Chapter 1112: acting
Chapter 1112 Acting
All of a sudden, the voices of the ministers seconding the proposal came from everywhere.
Emperor Xuanming's eyes fell on the faces of the courtiers below, and he found that those who did not express their views were his confidantes, while those who were red-faced were old-fashioned and impeached calmly, and they were all close to Zheng Guogong.
Emperor Xuanming smiled, and seemed to be in a good mood.
He looked at Chen Tianmin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, "Chen Aiqing, you have also read the geographical map submitted by Chu Aiqing. Tell me, if it costs more money to open up the entire river, or is it more money to repair the river every year?"
Chen Tianmin stood out of the queue, saluted, and said: "If you go back to the emperor, I will go back and calculate an account. The amount allocated to Yuzhou and Nanzhou every year is 200,000 taels of silver. The cost of opening the river last year and this year is 50,000 taels of silver." Ten thousand taels."
"If the river channel can be opened up, it can achieve what Master Chu said, and the flood problem can be completely solved in the future. Naturally, it is the most cost-effective to open up the river channel."
Emperor Xuanming looked soft, and asked: "Duke Zheng, in your opinion, which method is better?"
Zheng Guogong and Liu Yanzhen showed no emotion or fluctuations on his face, but in his heart he secretly said this to Chen Tianmin, and why the emperor asked such a question and what answer did he want to hear.
"Of course it is to open up the river." Liu Yanzhen looked sincere.
"So, Chu Aiqing's idea is also for the country and the people, why do you always disagree with this point of view?" Emperor Xuanming continued to ask.
Liu Yan thumped in his heart, knowing that the emperor was dissatisfied with them. Speaking of it, he was in a high position only by doing practical things.
But what Chu Heng did has already touched his bottom line.
"Your Majesty, the old minister is worried that this method may go wrong, which will make the flood more and more serious. After all, Yuzhou is poor, but Nanzhou is close to Jiangnan. If the flood in Nanzhou is not resolved, and then affects the Jiangnan area, I am afraid it will More losses will be caused, and the silver lost at that time may only be calculated in millions of taels."
Everyone knows that Jiangnan is rich. This reason is very appropriate, and he represents the conservatives.
But there are also different opinions.
Emperor Xuanming nodded: "Aiqing also makes sense."
"What do you guys think?"
"Your Majesty, we are now talking about Chu Heng's abuse of power. We need to experiment with the flood control first. We can only make a conclusion after we simulate the river maps of Yuzhou and Nanzhou."
This was said by the officials around Liu Yanzhen, and many officials responded.
Emperor Xuanming hummed: "He is indeed daring."
Most of the people in Liu Yanzhen's group had a look of comfort in their eyes.
But the next second, the smiles on everyone's faces froze.
I just heard Emperor Xuanming say: "Oh, I seem to have remembered that Chu Aiqing wrote to me, and I have already agreed to his small request. After all, the flood in Hong County has seriously affected him, so he moved that place. It won't affect much."
The audience is silent.
Now everyone has come to their senses. Emperor Xuanming knows everything, which is not surprising. After all, Eunuch Wu was sent by him, and that is his eyeliner. It is easy to know Chu Heng's every move.
Just now he listened so patiently, he was probably trying to test them!
The officials who had just visited Chu Heng panicked, especially the group of people who had intended to take revenge.
A few old officials stood up, saying that they had misunderstood, and that the matter was a false alarm, saying that Emperor Xuanming was wise.
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Yuzhou.
It rained for three consecutive days.
Ye Muyu stood guard under the eaves with a worried look on his face.
(end of this chapter)
