Chapter 11 Weishan Lake Project

Zhu Qizhen is not unaware of the division, he chose to build Xuzhou water conservancy, in fact, he also knows the problems, first, Xuzhou has been flooded in recent years, almost compared to the three-year drought in the early years of orthodoxy, and second, he feels that the amount of this project is a little less.

Zhu Qizhen asked: "How to solve the problem of Yanzhou, Xuzhou?" ”

Ruan An said: "Can you please take a picture?" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, and Huai En immediately presented a picture. It is a map of the junction of Shandong and Nanzhili, of which Hebei and Henan also have some appearances.

Ruan An took a few steps forward, came to the map, pointed to the large and small lakes here in Yanzhou, and said: "The water is snobbish, and it is not easy to be honest. Between Xuzhou and Yanzhou, there are more than a dozen large and small lakes, most of which are washed out by the bursting of the Yellow River. ”

"The Yanzhou area is the lowest lying place nearby, the west of the Ming Dynasty is high and the east is low, but when you come to Yanzhou Mansion, it is different, he is Yimeng Mountain in the east, and the Yellow River is the old road in the south. The Yellow River embankment was also newly built in the north, and the canal was in the east. Therefore, there are as many as fifty-eight waters that come from all directions, and they cannot go away because they are accumulated, and they are flooded. ”

Some people may not understand why the Yellow River has become a water reservoir and cannot be removed.

It is because the Yellow River is a hanging river on the ground, the highest point above the ground in Kaifeng is the Yellow River embankment, even if the Shandong section has just been repaired, although the Yellow River is not suspended on the ground, but in order to prevent the Yellow River from overflowing, the embankments on both sides are also a lot higher than the ground, that is to say, do not want to let the rivers next to it gather in the Yellow River.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help asking, "Can't this water be discharged?" ”

Nguyen An said: "The only way to do this is through the canal. It's just that in order to ensure transportation, the canal will only open the sluice gates when there is a shortage of water, and close the sluice gates when there is a lot of water, so once the flood is overflowing, it is impossible to send out through the canal. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly.

From Hebei to Shandong, from the Haihe River to the Huai River, the agricultural production of the entire northern part of China cannot but talk about water conservancy, and we cannot talk about water conservancy without talking about canals.

And this account, Zhu Qizhen really can't understand it.

For the Ming Dynasty, the canal will do more harm than good, or the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages.

Zhu Qizhen soon stopped thinking about this problem.

Because Zhu Qizhen also knew that it was also a little difficult for him to abolish the canal, after all, the sunk cost was too high.

The entire canal is smashed into tens of millions of dollars, and now if you don't want it, you don't want it, it's a real loser.

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this way, what you mean is to build a big lake in this place, gather water from all directions, and regulate water and drought. ”

Ruan An said: "Your Majesty's wisdom is exactly that. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Wang Yonghe, then why do you keep spitting?" ”

Three lakes in Hebei

, which has been playing a role in regulating water and drought. Regarding the excavation of a lake in Yanzhou, Zhu Qizhen naturally has no objections.

Zhu Qizhen didn't understand why Wang Yonghe had been unwilling to report this plan, he had obviously urged it several times.

Wang Yonghe said: "Your Majesty, this is an ideal method, but it is difficult to do. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why? ”

Wang Yonghe said with a wry smile: "Because of the canal, the water will go down, if you want to dig a big lake here, not to mention the difficulty of the project for the time being, just talk about the site, you have to choose the lowest place, and the good thing will get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded, he felt that this was not a common sense.

Wang Yonghe said: "Your Majesty, after the canal enters Shandong, it becomes the sluice river, and the boat needs to be lifted up layer by layer through the water gate, there are several roads in Yanzhou Mansion alone, in order to run smoothly in the sluice gate, there must be a water source supplement, if a large lake is built, the water from all directions is collected here, and the sluice river of the canal cannot run." ”

"And digging out a lake is also a channel that needs to drain the water."

