"Canal?"

"In the name of the marquis, the 'Xiao Hequ' who was ordered?"

The next day, outside the Changle Palace.

Hearing the whispers of Shaofu Yang Chengyan, Cao Shen only opened his eyes slightly and looked at Yang Chengyan with surprise.

After looking left and right, making sure that no one was eavesdropping nearby, and then lowered his head and pondered for a while, Cao Shencai asked again: "Where is the ditch?" ”

Seeing that Yang Chengyan heard this, the expression on his face immediately showed a little hesitation, and even with Cao Shen, his face couldn't help but sink slightly.

"Digging a new ditch?"

After Yang Chengyan nodded slowly with doubts on his face, Cao Shen finally shook his head and let out a long sigh, and between his words, he couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.

"The dynasty is not a few years old, a hundred wastes are waiting to be rebuilt, the government and the treasury are empty for many years, and they are only nearly two years old to be relieved."

"Why does the government and the treasury have a little spare strength, and Your Majesty has the idea of repairing the canal again?"

Hearing Cao Shen's words, Yang Chengyan did not make a shrinking turtle anymore, but smiled a little deliberately, and tilted his upper body slightly towards Cao Shen.

"Pingyang Hou doesn't know."

"Emperor Taizu Gao died in the autumn of the tenth year;"

"At the funeral ceremony, Emperor Taizu Gao said that it was easy to store, and the court was buzzing with a big earthquake!"

"If it weren't for the combination of the Marquis and the Marquis of Liu, and the four Haos of Shangshan came out to protect it, I am afraid that Your Majesty will ······ at that time"

Halfway through the words, Yang Chengyan wisely stopped talking and handed Cao Shen a "Don't you need me to say it too clearly, right?" '' eyes.

Cao Shenzi also came to his senses, and said thoughtfully, "Oh~", and a touch of vagueness swelled up on his face.

The Hou and the Marquis worked together to dissuade them, and the four Hao of Shangshan worked together to protect it?

Huh······

As one of the parties involved, today, I am afraid that no one knows better than Cao Shen how Liu Ying's storage position was preserved.

——When the situation was at its most critical, Cao Shen and Fu Kuan, who were both Qi Xiang at that time, were even ready to go out of Linzi at any time!

It's just that most of the things here have been suppressed by the former emperor Liu Bang, and the world only knows that the Marquis advises and stays in the marquis, and Shangshan Sihao goes out of the mountain to stand in line, but I don't know what kind of terrifying energy Lu Pheasant launched at that time······

Cao Shen was thinking about it, and Yangcheng Yan also continued: "Not long after, the acting minister Chen Xuan said that he was sick and did not mourn with the Emperor Taishang, and Emperor Taizu Gao was furious, and then went out for the army! ”

"And Your Majesty, I am also entrusted with the responsibility of 'renovating the water conservancy in Guanzhong' for Emperor Taizu Gao."

Hearing this, Cao Shenzi nodded slowly, indicating that he was until this matter.

After all, no matter how you say it, Cao Shen has been acting as a prime minister in the name of the imperial historian for more than a year.

With such sufficient time for the handover, if Cao Shen was still 'unheard of' about something in Guanzhong, it would be impossible for him to be designated by the former emperor Liu Bang as the successor of the Marquis Xiao He.

But after all, at that time, Cao Shen was still far away in Linzi, the capital of Qi, and was the king of Qi Liu Fei, although he had heard of the 'prince repairing the canal', he didn't know much about it.

So after hearing that Yang Chengyan was doing this again, Cao Shen couldn't help but cheer up a little and listened carefully to Yang Chengyan's words.

"The crown prince and the prince are the masters, and the courtiers, hundreds of officials, and the meritorious marquis of the fathers are all slaves, and the matter of repairing the canal can be said to be a matter of course."

"I heard that the prince was repairing the canal, and he couldn't bear to work hard, and the people of Weibei didn't know how many people worked for the canal!"

