Xinshun 1730

Chapter 285 Huang Huai Suffering

Seeing that the merchants were like this, Tan Zhen no longer had any worries about transporting grain.

Since there is no problem with sea transportation, there is nothing to worry about in southern Jiangsu, so northern Jiangsu is left.

Jiangsu is not big, but southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu are two completely different worlds.

Under the prosperity of Songjiang, there is poverty along the Yellow River in northern Jiangsu. Almost every year, small-scale breaches bring disasters, which makes the speed of land annexation in northern Jiangsu far faster than other places.

Tan Zhen knew exactly what this meant, and on his way to inspect northern Jiangsu this time, he heard some extremely thoughtful and frightening rumors.

In northern Jiangsu, where the Yellow River floods, there is such a "strange" story circulating today.

The protagonist of this story is Fan Dan.

Tan Zhen certainly knew the name alone.

The northern ditty and some lotus flowers are often sung: Shi Chong, the rich, Fan Danqiong, luck early, Ganluo late, grandpa.Peng Zushou is tall and has a short life, and all six of them are in the five elements.

He also knew that this person was a historical figure, a famous scholar in the Han Dynasty. Because of the scourge of the party, he did not want to join forces with others. He made a living by begging and was regarded as the patron saint of beggars.

However... the Fan Dan that was sung in places such as Subei and Anhui was not this Fan Dan.

Instead, it borrowed the allusion of Fan Dan begging for food and distorted another story: Confucius was trapped in Chen Cai and borrowed food.

In this story, Confucius sent Gong Yechang to borrow food, and Gongye Chang asked Fan Dan, a beggar, to borrow food.

Celebrities in the Eastern Han Dynasty were used in the Spring and Autumn Period, just like Li Jing became the king of Tota.

The real horror of this story lies in the dialogue after borrowing the grain: Confucius said, I borrowed your grain, and I will definitely return it to you in the future, and if I can’t find you, I will return it to your family; Fan Dan said, I am begging The beggars, the people who have nothing to eat in the world are my family members.

This story has been widely circulated in the Huanghuai flood-stricken area where there are many beggars. Tan Zhen is too aware of the power contained in the last dialogue in the story.

This sentence, let the poor eat the rich...has legitimacy.Although it is only the legitimacy of the poor, it lessens the moral constraints.

All the big households have scripture-readers at home, so they are all disciples of Confucius.

All beggars are said to be Fan Dan’s family, so the promise made by Chen Cai when he borrowed food is valid, because in the story Confucius did not repay Fan Dan’s food, so Confucius’ disciples repaid the debt to Fan Dan’s family people.

Anyone who reads the books of sages and sages is a disciple of the Master, and no one dares to deny this.

Shouldn't you pay back the food owed by Confucius?
When a disaster occurs, a breach occurs, the Yellow River opens again, there is no food to eat, and groups go to the rich families to eat the rich, isn’t it just right and proper to pay back the debts, ancestors’ debts and grandchildren’s debts?
The wisdom of the people is infinite, but at this time Tan Zhen did not feel this, but felt that once a catastrophe happened to the Huai River, it would probably be a large-scale uprising.

The Luo Sect founded at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect, which is uncomfortable for a day without rebellion, or the Yiguandao evolved from the Luo Sect, all have a huge mass base in Huai.

And this story of "Confucius asked Fan Dan to borrow food but didn't return it" found a rationale for rebellion when he couldn't survive in the future.

What did Dashun rely on to get started, who is an official in the Dashun court doesn't know?
Eating his mother, and his mother, Chuang Wang came and didn't pay for food.

This slogan alone is a bit like "bandits".

But people's slogan "Confucius didn't pay back his debts, we are not robbing big households, we just ask for debts" is extremely reasonable, and it eliminates the last bit of "moral" guilt.

Now in northern Jiangsu, Anhui, and southern Shandong, everything is ready.

The slogan is there, the rationality is there, the organizations include the Luojiao, Yiguandao and Bailianjiao, and the leaders are even directly religious leaders. The land annexation caused by small-scale floods and canal repairs in successive years is far better than other places... The firewood full of firewood has been poured with oil, and now it is short of a big natural disaster.

