The lady came back embarrassed, Song Jiu didn't know how to settle it, but when he went to court a few days later, almost all the officials stared at him with strange eyes.

Song Jiu had no choice but to pretend not to know.

In fact, he was uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of demon moth Zhao Pu would make.

But he saw a turnaround right away.

This year, the Yellow River has a big incident again, the Yellow River from the Huazhou Fangcun River embankment occurred a large area of breach, the surging river water is like a wild horse that has escaped, rushed to the south, along the way flooded Pu Caoji several prefectures of countless people's fields and houses, after a long journey of nearly 1,000 miles to Pengcheng (Xuzhou), into the Huai River, as Song 90 years ago said, the victory of the Huanghuai Division.

There was such a big flood, and the people were dumbfounded.

Regardless of whether the Song Dynasty's emphasis on people's livelihood is true or hypocritical, after more than ten years of propaganda, people-oriented has become the slogan of the whole country. At least in the Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty, disaster relief methods reached their peak.

However, the area affected by the disaster is too large, and there are too many people affected.

How can so many people be relieved and how can they be rebuilt after the disaster? How is this river managed?

Zhao Kuangyi called all the important ministers to the political hall for discussion.

He first looked at Song Jiu.

Song Jiu shook his head.

He said it a few years ago. It can be cured, but it cannot be cured.

At that time, the water and soil had not been so seriously damaged, Guanzhong was still the best cultivation area in the country, and the riverbed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River had not yet been raised.

The Song Dynasty was no longer good, and the entire upper reaches of the Yellow River were completely destroyed, and the section of the Yellow River has not changed significantly since the Eastern Han Dynasty. The sediment has become a hanging river. There is a method of governance, the upstream shall not be cut down indiscriminately, carry trees to prevent sand, the middle and lower reaches of the construction of a number of canals to assist, and then the water and sand washing. However, the Song Dynasty did not have the manpower and financial resources to support such a large project.

Therefore, the only way is to come to the soldiers and the water to the earth. In that case, Zhongshu can do it, and he is the prime minister of Xifu and has no right to intervene.

The deliberations were fruitless that day.

So it was widely recruited. Pool the wisdom and efforts of everyone. The officials below also had no choice but to propose to levy 100,000 people to repair the river.

Zhao Pu forwarded these opinions to Zhao Kuangyi.

Zhao Kuangyi was very dissatisfied, and starting from Song Jiu, the imperial court gradually adopted the labor relief. But because the officials are greedy for ink. There were all sorts of contradictions. If it is used on a small scale, it is okay, but if it is used for 100,000 disasters, it is not possible to do big things. And where to go and immediately recruit 100,000 victims. Or levy 100,000 people to block the breach? If it is not handled well, and the people are already dissatisfied, because they have been affected by the disaster, and start a riot, then something even more serious will happen.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi said coldly: "In the past, the Hancun River was decided, and the expropriation of the people did not play a role, but seriously disturbed the people. ”

So he sent 100,000 troops to control the river, and even in order to express his determination to govern the river, all the money and silk used were transferred from the inner treasury, and the money and silk of the three national treasury were not used.

Zhao Pu and Zhao Pu of Zhao Kuangyin Dynasty were two different things, if it was at that time, Zhao Pu recognized Song Jiu's suppression, Song Jiu would be more sad, so Zhao Pu agreed. Then the two of them deliberated, and they had to choose someone to take the lead. Chose to choose, and Guo Shouwen was chosen to protect his service.

Looking at Guo Shouwen's experience again, Pan Mei captured Liu Gang alive and sent him to Beijing to offer victory, Song Jiu also dealt with this person at that time, and he was not impressed, but he knew that he was very good at sycophancy.

When Li Yu entered Beijing, Guo Shouwen advised him not to commit suicide.

Pacified the northwest.

In the third year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Kingdom, Guo Shouwen once led the Song Bo two states to break the water with 4,500 dingsai.

Should be recommended by Zhao Pu, this person is still capable.

Guo Shouwen went to the front.

He didn't cut corners and filled the embankment with silicon.

If you want a strong embankment, it is better to use a stone cement dam, and now that the cement is out, the cost is too high. There is also the fish scale pond that was invented later in history, which also allowed Song Jiu to get it out in advance, and it was also expensive. In addition, the cage stone method launched by Qian in the Qiantang River is not low. There are also cheap methods, the cheapest is to fill with soil, which only costs manpower. Either the were reinforced with sandbags, which were common in later generations.

