The beggar emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty - Chapter 559

“Duan Aiqing, I’ve been ordering people to heighten and strengthen the levee near Kaifeng. Even if there are rainstorms in the north for several days and the water level of the Yellow River rises sharply, there won’t be such a large-scale breach of the levee!”

After everyone calmed down, Qin Huan looked at Duan Hongtai and a group of civil and military officials and asked.

Because according to the historical period, this year should be 16 years of Chongzhen. I have never heard of such terrible floods in Henan. As for small-scale breakdowns, it is already common for the Yellow River.

Therefore, some people doubt whether the flood was caused by man. After all, the embankment of the suspended river in Kaifeng house is very solid, not to mention that he has been ordering people to heighten and strengthen it.

“Your Majesty Hui, according to Weichen’s conjecture, the main reason why such a large-scale dike burst occurred near Kaifeng house this time should be that some days ago, it rained continuously for half a month in Jianghuai area, resulting in serious ponding, and the water levels of lakes and rivers increased sharply, so that the water of the Yellow River could not flow into the sea in time, and finally overflowed the dike, which led to a large-scale dike burst, In addition, the area near Kaifeng is several meters lower than the Yellow River, so… That’s why so much damage has been caused. ”

It was not Duan Hongtai who answered Qin Huan, but another official beside him. This official was sent by the Ministry of work to strengthen the Yellow River embankment. Therefore, Qin Huan asked the reason and replied with a worried face.

“Do you mean that the water level of the Yellow River has overflowed the dam?” Qin Huan looked incredulous. Last year, the dike was more than ten meters above the river.

“Yes, your majesty.”

Qin Huan thought for a while and knew that this kind of thing could be confirmed by asking someone casually, so he didn’t bother anymore. If the river really overflowed the embankment, it wouldn’t be a big accident.

As for temporary heightening and reinforcement, it is simply unrealistic to use the ancient organizational ability. The key is not one or two miles, but hundreds of miles.

“Do you have any good suggestions now? It’s hard not to do this. Wait for the flood to subside and organize people to fill the gap?”

Qin Huan looked at the north and asked, obviously he didn’t want to wait to die, because even if the flood really retreated, he couldn’t rebuild his home without completely blocking the gap.

“Back to your majesty, now you can only wait until the water level recedes to organize people to fill the gap. I’m afraid it will be almost in two days.” The Ministry official replied honestly.

“We have to wait two days. Is there enough food in the city?” Qin Huan frowned. Waiting for two days would add up to almost seven days. Kaifeng had prepared in advance, but other states and counties had no time to prepare. Even the people who didn’t die had to starve to death.

“Your Majesty, although there is not much food in the city, it should be possible to support it for another two days. As long as the walls of other states and counties are not destroyed in a large area, even if they are flooded, the food can be salvaged.”

Duan Hongtai hurriedly replied and explained that the people in the countryside automatically ignored them, because few of them are estimated to survive. After all, there are very few tall hills near Kaifeng house.

“Your Majesty, in fact, it’s not impossible to speed up the retreat of the water level, and it’s very simple.” The Ministry official hesitated and said.

“Oh, what’s the way? Tell me quickly?”

“Your Majesty, just blast another gap in the north bank. Within half a day, the flood will surely retreat.”

“Nonsense, Kaifeng is flooded. Do you still want to flood Hebei and Shandong?” As a red warbler from Shandong, she immediately denounced.

“My lady, I don’t mean to forgive you, but the Yellow River has been flooded since it seized the Huaihe River in the Southern Song Dynasty. It has been a small disaster in almost three years and a major disaster in ten years. If it is not reintroduced into the north into the sea, no matter how high and strong the levee is built, it will end up drinking doves to quench thirst and endless disasters!”

The official of the Ministry of work fell to his knees. He first asked red Ying for a crime, and then said to Qin Yusheng with tears.

“Get up! Although it is correct to reintroduce the Yellow River into the north, it is not now. At least we should be prepared, not such a rough way. Moreover, I am afraid that just introducing the Yellow River into the north into the sea will not completely solve the harm of the Yellow River. ”

Qin Huan waved his hand. As a person who had passed through the past life, he naturally knew the great harm of the Yellow River seizing the Huaihe River. It not only destroyed the balance of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River system, but also flooded from time to time.

However, everything has disadvantages and benefits. The Yellow River seizing the Huaihe River is not only harmful, but also has some advantages. That is, the water of the Yellow River carries a lot of sediment. Under the impact of months and years, the lakes in the Jianghuai river will shrink and the arable area will increase. Therefore, he did not intend to change it forcibly.

After all, compared with later generations of Jianghuai, today’s Jianghuai is really crisscrossed with rivers, lakes one after another, and there are very few places that can be cultivated. It is a land of thousands of miles.

But now it seems that the disadvantages of the Yellow River seizing the Huai River far outweigh the advantages. As for why it was changed from the Liao and Song Dynasties to the Republic of China, Qin Huan thought that it was the inaction of all dynasties.

Now Qin Huan could see that if the Yellow River was not managed well, there would be no wooden tracks, highways and artificial canals.

Because you have worked hard for more than ten years and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to repair things, people can let you return to nature in an instant.

Henan is located in the compound of the Central Plains. It can’t be bypassed whether it goes south, north, east or west.

Similarly, as the hinterland of the Central Plains with the largest population, the densest cities and the largest land development, if large-scale natural disasters happen at any time, the whole world can’t live in peace.

So Qin Huan planned to put other projects aside first and concentrate the human and material resources of the whole country to harness the Yellow River first and engage in other projects.

Although we have good experience in how to harness the Yellow River in previous lives, we can’t copy it according to the current conditions.

In addition to reintroducing the Yellow River into the north, entering the sea from the Bohai Sea and strengthening and heightening the dams on both sides of Henan, two super dams were built mainly in the upper reaches of Zhengzhou in previous lives, which completely curbed the harm of the Yellow River. However, under current conditions, it is impossible to build a dam on the Yellow River, let alone one on the Han River.

However, Qin Huan had other ways, and the root cause was to move all the people on the Loess Plateau, and then send 100000 troops to plant trees to completely solve the problem of soil erosion.

Anyway, there should not be many people on the Loess Plateau now, up to one or two million. There are many Feng Shui treasures suitable for living in the world. Why should people suffer and eat on the Loess Plateau for generations?

With the national strength of the great Qin Dynasty, it’s nothing to supply a mere 100000 people.

Moreover, even in previous lives, the problem of soil and water loss has not been completely solved. Therefore, even if the dam is built higher and stronger, it is the same as drinking doves to quench thirst, and it will not last one day.

Therefore, only by moving all the people on the Loess Plateau and planting trees on a large scale is the real solution. It is believed that the water of the Yellow River will become clear and sweet in only a few decades.