The word Liaoze changed with the change of dynasties.

From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Song Dynasty, Liaoze referred to the plain swamps south of Shenyang, and occasionally the swampy wetlands of the Western Liaohe River.

When the West Liaohe Plain was in the Liao Kingdom, due to excessive reclamation, the swamp directly turned into a desert.

So in the Ming Dynasty, Liaoze specifically referred to the swampy belt of the Liaohe Plain. In the long run, the swamp there has not shrunk, but has expanded as the sediment accumulates and the river overflows. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the people who broke into the eastern part of the country vigorously reclaimed the swamps, which made Liaoze shrink rapidly, and the real thorough rectification was still in New China.

Because the fundamental governance of Liaoze is to systematically govern the river!

At this moment, the governor of Liaohe is in Shenyang, and he has already come up with a comprehensive plan, and the restoration of Changguang Road is only the first step of the project.

Liao Riverside.

Tian Tiaoyuan, the governor of Liaohe River control, pointed to the river map that had been unfolded by his subordinates and said, "Your Highness, Wechen spent six months visiting and investigating the waters around Liaoze. The root cause of Liaoze's continuous expansion is that the grasslands in the upper reaches have turned into deserts, and the Liaoshui River, like the Yellow River, carries a large amount of sediment downstream. The riverbed is constantly rising, the river is constantly changing, and it is about to overflow at every turn."

"First, in the upper reaches, the land is forbidden to graze and the Mongols are not allowed to graze, and the Han people are not allowed to reclaim the land, so as to prevent the desert from continuing to grow."

"Second, the existing river network, which was formed during the Ming Dynasty, is extremely unstable and prone to flooding. Among them, the Hunhe River and the Taizi River carry less sediment, which can retain their inherent channels and still flow into the sea at the Sanchao River. The main trunk of the Liao River must be moved westward, and according to the topography, a river should be dug in the valley on the west side of Shalingyi to drain the river, where there was originally a river from Xixingbao. Lead the main trunk of the Liao River over, and the two rivers meet and flow together through Panshan (Panjin) into the sea."

"Third, the east and west Liao rivers, after the river channel is fixed, all the embankments along the river will be added."

Zhao Kuanghuan said, "It's a big project."

Tian Tiaoyuan said: "So at the beginning of the founding of the country, there was no way to govern Liao, at least 100,000 people had to be used, and there was a lack of sufficient manpower at that time. At present, the total population of the three counties involved is nearly 400,000, and it is feasible to transfer 100,000 people to control the river. The imperial court has decreed that the taxes of the whole family of the people who participate in the governance of the river can be halved. If there are more than two males in the family, the family can be exempted from paying taxes for that year."

To put it bluntly, no wages are given, only land taxes are exempted.

After all, if the Liaohe River is well managed, the local people will also benefit, and the people are willing to work hard for a year or two.

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "If Liaoze's chronic disease can be cured, then the Northeast can be safe. A hundred years later, only these three counties will be able to reproduce millions of Han people, which tribe in the northeast will dare to rebel?"

"Not only that, but after the main trunk of the Liao River moves westward, there will not be as much sediment in the east, and the river will wash the sediment into the sea for a long time, and the water level of the Sanchai River will be deeper. It only takes twenty or thirty years to build a harbor at the mouth of the Sanchai River. When the time comes, the goods from the grassland can also be directly loaded onto ships and transported to the sea."

What does it mean that the goods of the Liaohe grassland can be directly loaded into the sea?

It means that the Mongols there rebel, and the southern army can cross the sea to the mouth of the Sanchai River, and then take the river boat to the steppe to quell the rebellion!

Zhao Kuanghuan looked at the map thoughtfully.

He looked up again and saw in the distance a large swamp that seemed to have become fertile fields in the near future.

"River engineering and water conservancy are also major events of the country." Zhao Kuanghuan said with emotion.

Tian Tiaoyuan said with a smile: "The treasury must be abundant, otherwise where will the money come from to build water conservancy in the northeast? In the Ming Dynasty, for more than 200 years, in addition to building and repairing the Changguang Road, there was no appropriation to govern the Liaohe River and Liaoze. Because of the remoteness of this place, there is a long way to connect the traffic, so you don't need to spend more money and food to manage."

"Indeed," Zhao Kuanghuan nodded, "If the Ming Dynasty can allocate funds to rectify Liaoze, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get into trouble." Alas, it can't be said that the Northeast was rotten at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and I am afraid that curing Liaoze will not be able to suppress the rise of ***."

Back to the Liaoguo Mansion, Zhao Kuanghuan told Pang Chun all about today's situation.

Pang Chunlai was still lying in the courtyard basking in the sun, looking at the canopy above his head and saying, "It's a good thing to be able to cure Liaoze, but to stabilize the northeast, you have to rely on the officials. If the officials rule clearly, there will be nothing in the world. When the rulers are corrupt, a swarm of thieves rises. young

At the time, I was ignorant and thought that everything was normal. I can't see countless military households in Liaodong, and their lives are not as good as beggars. I can't see clearly that the countless soldiers in Liaodong are just the servants of the hereditary military attaché."

"Such an army cannot fight. Such people went to *** instead. Even if the Ming Dynasty cures Liaoze and there are millions of Han Chinese, they are just a group of military slaves, and maybe they will rebel themselves."

Zhao Kuanghuan echoed, "The old man is right."

Pang Chun said, "For the king and the official, you have to look down. We can't just look up at the sky and try to figure out the will of heaven. Nor can you look down on all living beings and treat everyone in the world as a dog. You have to step down from the high platform, stand on the flat ground, blend in with the people, and see what the people want. This truth was figured out by me on the way to escape after the fall of Liaodong."

