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Outside the city of Nanjing, looking at the majestic and majestic city walls, the scholar Wang Sheng drew his sword and shouted: "Great is the imperial capital, great is the capital, we were born in a prosperous age, and we should lift the sword to surpass the achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties!"

"Hahahaha!"

All the scholars laughed and made an appointment to drink when they went to the city, and let the richest Wang Chen treat them.

Wang Yan, whose name is Zhensheng and nickname is Luzhan, is a friend of Pu Songling's hometown.There were three Jinshi in the ancestors, so the Wang family is very rich, even if the land is divided, they will be rich and powerful.

The article "Ma Jiefu" in "Strange Tales from a Liaozhai Studio" is dedicated to satirizing Wang Chen.This guy is very afraid of his wife, not only dare not take concubines, even his father was kicked out of the house by his wife, and eventually died of illness in the inn.Because of this, Pu Songling broke up with Wang Shen in middle age.

At this time, time and space should not break up the relationship again, because Wang Zeng did not marry that woman.Because her father's reputation was too bad, the girl's home was ransacked by the Datong army, and all of them were dispersed and emigrated to Hebei.

Xu Ying and Zhang Guowei disembarked together, and the scholars came to say goodbye, and then swarmed into the city.

"Good news, good news, great victory in Guangnan!"

The scholars were still wandering the streets of Nanjing, and when they heard that Lu Bu had won, they were overjoyed.Wang Teng took the banknotes of Datong Bank, went to exchange some silver dollars, and dragged his friends into Fanlou to spend.

Palace.

Zhao Han didn't change his expression when he received the good news, he just said, "The Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Rites have proposed a reward."

The destruction of the Ruan family in Vietnam went more smoothly than Hu Dinggui's elimination of the remnants of the Tartars.

Those Hue gentry, after killing Nguyen Phuc Bin, sold the land while exploiting the people crazily.

In a word, turn power and land into silver, and surrender directly when the Datong army comes!

Everyone knows that Datong's military power cannot be supported, and when Ruan Phuc was dying, he not only harmed the interests of the gentry, but also prohibited the gentry from selling their land.Ruan Phuc is on the verge of death, so everyone can do whatever they want.

It's just that there are too many people selling land and too few people buying land, and the land has become the price of cabbage.

Then you can only exploit the people, and withhold the severance pay of the new army, and stir up civil uprisings, and there will be rebels in all directions.

When the Datong Army arrived in Hue, Hue was already surrounded by the rebels.That scene didn't look like they were going to destroy the country, but more like they were here to suppress the rebellion.For more than a month after that, I basically fought against the rebels, because many rebels refused to surrender, and they burned, killed and looted everywhere during the uprising.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites and the cabinet have repeatedly discussed and agreed that the loyal officials who sacrificed their lives in Shibosi should be given the posthumous title of 'Wenjie'," Wang Tiaoding clasped his hands and explained, "It is good to be honest and self-restraining, and to be able to stick to it. In order to practice the system, it is the festival, to be straightforward is to be the festival, to not seize the righteousness is to be the festival, and to be difficult and dangerous is to be the festival.”

Zhao Han said blankly, "Sure."

Those officials who were resolutely unwilling to join forces and were brutally murdered, Zhao Han planned to bestow the posthumous title of "Wen Zhong" collectively.

At that time, the emperor was in a fit of anger, and no one dared to stand up to object, but the Ministry of Rites kept procrastinating.Because among the posthumous titles of literati, "Wen Zhong" ranks second, second only to "Wen Zheng", and the collective posthumous title of "Wen Zhong" will lose its gold content.

Although the ranking of "Wen Jie" is relatively low, it is also a good posthumous title, such as Yang Wanli and Huang Tingjian's posthumous title "Wen Jie".

And in terms of meaning, "Wenjie" is more suitable for loyal officials who died, who are honest and self-restraining, able to stick to their principles, follow the system, be straight and unyielding, do not take away justice, and do not win in danger. official?

Zhao Han didn't want to mention this matter, and ordered: "Those Hue gentry, even if they have contributed to the city, they have to disperse the immigrants and go to Hebei and Liaoning. They are allowed to take away their goods and give all the land to the farmers. If you stay here, something will happen sooner or later."

It has to be said that the gentry in Hue, Vietnam, their plan was half successful.

