"Duke Xian, this is where the Huaihe River enters Hongze Lake. It is vast and endless. The ancestral mausoleum of my Ming Dynasty is located on the west bank of Hongze Lake. There is no place with the best Feng Shui in the world than this!"<
/p>
Liu Jie, the magistrate of Xuyi County, said to Huang Shoucai, the governor of Hecao County, with a flattering look on his face.
Fifty-six-year-old Huang Shoucai has gray hair. He is an old river official. He has been working on river management all his life and even wrote a book "River Management Strategies".
Zhu Hengjia conquered the country and needed a large number of talents to manage it. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, floods in the Yellow and Huaihe rivers have never stopped. I heard that Huang Shoucai was good at controlling floods, so he promoted him step by step until he reached the high position of Governor of Hecao.<
/p>
Emperor Guangwu's talents and strategies were beyond the capabilities of previous emperors. The Ming Dynasty was founded nearly 300 years ago, and floods never stopped. The Yellow River diverted the Huai River into the sea, causing suffering to the people on both sides of the Huai River. Even Emperor Taizu Gao was
Begged for food.
He wanted to prove that he was stronger than Taizu. You can't eradicate the floods in the two rivers, but I can. He ordered Huang Shoucai to come up with a river control strategy as soon as possible. He wanted to make sure that there would be no more floods in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas.
Huang Shoucai is a water enthusiast. As soon as he took office, he went everywhere to inspect the water conditions. As for whether the ancestral mausoleum is not the ancestral mausoleum or the feng shui is not feng shui, he really doesn't take it seriously.
"Alas! At that time, Duke Pan used the method of 'restraining water to attack sand' to control the two rivers. He seemed to have succeeded, but because of this ancestral mausoleum, he fell short of the success!"
Huang Shoucai suddenly let out a long sigh.
Pan Gong refers to Pan Jixun, a water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Pan Jixun proposed a comprehensive management principle for the three rivers of Huang, Huai and Yun: "If the canal is connected to the river, then the river will be controlled, that is, the canal will be controlled; if the river is connected to the Huai, then the Huai will be controlled."
That is, to control the river; when the river meets the Huai River and flows into the sea together, the river is controlled, and the Huai River is used to control the sea."
Based on the characteristics of the Yellow River's large sand content, he also proposed a river management strategy: "Use the river to control the river and use water to attack the sand." "The Yellow River is the turbidest, and two liters of water can carry eight buckets of sand.
If the water flows quickly, it will inevitably lead to stagnation." "The water will be slow, and the sand will stop if the sand stops. If the sand stops, the river will be full. Water of all sizes will have a sand surface until it is high. When the water is hydrated, the water will be strong. If the water is strong, the sand will wash away.
If the sand is brushed, the river will be deep. The bottom of the river will be as deep as ten feet long, until you see it is low. Build embankments to contain the water and use water to attack the sand. If the water does not overflow on both sides, it will brush straight to the bottom of the river. A certain principle is inevitable.
The reason why this combination is better than its separation is because of its potential."
In short, this man’s strategy for water control is just eight words: comprehensive management, constricting water and attacking sand. He believes that the water volume of the canal is insufficient, and water from the Yellow River needs to be introduced to pass through the canal. Therefore, regulating the Yellow River means regulating water transportation; the Yellow River takes the Huaihe River and flows into the sea, and regulates the Huaihe River.
It is to regulate the Yellow River. The Yellow River is turbid and the Huaihe River is clear. The key to regulating the Yellow and Huaihe Rivers is to use the clear water of the Huaihe River to wash away the sediment accumulated on the Yellow River bed. In order to increase the impact of the Huaihe River water, it is necessary to build levees and divert water to attack the Yellow River.
Sha.
Although this method is good, if it is really implemented, it will cost a lot of money. Pan Jixun was lucky to meet Emperor Wanli who did not care about money.
With the strong support of Emperor Wanli, he worked boldly and vigorously. He built Gaojiayan embankment for more than 60 miles, Quy Nhon Ji embankment for more than 40 miles, Liupu Bay embankment for more than 70 miles from east to west, Secui Town and other breaches for 130 miles;
The embankments on both sides of Sui, Pi, Su, Tao and Qing are more than 56,000 feet; there is one dam each in Dang and Feng; the embankments in Xu, Pei, Feng and Danglu are more than 140 miles; Cui Town, Xu Sheng,
Jitai and Sanyi reduced four dams; moved Tongji City to the south of Ganluo City; built all the dams in Huaiyang."
