Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 417 Dredge waterways and connect water networks

As a normal person, after learning the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned sea transportation and took water transportation.

It's impossible not to be fed up with those corrupt officials.

Even the young Zhu Bai couldn't help but curse a few words hatefully.

But then he asked: "Sir, the canal from Peking to Hangzhou is the accumulation of many previous dynasties."

"But before our government restarted water transportation, the court also spent several years dredging the river again."

"If the canal is used as the backbone to connect other rivers to form a water network that runs through the world, wouldn't it take millions of people to recruit and spend at least twenty years to achieve all this?"

When Zhu Bai took the 'practical class' before, he learned a little bit about water transportation through chatting with the craftsmen.

But he heard that repairing a large river that already existed.

Suddenly, the imperial court recruited hundreds of thousands of civilians, and it took several years to dredge the river.

I was extremely shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's courage to restart the canal.

However, compared with Lin Che's plan to connect the sky and sewers.

Dredging the canal is too childish.

Zhu Bai yearned for the prospect of controlling the world described by Lin Che.

But his only worry was that the court might not be able to afford so much money.

"It's a small problem for civilians, just conquer the corvee directly."

Zhu Gui heard Zhu Bai's doubts, but said nonchalantly: "As for connecting the waterways, this is a great thing that will benefit the future."

"As long as the river is repaired, local people will benefit, so the money for repairing the river will be spent by the local people."

"For example, according to the area of ​​the state and county, calculate the approximate amount of money needed, and just pay the tax to build the river here."

Lin Che originally wanted to remove the existence of the golden mountains and silver islands from the Japanese country.

Tell the two that money to repair the river is not an issue.

The most important thing should be to take the opportunity to abolish labor without payment.

Instead, people were hired to work.

In this way, it will not only give people an extra way to survive, but also promote economic development.

But Lin Che never expected that Zhu Gui, who was attending a class for the first time, would act like a cheat.

This guy not only wants the people to build the river for the imperial court for twenty years for free.

And I don’t want to pay a penny to build the river.

Plan to plunder it directly from the people.

Lin Che was speechless for a moment. Then she raised her hand and gave Zhu Gui a blow. She reprimanded, "You kid, do you know? If the imperial court collects a penny from the people, corrupt local officials can increase the tax to more than ten penny."

"If you build rivers like this, I'm afraid there will be wars all over the Ming Dynasty before the world's water network is connected."

Since it was Zhu Gui's first time coming here to attend a lecture and he was accompanying Zhu Bai, he didn't take Lin Che's lecture to heart.

So he didn't even realize that almost all of the strategies he proposed for building river channels ran into Lin Che's taboos.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang and the three people in the secret room next door who accepted Lin Che's new ideas were dissatisfied with Zhu Gui's strategy.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "How do you teach children in the university? Can you tell such a harmful strategy?"

"From today on, after class, he will be asked to work in the Ministry of Works for half an hour."

Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at Zhu Biao: "Boss, it's up to you to send a school captain to keep an eye on this matter. If Lao Jiu is lazy, he will be severely punished."

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards many princes was quite relaxed in the past.

But as Lin Che opened up the world of her people to him and opened up the grand blueprint for great achievements.

Zhu Yuanzhang's requirements for the royal descendants became increasingly strict.

After all, according to Lin Che's strategy of dividing the world.

These princes are the cornerstones for Zhu Yuanzhang to build a country that will surpass the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties in the future.

If their ability and character are above the standard. In the future, these pioneering lands will all become the territory of the Ming Dynasty since ancient times.

Then the evaluation of him by future generations may be comparable to that of King Zhou Wen of the Conferred World.

As a result, no one would make too much of his ruthlessness.

Zhu Biao didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.

But an unbearable smile flashed across his eyes.

But on the surface, he still had to pretend to be businesslike and asked: "Father, the Ministry of Industry has a lot of work to do. I wonder what you plan to do with Lao Jiu?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao more when he heard this.

After not noticing anything unusual on the elder's face, he said calmly: "Isn't the moat being repaired at Yingtian North Gate recently?"

"Let this boy dig mud with the peasants."

When Zhu Biao heard this, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Zhu Yuanzhang. He didn't expect that his old father actually planned to punish Lao Jiu with work.

Because before the advent of large-scale machinery, repairing rivers was never an easy job.

It would be okay if the river was full of mud and sand.

I'm afraid of the sticky mud with strong suction.

The same amount of effort required to dig out one shovelful of mud can be used to dig out three shovelfuls of sand.

Lao Jiu's health has never been very good and he is a sick man. If he were really allowed to dig mud for half an hour every day.

I'm afraid that before the moat is repaired, this kid will be exhausted and in bed.

Before he could ask for mercy, he persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang to change his mind.

Zhu Gui, who was criticized by Lin Che, was a little unconvinced and said: "Sir, you said that my plan to build the river will cause chaos in the world. Do you have a better way?"

It's not that Zhu Gui still doesn't believe that Lin Che has an astonishing talent, knows everything and looks like a relegated immortal.

But for thousands of years, the Central Plains dynasties built rivers.

Indispensable, free labor was recruited and taxes were raised to raise funds for river construction.

Zhu Gui believed that no matter how transcendent Lin Che's thoughts were.

It is also impossible to break away from reality and build a water network all over the world without spending even a little bit of people's energy.

However, Lin Che showed a relaxed smile when faced with Zhu Gui's doubts.

He took a sip of daughter's red and said with a smile, "I want to connect the world's great rivers without wasting the people's power."

"The imperial court must form a team dedicated to building bridges and rivers."

"Moreover, they have to be given monthly payments according to the market price."

For today's rulers, there is no concept of letting professional people do professional things.

Although dredging the river seems like a hard job.

But there are things involved that even professionals dare not say they can fully grasp.

If we just dig out rivers indiscriminately, even if the water network in the world is temporarily connected.

I'm afraid these rivers will also be disconnected again because of the shoddy construction project.

Although the imperial court could save money for a while, it was Guo Zuo who ultimately paid the price.

Although Zhu Gui understands the importance of paying wages.

But he still asked in confusion: "Sir, it is easy to find skilled workers in water conservancy for the canal we are building."

"But if we want to give them money, I'm afraid we have to spend several taels of silver every month. How can the court come up with so much money?"

"If we don't increase the tax for river construction, the imperial court will be impoverished before the sewers are connected!"

(End of this chapter)