Chapter 133: Lugou River

Zhu Qizhen put the Empress Dowager's hand on the palm of his hand.

I only felt that although the skin of the Queen Mother was very delicate, it had withered. It's like a piece of skin, wrapped around the bones of your hand.

There is not a bit of fleshiness.

The Empress Dowager said: "Emperor, I dreamed of Emperor Renzong, he said that he had been waiting for me below for a long time, without me, what should I do if King Han bullied him?" I also dreamed of my second child. ”

"The second child has been a sick boy since he was a child."

"What is he going to do down there?"

The Empress Dowager's words were almost like talking to herself.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Niangniang, can you let go of your grandson?" Don't be cranky, sis, you'll be fine. ”

Only then did the Empress Dowager come back to her senses and said, "Don't worry, I haven't seen my great-grandson, and I can't go to see Emperor Renzong." I am relieved that this Jiangshan Sheji is in your hands. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Niangniang." Don't say anything depressing, grandchildren will invite all the highest famous doctors in the world. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Okay, knowing your filial piety, how is the situation outside?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Jin Ying has been outside, and news has already arrived. Although the rain is not small, the old people say that the rain will not fall for a few days. ”

"Yu Qian is doing things effectively, the waterlogging is not serious, most of the people have been assigned to the temple, and some have entered the palace, Jin Ying has arranged it properly, and there will be no epidemic."

Zhu Qizhen inadvertently achieved the result that the merit was not as good as the work. Jin Ying is working outside, which can be said to be very hardworking. In general, the situation in Beijing is still under control.

Zhu Qizhen waited for the Empress Dowager to drink medicine, and then placed the Empress Dowager to sleep.

As soon as he came out, he found that Wang Zhen was like burning his eyebrows and fidgeting.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "What happened?" ”

When Wang Zhen saw Zhu Qizhen coming out, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Lugou River has burst." ”

"What?" Zhu Qizhen was taken aback.

The so-called blessing and misfortune are not singular.

Zhu Qizhen had ordered the reinforcement of the embankment of the Lugou River before, but he didn't want it to be a gap.

"Several members of the cabinet are waiting for Your Majesty in Wenyuan Pavilion." Wang Zhen said.

Zhu Qizhen didn't say a word, and walked into the heavy rain, and Wang Zhen hurriedly propped up the umbrella on Zhu Qizhen's head. But even so, when Zhu Qizhen arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, there were many places on his body, which were wet.

Zhu Qizhen first changed clothes in the side hall, and then came to the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, and asked Yang Shiqi directly, "What's going on with Lugou River?" Is it the south or the north that bursts the levee? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The north and south of the Lugou River are all decided. The south of Beijing is already a vast ocean. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What's going on? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The harm of the Lugou River has a long history. The Lugou River is often known as the Wuding River. In ancient times, after the Lugou River came out of the West Mountain, it flowed endlessly. There is no fixed river channel at all. Today's river is the Yuan Dynasty with the capital as the capital, reinforcing the river embankment around Shijingshan. But even then, it was not possible to fix the Lugou River. ”

"This is also the characteristic of the Lugou River, which swells sharply between July and August, overflowing the previous river."

"In addition, since the relocation of the capital, the grass and trees in the western mountains have been emptied, and the sediment in the river has gathered, raising the riverbed, which has intensified the frequency of diversion of the Lugou River."

"After the first year of Hongxi, the third year of Xuande, the ninth year, and the first year of orthodoxy, there were big waters, and more repairs were made, but the symptoms were not cured."

Zhu Qizhen recalled that in the first year of orthodoxy, he vaguely remembered that there was such a recital.

But not impressive.

After all, no matter how much of the flood is, there is no threat to the Forbidden City.

At that time, the Empress Dowager handled it for him.

It was only at this moment that he was in charge of the house and knew about the harm of the Lugou River.

Zhu Qizhen took a deep breath and said, "What should I do now?" ”

Yang Shiqi immediately came up with a series of plans to open a warehouse to release grain and close the city gate of Nancheng. He also emptied the official residence to entertain the victims, and ordered the transportation of grain from Tongzhou to Jingshi.

A series of commands.

All aspects are very clear.

Zhu Qizhen immediately agreed.

Zhu Qizhen felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Sometimes he has to admit one thing, for the Ming Dynasty, Yang Shiqi is indispensable, not him.

