Really gone?

The civil and military officials stood on the shore, watching the emperor's fleet go away, and their mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.

Although it is not common for the emperor to go out on patrol, it is not too outrageous.

What is really outrageous is that in addition to being escorted by the army, Zhu Ming only took away some eunuchs, secretaries of the General Administration Yuan, and pedestrians. This is equivalent to directly being the shopkeeper and handing over all the national government affairs to the Emperor Taishang to take care of.

That's!

The emperors of all dynasties went out of Beijing, and they were all accompanied by hundreds of officials. Major affairs must be sent to the emperor and handed over to the ministers around the emperor to deal with, so as to ensure that the imperial power is not left behind.

"Taishang and Your Majesty, father and son, are all sincere and faithful saints!"

Hu Anguo sighed with emotion, and even wiped his tears with his sleeves.

The clothes he wore had narrowed the tailor and made him look more capable than before.

But there's always something nondescript.

At present, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry are designing official uniform styles.

There is no need to change the dress, this thing is only worn during large-scale events, and no matter how wide the robe and big sleeves are, it won't get in the way.

The official clothes and regular clothes had to be well designed, and they had to incorporate the advantages of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and then combine them with the special aesthetics of the emperor to make changes.

……

At the beginning of the fifth lunar month, the water level of the Yellow River continued to rise.

Zhu Ming's fleet traveled eastward along the Yellow River, full of high dikes along the way, and some dams could be seen from time to time.

The boat arrived at Linhe County, and Zhao Fengji, the governor of the river, took the officials to the shore to greet him.

Zhao Fengji is the son of the cabinet minister Zhao Gao, and is in charge of the Yellow River control project.

There are two deputies, one is Fu Xingzhong, and the other is Wang Huai.

Fu Xingzhong is a native of Nanfeng, Jiangxi, and his ancestor is the brother of Empress Fu of the Northern Song Dynasty, who was forced to take refuge in the Zhu family in Hanzhong.

Wang Huai was a native of Yiwu, Zhejiang, and was named the "Tang God" in the Southern Song Dynasty. His merit is that he raised his own funds to build reservoirs and dams based on the principles of Dujiangyan, and led the villagers to solve the floods and droughts in Yiwu. (Wang Huai, the famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, was his uncle, but the uncle was much younger than his nephew.) ）

After accepting the officials' salutes, Zhu Ming asked, "Why are you all gathered here?" Get back to work quickly. ”

Zhao Fengji explained: "This year, the Yellow River has more water, and there may be flooding. The most important thing is Lingping Si and Xiao Wu Si more than ten miles downstream. As long as those two places are endless, the Yellow River will not be in serious trouble this year. Once the mouth breaks, the Yellow River may be diverted. ”

"It's already that serious?" Zhu Ming's expression was serious.

Zhao Fengji said: "The Yellow River has been flowing north for 30 years, and it is still flowing through the old road. The riverbed is constantly raised by sediment, and it is no longer lost to the Ergu River that flows eastward. If it is not treated, it will definitely be diverted within ten years, and there is a risk of bursting the embankment every year! ”

Zhu Ming was surrounded by many officials to go to the county seat, he called Zhao Fengji into the carriage, and asked as he walked: "It's been surveying for a year, have you come up with the charter?" ”

Zhao Fengji said: "I can only go back to the river and let the Yellow River flow eastward." ”

Zhu Ming was very dissatisfied: "Or is it still the same old way of the former Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhao Fengji said: "There is nothing wrong with returning to the river. What is wrong is the party strife, and the emperor is stupid. ”

"How?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhao Fengji elaborated: "The former Song Sanyi returned to the river. The first time was when Jia Changchao advocated returning to the old road of Hedongdong, and Li Zhongchang proposed to open the Liuta River first, and then return to the ancient road of Henglong. ”

The ideas of these two people were strongly opposed, and they were led by Ouyang Wenzhong. Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo were in favor, and Song Renzong finally listened to their advice. It's just confusing! ”

"How big is the Six Towers River? How can it tolerate the flood of the Yellow River! After the completion of the drainage, the embankment immediately burst to the north of the river and turned into a Wang Yangze country. ”

"The second return to the river has been mixed with party disputes."

