The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 886 Discussing Xindi, Dangerous Situation (seeking ticket)

"Boom!" In the middle of the night three days later, a series of silver snakes pierced the night sky, and their long snake tails brought waves of thunder!

A series of pale lightning pierced the dark night sky, and the sound of thunder seemed to ring in the ears, which was really frightening.The pouring rain continued to fall accompanied by lightning and thunder.

The eldest grandson Wugou woke up from her sleep. She heard rustling sounds around her, and felt that there was someone in the room. She touched it casually, but pushed it away, and found that her husband was no longer by her side.

"Husband?" He called out in a daze.

"Yes!" Yang Tong agreed.

Yang Tong saw through the light of the lightning that the eldest grandson Wugou was wrapping herself tightly in a quilt and sat up. She was tall and graceful, and although she curled up like this, only her face was exposed, she possessed a strange charm At this time, his expression looked a little bit confused, but his eyes were opened hard, and he asked, "Is it dawn?"

Yang Tong smiled and said, "It's still early, it's only around four o'clock."

"My husband, what are you doing up so early?" Changsun Wugou touched the scythe next to the bed and lit the candle, only to see that Yang Tong had already dressed and was bending over to put on his boots, with his hair draped long down. The sound, in this kind of night, I really thought a ghost had broken into it.She chuckled lightly, stretched out her jade-like arm, and waved to him: "Husband, come here!"

"What else do you want to do?" Yang Tong chuckled.

"Nonsense, I want to tie your hair down." Changsun Wugou sat up from the quilt. She was only wearing a bellyband and silk pants, revealing a large area of ​​delicate suet-like skin, "Sit down!"

Yang Tong followed her and sat down beside her. The eldest grandson Wugou knelt on the bed, carefully pulled up his hair, and joked: "My husband wakes up so late, is he going to be a petty flower picker?"

Yang Tong touched her thigh with his backhand, and said with a smile, "It is said that it is better to climb near than to seek far away. With a beautiful girl like you who is as beautiful as flowers and jade, you still want to be a flower picker? How stupid you are."

"Don't touch." Changsun Wugou's face turned red again, and she rested her chin on his shoulder: "Would you like to sleep for a while?"

Yang Tong was more ticklish, and when she breathed lightly, his neck shrank naturally, and he tried his best to restrain the love in his heart, smiled and shook his head, "I don't."

"Bad guy!" Changsun Wugou lightly punched him on the back, and said coquettishly, "Go and be your flower picker."

Yang Tong smiled without saying a word.

The eldest grandson Wugou was only joking with him, quickly tied his hair into a bun, pushed him, and said with a coquettish smile, "Go! My flower picker."

After speaking, he got into the quilt and closed his eyes, "Well! It's still comfortable in the quilt, only fools run out in the middle of the night."

Yang Tong kissed her pretty face, then walked out quickly, Changsun Wugou slowly opened his eyes, his eyes became very gentle.

She knew what her husband was doing. The torrential rain had been falling for three days and three nights, occasionally stopping for a while, and then continuing.Not to mention that her husband, the emperor, was worried, even she was also afraid of a shocking flood somewhere.

"Hey! It's not easy to be a good emperor." Changsun Wugou sighed in a low voice. After a while, seeing that the sleepiness had passed, he simply stopped sleeping. He simply tied up his long hair, put on a dress, and went to the child's room. go.

……

But Yang Tong said that Yang Tong left Fengyi Hall and asked the maids to hold lanterns and walk towards Qianhua Hall, which is west of Qianyang Hall and south of Xuanzheng Hall.

When he was staying behind in Luoyang, the Qianhua Palace was used as the left-behind mansion. Since he regained the Central Plains, he himself was rarely in Luoyang, so he continued to use it as the left-behind mansion, with courtiers on duty every day.Now that this kind of ghost weather is encountered, some people must be waiting for the latest news in order to deal with it in time.

Along the way, the rain continued.

