In the sixteenth year of Xuanping, the Tang Empire vigorously promoted the construction of water conservancy facilities, and it was not a short-term plan, but a long-term plan!

Li Xuan ordered the cabinet to come up with a plan for the construction of water conservancy facilities for a period of 10 years, and to carry out the construction of water conservancy facilities throughout the country according to the degree of urgency.

Among them, the highest priority is to deal with areas that may have major dangers, which are represented by the Kaifeng section of the Yellow River and the Hongze Lake section of the Huai River.

In addition to completing these key projects, it is necessary to control some river sections that may be in danger and related drought prevention projects, which are characterized by not being too urgent and harmful, and the existing water conservancy facilities can barely support them, but they cannot resist in the face of large-scale disasters.

Finally, the construction of water conservancy facilities based on daily irrigation and shipping, the construction of water conservancy facilities during this period was not mainly for disaster prevention, but for irrigation and shipping, and disaster prevention was incidental.

The total investment of the 10-year water conservancy project is expected to exceed 150 million yuan, of which 80 million yuan will be contributed by the central government and 70 million yuan by local finances.

The first year, that is, the 16th year of Xuanping, is the main event, in order to prevent floods, it is necessary to concentrate on the management of a large number of dangerous river sections, so the investment is also the largest in the 10-year plan, the central government will allocate 15 million yuan for water conservancy construction, and the local finances will also contribute a total of 20 million yuan.

Most of the central government's financial resources will be used for the harnessing of the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Yangtze River, the Pearl River, and other major rivers, while the funds of the local governments will mainly be used for flood prevention and drought control projects in their respective jurisdictions.

In order to carry out the relevant projects smoothly, but also to avoid the emergence of a swarm of major projects, causing financial problems on a national scale, and more importantly, in order to avoid the disorderly recruitment of people in various places, and then cause major public resentment.

Therefore, along with this document, the empire also introduced a new conscription law, first of all, it was legally clear that the people had the obligation to serve the state, but also introduced many related restrictions.

First of all, the local government is not allowed to organize the people to serve on their own, and if they need to conscript the people to serve, they must apply to the cabinet for approval before they can be implemented.

Then there are many detailed regulations, such as only children are not required to serve, under the age of 18, over 50 years old, military personnel, current students, and disabled people are not included in the scope of conscription, and the rest of adult and healthy men are required to serve, including officers.

Secondly, injuries and illnesses can be exempted from military service, and at the same time, they can take the initiative to apply for service behind the eyes, or they can directly pay the corresponding fees for exemption.

Again, the maximum service time per year shall not exceed three months, and it must be during the agricultural slack period, and the government will provide food, clothing, housing and transportation during the service period, and at the same time issue subsidies, and the subsidy standard shall be formulated separately according to the average income level of each locality.

This kind of service, to put it bluntly, is hired by the government at a low price, although it is said that the money given is very small, but at least there is a salary.

This is very different from the traditional feudal dynasty for nothing, and even the need to bring your own food.

This has led to the emergence of another situation, that is, when local officials look at the new forced labor law, they find that when calculated in detail, it is even higher than the cost of directly hiring workers for construction.

Why!

Because directly hiring workers doesn't need to pay for food and housing, just how much money is paid a month.

But to serve as a servant, the government needs to manage food and housing, and this food and drink is a lot of money, even if the food is poor, it is not a small amount.

What's more, this has to be declared to the central government, and it is difficult to go to the central government to declare a project.

Anyway, the cost is indispensable there, and more is better than less!

As a result, as soon as this conscription law was promulgated, for several months, there was no local yamen to declare......

They would rather pay for a laborer than a slave......

This was also beyond Li Xuan's expectations.

But that's okay, this kind of thing is a bit unsuitable, the Tang Empire has begun to kick off the industrial revolution, and it's not appropriate to play such a thing as conscription.

However, in order to prevent accidents in the future, this forced labor law still needs to be maintained, and not using it now does not mean that it will not be used in the future, in case of any emergency, such as last year's floods, the government will not be able to use the method of employing labor, and a large number of people must be requisitioned to carry out the relevant huge projects.

For example, if there is a war, it is still very necessary to recruit people for logistics or even directly form an army to fight.

Since this kind of thing has existed for thousands of years in the feudal era, it naturally has a reason for its existence.

To a certain extent, this conscription law is also Li Xuan's paving the way for the future compulsory military system, and the current Tang Empire is adopting a conscription system, although it will be said that it will be for a while, and even for many years in the future, there will be no problems, but it can't just rely on the conscription system to fight the world.

If there is a major war, such as a world war, and a large-scale mobilization is required, the conscription system will not work, and it will have to rely on the support of the compulsory military system.

The sixteenth year of Xuanping is a year of construction for the Tang Empire, and it is also a year of infrastructure construction!

In almost all parts of the country, you can see a large number of construction projects and various water conservancy projects!

