The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 130
Zhu Yuanzhang always acted vigorously and resolutely, and the next day he brought up the matter of curing Huang in the court.

At first he didn't say anything, he just took out the Ministry of Works' Huang Zhi Shu and asked the ministers to discuss it.

The opinions of the ministers are quite unified. Governance must be cured.

Regarding how to deal with it specifically, all the officials looked at the officials from the Ministry of Works.

It's your turn to show up.

Controlling pornography is a highly professional matter, and ministers will never express their opinions randomly.

The few who had no idea and wanted to point fingers have disappeared.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Shi, was embarrassed. The emperor brought Zhihuang Shu to the court for discussion, which was obviously dissatisfied with their strategy.

The key is that the emperor did not reject it, but directly brought it to the court for discussion.

Generally, if the emperor is dissatisfied, he will push back and let them think of a better way.

This kind of discussion in court is already extremely dissatisfying with their work.

It seems that I, as Minister of Industry, cannot last more than a few days.

I just don’t know whether to move him or dismiss him directly.

He thought it was unlikely that he would be imprisoned.

Firstly, nothing happened when he took office, and secondly, he was neither greedy nor cliquey.

The emperor would not attack him for no reason.

But it still hurts to think that I have been working for half my life and fell to the bottom at the peak.

He was so immersed in his own inner world that he forgot to respond.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang even more dissatisfied and wanted to dismiss him immediately.

But remembering Queen Ma's advice, I endured it again.

Fortunately, not everyone is confused.

Lian Sishan, a doctor from the Ministry of Water, stood up and responded. This is an old method that has been used several times and has very good results.

Since the method is good, then continue to use it.

The ministers nodded after hearing this.

It’s easy to use, but it’s still the same old method, so what else is there to say, just use it.

This played into Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and he immediately started questioning him.

"Will the sediment carried by the Yellow River block the river channel? If the Huai River branch river channel is blocked, have you thought about the consequences?"

"Hongze Lake is getting higher and higher with siltation, and it will soon become a suspended lake on the ground. Do you know how serious the consequences will be?"

As the saying goes, there is no fool who can stand in court.

It’s just that no one has considered the problem from this perspective before.

When Zhu Yuanzhang reminded them, they could naturally imagine how serious the consequences would be.

Especially the officials from the Jianghuai area could no longer sit still and quickly jumped out to oppose this law.

And asked the Ministry of Industry to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

This time, the whole Ministry of Works was completely panicked.

They knew better than anyone else that what the emperor said was true, but they also knew better how difficult it was to change.

We also want to solve it, but we don’t have the ability.

Wang Shi felt as if he was mourning his heir. He was still a little unwilling to accept it, but now he didn't want to wait any longer and ran away.

Zhu Yuanzhang still did not let them go, and said: "To control the Yellow River, we must first control the sand. Where does the sand in the Yellow River come from?"

Finally encountered a question that could be answered, Lian Sishan quickly stood up and replied:
"Most of the sediment comes from Hetao, Shanxi-Shaanxi and grasslands..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now that you know it, have you thought of how to solve it?"

Lian Sishan was speechless and could only hesitantly say:
"I have only been serving as the doctor of the Ministry of Water for more than two months. I am still familiar with the work. There is nothing I can do for the time being."

I thought I would be reprimanded, but Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:
"It's hard for you. You have to face such a big problem when you first take office."

"You can know the source of the sediment in the Yellow River, which is already better than some people."

Lian Sishan breathed a sigh of relief and gratefully thanked the emperor for his kindness.

Wang Shi on the side could not wait to dig a crack in the ground and get in.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and continued: "One is the sediment problem, and the other is the Huaihe River blockage problem. Come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"And you guys, don't rely on the Ministry of Industry for everything. Let us all think about how to solve these problems."

"Everyone has to write a memorial, so we don't believe it. The civil and military officials in the dynasty can't think of a way?"

All the ministers are numb. Is this treating pornography?What can we do?
But the emperor had already spoken, and they did not dare to object. They could only curse the Ministry of Industry in their hearts for being incompetent and causing great harm to others.

The news in the court spread quickly, and everyone was talking about it.

I didn’t expect that treating yellowing would be so troublesome.

Soon victims began to come forward with their stories.

The imperial court had already used the method of diverting water from branches of the Huai River when it was controlling the Yellow River.

Many rivers are blocked.

The locals criticized this incident quite a lot, but no one paid them any attention at the time.

Now the emperor finally paid attention to this issue, and they all stood up and stated how miserable their families were.

"The river channel is blocked by the siltation of the Yellow River, and water from the outside cannot enter during drought."

