Chapter 774: Impeachment of Li Jie
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"Well, Cao Qing is right, it is necessary to take precautions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Then Cao Qing might as well say, how to take precautions? ”
After Lu Chengqi "thought deeply", he asked Cao Fangdao.
Cao Fang was stunned for a moment, he said like this, how to take precautions, but he didn't know: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he will send grain, money and silver to relieve the disaster......"
Lu Chengqi shook his head and said, "If the flood is coming, the roads are impassable, and the vehicles and ships are not working, how can we transfer food and money?" ”
"Your Majesty, it is necessary to dredge the river, or cover it with heavy labor, block the breach as soon as possible, and maintain the embankment ......."
Lu Chengqi still shook his head and said, "Now that the Yellow River is roaring, how to dredge the river?" In addition, the sediment of the Yellow River has been silted up for a long time, which is quite serious, and the water potential of the Yellow River is almost about a zhang higher than the surrounding houses. There is a river, which is also a drop in the bucket, and it will break sooner or later. ”
Cao Fang thought about it for a long time, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he said after a long time: "Your Majesty, the ministers are shallow in their studies, and they can't give advice to Your Majesty, so they are really afraid!" ”
Lu Chengqi said lightly: "There is a specialization in the art industry, and I don't blame Cao Qing." It is necessary to know that "what you get on paper is shallow, and you must do it if you know this", if there is no real strategy for water control, it is better not to talk about it! ”
Although these words are not serious, they can be heard in the ears of civil and military officials, and they know that Cao Fang's career should end here. What the little emperor hates the most is people who can only speak and don't know how to do; What I hate even more is the kind of person who does not do it right and says it even more outrageously, Cao is the latter. was remembered by the little emperor, and in the end, it was difficult to get ahead. Not long ago, Cao Fang was promoted to Shangshu Lie Cao Shilang, who was a member of the third grade, but when he was full of ambition, he got carried away. Today, they were rejected by the little emperor one by one, and all the officials were secretly snickering.
Cao Fang retreated to the ranks of the civil and military officials, and Lu Chengqicai looked around at everyone and said, "There is no need to worry about disaster relief. All over Henan Province, there are often closed positions. According to the report of the Supervision Department, there is surplus grain in all localities that are often closed, and they can tide over the difficulties. As for the channel of the Yellow River, I have already sent Li Jie, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to dredge it, and it is expected that it will be a breach, and it can be blocked immediately......"
Before the words fell, someone below shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has objections!" ”
After that, one person walked out first, and Lu Chengqi recognized that this was Doctor Yun Feng. Lu Chengqi frowned, he really wanted to remove Yun Feng from his position, but he couldn't catch his sore feet. This man is so annoyed that he has to make a statement of opposition in order to show his existence. Yun Feng contradicted him many times, but he was not dismissed, which made the temper of the ministers grow, and he "had doubts" and "did not dare to agree" at every turn...... Anyway, in the imperial court, there has never been a unanimous voice.
