"Your Majesty's intention, can the changes in the Yellow River and the changes in Guanzhong be combined?" Shang Shumiao of the Ministry of Agriculture said in a low voice, with a somewhat thoughtful expression on his face.

At the same time, when the other ministers heard this, they also seemed to have discovered something, but they were not sure, so they had to wait quietly for Ning Yu's explanation.

Ning Yu groaned slightly, but it was to call people to bring up the map of the Yellow River Basin, although it is not very accurate and detailed, but it is enough to introduce, when even pointing to the map: "Everyone in the world knows that the Sea of Stars is the source of the Yellow River, and it flows out from the Sea of Stars, and then it passes all the way through Longdi and the Hetao, and under the washing of the current, it will take away a large amount of sediment, and this is the fundamental cause of the flooding of the Yellow River." ”

Everyone seemed to have a sudden understanding, but Shang Shumiao of the Ministry of Agriculture frowned slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "But Your Majesty, what does this matter have to do with the changes in Guanzhong?" ”

"Because the Yellow River carries away a lot of sediment, and the barren and desertified land of Longdi, it is because of the same reason, that is, soil erosion, and the cause of soil erosion is that the forests in Longdi are cut down too much, and the land is also reclaimed too much, which will evolve into land quicksand and desertification, and a good place will be completely destroyed."

Ning Yu sighed slightly, the original Loess Plateau will not have so much sediment at all, as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, Guanzhong Longdi is the world's first-class fertile soil, but the people of the court at that time did not understand the maintenance of water and soil, and carried out large-scale reclamation of the Loess Plateau, so that the land became more and more desertified.

The first of these was the Qin and Han dynasties' reclamation policies of 'tun reclamation' and 'resettlement of real borders', which led to large-scale destruction of forests in northern Shanxi and northern Shaanxi.

After the Ming Dynasty, the Ming court once again carried out large-scale 'reclamation' in the northern part of the Loess Plateau, and this time with a strong purpose, so the cumulative area of reclaimed land in front has reached 50 million acres, which has caused indelible damage to Longdi.

In fact, in the original history, after the Yongzheng Emperor came to power, he launched the third large-scale reclamation of Longdi, in order to cope with the gradually expanding population, he even directly ordered the local governor to reclaim, and the local officials in order to be able to complete the task, like some places that are not suitable for reclamation, have carried out all-round reclamation.

If it were not for the rise of the Fu Han army, in the original history, the area of land that was reclaimed on the Loess Plateau would reach 100 million mu, which on the surface could feed more people, but in fact, the land output was meager, and the consumption of land resources was too great, so that the scene of 'animal husbandry for the world' in Longdi in the past was completely gone, and everywhere became bare mountains and mountains, and ravines were vertical and horizontal.

Of course, Ning Yu is also relieved that he has traveled time, and now it is still too late to control the Loess Plateau, at least without the 50 million reclaimed land, it will be easier to control soil erosion.

Miao He had fully understood, and he said in a low voice: "In agriculture, there is a saying about rotational cultivation of land, if it is cultivated every year, it will indeed lead to the exhaustion of land and no longer output........ In His Majesty's words, that is, desertification, as for the Yellow River, I really didn't expect that all those sediments were produced in this way. ”

At this time, everyone understood, because the reclamation was too much, which led to the exhaustion of land resources, which in turn led to desertification of the land, so that the Yellow River washed down, but there was no grass and trees to nourish the root system of the soil, and finally the sediment fell down, forming the Yellow River flood.

On the surface, this set of logic can indeed explain the flood of the Yellow River, but the first assistant Ning Zhongjing can no longer understand Ning Yu's thoughts, he asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is worried about this matter, it is indeed very reasonable, but now the people have to sacrifice if they want to survive and eat——"

Ning Yu waved his hand, "I naturally understand this truth, but the current barren things in the northwest are also inseparable from this, if it weren't for the fact that the land is so barren, how can the people worry about freezing and starving?" If we want to truly solve the problems of the people, we must not go against the way of natural development and fish in the water. ”

"Then Your Majesty means ......."

"Returning farmland to forests, building canals, and relocating land."

