I have to say that there was a Ming Dynasty, the emperor who really solved the flood of the Yellow River.

It's Zhu Houzhao!

Sadly......

He repelled the Tatars, calmed the frontier, and saved the Ming from at least thirty years of frontier trouble.

He controlled the Yellow River and did not have a major flood in the next 70 years.

This measure alone is enough to beat Taizu Chengzu's great achievements!

However, the history books have been tampered with.

Plus he doesn't have children yet!

Then, he became a mediocre and incompetent emperor.

However, Zhu Houzhao can think about it now.

Won't the work of the first emperor have to wait for 2,000 years?

The scum of Confucianism, apart from the puppets at their mercy, who is called Mingjun?

This group of bastards, they can criticize everything that does not meet their needs as an evil existence!

So, Zhu Houzhao learned one thing.

To achieve your goals in an upright manner.

No matter what the outcome of this matter is, you can hold down the scum of Confucianism and sing praises!

So, Zhu Houzhao came to Zeng Jian with an attitude of national affairs - the palace planned to spend five million taels of silver to participate in the dredging project of the Yellow River.

Isn't it magnificent!

Isn't it above board!

Doesn't it seem that this prince is worried about the country and the people!

Absolutely!

The Ministry of Industry is a little bit bad, is this palace able to take the opportunity to make trouble!

Even if you do it well...... The old guy lies in his position and doesn't leave, can this palace find some excuses at will, as long as he urges 100,000 times, you can be annoyed to death if you are tired!

But the moment he saw Zeng Jian, he changed his mind.

Such an old man, whether he is a Confucian or not...... The information and data related to the Yellow River will not be too unbearable for anyone who can treasure them!

The length of the river from the Loess Plateau into Henan, or the specific pass of downstream construction, or the time required, the materials needed, the manpower needed, where there are often problems......

Where is the most critical place, and where is the most difficult place to construct.

Whether it is Shangqiu, or Yuxian, or Kaifeng, Bozhou, Yanzhou, Heze, Juye, Liangshan and so on!

This old man is all in his chest.

This made Zhu Houzhao involuntarily respect.

He casually chatted with the old man about the Yellow River, and prescribed a few prescriptions to the old man.

Write down in detail how to regulate and what precautions there are, and then jokingly said: "Boss, these recipes in this palace are enough heirlooms, and Boss Qin Hong almost exchanged them for his granddaughter......

If it weren't for the bad health of the old man, he would have to have a good drink with the palace!"

Zeng Jian is grateful!

This old ghost who has experienced a lifetime in the eunuch field, even if it is difficult to speak, he is still extremely attentive to Zhu Houzhao's suggestion.

"Your Highness's words, a hundred years from now...... The trouble of the Yellow River is not enough to worry about! ”

trembling, he was about to kowtow to Zhu Houzhao.

Where did Zhu Houzhao dare to let him knock.

In case he hangs up when he knocks, Zhu Houzhao can't tell if he has ten mouths.

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Houzhao left with the information.

In the evening, he went to Jiao Fang's house again.

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With these materials and Zhu Houzhao's silver, Jiao Fang presented a perfect dredging plan for the Yellow River.

Becoming the secretary of the Ministry of Industry is almost a certainty.

Even if there are people staring at this position, either they don't have Jiao Fang's qualifications, or they don't have Jiao Fang's ability.

Or, there is not so much money to spend!

The key is that whoever has the ability to come up with such a set of plans, it doesn't matter if he is the secretary of the Ministry of Works!

Zhu Houzhao's idea is crazy!

In view of the water conservancy project in Hebei, he has almost repaired it...... The emperor's village, the emperor's, the noble, the one he purchased, the tuntian, the horse farmers.

It is Shanxi, and he also repaired a small half.

Not only He Changsheng, but also the land he acquired are all on this list.

To be honest, even if there is a drought or a flood now, he is not too worried.

Whether it is the income of Hebei or Shanxi, plus the ability to purchase a large number of goods from Myanmar, Siam, Phnom Penh, Nanzhang, Annam and other places.

He is not afraid that there will be a shortage of food, nor is he afraid that the price of food will skyrocket.

In addition, as long as his fishing boat can go to sea next summer, how many people can be saved after countless sea fish are dried into fish!

Therefore, when the Xiaoice River period came, he was not too worried.

Therefore, he not only had to block, but also dredge the silt and dig deeper channels.

Up, middle, down, front and back, left and right, southeast and northwest, 360 degrees are all dry!

First of all, he wanted to vigorously dredge the section from Heze to Xuzhou, and use a huge amount of cement and stones to build a river channel that had never been built before.

Secondly, the section of the Yellow River that guides water injection is relocated from Kaifeng to Heze.

Thirdly, dredge the silt from Kaifeng to the Huaishui section.

As a backup!

Finally, ensure that Jinan to the downstream of Dongying can enter the sea unimpededly; and to ensure that the Huai water can be smoothly injected into the Yangtze River, so that the Qiantang can flow smoothly into the sea.

This way, if one goes wrong, you can always activate the other.

In the event of a flood, he can also use the eastern section of the Yellow River to dredge the Huaishui at the same time.

All in all, this approach not only ensures flood prevention, but also drought resistance.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also knows that this seems to be safe.

But the real problem has not been solved!

Because the biggest problem of the Yellow River has never been how many branches there are, nor the eastern section of the Yellow River, or the Qiantang flowing into the sea.

The real problem lies in the Loess Plateau!

With the continuous development of farming peoples, they have opened up wasteland and excavated land, and extracted minerals on the spot; and the settlement of the grassland peoples in the Hetao, as well as man-made destruction.

The result is a continuous loss of loess.

As a result, when the water is flowing rapidly, the soil can be washed away continuously.

But when the water is slow, it causes siltation.

Gradually, the blockage increased.

When the next great flood comes, the water overflows!

Thus, whether it is Kaifeng, Shangqiu, Yuxian, Bozhou, Xuchang, or Liangshan, Heze, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou, which belong to the Shandong section, it has been affected to the Anhui section.

The Central Plains, as the center of China, ceased to be the capital after the Song Dynasty, which is also a reason.

As for this, the original Henan zone was vertical and horizontal, the belt was gentle, and it should have been a logistics exchange center and an economically developed place, but due to this reason, it was seriously affected.

Even, Henan became a hard-hit area after the Song Dynasty or after the Han Dynasty, which is also due to this reason.

The reason is that the canal built by Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Subsequently, Emperor Yang of Sui vigorously chiseled for political, military, and economic reasons.

But Jiao Fang became worried: "Your Highness, such a magnificent project, how can it be solved with five million taels of silver?" ”

Zhu Houzhao is in the chest!

If something else had happened, it might have stumped him!

As for the money, it's really hard!

Zhu Houzhao's face was proud, and he blurted out: "Five million taels is not enough, then 50 million taels, 50 million taels if 50 million is not enough!" ”

"What's more, with so much money, there is no need to invest it all at once."

"Although the palace only has tens of millions of taels of silver for the time being, the allocation of twenty-five million taels is enough to spend five years!"