I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 819 Discussion on River Control
This year can also be regarded as an eventful autumn for the country, with the big change of office, the death of the empress dowager and concubine Hui, the successive deaths of important ministers, etc., it has only now stabilized somewhat.

In fact, even though the court was a bit hectic during this period, it did not affect the development of the country in all aspects. The momentum that has been accumulated for many years has shown signs of bursting this year.

At this time, the imperial court finally put the management of the Yellow River on the agenda.At first, the courtiers thought it was just an excuse for the officials to send troops to Xixia.

After the flood in Huazhou, the flood situation has not been serious in the past few years, but the courtiers have already finished this problem. At this time, the officials brought it up again...

"To control floods, water and soil moisturizing is the foundation, and the flood discharge and diversion in the middle and upper reaches are the standard. After the destruction of Xixia, the workshop city has done a lot of work in exploration, and it should be put on the agenda."

"This is a sand table made by Shen Cunzhong and others all over the Northwest. Mr. Su Ge and Cunzhong will tell you whether it is feasible..."

Although Zhao Xi can remember several water conservancy facilities on the Yellow River in later generations, including Wanjiazhai, Sanmenxia, ​​Xiaolangdi, etc., he just doesn't know if such a project can be completed with the current technical strength.

Sometimes Zhao Xi had delusional thoughts, the iron and steel and cement of Guochao now.... Support, the development of science cannot be fast after all.

To put it bluntly, the so-called iron and steel cement nowadays is just a shoddy product. It may be stronger than the triadic soil, or it is not as strong as the triadic soil.It just shortens the working time.

As for steel, the reason for the breakthrough in firearms is more due to Su Song's mistake. It was accidental that there was an alloy product that met the basic requirements of the barrel.

The workshop city has been working hard these years, and there are even messy and weird things. Zhao Xi has browsed through it, and most of them are useless.

The little things in Zhao Xi's stomach have basically been dumped in the early guard camps, and the martial arts hall has also recorded them, and the rest can only wait for the so-called accumulated accumulation.

Thinking about harnessing the Yellow River, Zhao Xi was a little distracted, and his mind was filled with those water conservancy facilities of later generations.

Talking about water conservancy projects and power generation at this time is a fantasy, and Zhao Xi also knows it is impossible.But he didn't want to build water conservancy facilities randomly at this time and finally affect the construction of hydropower facilities in later generations... Da Song didn't have talented water conservancy experts like Li Bing and his son, and he couldn't make water conservancy facilities like Dujiangyan that could last for thousands of years .

In Zhao Xi's heart, he wanted to control the Yellow River, but he just wanted to find some suitable places in Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan in later generations, and use manpower and gunpowder to blow up some gaps as spillways to ensure the stability of the downstream during the flood season.

Another way is to vigorously promote coal, strictly prohibit logging, improve the vegetation in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and reduce the amount of sediment carried.

Auxiliary, Zhao Xi also wants to adopt this method in all the Yellow River and its streams.Forming a stream to the main stream, all rivers have spillway settings.

This has the advantage that it can improve the water conservancy and irrigation of the Loess Plateau to a certain extent, and even benefit farming and mulberry...

"Official...Official..."

"Oh, where did the discussion go?"

The cabinet ministers talked to each other for a long time, but Zhao Xi lost his mind and didn't listen to a word.Called back by Wang Anshi...

He is the king, but no one said anything about him, but this also made the cabinet members not pay much attention to this matter.

People are like this, the scars are healed and the pain is forgotten. Huazhou has broken the embankment for a long time, and the embankments along the river have been reinforced with cement over the years. In the hearts of the cabinet ministers and even the entire courtiers, it seems that the management of the Yellow River is not so urgent.

"Officials, according to the early suggestions of the official family, the middle and upper reaches of the river will benefit from the point of view of the downstream. Zirong and Cunzhong think that spillways should be built separately in the upstream of the Yellow River and the main road of the Yellow River. ..."

"However, the Yellow River is thousands of miles away, and the government's support for such a huge project is limited. There are different opinions and no unified opinion. There is no objection to promoting the use of coal and improving vegetation."

Wang Anshi agreed with the governance of the Yellow River, and even said that he agreed with the principles of upstream governance proposed by the officials, but it can be said that he followed the approach proposed by Su Song and Shen Kuo. To be honest, Wang Anshi opposed it.

Even if the officials instructed them to mention it like this, Wang Anshi objected.

According to the approach proposed by Su Song and Shen Kuo, it is a project comparable to the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.Guochao's finances have improved slightly, and it has only just shown signs of ZTE. Once the court does this, it will definitely drag Guochao into a field full of complaints from the people.

The flood of the Yellow River is indeed a great disaster for the country, but it is a natural disaster, and it does not happen every year. There is a flood every ten or eight years. With the current strength of the country, the country does not care about the resettlement of tens of thousands of refugees.

But if the imperial court really implements such a big project, it will not only empty out the imperial court's tax revenue, but also conscript civilian labor, which will further affect farming, and it will eventually be a waste of money and money.

This is not advisable!

"Officials and veterans believe that if all the floodways are built upstream, the water of the Yellow River will be intercepted upstream, and it is likely that the waterway of Bianliang and even the Grand Canal will be affected, thus cutting off the lifeline of the Guochao Canal... "..."

Wang Anshi didn't directly say that this was a great achievement, but changed his rhetoric to express his meaning.

Seeing that everyone is nodding, this should be the unified opinion of the cabinet...
"Is there some misunderstanding? Or did you not make it clear?"

Zhao Xi was a little stunned, why would he think this way?No matter how stupid Zhao Xi is, he won't be able to start construction of the spillway along the entire Yellow River at the same time...
Could it be that, could it be possible that Cheng Chen Gong really thinks that the country has developed to such an extent that he will be smug?
"According to our abilities, I still know what I can do! You don't have to worry, I won't be stupid. What I told Mr. Su Ge, what I said in Cunzhong was just a suggestion in terms of methods, a guide, or a A long-term plan does not require that it be fully launched within a certain period of time."

"This requires the support of relevant data, the support of topography, the permission of the court's financial resources, the support of craftsmen and construction techniques, and it cannot be accomplished overnight."

"In the early stage, I have ordered Qin Tianjian, Dushuijian, and Gongfangcheng to sort out the water levels of the Yellow River in various periods and locations in the past dynasties."

"The construction of flood discharge facilities by the imperial court is only to build water conservancy facilities that are only used for flood discharge at the right location and at the right time. Moreover, my intention is not to fully start it, not to complete it in a short period of time, or even a century-old project. ..."

(End of this chapter)