Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 606
Luo Youdu's words are not alarmist. There are bloody examples in history, called "Sanyi Huihe".

Chinese civilization originated from the Yellow River, and the governance of the Yellow River has never stopped since ancient times.

If you ask which dynasty managed the Yellow River the best, this is not a good one.

But when it comes to which dynasty has the worst governance, the Song Dynasty will do its part.

The Northern Song Dynasty's management of the Yellow River was extremely clear.

An unknown official wrote a book called "The Book of Guiding the Shape of the River", in which it is stated that the diversion of the Yellow River made the river water that originally flowed into Henan and other places in the lower reaches flow into Hebei.

The "Yellow River", a harmful river that endangers the people in Henan, will be diverted to Khitan in Hebei.

In this way, the Yellow River will endanger the Khitan, not the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains.In order to consume Khitan's national power, Song, who could not beat Khitan, may win.

The rulers headed by Song Zhenzong actually believed this kind of weird and absurd reasoning. After serious research and discussion, they used the Yellow River as a weapon for the two armies to fight, causing the environment of the Yellow River to suffer serious damage again.

As a result, the Liuta River broke its embankment, and Wen Yanbo suggested that the Liuta River should share the flow of the Yellow River.

But how can the Liuta River withstand the momentum of the Yellow River?

This move directly caused tens of thousands of people in the surrounding areas to suffer.

Next came the embankment breach in Cao Village. The Song Dynasty, who had suffered a loss, not only failed to behave, but instead ignited their fighting spirit.As a result, not only did the embankment break in Cao Village, but about 3000 million mu of fertile land was flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people were affected, turning the once very prosperous area into a dead city.

The Yellow River became more and more rotten, and the more rotten and more rotten, there was the third time that the Neihuangkou burst its embankment, and the result was even more serious than the previous two...

Other dynasties governed the river in a good direction. The Song Dynasty governed the river and destroyed its own tax-heavy land, displaced the people, and turned the land into a swamp...

Luo Youdu doesn't know how to control rivers, but he knows the power of the Yellow River.

If you want to tame the Yellow River, you can't have a little luck.

How about [-]% completion?If it is less than [-]%, the embankment will never be opened.

Song Qi cared about the common people, but as a layman, even the prime minister, Luo Youdu didn't let him participate in it.

This is also the reason why he specially set up a special operation group for river control.

The prime minister is in charge of the affairs of the world, but everyone has their own strengths, and forcibly entering areas that they are not good at will only cause bad things.

August 23, the first year of Yongjing.

After eight days of rain, it finally stopped.

Members of the River Control Special Operations Group gathered in Chanzhou, everyone looked tired.

The heavy rain came suddenly and quickly. At Jia Tiao’s suggestion, more than [-] water conservancy experts gathered in one place. Facing the autonomy granted by Luo Youdu, they transferred the people who opened the canal to the front line to consolidate the dam according to the situation along the Yellow River. The dam broke, and at the same time, a second water-blocking river embankment was built to block the river water overflowing the embankment from the villages and farmland with an effective and fast plan.

However, in the face of such natural disasters, it is impossible to achieve perfection in every aspect after all.

Min Bo, who was in charge of the Jeju section, reported to Wei Renpu with a bit of frustration.

"The river came too fast, and the flood directly overflowed the dam. The fields north of Lu County were all flooded. Beizhi couldn't build a second water-blocking embankment in the flood, so he had to evacuate the people of Lu County and build it with county houses. Temporary embankment."

Wei Renpu didn't blame Min Bo.

Min Bo is an old man in the Ministry of Water, and also his most effective assistant in reorganizing the Bianshui River.

The Yellow River near the Jeju section is just at the corner of the river, and it is the hardest hit area for the sediment accumulation of the Yellow River.

At the beginning of the year, the sediment in the Jeju section was the most difficult to clean up, and the expected dredging effect was not achieved, and the river bed was very high.

The flood went down with the current, and there was no time to react at all.

Knowing the details, Wei Renpu said a few words of encouragement, "I can't blame you for this matter! Under such circumstances, it is not easy to be able to move the people away and ensure the safety of the people."

Min Bo felt better after being comforted, and said, "It's strange to say that the rain has stopped, and when I came to Chanzhou, the flood hadn't receded."

A look of worry appeared on Wei Renpu's face, and he said: "This is what I am most worried about. Not only Lu County, but the water level along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River has not receded because of the rain. Especially the embankment between Chanzhou and Huazhou , A small gap has already been broken. Fortunately, County Magistrate Jia discovered it in time and blocked the gap first, avoiding the collapse of the river embankment."

Min Bo's face was pale. There was a huge plain between Chanzhou and Huazhou, with hundreds of thousands of acres of fields, and it was very close to Bianjing, where the Wuzhang River directly led to Bianjing.

If the embankment breaks here, not only will hundreds of thousands of acres of land be destroyed, it may even affect Bianjing.

He opened his mouth and said in amazement, "Could it be that the rain hasn't stopped upstream?"

This flood often comes and goes quickly. As long as it is not because of terrain problems, a barrier lake is formed and cannot recede on its own.

Now that the rain has stopped, the water level has not dropped.

Doesn't that mean that the upper reaches are still continuously storing water for the Yellow River?

Wei Renpu said: "People have been sent to investigate, but nine out of ten are like this. I summoned you to gather everyone's strength to see how we can avoid the danger of Chandi and Shuadi collapsing. Once the slippery embankment breaks, what will happen, I dare not imagine. Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty has placed high hopes on us and ordered us to be responsible for this natural disaster. How can we disappoint him?"

Below Jia Yu, Min Bo, Guo He and others, everyone was red-eyed.

But nothing can be done...

In the face of this natural disaster, manpower is really small.

At this moment, the crackling sound came again.

The rain stopped for most of the day, and then it came down again.

Although the rain was not heavy this time, it pierced into the hearts of everyone like a sharp knife.

The people sent by Wei Renpu to investigate the situation in the upper reaches of the Yellow River also received news at this time.

As they thought, the heavy rain in Shangluo, Guanzhong, was continuously transporting river water to the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Jia Yu gnashed his teeth and said, "Wei Xiang, you are discussing that a certain person has gone to the embankment. If there is a good way to send someone to inform him, even if he dies on the embankment, the Chan embankment and the sliding embankment cannot be broken. "

After he finished speaking, he hurriedly bowed to everyone, and then left quickly.

There was silence in the room.

Guo He gritted his teeth and said, "It's really not possible, dig the Guangwu mountain embankment? There are fewer people in the fields over there..."

When he said this, his tone was trembling.

Wei Renpu did not reply.

This is the next strategy, and it can only be used when it is absolutely necessary.

Just when Wei Renpu was silent, he heard the sound of horseshoes in his ears.

Yiqi directly arrived at the gate of the government office and rushed into the government office.

The person who came was the messenger of the urgent military situation, and no one dared to stop him.

As soon as the visitor entered the hall, he held up the imperial decree and said: "Your Majesty has an order. Wei Xianggong will do his best to protect the embankment. 13 forbidden troops will go north to dredge and divert the rivers and canals."

(End of this chapter)