"Your Majesty, Ye Guogong asks to see you." Wang Feng whispered.

In the imperial study, Xiao Pingsi was putting the Jiangnan water conservancy map on the wall, facing the map of the north on the other side.

The day before yesterday, from the hands of Shangshu Yan of the household department, the four million taels that were finally knocked out can be used by good students.

This water conservancy map was also made many years ago, and now it has to be used to make some adjustments, and in the past two days, Xiao Pingsi and the Ministry of Industry began to discuss this matter.

He has even sent a messenger to Jiangnan to inspect the waterways.

"Old Ye is here?"

Xiao Pingsi smiled: "Hurry up, invite him in, I just want to talk to someone to discuss." ”

Later, Wang Feng led Ye Xuanfeng in.

"Your Majesty, the old minister." Ye Xuanfeng bowed.

"Old Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, you are so old, you still care about these false courtesies."

Without Xiao Pingsi's instructions, Wang Feng moved a chair on the side with great discernment.

Then he retreated.

Ye Xuanfeng is already old, and Wang Feng doesn't have to worry about anything.

In the imperial study, only the two monarchs and ministers were left, and Ye Xuanfeng said: "Your Majesty, do you know what happened to Beiliang?" ”

"You mean that Luo Yang is plotting rebellion, in case of the news of rebellion?" Xiao Pingsi looked unconcerned, and his eyes were only staring at the Jiangnan water conservancy construction drawings.

The mind has already flown to the famous mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Since Your Majesty knows, the old minister will also make his intentions clear, and the minister feels that this is not the time to adjust military affairs." Ye Xuanfeng said.

As a military cabinet elder who has long since stepped down, he should not have taken care of this matter, but he was worried that His Majesty would make a rash attack and cause the military to fry the pot...... Ye Xuanfeng decided to remind His Majesty one or two.

Recently, His Majesty has not been in a good mood, Ye Xuanfeng knows about the affairs of several princes, which makes His Majesty a very headache, and he is afraid that His Majesty wants to take a breath of relief from this matter.

When the time comes, it will be used by others to secretly fuel the flames, and the territory of the Xia Kingdom may be full of smoke.

"Oh?"

Xiao Pingsi smiled: "I didn't expect that Lao Aiqing and I have the same idea? ”

"Huh?" Ye Xuanfeng was a little surprised.

Xiao Pingsi said: "At this time, if you rectify military affairs, there will inevitably be people who are in danger, and when the time comes, if someone in my Great Xia Province follows Yue Pingchuan's example, none of us will think about laughing at Beiliang." ”

Ye Xuanfeng said with peace of mind: "It turns out that Your Majesty has this intention, it seems that the old minister is stupid and overly worried." ”

"Old Aiqing, where are you talking about this, you are still concerned about state affairs at such an age, and having a minister of humerus like Aiqing is really a blessing for me in Great Xia!"

Xiao Ping said with a straight face, standing under the water conservancy construction drawing, looking at the atlas with his chin in his hand.

"Your Majesty, the old minister will retire." Ye Xuanfeng said.

He underestimated His Majesty, who was still in the prime of life, and was both a little embarrassed and even more relieved in his heart.

With this monarch in Great Xia, it will definitely prosper in a few decades.

"Aiqing stays, come, look at this picture!" Xiao Pingsi is in a very good mood, like a child sharing toys, showing off his achievements.

Ye Xuanfeng came closer and looked at the picture clearly: "Jiangnan Water Conservancy? ”

He exclaimed: "Your Majesty, this matter was many years ago, why do you suddenly remember it now?" ”

"Old Aiqing, I really just praised you for being the minister of the humerus, and you don't even know such a major national policy now?" Xiao Pingsi glanced at him and chuckled.

"Huh?" Ye Xuanfeng was puzzled.

Xiao Pingsi pointed to the map: "Yesterday, I convened the Ministry of Industry, turned this map out and updated it, and asked the Ministry of Industry and Yushi to go to Jiangnan for field surveying and mapping together, so as to prepare for the start of construction in the spring of next year...... The government and the opposition know about this, why don't you know? ”

"Uh...... The old minister is old, and he has long been ignorant of military politics. Ye Xuanfeng scratched his head, he did not plant people in the DPRK, this kind of thing is not a military matter, and his old department will not come to inform him.

So, it's normal to know that things are late.

Xiao Pingsi said: "I have issued an order for the Ministry of Industry to prepare for this winter, and mobilize all parties to build water conservancy projects in various parts of the Yangtze River as soon as spring next year." ”

"The will will be issued to Jiangnan through the cabinet in the next two days."

"I see...... But......" Ye Xuanfeng said suspiciously, "I heard that when this matter was discussed in the early years, the household department resolutely disagreed and put it aside, and now Yan Chop ...... Yan Shangshu actually agreed? ”

If the imperial court wants to do anything, it must have money, and the money belongs to the household department.

