Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1207 Conservation
What the emperor said was actually not quite right.

But in this particular case, he was right.

If you want the prince to be the successful king in the old days, then this sentence is obviously wrong.

Because this sentence is likely to develop into self-willedness, disobedience to advice, violence in Sui Yang, and so on.

But with Dashun's situation at this time, this sentence is correct.

Under the reality that Dashun has already experienced serious internal divisions, the old conservative king who did nothing would be destructive to the Li family dynasty in Dashun.

Now the emperor is not afraid that the prince will choose wrongly or do wrongly in the future.

It was because he was afraid that the prince would not be elected at all, or that he would not know what to do. This was justified, and that was justified. If the order was changed day and night, then something would happen.

Because the separation between the two sides is too serious, once the emperor's ears are soft, it will be a devastating blow to the other side.When it really became the style of the old and new factions in the Song Dynasty, when the imperial power could only choose sides, the Li family of Dashun was not far from being destroyed.

As far as the current situation in Dashun is concerned, the division between the officials of the traditional imperial examinations and those of meritorious service is much more severe than that of the old and new parties in the Song Dynasty.

In this case, if the emperor's ears are softer and he doesn't have his own opinions, it will be a disaster for Dashun's Li family.

Once one faction completely gains power, it is for the emperor and his courtiers to stand together and conduct a comprehensive liquidation of the other faction.

If it is really settled, it will not be a trivial matter of the old and new factions.If they really want to liquidate, in the eyes of the emperor, they will die forever.

So, the emperor told the prince a story not long ago.

"A few years ago, the abolition of the canal and the repair of the Huaihe River. In fact, it is only six words. Do your best and obey the destiny."

"At that time, it cost a lot of money and the national treasury bottomed out. It was dangerous and dangerous. Once the Yellow River flooded and burst southward; or, when the river course was not completed in early spring, it rained non-stop, and the newly excavated river course was silted with sediment."

"If the destiny is not granted, then the success will fall short."

"If at that time, it really fell short, as the son of heaven, since he has confirmed it, he must hold on."

"If you can't do it today, come back tomorrow. If you can't do it this year, gather strength and do it five years later."

"If it is done, it will be done."

"Otherwise, if you give up halfway and deal with those who talk about repairing rivers and abolishing canals, the government will be corrupt."

"It's the same thing about the Yellow River now."

"Since I am determined to build the railway, will the railway be built in places that may be affected by the Yellow River breach? In fact, I have made up my mind."

"This matter should be considered when making a decision."

"For the Huai River matter, the canal has been abandoned. If you fail today, save a few years of money and you will succeed next time. Even if you do your best and obey the destiny, if the destiny does not grant it, you can afford to lose. At worst, start over from scratch."

"For the Yellow River, if you choose to open the river artificially, relocate the people, and repair the embankment in advance...it will not be a one-day effort, but a year or two of finance. If it is really done, it will take five or ten years; it will cost no less than [-] million taels."

"There is only one chance, and the cost is too great."

"Once you've done half of it, the Yellow River will give up without waiting for you to finish it, and all previous efforts will be wasted. At that time, money and food will be wasted, and there will be no results, but there will be no chance to try again."

After all, the emperor decided to tell the prince something really cold-blooded.

As far as the trickery that the prince was thinking about, in the eyes of the emperor, it was far from being cold-blooded.

Calling the prince to him, the emperor took out a map from the table, picked up the charcoal pencil on the table, and casually drew a few lines and three or five circles on the map.

The vertical one is expected to be the first official long-distance railway in Dashun.

The painting is very casual, from the capital city to Kaifeng.Then from Kaifeng, I painted to Huaihe River, Xinyang, and then to the south.

The one above it is obviously the Yellow River that has not been diverted yet, but may be diverted in the future.

The next circle is obviously from Songsu District to the south of Xuzhou, Haizhou.

After simply drawing the map, the emperor said again: "After a catastrophe, there will be chaos. It is impossible to build the railway to the disaster area, and it is absolutely impossible to repair the place that may be hit by the Yellow River catastrophe."

"So, in the flooded area, relief is still quite difficult."

"If it can be saved, it is best, the people will not be chaotic."

"If the people are in chaos..."

The emperor's fingernails coldly drew a line on the "diversion" of the Yellow River, and said indifferently: "With the Yellow River blocking, thieves and bandits are not allowed to go north. They must be blocked to the south of the Yellow River."

"There is the old Yellow River and the canal blocking it. There are also railways to transport food to the west of the old river, and the people's hearts are safe, so no one will follow the bandits. In addition to the railway transport of troops, if the bandits form a group, they will be broken. Therefore, the bandits and bandits can't go west. Flee and contact Henan Jingchu."

"There is a rich land in Songsu, the reform of the Duke of Xingguo has been completed, the prosperity is prosperous, and the food supply is continuous. This place cannot be chaotic. In addition, several ports near the sea by the navy can transport troops by mobile. The local gentry and rich merchants must be wary of rogues and thieves entering the village, so they must be enthusiastic Donate and support the imperial court. Therefore, thieves and bandits will not be able to flee south and mess up Songsu."

"Those who face east will die, and the sea will also."

"None of them can escape from the southeast to the northwest, this is a mortal situation."

"If there is no railway, if I am the leader of the bandits and rebels, I must fight to the death. I will not cross the river to the north, and I will not go to the rich and prosperous south. I must cross the canal and the old Yellow River and go straight to the Central Plains. I will fight in Chuanchu and wait for it. The world is changing. Only in this way can we have a chance."

