Tianjin was originally called Haijinfu, and it was the Wei grain transfer hub of the Yuan Dynasty. After the dynasty established the tripod, Chengzu Zhu Di crossed the Grand Canal and robbed the throne from then on. Later, after becoming Emperor Yongle, he changed the name of this place to Tianjin, which means the ferry crossing the emperor. As a strategic location to guard the capital, Tianjin does not belong to the local administrative division, but is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. There are three garrisons, namely Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Left Guard and Tianjin Right Guard. Each jail is 5,600 soldiers, and the three guards have a total of more than 16,800 officers and soldiers. They were first directly under the I$\  official of the Later Army. Later, with the decline of the Five Dry Governor's Office, it is now directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
After the Japanese plague rose, the military was strengthened several times, and all the people within 50 miles of the coast were moved to the inland, and a bunch of forts were built by the sea, covered with hidden piles and iron chains under the water, leaving only a few waterways for traffic. If it weren't for the fact that the canal transport had been forced to be transferred to sea transport, and then it entered Beijing via the Zhangwei South Canal, it would have been a cold military fortress.
The day before Shen arrived, the commander and inspector of Tianjin Guard had prepared a ship for him and was waiting for the imperial envoy to come. So as soon as the team arrived at the beach, they could board the boat directly via the pier.
While waiting for the team to board the boat, Chen saw a team of sea boats unloading goods on another dock not far away. When he asked, it turned out that it was transporting the food and grass from the capital... Because the canal was silted, it could not enter the river like a sea, and it had to be transported by the river boat. Chen immediately became interested, and tightened $! The half-old mink cloak on his body said to the accompanying officials: "Let's go over and take a look." Chen hated Yan Yun deeply and felt very pleased that the court could take the initiative to change to sea transportation... This time he insisted on taking the sea route, which was also intended to investigate.
The civil and military officials in Tianjin didn’t realize that there was anything good, but the imperial envoy here was the largest, so everyone could only serve what they wanted to do.
So the group came to the busy freight terminal. The officials in charge here were also notified and came to pay their respects. Chen greeted them kindly. He heard that they were all from the Xieyun Yamen, so he asked politely: "Are you still used to the river transportation to sea transportation? Those people didn't even think about it, so they shook their heads and said, "I'm not used to it." "Why?" Chen smiled faintly, his mood was no longer as happy as before.
They looked at each other, and finally a leading official said: "Sir, the wind is high and strong, the reefs are dense, and there are pirates harassment. We have to worry about not saying it, but we have to spit out the yellow water..."
"And in less than a year, seven ships sank and hundreds of brothers..." Someone answered again, "It's a good thing that will be restored to its original state next year, otherwise the young people will really not be able to survive." This attracted a lot of echoes.
Chen Zi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but seeing that they were talking seriously and not as if they were fake, he angrily said, "Who told you that you will be willing to go back next year?"
"We Governor?" the official replied, "He patted us his chest and promised that we would not have to suffer this crime until the beginning of spring." The others also echoed, "Yes, everyone said so." "It is said that Mr. Xu has also approved it." "Oh..." Chen couldn't help but frowned slightly. Seeing his expression, those people couldn't help but say, "Is there another change?"
"Haha..." Chen respected his identity. He didn't want to cause any storm and said with a smile, "I am the Minister of Rites. If you ask me about the transportation of the canal, wouldn't you ask the blind?" The funny answer made the officials relieved, but his own heart became tight.
In fact, Chen did not completely understand shipping. Moreover, as an official who has paid close attention to all aspects of the national economy and has close relations with Su Songxie Gang, he at least knew that to maintain this so-called north and south artery, it was mainly spent on dredging and maintaining its navigational capacity. When he got the exact figures from the Ministry of Revenue, he was so shocked that he had not spoken for a long time to take the average since Jiajing, which was more than 978,000 taels of silver each year. In other words, in the past forty years, Daming spent 40 million taels of silver to maintain the navigation of this canal.
With the current navigation level, it is not difficult to adopt a route from sea to capital that is both close and cost-effective. In fact, in the Song Dynasty, and over the past hundred years, a balance of power was achieved that was still reasonable.
He knew these situations very seriously, but he still listened silently because he found that he underestimated this best friend... His understanding of Xu Wei has always been at the level of being a talented man and a ecstasy. To be honest, I have never seen his ability in government affairs, so I am not optimistic about it. Therefore, when chatting, I only choose some topics of undertakings, and never bother him with specific government affairs.
But after hearing that he had such a deep understanding of canal transportation, Shen knew that he had made a mistake of underestimating the ancients. Moreover, he thought about everything alone and carried it alone. It was too tiring. If you have something to do as an audience, you would think about it. Why not do it? The measures will be subject to great resistance. For example, the Gulai River Seaway, which was once hotly discussed several times, is obviously a good way to the best of both worlds, and unlike sea transportation, it cannot bring benefits to the route. It can not only solve the problem of canal transportation, but also directly bring great benefits to the Jiaolai River generation. Therefore, Shandong officials and Gushen are also interested in accepting it, but these driving forces are still not as strong as those who are unwilling to change, so they have never succeeded."
