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Chapter 75 Debate on the Canal (Thanks to book friend Dongfang Shuohua for the reward)
Does Shen know whether she knelt down and kowtowed to thank her? How smart she is, she knows what 24 Yamen does.

As soon as His Highness returned to the palace, the empress let her into the palace. It seemed that there were other intentions.

The princes and princesses in the palace are lively, so there is no need to enter the palace to speak by herself, but she doesn't understand some things too well.

Normally, Empress Ma advocated frugality, but today when sending Shen Zhifu out of the palace, she was very high-profile.

Zhu Biao heard Mu Ying say this, and immediately went to see Queen Ma.

Zhu Biao rushed to Empress Ma's place, and before he could speak, Empress Ma motioned him to sit beside her, and said, "With this decision, the money you earn from Shen's Winery will be justified in the future. In order not to be confused by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the minister asked of.

In addition, Shen Qiancheng also participated in beheading Li Bin at that time. Mother did this to tell some people not to do anything wrong.The girl of this family is affectionate and righteous to our Zhu family, you should remember that. "

Queen Ma looked like she understood everything.

"Thank you mother."

"Well, your mother and I still have some power. You are so smart, so my mother won't say anything."

In this way, it will be justifiable to take care of the business in the future, and no one will touch the Shen family easily.

When Li Shanchang entered the palace, he saw the sedan chair going out, and only after asking the little eunuch did he know that it was the empress who met the Shen family in person.

He immediately called Wang Guangyang, Song Lian and Minister of the Ministry of Industry to beg to see Zhu Biao together.

Seeing how they were standing in front of him, Zhu Biao glanced at Song Lian and said, "Mr. Song, have you finished dealing with the matter of the Guna Science and Technology Institute?"

Song Lian glanced at Zhu Biao. He said at that time that he wanted to resign from office. He originally thought that Zhu Biao would stop him, but he agreed like a normal person.

"His Royal Highness, old minister..."

Zhu Biao put down the memorabilia in his hand, leaned on the chair and said, "I'll talk about it later, I invite you to eat duck blood soup."

Glancing at Yu'er, she immediately sent some bowls to Li Shanchang, Wang Guangyang, and Song Lian.

Several people looked at each other, and Wang Guangyang asked, "Your Highness, what is this duck blood soup?"

"This is made by Gu Gu himself. You have to taste how it tastes, and you must tell Gu the truth, otherwise..."

Li Shanchang looked at the duck blood soup in the bowl and asked in surprise, "Your Highness personally made some for us?"

"Yes, drink it, Gu made it specially just now."

It was a great gift that His Highness made the soup himself. When they asked about the aroma of the duck blood vermicelli soup, they immediately picked up the bowls and drank it all.

Zhu Biao looked at them with a smile and said, "What do you guys think of this soup, please answer truthfully."

Wang Guangyang looked at him and said, "Your Highness, the soup is a bit fishy."

Li Shanchang took another sip and said, "Your Highness, this soup...is a bit salty, but it tastes good."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry did not speak, but finished his drink with a bitter expression on his face.

Zhu Biao nodded calmly, secretly thinking in his heart that it was fishy and salty.

After the father came back, he had to find a way to remove the fishy smell and put less salt, so as to make the father happier.

"Your Highness, thank you for the soup."

"It's nothing, it's just thinking of everyone's hard work today, Gu specially made it to thank everyone, the imperial dining room and others." Zhu Biao turned around and said to Yu'er: "Go, bring the noodles that Gu made to you guys. .”

After the little white mice tested the taste of the food, Zhu Biao looked at them with a smile on his face and said, "Prime Minister Li and Jiang Shangshu are so anxious to see each other, what's the matter?"

Even though they have received the reward from His Highness, they still have to speak, and their opinions still have to be raised.

Your Highness didn't get the money from the Ministry of Households. Where did his money come from? We have to find out.Li Shanchang began to cry when he thought of this.

