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Chapter 76
The people of the Song Dynasty were heartbroken when they heard this.

Tianmu told a lot of things that they didn't know before.

For example, why do they give Liao coins, and why do scholars have such a high status?

And why they didn’t dare to fight the Liao Kingdom.

In the past, the government and the scholars told them that it was because of the benevolence of the officials that they couldn't bear to fight the dead, and they didn't want to lose their lives. It was because of them that they endured the humiliation and did not fight.

But the result?

That's not what Tianmu said.

Tianmu said that Song Taizu's position was unfair. In order to prevent the generals from usurping power and to suppress the generals, he would rather suffer humiliation than fight.

That's another story.

This is for the officials to protect their Zhao family's country, and for the Zhao family to sit on the throne in a down-to-earth manner, what are they doing to the people?

Tianmu also said that the Sui coins were their hard-earned money. Every piece of their sweat money was paid as tribute to the Liao Kingdom, and in the future it might be converted into swords and arrows to be used on them.

This made the people more dissatisfied with the royal family.

Now they heard Tianmu saying that if they don't commit suicide, they will die, and they feel dissatisfied and afraid.

"I don't know what the damn emperor did again?"

"Isn't this forcing us to die?"

"Listen to the fairy, quickly listen to the fairy."

People in other dynasties were not as afraid as people in the Song Dynasty.

They were delighted to hear it.

"Do you think the emperor of the Song Dynasty did something strange again?"

"Who knows, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is really not very good anyway."

"Isn't it just that? You betrayed your trust and made yourself feel guilty."

"Listen quickly."

The emperors of the Song Dynasty were all nervous. The fairy was very angry just now, and I don't know why. Could it be that what did their descendants do?
The emperors of other dynasties were all thinking, what did the weak Song Dynasty do to make the fairy so angry?
The first emperor thought that the emperors of the Song Dynasty were weaker and weaker than the last, and the bottom line of being an emperor was lowered from generation to generation. The emperor was really aggrieved.

Wuyou's phone rang just now, and it was a push message. The weather has been bad recently, and there has been rain in many places. The push message said that a heavy rainstorm in a certain place caused floods.

Seeing the news of the flood and the officials who had been talking about the Song Dynasty just now, Wuyou remembered some things. Thinking of those things, she was really angry and knocked on the table uncontrollably.

"Why do I say that the Song Dynasty can't die if it doesn't work? This matter has to start with the Yellow River."

"The Yellow River is our mother river and the birthplace of our Chinese nation. The water of the Yellow River has nourished generations of Chinese people, but the Yellow River is not gentle. Every time the Yellow River diverts or floods, it will cause major floods and cause serious damage to the people on both sides of the Yellow River. An incalculable loss."

"People who live by the Yellow River should be deeply touched. Every day during the flood season, how worried and nervous the people along the Yellow River are. Since ancient times, how many major floods have been caused by the overflow of the Yellow River? How many people will die in each major flood? How many houses were destroyed and how many fields were flooded..."

When Wuyou talked about this, many people who lived by the Yellow River couldn't help crying when they thought of the hardships suffered by their own people who died because of the flooding of the Yellow River.

"Oh, my grandfather was washed away by the water."

"My father also died of flood control back then."

"My mother was washed away by the water to save me and my sister."

"The house we just built was also washed away."

"My family used to have ten acres of land, but it was all gone because of the flood..."

Many people are pondering, the flooding of the Yellow River is a natural disaster, what else is it doing to the Song court?
What Wuyou said next shocked countless people.

The monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty really couldn't help but lower the bottom line and let them re-understand what seeking death was.

"What I said above are all natural disasters. There is no way around this. All dynasties and dynasties have put the management of the Yellow River as the top priority, and they also think about the cleanliness of the river. So many water control officials have put so much effort into this. Some people even I have been managing rivers my whole life, and every generation has been working hard to control the Yellow River, hoping to reduce disasters on both sides of the Yellow River."

"However, the Great Song Dynasty changed the river three times, which not only brought a lot of suffering to the people of this dynasty, but also laid a lot of hidden dangers for later generations to manage the river."

"What is going on? It is said that during the Song Dynasty, an official named Li Chui wrote a letter saying that he found that the Yellow River was likely to change its course to the north. If the Yellow River reached the vicinity of the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty would lose its natural protection, and the Liao Kingdom would also be deprived of natural protection. It is more convenient to go south by boat. This statement was approved by most people. By the time of Renzong Dynasty, work was finally started to change the course of the Yellow River."

"How do they want to change it?"

"Let's look at the map."

Wuyou found the map of the Song Dynasty that diverted the Yellow River: "At that time, they wanted to divert the Yellow River to flow south. This was simply impossible. Ouyang Xiu felt it was not possible, so he stood up to oppose it. Even Zhou Hang, the Hebei transshipment envoy in charge of the project, opposed it. , he said at that time that if the river course was changed, it would inevitably cause the river embankment to collapse and the river to overflow. At that time, the five states of Qi, Bo, De, Di, and Bin would suffer. The floods would submerge the five states, and the people would definitely suffer. But in the Song Dynasty, But the emperor and his ministers refused to listen to him and insisted on changing the course of the Yellow River."

"A small number of people can't change the minds of the majority, coupled with the emperor's insistence, the project started, and the result? The result? The result is that the Yellow River flows into the Liuta River. How can the Liuta River hold it? The embankment burst overnight. It made half of Hebei submerged in water."

"You must know that Hebei was an important military town in the Song Dynasty to resist foreign enemies. One hundred thousand soldiers were stationed here. As a result, when the river flooded, the important town was destroyed, thousands of hectares of fertile land became swamps, and only two to thirty thousand soldiers and horses were left among the one hundred thousand soldiers. This is not What is seeking death?"

The people of Renzong Dynasty couldn't help crying when they heard this.

Especially the people in Hebei, many shed tears.

"No, the officials must not do it. The Yellow River will change it as soon as it is told. It is simply child's play."

"Should we move?"

"It's so easy to move. Without roads, where can we go?"

"We'd better find a place to live on higher ground."

"How can one live like this?"

The emperors and ministers of the Renzong Dynasty who had already planned to change the course of the Yellow River were now pale in face.

No one dared to mention this matter again.

Renzong's fingers trembled a little, he tried his best to restrain himself, and said loudly: "From now on, no one should mention the diversion of the Yellow River."

Yan Shu reminded him: "Officials have to go to various places in Hebei to make announcements and tell the people that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this."

Renzong nodded: "Yes."

Qin Dynasty
Shihuang's breathing was a little short of fright.

Yellow River changes course?

What did the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty think?Is this a joke?One is not good, I am afraid that the land of several states will become a swamp country...

And Renzong, why did he have the posthumous title of Ren?

Who is he benevolent?Who is it?

The First Emperor sneered: "I'm afraid I am benevolent to the scholars in the world, and to those rotten Confucian scholars. This pole is in the hands of the scholars. As long as you please the scholars, your reputation will naturally be good."

Fusu looked at Shi Huang.

He thought that many people in later generations would call his father a tyrant, but he knew that his father would not do such a childish thing, let alone put thousands of people in such danger.

Liu Che cried out in shock: "Ah, this is really a death, a big death."

(End of this chapter)