After meeting with provincial officials from all over the country in Wuchang, Yuzhu boarded the ship and set off for Jingzhou Prefecture.
Jingzhou, the birthplace of Chu culture, is one of the nine states in the world.
Ying was the capital of the Chu State for more than 400 years. After the destruction of Chu, Qin belonged to Nanjun and ruled Jiangling. Therefore, Nanjun is often referred to as Jingzhou.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Qi He, Emperor Yuan of Liang, and Xiao Xian all made Jingzhou their capital.
Yuzhu arrived in Jingzhou, mainly for on-the-spot investigation and the specific situation of flood discharge in the four counties.
After the Yangtze River leaves the Three Gorges, it rushes eastwards.
However, after flowing through the boundary of Jingzhou, the Yangtze River becomes meandering and the water flow slows down.
After the water flow slowed down, the sediment brought down from the upstream slowly accumulated.
Over time, the embankment of the Jingzhou section of the Yangtze River became higher than the city wall of Jingzhou Prefecture.
During the annual flood season, the section from Kaifeng to Guide of the Yellow River rarely fails to break its banks.
The river embankment in Jingzhou also has a small police force every three years and a large police force every five years. It has never stopped.
After arriving in Jingzhou, Yuzhu just got off the boat and went to the Jingjiang Embankment.
After boarding the embankment, oh, it was midsummer and the Yangtze River was already flooded.
The river water came overwhelmingly, roaring and rolling towards the east.
Yuzhu turned around and took a look, my dear, the entire Jingzhou Prefecture is under the embankment.
If the embankment breaks, what will happen?
Yuzhu walked along the earth embankment of Jingjiang River for a long time, and the further he walked, the heavier he felt.
This kind of useless earth embankment cannot prevent piping when faced with a major flood.
No wonder, in the past ten years or so, Jingzhou has been flooded three times. In the most dangerous one, the city wall almost collapsed.
After seeing the embankment in person, Yuzhu had already made up his mind. Even if the capital was not moved to Wuchang, it was imperative to divert the floods from the Jingjiang River.
In this era, due to the backwardness of flood control concepts and technology, the establishment of flood diversion areas actually solved the big problem of upstream flooding and long-term embankment flooding.
During the severe flood season of the Yangtze River, floods from the upper reaches keep coming, but the floods from the lower reaches cannot be discharged. The two situations are in stalemate, forming a unique spectacle: a two-month-long period of flooding in the banks.
On the second day after arriving in Jingzhou, Yuzhu led the guards into the scheduled flood discharge area.
According to Yuzhu's preliminary plan, the initially planned flood discharge area is divided into four counties.
However, after Yuzhu's field investigation, it was found that the terrain in Zhijiang County is relatively high and is not suitable as a flood discharge area.
It took Yuzhu more than two months in total to travel from Songzi County in the west to Jianli County in the east.
After seeing it in person, Yuzhu already felt confident.
Because Huguang fills up Sichuan, the three counties of Songzi, Shishou and Jianli together only have 10,000 households.
It is just right to move all these 10,000 households to the vicinity of Wuchang Prefecture while there are few people now.
After Nian Gengyao retreated from Henan to Huguang, he almost caused disaster to all the great squires in Huguang along the way.
In the Huguang area, there is no end of land, and there are endless points to score.
After Yuzhu returned to Jingzhou, he issued a royal edict to abolish Anlu Prefecture and Jingmen Prefecture and merge them into Jingzhou Prefecture.
At the same time, the three counties of Songzi, Shishou and Jianli, which were originally under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Prefecture, were designated as royal gardens and no one was allowed to enter without permission.
Anlu Prefecture and Jingmen Prefecture are both typical inland areas. There are no large rivers in the territory, so there is no convenience for inland navigation.
As we all know, the necessary condition for all developed cities in modern times is that shipping must be developed.
