Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 37: Being Stupid, Daoist, and Protecting the Embankment, Qu Xinzhi, Superintendent, Welcomes the Imperial Envoy (1)
After this incident, the relationship between Jin Fu and Yu Chenglong eased greatly.When the autumn was ripe, the Ministry of Officials evaluated the achievements. Because of Jackie Chan's outstanding achievements in government affairs, the department's documents were transferred to the imperial edict, and Yu Jackie Chan was promoted to the chief minister of Nanjing, and he was also in charge of Qingjiang Road. Solo right.Yu Chenglong was determined to govern Qingjiang so that he would not pick up things left behind and never close his household at night. With this purpose, he simply did not go to Nanjing for the time being, and stayed in Qingjiang to supervise the people's livelihood.The first major repair project of river regulation has been gradually completed this year.The dredging from Qingjiangpu via Yuntiguan to Haikou, the dredging from Gaojiayan to Qingkou, the embankment from the west of the canal to Gaojiayan, and the project of releasing water and sand in Qingshuitan all went smoothly.Yu Chenglong has great prestige and high prestige, and he only needs to give an order, and tens of thousands of river workers will come as soon as they are recruited.Because the flood has not yet arrived, there is nothing wrong with the river defense, and there is no significant dispute among several people for a while.But this situation only lasted for more than half a year, and the rift between them suddenly broke out, turning into a terrible dispute, which wiped out all the love in the spring.

In September of the 21st year of Kangxi, the autumn flood peak came ahead of schedule.Along the way from Shaanxi, Henan, Anhui to Jiangsu, the Yellow River Basin is covered by dark clouds, and the autumn rains are continuous, as if the Tianhe River has been leaked by someone, and it just pours down, and it pours exclusively into the Yellow River!When the sheep newspaper floated down, the reporter died in nine out of ten cases. I only learned from the bamboo sticks that the water level of Gaolan Iron Pillar in the upper reaches was rising three inches a day, and it had reached more than four feet: that is to say, the water level of the river in Jiangsu would rise four feet away!All newly built dams, embankments, gates, and diversion channels are under great threat.

Seven days ago, when Jin Fu received the first flood, he brought along Chen Huang, Feng Zhiren, Peng Xueren and other staff to move all the atlases, sand tables and all the measuring instruments of the Governor's Mansion to the intersection of the Huang, Yun and Qing rivers. On the top of the levee, a felt shed was set up to guard day and night in the gurgling rain.

It is surrounded by water on three sides, and on the other side is the land that was dried up in the past autumn. The endless autumn rice is shaking uncomfortably in the rain and mist, curling up with yellow swirls one by one.The turbid yellow water in the half tank outside the embankment soared into the sky with white foam rolling, throwing up and sinking several thick trees rolled down from the upper reaches, standing up and then toppled down.Lightweight like a child playing house.

"It's like a storm!" Jin Fu murmured while standing on the trembling embankment in his oil coat.He hadn't closed his eyes for several nights, and his eye circles were all red.

"What did you say?" Because of the loud noise of the river, Feng Zhiren, who was squatting by the embankment, couldn't hear what he was doing, so he turned around and asked.Chen Huang stood beside him with his trousers rolled up, because both the straw coir raincoat and the oil coat were in vain, he had already thrown them off, and his whole body was wet and stuck to his body.Hearing the two talking, Chen Yan looked back and saw that Peng Xueren was indifferent. He hadn't shaved his head for more than a month, and his long hair stuck to his forehead, which looked funny. Chen Huang couldn't help grinning, and shouted at Jin Fu Shouted: "Jin Gong! The rain is still going to fall. I think we should release water from the canal west breach to reduce the flood!"

"Chen Tianyi, is this your suggestion?"

Suddenly a more human voice came from behind, and when everyone looked back, it was Yu Jackie who came, with frost on his face, standing majestically by the embankment.Although Yu Chenglong has cloth robes and straw shoes, he is very particular about not showing his arms in summer and not wearing heavy clothes in winter.For more than ten days, Yu Chenglong has been directing migrant workers on the embankment to repair the embankment, but his clothes and hats are still clean and free of mud.He had just come over from the West Causeway, and when he heard Chen Huang say that the water would be released, he stopped and said with a sneer, "Every day you boast that this new construction project can resist floods for a hundred years. ?”

"Zhenjia," Jin Fu waded over to the top of the embankment and said, "It doesn't matter here. Tianyi wants to lower the water level here and divert the flood from Xiaojiadu upstream. The dam there has not yet been completed. I can't stand it. Let's discuss if it's okay, don't be arrogant."

The construction of the water reduction dam is Chen Huang's first project.That is to say, another large canal is opened to divert water in the narrow part of the river channel, and the flood is led to the downstream main river along the canal to adjust the flood flow and reduce the impact on the main embankment. When the canal is level, it can also be used for irrigation.Yu Chenglong didn't agree with building this whimsical dam reduction at all. After hearing this, he didn't turn his face away and said: "After building dozens of dam reduction dams, it turned out that they were bursting into the fields and harming the people? It's fun. Let's pick it up again here." It’s opened, and it’s another big ‘water reduction dam’! What about the people? What about fields? What about houses? What about cattle and sheep? As long as the roof is kept, the rest are gone?”