Lightning tore through the black clouds, galloping and roaring over the long-drought land. The dark clouds gathered and scattered, scattered and gathered again, and the blackness was terrifying.

The strong wind swept the newly broken branches on the ground of the courtyard, and the soft flowers and plants crawled on the ground tremblingly. In the dark sky above the head, suddenly the thunder flashed, the roar was loud, and the heavy rain poured down with the thunder!

This wave of rain was more ferocious and violent, and it hit the rubble of the corridor, making a crackling sound like hail.

Facing the endless rainstorm, Yang Tong felt extremely heavy. This year's climate was extremely abnormal, and there was a long drought and no rain in the first few months; it was only the beginning of summer, and the torrential heat wave had already swept across the world, and now, another The torrential rain that did not know when it would end.

What he is worried about is that the land has been dry for a long time, and the cracked soil has become very loose. If the flood floods suddenly, landslides and landslides may occur immediately.Whenever he thinks of the heavy rain that flooded more than 30 counties in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the seventh year of Daye, Yang Tong, who has not known what to be afraid of for many years, has the same fear as when he first arrived.

Although it is often said throughout the ages that man will conquer nature and encourage people to conquer nature, in fact, human beings are always made miserable by God, either there will be a severe drought, a mountain torrent, or a plague...

When he arrived at the Qianhua Hall, he saw a bright light inside, and none of the chief officials of the ten ministries of the three provinces and the ministers of the nine temples remained.

Minister Wei Yunqi, who is in charge of the three ministries of civil affairs, industry, and commerce, is beside the sand table at this time, loudly introducing the situation of the Yellow River: "In the 12th year of Yongping in the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming summoned Wang Jing to ask about the water control strategy. Wang Jing comprehensively analyzed the Yellow River. According to the natural terrain and water potential and water regime of the area where the Yellow River flows, he divided the Yellow River into four sections: upper, middle, upper middle, and lower reaches; the upper reaches from the source of the river to Yulin County.

High mountains and steep slopes, large water potential drop, more water and less sand, relatively clear river water, and uniform flow are the characteristics of this section of the river.After the Yellow River flows out of Qingtong Gorge in Feng'an County, Lingwu County, it enters the flat and open ancient Hetao Plain, where canals crisscross and become one of the earliest agricultural development zones in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. "

"The middle reaches from Yulin to Tongguan, this section runs from north to south, shuttling between mountains such as the Qinjin Grand Canyon, even if there is a heavy rainstorm, it will not affect the two sides of the strait, so there is little to say."

"The middle and upper section is from Tongguan to Taohuayu in Xingyang. This section of the river is fed by tributaries with large flows such as Weishui, Fenshui, Luoshui, Qinshui, Danshui, and Sishui. It is characterized by heavy rain, water and sand in summer and autumn. The flood flow is large, the sediment content is high, the river siltation and erosion river sections appear alternately, and the canyons and wide valleys alternate. It is also the most complicated and uncontrollable sandy and watery section of the entire Yellow River. The remnants of the big mountains such as Wushan and Taihang Mountains are higher than the Yellow River. They are natural embankments and are not affected by floods. On the south bank, after passing the remnants of Xiaoshan Mountain, there is a gap. The south of this gap is the Heluo Plain. Shan County. Whenever a flood breaks out, after the flood peak is blocked by the mountains on the north bank, it will form a buffer backflow and then attack Shan County

However, once the river embankment in Shan County breaks, the Taotao flood will sweep across the Heluo Plain, directly affecting the safety of the imperial capital Luoyang.And Luoyang has one of the most notable features, that is, the "five waters surround Luocheng" composed of the Yellow River, Luoshui, Yishui, Qishui, and Jianshui. Without the effect of the flood of the Yellow River, if the embankment in Shan County bursts, the river will not only wash away fields and destroy houses, but also raise the water level of valley water and Luoshui. If it is not controlled, it will cause flooding and put Luoyang in a very dangerous Therefore, the flood control of the Luohe River should be focused on Shan County. "

"The lower reaches of the Yellow River are from Taohuayu in Xingyang to the mouth of the sea, with a total length of more than [-] miles.

