Xinshun 1730

Chapter 856

The emperor prepared a step in advance.

If he dies at that time, it is not that the emperor did not cherish the people of Huanghuai but cherished 3000 million taels of silver, but that the plan was not thorough enough and may not be able to be implemented.

A group of officials also heard it, and thought that whether this matter can be done is another matter.

After the emperor found the steps, he asked the crowd to disperse.

With only his attendants, he strolled along the embankment, surrounded by guards with guns, controlling the roads everywhere.

Liu Yu went back to his residence. During this tour to the south, the princes and ministers who accompanied the emperor, along with their family members, also took a look at the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

Tian Zhenyi was at the queen's side at this time, and these women went to the queen's attendant every day, and they probably haven't arrived yet, so they probably haven't come back yet.

As soon as the front foot returned to the residence, the servant next to the emperor came on the back foot.

"Duke, Your Majesty wants the Duke to go over and walk along the embankment together, and watch the Huanghuai River. He also asked the Duke to bring the accounts with paper and pen. As for the accounts, His Majesty never told me, just said me, the Duke Naturally understand."

Liu Yuxin said that it was naturally about money, and replied: "Understood. Your Majesty only called me?"

"Your Majesty also summoned Mr. Liao. It is related to the governance of the Huai River. The horses and chariots are at the door. The Duke should hurry up and prepare those accounts. Let's go."

"Yes."

He dug out a box, handed it over, and someone was carrying it.

All the way to the embankment, the emperor was still staring at the water in a daze, and Liao Hanhui, a water conservancy official, stood a few feet behind him, not speaking.

When Liu Yu arrived, the emperor didn't immediately mention the matter of harnessing the Huai River, but expressed his emotion at the river water.

"The Emperor Wuzong of the previous dynasty once traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. It is said that he fell into the water here and became seriously ill. He died after returning to Beijing."

"In conclusion, when Emperor Wuzong received the Portuguese mission, he even kept Yasan, a fire interpreter, by his side. This Emperor Zhengde must be considered the first emperor to understand Latin."

"The Portuguese had already entered Nanyang at that time, and it is said that this fireman, Yasan, had also seen Portuguese firearms in Malacca. Tell me, did Emperor Zhengde know that Western firearms were sharp?"

"I feel that since the Emperor Zhengde had personally conscripted, he must have known the soldiers. Huo Zhe Yasan could be favored, so he said that in order to match his interests, he should talk more about military affairs."

"According to the history at that time, there was a sea patrol official who said: Portugal's gunfire has never been surpassed by any weapon since ancient times. Ordinarily, you should know it?"

It has been more than 200 years since the Zhengde period.The past has become history, Emperor Zhengde probably fell into the water near here?

Liu Yu also looked at the river, and heard the emperor's question, he said: "Don't talk about the past, even now, how can people's hearts guess it? If you want to praise Emperor Zhengde, you can say that he learned Portuguese. For Nanyang, for firearms. It’s just that he fell into the water and got sick, so he didn’t do it after all, and it was a good thing for him.”

"After all, if you don't do it, it will make people think about it infinitely. Most of them think about what they would do if they lived and did it."

"Emperor Taizong once said when he joined forces with Tian Bing of Jixianhui in Luoxiao Mountain: the most precious thing for a person is life. This life belongs to everyone, but there is only one life. You must hurry up and do what you need to do, because an inexplicable accident Sickness, or an accidental misfortune, will interrupt life. A hundred years is too long to seize the day."

Although these words were part of some "weird" words that Emperor Taizong said, if he really wanted to punish Liu Yu, these words could be characterized as "cursing the emperor".

But the emperor didn't want to punish Liu Yu at all at this time, so what he heard was Liu Yu's advice to him, "Don't worry about it, and do more things while you are in your prime."

The emperor just smiled, looked at the Taotao River, and also read a poem, only one or two lines.

"Summer dissolves, rivers overflow, and people may turn into fish and turtles. Who has commented on the merits and crimes of thousands of years?"

"In the past, King Qin sacrificed his loyalty and died. Emperor Taizong and Lingzu entered Sichuan and saw the heroic snow-capped mountains, so they wrote this word. Today, when I stand in Qingjiangpu and see the incidents in Huanghuai, I understand the true meaning. People, or fish and turtles. Thousand-year meritorious crimes , who commented?"

This is also one of the few poems copied by Li Guo, but this poem has been changed. The whole poem can really be taken out, and this is the only sentence left.

Compared with the original work, the changed parts are quite ingenious in terms of conception alone.

In the first half of the sentence, instead of flying up the jade dragon 300 million and provoking Zhou Tianhanche's sentence, it turned into some praise sentences.

It is very easy to understand the idea.

Borrowing the snow mountain to refer to the Ming Dynasty: the previous sentence is a compliment.

By referring to the exorcism of the Tartars and the peace of the world in the past, what kind of pride and justice?At the time of the great uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the summer melted away, and even all the people became fish and turtles.

The former is merit, the latter is sin.

Who will comment on the merits and demerits of Daming from birth to death?
It's just that although the intention is appropriate, the writing style is really hip compared to Yulong's 300 million original sentences, so now only the emperor reads such a sentence and it is widely spread.

Although the diction is poor and not easy to spread, but it is still suitable for Dashun.

In the past, it was also to drive out the Tartars, protect the world, and rebel soldiers. What kind of pride and justice?
Will Anzhi also melt away in the summer in the future, and be artificially fished?
The current reality is very close to the fish and turtles.

The course of the Yellow River has become so much higher, and the water level of Hongze Lake has become so high that people in northern and southern Jiangsu have made up rhetoric, thinking that if the dam breaks one day, Yangzhou will be invisible.

