Under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River dams in Kaifeng and Guide have not been repaired for many years, and there is no need for man-made destruction during the flood season every year, and they are already in danger everywhere, and small-scale dam failures are even more every year!

For Jin Fu, the river governor and squire of the Ministry of Industry, who is in charge of the Huai River, the canal and the Yellow River treatment project on the Ming side, every time it comes to Lingxun and Xia Xun, it is really necessary to sleep with one eye open, for fear that the Yellow River dam in the Qing Dynasty will burst! And what makes this capable minister of river governance even more big is that the rivers in the Qing Dynasty are not under his control! Even if he wants to help with repairs, people won't let him!

And there was no river governor yamen on the Qing side for a long time. The Qing Dynasty nominally still had Henan Province, but in fact, the territory south of the Yellow River was only Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Prefecture. Moreover, the finances of the Qing Dynasty were so difficult, and there was not so much silver to waste. The cost of harnessing the Yellow River can be saved!

Anyway, the flooding is mainly the territory of the Ming Dynasty, what is the urgency of the Qing Dynasty?

And the Qing Dynasty has saved money, and the Daming River Governor Jin Fu Jin can only plan for the worst!

The worst possibility, in Jin Fu's view, is that the Yellow River embankment in the Qing Dynasty bursts during the spring flood and the summer flood in summer, and the water gushes down and seizes the Huai into the sea.

And this Jin Da Nengchen's countermeasures are two, one is to strengthen the embankment on the south bank of the Huai River - since the Yellow River will inevitably burst, then the Yellow River and Huai River can only be regarded as a flood storage and detention area, and the rich area south of the Huai River must be preserved. Therefore, the embankment on the south bank of the Huai River must not have problems! Therefore, in recent years, the embankment on the south bank of the Huai River has been repaired and repaired, while the embankment on the north bank of the Huai River has only been maintained as a foundation.

Jin Fu's second measure was to mobilize the townships in Huaibei to build cofferdams. When the water comes, you can't run, so you can only rely on the cofferdam to save your family and save your life, and you are not afraid of no way to live! Moreover, the Huaibei area is still the frontier of the anti-Qing Dynasty, and the flood control cofferdam can also be used as a city wall, killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, after Jin Fu completed several major projects such as the Haizhou Road of the Yellow River (a new river channel from Haizhou to the sea) and the Xuhuai Line of the Canal (a new canal connecting Xuzhou and Huai'an) and the dam on the south bank of the Huaihe River, his main energy was spent on the cofferdams in various townships in Huaibei.

In addition, the river governor yamen led by Jin Fu also relied on the cofferdams in various parts of Huaibei to establish a set of "comprehensive early warning system for flood prevention and anti-Qing Dynasty", which is to build another pier in each cofferdam, which can not only be used to climb the heights for observation, but also can be used to light wolf smoke when floods and Qing soldiers are coming, and can also be used as the last refuge for the whole village

After finishing the "comprehensive early warning system for flood control and anti-Qing Dynasty" in Huaibei, Jin Fu participated in the great cause of the Northern Expedition - the river yamen has been repairing the Yellow River, the canal, and the Huaihe River over the years, and helping to repair cofferdams in various places in Huaibei.

The 400,000 armed civilians needed for the great cause of the Northern Expedition were handed over to Li Yat-sen, the head of the river yamen in Xuzhou, which made Jin Da's army busy and happy-he is now equal to the logistics director of the Northern Expeditionary Army, fighting and fighting logistics! When the Northern Expedition is victorious, he, the logistics director, has to be crowned a public officer, right? It is also possible to rank among the third princes in the future!

In the signing room of the river yamen in Xuzhou City, when it was almost time to eat at noon on 16 September, there were still a large number of people hugging them, listening to the assignment of tasks by Jin Fu and Jin Da Powerful officials there.

