Chapter 1282 Water conservancy network on the agenda
In fact, the celebrities in the late Han Dynasty all have this attitude. Not all of them are afraid of death, but most of them regard reputation as more important than life. Most of these people are not very capable, but relatively speaking, their morality is guaranteed.
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Cui Yan can be regarded as a model of ability and morality, but he is too strong-tempered and does not like to speak softly. He is a model of uprightness. In the hands of a wise king, there is no problem in being famous in history. In the hands of a faint king, he is basically a model of death at the beginning.
Although he is very capable, if Cui Yan is allowed to handle government affairs, even if Liu Bei's current civil servants are somewhat lacking, there is still no shortage of such one. Chen Xi's original purpose of arresting Cui Yan to join Liu Bei's group was essentially to make Cui Yan a loyal minister.
On Liu Bei's side, from Chen Xi on down, none of them can be considered loyal ministers. Although they are all smart, because of their smartness, their personalities clearly seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Cui Yan came here to not only give direct advice sometimes, but also to ensure that the overall situation of the entire officialdom would not form a circle of civil servants whose core is to play tricks, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The more important point is to let Cui Yan expose the blame and expose the concerns of Chen Xi and others.
If not, the people below dare not reveal the fault!
These two points are very important. The top circle under Liu Bei is okay now. Although they all instinctively seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, in general, relying on their wisdom, they can basically solve all problems, so it is not a problem for the entire force.
There is too much impact.
However, this may not be the case in the future. If there are no ministers at the top who dare to remonstrate directly, or there is no need for ministers who dare to remonstrate directly, then after this wave of people die, the circle will be completely corrupted, and it will be corrupted from the beginning.
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Once the upper class collectively does not dare to shout for the right path, then the country is not far away from being doomed, so from the very beginning, Chen Xi was prepared to bring in a loyal official.
The significance of the existence of this minister is to allow the superiors to dare to shout for the interests of the country at all times, instead of just being a clay statue who will retreat at the slightest danger.
So when Cui Yan joined Liu Bei's side, Chen Xi gave Cui Yan "If you only care about the country's life and death, how can you avoid it for good or bad reasons". To put it bluntly, he encouraged Cui Yan to do such dangerous things. Liu Bei's side
There always needs to be someone smart and not afraid of death to do this kind of thing!
Of course, Cui Yan was very happy after receiving this screen with only two sentences written on it. He himself is a typical example of uprightness, and these two sentences allowed him to find his final destination. What he didn't say was that he would fight for the country.
Death, nothing to fear!
So after Cui Yan confirmed Chen Xi's idea, he immediately began to purge the entire Qingxu, Yanyu, and Hebei administration. As the group expanded, there was also a lot of mud and sand mixed in!
"Chen Hou, the governor of Lu, and the head of the Li family have completed an on-site inspection of the water conservancy network under their rule and have come to report to you." Just when Chen Xi and others were finishing a lot of government affairs, a messenger came to report.
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"Invite him in." Chen Xi and Lu Su looked at each other and saw each other's happiness. The construction of the water conservancy network was finally put on the agenda. Although the Yellow River only floods once every two or three years, this is still enough for Chen Xi.
I have a headache.
"I have met Chen Hou, I have met all the military princes." Li Shu bowed slightly and said, looking a little proud.
"Sit down. I would also like to thank the Li family for coming to design the layout for Duke Xuande." Chen Xi ordered someone to move a chair for Li Shu to sit down. Nowadays, the couch is rarely used except for very formal occasions, but I want to come here again.
It won't be long before I sit on my couch and disappear from history.
"Marquis Chen is too polite." Li Shu smiled and said, feeling a little surprised at Chen Xi's title. Although he had heard about it before, he was still a little dumbfounded when he saw it.
"Whether you're polite or not, it's all for the sake of governance. Yuan Chang, please speak frankly to us." Chen Xi said with a faint smile.
The Li family's method of water control is slightly different from the blockade and dredging recorded in other classics. The Li family focuses more on adjustment and compatibility. The core of their water control classics mainly talks about how to make the best of the situation and turn danger into safety.
"That's fine." Li Shu took out a roll of maps. These maps were collected by Li Shu after he came to Liu Bei. In this era, maps are strategic materials.
Therefore, when he got the map, Li Shu showed obvious satisfaction with Liu Bei's act of trust, even though his family had these maps and had studied them for a long time.
Opening the map, it is obviously different from the Grand Canal that Chen Xi originally planned. If the canal that Chen Xi roughly drew on the map before was turned upside down with the word "人" added, then it is obviously complicated now.
a lot of.
However, generally speaking, the water intake point of the canal has not changed much. It is just that compared to the original canal, the canal now has two more nodes and several changes in the direction of the water flow. Overall, it is more complicated than the previous canal.
A lot.
"In my opinion, the value of this canal is not so much to strengthen connections across the Central Plains, but to more deeply transform the five major grain-producing areas." Li Shu shook his head and said, "So my design focuses more on the entire water conservancy network.
, rather than the main construction of this canal.”
"With my current design, it will take twenty years to build the main body of the canal. After connecting these five water intake points, the main body of the canal can be built. But with all due respect, if it is just for transporting goods, transporting troops, and strengthening communication between various places, it will not actually be built.
Just go by sea." Li Shu said bluntly.
Liu Bei used the sea route too much. Now many people in the world know that the sea route can be used. Although it is unreliable to use flat-bottomed boats by sea, being able to go by sea means that it can be used. There is room for improvement. Naturally, the Grand Canal has its own
The significance of water transport is much smaller.
"Furthermore, Mr. Gongyou has been building official roads, which are not weaker than water roads for the march of good horses. Mr. Wenhe's horse administration has also been committed to solving this horse problem. Once Xuande Gong unified the world, he will pave the official roads.
Across the world, canals don't mean much." Li Shu said calmly, not caring at all that he was a great expert in building rivers and controlling floods. He was undermining his own position.
After hearing this, Chen Xi nodded slowly, agreeing with Li Shu's words. Although it was not quite right, these were facts and reasonable, but they were just a little off topic.
Although the significance of the Grand Canal's freight transportation is declining due to maritime transportation, its significance in strengthening the rule of the north and the south still exists. For insurance and the like, Chen Xike rarely places his hope on a single thing, including official roads and waterways.
Needed!
As for the five major grain-producing areas, they should indeed be transformed. Even if they spend money, they will create a grain-producing area in the core of the Central Plains that ignores drought and floods. This requires a complete water conservancy network system, but if this is based on the Grand Canal
Mobilizing the water power of other water veins would be bad!
