"The management of the river has always been regarded as the most important event in life by my father and brother. Unfortunately, it has not been accomplished and I am filled with resentment... Today, I have taken over this important task, and I must cure this river that we love and love."
Hate the Yellow River! I will make the Yellow River clear in my lifetime!"
Zhang Shuye's eyes almost popped out of his head, "The Yellow River is clear, the saint has emerged!" The officials are going to do something big!
Seeing Zhang Shuye's expression, Zhao said angrily: "It's not like the Yellow River has never been cleared! There are many records in history books. It's just a flash in the pan, a few days in a hurry, a month in the long term. What I have to do
, is to make the Yellow River clear forever."
"Once the Yellow River is cleared, the Henan region will not be threatened by sedimentation and river bed elevation, and Hebei, Qilu, and Jianghuai will not be affected by the river bursting its banks, flooding, or the destruction of fields by sediment wherever it passes.
bitter."
"But Your Majesty, it is not easy for the Yellow River to become clear."
"Of course it's not easy, otherwise how could it be associated with the saint. In fact, if you want to make the Yellow River clear, firstly, it takes time, and secondly, you have to find the right way."
Zhang Shuye was surprised and happy, "Your Majesty knows the solution?"
As long as we find a way, time is not a problem. If your Majesty were to clean up the Yellow River, it would be a grand feat that would be remembered for eternity. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could only accomplish this.
"Of course I know. The Yellow River, plus this tour of Hebei, I have walked the entire Yellow River from beginning to end. Well, I haven't gone to the source of the meander. I have to go and take a look when I have the chance. In fact, it is in the Huangdi area of Longyou River.
In Yongjing County, before the Tao River enters the Yellow River, the water is extremely clear. Below Yongjing County, it begins to turn yellow, but it is not very obvious. Below Lanzhou, it begins to become turbid and yellow, and when it reaches Hedong, it becomes a veritable Yellow River."
"But the biggest culprit that really makes Henan and other places suffer from Yellow River sediment is the Jingwei and other rivers. Especially the Jingshui and Luoshui that flow from north to south through the Loess Plateau in the north of Qinchuan County. People carry it with them in the water.
Silt, these two rivers are silt with some water."
Zhang Shuye couldn't help but laugh and understood the meaning of Zhao Si's words.
"Your Majesty is saying that in order to make the Yellow River clear, the rivers in Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, Qinchuan and Hedong counties must be reduced in sediment?"
"Yes! Control the river first and control the sand! A few years ago, I launched the water stamps and forest stamps in the northwest states. In addition to using the power of wealthy businessmen in the southeast to raise a large amount of food and wages, I also did a good job in controlling the sediment in the Yellow River.
Preparation. In the third year of Yuanfu, not long after I ascended the throne, I established the Northwest Agricultural and Forestry Crop Research Institute of Gewuyuan in Weizhou, specializing in the research of plants suitable for planting in the arid and sandy areas of the northwest."
"Over the past few years, we have actually let them screen and cultivate many fine varieties. Elaeagnus elegans, sea buckthorn, salix, wormwood, Haloxylon ammodendron, flower stick, mountain apricot, poplar, and Sophora japonica. And they also explored it in the field.
A whole set of experience in stabilizing slopes and sand is developed. First plant Haloxylon ammodendron, sea buckthorn and other plants by the river or sandy land, then plant Elaeagnus angustifolia, Salix salix, and Artemisia annua, and finally plant apricot, Populus euphratica, and Sophora japonica.
.Plant in layers and in sequence to help each other..."
"A variety of trees and grasses can fix the sand and soil, which can not only regulate rivers, but also turn the Gobi Desert into grassland and pasture..."
"After the recovery of Hexi and the extermination of Xia, Shangshu Province wanted to immigrate on a large scale and open up wasteland for reclamation in these two areas. First, it could resettle the victims, secondly, it could increase farmland and agricultural production, and thirdly, it could guard the border and consolidate the land. But I stopped it.
Although there are many benefits, they are all immediate benefits, leaving behind hidden dangers that will harm future generations."
Zhao Si said confidently, Zhang Shuye listened quietly, clenching his hands into fists and hugging each other, with a kind of piety on his face.
Such an official family has never existed in our dynasty, nor in the pre-Qin, Han and Tang dynasties.
"I have seen it with my own eyes in those places. The environment there, yes, the environment, is very fragile. The trees and grass have been cut down, and the land is cleared for cultivation, which can produce a few years of harvest. But it is even more difficult to retain water, and it is even more arid. There is no
After a few years, I couldn’t stay here anymore, so I had to abandon the place and move to another place. But the harm left behind will last for tens or even hundreds of years.”
"I have said that these places are all used as pastoral areas, mainly for light grazing. If they are carefully protected, they can also raise a group of suitable war horses for our court. We cannot just rely on the large pastures of Xihai, Qingtang, and Mobei.
It's too far there, and transportation is inconvenient, and it will be troublesome if something happens. It's better to set up more pastures in the hinterland of Longyou, Hexi, Shuofang, Qinchuan, etc."
