Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 464
Wu Tongju moved his lips a few times, as if he had something to say.

"Speak, I like to hear you talk."

"Zha. I think the most important part of the Yellow River disaster is the Three Gorges of the Yellow River upstream. The Three Gorges of the Yellow River mainly refer to Bingling Gorge, Liujia Gorge, and Yanguo Gorge. I want to ask the emperor if there are conditions in the future, can I build a dam here." Wu Tongju made this suggestion hastily. At present, the Yellow River is flooded and money and food are needed everywhere. At this juncture, he himself proposed to build a dam If it was in the previous dynasties, the emperor would scold the light ones, and the serious ones would be dismissed from office. However, after years of investigation by Wu Tongju, he felt that it was necessary to build a dam on the Three Gorges of the Yellow River, and he also did some careful work. Planning, this time I finally saw the emperor, so I bravely raised it.

Guan Xuqing thought for a moment, and said: "It is necessary to build a dam, but you need to come up with a specific plan after detailed research by your Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources. As long as the state has spare power, I will strongly support it. Since it is necessary to build a A dam that drains the flood forever."

Wu Tongju kowtowed to the ground, his excitement was beyond words: "Your Majesty is really a sage king, can I briefly introduce my thoughts on the Three Gorges Dam to the Emperor first?"

"Get up and talk." Guan Xuqing smiled.

Wu Tongju stood up and said: "In the past, dams have been built in the past dynasties, but the effect is not satisfactory. It is still stable on weekdays, but it will be washed away in case of floods. The main reason is that the upstream water and soil conservation is overly optimistic. The amount of sediment entering the reservoir is relatively low. The second reason is that dams on sandy rivers like the Yellow River cannot use the high water level water storage operation method, but should adopt the method of "storing clear water and discharging muddy water". When the water level is high, the dam must have sufficient flood discharge and sediment discharge capacity. The minister believes that the operating water level of the Three Gorges Project on the Yellow River during the flood season should be controlled at above 90 meters, which is 30 meters lower than the normal water storage level. Only in this way can the reservoir be in a state of smooth flow during the flood season, and it can also greatly reduce the deposition of sediment in the reservoir.”

"En." Guan Xuqing nodded, stared at Wu Tongju for a while, and suddenly said seriously: "Wu Tongju listens to the order!"

Wu Tongju was taken aback, he didn't know what he was doing, he glanced at Yang Shenxiu, he saw Yang Shenxiu nodded to him with a smile on his face, he quickly knelt down and said: "Chen Wu Tongju listens to the order."

"Now I have promoted you to be the director of the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, and will be fully responsible for the management of the Yellow River floods and the research of the Three Gorges Dam in the future. There must be no mistakes, I respect this." Guan Xu said in a clear voice.

Yang Shenxiu saw that Wu Tongju was a little silly, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Why are you still staring, why don't you hurry up and give thanks?"

Only then did Wu Tongju walk over slowly, and said respectfully: "Chen Wu Tongju leads the order to thank you!"

When the lights are on, the Government House of Singapore.

Yuan Shikai prepared everything, got into his own car, and drove to the Tenth Army headquarters accompanied by Liang Shiyi and Lu Zongyu.

Since he had already received the news that the governor was coming, Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the Tenth Army, led a large group of senior generals to line up in front of the military department to greet him.As soon as Yuan Shikai got out of the car, Lu Yongxiang trotted to the front, straightened his back, and saluted a standard military salute: "Lu Yongxiang, the commander of the Tenth Army of the Imperial Army in Singapore, and the officers above the regiment level of the military department, are waiting for the Governor-General to drive !"

Yuan Shikai pretended to be affectionate, held Lu Yongxiang's hand and said, "Zijia, we are brothers, why should we be divided into ranks. Okay, okay, I, Yuan Shikai, understand. Hehe."

Lu Yongxiang, formerly known as Lu Zhenhe, styled Zijia.Jiyang people.When he was young, his family was poor. In 1887, he first entered Shanhaiguan Military Academy, and in 1890 he joined the army. He was admitted to the Beiyang Armed Forces Academy in 1895. After graduation, he was hired by Yuan Shikai as an officer of the New Army. When he was training in Tianjin Xiaozhan, he became close friends with Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen, and later became the backbone of the Anhui Warlords.During this period, he served as an officer of the Huai Army, and later served as the commander of the Wuwei Youjun.Later, he served as the leader of the right battalion of the vanguard of the Shandong Wuwei Right Army, and the coordinator of Beiyang Twenty Towns.Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the Luanzhou uprising army, he was successively added the ranks of named general soldier, admiral, and deputy capital commander. In 1899, he was transferred to Singapore by the Ministry of War to serve as the commander of the Tenth Army.

In fact, Yuan Shikai and Lu Yongxiang have been in contact quite a lot, because Lu Yongxiang has one of his biggest problems, which is greed for money.Therefore, Yuan Shikai chose what he liked, and after many contacts and trials, he finally drew Lu Yongxiang into his opium and arms trading camp, and decided to give Lu Yongxiang [-]% of the dry shares from each transaction. Don't underestimate this. Thousands of stocks are a huge sum of money no matter who put them in front of them. Lu Yongxiang was afraid of the court and had scruples. He couldn't stand Yuan Shikai's temptation with huge profits many times, and finally fell into the trap of Yuan Shikai's careful purchase.