But in the Song Dynasty, if you want good quality, the most common is this kind of silicon.

First, a large number of woven reed ropes and oversized and extra-long bamboo ropes are used, and the reed ropes are used to tie and strengthen the "silicon" and act as a woven bag; The bamboo rope is used to run through the "silicon" and act as a fiber rope so that the "silicon" can be pulled and dragged to the designated area by manpower.

Then the reed rope is densely spread on the wide and flat ground, then a layer of thick branches and thick reeds is laid on the rope, and then the reeds are poured with soil and gravel blocks, and then the operation is repeated according to this production order, and when the shape of the filling is about 10 meters high and about 10 meters long, the reed rope is tightly tied at the end, and the "silicon" used to block the river is completed.

In fact, its principle is the same as that of the cage stone method, fish scale pond, and cement dam, which is to use these ropes to turn the entire river embankment into a whole and increase its firmness.

Guo Shouwen didn't cut corners, and the 100,000 troops staying in the capital didn't dare to be lazy, and the scene was spectacular.

Everywhere there were soldiers who were pressed by black, dragging the "silicon" one by one to the edge of the breach, bolting them to the huge piles, and then throwing them into the river to block the battle.

But this year, the rain was particularly severe, and the river was always rushing like a galloping horse.

No matter how much labor is invested, or how many stones and big "silicon" are invested, they are all washed away by the river in the blink of an eye.

Not only that, but many areas in Shaanxi and Hebei were also affected by waterlogging.

However, Guo Shouwen tossed from May to September, and this breach has not yet been filled, and no matter how he tosses, the river still flows eastward into the Huai River, resulting in no harvest in the vast disaster area in spring and autumn.

It can't be said that Zhao Kuangyi did something wrong, if the water potential energy is a little smaller in the middle, let Guo Shouwen block it, and reduce the disaster, it is worth the price, and if it is not blocked, it will be a joke.

Of course, heroes can't be judged by success or failure, at least Zhao Kuangyi wants to be, and he also wants not to disturb the people, and his intentions must be good.

Guo Shouwen had no success in Huazhou and did not dare to return to the capital.

Zhao Kuangyi doesn't blame him, he learns from the pain, this temporary cramming is definitely not a way, since there is no way this year, don't let it happen again next time.

So I thought of an ancient way. Yaodi.

If the flood season is fierce, you can open the steep gate and put the water in this buffer zone to store and discharge the flood, and if the first embankment is broken, it can be used as the second embankment to defend the rear.

Zhao Kuangyi sent two groups of officials to set off, Chai Chengwu and Ge Yan followed the north bank of the Yellow River, and Zhao Fu and Guo Zaiyuan followed the south bank of the Yellow River. West from Ha Duong. Go east to the sea and inspect the ancient remote embankment.

Soon Zhao Fu went to the book, there was a remote embankment, and Zhao Fu didn't know what to do with it. But there are only one or two hundreds. There will be many difficulties in rebuilding now. First of all, I don't know how much money and manpower are used, and the amount of work is too large. Secondly, the tidal land between the remote embankment and the river embankment is fertile, and the farmers who make a living from it are particularly dense. Once the beach is used as a flood control zone, how many households will be displaced, where will they move, how will they earn a living, and how much will the state lose in taxes?

Therefore, it is not a way to build a remote embankment, if you want to solve it, there is only a water division, the north and south banks imitate the outstanding water, each open a steep gate, enter the Wang Mang River (Shandong Ningjin Husu River) in the north to pass through the sea, and enter the Ling River in the south to pass through the Huai.

It is even said that if Song Jiu said that if the water is divided, it will make it more gentle when the water potential is gentle, resulting in faster sediment precipitation, that is, the use of a steep gate to adjust, imitating the imperial court according to Song Jiu's proposal, at the junction of Bianhuang and Huang to place a sand storage lake, close the steep door when the water potential is small, and discharge water from the sand storage lake to the expanded Wang Mang River and Ling River when the water potential is large, so that the river water quickly enters the sea. At the same time, it can also be transported by boat to irrigate farmland.

Whether this proposal is right or not, it makes Zhao Pu embarrassed.

It's not as simple as dividing the water.

If you want to divide the water, you must expand the Wang Mang River and the Ling River, especially the section of the Ling River, and dredge the water to help the water, as well as the six or seven hundred miles long Huangou water from Liangshanbo to Pengcheng.

What about money?