The slope of the river is small and the water potential is gentle.In addition, the river channel is wide and shallow, the sediment is serious, the river bed is gradually rising, and the dikes on both sides of the river are broken and uneven. If a dike breaks somewhere, the consequences will be disastrous. "

"Can the river embankment in Shan County be guarded?" Yang Tong, who was listening silently, asked when he saw that he had almost finished speaking.

Only then did the officials realize that the emperor had arrived, and they all turned around to salute, "See Your Majesty."

"Excuse me!" Yang Tong waved his hand, signaling Wei Yunqi to answer his own question.

"My lord, after we re-established our capital in Luoyang in the Sui Dynasty, we vigorously repaired the infrastructure in Henan County. The embankment in Shan County was the top priority. After the redesign by the Ministry of Industry, it formed the most complete flood control and sand removal project. This embankment is divided into four parts from north to south. The low and long embankment near the river bed is called thread embankment. In the event of a major flood, overflow often occurs, so a moon dike similar to a river course is built behind the dike. When the river surges, the water will flow into the moon dike and flow eastward; behind the moon dike is a lattice dike that is rammed into a tidal flat, with a width of three miles. ; after the lattice dike is the slanting downward dike, which is two feet higher than the highest water level recorded in history. Its function is to increase the storage and discharge capacity of the river channel and facilitate the discharge of peak flow; A lot of land was wasted, but during the non-flood season, the thread dikes, moon dikes, and grid dikes between the remote dikes and the river are full of pastures, which can play a role in grazing.”

"Where is this long embankment built?"

"Returning to the Holy One, from the remaining veins of Xiaoshan Mountain to Beimang, the natural embankment after that is Beimanshan Mountain stretching along the south bank of the Yellow River to Xingyang. It is connected by man-made and natural embankments. The Heluo Plain will not be affected by the Yellow River. Hong Tu is poisonous."

Yang Tong walked to the side of the sand table, looked at the Yellow River basin on the sand table, and found that new embankments had been piled up on both sides of the Yellow River, "Tell me about this long embankment."

"Here." Wei Yunqi bowed and continued: "The Ministry of Industry now has a relatively mature plan for harnessing the Yellow River, which is to build a levee on the north and south banks to reach the sea. This new north-south levee contains a bunch of There are two concepts of "river attacking sand" and "wide river embankment reinforcement". Among them, "Shuhe sand attack" is to stabilize the river channel and narrow the channel through the embankment on both banks, increase the velocity of the water flow, improve the ability of the water to flush sand, and use hydraulic power to brush the river channel deep. Avoid sediment deposition and river bed uplift. Corresponding to "Sand attacking the Shuhe River", the "wide river embankment" is to reduce the pressure of the flood on the embankment through the wide beach area between the embankments on both sides of the bank, and to prevent the flood from scouring the embankment. Flood detention in a wide floodplain area can reduce the pressure on the downstream river section. It can stabilize the wandering river course and prevent it from being diverted at every turn."

"'Sand attacking the beam river' plays the role of beaming water and attacking sand and accumulating and navigating in the dry season; 'wide river embankment' plays the role of flood control and diversion and fixing the river course in the wet season. So the two are a simultaneous construction, and not contradictory works.”

Yang Tong also saw that the tributaries that flow into the Yellow River, along the wharves, and ports have also built new-style embankments, so he said: "From Xingyang to the mouth of the sea, it is more than [-] miles, and the two sides are more than [-] miles. If it is a port, wharf, And the two banks of the tributaries that flow into the Yellow River have also been built for dozens of miles, and the new embankment is at least four thousand miles long."

"Exactly!"

"The amount of this project is not small."

