I didn't become a princess today

Chapter 239 Prince Qin’s Mansion Doesn’t Have a Lot of Things, But It Will Have a Lot of Money

"Crossing the river is often flooded. On the one hand, the blockage of the inner canal is due to the rise of the river bed. The minister feels that it is imminent to widen the channel while digging the inner canal."

"Continue to excavate the inner canal until it connects the north and the south, and the branch rivers connect it, and finally flow into the sea. Once and for all, it will no longer be troubled by southern floods and northern droughts within a hundred years."

Following Shen Yuan's words, Emperor Yun Jing already had a blueprint for a grand canal running from north to south in his mind. If he could really achieve what Shen Yuan described, his emperor's annals would definitely add a brilliance to it. .

"The princess's words are too simple. If you want to connect the north and the south, it will take a long time to succeed, and if there are other natural disasters in the middle, it will definitely fall short." Grand Master Qin said with a smile.

A few stubborn and conservative veterans also nodded, "Yes, let's open a warehouse to release food and send some relief supplies over there."

"That's right."

These old people are used to living a luxurious and carefree life, and they don't want anything unexpected to happen, so they are very opposed to Shen Yuan's proposal.

Shen Yuan looked sideways, her gaze was cold, and she said: "There are many people living across the river, opening warehouses to release grain is just a way to appease, and opening warehouses to release grain endlessly will only bring more troubles, if you can't Treat the symptoms and cure the root cause, sooner or later this river crossing will become the fatal injury of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Father, my son thinks that the younger sister's method is worth a try. Digging the north-south canal can not only control the flood, but also connect the north-south traffic and develop the shipyard." Wei Li said out of the queue.

He not only stood up to defend Shen Yuan, but also a disciple taught by Xiao Nanshan, he could also see the value of this canal if it was opened.

Of course, Emperor Yun Jing also thought of this, but what Qin Taishi said was not unreasonable. The construction of the North-South Canal required manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and there may even be natural disasters that no one can predict during the period.

Should he take this risk?

Shen Yuan sat upright on the side of the dragon table, straightened her waist, and said to Emperor Yunjing calmly and rationally, "Your Majesty, instead of opening granaries to the people across the river without any conditions, it is better to hire them to dig canals. Proper use of their labor force does not need to work day and night. Most of the people across the river are farmers, and their annual grain harvest is also considerable. We can let them work for half a day every day, and then let them go home to farm for the other half day , Their wages are set according to the grain output they turn in each year, which can save a lot of money for the treasury.”

"Similarly, if their grain production does not meet the standard, they can also deduct the progress of the excavation. This balance point can be handed over to the Ministry of Households to formulate later. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the people and prevent them from being lazy halfway, your majesty can also use appropriate tax cuts. ways to motivate them.”

"In order to let the people know that what they have done will be a great event that will be passed down through the ages, the court lady suggested that a prince should be assigned to take charge of the excavation plan."

In the last point, Shen Yuan is also paving the way for Wei Li. As long as Wei Li takes over this job, he will surely make a lot of achievements in the future, and the position of crown prince is also in his pocket, so there is no such thing as Wei Sheng.

Doesn't Wei Sheng like to hide in her sister's place?Shen Yuan wants him to do nothing!
Shen Yuan finished her plan in one breath, and His Highness had some objections and some approval, and there was a quarrel for a while.

Emperor Yun Jing looked down at the paintings on the table, he must be extremely cautious when starting such a large project at this time.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you alone." Just as Emperor Yunjing was vacillating, Wei Yan suddenly stepped out and said to Emperor Yunjing.

There seemed to be a slight smile in Emperor Yun Jing's eyes, and he said to the others: "Yes."

Except for Wei Yan, everyone was expelled from the hall, and a group of people were blowing cold wind at the entrance of the hall, but it was very obvious that they stood in line.

Grand Master Qin led a group of stubborn old men and stood on the left, while Shen Yuan, Wei Li and some young ministers stood on the right, neither of them gave each other a good look.

"Hmph!" Grand Master Qin gave Shen Yuan a cold look, and snorted coldly.

Wei Li stood in front of Shen Yuan, and gave Qin Taishi a warning look, Qin Taishi just gave up.

"Brother, I'm not afraid of him coming to find trouble, one day I will kill this old man!" In front of Wei Li, Shen Yuan did not hide.

Wei Li smiled softly, seeing the bruises in Shen Yuan's eyes, even though they were covered with powder, they could still be seen from a close distance, and felt distressed, "Junior Sister, now that I have taken over the affairs of the court, you don't have to do that." Hard work, and you don't owe me anything."

Wei Li wanted to reach out to rub the top of her head, but then thought of her wedding coming soon, so she withdrew her half-stretched hand.

Shen Yuan said with a smile: "It's not all for the sake of senior brother. There are many other reasons for me to do this. However, I will try my best to help senior brother stop Wei Sheng. If the Grand Canal is dug, senior brother must fight for the opportunity. Junior sister has a plan to let Wei Sheng go. You finish the project in two years."

Shen Yuan blinked slyly at him, Wei Li was slightly stunned, his thoughts turned for a while.

Thinking of what Wei Yan said to him in the racecourse that day, he always thought that his junior sister was a canary that should be kept in the golden house, but Wei Yan thought that Shen Yuan was an eagle that could soar in the sky.

Shen Yuan is a very good person.

"Well, Junior Sister is really amazing." Wei Li said with a sigh.

The door of the main hall was pushed open, Wei Yan came out, and everyone went up to meet him.

Wu Quan, who was following Wei Yan, said loudly: "Your Majesty is going to rest. When the canal is being dug, His Majesty will make a decision tomorrow morning. Your Highnesses and adults can go back to the residence to rest first."

Wei Yan walked up to Shen Yuan and held her hand. Sure enough, after the cold wind blew outside for a while, her hand became a little cold.

Wei Yan took off his cloak and put it on Shen Yuan, "Let's go back home."

"Ah, I'm not cold, you should wear it." Shen Yuan worried about Wei Yan's body and said hastily.

But Wei Yan half hugged her, not allowing her to refuse at all, when passing by Wei Li, he only glanced lightly.

"Brother, then I'll go back first!" Shen Yuan was pushed and shoved by Wei Yan, so she turned her head and shouted to Wei Li in a hurry.

Wei Li only felt a sharp pain coming from the tip of his heart, but no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for him to compete with Wei Yan for Shen Yuan like before.

It's better to prepare a gift early to add makeup to Shen Yuan.

……

Shen Yuan lay on Wei Yan's generous back, yawned, and asked in a dazed voice, "What did you say to His Majesty?"

"Tomorrow His Majesty will approve the digging of the Grand Canal." Wei Yan said.

Shen Yuan shook her feet, she couldn't see how happy she was, but instead said, "What did you promise His Majesty?"

"It's just paying some money, it's not a heavy price. Qin Wang's mansion doesn't have much, so it will have more money." Wei Yan said this rather willfully.

However, when he said to pay some money, he actually agreed to bear [-]% of the cost of digging the canal. Even if the Qin Palace is sitting on mountains of gold and silver, it will be half empty this time.

(End of this chapter)