Many of the people who have entered the Zhan Shi Mansion are already considered old. After waiting for Fang Shiyu for at least half an hour, they can only wait while standing. Even if their living standards are better than those of poor families, they are still unable to keep up with their physical fitness at the age of age. Fortunately, they are natural.

"His Highness King Tianlei is kind-hearted, and we respect him!"

Several ministers were immediately grateful. These people were all civil officials, so they were naturally inferior to military generals.

Fang Shiyu was too lazy to talk nonsense and asked directly: "The people from the six ministries are here. Are there any situations to report?"

Fang Shiyu didn't expect that Zhu Biao fell ill, and Old Zhu threw the mess on him. After thinking about it all night, he couldn't figure out what he could do.

After the words came to his mind, Zhao Mian, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, immediately returned: "Your Highness, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been considered a prosperous country and a prosperous people, and a good weather. Although the new policy of taking over the fertile land in the world and promoting the new policy of placing people into the acres has caused many gentry and family members in various places to be dissatisfied, and many rebellions have occurred in various places."

"But with the cooperation of the people, everyone has stopped. However, the water level of the Yellow River has risen continuously in recent years. Officials from Kaifeng Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture and other places have reported, hoping that the court can allocate funds to provide disaster relief and clear the river."

Fang Shiyu was stunned for a moment, and nodded quickly and said, "Don't just stand, just sit and talk. The flood problem of the Yellow River is not only troubled by our Ming Dynasty, but also through all dynasties. I haven't seen anyone come up with any good governance methods for so long. I'm afraid it's impossible to solve it by relying solely on manpower. I have a problem, and I hope you can solve the problem."

Europeans say that the Yellow River is the harm of China. In fact, it is not entirely true. The Yellow River was also beneficial to China. The Yellow River in the early stage was beneficial to China, and the Yellow River was harmful to China in the later stage.

According to historical records, the floods of the Yellow River were first seen in the fifth year of King Ding of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the seventh year of Duke Xuan of Lu. At that time, it had been 110 years since the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, Wei State was the ancient ruins of the Shang Dynasty. The Book of Songs described her as "Qi'ao green bamboo, Qi's mulberry fields, cypress oars and pine boats, and spring source". It was a beautiful water town. About the fifty years of the Spring and Autumn Period, Wei was destroyed by Di. Because Di was not familiar with water conservancy, the Yellow River broke frequently and the water conservancy in farmland was disrepaired, floods often occurred.

By the time of Wei Wenhou, experts such as Ximen Bao and Shi Qi came to overhaul the water conservancy industry, so that the people in this area could still live and work in peace and contentment.

As for the second migration of the Yellow River in history, it was in the third year of Yuanguang of Emperor Wu of Han, and five years after King Ding of Zhou. The reason for the floods of the Yellow River this time was due to the long-term wars of various countries since the Warring States Period, and everyone competed to build embankments. Jia Rang of the Han Dynasty once said: "The work of embankments has recently begun in the Warring States Period. It blocked all rivers and benefited themselves." At that time, Qi, Zhao and Wei countries competed to build embankments, making the river water wandering. Although the water was gone, it became a plump farmland, but when the water arrived, it drifted away and was competing to build embankments to save itself.

At this time, there were also those who broke the water to soak the enemy country. For example, Zhao Suhou decided to destroy the water of the Yellow River to soak Qi and Wei's army; during the reign of King Huicheng of Liang, Chu State decided to destroy the water of the Yellow River to soak Changyuan; King Huiwen of Zhao decided to destroy the water of the Yellow River to soak Wei, causing the water to be slumped; during the reign of Qin, the Yellow River water to soak the city, causing the city to collapse.

At this time, there were also people who blocked water sources to harm neighboring countries. The "Warring States Strategies" records: "The Eastern Zhou Dynasty wanted to make rice, but the Western Zhou Dynasty did not go into the water." Therefore, Qin Shihuang advocated "defending the river to prevent it."

