New Shun 1730

After being lectured by the emperor, Liu Yu guessed that the emperor was going to shut his mouth.

At least, don't take advantage of this time to promote some tax reform experiences in southern Jiangsu to the whole country. Since you can't even guarantee the exchange of money and silver, how can you guarantee that other things will work?

You said not to be impatient, and said that those ministers also have the same fear of the unknown as you, but you said that the reform of the salt administration and the reform of small notes are decided, which means that it is limited to this for the time being, and don't expand it, including some reforms in southern Jiangsu that seem very beneficial and have no disadvantages, such as the per mu tax and one whip law, so just stay quiet for a while.

Liu Yu thought that he didn't expect to quickly promote some policies to the whole country, and even if you didn't say it, I wouldn't do it.

As a mirror of history, the Qingmiao law that Yanshan and Ningbo did well, didn't it cause a big problem when it was promoted to the whole country?

"Your Majesty's teachings, I will remember them."

"Besides, I have another thing to report..."

Using the topic of reform, Liu Yu talked about the management of the Huai River. After all, it also involves the population problem of "going to Southeast Asia", and the materials must be transported from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

So Liu Yu took this opportunity to take the initiative to help coordinate the issue of the conscription of the people in those counties.

For such a large project, the local county officials cannot be relied on at all. They cannot manage such a large amount of work. Someone must come forward to coordinate.

The governor of Huanghuai is still in charge of those wing troops, and cannot manage all local affairs.

It should be said that from the perspective of logistics transportation and status, Liu Yu seems to be the perfect person to do this.

But after the emperor heard Liu Yu's "plan", he felt something was wrong.

If someone else said Liu Yu's plan, the emperor would not feel anything wrong.

It's nothing more than the imperial power does not go down to the county, so the gentry in various places have to take on the responsibility of organizing the people.

Then, a contracting and dividing system can be adopted, where each gentry is responsible for mobilizing the local population during the slack season and contracting a certain river section.

During this period, the court will distribute supplies, food, tools, etc. to the gentry. In short, it is the gentry contracting system.

This idea is very normal in Dashun.

But it was very abnormal when Liu Yu proposed it.

The emperor knew a little about Liu Yu's attitude towards the gentry. If not hatred, at least distrust.

And the emperor also heard about some unpleasant things between Liu Yu and those gentry about going to Southeast Asia.

After listening to it, the emperor felt something was wrong. His eyes unconsciously glanced at the Huanghuai map hanging next to him, and he couldn't help but look at Liu Yu again.

After looking at the map a few more times, he couldn't help but say in his heart: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! I asked him to read more, and he actually read more. At least he has some experience in the means of Zheng Bo's defeat of Duan Yuyan and luring the snake out of its hole!"

"In this way, half of them went to Southeast Asia, and half of them got land. From now on, there is no worry about the Huai River!"

He secretly said a few times, and his eyes were fixed on the map of the Yellow River and Huai River next to him. After calculating in his heart, he coughed lightly and said: "I must give you a few words about what you reported."

"First, this major event of governing the Huai River is extraordinary."

"The court has invested tens of millions of silver, which is accumulated over the years. Since the stabilization, there have been few wars. It has accumulated until now to carry out this matter of repairing the Huai River."

"Although you are called He said he didn't understand water conservancy, but he knew that the Huai River can only be managed in winter. "

"Once the summer comes, the rivers melt and the water is huge, then we can't do it anymore."

"And if we can't finish it this year, and wait for the summer water to come, everything will be in vain. The Yellow River has burst and silted up many times, and the land is all loess. Once the water rushes, it will be silted up and blocked. If it can't be completed before summer, the tens of millions of taels invested this year will be thrown away."

"Some things must rely on heaven. Unless it's winter, you can't dig. Some things can be done in spring, summer, autumn and winter. This is different, and you must know it. "

The emperor didn't mention what Liu Yu's idea meant, but nodded to Liu Yu, first of all, to ensure that the Huai River management can't be delayed.

