The first morning court after New Year's Day was supposed to be full of New Year's celebration, but it was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder. The ministers were controversial, which was already a common scene.

The first is a memorial presented by Cui Cong, the Minister of War. This memorial was sent by Zhang Yichao, the governor of Hexi. The matter of the memorial was that there was only one Sima, a marching man in Hexi, and hoped that the court would send effective officials to Hexi to serve.

This incident gave Li Chen a headache. Three people had changed in the position of Sima in this marching. They were killed, injured and resigned. Li Chen also had a deep understanding of the environment of Hexi. Although Zhang Yichao was appointed as the governor of Hexi, the prefectures of Hexi are still in the hands of Tubo. Because of this, there are many wars and frictions between the two sides, which also led to the difficulty of these officials in the safer place in Hexi.

Li Chen asked the ministers if there was a suitable candidate. This question immediately calmed down the originally lively court. Li Chen looked at the ministers and felt no wonder that Tubo, Nanzhao and Bohai were so arrogant. He thought that he was not asking you to go to war, and that no one who served as a small marching Sima shared his worries.

At this moment, Chen Hao came out to ask for his reverent orders: "Master, since all the ministers do not want to, appoint this low-ranking marching Sima. The gentle ministers ask for the order to go to Hexi to serve!"

"My dear, do you know that the land of Hexi is in turmoil and uneasy, which is not as good as that of the eastern capital!" Li Chen never thought that Chen Hao would ask for appointment to Hexi, so he asked back in surprise.

Chen Hao was not moved at all at all for Li Chen's persuasion, and said in a firm tone: "Although I am a civil servant, I can't control myself with the arrogant power of Tubo. I am willing to use my meager strength to protect the land and the border for the emperor!"

Li Chen originally wanted to keep Chen Hao in the Beijing Committee for important tasks, but Chen Hao took the initiative to ask for an order to work in Hexi. Although Li Chen was quite pleased with Chen Hao's decision, he was also quite worried about Chen Hao's safety. Because Hexi is still in turmoil, otherwise all the officials who went to work would not leave.

Therefore, although Chen Hao said so seriously, Li Chen was still hesitant. Now it was the time to use people, so how could Chen Hao go to Hexi? The entire Xuanzheng Hall was silent for a while. Many people in the Cui Party were delighted that Chen Hao could leave the court, otherwise Chen Hao would be a great threat to them in the court. However, the keen Cui Shi seemed to think something was wrong, and it would be impossible to say that it was wrong for a while.

Seeing that Li Chen was still hesitating, Chen Hao turned his eyes on Cui Cong: "Mr. Cui is the Minister of War. What do you think about this matter?"

Cui never thought Chen Hao would post a message to him at this moment. After a moment of silence, he saw Chen Hao touching his left ear, and his eyes twitched. Then he started to speak to Li Chen with a gloomy face: "Since Lord Chen has taken the initiative to ask for his order, he must have thought it through careful consideration. With Lord Chen's ability, he will definitely be competent for the position of marching Sima!"

Since Cui Cong said this, the rest of the people also agreed. However, even so, Li Chen still did not intend to appoint Chen Hao to Hexi. Because this conflicted with the next thing, he thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "I will discuss this matter later!"

Then the issue of flood abuse in the Huaihe River Basin was discussed. Although the river water has become flat in spring and winter, the water level is as low as the lowest in a year. However, if the treatment and rectification are not provided in advance, the flood will surely flood when the rainy summer season comes.

This matter was proposed by Wei Mo two years ago, but the water of the Huai River has not been properly managed after two years. Li Chen was also very troubled by this. He spent a lot of manpower and material resources on managing the Huai River, but it still achieved little results.

Now that the matter is brought to the bill, the ministers have expressed their opinions. However, what the ministers say is the old tune and the uninnovative meaning, which makes Li Chen feel exhausted both physically and mentally.

Just then, King Yong Li, moved closer and bowed and praised: "Father, my son has some insights into governing the Huaihe River! Please give me a correction!" Since Li Li is now the highest official in Duji Province, he is naturally qualified to stand in the court.

"Oh? Come on!" Li Chen never thought that Li Yan was so concerned, but was surprised but was quite happy and expectant.

With Li Chen's permission, Li Yan then explained the method of governing the Huai River that Chen Hao gave him in detail to Li Chen and his ministers. Li Yan's strategy to governing the Huai River made everyone feel refreshed.

This strategy for controlling Huaihe River can be divided into three steps. The first is to build a dike around Hongze Lake, store water from Huaihe River, and use Huaihe River to brush the deep section of the Yellow River into the sea to temporarily maintain the canal. The second is to divide the Huaihe River flood into the canal on this basis and enter the Yangtze River from Mangdao River, which can alleviate the flooding of the flood.

The last and most important step is a huge step in the project. The tributary canals around the Huai River must be connected together, so that the Huai River canals can be broken into pieces so that the Huai River will not flood.

This last step was also questioned by many people during this period, and the most questioned was Sun Haitang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. Because officials of the Ministry of Works had such an idea for many years of management of the Huaihe River, but it was not realized due to many reasons such as terrain and distance.

Li Yan has already had a solution to this, and can set up two areas: flood storage and flood transportation. The flood storage area can use the low-lying plains and set up multiple ground ditches to temporarily store floods. The so-called flood transportation area means that the Huaihe River embankment will be opened in some places far away from the people and without fertile fields to release floods, so that it can advantageously achieve the rationality of "eligible storage".

After listening to Li Yan's story, Li Chen and the ministers nodded frequently. Finally, Li Chen expressed his approval of King Yong's strategy. Now the position of Minister of Works is lacking. In order to better manage the Huai River, Li Chen decided to appoint him as Minister of Works, Premier of the River Internal Affairs.

As a result, Li Chen's decision was impeached by Cui Dang and others. Cui Shi hoped that Li Chen would take back his orders on the grounds that King Yong was a vassal king stationed abroad.

"Master, since Your Highness Yong has explained the details of the management of the Huai River, Lord Sun, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, presided over the management of the Huai River. Lord Sun has served in the Ministry of Works for a long time and is quite familiar with the internal affairs of the river, so he is also very skillful in the management of the river!"

Cui Shi tried his best to dissuade Li Yan from becoming the Minister of Works because he did not want to put this great contribution to the Huai River on King Yong. Now King Yong is about to fly in the eagle. If he is given a good opportunity to let him take off, it will probably be too late to restrain him.

"Chen Aiqing, I wonder what you think?"
Chapter completed!