I want to be a grandson

Chapter 503 When something goes wrong, there must be a demon

"Qin Butang, let's talk about this matter in the hall."

Zhu Yunxi took Qin Kui into the side hall of Jinshen Hall, and the two sat down.

Wang Zhong brought him a cup of steaming black tea and put it on the table, and asked, "Your Majesty, should we light a brazier or light an earth dragon?"

Although the sound was not loud, Qin Kui could still hear it when he was sitting next to him.

Zhu Yunxie glared at him, and said angrily: "The weather is cold now, charcoal and firewood are so expensive, and you have to light a brazier and light a dragon, it's really a bad family who doesn't know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt!

My internal storage is so clean that I can run a horse, how can I have money to buy charcoal, or else it will be deducted from your monthly bill? "

Wang Zhong knew that His Majesty was not the one who hated him, so he said with a smile on the sidelines: "The monthly bills of slaves are not enough to subsidize the family, and even if slaves are filial, they can't buy a few catties of charcoal..."

Turning to Qin Kui again, "Qin Butang, you are the department hall of our Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty is reluctant to make a pot of coals in the cold weather. What do you think should be done? The slaves can't squeeze out money, Qin Butang can't Will it be the same as a slave?"

"Uh……"

Qin Kui was choked all of a sudden!
I was speechless for a moment.

Can he not hear His Majesty's words?This is crying poor to yourself.

Qin Kui can have a hundred reasons to say that he has no money. After all, the Ministry of Industry has too many things to do every year, and just mentioning a few things can cover up the past.

Every sum of money is useful, so I can't give it to His Majesty to subsidize the internal treasury, can I?
If you really want to do this, the six officials in the DPRK must impeach themselves to death!And all the officials in the court will despise themselves!

This is definitely a sycophant!

But I can't say I don't have money... because once I say that, wouldn't I be the same as a eunuch?

This dead eunuch deliberately ran on himself!Dig yourself a hole!

Although Qin Kui couldn't stop complaining in his heart, he still didn't show it on his face. He cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I used to say that the Yellow River is full of harm, and only profit. The river is divided into the front and the back. The back is rich Wheat, millet, the forage grass is green and strong, it is a very good pasture,
Since the Yellow River flooded in ancient times, only the Hetao area has benefited, but now the sand painting in the entire Northwest has become very serious, and in many places there is no grass but only loose land and dust. "

"In addition, the Mongolian Oala and the Tatars are entrenched in the northwest and northern borders. The imperial court set up military towns in these places, and a large number of soldiers and horses are stationed here.
They set up farmland locally, reclaimed land, and planted food, which did reduce the burden on the court.
But it did cause the plants to be burned in many places, the trees were cut down, they were no longer green, and the sediment content of the Yellow River increased year by year, which is not a good thing..."

What Qin Kui said is true. With the severe desertification in the Northwest, the Mongols are also forced to migrate westward or eastward.
Some Mongols went to Qinghai, and some went to the north of Zhangjiakou, or even the Liaozhong area, entangled with the Jurchen tribes in the Northeast.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng and others turned the northwest region into a pot of porridge. It was really hard for the people to live, but the Mongols there did not take the opportunity to attack, nor did they make trouble.
The reason is because they have already run away!
The Yellow River has all kinds of harm, only profit, hehe, the only benefit is gone, and the rest are all harm!

Zhu Yunxi asked: "Qin Butang, let me ask you, according to your plan in the memorial, how many years will it take to manage the Yellow River from the source, including the messy projects you mentioned?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, if the problem of the Yellow River is completely resolved, I estimate that the project should be completed in eight to ten years.

"I'm asking you, how much money do you need to spend? How many civil servants do you need to use?"

"This one……"

Qin Kui, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, of course knew that this was a huge project, and the money it would cost was astronomical, but he didn't know the exact amount.

Because when governing the Yellow River, people often don't follow people's assumptions.

For example, what you have done is almost done, but once the heavy rain hits and the Yellow River rises, the previous projects may be washed away overnight. Even if they are not washed away, the difficulty and construction period will be greatly increased.

Among them, it is difficult to estimate the time to deal with emergencies, as well as financial, material and human resources.

Seeing his appearance, Zhu Yunxi asked again: "Qin Butang, if you really manage the Yellow River according to what you said, how many years can the Yellow River be kept safe and sound? Will it not harm the people on both sides of the strait?"

Qin Kui thought for a while and said seriously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, if the imperial court is really willing to make great efforts to control the Yellow River, as long as the Yellow River is not particularly flooded, it should be safe for 20 years..."

