Seeing that the wedding date was approaching, Huang E became more and more ashamed, and ran towards Wang Yuan's house every day, and his parents couldn't stop him.

Wang Quan and Wang Jiang were born in Guizhou, but they didn't care about any etiquette, but the more they looked at their future daughter-in-law, the more pleasing they were. The main reason is that this daughter-in-law is too well-behaved, carrying hand-made pastries, a sentence of Abba on the left, a mother on the right, she does not regard herself as an outsider at all, and she is really filial and virtuous.

"Grandma, sister-in-law, nephew and little sister didn't come, this is a gift I prepared for them," Huang E brought a bunch of things, picked out a golden lock and said, "I heard that my sister-in-law is pregnant, so I asked people to put a pair of longevity locks." ”

"Beautiful, really good." Wang Jiang smiled from ear to ear.

Wang Quan sat next to him without saying a word, only caring about silly music. He was a hundred satisfied with his daughter-in-law here, and sighed that she deserved to be a young lady of the official family, and she was more thoughtful than ordinary women, and even thought of the child in the belly of the eldest daughter-in-law.

Wang Jiang took Huang E's hand, stuffed a pair of jade bracelets over, and said affectionately: "Sister Huang family, this bracelet was originally intended to be given to you after passing the door." But your girl is too painful, Grandma can't help it, so I'll give it to you now. This pair of bracelets is not expensive, I hope you don't dislike it. ”

Huang E smiled so much that his eyes were bent into a crescent moon, held the bracelet and said, "As long as it is given by Grandma, even if it is a stone, I will definitely treat it as a treasure." ”

"This girl is too good at talking." Wang Jiang was so happy that he couldn't do it.

As for the eldest brother Wang Meng, he has been soaking in the stable these days to take care of Ah Hei's three-month-old son.

Wang Yuan bought two mares for Ah Hei to be his wife, one of whom had given birth to a pony and the other was pregnant. Wang Meng has been obsessed with horseback riding since he became a local official, and he didn't know how to enjoy it when he came to the capital this time, so he ran all day to serve a few horses, and rode a horse around when he had nothing to do.

Gemonodo.

Wang Yuan received a notification from the servant and immediately went out to greet the guests.

There were two guests, both in their sixties. One is named Xia Ang, who is currently the left waiter of the Ministry of Works; One is named Li Xing, a eunuch of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

"Mao Qi Gong, Li Gong, I took the liberty to invite you, it's really disturbing." Wang Yuan bowed.

Xia Ang smiled and returned the salute and said: "Bachelor Wang wants to govern the Yellow River, which is a major matter of the country. The old man knew very little about the management of the Yellow River, so he had to bring Li Gong with him today. ”

Li Xing hurriedly said: "I, a eunuch who has long since retired, dare not be such a respectful title for two. ”

Before his retirement, the eunuch Li Xing had assisted in supervising numerous construction projects. This person has very strong business ability, and his corruption ability is also very powerful, he was impeached by the official a few years ago, and Li Xing actually took out 400,000 taels of silver to buy his life!

Wang Yuan invited the two of them to the study, took out a large pile of materials and said: "Since I was instructed, I have looked through the historical materials of this dynasty on river governance, and I have some doubts and need to ask the two gentlemen for advice. ”

Xia Ang said: "The old man has never managed the Yellow River, so I am afraid it will be difficult to help. ”

Li Xing said with a smile: "Bachelor Wang, the key to governing the river in this dynasty is only four words, that is, 'dredging in the south and blocking in the north'!" ”

"Something to do with Caoyun?" Wang Yuan asked.

