New Shun 1730

To use a metaphor that was very common in Liu Yu's previous life, the current problems of water transportation and Huanghuai are like the question of who to save first if both the daughter-in-law and the mother fall into the water.

Qian Ming said that in addition to mother and daughter-in-law, there is also an ancestor, which is even more difficult to choose.

If the water transportation is changed to the sea, it means that the daughter-in-law will not fall into the water. The Yellow River is the mother river. When the time comes, there will only be one mother left to save, and there will be many more ways to save it.

Kang Busao's idea is also simple. This dilemma is easy to solve: wait for the daughter-in-law to drown first, and then save the mother. Wouldn't it be a dilemma?

Seeing that Liu Yu was still hesitating, Kang Buyu said directly: "Sir, the so-called gentleman is far away from the kitchen. If something happens to the Yellow River in the future, it has nothing to do with you, nor will it be the Yellow River embankment you opened or the blocked canal."

"Then Mr. Tan wanted to solve the problem before it happened, but has he solved it? In my opinion, it's all in vain."

These words made Liu Yu feel a little more relaxed. Whether it was natural disasters or human chaos, millions of casualties were involved.

There seems to be no way around this. The feudal court has always been dealing with headaches and pains, without a multi-year plan.

"Okay, let me think about it again. We have been planning for a long time, but we can only rely on God to cause disasters? This incident makes me a little depressed. Isn't this still a tinker? You can only repair it after it is broken?"

Kang Busao said with relief: "Since ancient times, it is easiest to be conservative, second to create something new, and the most difficult to change. Whether you build a navy or build a company, it is all about creating something new, not reform."

"The only thing that can be called a change is the military reform. In the military reform, the young master is betting his life, and his opponent is just Ling Dunduobu, the chief minister of the quasi-ministry. When it comes to regulating rivers and abolishing canals, even if you don't consider people, you You have to think about God.”

"You have won people, can you win heaven? You dare to gamble your life with people, but how can you gamble your life with God? I am afraid that if you do not consider the canal and control the Huanghuai River on a large scale, God will cause a flood, and all your efforts will be wasted."

"With all this trouble, hundreds of thousands of people will die every year. It's better to have one big disaster all at once, kill a million people, and solve the water transportation and Huanghuai issues once and for all. Don't blame me for being cruel, sir, I'm just saying this To be honest, I didn’t dig up the Yellow River embankment after all.”

The saying "If you can conquer man, you cannot conquer heaven" makes Liu Yu, who has received the education that man can conquer nature since childhood, extremely uncomfortable.

Thinking about it more carefully, what Kang Buyao said was wrong.

Where can I not defeat the sky? It was clear that he still couldn't defeat the people in the court.

In recent years, he has tried his best not to stand in the court. He has been working on something from scratch, with almost no change involved. From now on, he would inevitably have to deal with people in the court and his colleagues, and he began to feel a little unsure.

I returned to my residence in a depressed mood, picked up my pen, and according to my usual habit, wrote a letter to Tian Zhenyi in the capital about the recent events.

It's not to get any advice, just to express my depression.

The letter briefly introduced things about water transportation and Huanghuai, and also talked about the Jiedushi envoy coming to Beijing to attend the court meeting.

Liu Yu had already agreed with Kang Buyao's idea and was wondering whether he should talk about all the current problems in water transportation, and the focus of the memorial should be on this.

If something big happens to the water transportation and Huanghuai transportation in the future, wouldn't it add some weight to the maritime transportation?

He has a special channel for delivering letters, and he also uses an agreed-upon book with font sizes and secret letters written according to page numbers.

Tian Zhenyi's reply was quick, but the first sentence in the letter was to refute Liu Yu's idea.

"Third brother wants to talk about the disasters that Cao Yun and Huang Huai may bring. Does third brother want to be a loyal minister and let your majesty become a weak king? If something really happened to Cao Yun and Huang Huai in recent years, will your majesty have to do something else? I have sinned and cried bitterly, regretting that I didn’t listen to your advice in the first place?”

"Third brother, do you want to be Yuan Benchu's wife?"

"Third brother, think about it carefully. Is it possible for His Majesty to accept the decision to abolish the Cao Cao and convert it to the sea in the past few years? You have thought about the matter clearly before. Before the Nanyang incident is resolved, the Navy must prove that His Majesty's original disaster caused the East China Sea. Until there is no need to worry, the canal will be preserved no matter what, so that if there is a real trouble in the East China Sea in the future, the army will be able to control the canal after military reform. "

"Mr. Kang said that even if there is a disaster if the Cao Cao is abolished and a disaster occurs, it will be blamed on the Abolition of Cao Cao and Haifa faction."

"Think about it on the other hand, in the past few years when His Majesty was sure that it would be impossible to abolish the Cao Cao and reform the sea, if something really happened, and the third brother had said a lot in advance, wouldn't His Majesty be the one to bear the blame?"

"Third brother thought that the canal transport faction was responsible for this. In fact, was it his majesty or the minister who vetoed the proposal?"

"Emperor, do you really like Zhengchen? Can the third brother accomplish what he wants to do without your majesty's favor? Third brother's position in the court, is he a minister? Or is he a favored official? Or is he a distinguished noble? ? You can’t have both, Third Brother must think clearly.”

It started with some fierce words, completely rejecting what Liu Yu thought.

After reading it, Liu Yu suddenly realized that he had indeed forgotten about the emperor when he was considering taking the blame.