They want to cash in their power and land, and stay in Vietnam to continue to be rich.Although he can't stay now, he can leave with his treasures, which is better than following Ruan Fubin all the way to Hei.

As far as Zhao Han is concerned, the gentry offered the city on their own initiative, and what they offered was the royal city, so they can't turn their faces indiscriminately, right?

The demise of the Nguyen regime is somewhat similar to that of the Zheng family in Taiwan in history.

The main reason for the downfall of the Zheng family in Taiwan was not military.Rather, Zheng's Group has a high degree of commercialization and maintains trade relations with Fujian and Guangdong all the year round.If Kangxi was unable to conquer Taiwan Island, a strict sea ban would be imposed, and the Zheng Group would not be able to do business, and it would split itself internally.

The Hue gentry of the Nguyen regime also participated in a large number of sea trade (mainly supplying Han businessmen), and after being blocked by the Chinese economy, they all thought of jumping back and surrendering.

In any case, Vietnam was completely recovered.

Zhao Han said: "All the newly occupied land will be merged into Guangnan Province. Part of the northern mountainous area of ​​Guangnan Province will be assigned to Yunnan and part to Guangxi. People rebelled."

Chapter 930 [Dushui Division is the Gold Swallowing Beast]

Qianqing Palace.

Xu Ying and Zhang Guowei, who returned to Beijing together, were called by the emperor to eat and drink.

The monarchs and ministers sat down to greet each other, and without saying a few words, Zhang Guowei said: "The diversion of the Yellow River is just the beginning. In the next 30 years, the water networks of Shandong and Jiangsu will need to be continuously improved. Henan cannot relax its vigilance. It's broken. Your Majesty, please appoint the admiral of the three provinces to manage the rivers and rivers in the three provinces."

Zhao Han asked, "Do you have anyone to recommend?"

Zhang Guowei said: "Wailang Zhu Zhixi, a member of the water department of the Ministry of Industry, is honest and selfless, and he is proficient in water conservancy. He can be used in a big way. There is another young man named Yue Xinmin who can also be trained. With these two, they can be guaranteed for 50 years. The power of water control."

Zhu Zhixi was born in Yiwu, Zhejiang. His father, Zhu Sanfeng, was born in poverty. He went north to seek refuge with relatives and became rich in business in Beijing.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, business in Beijing was bleak. Zhu Sanfeng lost all his capital and took his family back to Yiwu to buy land for farming. His mother also spun and weaved cloth to subsidize the family.

There was also a severe drought in Zhejiang, and the days became more difficult every day.His mother sold gold and silver jewelry to support her son to study. When the Datong army came to Zhejiang, Zhu Zhixi had already passed the examination of scholar.

Now that Zhang Guowei is back in Beijing, Zhu Zhixi is in charge of the finishing work of the Yellow River Project.

Historically, Zhu Zhixi governed rivers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, serving as minister of the Ministry of War (vacant post) and governor of the river.Upright and selfless, with all his energy and dedication, he died of exhaustion in the post of Zhihe.Moreover, he sympathized with the river workers and kept fighting for money and food subsidies for the river workers.

Later, Zhu Zhixi was enshrined as the river god by Yongzheng, and he was worshiped as the Dragon King, and the folks called him "Zhu Dawang".He was also named Marquis by Qianlong, and enjoyed the Spring and Autumn Sacrifice throughout the country. Qianlong successively gave him seven titles of immortals.During the Guangxu period, the imperial court also built a special temple in Yiwu to offer sacrifices, and Emperor Guangxu personally inscribed the plaque.

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Sure, these two should be reused."

How outrageous was Jiangsu in the early Qing Dynasty?From 1647 to 1697, in the entire 50 years, only nine years were not concurrent with floods and droughts.And in these nine years, there were only three years without floods.

The Qing Dynasty lasted 268 years from the entry of the Manchus to the Revolution of 268.Among these 165 years, Jiangsu had [-] years of concurrent floods and droughts. There were no years with concurrent floods and droughts, and there were also separate droughts or floods.Anyway, as long as the Yellow River does not divert, the natural disasters in Jiangsu will not stop.

The Datong New Dynasty was early to manage Jiangsu's water conservancy, but the Yellow River has not been diverted before, so it can only be repaired everywhere.The Huaisi River Basin is flooded every year, and the rest of the local areas are also often droughty. To basically solve the problem, tens of millions of taels of silver will have to be spent to control the river for decades.

