Chapter 340 Yellow Control Project

[Today's second update]

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The capitals of China and Russia are thousands of miles away, and it will take at least a year for the two countries to formally conclude an alliance, and it will take another year for the news to reach Beijing again, and it will take another year and a half to prepare for the Chinese Empire to take military action in accordance with the contract, and it will take half a year for the navy to arrive in the Red Sea of the Indian Ocean to fight.

In this way, the Russian Empire actually had to fight alone for at least three years, and during these three years. The Ottoman Turkish Empire concentrated most of its troops in the northern zone against Russia, then Egypt and North Africa west of the Red Sea would be weak, and the best time for a formal military invasion of the Chinese Empire would be the best time.

Deng Haonan exhausted his calculations, taking advantage of the backward time difference in ancient communications to play tricks, and when the Russian Empire also had suffering, they were used as guns by the Chinese Empire, and their fate was already doomed when Deng Haonan calculated.

With enough time, Deng Haonan turned his attention back from West Asia and returned to Southeast Asia.

Every year, a lot of wealth is plundered from Luzon and Papua, and when the "harvest" is good, hundreds of millions of silver dollars can be plundered. When the "harvest" is poor, it can also collect forty or fifty million silver dollars. These looted from overseas alone were enough for the empire to carry out various economic constructions, so when the empire's three-year tax exemption expired, Emperor Deng Haonan of Shenwu once again issued a holy decree to continue to exempt the people of the empire from taxes for four years, except for commercial taxes, of course.

Before and after, Deng Haonan has been exempted from taxes for eight years, and counting the four-year tax exemption time this time, it has accumulated to 12 years.

This is unprecedented and unprecedented, the reputation of the Emperor Shenwu in the people is close to the gods, deeply loved and respected by the people, and the Deng family is as stable as an iron bucket.

By the end of last year, the empire's fiscal balance had exceeded 230 million silver dollars. Among them, the budget expenditure is about 140 million silver dollars, 65 million silver dollars are used to support the development of national industry and commerce and the construction of the empire's industry, 15 million silver dollars are spent on military expenditure, and 60 million silver dollars are spent on improving people's livelihood and disaster relief.

Among them, disaster relief accounted for 47 million silver dollars, mainly because the disastrous weather in the empire continued to worsen, and the imperial government had to allocate huge sums of money to relieve the victims and help them rebuild their homes. Emperor Shenwu Deng Haonan heard reports on this almost every day, and if it weren't for the huge amount of the empire's financial surplus, the empire's society would have fallen into chaos.

Deng Haonan sighed every time, one was that he was lucky to be able to use maritime trade and colonial plunder to make up for the disaster losses of the empire. The first is to lament the unlucky emperor Chongzhen in history, a conscientious but untimely emperor, he was too aggrieved as an emperor.

The Empire's fiscal surplus last year was 90 million silver dollars, plus the surplus of 50 or 60 million silver dollars every year in previous years, the Imperial treasury has a financial reserve of up to 300 million silver dollars, and the funds in it have piled up.

This does not include the capital reserves of the Imperial Central Bank, the huge amount of private capital, so that the capital reserves of the Imperial Central Bank exceeded the 700 million mark, this huge amount of funds made the Manchu civil and military ministers cry with joy, but it made Deng Haonan want to cry without tears.

700,000,000,000 silver dollars were distributed equally among the more than 70 million people, and each person only saved 10 silver coins. The civil and military officials only saw the overall figures, but ignored the average figures, which can only reflect whether a country is rich or not.

In Deng Haonan's calculations, the central bank reserve funds of the empire should reach two billion silver dollars at this time to be considered normal. On average, in six years, each person has saved a total of 30 silver dollars, so that it can be shown that the people really have surplus money and can put it in the bank.

But now, the common people of the empire have just reached the level of food and clothing, the banking system has been implemented for six years, and the tax exemption policy for recuperation has been implemented for eight years, and the common people have only saved an average of ten silver coins for so many years, which shows that the common people have not saved money over the years, and basically spent the money they have earned.

Of course, Deng Haonan also knew in his heart that it would be quite difficult for a country with a large population to become rich. But fortunately, now that the empire has reached the level of food and clothing, at least it will not be a miserable time like the previous Chaoming to starve all over the wilderness and cannibalize flesh and blood.

In fact, Deng Haonan is just judging ancient times with modern eyes. In fact, in ancient times, it was considered prosperous to be able to feed and clothe the people. What's more, the natural disasters suffered by the Chinese Empire at this time are indescribable. In this case, if you can achieve food and clothing, you will be happy to be someone else, but Deng Haonan has always been demanding.

Early that day, with the end of various reports, the disaster report that Deng Haonan had been a headache had been running out of turned out to be gone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is a good day."

