New Shun 1730

If we want to solve the crisis in Huaishang now and increase our resistance in the future, the first step must be to abolish the canal and reform the sea, and make great efforts to change the disaster-prone situation in Huaishang.

Of course, it is not something that can be accomplished in one day. If the court wants to make up its mind, Liu Yu must prove one thing: the navy can stand within the sphere of influence of the Celestial Empire. The world ranking does not count, but it is invincible in the world. .

This world includes Nanyang.

Only in this way can the emperor feel at ease.

The emperor had been frightened before, and although he was determined to build a navy, he also considered the canal as an alternative.

I thought that if I spent money to maintain it, if the navy was defeated, I could still rely on the canal to control the north and the south and avoid division and separatism.

Whatever the court does, it needs to be prepared in advance and cannot be done on the fly.

Abandoning canals and replacing them with sea transport is not just about maritime transport.

After the canal was abolished and converted to sea, the priority of protecting canal transport was no longer given. How should the Yellow River be managed? How to deal with local affected people? This all requires a plan.

People can be killed, but the Yellow River cannot be killed. Now that the imperial court is thinking of protecting water transportation, it has no plan to manage the Huanghuai River without protecting water transportation.

The research on these plans will also require the Ministry of Industry to be busy for several years.

So this matter really has to be mentioned this year. Neither the Netherlands nor Japan is a protracted war. The two countries have a shogunate system and a company is too far away from the homeland. They are all talking about a quick victory. Calculating, these two things can be resolved within five years at most. Once these two matters were resolved, the emperor's strategy of retaining the canal as a guarantee in case the navy was defeated could be abandoned.

In five years, it should be enough to outline a comprehensive plan to manage the Huanghuai River without considering water transportation.

If it is not managed, Huaishang's ability to resist disasters is too fragile, and there is no place to move people to colonize it. It is also far away from Songjiang and other centers of the textile industrial revolution envisioned by Liu Yu. Even if the factory system has just started, there will be a slight industrial impact. event.

Once something goes wrong, this shit basin will be pinned on the head of industry, and a crazy counterattack will be necessary based on the Confucian conservative reactionary ideology of retreating to the well-field system as the ultimate solution.

Now it is Tan Zhen who wants to propose the idea of ​​abolishing the canal system and transforming it into a sea to regulate the Yellow River this year, and Chen Qinghai has also asked Chen Qinghai to spread the word, saying that Tan Zhen will take the lead and be the vanguard, and let Liu Yu follow behind to cooperate.

The question is how to cooperate? What did Tan Zhen mean when Chen Qinghai left?

After he mentioned his doubts in this regard, Kang Buzao thought for a moment and said, "Master Tan's meaning is actually very simple. As a military governor, he can only talk about Jiangsu's affairs on this matter; Mr. Earl, you can tell your Majesty the affairs of the world."

"What is the world's business? The world's business is that Huaishang is a piece of rotten meat and should be dealt with ruthlessly."

"Is this related to Jiangsu? Of course it is."

"But is northern Jiangsu the only place affected by the canal? I'm afraid that Anhui, southern Shandong and other places will also suffer from it. Does Jiangsu Jiedushi get Anhui? Does he not get southern Shandong?"

"There are some things that cannot be done if one is not in one's position. Mr. Tan is the military governor of Jiangsu Province. Let me ask you, sir, he, the military governor of Jiangsu Province, allowed the rice to be transported by sea to arrive smoothly, which lightened the burden on the people. Businessmen gain profits and the court saves money. Is this a matter of course? "

Liu Yu nodded and said: "This is a matter of course."

"Is it his duty to manage the river?"

"Uh... yes or no?"

Liu Yu is really hard to answer this question.

Jiangsu does not only have southern Jiangsu, but also northern Jiangsu.

This Tan Zhen was the Jiangsu Jiedushi, not the Southern Jiangsu Jiedushi.

Does managing the rivers count as his responsibility?

It stands to reason that this is calculated.

However, there is still a river governor in charge of this matter, so it is not an exaggeration to say that this is not the case.

Kang Buyao reminded again: "As a province's governor, it is natural and one's duty to make suggestions that are obviously beneficial to the province."

"How long can he be the governor of Jiangsu? If he no longer serves as the governor of Jiangsu, how can he raise this matter? What if he is transferred to Xijing, or will guard the southwest in the future, and raise the Huanghuai Canal that cannot be reached with eight poles? At that time, we can only wait for others to mention it. He will stand behind and support it, wave the flag and shout, but he cannot mention it. "

"But the young master is different. The young master, the governor of Jinghai, is just a make-up. The true identity of the young master is Ying Suobo and his majesty's close confidant Lang Guan, who organized and trained the navy. The young master is also involved in the shipping matter too deeply, and he will escape in the future. It doesn’t matter.”

"Even if the canal reform is implemented, Jiangsu Jiedushi will only cooperate. In the future, the one who will compete with those who support canal transport will not be Mr. Tan, but you, the young master."

"I think this Master Tan wants to remind the young master: As Ying Suobo, establishing the old, abolishing the canal and reforming the sea is not just a matter of money and food, but is conducive to the long-term interests of Huanghuai flood control and the stability of the Huaihe River."

"Of course, if something goes wrong in the future, the blame will have to be shouldered by the young master."

When Liu Yu heard that he wanted to take the blame again, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This is strange. Then Tan Zhen also supports the abolition of the canal and the reform of the sea, so why doesn't he need to bear the responsibility? But I have to bear it?"

Kang Bunuo used a somewhat vulgar metaphor.

"Abolition of Cao and reform of sea is like a woman's menstrual period. It is mentioned once every three or five in the court. One more person is not more, and one less person is not more. No one will really care or bear grudges, because it is just a verbal spat. Only the young master is different. "Young master can really accomplish this shipping matter, and it's past the stage of quarreling."