"Has the eleventh batch of grain and grass transported to Pizhou crossed the Yellow River? Don't think that before the deadline arrives, you can come leisurely, and the grain transportation route from Xuzhou to Huai'an is all under the threat of the Yellow River! During these days, it is raining along the Yellow River, and the water level has risen a lot, if the Qing army blackens its heart again and picks up the Yellow River embankment, then the Northern Expedition army can only rely on the reserves in the granary of Pizhou to maintain, so we have to transport more grain and grass to Pizhou as much as possible! ”

"The fortresses of Luokou Town, Huanglinzhuang, and Taierzhuang should also be stepped up. This Northern Expedition played a clear card, that is, step by step, and smashed Yanjing! Therefore, the Qing army will definitely fight our grain route, and this grain route must be protected by the fortress! ”

"Is the water level of the Yellow River measured today? Has anything changed from yesterday? Has the water level been measured? What about people? Why is it silent? ”

The river channel yamen managed by Jin Fu and the Zuo Shen Military Division of the General's Mansion actually expected that the Qing army would pick up the Yellow River after jumping over the wall in a hurry - the route of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty was a clear card, and the Qing army was actually a clear card when it picked up the Yellow River!

Anyway, this lack of morality in replacing the Yellow River with water has happened many times in Chinese history! Kangxi is not a good person, if he can't do it, then it's wrong!

And no matter whether the Qing Dynasty picks up the Yellow River or not, the Republic of the Ming Dynasty has to go north to the Central Plains and unify the whole of China!

Therefore, how to take the Northern Expedition under the condition that the Yellow River dam was stripped off is a problem that the Ming General's Mansion has to consider, and the reason why the Northern Expedition was delayed until the autumn of the tenth year of the Republic officially began, the "flood control problem" is the main factor.

If flood control is not taken into account, not only will the time of the Northern Expedition be greatly advanced, but the season for sending troops will not be in the autumn, when winter is approaching—it will definitely be more beneficial for the southerners, who are more afraid of cold, to send troops in spring and summer. However, spring and summer are the flood seasons of the Yellow River, and this big water will be washed down, and it will not be possible to bring the Huai River together!

Huaibei is flooded, and the Republic of Ming can bear it, if Huainan is also flooded, I am afraid that the Northern Expedition will really have to be postponed.

In order to "flood control", the Ming Dynasty built the Pizhou camp in Pizhou, which is located in "Hebei" (on the north bank of the Yellow River), as a place for the Northern Expeditionary Army to garrison troops and hoard grain. Before the Northern Expeditionary Army officially embarks on the journey, it is necessary to hoard millions of stones of grain in Pizhou!

Due to the emergence of a new channel of the Yellow River, the canal can only reach Xuzhou, which is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the road from Xuzhou to Pizhou can only be pulled by horse-drawn carts and mule carts, and the pressure of transportation is very great.

Although the northern expedition route to the north of Pizhou was pushed all the way north along the canal line, the canal on the north bank of the Yellow River was no longer navigable, so the canal was a wide trench that could be used to protect the logistics line of the Ming army.

According to the plan, the Ming army would rely on the "abandoned canal" to build a series of fortresses to ensure the safety of the logistics line.

And this way from Xuzhou to Beijing. Nearly 1,500 miles of transportation lines can only be maintained by 400,000 people driving mule carts and horse-drawn carts!

Of course, the Ming army can also raise grain and grass in Shandong, but it is difficult to say how much it can raise. As for entering the territory of Beizhili, I am afraid that there will be no way to fight the enemy because of food.

As for Jin Fu, although he knew that the Yellow River would most likely be pickpocketed, as long as the Yellow River was not picked up for a day, he would use the Xuzhou-Huai'an canal as much as possible to transport grain for the Northern Expeditionary Army!

At the same time, he also has to keep an eye on the Yellow River, especially if the water level drops suddenly, it is very likely that there is a dam failure upstream!

Therefore, Jin Fu has to listen to the Yellow River water situation report every morning, but today it is almost time for dinner, and the water situation report has not yet arrived!

