Chapter 170: The Haihe River Plan

What Zhu Qizhen thinks is not right.

Because the term Haihe River only existed in the late Ming Dynasty. However, the action on the map of the Haihe River was the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, which advocated that the Haihe River must be cured radically, and millions of people were mobilized, and I don't know how many canals were built, and finally the Haihe River channel of the later generations was formed.

From this one, the Haihe River is said to be an artificial river, and it cannot be said that it is completely wrong.

Ruan An said: "If you look at it widely, the flooding of the Lugou River has never been an exception in Hebei. The rivers in Hebei have a characteristic, that is, they originate in the Taihang Mountains, and the seasonality is very strong. ”

"And most of the rivers are not well drained, silted up in the triangle lake, Desheng lake, Wuguan lake, Baiyangdian, these countless river depressions, connected into a piece, if the rain is heavy, it will be connected together, when the time comes, thousands of miles, a ** like the sea."

"The people are not in the midst of the flood."

Zhu Qizhen now sees this large area, and there is a shocking feeling.

Who can believe that there are so many lakes in Hebei. And the Dadian that Ruan An mentioned, from the current geographical point of view, is from the west of Tianjin to Xiongzhou.

And this is not only here, there are several such lakes in Hebei.

It's not as big as this one lake.

After really understanding these situations, Zhu Qizhen even had an impulse not to fight any tiles, just to manage the chaotic water system in this area.

This is also why in the Han and Wei eras, Jizhou was also rich in the world, and Hebei was enough to establish a country, but although the capital of the Ming Dynasty was Hebei, Hebei could not support the war in the north at all.

If you think about it, almost every few years there is a major flood, and a large amount of fertile land has turned into wetlands. These lakes may seem small, but when they are flooded, they swell up like balloons.

The link between water conservancy and agriculture is extremely dense.

In such a situation, it is no wonder that Hebei's agricultural production can be good.

Ruan An said: "For the long-term peace and stability of the imperial court. According to His Majesty's will, the management of Hebei's various water systems should be regarded as one. All the rivers in Hebei will be included in the Wei River and enter the sea. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The Wei River undertakes a section of the canal, so will the canal be cut off." ”

"What Shousuke said is extremely true." Ruan An said: "I have already discussed this matter with Senior Mu Jing. In doing so, the canal will not be cut off, but will increase the amount of water in the canal. Let the canal traffic increase significantly. ”

Yang Shiqi stopped talking, and said secretly in his heart: "It depends on your performance." ”

People think that the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is an important economic lifeline, but in fact, they all think highly of the canal.

Because the carrying capacity of this canal is not large, it also needs a lot of maintenance.

The highest record in the Ming Dynasty was 630

Wanshi is the record of the Xuande period. Later, it was set at four million stones, probably because the imperial court felt that this amount was the most economical.

It can also supply the needs of the imperial court, so as not to waste money and labor.

Even so, the transportation volume of the imperial court family almost filled the canal.

Many times, there are boats next to each other on the canal, especially when crossing Shandong, it is normal to queue for several days before the locks.

It takes a year to transport grain.

It can be seen that the Grand Canal is not used as imagined.

Where is the volume of transport.

Of course, this area of Shandong is a bottleneck area. After all, when you cross Shandong, there is a lock next to a lock. Other places are better to ask for a little.

This is not to say that the canal is not important, if it is not important, the Ming Dynasty will not form one, the canal city belt, is a prosperous area in the north than in the south. Suffice it to say that the canal is far from being as important as it seems.

Ruan An saw that Yang Shiqi didn't speak, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

It can be seen that Yang Shiqi has accumulated power.

immediately said the plan for the Haihe River in Zhu Qizhen's mind.

Nguyen An first set the general principle, that is, all rivers should be subsumed into the canal and flow from Tianjin into the sea. But there are many places that need to be carefully explored.

It will not be possible to start construction for a while.

But there are two projects that have been decided.

The first is the project of connecting the triangle lake to the Wei River, which is not too big. After all, the two are not far apart.

