Chapter 385: Cure Yellow

According to the current agreement between China and Britain, Myitkyina is a free city, and if China builds the railway here, it will be tantamount to declaring that Myitkyina has fallen under Chinese control, can the British agree?

"Prime Minister, it is said that the British are reluctant to agree, but now the situation in the South Seas can be described as changing rapidly, and it has begun to develop in our favor!"

Luo Changqi talked about the changes in Nanyang, the Chinese entered Southeast Asia very early, and with their own intelligence and diligence, they gradually made a fortune, and it is no exaggeration to say that they have controlled the local economic lifeline, even after the entry of Western colonial forces, what the Chinese lack is a high degree of organization, and they will be in a difficult situation without a strong motherland as a backing.

On the one hand, the colonial political axe needs to control the power of the Chinese, and on the other hand, it needs to rely on the Chinese to drive the local economy, so there will be frequent anti-Chinese actions.

Relying on violent anti-Chinese actions, a frightening balance was maintained in Southeast Asia, but with the victory of China in the Battle of Northern Burma, this balance was completely broken, China has risen, a strong China will not allow its own diaspora to be killed frequently, and the Nanyang Chinese who have been suffering have finally been able to straighten their waists, and at the same time set off a wave of return investment!

Liangguang, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces have to receive a large number of Chinese capital every day, and these Chinese capital flows back to China, which naturally seriously affects the colonial political axe in Southeast Asia, without which they have no chance to take advantage of it, and after the factory plantations are reduced, the jobs of those lazy and violent natives are also decreasing, and without jobs, the society will naturally be in turmoil.

Luo Changqi said with a smile: "Prime Minister, as long as China can maintain stability for a long time and continue to develop economically, sooner or later it will drain the blood of Southeast Asia, those Western colonial forces came to Southeast Asia to earn benefits, but they did not come here to settle the indigenous troubles, they are even more unwilling to see the colonial economy suffer, so it is normal for us to make some compromises!" ”

Qiao Yu also instantly figured out the plans of Westerners, since they can't fight hard with China, they can only choose to cooperate, strengthen economic exchanges with China, and avoid capital outflow!

"Mr. Luo, this alone is not enough, I think we have to continue to exert pressure, Guangxi and Yucheng will go south after a while, further show force, let everyone see the majesty of China, China is not only a land power, but also a maritime power!"

"That's true, only strong force can be respected, and Westerners will be benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise and faithful, they can't understand, and they still use their fists to manage things at critical moments!"

"For Nanyang, I am determined to win, but there is no need to be too anxious, simmer slowly, naturally there is a natural time, in my opinion, the world can maintain peace for more than ten years, will not be in a hurry to go to war, this period of time is when China is practicing its internal skills, what I am most concerned about now is the matter of land reform, which is the foundation of reversing Chinese society, only if the land reform is done well, the country can have hope!"

Luo Changqi has also been in charge of this issue, of course, he knows the important surnames in it, and this time Qiao Yu went to the southwest mainly to inspect the land issue.

"Prime Minister, generally speaking, the land reform in the southwest is very smooth, I think the key to success is to take Sichuan as the leader, a large number of industrial and mining enterprises have appeared in the southwest, absorbing a considerable amount of labor, the original tenant system has been close to disintegrating, as long as enough benefits are given, it becomes easy to change to a joint-stock farm, and in the wave of economic development, people with a little ambition want to break out of their own business, unwilling to go around the land all their lives, Therefore, the difficulty of land reform in the southwest lies in those Tusi, who are extremely conservative and do not know how to operate, but through the battle of northern Burma, these people are also honest, so that the land reform becomes very easy, and I am really worried about the Central Plains and Tibet! ”

Luo Changqi said in one sentence the most critical point of land reform, the southeast is open, business is prosperous, even the landlords are mostly engaged in industrial and commercial trade, so as long as it is properly guided, it is not difficult to change the business system, and the southwest is where Qiao Yu's nest is, after so many years of development, it will not be too difficult to carry out land reform!

In addition, due to the reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes in the northwest region, the people's unprecedented support for the political axe, coupled with Yan Xishan, such a capable person, the land reform has also been launched, and the situation is relatively smooth, the biggest difficulty is left in Tibetan Province and the Central Plains, Qiao Yu has been prepared for the Tibetan Province, and when necessary, he will adopt a combination of upper and lower methods, and the political axe will send a strong army as a guarantee, and then let millions of serfs launch a rebellion from the lower levels, and the media will fully cooperate to break this fortress in one fell swoop!

Now the most troublesome is the Central Plains, Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi these areas are the birthplace of the glorious history of ancient China, the development history is long, densely populated, but at present these areas have shown a significant decline, with the advent of the marine age, the advantages of the coastal transportation convenience area are highlighted.

The status of the commercial and trade center of the Central Plains has long been lost, and because the development history is too long, the potential has been hollowed out, the Yellow River flows here again, the drought and flood continue, and the population is large, and if this continues, the economic and social development of the Central Plains will lag behind seriously, and the heart of China will be seriously weakened.

