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Chapter 172 Zhu Yuanzhang and his son discuss the management of the Yellow River

Tianmu also continued to tell the story.

【After a rough understanding of the situation of the Ganges. 】

【Let’s turn our attention back to my country. 】

[Like the Ganges, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are the mother rivers of super-populous countries. ]

[They are all large rivers that originate from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flow from west to east.]

[It is in recent decades that the rapid development of the country has brought about serious river pollution problems.]

[It is also in recent years that a package of plans for protecting and controlling river pollution has been put forward. ]

【So it is quite appropriate to compare the Ganges with my country's mother rivers, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. 】

【Let’s talk about the Yellow River first.】

[The Yellow River Basin is undoubtedly the mother river of Chinese civilization. ]

[But as the name suggests, the yellow color of this river is soil and sand. ]

【There is a lot of silt in the Yellow River.】

[Within the Yellow River's basin, fertile land nourishes crops, but it also always floods.]

[The Yellow River also likes to change its course, and each change has a profound impact on the environment and human living conditions in the basin.]

【Plus, soil erosion is serious. 】

[It can be said that the Yellow River is the mother river of Chinese civilization. ]

[Another river that poses a serious threat to the lives of people in the Yellow River Basin.]

【The Chinese nation has been competing with the Yellow River for thousands of years. 】

[The top priority of almost every dynasty has been to control the Yellow River. ]

【Look at the Yangtze River again. 】

[The Yangtze River Basin was not very prosperous in the early days of ancient my country, but after the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yangtze River Basin gradually replaced the Yellow River Basin and became the most densely populated area.]

[The modern lower reaches of the Yangtze River generally have a good economy and rapidly developing industry.]

[In addition to the large amount of pollution brought about by industrialization. ]

[The Yangtze River Basin still has many problems, including long-term damming, sand mining, and high-intensity fishing, which has led to a decline in biodiversity.]

[After a period of time in the Yangtze River, I reached the exaggerated level that I really had no fish. ]

[Okay, now we have introduced the problems faced by the three mother rivers of their respective countries, the Ganges, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. ]

[Then let’s take a look at how these three rivers have been managed in recent years? ]

【Let’s talk about the Ganges first. 】

[In 2014, during the general election, Mr. Mo proposed a plan to clean the Ganges.]

[Mo Laoxian's plan is to invest 2015 billion US dollars in five years starting from to control the pollution problem of the Ganges.]

[But as of October 2018, when the plan was more than halfway through its timeline, only $10 million had been invested.]

【236 specific measures to control the pollution of the Ganges. 】

[Only 63 of these have been completed.]

[So, what is the effect of the Clean Ganges project if it is not fully completed? ]

[India conducted river water sampling in 41 areas of the Ganges.]

[However, only four of them met the water quality standards.]

[That is to say, after treatment, less than 10% of the Ganges River basin has seen a significant improvement in pollution and has reached the standard.]

[At present, it seems that the traditional concept of the people in the Ganges River Basin to dump garbage into the Ganges River has not changed. ]

[Large amounts of domestic waste continue to be dumped into the Ganges River basin.]

[In addition, the problem of industrial pollution and wastewater discharge has always been difficult to control. ]

[It can be said that less than half of the $3 billion for the Ganges cleaning project has been received.]

[Even if all of this is done, three billion dollars is just a drop in the bucket for this super-large river that carries hundreds of millions of people.]

[This is despite the fact that the Clean Ganges initiative has been around for a decade.]

【But it’s still just a plan.】

【It’s a good plan.】

【But plans are still just plans.】

……

"Barrage: With a river like the Ganges and the local conditions and customs of India, $30 billion is nothing?"

"Adding a zero should give us a chance."

"It's hard to say even 3000 billion!"

"San Ge is really good. He has completed 236 out of 63 measures? Better than I expected."

"Background music: playing in the mud in Northeast China?"

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"Ganges management is not a plan, it's a concept!"

"Don't clean up the Ganges, build more toilets."

"Yongzi: If you clean up the Ganges, what will I drink?"

……

It can be seen that most of the audience are not optimistic about the management of the Ganges.

And the ancients.

Actually, I don’t care about the third brother.

I looked at the problems of Ganges management in India, but it was just for fun.

Watch the fun.

Everyone focused on what was next.

As everyone knows, Tianmu will start talking about the management issues of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River next.

