Chapter 185: Sacrifice to Ancestral Tombs
In short, after this big battle. The economic structure of Ming Dynasty will undergo significant changes. Many things that He Xi could not do before have now become doable.
More importantly, He Xi can be generous to others.
Tell the truth, appease the frontline generals, and give money. But how much is appropriate?
This is hard to say. Even now, the currency is devalued. But hundreds of thousands of yuan is still a large amount. If every general was given such a fortune, the court would naturally not be able to support it.
But He Xi has set these industries as priorities. That's very interesting. That is, even if some wealthy businessmen want to take a share of this feast of dividing Nanjing's wealth, they must have a ticket. This ticket is nothing else. It was the endorsement of a certain general.
Actually, how much money can be made from this depends on each person's means.
Some people can't get much money, so they can only say that there is something wrong with their methods.
It cannot be said that the court did not give him a chance.
And in this way, it is also in line with He Xi's previous idea of letting the nobles protect the capitalists.
When He Xi beat Ye Chen, Ye Chen naturally obeyed his orders sternly.
Then he and He Xi inspected the Xuzhou Iron Works.
Although the Xuzhou Iron Works has problems of one kind or another, generally speaking, the foundation is quite good. It has coal and steel resources. If it is slightly expanded, it will become a new steel base.
However, He Xi also knew that in the next few years, the entire Ming Dynasty's economy would probably be in a post-war situation of material surplus.
Therefore, I don’t care too much about the Xuzhou Iron Works itself.
Did not stay in Xuzhou for a few days.
Just head south again.
After all, the biggest limitation on the speed of the Northern Army's advance southward is not how strong the enemy's resistance is, but now the Northern Army's own logistical support and the speed of taking over the place.
It can be said that many places between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River are currently in a state of anarchy.
There are still prefecture and county officials, but it seems that they have decoupled themselves from Nanjing. They didn’t dare to resist Beijing’s orders, and they didn’t dare to say no to Nanjing.
It belongs to the land of two belongings.
As long as the Northern Army arrives, these places will immediately transform into loyal ministers of Emperor Longwu.
However, there is one thing that is most important now. That is to worship the ancestors.
The ancestral mausoleum is the ancestral tomb of the Zhu family. Built by Zhu Yuanzhang.
The battle between Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen is essentially a battle for legitimacy. Therefore, doing something on this is the most important thing.
After Zhu Xiongying discussed with He Xi.
A grand ceremony was held to worship the ancestral mausoleum, and invitations were sent to all prefectures and counties north of the Yangtze River. Ask local officials from various places to come. In fact, they were asked to take sides.
Should we listen to the north or the south?
However, before going to the ancestral mausoleum, He Xi and Zhu Xiongying still visited Hongze Lake.
Without him, in history, the Mingzu Mausoleum would be under Hongze Lake hundreds of years later. Even in the eyes of many people, this was a sign that the Ming Dynasty had bad luck and was destined to be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty.
No matter how the Ming Dynasty repaired the river. Nothing can stop Hongze Lake from preparing to submerge the Mingzu Mausoleum little by little.
Zhu Xiongying knew this result, so he came to see Hongze Lake in particular.
Hongze Lake at the moment is not that big.
Historically, Hongze Lake has grown larger and larger. There are many reasons.
The first reason is that the channel of the Huaihe River into the sea was taken away by the Yellow River. The sediment of the Yellow River accumulated at the outlet, resulting in a high altitude at the outlet and even backflow.
The water upstream cannot be drained.
And it gets worse as time goes by.
The second reason is to use water to attack the sand and divert the clear water to relieve the turbid water. In order to flush out the Yellow River waterways. The water level of Hongze Lake is intentionally raised to allow the water from Hongze Lake to wash away the Yellow River channel, thereby reducing the thickness of river sedimentation.
But the side effect is that flood
The water level of Zehu Lake is getting higher and higher, and Gaojiayan has become the largest dam in the world. But it still couldn't stop the flood. Sizhou was flooded.
Zhu Xiongying's thoughts are very strange.
Even stranger than Zhu Yuanzhang's idea.