"The Sword Comes"
Zhang Shuye asked: "Your Majesty, some people will say that there are still many landless people in the world, and it is necessary to increase cultivated land so that they can support their families..."
"Our government does not lack land, but it lacks high-quality arable land. But I have never worried about it. There are still a lot of uncultivated barbaric lands in Huguang, Lingnan, Jianghuai, and Liaodong and Liaoxi. When I destroy the Liao Kingdom, I can also use it in large quantities.
Reclamation. Of course, I am still thinking about the old lands of the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, they were stolen by careerists during the melee in the Central Plains."
"The land there is fertile and can be harvested twice a year. It is a legacy left to us by the ancestors of the Han and Tang Dynasties. How could it be lost in the hands of the Song Dynasty? When I finish cleaning up the north and train a new type of navy, I will definitely regain this place.
Three counties.”
"So I have always said that there is nothing to be afraid of if the cultivated land is not enough. As long as we are strong enough and the world is big, just go and rob it! Well, rob is not a nice word. It should be to bring the most advanced civilization in the world to those barbaric lands and educate them.
Local indigenous people, let them escape from ignorance..."
"Education is good. Confucian scholars always like to educate others and convince others with their virtues! Now it's good. Wherever we march to the land and water divisions of the Song Dynasty, the education there will be left to these Confucian scholars. With the swords and fire of the three armies of horse, foot and water, I must have
They can definitely convince people with their virtue and educate all peoples."
Hearing this, Zhang Shuye couldn't help but laugh again, and he laughed so happily.
After laughing, he felt a little melancholy again, "Your Majesty, you want to transfer your ministers to Beijing and leave Hebei. It's a pity that I couldn't see the success of river control in Hebei with my own eyes."
"What are you regretting? Mr. Ji Zhong, you need to have a broader vision. I am going to transfer Lu Yihao to Hebei as deputy chief envoy and specialize in river management. You know his ability. It can be said that he is your first choice in Kaifeng.
The students brought out from the city can completely leave the construction and river management work in Hebei to them..."
"The Yellow River must be regulated. It is an important matter not only for a county in Hebei, but also for counties in Henan, Hedong, Qinchuan and other counties. Regulating the river is not simple, and it involves not one department or one county. I thought about it in Shangshu
The province has established a Yellow River Management Committee, which is responsible for the management of the Yellow River. It formulates plans, promotes implementation, supervises examination results, and takes the lead in coordinating departments in the three provinces and local counties..."
"Ji Zhong, you can take charge of this committee when the time comes. When the flood diversion channels in Hebei are completed, you will attend and preside over it on behalf of me and the minister!"
"Okay, I will wait for this day."
Speaking of this, Zhang Shuye suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, there is one item in your river management draft, which is to use the Jishui River to open up a river channel into the sea. I heard that it was rejected by your Majesty.
?”
"Yes! This affects my Central Plains Lianhai plan."
"Central Plains Lianhai Plan?"
"Yes. The most important thing for trade is transportation. The products of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Yue, Lingnan, South China Sea, Korea, and East Japan are most conveniently transported by sea and water. But the hinterland of the Central Plains is not close to the sea. What's even more troublesome is that unlike Huguang, Jianghuai, there are big rivers
It is connected to the sea and water transportation is convenient. The canal of the Bian River is too far away from the south of the Yangtze River. So I focused on the Jishui River."
"The Jishui River has been open in times of drought since the Yellow River diverted its course in the former Han Dynasty. During the Qingli period, the Yellow River was diverted to the north, and the Jishui River was re-opened to the sea, but the water volume was not large. I made the rivers west of Mengshan Mountain, Wenshui
, Sishui, Tengshui and other rivers were all diverted into Juye Ze. Well, it’s the Liangshan Bo. I don’t like the name, so I changed it back to Juye Ze.”
"There are even plans to branch out a river channel after the rivers in Hebei and Henan are repaired and connect it to Juye Ze to increase the water volume, but this is a story for another day. Now the water in Juye Ze is collected by Wenshui and other rivers, and it is very considerable.
, gather into Jishui River, until it enters the sea."
"At the mouth of the Jishui River, at the newly built Dongxing Port, a 100-ton river ship can go up the river to Juye Ze, and then from Ju Ye Ze through the Guangji River to Kaifeng. Tokyo City can be considered as connected to the sea.
Already."
"However, the channels of Guangji River, Bianhe River and other canals can be widened, but the water volume will not increase for a while. Even if the river channels are widened, the water depth is not enough, and the carrying capacity cannot be increased. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry plans to
In the Guangwu Valley of the two counties, an artificial lake, that is, a reservoir, was built to let the Luoshui River pass through it first, and then flow into the Yellow River, Guangji, and Bianhe rivers."
"The role of the Guangwu Reservoir is first to store water from the Luo River and use it to regulate canals such as the Bianhe River and Guangji River; secondly, when the Yellow River overflows, it can serve as a buffer area to reduce pressure on downstream areas."
Zhang Shuye raised his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, the amount of work required for this project is not small, and there are fertile fields there, and it will take up the construction of the reservoir. Some people will not agree."
Zhao Si said calmly: "I will reason with them and convince them with virtue. I think they will agree." This chapter has been completed!