"With such unity, the Zheng Guoqu, which has been in disrepair for many years since Qin II, will be renewed in winter, and it will take only a few months."

"Your Majesty's words of 'if the canal cannot be built, it will not be built' is also out of the ······ at that time"

Hearing Yang Chengyan's words, Rao has a certain degree of understanding of these things, and Cao Shen couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly!

looked at Yang Chengyan with a little surprise, but saw that Yang Chengyan nodded heavily, indicating that what he said was true, Cao Shencai was full of surprise, bowed his head and fell into thought.

Liu Ying's repair of Zheng Guoqu has already spread all over the world after Liu Ying has succeeded to the throne of the Son of Heaven.

But Cao Shen's understanding of this matter is only limited to: Zheng Guoqu was blocked, and it was repaired by Liu Ying.

But when and how Zheng Guoqu was blocked, and how Liu Ying repaired it, Cao Shen didn't know anything.

It was not until now, from the mouth of the party Yangcheng Yan, who heard the detailed process of repairing the canal, especially after the sentence that will be recorded in history that 'the canal will not be built', Cao Shen finally understood: why in that short period of half a year, Liu Ying's storage position has become as stable as Mount Tai from the edge of the cliff.

- People's hearts!

——When he was still the crown prince and was maliciously dumped by the former emperor Liu Bang to himself the hot potato of 'repairing the canal', Liu Ying has already begun to maintain his image in the hearts of the people in Guanzhong!

It is a routine operation to endure labor and give food to forced labor;

If you want to say the most sassy, it is the blue-black stone bricks that cover the first ten miles of Zhengguo Canal, and the catchy sentence 'If the canal is not successful, it will not be built'······

"Hiss ······"

"That is, Your Majesty has had scruples in the people's hopes since that time, how can you ······ it now?"

Thinking about it with a heart, Cao Shenben's face was quite relaxed, and he couldn't help but be a little vigilant.

Because at this moment, Cao Shen realized that Liu Ying's current appearance of having no quarrel with the world and even childish behavior from time to time is probably just an illusion!

As for what lies beneath this illusion, Cao Shen doesn't know;

But his innate sense of politics told Cao Shen that what was hidden under that layer of illusion was not something reassuring······

"Uh-huh·······"

"Pingyang Hou?"

"Dr. Cao?"

In contemplation, Yang Chengyan's slight call was heard in his ears again, and finally Cao Shen's attention was drawn back to his eyes.

"Hmm, don't blame Shaofu."

"Even thinking of the illness of the marquis, contemptible, even wandering outside the ······"

But seeing that Yang Chengyan lowered his head with a polite smile, indicating that he was out of the way, he raised his head again.

"Talking to the Marquis of Pingyang about His Majesty's canal repair is not a casual conversation."

"The Marquis of Pingyang should know that His Majesty renovated the Zheng Guo Canal at the beginning, and it was in the name of the Marquis of Yu, and the Ming Ming said that he was the assistant, which was really a full operation."

"When I was a year old, Your Majesty's words of 'the canal can't be built, and it won't be built' spread all over the pass, and when the people heard it, they all said, 'This day is the king of the Liu family'."

"Therefore, since the age of the year, His Majesty has been repairing the Zhengguo Canal from the beginning, and the water conservancy affairs in Guanzhong have been the top priority of the court; At that time, the court and the treasury were empty, and the princes with different surnames in the eastern part of the country were not settled, so they were not in a hurry for the time being. ”

"However, the house and the library are a little real, and the four walls of Chang'an have not yet been built.

"His Majesty is mourning endlessly because of the illness of the Marquis, and wants to use the name of the Marquis to dig a new canal."

"Uh······"

Said a long list around the corner, and seeing that Cao Shen's face became more and more suspicious, Yang Chengyan finally smiled with a stiff face.

"Those who want to talk about the Marquis of Pingyang are Guanzhong Water Conservancy, which can really be said to be something that the court has long had and should have done a long time ago."

