People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1392: When did the prince become so smart?

Chang'an, Mingde Hall, East Palace.

Li Xian was dressed in a black python robe, sitting behind the desk, holding a memorial in his hand, and seemed to be fascinated by it.

Under the bright morning light, dozens of officials from the East Palace on both sides were handling government affairs sent by Shangshu Province.

From time to time, someone would look at Li Xian.

There was a gray cloth bag on the desk, and a note on the bag, which said something to appease the envoy.

The report from Luoche was immediately sent to the East Palace after the palace gate opened this morning.

After the prince reads it, he must immediately send it to the Zichen Palace.

This is the sixth memorial sent by King Peng after he left for a month and a half.

The prince took every part seriously.

Finally, Li Xian put down the memorial, raised his head and asked, "Isn't the young master of Sinong Temple here yet?"

"Not yet. Maybe Chen Shaoqing still has official business to deal with?" The prince's family ordered Wei Ji to step forward and hand over his hands with a solemn expression.

Originally, Chen Yi, the young minister of Sinong Temple, was supposed to come over after his shift at noon. Today, after King Peng's memorial was delivered, Li Xian insisted on calling him over immediately.

Even if Chen Yi was prepared to come over at noon, a sudden change would cause a lot of trouble.

Li Xian pondered for a moment and said, "Tell Chen Shaoqing that there is no need to be too hasty. In addition, let Bi Jing, a doctor from the Ministry of Household Affairs, ask for help from the Du Shui Supervisor. Come over when you are free. If you have anything to ask."

"Here!" Wei Ji immediately handed over his hand, then quickly turned around and left.

No one knows what Li Xian wants to do, but it is most likely related to farming.

It's almost the end of February, spring is coming, flowers are blooming, and spring planting is about to begin.

……

He Yiqiu held several picture albums in his arms and walked quickly towards the East Palace. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw Bi Jing in a light crimson robe walking quickly on the palace road ahead.

He Yiqiu quickly shouted: "Brother Bi."

Bi Jing subconsciously stopped, looked back, and saw He Yiqiu quickly catching up.

With a polite smile on his face, Bi Jing asked, "Brother He brought so many things, what is this?"

"The prince has summoned you." He Yiqiu glanced ahead. At the end of this road, apart from the East Palace, was the west gate of the imperial city. Exiting the west gate was the direction to the Daming Palace, so he immediately understood: "Brother He too?"

"Well!" Bi Jing smiled with a relaxed look, indicating to He Yuqiu to come with him, and said at the same time: "I heard that Chen Yi, the young minister of Sinong Temple, was originally teaching the prince today, but for some reason, he called you and me together. Go, what’s the news about Brother He?”

"I don't know." He Yiqiu looked helpless and said, "But He only has this little thing in his hand, and the rest has nothing to do with He."

Bi Jing nodded lightly. Whether it was Sinong Temple or the Water Supervisor, they were both places with extremely high professionalism.

Just ask for it.

At first, everyone thought that He Yiqiu was completely ignorant of the duties of the Capital Water Supervisor. However, after he took office as the Capital Water Supervisor, he quickly integrated all the work and smoothly promoted various tasks.

Especially for the transformation of the Weishui River and the Luoshui River, many water conservancy masters have been stationed in the Capital Water Supervision.

He was the only one in the household department, and there were many things going on, and no one knew what questions the prince wanted to ask.

After withdrawing their thoughts, Bi Jing and He Yiqiu started chatting. After all, they both had a common acquaintance Bi Gou.

Bi Gou, the son of Bi Jing, a doctor in the household department, is now seeking to be transferred to the supervisory censorship. He is very close to He Yiqiu, Laisui, Di Renjie, Yang Zhirou, Li Zhaode and others.

Although the relationship between He Yiqiu and Bi Jing was not close, it was not bad either. It was still a bit better than the average relationship.

While talking, the two of them had arrived at the East Palace.

