In ancient times, there were roughly eight types of natural disasters: drought, water, insects, famine, hail, wind, epidemic, and earthquake, of which floods ranked second.

The floods in ancient China, the Yellow River ranked first, and the Yangtze River ranked second, which does not mean that the flooding of the Yellow River is more serious than the flooding of the Yangtze River, but that the flood control level in ancient times could not prevent the Yellow River.

In modern times, the Yangtze River is far more severe than the Yellow River, after all, the Yangtze River has 20 times the water volume of the Yellow River, and there are many tributaries.

The Loess Plateau in the upper reaches of the Yellow River has brought a large amount of sediment siltation, and the sediment has gradually settled, resulting in the continuous elevation of the riverbed, accumulating over time, the ancient people had to raise the embankment to consolidate the river, and with the riverbed being raised by one point, the embankment will be raised accordingly, so that the lower reaches of the Yellow River have become the water on the ground, higher than the ground, and become a hanging river.

In later generations, the flooding of the Yellow River was greatly reduced due to the return of farmland to forests in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the control of soil erosion, and the construction of flood reservoirs and embankments near the river.

But in the Great Sui, once the Yellow River rises, it is right to run.

This run refers to the emperor and nobles, not the common people, and the common people have to stay and build embankments.

A heavy rainstorm, Luoshui in Luoyang City soared, seeing that it was about to overflow the embankment, Yang Guang had already taken the lead in running away, but he would not run far, just run to the north of the mountain to hide, where the terrain is high, no matter how flooded Luoshui is, it will not be able to flood there.

What's more, thunderstorms are just bursts and bursts, and it can't rain for a long time, as long as the rain stops, the water level will drop.

Luoshui is a tributary of the Yellow River, and just look at the current turbulence of Luoshui to know that the Yellow River must also be rising.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, has a drainage system that surpasses that of Jingshi Daxing, but no matter how good the drainage system is, it can't withstand a big river in your city.

At present, countless soldiers and civilians have rushed to both sides of the Luoshui River in the city, building dams with stones and raising the embankments to prevent flooding.

Among them, the most critical is Hanjiacang, which is located in the northeast corner of the imperial city, Huiluocang, which is more than ten miles northeast of the city, and Xingluocang, which is located in the southeast of Gongxian County, at the confluence of the Luohe River and the Yellow River.

Among them, Xingluocang is the most important, because this granary is close to the Yellow River and Luoshui, and now it is also transporting grain from this silo to the north, if it is flooded here, at least 200,000 people will have to go hungry in the future expedition to Goguryeo.

Even though the problem of flooding had been taken into account when the warehouse was built, this time the rain was too heavy and urgent, and dozens of warehouses had already been flooded.

When the rain stopped, it was three o'clock in the night, but it would take another day to wait until the water level went down.

Luoyang, the damage was not serious, it was the death of hundreds of people who built the embankment, and the roofs of half of the people's homes collapsed, but when Yang Guang learned that Xingluocang was flooded by a third, he was completely angry.

If you are angry, you have to vent, who to vent? Whoever repairs the granary will find whom, Yuwen Kaibei.

Early in the morning, in a mountain villa in Beibi Mountain, Yang Guang scolded Yu Wenkai with his head covered his face, if it weren't for the fact that he was the emperor and had to pay attention to his demeanor, he really wanted to give Yu Wenkai a few big-eared melon seeds.

"Impregnable? That's what you call solid?" Yang Guang pointed at Yuwen Shu and scolded: "Cang, you built it, now that the grain is flooded, you go to solve it for me, the soldiers are hungry, you go and find food for them."

Yu Wenkai's face was black, Nima, you just raided my home, and I can't get you millions of stone grain?

There is no food, there is one life, you can kill me.

Yu Wenkai knelt down and said, "It's hard for the minister to take the blame, please ask Your Majesty to surrender."

"No sin!" Yang Guangguang waved his sleeves: "Do you want to pick a child? Don't even think about it, go find food for me, how much you drown, how much you can make up for me."

Yu Wenkai raised his head, his old face was stunned, such a heavy rain, it is the first time in my life that I have seen it, you can't let me be responsible alone? It's true that I built the granary, but what about your son or overseer?

"Why don't you go?" Yang Guang reprimanded again.

Yu Wenkai's old face twitched, and he looked at the other ministers, Su Wei and Niu Hong hurriedly gave him a look: You leave first, don't be stunned here.

"The minister is leaving," Yu Wenkai left with a sad face.

After the people left, Niu Hong said: "The waterproofing of the three granaries in Luoyang is still very good, but no one can do it

Unexpectedly, last night's rain would be so heavy, Xingluocang is only flooded by a third at the moment, it is a fortunate thing, the Ministry of Water has reported that last night's thunderstorm mainly fell in Yiyang, Luoyang and Yanshi, and the rain clouds have weakened in Yanshi, so it can be seen that the scope of damage is not large."

"It's not big, huh?" Yu Shiji frowned and said: "Nearly three million stone grain was flooded, and the crops of a county were affected, such a big loss, the imperial court had to allocate grain for disaster relief, and it had to make up for the shortage of three million military rations, such a loss, after Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, it has never been there."

Fart! Xiuluoyang has not suffered much loss? Or is there not much loss in building a canal? Chidao or Hebei civil uprising, which is not greater than this loss?

