After everyone left, Li Ke returned to his inner study. While Li Ke ordered Daner to grind ink and lay paper, he wrote a letter to Beijing to explain the situation in Huainan, while thinking about how to deal with the danger of the Huainan River breaking.

"Your Highness, although Yuan Chengfan has been a Shuicao in the Yangzhou Governor's Office for many years, he is in a low position and the final say is unknown. If Your Highness rashly follows his words, it is probably not appropriate to rule the river according to his law." Wang Xuance looked at Li Ke who was writing quickly and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke naturally knew Wang Xuance’s concerns.

The Huai River spread not within Li Ke’s authority, but belongs to local prefectures and counties. It is reasonable that Li Ke does not interfere in this matter.

If Li Ke only asked about this matter, even if the local governments and counties handled the matter improperly, it would have nothing to do with him, and would not have the problem of Li Ke. But if Li Ke rashly intervened, then his official position would be the dominant position of the matter. If it succeeds, it would be fine. If it fails, Li Ke would be the first responsibility and would inevitably be held accountable.

In Wang Xuance's opinion, Li Kezhi was probably a little thankless.

Wang Xuance learned the way of being erratic. Whenever he acted, the first thing he must consider was the strong relationship between all parties. If the matter of water control was successful, these contributions would not be of great help to Li Ke. But if he was defeated, he would inevitably be impeached by the opponents in the court.

Li Ke finished writing the letter at hand, put down his pen, and said to Wang Xuance: "The sir said some truths, but not all of them. This king did not follow Yuan Chengfan's words, but Master Cen's words."

After hearing Li Ke's words, Wang Xuance was obviously beyond his expectations. He was slightly stunned and then asked: "Jing Ren (Cen Wenben's name) is far away in Chang'an, what does this matter have to do with him?"

Li Ke said: "Sir, do you still remember the saying that the white rainbow runs through the sun in the first lunar month this year?"

After hearing Li Ke's words, Wang Xuance understood. Wang Xuance said: "White rainbows are passing through the sun, the disaster is in the southeast. Is this the matter your Highness said?"

Li Ke nodded and said, "I don't know if this is the case. However, if everyone talks can make money and destroy bones, you must not be careless."

Li Ke rashly interfered in the water control matter. Although it was certainly inappropriate for him to do anything other than his responsibilities, Li Ke had no choice.

The matter of water control seems to have nothing to do with Li Ke, but in fact, no one can avoid this Huainan, but Li Ke cannot, or Li Ke's ambition does not allow him to avoid it.

This Huainan is not the Huainan of others, but the Huainan of his Li family. This people are not the people of others, but the people of his Li family. How can others retreat?

If he retreated, if he ignored the matter and ignored the lives of the people, it would be heard by Li Shimin, how should Li Shimin view him?

Li Ke asked himself to be a polite person. He had suffered from the bitter cold in the north for four years and had the reputation of today. How could he dare to neglect it?

It is hard to pile up, but if you want to destroy it, you will fall like a mountain with just a slight push.

Li Ke can be a romantic young man who spends a lot of money, a prodigal son who lingers in brothels, or even a disgraceful prince who sells all the property in the mansion, but he cannot be a prince who ignores the people. If so, Li Ke will be completely out of the throne.

As soon as Li Ke's words came out, Wang Xuance understood what Li Ke meant. Wang Xuance said: "Is Your Highness worried about His Majesty's view?"

"Not bad." Li Ke nodded and replied.

The future throne of the Tang Dynasty depends to a great extent on Li Shimin's attitude.

Li Shimin may not want anyone to ascend the throne, but if Li Shimin does not want anyone to ascend the throne, he will definitely not ascend the throne.

Seeing this, Wang Xuance asked, "Does Your Highness have any plans?"

Li Ke said: "The white rainbow runs through the sun, and the Huai River floods are plagued. This is both a crisis and an opportunity for me. The princelings used the strange phenomenon from heaven to force me to leave the capital and stay in the southeast. Why didn't I just take the opportunity to calm the Huai River floods and become the one who follows the will of heaven and win the hearts of the people in the southeast?"

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The heavy rains lasted for several days and the Huai River surged. The news that there might be a risk of breaking the dam reached Li Ke. At the same time, Xiao Yuexian, who lives in the back hall of Linjiang Palace, also received the news.

"My wife, the news from outside the palace is that the Jianghuai River and Huai River is raining heavily, and the Huai River waters are rising sharply. If this continues for five days, the Huai River will be in danger of breaking the dike." Li Ke had just sent away the officials from Yangzhou in the main hall, and Wen Qing'er returned to Linjiang Palace with the news and reported to Xiao Yuexian.

Xiao Yuexian could see the clues from Wang Xuance's actions. Now that Wen Qing'er brought back the news outside the palace, Xiao Yuexian felt even more confident.

"The Huai River is the main road of the world's waterways, and it occupies one of the 'Four Descendants'. If the Huai River breaks its dam, it will surely cause trouble to the entire Jianghuai River. In this way, it seems that the strange phenomenon of the white rainbow running through the sun at the beginning of the year is probably the case." Xiao Yuexian said to herself when she heard Wen Qing'er's words.

Wen Qing'er said to Xiao Yuexian: "Madam, if the Huai River breaks its dam, our opportunity will come."

After hearing Wen Qing'er's words, Xiao Yuexian asked, "What do you mean?"

Wen Qing'er said: "When the Huai River breaks the dam, it will inevitably lead to chaos among the people. If we can take the opportunity to kill Li Ke at this time, the entire Southeastern people will be in panic, which is the time for us to make profits."

"Kill Li Ke? Did I ever say that I would kill Li Ke now?" Xiao Yue asked with a frown when she heard this.

Wen Qing'er looked at Xiao Yuexian's reaction and immediately asked, "It's already this time. Isn't my wife still trying to kill Li Ke?"

Xiao Yuexian replied: "I can't kill Li Ke, at least I can't kill him now. It's useless for me to keep Li Ke."

Wen Qing'er's father and brother died at the hands of the Tang army. She hated the children of the Li Tang royal family to the core. When she heard that Xiao Yuexian was unable to take Li Ke's life, she was both puzzled and asked a little dissatisfied: "If Li Ke doesn't die, how can the Huai River break the dam? If the Huai River breaks the dam, how can the southeast be in chaos? How can we take advantage of it?"

Xiao Yuexian shook his head and said, "Can you kill Li Ke go to the southeast by chaos? You need to know that although the southeast has been peaceful for a long time and its military facilities are not prosperous, the 50,000 troops of the various military prefectures in Jianghuai are definitely not arranged, and the Ma Zhou, Wang Xuance and others under Li Ke are not worth the money. If they cannot be dealt with, even if there is a flood in Jianghuai, it will be difficult for us to achieve great things."

Since Li Xiaogong pacified Xiao Xian and Fu Gong's rebellion, the southeastern half of the Tang Dynasty has experienced few wars. The bravery of the soldiers is no longer as good as that of the past, and it is even less than that of the elite border troops. But even so, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's prefecture army is still there, and nearly 50,000 prefecture troops in the Jianghuai area are not something that Xiao Yuexian can easily test his edge.

According to Xiao Yuexian's words, he actually wanted to use Li Ke's hands to deal with the Huainan Prefecture Army. To others, it was nothing different from a fantasy.

Wen Qing'er looked at Xiao Yuexian's confident appearance, but she didn't know where her confidence came from, so she asked: "The local government troops never follow the commander-in-chief of the military commander. Unless the imperial edict was surrendered from the court, there was no other way. What good advice does the lady have?"
Chapter completed!