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Chapter 258 Stubbornness
Prudence is a good thing, but too much of it can drive people crazy.Lu Chengqi finally realized the energy of an honest person, honesty is honesty, there is a saying, don't expect him to say good things against his conscience, but don't expect him to let go of his thoughts.

With Li Jie's words, I don't know whether he wants to confirm the tree planting or the digging of the canal.For this reason, Lu Chengqi said depressedly: "Li Qing, what you said will take time to consider. Are you talking about planting trees or digging canals?"

Li Jie was stunned, and then blurted out: "It's about the canal. As for the tree planting, Your Majesty should let someone else do it. I'm just the minister of the Ministry of Industry. This kind of thing should be done by a gardener. I know that I will be in the prison." , there are quite a few queen gardeners, His Majesty can let them do it..."

Lu Chengqi understood, to put it bluntly, Li Jie disdained to plant trees.After all, he is a minister of the Ministry of Industry, who is engaged in construction, so why is he a lot higher than a gardener who grows flowers and trees?Even if Li Jie is not the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he would not bother to do what the gardener did.There is also a hierarchy between craftsmen and craftsmen.A builder is better than a gardener, right?

Even if Lu Chengqi raised the status of a craftsman, these ideas cannot be reversed all at once.What's more, Li Jie is a stubborn person, and it is still very difficult to get him to accept new ideas.

Of course, as an emperor, Lu Chengqi wanted to send a few people, but it was nothing more than a little effort.Only Li Jie is so stunned, the little emperor thinks highly of you, so he let you do things.If you have a little flexibility, go back and talk to your colleagues who will be in prison before, and naturally many people will be willing to do it.Such a flat refusal, if it was a narrow-minded emperor, he would have secretly hated him, thinking that this person is arrogant and not worthy of reuse.

Fortunately, Lu Chengqi is an informal person, and he also knows the role of Li Jie, so how can he really let him plant trees?Anyone can do this kind of thing, so don't waste talents.

He was more concerned about why Li Jie still refused to dig the canal after hearing what he wanted and seeing the sketches he had drawn?
Lu Chengqi, who was in a hurry at the moment, naturally wanted to break the casserole and ask the bottom line: "Why is Li Qing still so stubborn? I have already said that where the river turns sharply and is congested, the river should be widened; if it is prone to breaches, Digging another river channel to divert the river water. It is just adhering to Dayu's experience in water control. Blocking is worse than dredging. I believe that this method is much smarter than Li Qing thought! Could it be that I am not good enough to guide Li Qing? A great talent like Qing?"

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi was already a little angry.He wholeheartedly serves the people, and he didn't open the canal for personal pleasure, and he knew how to proceed step by step. Why did Li Jie still refuse to listen to him?

Li Jie lost his patience when he saw the little emperor, and was also a little panicked.He is just a 27-year-old young man in a high position.The so-called high places are extremely cold, and he became an important minister at a young age, so he is naturally proud of the spring breeze.But if the holy family is gone, his fate will be much more miserable than others.

Of course, Li Jie's stubbornness is not for his own benefit, on the contrary, he agrees with Lu Chengqi's approach.Even if he has never seen such a method of water control, he can still see that this is an extremely clever river control strategy.

It is also because this strategy is very clever, so it is naturally a big project.Often large projects involve a wide area.The territory is wide, and it is unavoidable to occupy civilian fields and houses in the middle.What Li Jie was worried about was here!
Seeing that Lu Chengqi was angry, Li Jie quickly expressed his worries.When Lu Chengqi heard this, the unknown fire in his heart also subsided.It is true that he ignored this point, and almost made evil things like demolition without compensation in later generations.

Lu Chengqi also had someone who could change, but as an emperor, if he was wrong, he had to be firm in his opinion.If you say what you say, you don't take it seriously. How can those officials who are as shrewd as old foxes take your words seriously?Lu Chengqi coughed, concealed his embarrassment, and said: "It's just a trivial matter. I said earlier that the 500 million guan allocated from the treasury to Li Qing is enough to compensate the people who occupy the land. If it is not enough, Li Qing just needs to issue the details. , I will definitely approve it. Money and silver matters are trivial matters. If the Yellow River can be managed well, I will spend the treasury dry, so why not?"

The implication is naturally to fully support Li Jie and let Li Jie do it freely.

With such support from Lu Chengqi, Li Jie almost made a fool of himself on the spot.Fortunately, although Li Jie's EQ is not high, he also understands the basic principles. Lu Chengqi's words are just boasting.If he really threw all his yearly income into the Yellow River, I'm afraid Lu Chengqi would be sprayed to death by civil and military officials.Even if it is the cabinet that advances and retreats with him, it will not agree.

Li Jie has no shortage of IQ. Although his EQ is not high, it is not very low either.Such an account, I can still weigh it clearly in my heart.Harnessing the river is not a one-year effort.Lu Chengqi said that it takes a year's income to control the Yellow River, and Li Jie believed it.The management of the Yellow River in the past dynasties will not be less expensive.What's more, it will take more than ten years to dig such a huge canal, and it may not be possible to waste tens of millions of dollars.However, according to Lu Chengqi's intention, the cost of harnessing the Yellow River was not paid at one time, but added one by one, and Li Jie made a memorial and listed the details.

Li Jie didn't think there was anything wrong. If he changed to another official, he might quit.Everyone knows that managing the Yellow River is a fat job.If you misappropriate a little bit, you can make a lot of money.But the Supervision Department is growing day by day, who dares to commit crimes against the wind?Therefore, in the matter of river control, no one dared to volunteer after weighing the advantages and disadvantages of the period.

Just because no one volunteered, it doesn't mean they agree with the installment payment.In this case, the muddled account of Zhihe will become extremely detailed, and it will become extremely difficult to obtain benefits from it.Not only the treatment of the Yellow River, but other major projects are all the same.As the saying goes: "If there is no rule, no rule will be made, and the rule will become a routine." It is also true when it comes to political affairs.

However, Lu Chengqi didn't have this idea, and Li Jie didn't know the twists and turns in it, so he set a precedent in a daze, so it must be a mistake!

Li Jie received such strong support from Lu Chengqi, and he was mentally prepared to stay by the Yellow River for a long time. He said: "Your Majesty loves me so much, how can I not do my best? Tomorrow, I will go to the household department to withdraw money and silver, and I will go there immediately." Control the Yellow River!"

Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "Li Qing doesn't need to think about it anymore?"

Li Jie said seriously: "Since His Majesty has already finalized the case, I have given all the measures to control the river to the minister. If the minister can't manage the Yellow River well, then the minister will be ashamed to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry..."

(End of this chapter)