Han Shizu

Chapter 1485 Year of Flood Fighting and Disaster Relief

In the summer and May of the tenth year of Kaibao, Dahan suffered the most serious flood since the founding of the People's Republic of China. There was continuous rain in the vast Central Plains, and the bitter rain caused disasters in dozens of counties and counties in Henan and Hebei.

What is even more shocking is that the Yellow River, which has been "well-behaved" for more than ten years, has begun to make waves, the water level has skyrocketed, and floods have occurred frequently. , under threat.

Although the response was a bit late, after confirming the level and hazards of the flood, the Han court also showed the efficiency of its current administrative capabilities. With an extremely strict attitude, it ordered successive orders and issued orders to all prefectures and counties, asking them to strictly guard against disasters. Save the people.

This time, it was almost a general mobilization, aimed at the local government in the Huang and Bian River basins. The officials and the people moved together, the army and the people cooperated, and the momentum was comparable to that during the Northern Expedition, and even worse. After all, this time really affected them. interests, and lives are at stake.

In order to attract attention and express his determination, Zhao Pu even conveyed an attitude to the relevant officials in a less formal way: wherever there is an accident, it will be dealt with; whoever is slack and negligent will be dealt with.

There is no pretentiousness or procrastination, and it is crisp, neat, simple and direct, and can be called a brutal threat.And in order to make the local monkeys vigilant, the chief and deputy officials of Chanzhou who broke out first became the chickens who sacrificed the flag for the flood fighting and disaster relief mobilization. There is no reason to say whether you are wronged or not.

The trick of killing chickens to scare monkeys is very old, but it often works.Many lessons are sometimes not so easy to learn, but with this example, not many people dare not take it seriously. Even if they don't think about the people under the rule, they have to pay more attention to the official title on their heads.

In matters of disaster relief and people's relief, more than 20 years later, the Han court has enough experience.But even after reacting and taking a series of strong and decisive measures, it still failed to make Lianghe Prefecture and County survive the huge flood smoothly.

The continuous heavy rain is the main cause of floods. If the rain does not stop, the disaster will not stop.Dozens of states and counties and millions of people have become victims of flood and rain disasters.

Especially in Chanzhou, where the outbreak first broke out, the hole opened was the biggest loophole, which could not be stopped at all. The raging flood flooded wantonly, flooded the fields, destroyed villages and towns, and the property loss of officials and people was irrelevant. It was a fluke.

In order to fight against the floods, the governments of Gyeonggi, Henan, and Hebei mobilized a total of more than 30 soldiers and civilians to fight the floods. All local troops were mobilized, and even the forbidden troops in Tokyo, Daming, and important towns along the river were mobilized.

The people used are huge, and the court dares to invest, but in the face of such natural disasters, people always appear so weak and powerless.Millions of officials and people, more often than not, can only struggle in front of the violent wind and rain, floods and beasts, hugging each other to keep warm.

This is because the imperial court has played a certain role in the river defense projects in recent years. Otherwise, if the embankments of various places break down, the vast area of ​​the lower reaches of the Yellow River will become a country in a very short period of time.

If the rain does not stop, the disaster will not stop.However, what made the imperial court and the local government feel great pressure was precisely the heavy rain that never stopped, not only did it not stop, but it was a bit relentless, giving people a feeling of breaking through the embankment and destroying everything.

The continuous torrential rain not only tests the dikes in various places, but also tests the will of the people.From the outbreak of the disaster in May to June, it was still raining everywhere, and the intensity changed, but it just didn't stop, and people couldn't see the end.

By this time, everyone has realized that this rain disaster and flood damage will not end in a short time.And the embankments along the river, under the continuous impact of the flood, appear to be crumbling and in danger.

Needless to say, the situation in Chanzhou is the worst. Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians took advantage of the rain and risked their lives to throw sand and vertical stones into the crevasse, which only played a negligible containment effect.

The situation in Daming Mansion is also not good. On the dikes such as Chaocheng, the army and civilians are stationed for a long time, more materials are stored, and dikes are built widely. It was snatched by manpower.

In other places, the situation may be better, but it is only relatively speaking, and the critical situation has not been truly alleviated.Millions of soldiers and civilians along the river experienced a doomsday feeling, as if a knife was hanging above their heads, ready to be cut off at any time.