Li Shanchang sighed, and said: "His Royal Highness, the dredging and maintenance of the canal are quite heavy projects. Moreover, the canal needs to run through the Yangtze River, Huai River, and Yellow River. The hydrological conditions of each river are different, and the money is huge."

Complaining about suffering and being tired, I actually want to say that I have no money to stop working, and I can continue if I can get money.

Zhu Biao pondered, he still couldn't refute this bad old man.

After all, what Li Shanchang said made sense.To make the canal run through, it is necessary to build complex water conservancy facilities.

But the Yellow River is a river suspended above the ground. To allow the canal to pass through, the canal must be elevated.

The Yellow River has a lot of sediment, which often silts up the canals, and it takes a lot of manpower and resources to dredge them.

Once a breach occurs, the canal will be blocked for thousands of miles, and then huge human and financial resources will have to be invested in excavation.

Going back and forth will cost money, manpower and time.But if the canal is not governed, it will not work.

The north must take care of both. What if the capital needs to be moved later, Zhu Biao has to consider this in advance.

"No matter what, the canal must be dredged and maintained. I can't stop it because of these. Prime Minister Li said so. I think it's because you don't want to recognize the north?

When the army of the Northern Expedition returns, Gu will start to develop the north. In addition to sea transportation, water transportation is also required, and the canal must be dredged and maintained. "

Zhu Biao was decisive, got up and looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and asked: "Shangshu Jiang, what do you think of this matter, just mention any difficulties."

The minister of the Ministry of Industry replied cautiously: "Your Highness, the Yellow River has a lot of silt and sand, which often silts up the canal, and it takes manpower and material resources to dredge it frequently. I think that to protect the water transportation, we can draw the Huai River to clean up the Yellow River and gather water to attack the sand."

Zhu Biao did not expect that Jiang Huanhai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, would mention this method.

It doesn't look like there is any problem.In fact, the problem is big.

Artificially raising the water level of the Huaihe River and hitting the Yellow River through the canal will cause the water level of the Huaihe River to be too high and overflow the embankment.

In history, this method flooded the famous Sizhou City and Lao Zhu's ancestral grave together.

Wang Guangyang and Song Lian lowered their heads and did not express their opinions.

If it is necessary to move the capital after conquering the capital, the canal connects the capital with North China and Jianghuai, Jiangnan is indispensable.

"The dredging of the canal cannot be stopped. Since Prime Minister Li thinks the canal is difficult to manage, there is another way." Zhu Biao looked at them and said slowly.

"I don't know what your Highness's solution is?"

"Remember the shipping that I mentioned to you last time? It is most suitable to do both. Continue to improve and implement shipping."

Jiang Shangshu went on to say: "His Royal Highness, doing both requires money.

Li Shanchang coughed and said: "Jiang Shangshu underestimated His Royal Highness, the restoration of Yangzhou and the construction of a new shipyard are all His Highness's ideas, His Highness will not ignore it."

How to push this on himself, Zhu Biao didn't speak immediately.It is better to keep the matter of opening a wine shop by yourself in secret.

"Prime Minister Li misunderstood, Gu's money was all helped by the Shen family summoned by the empress today. The mother admires the Shen family very much, and so does Gu."

It seems that the empress and His Royal Highness are protecting the Shen family... Li Shanchang couldn't say anything more.

I just wanted to know where the money came from His Royal Highness, so I found the need for money for the canal combing as an excuse.

Sure enough, it was the Shen family, but now it seems that the Shen family can't move.

"Hearing what His Highness said, I now also think that the canal should continue to be built. As for the matter of money, no matter how difficult it is, I will try my best to overcome it and spend the least amount of money to do the biggest thing for the court." Li Shanchang changed his words.

Still wanting to make a fool of himself, Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Prime Minister Li has a heart, and he will do his best for Daming. Just now Prime Minister Li talked about the canal, now let's talk about shipping."

(End of this chapter)