At the end of August, Zhu Yunjing's family letter and the memorial to the prince were delivered to Zhu Yunxuan. Zhu Yunjing's second son was already a month old. As soon as his little nephew was born, Zhu Yunxuan gave a lot of rewards, this time again and again. Someone opened his own private library and picked up all the good things and sent them there.

Zhu Yunxuan excitedly picked up the pen and was about to draw up the decree, and Liang Zhen suddenly laughed softly and asked him: "Your Majesty, you are going to give him the title of the prince's son when he is born, what about this in your own belly? ?"

Zhu Yunxuan's hand holding the pen paused, the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually faded, and he never answered Liang Zhen until the imperial decree was drawn up.

Looking at him solemnly placing the jade seal on the prepared imperial decree, Liang Zhen said again: "Marquis Dingyuan now has two sons, the eldest son is the prince of the prince, and the second is the prince of the prince of the country, so he is a big brother. It's a loss, wouldn't there be a rift in the future? After all, not everyone in this world can be as fraternal as His Majesty and Grandpa."

Zhu Yunxuan frowned slightly, knowing that Liang Zhen's yin and yang tone was deliberately trying to squeeze him, but it was not unreasonable, he thought about it seriously, and said indifferently: "You are right, Hou Dingyuan has been for me for so many years. Dayan fought in the Quartet and made great achievements, and I should have praised him long ago, so I will issue another imperial decree to make the Duke of Dingyuan the first-class Duke of Dingyuan."

"..." Liang Zhen was at a loss for words for a while, and never thought that he would help He Huailing to seek the title of a duke with a random word. In this way, the He family would become a duke of two countries in the future, with extraordinary glory. Zhu Yunxuan is really generous and reassuring to the people he trusts, but unfortunately, such undefended trust will be difficult to put on himself in this life.

Zhu Yunxuan prepared two imperial decrees and sealed them with jade seals, and then sent them out. As soon as the eunuch who passed the decree left, Zeng Huai brought several ministers of the cabinet and ministers of the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Industry to seek an interview, to discuss the rebuilding of the river embankment.

Zhu Yunxuan lowered his voice: "Tell them to come in."

Now that the flood has receded, the plague has been eliminated, and all the displaced people have settled down, the follow-up river remediation and river embankment repairs have to be put on the agenda.

The rupture of the Yellow River's dykes was a major headache for all dynasties. Emperor Zhaoyang also spent a lot of effort to repair all the dykes in Qinzhou and Yuzhou, which were the most trouble-prone sections. As a result, a lot of money was spent. , but did not have the expected effect, because the river officials cut corners in their pockets, and the newly built dam was washed away by the sudden flood that year. At that time, it was Zhu Yunxuan's uncle, the former Xie Guogong Xie Chongming, who was the governor of the river channel. The root of the disaster was already planted at that time. After so many years, the imperial court allocated a lot of money to the river channel, but they couldn't stop it. After years of natural disasters and floods, the management of the river has now become the most urgent matter of the Dayan court.

Every time think of this, Zhu Yunxuan deeply regrets that his father and emperor treated Xie Chongming too lightly and only let him die on the way of exile. Today, Zhu Yunxuan can't wait to dig it out from the ground and whip the corpse.

It is precisely because of the Xie family who did this. Now that he is the emperor, he wants to make up for his past mistakes and completely quell the hidden danger.

Zeng Huai and the others came here to request Zhu Yunxuan's decree to allocate silver. A few days ago, Zhu Yunxuan merged all the 60 million taels of silver from Emperor Zhaoyang's private treasury returned by Liang Zhen into the treasury. Now the treasury is still full, and the river must be rectified and rebuilt. The dykes had all the money to spend, at least in this matter, Liang Zhen's move really relieved the urgent needs of the court and made everyone heave a sigh of relief.

The Minister of Industry, who is also the governor of the river, talked eloquently and talked to Zhu Yunxuan about the arrangements for rebuilding the river embankment. Zhu Yunxuan listened carefully, but Liang Zhen was not so patient. Cut him off: "This king just wants to know, this time His Majesty will allocate the money and rebuild the embankment to ensure that there will be no more ruptures in the future when floods occur?"

The Minister of Industry was stunned for a moment, perhaps because he did not expect Liang Zhen to ask such a straightforward question, he stammered for a while, and said, "How dare an official make an assertion about this natural disaster, I will do everything I can, if I can get to heaven. Bless..."

"That is to say, the money has been allocated to repair the dam. The next time the flood comes, whether it can be stopped or not, it is still up to fate."

"Of course not, it's just this... It's impossible to say this to death..."

Liang Zhen said rudely, not only did the Minister of Industry stalk his neck and couldn't answer, but Zhu Yunxuan also sank, Zeng Huai frowned and said, "Does King Zhao still understand river affairs? How much can the newly built dam stop? Floods are impossible to do in the first place. The floods are as fierce as tigers. No matter how strong the embankment is, it may be washed away. Today, the old ministers are patting their chests and telling His Majesty that the embankment can be used for ten or twenty years, which is also nonsense. It's like cheating you."

