On that day, Li Shimin ordered Liu Shi to pass an order to Li Chengqian on his behalf, ordering him to be cautious in supervising the country and listen to the ministers' opinions more. This was a teaching.

After the order was issued, Li Shimin still felt uneasy and ordered a quick horse to go to Yichuan County Xue Dading to travel quickly.

Xue Dading was a practical official. This time, Li Chengqian sent him to preside over the construction of reservoirs and canals as the Minister of Works, so he devoted himself to this.

He didn't even enter Luoyang from Chang'an to Luoyang, and led his horse to the Yi River.

After repeated investigations in Yichuan and Song County, he repeatedly measured Yihe, which was hundreds of miles long, with his feet.

It took more than two months to plan how to repair the drain, where to build the reservoir, how to prevent and control floods, and how to irrigate. After planning all these, he returned to Yichuan County and wrote his plan into a memorial and sent it to Chang'an.

Li Chengqian quickly approved the memorial and ordered him to recruit residents nearby in Luozhou and start building canals during the slack season in winter.

After the order was continued, the Luozhou Governor Dai Zhide responded very well, saying that the entire Luozhou would fully cooperate with the matter.

In Xue Dading's opinion, Li Shimin was still living in Luoyang City, even if he gave him a thousand courage, he would not dare to fool him in this matter at this time.

So Xue Dading lived in Yichuan County with confidence. He was tired for more than two months. After a sudden break, the weather became damp and cold in autumn, and his rheumatic leg pain occurred.

Xue Dading invited a doctor in Yichuan County to take a few doses of medicine and took a little better. Everyone who followed him suggested that he go to Luoyang City to find a good doctor, but Xue Dading thought he thought this was an old problem and it would be the same for anyone to look for anyway, it would not be cured in a while.

Moreover, in a day or two, the governor of Luozhou began to recruit Qi Minfu, and starting the construction of canals was a major event, so he had always lived in Yichuan County.

It was not until the day before yesterday that Xue Dading's housekeeper told him that there were people outside the door petitioning not to build canals here. He originally wanted to go out and take a look, but was stopped by the magistrate of Yichuan County Hu Shangcheng.

Hu Shangcheng promised him a lot of words that he could persuade the person to leave in a while, and asked him not to worry, because he didn't go out because of his leg pain.

Unexpectedly, the governor of Luozhou sent someone to pass on the message today, saying that Li Shimin was summoning him to Luoyang to meet him, and Xue Dading realized that something might have happened.

But before he could send someone to investigate, he saw Xingzai and sent an envoy to urge him to go to Luoyang to see him immediately.

Seeing Li Shimin's urge, Xue Dading had to endure the pain in his legs and rode his horse to Luoyang.

Fortunately, he is an old problem. The medicine he took these days works a lot. He was anxious and immediately bumped all the way. When he arrived in Luoyang, his legs didn't hurt much.

Xue Dading arrived at the road, but just stood at the door and tidied up his appearance, and was summoned by Li Shimin into the bedroom.

"I, Xue Dading, please see Your Majesty." Xue Dading bowed and bowed.

Li Shimin looked at Xue Dading expressionlessly, and said with no joy or anger in his tone: "Flat"

Xue Dading stood up and looked at Li Shimin sitting on the Arhat bed. He looked at him expressionlessly, and then asked carefully: "I wonder what instructions did Your Majesty have to summon me?"

Li Shimin was very dissatisfied when he saw that Xue Dading did not report the petition of the people of Yichuan County.

The expression on his face became a little cold, and it still made people feel unaware of joy and anger: "I heard that the people of Yichuan oppose the construction of canals?"

Xue Dading thought about it and answered truthfully: "I have reported to Your Majesty. In the past two months, I went deep into the Yihe River to discover Yichuan. Song County suffered from floods and few farmland harvests, and the people's lives were difficult.

After the reservoir and canal is built, farmland can be irrigated during drought, water can be stored and released during flooding, and floods flow from the Yi River to the Yellow River in time. The Yi River channel can also not dry all year round, which is conducive to shipping. Therefore, I believe that the canal and the reservoir must be built.

However, when building a reservoir, the canal will occupy a lot of fertile land. People will see the harm before seeing the benefits. The court's efforts are also unknown. However, after local officials persuaded them, they all understood and were willing to work to build the canal."

After hearing Xue Dading's words, Li Shimin's expression became even colder. If it was understandable that the order was to send troops to drive away the petitioners to put pressure on the local government.