"My lord! At the beginning, Wang Jing was ordered to renovate the Bianqu Canal, which is today's Tongji Canal. He found that the course of the Yellow River was erratic, and it was often diverted. Dangerous. So he first built the embankment of the Yellow River from Banzhu in Xingyang to the mouth of the sea, and then started to renovate the Bianqu. The whole project used 10 people, and it took a year and cost more than tens of billions of dollars. Today we have few The length of the project is not much different from that of Tongji Canal, but there is an extra embankment on the north bank. It’s just that the engineering volume of the new embankment is about four or five times more than his. If we use the same number of people, it should take five times. Six years, the cost...of course it is more than 500 billion. But..." Wei Yunqi chuckled: "However, slaves and war criminals are not paid, they are only for food and drink, so the cost should be similar to him."

Yang Tong smiled knowingly: "According to what Wei Pushe means, is it going to build the Yellow River embankment?"

"Of course!" Wei Yunqi said: "According to historical records, the Yellow River after Wang Jing built the embankment has not undergone major diversions for six to seven hundred years, and the number of overflows is not many. The new embankment composed of four dikes has more than several times stronger flood control capacity than the Wangjing embankment; once it is completed, it will at least benefit the people on both sides of the Yellow River."

Yang Tong frowned and said, "Wei Pushe, don't forget, we still have projects to divert Luo into Bian and the Yellow River into Huaihe River."

Wei Yunqi cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is natural to repair the diversion of Luo into Bian, and the sooner the better; as for the project of 'Diverting the Yellow River into the Huaihe River' in the eastern region, I think it can be repaired or not."

Wei Yunqi's words almost represented the thoughts of most of the courtiers. Yang Gongren heard this and saluted: "The original intention of building a canal is very good, but now there are Yongji Canal, Tongji Canal, Kangou, and Jiangnan River" to connect the north and the south. The eastern one can indeed be repaired or not; if the materials between "Liaodong-Yuhang" are really anxious to go northward, it is better to walk along the coast. Even if it is really necessary to repair, it should be prioritized, and the Yellow River embankment should be cleared first. Let’s talk about it when it’s fixed.”

"Your Majesty, I agree with you!" Huangfu Wuyi saluted, "The new canal involves issues such as river estuary drainage, river bank irrigation, lake water storage, river sluice gates, river bed bridge construction, etc. If you don't go into details and research all of these issues, start construction rashly. It is bound to be an annoying project that people love and hate. When the blueprint is completed, it must be a matter of years. In contrast, the Yellow River embankment is both imminent and simple. It has become two official roads running through the east and west."

"What Huangfu Nayan said is very true!" Li Jing continued: "Compared with the eastern canal, the Yellow River is the most urgent and most important thing in every rainy season."

"Subsidiary"

"Subsidiary"

The rest of the ministers also stood up one by one. Last year, Si Tianjian said that "there must be floods", which made the government and the public tense since the end of the year. Why have you been nervous for so long?And now it was obvious that Yuan Xi was going to move.

"Since everyone agrees, let's build the Yellow River embankment first." Yang Tong is domineering to the enemy and the aristocratic family, but in terms of governing the country, he has always followed everyone's reasonable suggestions. Be good at it.

In fact, Yang Tong was thinking more about launching a war with the outside world and capturing a large number of prisoners from the battlefield as labor; now due to the heavy rain, it is not appropriate for the major armies in the south to go to war for the time being, but the third army led by Qin Qiong, The Fourth Army led by Xue Wanshu is far in the north, and the heavy rain has little effect on them. Moreover, even if a disaster does occur in the south, they will not be able to catch up and rescue the disaster.Instead of letting the [-] troops idle, it is better to let them go to the grassland to train soldiers and catch slaves.

"The Holy One is wise." All the ministers sang praises.

"Your Majesty!" Wei Yunqi said again: "'Yinluo into Bian' is only about 15 miles long, half of which can use Guangwu Jian as a natural river bed; if the other half is arranged with too many people, it will be crowded and obstructed. Weichen believes that this project only needs [-] yuan; the remaining war criminals and foreign slaves who have completed the "Kowloon Pilgrimage" project can be divided into two parts, one in Henan and one in Hebei, and earth, stone, cement, etc. should be prepared in the rainy season first Items are needed; in autumn and winter when the water level drops, the river canal will be dug and the embankments and moon dikes will be built. And this period is just in the slack season, and people on both sides of the strait can also be hired to participate in the construction, which can not only ensure the progress of the project, but also make the people more income."