This is what the ancients were most concerned about.

Especially the management of the Yellow River!

It is also the basic national policy and top priority of many countries throughout the dynasties!

Even Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the sky and said:

"If the Yuan Dynasty had not had the problem of managing the Yellow River, it would probably not have lasted less than a hundred years."

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the Yellow River on the sky and asked Zhu Biao:

"Do you think the Yuan Dynasty had any problems managing the Yellow River?"

Zhu Biao was a talented prince, and he could give relatively good answers to most of the questions raised by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But he heard Zhu Yuanzhang asking him about the problem of how to control the Yellow River.

Zhu Biao also secretly groaned!

Is it possible to simply explain the problem of yellowing?

If the rulers of a country need to take an exam.

Then, managing the Yellow River is probably the finale.

Ask yourself the final question right away.

Is this requirement a bit too high?
However, Zhu Biao's secret groaning was a relaxed groaning.

There was no feeling of being sweaty or walking on thin ice.

Because Zhu Biao didn't need to show off in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

So he doesn't have any psychological burden.

So I just followed my heart, spoke freely, and expressed my analysis and insights.

"We all know that the stone man has only one eye, and he can stir up the Yellow River and the whole world to rebel."

"It was the construction site for harnessing the Yellow River that marked the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty's demise."

"Some even say that the Yuan Dynasty controlled the Yellow River and ended up destroying the country!"

"In my opinion, this was a huge mistake made by the Yuan Dynasty!"

"The Yuan Dynasty was cruel and tyrannical, and they were also barbarians from the grasslands. Their rule in the Central Plains of China was unpopular to begin with."

"People who are dissatisfied with the court normally stay in their own places and cannot connect with each other. Just be patient and it will pass."

"But the Yuan government wanted to use work instead of relief to control the Yellow River, and as a result, millions of civilians gathered at the Yellow River construction site, where they could communicate and connect with each other."

"In addition, the Yuan Dynasty's rule was unpopular, and the people of the country were living in misery."

“Even the disaster relief funds promised to the Yellow River construction site were embezzled.”

"That huge Yellow River construction site is like a huge bomb in later generations, which may be detonated at any time!"

"Even the Yuan Dynasty's own officials warned about this: Shandong has suffered from famine for years and the people are living in poverty. If 200,000 people are gathered here, I am afraid that the trouble in the future will be more serious than the trouble in the river."

"What this means is that hundreds of thousands of resentful civilians gathered together, posing a threat to the country that is even greater than the Yellow River flood!" "And this issue was indeed triggered in the end."

Zhu Biao expressed his views on the Yuan Dynasty's management of the Yellow River.

That is to control the Yellow River, which is good for the people.

However, from the perspective of the rulers' safety, it was impossible to ensure that a satisfactory environment could be provided for tens of millions of laborers so that they could dig the Yellow River channel without complaints.

Gathering so many people is a very dangerous move.

Zhu Biao concluded his speech by saying: "The Yuan Dynasty did not perish because of the Yellow River control."

"But the Yellow River floods were indeed a major factor in the demise of the Yuan Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this.

I am very satisfied with Zhu Biao's insights.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that the Yuan Dynasty was an unpopular and tyrannical court.

But if you put yourself in their shoes.

From the perspective of the Yuan Dynasty court, it was really not possible to easily allow so many people to gather together.

Zhu Biao then continued to analyze:

"But we can't say that the Yuan Dynasty was stupid."

"Because it is not possible to not control the Yellow River. If we do not control the Yellow River, we will just allow it to flood and change its course."

"By then, people on both sides of the Yellow River will be destitute, with millions of disaster victims fleeing famine and begging for food for a living."

"At that time, all it would take is for Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to raise their arms and call for help, and we can gather millions of people!"

"And that, too, is something the Yuan court cannot afford."

"In short, it was because of the unpopularity of the Yuan Dynasty at that time and their poor management of the Yellow River construction site."

“They couldn’t come up with anything good.”

"It is dangerous to summon a million civilians to tame the Yellow River."

"Failure to regulate the Yellow River...is directly fatal."

……

After listening to Zhu Biao's two-sided analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang became more satisfied with the talents of himself as the crown prince.

I couldn't help but express my deep agreement.

"Well, it turns out that reading thousands of books will take you thousands of miles."

"I haven't asked you to take charge of any work recently, so you should read books every day to cultivate your character and increase your knowledge."

