"Providing disaster relief to victims is a major matter for the imperial court and concerns the lives of the people! If you're going, you must do it. You have to think about it.

Once you accept the order, there will be no chance to regret.

If you can do it, you will be rewarded according to your merits. If you can’t do it, you will be punished.”

Li Xuantian stared at Li Ye and said.

After thinking about it, I felt that sending Li Ye out again would be a good choice.

Not only can he solve problems for the court and continue to test his abilities, but he can also stay away from court disputes.

If they continue to stay in the capital, the Third Prince and the Crown Prince will definitely cause a fierce fight.

Li Xuantian has decided to agree to Li Ye's request.

If he can really resettle the disaster victims and manage the river, it will further prove that Li Ye is extremely capable.

Li Ye's face was solemn, and he replied seriously, "Please rest assured, Father. Since I have agreed to this, I will definitely do my best.

One million taels of silver are needed to help the victims, and two million taels of silver are needed to repair the river.

As long as you have this money, I promise to resettle all the victims and repair the riverbank."

Upon hearing this, the Minister of Revenue hesitated to speak.

He thought Li Ye was just bragging.

After all, the imperial court had calculated that one million taels of silver to aid the victims could only ensure that most of them would not starve to death.

Two million taels of silver are not enough to repair the river embankment.

Just from this point, it can be seen that Li Ye is not good at disaster relief and river embankment construction.

Of course Li Xuantian also knew this.

He couldn't just watch Li Ye jump into the fire pit.

If all the money is spent and the promised expectations are not met, it will become a laughing stock in the court.

Especially since the Crown Prince and the Third Prince's men joined forces to attack, Li Yegen could not escape punishment.

Although the budget was too low, it also proved that Li Ye did not intend to embezzle the disaster relief funds, but wanted to truly work for the court.

Li Xuantian felt very relieved.

He immediately said, "According to the calculations of the Ministry of Revenue, it will cost at least 2.7 million taels of silver to resettle the victims, and at least 1 million taels of silver to build the river embankment.

I know you are capable, but the gap is so big that you can't achieve the expected results.

I will allocate you more funds as long as you can use 90% of it for the people.

I will reward you generously."

The reason why the people have lived in poverty over the years is that Heyi has always been a desolate place.

In fact, at least half of the money for disaster relief and river embankment construction was embezzled.

Even if a large number of Henan officials are executed every few years, corruption cannot be curbed.

Li Xuantian was also very troubled by this matter.

Even in front of all the civil and military officials, Li Ye was allowed to get a 10% reward.

Li Ye once again flatly refused: "Don't worry, Father. I have calculated it in detail and it is absolutely correct.

Although the money is urgent, I have enough confidence to settle all the victims.

It is guaranteed that the river embankment under construction will not be re-determined within ten years.

After all, the imperial court is now asking for money everywhere.

The barbarians have suffered a great loss, and they will definitely not let it go.

Even if it's just a guess, we can tell that they are definitely contacting neighboring enemy countries to attack us together.

The remaining money must be used by the court for the army."

Li Xuantian was even more moved after hearing Li Ye's words.

The other princes either did nothing but enjoy themselves, or fought desperately for the throne.

No one really cares about national affairs.

According to the news from the spies, the barbarians are indeed trying to win over the northern countries.

The imperial court was also secretly training its troops and preparing for war.

However, due to huge military expenditures, the national treasury is almost empty.

Therefore, the money and grain available for disaster relief are not sufficient at all.

Otherwise, they would not have sent only tens of thousands of troops to deal with Annan. They really could not come up with more money, nor could they send more troops.

The more than 10 million taels of silver that Li Ye collected helped the court solve its urgent needs.

Li Xuantian was not stingy with the money and immediately took out half of it to help the victims and build river embankments.

I never expected to be rejected by Li Ye again.

Li Xuantian suddenly became a little unconfident.

The amount of disaster relief funds was calculated strictly by the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Xuantian also highly approved of it.

The only concern is that funds for disaster relief and river embankment construction will be embezzled on a large scale.

As a result, the money is not put to good use.

The amount Li Ye requested was too small, and in Li Xuantian's opinion, it was impossible to complete such an important task.

He immediately reminded her: "Providing relief to disaster victims and building river embankments are national affairs, and we must not make rash promises.

How can such a small amount of money be used?

I will find another way to deal with the military pay issue, so you don't have to worry about it.

As long as you can successfully complete the disaster relief and then reinforce the river embankment, you can ensure that there will be no more floods within three years.

You are the court's first meritorious official!"

Li Ye replied sternly, "I still say the same thing. Three million taels of silver is more than enough for disaster relief.

I am willing to sign a military order. If I cannot complete it, I will accept the punishment."

"He! You are indeed my son! If only you could do this thing.

I will definitely reward you handsomely.

I appoint you as the Governor of Nanyuan and concurrently the Governor-General of Hewei, allowing you to exercise discretionary power and grant you the Imperial Sword, allowing you to execute anyone without reporting to the emperor later."

Li Ye was delighted when he heard this.

"Thank you, Father. With these powers, I am more confident."

Li Xuantian never expected that there would be such an unexpected surprise.

The thing that was giving him the most headache was solved so quickly.

Immediately tell Li Ye not to stay too long and to set off early to go to the disaster relief.

Li Ye agreed immediately.

The Third Prince and the Crown Prince had evil smiles in their eyes.

I didn't expect Li Ye to take on such a difficult task.

In their opinion, even if something really happened to Li Ye, only half of the money would be needed to successfully complete the disaster relief.

They will never let Li Ye succeed in his achievement.

All they need to do is cause some damage and Li Yegen will be unable to resist.

If the disaster relief fails, Li Ye's status in the emperor's heart will surely plummet.

They don't even have to do much to cause damage.

All he had to do was raise the price twice and at the same time order his subordinates to deliberately cause trouble and refuse to cooperate with the implementation of government orders.

Even if Li Ye went there, he would not be able to accomplish anything.

Some officials who had always supported Li Ye shook their heads helplessly.

No one dares to take on such a difficult task.

In the future, Li Ye can enjoy himself by relying on the merit of annexing Annan.

Taking on such a difficult matter is purely out of boredom and looking for trouble.

Although you can get rewards if you do it, if you fail to complete the task, all the previous achievements will be in vain.

They all felt that Li Ye was too young, and that he was too eager to achieve great things and couldn't keep his composure.

With such a personality and mentality, one would definitely suffer a great loss if he wanted to seize the throne.

From initial support to current wait-and-see attitude.

There are quite a few officials like these, and they will not all bet on Li Ye until they are sure enough.

After all, if Li Ye fails in his bid for the throne, they will all be shattered.