Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 612 River Administration Construction (2)

"The key to the construction of river governance lies in what form and concept to use to control the river. The public says the public is justified, and the mother-in-law says the woman is justified."

Emperor Chongzhen lifted up his skirt, looked down at the map of the river administration in front of him, and said loudly: "If the thinking cannot be unified, no matter how many people are able to manage the river, it will not be able to ensure the stability of the Daming River administration.

In my opinion, Pan Jixun of the Wanli Dynasty put forward many river governance ideas that are good and beneficial, especially the method of beaming water and flushing sand, which is a good governance of the Yellow River.

Pan Jixun proposed the strategy of controlling the transportation of the Yellow River, building near dikes (thread dikes) to bundle the river, building remote dikes to prevent collapse, and even the corresponding dike system and strict maintenance system. If the court and the local government can resolutely If it is implemented, I believe that within ten years, it will definitely see results. "

The construction of river administration is not afraid of spending money. After all, if you want to coordinate the management of river politics, it is obviously unrealistic to ensure the stability of the main waters without a huge amount of money.

The most feared thing about the construction of the river administration is that a large amount of money will be poured in. It will still be flooded this year, collapse next year, and collapse the year after. It has not seen any effect in river governance, but it has fattened a group of corrupt officials.

Officials in the river administration, even if they were greedy for one or two pennies, it would be calculated at 10 taels. After all, the amount of money they handed over was too large.

This also made Emperor Chongzhen devote the most effort and energy to the government office set up by the river administration, whether it was internal supervision or external supervision.

Nan Juyi bowed slightly and said, "The River Politics Colleges currently being established in the capital, including branches in various places, strictly follow Pan Jixun's concept of river management and carry out corresponding training.

In the past period of time, the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and the Canal River Control Governor's Office have carefully summarized the exploration of the river basins under their respective jurisdictions.

In particular, the Gaojiayan dam, the attached reservoir and other projects are clearly going to be rebuilt. If these projects can be solved and gradually replaced with cement, I believe it will take less than ten years. My Ming..."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know much about the specific construction of river administration, but it doesn't matter if he didn't understand it.

Even if he is a son of heaven, it is impossible to understand everything, but Emperor Chongzhen understands a little bit. It involves planning in the corresponding field, ensuring human, material and financial support, and clarifying a correct idea.

"The Qing family will directly explain how much money it will cost to coordinate and manage the Daming River administration." Emperor Chongzhen stared at the map in front of him, and stretched out his hand to Nan Juyi.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid you need 3000 million taels of silver, which is the least."

Nan Juyi bit the bullet, cupped his hands and said, "However, I can assure His Majesty, including those governors of the river control, that the imperial court can allocate this batch of special funds for river control in batches year by year, up to ten years. He Zheng will never appear..."

"I'm ready."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes flashed brightly, and he said loudly: "Don't talk about 3000 million taels of silver, even if it is 4000 million taels of silver, if we can reverse the situation of Daming River's political collapse every year, we can ensure the stability of all parts of Daming. , the expenditure of this money is worth it.”

Emperor Chongzhen was prepared for the huge amount of money spent on river administration. After all, this is not a one-mile or two-mile repair. It involves a distance of thousands of miles. It involves many levels and many construction projects, including the stabilization of water and soil in the later stage. Transplanting projects all require sunk costs.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Nan Juyi, who couldn't hide his excitement, knelt down and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, and said: "If the imperial court can make such a determination to repair the river administration on a large scale and build a river regulation project, with the cooperation of the local disaster relief agency, then every year The repaired projects will definitely bring different changes to the place.”

Counting from the Wanli Dynasty, through the short Taichang Dynasty, to the Tianqi Dynasty, and then to the Chongzhen Dynasty, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty in these years, I don’t know how many places have suffered from floods and waterlogging, especially when it comes to the disaster of the Yellow River. There are countless more.

"Whether I am wise or not is not the key."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "The key to the problem is your river administration, whether it involves the construction of local river administration, whether it can form continuity and ensure that the world can see changes.

3000 million taels of silver, this is not a small sum, how much is Daming's annual tax?
It is impossible for the imperial court to say that all the money stored in the national treasury will be used for river governance. After all, other levels of expenditure are involved and must be guaranteed.

Just like the suppression of Pingliao, the stability of the northwest, the stability of the northern frontier, all the things done by the disaster relief agencies in various places, the maintenance of roads, etc., the food and salaries to be allocated must also be guaranteed.

No matter how wise I am, the Emperor of Ming, if you can make the world see results, does the Qing family think that there are ministers in the court who will support such river control expenditures? "

"Your Majesty, I have a detailed deployment here."

When Nan Juyi heard this, he quickly took out the memorial and said: "The imperial court can guarantee 300 million taels of silver every year, and allocate it to the river harnessing for special money, and let the ministers be assigned to the governor's yamen for river harnessing, so as to ensure that all the river harnesses they have decided We will build up the river control projects that are the most difficult to overcome in the early stage..."

Emperor Chongzhen stepped forward, received the memorial from Nanjuyi, listened to what he said, and flipped through the memorial. Regarding the Yellow River, the Canal, the Huaihe River, etc., how to manage the Yellow River, the Canal, the Huaihe River, etc., and what kind of local assistance is needed, the above mentioned Clearly marked, including the implementation of various powers and so on.

"Okay, okay, I really saw the Qing family right."

Emperor Chongzhen showed relief, and praised without stinginess: "With such a detailed river control policy, even if the imperial court really pays so much money for river control every year, it is still worth it.

I have kept this memorial, so I will take a closer look at it.

This year's special money for river control, half of the internal funds will be settled, and the remaining half will be settled by the Ministry of Households.

You worry a lot about how to manage the river. Matters involving money and food expenses are left to me to solve. After all, what you do is really a major matter that involves the national economy and people's livelihood. "

"I thank God for your kindness!"

Nan Juyi couldn't hide his excitement, bowed and saluted.

Daming does not lack people who can do practical things. In fact, there are many talents under the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, these talents have not been assigned to suitable positions.

There were even quite a few people who were persecuted to death due to the influence of the party struggle, just like Zuo Liangyu, a member of the Donglin Party, who had the talent to control the river, but because of the party struggle, he was killed by Wei Zhongxian's party.

The party struggles harmed Daming the most, especially the meaningless internal conflicts. The wider the level involved, the greater the losses and delays. What Emperor Chongzhen is doing now is to try his best to avoid these things from happening.

(End of this chapter)