The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 862
Ding Ye thought for a while, and was a little embarrassed. After waiting for a while, he said: "After nearly half a year of investigation by me and some classmates, and studying the materials of the Ming Dynasty, it will take about [-] people to mobilize to change the Yellow River Canal. A year and a half."

The Qing Dynasty mobilized 10,000+ civilian husbands, and it took more than two years.

There are only 2 people in Dagan, because Dagan will provide food, housing, and wages, so that the peasants will be more serious and hardworking in their work.

And Ding Yi will mobilize [-] elite soldiers to join, and rotate a batch every three months, so that the labor force will become stronger.

Ruan Wenlong said at this time: "The construction of water conservancy is naturally a major event that will last for thousands of years, but it requires a lot of professional knowledge. Is this what Ye'er learned in college?" He was worried that his grandson would fail, which would affect the hearts of the courtiers. status.

"Grandpa, don't worry, Ye'er and his classmates are very professional. We have been investigating and fumbling for half a year, and we are very confident."

It is said that Dagan Royal University graduates from the age of 13 to 17.

But the first batch of college students like Ding Ye had already attended university in advance when they were in Lushun. After arriving in the capital, their first batch of college students all graduated this year.

So Ding Ye graduated from university two years earlier than others.

Lu Daqi immediately said: "The eldest prince does practical things for the people, and the veterans and the cabinet will definitely support him with all his strength. He needs money and people, and he needs people."

Ding Ye was overjoyed and said that they would mobilize [-] peasants, and the court would provide them with food, and each of them would be paid two or two dollars a month.

2 people have to work for one and a half years, and the wages alone need to pay more than 70 yuan. Including food and accommodation, the expenditure should be more than one million yuan.

The Manchu Qing later spent 120 million, which was about the same amount of money, but the common people received almost no benefits.

"Opening the canal, creating employment opportunities for the common people, and promoting domestic consumption is a major event that benefits the country and the people." Although Ding Yi spoke modern Chinese, I think everyone can understand: "Your Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Transportation This year, the Ministry of Construction will organize manpower and water conservancy experts to go to various parts of the country to survey, repair water conservancy, unblock rivers, and first control all waterways in the country."

Some places in the waterway need to be dredged, and some places need to be blocked by dams, so Ding Yi said to dredge them.

Du Ruhai, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Zheng Xingsong, doctor of the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Song Fei, secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Construction, and Qian Fuhai, doctor of the Infrastructure Department of the Ministry of Transport and Construction, nodded their heads quickly.

This is also part of the infrastructure plan for next year. In the era just after the end of the Ming Dynasty, when many people may not have enough to eat, the imperial court invested heavily in infrastructure construction, including food, housing, and salary, which can well alleviate domestic conflicts. , to appease the people.

Everyone present today except Lu Daqi was from Lushun, so it was easier to communicate.

If Ma Shiying and the others were here, they would be very confused. How much money do they have to pay for food and lodging for the civilian husband?
In the Ming Dynasty, the common people had to bring their own food when they came out to do corvee service.

Now the court has to pay money for food, which is too wasteful.

The next day when he went to court, Ding Yi decreed that the eldest son of the emperor, Ding Ye, be the eldest prince, Ding Mi the eldest princess, Ding Xiang the second prince, Shen the third prince, and Ding Cheng the fourth prince.

Many courtiers heard the names of the prince and princess for the first time.

And there is a prince whose surname is Shen, which makes them feel incredible.

But Ding Yi has done too many unbelievable things in the three years since he became the throne, and everyone will get used to it.

That afternoon, in an ordinary courtyard house outside the capital, Ding Ye was watching Qianming's water conservancy ceremony when he heard a knock on the door outside.

Ding Ye hurried out: "Who is it?"

"It's us." A young voice came from outside.

Ding Ye opened the door and rushed in several men and women, all his classmates in college.

The leader was Zhang Ping, two years older than Ding Ye, and he was Zhang Jing's son.

The others are Song Changlin, Xu Shengfeng, He Xiaohua, and Yan Xiangling.

The two girls are quite beautiful, especially He Xiaohua, who has a good figure and face.

These four people were all from Lushun, but none of them knew that Ding Ye was Ding Yi's son.

Only Zhang Ping and Ding Ye knew each other's identity in private.

Song Changlin's father was a Lushun shipwright. He studied water conservancy in college, and he was the best among them.

"Ruan Zheng, it's strange that the emperor didn't make him a prince when he was named a prince." Song Changlin said to Ruan Zheng (Ding Ye) as soon as he came in.

Ding Ye didn't change his face: "It seems that the eldest prince has a bad character, so the emperor is not at ease."

Xu Shengfeng wanted to say more, but Zhang Ping said directly: "There is so much nonsense, the emperor's family's business is none of our business, let me tell you some good news."

The crowd looked at him.

"I got the news that the imperial court wants to control the river, and openly recruits a few officials. Are you interested in taking the test together?"

"Is there? The world's affairs newspaper doesn't seem to have such a thing?" Song Changlin asked.

"Maybe it hasn't come in time to announce, anyway, I'm going to sign up, Ruan Zheng, are you signing up?"

Ding Ye said: "Of course I sign up. I studied water conservancy in college, and I like to do this."

"Go, sign up together."