This. There won't be any problems, right?

When Jin Fu was in a hurry, an official who was drenched in the autumn rain suddenly rushed outside the door, and before the person entered the house, the voice had already arrived first: "Oh no, no, no!" The water level of the Yellow River has dropped sharply, and the upstream is likely to burst! ”

The originally noisy signing room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Jin Fu, the minister of the river. Jin Fu looked at the official who had just rushed in from outside, and asked in a trembling voice, "How many feet has the water level dropped?" ”

The official shook his head: "It's not a few feet. It's a few feet! ”

"How many?" Jin Fu's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted, "It's over, it's over!" Hurry, quickly send eight hundred miles to deliver the news to the general of Pizhou!

Send someone to urge the eleventh and twelfth batches of grain transportation teams, so that they must be faster, time is running out!

There is also the river yamen that quickly sent people to Huai'an, and now they have to keep an eye on the embankment on the south bank of the Huai River. Don't miss anything!

By the way, hurry up and send someone to invite the prefect of Xuzhou and the general army of Xuzhou to come over! ”

"Yes!"

The officials under the river yamen are still very capable, and after Jin Fucai finished giving the order, they each took errands to run fast, and they all ran fast, so one hundred thousand in a hurry!

Henan provincial capital, Kaifeng Province.

Fuyuan's general, Prince Gong Chang Ning, has also been in his own general's line for the past few days - he hasn't received a letter from his sister-in-law Empress Yang for five days!

The relationship between Chang Ning and Yang Xiaomi has always been relatively close, and before the fall of Fuquan, they were still a normal uncle-sister-in-law, not very close. And after the fall of Fuquan, Chang Ning wanted Kangxi to divide Yang Xiaomi as a slave at first.

Well, my brother has fallen, and he wants his sister-in-law to be his coated minion, this is really a brother!

But who knew that Kangxi didn't study well, and after arriving in Beijing, he occupied his sister-in-law and made the queen, so Changning had no recruitment. Fortunately, Kangxi came to the "Mazi Western Expedition" later, and he, Prince Gong, was regent with his sister-in-law Empress Yang, so he could get close to his sister-in-law now.

So his uncle and sister-in-law conspired to control the Qing Dynasty for several years until Kangxi returned to the dynasty.

After Kangxi returned to the dynasty, Chang Ning and Yang Xiaomi still maintained secret correspondence, even if Chang Ning became the general of Fuyuan and went to Henan to preside over military affairs, he also wrote a letter to his sister-in-law every two days, and Yang Xiaomi also replied with a letter.

Between uncle and sister-in-law, they are still soul mates

But in the past five days, Chang Ning has not received any letter from Yang Xiaomi!

Could it be that something happened to Empress Yang?

The more Chang Ning thought about it, the more anxious he became, so anxious that he couldn't eat or sleep.

When he was in a hurry in his study, Bahai's voice suddenly came from outside: "Fifth master, something is wrong with the fifth master!" ”

Bahai and Chang Ning are in the same party, of course, they also know that Chang Ning has been greedy for Empress Yang After Chang Ning and Empress Yang lost contact, they also discussed with Ba Hai whether to join Yang Qilong to raise troops to save his sister-in-law?

Of course, this is a matter for Bahai. Killing my brother and saving my sister-in-law sounds like adultery! If an army is raised in this name, how can the people below follow?

And Yang Xiaomi also coaxed Kangxi well, Kangxi also had a "second holy pilgrimage" with her, what did Chang Ning do blindly?

However, Chang Ning heard that "something big happened" at this time, and immediately realized that something might have happened to Yang Xiaomi, so he blurted out and asked: "Bahai, is my sister-in-law being circled and abolished?" ”

Hearing this prince's question, Bahai was speechless, when was it? Still thinking about your sister-in-law?

