In the imperial study, the matter of the envoys and relatives of the Jin State will be put aside for the time being, and the sudden coup d'état of the Jin State will involve the follow-up, and we will have to think about it again, but in general, no matter what happens in the Jin Kingdom, it can't actually change the determination of the Liang Kingdom, it's just some plans, and some corresponding changes need to be made.

Many people in the venue were still immersed in the sentimentality of a generation of famous envoys who had withdrawn gloomily, and they were silent for a long time, and when the atmosphere in the room was a little cold, someone suddenly stood up from their seats, bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

The others were shocked by this sentence and came back to their senses, their expressions tightened, they frowned, and slowly looked at the person who opened their mouths.

You know, the cabinet is meant to allow His Majesty the Emperor and them, the real ministers, to discuss state affairs and formulate policies for governing the country with their hearts.

Even His Majesty the Emperor, in order to dispel their sense of restraint, chose to sit lazily on the chair instead of sitting on the front of the Jinluan Palace, all in order to create a relaxed atmosphere for them.

The fact that this person suddenly spoke so formally naturally attracted the attention of the others, knowing that there must be something important.

Especially these few of them, every time the cabinet meeting is going to talk about something, they will communicate with each other in advance, this is not to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and work together to deal with the emperor, but to unify political opinions as soon as possible before entering the imperial study, otherwise they will be noisy in the imperial study, what kind of system is that, don't say that the emperor is upset, and they themselves don't want to lose their demeanor, but now this person suddenly spoke, and everyone subconsciously looked at each other, knowing that everyone should not know what he was going to say, then there was something wrong with this matter。

Shang Shuling Zhang Boren has even begun to think about the identity and background of this person, and wants to deduce what this person wants to play.

This person's surname is Yu, his name is Shitan, he is from the Yu family in Suxi, Jiangzhou, and he is also a child of the family, and he is an official to the Huangmen Shilang of the Sect Province, but this person is different from these old ministers, although he has been in the officialdom for decades, but he has only recently been promoted, and he is not a frequent visitor in this imperial study.

This lower province, also known as Huangmen Province, was originally the emperor's side in charge of the emperor's affairs of the close servants merged, the earliest was only the emperor's close attendants, doing is to take care of the emperor's daily life, travel, and accompanying and other miscellaneous matters, but also on behalf of His Majesty the emperor to the ministers to pass the oracle, the chapter, etc., the official body on the bright side, than a general harem official, in fact, is not much the same, but it is both a close attendant, direct to the heavens, and also serves as a personal adviser, can assist the Son of Heaven to govern the country, is considered a humble and weighty, and later because these close servants gradually become powerful, dissatisfied with their own low status, the emperor also promoted and merged, this is the position of the province。

After Menxia Province became a formal yamen, in terms of status alone, it is almost the same as Zhongshu Province, and has the right to discuss state affairs, mainly responsible for reviewing edicts, signing seals, and having the right to refute them, and the power is extremely brilliant, if you meet some emperors who are so mediocre that they don't go to the court, the officials of Menxia Province can completely replace the emperor, control the government, and even all kinds of decrees, they have to let you see, you can see it, they don't let you see it, the emperor can't know it for a lifetime, and because they can issue decrees, what they do is almost the right of the Son of Heaven.

However, the three generations of emperors of Liangguo so far are all hard-working, and any decree involving a state or county must be personally checked and reviewed.

Therefore, over the years, Menxia Province has only been doing the work of the emperor's voice worm, helping the imperial study to pass the chapter, whether it can be implemented or not depends on His Majesty's own thoughts, plus the position of Menxia Province leads to their excessive authority, it is very easy to harm the country and the people, and cholera government, so it has been suppressed by the other two provinces, plus these generations of emperors do not need Menxia Province to deal with government decrees on their behalf, so until today, Menxia Province does not even have a formal servant, this Yu Shitan is also a servant, so he was able to enter this cabinet, in fact, it is only a situation, because once the decree is made in the imperial study, there is nothing to do with their subordinates.

The formation of the cabinet, in fact, is divided into the functions and powers of their subordinate province and Zhongshu province, but it is a pity that there is Su Ruwen in front of the court, and Zhang Boren in the back, the two adults joined forces, one after the other, and suppressed the subordinate province extremely miserably, he Yu Shitan was born in a Jiangzhou family, and was not liked by the imperial court, but because he deliberately went far away from the Jiangzhou party, he was able to climb to today's position, but it is a pity that it is difficult to take a step forward, this substitute servant, I am afraid that there will be one on the head for the rest of my life. The word 'generation', and the scope of this real power is not even much bigger than that of the palm seal eunuch Han Gonggong, and he is pitiful.

