Chapter 626 The emperor guards the country gate
The fifth reunification announced that Tokyo was set in Di County to show that he would fight against the Huangshui with Heji and live and die together. This is also considered to be the "Son of Heaven to guard the country's gates". This news is undoubtedly a huge blessing for the millions of people in Di County, the people of Heji, and even the millions of people in Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou that have suffered from the Yellow River floods in the past twenty years.
But after hearing this, some people felt chill all over, as if they were falling from an ice cave.
It was Li Zhong, the governor of Qingzhou. It was not a pity that Linzi was replaced by Di County. It was because he was under Qingzhou. The fifth reunion did not lie. Tokyo was indeed set in Qingzhou, and it was a victory if it was not stolen by Yanzhou and Lu. What Li Zhong was worried about was that it was not a good idea to govern the river now.
Seeing the ministers cheering and the people were in high spirits, the fifth reunion was also very enthusiastic. Although Li Zhong was willing to give advice, he thought about it several times and found that it was not easy to speak.
"Control the river is what the people hope for. Wang Mang did not do. Now Your Majesty wants to do it. As a Qingzhou parent official, I am not happy yet. When I shout to the rebirth of the Holy King, what reason can I stop it?"
Li Zhong knew that during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the river was determined by the East County. At that time, Prime Minister Tian Fu opposed the governance. His reason was: "The rivers were broken by God, and it should not be forced to block them with manpower. This may not be in accordance with God's will." Of course, the real reason was that the Tian Fu family's manor was on the other side of the collapse. At the same time, officials who were looking for the air to make the same point. Emperor Wu of Han was young at that time and was deceived by his uncle, which led to the rivers being broken for more than 20 years but failed to block them. The flooding of Yellow River water harmed sixteen counties in the east. The wealthy Liang and Chu declined.
As for Wang Mang's decision to break the river, he also adopted the strategy of lying flat, but the reason was that the heavenly beings responded: "The river, the Chinese sutra, the sage kings will release books, and the king's way will be destroyed. Now it is overflowing and flowing, and it is floating and uneven. The difference is the greatest. To cultivate politics to respond, disasters will be eliminated." It means that as long as the national government is well modified and the heaven is moved, the river will naturally return to the old way.
Of course, Xinmang was overthrown by the rebel army caused by the Fifth Reunion and the River Disaster before he could wait for this opportunity.
Now the fifth resolutely expressed his desire to deal with the mess left by the previous dynasty. Li Zhong wanted to persuade him, of course, he could not bring out the resonance of the heavenly beings. After passing through Lu, everyone knew that the emperor would not take this trick.
So Li Zhong waited until the night before his ministers left after leaving: "The matter of establishing the capital of Di County is very good, but I hope Your Majesty will think twice about the matter of governing the river!"
Wu Lun looked at Li Zhong and frowned: "After the river migration to Xindao, the riverbed is unstable, and the water continues to flood the south. After flooding the plains, it often invades thousands of chariots to the south, and then invades thousands of chariots to the Ji River, and even extends to Jinan, blocking the canal transportation, which actually hinders the national economy. Once the river really takes Ji into the sea, half of Qingyan Capital will become a disaster area, and there are more than 100,000 refugees? As the governor of Qingzhou, you should have taken on this important task. Why do you say that the river cannot be cured? Could it be that the empty words of "revising politics to respond to it and eliminating disasters by themselves"?"
The emperor's questioning was already quite severe. Li Zhong quickly knelt down and bowed his head and said in tears: "I am a native of Qingzhou. I don't want the rivers to be clearly distinguished and do not invade each other. However, I am also your Majesty's subordinates and dare not have personal gain. If you do not govern the rivers, it may harm Banzhou like in the Wu Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, but governing the rivers may cause even greater disasters!"
Li Zhong began to explain his amazing theory: "Control the river is no less than a big battle. The court must launch a thousand cattle and horses, a thousand chariots, and a hundred thousand civilians. They will feed grain from the Central Plains of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and rush to Heji to the Heji."
"Once the governance begins, the internal and external expenses, the use of officials and soldiers, the materials of earth and stone, and the people eat and chew the horses, and the daily expenses are a thousand gold."
"During the prosperous era of China in the Han Dynasty, the wise minister Ji An and Zheng presided over the blocking and breaking, and mobilized tens of thousands of people, but it was useless. It was not until more than twenty years later that the broken. Therefore, it was known that the governance of the river was not a matter of ten days. Your Majesty started a war against the river, and it was indeed heroic, but this battle may last for several years, ten years! Just like a wound on a person, the blood flowed continuously, the national strength would be consumed, which would be detrimental to Your Majesty's cause of attacking Wu and destroying Shu and unifying the cause!"
The same is true now. After twenty years of delay, it is a foregone conclusion that the Yellow River will be diverted, and it is not as simple as blocking a break.
The fifth reunion fell into thinking: "You mean..."
"The river needs to be managed, but it cannot be managed now." Li Zhong gave his own proposal: "Your Majesty, in the past ten years, he will still focus on unification, and he will suffer the river and help the people!"
