Huangfu Jingchen ignored him, walked to Xia Wenjin, and said apologetically: "I just left the court and came too late, so I've been wronged!"

Xia Wenjin smiled and said, "No, I don't want to be wronged, no one can give me wronged!"

"Well done!" Huangfu Jingchen smiled and pointed at her nose, saying docilely: "Do whatever you want. I'm here. If anyone makes you uncomfortable, I will make him uncomfortable!"

Cai Shancun's face changed. In front of him, the prince was the noble prince, but in front of Xia Wenjin, he kept calling himself me. What does this mean?

He obviously came wrong today. Should he slip away quietly?

"Where are the Censor Cai?" Just as he was quietly trying to leave, his voice was neither salty nor light.

Cai Shancun laughed and said, "This, the emperor will not disturb the prince's conversation with Miss Xia!"

Huangfu Jingchen smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if you disturb me. I see that Lord Cai is very interested in marriage, so Lord Cai stops being the censor. Go and register the marriage letter of the department supervisor!"

Cai Shancun's eyes flipped, and he really fainted this time.

The censor is not very big and has a low rank. He is only a fifth rank. However, he can participate in the official position and advise him when encountering any matters. But what official is the one who registers the marriage letter? He is just an ordinary local civil servant, even an official.

If others say this, he still holds some hope, but this prince is not like the princes who have no real power in the previous dynasty.

Didn't you see that the emperor has now pushed most of the things to the prince?

The emperor's performance was simply too obvious. He wanted the prince to take over the government as soon as possible, and then he took the queen to wander around the world. Therefore, the emperor never rejected the prince's opinions and suggestions.

Of course, the prince is also striving for his best.

He is not those noble men who do not know the sufferings of the world. He has understood the people's sentiments and the sufferings of the people. Therefore, he has a lot of ideas about the affairs of the government and has also made many strange tricks. For example, a morning court a month ago targeted the floods in Jiazhou.

There are rivers in central Jiazhou, and rivers are managed every year and dams are collapsed every year. The imperial court spent a lot of money on rivers, but it would collapse when the water rises. The emperor specially summoned the ministers to discuss this matter.

The Minister of Works said: "Emperor, Jiazhou has flooded, and the people have suffered. The Ministry of Works sent three officials to find nothing, which is a dereliction of duty. Please allow the emperor to go to control the flood this time."

The emperor glanced at him and did not agree to his request immediately. Instead, he asked: "How to deal with floods, do you have plans now?"

The people sent by the Ministry of Work are all professional talents in flood control. Although the Minister of Works is the leader of the Ministry of Works, those who can be an official may not be able to do things, especially those at the grassroots level.

The Minister of Works said: "The Ministry of Works has detailed information on the flooded rivers. Due to terrain, silt accumulation, sand and gravel barriers, the river silt is very serious, and there are several very narrow places. Once there is a slight rapid flow in the upstream, it will cause serious consequences. Therefore, I think that it is important to add the river channel, but the silt at the bottom of the river cannot be relaxed. Two-pronged approach will inevitably solve the problem!"

Then the Minister of Works also proposed a detailed solution.

He will take professional craftsmen from the Ministry of Works to the site, and ensure that this problem will be solved within three years.

After hearing this, the emperor refused to comment. He had read the previous documents. The officials who had done these methods did the same, but they were not able to stop the flood. He glanced at the ministers and said, "What do you think of all the ministers?"

Professional things must be left to professionals, and the workers in the Ministry of Works are undoubtedly more professional in the field of flood control, and they also train outstanding craftsmen.

Many people have no objections to this point, but there is an official who is the Minister of Revenue.

He looked at the Minister of Works and asked, "Mr. Lin, what is the budget?"

With so many people, it took three years to take the expenses required from the treasury. After all, he is the minister in charge of finance and the treasury and is more concerned about this issue.

The Minister of Works hesitated for a moment and said, "About 500,000 taels of silver per year."

Isn’t it a million and five million taels in three years?

The Minister of Revenue immediately said: "No. Too many!"

The Minister of Works was anxious: "Mr. Yuan, it took three years to solve the problem and it was all done once and for all, and 500,000 taels were not much. If the financial resources could not keep up, there would inevitably be omissions in the project, and it would not be worth the cost at that time."

The Minister of Revenue shook his head: "No, too much!" He faced the emperor and bowed and said, "The emperor is not stingy, nor is it that the minister is ignorant of the severity of the matter. If the flood can be cured, the river channel is clear, and the people on both sides will not suffer from flood disasters, this is a great thing that benefits the country and the people, and I am also very supportive. But now the treasury is empty, and there are too many places that need to be used for money. If the treasury is hollowed out because of the river management, if there is something wrong with the border and the treasury has no silver, a big thing will happen!"

The prince said: "There is indeed too much money to spend, and it is a bottomless pit. I have checked relevant documents and studied specific facts. I have also visited the waters of Jiazhou. To solve this problem, it is simple and difficult to say it is difficult!"

"Speak!"

The prince said: "The officials sent by the Ministry of Works have experience and skills in water control. Local officials are also familiar with local terrain, customs and climate change. However, every year, the people sent by the court and local officials have their own ideas and do their own things. They all think that they are better than the other party. Once there is a problem, they feel that the other party has not done well, they have no responsibility, and they are shirking responsibility for each other."

The Minister of Works nodded repeatedly, and that's indeed the case.

The prince said again: "The reason why they do their own things, grab each other's merits, and shirk each other's faults when encountering problems is nothing more than failure to harm their vital interests. It is not a problem of money, but a problem of people. Therefore, the minister suggested that the most serious floods in Jiazhou, the government offices and county offices are all set up in front of the people's houses. If the flood cannot be cured, let them live and die together with the government office!"

When the Minister of Works heard this, his eyes lit up and said, "Good solution!"

He said to the emperor: "What the prince said is very good. Three officials have been sent to this section of the river bank. The Ministry of Revenue has allocated a lot of silver. It has not been managed for a long time. I also think it is because they are not concerned about it."

Before the rule of the emperor, the officials were all in vain, and the people he sent could not help but be evasive and block the blame.

Of course, he couldn't say what was wrong with the previous emperor. Now the new emperor has a new atmosphere. If there is still someone who is blind and continues to live and die together with the river bank.

It’s about life and death, who wouldn’t do his best?

The prince gave the advice and the emperor immediately made it clear.

The emperor is slowly delegating power to the prince, so the prince's words are similar to the emperor's words.
Chapter completed!