But water treatment, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

If it can't be cured, the tragedy of returning to the river in Sanyi seems to be worse than being cured.The emperor was worried that in the future he would be on par with those of Zhao and Song in the future, and what he was thinking was Han Wu Tang Zong.

Liao Hanhui's principle of water control sounds feasible, and it definitely adheres to Yu Sheng's principle of "blocking is worse than dredging".

In the Song Dynasty, Li Chui wrote "Guiding the River to Shape the Victory Book", adhering to the same principle-now the reason why the Yellow River bursts is mainly because the downstream river channel is not smooth to the sea, since a river channel is not smooth, then simply dig a hole for the Yellow River Five or six rivers go out to sea, so that on the one hand, it can reduce the pressure on the old rivers, and on the other hand, it can also be used as water conservancy facilities, and by the way, it can also be used as military facilities.

The truth seems to be no problem, and it definitely has nothing to do with Sanyi's return to the river.

Because this theory looks like it is for the purpose of not changing the Dao.Otherwise, why dig so many estuaries?
In the end, Sanyi returned to the river because of the breach of the Yellow River, so he planned to control the Yellow River by the way.

Sanyi Huihe, this is actually somewhat similar to the Huanghuai plan that Kang Bushao said to make Liu Yu "a gentleman stay away from the kitchen".Taking advantage of the natural disaster of the Yellow River breach, by the way, change the direction of the Yellow River, and human intervention when the opening is blocked, go to Shandong instead of Jiangsu.

And Liao Hanhui's Tonghuai plan is more similar to Li Chui's "Guiding the River Shaped Winning Book".

It is believed that the water of the Huaihe River is held in Hongze Lake. It is better to dig the mouth of the Huaihe River to make the Huaihe River unobstructed, so that the upper and middle reaches will not burst when there is a flood, and by the way, water conservancy facilities can be used for irrigation.

Li Chui's ideas had a great influence back then, but they were shelved in the end.

To sum up the reasons, just two words.

No money.

Can't afford to toss.

Is Dashun rich?
If we only look at the taxes within the Celestial Dynasty, Dashun actually has no money.

One billion mu of land, plus salt tax, is only 3000 million taels a year, which is really pitiful.

However, Dashun’s tax potential has almost been exploited. The imperial court collects 3000 million taels a year, and the apportionment and forced labor below add up. I dare not say that much, but there must be [-] million taels.

Whether the landlord is a middleman or not is a class thinking.

Even if this kind of class thinking is removed, the middlemen in the pure sense of statecraft, such as subordinate officials and local officials, can eat up Dashun's tax revenue potential.

3000 million taels may seem like a lot, but in fact, if it is converted into tax in kind and the inflation caused by the influx of silver is included, it is actually similar to the era of Zhu Yuanzhang in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.

Moreover, it was still a military household system at that time, and Dashun's Liangjiazi was considered a higher-level military household, but the 20 field soldiers and the largest fleet in Asia in the hands of the imperial court were also huge expenditures.

That is to say, the overseas trade has been expanded in these years, and the emperor has a few money in his hands, so that he can dare to think about it.

But the emperor's state of mind at this time is also quite contradictory and complicated.

After reading two poems in his mouth, he considered the merits and demerits of thousands of years, and that person commented.

The merits and demerits of this thousand years must be viewed from two aspects.

Li Gan himself said that he is not an ostrich.

Since it's not an ostrich, Liao Hanhui made it so clear: Don't worry about it now, everything will be business as usual, and there may be a day when "Gaoyou and Yangzhou will not meet each other".

It used to be possible to say, oops I don't know.

Now that it is clear, if you don't know, it is an ostrich.

As an ostrich, if something happens in the future, how will future generations comment?

Going forward, Dashun was really incapable before.It was not until Li Gan went to fight the Raksha people that he recovered, cleaned the caves, emigrated to Liaodong, and stabilized the situation. Only then did it prove that the recuperation of these years has slowed down.

In the future, in all dynasties, the most capable time period for doing great things is when the country was founded for about a hundred years.

Everything before has not completely decayed, and all kinds of contradictions after that have not yet fully erupted. It is hard to say whether Dashun will be chaotic after a hundred years.

Li Gan himself is an extremely conceited person. He feels that if he is criticized by an old man, he is definitely better than his son. If he can't do something, his son will definitely not be able to do it in the future.

I'd better learn from Tang Taizong's conquest of Goguryeo, and resolve all possible crises and disasters before my son takes power. I can't expect my son to have the same level as Li Zhi.

Well, we can’t pretend to be an ostrich now. If we don’t manage the Huaihe River, one day in the future, Hongze Lake will collapse and the Huanghuai River will be completely destroyed. How should future generations judge him?
This is one point.

Another one is, even if we have to do it, can things be done well?

With a lot of money, the Huaihe River was also repaired, and half of it went into the sea and half of it went into the river.

As a result, after the repair was completed, there was a heavy rain, which was worse than before the repair...

How will future generations judge him?
At that time, Li Gan would really not be reconciled to juxtaposing him with Zhao Song and others.

Even more ruthless.

Take things like going to Yangzhou, building canals, changing the official system, setting up new schools, and fighting in all directions.

Insinuating that he was just a bit lucky, how about Yang Guang who caught up with the age of firearms and maritime trade?
"Thousands of meritorious crimes, thousands of years of meritorious crimes..."

The emperor looked at the river and muttered to himself.

After a long time, he suddenly asked a question that frightened Liao Hanhui and his attendants half to death.

"Duke Zhou was afraid of the day of rumors, when Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp..."

"If I die now, how will I be evaluated in the future?"

Only Liu Yu secretly thought in his heart, well, a good political animal is improper, and he has committed the serious illness of "being a person" again.

(End of this chapter)