The ministers didn't know why, and they all said yes. Sung-gi saw the meaning of the emperor's words, and he knew that the emperor was happy that there was no civil disaster report.

"Emperor Yao Shunyu soup, under the wise guidance of the emperor, the empire is thriving, and natural disasters are gradually far away"

Only then did the ministers realize that there was no report of the disaster today, so they drank one after another.

Deng Haonan was very happy, so he said: "I am happy today, why don't you go to Nanyuan with me?" ”

"Obey the Order"

The ministers saw that Deng Haonan was high, and they also followed him to Nanyuan to be happy.

Just as Deng Haonan was about to drive Nanyuan to hunt, he heard a hurried call from the hall from a distance.

"Eight hundred miles of river expedited official documents"

As one after another passed to the Qinzheng Palace, Deng Haonan's heart suddenly sank.

The river is 800 miles faster, and it won't be a burst of the embankment

Deng Haonan immediately shook his head, it is impossible for a flood to burst the embankment on this cold day.

"Newspaper"

With a long shout, the post station attendant fell to his knees.

Eight hundred miles of urgency, change horses without changing people.

"Qi Gong His Majesty, the Yellow River in the Taohuayu section of Henan Province burst its embankment, and Liu Changqing, the governor of the river, sent an urgent official document for 800 miles, please ask the emperor to make a holy judgment"

Deng Haonan was stunned for a moment, afraid of something, he thought he could enjoy a day, but he didn't expect to come to a burst.

Although the Yellow River burst its embankment is not a new thing, in ancient times, the Yellow River would burst its embankment once in three or five years, and it would burst once in the autumn of the second year of Shenwu, but I did not expect that it would also burst in the spring of the sixth year of Shenwu.

The little sixth son next to him woke up Deng Haonan and hurriedly presented the recital.

Deng Haonan looked at it and immediately said angrily: "What is Liu Changqing doing to eat?" Since the last time the Yellow River burst its banks, I have allocated hundreds of millions of silver dollars to repair the embankments, why did it break again? Or a big winter's burst."

The ministers suddenly understood that the Yellow River had really burst its banks.

Qian Qianyi took it and read it, and his face was also ugly.

It was reported above that after the Yellow River burst its banks, it flooded more than a dozen nearby prefectures and counties, with heavy casualties and heavy losses.

Deng Haonan said angrily: "Liu Changqing, the governor of the river, has a negative hope, and it will be difficult to dispel his anger if he is not dismissed from his post and questioned for his crimes."

"The emperor is slow" Qian Qianyi saw that Deng Haonan was about to kill, and hurriedly came out to stop him.

"The emperor is angry" Qian Qianyi said: "The Yellow River burst its banks, and the governor of the river and the officials above and below are to blame, but the Yellow River is bursting, and the river officials are not guilty."

Deng Haonan was stunned for a moment, and asked for a long time: "What did you say?" Lingxun broke the pass, and the river official was not guilty? ”

"Exactly"

Qian Qianyi saw that Deng Haonan didn't understand the meaning of what he said, and suddenly a row of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, for fear that Deng Haonan would be accountable to him, so he hurriedly explained.

It turns out that Lingxun in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was famous for its frequent breaches, dangerous and difficult to prevent and control in history. According to incomplete historical statistics, in the 54 years from 1883 to 1936, there were 21 breaches during the flood season, with an average of two breaches in five years. Even in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were still two flood breaches in the Shandong estuary area of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. In history, there was a saying that "it is easy to rob the flood, but it is difficult to prevent the flood", and "the river official is not guilty of the flood break". For this reason, the emperors of all dynasties have always dismissed the river officials who broke the embankment and questioned the crime, and the vast majority of them would be beheaded to appease the people's anger, but on the Ling Xun, they acquiesced to the saying that "the flood is easy to rob, and the flood is difficult to prevent", and "the river official is not guilty of the Ling Xun break", and will not condemn the river official.

Where did Deng Haonan know this, a few years ago, it was Fu Xun, he killed the river official at that time, and now he found out that Fu Xun and Ling Xun are two completely different ways of treatment.

Then, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry also saw that Deng Haonan did not understand the danger of Ling Xun and the difficulty of governance, so he helped Qian Qianyi explain it to Deng Haonan.

Only then did Deng Haonan know that Ling Xun was far more difficult than Fu Xun dozens of times, and later generations could use planes and cannons to blow up the ice to solve Ling Xun, but in ancient times, human power was really limited, and there was no way to take Ling Xun. Ordinary people do not blame river officials for the flood disaster.

Deng Haonan coughed dryly, and saw that many officials interceded for Liu Changqing, so Deng Haonan gave up the idea of shooting Liu Changqing.

