Mr. Li sat quietly for a while and pondered, and gradually realized that with the existing technical conditions, if we really encountered a critical situation, there was no other way except to release the flood.
Not to mention the Jinghe period of the Ming Dynasty, even in that era of my previous life, when there was a big flood, it was not always possible to release the water. He was not a god or saint, but just a small bureaucrat in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. He could only act according to the opportunity and try his best to have a clear conscience.
After having an idea in mind, Mr. Li began to make preliminary preparations. Even if the ancestral mausoleum is flooded, we must be prepared for it even if it is just in case. It is really not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of the unexpected. Especially according to the analysis of Old Man Dai,
This year's flood is even greater than the flood that soaked the Zuling Shinto five years ago.
It has to be said that Li You was trained in successive prefectures and counties, and he was very methodical when encountering problems. He first wrote three official documents in a eloquent manner, reporting those that should be reported to the governor's yamen, and posting those that should be posted.
The first thing is the inscription, which is a petition to move the Sizhou Prefecture to another place. Because the terrain of Sizhou City is too low and the water on all sides is strong, it has caused frequent floods in successive years. Therefore, it is recommended that the imperial court choose another location and move Sizhou City.
Households both inside and outside have been relocated, causing the province to suffer year after year, wasting people and wasting money.
Of course, the governor cannot make the final decision on such a major matter, and must continue to report to the court. Mr. Li does not expect to get the court to approve this matter within one or two months of flood prevention. It does not even matter whether the court agrees or not. These are all
This is not his purpose. To put it bluntly, this is a memorial that expresses more meaning than actual meaning.
His main purpose is to express to all parties that "the ugly words will come first" - I have already suggested choosing another site to build the city, in case there is a flood to the Baozu Mausoleum.
Regarding the matter, the princes of the imperial court must remember that I did not say that I did not predict what I said.
At the same time, it also hints at danger, shows that one is awake, tests the court and the governor, and inoculates the atmosphere of public opinion, and many other side purposes.
The second application was to request the governor to allocate military households from nearby prefectures and counties to the embankment to stand by. This was because after Li You saw the attitude of the local river workers, he was worried that if the local civilian service resisted the order in a critical moment, he needed to find additional troops.
Reliable workforce.
The third item was a notice to reassure the people, which was posted at the five gates of Sizhou City. Li You wrote a few sentences such as, "The dams are strong and the water conditions are stable. There will be no floods this year. People inside and outside the city should not panic, and they can live and work in peace and contentment."
And so on, although this is not the case, and it is even somewhat the opposite.
Throwing down his quill, Li You walked out of the Yu family ancestral hall and walked around casually. The entire village was covered with thatched mud walls, full of a strong rural atmosphere of poverty.
Yu Wan'er came out of nowhere, "Then what did Mr. Dai say to you? Look at your face, it's scary."
Seeing Mrs. Yu and hearing her question, Li You thought of another question. If he wanted to tear down the Sizhou Embankment, would Yujia Village, which was only one mile away from the embankment, fight him first?
“What will happen to you if the Sizhou Levee breaks?”
Mrs. Yu replied nonchalantly: "Then don't break out nearby. It's better to be farther away. There will be a chance to escape in the village."
"You don't seem to care very much?" Li Youqi asked.
"The Nu family wants to attract people to go to Gaoyou, but my uncle is reluctant to leave his old land and is hesitant. If there is a flood and the village is flooded, he will have to go."
Could it be that you overheard the conversation and deliberately encouraged me to go dig the embankment? Li You said casually: "You really have no nostalgia."
Yu Wan'er raised her slender fingers and pointed at the village: "There are floods every year, and there is not even half an acre of fertile land. Why stay here and wait to die of poverty? Thanks to Mr. Langjun, I have a place to stay in Gaoyou. Don't take the opportunity to move away."
When will it be more?"
Well, for a person who has been forced to travel abroad since he was a teenager due to the pressure of life, his rural concept is indeed weak.
A child ran over and shouted: "Then Mazhuang is knocking on the door again to ask for an explanation for Ma Qianjun! Tell Aunt Wan to stay away!"
It seems that this is the result of Li You instructing his men to beat Ma Qianjun... Yu Wan'er looked at Li You and said, "Master Li, can you borrow some of your own soldiers?"
Li You had already figured out what she was thinking, just because he was afraid that the matter was not serious. She was overjoyed when she heard that she was coming to the village to station, and that was also the reason. But it didn't matter, Li You waved his hand to make sure.
The more than twenty temporary soldiers around Li You were all carefully selected from the one or two thousand battalion soldiers. They were all strong and armed with steel knives. If they were put into a double-digit villager's weapon fight, they would be overqualified and underused.
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After dozens of enemy troops invaded by Mazhuang were defeated, the old patriarch of Yujia Village was unhappy and frowned. Now that Mr. Li is in charge of the village, he is naturally not afraid of Mazhuang, but what will happen after Mr. Li leaves? What about the favored Zhizhou family?
After all, my concubine came from Mazhuang.
Only Mrs. Yu, whose treacherous plot succeeded, smiled and talked to her uncle about the relocation.
So far, Mr. Li is still not sure that he is not determined enough to sacrifice Sizhou when facing danger. It would be hard to say unless the situation comes to an end.
In fact, the decision-making issue of "What to do if it is necessary to give up the flood discharge in Sizhou City to protect the ancestral mausoleum" is not that complicated, and it can even be said to be very simple. If it were another official of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely not hesitate and be
If you choose to give up Sizhou City with dignity, you will not be as stressed about yourself as Li You.
Because the ancestral mausoleum is related to the dragon vein and national destiny of the Ming Dynasty, it has the highest political significance. This is the righteousness. If you want to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, can you hesitate on this issue?
Not to mention that it is also related to personal wealth, wealth and life. It is rare for justice and self-interest to be highly unified. No matter what kind of official he is, there will be no second choice in the end. What Ming officials were afraid of was that flood discharge could not save the ancestral mausoleum.
Even if we look at history, breaking the embankment for a special purpose is not really a shocking and unique move. I don’t know how many ancestors have done this.
Li You, a time traveler, always felt that the claims about the dragon veins of the Zuling Mausoleum were false. It was not worth flooding a city just for something frivolous. At the same time, he was also surprised that the local river workers were so worried about man-made embankment breaches.
If Mr. Li had seen the memorial of Pan Jixun, the famous flood control official in the Wanli period and the governor of the rivers and canals, he would not be surprised. Mr. Pan, who single-handedly created the water situation of the Huanghuai River for more than a hundred years, wrote clearly in the memorial - "First
When considering the ancestral mausoleums, we should first consider the transportation and transportation, and then consider the people's livelihood. The Huaihe region has more transportation and transportation, so the transportation and transportation are heavier. If the transportation and transportation is more important than the ancestral mausoleums, then the ancestors' mausoleums are especially important."
The order of priority is very clear, ancestral mausoleums, canals, and people's livelihood. But there is no need to use the concepts of the 21st century to criticize Mr. Pan in the 16th century. Times are different times, and the family, country, and world are different families, countries, and worlds. Later generations will criticize their ancestors harshly.
Our values such as the unity of nature and man, the ancestral dragon vein, etc. are purely sustained by eating enough.