my days with tyrants

Chapter 105 Rebuild Mountains and Rivers?A spectacle wronged the country?

Fengyang.

"This is the current Yellow River. This is the Yellow River before Du Chong dug Li Gudu. As long as the Yellow River is still taking over the Huai River, then we must face the long-term decline of Henan.

The repeated breaches of the Yellow River made life difficult for the people in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

The impact of the flood and the cover of sediment deposits after the water receded made the entire plain, which was the richest in the Northern Song Dynasty, become impoverished, and the Yellow River water poured into the Huaihe River flooded the Huaihe River, and the sediment deposited in Hongze Lake also , It also made the bottom of this lake gradually rise and formed a serious threat to Huainan, so that Huaiyang had to rely on dams for protection.

It can be said that Henan, Shandong, and the Huaihe River have all suffered greatly from the Yellow River.

The solution is actually quite simple.

Taking advantage of the sparsely populated area in Hebei, they simply tried to find a way to guide the river to resume its northward flow.

Once and for all. "

Yang Feng was promoting his big project to the map hanging on the wall.

Of course, it is purely a PPT project.

The purpose is actually very simple, to take advantage of Zhu Yunxi's youth and encouragement, to find some grand ambitions for him, let his blood surge, and let him be full of imagination for the future...

Fudge!

It's just cheating!

By fooling him, he was transformed into a Chinese teacher in Zhu Yunxi's mind.

As for whether it is feasible...

In fact, it is not purely a brain hole.

Because in terms of the interests of the Yellow River, Beiliu is the most reasonable, and Nanliu has destroyed too much. It can be said that there is no harm. The general trend has not changed.The Nanliu was only caused by human beings. After Du Chong dug the Yellow River, the north and the south entered a confrontation for more than 100 years, and there was no one to control it. By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, the capital was in the north, and of course it was impossible to lead it back to the north.

Besides, the original ideal of the Mongols was to turn all the Han land into grasslands.

In the later period, river regulation was only for water transportation.

But for Daming, the southern stream of the Yellow River is the least in line with interests.

Beiliu is right.

Once the Yellow River resumes its northward flow, the prosperity of Luxi and Henan will be restored, the problem of the imperial mausoleum will be resolved, the problem of flooding of the Huaihe River will be alleviated, and the problem of siltation at the outlet of Hongze Lake will no longer exist. Prosperity is also restored.

The only problem is that the diversion will wreak havoc on the people of the new river.

but……

There's no one there now!
Restoring the Yellow River in the Northern Song Dynasty is to let the Yellow River run obliquely from Zhengzhou to Tianjin to the north, and mainly flow through the areas of Weihui Mansion, Daming Mansion and Hejian Mansion. Now the combined population of these three mansions is only hundreds of thousands, so it is enough to move ahead of time.With the current administrative capacity of the Ming Dynasty, it is fully capable of completing the immigration in this area, and this diversion must take the Wei River. Before the diversion, dams can be built on both sides of the Wei River in advance to make arrangements.Although there will be some costs, it is much better than having to face a breach in Henan every less than two years on average in the future. The Yellow River breached twice in three years in the Ming Dynasty, and breached every year in the later period, and drowned casually. Hundreds of thousands are not uncommon.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, the whole Xuzhou was gone.

Moreover, the Yellow River is destined to flow northward. Instead of waiting for the next copper tile chamber, it is better to artificially lead it there.

You must know that the drowning of the bare copper tiles and the death of the famine later have to be tens of millions.

In this way, taking advantage of the current small population in the north, it is definitely a good deal for the former to work hard to carry out a large-scale project, compared with the constant entanglement with the Yellow River in later generations.

Of course, the water transport was cut off.

Because the northern section of the Wei River is now a canal.

Once the North River of the Yellow River is restored, the water transport system of the Northern Song Dynasty must be rebuilt, that is, to connect the Luohe River and open the Shimen to enter the Yellow River water system.

So there is no such problem.

Moreover, the maintenance cost of the Beiliu River is extremely low.

Because the entire downstream section can completely ignore it and break through at will. This is why the Tang and Song Dynasties were not really entangled by the Yellow River until the Han Dynasty. And the effect is limited.Because in the case of the North River of the Yellow River, the downstream breach can only be to the east, that is, to flood in the direction of the Bohai Bay, which is the area between the modern Yellow River and the Hai River, and there were few people in this area in the Ming Dynasty. .

From the northern boundary of Shandong to the Haihe River, there is only one Yanshan County on the vast land of nearly 100 kilometers from north to south and more than [-] kilometers from east to west.

It's all salt flats.

