bastard seizes tang

Chapter 253
Yesterday, Li Ke had just received the news from the Dushui Supervisor, but early the next day, urgent letters from various states and counties in Huainan were delivered to the table in Li Ke's study day and night, piling up like a hill.

Chuzhou, Haozhou, Shouzhou, Hezhou, Xuanzhou and other prefectures and counties along the river, even Sizhou, which is adjacent to Huai River in the north, are not under his jurisdiction, and Sizhou, which belongs to Henan Province, sent him urgent letters. Talk about the flooding of the Huai River.

Just as Li Ke expected, although Li Ke is not a marriage officer, the matter of Huaishui is not within his authority, but he is the deposed envoy of Huainan, and he is also the prince, regardless of whether this matter is within his authority or not. He has nothing to do with this matter.

After all, it is so-called that it is good to enjoy the shade under a big tree. In the eyes of officials from various states and counties, it is much easier to rely on Li Ke, a towering giant tree, than to take responsibility and risks by themselves.

However, they reported the disasters in various places to Li Ke, trying to be brisk, but Li Ke was in trouble, and he frowned when he saw the two stacks of memorial books that were as tall as half a person piled up in front of him.

"Report to Your Highness, Yangzhou Governor's Mansion Water Cao is seeking an audience with Yuan Chengfan." Just when Li Kezheng had no idea and was worried about it, the guard of the Wangfu who was on duty at the gate led the door and said to Li Ke.

Li Ke didn't understand hydrology, and he didn't know how to control water. Yuan Chengfan was an expert. Li Ke heard Yuan Chengfan ask for an interview, and immediately said: "Quick, please come in."

"Promise." Wang Fuwei responded, and went down to lead Yuan Chengfan into the study.

"My subject, Yuan Chengfan, pays homage to His Highness." Facing his benefactor, Yuan Chengfan did not dare to be careless in the slightest. He entered the study and bowed down to pay respects.

Li Ke stepped forward in person, helped Yuan Chengfan up, and said to Yuan Chengfan: "Yuan Zong, please get up quickly."

Yuan Chengfan stood up, took out a memorial book from his sleeve, put his hands in front of Li Ke, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, after I returned to the Yamen yesterday, I transferred the Huai Shui water book for nearly 20 years. Studying the hydrology of the Huai River, this is what I studied last night, and please read it, Your Highness."

Li Ke reached out to take the memorabilia from Yuan Chengfan's hand, and then looked down at Yuan Chengfan's face. Sure enough, Yuan Chengfan's complexion was slightly pale and tired, and there were bloodshot eyes that were clearly visible to the naked eye. due to sleep.

Li Ke took the memorial from Yuan Chengfan, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yuan has worked hard for the country and the people."

After Li Ke finished speaking, he was not in a hurry to open Yuan Chengfan's memorabilia, but pointed to the memorabilia beside him, and said to Yuan Chengfan: "Maybe Yuan Chengfan guessed what these are?"

Yuan Chengfan looked at the memorials piled up on the side, and already had a guess in his mind, and replied: "But the memorials of the floods reported by the local officials?"

Li Ke nodded and said: "That's right, it's the memorabilia of the flood reports submitted by local officials. These local officials only care about their difficulties and try their best, but they don't mention the solution. It’s hard for this king to decide what to prioritize.”

Yuan Chengfan said: "Local officials have always done things like this, but Your Highness need not worry."

"Oh? Does Yuan have a good strategy?" Li Ke asked after hearing Yuan Chengfan's words.

Yuan Chengfan replied: "The master of water control, why bother to read these memorials, what His Highness wants to see is the water conditions in various places."

Li Ke looked at Yuan Chengfan who seemed confident, and asked, "What does Yuan Chengfan think?"

Yuan Chengfan replied: "I believe that Xuyi in Chuzhou should be the most important place to deal with the floods of the Huaihe River."

"Xuyi? Why is this? There is Hongze Lake in Xuyi, which is enough for water to divert. Is it the most important thing?" Li Ke asked in confusion after hearing Yuan Chengfan's words.