The two girls did not move, because there are not many female officials in the big job now. There are female officials in the palace, female teachers in the school, and female doctors in the hospital. Therefore, when girls come out of universities, they usually take the exam for female teachers and female doctors.

Compared with He Xiaohua, what she studied in college is to be a teacher. After she comes out, she wants to be a teacher.

Dagan is in short supply of teachers now, schools are being expanded everywhere, and He Xiaohua is waiting for the exams to start.

Ding Ye was about to leave when He Xiaohua stopped him.

When the others saw it, they laughed and dispersed, ignoring them.

The two walked at the end, and there was a little distance from each other.

He Xiaohua whispered: "You want to pass the exam, but you have to leave Beijing."

"En." The straight man Ding Ye didn't hesitate, and there was an excited expression on his face. He didn't like staying in the capital, and he always had to enter the palace. After meeting his father and queen, it was really troublesome. Yuyue, this is what Ding Ye yearns for the most.

"Can you stay in Beijing?" He Xiaohua knew that he was a big fool, so she had to say it clearly.

"What's so good about the capital." Ding Ye murmured, "It's not as fun as Lushun. I like the seaside when I'm in Lushun."

"Don't you realize that fishing for sea fish, playing with water in the sea, and playing with mud on the beach are all better than the capital?"

He Xiaohua's face turned red with anger, this is all children's play, you are almost married.

"I like working with water, and I want to control water." Ding Ye laughed.

"You, you are so stupid." He Xiaohua stamped her feet angrily.

Ding Yi will be here now, seeing this scene, he still doesn't go up and slap his son.

Laozi Haiwang's first life's fame has been ruined by you.

"How stupid am I?" Ding Ye asked back.

He Xiaohua bit her lip, really wanting to bite him.

"Let's go, hurry up and sign up. If you're too late, someone else will snatch you away." After Ding Ye finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and ran forward.

He Xiaohua's little hand was held by Ding Ye, and all the anger disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The two trotted all the way, chasing the person in front.

When a few people came to the official department, they found that many people were there.

Although the recruitment was not published in the "Tianxia Shi" newspaper (usually it will be reported tonight and will be read tomorrow), many senior officials in Daqian know about it.

The imperial court wanted to carry out water conservancy repairs, and a new river department was formed under the governor's office in Jiangsu.

Governor of Jiangsu and Governor of Rivers.

The doctor of the river department is the fifth rank, and there are two Yuanwailang (deputies of the river department), and there are more than 50 officials.

There are a total of nearly [-] staff members, of which the imperial court has transferred more than [-] from various departments, and there are several water conservancy experts, but the important river department doctor and Yuanwailang are all new recruits.

Officials of the former imperial court can also be tested.

But there is one condition, it must be a major in water conservancy.

Water conservancy is an unpopular major in universities, and few people study it.

But today there are 80 to [-] people who signed up, most of them are officials in Beijing and relatives of descendants of senior officials from all over the country.

Of course, the registration is not just today, after the registration of the next day's event, there is still half a month to register.

Limited by the communication of this era, it must be a bit unfair to those who are far away from the capital.

Sure enough, after the registration was completed that day, an official said the next day that the short half-month registration period was unfair to students and water conservancy experts from other parts of the world.

Within half a month, the imperial court's Tang newspaper will cover more than half of the provinces at most.

So Ding Yi decided to reserve ten positions for the subsequent applicants to take the exam again, in two batches, and the second batch will be in half a year.

Half a month later, Beijing organized the first exam.

The number of reference personnel reached 340 six people, which is like the examination of the public in later generations.

Ding Ye walked in confidently. After getting the test paper, he found that the first question can stump many people.

The title says that Qingkou is the place where the Yellow River and the Huaihe River meet, and Yuntiguan is the only way for the Huaihe River and the Yellow River to enter the sea.

That is, to prevent the Yellow River from breaching downstream, and to cure the downstream, what is the best way to do it, and how much will it cost?
A map of the local waterways was also drawn on the test paper.

Don't tell me, this first question is estimated to stump 90.00% of people.

Either someone who has gone to the scene to investigate, or has read the records of Qingkou in the previous Ming Dynasty, otherwise it is definitely touching two feet, which is very foolish.

It is difficult to understand the environment and water potential of the site only by looking at the water channel diagram.

The governance of Qingkou was completed by Jin Fu in the original history. At that time, the court calculated 30 taels of silver. As a result, he only used 5 taels to complete it, and the quality was very good. However, the consequence of doing so was to offend a large number of officials. Other officials were upset.

Everyone can make a fortune, but if you do this, who will be your friend?

Jin Fu was born in 1633, the same age as Ding Ye.

But his hometown is Liaoyang, and he was already under the rule of the Qing Dynasty when he was born.

Liaoyang was finally defeated by Ding Yi's soldiers and horses. Jin Fu's family was hereditary in the Ming army, and there were also Han army officers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When the city was broken, Jin Fu was twelve or thirteen years old, and he didn't know if he died in the rebellion.

Of course Ding Yi and Ding Ye didn't know about Jin Fu.

Ding Ye had spent the past six months running the waterway, looking at the information, and he had been silent for several days. He also knew in his heart that his father must have asked people to ask this question on purpose.

Although it's a little unfair, but people in the world, who can know?
(End of this chapter)