The scale of the project was unprecedented in history, and the thoroughness of the management was unprecedented. For a long period of time thereafter, the Yellow River was level, the Huaihe River was stable, the canals were unblocked, and a rare peace emerged in the two river areas.
Emperor Wanli greatly commended Pan Jixun and named him Taibao of the Crown Prince and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, asking him to make persistent efforts to completely eradicate the Yellow River and Huaihe River.
Unfortunately, after Zhang Juzheng's death, Emperor Wanli liquidated Zhang Juzheng. Pan Jixun was dismissed from office because he said a few good words for Zhang Juzheng's family. No one paid attention to the affairs of the two rivers, which eventually led to the disrepair of the river embankments and the recurrence of floods, which directly threatened the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty.
The mausoleum. If the ancestral mausoleum was flooded, it would be okay! Emperor Wanli thought of this old man again and appointed him as the governor of Hedao, the censor of Youdu.
Regardless of his advanced age, he still went to the riverside to observe the water conditions, insisting on returning to its old course and building embankments to rinse the sand. Some ministers objected and advocated opening a new river. But he insisted that as long as the Yellow River returned to its old course, the floods near the ancestor's mausoleum would automatically disappear. As a result
For several years in a row, the Ming Zu Mausoleum was surrounded by water, so people were in an uproar and attacked each other. He was old, already in poor health, and was attacked again. He was exhausted mentally and physically, failed in his work, resigned and went into seclusion.
Huang Shoucai respected Pan Jixun the most in his life. When he came to the place where he governed the Huaihe River, how could he not sigh! Pan Gong, Pan Gong, if the late emperor had not been afraid of flooding the Yuling Tomb, your method would have been successful! What a pity! What a pity!
After crying out that it was a pity, Huang Shoucai returned to the governor's office and wrote a memorial to Emperor Guangwu.
This article "Please allocate money and food to regulate the two rivers in order to benefit the two rivers" is very famous in the history of later generations and is known as the treasure book of river management in the Mingguang and Wu Dynasties.
Shuzhong basically copied Pan Jixun's method and suggested that Emperor Guangwu overhaul a complete embankment system to confine water to wash away sand and waterproof overflow embankments: strand embankment, remote embankment, moon embankment, grid embankment, etc.
The river overflows by the side, and at the same time, the dike is used to confine the water to increase the speed of the water flow; the remote dike and the moon dike protect the weak points and increase the protective power; the grid dike buffers the water potential and forms three lines of defense to strictly guard against death. In addition, it is necessary to build up the inner side of the dike.
Build a crescent-shaped sand embankment to protect the foot of the embankment from flooding. At the same time, willow trees should be planted all over the embankment and the embankment, and reeds and wild rice should be densely planted at the foot of the embankment to solidify the soil and embankment, and at the same time beautify the environment?
?
The memorial was sent to Nanjing. To be honest, Zhu Hengjia didn't understand river affairs. He didn't know whether this method would hit the mark or not. He was not in a hurry. He first looked at the cost: one million taels.
Well, I can still afford this amount of money.
However, the new water conservancy project is not a joke, but a major matter related to the national economy and people's livelihood. If you don't understand, just ask, and everyone can discuss it.
The emperor issued an order for the court to discuss. One person is planning his shortcomings, and everyone is planning his shortcomings. Everyone should discuss it carefully.
During the meeting, most of the opinions were that the strategy of using the Huaihe River to contain water to attack the sand was not feasible. The reason is that the ancestral mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is in Sizhou, Fengyang. Building a high embankment and using the Huaihe River to attack the sand from the Yellow River will undoubtedly
Endangering the safety of the ancestral mausoleums. The tombs of Taizu’s grandfather Zhu Chuyi, great-grandfather Zhu Sijiu and great ancestor Zhu Bailiu are all in Sizhou. Once the ancestral mausoleums are flooded, how can they be worthy of their ancestors?
When Zhu Hengjia saw these objections, he suddenly remembered that he had read history books before traveling. During the Qing Dynasty, the floods in the Huaihe River became more and more severe. In the end, when Sizhou City was submerged by the lake, the Mingzu Mausoleum was also swallowed up by the lake.
p>
Thinking of this, the emperor made a decision, "I heard that all dynasties and generations could not cure the Huang Huai flood. Since Huang Shou has the cure, let him try. I will bear all the consequences."
This chapter has been completed!