Due to many wars during the Warring States Period, water conservancy was disrepaired and the Yellow River channel was damaged, which caused serious floods in the Western Han Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Jing successfully managed the river, and from then on the Yellow River calmed down the floods. Because the government had been promoting ditches and canals during this period, it promoted economic and cultural relics in the north.

After that, the Yellow River caused floods, which began in the Song Dynasty, and went back to the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties for thousands of years. Due to the lack of work on river control, the social, economic and cultural areas in the north gradually declined.

The Yellow River floods in the Song Dynasty were caused by the separatist rule of the vassal states after the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Yellow River floods ran thousands of miles. Due to the fragmented vassal states at that time, everyone was intrigue and restrained each other, and they could not work together to govern. They could only let the rivers overflow and move cities to avoid them. Therefore, the farmland water conservancy on both sides of the lower reaches of the Yellow River was disrepaired under the rule of the vassal states.

In addition, during the Five Dynasties, the two sides of the Yellow River were confronted by Liang and Tang. For military needs, in the fourth year of Zhenming, the third year of Longde and the second year of Tongguang in Tang, the Yellow River suffered a rapid occurrence, causing the riverbed one or two thousand miles downstream of the Yellow River to migrate many times. After the Liao Dynasty fell into the Jin Dynasty, the Yellow River still collapsed. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Yellow River broke out, and the river water flowed into the sea from the Huai River, causing this disadvantage.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the late Qing Dynasty, there were six major changes in the Yellow River waterway. (If you are interested, please check it if you follow the steps left, and you will not put it in the main text.)

After King Ding of Zhou, the ditches were not repaired, which caused the increasingly serious Yellow River flood. The two major causes of the Yellow River flood were the sudden surge in water during the river flood season and the excessive amount of mud and sand carried in the water. The above two were mainly caused by tributaries of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces.

As for dredging the canal, the purpose was to transport water. However, it was not beneficial to the original water conservancy in the north. Emperor Yang of Sui opened the Bian Canal, communicated with the Yellow River, Huai River and the Yangtze River, and promoted the coherent water transport between the north and south. However, as Ding Wei analyzed in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Yang was about to travel to Jiangdu, and then divided the Yellow River and built more than 300 miles of dikes on the left and right, which caused scattered floods, causing Shaanxi and Henan to become a humid and humid place.

Generally speaking, the major floods of the Yellow River were mostly after the Song Dynasty. Areas that continued to be corrupted were thousands of miles, including Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Liaoning, Anhui, and Jiangsu provinces. They were ravaged by rivers, and the vitality of the northern region was greatly damaged.

When Li Yuanming heard this, he immediately returned respectfully: "Your Highness only knows it, but we must know everything and say everything."

Fang Shiyu asked slowly: "Why is the water of the Yellow River yellow?"

"The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for selecting people and sending emergency money and food to the affected areas. As for the management of the Yellow River, if you want to manage it, you must first understand this problem. Why is the water in the Yellow River yellow? Once you find the cause and prescribe the right medicine, you can prevent it before it happens."

Fang Shiyu waved his hand. It was a fool to completely cure the floods of the Yellow River. Even in the 21st century, there were so many experts in this thing and invested so much manpower, material resources and financial resources, which only made the Yellow River not break the dam at will!

Once the water level rises and the rainfall exceeds the standard, floods will occur in the Yellow River.

Although Fang Shiyu is ahead of the experience of this era for hundreds of years, he is basically a layman in water conservancy projects. At most, he can combine his experience and give some direction. If you want to manage it, please ask for another clever one.

If there is another problem, Fang Shiyu would probably rack his brains, but he really has no choice but to deal with the Yellow River flood.

"The reason why the water of the Yellow River is yellow is that the water contains a lot of mud and sand. Thousands of years ago, our ancients had already figured it out..." Everyone returned immediately after hearing this.

Some people even looked at Fang Shiyu with an idiot-like look. His Highness, the sea breeze blows too much, and water is in the water?

Isn’t this common sense?