For this reason, in addition to responding to the government's hard work to fight against floods and disasters, there are as many as 100,000 people who have abandoned their homes and businesses in the area along the river.

All of a sudden, the lower reaches of the river were in chaos, and the social and economic order was severely disrupted.

Huiguo Gong Song Yanwo was appointed by Emperor Liu as the "commander" on the front line of flood fighting and disaster relief. Every time he submitted a memorial, he was always full of words such as seriousness, urgency, and crisis, which made people shudder.

As for Zhao Pu, the prime minister who was in charge of the capital and commanded the command, he was also frightened for a month. What he was most afraid of was that there would be another rupture and another disaster when he received it.

Due to the lack of vigilance and foresight of the rain disaster, Emperor Liu had already suffered a loss. If the follow-up disaster relief matters went wrong again, after the disaster situation eased, the prime minister would definitely not be able to please him.

What makes people feel the most heavy is that the disaster is far from being relieved, let alone ended.

In view of the flood situation, Emperor Liu did not continue to retreat behind the scenes and enjoy the blessings in the Han Palace to enjoy the coolness. In the face of such natural disasters and national disasters, he could hardly feel this way.

After entering June, Emperor Liu even issued orders, urging the government of the court, encouraging the subjects and the common people, and calling on all the people to work together to fight the disaster with all their strength.

Because the heavy rain continued almost strangely, many officials in the DPRK asked to play the table, hoping that Emperor Liu could offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings to relieve the disaster.

Such a memorial request was naturally rejected by Emperor Liu without hesitation. The reason is also very simple. If you are lucky, praying for blessings will be effective, and it will only increase your sanctity.

However, if offering sacrifices to heaven is ineffective, wouldn't that cause people to change their minds even more, such a result is not what Emperor Liu would like to see.In particular, Emperor Liu consulted the "astronomy experts" of the Qin Tianjian, and judged from their mouths that there was no sign of relief from the heavy rain and flood.

At the same time, in this situation, Emperor Liu was also extremely sensitive.In times of peace, just deal with it, offering sacrifices to the heavens and worshiping the gods, that's all. But at this time, Emperor Liu doubted whether someone would use the theory of the induction between heaven and man to say that the king loses his virtue , The government lost its way, so that the heavens sent disasters to warn the world.

Fortunately, there were no such fools in the court who dared to jump out at this time and touch Emperor Liu's bad luck. Even if someone had similar thoughts in their hearts, they only dared to hold them in their hearts for the time being.

Emperor Liu also issued a special edict. From the lack of literary style, it can be seen that Emperor Liu personally drafted it without Li Fang's embellishment.

Emperor Liu bluntly reprimanded those who did not try hard to rescue the disaster, but instead counted on God's mercy and mercy, pointing out that those who have such thoughts are mediocre people who are passive in fighting the disaster and do not think about saving the people.

The wording was extremely harsh. After the edict was issued, at least on the Xijing side, the imperial court's thinking was basically unified, and it involved the errands that the Secretary was also more dedicated to flood fighting and disaster relief.

In June Jichou (the second day of junior high school), the government offices of Zhengzhou, Tokyo, and Songzhou successively made memorials, saying that the water conditions of the Bianhe River were different.

The Zhengshitang successively issued decrees to let the Bianzhou county government raise the level of prevention, prepare manpower and material resources, and respond in advance to prevent changes in Bianshui.

There is no way to ignore it. Bianshui is the core water vein of the Central Plains. It is a golden waterway that connects canals and connects the north and the south. If Bianshui is infested, not only important cities such as Tokyo will be hurt, but even Xijing will be affected.

After all, the current Xijing Luoyang also receives a large amount of material support every year, which comes from the southeast region.

It has to be said that Dahan has treated rivers and canals for 20 years in the past, and the most remarkable achievement is the Central Plains waterway dominated by Bian River.Afterwards, the impact of flood damage really spread from the Bianhe River Basin. However, thanks to the government's early response to prevent death, coupled with the convenience of river engineering, the Bian River did not cause a disaster in the end and was able to survive smoothly. risk.

Throughout May and June, the big man spent the struggle against the torrential rain and floods. Man could not overcome the sky, but he never surrendered.Until June 21, the two sides reached a "reconciliation", the rain stopped, the flood was calmed, and the catastrophe was successfully overcome
(End of this chapter)