Dong Zhongshu came over this time, obviously there was something else, but he didn't say it clearly, and he was going out with Huo Quai.

The two of them went out of the forbidden army hall, Dong Zhongshu used Confucian kung fu, and the mountain sound of cowhide blowing: "The power of heaven and earth is added to my body, and I can cross a hundred miles in one step." ”

Suddenly, a Confucian force operated, enveloping Huo Quzhi and Dong Zhongshu, and the two disappeared suddenly.

The location that reappeared was ten miles north of Chang'an, and the military mansion was not far away.

"The master wants to bring me to the military mansion, why use such a big battle?" Huo Quzhi blinked.

Dong Zhongshu said embarrassedly: "I can really take a hundred miles in one step, but because I took you, I got closer." ”

Huo Quzhi snorted: "This is closer? It was reduced from 100 miles to 10 miles on the outskirts of the city. ”

"The old man asked Huo Hou to see my Confucianism's real methods."

Dong Zhongshu took out the Confucian holy relics, a knife left by Xunzi back then, and blew up the second wave of cowhide: "I walked out in one step, a hundred miles in an instant, two steps, three steps, four or five steps, faster and faster, farther and farther." ”

The relic's knife slashed out of thin air, as if cutting through the void.

A force enveloped Huo Quzhi and Dong Zhongshu again.

There was a glimpse of light in front of me, and this time I really went out of the distance in an instant.

Huo Qu took a look after he fell ill: "This time it has to be eighty miles." ”

Dong Fuzi was also a little puzzled: "I don't know what's going on, I can't go far with you, maybe you're too heavy."

The soldiers kill too many people, and my Confucian spirit can't carry it. ”

Huo Quzhi rolled his eyes and said: "You just say where to go, I will take you." ”

"Go along the river."

The Great River is the name of the Yellow River in the Han Dynasty.

Not earlier, Huo Quai's blessing was on the top, and Master Dong also took the remaining three, four, five or six steps.

The void in front of him retreated, like flying.

To the north of Chang'an, hundreds of miles is the place where the water of the Yellow River is rushing.

30,000 miles of rivers into the sea, 5,000 miles of mountains on the sky.

After walking hundreds of miles, the sound of roaring in my ears grew stronger, and the air became moist.

A big river in front of it is magnificent, and the water and sky are rushing, like a huge lake hanging upside down and pouring for thousands of miles.

Huo Quzhi and Dong Zhongshu landed on a cliff overlooking the Yellow River.

This is probably around the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River.

It was almost evening, the sun was setting over the long river, and the weather was majestic.

Dong Zhongshu stretched out his hand, the scenery in front of him changed, and he moved to another position dozens of miles away, and the water he saw became more and more powerful, rushing and surging, and the waves were monstrous, like a yellow dragon roaring.

Thundered!

The walls of the void seemed to be shattered, and the waves were splashing.

"This is a large river basin with magnificent water along its banks. The ancestors of the Han people, all dynasties and dynasties have lived around the two rivers and cultivated agriculture and farmland. ”

Dong Zhongshu's internal qi machine is released externally, connecting heaven and earth.

The situation in front of us changed again.

The two of them stood on a large bluestone on the top of a low mountain, and a little farther below, there was a small county town.

Looking down from above, the sun sets in the afterglow.

In the golden light, the smoke curls from the small town. In the pastoral farmhouse, a little hen with a few chicks pacing leisurely, three or two fat ducks playing in the water, swaying their hips and necks, and their feathers shining in the sunset.

There were also a few farmers sitting in the courtyard talking, smiling brightly.

"This year is a good year, and there are no major disasters, so every household does not have to worry about food and drink."

Dong Zhongshu said in a deep voice: "There are nearly 1,000 small cities along the big rivers (Yangtze River and Yellow River), small cities, counties, and villages. ”

"Eight years ago, Huo Hou, you were only ten years old, and you were in Chang'an, so you probably don't remember what happened.

At that time, the crossing of the great river burst its banks, and there were hundreds of small towns swept by floods along the river, floating and wrecked, and the corpses of domestic animals and people were soaked and swollen and stinky...... That kind of scene, the old man will never forget for the rest of his life, and he still has nightmares to this day. Dong Zhongshu's voice was low.

Huo Qubing vaguely understood the purpose of this first person in the Confucian world, who had to pull himself over.

"At that time, the old man made a grand vow to emulate the great sages of the past and do something for the people on both sides of the strait."

Huo Qubing looked at the small city not far away, and then looked back at the rushing water of the Yellow River.

