His Majesty's return caused an uproar in Chang'an, which not only further implemented the national policy of equality for all, but also confirmed many rumors of many incidents in Jiangnan Province.

After Qin Huaidao returned to Chang'an, he only rested for one night, and he was busy non-stop, after returning to Chang'an, he had a lot of things to do, and in the Manna Palace, he sorted out these things one by one.

The first is the affairs of Chang'an.

Although the Ministry of State Affairs is in charge of state affairs, there are still many parts that need to be done by Qin Huaidao himself, such as the compilation of "Han Thought", the further expansion of Chang'an Daily and the promotion of a new trend of ideological reform, such as the guidance and education of members of the Ministry of State Affairs, and the expansion of the industrial city.

Of course, what he is most concerned about is actually the construction of the transportation network, this trip to Jiangnan, he successfully sorted out the details of the various checkpoints on the Jiangnan Road, plus Suzhou and Hangzhou are the richest places in the whole Chang'an, and the most prosperous commercial trade is the first main road he wants to open.

As for other roads, it requires a lot of silver investment, and it is impossible for the Han to come up with so much silver money for a while.

In addition to Chang'an affairs, he also has one thing to deal with, and that is the cobwebs mastered by Li Xueyan.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, Li Xueyan was named the concubine of Yan Guifei, and he gradually asked less about the Tianyan matter, but during this trip to Jiangnan, the Tianyan played very little role, and even Situ Xing's news was only known to him when he arrived in Jiangnan Dongdao, which shows the problems that Tianyan has now.

As for the water capital supervisor and transfer envoy of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it is necessary to re-select and deploy personnel.

Before letting the Ministry of State Ren order Hu Dedi to be in charge, because he was entangled in other affairs, he had not yet completed the handover and set off.

The next day, the Great Pilgrimage Meeting.

The position of the courtiers has changed, and it is no longer the same as the previous three divisions.

The five important ministers of the Ministry of State stood at the front, and then the courtiers and the members of the Council representing the Ministry of State stood separately, each on one side.

After the ministers reported the affairs of many Qin Huaidao's absences one by one, Qin Huaidao took out the three horizontal and three vertical maps and handed them to the ministers, and said loudly: "You love Qing, the Han country, it is good for all the provinces in the world to hear the wind and vote for it, but there are two things I am worried about, one is that the people everywhere are born in distress and are in the moment of poverty and cannot be solved, and the other is that the status of the state highway is remote, and most of the time Chang'an is out of reach, therefore, I am determined to build a Han transportation network, with three horizontal and three vertical as the core, The entire Han Dynasty will be woven into a huge network through the road, since then, one can promote trade through transportation, and the other can strengthen Chang'an's control over various places, what do you think. ”

Qin Huaidao didn't know about the congregation before, but now he threw it out at the court meeting, which immediately caused a huge discussion.

Zhang Youjin, the head of the household, took the lead in stepping, with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the cost of building roads and bridges is huge, according to the old cost, each mile of the road needs to be tattooed with three hundred taels of silver, if it is according to His Majesty's three horizontal and three vertical planning, each horizontal and vertical need to build nearly 20,000 miles of roads, a total of more than 100,000 miles of road length, after the exemption of taxes, this year's tax and silver accounts are not known, and then build such a length of roads, the national strength is worried. ”

Hearing this, the ministers nodded their heads, thinking that he had a point.

The deputies of the people representing the Council Hall of the Ministry of State Affairs were also worried.

They had already participated in the political deliberations of the court a month ago, but it was the first time that they had talked in front of the saints, and they still had some concerns about expressing their opinions this time.

After thinking about it, these representatives of the people still threw out their own opinions.

"Your Majesty, the construction of roads will certainly require a lot of manpower and material resources, and three months ago, Your Majesty issued a holy decree exempting the people from forced labor, and now the road construction is re-levied, I am afraid that it will lose the support of the people and cause a change in public opinion." Speaking on behalf of the representatives of the people was Liu Yong, the director of the council hall, who came from Xuzhou, Henan Province, and had read some books since he was a child, but unfortunately his family could not provide them later, and finally returned to poverty and returned to farming.

Another minister said: "Your Majesty, the matter of building roads is not in a hurry, and the ministers can plan it slowly, not rashly, otherwise it will be easy to be used." ”

All the ministers expressed their opinions, but only a few important ministers of the Ministry of State Affairs did not say a word with solemn faces.

Above the court, the opinions of these ministers were almost one-sided.

Qin Huaidao let them discuss this matter, of course, the more they discussed, the more fully they discussed, only after full discussion, he knew what problem these ministers wanted to solve, and it was not until an hour later that the voice of discussion gradually lowered.

His Majesty on the dragon chair saw that Tang Jian, the head of the household department, had not yet spoken, and deliberately asked him: "You have such a heated discussion, I see that Tang Jian, the head of the household department who is in charge of the world's money and grain, has not spoken yet, Tang Jian, what do you mean?" ”

Tang Jian, who was still pondering, saw that His Majesty personally named him, his mind was shocked, and he raised his head and said what he was thinking: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that the construction of roads is indeed a huge cost, and it seems to be an impossible task in terms of the current treasury of silver, as well as in terms of material resources and manpower. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words, bowed to Qin Huaidao solemnly, and then said: "However, the minister believes that His Majesty will have a plan to come up with this map at this time, and the opinions of the ministers and others are just to make up for the accident after the road is built." ”

"Hmph, you're smart." Qin Huaidao couldn't help but smile and shook his head, those who can achieve Tang Jian's position are all very shrewd, this is said without leakage, and there is a basis for advancing and retreating, even Qin Huaidao has nothing to say if he wants to find him, he turned his head to look at the five important ministers of the Ministry of State Affairs again: "Old Fang, how many of you are?" ”

Fang Xuanling took the lead in worshiping Qin Huaidao, and then said loudly: "The minister thinks that building roads is the cause that the Han will do in the future, the road is open, the world is open, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the Han can thrive. ”

"Oh?" This made Qin Huaidao a little pleased, whether he really knew it or not, his attitude was enough to show that he was considering the feasibility: "Let's take a look?" ”

Fang Xuanling bowed again: "The minister is afraid, if there is anything inappropriate, please ask Your Majesty for guidance." ”

Then, with staggering steps, he paced above the court.

"In the opinion of the minister, His Majesty can support the merchant on behalf of the business, through the Han Division around the road to build a series of road repair industry, the introduction of a large number of business techniques, there is money to open the road, a large number of businessmen will enter it, the people also because of the money to make and voluntarily participate in the construction of the road, so that through the road to promote the commercial prosperity of the Han Dynasty, it is really a matter of killing multiple birds with one stone, as for the specific implementation, the incident happened suddenly, the minister has not thought about it, even if the minister thinks, it may not be as good as His Majesty thinks."

Hearing this, Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up.

Isn't what Fang Xuanling mentioned exactly what he thinks?