.Li Zhi could no longer shelter Cao Huaishun.

After a simple discussion, Cao Huaishun demoted all his official positions and was exiled to Lingnan.

But it has caused controversy among the people. It cannot be said that one defeat in one battle will lead to a permanent defeat. Meng Mingshi, Liang Jishou and Xue Rengui, both of whom have failed at the moment, but the situation is different from Cao Huaishun. People's defeat is a mistake, not a coward. On the battlefield, they are killed by life and death. If they are cowardly, what else can they fight? The Supreme Emperor is not a mistake in employing people, but a foolish person.

First, there was the defeat of Dafeichuan and Hengshui. What happened to the Tang Dynasty?

More than just!

Li Zhi's skills were generally not bad. Although his foundation declined at this time, he still had some foundation. He gave it to Queen Wu Zetian. The only foundation was ruined. It was not just one defeat or two defeats, but one defeat again and again.

Because he had a psychological advantage over the Turkic Tang Dynasty, the Hengshui defeated this time and there was a lot of discussion. Fortunately, all Zheng Dangqu was completed at this time, and the news spread in time, which took away the attention of the people.

Seeing the diary, Li Wei called Wei Hongji.

Appreciating his talent for civil engineering, Li Wei gave him a chance to make meritorious contributions and re-appointed the position of Yudu Water Supervision Commission, specializing in the Dan Water Canal and the future implementation of water conservancy in the country. But at the most critical moment, it took less than a hundred miles from Zhengdang Canal to Dan Water Canal to be opened.

But it will be the section with the highest technical content. There are many mountains in the middle, with high terrain and no suitable water supply. Two medium-sized reservoirs will be built on the canal less than a hundred miles away. There will be a slight reduction in the slope, as well as multiple primitive locks - steep gates. There are even two not-too-high stone mountains to blow out the stone mountains. There are also various anti-collapse embankments, and giant trees and rocks are used to force a dam to prevent landslides from collapse.

It is not very long. Even if all the canals are straightened, it will be a little more than a hundred miles at most, but the difficulty will exceed that of Sanmen Canal.

Not only did Danshui Canal reach the most troublesome area, but the water conservancy exploration reports in various places were also continuously reported. The Tang Dynasty always attached great importance to water conservancy, and there were more than 300 records of historical materials. The most was Li Longji, with a total of 58 cases, and then Li Zhi, with a total of 45 cases. However, considering that Li Longji's status lasted nine years longer than Li Zhi and the country had the best time of finance, it also showed that the emperor who was most concerned about "people's livelihood" was Li Zhi. It was the last Emperor Xizong of Tang, and the country was in disorder. During the fifteen years, there was still a record of water conservancy in history.

However, there were some punishments for the disadvantages of Emperor Yang of Sui. The water conservancy projects in the Tang Dynasty were not very large, and were carried out based on the financial resources of the state. Most of them were personally presided over by the governors of various places, and had little to do with the court. However, the nature of the overhaul of the water conservancy was different. If the governors of various places were presided over, they would inevitably be in a disorderly state, which would cause river blockage and ecology to lose balance. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, the first river channel must be given out, otherwise floods would become disasters and would become serious disasters. In later generations, they would continue to fight floods and rescue dangers. Now there are in Jiangnan, but because of the little development and the situation is not serious, almost no historical books will spend their energy to record. Once the overall development is carried out, the situation is different.

Second, some lakes must be left to store floods, and even officials must have a clear understanding. For example, the river embankment must be left with a gentle slope to reduce the impact of water pressure on the river embankment when the water level is high. Even the silt between the river channel and the lake can only be dug appropriately. Keep the trees upstream of the river channel not to be cut down randomly, and reduce the outbreak of mountain torrents. Keep some reeds and wild pears to fix the silt by the lake to prevent the silt from being lost. Regularly check the termites on the river embankment to prevent the trough from expanding and causing the dam to collapse.

Some Li Wei knew about how to implement it, while others did not. In short, he gave Wei Hongji some flood control and rescue efforts and various hidden dangers seen in later generations, and then asked Wei Hongji and some experts to work together to implement the details.

But one thing is that this cannot be implemented by one prefecture and county, but all prefectures and counties must cooperate with each other. The central court has to come out to preside over the overall situation.

After saying that, Li Wei rarely asked about it.

When you are critical, asking too much may make people think about it, and maybe they may have bad ideas, which will also have a constraint on this matter.