The same is true for Shandong and Henan. Although the Yellow River diversion project has been completed, it will continue to invest money every year in the future.

Zhao Han and the ministers attached great importance to this. Although the cabinet officials complained about spending too much money every year, they only talked about cutting education, military, and immigration expenditures. No one had ever used their brains on river management funds.

Even when the Yuan Dynasty was in financial difficulties, they still knew how to levy corvée to control the Yellow River. Of course, the main reason was that most of the capital (Beijing) had no food to eat, the floods flooded the water transportation channels, and the sea lanes were harmed by Fang Guozhen.Even though it knew that the management of the Yellow River would brew a major uprising, the Yuan court had to bite the bullet and do so, and officials who expressed concern were also dismissed.

Zhao Han and Zhang Guowei discussed the matter of river control, and started chatting with Xu Ying again.

Xu Ying suggested: "This time, only six major ports were investigated by the Municipal Shipping Department. There are so many ports in the country, and it is impossible to check them one by one. For the remaining ports, officials and merchants can be ordered to surrender. Officials who surrender, the crime will be reduced by three." etc. Maritime merchants who surrender themselves shall pay five times the fine for tax evasion. Then select a few ports for spot checks.

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "This statement is feasible. Next year, five more ports will be randomly inspected, and one port will be randomly inspected every year thereafter. Regardless of the number of years, as long as it is found that no surrender is found, it will be delayed until 20 years later and will be severely punished!"

This year, only the six major ports were investigated. Some of the officials who were beheaded and exiled are still working in the six major ports, and some have been transferred to other places.When they were interrogated, some accomplices were also confessed, involving magistrates and other port and shipping bureaus.

Anyway, the case is not over yet, and the trial is still going on.

If the country's ports are inspected, the Inspectorate will not be able to do other things in the next few years, and all manpower will have to be invested in the investigation of the Municipal Shipping Department.

The only way to solve the problem is, as Xu Ying said, that those who surrender themselves will be reduced in crime and cooperate with spot checks.Those officials and maritime merchants have been terrified. As long as no murder case is involved, many people must be willing to surrender.

And based on these surrenders, more unwilling surrenders can be found out, and the efficiency of the investigation can be doubled.

Zhao Han picked up the jug and wanted to pour wine for the two of them himself, but Xu Ying and Zhang Guowei quickly stood up and refused.Zhao Han pushed Xu Ying's hand away, filled the wine glass casually, poured another glass for Zhang Guowei, and the two quickly bowed to express their thanks.

After clinking glasses, Zhao Han said, "The lower reaches of the Huaihe River is the channel from Hongze Lake to the sea. How big a boat can it be?"

Both of them were familiar with the situation, and Xu Ying replied: "Don't even think about big ships. The water is shallow in winter and spring, and floods in summer and autumn. There are only four or five months of each year, so small boats can pass unimpeded. The coastal Huaiyan, or go to Haizhou ( near Lianyungang) and transported to Shuoxiang Lake via the Lianhe River. To the north, you can go to Shushui to Shandong, and to the south to continue to go to the Lianhe River to Andong into the Huaihe River. You can either load the ship at the clam port, transport it to the Yanhe River directly to the Yangtze River, or go to Jing to the Grand Canal between Huai'an and Yangzhou."

In another time and space, hundreds of years later, Shushui has been diverted hundreds of thousands of miles.Shuoxiang Lake and its surrounding lakes all dried up.Clam Harbor, Yunyan River, Sheyang Lake and Lianhe River are also gone.

Zhao Han said: "The Huaihe River needs to be dredged. First, dredge the river channel near Qingjiangpu, and then dredge Hongze Lake to the sea. During the dry season every year, migrant workers are recruited to dig out the river bottom sediment. These migrant workers are recruited from nearby cities and villages, and the government provides meals. It can also reduce family taxes and give priority to recruiting unemployed people in big cities. These unemployed people can be given a small amount of wages. Every winter, the river is dredged and the sediment is dug out a little bit. After 30 to [-] years, it should be able to be cured."

Places like Huai'an, Yangzhou, and Qingjiangpu are not going to be abolished if the water transport is gone. Not only are the main north-south waterways, but also Huaiyan must pass through here.