Xuyi is originally a county under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou, and Hongze Lake is even within Xuyi, which is not a famous mountain or great river. Yuan Chengfan didn't know how Li Ke knew Hongze Lake, but he still said to Li Ke: "Hongze Lake is only more than ten years old. If it is enough to transfer small streams, but if it is transferred to the Huai River, it may not be enough."

More than ten miles?
Hearing this, Li Ke was taken aback for a moment before remembering.

The Hongze Lake in Li Ke's memory is vast and vast, with a radius of thousands of miles, but that is all 500 years later.

In today's Huaihe River, there is no theory that the Yellow River seizes its way. Therefore, in the middle and lower sections of the Huaihe River, there is still no such thing as Hongze Lake, which was formed after the Northern Song Dynasty and has stored water for thousands of square meters. The current Hongze Lake is just a small moor.

Seeing that Li Ke seemed to be a little stunned, Yuan Chengfan didn't know what he was thinking, only because he didn't fully understand what he meant, so he went on to explain: "The Huai River starts from Tongbai, meets Si and Yi in the east, and enters the sea in the east. , The length of the Huaihe River is more than [-] miles, and among the [-] miles of the Huaihe River, the water level rises the most is the Xuyi section of Chuzhou where the water transfer is the fastest."

Xuyi, Chuzhou.

Li Ke listened to Yuan Chengfan's words, and found the memorabilia of Fang An, the governor of Chuzhou, from the tall stack of memorabilia.

"His Majesty the King of Chu took a lesson from His Royal Highness, and Fang An, the governor of Chuzhou, prostrated himself: the heavy rains in the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River and the canal are in danger of bursting their embankments. The two rivers are the main streams in the world. If the embankment bursts, it will definitely not be caused by Chu The prefecture may extend to the Jianghuai River and the southeast half, or turn into a swamp country."

The content written in Fang An's memorial book is not much, much less than that of other states and counties, but Li Ke looked at the contents of this inverted memorial book, although it was still summer, Li Ke's back unexpectedly felt a whimper coolness.

As Fang An said, Chuzhou is located in a dangerous place, where the Huai River and the canal meet. If the two rivers break their embankments and flood, the disaster will not only be in Chuzhou, or even Huainan, the granary of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the entire Tang Dynasty will be in turmoil.

Although Guanzhong is known as a fertile field, the land is small and crowded, and the capital’s annual food production is gradually unable to support itself. Otherwise, the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, and the Emperor Li Shimin would not patrol Luoyang every year and bring a group of officials. up.

Huainan transports nearly one million shi of grain to Guanzhong every year. If the Huai River floods, there will be no such million shi of grain this year, and it will even cause turmoil in Guanzhong.

After reading the memorabilia of Fang An, the governor of Chuzhou, Li Ke handed the memorandum to Yuan Chengfan. Without exaggeration, this matter must not be underestimated.”

If the Huaihe River floods, Li Ke knows better than Yuan Chengfan what it means, so he naturally dare not be careless or negligent.However, if all the flood control is handed over to Fang An and other local state and county officials, Li Ke is not at ease.

Thinking about this, Li Ke suddenly had an idea in his heart, and said to Yuan Chengfan: "As Yuan Chengzheng and Fang Inspector said, the water situation in Chuzhou is very important, and we must not neglect it. My king wants to go to Chuzhou in person. What does Yuan Zong think about personally supervising the water control work?"

If Li Ke went to Huainan in person, he would have his own benefits. Firstly, Li Ke was the prince of the court, and the ambassador who deposed Huainan with integrity. Ke's status is noble, if he goes there in person, he will surely deter Xiaoxiao, he can not only support Yuan Chengfan to make his orders go, but also urge local officials not to slack off.

Yuan Chengfan heard the words, and immediately bowed: "Your Highness is concerned about the country and the people. If you can go to Chuzhou in person, it will be a blessing to the people of the world."

(End of this chapter)