"Really?" Liang Zhen lengthened his voice slowly, "But why does this king listen to someone who dares to do this? This king just didn't understand Hewu and asked someone a few days ago. There was a man named Zhou. The Minister of Engineering patted his chest and assured this king that if he followed his method and diverted the river course of the Qinzhou and Yuzhou sections, it would be safe for at least a hundred years."

The Minister of Works quickly explained: "Xiaguan knows who the lord is talking about, that Zhou Lang is still young and a little arrogant and arrogant. In fact, he only knows a little about things on the river. I mentioned that the route will be diverted from the upper reaches of the Qinzhou section, bypassing the 18 most populous and prosperous prefectures and counties in Qin and Henan, and diverting it into Ludi. Speaking of how much manpower and material resources it will take, the number of people who need to be relocated alone is as many as 500,000 people.

Liang Zhen disagreed and said: "The Qin and Henan sections of the river often have breaches, which are related to the current trend of the river and the landscape of mountains and forests. If you choose an appropriate route to change the course, you can avoid hidden dangers as much as possible. Instead of strengthening and repairing every year, It's better to change the route directly to reduce the possibility of floods, which is the fundamental solution to the problem, but it's just a lot of work, and this king doesn't think there's any whimsy."

Zeng Huai argued: "King Zhao said lightly, how did the 500,000 people move, how did King Zhao think about it? How many of them have been on that one-third of an acre for generations, and now you say it's going to be relocated? When they move away, where can they move? You are about to pull their roots! Besides, how much labor is needed for such a large project, has King Zhao thought about it? Where will the people who work at that time come from? What if the court forced labor and a civil uprising?"

"There is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by money. Those who are unwilling to move, will move naturally if they are given enough money to settle down. It is only 500,000 people, and the neighboring states and counties will share some of them. There will never be no place for them. The same is true for conscription, as long as you are paid enough, the officials in charge do not exploit or deduct, so that people will not lose their livelihood because of doing things for the court, and naturally no one will complain, and I am afraid that they will rush to do it.”

Zeng Huai was heartbroken: "How much money does this cost? To do this is tantamount to putting money into a bottomless pit!"

"How can it become a bottomless pit?" Liang Zhen snorted, "Didn't the Ministry of Household just take His Majesty's 60 million taels of silver, how come it hasn't been two days, and I want to cry with His Majesty again? This king is curious. Since the opening of the sea ban, the tariffs alone have been charged a lot every year, how did it get to the mouth of the officials of the Ministry of Households, even those who have no money and no money, where did the money go?"

The Minister of the Household who was named blushed, and hesitantly said: "Money is used on the edge of the knife, the world is big, and there are places where money is used. King Zhao is so big and big, just a few more 60 million taels. Can't stop."

"Changing the river course is also for the country and the people, so why is it not used on the blade of a knife?" Liang Zhen looked cold, "The change of the river course is a matter of merit and benefit for the future. I don't even plan to mention it to Your Majesty, and now I've found a lot of excuses here to push things back, what's your peace of mind?"

Zeng Huai was very annoyed: "I can't wait to be at ease, it's clearly because you are so ambitious and don't care about the life and death of the people, you..."

"I heard that Mr. Zeng Ge's ancestral home is in Qinzhou. Could it be because he was afraid that if the river was changed, his family's grave would be dug up, so he stopped him like this?"

"you!"

"Enough," Zhu Yunxuan, who had not expressed his position for a while, finally interrupted the dispute between the two and signaled to Zeng Huai and the others, "We will discuss the issue of appropriating the river for a later time. You should step back first."

"His Majesty!"

"Go back."

When there was no one else in the hall, Liang Zhen asked Zhu Yunxuan with a smile: "Your Majesty thinks what the minister said is reasonable?"

Zhu Yunxuan reminded him coldly: "Elder Zeng Ge is already very old. Even if you and him have different opinions on court affairs, you should speak more politely, so as not to spread out that you are disrespectful to the elders and corrupted by others."

He dared to think that his words were too immoral, so he opened his mouth to dig people's graves. Liang Zhen laughed and said: "Is your majesty worried about the minister, or is it for your chief assistant? If it is the former, the minister is really flattered."

Zhu Yunxuan ignored his nonsense: "Who is the minister of labor you are talking about? Since he proposed the method, I will ask him to play in court tomorrow morning."

"Does your Majesty think this method is feasible?"

"Is it feasible or not, I will wait for the DPRK's discussion before making a conclusion."

Liang Zhen smiled and shook his head: "I just need to call someone tomorrow, but I'm afraid I will disappoint Your Majesty. Look at it, no matter how good this method is, there will be people, and many people will come out and strongly oppose it. "

"Why?" Zhu Yunxuan's expression sank, "What did you do?"

"What else can I do," Liang Zhen said calmly, "Of course, share your worries for Your Majesty."