Yang Shiqi already knew what to do before he met him, but he was just waiting for him to be accurate.

After he left Wenyuan Pavilion, he did not immediately return to the Qianqing Palace, but Wenhua Palace, and immediately reported to Yu Qian.

After half an hour, Yu Qian came.

As soon as Yu Qian came in, Zhu Qizhen saluted and said, "Your Majesty please ask for guilt." ”

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly helped him up and said, "This is a natural disaster, what is the sin of Mr." ”

Yu Qian said: "The minister is the prefect of Shuntian, and the Lugou River bursts the embankment, threatening the capital, and the minister is to blame." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "If I say that Mr. is not guilty, he is not guilty. Zhu Qizhen helped Yu Qian up and said, "Mr. is in the Shuntian Mansion, and he can't do anything at all. It's not my husband's fault that he can't do anything he wants. ”

"It's just that the people are innocent and suffer from this calamity."

"I don't want to have a second time about the Lugou River."

Yu Qian said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Before me. I always think that Beijing is the capital and the foundation of this dynasty, even if the food is not enough for self-sufficiency, it cannot rely on the canal. ”

"It's just that if the Lugou River is not eliminated, it will be difficult for Beijing to be safe."

"Mr. Yu, can you teach me a good idea?"

Yu Qian was silent for a while, and said: "Your Majesty is very loving, and the minister should have tried his best to serve the death, but the minister is not a minister who controls the water, and he doesn't know how to govern the Lugou River." ”

"It's just that the minister thinks that the governance of the Lugou River is by no means limited to the Lugou River itself, and the Hebei water system should be considered as a whole."

Zhu Qizhen said: "How do you say this? ”

Yu Qian said: "Is there a map of Zhili here?" ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "Wang Daban." ”

When Wang Zhen heard this, he immediately turned out the map of Beizhili from the Wenhua Palace. Spread on top of the royal case. Yu Qian took a few steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, please see, the Hebei River is densely networked and connected to each other. It was supposed to be a land of fish and rice. But there is such a river flowing into the sea, which is not too smooth. ”

"Therefore, the land of Hebei is full of lakes and swamps. A lot of wasteland, which seems to be wasteland, is occupied by rivers during the rainy season. ”

"If there is water and you can't use it, it will be turned into a water disaster."

"And the Lugou River is just one of them."

Yu Qian pressed his finger on the Lugou River, and Zhu Qizhen's eyes moved along the curve of the Lugou River, but he found that the Lugou River was actually divided into several rivers downstream.

It seems that other rivers are all confluence of countless tributaries into one channel, but the Lugou River is an exception.

and other rivers in Hebei, divided and merged.

This phenomenon that defies common sense itself shows that the Lugou River is different from other rivers.

This area was the Haihe River valley in later generations.

But now, there is no river called Haihe on the border of Hebei.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know that the situation in Hebei was actually directly related to the Yellow River's seizure of Huai, and most of the rivers and lakes in Hebei.

In the past, they were all tributaries of the Yellow River, and many lakes were the old course of the Yellow River. The Yellow River seized Huai and moved south, bringing permanent damage to Hebei. This kind of water system disorder has been going on for hundreds of years.

This is also the time when the Han and Tang dynasties were the richest in the world in the Hebei area, and they would decline to this state in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that Hebei during the Han and Tang Dynasties could send hundreds of thousands of troops by yourself.

If Hebei is still the same as it was at the beginning, the Nine Sides will not be short of food.

The Hebei that Zhu Qizhen is facing is a devastated Hebei after the Jin Yuan.

You must know that the construction of water conservancy has never been the work of a generation, and the south of the Yangtze River is prosperous today, but it can be traced back to the construction of water conservancy in the era of King Wu Yue. It's not a generational build-up.

Zhu Qizhen looked at this map, he had never thought about it from the direction of studying water conservancy, but now it seemed that it was enough for him to have a toothache.

Zhu Qizhen asked: "Mr. Yu, if I want to rectify the water conservancy in Hebei, how much manpower and material resources will be needed?" ”

Yu Qian said honestly: "The minister doesn't know. It's just a matter of 10 years. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Let's talk about Beijing City first." What is the situation in the city of Beijing? ”

"It's stabilized." Yu Qian said: "After a few days, the city of Beijing will be fine."