Chapter 38 Everyone offers his own plan
Zhu Xiongying is also very satisfied with this situation.
This is in line with his expectations for the future.
Ming Dynasty must develop and cannot follow the old path of history. In the dead of night, he sometimes wondered whether He Xi's origin was a scam. It's just a lie. In fact, there is no such thing as the future.
He immediately saw mobile phones and computers that could no longer be turned on.
But it still couldn't dispel all his doubts. But he believed Zhu Yuanzhang. Believe in your grandfather. That’s why I’m willing to believe in He Xi.
However, no matter how much he believed in He Xi, he could not avoid one question. That is the future of Ming Dynasty and the future of the Zhu family. Which one does he choose?
As for today's plan, he wants both.
The right to select future members of Congress rests with the emperor, and the Privy Council's system of honors and honors are inextricably linked to the emperor's. The two may struggle, but they cannot be separated. The emperor also has the power to select the cabinet.
In the future, he only needs to determine two things. The first is personnel power, that is, the seven cabinet members, the Privy Council and the leaders among the nobles, as well as the candidates for the members of Congress. The other one is national affairs. He doesn't need to have complete control over this, after all, people in the world are also very concerned about it.
All he has to do is answer multiple-choice questions.
In this way, you can firmly control the power of the world in your hands.
If something goes wrong, the cabinet will take responsibility.
More importantly, the contradictions of the people below will be exposed in front of him. Everyone needed his support, and the emperor had the absolute initiative.
Just like now.
After a vote, it seemed like nothing had changed, but in fact, a lot of things had changed.
For example, countless proposals have been submitted. Before that, there were very few proposals.
It’s not that there are no problems in the world, but that people below don’t know what to mention? I don’t know if it will succeed after mentioning it. what's the effect.
So every question was raised.
First of all, Suzhou raised a problem, that is, poor drainage of Taihu Lake.
Taihu Lake actually has several rivers, which directly connect the Yangtze River to the sea. However, due to various reasons and geological changes over thousands of years, the river channels were blocked. Moreover, people in the south of the Yangtze River continued to ask for land in the river, that is, polder fields. thus blocking the river channel. This has resulted in the current situation. The drainage of Taihu Lake is not smooth, which is fine in ordinary years. Once a flood occurs, there will be a vast ocean from Songjiang to Suzhou.
This matter has been repaired several times in history, almost every few decades. It was not until Hai Rui opened the Wusong River that the flooding here was completely eliminated.
The water conservancy issues raised by Suzhou are just the beginning.
It seems that Suzhou inspired people from other places. From Hebei to Guangdong, from Suzhou to Sichuan. Throughout the world, countless people and places are in need of repairs.
And they are all major repairs.
A real small-scale dispute will never reach the national level. You can solve it locally, and anything you put forward needs the support of the court. Sichuan's Land of Abundance began with Dujiangyan. The imperial court also attached great importance to Dujiangyan, and Dujiangyan arranged a special water officer. But this does not mean that other parts of Sichuan do not need water control.
And Dianchi Lake in Yunnan is even more of a big problem. Historically, the Mu family had been at loggerheads with Dianchi Lake for several generations before a water control project was completed. Now no one is taking care of Dianchi Lake. Water is a thing that benefits if it is cured well, and harms if it is not cured.
As for the various managements of the Pearl River Basin in Guangzhou, from Lingqu Canal to the outlet. By the way, Guangzhou was still a port city at this time, and the sea was almost to the south of Guangzhou.
Chaozhou, even Zhangzhou, and several prefectures in Fujian have their own characteristics. They were all built on a water system. Here comes the problem.
We thrive on water, but water is both beneficial and harmful. What's more problematic is that they are located in the south, and they are really hit by a storm. The sea water pours back and the river bursts. The harm to the local area is no less than that of the Yellow River bursting its banks. But the problem is that once the Yellow River bursts its banks, it will affect the situation in the world. But here in Fujian, if something really happened, it would only flood an entire prefecture and county.
The problem here is,
The court won't take it too seriously.
Almost all of the court's flood control funds were invested in the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and canals. Who cares about these unnamed small rivers in the southeast. Naturally, let the localities find their own solutions.
The problem is that such a heavy burden cannot be borne by local governments.
It’s okay if I don’t have the chance. At this time, it is natural to speak out loudly and ask for nothing else. Please let the court and the world know that this is the case. After all, it is too difficult to build water conservancy projects in Fujian.
In addition, there are also sea wall problems in Zhejiang, Jiangnan and other places. All kinds of things.
Flood control needs exist almost everywhere.
He Xi was almost overwhelmed for a moment.