But it is not easy to change the Central Plains, there is a strong local clan power here, the people are stubborn and conservative, the economic development is lagging behind, and the natural conditions are also tending to be bad, the political axe not only changes the hearts of the people, but also changes the nature, the difficulty can be imagined!

"Prime Minister, the land reform in the Central Plains must not be as coercive measures as it is for Tusizang Province, the key is to induce, so that the people here can really see the benefits of land reform, only in this way can the land reform be successfully completed, and I suggest that the prime minister link the land reform in the Central Plains with the governance of the Yellow River!"

For the governance of the Yellow River, Qiao Yu has long been planning, the Yellow River is not only the mother river of China, but also a plague river, since the Song and Ming dynasties, the Yellow River floods frequently, has become a heart disease of the dynasties, but it has not been cured for a long time, after Qiao Yu came to power, he also convened a large number of water conservancy experts, biologists, geologists to form a strong expert group, thinking about how to control the Yellow River, now Luo Changqi mentioned this matter, Qiao Yu immediately came to interest!

"Mr. Luo, what do you think?"

"Prime Minister, I don't know much about water conservancy, and I can't talk about any high opinions, but in order to think that the Yellow River has been a disaster for many years, if you want to thoroughly control it, you need a huge amount of engineering, and the entire Yellow River Basin is densely populated, and if you want to build a big project, there must be a lot of trouble, so I think it is better to promote land reform on the one hand, and transfer the population of the Central Plains to the northeast and other places on the other hand, and if the population is small, there will be less trouble, and then it will take one or two decades to completely control the Yellow River!"

Luo Changqi provided Qiao Yu with a good idea, originally Qiao Yu in the formulation of the Central Plains land reform plan, but also wanted to take measures to encourage industry and commerce, promote the economic transformation of the Central Plains, follow the practice in the southwest and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, now Luo Changbi said this, Qiao Yu found that land reform is indeed a good plan to promote immigration!

Speaking of the most fundamental control of the Yellow River is sand control, only by controlling the sediment, the Yellow River can be controlled, generally speaking, it is nothing more than to increase the number of vegetation in the middle reaches of the Loess Plateau, fix the sandy soil, for the downstream of the above-ground hanging river, after expert argumentation has also put forward some good suggestions.

For example, some people advocate that the sediment of the Yellow River should not be simply washed into the water, but should be actively introduced into the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, which is the best fertilizer, which can improve the soil salinization problem in the entire Yellow River Basin, and not watch the precious Yellow River water flow in vain!

However, the angle of the station is different, Qiao Yu's views are also different, some methods are very good in theory, but it will be very troublesome to implement, such as the problem of restoring vegetation on the Loess Plateau, the population is there, and these people must always be able to eat, although the gains of reclaiming the land outweigh the losses, but without food, people can't last for a moment, and the same is true for downstream governance.

In fact, the entire Yellow River Basin constitutes the largest delta in the world, and if it can be used well, it will definitely become an important granary for China, instead of being tormented by water, drought and salinity as it is now!

But if you want the sediment of the Yellow River to be flooded along the river, you need to build a large number of water conservancy projects, and carry out huge resettlement work, which is easier said than done, and it is much more difficult to do, Luo Changqi's idea is really good, and there is no problem with placing 100 million people on the fertile soil of the three eastern provinces and the outer northeast, and most of this part of the population is transported from the Central Plains, which can reduce the population of the Central Plains by more than two-thirds!

In this way, we can let go of our hands and feet to control the Yellow River, plant trees in the upper reaches of the river, maintain water and soil, and also solve the employment problem of some people, and the downstream can also build water conservancy projects, and use the sediment of the Yellow River to make the entire Huang-Huai-Hai Plain fertile, and after the population decreases, on this plain, there will be large-scale mechanized farming farms, which happen to cooperate with their own land reform plans, and perfectly combine together!

"Mr. Luo woke up the dreamer with a word, after I returned to Yanjing, I set up a special working group to control the Yellow River, and worked closely with the Immigration Bureau to remove the people from the Central Plains, and at the same time completely control the Yellow River, so that the sons and daughters of China will no longer be troubled by the Yellow River problem!"

"Prime Minister, although the idea is good, but to completely control the Yellow River, I think it will take at least 20 years, and the investment will be more than 20 billion, and the financial resources of the political axe may be difficult to bear!"

"The Yellow River has been raging for thousands of years, and it is already very good to be able to achieve results in 20 years, as for investment, we can not only look at the input, but also look at the output, as long as the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain is well managed, the annual increase in grain can not be measured by money, but if you want to complete such a huge project, you must have the right person to preside over it!"

Luo Changbi looked at Qiao Yu and looked at him, and suddenly smiled bitterly, "Prime Minister, I have the heart to take care of this cause that is destined to be famous for eternity, but I really don't understand water conservancy, and I don't dare to boast casually, I recommend someone to you, this person is called Wu Tongju, a famous water conservancy expert, and he was the director of the Jiangsu Water Conservancy Bureau when the Republic of China was established, I think this person's talent is enough to undertake this important task!" ”

(To be continued)