"Yes, the problem is not water, the problem is the mud and sand. Therefore, the dams on both sides of the Yellow River need to be high year by year to achieve results. But this can only solve temporary problems and cannot be cured."

"The silt and sand in the Yellow River will also increase year by year, especially at the Yellow River. The height of the silt has accumulated over thousands of years, and it is even more unimaginable. These silt and sand are the culprits that cause the rise in the water level of the Yellow River."

Fang Shiyu's words fell, and everyone was stunned. Isn't this nonsense?

The ancients thousands of years ago all understood this truth!

Although I think Fang Shiyu is talking nonsense, no one dares to say it clearly.

Fang Shiyu was also stunned. Damn, I thought the ancients didn’t know anything!

"Don't worry, everyone, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"The ice is not cold for a day, so the governance of the Yellow River cannot be completed overnight. At least several generations of people will be persistent to achieve results."

"Now, we can only send some relief supplies to the disaster area from the court to prevent accidents. For governance issues, we cannot control wherever there is something wrong. We should start with mud and sand. Where does mud and sand come from? Even if you have never been to the source of the Yellow River, you should have heard of it. Therefore, the Ministry of Works can send people to clean up mud and sand from the source and block mud and sand."

The Minister of Works immediately frowned and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean is that we need to send someone to conduct on-site investigations to find the place where the yellow sand flows into the river and block the mud and sand?"

Fang Shiyu nodded.

"Only in this way can the floods of the Yellow River be eradicated. The First Emperor could build the Great Wall thousands of years ago. If we govern a Yellow River, even if one generation cannot do it, then ten generations, hundreds of generations, and descendants, will be endless."

"Okay, I will report this matter to His Majesty and let him decide, pick people from the Ministry of Works and be responsible for the governance. Is there anything else?"

Fang Shiyu directly ended this topic. If you want to manage the Yellow River, you may be able to grow old forever.

The Minister of Revenue immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the problem of the Ministry of Revenue has always existed. Now His Majesty has abolished a total of seven garrison stations and a total of more than 400,000 military households."

"Your Majesty promotes the system of military service and recruits young and middle-aged people from all over the country to serve in the military service, with a total of more than 300,000 people. Because they are all new recruits, the food and salary need to be provided on time. This is a document from the Ministry of Revenue. Your Highness please check it out."

Fang Shiyu took the document handed over by the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, flipped it around casually, and looked directly at the end.

"The silver pay totaled 30.9 million guan and the food totaled 9.31 million guan."

Fang Shiyu was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously: "Is it always a thousand texts?"

The Minister of Revenue immediately nodded and said, "What Your Highness said is exactly."

Fang Shiyu was surprised and said, "The military salary required is as high as more than three million guan?"

Fang Shiyu couldn't help but be surprised. So much money was basically more than 3 billion copper coins. Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty did not have so much inventory, even if it was wanted, it was unlikely that all the copper mines in the entire Ming Dynasty were dug up and used to cast copper coins, which was probably not enough.

The Minister of Revenue quickly returned: "Your Highness, this is the salary for new recruits from all over the world, and the food and grass are also for the whole year."

"In order to encourage people from all over the country to actively participate in the recruitment of new recruits, His Majesty paid the whole year's salary and food and grass at the beginning of the year."

"So over the years, the results have been extremely high. Although the speed of layoffs in various places has accelerated, the number of recruits has been fewer and fewer. Many people try their best to join the army."

When Fang Shiyu heard this, he immediately refused: "It's not a solution to continue like this. How much is the total copper coins of the Ming Dynasty? They are all used to pay the new recruits' salary. Does the imperial court need to spend any other place? No firearms need to be developed? Is it okay to replace them with silver?"

Fang Shiyu shook his head and sighed. Although the copper and silver of the Ming Dynasty were not insignificant, if the expenses were so huge, it would be obviously not enough to bring back the copper mines of Dongsheng Shenzhou. However, if they were replaced with millions of silver, the court could take them out.