"I have indeed made a lot of progress! Not bad, not bad."

Zhu Yuanzhang's satisfaction with Zhu Biao came from the heart.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang also knew it.

Zhu Biao’s analysis just now makes sense on both sides, but he did not suggest any solutions.

It's equivalent to very reasonable nonsense.

But being able to say such sensible nonsense and point out the crux of the problem is already a kind of ability.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very satisfied.

In a satisfied and happy mood, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to look at the sky, intending to see how future generations would protect the Yellow River and the Yangtze River.

Even if they are protecting the Yellow River and Yangtze River of future generations.

Rather than the Yellow River and Yangtze River in the era in which the ancients lived.

But everyone also hopes that China's mother river can be properly protected even in future generations.

Canopy.

[What about the current status of my country's management and protection of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River? ]

【The key word is law.】

[my country's Yangtze River Protection Law will be implemented from March 2021. ]

[The Yellow River Protection Law will be implemented from April 2023. ]

[This is to incorporate the protection of the Mother River into the legal system from a legal perspective, so as to more strongly promote the protection of the two great rivers! ]

[If you don't protect me anymore, you're breaking the law, do you know that? ]

【Regarding the management and protection of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, it is not just about protecting them from pollution.】

[More importantly, the ecological protection and restoration of the entire watershed! ]

[It’s not just about protecting the river, it’s not just about protecting the water in the river! ]

【It is to protect the entire Yellow River Basin and the entire Yangtze River Basin! 】

[Protect the life community of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sands outside the river. 】

[In order to protect the ecological environment of the Yangtze River and change the current situation of no fish in the Yangtze River. ]

[A ten-year fishing ban will be implemented in some key waters of the Yangtze River Basin! ]

[The country has spent a great deal of money to withdraw more than 110,000 fishing boats from fishing.]

【Since the fishing ban was implemented, it can be seen that common fish stocks in the Yangtze River have recovered somewhat.】

[Some threatened fish populations are also beginning to show signs of recovery.]

【For the protection of the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins. 】

[It is not just about protection, but also about finding ways to use rivers for development while protecting them.]

[By the way, in the mainstream of the Yangtze River, the water quality of the entire basin has reached Class II or above for several consecutive years.]

【The Yellow River is widely recognized as a silt river. 】

[More than 90% of the water areas have an average annual water quality of Class II or above. ]

【Water quality of Class II and above means that it can be directly drunk after ordinary purification treatment. 】

[This also echoes the title of our video. 】

【If you drink this bowl of Ganges water, you may feel uncomfortable. 】

[But you can drink this bowl of Yangtze River or Yellow River water... that's totally fine. ]

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We can see our country’s determination to protect the mother river!

You can also see that the results are very obvious.

This also aroused widespread pride among the barrage.

《Help! I actually like watching the news! 》

"A saint emerges to make the Yellow River clear!"

"The Yangtze River has been closed to fishing for a long time. There are many wetland parks along the river in Nanjing."

"In Wuhu, you can see finless porpoises while taking a boat trip on the Yangtze River."

"The Yellow River's ecology has improved a lot in recent years."

"The Yellow River has become clearer than before. Now I am worried whether the name of the Yellow River should be changed in the future."

"The ecosystem is holistic. If the river water is good, the surrounding area will be good."

"This is what we call protection. Brother San can't even cure the symptoms, let alone the root cause!"

"Class II is already very good, and the drinking water quality requirement is Class II."

"I have a pot of wine, enough to comfort the wind and dust, pour it into the river, and give it to the people of the world! Cheers to the clear river water!"

……

And in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded approvingly and gave his own opinion.

"It seems that we must be determined to control the Yellow River!"

"It can't just be the emperor's verbal instructions."

"It can't just be a single imperial decree."

“But it should be like the future generations.”

"From the perspective of national law, we will determine the policies for managing the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers."

"This way, even if I die in the future."

"The policy on regulating the Yellow River will also continue."

"As long as we can keep both sides of the Yellow River safe, we can greatly reduce the number of disaster victims, which will be very helpful to the rule of our Ming Dynasty."

"If there is a flood in the Yellow River in the Ming Dynasty, we must actively control it."

“There is no need to worry that gathering too many civilians will pose a threat to the country.”

"Because I have confidence in the Ming Dynasty's operating system!"

(End of this chapter)