"It's too late to notify!" Chen Huang didn't want to argue with Yu Chenglong at all, so he said hastily: "There are a lot of lowlands, only a dozen or so villages receive water, and there are many people on the embankment. The old, the weak, women and children can just evacuate, and the river workers can allocate money to compensate. Yu Gong, you know that the Xiaojiadu dam cost millions of dollars, and it has been in operation for several years. Thousands of hectares of crops will go to waste! Yu Gong, who will tell them to evacuate the people, land, cattle and sheep there?" After finishing speaking, he looked eagerly at Yu Chenglong.Yu Chenglong stood proudly, without looking at Chen Huang, snorted, and only said two words from his mouth: "No!"

He has his own ideas. He believes that the fatal root is that the entire river channel is too narrow. A breach of the embankment here may not have any effect on the upstream.Jin Fu also thought of this, so he looked at Chen Huang with a consulting look.

I don't know if it's because of the cold, or because of the anxiety and anger in his heart. Chen Huang's face was pale and ugly, and he explained in a low voice: "No accidents have happened to the dozens of dams and wheat floods, and they have already shown results. If the largest one in Xiaojiadu can be completed , There is no need to release the flood here, and now the breach is for the safety of Xiao’s family crossing, this reason is clear! My lord, let the flood here at this time, if you can’t keep Xiao’s family crossing, please Ergong punish Chen Huangming as a token of gratitude to the people!” Peng Xueren looked at the river situation, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, and he said loudly: "Duke Zhenjia, what Tianyi said is right! I would like to accompany Bu as a guarantor!" Feng Zhiren stomped his feet anxiously: "We can't fight any more, hurry up!" Let people go down and tell the people to leave the village!"

"Hahahaha..." Yu Chenglong looked up to the sky and smiled, his face livid, and said, "You Chen Huang, Peng Xueren, including Master Jin and my head, how many catties are you cutting off? This is absolutely impossible!" Said After all, he swaggered away.

"Release the flood!" Jin Fu hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind, "I am the governor of the river, even if there are thousands of crimes, I am the only one to blame! Immediately order all the officials of the Superintendent's Office to go downstream to notify, and no one will be missed. Get out of the village and release the water in three hours!" Feng Zhiren shook his head and said, "It's all easy, I'm afraid Jackie Chan will protect the embankment himself, this breach will not be easy!"

When Peng Xueren rolled his eyes and thought about it, he clapped his hands and said, "Master Du, didn't the Holy Majesty give you the Shangfang Sword? You can use it now!" Reminding Jin Fu, he cheered up and shouted loudly: "Come on! Please! Tianzijian, waited by the yellow jacket!"

Because these imperial gifts are all in the Yamen, it took half an hour to get ready.When Ghoshha, who was going to the countryside, came back to report that the people in the lower reaches had already withdrawn, Jin Fu put on a full set of deacons, and did not sit in a sedan chair. Son, nine python five-claw official robe coat a brand new yellow mandarin jacket meandering walk.The four school lieutenants behind carried the Huangluo umbrella stand, enshrined the Tianzi sword, and walked towards the West Causeway on the muddy dirt road.Only Chen Huang had no fame and fame, and followed behind him step by step.

But the seriousness of the situation was unexpected.Thousands of people are densely packed everywhere on the West Causeway!Some people sat along the embankment and gnawed dry food, some knelt on the embankment and murmured Buddha's name, some families huddled together to keep warm, and many people helped the old and the young to climb up the embankment.Yu Chenglong and a dozen yamen servants are trying to persuade him.Jin Fu looked at it, and couldn't help feeling angry: You Yu Jackie, how dare you use the common people to disobey the emperor's order!While hesitating, Yu Jackie greeted him early.Therefore, Jin Fu at that time had the status of acting on behalf of the sky, and Yu Chenglong knelt down as soon as he waved his hands, and signed up loudly: "Born as a Jinshi, I was ordered by the imperial court to be the chief political envoy of Nanjing, and also a member of Qinghe Taoist Yu Chenglong. Greetings, my lord!" He kowtowed three heads and knelt down to obey orders.

"Yu Chenglong!" Jin Fu's eyes flickered coldly, and he asked sharply, "Are you going to gather people to resist the governor?"

"My lord..." Yu Chenglong burst into tears, swallowed hard and cried out, but he couldn't say what he said next.An old man in the crowd stumbled over and knelt on the ground, his head was covered in muddy water and wept: "My lord, please don't blame everyone. We heard from Geshha of the River Governor's Mansion that the lord is going to break the embankment to release the water. Your lord I am advising everyone to avoid water at high places to the east..."

When Chen Huang looked at it, he was actually the old man with yellow bitter gourd.Looking on the embankment, Zhang Chunming, Liu Deliang, Liu Yinqing and others were all on the embankment, watching Jin Fu with strangely indifferent eyes, and Chen Huang couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in his heart.

Hearing that Yu Chenglong was also persuading everyone to leave here, Jin Fu was a little surprised, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Jackie Chan, please come up. That's very good. Let's persuade the people to leave together so that we can break the embankment and release the water."

Yu Chenglong seemed to be cold, tired and exhausted, he stood up with difficulty, he seemed to be ten years old all of a sudden.Both legs were trembling, and he arched his hands in a bow, and shouted: "Fathers and folks, Yu Chenglong begs you, retreat to the east..." Shouting, tears were running down his face.Seeing him like this, the common people cried loudly and moved slowly to the east stone embankment.

"Break the embankment!" Jin Fu saw that things were going so smoothly.I thought to myself, after all, Tianwei is hard to offend--knowing this, how much tongue I saved!Gritting his teeth, he ordered briefly: "Pick up the soil immediately—Master Yu, Zhenjia! Please come over here!"

(End of this chapter)