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "The people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light."

"Everyone can say this, but it is difficult to really do it," Pang Chunlai said, "You grew up with a golden key, no matter how close you are to the people, it is impossible to understand the suffering of the people. Your father and I have experienced and witnessed it with our own eyes. Corrupt officials, gentry and strong, exploitation and oppression, the people have no place to stand. If you have different ideas when you ascend the throne in the future, don't be in a hurry to do it, and don't rush to implement the new policy. On the contrary, you must pay close attention to your father's old policy, not to amnesty the world, but to kill corrupt officials and show your attitude, otherwise the local area will be in shambles!"

"Why?" Zhao Kuanghuan asked.

Pang Chunlai sneered: "How many people are looking forward to your father's death!"

Zhao Kuanghuan frowned, he understood why his father wanted to come to Liaoning by himself, and his real intention was to let him listen to Pang Chunlai's teachings.

After a long time, Zhao Kuanghuan arched his hand and said, "Grandson understands."

Pang Chunlai wanted to shake his head, but he could only twist his neck with difficulty: "You don't fully understand, you won't know until you ascend the throne. Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, at this moment, they will not show their faces. When you become the emperor, you must be vigilant against the ministers who are desperately trying to meet you, and you must check their old backgrounds and what they are doing in private."

"Grandson understands." Zhao Kuanghuan said.

Pang Chunlai sighed: "Alas, you still don't understand. The eldest daughter is loyal, you will be on the throne for the first time in the future, and you are eager to control the court, how can you refuse the allegiance of the important ministers? You're going to reuse some people, and even if you find out they're not clean, you're afraid you won't be willing to punish them. You are very similar to your father, but the biggest difference is that you are not as ruthless as your father. You're so benevolent that sometimes you can't do it. Personality dictates that you can't change it. A saint is ruthless, an emperor is a saint, and sometimes he must be ruthless."

Zhao Kuanghuan said, "Grandchildren will not be so kind to women."

Pang Chunlai asked, "If your favorite concubine is a common woman, but she didn't kill anyone. What will you do?"

"Do according to the law." Zhao Kuanghuan said.

Pang Chunlai asked again: "The family of the favorite concubine was exiled according to the law, and after three or five years, the favorite concubine came to blow the pillow wind, saying that the matter has passed, and the old parents are old and have been sick in the exile for a long time, please allow them to return to their hometown to recuperate. Would you say yes? Don't rush to answer, think for yourself."

Zhao Kuanghuan wanted to speak and stopped, he felt that he was definitely not favoritism, but Pang Chunlai's words made him doubt himself.

Pang Chun said, "Don't look at this as a trivial matter, if there are too many such trivial matters, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will feel that you are soft."

Similar emperors, Jiaqing is a typical example.

Emperor Jiaqing, who has just been in power, is simply a "little Yongzheng". Make every effort to govern the country, implement new policies, pay attention to the people's livelihood, rectify the rule of officials, gather power, and crack down on corruption, so that you can easily identify which ministers are deceiving you. He also said that the White Lotus uprising that swept several provinces was a group of refugees who did not have enough to eat, and it could be solved as long as the people's livelihood was improved.

However, Jiaqing, who tried to be "Xiao Yongzheng", ended up being "Little Qianlong".

Because he found that he couldn't change anything, and he wanted to restore the Mulan paddock, such a trivial matter, which he couldn't do for twenty years.

Why is this happening?

Jiaqing learns Yongzheng everywhere, but he does not have Yongzheng's ruthlessness and decisiveness. He reinstated the important ministers who had committed the crime of deceiving the king after exile, and the same person could be exiled and reinstated several times.

Came and went, and no one anymore

Take the emperor seriously.

Anyway, the crime of bullying the king is only exiled, and after exile, he can be reinstated, so he should travel to Ningguta for a few years. Hundreds of officials rushed to bully the king, and as long as it was against the holy decree of their own interests, they would join forces and resolutely refuse to implement it, making the Jiaqing New Deal a tiger.

Therefore, Jiaqing's temple name is "Renzong", which has the same taste as Zhu Houzhao's father.

When night fell, Zhao Kuanghuan, who had had dinner, sat in Pang Chunlai's study and closed his eyes and pondered.

The emperor is a saint, and a saint should be ruthless, this sentence touched the prince a lot.

Contacting Zhao Han's various means, Zhao Kuanghuan seems to have touched the threshold.

Among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Zhao Han was relatively benevolent, and among the founding ministers, the highest level to be beheaded was only Zuo Shilang. At the same time, he is really ruthless, and he is very harsh on his relatives.

How can we be merciful and ruthless?

Suddenly, Zhao Kuanghuan wanted to understand what Pang Chun said, after ascending the throne, don't rush to amnesty the world, but pay close attention to the old politics to show your attitude.

The first thing he did when he ascended the throne was to issue an order to investigate the country's land administration and clean up the corrupt officials and corrupt officials throughout the country.

Through the inventory, kill a group of Liwei!

It's better to take another relative and make an example of the monkey.

When the time comes, he will talk about his father everywhere, and he will be an important minister who wants to work with him. There are also important ministers who are fully turned to themselves and meet sycophants everywhere. Each dismissed one or two officials, showing his selflessness and wise iron fist.

It turns out that this is the ruthlessness of the saint, Zhao Kuanghuan only realized these at this time, he still has a longer way to go.

Picking up the lights, the fire was brighter, and Zhao Kuanghuan picked up the pen and wrote down the word "positive".