Qiming 1158

Chapter 1220 The moment of the final battle
After the voyage and exploration plan was decided against the crowd, 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 tasks are completed, the entire diversion project is likely to be officially completed in the eighth year of Hongwu. Although it will not be done once and for all, there will be no more risk of breaking every year.

Of course, even if this project is successful, it is impossible to achieve the achievements of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so that the Yellow River can not be diverted for more than 800 years.

Because the formation of the river on the ground has added too much uncertainty, the current technological strength of the Ming Dynasty cannot completely solve the river on the ground.

It will take time to improve the ecological environment of the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and it will be a long-term project.

And even if it is vigorously restored, there will still be a considerable amount of sediment entering the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River with the river water every year, which cannot be reversed without human effort.

For this problem, Tian Guizi's plan is to improve the environment, while at the same time realize the flooding of sand, and use engineering technology to artificially increase the impact of water, so that the sediment can pass through the upper and lower waters of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River more smoothly, and flow into the sea as far east as possible. , rather than staying in the waterway.

Tian Guizi also said that if the amount of sediment entering the sea is increased, it may be possible to extend the land and land into the sea, and the land area will increase 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 in the seventh year of Hongwu Year, and celebrated the Lantern Festival with the staff of the entire Yellow River Project headquarters and migrant workers, and personally participated in the work on the second day of the construction day as the groundbreaking ceremony.

Afterwards, Su Yonglin and Tian Guizi had a conversation.

During the dialogue, Tian Guizi was far less optimistic about the completion of the Yellow River Project than he had shown in front of everyone.

"The Yellow River project is very confident that it will be completed next year, but even if it is completed, the annual maintenance cost and the cost of cleaning up the sediment will be very large. And upgrade the strategy of beaming water and attacking sand.

At the same time, the situation of water and soil erosion in the upper reaches must continue to be improved, and there must be no slack, otherwise, the Yellow River will flood again in a few decades, or a hundred years in a long time. Years of hard work will go to waste.

Many situations are different from those in the past. It is difficult to go back to the past, and even I think it is impossible to go back to the past. The development of some things cannot be reversed, whether it is good or bad, we cannot reverse it, so I It is suggested that we need to set up a special department to deal with the Yellow River problem. "

Su Yonglin stood at the head of Kaifeng City and sighed deeply.

"I know that many things can't be reversed, and I don't expect a single project to solve the problem once and for all, but I know that if this problem is left unchecked, it will only get worse and lead to a national tragedy in the end."

"It is very likely that if we do not return farmland to forests in the upstream areas, the amount of sediment entering the Yellow River waterway every year will be unbearable for us no matter what, and a lot of sediment is deeply deposited at the bottom of the waterway, and the water flow is turbulent. There is no way to clean it by boat, it can only be done by the current itself.

The vastness of the Yellow River is terrifying compared to us, and our personal strength is too small. The more we control the water, the more I realize our powerlessness. Chairman, you are right, we must To develop more powerful technology can be. "

Tian Guizi took a deep breath and said slowly: "For example, if one day we can build a very powerful boat that can clean up the sediment on the water surface, and remove the sediment deposited at the bottom of the river for disposal, That way, the Yellow River problem can be alleviated to a considerable extent."

"How big and how many boats does it take? Do you know how much sediment flows into the Yellow River waterways every year?"

Su Yonglin smiled helplessly and said: "The ancestors knew early on that people cannot fight against the sky, so it is better for Dayu to control the water blockage. What we can do is to maintain a relatively good status quo and wait for future generations to have stronger technology to solve this problem.”

Tian Guizi nodded.

"That's all it takes."

The two stood at the head of Kaifeng City and were silent for a while together. After a while, Tian Guizi spoke up.

"After the completion of the Yellow River project, is it a complete solution to the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"Well, I will personally lead my troops to the south and completely solve the problem of Jiangnan."

"Command the army yourself?"

Tian Guizi was a little surprised and said, "You haven't led the troops for a long time, haven't you?"

Su Yonglin smiled and nodded.

"The General Affairs Bureau of Central Capital has never brought soldiers to fight. It has been about seven or eight years. I didn't intend to do it myself, but I suddenly had such an idea recently. I still want to return to the battlefield and feel it. the feeling back then.”

Su Yonglin echoed what Xu Tong said to him in front of him.

Of course, Tian Guizi didn't think much about it.

Su Yonglin was originally the strongest general, but now all the famous generals in Daming are the old troops brought out by him. They were all vanguard generals and fighting generals under his command back then. They all learned their skills from him. Lead the troops in person, no one dares to refuse.

"The Southern Song Dynasty has no strength to resist, and will be completely wiped out soon, so next is... Dali?"

"Well, after destroying the Southern Song Dynasty, then destroying Dali. Anyway, the distance is very close, and it is best to destroy them together."

Su Yonglin nodded: "After cleaning up Dali, the south will be able to integrate. After a period of integration, when the south is stable, we will continue to the south and take the Li family's Nanyue land."

"The land of Li's South Vietnam?"

Tian Guizi said curiously, "That's a barren land."

"It's not wild, there was Rinan County in the Han Dynasty, but it was abandoned by Song Ting before. It's funny to say that the Song Kingdom is so big that even the small country of Nanyue can't completely surrender. , This time, when we settle the accounts with them, it is ours, and we will take it back after all."

Su Yonglin said slowly: "And taking it back will also be of great benefit to the maritime trade that started in the Guangzhou area in the future. A large sea area to the south will be our sphere of influence in the future, and a big country must not only have land borders, but also sea borders. "

"What about the Liao Kingdom in the west?"

Tian Guizi asked, "Didn't you say that you would also return to the Western Regions?"

"That's natural. There are no strong opponents in the south of Lingnan, but there are many opponents in the west. The land of Xiliao is related to the safety of the Western Xinjiang. We must win it, so I will set up the Hexi Corps. "

"In this way, there are still many battles to be fought in the future."

Tian Guizi lowered his head and smiled: "Will we become a warlike nation?"

"As long as we adhere to the ideal of revolution, what we have to do is not a war of invasion, but a war of liberation. What we need to do is not to invade the local people, but to liberate them, fight with them the local rulers who oppressed them, and Give them freedom back."

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 the best people and the joy of the people.

If the wars we wage are wars of liberation, then the more bellicose we are, the more people will support us, the more people will follow us, when all the oppressed in the world When we are liberated, we will end our war. "

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