"When it rains, the excess water cannot be drained out. It becomes waterlogged in light rains and flooded in heavy rains."

"In the past, our land was fertile land, and we could produce so much food that we couldn't eat it all."

"Now we have to rely on relief to survive. It's so miserable..."

"It's all caused by those bad officials who control the water. Fortunately, the emperor is wise and discovered this problem. Otherwise, I don't know how many people will suffer."

With real cases, everyone's feelings are deeper.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that some people saw something else in these complaints.

"Hey, your Jianghuai relief food is all taken from the bowls of us southerners."

"When you suffer, we southerners suffer too."

Originally, it wasn’t me who suffered.

Southerners look at this matter with a spectator mentality.

When I first heard this, I felt a pain in my heart.

That was the food we had worked so hard to grow, and we were reluctant to eat it, so it was taken away to help the northerners.

No, I have to ask for help.

Let the court manage the Huaihe River well so that we in the south can produce less food.

Then, the pressure came to the court. How to solve this problem?

All officials felt extremely stressed.

Originally, the people in the north and south had the same appeal, which was to solve the Yellow River problem.

But I don’t know since when public opinion began to change direction again.

People in the South began to complain that we had paid too much for the North, so why would we come to such a poor place?

Northerners are also dissatisfied. Your ancestors also migrated from the north. Now you have forgotten your ancestors.

Southerners responded: Facts have proved that our ancestors were right to come to the south, and the north is redundant.

The northerners retorted again: When the north was rich, it spent a lot of money and people to develop the south. You are ungrateful.

Moreover, the ruins of the north were caused by hundreds of years of war.

Once the world is at peace, it will not take many years to restore its former glory.

Southerners sneered: It has been 16 years since the Ming Dynasty was founded, and the north has been conquered for ten years. Why haven't you recovered yet?

Do I want to give you another 100 years?If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.

Times have changed, and now the world is dominated by southerners, do you understand?

The northerners were speechless because this was the truth.

Unwilling to be reconciled, they began to look for ways to fight back.

The most lively place for this kind of debate is the Imperial College.

As a student, I am energetic and relatively leisurely. I like to give advice after reading a few books.

Contributed the most saliva to the war of words.

This group of students all have relatively deep family backgrounds, and their views can influence many people.

So more and more people got involved.

Just when the northerners were speechless and unable to open their mouths, a point of view appeared from nowhere:
"The northern economy has been unable to recover because of the lack of the Yellow River."

Naturally, the southerners sneered, thinking it was an excuse made by the northerners.The northerners, who had finally found a reason, naturally had to hold on tightly and began to read various books to look for evidence.

As a result, they really found a lot.

"The Yellow River irrigates tens of millions of acres of land, and the food produced can feed tens of millions of people."

"The North alone can feed the whole world..."

"Now that the Yellow River has taken over the Huaihe River and flows into the sea, the north has lost the irrigation water from the Yellow River, so it is naturally impossible to restore its former glory."

"There is also shipping. The Yellow River is an important shipping route. Without it, the north would be lame..."

They even found out how many acres of land there were on both sides of the Yellow River and how many people were fed during the Qin, Han, and even the Sui and Tang dynasties.

The shipping of the Yellow River has provided great convenience to the north.

Then he showed the situation in the north without the Yellow River.

With such detailed evidence, southerners were skeptical and began to read books to determine whether it was true or false.

Then I have to admit that what the northerners said does make sense.

So the topic of the two sides changed again. They no longer talked, but seriously discussed what benefits would be brought if the Yellow River returned to its old course.

The benefits are too obvious.

Those lands in the north will once again become fertile farmland, reducing dependence on food from the south.

Southerners would not have to pay so much taxes and their lives would be much easier.

At this point, the north and the south have reached an agreement, stop arguing and let the Yellow River go back.

Good for everyone.

At this time, people from the Jianghuai area also stood up, don't forget us.

If the Yellow River is gone, the Huai River will be saved.

Once the Huaihe River returns to normal, the lives of the people in the Jianghuai region will be much easier.

As a result, people began to discuss extensively the return of the Yellow River to its old course.

This matter soon reached the ears of hundreds of officials.

At first they thought it was ridiculous, to let the Yellow River return to its old course?
Do you think that the Yellow River is an obedient dog that goes wherever it is told?
Do you know how much it costs to let it change its path once?
But as more and more data were presented to them, they became hesitant.

If we can really bring the Yellow River back, it will be the best of all three.

But... they all shook their heads and sighed.

Still saying that, how could the Yellow River go back obediently?
The risk is too great and no one can afford the consequences.

Chen Jingke has also been paying attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's movements.

Lao Zhu first ordered people from the Hanlin Academy to look up records about the pre-Qin Dynasty.

