Not to mention, Lin Jingchun's statement aroused discussion among some officials attending the meeting.
And as time goes by, more and more people think that what Lin Jingchun said makes sense.
The Yellow River originally flowed smoothly without any major problems. However, the Song Dynasty insisted on changing the course of the Yellow River. The changes failed so much that the change of the Yellow River was out of control, causing flooding and countless deaths.
There will be no more talk about Du Chong after that. This person will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history forever and be cast aside forever. His kneeling statue will always exist, extending his infamy to eternity.
But is there no one who wants to recover the price from Song Ting?
Doesn't Song Ting need to pay the price for this?
The reason why Sanyi returned to the river was because the Song Dynasty was incompetent and could not take back the sixteen states of Yanyun, so it could only torment the Yellow River.
The reason why Du Chong dug the Yellow River embankment was because Song Ting's stupid operation ruined the country's destiny and ruined the good situation.
After all, the person with the highest responsibility is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and his decision-making team.
They have a duty, and they must pay the price.
Not to mention, this issue is really a matter worthy of discussion for the Ming government.
As the saying goes, every injustice has its own owner. Now that the Yellow River has done so much evil, you, the Emperor Zhao, and the scholar-bureaucrats are hiding in the south and enjoying themselves, leaving the roaring and roaring Yellow River to us to deal with. It is not morally wrong. ?
After Su Yonglin's long-term propaganda, the Central Plains area, especially the area in Henan, Shandong and Hebei, was really disdainful and dissatisfied with the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty in the south. They thought they were cowardly and useless, and they had a negative view of them.
Especially now that the Central Plains has been liberated and a new Han regime, the Ming regime, has been established. For the people of the Central Plains, they no longer need to have any expectations or illusions about the Han separatist regime in the south.
Of course, there are accounts to be settled and grievances to be complained about.
The betrayal, abandonment and all kinds of hardships in those years, old and new hatreds came to my heart, what else could I say?
So Lin Jingchun said this, and the middle and lower-level bureaucrats from the Shangshu Province to the various ministries all agreed with Lin Jingchun's opinion. They felt that the management of the Yellow River could not be left to the Ming court to pay for it, but the Song people had to pay the price.
Su Yonglin didn't really think so at first, because in his opinion, he had already begun to make Song Ting pay the price.
Not to mention Su Changsheng and Zhao Yucheng, who were sent to the south to develop the revolutionary base areas, the relatively large-scale private salt trade he carried out privately on the borders of the Ming and Song Dynasties could rob a lot of copper coins from the Southern Song Dynasty.
Just a few border states in Henan can make profits of 2.08 million yuan a month, and Haizhou alone can make profits of 1.5 million yuan a month.
That's not all. There are still several teams and channels for smuggling salt that are being established. It doesn't take long to open up the channels and start making profits.
By then, Su Yonglin estimated that he could earn about 60 million yuan in profits throughout the year through private salt trade with the Southern Song Dynasty.
This huge amount of money is being continuously injected into the financial funds of the Ming Empire, providing financial support for the Ming Empire's many major actions to restore the vitality of the Central Plains.
But Su Yonglin suddenly felt that what Lin Jingchun said was not unreasonable.
The evil was committed by the emperor of the Zhao family and the scholar-bureaucrats who ruled the world with them.
They were at their own peril, unable to recapture Yanyun and unable to deal with the Liao Kingdom. They were afraid that the Liao Kingdom would follow the Yellow River that flowed into the sea from the Haihe River and directly go south to break through Hebei and attack Kaifeng. They were afraid that they would not be able to withstand it, so they tried every means to change the direction of the Yellow River.
The results of it?
The failure of the project caused a major diversion of the Yellow River, leading to the Qianli Zeguo. Hundreds of thousands and millions of people died directly or indirectly from this major diversion of the Yellow River. The evil done by the Emperor Zhao and the scholar-bureaucrats was enough to send them to the eighteenth level of hell. Never be reincarnated forever.
Now the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are suffering due to the operations of these bastards. Henan, North China and the Huaihe River Basin are in danger at all times due to the major diversion of the Yellow River.
It's okay if the Yellow River doesn't flood and the weather is good. But if it floods and the river banks burst, Henan, North China and the Huaihe River will be in danger of becoming a swamp country, and the fruits of farmers' hard work all year round will be destroyed.
