At the beginning of April of the second year of the Taisheng of the Chinese Empire, Weishui in Shaanxi, Fenshui in Shanxi and Luoshui in Henan rained heavily, and the river water swelled, and the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains were all ditches, and the water was overflowing, and the embankments of Weishui, Fenshui, and Luoshui were overflowing, and many fields on both sides of the river bank were flooded. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

By the end of April, the continuous heavy rain continued for more than half a month, and the continuous drainage of the confluence into the Yellow River, the mother river of the Central Plains, mixed with a large amount of sediment, caused the water level of the Yellow River to rise sharply.

First of all, the Fenglingdu of Tongguan was flooded, and then, Pinglu and Shaanzhou cities were poured by the surging Yellow River, and Mengjin, Xingze and other prefectures and counties on the edge of the Yellow River were even more miserable by floods, the water flooded the city wall two or three miles away from the river bank, the city wall that had been in disrepair for a long time was washed and invaded by the flood, and could not bear it, the county town foundation sat down and swelled and collapsed in dozens of places, and the river water poured into the city, and these county towns alone, there were tens of thousands of houses collapsed, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

The most serious are the two cities of Gongxian and Xingyang, where Luoshui flows into the mouth of the Yellow River, and the mounds and hills in the city are also soaked in water, the water has invaded the city wall several feet deep, the temples and houses of the government office have collapsed, and tens of thousands of acres of wheat fields outside the city and on both sides of the river beach have also been submerged.

In late April, the heavy rain in Shaanxi and Shanxi gradually became lighter, but it did not stop.

Feng Yunshan, who had just arrived in Lanyang County, received the news of heavy rain in the upper reaches of the Yellow River for several days, so he led 50,000 soldiers of the B7th, B8th, and B9th Divisions and the Taiping Army's Naval Division to march up the river and escort a large amount of grain and other materials to the flood-stricken land for relief, but when they arrived at Kaifeng Fucheng, they could no longer walk.

After receiving further reports on the detailed disaster situation in various parts of the Yellow River Valley, Rao is Feng Yunshan was mentally prepared and was still surprised. He still hadn't fully anticipated the severity of the flood, to the point where he couldn't have predicted it.

Nearly more than ten prefectures and counties were flooded, and hundreds of large and small villages in the Luoshui, Weishui, and Fenshui areas were flooded, and the specific number of victims was not clear now, but fortunately, he rushed to transport countless grains and other materials through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in February and March before the heavy rain and rising water, and hoarded them on the highlands.

Due to the surging tide of the river, it was impossible to sail, so Feng Yunshan had to order 20,000 people from the 7th and 8th Divisions to lead 30,000 people recruited on the spot to escort the hundreds of thousands of stone grain transported by boat by the original sailor, and go to Gongxian, Mengjin and Shaanzhou and other places further upstream along the official roads along the coast to help the victims.

However, most of the official roads were also destroyed by the floods, the roads were cut off, muddy, and it was difficult for grain trucks to pass, and the 7th and 8th Divisions and Minfu who were providing disaster relief were in trouble, and it was difficult to move 20 miles for a whole day.

In desperation, Feng Yunshan had to personally order that the Puzhou Mansion, Jiezhou Mansion, Pingyang Mansion in Shanxi, as well as the Shaanzhou Mansion in Henan, Luoyang City in Henan Province and other places, open warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the victims, and then the empire bought or returned. However, in this way, it is difficult to clarify the natural accounts, and false reports and false reports by local officials occur from time to time, but Feng Yunshan can't take care of it so much, and will help the victims first. The human-centered thinking of later generations influenced him to a greater or lesser extent, and in his view, everything could be rebuilt as long as people remained.

At the same time, he gave a death order to the 20,000 soldiers of the 7th and 8th Divisions, only a small amount of military rations prepared by themselves, overcoming all difficulties, abandoning ox carts and wagons, and rushing to the affected prefectures and counties along the Yellow River Valley, forcing local officials and gentry near the disaster to open warehouses and release grain, and make IOUs in the name of the empire, and return them or pay for them in the future.

