Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Pan Jitao was stunned for a moment, control the water? It doesn't seem like there's much to be done in recent years, right? I haven't seen a big flood anywhere, and I haven't seen a flood anywhere, so do you need to mobilize the people like this?

Pan Jitao didn't know, but Zhu Yijun knew that from now on, the imperial court would spend a lot of money on disaster relief every year.

Droughts, floods, earthquakes, and locust plagues are not cut off every day, and compared with other disasters, floods are the most harmful, and water and fire have been ruthless since ancient times. The solution to drought or locust plague is nothing more than food, and Zhu Yijun feels that he will definitely be able to get enough food.

However, floods are not good, and once a flood occurs, it is too late to rescue the disaster with the disaster relief capacity of this era.

As for earthquakes, they can't be predicted, and they can't be prevented if they want to.

Another key point is Pan Jitao, Zhu Yijun thought of controlling the water now, in fact, it has a lot to do with Pan Jitao. After all, there are not many people in history who want to find people like Pan Jitao who control water.

Taking advantage of the good weather now, Pan Jitao is not old, and it is a good opportunity to control the water.

Of course, Zhu Yijun is also going to do other things by controlling the water, but Pan Jitao is not suitable to know about this matter. Seeing that Pan Jitao didn't speak, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am going to add the title of Governor of Aiqing River, the title of Shangshu of the Processing Department, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, and inspect the rivers of the world. ”

After this official position came out, Pan Jitao himself was shocked.

In fact, the governor of the river is a very key official position, which can be traced back to the Yongle period at the earliest, but at that time, officials were sent to govern the river, most of them were Shangshu to preside over the river, and sometimes sent squires and imperial historians.

During the Chenghua period, the governor of the river was set up, stationed in Jining, Shandong, and the first general river was Wang Shu, the squire of the Ministry of Industry.

At the time of the founding of the country, the Yellow River was relatively light, and the imperial court was in charge of river affairs with the governor who managed the transportation. In the event of a flood, a member of the Minister of the General River was temporarily dispatched to deal with the problem, and the matter was withdrawn immediately and set up a non-permanent situation. During the Zhengde period, it was stipulated that the imperial history of the capital should be filled.

During the Jiajing period, with the title of Shangshu or Shilang of the Imperial History Processing Department, the military affairs of the governor were added during the Longqing period, and the prime minister of Wanli was changed to the prime minister of Hecao and the military affairs of the commander, at that time the power of the governor of the river was the most powerful, but in the eighth year of Wanli, the governor of the river Yamen was abolished.

As a river control official, Pan Jitao is very clear about this.

Now I heard that the emperor wanted to make him the governor of the river, and he also added the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time there was also the left deputy of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, which was obviously not a small fight. If these fictitious titles reflect the importance that the emperor attaches to this matter, then the later inspection of the world's rivers is problematic, and it is a big problem.

Patrolling the heavens, that is, Qincha, taking the Son of Heaven to inspect the rivers of the world, this power and responsibility are very heavy!

"Since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty has not thoroughly investigated the rivers of the world, and I want Aiqing to do this." Zhu Yijun looked at Pan Jitao, and said with burning eyes: "Draw a map of the Daming River." ”

"Paint the main rivers of the world on them, and I will send enough men to Aiqing."

"At the same time, I also hope that Aiqing will inspect the rivers in the world to see where they need to be repaired and where they need to be rebuilt. Every flood hurts countless people, and the damage to people's property is not counted, and the people are displaced, and they are eaten, which is not what I want to see. ”

"The Ming Dynasty shouldn't be like this, and my country shouldn't be like this."

Pan Jitao opened his mouth, the expression on his face was serious, but his trembling body showed his excitement. In fact, in the previous success of water control, Pan Jitao has encountered countless difficulties.

Not getting the support of the DPRK and the central government is the biggest difficulty Pan Jitao has encountered, and other difficulties can be overcome, but this one can't work.

Seeing the misery of the people after the flood, Pan Jitao is very obsessed with repairing the river, and now after listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Pan Jitao said that it is impossible not to be excited. This is a thousand years of work, if you can achieve it in your own hands, it is really in vain.

"Is Your Majesty serious?" Pan Jitao stood up excitedly, and said in a trembling voice.

Zhu Yijun could see that Pan Jitao was really excited, otherwise Pan Jitao would never say such a thing. Nodding solemnly, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It is the responsibility of the imperial court to build water conservancy, repair canals to divert water, and control floods." ”

"Even if it's ten or twenty years, I'll stick to it, as long as I'm alive."

"In terms of money and food, Aiqing doesn't have to worry, I don't dare to say more, three million taels a year, it will only be more, not less. However, Aiqing has to make sure that the money is spent in the right place, and if it is spent elsewhere, then I will not spare it. ”

Pan Jitao knelt on the ground with a pounce, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the ministers will also do this for Your Majesty." ”

Stretching out his hand to help Pan Jitao up, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am waiting for that day, when Aiqing does it, I will set up a wine for Aiqing to celebrate his achievements, write a book and write a biography, and I will definitely let future generations remember what Aiqing did." ”

With excitement, Pan Ji tamed away, and Zhu Yijun fell into silence for a long time.