Dredging the Huai-Si water system, in addition to flood control, can also ensure the transportation of Huai salt.A few more canals will be dug to connect irrigation areas, and industry, commerce, and agriculture will follow suit.

New China excavated the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu and the Huaihe River's waterway, and Zhao Han ordered the dredging of the existing Huaihe River, which is equivalent to combining the functions of the northern Jiangsu general irrigation canal and the Huaihe River's waterway.

After the Huaihe River is completely dredged, it may be possible to build a port at the mouth of the sea. At this time, the clam port is too small.

Zhang Guowei said: "It is necessary to manufacture a large number of river construction ships."

"Yes, the Ministry of Finance will allocate funds in the beginning of spring." Zhao Han nodded.

The river engineering boat is equipped with many tools, which can dredge the river bottom and lift up the sediment, and can work even in dry seasons.

Zhao Han believes that the Huaihe River can be dredged, because it is very different from what it will be hundreds of years later.

Let's put it this way, places like Binhai, Sheyang, Dafeng, and Xiangshui are now mostly submerged in the sea, and there is no land at all.Those places were basically formed during the Ming and Qing dynasties by land reclamation from river sediment.

Clam Port is not far from the east of Funing. At this time, it is close to the sea, and it will be more than 30 kilometers away from the sea in a few hundred years.At this time, Yancheng is only 20 kilometers away from the sea, and it will be 50 kilometers away from the sea in a few hundred years!

Just like Hangzhou was a seaport in the Song Dynasty, but it was far away from the sea in the Ming Dynasty. The function of river reclamation is very powerful.

Zhang Guowei said: "In the critical section of the Huaisi River, embankments can be built on the lake. As long as the people are not endangered, the water level can be raised artificially, and the yellow sand can be washed away with clean water. As long as the Yellow River does not flow southward, it can be cleaned continuously every year. Yellow, the sediment will rush downstream little by little, even into the sea. Especially in Sheyang Lake, it is not allowed to encircle the lake to build fields at will. When a circle of dikes is built around the lake, fields can be built outside the embankment, and water can be stored inside the embankment to make it yellow. , and can also be used for flood discharge.”

Although there is no big river connecting Sheyang Lake with the Huaihe River, it was still ravaged by the Yellow River. It gradually became a swamp area in the Ming Dynasty, and basically disappeared hundreds of years later.

It can still be rescued now, and the sediment of the Sheyang River will be washed away into the sea by storing water.It is also possible to excavate artificial canals to communicate with the Huaihe River, and to wash away the sediment in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River over time.The same is true for Shuoxiang Lake in the north, which clears the lower reaches of the Huaihe River through Lianshui.This form uses the power of nature, which is more effective than Zhao Han's dredging by migrant workers.

Zhang Guowei said: "If all the embankments of Sheyang Lake and Shuoxiang Lake are built, it may take more than ten years and consume at least 1000 million taels of silver... 2000 million silver is also possible. But as long as it is built, it will not only be able to store water. Yellow, it can also store water and release floods to ensure that the surrounding people will not be flooded."

"Then do it!" Zhao Han gritted his teeth and said, the financial problem was a headache for the ministers.

The more Zhang Guowei talked, the more excited he became: "After embankment is built around the lake, irrigation canals will be dug to lead to the states and counties, and gates will be set up to release water during the dry season. This will solve the drought problem in the surrounding counties."

"After the dam is built, we will dig the irrigation canal!" Zhao Han promised again.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Zhang Guowei felt very happy, this emperor is really obedient, and he will not have to worry about money for water control in the future.

Zhao Han is cleaning the ass of the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. The Huaisi water system has become a mess, and all states and counties have to spend money to clean it up.It can still be saved now, but in New China, it has already been cleared and there is no way to clear it, so we can only start a new stove to dig the main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu.

Counting the Yellow River Project, it will take decades to get this set up, and it will cost two to three hundred million taels of silver.And you can only manage a rough idea, and you have to maintain it every year thereafter!

Money, silver, Zhao Han had to find a way to get money.

Zhao Han put down his wine glass: "You two, since you have returned to Beijing, let's join the cabinet together as prime ministers."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Xu Ying and Zhang Guowei hurriedly stood up and bowed.

The new issue of "Datong Monthly" used an entire page to report in detail on the Yellow River renovation project, and Zhang Guowei's name quickly spread throughout the country.

