New Shun 1730

The emperor is now a man who has seen the world, and he was not frightened by the amount of 30 million taels of silver.

Liu Yu listened to this amount and secretly rejoiced.

He thought that if we talk about spending money, it should be spent on national affairs.

Fighting and flood control, this is called spending money.

If the emperor really lost his ambition, he went to the south of the Yangtze River, and went to repair the garden after returning to Beijing... It's not that he didn't spend money, but how much money could he spend?

If he tried hard, 6 or 7 million taels would be enough to spend on things like fighting and flood control?

If he didn't spend money, he would have no motivation to expand.

This era is so strange. In the past, when expanding the frontier, all the good places were occupied, and expansion was a loss. But now expansion is profitable.

With such a degree of centralization, the will of the monarch directly determines the direction of the country.

It's a pity that the Yellow River cannot be controlled, and no one dares to say that they have the ability to control the Yellow River.

Otherwise, if you offer a price of 200 million, you won't have to worry about the emperor not opening up colonies to make money in the next 20 years.

But...

Liu Yu looked at the water conservancy official and thought, "But can your plan succeed?"

Don't think too much. If it turns out to be like the Song Dynasty's three changes back to the river, instead of controlling the water, it will cause a disaster?

If this thing fails, the emperor will definitely be scared and dare not "mess around" with water control in the future. I'm afraid he can only be honest, resigned to fate, and sacrifice to the river god to keep safe?

Of course the Huaihe River must be controlled.

The best thing is of course to cure it.

Otherwise, if this continues, let alone other things, the north will still be protected but the south will not. When Anhui is mentioned, people think of beggars; the Huaihe River floods, the northern Jiangsu is in disaster, and the industry and commerce in Songjiang Prefecture are booming. People from northern Jiangsu go to southern Jiangsu to work, and southern Jiangsu thinks that northern Jiangsu is poor. They have turned Jiangsu Province into the Soviet Union... If it continues like this, what history has been changed in these years of tossing?

Thinking of this, when he was about to go out and talk about the fact that 30 million taels was not a difficult matter, an official standing next to him quietly reached out and gently pulled Liu Yu, indicating that Liu Yu should not stand up at this time.

The small action was very secretive, and the emperor did not notice it.

At this time, the emperor, who had recovered from his shock, coughed lightly, indicating that the officials who were buzzing about the astonishing amount of 30 million taels should be quiet first.

Then he subconsciously glanced at Liu Yu and signaled the attendant to hand over the album to Liu Yu to take a look.

Liu Yu was just hot-headed, and he was also an "old man" talking about the youth's madness.

After being gently pulled by the official next to him, he calmed down a lot.

Seeing that the atlas had already reached him, Liu Yu knelt down, but did not take it. Instead, he said, "Your Majesty, everyone has his own specialty."

"If your Majesty asks why water flows to lower places, I can explain the reason."

"If your Majesty asks why the water in the upper reaches is slow and silted up when the water in the lower reaches is high and large, I can also write three or five formulas using the Aljebala method."

"But if your Majesty asks whether the Huaihe River can be controlled, and whether it has advantages and disadvantages after entering the sea and the river? The ancients said: Know what you know, and don't know what you don't know. I dare not report what I don't know."

After saying this, he thought that he had almost acted like an old man who was young and crazy out of his subconscious love for millions of compatriots, and he couldn't help sweating.

Fortunately, the official helped him.

When the governor of Jiangsu and Liu Yu talked about preparing to write a letter to change sea transportation and control water, Kang Budai told Liu Yu that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen.

At that time, I was thinking that I would wait for the Yellow River to burst and completely block the canal, and then stand up when there was no other way but sea transportation and flood control.

But if I stood up in advance... Liu Yu firmly believed that man could conquer nature, but Kang Budai felt that it was not wrong to say that man could conquer nature, but it also depended on what aspects of "nature" we were fighting against.

If we were fighting against the Yellow River and the rainstorm, with the current human power, we were still far from defeating nature.

Who dared to guarantee flood control?

Even if the method of 50% of the Huaihe River entering the sea and 50% entering the river was a good method in theory, after the treatment, God would give you the biggest flood in a thousand years. Even if the repair was good, you couldn't bear it.

After Kang Budai finished speaking, Tian Zhenyi also said afterwards that when it comes to flood control, don't stand for any plan.

Control or not control, there is no need to stand for this.

Because once the sea transportation has a foundation, the emperor must abolish the canal transportation.

After abolishing the canal transportation, it is necessary to control the water.

However, I will never participate in the details of water control.

Just remember one thing: water control requires money.

If you are short of money, you will do it; you don’t understand the plan.

The momentary impulse just now was purely a subconscious emotion. Now that he reacted, he immediately shirked the responsibility.

The emperor was also slightly startled, and then smiled.

I thought that this was true. Although the Duke of Xingguo had means, he could train soldiers and do business. I actually felt that he could share everything. How could he understand water control?

So he asked the attendant to take the atlas back, looked at the ministers, and wanted to ask the governor who was in charge of the river, but he didn’t hand it over.

The emperor was familiar with the water conservancy official who made this suggestion, and he also knew his background and trusted his ability.

This person’s surname was Liao, and his name was Hanhui. He was not from the imperial examination. He was a good family in Jingxiang and was born in Wude Palace. He was a "family member" of the Dashun Dynasty.