This is a sword hanging over the head of the Ming Empire, and you don't know when it will fall.
It was impossible for Su Yonglin to watch this sword fall, so regulating the Yellow River was imperative no matter what.
But regulating the Yellow River is a big project.
Compare the most famous successful case of Wang Jing's river regulation. He mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers, civilians and 10 billion yuan of investment, spent a year to open thousands of miles of river channels and built embankments along the banks, so that the Yellow River would not change its course for 800 years.
Su Yonglin could make it with hundreds of thousands of manpower and one year, but with an investment of tens of billions of dollars, it was really a bit difficult.
Wang Jing's river management was during the period of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It had experienced the governance and accumulation of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. The period of Emperor Ming was a period of rising national fortunes in the Eastern Han Dynasty when the country was super strong, the officials were clear in governance, and the treasury was abundant. Wang Jing's success in river management was promoted by the right time, place and people. factor.
When it comes to mobilization and policy duration, Su Yonglin dares to say that he can completely surpass the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it is really difficult to invest large sums of money.
Su Yonglin read history books, and the history books especially recorded that Wang Jing paid attention to frugality and spent less when he could. He still invested tens of billions of dollars to successfully complete the task of diversion of the Yellow River. This shows how expensive it is to regulate the Yellow River.
The Ming Empire did not have Liu Xiu's thirty years of experience in governing the country. Su Yonglin was also developing many other engineering tasks at the same time. There were too many places to spend money. Moreover, the condition of the Yellow River at this time was probably worse than the condition of the Yellow River that Wang Jing faced back then. .
A conservative estimate is that the investment in river management will be doubled.
If this investment was only made by the Ming Empire itself, even if the construction period was extended and the results were not pursued for one or two years, the Ming Empire would still face a very difficult financial situation.
Su Yonglin himself knew that he had too much to do.
Not counting the army's fixed military investment, even the establishment of grassroots political power in administrative villages, townships, etc. will cost a large amount of money, not to mention the literacy campaign that Su Yonglin is launching.
In addition to the manpower and material resources required to be invested in the education reform plan and the imperial examination reform plan, there are also the funds that need to be continuously invested in the development of Liaodong, as well as the training and investment of judicial officials, and the funds that need to be used for the development of the Renaissance...
The finances of the entire Ming Empire were like a faucet that had been turned on, flowing out.
Although it shows that after the empire clearly controls the grassroots, even after the abolition of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the tax revenue will be quite large. When Lin Jingchun makes fiscal expenditures, he will also pay attention to extending the policy implementation time to reduce the financial burden. Under normal circumstances, there will be no such thing as eating too much. things, and even have some financial savings.
However, the Central Plains Su Yonglin inherited was a Central Plains that had been destroyed by the Jin and Song dynasties. The mission he accepted was a hell-level mission. To recover, it was no less difficult than changing one's fate against the will of heaven.
Despite this, Su Yonglin never thought of backing down. He spent all his energy to restore the Central Plains to its vitality. However, the investment in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China was too great, and Su Yonglin did not exploit as much as the Song Dynasty, so naturally he could not look so "rich." ".
So after Lin Jingchun settled his accounts, he felt that although the Ming Empire had the obligation to regulate the Yellow River and protect people's livelihood, didn't the Song court, as the initiator, not need to take responsibility?
After thinking about this, Su Yonglin began to feel that what Lin Jingchun said made sense——
Although it is said that managing the Yellow River is of greatest benefit to oneself, wouldn't it be great if one could squeeze some money from the extremely wealthy Song Ting?
To make a living, you just need to save a little bit. The more you save, the more fiscal budgets can be allocated to other places, right?
There may be many differences when it comes to dealing with internal issues, but when it comes to dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty, such differences do not exist.
Su Yonglin's strong military command ability and the strong combat effectiveness of the Ming army gave the officials of the Ming Empire strong confidence. They did not think that the Ming Empire would suffer in such a matter.
And needless to say, the confidence Su Yonglin gave them made them have a stronger attitude towards other surrounding regimes. Although they do not have aggressive intentions at the moment, this strength can also be reflected in many aspects.
For example, asking for money from the Song Dynasty.
Su Yonglin made a start.
"That's true, but is it feasible to ask Song State for money openly?"
