After hearing what Yang Ehuang said, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but slam his legs and said, "Yes, why did I forget him?"

When Li Chongjiu fought with Yu Wenhua and his great battle, he instigated He Chou to act as an internal support, and asked He Chou to make a fake plan to deceive Yu Wenhua and the dam to make a dam to flood the Zhao army. As a result, Yu Wenhua and his cocoon were tied up and were captured.

Li Chongjiu heard Yang Ehuang ask He Chou, "How did you think of him?"

Yang Ehuang said, "When my father was alive, he often said that after Yuwen Kai, there was only the Minister of Works, so I have always remembered it."

Li Chongji nodded and clearing the Yongji Canal was the foundation of Zhao State. In ancient times, the digging of canals was for the purpose of using troops, such as Fuchai opened Hangou and Cao Cao opened Baigou.

When Yang Guangxiong was talented and opened the Yongji Canal, it was not just to conquer the troops in Liaodong. Yang Guang had the foresight. Building the Yongji Canal was not only to connect the remote Hebei and Luoyang, and eliminate regional barriers, but more importantly, to use the material resources of the south of the Yangtze River to threaten the most northern nomadic peoples for China.

Li Chongji knew that in history, the Yongji Canal gradually became silted, so that the northern traffic became more and more difficult. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, almost all the northern sections of the Yongji Canal were abolished. In the Song Dynasty, due to the loss of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Northern Song Dynasty also gave up its management of the Yongji Canal. The abandonment of the Yongji Canal led to the decline of the status of Luoyang. Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty established its capital in Bianliang on the Tongji Canal, and the Tongji Canal was also called the Bian River. What was hit on the river map on the Qingming Festival was the prosperity of the Bian River.

The Yuan people entered the Central Plains and finally established their capital in Beijing. They wanted to rebuild the canal. At this time, the Yongji Canal could not be used again. The Yuan people straightened the Grand Canal of Sui and Tang Dynasties originally passed through Luoyang, re-planned the river channel, no longer detoured by Luoyang, but went directly from Beijing, Tongzhou, Tianjin to Hangzhou through Shandong, which is the well-known Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou today.

The Ming and Qing dynasties attached great importance to river channels, and established the second-rank river governor, who specially organized river transportation. From Chang'an during the Qin and Han Dynasties to Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Bianliang in the Song and Jin Dynasties, to Beijing in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the changes in the capitals of the Central Plains dynasties were of great importance to this canal.

Therefore, for Li Chongjiu, the matter of clearing the Yongji Canal cannot be changed, otherwise it would be meaningless if he deliberately conquered Luoyang.

After hearing Yang Ehuang's words, Li Chongjiu ordered people to come to Xuan He Chou. Li Chongjiu met He Chou at Guanwen Hall. Guanwen Hall was the private library of Emperor Yang of Sui during the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of Sui compiled various books and collected them here after luxury packaging.

After seeing Li Chongjiu's worship ceremony, Li Chongjiu said with a gentle voice: "Premium. Give it a seat!"

He Chou sat beside Li Chongjiu, and Li Chongjiu looked at him and said, "I heard that my dear is good at making strange tricks and erotic skills, and is very proficient in construction, right?"

He Chou heard Li Chongjiu say that he was good at strange skills and tricks, and was a little disappointed at the moment. He wanted to refute that what he was good at was not strange skills and tricks, but was all upright things. However, because he was considering the respect of Emperor Li Chongjiu, he did not dare to refute in person and could only say: "I do have some skills in architecture."

"So are you proficient in water conservancy?"

He Chou heard Li Chongjiu say this and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have the strengths in water conservancy."

He Chou was nervous and stuttered, his face turned red. Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Your dear, please tell me slowly."

He Chou said immediately: "When he conquered Liaodong, Yuwen Shangshu failed to build a floating bridge, and it was difficult to cross the Liao River. In the end, it was a bridge made by a wee minister."

Li Chongjiu asked back, "That only means that He Aiqing is proficient in bridge building, but not proficient in water conservancy."

He Chou was anxious again and said, "Reply... to Your Majesty, both... are the same."

Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "Then what I will do to you to clear the Yongji Canal?"

He Chou was overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, I... I can do it for you... well."

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said, "Don't talk so much. You should know that the government and the people were opposed to the unblocking of the Yongji Canal. When Emperor Wu mobilized millions of people to build the Yongji Canal, it indirectly led to the chaos in the people in Hebei, and the Sui Dynasty finally lost the world. After the war, the foundation of our Great Zhao in Hebei is far inferior to that of the Great Sui Dynasty in the past, so I cannot give you too many people to clear the Yongji Canal."

He Chou heard this and said, "Weichen can build it one by one. Just go to the county and county near Yongji Canal to provide civil servants. Youjing will provide 100,000 civil servants, Hejian will provide 100,000 civil servants, Xindu will provide 100,000 civil servants, Qinghe will provide 100,000 civil servants, and Wuyang will provide 100,000 civil servants, and each will serve two months of labor. If you spread it equally, you will be sure to clear it within ten months."

Li Chongjiu laughed and said, "He Aiqing, a county has sent 100,000 people to work for two months. No, even if the people don't want to make a living, I can't find so many people for you."

He Chou was immediately in trouble when he heard this. Li Chongjiu said: "I have decided to transfer the soldiers of Yanhe County to help. You can select personnel, and then recruit river workers from the people of each county, give them generous salary, and tell them that the court will support them in the future. After collecting 20,000 people, each county will send you another 30,000 labor service, and you will give you a period of clearance."

"Twenty thousand river workers!" He Chou changed color.

Li Chongjiu said: "The people only served labor for a while. How could there be people who specialize in river engineering? They are very careful when paying money to support them. Are you sure about this? If you are not sure, tell me now and I will change the person immediately."

He Chou hesitated for a while, and then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I can do it!"

"Okay!" Li Chongjiu was very happy and immediately helped He Chou up and said, "I immediately issued an edict to grant you the title of Minister of Works, the fourth rank, and the Central Water Department of the Ministry of Works."

He Chou was so excited that he couldn't speak: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"

Li Chongjiu said: "I will entrust you with the important tasks of a country. Don't let it down. In addition, I will select a few right-hand assistants for you."

He Chou nodded heavily after hearing this.

Then Li Chongjiu summoned Wen Yanbo and asked, "This year, the county magistrates are evaluated, who is the A-class?"

Wen Yanbo said: "Zhao Xin, the governor of Donglai County, and Zhou Bo, the governor of Beiping County, both got the best grade."

Li Chongjiu said: "Immediately draft an order and said that Zhou Bo is diligent in his work and is promoted to the Minister of Revenue. He is the fourth rank. I ordered him to be the chief of the river road, coordinate the river work of the five counties of Hejian, and assist He Chou in dredging the canal."

Wen Yanbo asked in surprise: "The river road is open? There is no precedent for this."

Li Chongjiu said, "There is power to follow the matter."

Wen Yanbo's surprise is justified. Xingtai, also known as Xingshu Province, is generally a member of the Shangshu Province, who directly governs several states and counties, and does not interfere in government affairs, but is in charge of military affairs. The same example is the Shangshu Province, which is the Shangshu Province. The Yuan Dynasty's Zhongshu Province has the most powerful power, so the Zhongshu Province established provincial provinces in various places to coordinate government affairs and military affairs.

The river road is compared with the middle platform of the Shangshu Province, and the Shangshu Province official coordinates the river work of the five counties.

PS: The second update is, please recommend votes, and this monthly ticket is very powerful. It is the first time I have reached such a high position. Please, I wonder if I can go a little further.
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