New Shun 1730

The Yellow River problem was indeed a very difficult problem to solve.

But the Yellow River problem in Dashun is different from the situation of the feudal dynasty in history.

In terms of Dashun, the biggest difficulty with the Yellow River problem is actually the migration of uninhabited areas along the Yellow River.

This is where Dashun differs from the feudal dynasties in previous history.

As for the feudal dynasties in history, the biggest difficulty was with the Yellow River issue... In fact, I'm afraid it was impossible to care about the millions of people in the so-called no man's land of the Yellow River.

Since the late Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River issue has not been a scientific issue, but a political issue.

The ancients were not stupid. There were many people who knew that sooner or later the Yellow River would burst and flow north. Knowing that the four rivers of Huang, Huai, Jiang, and Ji merged into one, and a super-large flood erupted, something big was going to happen.

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Historically, in the sixth year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty and the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, some people proposed to solve the Yellow River problem.

But Yang Fangqing, the governor of the Manchu and Qing rivers, hit the nail on the head and only pointed out the essence of the problem:

[The Yellow River has suffered from the same problems in ancient and modern times, but the methods of regulating the river have different advantages in ancient and modern times. Before the Song Dynasty, rivers were controlled, but only if there was a way to enter the sea, so it could be south or north. 】

【From Yuan to Ming Dynasty, and up to our dynasty, the southeast water transport from Qingkou upstream for more than 200 miles relied on the Yellow River for transportation. To control the river is to control the canal, so we can only control the south but not the north. 】

This is basically the fundamental reason why no large-scale projects have been carried out since the Yellow River began to cause trouble on the Huaihe River waterway in the late Ming Dynasty.

You want to say that a dynasty like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which moved borders and banned seas, could consider the millions of people in the no-man's land of the Yellow River. That is pure nonsense.

That's the fundamental problem.

Water transportation must use the water of the Yellow River. It is more than 200 miles from Qingkou and depends entirely on the Yellow River.

Therefore, the Yellow River can only enter the sea from the south and cannot enter the sea from the north. Even anyone with a clear head knows that it will happen sooner or later.

However, as long as the water transportation problem is not solved, everything is in vain.

Historically, from 1652 when the imperial court proposed to restore the Yellow River to Yu Dao, to 1852 when Wei Yuan wrote a book saying that something big was going to happen in the Yellow River North Campaign, it took a full two hundred years to go back and forth, and finally everything got stuck. On the matter of "water transport".

In the early stage, there is no need to be too picky about this. In the early stage, there was neither such urgent need nor the financial capacity.

Finally, during the Qianlong period, financial, human and material resources, political stability, etc. were all available. The memorial "On the Suitable Modifications of River Courses" proposing large-scale projects was also submitted. Gan Xiaosi "stayed in it for a long time". After all, he was just a person. Lord Shoucheng would not dare to do such a big thing.

And when Wei Yuan started to promote the restoration of the North Road... in terms of centralization of power, political stability, financial and material resources, etc., it was destined that even if he wanted to do it, he would not be able to do it.

The reason why Dashun faces different pressures on the Yellow River issue than in history stems from the consensus that "to control the Yellow River, we must first abolish the canals".

In fact, actually... To put it bluntly, for the feudal dynasty, the millions of people in the no-man's land of the Yellow River were actually not a problem at all for a serious and normal feudal dynasty. , the number cannot be ranked at all.

Dashun has not yet entered the modern era, but has experienced a wave of modern problems.

Of course, even so, if you look carefully, this matter will not be accomplished overnight.

The prerequisite for solving the Yellow River problem is the water transportation problem.

The prerequisite for solving the water transportation problem is the Nanyang problem.

The prerequisite for solving the Nanyang issue is the Northwest issue.

The prerequisite for solving the northwest problem is the Rakshasa problem.

After more than 30 years of hard work, the process has finally reached the point where Dashun is qualified to "solve the Yellow River problem." Although it seems very slow, it is actually quite fast.

It should be said that until now, Dashun is truly qualified to say that he wants to solve the Yellow River problem and restore Dayu's old ways. Otherwise, before that, there is no difference between talking and farting, it is just nonsense.

Ancient books say: Shun used Gun to control the floods, but he failed to achieve success for nine years.

In total, nine years have passed since the First World War was about to start and Liu Yu finally decided to do the last thing to solve the Yellow River problem.

If we only look at the course of the Yellow River, there is no problem in saying that nine years have been fruitless.

During these nine years, Liu Yu basically did not dig the Yellow River, but did many things that seemed to have nothing to do with the Yellow River.

In several states and prefectures in Shandong, the reform of the permanent tenancy system was carried out.

A railway was built from Jinan Prefecture to Jiaozhou Bay.

The salt fields in Lijin were abandoned, and large salt fields were built in Yizhou and Haizhou.

Suppressed the Yanhu Uprising in the Bohai Bay and completed the southward transfer of Shandong salt production areas to the Rizhao area.

The iron ore industry in Zibo area was built.

Completed the replantation of cash crops in central Shandong and suppressed the uprising against insufficient compensation for railway land acquisition.

Suppressed the uprising of farmers and industrial and commercial workers in northwestern Shandong due to the collapse of industry and commerce due to the abandonment of the canal and the panic of the diversion of the Yellow River.