"Qin Butang, that is to say, once there is a disaster year, heavy rains continue, the water level of the Yellow River rises and the sediment increases, the project you have done can't even be managed for 20 years, right?"

Zhu Yunxi knew that the 20 years he said had some ideal elements, so he immediately exposed it mercilessly!

It is a good thing to do things for the imperial court, but one cannot be too ideal!

Especially when it involves major events in the world, involving hundreds of millions of Li people, it is better to think about the disadvantages than to take chances!

Qin Kui's forehead was covered with sweat, he understood what His Majesty asked, but he was only thinking about doing things for the court, so he couldn't help thinking of the best...

"Your Majesty, the damage caused by the Yellow River is due to the fact that there is too much sediment in the river. The Yellow River carries the sediment and flows through the northwest plateau area. Due to the geographical location, the current is turbulent.

When the Yellow River flows through the plain area, due to the loss of the topographical drop, the water flow gradually becomes flat, which makes the large amount of sediment carried in the Yellow River unable to continue forward, resulting in the accumulation of sediment in the plain area, and the river bed continues to rise. "

"The rise of the river bed means that the height of the river's water level has risen, and this has created an aboveground river, but the embankments on both sides of the Yellow River have not yet been raised. In this case, it is not surprising that the river bank bursts in the event of heavy rain. ..."

"And the silt brought by the Yellow River cannot be removed by manpower. Therefore, in the concept of the colleagues from the Ministry of Industry, if the Yellow River can take away the silt by itself, then this problem can be solved!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxi flipped through the memorial and asked, "So you plan to narrow the river first, and then divert water from nearby rivers into the Yellow River?"

Qin Kui's eyes lit up, and he said with a little excitement, "That's right, what Your Majesty said is exactly!"

"Increasing the speed of the Yellow River will take the opportunity to take away the riverbed sediment and lower the riverbed...and also build a large artificial lake at the gap in the river. When the Yellow River breaks its embankment, a large amount of river water will flow into the artificial lake, and then build a dam to intercept the river...

In this way, the harm caused by the break of the Yellow River's embankment can be reduced, and the people on both sides of the Yellow River will not be harmed by it, but the land can be cultivated and benefit a lot..."

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said nothing. The plan for harnessing the Yellow River proposed by Qin Kui was also mentioned by Pan Jixun during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Hundreds of years after this theory of governing the Yellow River was put forward, the West came up with the same governance thought.

"Qin Butang, have you considered another issue? Once the Yellow River narrows, the water will inevitably flow quickly. Although it can take away the river sand, it also brings hidden dangers.

Once there is a heavy rain, the water level of the Yellow River will rise. If there is no time to drain it, it will definitely hit the dam. According to the current engineering strength of Daming, can it withstand the impact of the flood?

You must know that once the Yellow River floods, it will inevitably cause unpredictable consequences! "

The reason why Zhu Yunxi said this is because the quality of the current project is incomparable with that of later generations!
When later generations built dikes and dams, they needed to use a lot of stones, cement, steel, and many other technologies that are simply unattainable now...

These are simply not available now.

Who can guarantee the quality of the projects built?

And even if the ancients were smart and the quality of the construction was excellent, it was impossible for Zhu Yunxi to agree to his plan!

Zhu Yunxi stared at him and said: "Qin Butang, I understand what you said, but I can't use the power of the whole country to control the Yellow River, and it's impossible to cause Ming Dynasty to be weak because of this incident, do you understand?"

Qin Kui was startled, and quickly fell to his knees on the ground, "My minister is only focused on governing the river, and has absolutely no other intentions, please be careful, Your Majesty!"

The reason why Qin Kui had such a big reaction was because of the warning of history.

In [-] B.C., the first year of King Qin Yingzheng,

The construction of the Zhengguo Canal was presided over by Korean hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo in Qin State, and it took about ten years to complete.

The Zhengguo Canal is indeed a great project built by the ancient people. It is the earliest large-scale water conservancy project built in Guanzhong. It is located on the north bank of the Jinghe River in the northwest of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province today.

The Zhengguo Canal diverts Jingshui in the west and injects Luoshui in the east, which is more than [-] miles long.

With the construction of the Zhengguo Canal, Guanzhong suddenly became a land of abundance, with fertile fields and thousands of miles, thus establishing the strength of Qin to rule the world.

But the reason why South Korea gave Zheng Guo to Qin to build water conservancy projects was to adopt the "measure of exhausting Qin".