"Even if it is a flood and the river is bursting, the officials will not be able to escape the blame"

Deng Haonan wanted to save face, so he said: "Send a decree to the governor of the river, from Liu Changqing and below, to prevent floods, and I will punish them to work in person for a month, go to the disaster area to rescue the people, and help them rebuild their homes."

The civil and military officials were all stunned when they heard this, but they were all old fritters, and they knew that Deng Haonan was trying to save face, so they didn't say much.

Subsequently, Deng Haonan ordered the household department to quickly allocate funds to purchase the necessary relief materials, and ordered the local affected prefectures and counties to quickly count the casualties and losses.

After the early dynasty dispersed, Deng Haonan recruited Wen Tiren, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to the imperial study to wait for the order.

"I don't know what the emperor ordered to recruit his ministers"

Wen Tiren saw that Deng Haonan's eyebrows were frowning, and he didn't speak for a long time, so he had to ask first.

Deng Haonan calmed down and said: "I originally planned to build more dams on the rivers and build water conservancy throughout the country to solve the drought and flood disaster, but recently I learned that this flood cannot be prevented at all, and if the dam is built, wouldn't it be worse?" ”

Wen Tiren nodded and said, "What the emperor said is very true, Weichen believes that Lingxun can cause disasters, which are basically concentrated in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Even if the upstream is flooded, the surrounding area is sparsely populated and not very destructive. The downstream starts from Henan, the population is concentrated, and once the embankment bursts, casualties and losses are inevitable. Therefore, Weichen did not build a dam on the Yellow River. ”

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "In other words, there is no problem with other rivers building dams?" ”

"That's exactly the case," Wen Tiren replied: "The emperor is building water conservancy, which must be beneficial to the country and the people, at least the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and the gains outweigh the losses." Just avoid rivers that are flooded a lot."

Deng Haonan thought about it, he almost gave up the construction of water conservancy projects across the country because of this flood problem. Now it seems that as long as there is no harm in building water conservancy on major rivers and rivers where floods occur frequently.

It's just that the Yellow River bursts once in three or five years, which is really a headache.

"I have an idea"

"Your Majesty, please speak"

Deng Haonan thought for a while and said, "I want to move all the people within 50 miles on both sides of the Yellow River, and set it up as a river jurisdiction, prohibiting cultivation and logging. Then plant trees on both sides of the Yellow River, so that the flood situation of the Yellow River can be improved."

Since the last time the Yellow River burst its banks, Deng Haonan has proposed this idea. It's just that no one understood Deng Haonan's idea at that time, and the finance at that time could not support the large-scale migration of ordinary people on both sides of the Yellow River, so he finally gave up.

Today, the empire's finances are enough to support the large-scale migration of the people on both sides of the Yellow River, although Wen Tiren still does not understand the use of planting trees by the river, but Wen Tiren knows one thing, that is, the people have moved away in vain, and even if there is another flood, it will not have much impact.

"Wei Chen thinks this matter is feasible" Wen Tiren said: "Fifty miles is too little, why don't you extend it to a hundred miles?" The empire's current overseas colonies need a large number of people to immigrate over, and tens of millions of people in the north are sparsely populated, such a large and rich area, if it is left unguarded for a long time, it is afraid that the nomads will grow stronger and threaten the security of the empire, and the Jurchen is a lesson from the past."

Deng Haonan nodded, although the two of them had different starting points and views, the final purpose and result were the same.

"A Hundred Miles of Migration"

Deng Haonan thought about it, and planting trees on a large scale within 100 miles on both sides of the Yellow River and moving away all the people may be the best way to repair this above-ground river.

For the Yellow River, Deng Haonan knows her power. On the ground, unless the river is heightened and widened every year, the embankment will have to burst sooner or later. Rather than that, it is better to move the common people away, anyway, the empire is now fertile for thousands of miles, and the common people do not have to worry about having no place to resettle.

Thinking of this, Deng Haonan said: "Then take the opportunity of the Yellow River to burst the embankment this time, notify the state and county officials within 100 miles along the Yellow River, let them publicize the news that the Yellow River will burst the embankment, and then persuade the people to migrate or emigrate." A qiē expense is paid from the household department"

"The Emperor Shengming"

Wen Tiren was ordered to leave, and on the land of China, a mighty immigration project began. As the states and counties along the Yellow River received notices from the imperial court one after another, the people knew that it was their most respected emperor who spoke, so they did not suspect him, and moved their families to other states and counties or emigrated overseas.

Anyway, it is the government that spends money, coupled with the credibility of Emperor Shenwu, although the common people are not very willing to give up their hometown, but they still obey the arrangement of the imperial government, after all, the Yellow River still has to "break the embankment", and they have to take care of their lives. E