Flood casually.

Moreover, even if the river broke westward, it was actually a wetland water network at this time, and the entire eastern area of ​​Hejian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty was a pasture.

Bandits are rampant, water networks are densely covered, and people are sparsely populated.

Therefore, the length of the section of the Yellow River that needs to be maintained after the North Flow is almost half that of the South Flow.

It can be said that apart from being shocking, this is almost the perfect solution. It takes ten years to leave enough width on both sides of the Wei River, then build two embankments, and then connect it to the north bank of the Yellow River, and finally solve the problem by removing the dam. , the specific location is still in the Yangwu area.There is now one Yangwu and one Yuanwu in that place, and the two counties face each other across the river. In the 24th year of Hongwu, Yuanwu broke through, which is the current Yellow River. In Hongwu, Yangwu broke through in 15 years, so the necessary conditions for diversion are already met.

"However, this requires huge human and financial resources, especially a large number of civilian workers, which can be said to consume a huge amount of national power."

Zhang Xianzong said.

"Then it depends on how it works."

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Zhu Yunxi looked at him with obvious excitement.

Obviously, the ambitions in the emperor's grandson's heart have been aroused. This is much more exciting than fighting. Artificially diverting the Yellow River and beautifying it can be said to be rebuilding the mountains and rivers, especially if this is the original direction of the Yellow River. Then his grandfather expelled the Tartars To restore China, he will directly count as rebuilding mountains and rivers.

Grand narratives are always easy to make teenagers excited!
"First, you can't recruit civilian husbands, all the manpower is hired, and the wages can't be less, and the wages are paid for food and housing, and the wages are not lower than what they have harvested from farming at home for a year.

Second, all the required materials are purchased from the private sector and the price is reasonable.

Third, the relocated population not only required the imperial court to pay for housing and resettlement, to provide land with cattle and seeds, but also to provide sufficient compensation. "

Yang Feng said.

"How much does that cost?"

Zhang Xianzong said in astonishment.

In other words, it would have to hire hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands, and His Majesty the emperor even paid prostitutes for free, so asking him to pay for hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands is simply a fantasy.

"Isn't money printed?

As long as the Wa country is conquered, the gold and silver mines are obtained and a large amount of gold and silver is produced, money is not a problem.

Instead we need to spend money.

At that time, how to spend money reasonably is the problem. "

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the most important thing at that time is not the lack of money, but how to spend the money. Based on the current situation, it is estimated that next year, Daming will take over the Iwami Silver Mine and Sado Island, and the silver mines in Liaodong have begun to be mined in small quantities this year.So at most, when Zhu Yuanzhang died, Ming Dynasty would not be short of silver. At that time, the free exchange of precious banknotes could be released. The current system is originally an expedient measure. It is too advanced to play the national credit standard in this era.

It is destined not to last long.

Originally, his plan for Zhu Yuanzhang was to survive the first few years, wait for the large-scale mining of the Ishimi Silver Mountain and the Sado Island Gold Mountain, and then gradually release the free exchange.

Transfer gold and silver coins.

Convertible gold and silver double standard.

And this time period should be after Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang also imagined this way, and his grandson would let go as soon as he succeeded to the throne, so as to buy people's hearts.

But after there is more gold and silver, how to turn the increased currency into economic development requires a big project. This grand project of rebuilding mountains and rivers will be carried out in the form of state investment.To put it simply, Zhu Yunxi printed banknotes, used the banknotes to hire civilians, purchase supplies, and then let go of the free exchange of gold and silver coins to ensure that the precious banknotes would not depreciate.

But the copper coins cannot be let go.

Because it is necessary to keep enough copper cast guns.

The common people get wages and increase their spending power, and the same large-scale state procurement will also lead to the rapid development of private industry and commerce...

The Ming version of Roosevelt's New Deal.

Primary version of Keynes.

The emperor realized his grand plan, the common people got real money, solved the problem of the Yellow River for future generations, promoted private industry and commerce, gave birth to the capitalists of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty entered a new era with prosperity.

Of course, there are also those who are simply giving.

The Japanese people are paying, after all, they have to mine for the Ming emperor.

Only Japanese people are injured in the world.

In fact, they also got it. After all, they got the protection of the Ming Emperor. Although they lost gold and silver, they got the mighty grace of heaven!One must be content and be grateful. In short, it is their honor to be able to mine for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. They can work hard in the silver mine, and then feel the glory of being under the protection of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Imagine the rapid changes of the Ming Dynasty. Proud to be under the patronage of such a great emperor.

So they also got what they deserved.