Qin Guo wanted to go east to unify the world, and South Korea was the first to bear the brunt. At that time, South Korea was afraid of Qin, so it sent Zheng Guo, a hydraulic engineer, into Qin to offer advice on building canals.

It is to use the project of Zheng Guoqu to consume Qin's manpower and resources and weaken Qin's army, so that Qin will fall into a weak situation and will no longer be able to attack other countries.

This is like a sugar-coated cannonball, although it is beautiful, it is very dangerous.

However, Qin State survived, and South Korea's move backfired, making Qin State even stronger.

Qin Guo swallowed the sugar coating and threw the shell back!As a result, not only South Korea, but also other countries in Kanto were wiped out in one fell swoop!
If we really want to control the Yellow River according to Qin Kui's plan, it will be another Zheng Guoqu...

Back then, Qin was able to survive, but Daming was not sure.

Furthermore, there is no need for soldiers to take risks.

Zhu Yunxi stood up from the chair, walked to Qin Kui, stretched out his hand to help him up and said, "Qin Butang's loyalty, I naturally understand, I don't need to say more about this, I believe in Qin Butang!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yunxi was not going around in circles with him anymore, and asked bluntly: "Qin Butang, you are also a knowledgeable person, you should know that I will not agree to this plan to control the Yellow River, tell me, what are you going to do specifically?"

Qin Kui wanted to smile and ease the atmosphere, but found himself very embarrassed,

His Majesty has seen through his thoughts, so how can he go around in circles?
I had no choice but to say honestly: "Your Majesty, Shengming... Actually, the Ministry of Industry is planning to build a dam from Kaifeng Mansion, the speaker's Guide Mansion (that is, today's Shangqiu), passing through Xuzhou and Huai'an, and then entering the sea..."

What Qin Kui said was the flow direction of the Yellow River during the Ming Dynasty, which is different from that of later generations.

The Yellow River of later generations was only diverted in [-]. It slanted northeastward from the Lankao area of ​​Kaifeng, went through Puyang and Liaocheng, passed Jinan, Binzhou, and Lijin, and entered the sea.

Zhu Yunxi smiled, "It is said that Qin Butang is an honest man, but today it seems that he is not so honest, and he has a lot of ghosts!"

Qin Kui squeezed out a smile on his face, and said in agreement, "I want to report the truth, but the officials below think that I should report more. When the court disagrees, they will come up with the original plan, so that the court will not be able to refuse. I'll teach him a lesson when I go down, there are so many ghosts!"

Zhu Yunxi knew that he was not shirking responsibility and letting others take the blame for him, but to make himself happy, so he said: "It can be seen that there is something in the ghostly mind that can make Qin Butang agree."

Picked up the memorial from the case, handed it to Qin Kui and said, "Write a new one, ask the people from the household department to help check and calculate the expenses, and bring it to the court meeting."

"Yes! I obey!"

Qin Kui left the Jinshen Hall with a wry smile, really stealing chickens and losing money!

It seems that we still have to be honest and pragmatic in the future, His Majesty doesn't rub the sand in his eyes!
Here, Qin Kui was devastated, and Li Jinglong was also uncomfortable in the mansion of the Governor of the Five Armies.

As soon as I came to the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies today, I felt a strange look.

He always felt that everyone looked at him strangely, with mockery and gloating, which was abnormal after all.

But where is the blame, he can't tell why.

When he came to Feng Sheng's place, he just finished discussing with Wang Bi and others, and sat down to talk.

Seeing Li Jinglong's arrival, other than the meaning in their eyes, the others showed no other expressions, which made Li Jinglong feel weird and uncomfortable, but he couldn't say anything.

But Dingyuan Hou Wangbi didn't pay that much attention, he laughed and said, "So it's Cao Guogong, disrespect and disrespect, please sit down quickly..."

As he spoke, he pulled Li Jinglong and asked him to sit next to Song Guogong Feng Sheng, sitting side by side with him.

Li Jinglong hurriedly said: "You don't have to be polite, it's not right to bother you, how dare you sit up, Dingyuan Hou is more polite."

My family knew about my own family affairs. Although others were just marquises, they fought with their lives on the battlefield with a knife and a gun. The title is genuine!
And he is just taking over his father's title. Although he is a duke of the state, he is not worthy of his name after all. Among them, he has no confidence to be proud, nor does he have the confidence to sit high.

When I usually get along with them, I just make ordinary acquaintances, and I don't know how to maintain my identity at all, and they don't think so highly of themselves...

what is it today?
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

(End of this chapter)