Chapter 10: The Rusu Controversy

At the beginning of the construction of the Water Conservancy Institute, it was difficult to approve the funds.

The reason is very simple, the water conservancy academy in the civil service system is not very popular, and the Ming court has had several financial constraints in the past few years.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were generally tight on their diets because of their financial constraints.

And the Institute of Water Conservancy is in the midst of savings.

And Ruan An's edict was paid by Da Nei.

In many cases, it appeared that the water conservancy institute did not have money, but Ruan An had a fortune. Ruan An naturally pasted his money into the accounts of the Water Conservancy Institute.

Ruan An only has a small courtyard in the backyard of the Water Conservancy Academy, which is still affiliated with the academy, and there is nothing else, some things that cannot be thrown are all given by the emperor, just like a cane in Ruan An's hand.

Because of this, even civil officials value Ruan An more, and there are thousands of students at the Water Conservancy Institute who have been helped by Ruan An.

Peach and plum are all over the world, and that's what it says.

What's more, Ruan An's authority on water conservancy, many times, Zhu Qizhen wants to open a certain canal, or build a certain water conservancy project, Zhu Qizhen must consult Ruan An.

This gave Ruan An a great say in court affairs.

It's like now, Wang Yonghe is not very confident in his own methods, so he naturally wants to bring Ruan An to endorse him.

After sitting down, Wang Yonghe began to report on the matter of water conservancy in Xuzhou.

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

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

What man-made disaster? It is to start with the geography of Xuzhou.

It should also be explained here that the Xuzhou mentioned here is not only Xuzhou, but Xuzhou as the center, including Lunan, Huaibei, and eastern Henan.

Using the Huaihai Province on the Internet as a representative, it may not be quite consistent, but it is not bad.

Let's not talk about the topography of Xuzhou, what are the characteristics of rainfall or river channels, and just saying that various administrative relations are implicated in each other is one of the reasons why it is impossible to build a large project here.

This area affects Shandong, Henan, and South Zhili. And Nanzhili has been de facto divided into two provinces, Anhui and Jiangsu, by Zhu Qizhen.

That is to say, things here can only begin if they balance the interests of the four provinces.

This in itself is a rare problem.

Plus the canal.

Safeguarding transport has always been a political task along the canal. Even though Zhu Qi Town has already had a few times, it is better to ensure the life of the local people than if the canal is broken.

But this makes the local area even more chaotic and confusing.

Anyway, the canal and the local water competition is not a once

Twice, even in some places in Shandong, even the springs near the canal are not allowed to be used by the people, and they must be used by the canal.

Such a policy has not been met with resistance.

But with the support of the imperial court behind their backs, the officials can do it, and the people don't dare to make mistakes. After all, many officials are very experienced in suppressing the people.

But Zhu Qizhen repudiated the policy. This and that problem arises.

First of all, it is true that the two sides of the canal, because of the problem of competing for water, have brought great difficulties to the local area, and many people have suffered from this, but the problem is that the arrival of the canal has also brought many opportunities to the local area.

Along the canal itself, there are two groups that have gained and lost because of the canal, and these two groups are not distinct from each other.

The previous policy of Daming was one-size-fits-all, although there were many problems, but at this moment, Zhu Qizhen's performance paid equal attention to both, which made the officials below even more unsure of what to do?

Should the canal be maintained?

Yes.

Although the volume of the canal in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty has gradually decreased, it is still a means for the government to mobilize materials and cannot be obtained, and if it is not maintained, those people who benefit from the canal are unwilling.

So should the people who compete with the canal for water be appeased? In other words, should the local agricultural water be satisfied?

To be satisfied.

The emperor has made it clear that the people are important.

However, this policy is not implemented, and there are capable ministers and officials, which can naturally balance the two ends, but more officials do such things, and it will become that both sides are not good and offended, and they are not people inside and outside.

That's a lot of things, and the reason why local officials like one size fits all.

This alone is annoying enough.

Coupled with the division between administrative regions, the people at the junction of the two provinces compete for water in times of drought and beggar-thy-neighbor in times of flooding, and there is almost a sense of feud.

After the matter became big, the county government came to deal with it, and they naturally did not want to take the blame, and wanted to deduct the responsibility for the matter on the head of the province, and even fight lawsuits all the way to the provincial level.

In this way, no matter how much water conservancy projects are planned, they will not satisfy all the people.

Although there are provincial boundaries in the political demarcation, they do not exist in nature, which means that it is impossible for you to draw a line on the map so that the water of Shandong Province cannot flow to Nanzhili.

Moreover, water conservancy planning should naturally be biased. It can't all be effective. For example, low-lying areas are better used to store water than to cultivate fertile land.

This kind of thing, when controlling water in other places, there is also a way to balance it, and it is nothing more than the government to compensate, or to repay one or two of the land that has been silted up.

But the problem here is not easy to solve.

Shandong with

Nan Zhili is unwilling to suffer losses.

Zhu Qizhen listened carefully and said, "I am measured in this matter. In Zhu Qizhen's view, it is really difficult to solve this matter if it is to be completely solved.

But if you don't seek a complete solution, send a minister who can control the field to deal with this matter, I think it will work, as long as the water conservancy project is built, Zhu Qizhen will not have to worry about the contradictions between them in the future.

After all, under the great heavens, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, what is the fight for water, land, and several villages dispatch thousands of people to fight, as if it is a big war in Japan's Warring States, and there are often things. Some don't even report it.

The Jinyi Guardian newspaper came up a few times, and Zhu Qizhen was still a little surprised, when he found that the magistrates were accustomed to it, it was not that they deliberately concealed it, but that they really didn't think it was a big deal.

Killed is also commonplace.

There's just something special here.

Zhu Qizhen's hunch was very accurate.

The problems on the border between Shandong and Jiangsu can be said to have lasted for hundreds of years, and in the 20th century, starting in the 50s, the two provinces did not know how many things were caused by border contradictions.

The so-called Nansi Lake, also known as the Dead Lake Incident. The central government issued three red-headed documents, and even so, it was only in the 80s that this problem left over from history was resolved.

Zhu Qizhen promised to solve this problem, which 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, Wang Yonghe also assisted Taiqian in managing the Yellow River. It's just that Wang Yonghe knew that in this regard, the emperor trusted Ruan An more.

Ruan An coughed twice and said, "Your Majesty, although Qingyan, Xu Fengyang, and even eastern Henan are connected, they are not one in terms of topography. ”

"Fengyang and Yudong are the problems of the Huai River, and if the problems of the Huai River are not solved, the problems in this area will have to be alleviated. However, Xuzhou and Yanzhou are one, and the best way to solve this problem is to dig a large lake in the south of Yanzhou Mansion to store water. ”

The problem of the Huai River, Zhu Qizhen naturally knows that the root of it is in it.

The reason for the delay in starting construction is that the amount of work is too large. It's so big that the imperial court can't support it, so it's only now that it's going to be put first.

Although the finances of the imperial court have eased somewhat in the past two years, Zhu Qizhen still feels that he has not completely eased up.

In particular, there is a risk of expansion of the fighting in the southwest. Zhu Qizhen naturally wanted to tighten up a little bit on water control.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen must let go of this major problem first. Because Zhu Qizhen also knows that although his life seems to be long, it is impossible to do everything.

Only the important things can be chosen to do.

After all, the Huai River control project, the reform of the Ming system, and the change of the law are the most important things.