Some things must be done this winter.

Some things can be done in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there is always a chance.

Of course, the best thing is to take the opportunity to do everything, but if you are not sure to have the best of both worlds, you have to figure out the order of priority.

Liu Yu nodded in agreement and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty is wise, I will keep this in mind."

"When I came here this time, I passed by Huai'an and also looked at the river flow and asked people about water control issues. The previous dynasty tried to build a waterway to divert the Huai River to the Yangtze River, but due to insufficient investment, it was not completed in one go, and the summer rainstorm was all in vain."

"I also know that once the Huai River control project is invested, if it is not roughly completed this year, if there is rain next summer, the court's tens of millions of taels of silver will be wasted."

"As your majesty said, some things must be done in winter. I will keep this in mind. This is the top priority."

The emperor knew that Liu Yu was very clear about the importance of things, and here he was just reminding him not to lose the big picture for the small.

Seeing Liu Yu's clear explanation, the emperor said: "The second thing is that when Emperor Taizu entered the capital, he changed the plaque of the palace. The words "Love the People" must not be forgotten."

"Although flood control is also beneficial to the people, it is also for the court. Now the court still has some surplus, and the people should not be allowed to work on an empty stomach."

"Daily food must be guaranteed. The money for recruiting labor must also be paid in full."

Liu Yu hurriedly said: "I have taken note. I dare not forget the words "Love the People."

"To ensure that everything goes well, I am also preparing to mobilize merchants to transport a batch of corn, sorghum and other miscellaneous flours. If there is any accident and rice cannot be guaranteed, these coarse grains can be used as substitutes. I guarantee that the conscripted people will not starve."

"At the same time, we will also prepare a batch of inferior cotton. Although it is cheap, it can also keep out the cold and be prepared for emergencies."

The emperor nodded in understanding and hummed to show encouragement.

But in his heart, he thought, you are afraid that you can't kill them all and destroy them all.

Gentry contracting is bound to be corrupt.

Then you transported a batch of cheap corn flour and sorghum rice and put them in the market. The grain issued by the court is theoretically Nanyang rice.

Aren't you just putting salted fish in front of a cat, waiting for the cat to eat the fish, and then beat the cat?

That's good.

Since you are preparing for Zheng Bo to defeat Duan Yuyan, you have to consider that the first priority is to ensure that the river is repaired.

If you only give rice, there will be too much greed, and the people who repair the river will not have enough to eat.

Now that they have replaced the cheap corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes and potatoes, the people who repaired the river can at least be guaranteed to have enough food, and you have also created an opportunity for them to steal and replace the original.

This can really kill two birds with one stone.

The emperor calculated in his mind that if this matter really happened, at least three counties would be affected. And it is estimated that half of the gentry in these three counties would be directly wiped out.

The crime is ready: withholding the court's river wages-Dashun's first-class crime, which is different from ordinary corruption.

Men were killed. Women were sent to Ezo to be wives. Children were sent to the Western Regions as exiles.

This case will require the confiscation of many families.

However, the emperor did not feel much about this, but turned his eyes to the map, stood up and walked straight to the map.

His finger extended along the direction of the Yellow River and Hongze Lake to the Huaihe River waterway planned by Liao Hanhui.

It is led out from Hongze Lake, passes Huai'an, goes to Funing, and then leads down to Sheyang and Huangsha Rivers, connecting them into one. It is both for the Huaihe River to enter the sea and for irrigation.

The Yellow River is in the north.

To the south is Yancheng, and to the south is Yangzhou Prefecture, the Yangtze River Estuary, Nantong... That is the current money bag of the court.

If this place is not settled, there will be frequent disasters in the future. If a civil uprising really breaks out...

Going north is unlikely.

First, there is the Yellow River blocking it, and it is not easy to cross the river.

Second, the north is also very poor, but Yancheng and Yangzhou Prefecture are not far to the south. If a civil uprising or uprising really breaks out, it must go south.

That will directly threaten the money bag of the court.

