The girl came back in embarrassment, and Song Jiu didn't know how to resettle her, but when she went to court a few days later, almost all the officials stared at him with strange eyes.

Song Jiu had to pretend not to know.

In fact, he was uneasy and didn't know what kind of demon moth Zhao Pu would make.

But he immediately saw the turn.

This year, something big happened to the Yellow River. The Yellow River broke out in a large area from the embankment of Fangcun River in Huazhou. The surging river water rushed to the south like a wild horse that broke free from reins, flooding countless civilian fields and houses in several states of Chanpu, Caoji. After traveling for nearly a thousand miles, it arrived at Pengcheng (Xuzhou) and merged into the Huai River. As the Song Dynasty said more than 90 years ago, the Huanghuai met successfully.

After such a big flood, the court and the middle were stunned.

Regardless of whether the Song Dynasty valued people's livelihood or hypocrisy, after more than ten years of publicity, people-oriented became a slogan across the country. At least in the Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty, disaster relief measures reached a peak.

However, the area of ​​the disaster area is too large and there are too many people affected.

How to relieve so many victims, how to rebuild after the disaster? How to manage this river?

Zhao Kuangyi called all the important officials to the Political Affairs Hall for discussion.

He first looked at Song Jiu.

Song Jiu shook his head.

He said the truth several years ago. It can be cured, but it cannot be cured.

The Yellow River did not have any trouble in the Tang Dynasty. It was because of no other reason. At that time, the water and soil were not as severely damaged. Guanzhong was still the best cultivated area in the country, and the riverbed in the lower reaches of the Yellow River had not been raised yet.

The Song Dynasty was no longer possible. The water and soil of the entire upper reaches of the Yellow River were completely destroyed. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the section of the Yellow River has not changed significantly, and the sediment has settled and has become a hanging river. There is a method to manage it. The upstream must not be cut down indiscriminately, and trees must be carried to prevent sand. Several canals are built in the middle and lower reaches to assist, and then water canals are bound to rinse the sand. However, the Song Dynasty now does not have such a large project with such a large amount of manpower and financial resources.

Therefore, the only way is to have troops come to the generals and the water comes to the local garrison. If that is the case, the Secretary of the Central Committee can do it. He is the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture and has no right to intervene.

The negotiation that day was fruitless.

So he recruited extensive quotations and worked together. The officials below had no choice but to propose to recruit 100,000 people to repair the river.

Zhao Pu forwarded these opinions to Zhao Kuangyi.

Zhao Kuangyi was very dissatisfied, and started from Song Jiu. The court gradually adopted labor-for-relief. However, because of the corruption of officials, various conflicts occurred. If it was used on a small scale, it would be fine, but if 100,000 disaster victims were used for labor-for-relief, a major problem would be impossible. And where would you go to immediately recruit 100,000 disaster victims? Or 100,000 civilians to block the breach? If the handling is not done well, the people were dissatisfied and started a riot because of the disaster, then even greater major events would happen.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi said coldly: "In the past, Hancun River Dead, the recruitment of the people did not work, but instead seriously disturbed the people."

So he sent 100,000 troops to manage the river. In order to express his determination to control the river, all the money and silk used were dispatched from the treasury, and the money and silk of the treasury of the three treasury were not used.

During the Zhao Kuangyi Dynasty, Zhao Pu and Zhao Pu in the Zhao Kuangyin Dynasty were completely different. If Zhao Pu had recognized Song Jiu's suppression, Song Jiu would have been even more tragic, so Zhao Pu agreed. Then the two discussed and had to choose the person to lead. After a long time, Guo Shouwen was selected to protect his service.

Looking at Guo Shouwen's experience, Pan Mei captured Liu Feng alive and sent him to Beijing to offer a victory. Song Jiu also had a deal with this person at that time, but he didn't have a deep impression. He only knew that he was good at flattering.

When Li Yu entered Beijing, Guo Shouwen advised him not to commit suicide.

Comfort the Northwest.

In the third year of Taiping Xingguo, Guo Shouwen led the two states of Song and Bo to break the Bian River.

Zhao Pu should recommend this person to be capable.

Guo Shouwen went ahead.

He did not cut corners and filled all the dikes with dust.

If you want a solid dam, it is best to be a stone cement dam. Now the cement has come out. But the cost is too high. There is also the fish scale pond that was invented in history, which was also expensive for Song Jiu to make it out in advance. In addition, the cage method introduced by Qian's family in Qiantang River is not low. There is also a cheap method. The cheapest one is to use soil to fill it, which only costs labor. Or it is common for later generations to reinforce the dam with sandbags.