"It is precisely because abolishing the canal and reforming the sea is a matter of court discussion like a woman's menstrual matter. He will be the vanguard. If the people behind can't follow, he will treat it as a fart in the court. As soon as the smell dissipates, no one will Don't care. If he hits the vanguard and the young master follows behind and shouts, it's not bullshit. "

Liu Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Farewell, I can't afford it. The matter of abolishing the canal and converting it to the sea has nothing to do with shipping. Yes, I have proved that sea transportation can work, but I can't solve the problems on both sides of the canal. If there is a problem with shipping, I can take responsibility, but I don’t want to carry the blame on both sides of the canal, and I can’t.”

Kang Buyao also smiled, looked at Liu Yu and said, "That's right to think so. If you really want to accomplish this, you have to take a roundabout way. Otherwise, the blame will have to be placed on you."

"So, although the young master supports it, it is different from what Master Tan Zhentan wants the young master to do. It is to tell all the possible disasters before doing things."

"What do you mean?" Liu Yu was stunned. Hearing what Kang Buzai meant, was he preparing to stand against water transport and speak out about the possible impact of the reform?

What is this? Is it considered to provide the opponent with a bunch of cannonballs first?

Kang Bunuo smiled and said: "People say that bad things can be turned into good things. This is called long-term pain rather than short-term pain. The merit is in the present and the benefit is in the future. It is nothing more than a short-term pain. If others say it, it makes you think poorly. I don't know. Deep or shallow; if others don’t tell, and you don’t tell yourself, if something happens in the future, it will bring disaster to the country and the people, and it is not impossible to be blamed as big as Wang Jinggong. "

"In other words, the Young Master supports the abolition of canal transport and the reform of sea transport, but the young master must also write out all the disadvantages of abolishing canal transport before the canal transport faction."

"Only in this way, once the policy is set, can it be implemented for a long time, and the policy will not be stopped when problems arise. Otherwise, once something happens, the responsibility will fall entirely on the maritime sector."

Liu Yu frowned and said: "I support it, but why should I tell you the disadvantages first? As for the situation in the court, you don't understand that if you want to do something, you have to go overboard. You said everything is good, but it's still hard to convince; you are so direct Telling all the bad things, isn’t this self-imposed obstacle?”

"Besides, there are a lot of things that happen to water transportation every year, right? No one can deny that some floods have a lot to do with the canal, right?"

Kang Buyao said: "Things are things, principles are principles. Positions are positions, facts are facts. This is not the same thing in the court."

"Since the founding of this dynasty, there has been water transportation and no sea transportation. Just like when the sun hangs in the sky, there may be droughts, but everyone feels that this is not the sun's fault, but inevitable. Sea transportation is all good and good, but It's like changing the sun. If something goes wrong, it's all the new sun's fault."

"There are many problems with water transportation now, and floods are closely related to water transportation. However, if a flood occurs now, it is a natural disaster. Even if it is caused by a canal, it is a natural disaster. If water transportation is abandoned and the Huanghuai River is regulated, then a disaster will It’s a man-made disaster.”

"What is the sky? It is the sky that has existed since ancient times. The canal has existed since ancient times, so if nothing is done, it will be a natural disaster. As for natural disasters, no one is responsible."

"Young master really wants to make it happen..."

Kang Busao stopped suddenly, took a deep breath and said, "Young master, if you really want to succeed, you have to wait for natural disasters or human chaos!"

"It is up to man to plan things, but it is up to heaven to make them happen! If there is no major disaster, if the Yellow River does not burst open, this matter cannot be accomplished; if there is no chaos, the Huaihe River is rotten, and the canal is blocked, this matter cannot be accomplished."

"The so-called planning means to state all the pros and cons. If there is a big disaster in the future, what harm can be done by the cons? By then, the cons mentioned by the young master will be meaningless, and only the pros will remain."

"Master Tan wants the young master to put himself in Ying Suobo's perspective and think long-term for Dashun. He thinks that this will convince his majesty. Of course, he also thinks that the blame falls on the young master. But it is useless to say so much. I don't believe that there is no one in the court. We know that Huanghuai is the place most likely to bring disaster to the world in the future.”

"So, let's wait for a major natural disaster. Only a major disaster that completely cuts off the river transportation and causes chaos and civil unrest in Huaibei can this be accomplished. Therefore, if you want to support it, you must first talk about the disadvantages of abolishing the canal and reforming the sea. , so that this matter cannot be accomplished.”

"Is the issue in Huaibei just a matter of the canal and the Yellow River? Land annexation, too many people, too little land. The southeast, northwest, and west are all populated places, and there is nowhere to immigrate."

"Sooner or later there will be chaos. It is better to have chaos early than to have chaos early. If we want chaos early, we must have canals. We will continue to let the Huanghuai River flood and cause disasters every year."

"Otherwise, what if there was a natural disaster when the canal was abolished and the sea was changed... Hehe, did you know the "Refugee Picture" of the Song Dynasty? It's not about the future of the young master, but maybe no one would dare to mention the abolition of the canal and the sea from now on. thing.”

"Uh..." Liu Yu was speechless. Waiting for natural disasters, waiting for natural disasters. If the Yellow River does not breach its mouth in ten or twenty years, and there is no chance of the canal being interrupted, wouldn't it be possible that this big pot will have to be shouldered by the industrial revolution that led to small businesses? People are bankrupt?

It sounds like Tan Zhen is someone who really wants to do things. If he does this by himself, even if he verbally supports it, the shortcomings of changing the waste to sea are suddenly listed. This is like verbal support and a stab in the back.

Even though they have reached this level of official status and have been in the court for several years, they actually don’t have much moral integrity left. If you do this, it's easy to have no friends in the court.