"If the Marquis of Pingyang does not know the inside story of the proposal, and speaks out above the court discussion, it will be ······suspicious of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."

"Heh, hehe·······"

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan finally stopped talking, handed Cao Shen a meaningful look, and then silently bowed his hand.

Seeing this, Cao Shen had a slight doubt in his heart, so he had to return the salute with a little politeness.

"Thank you Yang Gong for mentioning this."

"Don't dare, don't dare ······"

"Pingyang Hou said this, I am really ashamed to ········"

·

"How?"

"The princes are in Xiao Hequ, but do you have other opinions?"

A moment later, the main hall of the Nagasin Hall.

Remotely controlling Yangchengyan and giving a brief introduction to the upcoming 'Xiao He Qu' project, Liu Ying stood up a little disregard for his manners and looked at everyone in the hall with a strong look.

On Liu Ying's side, the Queen Mother Lu Pheasant turned her head sideways with a smile on her face, looked at Liu Ying's heroic side face, and couldn't stop laughing at her aunt.

As for Liu Ying's question, it did not sound too violently discussed among the courtiers and officials.

It's just that, as Liu Ying expected: even after Liu Ying sent Yang Chengyan to 'say hello' in advance, Cao Shen, who was about to succeed to the post of prime minister, finally stood up.

"Hey!"

"With this stubborn temper, he is worthy of Xiao He's class······"

Secretly slandered herself, but Liu Ying immediately had a smile on her face like a spring breeze, and she gave Cao Shen a little bow with gentleness.

"If Taifu has a high opinion, he can speak bluntly."

Just this sentence provoked Cao Shen, who got up and walked out of the train, to stagnate, and when he rushed to his mouth, he was suddenly blocked.

Speaking of the position of 'Taifu', although it is rare in history, it can be called a long time for today's Han family.

- As we all know, although Liu Han inherited the Qin system, he never recognized the 'Ying Qin' as an independent regime;

In the politically correct law of the Han Dynasty, 'inheriting the Qin system and following the Zhou Dynasty' can be said to be the most uncontroversial primary content.

And the position of Taifu is a 'specialty' from the Zhou family, or in other words, Taifu is the same as Taishi and Taibao, and is merged into the 'Ancient Three Princes'.

Unlike the three princes of the Han dynasty today, namely the prime minister, the imperial lieutenant, and the imperial historian, the ancient three princes of Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao did not have an obvious division of responsibilities.

To be precise, the three positions of Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are all teachers of the Son of Heaven.

If you have to say that there is any difference between the three, it is the Taishi, the head of the ancient three princes, and the Taifu and Taibao are equal; and Taifu is the main text, Taibao is the main martial arts, and the Taishi is also the civil and military.

And today's Han family, although it has long abandoned the ancient three dukes with real power, but the honorary ancient three dukes were accidentally used by the former emperor Liu Bang to the prime minister Xiao He, the imperial historian Cao Shen, the internal history of Wang Ling, and now the Huainan minister Chen Ping.

At the beginning, it was Liu Bang who left an edict when he died: Xiao He, Cao Shen, Wang Ling, Chen Ping, each of whom was also a prince;

Then, when Liu Ying was in the Great Dynasty Ceremony, he added a layer of 'Taishi' honor to Xiao He to show respect.

From a practical point of view, the 'Taifu' of Cao Shen, Wang Ling, and Chen Ping was obviously only a means for the former Emperor Liu Bang to forcibly put these three people on Liu Ying's carriage; Prime Minister Xiao He's 'Taishi' was only Liu Ying's coy gesture of buying people's hearts and stabilizing the political situation.

But as the saying goes: if the name is not right, the word is not good.

On the contrary, if the name is right, then the word is smooth.

Just like now, Liu Ying wants to give Xiao He, who is about to die, a gift called 'Xiao Hequ', Cao Shen, as the head of the courtiers, wants to stand up to remind Liu Ying to 'think twice before acting'.

