It is no exaggeration to say that half of the reason for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was that it was played to death by the Yellow River.

Before the Song Dynasty, from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow River was in a long period of 'safe flow', and there were basically no large-scale floods, and the people in the Yellow River basin also enjoyed more benefits than suffered from the Yellow River.

However, since the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River has reversed its previous state, from a gentle mother river, to a tyrannical Yellow Dragon, starting from the first break in the first year of Jianlong, almost every year, or even every few years, so that if the Yellow River did not flood in any year, the historian would definitely write 'It is the year of Hening, so that the record is full of a sense of happiness.

Every time the Yellow River bursts its banks and floods, it will not only bring disaster to the lives and property of the people, but also consume huge manpower and material resources every time it fights floods and rescues. But if you can cope with it year after year, that's fine. It's nothing more than the country working hard and the people suffering, anyway, everyone has been used to it year after year for nearly a hundred years.

But what's worse is that this kind of negative tinkering can't solve the problem, it's just a negative improvisation, and when it can't be made to a certain extent, a terrifying diversion will occur.

The Song Dynasty was unfortunate because it had to pay for the excessive destruction of the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River by the Chinese nation since the Han and Tang dynasties. Today's official Zhao Zhen is even more unfortunate, he has to pay for the success since the founding of the country.

In the first year of Jingyou, the Henglong section of Jingdong burst, and the flood that burst out of the embankment swept away people and animals, overflowed the boundary of the Daimyofu, and then turned to the north. Since then, rivers have been plagued frequently in the Central Plains, and for nearly 80 years, there has been no peace .......

And that's just the beginning. Fourteen years later, on June 6 of the eighth year of the Qingli calendar, an auspicious day. The Yellow River bursts the embankment in Shanghu, the capital of Lanzhou, the width of the breach is nearly one mile, and the turbidity waves empties the yellow water and surging, and spreads across the northern part of the Central Plains.

After these two times, the Yellow River was completely diverted, and its water changed to the north, passing through the east of the Yellow River in Henan and the west of the Daimyo of Hebei, crossing the Hebei Plain, joining the Yuhe River, and then entering the sea through the Jiehe River.

It only takes one or two more disasters of this magnitude to destroy a country.

After the disaster, it has become the consensus of the government and the opposition to control the Yellow River with the strength of the whole country, but around the question of "how to govern it", from the emperor to the ministers, are involved in endless debates.

There is no way, in this era of famous ministers, there are too many talents in the world, everyone has their own ideas, everyone firmly believes that only their own ideas can solve the problem, so the quarrel began, and the gods and goddesses fought for reason, repeatedly exploded each other, quarreled red-faced, and tried their best, and quarreled for four years, and did not set a plan.

After the diversion, the Yellow River had a four-year lull period, which was also the golden period of water control, and it was wasted meaninglessly by these fools.

Four years later, the Yellow River burst its banks again at Guogukou in Tao County, the Daimyo Mansion. It took five months to reclose the levee, but officials who visited the channel reported that the mud in the waterway was accumulating and that the water was in danger of overflowing the levee and collapsing again.

The official finally lost patience and ordered the minister to come up with a plan immediately. At this time, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty has been replaced by Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi, when the two took office, the whole country was jubilant, called "the virtuous minister is in the court" The virtuous minister is different, they found out the most suitable one from the various plans, and jointly reported to the official family 'The river enters the six towers, the plan, that's it, please start work immediately!

This plan was proposed by Li Zhongchang, an official of the River Canal Division, who proposed to dig a six-tower canal under the Shanghu Junction to divert the Yellow River to the east of Henglong. In this way, the breach of the embankment at Shanghukou can alleviate the disaster and make it easy to block. Especially once successful, it can become a permanent waterway of the Yellow River, with which the main river can pass the flood peak safely, so that the Yellow River will never be in trouble! ，

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As soon as this perfect plan was proposed, it quickly overwhelmed the previous most promising plan, "Jia Changchao, the former prime minister and judge of the Daimyo's Mansion", which proposed 'restoring the old way', which was approved by the officials.

As a result, the powerful administrative apparatus began to operate, and manpower and material resources were assembled on the Liuta River, ready to solve the Yellow River flood once and for all.

At this moment, Ouyang Xiu returned to the capital, and after learning about this girl, he suddenly exploded his lungs, what kind of human head pig brain must be this to come up with?

He immediately wrote a book, bitterly criticizing this stupid plan as soon as it became clear, colleagues, this is to reduce the water of the largest river in the north! However, it is a prefecture-level river that does not enter the sea that undertakes this glorious task, and if the volume is insufficient, the water of the Yellow River will inevitably be poured back into its original course, and the pressure on the upper reaches will increase dramatically. Ouyang Xiu's categorical assertion that the upstream will collapse at that time! "Fast update, no ads, Bayi Chinese 81zw"

At the same time, Ouyang Xiu also put forward his own plan for the Yellow River to burst, and even to divert it, because the downstream is blocked, whether it is to strengthen the river embankment or restore the river, it is all a symptom but not a cure, and if you really want to solve the problem, you will repair the mouth of the Yellow River. The water flows eastward, and the canal flows freely. This is the right way!