The second project is to widen the section of the Wei River into the sea.

That is, the Wei River goes down from Tianjin to the sea.

This section of the river is known as the Hai River.

Without widening, this channel simply cannot support so much water from here into the sea.

What to do with the rest of the other rivers is not discussed for now.

Immediately, Nguyen An turned to the top of the Lugou River.

Ruan An said: "There are several principles for the repair of the Lugou River, the Lugou River is not a triangular lake, but flows into the North Canal. From the North Canal to Tianjin, the Weihe River flows into the sea. ”

Second, cut the bend and straighten. Reduce river damage to dams. ”

"The third is to adopt the method of harnessing water and attacking sand. Relieves sediment accumulation on the riverbed. ”

Ruan An led the eunuch to fetch a map from below, which was the map of the Lugou River Basin, on which there was a newly drawn river channel, which was directly connected to the North Canal from the upper reaches.

It is the new canal prepared by Nguyen An.

Li Cheng listened and said, "What is the method of attacking sand with this bundle of water?" ”

Ruan An listened, smiled slightly, and said: "Li Gongbu, please be calm and don't be impatient, let me be, and explain one by one." ”

"Why, let the Lugou River bypass the triangle and connect with the North Canal, but because of the urgency. Connect the triangular lake to the canal, to

What will happen in the end, for a while, we are not sure. ”

"At least one thing must be determined, whether the water of the lake in the triangle lake will be poured into the Wei River, this one thing, we are not sure. However, the current situation of the Lugou River is urgent. ”

"Therefore, it is imperative to control the Lugou River first."

"Only by making the Lugou River like the sea can the lower reaches of the Lugou River be unimpeded. So new rivers had to be dug up. ”

"As for cutting the bend and straightening it, it is naturally because of the newly excavated river channel, which is naturally done at the same time."

Everyone nodded secretly.

What is such a big plan to control all the rivers in Hebei, these ministers in front of them are a little skeptical, doubting whether the emperor can do it. However, the governance of the Lugou River is what everyone is looking forward to.

After all, everyone is in Beijing, and it is painful to cut the skin.

Ruan An said: "As for harassing water and attacking sand, it was His Majesty the Emperor's genius that came up with such a wonderful method. ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled lightly and said, "Ruan Qing doesn't need to be too humble, I can still take your credit, go on." ”

After listening to Zhu Qizhen's words, the ministers below suddenly understood.

Seems to understand what's going on? It must have been Ruan An or Mu Jing who came up with it, but they just wanted to put gold on the emperor's face. But what they know is what they know, but they are naturally sensible people, and they will never break it.

"Yes." Ruan An said: "Come on, go to the sand table." ”

For a while, more than a dozen strong men came up carrying two large tables.

These two large tables are full of all kinds of sand and stones. There is also a river in the middle. Buckets of water were brought in.

There is a rocking waterwheel on it.

As soon as you shake it, the water in the bucket is lifted into the table, and it flows down the river on the table from another place.

At this moment, Ruan An's eyes lit up, and an inexplicable charm emanated from Ruan An's body, and even suppressed the demeanor of other people in the court for a while.

Sure enough, when a person enters the realm of his own pride, he needs a kind of self-confidence.

Today's Ruan An and the usually cautious Ruan An don't look like a person at all, but Ruan An himself didn't notice it. He seemed to be still immersed in the emotions of Zhu Qizhen explaining these four words to him at that time.

Ruan An said: "The natural principle of the world is also the water conservancy." And the reason why sediment accumulates in various places and raises the riverbed is because the water speed has slowed down. ”

"Therefore, to speed up the flow of water, the water force can cut down, and the riverbed can naturally be cut deep, and there is no need for manpower to do it, which is used by people under the pretense of heavenly power."

Many things are worthless, but before they are spoken, they are isolated. As soon as Ruan An said this, the people below became a little weird.

Even Yang Shiqi couldn't hold back a little and asked, "Eunuch Ruan, this is true." ”

Ruan An said: "Naturally, it is serious. ”