However, the Zhengdang Canal is over and about to enter the next stage. The national water conservancy renovation will be maintained in the future, but the Zhengdang Canal and Dan Water Canal will be connected to the construction immediately. This is not under the Dan River. Considering the huge water situation, it can be constructed even in summer. Only considering the cultivation time, the scale cannot be too large. People who have free time come to be civilians. No, they will go home to farm and farm, and they cannot delay production. Even if grain changes continue, the entire Tang Dynasty is still vast and sparsely populated, but it is still the most important issue of the Tang Dynasty. But it is very difficult, Li Wei wants to understand it.

Wei Hongji came in and the two talked for a long time.

"Wei Qing, thank you for your hard work. I have to get it done this time. Don't make any mistakes. The one behind... is the real one..."

"How much money does it cost?" Wei Hongji's face was also full of excitement.

The Danshui Canal is about to be completed, which has attracted the attention of the whole country. However, the ultimate goal of the Danshui Canal is to transport materials to Chang'an and protect the capital. However, this time it was done well, without bringing economic pressure to the court, and it did not waste the people. In addition, it also brought many new things to benefit the people of the country. Therefore, the people said it was good governance and there was a thunderous sound. But compared with the following projects, the two canals were just a drizzle. Not only the cost, but also the extent of the widespreadness, this may involve one-third of the country, and it can produce millions of hectares or even nearly ten millions of hectares of fertile land in vain.

Even the most pessimistic idea would turn out to be three or four million hectares of arable land. How many families in the Tang Dynasty had 100 acres of arable land, or one hectares of land, can be stored in three or four hundred families with no worries in food and clothing alone. But the account cannot be calculated like this. If calculated like this, how many arable land in the Tang Dynasty would have had 10 million hectares, and each person and one hectares of land was also available. However, why are there insufficient land? There are countless large families with thousands of hectares of arable land in their hands, and there are countless common landlords. They cannot be calculated evenly.

But its significance is definitely far beyond the meaning of the two channels. As long as these lands are distributed fairly, they will feed many people and increase a lot of taxes to the court.

"How much does it cost, can I still have you?"

"I haven't calculated it before, I dare not count it. It will cost a lot of money."

"No hurry, you first make the plan clear and write a detailed memorial and submit it to the court. Well, it will take at least five to eight years to implement it."

"It's so late, I'm old at that time."

Li Weiran, no matter what, Wei Hongji is still a talented person, but he didn't use him right. But he is in the seventh year, so it's hard to say whether he can last until then. Even if he can persist until then, his health will probably not work.

Not only Wei Hongji, but also Pei Xingjian, Liu Rengui, Xue Rengui, Li Jinxing, all of these civil and military officials are of the same age as the top officials this year. Do you want to see if anyone among the middle-aged ministers are talented? I thought about it in my mind. Except for a few people like Di Renjie, he really didn't realize that anyone has special talents, including Wei Xuantong. He had to say, "Yes, so you must take care of yourself and wait until that day."

...

Cao Huaishun was exiled, but there was another problem, not only Cao Huaishun, but also Li Wenyang. He had never been a big deal this time, but he was also very incompetent. In other words, the two generals appointed by Li Zhi were not capable. However, the troops in Youzhou and Hengzhou, as the counterparts of this battle, must have one person commanded the commander.

The decisive battle ahead is about to begin, but the candidate behind is undecided for a long time.

Li Zhi still didn't ask Li Wei. In fact, Li Wei couldn't come up with any good candidates. Humph, Cheng Wuting, Zhang Qianxu reluctantly made a move. Zhang Qianxu lacked enough qualifications, and Cheng Wuting was reluctant to recommend him, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb again.

But the other thing, Li Zhi couldn't help his son not to come forward.

After buying a large number of ships and weapons from the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese finally refused to give up. In February this year, when the southeast wind was rising, the wind and waves on the sea were not very big. A large number of ships came from the east and landed on the Shira Peninsula with many Japanese soldiers.

A disgusting nation, a nation that is completely different from humans, two nations collided directly.

Jin Famin was a very capable king. No matter what, it was not easy to be able to steal a large area of ​​land from the Tang Dynasty and force the Tang Dynasty to abide by this matter, even because of the Tubo Turks. However, after several battles, the Silla people lived in a very difficult life.

His luck was also good. The Tubo people and the Turks successively used troops and won a rare opportunity to breathe. In the past few years, he immediately took the opportunity to repair the Tang Dynasty, sent a large number of envoys to apologize, and then governed the country. After a few years, Silla actually regained his vitality. Later, Bangzi History called him the King of Wenwu, which means being able to be civil and martial. He was considered a character.