This kind of crisis is in stark contrast to the prosperity of Songjiang. Tan Zhen was promoted in the southwest by reforming the land and returning home, and he understands that this kind of thing cannot be delayed.

The imperial court must show the determination to cut out the flesh and solve the problem of the canal and the Yellow River, so as to maintain peace forever.

He wants to be a loyal minister, an upright minister, thinking about the long-term stability of the dynasty, and doing things that will benefit the present and benefit the future.

But in reverse... Tan Zhen also knows that if the uprising happens to break out at the stage of abolishing the water to transform the sea, or the short-term pain of the abolition of the water to transform the sea has accelerated local conflicts...

Does this responsibility have to be borne by those who have turned the waste water into the sea?

Can you afford it with your body?

After thinking for a long time, Tan Zhen still kept a hand.

Before the first batch of grain ships set sail, Tan Zhen pretended to have no intention of talking with Chen Qinghai about Huai Shang.

As an excuse, he was sure that Chen Qinghai would pass these matters on to Liu Yu.

Although Liu Yu and him are both Jiedu envoys, they are not the same.Liu Yu is from the town of Xungui, and he is on the Jiedu side.

Tan Zhen felt that it was better for Liu Yu to say some things.

After all, the many benefits of abolishing the water and transforming the sea are closely related to Liu Yu.

If those who benefit don't stand up and protest, who will resist?Anyway, Liu Yu will definitely support it if he is determined, so why not act as a striker, lead the way, and set off another court discussion on water transportation and shipping.

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After the grain ship arrived at Liugong Island, the warship no longer escorted it.

Chen Qinghai passed Tan Zhen's message to Liu Yu, and then repeated Tan Zhen's seemingly "unintentional" words before leaving.

After hearing the story of "Fan Dan and Confucius" relayed by Chen Qinghai, Liu Yu knew that the Huaibei incident might have been accumulated for too long. It has been accumulated since the Song Dynasty until now, and a characteristic culture has been formed.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were major incidents in the Huai River, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no stability here. The result of the normalization of rebellion was to create such a legitimate reason for "justifiable" to survive.

However, those religions such as the White Lotus Sect are not very effective in fighting, and the imperial court is also very strict. This time, Catholicism is banned, and the internal Luo Sect, Bailian, etc. are also strictly investigated.

If the uprising wants to have combat effectiveness, it must have soldiers who have served in the uprising.And the waste of water and sea, the abolition of the old army, every step will intensify the combat effectiveness of this uprising.

Things are universally connected.

Shipping, military reform, abandoned water tanks, overseas trade, Songjiang port...these seem to have nothing to do with the Yellow River, but in fact each of them has a huge relationship.

Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing for what Liu Yu wants to do is worthy of careful consideration.

What Tan Zhen meant was that when the Jiedu envoy came to Beijing to perform duties, Tan Zhen, as the Jiangsu Jiedu envoy, justifiably raised the issue of water transportation and river defense, which was his duty.

But later, he accidentally talked to Chen Qinghai about the hidden crisis in Huaibei. It must have a deep meaning. Does he need to cooperate with him?
How should this work together?

After finding Kang Bushao, he talked about Tan Zhen's worries and mentioned the crisis in the Huai River, Kang Bushao smiled and said, "This Jiangsu Jiedu envoy Mr. Tan has a good eye."

"My lord, please see that the world is so big that it can be divided into eight parts: east, south, north, east, south, northwest, southeast, and southeast. Taking the whole world, this dynasty started in the northwest and achieved success in the Central Plains. The crisis of this dynasty is really like As Master Tan said, only Huai Shang is the most dangerous."

"The Central Plains is flat, and all the rioters did not succeed in the Central Plains. They all started in all directions, and when the power is established, they will dominate the Central Plains and achieve great things."

"In the northwest, the Western Regions are pacified, and the Hetao is restored. They can all emigrate and colonize Mongolia. The young master borrowed a knife to kill people, Liu Zhunbu and the Yellow Sect, and isolated the Sufis and Hanafis. There is no worry in the northwest."

"The southeast is rich, needless to say."