History books, poems and poems, essays, local chronicles, genealogy...

As long as it is related to the pre-Qin Dynasty, we must investigate it.

The main inquiries are about the traces of elephants and rhinos, as well as climate change.

Obviously, this is to collect more information about Wenhanbian.

Regarding the Yellow River matter, Chen Jingke was a little confused at first, why Lao Zhu brought the matter to the court.

Has he already decided to change the course of the Yellow River?
It's only been two days.

Or does he want to see if there is any other solution?
Chen Jingke prefers the latter.

But as external public opinion changed, he became confused again.

Someone must be guiding this public opinion. The only one who can do this in Yingtian Mansion is Lao Zhu.

But why did Lao Zhu do this?
Could it be that he wanted to build momentum for the diversion of the Yellow River?

He couldn't believe it, but Zhu Xiongying also came to ask him:
"What does Grandpa Huang want to do?"

Chen Jingke immediately had an idea:

"I am also confused. You can ask His Majesty directly. He will definitely not hide it from you."

Zhu Xiongying immediately went to see Lao Zhu, and soon came back with an excited face.

And brought back a message to change the route.

Chen Jingke was shocked.

Lao Zhu is too decisive, isn't he just doing such a big thing as changing the course of the Yellow River?
Then I have deep admiration, this is Lao Zhu.

Next, he also began to think of ways to contribute to the fight against yellowing.

There was nothing he could do to change the course of the Yellow River.

This matter must be done through on-site inspection by professionals and then planning a route.

The knowledge and experience of the time traveler will not play a big role.

Many people will die if they come up with blind ideas.

So what he mainly thinks about is how to plant grass and trees on the Loess Plateau and Hetao Plain.

In previous lives, our country had specially set up a number of departments, some of which were responsible for planting trees despite the wind and sand.

Some have used airplanes to sow grass seeds for decades.

There are also many public welfare organizations, commercial organizations, charitable individuals and other groups joining in.

When the economy improves, we will begin to close the mountains for afforestation.

Coupled with the passing of the Little Ice Age, the climate has become warmer and rainfall has increased...

Under the combined effect, the Loess Plateau, Hetao Plain, Ordos Plateau, and other deserts were conquered one after another.

It can be clearly seen from satellite remote sensing maps that China is turning green step by step.

This is a huge contribution made by the Chinese people to the environment and benefits the whole world.

There is a small group of people who, for some unknown reason, insist on singing the opposite tune.

Everything is caused by climate and has little to do with people.

Just smiled, it doesn’t have much to do with people, why don’t you see other countries turning green?

The Chinese have rich experience in afforestation, and Chen Jingke has also participated in several afforestation activities.

Dozens of Haloxylon ammodendron trees were also planted on a certain treasure.

So he still has some experience in this matter.

First, write down the plants that were commonly used in the past life, and then eliminate those that are not suitable for the current situation based on the actual situation.

Then there is the closure of mountains and forests, which is actually very easy to do in this era.

There were only over 6000 million people in the Ming Dynasty, most of whom lived in the Central Plains and the South.

The Loess Plateau and Hetao areas are sparsely populated.

The Ming Dynasty had plenty of land to accommodate these people.

Moving these people out and settling them in fertile areas can produce more food.

why not.

Of course, the Hetao area is a frontier fortress and cannot be completely relocated.

A part of the area can be selected as a settlement area, which can not only provide resources for the border army, but also facilitate the management of the court.

In addition, he also came up with many good ideas.

For example, if local military households have nothing to do, can they plant trees?

Some other ideas were rejected by him. It was really limited by the times and there was nothing he could do.

Zhu Biao, who was on patrol in Huguang, was surprised to learn what happened in Yingtian Mansion.

I quickly wrote to Lao Zhu, what do you want to do?
Could it be that I'm not at home and you're too weak to take care of it?

How about I go back?
Zhu Yuanzhang puffed his beard and glared after receiving the letter, "You have learned to speak sarcastically, haven't you?"

What's even more irritating is that you just talk but don't do anything.

Then he wrote a letter and scolded Zhu Biao.

However, the causes and consequences of the Warm-Cold Change and the Yellow River's diversion were also explained in detail.

This letter contains thirty to forty thousand words.

It was expedited for eight hundred miles and delivered to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao was silent for a long time after reading the letter, and then made a decision to go to Henan.

Originally, according to the plan, he should go to Shaanxi next, and then go to Taiyuan, Shanxi to meet his third brother.

Finally, go to Henan and Shandong.

Such a big thing happened, so naturally we can no longer follow the original route.

Go directly to Henan and Shandong to investigate the feasibility of diversion of the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)