After making a plan for navigation and exploration against all odds, Su Yonglin prepared to go south to Kaifeng to inspect the Yellow River Project.
According to Tian Guizi’s Yellow River project briefing, this year is a critical year for the Yellow River diversion project.
If this year's key research tasks are completed, the entire diversion project will most likely be officially completed in the eighth year of Hongwu. Although it will not be completed once and for all, the risk of a breach every year will no longer exist.
Of course, even if this project is successful, it will not be able to achieve the achievements of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which allowed the Yellow River to remain unchanged for more than 800 years.
Because the formation of above-ground rivers adds too much uncertainty, the current technological strength of the Ming Dynasty cannot completely solve the problem of above-ground rivers.
It takes time to improve the ecological environment of the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is a long-term project.
And even if efforts are made to restore it, a considerable amount of sediment will still flow into the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River along with the river water every year, which cannot be reversed by human power.
Regarding this problem, Tian Guizi's plan is to improve the environment while concentrating water to attack sand. Using engineering technology to artificially increase the impact of water, the sediment can pass more smoothly through the surface water surface of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and flow eastward into the sea as much as possible. , instead of staying in the waterway.
Tian Guizi also said that if the amount of sediment entering the sea is increased, the land may be extended into the sea, and the land area will grow in the future, which may be a good thing.
That's true.
Su Yonglin arrived in Kaifeng on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Hongwu. He celebrated the Lantern Festival with the entire Yellow River Project Headquarters staff and migrant workers, and personally participated in the work on the opening day of the next day as the opening ceremony.
Afterwards, Su Yonglin and Tian Qizi had a conversation.
During the conversation, Tian Guizi was far less optimistic about the completion of the Yellow River Project than he appeared in front of everyone.
"The Yellow River Project is very certain to be completed next year, but even if it is completed, the annual maintenance costs and sediment cleaning costs are still very high. In order to ensure that the Yellow River will no longer overflow and cause disasters, the court will need continuous investment. And upgrade the strategy of concentrating water and attacking sand.
At the same time, the situation of water and soil erosion in the upper reaches must continue to be improved without any slack, otherwise the Yellow River will flood again and cause disasters in as short as a few decades or as long as a hundred years. Today, tens of billions of dollars of investment and Six years of hard work would be in vain.
Many situations are different from those back then. It is difficult to go back to the past. I even think it is impossible to go back to the past. The development of some things is irreversible. Whether it is good or bad, we cannot reverse it, so I It is suggested that we need to set up a department specifically to deal with the Yellow River problem. "
Su Yonglin stood at the top of Kaifeng City and sighed deeply.
"I know that many things cannot be undone, and I don't expect that one project can solve the problem once and for all, but I know that if this problem is left unchecked, it will only get worse and worse, and eventually lead to a national tragedy."
"It is very likely that if we do not return farmland to forest in the upstream areas, the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River waterway every year will be beyond our ability to bear, and a lot of sediment is deeply deposited at the bottom of the waterway, and the water flow is turbulent. We It is impossible to clean it by boat, it can only be done by the water flow itself.
The Yellow River is so vast and vast that it is too terrifying for us personally, and our personal power is too small. The more we control the water, the more I realize our powerlessness. Chairman, you are right, we must We need to develop more powerful technology. "
Tian Qizi took a deep breath and said slowly: "For example, if one day we can build a very powerful ship that can clean the sediment on the water, and can remove the sediment accumulated at the bottom of the river, and dispose of it, In that case, the Yellow River problem can be alleviated to a considerable extent."
"How big a ship and how many such ships are needed? Do you know how much sediment flows into the Yellow River waterway every year?"
Su Yonglin said with a helpless smile: "Our ancestors knew a long time ago that humans cannot fight against the sky, so Dayu's control of floods was not as good as dredging. Blockages cannot be blocked. If we want to survive, we can only dredge them. Now we have no better way. The only way is to dredge them up." All we can do is maintain a relatively good status quo, and wait until future generations have stronger technology to solve this problem."
Tian Guizi nodded.
"That's all it can do."
The two stood at the top of Kaifeng City and were silent for a while. After a while, Tian Guizi spoke.
"After the completion of the Yellow River Project, it will be the complete settlement of the Southern Song Dynasty, right?"
"Well, I will personally lead the troops south and completely solve the Jiangnan problem."
"Command the troops personally?"
Tian Guizi was slightly surprised and said: "It's been a long time since you personally led troops, right?"
Su Yonglin smiled and nodded.
"I haven't led troops to fight in a war since the General Affairs Bureau of Zhongdu. It's been about seven or eight years. I didn't want to do it myself, but I suddenly had this idea recently. I still want to go back to the battlefield and experience it. The feeling back then.”
Su Yonglin recalled what Xu Tong said to him in front of him.
Of course Tian Guizi didn't have much thought about this.
Su Yonglin was originally the strongest general. All the famous generals in the Ming Dynasty were his old troops. They were all vanguard generals and fighting generals who served under him back then. They learned all their skills from him. He wanted to Leading the troops in person, no one dares to disobey.
"The Southern Song Dynasty has no resistance and will be completely wiped out soon. Then what's next...Dali?"
"Well, after the Southern Song Dynasty was overthrown, Dali will be overthrown. Anyway, the distance is very close, so it would be best to overthrow them together."
Su Yonglin nodded: "After cleaning up Dali, the south can be integrated. After a period of integration, when the south is stable, we will continue to go south and capture the Li family's South Vietnam."
"The land of Li's South Vietnam?"
Tian Guizi said curiously: "That's a barbaric place."
"It's no longer barbaric. There was Rinan County in the Han Dynasty, but it was abandoned by the Song Dynasty. It's funny to say that the Song Dynasty was so big that even the small country of South Vietnam couldn't completely surrender. It had to massacre the city before it could fight back. , this time, when we are settling the accounts with them, it is ours and we will eventually get it back."
Su Yonglin said slowly: "And taking it back will also be of great benefit to the sea trade that will start in Guangzhou in the future. The large sea area to the south will be our sphere of influence in the future. A big country must not only have land borders, but also sea borders. "
"What about the Liao Kingdom to the west?"
Tian Guizi asked: "Didn't you say you also want to return to the Western Regions?"
"That's natural. There are no strong opponents south of Lingnan, but there are many opponents to the west. The land of Western Liao is related to the security of Western Xinjiang. We must win it, so I established the Hexi Corps. "
"It seems like there are still many battles to be fought in the future."
Tian Guizi lowered his head and smiled: "Will we become a warlike country?"
"As long as we adhere to our revolutionary ideals, what we have to do is not a war of invasion, but a war of liberation. What we have to do is not to invade the local people, but to liberate them, and work with them to fight against the local rulers who oppress them, and to Give them their freedom.”
Su Yonglin pointed to the south: "Revolutionaries are also liberators. What we do is not for our own desires, but for the ideas in our hearts. Wherever we go, there is the blood of superior people and the joy of the people.
If all the wars we fight are wars of liberation, then the more warlike we are, the more and more people will support us and follow us. When all the oppressed people in the world When we are liberated, it will be our final moment. "
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