No matter what side of the world it is, civilization will inevitably depend on the developed water system to derive and develop.

The four oldest civilizations in the world are all thriving along the river without exception.

The Yellow River and the Yangtze River are the mother rivers that feed the Han nation.

But at the same time as civilization, the gruesome floods and droughts have plagued the peoples along the rivers from the beginning of history.

In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and even earlier in ancient times, the Han people began to fight against various floods and droughts while enjoying the fertile soil and irrigation benefits given by the rivers.

Dayu controls the water, and women and children all know.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Wangfu ordered the digging of a canal ditch connecting the Yangtze River and Huaishui.

Although it was not completely completed at that time, it greatly facilitated the economic and cultural exchanges between the people of Wuyue and the north.

In the Warring States Period, Qin Zhi Li Bing and his son presided over the repair of Dujiangyan, which was used for thousands of years.

There are also Zhengguo Canal, the Ling Canal that connects the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, and is known as the three major water conservancy projects in the Qin Dynasty.

During the period of Emperor Wu, there was a huge flood in history.

At that time, the Yellow River gourd burst, and the flood filled Juyeze to the southeast, entering Surabaya and Huaishui, affecting 16 counties, and half of the Han realm attracted disasters.

In the second year of Yuanfeng (109 BC), Emperor Wu came in person and commanded the blockage.

At the right time, Emperor Wu was nearly fifty years old, and tens of thousands of people were killed in the lack of embankments in the Gouzi River, so that the ministers were all paid, from the generals and officers to the soldiers and soldiers, everyone participated in the flood fighting, and finally plugged the gap.

With the respect of the emperor, he personally climbed the embankment to control the water, which was the first time in history.

Afterwards, Emperor Wu mourned it with "Song of the Gourd", and built the "Xuanfang Palace" at the plug to commemorate it.

In the early days of Emperor Wu's accession to the throne, Huo Qu was still sick and had a flood.

At that time, the emperor was still young, and he was also numb, and he was terrified, thinking that it was a catastrophe from heaven.

Although there is cultivation in this world, which can affect the celestial phenomena to a certain extent, it is difficult to resist all the catastrophes and catastrophes that overturn the heavens.

After that time, the emperor deeply felt the weight of the flood, as long as it was to control the water, even if the finances and taxes were tight, he would draw money and make every effort to cure the disaster.

Later, the emperor successively built the Cao Canal, the Longshou Canal, and the White Canal. From Chang'an, the Weishui is diverted to the Yellow River in the east, which facilitates the transportation and irrigates more than 10,000 hectares of land.

"Master took me to see the river and talk about the disaster, what do you want to do?"

Huo Qubing sat down on the big bluestone and looked at the rushing Yellow River.

"I want to build water conservancy and build a big canal."

Dong Zhongshu squatted down on the side and talked eloquently:

"The middle and lower reaches of the Great River Basin are the most prosperous areas for agriculture, commerce, culture, and cultivation in our dynasties, and they are also the most densely populated places."

The Yellow River flows from west to east, which is convenient for the horizontal connection between the east and the west, but not the vertical connection between the north and the south.

This has greatly affected the longitudinal regional exchanges.

Many fertile lands have not been developed for a long time.

This geographical defect has also caused an imbalance in economic and cultural development.

Dong Zhongshu also mentioned the pros and cons of the military:

"In order to ensure the military, it is necessary to transport a large amount of grain and grass, communicate the water transportation between the north and the south, and dig rivers and canals for military operations."

"Successive generations have taken the initiative to use natural water sources, build artificial canals, and irrigate farmland. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Wangfu sent troops and grain to attack the Qi State, and dug canals and ditches. ”

"From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty, the rivers dug in the past dynasties are distributed throughout most of the country.

These artificial canals, connected to natural rivers, can make rivers more accessible, reduce flooding, and increase the number of acres of fertile land.

These waterways were the foundation for my vision. ”

Dong Zhongshu made a final summary: "I want to connect a number of natural rivers or old ditches into one gas, and open a large river connecting the north and south in the territory of our Han Dynasty." ”

Huo Quzhi was very shocked, and quickly pondered Dong Zhongshu's plan.

This old master wanted to connect the old canals along the Yellow River, Haihe River, Huai River, Yangtze River, Qiantang River, etc., and if there were no channels, they would open canals and build them to form a grand canal.

Needless to say, the benefits are economic, military, disaster mitigation and so on.

In the long run, the benefits are good.

The route that Dong Zhongshu said almost covered most of the routes of the Grand Canal in the later Sui and Tang dynasties.

