One sunset, Li Chengqian sat on the throne by the canal, and looked at the dozens of low-ranking officials kneeling below and cried bitterly.

These officials are the county magistrates and some subordinate officials of the three counties of Wucheng, Jingcheng and Linqing in the south of Beizhou.

Li Chengqian looked at them with a blank expression and cried bitterly. After a while, when they were tired of crying, their voices gradually became smaller, and then he said lightly: "If you are tired of crying, just take a break and continue crying."

The officials in front looked at Li Chengqian with a shock when they heard this.

Seeing them stop, Li Chengqian asked indifferently, "Why don't you continue crying?"

He paused and continued, "You are officials of the court and cannot manage the place well. When you see the lonely king, you will lie on the ground and cry to try to get away with it?"

"I am guilty!"

"I am guilty"

When several people saw Li Chengqian see through their false feelings, they quickly kowtowed and apologized.

Li Chengqian looked at them and kept kowtowing. After a while, he asked lightly: "How is the drought in various places?"

The few people were stunned again and looked at Li Chengqian in confusion.

"The Gu Wang is the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how confused he is, he knows that the local drought cannot be delayed."

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise."

"Tell me, what's going on with the drought?"

Wucheng County Magistrate Xu Yue said sadly: "I heard from the Prince of the Crown Prince that only snowed in Beizhou and Youzhou later this winter. It has not rained for more than two months after the Chinese New Year. The people really have no choice."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Okay, you guys should go back and rescue the disaster."

"I will leave." Several people left in a hurry as if they were amnesty.

As soon as the few people left, Hao Chujun, who was exhausted, hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, let them go."

Obviously, he has been running non-stop since last night to the present, and is a little dissatisfied with Li Chengqian letting these officials go so casually.

When Li Chengqian saw Hao Chujun's face, he smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work in Hao Qing's family, this matter has just begun, so there is no rush to decide the outcome."

Hao Chujun hurriedly bowed and said, "I dare not. I just saw these treacherous ministers fooling His Highness the Crown Prince so much, and I feel really unpleasant."

Li Chengqian smiled gently and said, "The more they fool the Lone King, the more they are confident and fearless. Let's look back."

After hearing this, Hao Chujun thought about it and couldn't think of the reason, but seeing that Li Chengqian had no clear meaning, he politely said: "I understand."

Li Chengqian didn't care if Hao Chujun really understood or fake, and said directly: "Go to the Haoqing family and have a good rest!"

Seeing Hao Chujun left, Li Chengqian said to Du He: "Du He, write a letter to Zhao Jie. All the manpower around Luoyang can be used to be summoned to the steel mill and make every effort to build agricultural tools."

"I obey the order!"

"Wang Fangyi, you go like an order, and send it to the four governors' offices of Yingzhou, Youzhou, Zhenzhou and Weizhou. Tell them that the spring drought in Hebei has begun, and they ordered them to step up training troops and strictly prevent the invasion of the grassland troops." Li Chengqian said.

"I obey the order!"

In ancient China, whenever there is a disaster in China, the first thing to do is to repair the city walls to prevent external disasters, and then to do its best to rescue the disaster. Li Chengqian's orders are right at this time, but it is not very clever, but it can only be considered as a regular one.

Li Chengqian arranged these two things and turned back to his boat.

The next day, Li Chengqian's fleet continued to go north, but the speed slowed down after walking for more than 20 miles, and if you go further, you will have to be separated by a shallow distance.

Li Chengqian was sitting in the warehouse and reading "Zuo Zhuan" when he saw Liu Kui walk in and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Wang Fangyi just reported that thousands of people knelt on the shore five miles north to ask for his visit to His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian said in the end that he came. The "Great Learning" says: There are people who have virtue, there are people who have soil, there are earth, there are earth, there are wealth, and there are wealth and there are usefulness.

It seems that Li Shimin compromised with these gentry in the early Tang Dynasty, not because Li Shimin was incompetent, but because these gentry had the hearts of the people.

Li Chengqian thought about it, but still used the old method and said lightly: "Transfer the will of the orphan king, and order the crown prince to accompany the three guards to meet the elders of Hebei Road with full ceremonial guards."

"After the order." Liu Kui went to pass the order.

The Crown Princess and Wang Liangdi, who had been with Li Chengqian, hurriedly stood up and said, "I am serving His Highness the Crown Prince to change his clothes."

Wang Liangdi turned her head and said to the palace maid beside her, "Go and prepare your prince's suit."

Li Chengqian put down the book in his hand and said, "No need, just bring a set of Gebu clothes."

Li Chengqian stretched his waist under the puzzled eyes of the two beauties and stood up and explained: "What the Lone King wants to see is the victim."