Ba Hai, who rushed into the study, hurriedly shook his head: "No, it's not the queen who has an accident, it's the Yellow River that has an accident!" ”

Chang Ning was stunned: "What?" Yellow. River? What can happen to the Yellow River? ”

"The Taoyuan mouth of the Yellow River has burst its embankment!" Bakaido.

"What?" Chang Ning was stunned again, "Taoyuankou has burst the embankment?" It's autumn. Can the embankment burst in autumn? ”

It's raining along the Yellow River for the past two days, but how much water is there? How is it possible to let the Yellow River embankment burst?

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked: "Fan Chengxun, did anyone let people gag it?" ”

"What is the block?" Bahai stomped his foot, "Nine times out of ten, he did this!" ”

"He" Chang Ning was taken aback, "Could it be that the Ming army attacked Guide, so he wants to replace the army with water?" ”

Bahai still shook his head: "It's nothing, he won't pick up the Taoyuankou Dam when the Ming army captures Germany."

In fact, only half of what he said, and half of it was the Ming army coming to attack, and he wouldn't surrender and become a rich man if he couldn't beat it? Although he is the first dog slave of the Qing Dynasty whose wife can dedicate to Duoduo to sleep, as long as he takes out this attitude to serve Li Zhongshan and the third prince of Zhu, he is afraid that he will not have a mouthful of food?

picked up the Taoyuankou Dam, that is Li Zhongshan's sworn enemy - Li Zhongshan's Huaixi people have a very high status, in order to vent his anger to the Huaixi people, Fan Chengxun has to kill the whole family!

"Then why did he do that?" Chang Ning still hasn't understood.

Bahai let out a long sigh: "Why? Isn't it the one in the Forbidden City who is bad? ”

"Your Majesty?" Chang Ning took a breath, "Why didn't I know about this?" I'm General Fuyuan! ”

Bahai looked at this prince and was anxious for him!

"Lord Wang." Ba Haidao, "Most of the emperor still has to put the pot on you for the Yellow River dam!" ”

"I, I" Chang Ning was so shocked that he couldn't speak, "how could I do such a thing?" The Qing Dynasty is not mine, even if he Kangxi is defeated and dies, I will too"

He didn't say anything further, but the meaning was clear.

Kangxi is gone, he can marry his sister-in-law, and it is good to be the emperor even if he withdraws to the outside of the border to be the "lord of the north", why bother with the Yellow River? After picking up the Yellow River, he and the Ming Dynasty will never die, and when the time comes, Li Yat-sen's army will be full of grasslands, so can there still be a good life? The Qing Dynasty is not his

"Lord Wang!" Bahai was really anxious, "Why don't you go!" ”

"Let's go?" Chang Ning asked, "Where am I going?" ”

"Go to your fiefdom!" Bahai said, "Dengzhou and Liaodong are your territory, so you might as well retreat there first and see the situation." ”

"I'm not going!" Chang Ning glared, "Bahai, I am General Fuyuan, with 200,000 troops. He forced me to be anxious, so I led troops into Beijing to abolish him, a dumb king! ”

Hearing this, Bahai hurriedly shook his head: "Lord Wang. Don't be impulsive, we don't have that much strength, only 20,000 of the 200,000 people here are our people, and the rest are mostly princes, why should they listen to you? “

"This" Changning also knew that Bahai was right, now the Qing Dynasty is a "princes' unity", the princes have territory and an army, and they are satisfied with maintaining the status quo, what is the benefit of following Changning to rebel? Besides, now the biggest enemy of these Qing princes is Li Yat-sen, who launched the Northern Expedition!

Li Zhongshan is here, the most they can do is to surrender and become rich men, so can they compare with being princes? Therefore, Chang Ning provoked civil strife in the Qing Dynasty at this time, which was unpopular!

Chang Ning was a little at a loss, when suddenly the voice of his guard commander sounded outside: "Lord Wang, the Weihui camp in Hebei has just come to report to the emperor that he has arrived!" ”

(End of chapter)