Hearing that this person had something to say, Gu Yi immediately bowed his head and said, "Aiqing, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Yu Shitan bowed formally again, and then bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the prince's canal plan. ”

As soon as the words were uttered, the rest of them all frowned deeply.

Because they know that as early as the day of His Majesty's birthday, the crown prince presented a gift, called "Liang National Policy", writing a total of ten national plans, which can be called a high-level building, unprecedented, the construction of the canal, is one of them, this is the national policy for the benefit of the country and the people.

On the second day after that day, Gu Yi, who had been watching in the imperial study all night with the "Liang National Policy", announced directly to the ministers at the court meeting that he was going to build a canal, and the unprecedented Grand Canal conceived by the prince would run through the entire Liang country, starting from the mouth of Haizhou Yin, going upstream, running through the whole country, north to Youzhou, east to Yanzhou, which is a huge project that cannot be imagined.

Since that day, there have been hundreds of surveyors from the capital, all over the country, all over the country, all over the water sources and mountains, according to the prince's idea, to preliminarily draw up the track, but this kind of huge project, not just think about it can be made, to open up such a grand canal through the country, at least to mobilize millions of laborers, it takes decades or even a hundred years to complete, the amount of manpower and material resources to be consumed in the middle is simply astronomical.

It may even drag down the entire Liang country.

Collecting millions of laborers, even in addition to the annual forced labor required by the imperial court, it is necessary to pay a large amount of silver, plus the huge amount of materials required to dig the canal, which is enough to empty the entire treasury.

Second, millions of young people to dig canals will inevitably lead to a large number of barren fields in various states, and at the same time, they will have to levy grain from the whole country to feed these laborers, which is an astronomical amount every day, and the Liang country can't afford it at all, let alone the Liang country, even the princes in the middle court may not be able to afford it.

In addition, such a big matter was not discussed with the courtiers in advance, so this matter actually encountered countless oppositions that day, but it was forcibly suppressed by His Majesty the Emperor and the princelings.

As soon as he heard this person's words, Gu Yi's face instantly turned cold, and he said in a stiff tone: "What's wrong, Aiqing might as well speak up." ”

Yu Shitan lowered his head, he didn't dare to raise his head at all, he was stared at by the eyes of the adults, and his back was cold, but he still said hard: "This matter is very inappropriate, the canal matter, the people and money, I think my Liangguo has only been peaceful for more than 20 years, and it is far from being rich enough to complete this project. ”

After such a tactful turn, it is Gu Yi, and it is difficult to say anything, and it really makes sense to say this, all the national strength is consumed here, where is the ability to go north, let alone the Liang country, even if it is changed to any country, it is impossible to mobilize millions of laborers to build canals while still fighting with other countries at the same time, which is not realistic at all.

Talking to a person who can control his life and death with one word, you must know how to be tactful, although this person's motives are not pure, but he is also well versed in the rules of officialdom, especially in the province of Menxia, which is to directly serve the emperor, speak and do things, and naturally understand the importance of euphemism.

Seeing Gu Yi's face full of embarrassment, Zhang Boren immediately scolded: "Ridiculous! The canal is related to the people's livelihood plan of our country, once the canal is completed, like the smooth blood of the people, it will be of great benefit to the country and the people, how can you give up because of a little resistance? The people at the bottom only care about the immediate interests and can't understand this hundred-year plan, don't you understand Yu Shilang?"

He said very seriously, because he valued this future son-in-law, the current crown prince of Liangguo, very much, and he also knew that once this canal was completed, it would have an impact on a country, and if Gu Cang's first decree was destroyed by someone in a few words, it would also be a major blow to his prestige.

Yu Shitan lowered his head, didn't even turn his body, but said: "Just because the people can't understand it, the people's resentment is boiling, and even mutiny, who will bear the responsibility? The idea is right, but this canal is too huge after all, it can be said that it is a huge project that has never been done before, even if the ancient gods come to do it, I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort, can my Liangguo afford it? If it can't be supported, what will be the consequences? Lord Zhang has thought about this problem?"

The general Grand Canal is nothing more than a land that spans two states, which is already extremely powerful, but in the plan proposed by Gu Cang, it is necessary to connect the entire Liang country up and down by waterway, although it is not said to be all over the country, but it also spans three states and even four states, and the project is so vast that it is unimaginable.

Zhang Boren was about to refute, but he didn't expect Gu Yi to bow his head and say: "What Yu Aiqing said is extremely true. ”

Seeing that the emperor had spoken, the others naturally stopped talking, and just silently waited for the following, in fact, everyone could see that there was a great possibility that this person had secretly defected to the Jiangzhou Party, and wanted to use this to suppress the power of the prince, otherwise why would this person so resolutely deny the decree that had been completed?