This is also the reason why Xiao Pingsi, the emperor, sometimes has to look at Yan Lanfeng's face.

Of course, it's not really afraid, but we need such a talent, and we must appease such a talent for the sake of overall stability.

"Haha!"

Xiao Pingsi suddenly laughed and said proudly: "I was about to talk to Aiqing in detail, and the day before yesterday I called Yan Lanfeng to ......"

In front of Ye Xuanfeng, Xiao Pingsi was very proud, and he made it clear how he won Yan Lanfeng's trust step by step and squeezed four million taels of start-up capital from the hands of this iron rooster.

Ye Xuanfeng heard that Yan Lanfeng even planned to use fainting to confuse, but His Majesty saw through it and pinched the fact that he couldn't pretend to be faint...... I couldn't help but laugh too.

"Haha...... This Yan Shangshu is really ......"

Ye Xuanfeng was very happy, he hadn't paid attention to the court for a long time, but Yan Lanfeng's move was what he expected, this person already had the name of the iron rooster when he was a waiter.

His Majesty promoted this person to be the head of the household department, also because he knew that he could keep money, otherwise how could the treasury last for so many years.

"Your Majesty, 12 million taels, is it really enough?" Ye Xuanfeng said with a smile.

"Of course it's not enough."

Xiao Pingsi said: "The water conservancy construction in the entire Jiangnan area needs at least 30 million taels, and it will take more than eight years, but if I say a lot, then Yan Lanfeng can agree?" ”

"Just these four million, he is very unhappy, fortunately, I have precautions, and yesterday I sent someone to take out the advance money from the household, so as not to make excuses for the swallow to say that there is no money at that time!"

Speaking of the process of fighting wits and courage with Yan Lanfeng, Xiao Pingsi was a little excited, as an emperor, he rarely had such an embarrassment with him, so he could only get a trace of the pleasure of fighting from the household.

"Your Majesty Shengming...... However, that Yan Lanfeng is not a fool, but I am afraid that the Yuyin of the household department he said is also an imaginary number. Ye Xuanfeng pitched.

"Of course I understand, when did Yan Lanfeng show me the real account book?"

"The household department's income in the past few months has been exaggerated, I don't know it."

Xiao Pingsi has long known that Yan Lanfeng will not tell the truth, but he just follows the trend and does not say it.

Once it is put bluntly, Yan Lanfeng will be even more broken, and I am afraid that I will not be willing to give up four million at that time.

"I just want to make Yan Lanfeng feel that he has deceived me, but he has only lost four million, if I know the true accounts of the household, Yan Lanfeng will worry that I will be even more profligate......"

"In order to keep more money, Yan Lanfeng had to spend these four million taels." Xiao Pingsi was jokingly proud.

This is called retreating as advancing.

The game between monarchs and ministers has never been simply pressed by imperial authority, but also has to pay attention to means.

Ye Xuanfeng couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty is really sage, and Yan Shangshu is such a cunning person, he can only be led by His Majesty's nose." ”

"Haha, yesterday I saved four million taels in the treasury of the Ministry of Industry, and it was too late for him to regret it when he woke up!"

The Jiangnan Water Conservancy Project, Xiao Pingsi, must be built, and for this purpose, he has to let go of the emperor's figure.

In order to pit Yan and collect the wind this time, Xiao Pingsi was very well prepared, and when he recruited Yan and the wind, he also called the people from the Taiyi Bureau to wait.

Fortunately, it didn't work, Yan Lanfeng is now wealthy, and four million taels is not so reluctant.

This also made Xiao Pingsi curious, how much money did the household have, but Yan Lanfeng refused to disclose it, for fear of being squandered.

Xiao Pingsi doesn't have to ask, he also knows that he is too terrible to spend money, and once he knows that he has too much money, he will inevitably want to engage in more national politics.

Anyway, as long as you ask the household department, you can have money, and you will be constrained if you know that it is too fine.

"Your Majesty, the minister suddenly remembered that there was one more thing."

Ye Xuanfeng said: "With such a huge project of Jiangnan Water Conservancy, did Your Majesty only send the Ministry of Engineering to take charge of it?" ”

"That's four million taels."

Ye Xuanfeng is worried, because the atmosphere of officialdom in Jinling is not very good now, and although corruption is not rampant, it is not so spurned.

"In this matter, I will send the Hanging Sword Division and the Imperial History Observatory to keep an eye on it, this is a national policy, who dares to fight the idea of this money, don't blame me for not remembering the old friendship between the monarch and the minister!" Speaking of this, Xiao Pingsi's face straightened.

"Then the old minister will be relieved."

Ye Xuanfeng felt that it was almost time to retire.

But he heard His Majesty say: "There is news from the north that the young master has gone north out of Shuangzhou, how many states does Lao Aiqing think the young master can take in this battle?" ”