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly and said, "Is there no other way?" ”

Wang Yonghe said: "Yes, that is, the current canal will be shifted to the west for dozens of miles. Letting the canal pass through the lake is just a lot of inconvenience. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately watched it carefully on the map.

I thought to myself: "I didn't expect this to be a big project." ”

It's easy to say that the canal moved west, but when you think about it, you can see what a big project it was, and all the previous canals were unusable.

Zhu Qizhen looked at it while thinking about it, and secretly wondered whether to do this, but looking at an area, and then thinking about the map he had seen in later generations, he suddenly felt that this area was not where Weishan Lake was located?

Suddenly, Zhu Qizhen felt that this plan was very feasible.

The reason is very simple, from the map of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to see Weishan Lake, there are several small lakes distributed, and Ruan An's plan is to connect these small lakes together to become a large lake.

There are some errors with the scope of Weishan Lake, anyway, Zhu Qizhen can't remember the specific scope of Weishan Lake.

But the very existence of Weishan Lake proves the viability of Nguyen An's plan.

If Weishan Lake is excavated by hand, it means that later generations can feel that this plan is feasible. And it has been maintained, if Weishan Lake is not excavated artificially.

Then it shows even more that there is no mistake in Nguyen An's location. This area is the lowest place around, and it is also the easiest thing to store water and regulate the drought here.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The canal passes through the lake, is there anything constant? ”

Wang Yonghe said: "Generally, it is transported in the canal, and in the event of an accident, the goods

It can still be saved, but if it is in the middle of the lake, I am afraid that it will be lost. And in the river, there will be no water bandits, but in a large lake, it is not easy to say. ”

"And the lake may have dried up due to drought, which is not good if it affects the canal."

Zhu Qizhen also knew. Although the Ming Dynasty is good now, the law and order are just like that.

It's like Xiang Zhong recruited hundreds of thousands of people in Yunyang at once, isn't there anything else? Yes, it can even be said to the extreme, there are mountain bandits in Daming Mountain, water bandits, road bandits, and pirates in the sea.

But even so, as long as there is no major war, in the hearts of the people, it is a peaceful world.

There are even some bandit nests that have been inherited longer than the emperor, claiming to be hundreds of years old.

This was the norm in ancient times, so don't be too surprised.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the planned big lake, and it was the place where the canal passed, if you compare it, it looks like the Caribbean during the Great Voyage.

Why is it called Pirates of the Caribbean, is it nothing more than a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from the Americas being shipped to Europe through this?

Thinking about it, this lake will definitely be full of bandits in the future.

However, for Zhu Qizhen, it doesn't matter.

In fact, the two problems mentioned by Wang Yonghe are both small problems, and the real big problem is the problem of money, whether it is the diversion of the canal or the excavation of this artificial lake, it all needs money.

Zhu Qizhen said: "After this lake is built, where does the water flow from? ”

Ruan An immediately said: "If the canal passes through the lake, then the lake will be unimpeded to the east, in the opinion of the minister, when from Xuzhou to the east, dig a river channel, which can irrigate the people on both sides of the river, and collect the water from the southern foot of Yimeng Mountain, from Haizhou into the sea." ”

"There are many ready-made rivers in this area that can be borrowed, and the amount of work is not too large, the only problem is that the rivers in this area are all canal water sources."

"In that case, the canal is not very easy to manage."

Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt a pain in his brain.

If you want to relieve the Yanzhou Mansion of Xuzhou, the situation of drought and flood at every turn, so that the water flow in this area can directly enter the sea, it is naturally the best, but the word canal is simply a tight spell.

The canal should also be considered here, and the canal should also be considered wherever it is moved.

Zhu Qizhen only felt that the problem of the canal seemed to have reached the point where it could not be solved without solving it.

Even Zhu Qizhen is glad that the Yellow River has flowed north. That is to say, now he will not consider the problem of the Yellow River, if he wants to consider the problem of the Yellow River, the water situation in the Xuzhou area is to affect the whole body, and it cannot be moved here, nor can it be moved there.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Ruan, please go to Xuzhou this time, take a good look at the local situation, and by the way, investigate the situation of the Huai River, and think about other things." ”