Under the threat of force by 20,000 soldiers of the captive army, the affected localities began to provide relief and release of grain, but it was still inefficient, and in desperation, Jiang Tianyi, commander of the 7th Division, ordered that the officers and men of the captive army directly take over the official warehouses and the rice shops of large households in the city, recruit people and victims on the spot, and cook porridge to help the victims. With each company as the basic unit, they dispersed and went into the wilderness of various villages and arranged for the people affected by the disaster to go to the bazaars and county checkpoints to set up disaster relief porridge shops to eat.

At the same time, they also organized troops to patrol everywhere, and found that some people took advantage of the flood to loot and cause chaos, and executed them on the spot, so as to stabilize public order in the disaster area.

Moreover, with the intervention of the soldiers of the begging army, the disaster relief has the backbone, plus some enlightened squires in the local area, whether it is sincere disaster relief or deliberately showing favor to the empire, they take the initiative to open warehouses and release grain, assist the captive army to arrange food and lodging for the victims, provide medicinal materials, sprinkle lime disinfection, and the work of disaster relief has gradually entered the right track, as the flood slowly recedes, some states and counties began to rebuild their homes, and the banks of the Yellow River began to return to their former prosperity.

However, there are still many people whose houses have been destroyed and their belongings have been emptied, and many of the victims of the disaster have not entered the city with their families, but have fled in all directions on their own, going directly to the north or south, men, women and children, wandering to other places to beg for a living, and many people still starve to death and die of disease, and many human tragedies are still staged, which is difficult to avoid.

Fortunately, there are not many of these tragedies. After receiving the report, Jiang Tianyi immediately dispatched the two remaining battalions directly under the division headquarters to organize a group of local militia groups led by the squires to intercept and block the blockages everywhere, and asked the local officials to organize government officials and township officials to spread propaganda and guide the victims to eat outside the prefecture and county seats.

Indeed, if it had been in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, due to financial relations and the fact that local officials were eager to corrupt more money and food for disaster relief, disaster relief was not effective. After such a great flood, the people's livelihood must have withered and starved to death. Now, because of the new establishment of the empire, but also because of the attention of Emperor Feng Yunshan, he directly imitated the army sent to disaster relief in later generations, and under the deterrence of 20,000 soldiers and soldiers of the captured army, the newly attached local officials did not dare to disobey, but may indeed want to make a good impression in front of the new master, and open a warehouse to release the old grain that was not his own over the years.

For a time, the Yellow River was surrounded by hundreds of miles, and disaster relief could be seen everywhere, and the disaster relief was also vigorous, so that the people affected by the disaster stretched out their hands to be grateful. Many victims even worshipped Feng Yunshan as the Jade Emperor of Heaven and came to save the people from suffering.

At the same time, in order to prevent the plague after the flood, the captives had already made preparations, brought lime and rice vinegar, and sprinkled lime and rice vinegar around the shelters where the victims were temporarily living to prevent the breeding of diseases.

The people of this era are like this, as long as they are given a bite to eat, they are honestly obedient, even if they don't understand why they do this, they will explain themselves that this is the method used when Dayu controlled the water.

The water level in the Henan area of Shaanxi Province is slowly receding, and the disaster relief is in full swing, but the downstream Henan, Lanyang and Kaocheng areas at the junction of Zhili and Shandong are a different scene.

The flood water accumulated by the torrential rain in the upper reaches converged into the first wave of huge flood peaks, which had arrived in Kaifeng Fucheng at this moment.

Feng Yunshan stood on the embankment of the Yellow River in the north of Kaifeng, looked at the rolling river, and turned his head to look back at Kaifeng City, which was almost under his feet, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

There is no ancient city in the world that can be as plagued by disasters and disasters as Kaifeng, and has been flooded repeatedly, but after each flood, it has risen again and again. The Yellow River gave birth to Kaifeng, but the flood brought endless disasters to Kaifeng, covering the past glory of this thousand-year-old capital in the ground, and countless prosperity was finally sealed in the dust.

Feng Yunshan thought of the huge disaster at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River was selfishly broken in Kaifeng, and the turbulent yellow water rushed like a huge thunder, submerging the entire originally prosperous Kaifeng City under water, 300,000 people, only 20,000 or 30,000 escaped. This prosperous Bianliang has since collapsed, and it has not returned to its former prosperity until 200 years after the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan secretly decided that when he had the opportunity in the future, he must control the Yellow River well. And this time, I must do my best to save the world at any cost.