Therefore, Anlu Prefecture, which governed Qianjiang, Jingshan and Tianmen counties, and Jingmen Prefecture, which governed Yuan'an and Dangyang counties, were abolished and placed under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Prefecture.
Yuzhu took the initiative and flooded three counties in Jingnan, and added seven more counties to Jingzhou. This can be regarded as worthy of the people of Jingzhou.
As an old bureaucrat, Yuzhu knew very well that simply setting up a restricted area for Wang Garden was not enough to completely deter ordinary people from moving into the flood discharge area.
From now on, every year after spring, the garrison in Jingzhou will march into the flood discharge area to drive away the people who have moved in blindly.
Based on Yuzhu's experience in flood control, major droughts almost always follow the Yangtze River floods.
When there is a severe drought, the flood discharge area can function as a natural reservoir.
When a major flood strikes, the embankments are blown up to release the water. During the dry season of the Yangtze River, the water in the flood release area can be diverted out to irrigate farmland by building canals and other means.
This is actually a systematic governance project.
After Yuzhu returned to Jingzhou, Yang Qingshan, the prefect of Jingzhou, finally caught the opportunity to flatter him.
"Your Majesty, this dish is called dragon and phoenix pairing. According to legend, when Liu Xuande returned to Jingzhou after marrying Mrs. Sun, Zhuge Kongming arranged a reception banquet with eels as dragons, chickens as phoenixes, and fish cakes.
Fresh, slightly sweet and sour, tender chicken meat, salty and sweet..."
Yuzhu looked up and saw a big eel made into the shape of a dragon, winding in the plate, with its head raised and beard hanging down, scales on its armor, its feet on auspicious clouds, its mouth raised up, its horns and beard hanging up in the shape of a flying chicken;
It looks like a phoenix standing next to a dragon, with its neck stretched out and its wings spread out. Its feathers are gorgeous, and its bright red crown seems to be dancing, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing.
Like a precious piece of art.
"The name of this soup is Winter Melon and Turtle Skirt Soup..."
"This is Shishou's penholder fish maw. It was a rare tribute during the Northern Song Dynasty..."
After Yuzhu heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly and held the fish maw. He had tasted it more than once.
Fish maw is the swim bladder.
The stonehead catfish has no scales, few spines, and delicate meat. It is as fresh as pufferfish but without the poison. The swim bladder of the catfish is like white jade in color, as tender as fat, and looks like a peach with a thick rib in the middle, which looks like it stands in the Yangtze River.
Shishou Beacon Mountain on the shore.
"Penholder Fish Maw" is also named after this.
This meal was particularly delicious for Yuzhu. He not only tasted the authentic Jingzhou fish cakes, but also the famous Jingzhou pearl balls.
According to legend, pearl meatballs were a dish specially prepared by Chen Youliang's wife to reward Chen's subordinates.
Pearl meatballs are hand-chopped with selected lean meat, wrapped in local glutinous rice, and then steamed in a basket.
It’s eye-catching to look at, and it tastes fragrant, tender, fresh and delicious.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, Yuzhu’s favorite dish is steamed Changhu Dabai Diao.
Changhu Dabai Diao has firm meat, is large in size, has a small belly, and has a very good taste. However, Changhu Dabai Diao has extremely high requirements for the water quality of its growing environment.
According to Yang Qingshan, many people tried to bring Changhu Dabai Diao back to their hometown to raise them, but all of them died.
A thousand-year-old city, a land of plenty and plenty, it truly deserves its reputation!
On the way back to Wuchang, Yuzhu received the news that Nian Gengyao was defeated and captured, but the fourth child was missing.
At that time, due to the need for united front, Yuzhu, whose foundation was not yet stable, was quite polite to the family members of Lao Si, Lao Ba and Lao Fourteen, and just imprisoned them in the palace.
Nian Gengyao was different. He was just a bannerman of the Han army, and his influence among the Manchu dignitaries was almost zero.
