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Chapter 1162 A ridiculous thing done by two old drivers (second update)

Chapter 1171

"Didn't you say the day before yesterday that the rain on Gyeonggi Road this year was more intensive than in previous years, and that there would be worries about flooding? What's going on now?" Wang Yang simply asked a topic that he was more concerned about.

"It's still good. The counties and counties around Gyeonggi Road have been flooded sporadically. His Majesty has already issued an order to mobilize food and supplies for disaster relief."

"Well, after all, there is a disaster in the Gyeonggi Road area. His Majesty is here in Bianliang. If something goes wrong if he asks for disaster, hehe, officials like them cannot afford to suffer..."

"What's more, we built Bianliang next to the Yellow River. This is a little careless, but it is a big problem." When Wang Yang mentioned the Yellow River, he couldn't help but feel a little bit annoyed.

When mentioning this matter, I have to mention a ridiculous thing done by two veterans, Song Renzong and Song Shenzong.

The cause lies in a wonderful person, this person's name is Li Mingchui, an official of the Northern Song Dynasty.The word Shun Gong.During the Xianping period, he was promoted as a Jinshi, joined the army as a recorder in Huzhou, was admitted as a collation for Chongwen, and moved to Zuolang and Guange collation.

In the last three volumes of "The Picture of Guiding the Shape of the River", it was intended to restore the old course of the Jiuhe River. Although it was not adopted, it was emphasized at the time.That is to say, this guy said in a letter that the Yellow River is likely to divert to the north, so if the Yellow River reaches the vicinity of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao people can go south by boat, and the natural danger of the Yellow River in Bianliang will no longer exist.

His opinion is that since the Yellow River has a tendency to divert from Henan to the north, it seems likely to extend directly to the northern part of Hebei today near Beijing today. Therefore, great efforts should be made to divert the water of the Yellow River to the south.

This kind of remarks actually won the strong support and publicity of many ministers and workers in the court at that time. In other words, it should be a group of capitulationists who were afraid of Beiliao to the core. They were very worried that Beiliao might appear through the Yellow River. Changed its course and attacked the Song Dynasty.

As a result, the Song Dynasty, which had been peaceful and stable for a long time, finally began to carry out the project of diversion of the Yellow River during the reign of Song Renzong.The main purpose was to divert the Yellow River to the south, but this was simply impossible at the time, and something went wrong.

This behavior directly led to "Sai merchant Hu Beiliu, entering the Liuta River, can't be tolerated, and the decision will be repeated overnight. Drowning soldiers and drifting grass are invincible." The vicinity of the Yellow River was the economic core area of ​​the Northern Song Dynasty at that time, and yellow floods appeared in this area. area, which directly led to the destruction of most of Hebei in the Song Dynasty.

You must know that Hebei at that time was an important military town against foreign enemies in the Northern Song Dynasty. At first, 3 soldiers were stationed here, the land was fertile, and the products were rich.However, after Song Renzong changed the course of the Yellow River for the first time, the breach of the river embankment directly led to the destruction of the important town of Jingding in Hebei, thousands of hectares of fertile land became swamps, and the number of soldiers dropped sharply from [-] to [-] to [-]. It can be said that Jingding was destroyed More than half of it.

After Song Renzong's death, Yingzong came to power for a relatively short time, and it seems that he passed away before he could give any instructions on the Yellow River return project.

As a result, this time, the Yellow River broke its embankment, and the river rushed into the Huaihe River Basin. Large areas of Henan, Shandong, and Jiangsu were flooded, good fields were destroyed, and people were displaced. Even Su Shi was almost drowned. If you have the material, you will never succeed in the battle."

This sentence, translated into vernacular, is, if you don't have this ability, don't mess around.His words not only angered Song Shenzong, but also angered many important court officials. It has to be said that Su Dapao's map artillery skills are still very good.

This also caused him to be almost killed because of the Wutai poetry case when he was fighting between the old and new parties. After all, these words are really too exciting.

Moreover, this time the diversion failed, and the most serious consequence left behind was that the yellow flood zone spread to the entire central and eastern China, which made the Song Dynasty government have to deploy huge manpower and material resources every year for rectification, with little effect.

It also made Song Shenzong realize that the diversion was impossible, so he had no choice but to stop the Yellow River return project.

Before, Zhao Xu, the young emperor, had discussed this issue with Wang Yang, and he insisted that after he took power, he must follow the example of Emperor Renzong and his father, and continue to do this important matter.

Hearing this news, Wang Daguan, who knew the cause and effect, almost twisted his nose in anger.If it wasn't for the fact that Zhao Xu was still an ignorant young man, and for the sake of the emperor of Song Dynasty, Mr. Wang might have slapped this idiot directly on the face at that time to let him know why Hua'er is so red .

In the end, Wang Yang patiently taught this illiterate geography student who lacked geography knowledge and plate tectonics for nearly a month, and explained in detail that the main reason for the diversion of the Yellow River was sedimentation, which led to the congestion of the gentle river downstream. As a result, the river bed was raised somewhat, which led to a diversion.

The presence or absence of sediment in the Yellow River does not entirely depend on the irrational economic activities of human beings.The crux of the problem of the Yellow River is the silted beach during the flood period and the silted river channel during the dry season. The Yellow River has less water and more sand.

As for worrying about Beiliao coming south by boat and attacking Tokyo and Bianliang, haha, if he is an experienced driver with a heavy hand, Wang Yang may have to waste some words on this issue.

But the problem is that the young emperor Zhao Xu is a passionate young man who is determined to pacify Beiliao and recover the Sixteen States of Yanyun. After listening to Wang Yang's bewitching, he quickly approved of Wang Yang's words.

That's right, isn't it just a bunch of Northern Liao barbarians?Dare to rely on a river to go deep alone, I can't kill you with a million tigers in the Song Dynasty, I write in Zhao characters upside down.

Zhao Ji also nodded in agreement. "The floods in the Yellow River are actually a serious problem for our country in the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, it has not been cured for a long time. It is really..."

"This is normal. The flood of the Yellow River has been recorded since the time of the Three Yellow Emperors and Five Emperors. It has been thousands of years. Countless dynasties have spent a lot of effort to control the river. Unfortunately, it has not been calmed down... ..."

Wang Yang smacked his mouth. "Wang remembers that there is a theory that can be used to control the Yellow River."

"What theory?" Xu Chang and Wang Lie, who were sitting aside and sorting out various manuscripts for Wang Yang, raised their heads to look at Wang Yang at the same time.

These two men were the sons of Wang Yang in the same field of study in the past. However, because they entered the officialdom with miscellaneous majors, they were never assigned jobs. In the end, they were thrown to the north of Shaanxi Province by the emperor to work for Wang Yang.

Most of them started their jobs in the financial system of Shaanxi North Road, only Xu Chang and Wang Lie admired Wang Yang's talent as an old driver.

Moreover, what the two of them are best at is not arithmetic. For example, Xuchang has liked to read Mozi since he was a child, and he likes to specialize in various ancient machines. He even once wanted to copy the Luban Bird made by Luban when he was a teenager. It is the wood magpie.

Of course it failed, and the result was a beating from the old-fashioned old man, but this did not hinder his love of physics.

And Wang Lie's situation is similar to that of Xu Chang, especially after seeing that Wang Yang's talents in this area far exceed them, both of them strongly hope to learn by Wang Yang's side instead of going to the financial system To deal with money and numbers.

(End of this chapter)