With the strong support of Rong Zhu, coupled with Li Minquan's help, the third master finally agreed to Hongqing's overall plan, and went to the chapter of governing the river in the name of the first initiative, Hongqing, Chen Qidong, Rong Zhu and officials above the fifth grade in Henan Tong Province all signed and sent it to Beijing in the form of an urgent report to present it to the imperial review.

On July 19, the forty-third year of Kangxi, the third master's recital arrived in Beijing, once the content was announced, the dispute between the DPRK and China abruptly arose, but because it was the time to clear the arrears of the matter of chasing the comparison, although the parties had a lot of objections to the chapter of the third master, they did not attack in groups, only the imperial history Wan Fangmin was adhering to the meaning of the eldest brother, and jumped out in the big court to lash out at the third master's father and son's move is a strange trick, grandstanding, it is really inappropriate, and then, the prince's side also questioned the river control plan, thinking that the consumption is too huge, and it is very inappropriate to work on the people and lose money. The ministers were in an uproar.

In the face of the repeated doubts of more than a dozen courtiers, the old man went against the normal state of letting the ministers talk in the past, and angrily trained all the courtiers who came out, pointing out that Wan Fangmin's evil words confuse the public and mislead the country! In the court, he was demoted to six levels in a row, demoted to the lieutenant of Haikang County in Leizhou (now Hainan Island), and the rest of the officials in the early years were all recorded, and the performance appraisal was demoted.

The old man has already had such a big attack, and who would dare to repeat Wan Fangmin's mistakes, as for the better way to control the river, it is really embarrassing for the courtiers, not to mention the side, this Manchu Dynasty Wenwuli, there are few who know how to govern the river, and it is all half a bucket of water, how can there be any better good strategies to offer, so the voice of criticizing the third master has just risen, and it has completely disappeared, and there is the pressure of paying off the debt, and the courtiers really can't take care of the third master's river governance practice, Just a few days of hard work, the third master's river control excerpt can be regarded as passing the court meeting, the old man in the Kangxi forty-third year of July 25 issued a clear edict, approved the third master father and son to play.

On July 29, the forty-third year of Kangxi, the old man's edict was sent to Kaifeng, and the speed of the reply was so fast that it was really staggering, not to mention others, even Hongqing, the initiator, did not expect that the old man would attack those who had different opinions like this at the court meeting, and after thinking about it carefully, he still vaguely guessed some of the roots - the wind of debt settlement is flourishing, and the power of rebound is greater. And the reason why the old man is suddenly strong and high-profile this time, in addition to really recognizing the third master's excerpts, more intentions are actually to deter the ministers and stabilize the upcoming situation.

The old man's intentions are undoubtedly good, but in Hongqing's view, it is just a waste of effort, the court situation should be chaotic or will be chaotic, and it is not because the old man is strong and high-profile that he can really suppress the scene, without it, no one among the brothers is happy to think that the fourth master can really succeed, besides, the big guys owe a lot of silver taels to the treasury, isn't this kind of debt just taking money out of the big guy's pocket, is it tolerable or unbearable, not to mention that a large number of the brothers have now been paid off and chased by the wind of mourning. It also needs the brothers to fight back together, otherwise, just the complaints of his subordinates will be enough to annoy all the brothers to death.

Jingshi is sure to be chaotic, Hongqing also hopes that Jingshi can be a big mess, otherwise, how can it reflect the wisdom and ability of the third master, of course, that is all later, at the moment Yu Hongqing is concerned, the most important job is to govern the river, only if this matter is done safely, their father and son have the capital to triumphantly return to the dynasty to clean up the mess, otherwise, no matter how chaotic the Jingshi is, the old man may not be able to remember that there is a capable third master outside, obviously, only the work of governing the river has come to an end, The father and son of the third master only have the capital to cross the imperial situation, for this reason, without waiting for the arrival of the old man's edict, Hongqing has already begun to act according to the predetermined plan, with the full cooperation of Rong Zhu and Chen Qidong, in less than half a month, the preparations for blocking the Yellow River break have been completely ready, just waiting for the third master, the son of heaven to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and it can officially start.

On the seventh day of August in the forty-third year of Kangxi, it was sunny, the blue sky was cloudless, the time was approaching, tens of thousands of strong people from Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other prefectures were mobilized into more than a dozen phalanxes, all lined up next to the Yellow River breach outside Lanyi County, a high ten zhang of the earth platform, the flag was displayed, the first Ming Yellow Dragon Flag fluttered in the wind, its three masters faced the Yellow River, stood proudly, behind them also stood Hongqing, Chen Qidong, Rongzhu and other local officials, all of them stood silently, waiting for the arrival of the time to sacrifice to heaven and earth.

"The hour has come, play music!"