Therefore, after Nian Gengyao's troops left Shaanxi and Gansu, Yuzhu took the entire Nian family, men, women, and children into prison.
Nian's family has been imprisoned for more than a year, and Yuzhu has never killed anyone.
To put it bluntly, what we are waiting for is Nian Gengyao's defeat.
Now, Nian Gengyao has finished his calf, and the Nian family has completed its historical mission and officially become lambs to be slaughtered.
Not long after Yuzhu returned to Wuchang, he received good news from Sichuan.
After the first town entered Sichuan via waterway, in just over two months, it defeated the two important places of Youyang Prefecture and Chongqing Prefecture.
After the new army in the first town captured Luzhou Prefecture, the rebels in Sichuan were all gone.
Why?
Luzhou is the intersection of the Zhongjiang River (Neijiang) and the Yangtze River. As long as you go northward against the Zhongjiang River, the First Town's fleet can directly reach Jianzhou (Jianyang) southeast of Chengdu.
From Jianzhou to Chengdu, it is two hundred miles.
Therefore, after the loss of Luzhou, the rebels in Chengdu could not sit still, so they simply killed the governor of Sichuan and submitted a surrender order to Lu Wu.
Just before the troops came to the city, the rebels surrendered, but they were quite aware of it.
Hehe, Nian Gengyao was captured alive and Sichuan was pacified. The Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty fell into the hands of the Tong family, and there was no longer any suspense.
Officials from all provinces in the north and south of the Yangtze River have all cut off their braids.
Even if it is impossible for these people to be loyal to Yuzhu, one thing is certain, they have no possibility of being loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
How can the Manchus trust them even if their braids are cut off?
Strike while the iron is hot!
Taking advantage of the east wind of two great victories, Yuzhu officially issued the royal edict, and Wuchang Prefecture was designated as the southern capital.
Since ancient times, as long as the matter of moving the capital is not leaked in advance, it will be disrupted without exception.
At that time, Zhao Kuangyin wanted very much to move the capital to Luoyang. However, after the news got out, most of the ministers headed by Zhao Guangyi were opposed to it.
To be honest, the Bianhe River is simply unable to bear the excessive pressure of water transportation. Luoyang is right on the edge of the Yellow River. Not only is water transportation worry-free, but there are also dangers to defend.
However, things like moving the capital often harm the fundamental interests of vested interest groups.
Why?
After Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine, the generals who had lost their real power, as well as the newly promoted civil servants, began to build fertile land and build mansions near Kaifeng Mansion.
Moving the capital at this time is tantamount to asking the powerful group to collectively cut off their flesh and blood!
Yuzhu was different. He deliberately chose to decide on the southern capital before the founding of the People's Republic of China. The fundamental problem was one: he had to take advantage of the fact that the military chiefs, large and small, within the New Army had not yet gained much interest in the capital.
The capital city was moved.
Once the officers of the New Army have established a tight network of relationships and interests in the capital, it will be almost impossible to move the capital.
Moreover, the matter of moving the capital must be completed in Yuzhu's hands.
Yuzhu couldn't move the capital smoothly, let alone his descendants.
Think about it, with the power of the founder of the country, the founder of the new army and the head of Wutang, it is still impossible to move the capital. I am afraid that the successor of Yuzhu will not even dare to mention it.
The terrain of the Jianghan Plain extends in all directions and there is no danger to defend, so it is not suitable for building a capital in ancient times.
However, after entering modern times, with the rapid development of firearms technology, convenient water transportation, and developed land transportation, it became a huge advantage.
For example, the situation in Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France, is roughly similar to that of Wuchang Prefecture.
Especially the Seine River in Paris often suffers from flooding.
In 1910, the Seine River in Paris suffered the greatest flood of the century. The light infantry statue under the Alma Bridge was submerged up to its neck, making it a unique sight that Parisians rushed to visit at that time.
There can be no floods, so we give up the benefits of river transportation. That is foolishness!
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