Xianyang City.
Secretariat.
The six ministers and the left and right prime ministers were all smiling happily at this moment.
Originally, they were worried that they would encounter resistance from the aristocratic families during the construction of the canal.
Or some other difficulties.
However, there is no need to worry now.
“Merchants headed by the five great families have all expressed their willingness to help us in the construction of the canal.
This will save us a lot of money, and the canal project will be secure."
Cai Jing stroked his beard and smiled.
People feel refreshed when happy things happen.
The Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, who had not slept well for several days and nights due to the construction of the canal, was sincerely happy at this moment.
"Only now do I understand why Your Majesty insisted on a southern tour last year. I'm afraid that traveling across the rivers and lakes was not the ultimate goal.
What Your Majesty really wants to do is to use the incident of Ma Ta Jiang Hu to make the noble families in the country behave themselves.
It is definitely not a coincidence that His Majesty began to plan the construction of the canal after the Battle of Jianghu ended.
Now that I see the great support from the major families, I can finally see clearly the entire situation that Your Majesty has set."
Heshen said slowly.
In his mind, the only reason he could get the help from the aristocratic families was because of Ying Yuan's existence.
Before Your Majesty set out on his journey, he must have already thought of building a canal.
Then, by taking advantage of the incident of Ma Ta Jiang Hu, he made all the major families in the country feel insecure.
In this way, when they heard that the court was building a canal, they would certainly not miss this opportunity to show their loyalty to the emperor.
With the help of the noble families, building the canal is no longer an impossible task.
Everyone could understand the hidden meaning in Heshen's words.
They said one after another:
"It's just that I didn't expect that His Majesty had concealed this plot from even us."
"This is the power of Your Majesty. No matter what, without Your Majesty, I'm afraid those noble families would never help the court."
"The plot was laid from the moment he stepped onto the Jianghu... Your Majesty's methods are truly horrifying."
"Fortunately, this is our Majesty, not the Majesty of the enemy country!"
"Your Majesty is wise!"
“…”
All right...
It was something that could have ruined the country's destiny.
But because of everyone's unity, it turned into a huge opportunity.
It is an opportunity to rapidly increase the national strength of the Qin Dynasty.
Then everyone once again shouted that Ying Yuan was wise and enlightened.
If he heard this, he would probably be furious.
All in all, people all over the country seem to be gathering a lot of energy.
Everyone wanted to contribute to the construction of the canal.
Because they all understood that the court was doing this for their own good!
When all the people of a country have no second thoughts and are united as one.
Its power will be invincible and will be successful in everything it does.
In a situation like this, no matter what you do, you will eventually win.
......
Cai Jing entered the palace and wanted to tell Ying Yuan that all the major families had expressed their willingness to help the court.
However, he was informed that the latter had not been in Xuanzheng Hall in the past two days.
Instead, he went to Zhaixing Tower to discuss Taoism with the national teacher Zhang Jiao.
After hearing the news, Cai Jing immediately went to Zhaixing Tower.
He was originally looking for Zhang Jue.
...
The highest floor in the Star-Picking Tower.
Ying Yuan was taking a nap with his head resting on Cai Wenji's legs.
Zhao Gao did not dare to delay Cai Jing's request to see him.
But no one dared to disturb the emperor's nap.
So he had no choice but to tell Zhang Jue about this matter.
The latter personally walked down from the Zhaixing Tower, met Cai Jing, and explained to him:
"Mr. Cai, why don't you come back later?
His Majesty is taking a nap with Consort Jing, and has strictly forbidden outsiders to disturb them."
"With Wen Ji?"
Cai Jing pondered for a moment, then blurted out, "Well, it's not a big deal.
By the way, Imperial Master, I just happened to want to talk to you about something."
"Please speak frankly, Mr. Cai." Zhang Jue said with a fist salute.
Cai Jing nodded and said, "When we were building the Zhaixing Tower last time, I heard from the Imperial Master that you have a large number of followers among the people?"
Zhang Jue had nothing to hide, so he said, "It is true. I wonder why Minister Cai wants to talk about this?"
Cai Jing said: "Your Majesty was planning to build a canal some time ago.
Now this matter has been arranged, but in order to build the canal, a large number of laborers are needed.
If the Imperial Master could get your followers to actively participate in this matter, it would truly be a great service to the nation!"
Zhang Jue immediately smiled without hesitation and said, "I thought it was something...
I have also heard about the construction of the canal, so please rest assured, Prime Minister.
I have important matters to attend to and it is difficult for me to go in person to recruit believers to build the canal.
But I have two brothers, and they can go in my place."
"In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Imperial Master." Cai Jing said with a fist salute.
Hearing this, Zhang Jue quickly said, "Your Excellency, I am too polite. As the Imperial Preceptor of the Great Qin, I naturally want to do my bit for the country."
"I wonder how many believers the Imperial Master thinks you can attract?"
"Two to three million, probably."
Zhang Jue responded indifferently.
When Cai Jing heard that number, he was still shocked even though he was mentally prepared.
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