"And it's not all because of greed, there are many upright reasons." Xu Wei continued: It seems that giving up the Caohe River means that the Yellow River is raging even more, which will bring disasters year after year to the people in the middle and lower reaches. If this is not solved, the local people and local officials with conscience will never agree."
"With such a lot of people involved, such a complex relationship, whether the canal transport or the sea transport is not just a technical issue, but a question of choosing to break the existing pattern or maintain stability." Seeing the sinking, Xu Wei showed a thoughtful expression. He was deeply encouraged: "Hehe, those families who benefited from the local area and officials who benefited from the imperial court are reluctant to sit back and watch the existing pattern be broken... Of course, it is not impossible to change, but you have to take good care of all aspects so that at least most of the enemies' interests are not damaged and you can get greater benefits. Otherwise, they will definitely obstruct and do everything.
"I have always had a word to say to you." When I saw the sun, Xu Wei nodded, saying word by word: "I know you have the ambition of Yi Yin, but the way to govern the country is to be steady and pragmatic, and strive for balance, otherwise it will be called chaos, no benefit to the country, harming others and oneself.
Therefore, people like Xiao He, Song Zhen, Fu Bi are called virtuous ministers; while people like Sang Hongyang, Wang Mang, and Wang Anshi are called chaos countries." Chen heard this and bowed to Xu Wei and said, "Thank you for your long teachings, and you will never forget them for your whole life.
"Bang, come with me for this..." Xu Wei smiled and said, "Actually, I don't need to say these, but I'm too immersed in it. The pressure is too great. I'm afraid you will get into trouble, so I pour some cold water on you. "This cold water is good." Chen smiled and said, "You must splash it frequently in the future." "Hahaha■r■r■r■r■" Xu Wei could no longer stand it) laughed so hard that the flowers and branches were shaking. "As you wish. "Seriously." After Xu Wei smiled enough, Chen rubbed his hands. "What is that Jiaolai River and Haidao? I am really ignorant." "That's because of the ill, you are too young." Xu Wei smiled and said, "I'm older than you. I'm not just growing a beard, but I have more knowledge than you." "Okay, you're amazing, okay." Chen knew that this guy was a donkey, and you had to coax him: "Please give me some advice."
"Well." Xu Wei pretended to behave, "That's more than ten years ago, you were still young... That year, the Yellow River broke the ridge near Xuzhou, and the transportation was silted for 50 miles, and the grain transportation was completely stagnant. A minister in the court proposed to reopen the Jiaolai shipping. At that time, the government and the public responded violently, and they had already surveyed and demonstrated. Shandong summoned more than 100,000 civilians. In the end, because of the huge amount of valuation and the empty treasury, Xia Guixi, who was in power, was unwilling to carry out such a large project because of conservative conservativeness, so he was forced to give up in the end." "What kind of project is Daquan?" Chen asked.
"Actually, I'm not too clear. Ten, one, r," Xu Wei's old face said red. = "I wasn't big at that time. I just heard that I wanted to use the Jiaohe waterway to communicate the sea route from Jiaozhou Bay to Laizhou Bay, shorten the sea transport route from Jiangnan to Beijing, avoid opening up the ocean voyage and detours to become mountain corners, thereby reducing the burden on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and even replace it." As he said, he said, "But what I'm sure is that this waterway was actually dug in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Guo Dynasty also started construction several times. The most recent time was in the 19th year of Jiajing. It is said that the ships were all sailing at that time, but for some reason, they came to nothing later."
"Why have I never seen it in the documents of the Ministry of Works?" In order to understand the real situation of the Ming Dynasty, Chen had a good habit of reading materials. He borrowed and read all six more public documents, but it had no effect on the river. "I can't explain it clearly," Xu Wei said embarrassedly, and suddenly slapped his head and said, "But there is someone who can definitely explain it clearly.
"Who?" Chen asked.
"When I was studying in Hangzhou in the past, I had a friend of Geng." Xu Weidao: "I like to study water conservancy the most, and his attainments are no less than those of the previous dynasty's mansion." "So powerful?" Chen said with great interest: "Where is he now? Can you please come and have a lecture?"
"If you are not free to be an official, how can you come just by saying that you can come?" Xu Wei shook his head and said, "Although he is an official from Nanjing, he can't do it even if he is free..." He said, "But you seem to have an errand to recommend talents and abilities, so this is no problem. After you arrive in Hangzhou, you can recruit him in the name of the imperial envoy. If you want to know anything at that time, you no matter how you want to know." "Yes." Chen nodded and smiled, "It's okay if I go there."------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -分 割-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chapter completed!