Chapter 10: The Battle between Lu and Su

When the Water Conservancy Academy was first built, the funds were difficult to approve.

The reason is very simple. The Water Conservancy Academy is not very popular in the civil service system, and the Ming Dynasty had several financial tensions in the past few years.

The civil servants of Daming were nervous about finances and generally kept on tight clothes and diet.

And the Water Conservancy College is saving.

However, Ruan An’s salary for attending imperial edict was paid by the Dameni.

Many times it appears that there is no money from the Water Conservancy College, but Ruan An has a salary. Ruan An naturally puts his salary on the accounts of the Water Conservancy College.

Ruan An only has a small courtyard in the backyard of the Water Conservancy College, which is affiliated with the college. There is nothing else. Some things that cannot be thrown are all given by the emperor, just like the crutches in Ruan An’s hand.

Because of this, even civil servants value Ruan An more, there are thousands of students from the Water Conservancy Academy, and there are thousands of people who have received help from Ruan An.

There are many students all over the world, which is exactly what it means.

What's more, Ruan An's authority in water conservancy is that in many cases, Zhu Qizhen wants to open a canal or build a water conservancy project, and Zhu Qizhen must consult Ruan An.

This gave Ruan An a lot of voice in court affairs.

Just like now, Wang Yonghe is not very confident in his own methods, so he naturally has to bring Ruan An to endorse him.

After sitting down, Wang Yonghe began to report on Xuzhou water conservancy.

Wang Yonghe first talked about the case of civil war between the people of Shandong and the people of Nanzhili.

When Zhu Qizhen first started, he didn't understand what was going on. After listening carefully, he finally understood one thing. That is, Xuzhou's water conservancy is not good, not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters.

What man-made disasters? It starts with Xuzhou geography.

We must first explain here that the Xuzhou mentioned here is not just a state of Xuzhou, but is centered on Xuzhou, including southern Shandong, Huaibei, and eastern Henan.

It may not be very consistent with the Huaihai Province mentioned on the Internet, but it is also very different.

Let’s not talk about the terrain of Xuzhou, what are the characteristics of rainfall or river channels, just talking about the involvement of various administrative relationships is one of the reasons why it is impossible to carry out major projects here.

This area has influenced Shandong, Henan, and Nanzhili. Nanzhili has been actually divided into two provinces by Zhu Qizhen.

In other words, things here need to balance the interests of the four provinces before they can begin.

This is a rare problem in itself.

Plus the canal.

Protecting fortunes has always been a political task along the canal. Even though Zhu Qizhen has had several times, it would rather the canal be broken than the lives of the local people.

But this makes the place more chaotic and at a loss.

After all, the canals compete for water with local governments has not been once or twice. In some places in Shandong, even the springs near the canal are not allowed to be used by the people, and must be used by the canal.

Such policies are not without resistance.

However, with the court behind the scenes, officials can take action, and the people dare not act rashly. After all, many officials have very good experience in suppressing the people.

But Zhu Qizhen denied this policy and there were problems of one kind or another.

First of all, it is true that the issue of water competition on both sides of the canal has brought great difficulties to the local area, and many people have suffered losses from their interests. However, the problem is that the arrival of the canal also brings many opportunities to the local area.

There are two groups along the canal that benefit from the canal and lose from the canal. Moreover, these two groups are not clear in terms of longitude and latitude. Many times, you have me and I have you.

The previous Ming Dynasty policy was a one-size-fits-all policy. Although there were many problems, Zhu Qizhen said that both were equally important, but the officials below didn’t know what to do?

Should the canal be maintained?

Want it.

Although the volume of the canal transported from north to south of the Ming Dynasty gradually decreased, it was still an unavailable means for the government to transfer animal resources. Moreover, if it was not maintained, the people who benefited from the canal would not be willing.

So, should the people who compete for water with the canal be appeased? Or should the local agricultural water use be satisfied?

