There was no end to opposition from the DPRK and China.

In any case, the construction of the Grand Canal put too much pressure on the Tang State.

They have not yet been able to dominate the world, so it is obviously impossible to dig a canal.

They need to have a certain strength and economic foundation before they can do this, and even if they want to do it, they can't be too anxious.

Yuan Tiangang's suggestion is good, but it is not feasible.

The ministers talked a lot, and then, everyone turned their eyes to Li Yu.

Whether they do this matter or not, whether they say it or not, everything depends on Li Yu's thoughts. Li Yu stared at his eyebrows, and after thinking for a long time, he finally spoke, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I know that digging a canal will cost the people and money, but in my opinion, the excavation of the canal will benefit the people for thousands of generations, and the people will still do it, but you can't be in a hurry, you have to take it slowly, five years."

If it doesn't work, it will be ten years, if it doesn't work for ten years, it will take twenty years, anyway, there will always be a successful excavation, and this matter will be handed over to Yuan Tiangang to do, but before doing it, give me a plan, and after I think it is feasible, you will start arranging. ”

After thinking about it, Li Yu still decided to do this, because the excavation of the canal is really beneficial to their Tang Kingdom, even if it is for this hundred benefits, this matter is worth doing for him.

In the previous life, the Sui Dynasty was too eager for quick success, which caused the people to be miserable, so he slowed down, this matter came slowly, so it did not have much impact on the people, and it would be of great benefit to them after the matter was completed, so why not do it?

The ministers looked at each other, and then saw Wei Zheng stand up and said: "Holy Lord, this move must not be done, this move will cost the people and money, and my Tang Congress will be in a slump because of this, please think twice." ”

Wei Zheng, as a speech official, has to stand up and say anything when he sees injustice, and usually after he stands up, Li Yu will think about what he says.

However, Li Yu is a little determined to do this matter.

"Wei Aiqing, I understand what you mean, don't worry, I won't work hard and hurt money, I will take my time in this matter, and everyone will take a look after Yuan Aiqing gets the plan out, at that time, you don't think it's okay, it's not too late to object, now, the matter is decided."

Li Yu was very direct and resolute, and when Wei Zheng saw this, he could only retreat helplessly.

After this matter was decided, Yuan Tiangang went down to make his own plan, he had to plan how to excavate, how much manpower and force would be needed, and how many years it would take to complete the excavation.

While Yuan Tiangang was doing these things, Han Xin and Li Jing had already begun to train the newly recruited soldiers and horses of the Tang Kingdom.

The strength of these soldiers and horses is not weak, they just lack some actual combat experience, Han Xin and Li Jing must train them to be able to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

And whether it is Han Xin or Li Jing, they are absolute famous generals, and their strength in training soldiers and horses is very strong, so Li Yu handed over the soldiers and horses to them for training, and he was also very relieved.

Time is slow, and in the blink of an eye, it is already the end of summer.

At this time, Yuan Tiangang finally made the plan to dig the canal.

Early this day, Yuan Tiangang took out his plan. "Shengshang, the minister estimates that it will take at least five years to dig the canal, and this is still the premise of using gunpowder, gunpowder can open the mountain, which is much more than our artificial mountain, otherwise it will take at least ten years, as for manpower, it needs 500,000 people, however, these 500,000 people do not need to be collected at once, but if the people are allowed to serve labor, the number of people used in the end is so much, and if you do it at the same time, it may be 100,000 people, one change a year, just 500,000 in five years, there is no problem in this aspect of manpower, But the material resources are a bit too much, if I want to destroy the Tang Kingdom

In other countries, I'm afraid that the material resources will not be able to support it. ”

The Tang Kingdom is already very rich, and the treasury of the imperial court is also very abundant, but it is enough to fight, and if you want to dig a canal again, it will not be enough, not only not enough, but even too much.

Yuan Tiangang said this about his plan, and after listening to it, the ministers felt that five years was not a long time, and the manpower needed was not much, but the property was not enough, and they had no way at all.

"Holy Lord, since the financial resources are insufficient, then this matter of digging the canal should be slowed down, and it will not be too late to dig the canal after we destroy other countries."

Seeing that the financial resources were not enough, Wei Zheng stood up again, and this time, he felt that the matter should be settled like this, after all, without money, they couldn't do anything, and he knew that what Li Yu wanted to do most now was to destroy other countries and unify China, instead of digging the canal first.

In this case, under the circumstance that money can only do the same, and even if one thing is not enough, Li Yu can only choose to give up digging the canal. However, just after Wei Zheng finished saying this, Li Yu shook his head: "Although this matter is a little difficult to do, I still have a way to solve it, Yuan Aiqing's so-called lack of financial resources is what I mean by the lack of financial resources of my Tang Imperial Court, but don't forget, there are many merchants and people in my Tang Kingdom, and they are very rich." ”

When these words came out, there was a sudden uproar in the court, and immediately after, someone stood up: "Holy Lord, by all means, the people's money is the people's money, how can we use it casually?" ”

"Yes, Holy Lord, you are a master of the ages, and you can't fall short because of this matter."

"Please think twice, this must not be done."

"Yes, yes, you can't beat the people's idea of money."

“………………”

The imperial court has a lot of money, but compared with the money owned by the entire Tang people, what the imperial court has is simply a drop in the bucket, if a common man donates some money, it is enough to complete the excavation of the canal.

But the officials felt that this was not authentic, and they resolutely disagreed with Li Yu doing this.

The reaction of the hundred officials was still very fierce, which Li Yu did not expect, but after hearing what the hundred officials said, he somewhat understood what these officials meant, and it was obvious that these officials had misunderstood him.

These officials must have thought that he was going to collect taxes from the people, and then use them to dig canals, and increasing the collection of taxes from the people naturally increased the pressure on the people, which was obviously very unfavorable to the people.

This is what everyone calls labor and money.

But how could he, Li Yu, collect taxes from ordinary people in order to use these taxes to dig canals?

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have misunderstood me, I have no intention of collecting taxes."

"What does that mean Holy Lord?" "Why did we misunderstand the saint?"