Niu Hong sneered, just because these are man-made disasters, and last night was a natural disaster?

"It's better to be like this," Pei Ju said, "The three million stone flooded grain can be rescued now, and it can still be used, so use it as disaster relief food, and allocate it."

Good guy, you are ruthless enough, Niu Hong glared and said: "The food soaked in the flood will deteriorate and become moldy, if it is not eaten properly, it is very easy to cause an epidemic, Pei Gong, Pei Gong, you shouldn't understand, right?"

Pei Ju said sadly, "Then what do you say? Where can we allocate relief food now? I can consume it within a day or two, and there will be no problem."

"What about a day or two?" Niu Hong said, "You can take the food for disaster relief?"

Pei Ju shook his head and was silent, he had no choice, the emperor's attitude towards Yu Wenkai just now had already been stated, don't expect the imperial court to produce grain, if the soaked grain is cleaned and eaten as soon as possible, it will be no problem.

But the problem is that if it is not cleaned, it will be as Niu Hong said, and there will be an epidemic, after all, it is not a good soaked food, but a flood.

If you have blistered water, it will also have mold, and you can't eat it.

Su Wei said directly: "The soaked grain needs to be disposed of as soon as possible, it is not suitable to cook, let alone use it for disaster relief, it is a matter of Your Majesty's Shengming, the minister thinks that the affected area is not wide, and the food used for disaster relief is limited, so it is better to open a warehouse and allocate grain."

Yang Guang was silent for a moment, and then said: "The military rations can't be moved, but the soldiers are full, of course the people also have to give relief, since they don't need much, I ordered officials at all levels in Luoyang to raise food to help the victims."

The ministers were stunned for a moment, peel us off?

Seeing this, Niu Hong immediately echoed: "Your Majesty, the ministers are in favor, the Dugu family is a relative, and they should set an example."

After that, Niu Hong's eyes looked at Zhao Guogong Dugu.

Example? This relative of mine is outdated, why don't you let the Xiao family set an example? Old cow, old cow, you're such a-stirring stick.

Dugu Su stood up and said, "The minister is willing to raise 3,000 stones."

"It's not proper," Yang Guang raised his hand and said, "Qing is my cousin, when I love the people, 30,000 stones, prepare immediately."

Good guy, do you know I'm your cousin? Usually train me like a subordinate, and you can use me, so you're a cousin?

"The minister's decree is to smash the pot and sell iron, and he must also make up 30,000 stones to share his majesty's worries," Dugu said.

This sentence made the people present roll their eyes, and 30,000 stones smashed the pot and sold iron? Your family is close to the canal, so you can earn so much in a month, right?

Dugu's family is the richest man in Henan, this is a thing that women and children know, you really dare to say this mouth.

Now that Dugu Su has already pledged, several other big families in Henan are embarrassed to contribute, after all, it is their hometown that is causing the disaster, and it is unrealistic to expect others to help.

So the Zheng family, the Yuan family, and the eldest grandson family also recognized it.

In Dasui, there are many officials who cry poor, mainly because I can't help crying poor, otherwise everyone will know that I am rich.

Rich people have a problem, that is, they don't want others to know that I am rich, and those who show off their wealth have brain problems.

[In view of the general environment,

These elders in the court are all smart people, don't they understand who the emperor is and who is fattening?

Yu Wenkai and Yang Ming have an incense relationship, he really can't make up for such a big deficit, so there are only two ways, someone can help him intercede, or he is seriously ill and dying, then he can hide from this matter

Past.

This is also the consistent practice of officials, when encountering problems, they do not solve them, but go to the person who raises the problem to you.

Dying and someone to help intercede is the only way to settle the emperor.

So when Yu Wenkai wrote a letter to Yang Ming for help, he planted his head on his bed and began to pretend to be sick.

His illness is very easy to pretend, because he is already sick, as long as the medicine is stopped, it looks like a seriously ill person, after all, it is impossible for a person of his age to not have a little illness on his body.

Luoyang City has already cleaned up the siltation after the flood waters receded, half of the civilians are urgently repairing the roof, and the whole east is dirty and messy.

Just like the flood situation reported by the Ministry of Water, the affected area is not wide, and the main loss still comes from Xingluocang, and in other aspects, 700,000 stone of grain can be used for disaster relief.

And the officials in Luoyang have already made up this number.

After Yang Guang returned to the Luoyang Palace, he began to think about how to make up for the deficit in Xingluocang, he definitely wouldn't count on Yu Wenkai, didn't Yang Guang know that Yu Wenkai didn't have this ability?

At that time, he was just angry, so he gave such an order to the other party, of course, Yu Wenkai had to get him some food, if he hadn't repaired the granary, as for such a big loss?

If the supply of food and grass for the army cannot keep up, this is a big problem.

But Yang Guang really couldn't find a way for a while, the three major warehouses in Luoyang have drained the entire country, and there is a food shortage in Guanzhong, where else can I get grain now?

Peeling the skin on the Maison? It doesn't work, exempting the slaves and maids from paying taxes, which has already made them very dissatisfied, and if they come to the medicine again, I'm afraid that there will be chaos.

It was at this time that the news of Yu Wenkai's death came to the palace.

Originally, he pretended to be sick, but he didn't drink medicine for a few days, his body couldn't resist, and it was self-defeating, and a generation of engineering giants died here.

Yang Guang was also stunned, you are really going to die.