Originally, this matter might not be over, but Zhao Kuangyi still called all the important ministers to the political hall, looked at everyone, especially stared at Zhao Pu fiercely, and stared at Song Jiu at the end and said: "Repair the defense and break the block, you can't get yourself, and Qiu Lin recommends surrendering, and the people are suffering, is it a widow?" ”

Song Jiu was a little dizzy.

The Yellow River becomes more and more difficult to govern the further it goes. I remember a post in my previous life, saying that the Southern Song Dynasty was able to stand, but it was the Yellow River that flooded many times, which made the Jin Kingdom miserable, and it was not able to take down the Southern Song Dynasty in one go. This definitely doesn't work, what kind of family foundation did Jin have when he rose? At least it's better than then. However, it also illustrates the situation of the Yellow River after the Northern Song Dynasty.

There is no way to cure it.

There is no way to govern it, but there is no national strength to govern it.

Zhao Pu said on the side: "Yaoshui soup is dry, the times dictate, Your Majesty is hard and diligent, too self-responsible, and the ministers are afraid of it. ”

"Zhao Qing, and Zhu Qing, don't hide it." Zhao Kuangyi glanced at Song Jiu dissatisfied.

Who is the most proficient in water conservancy, Song Jiu, he started in water conservancy.

Song Jiu had no choice but to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, the Yellow River is gradually becoming a hanging river, how to govern it, I said more than ten years ago that national strength cannot be realized." If His Majesty only plans for fifty years, the ministers have a way. ”

"Fifty years."

"It's good to be able to guarantee that there will be no major events for 50 years. The population is not large today, and if the population growth rate in the past ten years is 50 years, the population may triple the population. Then these big bursts of the levees may cause bigger things and drown more people. ”

"But fifty years ......"

"Your Majesty, how much ability to do a lot of things, now the national strength is still limited, and there is still Yan Yun unsettled. Therefore, divide the order, first give a way to deal with it for fifty years, and after fifty years, Yanyun will take it back, and the country will be stronger, and there may be a better way to solve it. ”

"Then you can talk about this fifty-year strategy."

"The minister first said the embankment, and some people in the court said that the embankment is remote, and there are actually auxiliary embankments, such as the moon embankment, the grid embankment, and the wisp embankment. If it is divided again, there are also embankments, sub-embankments, and embankments. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Kuangyi was at a loss.

The others were also stunned.

Most of them are nouns invented by later generations, and they are not understood together.

"In fact, in addition to the temporary rescue sub-embankment, there are only two kinds of real division, one is the internal auxiliary embankment, and the other is the external auxiliary embankment. The inner auxiliary embankment is the remote embankment. The rest are external auxiliary embankments. ”

"Outside the embankment?"

"It is an auxiliary embankment built on the river embankment, such as a wisp embankment, and then a small embankment shaped like a silk wisp is built on the river's side, which has two functions, the water is small and binds the river, so that the river water will not calm down, so that the river sand will not settle. Secondly, during the flood season, it can resist the first wave of attack force for the main embankment, and from the analysis of the principle of force, with the embankment, the pressure of the main embankment will be reduced. The moon embankment is somewhat similar, but the two main embankments, in the dangerous section of the river will retract the main embankment, and build a half-moon shaped main embankment in the rear, so there is no need to build a thousand miles away embankment, and the embankment breaking accident can be reduced by half. The lattice embankment is also similar to the wisp embankment, but it is not in the form of a wisp, but in an irregular lattice shape, it is mainly used in a long straight river section, and the reason why the embankment bursts is mostly due to the impact force generated by the flow of water. But now there are lattice embankments outside the main embankment, so the river water near the main embankment is not easy to flow, which protects the main embankment well. The nature of the embankment is similar to that of the moon embankment, but in the opposite direction, and the main embankment is built on the side of the river to make the water detour and not directly impact the main embankment. The embankment is directly added to the main embankment to strengthen the river channel below the main embankment and resist water pressure and impulse. The sub-embankment is used when rescuing, if the flood water is fierce, it is too late to pick up the mud and stone from the rear to raise the embankment, then directly take the mud from the inner side of the main embankment to heighten, if you don't understand water conservancy, it is best to use less. ”

"Why didn't you say it?"

"The affairs of the minister's western mansion are busy, and it is a matter of overstepping his duties, but when he saw the government and the opposition talking about it, the minister took the time to ride to the Yellow River and turned around carefully, and he came up with it."

Zhao Kuangyi snorted.

If I hadn't forced you twice today, I'm afraid you wouldn't have said it. (To be continued......)