Thinking of this, Xiang Baichuan immediately took a step forward and said frankly: "Father, the emperor, and the sons think that the vicissitudes of floods are the great cause of the country and should be taken seriously. ”

"Even if it is only delayed for a minute and a second, I am afraid that many people will be killed because of it."

"It's a pity that the treasury of our Daqian is not full, and we have to carry out the great cause of the Northern Expedition, so we can't take out the soldiers' salaries and rations for disaster relief.

"The child is willing to go to the five great families one by one for his father and emperor to raise money and food."

When the second prince Xiang Longyuan heard this, a trace of worry suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Whether it is the five great families or Taifu Yang Huai, in the final analysis, they are all civil officials, and most of his supporters are military generals and nobles.

It stands to reason that this matter has nothing to do with him.

But... As long as Xiang Baichuan's image in his father's heart can decline, this matter has a lot to do with him.

At present, the five great families have hated their father.

With it, Xiang Baichuan will inevitably have to bear some responsibility.

When he said this, he clearly wanted to come forward and settle the matter so as to save his image.

Thinking about this, Xiang Longyuan took the lead, stepped out, and said: "The eldest brother is thinking about his father's worries and solving problems for the country. ”

"Long Yuan really admires it, it's just that these five great families are stubborn."

"It's really hateful to only care about your own petty profits on such a top priority as the Canglan flood."

"The younger brother is really afraid, the eldest brother gave them face, but they didn't show mercy to the eldest brother."

"When the time comes, call me the Great Dry Prince, where will I save face?"

Not far away, Wei Qing and Zhang Lang immediately looked at each other when they heard this.

Good guy, I thought that the second prince had always been good at martial arts, good at military formations, and was a person who was not good at words.

Who would have thought that when he spoke, he would be so sharp.

Isn't this clearly saying that the prince's ability is not good, and he can't settle this matter?

It was disgraceful, but it made the situation of the imperial court even more embarrassing.

The two glanced at each other, and Zhang Lang remained silent.

After all, he is the real royal courtier.

Who ascends the throne and becomes emperor between the eldest prince and the second prince has nothing to do with him.

After all, maybe after Emperor Renxuan died, he would be buried with him.

Whether he can see the next generation of kings ascend the throne is a little difficult to say.

Naturally, they are reluctant to wade into this troubled water.

But Wei Qing is different, although he is at odds with the family party headed by Taifu Yang Huai.

But in the end, it's a true princeling!

A generation of kings can't just know how to fight and kill.

Knowing how to govern the country is a great skill for the university and the great ability.

Emperor Renxuan himself doesn't know how to march and fight, but up and down the court, who dares to say that he is not doing well as an emperor?

Therefore, in his opinion, the second prince, who is full of military spirit, is naturally not as suitable as the prince for the position of prince.

Now that the prince is frustrated in the verbal confrontation, he naturally wants to stand up and solve the siege.

But as soon as he stood up, before he could speak, he heard the majestic voice of Emperor Renxuan coming from above: "Yuan'er is right, the family is very profitable, if there is no benefit, how can you donate money." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Wei Qing's mouth twitched, and as a last resort, he stood back again.

Emperor Renxuan has already spoken, he can't do it.

When Xiang Baichuan heard this, his heart was also terrified: "It seems that my father's sense of the five great families has been extremely poor. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere fell silent, Zhang Lang was very good at judging the situation, stood up at the right time, and said: "Everyone, since the matter of distributing grain for disaster relief has not yet been discussed, why don't you discuss the matter of water control first?" ”

Speaking of which, the Canglan River has floods every year.

Batch after batch of officials were sent to control the water, but they always treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

It stands to reason that this river is too difficult to treat, and it is better to give up.

But... As the boundary line between Daqian and Xiliang, the strategic position of the Canglan River is no lower than that of the Yayu Mountains.

There are even more than that.

In the future, the competition between Daqian and Xiliang will probably have to fight a water battle around the Canglan River.

It's just that... In recent years, the main target of Daqian's attack was the Northern Expedition to Dayan.

The training is either infantry or cavalry.

In contrast, there are not many sailors who are good at the battle of building ships.

If Xiliang took advantage of the war between Daqian and Beiyan, he sent a large number of sailors across the Canglan River to attack the rear of Daqian.

I don't know how to die.

That's why Emperor Renxuan transferred the king of Zhenbei to the west of the Canglan River, not only to keep him away from the northern Xinjiang, which was deeply rooted in him, but also to use his hands to train the navy, so that the region would be in Xiliang during the Great Qian's Northern Expedition in the future.

But now, the Canglan River is constantly flooding, and the training of the naval army naturally has to be stopped.

But this can't be done, the water army always has to start training.

Therefore, this water control is different from previous years, and this time it should be strictly grasped!

That's why Emperor Renxuan was quite worried during this time, and even anxious.

Because the matter has reached Qiandu, a lot of time has passed.

But the two main issues, flood control and disaster relief, are not at all visible.

When Zhang Lang said this, he wanted to liven up the gloomy atmosphere, but he didn't think about it, and there was still silence in the Ganlu Palace.

In the end, it was Wei Qing who pondered for a long time before he stood up and said, "Why don't you release a recruitment strategy and give it a try?" ”

Recruiting talents, this is a method and policy that has been handed down since the time of Emperor Wu.

Generally speaking, the difficult problems that have been discussed by the imperial court without results are announced, and the talents and talents are selected for the entire cadres, but any suggestion can be submitted.

If you say something wrong, you are not guilty, if you say it right, or if you really give a solution, after being verified by the imperial court, you will naturally be rewarded. If the contribution is huge, it is not impossible to become an official in the court.

It's just that this method doesn't seem to work very well during the reign of Emperor Renxuan.

Because Emperor Renxuan liked to take the problems encountered by the imperial court as the subject of the imperial examination and test the Confucian students in the world.

Therefore, if there are really capable people with relevant talents, they have been selected as early as the imperial examination, how can they continue to live among the people?

So Wei Qing's words were basically no different from relieving embarrassment, and everyone just listened to it and didn't take it to heart.

Emperor Renxuan only bowed slightly, and said, "Then you will draw up a charter and have full authority to do it." ”

"Wechen obeys the holy commandment."

Okay, don't worry if the method of recruiting talents doesn't work, the water control is in the past.

The problem of discussion naturally returned to disaster relief, which everyone knew well, so the hall fell silent again.

Suddenly, Prince Xiang Baichuan's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he stepped forward again and said:

"Father, I recently heard that Lu Xu, Marquis of Zhengyang, has done a lot of business in Qiandu, and it seems to be... Earned a lot of money. ”

"Since the five great families of Qiandu are unwilling to contribute money and grain, Lu Houye, as a noble of my dynasty, was born and died with his father back then, so he shouldn't do the same."