Chapter 808: Forced defense!

"Dear friends, do you all think that digging the river is a mistake?"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

As the emperor, he did think that digging rivers was a good thing, but he had to take into account the feelings of all officials, so this matter became very difficult.

"Your Majesty, it may be a good thing to dig the river, but such a large project volume will definitely not be completed overnight!"

"I suggest that the digging of rivers can be slowed down to twenty years to complete. In this way, the finances of our Tang Dynasty will slow down a lot. If the finances are no longer tense, we will naturally have more money to do something else."

"Your Majesty, Lord Li is right! The money of our Tang Dynasty cannot be used all of the meaningless things like digging rivers, but should be used for people's livelihood!"

"I, the victims of Liangzhou, Fengzhou, Lingzhou and other places, can pay money to buy food for them and help them survive this autumn!"

"Yes! They lack water. Let's pull some water from elsewhere, which is more cost-effective than digging a river. Your Majesty, what do you think?"

The officials said again.

When they saw Li Yan's eyes, they knew that His Majesty would consider their proposal. As long as he gave His Majesty a reasonable reason, His Majesty could order the suspension of work.

Once the construction of the river is stopped, the funds allocated to the construction of the river can be directly recovered. As for the workers' wages, they will not care about them.

hehe!

With so many people involved, it would be impossible for Lin Fan to investigate.

However, Li Yan would never directly order the construction of the river channel to stop. He said in a deep voice: "Since you all think it is wrong to build the river channel, then I will let Lin Fan come over and discuss it with you again."

"Your Majesty! Could it be that this world is the best of the civil and military officials?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are the master of the court. You can make the decision on everything, why should you let the civil and military officer participate in it?"

"Your Majesty, you asked him to be the Regent before. He will decide the matters of the court, so we will endure it. But now that he is returning to power with you, do you still have to control the government?"

"Your Majesty, you must not let the Wenwuhou be so arrogant anymore. Look at what the Wenwuhou has done during this period, and what is the purpose of my Tang people."

"Your Majesty, it is best to directly remove the position of Wuhou as the Wenwuhou!"

The officials said.

Li Yan frowned. He now felt that he had killed so many officials last time, but the killing was not thorough enough. In Lin Fan's matter, these people could be so united.

"My dear friends, I think that digging the river is not a bad thing. Moreover, the faster you dig, the better. It is very beneficial to the people in the north!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, what are the benefits of digging the river?

Is it possible that without a river, will it not rain in the north?

Besides, this natural disaster does not occur every year!”

An official said nothing.

"But, have you ever calculated how much damage a natural disaster caused?"

At this moment, Lin Fan's voice came, scaring the officials so much that they staggered and all shrank behind.

Lin Fan looked at the official and walked into the hall, bowed respectfully to Li Yan, and said, "Your Majesty, I happened to have something to discuss with you today, so I heard what these officials said, so I listened outside for a while and asked Your Majesty not to blame him!"

"Lin Fan, I won't blame you. You happened to be here too. Let's explain to these officials the benefits and necessity of digging the river."

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

Lin Fan said: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lin Fan said, then looked at the official who was talking to him and said, "You just said that natural disasters do not occur every year, but they will always happen, right?"

"Do you know, half of the land of a state, drought will cause much damage?

Not to mention more, at least 300,000 people will be affected.”

"In order to save these people, a commoner eats one ounce of silver a day, so he will have to fund them at least one hundred days, which is ten taels of silver!"

"Three hundred thousand people, that's three million taels, but have you ever thought that if there was no natural disaster in this place, the food planted could feed these three hundred thousand people and pay taxes."

"In other words, the grain planted in this state is definitely about five million taels. In this way, the court lost eight million taels of silver in a year!"

"When the construction of the river is now at the speed of rushing the construction period, a large number of workers have been used to calculate it, and it will only be solved within 20 million taels of silver."

"Now, there has been a drought in Liangzhou, Fengzhou and Lingzhou. The losses caused this time are about 24 million taels of silver."

"That's not all. Water is the source of life. Because water shortage makes life very difficult for the people, and the inconvenience caused to the people may not be compensated for for several years!"

"I'll ask you again, will you go now to Liangzhou, Fengzhou and Lingzhou to be officials?

Not to mention now, you won’t go even after the drought!”

"You just want to go to a rich place like the Jiangnan water town, so you have not experienced the suffering of the people there, so naturally you will not feel the benefits of digging rivers."

After Lin Fan said that, all these officials were silent. They put themselves in their shoes and thought about it. If the river was not repaired, they would probably hide there and be far away.

"Haha! Lord Wuhou, even if what you said makes sense, there is no need to waste the people and money. You should catch up on the construction period so quickly!"

"Can't we finish this in ten or twenty years?"

"If that's the case, it will inevitably save a lot of money!"

An official sneered.

"Yes! Mr. Qian said it very well. If the construction period slows down, fewer workers will be used. If there are fewer workers, less money will be reduced."

The officials said.

Lin Fan smiled slightly and said, "Okay! I can slow down the construction period to ten years, but the amount of money will only be consumed at most 20 million taels. If it exceeds the price, the river will not be built. You officials will all confiscate your home and exterminate your clan. Is it okay?"

Forehead……

After Lin Fan said that, all the officials present were stunned. They just said that as long as the construction period is slowed down, the amount of money consumed will definitely exceed several times!

After all, in ten years, officials will inevitably have a lot of greed. If this continues, not to mention 20 million taels to 80 million vehicles, there will definitely be 50 million taels.

"Mr. Wuhou, you are arguing with us!"

"Slowing construction period can reduce the financial pressure on our Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, would we have so much money before?"

The officials forcibly defended themselves.
Chapter completed!