"And once this is the case, the Central Plains, Sichuan and Chu will be corrupted, and the world will be in chaos. It will be impossible to accomplish anything, and I may be the king's precursor."

"However, since there is a railway, the Central Plains can be kept safe."

"At that time, you can be anxious or slow."

"If you are in a hurry, guard the Yellow River and the Central Plains, send troops from the East China Sea, squeeze them into a desperate situation, and annihilate them."

"It's slow...there will not be many people left in the future, and the fields will be abandoned or they will be moved overseas."

"So if we build the second road, we must go to Haizhou from Xuzhou. One is to protect the salt in Haizhou; the other is to prevent the chaos in northern Anhui. Cut off the area so that no matter where there is an incident, it cannot corrupt several provinces. But a province."

"As long as they are trapped within one province and do not corrupt several provinces, they can be wiped out with money from Songsu, grain from Liaodong, rice from Nanyang, and soldiers from Gyeonggi."

"The key thing is the navy. Without the navy, there will be no Songsu tax."

"Two are railways. Without railways, there is no potential for cutting."

"The rest can change or stay the same."

"For changes, the emphasis is on immigration outside the territory. Whenever there is a disaster, the young and strong are recruited to go to Fusang and the Southern Ocean."

"Unchanged, everything will remain the same, but it is only convenient for relief and suppression."

"Yes, the affairs of the world are only in these few places. If these few places are not chaotic, there will be no serious problems."

After all, he drew a few circles on the map with his finger.

Then he said slowly: "This is the law of success. If you can't even do these few things, you will be successful, and you can't keep it. Today's success is different from the past."

The emperor is teaching the prince hand in hand what exactly is "preservation".

The conventional wisdom of the past is no longer applicable.

And Dashun has come to this point, to be a successful king, he needs to build at least three railways, maintain a high-quality navy, maintain currency stability, complete currency reform, ensure central fiscal and tax sources, maintain foreign trade expansion, and ensure the quantity of commodity grain.

It sounds like any one of them is a reform, and even picking out one at random, compared with the Dashun 30 years ago, it is something that sounds incredible and needs drastic reforms.

But in fact, this is just the basic requirement of being a successful king.

If you can't do this, I'm afraid that even the king of success will not be able to do it.

And this can be summed up in one sentence: there is a difference between inside and outside, but we must never treat the inland as a colony of a pioneering region.

In fact, just because of this point, the emperor's expectations are a bit too high, and it can even be said to be high in the sky.

The meaning of the emperor can no longer be understood.

Now for the imperial power, the power comes from wealth, army, rice, food, these places where industry and commerce developed, this is the pillar of power of the Dashun imperial power.

For imperial power, the threat came from old, unreformed places.In these places, according to the tradition of the old age, there will be continuous uprisings one after another.

Do not intensify the uprising.

Don't give up power either.

Internally, continue to continue the past way of governance.

Even, it can be completely handed over to the Tianyou Temple, and the Tianyou Temple will be made into a group system, and the prime minister will be governed internally according to old experience and traditions.

The purpose... what is the purpose?
What was the purpose of the previous dynasties?
Is it true that there are some lofty ideals, that some people are really thinking about implementing the rule of three generations, or even thinking about implementing the well field system?
No.

The purpose of ruling before is to rule.

Collect taxes, rule, and prevent rebellion.

Now, half of the wealth in the hands of the Dashun imperial power comes from the land tax in the mainland, and half or more comes from Songsu, Northeast, Nanyang, and trade.

Among them, salt tax, export profits, monopoly, spices, and even Indian taxes will be added in the future.

The mainland should be governed according to past experience, light corvee and light taxes, or whatever, according to the established, original, traditional, and dynasty cycles.

These, the prime ministers, will figure it out.

As for commercial taxes, trade income, industry and commerce, navy, etc. outside, the emperor must grasp it in his hands.As long as we grasp these, are willing to provide disaster relief, and maintain the tradition of the small peasant economy in the interior, we can live for hundreds of years.It seems so, the emperor thinks so.

As for, does the emperor know that these things can only be stabilized for a while?
Obviously, the emperor knew.

Therefore, the emperor taught the prince what it should be like to be a "successful king" on the existing basis.

Because the emperor felt that the prince's talent was not enough to carry out reforms.It's not bad to be a successful king.

Want to completely solve many problems in the Mainland?Do you have this ability?Pragmatically, the emperor felt that as long as he didn't mess around, he would be thankful.

The emperor's own thoughts have been accompanied by little changes such as reforms, expansions, and technological advancements that have begun over the past 20 years.

Moreover, the emperor thought that he must be stronger than the prince, and the only way he could think of was to expand abroad. Don't let Songsu's impact on small farmers and the inland, but go to India, Nanyang, Persia, Africa, and the mainland. Europe.

According to the emperor's understanding, generally speaking, the cycle of a dynasty is only a 400-year fate, and it has always been like this.Now the mainland remains the same, and then relying on railway cutting, relief, and external resources, it seems that it is not impossible to double it and prosper for 800 years.

As for comprehensive and thorough changes... at the very least, what do you want to become?

The emperor himself did not know.

The emperor's understanding of the new era also stopped at the level of the Westernization Movement, such as building guns, laying railways, and building ships.

(End of this chapter)