Li Jie had neither a good impression nor a dislike for Cai Qi. He saved his life entirely because of his advice, which indirectly led to Liu Mei's death.
Once Liu Mei died, although the control of the Forbidden Army did not fall into his hands, it was still better than Liu Mei's control.
"I have noted it down."
"Go to work."
Li Jie waved his hand and transferred Zhang Maoze directly.
As a qualified politician, he certainly would not train Zhang Maoze alone. Not long ago, he selected another junior chamberlain from the senior class.
Here, as soon as Zhang Mao left the inner hall, a young chamberlain with delicate features walked in.
After Liu Maoqin entered the door, he first glanced at the official's house and saw that the official was looking at Zha Zi, so he walked quietly to the imperial platform and waited silently.
After a while, seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Maoqin reminded him in a low voice.
"Guan family, it's almost time."
Hearing this, Li Jie put down the zhazi in his hand.
"Change."
The mourning period in the Northern Song Dynasty implemented a dual-track system, that is, outside the palace, the sun changed to the moon, but inside the palace, the mourning period was still required, which was twenty-seven months.
Therefore, Li Jie still needs to wear mourning clothes in the palace.
Compared with ordinary clothes, mourning clothes wear more things and have specific styles, such as cloth scarf, cloth crown, shouji (linen belt for mourning), big sleeves, bamboo cane, etc., a total of twelve pieces.
In short, mourning clothes come with many accessories and are very troublesome to wear. Therefore, Li Jie usually does not wear them when he is in Funing Hall.
I only wear it when traveling.
Later he was going to Chengming Palace to discuss matters. Chengming Palace was located to the north of the palace and still belonged to the inner dynasty, so he still had to go there in mourning clothes.
(PS: If you are going to a foreign country, you don’t need to wear mourning clothes)
The topic of today’s discussion is disaster relief.
The three prefectures of Su, Hu, and Xiu are important grain-producing areas in the south, and the disaster situation cannot be completely solved by just relying on Changping warehouse dispatch.
The three states have been experiencing disasters for half a year, but Liu E has not paid much attention to them. She is now focusing all her energy on government affairs.
The advocate of disaster relief this time was Yan Shu.
To be precise, it was Yan Shu who initiated it, and then Ding Wei submitted the letter.
Ding Wei was from Suzhou, and his hometown was hit by a disaster. If no one took the initiative to mention it, he could turn a blind eye.
But once someone mentions this matter, if he continues to turn a deaf ear, how can he have the nerve to see his father and fellow villagers in the future?
Although Wang Zeng and Ding Wei were not of the same mind, the party struggle at this time had not yet developed to the point where we had to disagree.
Flood control and disaster relief are related to important national affairs, so Wang Zeng and others will naturally not object.
The two giants are determined to provide disaster relief. Even if Liu E doesn't want to go through the trouble, she can't resist the collective petition of the two groups.
Flood control has become an urgent matter.
Hence the Chengming Palace Auditorium today.
Li Jie was able to participate in today's water control meeting because Yan Shu mentioned Li Jie at the beginning of his petition.
Li Jie's remarks were also attached to the letter.
Liu E was a little unhappy about this letter. Disaster relief was all about disaster relief, but she didn't want to see Li Jie participate too much in state affairs.
The more Li Jie is involved, the faster she will grow, and the sooner she will return to power.
However, this time Liu E had no legitimate reason to refuse.
As early as when the late emperor was critically ill, the 'original body' had participated in a similar process of listening to politics, although listening to politics at that time was more of a study.
But whether it is study or decision-making, it is the emperor's right to listen to politics.
Not even three moments later.
Chengming Hall.
At this time, the ministers of the two governments have all arrived. In addition to the ministers of the two governments, there are also Hanlin officials from the Academy of Sciences who are here to discuss the affairs today.
Liu E sat on the right side of Li Jie. When everyone arrived, she lightly opened her red lips.
"I summoned all the ministers here today to deal with the floods in Su, Hu, and Xiu prefectures. The day before yesterday, Academician Yan mentioned in his letter.
Suzhou has beautiful lakes and thousands of miles of beauty. It is the warehouse of the country. If it is allowed to suffer disasters for a long time, it may be lost to the southeast."
"Xueshi Yan, you are the initiator of this court meeting. What are your opinions on this disaster?"
As soon as the court meeting began, Liu E firmly grasped the initiative. Her intention to seize the initiative was self-evident.
She is the one in charge now.
The official sitting next to her only needs to listen to the government.
Yan Shu gave a slight salute: "Water is a thing. It accumulates and stops, and flows when it flows. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Today, Suhu Lake shows three states, and water conservancy is not prosperous, so it is harmful.
Officials once said that there are three strategies to control floods.
The first is called introduction, the second is called sparing, and the third is called promoting. These three strategies all talk about water conservancy."
"However, water conservancy matters involve a wide range of things and cost a lot of money. They should be taken care of by the imperial court and assisted by the local governments.
At the same time, it is advisable to select capable officials, select competent officials, and send them there."
After listening to Yan Shu's speech, Liu E nodded.
"Do you have anyone to choose?"
Yan Shu stood up and said, "I recommend Zhao He, the Jianghuai shipping envoy, to take charge of this matter."
Zhao He?
Liu E recited the name silently in her mind. There were more than 300 state capitals across the country, so it was naturally impossible for her to remember the names of all the officials.
But of course she will keep local officials like the Jianghuai Shipping Envoy in mind.
However, Liu E was not very satisfied with this person.
For no other reason than simply because Zhao He is Kou Zhun's man.
"What do you think of the candidate proposed by Academician Yan?"
The ministers present looked at each other. When Ding Wei was about to speak, Li Jie, who was sitting on the throne, suddenly spoke.
"My dearest lady, I recommend Zhang Lun, deputy envoy of Jianghuai Shipping, who knows Taizhou, and Fan Zhongyan, supervisor of the salt warehouse in Xixi, Taizhou."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly changed.
Although Liu E had no joy or sadness on her face, she was not very happy in her heart. The official could not wait to participate in politics?
The ministers, on the other hand, have their own thoughts.
Did the officials have other motives for this move, or was it simply for state affairs?
No one knows.
However, although Liu E and the ministers had different ideas, one thing was that their reactions were the same.
They only remembered Zhang Lun's name and subconsciously ignored Fan Zhongyan.
Just a prison official?
Who will pay attention?
As for Zhang Lun, most of the ministers here know this person. Even if they are not familiar with him, they have heard of his name.
Although this man entered the official position as a substitute, he was quite talented. During the Xianping period, some garrison soldiers in Yizhou gathered for an uprising, and the imperial court prepared to send troops to suppress it.
At that time, Zhang Lun proposed to use appeasement as the main method and suppression as the supplement.
Because of his advice, the court did save a lot of effort.
In addition, Zhang Lun also made great contributions to the salt industry. During his tenure as deputy envoy for the production and transportation of salt in the Jianghuai area, he reformed the old system and built salt farms, turning the salt tax in the Jianghuai area from a loss to a profit.
In the last year of Tianxi, when Zhang Lun learned about Taizhou, he wrote to the coastal areas of Taizhou that the old embankments were in disrepair and had broken in many places. As a result, the tide poured in, flooded the fertile fields, and destroyed the salt stoves. The people along the coast suffered greatly.
For this reason, he proposed to rebuild the dam.
However, at that time, the dispute between Ding and Kou was at its most intense, so there was no time to pay attention to this matter.