But Li Wei neglected one thing: Kim Famin is very powerful, but he is also old. He has worked too hard over the years and sometimes even goes to fight to kill the enemy in person, and his health is getting worse and worse. His son Kim Jung-ming is only six years old. Hearing that the sudden invasion of Japan was undoubtedly bolt from the blue.

Is it too coincidental to take this opportunity?

Unlike later generations, the media spread quickly. When Japan invaded Silla, it would take several months before the Tang Dynasty could hear the news. Like Silla's difficulties, the Tang Dynasty had never heard of them at all. The crown prince was young and he often fell ill. Silla was in the most difficult moment. The invasion of Japan was undoubtedly the biggest evil. I immediately got sick and organized a resistance in person.

This nation is also very tenacious. Otherwise, it would be impossible to get a bargain from the Tang Dynasty, and the Japanese made a serious mistake. This invasion cost a lot of money, almost stripping off all the golden clothes of Tathagata Buddha, melting them, and buying weapons from the Tang Dynasty people. Their invasion was not only an island consciousness, but also a springboard on the mainland, but also for money.

According to the agreement with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how you fight, we, the Tang Dynasty, will gain as much territory as we occupy. Not only this, we don’t care about the plundering wealth, but because of the reduction of domestic ties, we let you plunder the people and go to Dengzhou to sell them to the Tang people. The Tang Dynasty prohibited population transactions, but it was unproclaimed and almost stopped it later. But in addition to Tuyuhun, it was a tribe that had lost 100,000 Xue Rengui’s people, but it also had strategic significance and could not be regarded as a normal policy. No matter who went to Silla, it was difficult to regard these people as a tribe.

The Tang Dynasty moved the Goryeo people, but the placement was not a division, but its nature was different.

As soon as they got ashore, everything was done, and almost all the people could be robbed. All of them were arrested, and they were concentrated and were prepared to be taken to Dengzhou and sold to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

This policy of nearly extermination of households angered the Silla people. The resistance became even more intense. These people were all people who had been bathed in the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Marine Army, and still maintained their fierce character. At several landing ports, the war situation became extremely tragic.

However, the Japanese obtained a large number of advanced weapons from the Tang Dynasty. After fighting for a long time, they gradually gained the upper hand. Jin Famin saw that it was not possible. His health was sometimes good and sometimes bad. Once he fell down, his son was young, and the country itself might have turmoil. In addition, the Japanese invasion, Silla was in danger. He sent an envoy to board a boat and went ashore to Dengzhou. Then he rushed to Luoyang without stopping.

Li Zhi said that I don’t care about this matter, and it’s hard to control it. This practice is simply not in line with the original Confucianism. It is said that there will be many controversies when it is spread. Then he said, “Go and talk to my son, he is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.”

This messenger named Jinfaben found Li Wei again.

After hearing him, Li Wei said, "You Silla is a friend of our Tang Dynasty, and Japan is also a friend of our Tang Dynasty. The palms of your hands are meat, and the backs of your hands are meat. How do you let us Tang Dynasty take care of it? Why do you think this way? I will send an envoy to Japan on the day to mediate for you two countries."

Mediation? This is clearly a refusal. Jin Faben said: "But your Majesty, this time Japan invaded our Silla, not only was the ships in the Tang Dynasty, but even the weapons were the weapons of the Tang Dynasty, including the kind of fire medicine."

"I also heard that it has nothing to do with our court. The Japanese envoy wanted to join forces with our Tang Dynasty to attack you Silla in order to avenge your Silla's revenge for your Silla's killing of their envoys back then. We did not agree. But he found the merchant Liang Jinzhu, and he didn't know what means he used to make some agreements. It happened that our Tang Dynasty lacked coins and obtained some gold and silver from overseas countries to mint silver treasures. So the Japanese used their country to produce silver and gold, and purchased a large number of ships and weapons through Liang Jinzhu. Regarding weapons, our court did not disclose them to the public, but these merchants were pursuing profits and had superb methods, not only weapons, such as annexing land, buying slaves, and lending usury. The court did not allow them, but there was no way, and the law did not offend the public, so he had to let him."

"We Silla neither produce gold nor silver..."

What do you care about me? There is no gold and silver, but in recent years, your Silla cultivation has recovered. It seems that there are still iron resources. Besides, it is okay to use your Silla ginseng as collateral.

It’s hard to say, doing business in person will make diplomatic excuses.

So he said, "I don't know much about Silla's affairs. Go and ask Liu Rengui's husband, he has been with you Silla for a long time and is fighting with the Baekje Goryeo people. Maybe he has good suggestions."