But in the Song Dynasty, the most common thing to do is this kind of moat.

First, use a large number of woven reed ropes and super-large bamboo ropes. The reed rope is used to bind and strengthen the "shrimp" and acts as a woven bag; the bamboo rope is used to penetrate the "shrimp" and acts as a fiber rope so that manpower can pull the "shrimp" to a designated area.

Then spread reed ropes on the wide and flat ground, then lay a layer of thick branches and thick reeds on the rope, then pour soil and gravels on the reeds. Then repeat the operation according to this production order. When the filler is about ten meters high and about ten meters long, it is finally tied tightly with a reed rope, and the "shu" used to block the river is completed in this way.

In fact, its principle is the same as the cage method, the fish scale pond, and the cement dam, which is to use these ropes to turn the entire river bank into a whole and increase its firmness.

Guo Shouwen did not cut corners, and the army stayed in the capital did not dare to be lazy. The scene was spectacular.

There were black soldiers everywhere, dragging the "shuts" to the edge of the breach, tied them to the giant pile, and then jumped into the river to block the breach.

But the rain was particularly severe this year, and the river always surging like a galloping horse.

No matter how much labor is invested or how many stones and big "smalls" are all washed away by the river in the blink of an eye.

Not only that, many areas in Shaanxi and Hebei were also affected by floods.

Guo Shouwen went from May to September, and this breach had not been filled. No matter how he tossed, the river still went eastward into the Huaihe River, resulting in the vast disaster area being unable to harvest in spring and autumn.

It cannot be said that Zhao Kuangyi did something wrong. If the water potential energy is slightly smaller in the middle, Guo Shouwen will block it and reduce the disaster. It is worth it to spend this price. If it is not blocked, it would be a joke.

Of course, we cannot judge heroes by success or failure. At least Zhao Kuangyi wants to do things and not disturb the people. It is definitely good to use his heart.

Guo Shouwen was ineffective in Huazhou and did not dare to return to the capital.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't blame him, he learned from his mistakes. Crane this way is definitely not a solution. Since there is nothing this year, I won't let it happen again next time.

Therefore, I thought of an ancient method, Yaodi.

What is a remote dike? It means building a large dike two or three miles away from the river dike. If it is fierce during the flood season, you can open the steep gate and place the water in this buffer zone to store floods. Moreover, if the first dike is broken, it can be used as the second dike to guard the rear.

Zhao Kuangyi sent two groups of officials to set off, Chai Chengwu and Ge Yangong followed the north bank of the Yellow River, Zhao Fu and Guo Zaiyuan followed the south bank of the Yellow River, from Heyang in the west to the sea in the east to observe the situation of the ancient remote dike.

Soon Zhao Fu wrote a letter saying that there was Yaodi. Zhao Fu was built in that dynasty, but there were only one or two left. Now there will be many difficulties in rebuilding. First of all, I don’t know how much money and manpower are used, and the project volume is too large. Secondly, the beach between Yaodi and the river embankment is fertile, and farmers make a living are particularly dense. Once the beach is used as a flood control area, how many households will face migration, where will they move, how to make a living, and how much tax will the country lose?

Therefore, building a remote dike is not a solution. If you want to solve it, you can only divide the water. The north and south banks are imitated by the Jiao Bian River, each with a steep gate, and enter the Wangmang River in the north (Ningjin Husu River in Shandong) to connect to the sea, and the south to connect to the Ling River in the south to connect to the Huai River.

He even mentioned that if the water is divided, it will make the water more smooth when the water is flat and lead to faster sedimentation. That is, it is to use the steep gate to adjust it, imitating the court's proposal to set up another sanshu Lake at the junction of Bian and Huang. When the water is small, the steep gate will be closed. When the water is large, the water will be discharged from the sanshu Lake to the Wangmang River and Ling River after the expansion, so that the river water can quickly enter the sea. At the same time, it can also transport boats and irrigate farmland.

Regardless of whether this proposal is right or not, it embarrasses Zhao Pu.

It's not as simple as water distribution.

If you want to divide the water, you must expand the Wangmang River and Ling River. Especially the section of Ling River, you must also dredge the Ji River and the Huangou River, which leads from Liangshanpo to Pengcheng, six or seven hundred miles long.