The chapter was handed over, and it was also published in the newspaper, which naturally caused it

The whole country is a sensation, and people are looking forward to him turning the tide again.

However, Ouyang Xiu even went up and down, all of them sank into the sea, and there was no response .......

He was ignored, and after Fan Wenzheng went, the most prestigious official in the Great Song Dynasty was ignored nakedly.

In Ouyang Xiu's political life, this taste was so familiar that he didn't have much anger, only a ............ full of sadness, and people's hearts were really broken.

After trying to no avail, Ouyang Xiu, who had always been full of fighting spirit, couldn't help but feel negative, so in today's conversation with Chen Ke and others, there was a lot of depressed meaning.

Leaning on the Hu bed, looking at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window, Old Ouyang said lightly: "San Lang, why did you mention this?" ”

"The students went to inspect it and saw that the Yellow River was 200 steps wide." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "The Liuta River is only more than forty steps, and it will not be tolerated. And since the diversion of the Henglong downstream, it has been filled into high land, and the east and west embankments are either in or dead. It's completely incompetent for the river. If the imperial court really wants to use the Liuta River plan, it can, but it must dig the Liuta River to more than 100 steps, and the Henglong Old Road must also be desilted and dammed, but this project is ......, without ten years, millions of people, and hundreds of millions of dollars, I am afraid that it will not be possible. ”

"San Lang, you have impressed the old man again", Ouyang Xiuji nodded appreciatively and said: "With these words alone, you can be called the minister of the society!" As he spoke, he said, "You're right. In the spring of last year, the water of the Liuta River was slightly passed, and the water of the Yellow River was only two or three percent, and it had already submerged more than 30,000 households in several prefectures and counties along the river. At that time, the people of Hedong will all be fish and turtles! ”

"It's not that hard, is it? As long as you go on a field trip, you can almost draw conclusions. Chen Ke was puzzled: "Why don't the princes of the court and the central government believe it?" ”

"It's not that they don't believe it, it's that they can't believe it." Ouyang Xiu sneered sarcastically: "San Lang, you haven't stepped into the officialdom yet, you don't understand, in the eyes of politicians, the right or wrong of the matter itself is not important, the important thing is that you can't be wrong!" ”

"The flooding of the Yellow River is a carbuncle of my Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and it is getting worse." Ouyang Xiu said with a sarcastic expression: "Such a fundamental project, whoever succeeds in his plan will have infinite prestige. For example, if Jia Ziming's 'method of restoring the old way' is adopted, he will immediately have the capital to make a comeback. ”

"Speaking of which, I don't have long eyes", Ouyang Xiu said with a wry smile: "Wen and Fu Erxiang and Jia Ziming fought for a long time, and it was easy to establish the method of 'River into the Six Towers, they will inevitably think that I am demolishing their platform and helping Jia Ziming." ”

"Moreover, the law of 'the river into the six towers, the law has been under construction for more than a year, if the change is stopped, where will the faces of the officials and the rich and rich ministers be placed?" Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh and said in a cane voice: "People will change, San Lang, the old man is too self-conscious, so it is right to make a fool of himself." ”

"But you haven't changed, teacher." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "So you are stronger than all of them." ”

"Don't learn from me", Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said, "Otherwise, you will have to be like me and stand aside for the rest of your life." ”

"But I won't learn from them!" Chen Ke said categorically: "Right is right, wrong is wrong!" I don't believe how long a country that turns black and white upside down can exist! ”

"Hehe......" Ouyang Xiu's eyes once again showed a look of appreciation, and he pulled his beard and said, "Good boy, just like when I was young."

"Teacher, isn't it okay to boast?"

"Oh, hahaha......", Ouyang Xiu laughed loudly, diluting the melancholy a lot.

"Teacher, you can't give up!" After he smiled, Chen Ke looked at him fixedly and said: "You often teach us that it is the responsibility of a gentleman to protect the country, protect the people, and protect the right path!" ”

"That's right", Ouyang Xiu's spirit also perked up: "Even if I jump into the Six Towers River, I must stop them!" ”

"There's no need to jump into the river." Chen Ke smiled and said: "How to stop this soon-to-finish project, can the teacher have a good idea?" ”

"If I had an idea, how could I be here and sigh?" Ouyang Xiu said: "What tricks does San Lang have?" ”

"I don't have a very good way", Chen Ke said with a wry smile: "But summing up the lessons of the teacher's last failure, it is nothing more than going deep alone, so it has not formed a momentum." On the other hand, the voice of the Liuta River is so high that it is almost expected, and it has the full support of the officials and ministers, so the teacher was not unjustly defeated. ”

"Hmm." Ouyang Xiu nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"So teacher, you must find a sufficient number and weight of supporters!" Chen Ke said: "Only then can there be a possibility of a war!" ”

(To be continued)