"But without wearing a dress, how can you show that the crown prince is noble and make the people feel awe?" Wang Liangdi is also familiar with poetry and books, but she doesn't know how to use it.

The Crown Princess looked at Wang Liangdi and smiled: "The glorious ritual of the Crown Prince is enough to shock the people."

Li Chengqian nodded in admiration and said, "You also change into a coarse cloth and go with me to meet the people here."

The Crown Princess nodded quickly and said yes. Seeing that the palace maid found a dark blue gauze dress for Li Chengqian, she and Wang Liangdi helped Li Chengqian change it.

Li Chengqian changed his clothes and the boat gradually stopped.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, the ceremonial guard is ready." Liu Kui walked in and reported.

Li Chengqian signaled the crown princess to change her clothes, then sat down slowly, and said indifferently: "Separate all the ceremonial books of the Lone King, and the Lone King will go out after a while."

"Abide by the order!" Liu Kui saw Li Chengqian's expression and hurried out to pass the order.

On a wasteland two miles away from the canal on the east bank of the Grand Canal, Zhang Datong, the governor of Beizhou, led officials from Beizhou Prefecture and eight counties to stand facing the canal, waiting to welcome Li Chengqian.

Dozens of officials stood in front, and behind were thousands of people from Wucheng County, many of them were among them.

These people all looked upwards towards the canal, but they could not see anything through the situation in the canal due to force.

I don’t know how long I leaned back, Chen Datong’s neck was sore that he couldn’t help but turn back to Liu Hao, the middle school in Beizhou, and said, “It’s all your good ideas. I have to bring these people with me, otherwise we can stand on the canal embankment to welcome His Royal Highness.”

Liu Hao laughed coldly in his heart, but said respectfully: "Governor, the people have dug the canal. If only we can do it ourselves, His Royal Highness can spare us easily."

Chen Datong became weaker when he heard this, and looked at the people behind him and cursed: "These unruly people are really hard to cure."

After saying that, he sighed helplessly and looked back.

Just as the Beizhou officials were impatient, they heard a rumbling sound from the other side of the canal. Experienced people immediately knew that this was the cavalry that accompanied Li Chengqian to protect Li Chengqian, and the cavalry arrived when they arrived at Li Chengqian's ship.

Chen Datong was excited and turned his head to shout at the officials and people behind him, "Everyone is at ease, Your Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."

Liu Hao behind him only sneered when he saw this and said to himself: With Li Chengqian's domineering behavior this time, you will be deprived of it if you don't kill it this time.

Suddenly, Liu Datong and others heard the bells, drums and rituals ringing, and then they saw six teams of soldiers holding spears, sloughs, axes and other ritual instruments in their hands, slowly walking down the embankment, and then walked towards this side from the temporarily paved loess road.

The flag bearer behind the soldier is the flag bearer. The four teams of flag bearers are flying high in the air with various dragon flags, looking straight as bright as a forest from afar.

Behind the umbrella covers are two rows of umbrella covers, and behind the umbrella covers are musicians, palace lanterns, incense burners, feather fans, etc.

The vast team of more than two thousand people walked slowly according to the rhythm of ritual and music. The people behind only saw it, solemn and glorious as a fairyland.

Seeing Li Chengqian's appearance, Chen Datong and others were so scared that they were trembling. The thousands of people behind them were also fascinated by the sight, thinking that it was the gods in the sky.

When these armored soldiers and flag bearers and musicians came to Chen Datong and lined up against them, someone behind them carried a golden throne between the umbrella cover and the feather fan.

As soon as the armored soldiers blocked the flag, Chen Datong and others could not see the situation on the river bank. They thought that the ceremonial guards had been arranged, so Li Chengqian should have arrived.

I didn't want to wait this time, and I waited for another half an hour, but Li Chengqian was still not seen.

Seeing this, Liu Hao sneered in his heart and said to himself: It seems that the crown prince wants to give us a warning. If he really wants to kill him, he must first make him crazy.

After a while, Liu Hao was ecstatic. Chen Datong's legs were sore that he couldn't stand any longer. He saw two teams of officials from the Eastern Palace riding horses and walking around the prince's ceremonial guard.

After the two teams of officials walked around, they went straight to the throne and lined up left and right.

Everyone at the scene knew that the crown prince was coming, and everyone looked at the golden throne with breath and concentration.

Suddenly, the music suddenly started, and two teams of palace maids walked out from behind the throne with palace lanterns, followed by a pair of young men and women in kudzu robes, supporting each other and slowly walking out.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the Crown Princess is here!" an eunuch shouted loudly.

Then the officials of the Eastern Palace and soldiers saluted to the young man and woman, "See Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness!"
Chapter completed!