It is obviously unlikely that you ask the court to take out hundreds of millions of copper coins at once.

"It's possible. The lowest-level soldiers' salary for a year is only seven jin of coins. If they are converted into silver, it will be five liang and eight cents. The small flags upwards are all fixed. Therefore, if they are converted into silver, it is probably not easy to grasp the amount."

Fang Shiyu put the document in his hand on the table, waved his hand, and said again: "I understand this matter. I will report to His Majesty what he decided. Do you have anything else?"

Old Zhu wants to be a manager?

Think beautifully!

What I can't handle is naturally done by yourself!

The Minister of War immediately said: "Your Highness, your highness has to consider the issue of the Ming Dynasty's military recruitment system. Now the imperial court has abolished more than 500,000 troops in the guards every year, and recruited more than 300,000 new soldiers."

"Within three years, the coefficients of the garrisons in the Ming Dynasty will be cut off. The newly recruits recruited will cost as much as 50 million jin of silver, and the food and grass will be as much as 15 million jin. For the court, it is indeed a big and small burden!"

Although this matter also has something to do with the Ministry of War, the Minister of War is obviously speaking for the Minister of Revenue.

The finances of the Ming Dynasty are indeed a bit difficult now, although Zhu Yuanzhang has been promoting the new policy presented by Fang Shiyu.

The tax situation in the imperial court has improved a lot, and the people in the world have land.

But there is only so much silver, and the amount of reserves in the imperial court was limited. Whether it was gold, silver or even copper coins, they were considered lacking in the Ming Dynasty.

Fang Shiyu nodded and said, "I will discuss this with Your Majesty, but the military expenditure cannot be reduced, but can only be increased. The imperial court maintains the local area and subsidizes the people, and the proportion of silver pay used is very small. The military expenditure has always been the main part of the imperial court. As for silver pay, use silver and copper coins first and send it to new recruits from all over the country."

In order to encourage the people to join the army, Lao Zhu promised to pay the full year's silver pay at the beginning of the year. Fang Shiyu naturally had to implement it. Only when the money was obtained would people be more willing to contribute to the country!

"Do you have anything else? If it's okay, then go back to work and I'll discuss it with His Majesty."

Seeing that everyone was fine, Fang Shiyu slowly left the Zhan Shi Mansion.

Is Old Zhu a little too hasty?

It took only how long I had left, and the Ming Dynasty had almost undergone earth-shaking changes.

......

Ganqing Palace.

"Boy Fang, how do you feel when dealing with the government?" Seeing Fang Shiyu coming over, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked at Fang Shiyu with a teasing look on his face.

"Not really! Old Zhu, you are a good boss, you are a good boss. I'm here to find you, there is something to discuss with you."

In fact, Fang Shiyu is not tired. If you can become an official under Lao Zhu, you won’t have any trouble. You are either ruthless and smart or ruthless and honest.

These two types of people, whether the former or the latter, can achieve twice the result with half the effort. As for those who are cheating, Lao Zhu has already pulled them out and chopped them out.

"What's the matter? I knew you little bastard would not make me feel comfortable." Zhu Yuanzhang asked Ge You, who was lying on the soft couch.

"The sea ban has been lifted, and the Ming Navy will be invincible. Since the establishment of the Ming Navy, it has lost to Chen Youliang a small-scale battle, and has never lost since then."

"Now the navy has been formed for thirty years, and it has won every battle. It has made great progress compared to thirty years ago. The Japanese pirates on the sea are just wandering soldiers, most of which are old subordinates of Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng."

"These people are naturally no match for our Ming Navy. The court raises the Navy, and the money cannot be spent in vain, right? You have to find something for these navy masters, just treat it as military training!"

"What's more, today I went to Zhanshi Mansion. They told me that the annual military expenditure of the court is an astronomical figure. Our Ming court is really short of silver!"

Fang Shiyu specifically checked the stock of silver in the Ming Dynasty treasury. How could it be so miserable?
To be continued...