In Kaifeng City, Su Yonglin smiled and waved to greet the people he met, and then walked up to talk to them.
Asked them what time they went to bed last night, whether they slept well, etc. After talking for a while, they clapped their hands and asked everyone to do what they should do.
"The diversion of the Yellow River is over, but what we have to do has just begun. Work hard and live well. I promise you that the future will be better."
The onlookers cheered loudly, and everyone's face was filled with smiles and longing for future life.
Then, Su Yonglin went to some merchant stores. Because he heard that many merchants took out the wine stored in their stores to treat citizens to drink for free yesterday, he planned to express his condolences to them.
After looking at the general situation, Su Yonglin was sure that this story was true. He went to many restaurants and wine shops, and what he could see was that the owner was commanding a group of workers to clean up the empty wine jars scattered on the floor.
Su Yonglin had a lot of contact with several of the bosses. When they saw Su Yonglin coming, they quickly greeted him with smiles.
"I heard that you suffered a heavy hemorrhage yesterday. You just gave out all the wine in the store to treat people to drink for free. Aren't you afraid of going bankrupt?"
Su Yonglin asked with a smile.
Most of the owners said it was nothing, although it was a bit painful.
Su Yonglin thought what one of the owners said was very representative.
"I was so happy yesterday that I didn't notice any of this. I just thought that we could all be happy together. The Yellow River has been flooding for so many years. Many of us in Kaifeng are like this. We haven't lived a happy life for a few days since we were born.
Not to mention the military turmoil, not to mention blackmailing corrupt officials, just trying to survive, just thinking about making some money to live a peaceful life, but the result was a flood. When the flood came, it was an overwhelming city, and the city walls were not high enough. In this place, everyone has to wait for death, and all business is in a mess.
It took so long to wait until now. The Ming Dynasty has repaired the Yellow River. This kind of thing will never happen again. Just for one day, have fun, drink more wine, and celebrate. Although I feel a little distressed now, I think about the good days in the future. , I felt like it was nothing. "
Su Yonglin patted the boss on the shoulder and smiled at him.
"Don't worry, you do business well, don't cheat, and pay taxes on time. I am responsible for making the Yellow River peaceful and everything peaceful. There will be no locust plagues, no floods, and no corrupt officials. That's it. How are you?"
The wrinkles on the boss's face were all smiles.
"With your words, it makes sense that I have tried my best to survive until now!"
This sentence left a deep impression on Su Yonglin and could not be forgotten for a long time.
An hour later, Su Yonglin ended his inspection. On the way to the public consultation room for inspection, he felt something for Su Yong.
"The life of the people is too difficult. Being able to live a stable life is their biggest hope. However, in the past, few emperors in the past dynasties were able to do this. Now it is the turn of the Ming Dynasty. How can I live up to their expectations? ?”
Su Yong, who was protecting Su Yonglin personally, was also quite emotional about this.
"Thinking about the places we visited when we were young and the miserable people we saw, we feel that God is so unfair. But in fact, it is useless to blame God. We have to deal with the people who caused all this. Can."
Su Yonglin shook his head as he walked.
"Not only people, but also ideas, systems, economy, military, and technology. There are many, many aspects. Ayong, we really still have many, many things to do."
"Then do it, Alang is only thirty years old, and there are still many, many days left."
"Indeed, there are many, many days left."
Su Yonglin cast his gaze into the distance, and his determination became stronger: "As long as I am alive, no one can go back."
In any case, the huge project that lasted five years, cost the Ming Dynasty's national finances 40 billion, and mobilized a total of 12 million migrant workers, criminals, and troops was successful.
The Yellow River diversion project was successful.
The Yellow River, which had gradually collapsed since the late Tang Dynasty and completely collapsed after poisonous insects destroyed the Yellow River embankment, finally returned to its original direction, flowing at high speed in the river channel prepared for him by the Ming Dynasty.
The new river channel adopts a new design concept. Because the problem of above-ground rivers cannot be solved at present, the river channel is not only reinforced by the original dams, but also has additional reinforcement methods such as strand embankments and moon embankments in some key areas.
The concept of water beam flushing also has certain application scenarios.
In some areas with slow river flow, Tian Guizi led a group of water conservancy experts to practice the concept of water confinement and sand flushing, and built some water conservancy projects that could be used to confine water to flush sand.
Judging from the actual situation, the effect is obvious.
Su Yonglin left Kaifeng on May 13th, the eighth year of Hongwu reign, and walked along the new Yellow River course with Tian Gezi, observing the new river courses on both sides of the Yellow River, and inspected every Yellow River water regime observation station set up by Tian Gezi.
On May 17, after the two arrived in Jinan Prefecture, they had a casual meal at a Yellow River water regime observation station in Jinan Prefecture and chatted while eating.
"Now that the Yellow River Project has been completed and put into operation, the entire Renaissance-related headquarters will also be disbanded, and all officials will return to their original posts, and everything in the Yellow River will be managed by the Ministry of Works.
In order to enhance the power of relevant departments, I plan to make a proposal at the subsequent State Council meeting to set up a Yellow River Department under the Ministry of Industry. A minister of the Ministry of Industry will be responsible for the affairs of the Yellow River Department and have full authority to manage the maintenance and supervision of the Yellow River. matters.
And in order to prevent danger, I have set up flood control material reserve warehouses in key areas in advance. These warehouses are not allowed to be moved by local areas and are directly managed by the Yellow River Department. Once something happens, the Yellow River Department should be directly responsible. "
"In this case, the authority of the Yellow River Department is very important. Officials from only one department are probably not enough."
Su Yonglin said: "Is there any way to deal with it?"
Tian Guizi nodded.
"We can refer to the previous dynasties, as well as the legal and tax officials of our dynasty, and set up a special Yellow River Flood Guard to be managed by the Yellow River Department to enhance its power. In addition, when the Yellow River embankment is in danger, the governor of the state and government where the embankment is located must obey The Yellow River Division mobilizes all manpower and material resources to help, and we must not slack off."
"Well, we can discuss this and come up with a charter as soon as possible. In the current situation, the Yellow River Embankment still needs more attention."
Su Yonglin said slowly: "I think the Ministry of Finance should leave some budget to Huanghe every year to prepare for emergencies. It doesn't have to be used. If you can't use it, just save it and take it out when you need it. Use it to avoid being in a hurry.
In addition, I suggest that the Yellow River Department should arrange a group of officials in Guanzhong and Hexi to constantly monitor the situation of returning farmland to forest in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. The local ecology must be controlled to the extent that it can be controlled, and cannot be left alone. in spite of. "
