Chapter 612 River Administration Construction (2)

"The key to the construction of river governance lies in what form to use to manage the river and what concept to use to manage the river. What the public says is right, and what the mother-in-law says is right."

Emperor Chongzhen lifted up his skirt, looked down at the map of river administration in front of him, and said loudly: "If our thoughts cannot be unified, no matter how many river management talents there are, we will not be able to ensure the stability of the river administration in the Ming Dynasty.

Pan Jixun of the Wanli Dynasty put forward many river management concepts, which in my opinion are good and beneficial, especially the method of concentrating water and flushing sand, which is a good governance for the Yellow River.

Pan Jixun's strategy to control the Yellow River's traffic, including building near embankments to contain the river, and building remote embankments to prevent breaches, and even the corresponding embankment system and strict maintenance system, if the court and local governments can resolutely implement

If we implement it thoroughly, I believe we will definitely see results within ten years."

We are not afraid of spending money on river governance construction. After all, if we want to coordinate river governance well, it is obviously unrealistic to just want to ensure the stability of the main water areas without a huge amount of money.

The biggest fear in river management construction is that a huge amount of money will be poured into it. It will still be flooded this year, collapsed next year, and collapsed the year after that. No results in river management have been seen at all, but a group of corrupt officials have been fattened.

For officials in the river administration area, even if they took one or two bribes, it would be calculated in terms of one hundred thousand taels. After all, the amount of money they passed was too large.

This also made Emperor Chongzhen put the most effort and energy into the government offices established for river administration, whether it was internal supervision or external supervision.

Nan Juyi bowed slightly and said: "The river administration colleges currently established in the capital, including the branches set up in various places, strictly follow the river management concepts proposed by Pan Jixun and conduct corresponding training.

In the past period of time, the governor's offices of the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Canal have carried out detailed summaries of the exploration of the river basins under their respective jurisdictions.

In particular, projects such as the Gaojiayan Dam and the attached reservoir must be rebuilt. If these projects can be properly constructed and gradually replaced with cement, I believe that in less than ten years, our Ming Dynasty will be..."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know much about the specific construction of river administration, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand it. Only those who were good at managing rivers under the Ming Dynasty understood it.

Even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty cannot understand everything, but Emperor Chongzhen understands that when it comes to planning in the corresponding fields, it is enough to ensure the support of manpower, material and financial resources, and to clarify a correct idea.

"The Qing family will directly explain how much money it will cost to coordinate and manage the Ming Dynasty's river administration." Emperor Chongzhen stared at the map in front of him, stretched out his hand and said to Nan Juyi.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it only requires 30 million taels of silver, which is still the minimum."

Nan Juyi gritted his teeth, bowed his hands and said, "But I can assure your majesty, including the governors who control the river, that the imperial court can allocate this batch of special funds for river control in batches year by year, for up to ten years, our Ming Dynasty

Ha Zheng will never show up..."

"I'm sure."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes flashed with sparkle, and he said loudly: "Don't say 30 million taels of silver, even 40 million taels of silver. If we can reverse the situation of the Ming Dynasty's river politics, which collapses year after year, we can ensure the stability of all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

, the money spent is worth it.”

River governance cost a huge amount of money, and Emperor Chongzhen was well prepared. After all, it was not about repairing one mile or two miles, but it involved thousands of miles away, involving many levels, and many construction projects, including later stabilization of water and soil, which required large-scale construction.

Transplanting projects all require sunk costs.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Nan Juyi, who could not hide his excitement, knelt down and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, saying: "If the imperial court can make such determination to repair and build river management projects on a large scale, and with the cooperation of local disaster relief agencies, then every year

The projects built will definitely bring different changes to the place."

Counting from the Wanli Dynasty, through the short-lived Taichang Dynasty, to the Tianqi Dynasty, and then to the Chongzhen Dynasty, under the Ming Dynasty in these years, countless places have suffered from floods and waterlogging, especially those involving the Yellow River.

There are so many that they are countless.

"Whether I am wise or not is not the key."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "The key to the problem is whether your river administration, involving the construction of local river administration, can form continuity to ensure that the world can see changes.

30 million taels of silver is not a small amount of money. How much will the tax be for the next year?

It is impossible for the imperial court to divert all the money stored in the treasury to river management. After all, it involves other levels of expenditure, which must also be protected.

Just like the suppression of Pingliao, the stability of the northwest territory, the stability of the northern border areas, the various things done by the disaster relief agencies in various places, the rectification of the roads, etc., the food and wages to be allocated must also be guaranteed.

No matter how wise I am as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if you cannot let the world see the results, do the Qing family think that there are ministers in the court who will support such expenditures on river control?"

"Your Majesty, I have detailed arrangements here."

When Nan Juyi heard this, he hurriedly took out the memorial and said: "The imperial court can ensure 3 million taels of silver every year, allocate it to special funds for river management, and assign ministers to various river governance governors' yamen to ensure that they regulate the rivers.

To do this, we will build the most difficult river control projects in the early stage one by one..."

Emperor Chongzhen stepped forward, took the memorial from Nan Juyi, listened to what he said, and flipped through the memorial. How should the Yellow River, canal, Huaihe River and other places be managed? What kind of local assistance is needed?

It is clearly marked, including the implementation of various duties and responsibilities, etc.

"Okay, okay, I really saw the Qing family correctly."

Emperor Chongzhen looked pleased and praised without hesitation: "With such a detailed river management policy, even if the court really spends so much money on river management every year, it is still worthwhile.

I have kept this memorial for you to take a closer look at.

This year, half of the special money for river control will be paid from internal funds, and the remaining half will be paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs. From now on, a sum of money will be retained in the national treasury to be used exclusively for river control.

You should worry a lot about how to regulate the river, and leave it to me to deal with matters such as money and food expenses. After all, what you are doing is a major matter that really involves the national economy and people's livelihood."

"I thank God for his grace!"

Nan Juyi couldn't hide his excitement and bowed in salute.

The Ming Dynasty did not lack people who could do practical things. In fact, there were many talents under the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, these talents were not arranged in appropriate positions.

There were even many people who were persecuted to death due to party strife. For example, Zuo Liangyu, a member of the Donglin Party, was talented in river management, but was killed by Wei Zhongxian's party because of party strife.

Party strife was the most harmful thing to the Ming Dynasty, especially the meaningless internal strife. The wider the level involved, the greater the losses and delays. What Emperor Chongzhen is doing now is to try his best to avoid these things from happening.
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