As for himself, it seems that he was born as the leader of Wude Palace, Ying Saobo, and the governor of Jinghai. It seems that he is a noble, a minister, and a minister, but in fact, these three cannot coexist. You can only choose one, and the rest are just additions to this one.

Change does not always happen overnight, and may always be accompanied by accidents of one kind or another. When the emperor needs to take the blame, no one can hold him accountable, and he can only pretend to issue a self-indictment.

Liu Yu thought that, indeed, it was impossible to abolish the canal and change to the sea before the end of the Nanyang War. However, we can prepare in advance, or say something like "if we don't do this, something will happen sooner or later". This kind of "prophecy" is the safest, because no one wants something to happen, and once something happens, it will be "farsighted".

According to his thinking, those who support the canal transportation faction will have to take the blame, and the resistance to reform will be sharply reduced.

However, Tian Zhenyi believed that if something really happened, the emperor would definitely have a rift in his heart, thinking that Liu Yu had damaged his face and embarrassed him. Even if he issued a self-blame edict, he would definitely hate Liu Yu.

Kang Budai's focus is on party struggles.

Tian Zhenyi's focus is on human feelings.

Or, Kang Budai believes that there were party struggles in Dashun; while Tian Zhenyi believes that there were no party struggles in Dashun, everything was the emperor's tool and balance control, and party struggles were just a kind of "pretend to rule the monarch and his ministers" situation allowed by the emperor.

In recent years, Tian Zhenyi's letters have been in this style. Since the letter that urged Liu Yu to think clearly about who the Qingzhou Army was when he was in Weihai, Tian Zhenyi has been analyzing problems with this idea.

Sometimes it is very useful, and sometimes it seems useless.

After reading the previous paragraph, throw the letter into the brazier and burn it to ashes, crush it, and then translate the following letter according to the characters.

The tone of the latter part of the letter is much softer, but she still wrote some words that she has thought about carefully in recent years by taking advantage of the positioning problem of "minister, noble, or Langguan".

"Third brother, when His Majesty first used you, you were only seventeen or eighteen years old. In His Majesty's words, you were just a kid, and it was normal for you to be inconsiderate."

"Young people should be full of vigor and vitality, and not look ahead and behind. His Majesty wants the sharpness of Third Brother."

"At that time, I really liked him. I just regarded Third Brother as a nephew. Among the children of nobles who were like mud, I found a person who still cared about the country, so I loved him very much."

"At that time, I could tolerate Third Brother doing many extraordinary things. I just regarded him as a child with vigor and vitality."

"Since Your Majesty is ambitious, it is inevitable that he has a feeling of 'admiration for the ancients'. I am afraid that he also regards himself as Emperor Wu of Han, but imagines Third Brother as Huo Qubing."

"If Third Brother died of illness after pacifying the Western Regions, , I am afraid that the position of the third brother will be unshakable from now on. Some people really miss the third brother, and some of His Majesty may really think that he is the reincarnation of Emperor Wu of Han. This kind of mysterious theory is really hard to guess. "

"Since the third brother compares this dynasty to the Han and Tang Dynasties and compares Nanyang to the Western Regions, whether the third brother is still a teenager does not depend on the third brother's age, but on when Nanyang will be pacified."

"As long as Nanyang is not settled, the third brother is still a teenager in Your Majesty's heart. Whether he speaks without restraint or acts rashly, he can be tolerated, even with a smile, just a light knock. Your Majesty will feel that he has the ambition of Emperor Wu of Han, and God has left me with the ability to keep the old ways, so I can be my champion marquis."

"If a teenager has no sharpness, how can he be called a teenager?"

"And the Nanyang affairs are external affairs. The canal affairs are internal affairs. If we deal with internal affairs, If the matter is not resolved, the third brother will no longer be the vigorous young man in the eyes of His Majesty. If he is too aggressive and aggressive, His Majesty will feel that he is no longer his Langguan, but a minister in the court. "

"My sister is just a woman's opinion, but Your Majesty was born in the deep palace and raised by women. In fact, women are easier to understand your thoughts. "

"That's why I said that the third brother should think clearly and choose one of the three: nobles, ministers, and Langguan. "

"The most successful Langguan is Huo Guanjun. He was infinitely mourned and honored after his death, and he had great military exploits before his death. He was only 24 years old when he died. "

"In my opinion, the third brother can only be a Langguan until Nanyang is pacified. "

"There are still a few years of buffer. During this time, the third brother should let His Majesty gradually accept that the third brother is no longer that young man. He has grown from a Langguan to a minister, and also Or he will become a noble. "

"If what the third brother wants to do in the future is to be a noble outside, he will be loyal and brave, arrogant, not concerned about the government, focused on the outside, not understanding politics, and not concerned about politics. He can be the 'Anxi Grand Commander' and guard Nanyang. "

"If what the third brother wants to do in the future is inside, he will be an important official, steady and profound, not standing in line, not choosing sides, and stating the pros and cons. Your Majesty will decide for himself, and be your Majesty's adviser - there is no prime minister in this dynasty, and Tianyou Palace is your Majesty's adviser. The third brother has established the adviser system in the army. It should be known that the adviser only states the pros and cons and makes plans, but has no decision-making power. "

"If Nanyang is settled, Your Majesty will no longer need a sharp-minded official. At that time, the things that you thought your nephews and nieces were young with a faint smile before may become a grudge. "

"Therefore, think deeply, think carefully, and think carefully. "