The Dashun integrated the forces of various tribes, and there were various factions within it. Although they were all "our own people", they sometimes had to ask each other where their ancestors were from and which faction they were from. After the integration, if the good family members did not recognize each other, they would only ask which faction their ancestors were from, or whether their ancestors were from Yan'an in northern Shaanxi, or from the Ruijin Farmers' Association, from the Yuyuan system in northern Jiangsu, or from the Huangma serf system of miners in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, etc.

And, the embarrassing Daxi system of Zhang who gave up Hubei, Henan and Anhui and went to Sichuan and set up a new flag...

The ancestors of Liao Hanhui were from the "Jixianhui" faction.

In the second year of Yongchang, they revolted in Jiangxi, using Ruijin, Ningdu, Shicheng and other places as bases, forming farmers' associations, creating the Jixianhui, organizing armed uprisings, and establishing Tianbing. The program was: reduce rent and interest, and make it easy to rent forever.

Historically, they were strangled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Han landlords, but the remaining tribes have been fighting for decades.

Now, after the Jingxiang War, they cooperated with the Dashun Army in northern Shaanxi to capture Ji'an Prefecture and joined forces in Jinggangshan.

Although they were not from the direct line of Yan'an Prefecture, the Ruijin faction was also considered to have invested in Dashun, and it was when Dashun was at its weakest after the Jingxiang War.

Moreover, relying on its control over Ruijin, Ninghua and other places, and its familiarity with the Fujian region and dialects and customs, it opened up the "international channel" for Dashun, which was then hit hard by the traitorous artillery of the Qing Dynasty.

It was of great significance to obtain the Western firearms and cannons that Dashun urgently needed.

Originally, the Jixian Society completely controlled the vast rural areas of southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, so that orders could not leave the county town, and the mass base was extremely good.

Once the elite soldiers of Dashun arrived, they easily pulled out several county towns in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, connecting the Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian bases, and laying a solid foundation for going south and east to find an outlet and open up international channels.

Moreover, after Jiugong Mountain, Dashun abandoned the slogan of equal distribution of land and exemption of grain, and the slogan of Jixianhui of reducing rent and interest and making permanent tenancy difficult was also the right line.

It was not so radical, and it was easier to integrate.

Although it was not as good as the protection of landlords by the Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty, the reduction of rent and interest was not as radical as the complete equal distribution of land, and compromise between the two sides was acceptable.

The people of the Ruijin Jixianhui were later incorporated into the regular army of Dashun, fighting in the north and south, from the hot Guangdong to the snowy Hetuala, and produced a lot of artillery.

By the time Liao Hanhui was born, the rent and interest reduction had been over for sixty or seventy years.

His ancestors were selected as artillery after the opening of international channels, and they had a good foundation in mathematics, so they were admitted to the Wude Palace.

Later, he learned fortress engineering from the Russians and the French, presided over and participated in the design and construction of the Dagukou fortress group, and also managed the Haihe River estuary for the purpose of fortress defense.

Later, after the Jiangsu Jiedushi petitioned to try sea transport, he was sent by the emperor to Huanghuai for inspection.

His ability has been demonstrated in the Dagukou fortress group and the Haihe River estuary cleaning.

The emperor was afraid that he would be infected with the bad habits of the river system after entering the river system, so he never used him and gave him the title of a palace official. He has been in Huanghuai for many years.

The emperor knew very well that the river and the canal were a sludge pit, and it was really difficult to produce an unstained white lotus.

At least three or four people were beheaded and their homes confiscated every year, but it still couldn't be stopped. Those who really prepared to control water in the future should not be thrown there early.

Liao Hanhui was not from Jinghai Palace, and he had no intersection with Liu Yu.

But if he had a relationship with the previous Jiangsu Jiedushi, they were all from the Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi system, so he was not poor and hard in recent years, and he had his own help.

Now he opened his mouth and asked for 30 million taels, which was obviously not nonsense. After all, he had presided over the construction of the fortress group, and he had a good idea of ​​the cost and labor efficiency.

And such a large amount, since he dared to say it, it was definitely not expected to be in the land tax or salt tax.

It is not auspicious to say that the whole country will increase the "Huai salary" in five years to pacify the Huai River. The emperor knows too well that the upper level collects 5 million and the lower level dares to collect 50 million.

Not only does he not increase taxes, but he also needs money, and he asked for 30 million taels. Obviously, Liao Hanhui also pinned his hopes on overseas.

The emperor calculated that he had some money in his treasury in recent years. If the household government pays a little, and Liu Yu ensures the income from overseas trade, 30 million taels in five years is not unacceptable.

But taming the Huai River is not just about these 30 million taels.

Once the canal is abolished, those who make a living on the canal on both sides of the canal will also need a sum of money to be resettled.

Merchants and the like live for profit and can move to other places. But those boatmen and the like have no land - who would do this business if they had land?

Counting these, it's not just 30 million taels.

Of course, Liao Hanhui only needs to consider flood control and Huai River control, so we can't blame him for not considering it carefully. If everything is considered, what's the use of the six governments and the court?

After a slight hesitation, the emperor said: "I will take a closer look at this atlas, and you can come to me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to explain. As for the cost, if 30 million taels can be spent to control the Huai River and restore the scenery of Huai River and Huai River in the Tang Dynasty, it will benefit the world."

"Money is not a problem."

"The key is to see if there are any loopholes in the method described in this atlas."

"This matter should be cautious. Don't want to save the people, but end up harming them. If that's the case, it's better to do nothing."