He Xi had to face this problem and chaired a water conservancy meeting to bring together all the places below that needed water control. And promised to send someone to verify. Conduct a water conservancy survey for the entire Ming Dynasty. Prepare water conservancy project plan.
It is impossible to fully realize everyone's ideas, but the problems that arise will definitely be dealt with one by one according to their priority.
The same problem also exists in other matters.
After all, different places have different problems. There is no problem at all. This also illustrates a problem, that is, the classical Chinese court essentially maintained the government. There are many things that they actually cannot afford. Can't do it either.
Now, He Xi has transformed the maintenance government into a modern government. While expanding the government's power, it has also expanded the government's responsibilities.
In fact, there is never any trouble in this world.
It's just that the court can't see it.
The Ming court was even more like this. In the early days, it worked hard on disaster relief matters, but later, even disaster relief was half-hearted, which meant that the Ming court completely withdrew from public affairs. The sound of the Ming Dynasty's demise also sounded.
With this phenomenon, at least the three purposes of He Xi's meeting were achieved.
First, appease the world and determine the new regime.
When everyone is fighting for their own interests and seeking support from the court for their hometown, no one remembers what the so-called Jianwen is. Jianwen can be eaten or drank. Now the imperial court can really eat and drink. After all, when Emperor Jianwen was here, he did not do this to the world.
Second, it means communicating up and down. At least let the top level know what's going on below.
He Xi was also surprised by this.
He thought he knew what was going to happen tomorrow. In fact, it turns out, he didn't know enough. There were many things that he had never heard of, but they were painful to the local people. You know, the people who come are all local prominent figures.
It is difficult for these people to empathize with the most ordinary people. They are the so-called exploiters.
But the various problems they mentioned are actually common problems faced by local people. After all, many things, such as floods, do not care whether there are rich people or poor people.
Water conservancy, plague, banditry, uneven government taxes, and other messy things, each one has blood stains on it. What makes them angry is that there are dead people behind this. And not just one person.
As soon as He Xi came to Ming Dynasty, he was by Zhu Yuanzhang's side. In fact, he did not suffer much. The Ming Dynasty he saw was still a layer apart from the Ming Dynasty of ordinary people.
At this time, He Xi discovered that the reform was over and now there were many things to do.
But that's fine too. He Xi's cleaning of the center has been completed. But the local cleansing has not yet been completed. There are many old bureaucrats in the local area. But how to clean it, like the Soviet Union did, is simply chaos. He Xi decided to let the following do the work.
And the work itself is to conduct personnel selection and promote the modernization reform of local governments and counties in the future.
If you don’t do something, you can’t make mistakes. Once you do something, there will always be problems. Can be taken down.
Of course, what if someone does something that is thorough and flawless? Naturally, people like this must be recruited quickly. After all, thinking about it, he would not be ignorant of praise and would have to go all the way to the dark side.
The third purpose is to form checks and balances to represent the bureaucracy
They are a new force. Today, this force is still the most powerful in the world. But He Xi estimates that in the future, he will gradually evolve into a wealthy person. Whether it's land or factories.
That is, capitalists.
This is the upward path he prepared for capitalists. Today, the capitalists are a minority in the entire country. But it’s hard to say in the future.
However, the side effect was that He Xi led the entire cabinet and more than a dozen ministers to work overtime in the palace. to cope with the oncoming problems.
Fortunately, the people below are also reasonable. Cabinet was not asked to come up with an immediate solution. He Xi's gesture was enough to cope with it. There was just one thing that immediately exploded on the spot.
However, it was local representatives from Hebei who urged the construction of the Beijing-Weihai Railway.
There were simple railways during the war from Beijing to Weihui, from Weihui Mansion to Huaiqing Mansion, and even from Huaiqing Mansion to the Yellow River. After repairs, Beijing's railway will be able to run directly to the Yellow River. This will be of great benefit to Hebei.
On the one hand, Hebei has canals and railways, which greatly enhance the transportation within the province. Secondly, the price of the canal is actually very high. In many cases, in order to preserve the canal, water cannot be stored during the dry season, because the canal needs water. When the rainy season comes, drainage cannot be done because the canal will be washed out and the connection with the north will be affected.
After the arrival of the railway, the status of the canal has declined somewhat. At least even if there is a problem with the canal, there is still a railway as an alternative.
There is still a need to protect the canal, but the requirements will not be extreme.
This kind of thing that is of great benefit to Hebei Province, the Hebei representative will naturally speak out loudly. Moreover, Hebei is the foundation of Beijing. The people of Hebei paid a bloody price for the Civil War. Therefore, the Hebei representative is speaking very loudly now. Be confident.
But if you do this, you'll stoke a hornet's nest.
