Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1245
Qin Qiong is a general who is a prime minister with martial arts, and a martial arts prime minister naturally has a martial style in his actions.

When doing things, we should pay attention to orders and prohibitions, without ambiguity, and in a hurry.The soldiers were stationed in the guard battalion, the food was released for disaster relief, the government offices in various places were restored, and the governors of the two lakes continued to act.

Gangneung City.

The imperial palace in the city has now been changed to Jiangling Palace, the emperor's residence.Qin Qiong's Governor's Yamen was established in the outer city, together with the Sansi Yamen.

Under the corridor of the back yamen, there is a table and several chairs surrounded by a pot of tea.Qin Qiong, Huang Junhan, Xu Shao, Xu Zhiren, Du Zhisong, Zhai Mohou and a group of people sat there like this.

"Before a certain one left Beijing, His Majesty once said such a sentence, as long as the two lakes are familiar, the world is full." Qin Qiong said holding a cup.

Xu Shao, with a gray beard and hair, is currently serving as the governor of Hubei Daozuo. He has served in Jianghan for many years, and he is even from here, so he is very puzzled by this sentence.

"Qin Xiang, Dongting Lake is eight hundred miles away, and there are endless floods. Our place has always been poor in the past. Except for the better conditions in Nanjun, other places are very poor, and the south of Dongting Lake is even poorer. These two lakes are familiar, and the world is full. Where did it come from?"

Xu Zhiren also said, "I've only heard that Suhu is cooked, the world is full, but I haven't heard that Lianghu is cooked, the world is full."

Sushu refers to the Susong Taihu area, which is now the territory of Shen Faxing, the governor of Jiangdong.

Xu Shao was originally from Anlu County, and both his grandfather and father had served as governor of Chuzhou. He was the general guard of Yiling before, so it can be said that he knows the Jianghan area better than anyone else.

Don't look at the Dongting Lake and the Jingjiang River in the two lakes, and the Han River in the north. It is said that there are both rivers and lakes plains and water transportation advantages, but in fact, whether it is Dongting Lake in the south of Jingjiang or the unstable rivers and lakes in the north of the river, it has always been Not friendly, or even disaster-prone.

There are thousands of lakes on both sides of the Jingjiang River. These large and small lakes and swamps are actually caused by floods.Even many lakes, which are unstable, are effectively floodplains.

Why this happens, the key lies in the unfavorable water control.

Although the Jiangling area was Jingzhou in ancient times, it was once a key place in the world, and it has been treated with great efforts in the past dynasties, but it has only achieved some results in the Jiangbei area. Go to Jiangnan, don't come to Jiangbei.

This is also the reason why the great lake Yunmengze in Jiangbei in the past kept shrinking and finally disappeared. Only during the great flood period, there will be some lakes after the flood in Jiangbei.

As for the area south of the Jingjiang River, the governance is basically weak, so whenever there is a flood, it will flood. After the flood, many silted areas will be formed, so the lakes and swamps are densely covered, forming an area that is difficult to live in and cultivate.

"Floods are frequent in the Jingjiang area, and the river overflows, which leads to the silting of rivers and lakes. Therefore, it is impossible to say that the two lakes are familiar with each other."

Qin Qiong smiled.

"I also know the current situation on both sides of the Jingjiang River. I have been running around a few days ago. Although it is the dry season now, many lakes and swamps have dried up, so I can see it more clearly. Many places are said to be lakes, but the water is actually very shallow. silted areas."

According to the information obtained by Qin Qiong, as well as the results of his personal inspection, the current situation in the land of Jinghu is indeed not optimistic. The water damages every year, and there is even a big flood every few years. Countless people are affected and are submerged by the flood. Later, more and more fields were silted up into lakes and swamps. Not only did Dongting Lake in the eight hundred miles continue to grow, but even three large lake belt groups were formed between the Jingjiang River and the lower reaches of the Han River.

In the event of a major flood, the entire land of Jinghu, with nearly ten counties and dozens of counties, becomes a swamp country.

"Since the end of the great cause, the dikes of the Jingjiang and Hanshui have been neglected, causing the flooding of rivers and lakes to become more serious. Nowadays, large areas of flooded rivers and lakes are newly added every year. If this continues, the entire Jinghu Lake area will become one. Huge Lake District."

Qin Qiong took a sip of tea and continued, "Your Majesty means that the lake must be cured, and the lake must not be allowed to flood. The embankment must be built to restrain the lake. Some rivers that were silted up in the past must be dredged, the main river channel shall be dug deeper, and the embankment shall be built higher. , while retaining some of the main lake areas, some swamps and shallow ponds that were silted up by floods in the past are all reclaimed for land reclamation.”

If left untreated, the flooding of rivers and lakes will become uncontrollable. At that time, the lakes will continue to expand and swallow countless fields and villages. These floods will lead to more silting, and it will be more difficult to discharge floods in time when there is a flood. , it will form a greater flood, and this vicious circle will continue, and eventually this place will become a no-man's land.

Encircling lakes to build fields is of course not to eliminate lakes. In fact, lakes have the function of diverting and storing floods. If the lakes are gone, they will be even more vulnerable to floods.

But at the same time, we must also face up to the harmfulness of the lake, and we must not let it expand and silt up.

Therefore, the imperial court actually began to investigate Jinghu Lake a few years ago, and proposed some preliminary reconstruction plans. Build a solid embankment, so that there is a stronger ability to discharge flood water.

At the same time, embankments must be built in the lake area to ensure the safety of the fields and villages outside the lake area, and the lake cannot be flooded during floods, silting up the surrounding areas into the lake area.

To clean up the main river channels in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River, we must also clear out the flood outlets of the lakes for flood discharge, and then build dikes and dams.The main lake area will not be touched. For example, in the core area of ​​Dongting in the eight hundred miles, those lakes with deep water will only be dredged and embankment repaired. The fields were polded and restored to good fields.

Even these improved fields can use those drainage and flood discharge ditches to divert water for irrigation.

"If this can be done, then the original flooded area, a place suffering from nine disasters in ten years, can become a fertile field for thousands of miles. The fields in the lake area are flat and fertile, and can be used for irrigation, and good rice seeds can be introduced. It is absolutely possible to have two crops a year, and it is not a problem to produce three or four stone rice per mu per year. Everyone, think about it, isn’t it because the two lakes are ripe at that time, and the world is full?"

Xu Shao, a native of Jianghan, couldn't help being shocked by this great plan.

Thinking about it carefully, if the imperial court can really invest a lot of manpower and material resources, especially if there is a comprehensive plan to manage the entire Jinghu more than ten counties together, then there is a great possibility of success.

If Jinghu Lake is no longer flooded, there will be no more disasters in ten years, and the lake flooded and silted area in the past will also become thousands of miles of fertile soil and fertile fields. How many fields will be added, and how much food will be added in a year.

(End of this chapter)