Wei Yunqi also understands that the current emperor, like the former emperor, is a quick-tempered person, and he will do what he wants to do immediately, and it will be better soon, but in comparison, the emperor in front of him is willing to listen to opinions, as long as you have suggestions Reasonably, he could drop his claim.

Wei Yunqi's suggestion also satisfied Yang Tong, but he also had his own thoughts and considerations, so he said, "The embankment needs to be repaired, and it can be repaired first, but it can't be repaired without a basis. I think there are two points that we should pay special attention to."

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty."

"First of all, the concept of 'Shuhe sand flushing' is very good, but the soil dikes, moon dikes, and grid dikes cannot withstand the impact and erosion of large waters. If this problem is not considered clearly, there will be endless problems Maintenance and restoration require a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources; therefore, the sturdiness of Shushui Three Dike must be taken into consideration before construction. That is to say, the demand for cement is frighteningly high."

Yang Tong, who played big next to the cement factory in the county seat in his previous life, actually knows that the main components of cement are limestone, clay, and iron ore powder. Clinker and gypsum are ground together to form cement.Now it is difficult to find a smelting furnace that produces a high temperature of 1500 degrees.

"Report to Your Majesty." Wei Yunqi cupped his hands and said, "The Ministry of Industry discovered a large area of ​​volcanoes in Laotu Mountain in the remaining range of Yanshan Mountain in Feima County. After the volcanic rocks were mined, they were made into cement on the spot, and then poured into the sea by soaking water. The early preparations that Weichen mentioned included making cement."

"That's good!" Yang Tong said again: "The second problem is that the 'wide river embankment' will make the vast floodplain unusable. It is necessary to set the width of the river and the height of the embankment according to the water regime and water potential. Generally speaking, seeking width and heights will not only waste a lot of manpower and material resources, but also waste a lot of land on both sides of the strait."

"Tomorrow, I will ask the officials on both sides of the Yellow River to record the water potential of the Yellow River every day, until autumn and winter when the water level drops." At this time, Fang Xuanling spoke.

"En!" Yang Tong nodded, "The third question is also related to the 'wide river embankment', the vast floodplains it creates will sooner or later be turned into crop fields secretly by the people on both sides of the strait. It also weakens the effect of "wide river embankment", so the embankment should be built a little more inclined to make people unable to stand. If conditions permit, a layer of cement can be properly plastered. A protective landscape wall should also be built on the embankment , lest someone fall directly to the bottom of the river from above. These should also be restricted by government orders, so that the surrounding people can realize the importance of the levee, and form a good habit of mutual supervision, lest someone be greedy for a small profit for a while, and damage the levee for everyone , Life embankment."

"Here."

Now that the major event has been finalized, there is no need to repeat it. The specific implementation details will be completed by the Ministry of Industry one by one. At that time, everyone only needs to see a construction plan.

After deciding on this matter, everyone drank tea and chatted, but when it was just dawn, they saw Yang Qinfang rushing in hastily.

Yang Qinfang has now taken over part of the military's important affairs, and is also extremely busy at this crucial time when the torrential rain continues.Seeing that Yang Tong was there, she immediately stepped forward, handed Yang Tong a memorial, and said in a panicked voice: "My lord, Xingyang sent eight hundred li overnight to expedite the water situation. , the water level of Taohuapu in Xingyang is about to reach the water level of the flood in the seventh year of Daye. Even if there is a torrent from Tongji Canal and Jishui River, it will not be able to divert much. If the rain continues to increase, the downstream will overflow. If it is soaked for a long time, there may be a danger of breaking the embankment.”

Hearing this, the crowd of monarchs and ministers stirred up, and their colors changed in horror.

(End of this chapter)