so north of the imperial capital to sell oranges, and the boat fee alone will cost a lot. On several occasions in previous years, they only came with visiting ships sent by envoys from the country. The last time the envoy of Fengguo left, I went south to play for a few months. This year is also the fifth year. ”

Xiao He was a little curious, "Is the envoy of Fengguo coming to the imperial capital this year?" ”

Duan Heng didn't nod or shake his head, Xiao He knew that he looked like this, and probably couldn't give a definite answer.

However, although Duan Heng, who was quite well-informed, could not answer this question with confidence, he quickly got the answer from Mu Churan's mouth.

The next morning, they will go up and wait until they have finished settling the affairs reported by the ministers of all parties. Mu Churan picked up a book from the pile of folds in his hand, and the ministers saw that his majesty was holding a beautifully bound document in his hand, and they all guessed in their hearts what would happen.

Mu Churan casually handed the document to Gonggong Liu, who was standing beside him, cleared his throat, and spoke.

"When I was in Jiuzhou a few days ago, several ministers who stayed in the imperial capital sent me a document urgently. Father-in-law Liu, read it. ”

Gonggong Liu took the document with both hands, and his sharp but clear voice echoed throughout the court.

"Emperor Yin's personal revelation:

When I felt the autumn and conceived people, my emperor saw the phoenix and thought about the water in the palace, and recalled the Dingbei River in the imperial capital. The customs of Da Yin have not been seen for many years......"

The front was just some hypocritical and high-sounding polite words, and the ministers listened to them with no thought until the last sentence.

"Because of the gratitude for the century-old friendship of Fengyin, I can't bear to alienate the affection, and there is a gap in the friendship between the two countries. Therefore, he sent Wang Li Changxi to lead the Fengguo delegation to the north on the first day of October, and took a look at it on behalf of the emperor. Among them, there are generous gifts to carry each other, thinking that the two countries have been friendly for generations, and the meaning of friendship and neighborliness is deep, and the Emperor Yin will never say goodbye. ”

Gonggong Liu's voice still echoed freely on the Qinzheng Palace, and the ministers below him had already started to discuss.

Mu Churan has never liked the serious and old-fashioned atmosphere of the court, and he has never cared about, let alone stopped the ministers from discussing state affairs in the court

From it, he can not only get the reaction of the ministers to the incident at the first time, but also quietly observe the interesting details of the ministers from this high position.

For example, Liu Shenming, who was blinded by his ancestors and received the emperor's favor, his father Liu Xiang was a veteran of the former emperor when he was there, and he made countless contributions to the state affairs.

However, although Liu Shenming was born in a scholarly family of the Liu family, although he could read a room of sage books, he did not learn half of the essentials of the ancient people's personality knowledge.

Whenever I encounter a way of dealing with things that has not been found in ancient books, or that has not been done by predecessors, I will do everything possible to persuade my majesty to give up, lest one misstep become a thousand years of hatred and leave a lasting infamy.

Every time Liu Shenming heard about a new national policy, his first reaction was to make a bitter face and frown.

And Li Zhaoting, the head of the household, is not. Although Li Zhaoting is also the son of a rich family, and he is a famous silk family in the Yin Kingdom, his business is well-known in several countries.

Xu is a child at home for many years, Li Zhaoting is extremely sensitive to the matter of silver two, more than ten years old is a well-known prodigy, has solved the problem left by everyone in the previous dynasty, at that time the arithmetic master Mr. Zhao Chip is still alive, read his answer touched the white beard smiled and sighed three times, everyone said that this little Li Gongzi has a bright future in the future.

Even though he is amazingly talented, Li Zhaoting, who is a little side branch at home, has no intention of taking over family affairs by taking advantage of the limelight of a prodigy when he becomes an adult, but looks at the world

He participated in scientific expeditions and sought fame, and what was shining in his eyes was not the financial interests of the family, but the prosperity of the country. Li Zhaoting has quite a point of view in this way.

When he listens to a national policy, he will neither subconsciously refute it, nor will he change his way to obey the holy will, and he often does not move his face and lowers his brows.

Mu Churan always thought it was very interesting, probably when he solved the problems of the previous dynasty, he was also like this.