Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 990 Water Conservancy (3)

In order to develop water conservancy, achieve results and reduce unnecessary damage, Zhu Youxiao equipped the Water Conservancy Administration with a luxurious team of talents.

This is not done for any other reason.

The purpose is to enable the Water Resources Administration to be established at the central level. In the future, when it comes to water resources, close links can be formed from the central to the local levels, thereby solving the problems from the root.

If you choose to work in water conservancy, don't think about getting promoted or getting rich.

Anyone who has such thoughts should pack up and leave as soon as possible.

Zhu Youxiao knew better than anyone that any matter related to water conservancy, no matter how small, would make a lot of money if you really put some thought into it.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty had achieved considerable results in river management, such as the excavation of the Yin Canal during the Wanli period. Although there are few records of this matter and little publicity about it, it is undeniable that the promotion and implementation of this policy has brought great benefits to the local area. Of course, there are good and bad sides.

Without exception, all of these are closely related to corruption, abuse of power for personal gain, and favoritism and fraud. It is precisely because of this that the Ming Dynasty's river politics has been up and down.

Zhu Youxiao was well aware of the causes and consequences, so he appointed Liu Rongsi as the director of the Water Resources Administration. He also ordered Yang Fangxing, Pan Xuanshou, Pan Xuanru, Lu Daqi and Yuan Jixian to be transferred to the Water Resources Administration. He also ordered the Inspectorate and the Procuratorate to move into the Water Resources Administration to be responsible for the supervision of water conservancy at the central and local levels. At the same time, the Water Resources Administration also set up an internal supervisory agency. The purpose of making so many arrangements was to keep a tight grip on supervision. Anyone who dares to have evil intentions outside of their authority would be investigated and arrested no matter who is involved!

This system reform and extension not only involves the Water Resources Administration, but also other general administrations. It is also a group of departments that have fully implemented it in all the outer court departments of the Ming Dynasty.

"As early as the second year of the Tianqi reign, this official has been in contact with and familiar with the relevant files on the Yellow River." After the appointments were made clear, this imperial court meeting of special significance unfolded in another form.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, looking at Liu Rongsi, the director of the Water Conservancy Agency, who was standing in front of a hanging map and speaking to the ministers gathered in the hall. Zhu Youxiao smiled faintly.

Regarding the powers of the Water Resources Administration, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had to make them clear and clarify them, and give the support that should be given. However, when it came to specific matters, they still needed to be resolved within the Water Resources Administration. After all, he knew very limited things about water conservancy, and what he wanted to see was the results. But between the beginning and the results, there was something called a process.

This process requires the concerted efforts of these people, and more people in the future, to proceed smoothly.

"It is well known that the Yellow River is difficult to manage. First, the Yellow River flows through many provinces, and the terrain between the provinces is complex. The key is that logging along the Yellow River is serious, which has led to soil erosion. This means that the upper reaches will carry a lot of silt and continuously impact the lower reaches."

Facing countless gazes, Liu Rongsi explained with clear logic: "Especially during the four flood seasons of Tao, Fu, Qiu and Ling, the Yellow River is the most worrying. In the past few years, I have compiled files on the Yellow River flooding and dike breaches in various provinces. The most harmful and most prone to disasters is the autumn flood in July and August. Once the water level of the Yellow River rises rapidly, it will carry a large amount of silt and impact the river bank."

"Even if there is no problem with the riverbank itself, continuous rainfall and the impact caused by the flood season will cause pipe bursts on the riverbank. In serious cases, the riverbank may even burst."

"Not to mention the problems with the riverbank itself. If the above situation occurs, even if more people are recruited to reinforce the riverbank, it will eventually lead to a breach of the riverbank, which will result in a large area of ​​flooding. If the people in this area are not evacuated in time, the consequences will be disastrous."

When Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian heard this, as well as the officials and river management talents who followed them to Beijing, they all showed excitement. Zuo Guangdou was the Imperial Inspector of the Lianghuai River, and Yang Lian was the Imperial Inspector of the Henan River. These places are the most prone to problems and the areas where disasters occur most frequently.

Zuo Guangdou, in particular, was very excited after listening to what Liu Rongsi said, because there was a more serious problem in his area, that is, the confluence of the Yellow River and the Huai River, which also involved the canal. If these problems were not resolved well, big problems would easily arise.

But in fact, there are many problems in this area, but few solutions.

"Director, how should we improve the Yellow River in the future?" Under this situation, a voice rang out from the crowd behind Yang Lian.

This attracted a lot of attention.

"Your Majesty, this man is Huang Shoucai."

In this situation, Liu Ruoyu, who was serving in front of the emperor, saw the man clearly and whispered to Zhu Youxiao: "This man is a commoner, but he has a lot of ideas about river management. After being found by Yang Lian, he was recruited to work in the Henan River Patrol Imperial Office."

"Ah."

Zhu Youxiao responded.

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It's just that due to the influence of certain aspects, many talents have not been truly discovered. But now Zhu Youxiao needs to raise funds for corresponding departments in the corresponding fields to absorb the corresponding talents. Background and age are not thresholds. The key is to be able to actually solve the problem.

This is also the reason why Zhu Youxiao would rather set up a new government office than use the old officials to do the corresponding tasks.

The new representatives can overturn everything, will not follow the rules, and will not judge based on seniority, at least in the early stages. Zhu Youxiao wants to use this precious window to get many things done and lay a solid foundation.

"Regarding the management of the Yellow River, the Water Resources Administration has a clear idea. We need to consider the overall situation from a higher level." In this situation, Liu Rongsi said with a firm expression.

"We should put an end to the old ideas of self-imposed shackles, self-determination and treating the symptoms instead of the symptoms. We should also learn to take other factors into consideration. For example, the Yellow River flows through the Huai River and the Yangtze River to the sea. This area is different from other places. There is the Huai River, the Grand Canal and many small river systems. It is precisely because of this that floods and waterlogging disasters are frequent in the Huai River and Yangtze River areas."

"In order to solve the above problems, the General Administration of Water Resources, in accordance with the will of Your Majesty, has decided to set up several direct-controlled offices in the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Huai River, and Grand Canal. In the future, new direct-controlled offices will be added according to actual conditions. The above is to better solve the water conservancy problems in various places. If you encounter the problems mentioned by this official just now, which involve the corresponding direct-controlled offices, you must not only solve the problems under your jurisdiction, but also connect with each other to ensure that you can solve the problems together, instead of shirking responsibility and blaming each other!"

(End of this chapter)