If he is really loyal, dedicated to the country, and even does not hesitate to offend His Majesty the Emperor, then he would have gone to the Yushitai on an errand, how could he be a nominal Huangmen squire, who seems to be a well-loved close minister of His Majesty, but in fact, his actual status is not as good as a big eunuch in the palace.

This bit of political sensitivity, these people still have it, not to mention some things, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go, the party is the same and the different, it is the basic, even if the officialdom of Liangguo is clear, it is impossible for everyone to stand on their own, never form a party for personal gain, or in other words, forming a party is already a private business in itself, this point, even if they are unwilling, it is impossible, because even if it is Shangshu Ling Zhang Boren, it is impossible to control everyone below.

Seeing that His Majesty actually agreed with his opinion, even Yu Shitan himself was a little surprised, and he said that His Majesty was moved so simply?

Gu Yi said unhurriedly: "This matter of the Grand Canal is indeed very important, it cannot be completed overnight, and it can even be said that it is the plan of my Liang country for the next few decades or even a hundred years, in fact, there is no need to be so urgent." ”

Others, even those who support the crown prince, believe that if they start hastily and forcibly build the canal, it will inevitably bring irreparable serious consequences, which is like saying that a person has just earned enough for every day before dinner, but wants to go to the casino to splurge it, it will naturally not lead to good results.

People can't do things that they can't do on their own, and the same goes for countries.

These are all old people in the officialdom, many of them have climbed up step by step from the bottom, not the kind of lobbyists who can only talk and build buildings in the air, many of them have gone to other places to be local parents and officials, know the truth in various places, and also know the impact of building the canal, but they are not opposed, but also out of trust in His Majesty the Emperor and the crown prince, although these two were born in the royal family, they have not experienced the hardships of the people like them, but for so many years, there has been no mistake, and they can put forward this decree, naturally they have been prepared for a long time, and they don't have to worry about it。

What's more, everyone here has reached the apex of their careers, who wants to fall to the bottom because of offending the emperor, people are not grass and trees, and they have selfish and private feelings, which is understandable.

However, Gu Yi on the dragon chair said: "But start a short period first, I think it's no problem, the land of Jiangzhou, has always been rich, known as the land of fish and rice, this is the granary of my Liang country, the coming day to mobilize troops, grain and grass transportation, if you take the land route, it will inevitably be delayed, besides, Jiangzhou already has a canal dug by the previous dynasty, then you only need to dig again on the original basis, you can complete the entire waterway from Liangzhou to Jiangzhou, and then take Liangzhou as the turnover center, throughout the country, isn't it beautiful?"

The people below were stunned for a moment, and they all began to think carefully.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor has taken a step back, do you want to continue to be aggressive?

Unless he wants to die.

Yu Shitan didn't have the courage, even if he was reluctant in his heart, he still bowed down and patted his ass and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Everyone else also looked at Gu Yi and waited for the following.

However, what they don't know is that Gu Yi now has only the word "admiration" for this second son in his heart, a young man can grasp people's hearts so accurately, since this is the case, he should also help him as a father, and immediately said: "Then the canal matter from Jiangzhou to Liangzhou will be handed over to the fourth child and you, Yu Shilang, there is no problem, right?"

When the others heard this, their hearts suddenly sank, and they finally understood it completely, and each of them secretly said a good thing.

The mother family of the old four looking at the sea is the most prominent wealthy family in Jiangzhou, and it can even be said that the He family is the head of all families.

The matter fell on the head of the fourth child, he must go to his mother and concubine, and then the mother came forward to ask the He family, the He family has to help if they don't want to help, unless they make up their minds and never invest in the fourth child, but that is impossible, as long as the court still has the Jiangzhou Party one day, the fourth child will have his own arm to help, and they have to pinch their noses to do this.

can do a good job, most of the credit is also in the decision-maker, that is, the prince Gu Cangna, but if you do a bad job, the blame is all on this side, even if you don't punish the fourth child at that time, but you, Yu Shitan, will definitely not be able to run away.

Yu Shitan is not a fool, after figuring out the joint, he wanted to shirk this hot job on the grounds that the fourth prince was young and incompetent.

But he didn't want Gu Yi to stand up immediately, and while turning around, he ordered: "The fourth old man is young, he should temper and temper, let's hurry up after the year, I am also tired, what is the matter, after the year, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in two days, everyone should go back early to accompany the family." ”

Zhang Boren understood, first stood up and said loudly: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

The others also quickly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Gu Yi waved his hand, and under the escort of Han Diao Temple beside him, he didn't look inside, and walked out directly.

The other ministers present all looked at the sad-faced Yu Shilang and left with a big laugh.