The officials of the local yamen are all holding the Tang Dynasty newspaper for research, the Tang Dynasty newspaper is not just an ordinary newspaper, it is essentially a public opinion propaganda tool of the empire, so a large number of policy articles and even edicts will be published on it.

The edicts of the Tang Empire that needed to be issued to the whole world were basically issued through the newspapers and periodicals of the Tang Dynasty.

Combined with some documents within the government, comparing the articles in the Tang Dynasty newspaper, this is enough for those officials to grasp the changes in the imperial policy, and in the officialdom, the emphasis is on keeping up with the policy.

Li Xuan, the Son of Heaven, said that this year we should concentrate our efforts and do a good job of water conservancy facilities first, and if you are the wind in your ears, don't expect to be promoted!

Needless to say, the local officials immediately began to carry out special water conservancy facilities, and some localities already had the need for flood control and drought control, and the local officials immediately began to do it, and they were eager to pass the relevant news all the way to the central government and then to the ears of the Son of Heaven.

But what about some places where the wind and rain are smooth, the terrain is still very good, and there is no need for flood control and drought relief?

Just skip it and ignore it, what a joke!

Impossible!

There is no need for flood control, there is no need to fight drought, you can also build urban drainage canals, solve the problem of stagnant water in the streets, or you can also solve the problem of drinking water for residents!

What the? You say that's already there, and it's good!

Darn!

And if you are not self-motivated, you already have, it is already good, don't you know that you can do it better?

The drainage ditch is dug bigger, deeper, it's really not good, let's dig another one next to it, the new one is better than the old, two is better than one!

There is also drinking water for the people, there is it, but having water does not mean that it is good to drink, it is convenient to drink!

You can learn from the advanced experience of Shanghai and engage in tap water!

Regardless of whether there is demand or not, it is necessary to engage in it anyway, it is best to have demand, and if there is no demand, it is necessary to engage in demand!

If we really can't find the demand, we can also change the way, this water conservancy facility belongs to infrastructure, but roads and bridges also belong to infrastructure.

In short, the living can't let urine suffocate to death, and if you want to be promoted and make a fortune, you have to find a way to keep up with the pace of the Son of Heaven.

What is the Son of Heaven focusing on today? It is a variety of infrastructure such as water conservancy facilities, so the officials who are the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven naturally need to pay attention to the above areas.

This is to be good at the top and invest at the bottom.

If Li Xuan thought that it was useless to engage in infrastructure construction, industry and commerce, but to engage in religious superstition and the like, then it would not be long before a large number of temples would pop up all over the country.

Under the personal guidance of Li Xuan, the supervision of the imperial study, the responsibility of the cabinet, and the specific implementation of various localities, the entire Tang Empire has set off a climax of building water conservancy facilities.

In the Tang Dynasty newspaper, there were continuous follow-up reports on the construction of water conservancy facilities in various places, and the focus of them was naturally the Yellow River and Huai River control projects that the whole country was concerned about.

In April of the 16th year of Xuanping, the Hongze Lake embankment project came with good news, and the most critical project in the first phase of the project, which was also the most difficult section of the project, was successfully completed.

This is also an official announcement that the first phase of the Hongze Lake embankment project, with a total length of 14.6 kilometers, has been successfully completed!

"The total length of the first phase of the project is 14.6 kilometers, of which the key project is 4,300 meters, the main project of the key project is 4,000 meters, because the old embankment is overwhelmed, we directly carry out the construction on the outside of the original dam, the width of the base of the dam varies from 200 meters to 300 meters, the height varies from 6 meters to 9 meters, and the width of the top of the dam is 30 meters."

Officials from the Ministry of Engineering are reporting to Li Xuan on the progress of the project: "During the construction, we used a large amount of concrete as the main material according to the construction drawings provided by the Royal Institute of Technology. On the side of the lake, all the stone strips are made of jacks of stone to prevent the dam from being damaged due to the erosion of the lake, and the main project of the dam uses a large amount of concrete, and at the same time mixes a lot of sand and gravel and soil! ”

While listening, Li Xuan also looked at the report in his hand, which also contained the relevant design drawings of this section of the dam.

After listening to the report, Li Xuan also put down the report, and then said: "Yes, you can complete this important project before the flood season, it can be seen that you are also attentive, not bad!" ”

"But don't be complacent, although the main project has been completed, but the follow-up finishing work must also be done, it is now March, it is too long, it will not be completed before the flood season, you must be in line with the attitude of being responsible for the people to do their best to build, be sure to complete the construction before the flood season!"

After the people from the Ministry of Industry left, Li Xuan spread out a map, which was the general design of the construction of water conservancy facilities in the past ten years, and marked at least 100 key projects across the country.

Among them, the thick red line is drawn on the embankment of Hongze Lake and part of the Yellow River!

Today, some of the above projects are still completed, and this year's flood season is the time to test them!

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