As soon as the hour arrived, a Ministry of Rites Lang official was already full of luck, shouted wildly, in an instant, a group of drummers placed under the high platform immediately played hard, the drum music was noisy, but saw the third master holding the book of telling heaven and earth, slowly walked up a nine-step step on the high platform, stood at the highest place, shook his hand, slowly spread out the book of telling heaven and earth, swept the many phalanxes under the high platform, took a deep breath, calmed the tension in his heart, and quietly waited for the sound of drums to stop.

"The sky is above, and the courtiers love Xinjueluo? Xuanye has something to do, now the Yellow River bursts, the people are in trouble, the ministers can't bear it, and they specially tell the Emperor of Heaven...... Smell it as above! ”

Suddenly, the drum music stopped, the third master cleared his throat slightly, carried enough air, and began to read the book of the book to heaven and earth, as soon as the words came out, everyone present knelt on the ground in unison, and there was no sound, only the magnetic voice of the third master echoed between heaven and earth, and the whole ceremony was particularly solemn and solemn.

"The reclamation has begun!"

The full text of the document to tell heaven and earth is thousands of words, all of which are awkward words, and it is also thanks to the third master's eloquence, a lengthy prayer was actually read out in one breath, and there was almost no pause in the middle, after the announcement, the third master not only saw sweat on his forehead, but his cheeks were also as red as Guan Gong, but he couldn't even take care of the atmosphere, tried his last trace of breath, and loudly announced the beginning of the landfill operation.

"Wow!"

The third master gave an order, and everyone responded, and the action of filling the breach immediately began in full swing, but listening to the sound of the trumpet, a team of people carried a huge iron cage to both sides of the breach, and even though there were thousands of people who had been waiting on the side lined up to step forward, and smashed the boulders into the iron cage.

"One-two, pull, one-two, pull!"

The iron cage is not placed directly on the ground, but placed on several wooden boards covered with iron sheets, under the board there are several low wooden stakes a few feet high, and there are several thick ropes trapped on the pile, connected to several winches, as the iron cages are all filled, since someone stepped forward to lock the iron cage completely, then I saw a local official who had been standing near the iron cage waved the small red flag in his hand, shouted loudly, and a group of strong men responsible for pulling the noose worked hard, Soon all the wooden stakes near the river bank were pulled down.

"Boom ......"

As the wooden stakes at the bottom of the plank fell down in turn, the whole plank immediately tilted up, and even saw the huge iron cage slowly sliding under the action of gravity, although the speed was not very fast, but its momentum was unstoppable, and it was not long before it was smashed into the river, like a landslide and the earth cracked loudly, splashing several feet high huge waves, whiskerly, after the waves leveled, the original turbulent river at the mouth of the mouth was suddenly slowed, and several large whirlpools suddenly rose, making a burst of ghostly roaring sounds.

"Throwing rocks!"

As soon as the river slowed down, the river officials who had been waiting at the breach shouted loudly and gave an order, and immediately saw the crowd surging, countless light clothes filled with sacks full of earth and stones were constantly thrown at the breach, tens of thousands of people launched together, without stopping for a moment, the width of the breach was rapidly healed at a speed that could be discerned by the naked eye, and when noon approached, the original width of the breach of more than 200 zhang had gradually shrunk to less than ten zhang, and at this time, the water flow that had eased down suddenly became turbulent again. All the bags of earth and stones thrown by the people were rushed away, and the landfill at the gap was once again in danger.

"Shangzhen River Sacred Cow!"

The gap could not be closed for a long time, and the officials standing on the high platform couldn't help but be a little anxious, but Chen Qidong didn't care at all, because in most of his life's river control career, such a situation had already encountered many times, just a loud roar, there were nearly 100 strong men or pushing or pulling a large flatbed truck, shouting and shouting, slowly walking under the high platform, along the newly filled river embankment all the way to the gap, not a few moments, with a burst of trumpets sounding, The huge bronze sacred cow was pushed into the gap by all the people in unison, and the huge waves were suddenly emptied, and when the waves disappeared, the turbulent water had eased down, and the people who stayed on the side saw this, cheered and threw the earth and stone bags to the gap again.

"Close, close!"

"Fill it in, hooray, hooray!"

"Heaven bless, close, long live!"

……

The end of the hour is coming to an end, the sun is already slanting in the west, with a burst of cheers bursting up, the gap in the river embankment that has been raging for nearly three months is finally tamed by everyone, not only the people below cheered, but also the high-ranking officials standing on the high platform also jumped up, high-fived each other, and laughter and laughter resounded.

Good job, finally done!

In a jubilation, although Hongqing did not follow the joy, but his face was also filled with a smile of joy, just because of this crucial first step, there is a solid foundation for the river control matters behind, but this is not the most fundamental reason for Hongqing's excitement, for Hongqing, the real meaning of the closure of the breach is that their father and son have been able to get out of the river control matters at any time, as for the rest of the specific practice, Chen Qidong and Rong Zhu can do it, Hongqing's heart is no longer here, His eyes have already turned to the Jingshi who is about to rise in the storm!