"You are indeed a loyal minister of the Great Wei." The fifth reunification comment was meaningful. Li Zhong and Li Zhong, who was loyal to the emperor, not the people.
“But no.”
The fifth reunion waved his wide sleeves and firmly said: "The matter of governing the river is that the arrows have to be fired on the strings, so that the people can wait for more than a year."
"Since Wang Mang ignored the river and broke into Wei County, the river has been raging in the three prefectures for twenty years, with millions of people becoming refugees, and more people staying in the local area and struggling. They are struggling to end the river disaster, just like long-term drought and hope for the sweet rain."
"Why are some people dying of thirst? Seeing that the sky is getting dark and raining, the rain teacher said, "Let's wait for it now, and it will rain in three days"?"
The fifth relationship is very clear. How much resources are invested in the control of the Yellow River, how much manpower is levied, and how many years can it be repaired, is a problem of ability.
But whether to treat or not is a matter of attitude!
Qingyan has just surrendered and has no centripetal force for him. The fifth reunion must show a completely different side from Xinmang to gain support from all classes. It is no exaggeration to say that if we can really help the chaos and turn the right things around, reverse the floods of the Han Dynasty and the new two generations, the fifth reunion dynasty can gain the support of tens of millions of people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River!
Seeing that the fifth relationship was like this, Li Zhong put forward the second point.
"Although Your Majesty has the intention to save the people, "The imperial edict is one thing, and how to implement it is one thing. In order to deal with the construction period, cruel officials may imitate the tyranny of the Latin during the Xinmang period. Tens of thousands of people gathered, unwilling to give up food and clothing, and the cold and heat were mixed. I was afraid that countless people would die of illness, and I would not care about the gathering of rioters from Lu Zuo. If the handling is not done properly, it may lead to the fox of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's bonfire."
Although Wu Lun understands Li Zhong’s concerns, his views are completely opposite to those of the other party.
"Wang Mang did not manage the big river, and there were many people who lost their own business in the Heji period. Millions of refugees entered the copper horse and red eyebrows, causing trouble to the world, causing Liu Ziyu and Fan Chong to almost succeed."
"Now the old subordinates of the Red Eyebrow cannot be resettled. I happened to use work as a relief, so I ordered them to return to the Heji hometown and participate in the construction of dikes and clearance. The court provides food and clothing. This is a two-way method."
In the view of the Fifth Reun, it is more at ease to let the refugees caused by river disasters be left unchecked and controlled, but this means that the finances will be added to the next ten years.
Li Zhong proposed the third point: "Even if the court is paid in full, the three ministers and the prefects use their lives, most of the officials and officials from Xinmang are retained by the prefectures and counties. Their corruption is prevalent, and they may be exploited layer by layer. If they come to the hands of the civilians, they may only be mixed with sand and husks."
The fifth reunion slapped his thigh: "This is why I set up Tokyo between Heji and Ji! I used the capital to supervise the progress of river management. The right prime minister Dou Rong was in Luoyang, and Yecheng was in charge of logistics. The minister and the governor of Jizhou Pi Tong assisted Prime Minister Dou. As for the specific strategy of river construction, it was handed over to those familiar with water conservancy, and Du Shi, the commander of Shuiheng, was to handle it."
Li Zhong said what he should say. Although he was still worried, the fifth reunion was so confident and persistent, and had detailed plans. It was not like a sudden fever, so he stopped talking and just promised to leave, walk away, and comfort himself like this.
"During the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, a big river breach was blocked, so the year name was changed to 'Heping'."
"However, the river cannot be calm in the end. If Your Majesty can really help the river to maintain peace, it can be said that he will inherit the achievements of Yu and eliminate the diseases of the people!"
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When it comes to governing the river, the fifth relationship must be consulted, which is Huan Tan.
Huan Tan served as the "Grand Commander of the Grand Sikong" when Wang Mang was in power. Because he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, he once presided over a meeting for Wang Mang: that meeting was before Wang Mang replaced the Han Dynasty, and the Yellow River had already had a rebellious momentum and was also Wang Mang's last chance to govern the river.
However, when Huan Tan mentioned that meeting, he shook his head: "It's insignificant, it's mostly empty words."
"One of them said that the place where the Yellow River collapsed was often located on the plains, around the east county, and the area was low and the soil was soft. It is said that when Xia Yu controlled the river, the area was empty so that the flood could pour out. It should follow the example of ancient affairs and let the counties be empty, and no longer built official pavilions or houses."
This involves the relocation of millions of people, and it is natural that people give way to water and are not reliable.
But what is even more unreliable is still behind. When Huan Tan talked about another person's proposal, he wanted to laugh: "A censor said that there is a record of "Jiuhe Road" in "Yugong". In the summer, there were nine tributaries of the Yellow River. You should follow the ancient books. Even if you cannot dig out nine, as long as you can dig four or five in Jizhou, it should be beneficial."
Not to mention the nine Grand Canals of Beijing and Hangzhou, but at least the scale of nine gaps, there is no possibility of implementation at all.
