Chapter 198

She looked down at the civil and military officials in the court, and a sense of unprecedented heroism arose in her heart.

From this moment on, the absolute power of Da Qian was entirely in her hands!

She would no longer have any constraints!

The officials looked at each other.

Finally, Censor-in-Chief Yan Zheng took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said, "Prince Rong has committed a monstrous crime. His Majesty is benevolent, and I, Yan Zheng, support this."

"But today, I have an important matter to report."

Wu Zhao looked at Yan Zheng, her red lips parted slightly, "Censor Yan is an important official of my Da Qian; if you have any important matters, just speak boldly."

For a moment, all the civil and military officials turned their gazes to Yan Zheng.

Yan Zheng was expressionless as he looked at Wu Zhao, "Your Majesty, the Water Management Department proposed two months ago to repair the Ling Canal and dredge the Yangtze River channel to prevent flooding."

"I feel that now that the world is stable and our Da Qian is prosperous and strong, the Ling Canal should be started."

"Furthermore, since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the Chu Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom border our Da Qian, yet they have been slow to send envoys to offer congratulations. We should send envoys to sternly condemn them!"

Once these words were spoken.

The expressions of Wu Zhao and the civil and military officials suddenly became serious.

Since ancient times, floods have been a massive threat.

Emperors throughout history who managed water well have all received high praise in history books.

But where would Da Qian get so much money right now?

Wu Zhao looked at the officials and said in a deep voice, "My dear officials, what do you think of this matter?"

Cui Xinghe immediately stood out and said, "It would be fine to send envoys to the Chu Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom. I feel that the most urgent task now is to prevent trouble before it happens and manage the water in advance."

"The method of water management should be to use embankments to bind the water, use water to attack sand, and store clear water to flush out the yellow!"

"I agree with Censor Yan's words. The current plan should be to repair the Ling Canal, guide the rivers, and store water in advance to avoid the arrival of the rainy season. Otherwise, once the rainy season brings more rain and floods erupt, it will be a disaster for our Da Qian!"

Cui Xinghe's voice resonated through the hall.

Prince Rong has fallen, his party will be swept away, and the court will be Wu Zhao's one-man show.

But this also means a change of power and the arrival of opportunities!

Cui Xinghe would naturally not let go of this great opportunity. Water management has always been a difficult problem, and he has studied it quite a bit.

This is exactly the time for him to show off his skills!

When Cui Xinghe's words were spoken, a group of ministers nodded one after another to express their agreement.

This method of water management was indeed very good.

Wu Zhao's expression was somewhat solemn.

For the current Da Qian, water management is really not an easy task. Wanting to reinforce embankments, dredge river channels, and even store water to prevent floods involves hundreds of thousands or even millions of laborers.

Moreover, she is currently laying out plans against the Zhao Kingdom, but the court officials do not know this. If she does both at the same time, it will be a huge pressure on Da Qian's national treasury.

"But if we are to repair embankments and launch large-scale water conservancy projects, it will involve millions of laborers. Where would our Da Qian get so much silver?"

"Assistant Secretary Gao, what do you think?"

Wu Zhao looked at Gao Yang, her gaze full of deep meaning.

Gao Yang's mouth twitched; this Empress has become addicted to shearing his wool.

How could he not understand the Empress's underlying meaning? To put it bluntly, Da Qian doesn't have much silver right now, and they are still laying out plans against Zhao Gao, so the construction of the Ling Canal has to be dragged out.

But Wu Zhao couldn't think of a good reason, so she asked him to think of a way.

He also knew about this matter; it had been rumored for a month that the court was going to renovate the Ling Canal and conscript laborers.

The so-called Ling Canal is a large-scale water conservancy project on the key river channels in the middle and upper reaches of Da Qian, used to store water, regulate water levels, and prevent flood disasters.

Clearly, Wu Zhao does not want to do it now.

Because it is too labor-intensive and costly.

Prince Rong needed him to resolve it, and this Ling Canal construction also needed him to block it. He couldn't help but look at Wu Zhao a few more times; if Wu Zhao didn't give him a reward later, it would be too unreasonable.

Cui Xinghe's face turned black; the Empress turned a deaf ear to his water management strategy and instead flirted with Gao Yang.

He is the top scholar of Da Qian; doesn't he have any face?

He looked at Gao Yang, "Water management is different from the way of merchants. Does Lord Gao also specialize in water management?"

Gao Yang said lightly, "I am not talented, but I do know a little about water management!"

"And I have a plan that can resolve the disrespect of the Chu Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom toward our Da Qian all at once."

Once these words were spoken.

Cui Xinghe was completely dumbfounded.

The officials were also all shocked.

"Lord Gao says he has a plan that can resolve the disrespect of the Chu Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom toward our Da Qian and water management together?"

"How is this possible!"

Cui Xinghe didn't believe it at all, only feeling it was a fantasy.

Xu Xuanji also stood out and said, "Lord Gao, how can the disrespect of Great Chu and Great Yan be related to water management?"

The officials questioned one after another, as if they had heard a huge joke.

It was really because these two things were completely unrelated and had nothing to do with each other.

But only Wu Zhao, Shangguan Wan'er, Gao Feng, and Gao Tianlong were shaken.

Only they understood the gold content of Gao Yang's "I have a plan."

Gao Feng had learned to be smart and did not scold him, just stared at Gao Yang's face; he wanted to see what Gao Yang wanted to do.

Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes fell on Gao Yang; she was also curious about what brilliant plan Gao Yang had. She just wanted Gao Yang to come up with a pretext to delay the Ling Canal construction for a period of time, waiting to finish the harvest against the Zhao Kingdom.

Gao Yang really linked it to water management?

Could it be that he didn't understand her underlying meaning?

No, that shouldn't be!

Gao Yang's belly must be brewing some bad water again!