Where is the money?

Originally, this matter might have been left alone, Zhao Kuangyi called all the important officials to the Political Affairs Hall. Looking at everyone, especially staring at Zhao Pu, finally staring at Song Jiu and said, "I will not be able to win myself, but Qiu Lin recommends surrender and suffers the people. Is it because I have few virtues?"

Song Jiu was a little dizzy.

The Yellow River is becoming more and more difficult to cure the more you go. I remember a post in my previous life saying that the Southern Song Dynasty could stand tall, but it was the Yellow River that flooded many times, causing trouble to the Jin Dynasty and was unable to take down the Southern Song Dynasty in one go. This is definitely not working. What kind of family foundation was the Jin Dynasty when it rose? At least it was better than that time. However, it also shows the situation of the Yellow River after the Northern Song Dynasty.

There is no way to cure.

There is a way but there is no national strength to govern.

Zhao Pu said on the side: "Yao Shui Decoction is dry, and the times are fortunate. Your Majesty is hardworking and diligent, and he blames himself. The subordinates are afraid and at a loss. I hope that the young man will worry about it to complete the natural disaster."

"Zhao Qing, there are all the good friends, don't hide your weakness." Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu with dissatisfaction again.

Who is the most proficient in water conservancy here? Song Jiu started out as a water conservancy company.

Song Jiu had no choice but to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, the Yellow River is gradually becoming a hanging river. How to manage it? I said more than ten years ago that national strength cannot be achieved. If Your Majesty only seeks a plan for fifty years, I have a way."

"Fifty years."

"It is good to ensure that no major happens for fifty years. The population is not large now. If the population growth rate in the past decade is at the rate of population growth in fifty years, the population may triple. Then these big breaks may cause bigger things to happen and drown more people."

"But fifty years..."

"Your Majesty, the greater your ability to do the big things, the national strength is still limited now, and Yan Yun has not yet settled. So I must distinguish the order and first propose a solution to deal with it for fifty years. Fifty years later, Yan Yun will take it back and the country will be stronger, and there may be a better way to solve it."

"Then you just talk about this fifty-year plan."

"I will talk about the dike first. Some people in the court said that there are remote dikes, but in fact there are auxiliary dikes, such as Yuedi, Grid dikes, and Thunder dikes. If they are divided again, there will be crossing dikes, Zidi, and Supporting dikes."

"Yeah?" Zhao Kuangyi was confused.

The others were also stunned.

Most of them are nouns invented by later generations and do not understand them together.

"In fact, except for the temporary rescue sub-dikes, there are only two types of real divisions: one is the inner auxiliary dike, and the other is the outer auxiliary dike. The inner auxiliary dike is the remote dike. The rest are the outer auxiliary dikes."

"External auxiliary dike?"

"It is the auxiliary embankment built on the river embankment, like a wisp burrow. A small embankment shaped like a thread is built by the river. It has two functions. When the water is too late, the river water will not calm down, and the river sand will not settle. Secondly, during the flood season, it can resist the first wave of attack power for the main embankment. From the principle of force, with the wisp burrow, the pressure on the main embankment will be reduced. The moon embankment is somewhat similar to it, but the two main embankments will shrink the main embankment in the dangerous section of the river, and build a half-moon-shaped main embankment behind it. Then, without mobilizing a large number of troops, the dam can reduce the breaking accident by half. The grid embankment is also similar to the dam, but it is not silky, but irregular grids. It mainly uses

In a very long straight river section, the reason why the dam breaks is mostly due to the impact force generated by the flow of water. But now there are grid dikes outside the main dike, so the river water near the main dike is not easy to flow, which protects the main dike well. The nature of the dam is similar to the moon dike, but in the opposite direction, and the main dike is built on one side of the river to make the water go by and not directly impact the main dike. The supporting dike is to directly add a ladder dike outside the main dike to reinforce the river channel below the main dike to resist water pressure and impact. The sub dike is used for rescue. If the flood water is fierce and there is no time to pick mud and stones from the rear to raise the dike, then take mud and raise it directly on the inside of the main dike. If you don’t understand water conservancy, it is best to use it less."

"Why don't you say it?"

"I am busy with affairs in the Western Palace, and it is a matter of escaping from office. I only thought of it when I saw the government and the country talking a lot, so I took the time to ride a horse to the Yellow River and then turn around carefully."

Zhao Kuangyi groaned.
Chapter completed!