Wei Ji, the prince's family order, was already waiting in front of the door. He Yiqiu and Bi Jing immediately raised their hands and said, "Wei family order."

"You two." Wei Ji breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The prince is inside, please."

"Here!" He Yiqiu and Bi Jing immediately followed Wei Ji into the East Palace, and soon they arrived in front of the Mingde Hall.

In the Mingde Hall, Chen Yi, the young minister of Sinong Temple, was lecturing Li Xian in a low voice: "...the most important thing in farming is the land. What is the soil fertility and what kind of crops are suitable for growing? The inferiority is related to the harvest of a year's hard work; then there are farm tools, water, fertilizer, wind, rain, solar terms, etc.; finally, harvesting is the result. A year's harvest, a family's food and drink, and the government's tax collection all depend on this."

Li Xian nodded solemnly and said, "I have heard that when Uncle Wang was in Nanchang, he was very capable of fertilizing the land, selecting rice seeds, planting intervals, and organizing people to harvest together."

"Indeed." Chen Yi nodded with a smile and said: "King Peng is indeed a great expert in farming. Many people in Sinong Temple learned from King Peng. Later, King Peng was transferred to the governor of Changzhou. There are many other people in Sinong Temple. I don’t want to go to Changzhou to serve... In fact, I really hope that Prince Peng will come to Sinong Temple to serve, but unfortunately, now that he comes again, I am afraid that he will only have the position of temple minister. "

"Haha, what Chen Qing said is very reasonable." Li Xian laughed, and then said with emotion: "If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely let Uncle Wang be the Minister of Sinong Temple."

"Very good, very good." Chen Yi laughed.

He Yiqiu, who had just walked in from outside the palace, looked at Chen Yi in surprise. He had rarely seen anyone so compatible with the prince. Although Chen Yi, who is in her forties, is wearing a dark crimson official robe, she has a thin figure, a dark complexion, and many wrinkles on her face. She looks even in her fifties.

But as he sat there and talked about farming, people couldn't help but be immersed in it, but he had a special charm.

Talking to him is as natural and refreshing as being in the countryside.

……

"Your Highness, Supervisor He and Doctor Bi are here." Wei Ji replied with his hands in hand.

"Xuan." Li Xian nodded with a smile.

He Yiqiu and Bi Jing walked into the Mingde Palace, then raised their hands to Li Xian and said: "I will see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Your Highness is a thousand years old."

"Get back on your feet." Li Xian calmed down, nodded, looked at Chen Yi, then looked at He Yiqiu and Bi Jing, and asked: "He Qing, how are the preparations of the capital water supervisor to renovate the Weihe waterway? There will be floods this year. The Taishi Bureau has confirmed the matter, so we must not slack off in preparations."

Hearing Li Xian mention this year's floods, Chen Yi and Bi Jing became solemn at the same time.

The method of predicting the weather was provided by Li Xuan. Li Xuan was born in a Taoist sect and mastered a few weather methods. Later, he used this method to conquer the battlefield and benefited a lot.

Later, this method was known to His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, and it was soon spread to the Taishi Bureau and various departments.

Last year's inspection showed that this method of prediction has no problem in the overall situation.

Now it is another year, and it is basically certain that there will be floods this year. Under such circumstances, how can the court respond.

Capital Water Supervisor.

Why ask Rendu Water Supervisor to regulate the Weihe and Luohe waterways? This is an important task this year.

As for the other Yangtze and Huaihe rivers, it is naturally the responsibility of the Ministry of Works and generals to supervise others.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the capital water supervision plan has been formulated and will be submitted to His Majesty and the Ministry of Cabinet for approval soon." After a slight pause, He Yiqiu continued: "As for the mobilization of manpower and materials, it will have begun after the year, but more still need His Majesty and the Ministry of Cabinet for approval. Cabinet approval.”