After more than ten years of research, Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas have been able to connect with some of He Xi's ideas. Some of Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts before his death were already close to those of modern people, otherwise he would not have set up such a big situation so decisively.
But Zhu Xiongying is different.
Zhu Xiongying is superstitious.
He actually couldn't understand many things He Xi said. On the one hand, he was superstitious about what He Xi said because many things had already come true. He couldn't help but not believe it.
On the other hand, he is more willing to use the ancient theory of destiny to explain everything in front of him.
In other words, He Xi being used by the Zhu family is the destiny of the Zhu family.
Otherwise, he didn't know how to understand He Xi's existence. Could it be that he was asked to understand what the theory of relativity explains about time and space travel?
Therefore, he attaches great importance to the feng shui of the ancestral mausoleum.
Special inspection here today.
Discuss with He Xi about water control.
Needless to say, Zhu Xiongying had already made up his mind. The first priority was to solve the flood problem in the Huaihe River. As for the canal, it was a secondary issue.
In fact, as long as this sentence is there. The water conservancy problems in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River are not difficult to solve.
After all, many water control problems eventually become irreversible, not because of the problems of people below in water control, but because of problems in the top-level design.
The purpose of returning to the river three times in the Northern Song Dynasty was to distort the nature of the Yellow River water and prevent it from flowing northward.
The problem between the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River is also due to the fact that when it comes to water control, the canal comes first. Maintain adequate water flow in canals. After all, the canal is the main artery connecting the north and south of the imperial court, and there must be no problems.
When something goes wrong in the Yellow River, it becomes so powerful that it breaks through the prefectures and counties, causing unrest in the world. And it’s also connected to the canal. The Yellow River bursting its banks is likely to make it difficult for the canal to flow smoothly.
Therefore, the water control of the canal comes first, followed by the Yellow River, and the Huaihe River comes even further behind.
In addition, the topography of the Huaihe River area. The coastline in northern Jiangsu has been geologically impacted for a short period of time, and many places even have negative altitudes.
Poor drainage is a normal thing.
But now, all this has changed.
Under Zhu Xiongying's order, the highest criterion for all flood control is to ensure the feng shui of the ancestral mausoleum.
This is a project related to the foundation of the country. From now on, no emperor will dare to be careless. The principle of water control in the future is probably to give priority to the ancestral mausoleum and the Huaihe River Basin. Canals are not important because there are railways and sea transport instead.
As for the Yellow River, although it is important, it is not as important as the Ancestral Tombs.
Even if science is promoted, these things cannot be completely replaced. After all, even if many dignitaries in later generations burn incense and worship Buddha, don’t they understand science?
It can only be said that this is human nature.
Inspecting Hongze Lake is just a small episode in worshiping ancestral mausoleums.
Relying on tens of thousands of soldiers, most of the officials north of the Yangtze River in South Zhili arrived or sent envoys. Zhu Xiongying received them one by one. Many of these areas are outside the control of the Northern Army.
It can be seen that Nanjing's rule has collapsed.
It can be said that ancestral mausoleum worship. Let the two Huaihe Rivers be owned by Beijing.
He Xi even called Tie Xuan over and asked them to temporarily take charge of the administration of the Huaihe and Huaihe regions. I was too busy to open the glue for a while.
However, some people came, and naturally some people did not come.
No one from Yangzhou City came. It's like he doesn't know what's going on here.
Not only did Yangzhou City not come, but other places, such as Anqing, Chuzhou, and other places, also sent envoys. None of these local officials came, for a simple reason.
That is, Qide has been busy building the Yangtze River defense line for a while. In Qide's view, the so-called Yangtze River Defense Line does not use the Yangtze River as a moat;
Establish a complete line of defense to the north to prevent northern soldiers from peeking into the Yangtze River.
Therefore, Nanjing's troops are stationed in these places, more or less, at least to prevent them from messing around at will.
Of course, in addition to these people, there was another person who sent an envoy. This person is none other than Ding Xian. This incident surprised He Xi. He didn't expect that Ding Xian would do such a thing.
During Zhu Yunwen's rise to power, Ding Xian was the one who made the most profit, and at this time, Ding Xian actually wanted to get off Zhu Yunwen's boat.