There was even a talent who combined the madness of the first two and proposed that to completely restore the old path of Dayu, tens of millions of people in Jizhou, Qingzhou and Yanzhou should be moved away, so that the Yellow River along the Taihang Mountains and poured into the sea from Yan land.
The fifth reunion was so funny. It was worthy of being Lao Wangmang. Even the river management style was in the retro style. No wonder a lively conference ended up doing nothing.
After summarizing the lessons from the past, when the Fifth Reun summoned Du Shi, Shuiheng Duwei, he set the benchmark for this river management: "There are different times and the sea may also become mulberry fields, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou mountains and rivers are very different from Xia Yu's time..."
This difference is mainly caused by the Yellow River. It was a place where the sea used to be silted into plains for thousands of years. However, the once smooth river channel has become precarious after being blocked and elevated for a long time. Using the past ideas to manage the river will definitely suffer a great loss.
"The river has been broken for twenty years, and the old way cannot be restored." The fifth reunion also has interests. Wei County, Hebei, Hanoi and other places are his core in the east. If it consumes manpower and material resources to return the Yellow River to the old way, but harms the two counties, it will be an unbearable loss for the fifth reunion.
"It is better to stabilize it on the new road and do not allow the south to invade the Ji River. Si and Huai River are the best. You have another strategy to walk between Ji River for half a year?"
Wu Lun looked at Du Shi. This young man from Hanoi was a famous water conservancy expert. He assisted Wu Lun in Daxing Water Conservancy Equipment and Workshop in Guanzhong and also presided over the dredging of several small canals. However, compared with the long Yellow River, his past experience has become insignificant.
Du Shi presented his old path on the Yellow River. What he saw and heard after walking on the new path was already a thick stack of paper. He said: "Although I have been walking for half a year, I have not been able to explore every mile of rivers. I still need to send officials to further discuss the terrain. Then, when planning the direction of the new path, I will not hesitate to dig mountain mounds, break through the ditches, cut through ditches and streams, and dig up the accumulation. At the same time, I should also prevent and prevent rivers and build dams to prevent floods from invading Ji."
Wu Lun asked him: "How much manpower and financial resources are needed? How many years will it take?"
Du Shi gritted her teeth and said truthfully: "It takes 100,000 soldiers to be sent, and it takes five years to improve the embankment and prevent the river from invading and invading."
"As for completely curing the disasters of the river and not having any more major problems, it may take hundreds of thousands of people, ten years of hard work, and spend ten billions of money!"
Such a great price not only made the fifth reunion silent, but after a long time, he smiled and said, "Please take the first step first to keep the Ji River and the peace of the people of Qingzhou. As for the eternal river disaster, you can wait until the world is unified and then concentrate the world's efforts to complete it."
Speaking of this, the fifth reunion slammed his hands: "By the way, please come with me and let you see something."
Both Huan Tan and Du Shi knew that this was the prelude to the emperor's demonstration of something magical. For Huan Tan, this was a mirror of a thousand miles, and for Du Shi, it was a huge water conservancy machinery that people could improve on his "water discharge".
The two looked at each other and followed Di Lun to the suburbs of Di County, which was the camp of the army. At the same time, there were also many craftsmen who were traveling with them. At present, the craftsmen and soldiers were gathering together to work together.
When everyone approached, they found that they were all divided their labor, or burning the dead shells of clams on the sea near Qiancheng County, which were stacked with hundreds of millions of mountains, burning them into "clam ashes", then mixing them with the fine clay sifted, and finally mixing them with the crushed slag - Qidi Nai Yan and Dazhou, and near the sea, these things are ready-made and not difficult to find.
The mixed material was stirred into a slurry in the next process by adding water and stirring into a slurry. It was poured into the plate and mixed with the gravel. The entire construction site was filled with dust and a strange smell, which made the accompanying scholars and officials unable to help but cover their mouths and noses, not understanding why the emperor brought them here.
"This is the exterior wall where Tokyo is traveling, and it uses new skills." The fifth reunion said to everyone.
Even so, the traditional method of ramming earth should be used. Is this mud reliable? I’m afraid it’s not just giving the assassin a chance!
Until we walked to the next place, this was a plate that had been filled a few days ago. The craftsmen and soldiers took off the wooden boards bit by bit, and exposed them to the sun for a long time, and they had already become the shape of a corner of the city wall.
"Huan Qing, Du Qing, go and touch it."
Under the order of the fifth reunion, Huan Tan and Du Shi stepped forward to try the wall, and immediately made a surprise sound of "Huh".
Unlike imagined, the wall is quite hard, and some military academy don’t believe in evil. They even picked up the hoe next to them and smashed it hard, but only made their hands numb. Their strength is far better than rammed earth!
Du Shi was excited. He vaguely knew why the emperor wanted to show him this thing and what use it could be.
"Yes, this object may be used to assist in water control."
The fifth reunification pointed to the rough craftsmanship and still to be improved, giving it a new name.
"Since this time, I want to inherit the achievements of Dayu, and I wish to call him..."
Chapter completed!