Accompanied by Lu Yongxiang, Yuan Shikai swaggered into the headquarters of the Tenth Army. At this time, the commander gave an order, and the soldiers on both sides stood at attention and saluted the governor. At the same time, the military band played majestic military music.Yuan Shikai was naturally happy in his heart. On Fan Xuecheng's side, he was the governor of Singapore, but he was treated like a head of state when he came to the Tenth Army.

The two walked into the living room of the military headquarters one after the other. After the guests and hosts were seated, the two of them followed the official rules first. Yuan Shikai saw that time was limited, and Yuan Keding was still in the ninth army. , I don’t have time to talk nonsense here, so I changed the subject and got to the point, “Zijia, the arms deal with DuPont last time seems to be going bad.”

Lu Yongxiang scratched the back of his head and said anxiously, "What's going on?"

"Hey, Zijia, your news is too closed, you don't know about such a big thing happening in the United States?"

"What happened?"

Yuan Shikai sighed softly, and then told Lu Yongxiang the whole story of the financial turmoil in the United States. Of course, the person who started the financial turmoil was the emperor of the empire. Yuan Shikai would never have thought of this, if he really knew , Maybe you will reconsider your future behavior. "That's how things are. This time, not only Wall Street was brought down, but also DuPont, the largest arms dealer in the United States. Now DuPont can't take care of itself, and their foreign transactions have shrunk to nothing. It's yellow."

Lu Yongxiang slapped the table and sighed: "It's really unlucky for him, otherwise this deal will be done, and we can make a lot of money."

Yuan Shikai's eyes flickered slyly, and he said: "My brother, our financial resources are getting narrower and narrower. This is not the way to go, we can't always rely on others to live, we have to ask for money."

"What kind of request?"

Yuan Shikai intended to show off, but he was just talking about him from left to right, but Lu Yongxiang was a soldier by nature, and he couldn't watch others procrastinate, and was so anxious that his head was sweating.Yuan Shikai said slowly: "Zijia, I went to Beijing to report on my work a while ago, you know about this?"

"I know, what's wrong?"

"You are my most trusted brother. I have nothing to hide from you. I went to Beijing to report on my work and met with the emperor. During the emperor's interrogation, I found that the emperor may have seen what we did. It's over."

"Ah!? Then what should we do?" To say that Lu Yongxiang was not afraid of the emperor would be pure bragging. As soon as Yuan Shikai said this, he immediately became nervous.

Yuan Shikai smiled and patted the other party's shoulder: "Brother, don't be afraid. This is just my guess. The emperor may not have grasped the real evidence. Otherwise, can I come back alive?"

"What does the emperor mean?" Lu Yongxiang asked sweating.

"Although the emperor is only suspicious, I can see that he has taken care of us, and he specifically mentioned you, Commander Lu?" That's why I said that on purpose.

Lu Yongxiang was really astonished, his expression was quite nervous, "What did the emperor say about me?"

"Huh, the emperor said that I heard that Lu Yongxiang, as a soldier, didn't think about how to defend the country. He was dealing with Americans or South Americans all day long. He either smuggled opium or sold arms. The emperor also asked me if I had this matter. "

"what do you say?"

"Hey, of course what I said is purely a rumor, please don't take it seriously, Your Majesty."

Only then did Lu Yongxiang heave a sigh of relief, but the astonishment on his face did not diminish.

Yuan Shikai sneered and said: "But since the emperor mentioned you, it means that he has doubts about you. After finding out in the future, he must do something to you. At that time, you and I will die without a place to bury you. The executed Wang Zhixin will suffer the same fate as the 54 officials in Beijing, and will even be executed by Ling Chi!"

Lu Yongxiang opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak for a long time. Finally, he tugged at Yuan Shikai's sleeve and said, "My lord, you have to think of a perfect plan."

Yuan Shikai picked up the teacup, took a few sips slowly, then put the teacup heavily on the wooden table, with a "pop", startled Lu Yongxiang.Yuan Shikai's expression was very serious, he stared at Lu Yongxiang and said: "Brother, now it's an imminent moment and I have to attack. If I don't attack first, I will be killed by others, do you understand?"

Lu Yongxiang nodded suddenly, then shook his head: "My lord, what do you mean?"

Yuan Shikai said anxiously: "Brother, do you still have a head!"

Lu Yongxiang immediately felt a cold breath rise from the back of his neck, subconsciously touched his head, and said in horror: "My lord, what do you mean?"

"Hey, thanks to you, Lu Yongxiang, who has been in the officialdom for so many years, do you understand the emperor's temperament? He has already set his sights on you and me. Once the emperor sets his sights on you, think about what will happen? Wang Zhixin's business Wen is still here, could it be that you forgot about it?"

"That's right, once the emperor targets you, there will be no good results sooner or later, so we have to come up with a perfect plan as soon as possible. My lord, you and I are now grasshoppers on the same rope. As long as you say a word, we will Lu Yongxiang comes and goes in the water, comes and goes in the fire, but listen to what the adults say!"

(End of this chapter)