But after Liu Ying's title of 'Taifu', even if Cao Shen really didn't want this 'Xiao Hequ' to start working, he could only keep his mouth shut obediently.

- Taifu Taifu, he is an emperor to save face, and if he doesn't give face, he is still a courtier!

Besides, how can a teacher, as a teacher, stop a student from doing something that is obviously not inappropriate in the slightest?

"Sure enough······"

"Your Majesty today, but because of the face of the Queen Mother, she hides in the temple······"

Secretly muttering to himself, Cao Shen had no choice but to swallow all the previously typed abdominal manuscripts back into his stomach, and as if he was unwilling, he bowed his hand to Liu Ying slightly.

"Your Majesty wants to build water conservancy and benefit Guanzhong, and he will also order the canal to be named in the name of the Taishi, in order to show the merits of the old minister;"

"This is a matter for the benefit of the country and the people."

"I don't know: if you want to build this 'Xiao He Canal', I don't know who Your Majesty wants to make in charge of repairing the canal?"

Saying that, Cao Shen was afraid that what he said was not realistic enough, so he hurriedly put on a sad face.

"In the past, all the big and small affairs in Guanzhong, Master Xiao must have asked, and there was never any omission."

"However, now the Taishi is seriously ill and lying on the couch, and this canal is the 'Xiao He Qu' ordered in the name of the Taishi······"

Hearing Cao Shen's words, even if he was puzzled by Cao Shen's purpose, the courtiers and officials couldn't help but nod slightly.

- What Cao Shen said is not unreasonable.

In the past, Xiao He was in charge of such a major event as building water conservancy, at least he had to put on a name, and then ask and inspect from time to time;

Today's Changle and Weiyang palaces, as well as the eight streets and nine mo, north and south rooms in the city, or Liu Ying, who was the prince at that time, went to repair Zheng Guoqu in person, all of them are the same.

What's more, this new canal is obviously Liu Ying wants to put some gold on the old prime minister's face before Xiao He dies;

If you let someone else fix it, it's obviously a little inappropriate.

——Zhang San and Li Si worked together, and as a result, a 'Xiao He Canal' was built, no matter how you say it, it is a bit unreasonable.

Thinking like this, the eyes of the courtiers and hundreds of officials also fell on Liu Ying's body.

Xiao He is in such a situation now, let alone going to repair the canal, I'm afraid it's a little reluctant to even put up a name;

As for Xiao He's son, that is, Xiao Lu, the son of Hou Shizi, he almost didn't have the words 'I am a short-lived ghost' written on his face.

In this case, who will repair this 'Xiao He Canal' has obviously become a test set in the hearts of the courtiers and officials.

——A test for Liu Ying, the young son of heaven who is about to be crowned and then pro-government!

Regarding Cao Shen's question, although Liu Ying expected it, she couldn't help but slander again and again.

"If you call you a master with a good voice, you can't stop your old mouth······"

If he was scolded, he saw that Liu Yingman raised his head easily and smiled at Cao Shen.

"Mrs. Cao, I misunderstood my intentions at that time······"

"I want to dig Xiao He Qu, not to make the Taishi do it himself, but to do it myself, to dedicate the Taishi."

"That is, I want to give the gift of the Grand Master, Xiao Hequ, since I should be the master of my relatives, and then the ministers Cao Xiang will be on the side?"

As she spoke, Liu Ying shook her head with a smile, and then raised her head slightly towards Yangcheng Yan on the side.

"I can repair the canal, others may not know."

"Ran Shaofu, have you ever worked with me on the bank of Zheng Guoqu to personally supervise the repair of the canal?"

"Huh······"

"Repairing Zheng Guoqu is only three years old, and I am also young; However, a hundred miles of new canals, I still have the power of the master······"

Saying this, Liu Ying's gaze quietly flickered, and spread to Cao Shen, the imperial historian who was standing in the center of the Changxin Palace, in the 'messy wind'.

"What does Mrs. Cao think?"

"Is it appropriate for me to do it myself?"