Chapter 27 The Ministry of Water’s Vision

Although Zhu Qizhen kept saying that there was no problem, the Empress Dowager still found an imperial doctor for Zhu Qizhen after laughing about it.

For this minor ailment, the imperial physician of the Ming Dynasty still had some use. After applying something, Zhu Qizhen immediately felt much cooler, at least the itching was not unbearable.

After Zhu Qizhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, he read the squeezed memorials one by one, and then asked: "Is there any news from Yunnan?"

Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, Jinyiwei Feige sent a message saying that Mu Ang has sent troops from Jingdong to attack Luchuan. The victory or defeat has not been determined yet."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "You should pay more attention to matters in Yunnan from now on and report to me as soon as you have any news."

Wang Zhen said: "Yes."

Although Zhu Qizhen trusted Zhang Fu and Meng Ying, the military situation was critical and anything could happen. So Zhu Qizhen was still worried about him.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Zhang An seems to be a general. He actually pacified Songpan so quickly and moved the Songpan Guards out. I am sure, but you can send the Jinyi Guards to Songpan to learn more about the situation. Take a look at this Is there anything fishy about the war? Zhang An also asked him to escort grain and grass into Yunnan, so he can be used under the command of the Marquis of Baoding."

Zhu Qizhen had doubts about this, but it was because the war in Songpan ended too quickly.

It's only been a few months and I've settled down.

In addition, the Ministry of War wants to move all four thousand-household Songpan Guard offices out of the Songpan area. This is obviously a major concession to the Songpan chieftain.

That's why Zhu Qizhen wondered if there was something fishy going on here?

Is it really true that Songpan Wei Tai will continue to consume food and grass, or is he reaching a compromise with Songpan Chieftain and ending this war on the condition that Songpan Wei Tai moves out.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen also knows that even if there is something fishy in this, Zhu Qizhen is not going to pursue it now. He just pretends that he doesn't know. He sent Jin Yiwei to investigate, but it is to settle old scores in the future.

Now that there is a great disaster in the north and troops are being used in the south, the world's money and food expenses are too tight. Naturally, Zhu Qizhen does not want to use troops anymore. So no matter what method is used, whether it is concessions or appeasement, in short, let Songpan calm down first. .

Zhu Qizhen pinched his nose and recognized it.

However, when the Ming Dynasty's national strength is restored in the future, it will be fine if Chief Songpan stays in the mountains and does not cause trouble. Otherwise, Zhu Qi Town's new and old debts will be settled together.

Wang Zhen immediately said: "Yes, I will make arrangements right away."

Zhu Qizhen said: "In addition, we sent someone to invite Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Cao Nai, and Li Cheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, all waiting in the Wenhua Hall. I will wait for a while."

"Yes." Wang Zhen said.

After waiting for an hour, Zhu Qizhen arrived at the Wenhua Hall.

Yang Shiqi and others saluted one after another. Zhu Qizhen said: "No ceremony." After the two parties sat down, Zhu Qizhen said: "This time I went on patrol, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart. Only then did I realize that the difficulty of water control is not only before the water control, but also After the water control, the Ministry of Industry allocates only 10,000 taels to Zhili for water control every year. Most of these 10,000 taels are used on the canal, Mr. Li, are you right?"

Li Cheng was shocked when he heard this. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground and said, "I am guilty."

Because Li Cheng was different from others, he was from Annan and had no foundation or backing behind him, so he could not be more cautious in his daily life.

So when I heard Zhu Qizhen say this, I was so frightened that I immediately apologized.

Zhu Qi waved his hand and said: "Get up. Why is it like this? As of today, it is not your fault alone."

Li Cheng then stood up carefully and sat down carefully.

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, do you want to increase the funding for water control in all prefectures in Zhili in the future?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "Not only that, the imperial court has spent so much effort to build so many water conservancy projects in various places, why should it just let it go?"

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, there are tens of millions of rivers in the world. If your Majesty has to set up people to manage each river, the number of people needed will be more than tens of millions. The imperial court will definitely not be able to support such a large expenditure. Moreover, Emperor Taizu

Teaching the people through rural covenants is to make the people self-governing. Therefore, all waterways in the world are controlled by the gentry. When it comes to floods and droughts, they gather together to discuss and make decisions according to the crowd. It does not cost the court a single penny, and the world becomes self-governing."

