Chapter 71 Huaihe River Water Conservancy Map

Zhu Qizhen's heartache was mostly for himself.

He is over fifty years old.

It's time to attend the funerals of old friends.

Because Zhu Qizhen was the emperor, his old friends were much older than him, such as Yu Qian, Zhou Chen, Li Xian, etc.

When he was a teenager, both enemies and friends had already embarked on the road to the underworld.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen felt a strong sense of death oppression.

As an emperor, what can we ask for?

The only thing that cannot be sought is lifespan.

Zhu Qizhen deeply felt why so many emperors pursue immortality? It is really that immortality is the biggest temptation in the world. If Zhu Qizhen hadn't known it, there wouldn't be immortality in this world right away. He also had this idea.

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen sighed casually and said, "Let's go back to Nanjing, there is nothing to stay in Suzhou."

Huaien said: "Your Majesty, will you not go to Hangzhou, Ningbo?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "If you don't go, you will always send Cao Nai a journey together."

Although the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan is nostalgic, it is not about Zhu Qizhen's appetite. The rich audio-visual materials in later generations have long helped Zhu Qizhen's eyes to make them difficult.

In fact, to be honest, many people think that ancient gardens are better than modern ones, but this is actually an illusion. It’s not that ancient gardens do not have high-quality products.

But where is productivity placed?

Most ancient gardens are not much more wise than the carefully imitated products of later generations. It is just that the atmosphere of history, humanities, and even time is attached to them, which makes people more fascinated.

It's like someone coming to Forbidden City. Although there are many people cleaning the Forbidden City, there are grass that will emerge from the walls or under the tiles of the house.

In terms of maintenance, it may not be better than the maintenance of the Forbidden City in later generations.

In ancient times, he had no idea about this original scenery. He really wanted the cement forests of later generations and the exhaust gas of cars that were rushing.

Because it is already the taste of hometown.

Zhu Qizhen naturally turned around from Suzhou with the order.

After all, Zhu Qizhen was in Suzhou for several months, and during this period, what Wang Shu did was unimpeded, and no one dared to make things difficult for him. Instead, he rushed to do it on his own initiative.

The commercial tax policy in the four governments in Jiangnan has been implemented.

There will be hundreds of taels before the end of the year, and at least tens of millions of taels per year, after all, it is the most prosperous economic zone of the Ming Dynasty. It is meaningless to stay here in Zhu Qizhen.

After Zhu Qizhen returned to Nanjing.

Then I received the Huai River water conservancy map presented by Chen Yi.

This water conservancy map spans four provinces: Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong, and mainly targets the Huaihe River, but it also includes some water conservancy projects in the southeast of Shandong.

That is, the South Four Lakes Project appeared in front of Zhu Qizhen again.

Especially this year, there was heavy rain in Fengyang, Xuzhou, and other places, and Yanzhou, Shandong was soaked in the water again. Zhu Qizhen paid special attention to this point.

Moreover, this Huaihe River water conservancy map is still the first draft.

Many of them have different pen markings, where does the data come from and which data are explored by him personally.

There are more than a dozen places in this water conservancy map that need to be changed.

Every place is not a small project.

For example, in Henan, Chen Yi's opinion was to imitate the successful method of Hebei's water control in the area of ​​Runing Prefecture and Xinyang, and build an artificial lake to intercept upstream floods.

However, in the Fengyang section of Anhui, each has different approaches, arranging flood discharge areas and building embankments. Moreover, not only does the Huai River require embankments, but many Huai River tributaries may require embankments.

In short, the project volume is huge.

The biggest is the Huaihe River channel into the sea.

The former road of the Huaihe River was washed away by the Yellow River, and the bottom of the river was much higher, much higher than that of Hongze Lake.

Therefore, it is impossible for the lake water of Hongze Lake to flow into the sea through the Huaihe River channel. You can only dig a river channel into the sea.

Moreover, on the map, there are several routes to the Huaihe River into the sea, all of which are dotted lines, and are specially marked. The soil quality and level of these places need to be carefully explored and calculated before deciding where to dig.

