Hearing Yang Chengyan say his claim number, the hundred officials in the hall couldn't help but look at Liu Ying one after another.

After making sure that Liu Ying did not show the slightest displeasure, and bowed his hand to Yang Chengyan, Baiguan finally put his heart back in his stomach.

Now, there is no feudal country, only people with official positions, and there are standards that can be referred to.

——Yangchengyan is ranked in Jiuqing, with 2,000 stones in the ranks, and 2,160 stones in the year.

Yangcheng Yanzhong has 2,000 stones, and there are 17 slaves, and there are no officials who have sealed the country, 2,000 stones, more than 2,000 levels, they can't be too different from Yangcheng Yan, and about 15 people should be the most appropriate.

Qianshi is directly halved, and there are eight to ten people who are capable, and six or seven people who are not capable, which is enough.

As for 600 stone or even less than 400 stone, it is enough to send out a few people to show their attitude according to their own situation.

For such a reasonable claim ratio, the hundred officials in the palace naturally accepted it gladly.

- Who doesn't have three or five private slaves who can enter the court as an official?

You must know that even in today's Han family, there is still a hard standard of 'those with less than 100,000 families are not allowed to be officials'!

Even if it is '100,000 yuan', it is only the minimum standard for being an official!

As for the officials who can be among the court and appear in today's court meeting, let alone take three or five slaves out and do a few months of hard labor, even if they send three or five slaves to Liu Ying, it is at most a matter of gritting their teeth.

After secretly calculating how many private slaves he should produce, and roughly getting the corresponding number, some doubts appeared in the eyes of everyone in the hall again.

It's the same question from before.

——According to the references made by Xiao He and Yang Chengyan for the meritorious marquis and courtiers respectively, relying on the meritorious marquis and courtiers alone is not enough to make up 30,000 people!

You must know that so far, all the Che marquis of the Han Dynasty have added up to more than 200,000 households!

According to Xiao He's personal standard of '10,000 households per household, 120 slaves' as a reference, even if those meritorious marquis who have already gone out with the army are all claimed by their sons and nephews, the entire meritorious class can only claim about 2,500 quotas.

As for officials, not to mention.

——Yangcheng Yan is Jiuqing, and there are only 17 people in the rank of 2,000 stones!

According to this standard, even if all the officials in the entire Chang'an claim the quota according to their official positions, they can claim more than 1,000 at most.

In this way, the meritorious marquis and officials together can make up less than 4,000 people, which is exactly one-seventh of the 28,000 people shortfall in forced labor······

"This ······"

Raising his head with a suspicious face, the courtiers and officials looked at Liu Ying in their eyes, and couldn't help but faintly bring some pleading.

"In addition to the private slaves in the family, I am afraid that I will have to leave the house with money and gold ······"

"I don't know how many ······ will come out"

Thinking about it secretly, the hundred officials in the hall couldn't help but raise their heads with a little determination, looking at Liu Ying's gaze, but they still didn't see the slightest dissatisfaction.

If it is because of other things, it is natural to ask the officials to pay money and people for no reason, it is naturally whimsical.

But this time, the situation is clearly different.

——Leaving a private slave at home, and even contributing money and grain to repair Zheng Guoqu, can not only win fame and political prestige for everyone, but the most important thing is that you can get the opportunity to invest in the prince Liu Ying!

And it's not the icing on the cake, it's an investment in the nature of a charcoal in the snow!

Throughout the ages, the merits of the dragon and the establishment have been the investments with the highest rate of return and the greatest returns······

Thinking like this, the eyes of the hundred officials in the palace looking at Liu Ying faintly carried a little determination.

- Let's talk about it!

- As long as it doesn't hurt the muscles and bones, then cut some meat, and I gritted my teeth and cut it!

I don't know if I saw the determination on the faces of the hundred officials, Liu Ying only smiled for no reason, and looked at Yang Chengyan with an indifferent face.

"There is one more thing, I want to ask Yu Shaofu."

"Fang Cai, I heard the words of Shaofu, the blockage of Zheng Guoqu seems to be due to the accumulation of sediment?"

"And the coastal counties and people widen the channels, the slower the flow of water, the more sediment accumulates?"

Seeing Liu Ying asking inexplicably, even though everyone in the hall didn't know much about the matter of water engineering, they couldn't help but turn their heads sideways and look at Yangchengyan, Shaofu.

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan only nodded, and saw that Liu Ying finally asked again with a puzzled face.

"There is one place, which is very incomprehensible."

"The water of Zhengguo Canal is introduced from Jing Shui."

"A few years ago, Gu Zeng went to Jingshui in person, and although the water of Jing was not crystal clear, he did not see much sediment."

"Dare to ask Shaofu to teach: Where did the sediment that blocked Zheng Guoqu come from?"

Speaking of this, the corners of Liu Ying's eyebrows couldn't help frowning.

"Aren't there rebellious ministers and thieves hiding in Guanzhong, secretly destroying the canal, or throwing sediment and dust into the Zhengguo Canal to block its way?"

Seeing Liu Ying's fierce gaze in a moment, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but hurriedly arch his hand.

"If it's not, it's not ······"

When the fierceness in Liu Ying's eyes was slightly reversed, and he reverted back to his previous slightly puzzled appearance, Yangcheng Yancai breathed a sigh of relief.

"If you ask at home, you should know everything."

"The water of Zhengguo Canal is drawn from Jing Shui, and there is indeed not much sediment."

"The sediment blocking the Zhengguo Canal mostly comes from the upstream of the Zhengguo Canal, and the turbulent water flows down the water to the bottom where the water flows slowly."

Saying that, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but clear his throat slightly: "The family should know: water, flow to a low place." ”

"All canals are high upstream and low downstream; Zheng Guoqu is also the same. ”

"However, for many years, the Zhengguo Canal has not been repaired, and the upper reaches of the canal, the soil at the bottom of the canal is mostly washed away by water, and the lower it is."

"The lower the cost is downstream, and the higher the sediment accumulation from the upstream."

"For many years, the lower the high place of the upstream, the higher the low place of the downstream, the closer the difference between the high and low of the upstream and downstream, the slower the water flow."

"The slower the flow of water, the more sediment accumulates downstream, and the channel is widened by local officials, which makes the water of the Zhengguo Canal slower and more blocked."

Speaking of this, Yangcheng Yansheng was afraid that Liu Ying would not understand, so he added: "Let's take this as an example of renovating Zheng Guoqu at home." ”

"If you dig the silt at the bottom of the ditch, the upstream of the ditch, but you don't need to dig it, I am afraid it will be filled with a few feet."

"Then go downstream, I'm afraid to dig deep ······ at the moment"

Listening to Yang Chengyan's explanation, Liu Yingzong knew everything about it, and couldn't help pretending to have a tangled expression.

"The soil of the upper reaches is the ······ for the water to be rolled downstream, and the river is blocked"

With a slightly deliberate 'self-talk', Liu Ying couldn't help but look at Yangchengyan again.

"There is no solution to this matter?"

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan only shook his head helplessly.

"There is no other way."

"I have to dig up the silt downstream diligently every year, and fill the soil upstream every three years."

Hearing Yang Chengyan say the words 'There is no other way', the corners of Liu Ying's mouth finally swelled with an invisible smile.

- The smile of the successful conspiracy!