Both the old and new parties were in favor of returning to the river, but after Sima Guang's on-the-spot investigation, he thought it should be delayed. Wang Anshi thought that Sima Guang wanted to deliberately delay, so he insisted on rushing back. ”

Before Wang Anshi made a decision, he didn't go to the Yellow River to check it in person, but only knew to listen to the information reported by his cadres. He even thought about immediately blocking the northern flow and turning all the wasteland into fertile land, not taking the danger of the Yellow River into account at all! ”

"It was because Wang Anshi acted too impatiently that it directly led to the Yellow River seizing the Huai into the sea. The floods affected 45 counties and destroyed more than 30 million acres of farmland. ”

"The third time I returned to the river, it completely became a party dispute. When the new party gains power, it will listen to the new party. When the old party gains power, it listens to the old party. Regardless of whether the new party supports it right or wrong, the old party will reject it entirely. Whatever the old party supports, whether right or wrong, the new party also opposes. Where is this river governance? ”

Zhu Ming was silent when he heard this.

Wang Anshi worked really hard, and before returning to the river, he had been diverting yellow and desilting. The sediment of the Yellow River has been used to improve the soil, and more than 700 water conservancy projects have been built to irrigate 10 million mu of land.

But at that time, the party struggle was too fierce, so Wang Anshi always thought about the party struggle when thinking about the problem.

Sima Guang didn't even object to his opinion, but after the field investigation, he proposed a step-by-step method, that is, to make Wang Anshi's plan more secure.

Wang Anshi subconsciously thought that Sima Guang wanted something bad, and his intention was to delay time and finally mess things up.

In order to suppress Sima Guang, Wang Anshi chose the most radical way to govern the river.

In the end, it caused endless disasters, and in the next few decades, the Yellow River could go wherever it wanted.

At that time, Su Shi was in Xuzhou for flood control, which was given by Wang Anshi, so angry that Su Shi wrote a letter and scolded - if the water level continued to rise, Su Shi and the people of the city would all die.

Zhu Ming asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhao Fengji said: "Carry this year's flood of the Yellow River, and next year or the year after, levy 300,000 people to dredge the Ergu River." Then use Sima Guang's method to slow back the Yellow River and divert it to the east. Of course, Wang Anshi's diversion of yellow and silting should also be used, which can be reclaimed and irrigated tens of millions of acres of fertile land in Cangzhou, and those saline-alkali lands in Cangzhou can be improved. ”

Zhu Ming said with a smile: "You are clever and use Wang Anshi and Sima Guang's methods together." ”

"Why should we have to go hand in hand? The Yellow River is the Yellow River, there are advantages and disadvantages, and it must not be black and white. Zhao Fengji said.

Zhu Ming suddenly asked: "Is it feasible to harness water and attack sand?" ”

"Attacking the sand?" Although Zhao Fengji didn't understand, he seemed to have caught something.

Zhu Ming said: "Plug all the gaps in the Yellow River and let the river wash the sediment into the sea by itself. ”

Zhao Fengji shook his head and said: "If all the gaps are blocked, the embankment will definitely burst within three or five years." ”

Zhu Ming said: "In the critical flood season, of course, flood discharge is also necessary. ”

"This is a big matter, please discuss it with your colleagues in detail." Zhao Fengji said.

Zhu Ming expressed his attitude: "You know how to control the water, and you will do it according to your method." I'm just making suggestions, and it's up to you to decide whether it's feasible or not. ”

Several dams from Linhe County to Puyang were reinforced last year and continue to be strengthened this year.

Zhao Fengji also built an overflow dam to allow the excess river water to flow to the Ergu River.

There should not be much of a problem in withstanding this year's flood peak.

Of course, if the water volume of the Yellow River is too large and seriously threatens the safety of Kaifeng, then the only way to choose a suitable section of the river is to burst the embankment and discharge the flood.

Before the flood was discharged, the people had to be evacuated.

Arriving in Linhe County, Zhu Ming temporarily lived in the county office, and the county ordered the whole family to move out.