With Luoyang as the center, close to Chang'an, it extends in all directions.

If it can be completed, it will not only enrich the transportation in the inner part of the Han Dynasty, connect the north and the south, but also form a large water network, connecting several natural water systems (the Yangtze River, the Huai River, the Yellow River, the Haihe River, and the Qiantang River), and also make the Han Dynasty stronger.

Promote the development of cities along the route, such as Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other places.

Huo Quai's thoughts changed rapidly, and he thought: With more cultivation in this world, manpower can reach a level that many ordinary people can't do, and the speed of its social development has also been greatly advanced.

The crossing of the First Emperor greatly increased the speed of agricultural and military development.

If it weren't for the ban on the things in the Imperial Tomb, maybe there would be greater differences and changes in this world than in cognition.

Dong Fuzi's idea was born by combining the power of cultivation.

In history, that Dong Zhongshu had never dug a big river.

Well, maybe I had a similar idea, but due to the actual situation, I didn't make the trip.

"Master wants to take a lead and accomplish this, why did he look for me first?" Huo Quzhi asked.

Standing up, Dong Zhongshu smiled dumbly:

"Huo Hou, you were brought up by Your Majesty. You, in turn, have the most influence over Your Majesty.

Your Majesty has unconditional trust in you, and before you said that you wanted to build a ship, Your Majesty immediately agreed after hearing it.

For another person, His Majesty will weigh it carefully before making a decision. ”

"In addition, the construction of this great river requires pouring the bulk of our Han tax revenue, and it will take a long time.

In the process, it will inevitably delay the speed of Your Majesty and Huo Hou to expand your territory. If you don't agree, I'm not sure you'll be able to convince Your Majesty.

The old man observed for a long time, and he was opposed to fighting before, so he hid this consideration.

If all the country's finances and taxes are used to build up the military, the people's livelihood will be delayed and backward, and my plan will not be carried out at all. ”

"So the master thought about it and decided to stand aside with me, first compromise, and then persuade me to build this Grand Canal."

Dong Zhongshu laughed and no longer concealed his purpose:

Huo Hou had never experienced the flood, and he didn't know how terrible the situation was at that time.

If a big river can be built and floods can be reduced, how many people, how many generations of Han people in future generations will benefit from it? ”

"And if this move is successful, it can also further strengthen our big man, increase fertile land, and open up trade. The treasury is abundant, Huo Hou can fight as much as he wants, let me go into battle and kill the enemy. ”

"This is a good thing, I can stand with the master, and your majesty will not object if I think of it."

Alas?

Dong Zhongshu was still thinking about how to continue to persuade Huo Quai, but he didn't expect this person to agree so happily.

Dong Zhongshu was a little incredulous.

He felt that Huo Quzhi was not such an easily persuaded person.

"I am willing to kill the enemy on the battlefield, but the fundamental purpose is also to be strong, and we do not conflict in terms of goals."

Huo Quzhi said: "Besides, the construction of the canal that the master said has some impact on the use of soldiers, but in fact, it has little impact. There are also many ways to fight, and not all of them necessarily require a large army to increase consumption.

I wanted to fight, but the Master couldn't stop me. ”

Dong Zhongshu opened his eyebrows and smiled, smiling like a wild chrysanthemum: "That is, what Huo Hou wants to do, the old man can't stop it, and he won't stop it again." ”

When Huo Qu returned to Chang'an, it was already dark.

In the evening of that day, the camp of the forbidden army, 5,000 elites, rushed to the northwest overnight and waved the army out of the border pass.

Time flies, more than ten days in a flash.

Chang'an is about to enter winter, and the weather in Dawan, thousands of miles away, is still quite warm.

The young lord of Dawan sat in the palace, staring at the greeting post sent by the Han envoy in his hand, and sneered: "The Han people also want my Dawan's horse." Go and tell them that Ma Du gave Kangju and the Dayue clan two countries.

If Han has the ability, he will go directly to these two countries to ask for it, and come to my Dawan, and he doesn't have a horse. ”

At the same time, in Chang'an, Huo Quzhi took out the vertical and horizontal strategy book left by his son.

The son was killed, and there were fewer people to connect the Huns and the body poison, and if they were not involved, the two countries would be missing a link.

Huo Quzhi is ready to act as the driving force behind the scenes.

With the help of this period of time, he passed a message to the Xiongnu on the Jianshu brand: "The Han wants to plot against Dawan, the Dayue clan, and the Kangju are all involved, and you and other grassland departments can also take the opportunity to act." ”

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