To be satisfied.

The emperor has shown that the people are the most important.

However, this policy is not implemented very much. If a capable minister or an official, he will naturally be able to balance both ends. However, if more officials do such a thing, they will become difficult to do both sides and offend them, and they will not be human inside and outside.

This is why local officials like to have a one-size-fits-all approach.

This is the matter alone, it is annoying enough.

Coupled with the division between administrative regions, the people at the junction of the two provinces compete for water during drought and harming neighbors during floods, almost feeling like a feud.

After the matter was a big deal, the county governments in various places came to deal with it, so they naturally did not want to take the blame and took the responsibility for the matter to the provincial government, and even sued all the way to the provincial level. This was the case.

In this way, no matter how the water conservancy project is planned, it will not satisfy all people.

Although there are provincial boundaries in political demarcation, they do not exist in nature. In other words, it is impossible that if you draw a line on the map, the water from Shandong Province will not flow to Nanzhili.

Moreover, when planning water conservancy, you must naturally be biased. It is impossible to be effective. For example, low-lying places are best used to store water instead of reclaiming fertile fields.

There is a way to balance such matters when controlling water in other places. It is nothing more than the government to compensate, or the land accumulated to repay one or two.

But the problem here is difficult to deal with.

Neither Shandong nor Nanzhili are willing to suffer losses themselves.

Zhu Qizhen listened carefully and said, "I have a good sense of this matter." In Zhu Qizhen's opinion, it is really difficult to solve this matter completely.

However, if we do not seek a complete solution, we will send a minister who can save the situation to specialize in this matter. As long as the water conservancy project is built, Zhu Qizhen will not have to worry about the conflicts between them in the future.

After all, in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power will not go to the countryside, and there will be competition for water and land. Several villages will send thousands of people to fight for war, just like a war in the Warring States Period in Japan, and it is often the case. Some of them do not even report it.

Zhu Qizhen was a little surprised when the Jinyi Guardian came up several times. When he found that the local officials were used to it, it was not that they deliberately concealed it, but that they really didn't think this matter was a big deal.

Beating to death is also commonplace.

This is just a little special.

Zhu Qizhen's premonition was very accurate.

The problems on the border between Shandong and Jiangsu have lasted for hundreds of years. In the 20th century, starting from the 1950s, the two provinces had caused many troubles over the border conflict.

The so-called Nansi Lakes are also called the Dare Lake incident. The central government issued three red-headed documents. Even so, it was not until the 1980s that this historical problem was solved.

Zhu Qizhen agreed to solve this problem, and this is the beginning of promoting water conservancy in Xuzhou.

Wang Yonghe immediately looked at Ruan An.

The specific technical issues depend on Ruan An. It’s not that Wang Yonghe doesn’t understand, but Wang Yonghe also helped to govern the Yellow River too humbly. But Wang Yonghe knew that in this regard, the emperor trusted Ruan An even more.

Ruan An coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, Qingyan, Xufengyang and even Henan, and other places are connected, but in terms of terrain, they are not one."

"Fengyang and Henan are the problem of the Huaihe River. If the problem of the Huaihe River is not solved, the problem in this area will be greatly alleviated. However, Xuzhou and Yanzhou Prefecture are one. The best way to solve this problem is to dig a large lake in the south of Yanzhou Prefecture to store water."

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that the problem of the Huai River was rooted in it.

The reason why I was reluctant to start construction is because the project volume was too large. It was so large that the court could not support it, so I will let it go first.

Although the court's finances have been somewhat eased in the past two years, Zhu Qizhen still felt that he had not completely recovered.

Especially the war in the southwest is at risk of expansion. Zhu Qizhen naturally needs to keep a little closer to the water control.

So Zhu Qizhen has to let go of this major problem first. Because Zhu Qizhen also knows that although his life seems to be very long, it is impossible for him to do everything.

You can only choose important things to do.
Chapter completed!