"I once had a dream......," Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "In my dream, I dreamed that there were many bridges on the Yangtze River, and these bridges turned the Yangtze River moat into a thoroughfare......

Several important ministers were dumbfounded, in fact, they had heard more than once that the emperor wanted to build the bridge, but they didn't expect that what the emperor wanted to build was the Yangtze River bridge across both banks.

"I also dreamed that there were tunnels under the Yangtze River, that is, under the bottom of the Yangtze River......

The ministers felt that the emperor had hysteria nine times out of ten.

"These dreams are real, very real, and I feel like I'm there." Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "You all know that I like to think about nothing, and I want to try what I think, it's not terrible to fail, but what if I succeed?"

"Your Majesty, this is impossible." As the Minister of Construction, Zhai Luan felt that it was very necessary for him to wake up the dreaming emperor.

Zhu Houwei waved his hand and said: "I said, it's not terrible to fail, it's terrible that I don't even have the courage to try, since I think about it, I dare to do it, or that, what if I succeed?"

Zhai Luan felt that he didn't need to waste his saliva, because the emperor was pretending to be asleep, and he would never be able to wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

Yang Yiqing said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that Your Majesty's dream is real, and I also believe that as long as Your Majesty has perseverance, you will definitely be able to make this dream come true, but please forgive the minister, dare to ask Your Majesty, even if the dream comes true, a bridge has been built on the Yangtze River and a tunnel has been dug, what is the significance of it?" Isn't the ferry on the Yangtze River unavailable? ”

Zhu Houwei was directly stunned by these words......

That's right, what is the actual use of the bridge that was finally built after spending a lot of manpower, material resources, and countless efforts of skilled craftsmen?

Tongren? Currency? The ferry was sufficient, and there was nothing inconvenient......

There is a bridge in the back mountain for traffic, but even if the bridge can be opened to traffic, in the mid-nineties, the ferry was also an extremely important way to cross the river, and now there is no such demand......

After all, there are very realistic examples there, he wanted to build Longyang Gorge to control the Yellow River, Gezhou Dam to control the Yangtze River, and excavate countless reservoirs to store water for flood control.

What do you do when you build a bridge? It's just that if it's a little more convenient than the ferry, it can really be described in four words: labor and money.

So Zhu Houwei was speechless when asked, and it was the first time that he felt that he was taking it for granted.

"It's just a dream, how can Yang Aiqing still take it seriously?" Zhu Houwei smiled, and then pulled out the two small flags of Nanjing and Wuhan without a trace......

A few important ministers didn't care, and the emperor was shameless? Hehe, get used to it.

"Your Majesty, what does this little flag represent?" Yang Yiqing's gaze fell on the small flag of Linzhou.

"I'm going to build a canal here!" Zhu Houwei's tone was a little solemn.

"Ditch repair? Why build a canal? Yang Yiqing was still puzzled.

"For the people!" Zhu Houwei suddenly said: "Yang Aiqing knows that there is a perennial shortage of water in this Linzhou, and there is a great drought at every turn, once there is a great drought, the river wells dry up, the crops are not harvested, and the people have nothing to eat, even to the point of cannibalism!"

Yang Yiqing was stunned, and several pavilion elders present were also stunned.

Act of God! China is vast, in which year there are no natural disasters? However, natural disasters are also prioritized, such as the last flood, which is a major disaster, and it is also the disaster that is most likely to lead to the displacement of people.

Compared with natural disasters such as floods, the biggest man-made disasters are military disasters, which lead to the displacement of people everywhere, and the tragedy of thousands of miles of starvation and cannibalism abound in the history books.

However, disasters such as droughts and locust plagues, which will only reduce food production, have much less impact, and now the emperor uses the word cannibalism!

These three words are not cold words, but tragic tragedy, people are not animals, they have reached the point of cannibalism, it can be seen that the people have indeed lost the slightest way to live.

"Yang Aiqing doesn't believe it?"

"I don't dare."

Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "I will not joke about the people's livelihood, Linzhou is short of water, serious water shortage, so once a major drought is a catastrophe, the people of Linzhou are also the people of the Ming Dynasty and my people, as a monarch, how can I know the situation in Linzhou, and still watch the people in the water and fire!"

"Your Majesty is merciful, and the people of Linzhou are very fortunate."

"There is no need to say more." Zhu Houwei waved his hand and said: "Since Yang Aiqing is willing to let the household department take the money to build the project, then I will hand this matter to the Ministry of Construction, how to supervise, how to put an end to corruption, how to repair this canal, Yang Aiqing and the cabinet Aiqing look at it, but Linzhou itself is short of water, and it is of little significance to simply repair the canal, I have asked people to go to the field to investigate, and set a general direction for you Aiqing, that is, to divert the water of the turbid Zhang River into Linzhou, this canal should include the main canal, the branch canal, and the bucket canal, etc., I have only one requirement, It is to let Linzhou no longer have to worry about major drought and water cut-off! ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

"Do you Aiqing still have something to discuss?"

Xie Qian took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, according to Your Majesty's will, the Ministry of Officials has sent officials to the cities of the grassland to set up official offices, but the railway has not been opened, and the merchants are reluctant to trade in the grassland, so they ...... His Majesty wanted to resolve the troubles of the grassland with the policy of trade, but the minister thought that it would be almost impossible within ten years. ”

Zhu Houwei smiled, it's not that businessmen don't want to go to the grassland, but if it's profitable, let alone the grassland, what if it's the end of the world? Otherwise, what do Jin merchants say?

The key is still on a sharp word!

What's good? Huge profits, enough to impress the profiteering of businessmen!

For example, an iron basin can be exchanged for a sheep, a bag of rice and noodles can be exchanged for a cow, and so on.

However, according to the policy set by Zhu Houwei, in order not to intensify the national contradictions, but also to let the grassland people accept and recognize the Ming Dynasty's royal policy from the heart, so that they can truly feel the goodwill from the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhu Houwei asked the tax department to set the selling price of hundreds of goods, and once the merchant sells goods that exceed the limit price, he will be levied heavy taxes!

Merchants do business for money, as soon as this directory comes out, businessmen themselves will settle accounts, of course, there is still a profit, but if there is a change, there is a great risk of losing money, naturally no one wants to do business grassland.

"It's just to be expected." Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "Now that the grassland is quiet, the garrisons of the grassland cities often attack, and divide the tribes that may sit big, then there will be no rebellion in at least ten years, and after ten years, the grassland has been opened to trains, and the merchants are profitable, if they don't let them go, they will go, there is no need to worry about this."

"I understand." Xie Qian received a reply and decisively stepped back......

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