Chapter 1299: Restoration system, build shelter forest!

Ganlu Temple.

After Li Zexuan said, Li Eryan frowned and fell into thought.

The five ministers in the hall no longer had the casual indifference they had

when they first came in. They all lowered their heads, silently digesting the

words of Li Zexuan just now. After a long while, Xiao Yu stepped forward and

arched his hands:

"Your Majesty, Yong'an Hou's words are extremely reasonable! If the Yellow

River bed is raised a few years later, if the lower reaches of the state and

counties want to build the river embankment, the cost will be tens of

thousands! Compared with this, the cost of afforestation is just a drop in the

bucket! The old minister suggested restoring the old system and resetting the

positions of Shanyu and Lin Heng~!"

The old system that Xiao Yu said was the old system of the Zhou Dynasty.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the imperial court established two positions,

Shanyu and Lin Heng, dedicated to managing the country's mountains and

forests. In "Zhou Li", there are clear descriptions of these two positions:

"The decree of the mountain forests in the mountains and forests is to keep

things forbidden, cut the sun wood in mid-winter, and cut the yin wood in

midsummer. Fanbang workers enter the mountains and forests and can’t help but

scrab their timber. Anyone who steals wood is punished.” “Mountains are cut

off with time, but Lin Heng is subject to the law in the mountains to strictly

guard him. If there is any unevenness, he will be counted to keep it. The

merits and demerits are rewarded and punished."

That is to say, Shanyu has a higher position, and is mainly responsible for

formulating government orders to protect mountain forest resources and making

decisions on tree planting and felling. Lin Heng has a relatively low position

and is led by Shanyu. His main responsibilities are to patrol the mountains

and forests and enforce bans.

It can also be seen from this that the dynasties before the Qin and Han

dynasties paid great attention to the protection of the environment and

forests.

But the history of afforestation in my country can be traced back at least

three thousand years ago. "Book of Rites" said: "Mengchun is in the moon,

Shengde is in the wood", meaning that planting trees in spring is the greatest

moral behavior. As early as the Yu Shun era in the late patriarchal clan

society, the official "Yu Guan" in charge of the forest was established. In

the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Shanyu established by the imperial court was

actually evolved from the official Yu. This was the earliest "Minister of

Forestry" in my country's history.

During the Xia Yu period, there were also administrative regulations to

protect forest trees. The Book of Zhou Daju Pian said: "Forbidden by Yu, in

the spring of March, the mountains and forests do not climb axe and grow into

vegetation."

Therefore, the concept of protecting the environment and protecting the

forests was not first proposed by modern people. Our ancestors considered this

issue at the very beginning!

At this time, Xiao Yu proposed to restore the old system and reset the

positions of Shanyu and Lin Heng. Everyone in the hall, except for Li Zexuan,

has recovered. Since there are precedents for planting trees and protecting

mountains and forests, let’s implement them now. Li Zexuan's Arbor Day would

not seem so abrupt!

Although Datang currently does not have officials in charge of mountain

forests like the Western Zhou Dynasty, the people still have the consciousness

of planting trees, but they are not planted on the edge of the Yellow River,

but on the ridge of their own Yongye Field! In the Tang Dynasty, a certain

number of plants were planted around Yongyetian. This is called a farmland

protection forest!

"Yong'anhou, have you ever estimated the cost of building a shelter forest in

the Yellow River Basin~?"

Li Er stood up and walked two steps before Long An, then he looked at Li

Zexuan and asked in a deep voice.

Obviously, after a long time of weighing, Lao Li has already moved!

Li Zexuan arched his hands and said: "My Majesty, the Yellow River is more

than 5,000 miles long, but the area with serious soil erosion is only 3,000

miles. The minister believes that building a protection forest belt that is

five miles wide and three thousand miles long on both banks of the Yellow

River is enough to resolve it. In the future, the Yellow River will have more

sediment and the river bed will be higher and the ** will be broken!

The minister estimated that this shelterbelt needs about 300 million saplings.

If poplar saplings that are easy to survive and cheap are used, it will cost

less than one or two cents per plant. The total cost of 300 million saplings

is at most 750,000. Go through! "

Li Er's eyes were black and he almost fell to the ground. He said angrily,

"Seven hundred and fifty thousand pennies? This is the cheapest method you

said to manage the Yellow River~?"

Xiao Yu and others also stared wide-eyed. The secret path shouldn’t have

spoken to Li Zexuan just now, because the expenses were so huge that the

current Datang court could not afford it!

Li Zexuan arched his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the 750,000 Guans

estimated by the minister is based on the fact that poplar saplings are

purchased in large quantities and the price has skyrocketed! At present, the

price of poplar saplings in Chang'an City is as low as two per cent, and such

saplings can be passed directly. It can be obtained by cutting the branches of

adult trees in the field. The cost is low and the reproduction speed is fast.

It can fully mobilize the people of all states and counties to cultivate

saplings by themselves!

The imperial court can encourage the people in the states and counties along

the Yellow River to plant trees to offset part of their taxes. Moreover, this

shelterbelt will certainly not be completed in one year. The minister

conservatively estimated that it would take at least five years! In other

words, within five years, the royal court will spend at most 150,000 yuan,

directly or indirectly, on the construction of shelterbelts every year!

And this part of the money may not necessarily be paid by the court, but part

of it can be provided by the people, such as the Nuantang Foundation!

Calculated in this way, the imperial court spends at most seven or eighty

thousand yuan in shelter forests each year, and the amount actually needed

will be much lower than this amount. "

Li Er's face was slightly dark, he condensed his eyebrows and said: "Seven or

eighty thousand pens, this is not a small number!"

Li Zexuan arched his hands and said: "Your Majesty ~ www.mtlnovel.com~ up to

seven or eighty thousand Guans per year for a total of five years. The

imperial court's five years of dedication can ideally solve the future

flooding of the Yellow River once and for all. If not, in the future The Tang

Dynasty will frequently face the risk of the Yellow River bursting its dykes!

Your Majesty, imagine that every time the Yellow River breaks its dykes, the

court needs to rebuild the dykes and open warehouses for disaster relief. How

much is it?

It can be said that a large-scale flood, the loss brought to Datang, has been

worth the cost of constructing a protective forest belt! Therefore, the

minister believes that instead of frequently building river embankments and

opening warehouses for disaster relief, it is better to start building

shelterbelts on both sides of the Yellow River now!

Furthermore, the imperial court can set up a certain day as the Arbor Day to

encourage the people to plant trees on this day. There is a lot of people and

strength. This can relieve the imperial court from a lot of financial

pressure! "

Li Er heard this, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, and finally

said: "Okay! I believe you this time! Just according to what you said, restore

the old system, reset the duties of Shanyu and Lin Heng, and build the

protection forest belt on both sides of the Yellow River. March 20 is the

Datang Arbor Day! As for the two positions of Shanyu and Lin Heng, can a few

Aiqing have suitable candidates in their hearts~?"

Everyone looked at each other and finally turned their eyes to Li Zexuan. Li

Zexuan was dumbfounded, and he waved his hand quickly: "Your Majesty, no! No!

The minister has a lot of affairs on weekdays, and I really don't have the

energy to serve as Shanyu and Lin Heng!"

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