My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 687

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However, at this time, Mingting no longer had the energy to care about the changes on the grassland.

Huang Taiji himself was also very clear about his position. He could go to the Ming court and call himself the King of Shunyi as Khan, and naturally he could surrender to Yu Dayou.

After the surrender of Bansheng City, Yu Dayou personally led the army to sweep away some powerful tribes on the grassland, and then sent a victory document to Lanzhou.

But at the same time, all kinds of materials and personnel in the southeast are gathering on the Xuzhou front line.

Hu Zongxian’s mood was complicated. As Minister of Industry, although he had been working for Southeast over the years, he had avoided participating in Southeast’s military decision-making.

This is not to say that Hu Zongxian still has much old feelings for Mingting, but he really does not want to engage in military life for the most part in his life.

When Hu Zongxian was building water conservancy projects in the wild, he would occasionally think of his days of fighting against the Japanese in Zhejiang.

He also once dreamed about his old boss Zhang Jing. In order to fight against the Japanese, Hu Zongxian framed Zhang Jing when he was under the strict party. He once thought that he had given up, but when he dreamed about Zhang Jing in the middle of the night, the remaining There was only endless fear and remorse.

Hu Zongxian tried to keep himself busy. He lived in the open air and presided over the construction of many water conservancy projects in the southeast, from Zhejiang and Fujian to Huguang and northern Jiangsu. He traveled across mountains and rivers to personally inspect the topography and landforms. He was the busiest and oldest among all the southeast ministers.

“Shi Liang, there are hundreds of rivers flowing east to the sea, working for the southeast, but in the end this is inevitable!”

Standing next to Hu Zongxian is Huaibei Water Conservancy Ambassador Pan Jixun. This official who once implemented the Libao Law in Guangdong and tried to reform the Ming Dynasty through local reform was assigned to water conservancy work by Su Ze after surrendering to the Southeast. Assistant and disciple of Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongyuan was also surprised at first as to why Su Ze would arrange such an assistant for him. He once asked Pan Jixun, who knew nothing about water conservancy projects and had little interest in water conservancy projects.

At first, Hu Zongxian thought that there were no talents in the southeast, so the governor randomly added someone to perfunctory him.

But he soon discovered that his disciple and assistant was quite talented in water conservancy!

After Pan Jixun became Hu Zongxian’s assistant, he immediately showed his strong talent in water conservancy. In several major water conservancy projects, Pan Jixun put forward his own plan, which was more comprehensive than Hu Zongxian’s plan.

Pan Jixun also played a huge role in the project of dredging the entire Huaibei waterway.

The plan proposed by Pan Jixun to regulate the Huaibei section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal restored the traffic problem of the Grand Canal section in the Yellow River Flood Area of ​​Huaibei, raised the water level of the Huaibei Grand Canal, and dredged the transportation capacity of the Huaibei section of the Grand Canal.

During this expedition to Shandong, the Huaibei section of the Grand Canal served as the main waterway for material transportation. Hu Zongxian and Pan Jixun, as the main officials of the Ministry of Works, were responsible for ensuring the smooth flow of the Grand Canal.

Hu Zongyuan finally participated in the final battle against Ming Ting in this way.

Pan Jixun was inspecting the waterways along the way. A ship transporting firearms ran aground in front of him. Pan Jixun organized personnel from the Labor Department to pull the ship to the shore to ensure the navigation of other cargo ships.

After finishing this work, it was already dark. Each transport ship was hung with whale oil lamps, and one ship after another continued to sail under the cover of night.

Hu Zongxian was a little lost. He asked the disciples beside him:

“I heard that Huaibei is going to build a railway from Nanjing to Xuzhou. Once it is completed, will this water transportation still be useful?”

Pan Jixun said with a smile: “Teacher, it is impossible for railways to completely replace water transportation. In addition to its transportation function, the Grand Canal also has the function of dispersing floods and connecting rivers. Your rebuilding of the Huaibei Grand Canal is also a matter of great merit.”

Hu Zongyuan was silent. He had heard such words many times, but last night he dreamed of Zhang Jing again.

In the dream, Zhang Jing, with his hair disheveled, pulled Hu Zongxian and asked:

“I don’t hate you for taking my credit, so why should you rebel against me?”

Hu Zongyuan woke up amidst such rebuke and felt a little dazed all day long.

This is probably because he is old, Hu Zongxian is a little absent-minded.

Young Pan Jixun said: “Teacher, the Ministry of Industry is already making preparations. After the Ming Dynasty is over, we will immediately organize water conservancy projects to control the Yellow River!”

“This matter will be discussed at the Constituent Assembly. The Governor has already expressed his position, ‘Controlling the Yellow River is a matter of contemporary benefit and eternal benefit.’ After the Constituent Assembly passes it, we can start when we take Shandong. Get ready to regulate the river!”

Hu Zongxian suddenly remembered that when he surrendered, after he proposed to manage water conservancy, Su Ze once jokingly asked him if he wanted to manage the Yellow River?

Although the Southeast had occupied three provinces at that time, Hu Zongxian did not think that Su Ze could dominate the world so quickly. Besides, the Yellow River had been flooding in all dynasties. There were only a handful of dynasties that really made great efforts to control the Yellow River. Hu Zongxian only regarded Su Ze as Draw a cake for yourself.

Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, Su Ze had already led the southeast to sweep the world. The Ming Dynasty was huddled in the three places of Gyeonggi, Shandong and Shanxi, and was about to launch a war to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

And the matter of regulating the Yellow River that Su Ze promised back then was actually submitted to the Constitutional Assembly for discussion, and it was planned to start the project to repair the Yellow River immediately after the war.

This is a cure for yellowing!

Starting from the Song Dynasty, the three dynasties of Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties failed to achieve success. The Yellow River still flooded frequently, and the people in the Yellow River area were miserable.

Regardless of success or failure in regulating the Yellow River, the officials in charge will definitely leave their mark in history.

Hu Zongxian looked at his assistant and disciple beside him. His health has become worse and worse over the years. Managing the Yellow River must be a long-term process. It is conservatively estimated that initial results will not be achieved in less than ten years. Can he persist until ten years later?

For the first time, Hu Zongxian began to envy his young and powerful disciple Pan Jixun. With Southeast’s current qualifications in water conservancy projects, Pan Jixun was the first candidate to succeed him in the Yellow River project in terms of ability, reputation, and technology.

With this qualification, Pan Jixun’s status in the new dynasty will be no less than that of those famous generals.

It’s better to be young. Hu Zongxian looked at the transport ships sailing at night. With so many supplies and soldiers gathering in Xuzhou, could the Ming court really hold on?

By the time the war reaches the final stage of destroying the country, there is actually not much suspense about victory or defeat.

This inevitable decisive battle was just like the funeral of Emperor Jiajing, who had long since abdicated, it was just a formality.

However, this funeral is of greater significance to the living. In addition to Xiong Kuang in the grassland, brigade-level officers from the Southeast Army and Navy gathered in Xuzhou.