Ming Zuo

"The harm of the Yellow River is obvious in the downstream, but the root is in the upstream. Focusing only on the present is treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and the cycle is endless."

When it comes to controlling the floods of the Yellow River, Xue Fengzuo, the number one person in Xia Guo's water conservancy, has the most say.

In recent years, everyone else has been prosperous, but he has kind of disappeared.But in fact, he was not silent, but made great achievements in making Buddhas of thousands of families.

Xue Fengzuo led a working team deep into Daming, starting from Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia, and surveyed along the Yellow River waterways. After going through untold hardships and life and death, they obtained the most important first-hand hydrological data for the management of the Yellow River.

"Then do we need to unify the world before we can start?"

Qi Biaojia was a little discouraged by his judgment.

Qi Biaojia is a local official in Xuzhou, and the first thing to consider is his one-acre three-point land.He can't get in the way of the country's major policies.

He was not happy when he thought that Xuzhou had to endure the flood of the Yellow River.

Unexpectedly, Xue Fengzuo was not in a good mood either.

"Even if the world is unified in the future, the management of the Yellow River will not be accomplished overnight. I am afraid that even the country will not be able to bear the difficulties."

While speaking, he observed Zuo Menggeng's expression.

I want to see how courageous this leader is.

He was very afraid that Zuo Menggeng would shrink back when he heard that it was difficult to govern the Yellow River, and that would be troublesome.

As everyone knows, Zuo Menggeng's attitude towards the management of the Yellow River is much firmer than him.

After all, Zuo Menggeng, who has the insight to cross the long river of history, knows better than anyone that the Yellow River must be governed, and it must be governed well.Otherwise, for the Chinese nation, it will seriously hinder the pace of progress.

"Tell me what you know."

Xue Fengzuo entered the working state.

"Since His Royal Highness proposed the concept of promoting vegetation and maintaining water and soil, we have been following up and investigating. According to the data we have, the water quality of the rivers in the Taishan area and the Yimeng mountain area with better vegetation have been greatly improved."

He not only said, but also took out the data.

"Take the Dawen River as an example. The sediment content of the river is now 32% lower than that of five years ago. Even with the naked eye, you can see that the water quality is much clearer. Of course, the mud content of the Dawen River The amount of sediment is not high, but the effect is already so obvious. If the upper reaches of the Yellow River can be greened and covered with vegetation, it will greatly reduce the sediment accumulation in the middle and lower reaches."

Qi Biaojia took the data from him, and was dumbfounded after just looking at it.

"The sediment content of the Yellow River is so high?"

In the part he saw, the sediment content of the Xuzhou section of the Yellow River was as high as [-] catties per cubic meter.

Xue Fengzuo smiled wryly.

"This is still the Xuzhou section. The Yellow River has calmed down a lot, and most of the sediment has settled. Above Mengjin Pass in Henan, the river's sediment concentration is as high as [-] catties."

Qi Biaojia gasped.

"I've also seen the Yangtze River, and it's not like that. Is there something weird about the source of the Yellow River?"

Xue Fengzuo, who has actually visited the Yellow River on the spot, has the most say.

"Before the Yellow River enters northern Shaanxi, the water quality is very clear, even above the Yangtze River. Therefore, the source of the rolling sediment is in Shanxi and Shaanxi."

The reason, Xue Fengzuo already understood, but certainly not as comprehensive as Zuo Menggeng.

"Shaanxi has been the essence of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. Qin, Han, and Tang have prospered here several times, and at the same time, a large number of people have multiplied. But when the population increases, resources will be consumed. Coal cannot Before large-scale mining, people’s daily needs were naturally only wood. Coupled with the increase in population and the reclamation of wasteland, the result was that the vegetation in Shaanxi was completely empty. Without the cultivation of vegetation, the soil became loose and was washed by the river. It was taken."

Qi Biaojia didn't know a lot about environmental protection, so he was amazed at this moment.

"Historically, the strategy of controlling the Yellow River has only focused on the present. No one has ever noticed that the harm of the Yellow River is in its upper reaches."

Zuo Menggeng was filled with emotion.

"Even if it is discovered, it is useless. Although afforestation can increase greening, human survival must also be considered. Moreover, afforestation sounds simple, but in fact it is a huge project that requires investment like a bottomless pit, but it is very effective. Slow. During the prosperous age, no matter what you do, you can’t keep up with the speed of population increase, and you can’t restrain the destruction of the environment. In times of war, people are not as good as dogs, and you can’t do anything to survive, let alone take care of other things.”

"Your Highness, after we unify the country, we must pay attention to this problem. No matter how much we pay for this big river, we must heal it."

Xue Fengzuo was resolute in his will, and there was a sense of martyrdom in it.

He was able to cure the Yellow River, and he really died without complaint.

Zuo Menggeng could only comfort and said: "It will be easier for us to control the Yellow River by then. After years of wars in the Northwest and other places, the population has dropped sharply and the land is barren. With fewer people, the damage to nature will be reduced. We can take this opportunity to improve the environmental protection system in the Northwest."

"Not only in the northwest, but also in Henan."

When Zuo Menggeng didn't know why, Xue Fengzuo actually talked about a big and shocking plan.

"Your Highness, the Yellow River started to slow down from the Mengjin section. The insufficient flow rate caused a large amount of sediment to deposit, and it turned into an aboveground river. The people along the banks suffered from it and were terrified. After all, the river is on the top of the head. Once the dam breaks at a certain moment, it will die." It would be a disaster. In the past, the society was stable and the population of Henan was large. Even if they had the ability to manage it, they could not do it. Why not dig a new river in Henan to divert water when the population of Henan is declining and the connection is weak? River water, and then dredging and excavating the old river channel to restore its old appearance, then the whole of Henan will not suffer from it again.”

What the hell!

Zuo Menggeng was shocked on the spot.

Brother, how dare you think!

This is no less difficult than installing elevators on Mount Everest and laying tiles on the Great Wall.

Do you think that digging a river is as simple as drawing a line on a map?

There are so many geological problems involved, can they really be solved with the technical level of this era?
I don't know why, but almost instantly, many scenes appeared in Zuo Menggeng's mind.

Hongqi Canal, Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project, South-to-North Water Diversion...

Even without mentioning whether it is feasible to dig a new channel large enough to accommodate the galloping Yellow River, how much earth and stone should be cleared just by dredging and excavating the old channel?
Can we build another Mount Everest?

In this age without large-scale construction machinery, how much manpower is needed to dig?
How long to dig?
Can the country's finances be supported?
The country of Biexia had just unified the world, but it perished again because of this unreliable project.

Then he would become the second emperor of Sui Yang.

Later generations walked on the bank of the New Yellow River and recited a poem:
It is said that Xia died for this river, and it has been Lai Tongbo for thousands of miles?