The Xiaoqing River channel has been expanded, making it an important transportation line connecting the bean cake fertilizer production areas in Northeast China, and directly leading to the central Shandong area where cash crops have been replanted.

Finally, the migration of people in the no-man's land of the Yellow River was basically put on the right track, and the hundreds of miles of no-man's land and the lake no-man's land of Fuliang Mountain were completed.

Nine years without success.

That's about all I did.

Now, there is only the final "small problem" of digging the Yellow River channel.

At least, compared with the many prerequisites for repairing the Yellow River, such as going to Southeast Asia, abolishing the canal transport, expanding Guandong, making food, and fighting a war to make money, the last thing is indeed a "small problem".

Since there is only one "small problem" left.

Therefore, Liu Yu, who originally wanted to move the Yellow River, inevitably proposed a somewhat "conservative" plan.

And a more radical plan was proposed when Liu Yu finally started to dig the river and decided to solve the Yellow River problem after nine years of failure.

More than ten years ago, Liu Yu was still a radical among radicals on the Yellow River issue. At that time, few people dared to think about working on the Yellow River.

But now, the radical among radicals has instantly become a conservative.

At this time, on the new river embankment construction site of Daqing River in Jinan Prefecture, Zhao Yi, the newly crowned champion a few years ago, was explaining his more radical river management plan to Liu Yu.

"Duke, the Yellow River disaster has been difficult to resolve since ancient times. The reason why it is difficult to resolve is that there is no eternal solution. And the reason why there is no eternal solution is that the root of the Yellow River problem has not been solved."

"The reason why the river bursts is that it carries sand and is easy to accumulate. As a result, the river body is getting higher and the sea mouth is getting blocked. Therefore, the bursts continue, becoming a disaster for all eternity."

"Now that the cause of the burst is known, a eternal solution can be implemented."

"It is better to open the north and south rivers at the same time, and rotate every fifty years."

"If the north river is opened for fifty years, the dam mouth is closed, and the south river is exposed, then the south river is dredged of silt, and after fifty years, the water of the Yellow River is driven southward, and then "The southern river is dredged, and the northern river is dredged."

"Such alternation will make the turbulent water always have a deep and flowing river. Since the river is deep and flowing, how can there be a risk of collapse?"

"In this way, river workers, soldiers, and labor can be eliminated; the cost of reeds, earthwork, stone and wood can also be eliminated. "

"Although this is a groundbreaking theory that has never been seen before, it is actually a long-term strategy to prevent troubles for all eternity."

"Li Bai and Du Fu's poems have been passed down by thousands of people, and they are no longer fresh. There are talented people in every generation, and each of them has led the trend for hundreds of years. A groundbreaking theory that has never been seen before may not necessarily be impossible. Leading the trend should be seen today..."

Zhao Yi's idea is much more radical than Liu Yu's.

Liu Yu just wants to restore the ancient Yellow River Road. But Zhao Yi's idea is that since it has been dug, why not just leave two roads?

When the Yellow River is in the north, dig the mud and sand in the south.

Wait for the rotation, and then dig the mud and sand in the north.

If there is a big flood, just open it directly, and let the two rivers flow together. Isn't this more powerful than Liu Yu's idea of ​​restoring Daye Lake as a flood discharge area reservoir?

Moreover, the Yellow River South Road has been flowing for hundreds of years, and it is originally an uninhabited area. There is no need to consider migration here.

Liu Yu looked at the former champion and couldn't help laughing.

Some words are completely different when said in different situations.

In history, Zhao Yi did put forward this idea.

But if everything remains unchanged, and there is no series of Dashun policies such as going to Southeast Asia and changing sea transportation, Liu Yu will definitely laugh at Zhao Yi, saying that he read history and read it for a long time, and he only read empty talk and nonsense.

Because, if everything remains unchanged, the root cause of the Yellow River problem is the problem of water transport; and the problem of water transport involves the Western naval forces in Southeast Asia; going to Southeast Asia involves the Northwest and Rakshasa problems...

These things are not discussed.

If he just said "two rivers, 50 years each for the north and south", Liu Yu would definitely think that this is bullshit.

It's not that it doesn't make sense.

But even if it's correct, it's just correct nonsense, pure nonsense, and it doesn't touch the essence of the problem at all. It's really sad to read history like this.

After reading it over and over again, the problem is reduced to: "Should I make braised pork with this piece of meat? Or sliced ​​meat?"

He didn't think of the question: "Where can I get a piece of meat? How can I get this piece of meat?"

Of course, that refers to the situation of "no meat", Liu Yu would definitely ridicule it.

But now.

The pre-problems have been solved.

Zhao Yi's words again made Liu Yu's water control plan seem too conservative, and Liu Yu didn't care.

After all, saying this at this time is not bullshit, but at least it is one of the feasibility studies of many plans.

Liu Yu doesn't care.

In fact, he no longer cares about who will be in charge of completing the project of the Yellow River North Channel.

Now that things have come to this, it is a matter of course.

So, after laughing, he did not talk about the plan itself, but surprisingly repeated Zhao Yi's poem.

"Li Bai and Du Fu's poems have been passed down by thousands of people, and they are no longer fresh. There are talented people in every generation, and each of them has been leading the trend for hundreds of years. Good poems! Good poems."

These words stunned the officials and water conservancy technicians around him.

I thought, when did the Duke of Xingguo stop paying attention to practical problems and instead praise poems? Today, the sun is rising from the west?