Then hiding rumors about Songxian and Yichuan must be due to bad intentions.

Li Shimin wanted to take down Xue Dading immediately, but there was no real reason. After all, he was a special member and the Minister of Works.

After thinking for a while, he said lightly: "Thank you for your hard work, you can rest in Luoyang City for a few days."

When Xue Dading heard this, he bowed and said he was leaving. He didn't know what was going on until he was away.

Shortly after Li Shimin's place, Xue Dading left, an eunuch led the Secretariat to come in.

Li Shimin was about to find someone to talk to him, so he ordered Lai Ji to sit down.

"I will report to Your Majesty, and His Highness the Crown Prince invented an edict to reprimand the local officials who submitted a petition to severely punish Du Zhenglun." Lai Ji reported as soon as he sat down.

Li Shimin was shocked and asked, "When did this happen?"

"I'm going to Luoyang today for your order."

Li Shimin looked at Lai Ji and asked in confusion: "Lai Qing, why did you think things have reached this point?"

Lai Ji also frowned and said, "No matter what, Du Zhenglun's memorial was not wrong to ask the officials to be in trouble, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not wrong to protect him."

When Li Shimin heard what he said was equivalent to a nonsense, he waved his hand to signal to retreat.

To be honest, Li Shimin is not good at handling common affairs. It turns out that he has Fang Xuanling, Yang Shidao, Gao Shilian, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenben and others around him to deal with it. He just needs to grasp the general direction.

There is only one Ma Zhou around him now, and at this time he dare not believe Ma Zhou completely.

Just as he was thinking, he heard the eunuch coming to report: His Highness the King of Jin asked for a meeting.

Li Shimin ordered Li Zhi to come in without thinking.

"See Father!" Li Zhi saluted Li Shimin with a tragic expression.

Li Shimin was in a bad mood at this time. When he saw Li Zhi's expression, he couldn't help but get angry and asked angrily: "What happened? Is it so frustrating?"

Li Zhi sobbed without saying anything. When Li Shimin saw it, he became even more angry and shouted angrily: "I am not dead yet, why are you crying?"

"Father--"

Li Zhi was so scared that he lay on the ground and cried, but he held a letter in his hands.

Without Li Shimin's words, the eunuch in the palace hurriedly took the letter and handed it over to Li Shimin.

When Li Shimin took the letter written by Changsun Wuji to Li Zhi, he had not had any news about Changsun Wuji for a long time. When he saw this, he felt a little worried. Seeing that the envelope had been opened, he hurriedly pulled out the letter paper inside to take a closer look.

This is a letter written by Changsun Wuji to Li Zhi. The letter said that he was seriously ill in Qiongzhou and would soon die. He advised Li Zhi to teach and respect Li Shimin in the future and take care of his family for the sake of Empress Changsun.

The words in the letter are desolate, which makes people who read the letter feel sad.

After reading the letter, Li Shimin was silent for a while before he recovered and asked Li Zhi: "Why didn't your uncle write to me? Is he still blamed me?"

Li Zhi had been thrusting and answering Li Shimin's question, and Li Shimin didn't wait for him to answer. After asking this, he got up and walked to the door, looked up at the sky in the south, and Changsun Wuji was in the south.

Changsun Wuji and Li Shimin were good friends when they were young. Later, Li Shimin married Empress Changsun and became in-laws. From youth to youth, they conquered the world together, conquered the world, and ruled the world.

Changsun Wuji has always followed Li Shimin, encouraged him, helped him, and made great contributions to his country, and is more like a brother than his brother.

Thinking that Changsun Wuji might die at the end of the world, these scenes passed by Li Shimin over and over again as if they were released in his mind.

I don’t know when Li Shimin was already in tears.

I don’t know how long I stood at the door, but Li Shimin made up his mind to issue an order: “I passed on my will, Changsun Wuji was seriously ill and difficult to cure. Thinking of his past achievements in the country, he sent an envoy to Qiongzhou to pick up Changchi Wuji back to Luoyang for recuperation. The order was issued immediately and no delays should be delayed.”

"Abide by the order!" The eunuch in the palace hurriedly took the order out and passed the order.

Seeing the eunuch go out, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, walked back to the hall and sat on the bed of the Arhat. He was stunned for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "Transfer my order. Cheng Zhijie, a far-reaching master of Chenzhou, was demoted to Chenzhou because he was too young. Now, he will be pardoned and returned to Luo to recuperate."
Chapter completed!