Ning Yu then explained: "Longdi is now in this situation, we must not continue to let the people reclaim, originally some places that are not suitable for reclamation, but also need to return farmland to forests and grasslands as soon as possible, as for the people's water problem, you can build a canal, the water of the Tao River into the northwest, as for the last problem, is to let other people in Longdi, immigrate to Guanwai and other places needed by the imperial court in the future." ”

Shoufu Ning Zhongjing now felt a little headache when he heard about the immigrants, and he said in a low voice: "But Your Majesty, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the people of Longdi had exceeded five million, and now it is as many as 10 million. ”

Ning Yu said with a smile: "This matter is also simple, we are not removing the people of Longdi at one time, in the next twenty years, we only need to control the people of Longdi between six million and eight million, even if the natural growth will reach twelve or three million by then, but the people we really want to remove are only five or six million at best." ”

"These five or six million people are not all removed at once, but can be divided into two or three hundred thousand yuan per year, and according to the average cost of each immigrant's travel and resettlement expenses of 20 silver dollars, the annual cost is only 4 million silver dollars to 6 million silver dollars, and the cabinet should still be able to come up with this money."

Obviously, this economic account has been in Ning Yu's mind more than once, and it seems very natural to say it now, but in Ning Zhongjing's opinion, it is almost nothing to do.

In the eyes of normal people, being able to see the next ten years is already a master among the masters, and being able to see the next thirty years, they are all Zaifu first-level figures, but Ning Yu's current consideration is for people who will be a hundred years later or even hundreds of years later, but it is a little inexplicable.

It's just that, after all, Ning Yu is the emperor, and at the moment, Ning Zhongjing can only bow his head and say yes, but he is already thinking about handing over the problem to the next Cui Wancai.

After discussing the issue of soil erosion, Ning Yu immediately threw out another question, that is, the matter of organizing the major chambers of commerce in the south to enter Beijing, and this matter is much more interesting to the big guys than the inexplicable Yellow River flood before.

The reason is simple, in this case, everyone smelled the scent of silver dollars.

Ning Zhonghai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, hurriedly raised his hand to speak, and said with a smile: "After receiving the news from His Majesty, the minister sent a notice to the major chambers of commerce, preparing to hold a meeting on the 'southern business and northward expansion' in Nanjing at the end of February, and the current major chambers of commerce will be gathered at that time. ”

Ning Yu smiled dumbly, "'Southern Merchants and North Entry', you have obtained a good name, but in fact, it is different from what you imagined, this time it is not the southern business to the north, but the north-south exchange, not only the goods from the south can enter the market in the north, but also the goods from the north will also enter the market in the south, and then all the gold tax cards within the country will be cancelled, so as to promote the development of industry and commerce in an all-round way." ”

Ning Zhonghai couldn't help but show a wry smile on his face, "Your Majesty, the cancellation of this golden tax card is naturally a good thing, but for those chambers of commerce, their purpose is not so simple, and the minister is worried about ......"

"Worried about what? Worried they haven't eaten enough? ”

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "From the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the Southern Chamber of Commerce began to plan to dominate the northern market and adopt all kinds of restrictive measures against the Northern Commerce, but you must understand that the world of Great Chu is definitely not the world of their Southern Chamber of Commerce, and the development of industry and commerce in Great Chu must not only be the Southern Chamber of Commerce. ”

Speaking of this, Ning Yu took a deep breath and sneered: "Are those chambers of commerce really suffering?" Now that the war in the Northland has just been extinguished, I will not be the opponent of the Southern Chamber of Commerce in terms of competition anyway, and I can open the market at this time, which is the greatest care for them. ”

To put it bluntly, in Ning Yu's view, the essence of this problem is still the same as the Northwest problem, if you want to truly achieve peace in the world, you need to try to achieve a bowl of water as much as possible, and you can't continue to let the differentiation of development grow.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

.........

In Nanjing City, by the Qinhuai River, in a brightly lit house, there is a silky and pleasant sound of silk and bamboo, and there are some concubines talking and laughing, but it is a good ventilation.