Seeing He Yiqiu's somewhat bitter expression, Li Xian sighed softly and said, "It's hard for Ren Qing. After all, the Du Shui Supervisor is only a fifth-level job. If it can be promoted to a higher level, it might be smoother."

"According to the plan, as long as the prefectures and counties on both sides of the Taiwan Strait cooperate and the flood is not too big, it can be passed." After a slight pause, He Yiqiu said solemnly: "If the flood is too big, I'm afraid we will have to make a choice, but the Metropolitan Water Supervisor has also made A solution to eliminate floods at the minimum cost.”

Li Xian fell silent. The so-called minimum price is just to break the embankment and release the water in advance, allowing the flood to flow into a designated area, and sacrificing one area to save the overall situation.

But in Yongzhou and Luozhou, almost every piece of land has an owner, how can it be sacrificed so easily.

"He Qing, if you can let this year's floods pass safely, I will tell my father to promote you to a fourth-rank official position." Li Xian raised his head and looked at He Yiqiu.

He Yiqiu's face suddenly became solemn. He looked at Li Xian with some difficulty and said: "Your Highness, I need the cooperation of the yamen of various prefectures and counties, including Chang'an and Luoyang."

"Do it, I will support you in everything." Li Xian nodded calmly. Although he resigned as Yongzhou Shepherd, both Lu Yuanfang and Su Liangsi were his people. As for Yuan Jiazuo, he was also a down-to-earth person.

"Yes!" He Yiqiu breathed a long sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best to do it."

After saying that, He Youqiu placed the picture album in his hand in front of Li Xian, unfolded it by the way, and said with a relaxed expression: "Actually, there are still some sacrifices, it's just water pouring back into the lake, but some ordinary people I can make up for the land, but some princes and nobles?”

"Su Sima and Li Yushi assist." Li Xian showed rare decisiveness. At the same time, he lowered his head and looked at the album in front of him.

The Weihe and Luohe waterways have dense water networks on both sides, and fields need to be developed and requisitioned everywhere.

Although the amount of the project is still huge, the losses will be much smaller than those caused by bursting embankments and releasing floods.

Li Xian's eyes fell on the entire picture, and then said: "With such floods, it is necessary to advance the spring and autumn harvests in various places."

Li Xian turned to look at Chen Yi and asked: "Water, fertilizer, seed farming tools, how many farming tools can Sinong Temple provide to the local area?"

"Your Highness, this matter is not under my control." Chen Yi turned around slightly and looked at Bi Jing.

Bi Jing sighed softly in his heart, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, this matter belongs to the Ministry of Revenue and the inventory officers of various prefectures and counties."

Li Xian nodded and said: "No matter what else, all the farm tools stored in the Ministry of Household Affairs and various prefectures and counties' treasuries this year must be distributed to ensure a bumper harvest this year as much as possible and prepare for my father's enthronement at the end of the year."

"Here!" Bi Jing looked solemn. Li Xian mentioned that everything was for the emperor's enshrinement. What else could Bi Jing say.

If someone doesn't try his best, and a disaster occurs after the fall, affecting the emperor's enthronement, then that person's career will be ruined in his life.

Li Xian looked at the map again and murmured: "You can't just look at the East Palace. You need to know the local situation in time, but it's not appropriate to have a comprehensive grasp, so you can only choose one place."

Li Xian's eyes fell on the upper left side of the map, his finger pointed there, and his expression became solemn.

"Pass on the order of Gu and summon the magistrate of Wugong County to enter the palace immediately. I want to know the current preparations for spring plowing in Wugong County and the preparations of various departments for waterproofing." Li Xian raised his head and looked at the crowd and said, "Use Wugong County as a guide. If it’s accurate, then the states and counties below can all be seen clearly.”

Wugong County is west of Chang'an and upstream of the Wei River. Once the river changes, Wugong County will have trouble before Chang'an. With this reference, things will be easier to handle later on.

Everyone in the palace looked at each other, wondering when the prince had become so smart.

(End of this chapter)