Zhao Fengji called Fu Xingzhong and Wang Huai over, and roughly talked about the idea of attacking the sand with water.

This line of thinking is completely opposite to the current water control.

At this time, the control of the Yellow River is a continuous diversion. It was really impossible to divert the flow, so the Yellow River was artificially diverted.

Fu Xingzhong analyzed: "The water of the Yellow River, in ordinary times, there are four sand and six, and in autumn, there are two sand and eight water savings. If the flow is blindly diverted, the water potential will slow down, and the sediment will inevitably stagnate. If the water is contained by embankment, the hydration will be fierce, and the sediment at the bottom of the river can be washed away. The law of the government should be feasible. ”

Wang Huai said: "Although it is feasible, it is extremely dangerous. We need to think about how to deal with the annual floods. ”

Zhao Fengji said: "The north flow is too slow, and you have to flow east to attack the sand. ”

Wang Huai said: "If it flows eastward, Ergu River is the first choice, which does not conflict with our plan. ”

"But the course of the Ergu River is too narrow, and the two rivers must flow together to accommodate the water volume of the Yellow River," Fu Xingzhong said, "but if the two rivers flow together, the water potential will slow down again, and it will not have the effect of restraining water and attacking sand." ”

Zhao Fengji said: "Choose the north road of the Ergu River, which river is straighter. The South Road is used as a backup, and when the flood is too large, the South Road is used to divert and discharge the floodwater. ”

Fu Xingzhong said: "If we do this, we must widen the northern road, and the amount of work is huge. ”

Wang Huai said: "There are too many cities on the way to the north, Qingping, Gaotang, Pingyuan, Dezhou, Leling, Wudi...... All the places had to be relocated. Once this plan is proposed, it can drive the household department crazy. The officials of these states and counties must all be opposed. ”

Zhao Fengji said: "We just have to put it forward, and finally see how the officials decide." ”

"Then we have to do this method properly," Fu Xingzhong said, "The existing method of building embankments, which is used to bind water and attack sand, will definitely break the embankment every year." ”

Zhao Fengji thought carefully for a while: "Building an embankment outside the embankment has multiple guarantees. Other different types of dikes should also be built according to the actual topography. When the water is bundled, the water is released, and the water is released when it is time to discharge. ”

Wang Huai said: "Outside the embankment, build a remote embankment far away. When the water volume of the Yellow River increases, it will automatically enter the remote embankment. In this way, it can not only control the water and sand, but also discharge the flood safely. ”

"This is not safe," said Fu Xingzhong, "and a number of transverse dikes can be built between the remote dikes and the wisps, and the area can be turned into a road grid, like the watertight compartments of a sea ship." Even if the embankment bursts, the transverse embankment can also be buffered, so as not to break the embankment with a surging momentum. ”

Wang Huai said: "Where the terrain is dangerous or the embankment is weak, a dam should also be built to divide the water, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Zhao Fengji said: "Next year, the south channel of the Ergu River will be dredged first, as a watershed channel for the north stream, and the past few years will be carried over." At the same time, the north road of the Ergu River was dredged and widened, various embankments were built, and the prefecture and county offices along the way were relocated. When the Ergu River North Road project is completed, the Yellow River will be diverted to this side to collect water and attack sand, and the South Road will be used for diversion when the water is rare in a century. ”

Fu Xingzhong was speechless and said: "According to this method, I am afraid that 500,000 people will be mobilized and hundreds of millions of dollars will be consumed." I still have to relocate so many counties and counties......"

Zhao Fengji said with a single face: "It's still the same sentence." We only have to come up with a feasible strategy, and it is up to the officials to decide whether to do so. If there are too many officials who oppose it, and the officials feel embarrassed, then they still use the old way to govern the river. ”

The method of harnessing water and attacking sand is not a one-and-done solution.

Over the years, the sediment will gradually settle down, and the riverbed will slowly rise. It's just that the rate of sediment deposition and riverbed uplift will definitely be much slower than in the past.

Maybe for decades.

If it is well maintained, it will be fine for a hundred years.

(End of chapter)