Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

"As for the severe floods...even though it's 'God's will' that it rains, at least there are always things we can do to help."

"Last year, the annual expenditure on taming the Yellow River and repairing the embankments south of the Yangtze River was three million dan of grain. This year, we have increased the budget by another three million dan from last year's three million dan."

"Jiangnan is a major grain-producing province. The original budget for Jiangnan will remain unchanged. The additional three million shi will be used to dredge the lower Yellow River. At the same time, in provinces like Shandong and the capital, dikes (wei'an) will be built around low-lying farmland, modeled after the Jiangnan polder fields. This will prevent the Yellow River from overflowing during periods of heavy rainfall due to silt accumulation, which would affect the fields and people in Shandong, the capital, and other Yellow River tributary areas."

Zhu Yunhuan told his arrangements in one breath.

Spending a large amount of money and grain on water conservancy projects was not a whim of his, but... In his memory, there would indeed be heavy rains in the summer of the 26th year of Hongwu, which is now the Kaiyuan year.

And because of the accumulation of silt in the Yellow River channel.

Several prefectures and counties in Shandong, located on tributaries of the Yellow River, suffered severe floods due to the overflow of the main channel of the Yellow River.

The capital city of Zhili was flooded because of the siltation of the Yellow River and poor drainage along the Huaihe River.

Since he knew this in advance.

Of course, we must take precautions at the beginning of the year to minimize the adverse effects that this problem may cause.

After all, every time a major flood occurs, farmland will be flooded, resulting in no harvest, not to mention the reduction in treasury revenue. In this era, once a major flood occurs, the lives of the people are no longer their lives. Even if some people survive, the court still has to provide money and food for disaster relief.

After several calculations.

It would be better to spend more time, manpower, money and food on this from the beginning to dredge the Yellow River. When the summer rainstorms come, the water of the Huai River will not be blocked and unable to be discharged, and the areas on both sides of the Yellow River and through which its many tributaries flow will not be severely affected.

In addition, by building embankments like those in the south of the Yangtze River, we will not be so afraid of dealing with small-scale floods.

In this way, not only can the survival rate of the people in such natural disasters be maintained as much as possible, but also prevention can be taken in advance, the people's fields and crops can be protected, and the income from money and grain for the coming year can be protected, so that we can continue to do what we should do step by step.

Maintain the survival rate of the existing population as much as possible.

This was the policy he set at the beginning, and it was also the most important point for the Ming Dynasty to prosper as soon as possible in the future.

Moreover.

Zhu Yunhuan has been sitting in this position for a period of time that is neither long nor short. Not long ago, on the way to offer sacrifices to heaven and change the reign title, he truly saw the people of this era and his own people.

In addition to macro-level considerations.

He also hoped that since he had come here and sat in this position, and accepted the title of "king and father" from the people of the world, he would do what he should do!

This is to gather the people's hearts and secure the throne.

Still follow your heart.

Compared with the previous reinforcement of troops, this time, Zhu Yunhuan laid out his intentions and internal considerations in a reasonable and well-founded manner.

After all, things like going out to sea, big and small days, and the sun never sets, etc., are a bit shocking when they are said now, and will make people think that he is too ambitious, so when making such preliminary preparations, it is better to just do it directly and not talk about other nonsense.

Water conservancy and people's livelihood are things that an emperor should be concerned about.

It’s okay to say it out loud.

On the contrary, it is more convincing.

After Zhu Yunhuan finished his well-reasoned words, many of the court officials, who had already relaxed from their tension, suddenly heard a burst of murmurs of discussion:

"Hiss... dredging rivers, building embankments... water conservation and people's livelihood are indeed areas worthy of the court's attention."

"It's just... an additional three million on top of the three million..."

"That's six million!"

"And then there's the construction of embankments. Shandong, the capital, and the Zhili region...are not the areas closest to the Yellow River, which are prone to flooding. Spending money and grain on this...a total of six million yuan in grain, isn't that a bit of a no-brainer?"