Yang Feng's explanation made Zhu Yunxi suddenly open his eyes...

It can be so!

"Your Highness, money must flow in order to create value. Your Majesty's focus on agriculture, although it can be said to have a long-term vision, can only be said to be a last choice for recuperation after the troubled times. Although he may think that this is his ideal society.

But he is wrong.

The future belongs to business and industry.

It is true that the foundation cannot be shaken, but what we need is for the tree to grow upwards, spread out its branches and leaves, and even be full of flowers, and become a cluster of flowers, rather than a very strong trunk all the time.You need to reform his things that do not adapt to the times, encourage commercial circulation, encourage industry, let go of the restrictions on household registration, let go of the flow of people, and no longer restrict identities by occupation.

These are all necessary.

Of course, you have to build a better tax system.

Especially industrial and commercial taxes.

In this way, while spending money, you can continue to get back the money, and then my bank will absorb deposits and then give you loans. The tax and loans add up to enough to maintain your financial income and expenditure.In fact, the tax of the Ming Dynasty was really too low, but the agricultural tax must not be increased, because the grain produced by farmers is the basis for maintaining all of us, so we must support agriculture.Encourage land reclamation, new agricultural technology, and the introduction of improved varieties, so in the future we will have to go to the Americas to get new seeds, but these new crops will take a long time to improve except sweet potatoes, which can quickly realize their value.

This is not immediate.

In short, the agricultural tax cannot be increased, and farmers must be rewarded for growing grain.

Then shift the main source of tax revenue to industry and commerce.

You have to know how to collect taxes. "

Yang Feng said.

"Excessive taxation?"

Zhang Xianzong was speechless.

As a Fujianese, of course I support industry and commerce, but while supporting industry and commerce, at the same time adding various exorbitant taxes to industry and commerce, this is hard to like.

"What kind of tax is our tax? Have you heard of the window tax? Britain, the most powerful country in the future, once collected a window tax. It collected as much tax as there were windows, which made the windows blocked in the country. Until our time, There are still many such old buildings in their country. Have you heard of the beard tax? 400 years later, Russia’s most powerful monarch, Peter, whom they called the Great, collected a beard tax. Men who want to grow long beards have to pay the tax. Women cover it Have you ever heard of the tax on the chest? A later monarch in southern India forbade lowly women to wear clothes on their upper body.

But if you want to cover your chest, you have to pay taxes separately.

Exorbitant taxes?

You haven't seen what exorbitant taxes are.

Heard of pre-collection?That is, the tax was collected in advance. In later generations, there was a melee between warlords. In order to collect money, some local warlords could collect the tax 80 years later.

Since ancient times, it has never been heard that there is tax on shit, but now there is only fart without tax.

This is exorbitant taxation.

The Ming Dynasty did not need to collect exorbitant taxes. It just collected all the commercial taxes in Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it could get a huge income in a year.

What's more, there will be tariffs in the future when overseas trade is opened up. If we take a broken porcelain plate to Tianfang, the price will be sky-high, and the price will not only increase by a hundred times, so it is reasonable for us to charge twice the export tax?Imported spices are wild trees all over the mountains and plains in the place of origin. They are picked casually and are as cheap as sand. Then they are still so expensive in Daming, so it is reasonable for us to charge some tariffs, right?
Everyone has to pay taxes!

It is said that there is not even a decent taxation agency now. At that time, even the township had a special taxation office.

The most powerful law enforcement department in our most powerful country at that time was the tax department. Even robbers had to pay taxes. It was clearly stipulated that the proceeds of theft and robbery must be taxed, so the first thing the robbers did when they found out that they might be caught was to hurry up. Paying taxes, because the penalty of being caught by the government is not as heavy as tax evasion.

On the contrary, if you don't pay taxes, the tax department will send troops to the door with cannons. "

Yang Feng said.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhang Xianzong looked at each other.

At this time, there was a series of yelling outside, accompanied by the sound of horseshoes and women's shouts.

Zhang Xianzong opened the door.

"Ambassador Yang, Miss Zhang is here!"

He said.

Yang Feng went over unexpectedly and looked at Zhang Ying who was outside.

The latter was being stopped by the guards.

"Yang Feng, the princess told you to go back quickly. Ying Tianfu copied your factory and took many workers away, saying it was a lie to confuse the public. In addition, your night school was sealed up, and your adopted daughters were not allowed to go down the mountain. They are indecent."

Seeing him, Zhang Ying shouted hastily.

"Fuck, this is a blatant provocation. Think my extraterritoriality is a display?"

Yang Feng said angrily.

(End of this chapter)