"Northeast, the land is vast and sparsely populated, the alien race has been exterminated, the Mongols have surrendered, the bastion is a station, and the Rakshasa is squeezed, there is no danger."

"In the southwest, all ethnic groups live together, and it is difficult to achieve great things. It is all small chaos, and it is difficult for the Han people and the small ethnic groups to stand together."

"In the south, there has been a dispute between locals and tourists since the dawn. It's just that the imperial court opened up the sea ban, and there are many people who go to sea to make a living. My son concentrates on managing Nanyang. If Nanyang is settled, there will be no serious trouble here."

"Therefore, if there is a great chaos that shakes the world, if there is chaos in this dynasty, it will definitely start on the Huai River."

"However, it doesn't matter if you only look at the Huai River. After all, the chaos in the Huai River is the easiest to calm down."

"It's just that there was chaos in Huai, and the imperial court mobilized to suppress it, but there was not enough suppression elsewhere. Therefore, the chaos in Huai is the most likely to be the top of the chaos in the world; but it is the least likely to be in Huai that will eventually collapse the world."

Kang Bulao has studied the uprisings in the thousand-year history more thoroughly than Liu Yu, especially the situation in the Sulu, Anhui and Henan regions, and he has learned from history.

"If the Huai River is chaotic, the south is the Jiangnan. The Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, and you will not follow it. This is one of them."

"Since the Song Dynasty on the Huai River, the Yellow River has changed its course, and the water network has been criss-crossed, and it has been divided into small pieces by canals and the Yellow River. There are heavy troops in the Gyeonggi area, and they cannot go north or south. However, it is difficult for the imperial court to go deep into peace. Deploying defenses along the river, with the help of canals, the Yellow River and many other waterways, the chaos on the Huai River can be trapped on the Huai River."

"There is too little room for flashing and moving. If there is an incident on the Huai River, it must be the pioneer of the king."

"However, if trapped on the Huai River, the canal will be cut off and the north and south will be separated."

"The north and the south are separated, and the imperial court wants to control the south. The navy is the court's top priority, and shipping can be done. Especially this time, the shipping is so smooth, which makes the imperial court less worried about shipping."

"In my opinion, Mr. Tan's worry is actually a good thing."

Kang Bushi's words are enough to lose his head.

That is to say, in front of Liu Yu, what he said was clearly revealed.

Liu Yu didn't care too much about this terrible thought.

When he was in front of the emperor, he also had such a moment in his heart that he "looked forward" to the catastrophe of the Yellow River, diverted his route to the north, and the natural disaster cut off the water transportation, leaving the imperial court with no choice but to change the sea transportation and control the terrible idea of ​​Huanghuai.

He and Kang Bushao had similar ideas, one was waiting for natural disasters, the other was waiting for chaos.

The judgment of the court feels like pushing a mill to drive a donkey. If the court is whipped, the court will move forward.

It's just that what Kang Bushi valued was the status of the navy.

He believed that if something happened to the Huai River, the navy would become an important force for the imperial court to control the south, and he would always be on the same page. Liu Yu, who single-handedly formed the navy, would also be stable, so that he could speak more weightily.

Kang Bushao didn't feel that what he said was too much, the possible disasters on the Huai River had nothing to do with him at all, and it wasn't caused by him.

He felt that this was just a matter of fact.

But Liu Yu knew in his heart that this matter had nothing to do with him.The possible natural disaster is an introduction. As long as there is no such big natural disaster as the Yellow River diverting to Shandong, the biggest possibility of accidents on the Huai River is really that the waste of water is converted into the sea, and Songjiang is used as an export center and the source of initial industrialization.

If Dashun catches up and surpasses the speed of the British industrial revolution...

Unlike the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was under the impact of external forces. Guangdong, as a treaty port, had the most serious initial impact on small farmers and handicraft industries in Guangdong and Guangxi, which to some extent contributed to the Guangxi Uprising; In the center of the textile industry, Huaishang must be the one with the greatest impact, the weakest ability to withstand, and the first to start trouble.

So, should we plan ahead and get rid of Huai Shang first, so that the impact of initial industrialization on small farmers in the future will not seem so dangerous to the court?
(End of this chapter)