I saw that under the lights and candles, several dancers danced in the center, and several middle-aged people dressed in brocade were talking and laughing, among which Cui Yu, the current president of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, was sitting on the main seat, and several other people were the presidents or representatives of their respective chambers of commerce, and everyone was very popular.

Strictly speaking, these people themselves don't have much energy, but as representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, they represent almost the entire Ning Chu's nobles and upper-level representatives, especially like Cui Yu, behind him is His Majesty the current Emperor, so his status has always been very transcendent.

However, most of the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce who can sit with Cui Yu at this time are not simple, including representatives of the Cheng family, representatives of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce, and representatives of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.

As a representative of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, Li Dongyang raised his glass and said with a low smile: "President Cui is now showing his skills everywhere, although it is good to enjoy the shade with his back against the big tree, but in just two years, the entire Ning Chamber of Commerce has been expanded to its current scale, which shows President Cui's achievements." ”

Cui Yu humbly arched his hand and said with a smile: "Cui is just an errand runner, and it is already quite difficult to be able to do the errand explained above, it is really trembling!" ”

Cheng Dewang, the president of the Cheng Family Chamber of Commerce on the side, stroked his beard lightly and said with a smile: "President Cui is really polite, we are all businessmen, who is not running errands for the master behind him?" However, the world's talented people are like carp crossing the river, and there are few who really have the opportunity to jump into the dragon gate. ”

Cui Yu was silent, just picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then said softly: "A few people invited Cui to come here today, isn't it just to say these words?" ”

Li Dongyang laughed loudly, and his voice was a little soft and glutinous of Jiangnan people, "President Cui is really a joke, today we are sitting together with a few shopkeepers, and I still want to take out a sentence from President Cui's mouth, I really can't understand the holy will of His Majesty......"

Obviously, the news in the cabinet has come out, for them, the giants of the Southern Chamber of Commerce, isn't this clearly asking them to put down the knife in their hands and turn their heads to go vegetarian?

Cui Yu shook his head and said softly: "You should understand one thing, the world of Dachu is Your Majesty's world, and our industry and commerce are also Your Majesty's industry and commerce, since Your Majesty has an order, you can do it." ”

The president of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce was originally the Ning family, but later changed to the Wang Ben of the Huguang Wang family, he was a person with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's holy will, naturally no one dares to disobey it...... But after all, there are many ignorant people in the world, and they can only see our little profit in their eyes, if we tell them that this profit is extinct, I am afraid that we will not be far from the run, and it will be difficult for the future industrial and commercial stock exchange to make up for this lack of trust. ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Yu fell silent, because the reason that Wang Ben came up with could not be said to be impeccable, but there was indeed such a thing, which made him feel a little difficult to answer.

Speaking of this, we have to talk about the financial restructuring of the previous Ning Chu organization, at that time, under the entrustment of Ning Yu, the major chambers of commerce opened some banks that absorb deposits and issue loans, including these investment banks, and after these, the original stock exchange is also about to come out - the Northern Expedition is strictly speaking, it is a private investment in the country.

To put it simply, if the Northern Expedition can be called a separate project, then the Da Chu official, as the initiator of the project, needs a lot of money to make the foundation, and this money is participated by the major chambers of commerce and other people through the purchase of national defense bonds, but this money is not in vain, one of the conditions is that the Southern Chamber of Commerce will participate in the division of the fruits of victory.

Only by dividing up the fruits of victory and sharing the real benefits, in the future, the Southern Chamber of Commerce and the people will be able to actively participate in the next war, but I didn't expect that Ning Chu would turn his face here and deny it, and the original guarantee was only partially realized, and some of it was not realized.

Of course, this matter should have been settled by the Southern Chamber of Commerce directly with the emperor and the imperial court, but these guys knew that no one could play hooligans in the imperial court, so they found Cui Yu, the president of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, and wanted to know from him, what did the emperor mean? Is it true that you have to repay your debts?

When Wang Ben asked, Li Dongyang and Cheng Dewang both looked at Cui Yu, and they also needed to wait for an answer, but Cui Yu at this time took another sip of wine unhurriedly, because he had already thought of a reason.