However, the management of the Huaihe River is a systematic project, which does not mean that just by digging a river channel, it is enough. The frequent floods in the Huaihe River are also due to climate problems.

Many times, once rains occur, the entire Huaihe River basin is in the rain, and the floods are rising upstream and downstream, and there is no time to react. Even if the Huaihe River enters the sea smoothly, there may not be any floods.

Therefore, Chen Yi started the overall situation and managed the upstream, middle and downstream together.

But in this way, the number spent is even more astronomical.

Zhu Qizhen looked at it and said, "How much does it cost to finish these?"

Chen Yi said honestly: "I don't know, but it's at least 50 million taels." He was afraid that Zhu Qizhen thought it was 50 million taels, so he immediately added: "The least."

Zhu Qizhen knew it.

He has done a lot of water conservancy projects over the years, or since he took power, he has never heard of water conservancy projects, so there is no need to mention the several major projects in the early stage.

Even though the fiscal gap has been large in recent years and is much less than in the early stages, there are still projects every year.

For example, this year's key project of the Ministry of Industry is the Baimadi in Yangzhou.

The location is south of Hongze Lake, which is the embankment of Baima Lake. So he could estimate the project price in his mind, not only 50 million taels, but also 150 million taels would be enough to win.

You should know that it took the New China nearly thirty years to complete the Huaihe River. The manpower and material resources spent in it, converted into the currency of this era, could not be defeated at all.

However, the ecological environment in the Ming Dynasty was not as bad as that in later generations. After all, the situation in later generations was that the canals of the Yellow River and the Huai River in the Ming and Qing dynasties were mixed and difficult to return. In addition, the yellow areas were so difficult to deal with.

Although the situation is a little better, the productivity of this era is not as good as that of later generations. Although the steam engine has been put into practice, its application scope is not wide. It is estimated that it will require generations of improvement.

All kinds of earthwork projects require manual excavation.

The cost is absolutely indispensable.

Zhu Qizhen said, "Who asked you to come?"

Chen Yi said: "It is my memory that I should let Your Majesty know and I have a preparation in my heart."

Zhu Qizhen looked at Chen Yi with great interest and said, "Not bad."

He was sure in his heart that Chen Yi was a good official.

Don't think that this evaluation is not actually derogatory.

In the imperial court, a simple technocrat is not good. It is not only because it has no future, but also because it is embarrassing the great task. Only by being an official and knowing how to survive in the officialdom can Zhu Qizhen feel at ease to entrust important tasks.

After all, large projects are not just a technical issue, but also a management issue. What is needed is compound talents.

How did Zhu Qizhen know that Chen Yi is an official?

Because the water conservancy map that Chen Yi took out was only a semi-finished product. It was just a summary of previous water level data, the amount of hydrology he personally explored was not too much.

You should know that since Zhu Qizhen took power, he has established so many water conservancy projects. Many water conservancy materials have been collected, and the Ministry of Industry and the Water Conservancy College have archived them.

If Chen Yi really follows Zhu Qizhen's statement, he will concentrate on his work and conduct it for several years, and conduct the hydrological survey of the Huaihe River, and give the most perfect solution. It is not very good to look at it.

But in fact, what Zhu Qizhen said before was already forgotten was completely forgotten.

Everything is time-sensitive.

Even the emperor's golden words are the same.

Moreover, it is not good for Chen Yi himself. Chen Yi is not afraid that when he actually settles the general plan, the emperor has forgotten about this matter.

Now Chen Yi's actions are very obvious. He used this reason to show his presence in front of the emperor.

In the officialdom, whoever gets close to the emperor will be tough. This rule can be said to be the same in modern times, but the emperor becomes a leader.

Today, even if Zhu Qizhen said nothing to Chen Yi, just Zhu Qizhen met Chen Yi, it would be enough for Chen Yi to go out to pretend to be a tiger.

This kind of scheming method is actually not very clever. It is mediocre in officialdom. However, Zhu Qizhen used Chen Yi's strengths. It is good to have such scheming.

Enough.
Chapter completed!