In the past few years, the power of the Ming Dynasty has skyrocketed. Coupled with the nationwide anti-corruption campaign, the Ming Dynasty has long lost the shaky feeling it once had.
But Zhu Youjian was still extremely sad in his heart. Without him, the drought in Chongzhen was really terrible.
Its long duration and large drought range are unprecedented in the past 500 years. 23 provinces (autonomous regions) in southern and northern China have suffered from severe droughts. The main areas with drought and lack of rain are in North China, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong. These areas have been in drought for more than five consecutive years. Henan Province, where the center of the drought area is located, has been in drought for seven consecutive years, with the drought in 1640 being the most rampant.
In the early stage of the drought event, there was a pattern of drought in the north and floods in the south, and the drought area expanded to the east and south year by year; after 1640, rainfall increased in the north, turning into floods in the north and drought in the south. During this period, plague was prevalent and locust plagues were rampant.
Although Zhu Youjian had already made efforts and responded to it, in the face of such a natural disaster, Zhu Youjian still had no idea.
This is not to worry about problems in the Ming Dynasty. After all, the court has already made preparations, and the army is firmly controlled by Zhu Youjian. Even if there is a problem, it will not become a big problem.
In terms of personnel, Zhu Youjian also made arrangements to ensure that once a drought breaks out, many water conservancy projects will be built, so that work can be used as relief.
Doing so will not only reduce the pressure on the country and avoid lazy behavior, but also greatly improve domestic water conservancy facilities and complete dredging work.
According to Zhu Youjian's plan, once a severe drought cuts off the flow of the Yellow River, it may not be impossible to turn the Yellow River, an above-ground river, into a normal river.
Although there are no large-scale machinery or various tools now, the imperial court has countless labor forces.
Zhu Youjian had already been working on the management of the Huangtu Plateau.
Correspondingly, the amount of sediment in the Yellow River has dropped a lot.
Now we are taking advantage of the drought to clean up the sediment in the Yellow River. Solve the whole problem in one fell swoop and let the Yellow River be restrained to avoid catastrophic disaster caused by bursting of its banks.
And in order to reduce the workload, Zhu Youjian did not directly choose to dig in the original river channel, but chose a place a hundred meters away from the original river channel to dig a new river channel.
Except for some places where the project is more difficult and requires rock cutting, the rest of the places have been moved hundreds of meters. In many places, plans have actually been made. \./hand\./machine\./version\./no\./error\./first\./issue~~
Now we just have to wait for the drought to come before construction will begin.
Such a project may seem huge and troublesome for the people, but it is indeed a major event that benefits the country and the people.
First of all, this will allow the Yellow River to return to normal. Not to mention other things, at least within a hundred years, even if there is a major flood, the threat to the country and the people will be greatly reduced.
Secondly, in times of disaster, the court could hire a large number of working people at very low costs.
Sometimes you can even pay directly with food.
With the help of the system, Zhu Youjian will not be short of food. Doing this will greatly reduce the financial pressure on the court. Otherwise, if the Yellow River is to be built, at least 10 million Ming laborers will be recruited. In this way, the money given every day will be huge. number.
Secondly, it also provided a platform for redemption for many slaves captured by the imperial court.
After that, the people have something to do, and the court's crackdown will greatly promote social stability and prevent some idle guys from looking for trouble and affecting the country's security.
Zhu Youjian would naturally not tolerate the idea of rebuilding the course of the Yellow River, which would benefit the country and the people.
