Seeing the little emperor sitting helplessly on the stone, Liu E, who had been standing by and listening for a long time, opened her mouth to comfort her: "Guan family, in fact the flooding of the Yellow River is not a bad thing. After the flood recedes, what is left is vast hectares of fertile land!"
Zhao Zhen was slightly startled when he heard Liu E's voice. He looked at the mud on his feet and smiled awkwardly: "It's a bit rude for me to look like this."
Liu E shook her head gently: "Guan, I am very pleased that you can dig canals to verify the damage of the Yellow River. How can I blame the officials for being rude? It's just that some people know the reason but can't think of a solution. It's really wrong.
In the name of serving as a student!"
There was a hook inside and outside the words, and Ye An smiled bitterly and said: "The sage knows clearly, although Ye An's family knowledge is extensive, it is not an immortal's magic. How can he "cure all diseases"?
The Yellow River became what it is today, not in a day, nor in one generation. If you want to control the river, the best way is to make a long-term plan, widen the river, strengthen the embankments, and leave enough flood land.
It’s the best strategy, but the preparations for flood prevention must be complete and sound, otherwise it will be a strategy that harms the people!”
Liu E frowned and said: "You don't need to tell me that the Yellow River has always been the most serious flood problem in our Song Dynasty, like a pot hanging above the head of Tokyo City!"
This is not Liu E's alarmist talk, but a cruel reality.
The Yellow River is like a lion with its back arched and head held high, spanning the hinterland of the Central Plains. It has brought prosperity and greatness, as well as disaster and destruction.
Every civilization has been born along with rivers, and its obsession with a city has become a clam in the heart. It is the crystallization of pain and the testimony of its essence.
As the Yellow River rushes out of Mang Mountain in Zhengzhou and enters the plain, the drop suddenly becomes smaller and a large amount of sediment is deposited, causing the Yellow River bed in the Kaifeng section to increase every year. Not to mention now, even in later generations, there are not many ways to control the Yellow River.
This is no longer a waterway, but a hanging river on land!
Although it is still some distance away from the city of Tokyo, once the Yellow River bursts its banks, the city of Tokyo, which is full of canal waterways, will inevitably bear the brunt. This has happened before. During the Shinsong Dynasty, the Yellow River water poured into the city of Tokyo once.
When the flood receded, Liu E couldn't help but feel chills in her heart every time she recalled the tragic situation under the mud. Even the palace was turned into a marsh, and the city suffered heavy losses. For this reason, Emperor Zhenzong once made great efforts to control the river.
However, the water level of the Yellow River is getting higher and higher as it is regulated. The Capital Water Supervisor who is stationed on the Yellow River all year round even said that the height of the Yellow River embankment is as high as the Fusheng Pagoda of Kaibao Temple Fushengyuan!
Liu E felt her scalp numb every time she thought about it. Now that Ye An said this, she believed that it was inevitable that the Yellow River would break its banks. Although she didn't want to admit it, the method of widening the river and strengthening the banks was probably the best.
Ye An's lecture today on the causes of the Yellow River's legacy is not only about managing the Yellow River, but also about how the emperor made choices.
Liu E was very satisfied with this. She no longer urged Ye An to tell the emperor the way. She could see that Ye An was constantly telling the officials step by step how to be a qualified emperor.
For this reason, she even hoped that Ye An could stay in the palace forever and never step out of the palace, but this idea was unrealistic. The miscellaneous knowledge in his head seemed messy, but almost all of it was sublime.
Just like him giving lectures to officials, it seems quite out of touch, but it has a profound meaning.
It is obviously about how to regulate the Yellow River, but in the end it comes down to the issue of trade-offs. As the actual "helm" of the Song Dynasty, Liu E knew very well the importance of trade-offs in governing the country.
Wang Yuan on the side also heard the meaning and was naturally quite satisfied, but in comparison he was still more interested in regulating the river.
The water in Yanchi was blocked again. Both Zhao Zhen and Li Duanyi were frightened by the surging water. They now have a very clear understanding of the flood.
Ye An took Zhao Zhen and Li Duanyi and sat on the wooden corridor beside the wild goose pond. They put their feet into the water and washed their feet while giving lectures: "In the official family, water seems invisible, but in fact it contains great power.
Xunzi said: "The king is like a boat; the common people are like water. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!" The people of the world are water, and your Majesty is the boat.
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also said, "It is advisable to be cautious when a boat capsizes." In the final analysis, it is about the people's hearts. When floods are raging, who is the unlucky one? Is it the officials? No, it is the common people.
The common people are the same as the water of the Yellow River. Once it surges, it will change from gentle to huge waves. They will do anything to survive.
But the same thing is that if it is managed well, just like the minister's method of widening the river and strengthening the embankments, using the correct method to resettle them, and using appropriate places to guide them, in the end, instead of becoming a hazard, they will become a flood.
The fertile fields and fertile soil left behind after the retreat..."
The water in the pool gently patted Zhao Zhen's feet, but he looked at Ye An in surprise and said: "They all talk about the truth, but what comes out of your mouth is completely different from what other gentlemen say. Not only am I not complicated,
Instead, I feel interesting and novel... Why is this?"
Li Duanyi beside him nodded crazily. In his opinion, it was really interesting to follow the official family and listen to Ye An's lectures today.
Not only did he know the cause of the sediment in the Yellow River, but he also personally participated in the construction of a ditch similar to the Yellow River. He really saw the reason. As for the reason why the boat was capsized, he pretended not to have heard it.
Ye An smiled: "The official is ridiculous, I just made the originally boring things interesting, and acted as a life mentor by the way... If you think I taught well, then complete the coursework seriously."
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Following Ye An's words, Zhao Zhen and Li Duanyi suddenly burst into tears. For them, Ye An's schoolwork was the most painful. What he left behind was not practicing calligraphy, memorizing, and familiarizing with the meaning of the scriptures, but a very difficult person.
Find answers to questions.
Sometimes it's about math, but it's not as simple as math. Sometimes it's about current affairs, but it's far different, making them full of expectations but also anxious.
Ye An put his left hand behind his back, smiled slightly and said: "I am very tired today, so I won't leave any homework, but tomorrow I will go to the palace to give lectures in the morning, so the officials should prepare well!"
Up to now, the emperor's daily life still continues the rules of the Qin and Han Dynasties, "In the morning, he listens to the government, and after leaving the court, he discusses it."
The courtiers could still have their meals in the waiting courtyard, or even drink mutton soup before going to court, but the emperor's meal time was after the court meeting, and he could only eat tea and refreshments when he got up early in the morning.
After three quarters of the hour, you can eat, and then you have to review the memorials. Of course, as a young emperor, Zhao Zhen is not so tired now, and most of the memorials are reviewed by Liu E.
So Zhao Zhen requested an order from Liu E and set the lecture time in the morning, so that he would have time to deal with his own affairs in the afternoon, and of course he could also stop by Sinong Temple to have a look...
During this period of time, Ye An almost forgot about his "own job". He had already identified a village outside the city, and the price offered by the broker was quite suitable. As for the tavern, it was successfully opened.
But as the young minister of Sinong Temple, Ye An had never been to Sinong Temple. He didn't even know where the Sinong Temple's Yamen opened.
If Lan Jizong hadn't sent people to cover up several times, Ye An believed that the memorial to impeach him had been sent to Liu E.