Chapter 931 [Water and Fire Mage]

It was also in the winter of this year that two skinny old men were brought to live in Nanjing.

They come from Nanpan Kingdom, also called Jialai Kingdom.

But in fact there is no king, only two great mages: the king of water and the king of fire.

The king of water lives in the east of Mount Ponan, and the king of fire lives in the west of Mount Ponan. It is said that if the king does not see the king, a catastrophe will happen when the two kings meet.

Not only the tribes of the Nanpan Kingdom believed them, but even when floods and droughts occurred in Laos and Cambodia, the two mages would be invited to ride an elephant to pray for blessings.

Now that the Ruan family is gone, the Nanpan Kingdom has also surrendered to the imperial court, and it has been established as the Nanpan Military and Civilian Mansion under Guangnan Province.The chiefs of each tribe were appointed as the mayors of the towns, and each town sent a Han teacher to set up thatched sheds as schools to impart knowledge.

These Han teachers are all sons of merchants who have been doing business with the Ruan family for a long time.A literate clan member from each family can go to Nanpan Mansion to work as a village teacher, and they can be exonerated from their past crimes.

There is no need to impart any high-end knowledge, as the aborigines there are still knotting ropes to keep track of events, just teach children to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters.These Chinese-speaking children can be appointed as town mayors when they grow up-the local chiefs are elected, and have not yet developed to a hereditary level.

Even the king of water and the king of fire are not hereditary.They are not allowed to pass the throne to their sons, and they can only select successors from grandchildren and nephews for training.

The two kings of water and fire, who had never met each other, not only met now, but also became friends along the way, exchanging spells with each other.

One is Ruolanhei, over 60 years old; the other is Ruo Poli, over 50 years old.

"Ruo" is not a surname, but an honorific title.

They also live in Zhongshan Temple with their entourage. Compared with the envoys from other countries, they are all very poorly dressed.

However, the envoys of various countries did not despise them, and were also very interested, because they heard that they could spell.The envoys came to visit one after another, wanting to know their customs, and also wanted to see their ability to control wind and rain.

Finally, on the day before entering the palace to face the saint, the two kings sat together to discuss the future.

Ruolanhei said: "I have communicated with Chinese officials for two months and learned a lot about them. China is very powerful. If China is like a mountain, we are like rocks under the mountain. The power of the Chinese court will be in our land. It has been revealed that our children and grandchildren will also become Chinese."

"That's right, you're right," Ruo Poli took out his pipe, lit the tobacco and said, "So we have to learn from China, and we will go back and tell the people that the most powerful god is Heaven, and the emperor is the son of Heaven." Come to the world. It is the Dragon King who calls the wind and rain, and we are communicating with the Dragon King when we pray for the rain to recede the water."

Ruolanhei said: "We should also identify other gods, it is best to deify the water kings and fire kings of the past."

The god system of Nanpan Kingdom is very vague. Their main belief is ghosts, and the so-called magic also belongs to primitive witchcraft.

But they are open to new things, such as tobacco.

Tobacco has been spread to Nanpan Kingdom for less than a hundred years, but the tobacco pipe has become the magic weapon of the two kings of water and fire, and it is the most important magic weapon.Before each practice, you have to light a cigarette and take a few puffs, saying that you can communicate with ghosts and gods.

Historically, Vietnam completely annexed the Nanpan Kingdom and spread enlightenment like China.The two kings of water and fire did not conflict, and decisively adjusted their beliefs, and dragon gods and the like also appeared.

Ruo Poli said: "We made an agreement here. After returning home, let our followers spread the news. Let's say that we met the son of heaven in Nanjing. The Chinese emperor is the real king of gods. The ghosts and gods we established should be the same. Every five years from now on, we will meet at Po Nan Mountain."

"Water King and Fire King can't meet, how should I explain to the tribe?" Ruo Lanhei asked.

Ruo Poli said: "Before we couldn't meet each other because we believed in different ghosts and gods. Now that we meet the Son of Heaven, we will all believe in the Son of Heaven from now on. The ghosts and gods have become the same, so we can meet."

"That's right." Ruo Lanhei nodded.

Ruo Poli said again: "I think the Han people are very good at farming. They have iron hoes and iron plows, and they have dug ditches to divert water from the fields. We can also learn from it and stop burning mountains for farming."

"But who do we learn from? We don't understand these things." Ruo Lanhei said.