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he didn't know how to refute it for a while.

Because this is Emperor Taizu's proud work, which has influenced China's rural model for more than 600 years. It is the rural covenant based on Neo-Confucianism, which Emperor Taizu used political means to promote throughout the world.

The court did not care about many things, and the gentry managed them on their behalf.

As for Yang Shiqi, the Yang family is also a well-known family in Jiangxi, and this is their interest. Naturally, he wants to stop Zhu Qizhen's idea, and Yang Shiqi is also not safe out of selfish motives.

What Yang Shiqi said is also very reasonable.

Because it is simply impossible to bring every river under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

There are limits to the imperial court's management capabilities. How could Yang Shiqi not know this truth after serving as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years?

Therefore, no matter how later generations decide that Emperor Taizu's original model was wrong and restricted his thoughts, this point cannot be shaken until no one provides another set of strategies for governing the country, especially for rural governance.

The administrative ability of the imperial court cannot be locked to everyone. It is enough to be able to go to the county. There needs to be a class between the imperial court and the people. The gentry is a helpless choice.

Zhu Qizhen knew this very well.

Because Emperor Taizu was afraid that future generations would not understand what he meant, the content of it was included in the ancestral precepts of Emperor Ming. Of course, this may not be what he wrote. Zhu Qizhen figured it out by himself.

Now Zhu Qizhen has no intention to challenge this rural autonomy model, saying: "I know what the first assistant means. Naturally, the court does not need to control some small rivers, but if now the Lugou River, Hutuo River, Fuyang River, Zhanghe River

, Wei River, and Beiyun River. These rivers span across prefectures and counties, and they influence each other. It is not possible for one prefecture or county to manage them well, and the people depend on farmers for their livelihood, and the farmers depend on water for their livelihood.

.If water conservancy is not prosperous, all industries will be in trouble.”

"How can the imperial court stand by and watch? For such a major issue of water conservancy, only the Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Works is responsible. It is too light."

Yang Shiqi's heart skipped a beat and he thought to himself: "The emperor has new ideas." To be honest, Yang Shiqi felt a little tired of dealing with the little emperor who had endless new ideas.

Yang Shiqi seemed to have done nothing, but Zhu Qizhen made such a big move, and all the officials had no reaction. This is Yang Shiqi's greatest contribution.

Can hold the place.

As long as Yang Shiqi nodded in front of the emperor, if there were any objections among the officials, Yang Shiqi could suppress them on behalf of the emperor, and he was determined not to let the following matters interfere with national affairs.

Otherwise, I really think that the officials below, especially those in the Imperial Academy, are really little sheep. Whatever Zhu Qizhen does, the subordinates will obey him.

Yang Shiqi seemed to be complimenting him and said, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "What I mean is that since water control is so important, the court should pay attention to it. I want to set up a Ministry of Water to take charge of the management of rivers and irrigation water all over the world. And set up colleagues at the local level, or set up governance in the county.

Ambassador of the river. In order to provide access to the upper and lower areas and manage water conservancy."

In Zhu Qizhen's mind, this Ministry of Water Resources will be the Ministry of Water Resources for future generations.

When Yang Shiqi heard this, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. The six departments must not be changed lightly." Then Yang Shiqi explained the importance of the six departments one by one.

These six parts have been passed down for thousands of years since the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and have already been deeply rooted in the bones.

Moreover, each of the six divisions comes from Zhou Guan, and even has many special meanings, such as the number six. It is absolutely impossible to create another division.

Moreover, the functions of the Ministry of Industry are very complete. The Du Shui Department of the Ministry of Industry was known as the Ministry of Water in ancient times. Today, the doctor of the Du Shui Division is also known as the doctor of the Water Department. There is no need to create a new one.

Before Zhu Qizhen opened his mouth, he knew that this idea was impossible.

Reforming official positions was a major event in ancient times.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Since the chief minister thinks it's not possible, what should we do? In short, the imperial court has no overall plan for water control at all. It just stops at where the embankments have burst, and where the disaster has occurred, and then repair them. This is not possible at all, so
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