Jin Faben had to go to see Liu Rengui again.

"Mr. Liu, you fought with us Silla people back then and had a deep friendship. Please save us Silla."

Liu Rengui thought to himself, what kind of friendship does it have? If you knew that you Silla people were so greedy and shameless, I would have been so embarrassed that you Silla people would have been so embarrassed. How could you retreat from the Han River to the Datong River today? He didn't say anything, and spread his hands and said, "You have also seen that Tubo and Turkic use troops in succession. What is the power of our Tang Dynasty to divide the troops into control of your Silla people?"

"No, Xiaochen came ashore from Dengzhou and saw that you had a sea army in the Tang Dynasty."

"Oh, that, don't take it seriously, because there are many seamen from the Tang Dynasty on the sea. They often encounter some pirates overseas and oppressed by some indigenous people in the South China Sea. The court then ordered to form a sea army to protect the lives and safety of seamen. They have just taken shape and have no combat power at all. It takes at least three to five years of training to truly fight in the sea. Even if the training is formed, it is a war between you two countries. Our Tang Dynasty only sent three or four thousand people over, so what role can it play?" The monarch and minister completely pushed the blame.

Jin Faben had to lie down and cry loudly. The situation in the country was very dangerous. The king was old and the crown prince was young. Even if there were no Japanese invasion, it would not be peaceful in the past few years. But I dare not say these situations. After crying for a long time, Liu Rengui helped him up and said, "Oh, forget it, I will give you a clear path."

"What way?"

"There are some things that our court is not easy to manage, but I have heard a lot of news. Did the Japanese arrest many of you people this time?"

"Yes, they're cruel."

"Water is also a small country, not much bigger than your Silla people, and has not been tested by many wars. In fact, the combat effectiveness is not as good as your Silla people. In order to invade you Silla, this time, I bought a large number of ships and weapons, which was beyond the scope of their endurance for them. However, people have a way, and our court is merciful to the people and redeems a large number of troops. You also know that some of the wealthy families in our Tang Dynasty had hundreds of hectares of arable land in their hands. Without the troops, it was difficult to resist openly, so they colluded with the Japanese and asked them to take the people of your country and use them as troops."

"Mr. Liu, you must stop it." So that's it, but I became even more anxious when I heard it.

"How can I stop it? Not only me, but even Your Majesty, it is difficult for you to stop it. This is the benefit of all the wealthy families. If they are angry together, what consequences will the Tang Dynasty have? However, if the Japanese can do this, why can't you Silla people do this? It's just a sea separated by a sea. If it goes well, you can land in Japan in one day. Their country is a country on the sea, and there are very few wars. Once you land, what kind of impact will there be? You Silla people have resisted our Tang army. I heard from the scouts that your historians have all defeated General Xue Rengui of our Tang Dynasty. Why are you afraid of a Japanese country?"

"This..." Jin Faben was stunned. Is this still what a prime minister in the country of etiquette said? But he forgot how his country was untrustworthy and how he changed history. Liu Rengui's statement may be shameless, but they are even more shameless.

"This is true. I ask His Majesty the Emperor to support you Shilla first, and I even ask someone to contact the merchant, what's the name?"

"Ball Jinzhu."

"Yes, it's Liang Jinzhu. If you talk to him, you can only do this. I can't do anything else."

The Silla messenger fooled him away.

The next day, he asked the court to send him a house in Yangzhou to find Liang Jinzhu.

Some important officials who knew the inside story felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

But at this time, the long-lost order of the imperial court was finally issued.

The deputy general manager on the front line was reappointed, and the position of deputy general manager of Li Wenxia was removed, and Liu Jingtong was appointed as deputy general manager, leading the Tang army in Hengzhou. In fact, the soldiers in Youzhou were connected. Because Li Wenxia removed the position of deputy general manager, he was separated from Pei Xingjian's main army and was also led by Liu Jingtong.

This is an exception. When Cao Huaishun went to war, Liu Jingtong was the only general to stop him. Later, he performed well when he retreated. In short, lacking generals made him have to let Huanhua become a pioneer.

Then Cheng Wuting was given another deputy director.

Compared to Liu Jingtong, Cheng Wuting is more qualified to accept this mission.

However, after hearing this edict, Li Wei frowned and faintly felt something bad happened. However, after thinking about it, he didn't know what was wrong. He wanted to do it, but he had to look at who he wanted to do it. Even if he had the ability, would he dare to do something bad in Pei Xingjian's hands?
Chapter completed!