"In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, Shanghu Si broke in Lanzhou, and the Yellow River was diverted to the north, flooding several states in Hebei, and the soldiers and civilians were displaced. At that time, the imperial court sent Song Qi, a scholar of Hanlin, and Zhang Yonghe, the governor of the city, to inspect the breach in Shanghu and calculate the manpower and material resources needed to block the breach. Emperor Shangjuan said that the Shanghu Breach was about 557 steps wide, and 104,168 soldiers and river workers were conscripted, and the breach could be blocked in 100 days. Soon, Ding Du, a scholar of the Guanwen Palace, said: "In the year of the Heavenly Sage, it will take several years to prepare for the blockage of Huazhou before we can start the river service, not to mention that the blockage of Shanghu is particularly heavy this year, why not dredge the river to reduce the water, so as to wait for the next year to block the breach?" Emperor Shi Xian was worried about the loss of labor and money in the Daxing River Campaign, the huge project to block the Shanghu breach, and the use of reducing the water of the North Stream, so he did not immediately block the breach. Later, Jia Chang said to the upper level, "Please go down to the Jingdong Prefecture Army to build the old embankment of the Yellow River, divert the water to the east, gradually restore the old road, and then plug the two mouths of Henglong and Shanghu, and always be of great benefit", that is, he advocated the construction of the old embankment of the Yellow River, blocked the Henglong and Shanghu passes, cut off the north flow, and returned to the old road of Hedongdong. At that time, the imperial court had not yet sent envoys to inspect the Yellow River breach, but only asked the officials above the waiting list and the Taiwan officials to discuss the interests and report to them. In December, Jia Changchao again stated the benefits and disadvantages of returning to the river: since the Henglong breach, the Yellow River no longer passes through the old traces of Xingyu from the lower reaches. Although there have been river rupture in all dynasties, the river has not crossed the north of Yunzhou and Puzhou, and the east of Weizhou and Bozhou. The Henglong River through which the Yellow River runs is already too heavily silted, especially at the mouth of the sea, and cannot be dredged. After the Shanghu was diverted, the Henglong River stopped with one-third of the original river water, and the three rivers of Jin, Chi and You downstream were all blocked, and the river water polluted the people's fields and even the sea. If the Khitan Hu rode south, it would be a disaster for the country not to return to the east of the river. Because the Yellow River is no longer in its old course, the fertile fields in Cangzhou, Dizhou, Binzhou, and Qizhou will inevitably suffer from flooding, and the tax will not be 12/12. According to the law of the ancestors, the country relied on the Yellow River to consolidate Kyoto internally and limit the enemy horses externally, and now the Yellow River flows north, losing this barrier. At that time, the national situation was complicated, coupled with the army's northern expedition, and the inability to restore the river, the first emperor just asked Guo Quan, a bachelor in Hanlin, and Lan Yuanyong, who entered the ** province, to discuss the benefits of restoring the old road with Hebei and Jingdong again, and reported to the heavens. ”
Lu Chengqi patiently listened to him finish this history, and then asked, "What does Yun Qing want to say?" ”
"The ministers are brave, please Your Majesty take care of the people, follow the example of the first emperor, and never make a big deal of river service, and work the people and lose money!"
Seeing Lu Chengqi asking rhetorically, Yun Feng immediately seized the opportunity and admonished: "At the same time, the minister also wants to impeach Li Jie, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who spends millions of dollars and silver in the treasury every year, but has little effect on controlling the river. ”
Lu Chengqi's heart tightened, and he said in his heart: "It's time to come or ...... to come."
Sure enough, many people followed Yun Feng and shouted, especially Li Ran in the imperial history.
After a long time, Lu Chengqi said lightly: "Li Qing has made great contributions to governing the river, how can he withdraw?" The first person in water conservancy is the only one, changing generals in battle, and the soldiers are taboo. Moreover, governing the river is a national policy set by me, how can we say that it will be changed, because of choking, we will waste food? After the impeachment was dismissed one by one, the monarchs and ministers broke up unhappily......
In Henan Mansion, in the pouring rain, a young man in an official uniform looked worriedly at the newly strengthened Heti.
"Li Xianggong, is this diversion method really good?"
A folk man also asked worriedly, his house is under this daimyo's mansion, if the diversion fails, the first to be submerged must be his home.
"During the Qin Dynasty, there was already Dujiangyan, and the method of diversion should be available."
Although Li Jie was worried about the embankment, he had been cleaning up the silt for more than a year, strengthening the river, deepening the riverbed, and he was not afraid of the Yellow River bursting. After the diversion, the Yellow River will return to the east and flow into the sea, and it will flow back into the old river, which is already a sure thing.
Of course, as a generation of skilled craftsmen, Li Jie naturally understood the truth that the riverbed should be dredged, and the eastward flow that had dried up before had already been dug into a deep riverbed by his people. The river was dredged before it overflowed. After the sluice gate was opened today, the river flowed into the east branch like an angry dragon, and after a while, the flow of water was visibly reduced.
Seeing this, Li Jiecai showed a hint of a smile: "I finally passed this level, ......" (to be continued.) )