All the courtiers stood neatly in turn, standing in their positions, and everyone bowed their heads, not daring to speak easily.

Above the court, the emperor was already sitting on the dragon chair at this time, straightening his sitting posture, looking at the courtiers standing in the main hall with a serious face.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat."

The father-in-law in charge, with a whisk in his hand, stepped forward, shouted at the top of his voice, and then stepped aside.

The emperor didn't speak, but he was actually upset.

Recently, because of the agricultural tax in various parts of the country, many local officials have responded that the people in various places are not convinced by the agricultural tax payment, and everyone has stopped working and stopped doing agricultural production.

Some people don't go to business, some just eat and wait for death in their own families, and some go out to beggars directly.

What's more, he took out all his belongings and went out to gamble, but as a result, he had nothing, his wife was separated, and the people were miserable.

This gave the emperor a headache to death, and his ultimate goal was to encourage the people to do a good job in farming, vigorously discover agricultural production, and realize the common prosperity of everyone, instead of letting them go down the wrong path and get worse and worse.

"Your Majesty, there is a drought along the way to the south, and there are no crops in many places, and the people are miserable. Local officials in various localities have presented excerpts, hoping that the state treasury can be opened and soup can be given to donate. ”

"Your Majesty, the area around the Yellow River has recently begun to flood again, and it is very likely to cause floods."

"Recently, the weather is getting hotter and the rainy season is getting more and more, so we have to start building dams to prevent flooding."

The two ministers stepped forward and gave advice one after another, saying what they wanted to say in their hearts.

"Rank Aiqing, do you have any good suggestions?"

The Emperor looked at the courtiers standing below and asked what they thought.

The matter of farming taxes has not been resolved, and this pile of things is even more troublesome and gives him a headache.

"This..."

The people below looked at each other, everyone look at me, I look at you, but no one has a good way.

The emperor looked at the courtiers one by one with a sad face, and also had a little headache, with a calm face, and his thoughts were complicated.

The previous dynasty was turbulent, and the country went through many twists and turns, and it was not so easy to get on the right track.

At the time of the first emperor, there were royal princes who wanted to rebel, and after the war, they fought for several years, and the people were not able to make a living.

Later, the first emperor calmed down the turmoil, and everything is what we have today.

However, at that time, because of the war, the people were struggling to make a living, and the people gradually established a new organization called the Peony Sect.

They specially took in the down-and-out homeless people, gave them hope, let them have food and clothing, and gradually, more and more people joined the Peony Sect and became their followers.

And the rise of the Peony Sect was organized by the rebellious prince and the subordinates of King Xian.

They believed that as long as they joined the Peony Sect, they could avoid war and would not be homeless, although later the first emperor won the war and recaptured the country.

The Peony Sect also fell apart, but to this day, there are still many Peony Sect believers scattered all over the people, waiting for an opportunity.

The emperor ordered Qi Xiaoxian, the commander of the Qing Officials Division, to investigate the matter thoroughly, but there was no result in this matter, and now a large number of questions came up, which caught him off guard.

If one by one, if it is not handled well, the countries that may have managed to get on the right track will be taken advantage of again, and if the Peony Sect makes a comeback, the consequences will be unimaginable.

When the emperor was thinking about this matter in his heart, Ruan Tao stood up at this moment.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a way, I don't know what to say."

Ruan Tao stood up respectfully, bowed his head and spoke respectfully.

"Ruan Aiqing? But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

The emperor looked at Ruan Tao and saw that he was a little familiar, and then he knew who he was.

This Ruan Tao usually doesn't speak, but this sudden cold sentence made him a little surprised.

I just don't know if he has any good ideas that he can adopt.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the drought in the south and the flooding of the Yellow River are actually very easy to solve."

"Oh, tell me about your idea."

As soon as he heard that Ruan Tao had a way, the emperor suddenly came to his senses, looked at Ruan Tao, and listened carefully to his methods.

Even the ministers next to him looked at Ruan Tao one by one, waiting for him to speak.

Some people are serious, hoping to get a good way to solve problems for the emperor.

The other part of the people were watching Ruan Tao's jokes, and they didn't believe that he, a five-grade petty official, could think of any good way to help the emperor solve this problem.

You must know that this is a headache for the emperor since ancient times, and they have a group of ministers, and they have no less ideas, but none of them are useful.

"Your Majesty, in fact, you don't need to open a warehouse to release grain, and you don't need to build any dams for the Yellow River."

Ruan Tao opened his mouth in a few words, and the emperor was stunned, looking at him, not knowing what he was selling.

Ruan Tao saw that everyone was looking at him, and then continued to speak.

"In fact, all you need to do is dig a large reservoir in the south, and then dig a diversion channel in the closest place to the Yellow River."

"Of course, this channel can't be dug directly from the Yellow River, but has to be dug up from the reservoir, and after connecting the Yellow River, the water will be diverted to the reservoir. The excess water from the Yellow River flows to the reservoir, which solves the drought and allows the water from the reservoir to be used to irrigate crops. ”

"The channel doesn't have to be too big, but it shouldn't be too small. This can ensure that the reservoir does not contain too much water, and also ensures that the excess water in the Yellow River can be distributed without causing flooding. ”

Ruan Tao opened his mouth word by word, saying what he thought in his heart.

He actually thought of the South-to-North Water Diversion, so he came up with such a solution.

"Nonsense, the Yellow River is so far away from the south, how can it be so easy to dig through the channel? Lord Ruan still thinks of a good idea to help the emperor solve problems, instead of fantasizing here. ”

As soon as Ruan Tao's words were finished, someone immediately came to refute him.

"This matter, of course, is not so easy. Otherwise, how could it have not been solved for so long? ”

Ruan Tao turned his head and looked at the minister, and the words he said directly blocked the words he had just retorted, so that he could no longer continue to speak.

"Before construction, you have to do a careful survey to see which place is best for digging the reservoir and where the channel is closest to the Yellow River. And there will be no major obstacles along the way, such as houses and large stone pipelines, which require careful measurement and accurate data by local officials. ”

Ruan Tao calmed down, analyzed carefully, and looked at the emperor after speaking, waiting for him to make a decision.