Compared with Pan Jitao's simple river governance, Zhu Yijun has a lot of ideas.

Regarding the original intention of governing the river, Zhu Yijun also thought about it for the people and the people, and more to eliminate the possibility of rebellion. The integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry and the commercial tax that they are about to implement are all things that offend the gentry.

The number of people who are dissatisfied with themselves will definitely increase, and maybe a few ambitious characters will jump out.

At such times, stabilizing the lower classes of the people has become the key, and those without the participation of the common people are called rebellions, and those with the participation of the common people are called uprisings. There is no rebellion that cannot be quelled, but it is much more troublesome to quell an uprising.

Water conservancy projects were built to avoid floods, increase the area of irrigated land, and stabilize grain production, all in order to cope with future disasters.

Although I can go to Southeast Asia to grab food, but after all, it is limited, so many people and so many people in the Ming Dynasty are not a long-term solution! Besides, what if a natural disaster breaks out and the food can't be transported? Maintaining stability is the number one priority.

The people's lives are stable, even if there is a natural disaster, supplemented by disaster relief, the situation can be stabilized to the greatest extent.

At that time, even if there are ambitious people who want to rebel, not many people will follow with knives.

There are too many people who have touched these things by themselves, if they still follow the course of history and do not change, Zhu Yijun feels that he will definitely be fanned by his little wings. Of course, there are also considerations for the people.

Let them live and work in peace and contentment, let them produce more food and live a good life.

It's just that Zhu Yijun doesn't know how much this kind of thinking accounts for in this decision, and it will definitely not be too much.

After arranging Pan Jitao's affairs, Zhu Yijun's things this year are completed, and the rest of the days can be safely waited for the New Year. Zhu Yijun has passed more than a dozen years like this, but there is nothing new.

Originally, this was supposed to be another stable New Year, but when Zhu Yijun saw that a New Year's gift was given, Zhu Yijun was not calm in an instant, his good mood was swept away, and he even wanted to kill people with a knife.

There were two things in the box in front of Zhu Yijun, both of which Zhu Yijun was very familiar with.

On the left is the leaf of a plant, which is now dry, and Zhu Yijun can see at a glance what this thing is. He had seen this thing too many times in his previous life, it was tobacco leaves, and it was still flue-cured tobacco like this.

In the previous life, everyone smoked cigarettes, but still in the countryside, there are still many old people who smoke cigarettes.

Zhu Yijun's grandfather in his previous life was such an old man, who rolled paper by himself and sometimes used a cigarette pouch, but he smoked this kind of tobacco leaves. If this thing made Zhu Yijun upset, then the thing next to it made Zhu Yijun afraid.

The black pimple was like a demon in Zhu Yijun's eyes.

That's the big smoke paste!

This is what the old people in the countryside called this thing in the past, and Zhu Yijun has seen the old people in the countryside plant one or two plants in the pots. If they get old and have some incurable disease, they will use this thing to relieve the pain.

The method is also very simple, basically just roll it in a cigarette and smoke it.

In fact, Zhu Yijun is more accustomed to its other name: opium!

When it comes to opium, there is no Chinese who does not know what is going on with him, all because this thing has caused too much harm to the Chinese people and hurts to the bone marrow. No one will forget the Opium War, and that period of history is also unforgettable.

Zhu Yijun listened to Zhang Whale introduce himself to how to use this thing, how to roll it up and smoke it together, and his face was gloomy and terrifying.

Before the crossing, Zhu Yijun had heard of the saying that the Wanli Emperor smoked a lot, and many people said that the Wanli Emperor had this habit. The excuse of Emperor Wanli was dizziness and dazzleness, but in fact, the main reason was excessive indulgence and opium addiction.

In 1958, after the excavation of Dingling, scientists examined the body of the Wanli Emperor and found that his bones contained morphine.

Zhu Yijun has been busy with these things before, and he really didn't expect such a thing, or he couldn't take care of it. But now this thing was placed in front of Zhu Yijun, which made him startled.

Glancing at Zhang Whale, Zhu Yijun asked in a deep voice: "You said that this thing was offered by the eunuch of Nanjing?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it was presented by Cui Fu, the eunuch guarding the town of Nanjing." Zhang Whale had already realized that something was wrong, the emperor's voice was very cold, he hurriedly lowered his head, and scolded Cui Fu in his heart, you are a pit man!

"You say it's 'black incense'?" When this question was asked, Zhu Yijun's voice became even colder.

In fact, it has long been recorded that when the tributary system had not collapsed in the past, Siam Java would pay tribute to this thing every year, but after the imperial court cut the tribute, it was basically gone over the years.

Obviously, Cui Fu got these things, and this time it was clear that he was currying favor with himself.

It's just that his sycophant is destined to be slapped on the horse's hooves, and after glancing at Zhang Whale, Zhu Yijun said coldly: "Send a message to Xu De, let him find out to me, how did this thing come about, and how did it get to me." ”