Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

These two were also the founding fathers of Datang.

Zhao Wenke, a native of Taiyuan, was conferred the Sima of Yingyang Mansion at the end of the Sui Dynasty. After surrendering to the Tang Dynasty, he was conferred the envoy of Dushui in the second year of Wude, and was named the Duke of Xinxing County.

And Yu Wenxin is even more amazing, before he became the envoy of Dushui, he was the governor of Hongzhou. Of course, he has another identity besides this.

He is the brother of Yu Wenkai, and Yu Wenkai is an outstanding ancient Chinese architect and urban planning expert. The current Chang'an City and the eastern capital Luoyang are all written by him.

And Yu Wenxin inherited Yu Wenkai's talent in this area and continued to make contributions to Datang.

However, when Li Shimin saw the three of them, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Because all three are old.

Qu Tutong, the youngest of the three, is also seventy this year.

Li Shimin originally wanted to punish the three of them because of Li You's inner voice, but when he saw their appearance, he couldn't say anything.

However, Li Shimin's hesitation also fell into Qu Tutong's eyes.

"Your Majesty summoned the three of us, but what went wrong in the matter of water conservancy?"

The Ministry of Industry and the Metropolitan Water Supervision are mainly responsible for managing Datang water conservancy.

Among them, the Metropolitan Water Supervision is mainly responsible for the design and supervision of new ferries and canals in Datang, while the Ministry of Industry has established a water department to be responsible for specific maintenance and management.

Due to the relatively small number of personnel in the Metropolitan Water Supervision Department, the Ministry of Industry is actually responsible for most of the work.

So although the three of them knew that today's matter must be related to water conservancy, they still chose to let Qu Tutong speak first.

Li Shimin was not one to procrastinate, so he immediately handed over the memorial sent by Baiqisi to the three of them.

After the three of them finished watching, their complexions suddenly changed, and they knelt down in fear.

"Your Majesty, please make amends. It is because of the negligence of the ministers that the river is silted up and the embankment is in disrepair!"

Li Shimin said: "Get up. I know that you haven't had a peaceful life in the past few years. But this time the situation is urgent. I still hope that everyone can come up with a repair plan to deal with the heavy rain this summer!"

In recent years, natural disasters have continued, and most of them are floods and droughts.

Li Shimin knew that the three of Qu Tutong rarely had a few days of rest a year, so naturally he would not blame them.

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the faces of several people showed embarrassment.

Then it was Qu Tutong who asked, "Your Majesty, you said that there will be heavy rains this summer, which will cause waterlogging in Guanzhong. Do you have any explanation?"

This time, Li Shimin couldn't fix it.

He just listened to what Li You said about this matter, where did he get any evidence, and how could he give an explanation.

"Cough cough!"

But does Li Shimin need any explanation for his work?

After sorting out his language a little bit, he said: "The eight waters around Chang'an are where my Tang's feng shui luck lies."

"Now that the world has just been established, Guanzhong is our foundation in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, we can't afford to lose it. Now that the eight rivers are silted up and the embankments are in disrepair, you, as ministers of the Ministry of Industry and envoys of the capital, naturally have a duty to do so."

Li Shimin's awe-inspiring righteousness naturally moved the three ministers, but after being moved, Qu Tutong had no choice but to bring Li Shimin back to reality.

"Your Majesty wants to repair Bashui, and the ministers naturally agree. But it is impossible to complete it before July."

Qu Tutong disappointed Li Shimin: "Qu Tuqing's family is still two months away from July, can't we think of a way?"

Qu Tutong shook his head in embarrassment and said: "Your Majesty's two months is really too fast. Whether it is the people who cleared the mud from the river bottom or the stones to rebuild the embankment, we are too late to prepare."

Then Qu Tutong explained to Li Shimin in detail what was embarrassing them now.

First, there is a shortage of manpower.

Cleaning up the Guanzhong River is not a small project, and it will inevitably require corvée.

However, corvee labor is generally issued after the autumn harvest, and now spring has just begun, and there are many things in the fields.

Judging from the current number of resident corvees in the Ministry of Industry, it is far from enough.

The second is the problem of various stone materials.

Not all stones can be used to build river embankments, and they need to be specially mined according to requirements.

Now there aren't even enough people to clean up the mud, so how can anyone come to dig mountains to get rocks?

Hearing this, Li Shimin was also a little helpless.

What the three of them said was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it for a while.

'If Yu'er is here, there will be a solution! '

For some reason, Li Shimin's face suddenly appeared in Li Shimin's heart.

That immature face at this moment has become a very reliable portrait in Li Shimin's heart.

Ever since he was able to hear Li You's inner voice, there was nothing he couldn't easily solve in the blink of an eye.

If so, then blink again.

Now that things are tricky, Li Shimin naturally doesn't waste time.

Immediately, he asked the three veterans to leave. The matter of dredging the channel in the pass must be done, and the preparations can begin now.

And Li Shimin said to Li Junxian: "Let's go, Junxian, let's go to Chu Palace again."

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin subconsciously took a mouthful of saliva.

Yesterday's braised crucian carp was too good, Li Shimin immediately thought of going to Chu Palace, and the braised carp contributed a lot.

However, Li Junxian did not act: "Go back to Your Majesty, if we are looking for King Chu, then we don't have to go."

"King Chu is in Shence Mansion?"

Li Shimin asked suspiciously, and at the same time, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

If you can't go to Chu Palace, then there will be no good food today.

But soon, Li Shimin came to his senses.

Shence Mansion is also Li You's site, maybe...

However, Li Junxian quickly broke Li Shimin's fantasy.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is not in the Shence Mansion either..."

Hearing that the Shence Mansion was not there, Li Shimin became angry: "Where the hell is that little bastard hanging out?"

After asking this question, Li Junxian's expression became a little embarrassed.

"Say, where is he? Don't give me face."

Li Shimin thought that Li You had gone somewhere inappropriate, so he asked immediately.

"Return to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Chu is currently in the palace, at the side of His Majesty the Queen."

Li Junxian slowly revealed Li You's location.

"What! What are Youer doing at the Guanyin maidservant's side!"

Li Shimin didn't realize what he just said, but became even more confused.

In fact, Li You entered the palace today to find Concubine Yin.

With Li Shimin's guarantee yesterday that he would not have to go to the imperial study, Li You naturally brought a lot of supplements to visit Concubine Yin.

Unexpectedly, not long after sitting with Concubine Yin, Empress Changsun sent someone to invite Li You.

Li You actually didn't want to go, but seeing that Concubine Yin had put on a serious face, she had no choice but to go.

Along the way, Li You was guessing what the queen asked him to do.

[It's rare that the queen wants to help the prince reprimand me! 】

[Actually, why is it so troublesome to reprimand you, just use your queen's method to strip me of my official position, let me go to fiefdom. 】

【Empress Changsun, I thank you! 】