In March of the second year of Jingtai, due to the heavy rain in September last year, the impact of the Yellow River Kaifeng diversion was very small, the sky cleared day after day, and the land became dry and hard.

Everything recovers, the earth warms up, and everything can start all over again.

And things, as Xu Youzhen expected, after the more than 50,000 conscripts were sent home, they were very friendly to the court when they reunited with their children's families and came back.

Before Xu Youzhen could speak, they all said that they would do their best to control the floods for the imperial court, and they would work harder than last year.

Just before Xu Youzhen was ready to show his strength and manage the river before the river surge in the winter moon this year, a bad news made him angry.

On this day, he came to the governor's Henan River Yamen and shouted: "Xu Gong, come out to see me!" ”

Xu Gong is the governor of the river in Henan for a long time, and has been serving here since the orthodox year, which can be said to be deep-rooted, and he also has a part in repairing the river in the thirteenth year of orthodoxy.

It's just that whether it's positive or negative, it's not necessarily.

Xu Gong was sitting in the hall, and when he heard that someone came to greet him, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Why is the capital hall so angry?" ”

"This official asked you, did you order the breach to be blocked at the end of September last year?" Xu Youzhen didn't enter the main hall, so he stood in the courtyard with him.

Xu Gong was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I thought it was something, it turned out to be such a trivial matter!" ”

"If Lord Dutang asks about this, the embankment in Huaxian and Puyang was blocked by the order of the lower officials, why did he suddenly ask about this?"

"Why don't you consult with me?" Xu Youzhen saw that he said it so easily, and he was even more angry, and said: "Do you know that the area of Huaxian and Puyang must not be blocked!" ”

"What's the matter?" Xu Gong saw that the minister of water control sent by the imperial court did not give himself face as the local governor of Caoyun, and his face sank.

He walked back to the main hall, took his seat, and said:

"Dutang has not forgotten that my official position is the governor of Caoyun, and it is my duty to ensure the smooth flow of Caoyun from Shandong to Henan."

"Is it that the capital hall is in the south of the Yangtze River to check the lake, and only knows about the flood, and I don't know how much damage it will bring to the imperial court if the water transportation is not smooth?"

Xu Youzhen looked at him coldly, brushed his sleeves and said: "You blocked the breach in the winter of last year, and you will also make a decision in the spring and summer of this year, this is simply short-sighted and futile!" ”

"Oh?" Xu Gong sneered and asked rhetorically: "Now that spring has begun in March, the lower officials dare to ask Dutang, is there a referendum?" ”

"It's not me who said, Lord Dutang, you take care of your water control, I take care of my Cao Yun, I only care about the Cao Yun caused by the diversion of the Yellow River in Huaxian County and Puyang."

"The rest, the subordinate can't control anything."

"It's like playing the piano to a cow!" Xu Youzhen was a little angry: "That's how you ensure the smooth flow of luck?" Every year, the decision is diverted, just block the matter, and decide again next year? ”

Indeed, in his opinion, this is a layman shaking his wit, and the key is his own wit.

What's more, Xu Gong's practice of only caring about his own political achievements has affected his achievements in controlling the water, can he not be angry?

The two of them, to put it bluntly, are doing things for their own political achievements.

Xu Gong, as the governor of Henan Caoyun, ensuring the smooth flow of Henan Caoyun and keeping his own black yarn hat is naturally a top priority.

As for how many victims will be caused by the breach again this year, flooding the people's fields, and causing many victims, what does this have to do with him, and the big deal is to block it with cheap sand and gravel.

As long as it does not cause widespread damage like last year's, it is not a big problem.

And even if the imperial court tracks it down, it can't trace him, the governor of Caoyun, and the only ones who are implicated are the two leaders of the Minister of Water Control and the Ministry of Industry.

Xu Youzhen's rule of water is not for the sake of the local people, but for the sake of turning over his salted fish, returning to the capital as an official, and taking a step forward in his career.

If you put it up like this, you will naturally not deal with each other.

The two were silent for a long time, and suddenly a soldier ran in, and when he came in, he lay on the ground and shouted: "Oh no, Governor, the new embankment in Huaxian County has been broken again!" ”

"What did you say?" Xu Gong sat up suddenly, frowned, and said, "How can it be so fast?" ”

The soldier said: "The scope of this flooding is even larger, and nine out of ten in Huaxian and Puyang have been affected, so the Yellow River has been diverted from Weihe, a tributary of the Haihe River, to Tianjin through Cangzhou!" ”

"Tianjin, isn't this going to make trouble in Kisuke?" Xu Gong was shocked in his heart.

This is a big deal, in previous years, it was blocked, but I never thought that now it was diverted to two places, and the entire Henan Kaifeng and Zhangde Prefectures were affected by a wide range of disasters.

This is not the most important thing, if it is really as the report said, this time the Yellow River will be diverted, it will be changed all the way from Henan to Tianjin, across Kifu.

At that time, I'm afraid that there will be disaster victims in Kisuke, and this matter will be a big problem!

"Governor, find a solution! Now the streets are full of victims, and Fan Guang, the left deputy chief soldier of the Beijing Battalion, who was ordered to supervise the water control in Henan, is leading people to the river yamen! ”

Xu Youzhen looked at him and laughed.

"I told you not to consult with me, now it's okay!"

"Let me tell you why this year is different from previous years, because the tributary of Kaifeng Prefecture, which was diverted last year, has already merged with the embankment of Huaxian County!"

"This was originally a small disaster, after you stupid pig turned upside down, most of Henan was affected, you are really to blame!"

Xu Gong only felt that his mind was blank.

He has been the governor of Caoyun for more than 20 years, and every year Huaxian and Puyang have to burst the embankment, and he has directly blocked it every year, and there has never been a major incident.

Even some disaster victims can use all kinds of overt and covert means to coerce and lure them to shut up.

But I didn't expect that because I didn't understand the river defense at all, I made a big mistake this year.

Not long after, a sound of footsteps came, and Fan Guang broke into the river yamen with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, looked at him and said, "Xu Gong! You blocked the breach without authorization, so that Henan was affected by a wide range of disasters, and if you are not killed, it will be difficult for the people to be angry! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, give me the right to act cheaply, come! Pull this thing that is not enough to succeed and more than enough to lose to the entrance of the vegetable market and cut it! ”

Seeing Xu Gong being taken out, Xu Youzhen exhaled.

"Today's matter, I will explain your majesty, and ask your majesty to punish me for the crime of disposing of ministers without authorization." Fan Guang came to Xu Youzhen and said:

"Now we can only rely on Dutang, the county has burst, flooding many people's fields, if you don't deal with it quickly, I'm afraid it will affect this year's harvest."

"The people can't eat, and they have to blame the court."

Xu Youzhen naturally knew what Fan Guang was from, this was the emperor's most trusted general, and he no longer hid it, he nodded directly and said: "Don't worry, Huaxian and Puyang are two tributaries, because this Xu Gong built an embankment without authorization, and the embankment broke when it merged." ”

"Now Huaxian County bursts the embankment, the water potential is very large, when dredging, plugging, dredging at the same time, in order to have obvious results. The general army quickly led the Shenji battalion to Puyang and dug up the river embankment built by Puyang last year to ease the water potential. ”

"What, dig up?" Fan Guang was stunned, not knowing why.

The embankment was only built last year, so why should it be dug up?

But soon, without waiting for Xu Youzhen to explain to him, Fan Guang turned around directly and said: "Order the Shenji Battalion, go to Puyang, and break the embankment to slow down the water!" ”

Then he turned around, hugged his fists and said: "Henan floods, all entrusted to the capital!" ”