Li Xing nodded and said, "Exactly." To put it mildly, once the Yellow River bursts, it doesn't matter how many people drown, the most important thing is not to affect the luck! ”

Wang Yuan sighed: "I understand. ”

Li Xing reminded again: "Although Bachelor Wang is brave, when governing the river, he must also pay great attention to safety, and beware of people in Henan and Shandong who do unbearable things!" ”

Wang Yuan was speechless.

was ordered to run to control the Yellow River, and had to beware of the local people rebelling and killing people, this kind of thing happened once in the Hongzhi Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty's plan for the management of the Yellow River was very unscientific. Regardless of the actual topographic trend, regardless of the situation in the middle and upper reaches, only the downstream rivers are built with dikes and rivers dug to divert the water. Even if someone made the right suggestion, it was not accepted by the imperial court because it cost too much.

Li Xing pointed to the map and said: "Although the western and central parts of Henan are also flooded from time to time, they don't need to be paid too much attention to. The real key to river control is the generation of eastern Henan and western Luxi, and every time the Yellow River bursts, it will lead to the interruption of water transportation. Build an embankment to the north of the river to defend, dig a river south of the river to divert the river, and force the Yellow River to flow from the Huaishui into the sea! ”

This is the reason why the people want to kill the officials who control the river, and the brainless blocking of the north and the south will inevitably cause the south bank of the Yellow River to flood, and the people on the south bank are forced to work hard.

Wang Yuan did not know much about the situation of the Yellow River, and asked, "Why does the course of the Yellow River always move north?" In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi and the third year of Zhengde, the north bank of the Yellow River broke twice, and the river also moved north. In the fourth year of Zhengde, the north bank broke again, and the river moved directly north for one hundred and twenty miles! ”

Li Xing explained in detail: "Because there is too much sediment in the Yellow River. Since Taizong moved the capital to Beijing, Cao Yun has become the key to river control, and every time it diverts and discharges floods on the south bank. The terrain of eastern Henan and western Luxi is flat, and the water flow speed of the Yellow River is not fast, and it diverts to the south every time, resulting in more and more sediment precipitated on the south bank, and the terrain on the south bank is naturally higher than that on the north bank. ”

"Understood." Wang Yuan had a headache.

In order to stabilize the transportation of the Yellow River, the plan of the Ming Dynasty to control the Yellow River is simply to quench thirst.

The whole process is cyclical: the south bank is higher, and if the flood is raging, the north bank will inevitably burst, and the river will move north. In order to keep the water transport, an embankment was built on the north bank and diverted on the south bank, forcing the river to be difficult to move. Under the sediment precipitation, the terrain on the south bank is getting higher and higher, and the embankment on the north bank is also getting higher and higher, and the course of the Yellow River is rolling back and forth, often rolling for hundreds of miles!

Wang Yuan muttered to himself: "It can't go on like this." Blindly blocking the north and dredging the south, the river and the embankment continue to rise, and after a hundred years, the big water will be sent again, which will cause the land of eastern Henan and western Lu to become a country. ”

Li Xing spread his hands and said, "Then what can be done?" If Master Wang wants to do it once and for all, he must start to control the river from western Henan and central Henan. But in this way, the amount of work is too large, and the silver of the imperial court is not so much. In addition, it will inevitably delay the luck, and there are dozens of millions of people in Beijing waiting for dinner! ”

Wang Yuan had a plan in his heart.

If the Yellow River is to be truly harnessed, two prerequisites must be met: first, to open up a sea transport channel and reduce Beijing's dependence on the Grand Canal; Second, improve the financial situation of the imperial court, otherwise don't try to persuade the emperor and the household to pay for the money.

It's hard!

Wang Yuan took a hot potato this time, so he could only continue to play the game of "blocking the north and sparse the south", and temporarily solve the current dilemma. The people on the north bank of the Yellow River will praise him, and the people on the south bank of the Yellow River will hate him, because the essence of "blocking the north and spacing the south" is to lead the flood from the north bank to the south bank to flood!

Field visits must be carried out and appropriate programmes must be developed to minimize damage to the south bank.

Alas, a headache.

I don't want to think about it, let's get married first, it's too bad to control the river.