If you go north and cross the Yellow River, you can directly threaten the Huaibei Salt Field, which will directly affect the transportation of salt in several provinces.

Even if the canal is to be abandoned, the two Huais must not be in chaos.

The emperor probably knows what the conditions for going to Nanyang are. Even with such conditions, the local people are still scrambling to go to Nanyang, and they are not afraid of the death rate of several percent in Nanyang. I am afraid that the local area is really on the verge of collapse.

The problem of Lianghuai has been accumulated for a long time.

The two disasters of water transport and floods weighed heavily on the people. Every year, hundreds of thousands of taels of money were invested in disaster relief, all for the sake of stability.

If there was an uprising in the local area, there would be a unique condition: Fengyang Prefecture was also in the Lianghuai area. At that time, the slogan of rebellion against the Shun and restoration of the Ming Dynasty would be ready.

Now Liu Yu is organizing the expedition to Southeast Asia.

On the other hand, he is preparing to use the method of Zheng Bo Ke Duan Yu Yan to completely solve the problem of northern Jiangsu south of the Yellow River.

If it really succeeds, it means that the northern Jiangsu area south of the Yellow River, which is close to the court's money bag, will be stable for a long time.

Stability means division.

Even if the northern Jiangsu area north of the Yellow River is still poor and cannot be solved for the time being, it can also ensure that if something really happens in the north of the Yellow River, it will not cross the Yellow River to respond to the south.

Then, the Lianghuai area will be divided into several small squares.

If something really happens, it will not be the whole Lianghuai area that will gather to respond.

With the Yellow River as a canal and the old canal as a divider, it is easy to put out all kinds of civil unrest.

Moreover, with the rise of sea transportation, as long as the south is kept in order and does not threaten Yangzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture after the uprising, the imperial court can ensure that the rice, grain and money will not be cut off.

In the past canal era, whenever there was a flood, the unspoken rule was to protect the north and not the south.

Now, it is necessary to protect the south as much as possible, because the canal is no longer useful.

In addition to floods, civil unrest is the same. As long as the money bag is not in chaos, the imperial court can pull out troops to fight.

The emperor calculated that if Liu Yu did this, from Yancheng to Funing, at least two-thirds of the gentry would be killed.

After the house was confiscated, the land naturally belonged to the imperial court.

Originally, the imperial court had a difficult time: after the Huai River was built, the original inferior fields became irrigated land. How to calculate the money? How to collect it?

Now it is good. After it is directly returned to the imperial court, it will be distributed to small farmers and their taxes will be collected directly.

Combined with Liu Yu's policy of going to Southeast Asia, many problems in the northern Jiangsu area south of the Yellow River can be solved within three years.

The court not only saves annual relief, but also receives sufficient taxes, and by the way, cleans up the problem of gentry in Huaibei, which has been corrupt since the Southern Song Dynasty.

It ensures the flank security of the court's money bag and ensures that there will be no large-scale civil unrest in the Huainan area within a hundred years.

At the same time, it can also ensure that the people who have obtained land will be loyal to the court for 20 to 30 years.

Once a new era of civil unrest occurs in the money bag area in the future, it can also be guaranteed that it will not be corrupted.

Moreover, the court has a legitimate reason to kill as long as those people dare to make a move.

Would those people not be tempted?

The emperor thought about Liu Yu's evil plan. He prepared cheap and inferior rice, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other coarse grains in advance, and asked the gentry to contract and handle it. How could he not be tempted?

The emperor looked back at Liu Yu and thought to himself, you have the means to make people have evil thoughts. You are also enough to insert people into the merchants, but after the work is done, it is best to hide your identity and leave the hometown. It is not convenient for me to insert people to do this, lest it be recognized in the future.

This matter, if it is said out, it seems that it is indeed not very good, as if the court is tempting these people to commit crimes.

Other things are easy to say, and it doesn't matter who does it.

As long as the grace comes from me when the land is granted in the future. The only thing is that I don't know how the history books will praise or criticize this matter in the future?

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