Liu Jin is playing on the Yellow River Embankment in Kaifeng City.
Before crossing, Liu Jin had learned from textbooks that the river bed of the Yellow River in Kaifeng was several meters higher than the ground on both sides. The highest position was even seven meters higher than the ground on both sides. That's right.
Rivers on the ground, rivers hanging on the ground.
The reason why such a phenomenon occurs is mainly the result of the long-term struggle between man and nature.
The river sand in the Yellow River itself has a very large soil content. In open and flat areas, the flow rate of the river slows down, a large amount of sediment continues to accumulate on the river channel, and the river bed and water level continue to be too high.
If it is a normal natural situation, then when the river bed and water level continue to rise, the river breaks its banks and spreads across the entire plain area, and eventually it may change its course.
The Yellow River changed its course many times in history. Sometimes it entered the sea from the Bohai Sea, and sometimes it entered the sea from the Yellow Sea. This is the reason why it changed its course.
But this is a natural situation, but for people living on both sides of the Yellow River, it is obviously not acceptable for the river bed to rise and flood the farmland and villages on both sides of the river.
Therefore, humans will continue to raise the river embankments, and the river bed will rise. Human beings will raise the river embankments. Over the years, over the long years, the landscape of above-ground rivers has been formed. The most famous one is the above-ground Yellow River in Kaifeng.
It's several meters higher than those on both sides.
Liu Yuan stood on the embankment of the Yellow River section of Kaifeng, looking at the long embankment from a distance, and then looking at Kaifeng City, he couldn't help but sigh,
The struggle between man and nature is most directly displayed at this moment. It is difficult to see such a high drop and huge river embankment. If the Yellow River breaks its embankments here during floods, the entire city of Kaifeng will be destroyed.
Completely submerged.
Man will conquer God!
It is true that man can conquer nature. When facing nature, man can always exert his great potential and imagination, constantly overcome difficult conditions and create a more favorable living environment.
"This year, it's been really dry. The Yellow River has stopped flowing!"
Liu Jin looked at the Yellow River in front of him again. The Yellow River in front of him had stopped flowing, and only a small amount of water was left flowing downstream. This was obviously very abnormal.
All this can be attributed to this year's dry weather. This year, there was almost no rain in the north of the Ming Dynasty. It was an unprecedented drought, and even the Yellow River stopped flowing.
However, there are also benefits to stopping the flow. At this moment, the entire Yellow River channel is extremely busy. Thousands of people are constantly digging out the sediment that has accumulated in the Yellow River channel for many years.
Don't underestimate these thousands of people. These thousands of people are not the farmers who used to carry weapons on their shoulders, but modern engineering and construction teams, with a large number of excavators and engineering vehicles constantly busy.
Massive amounts of sediment are constantly being excavated from the Yellow River. However, as engineering vehicles transport the sediment away, it can be clearly seen in some areas that the river bed has been dug several meters deep, as if
Like a cliff.
The amount of sediment in the Yellow River is too great!
Especially in the past, it was difficult to clean up the sediment in the Yellow River. We could only watch it slowly rise and become higher and higher, and we could only strengthen the river embankments and dams on both sides.
Prevent embankments from bursting.
This year's situation was special, with a severe drought that caused the Yellow River to dry up. Liu Long, the governor of Henan Province, and Fei Yuan, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, seized the opportunity and applied for a sum of money from the imperial court specifically to clean up the sediment in the Yellow River.
Liu Jin knew about this matter, and it was Liu Jin who approved it at the time. He came here to check it out this time, also to see if Liu Long had deceived him and implemented the money into the project.
Now it seems that this money has been used on projects and cleaning up the Yellow River channel.
"Well, this river channel is dug very deep. If the sediment is cleaned up, there will be no risk of the Yellow River bursting its banks in the Henan section for at least a hundred years!"
Liu Jin looked at the deeply dug river, nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile.
Liu Jin was looking around and happened to see a group of officials in official attire on the river embankment not far away, smiling and talking about the big project in front of them.
Judging from the official uniforms worn by the leader, he was a fourth-rank official, probably Fei Yuan, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.
After thinking about it, Liu Jin decided to go over and chat with them to learn more about the situation.
"Sir, you have the foresight to take advantage of this year's severe drought to suggest to the court that the silt accumulated in the Yellow River should be cleaned up. Such cleanup will be enough to ensure that there will be no risk of the Yellow River bursting its banks within a hundred years."
"Yes, yes, sir, you are far-sighted and act in accordance with the times."
"Sir, we in Kaifeng Mansion, and even all the fellow villagers in Henan, will never forget your great kindness."
Around Fei Yuan, many officials under his command kept flattering Fei Yuan, which made Fei Yuan very happy and said some modest words with a smile on his face.
"Haha, where, where!"
"All of this is the support and affirmation of Sir Liu above. Without the affirmation and help of the Chief Envoy, how could we apply for funds to dig out this muddy sand."
"As for the credit, I don't dare to take credit. All the credit belongs to the Chief Envoy. At the same time, all my colleagues have been busy with this matter these days. It is also a tribute to your hard work."
"I don't dare, I don't dare. All of this is your fault, sir."
"Yes, yes, we just did some trivial things. The key is that you, my lord, were far-sighted and seized the great opportunity of the hundred-year drought to dig out the sediment in the Yellow River."
"That's right, that's right. Sir, your political achievements will definitely add a lot to your list, and you will surely be promoted soon."
"Haha, it's not easy to get promoted. As an official, we should adhere to the principle of serving as an official for one term and benefiting the country. The main thing is to do practical things and good things for the people."
Fei Yuan smiled all over his face and said he didn't care, but in his heart he was already thinking that if he did this job well, there was still hope that he could move up the ladder.
In the past, if you want to be promoted, you need to have background, origin, connections, and the most important thing is money. Now, relatively speaking, there are still rigid assessment index requirements. Only officials who have been evaluated and evaluated will be promoted.
qualifications.
Now that I have achieved good results, there is still a lot of hope for me to get promoted.
"stop!"
"who?"
"Don't you see that all the adults are here?"
At this time, the scoldings of the yamen servants and officials came over, and everyone quickly looked over.
"Who do you think you are? You dare to be rude to my husband?"
The servants next to Liu Jin looked at the officials and yamen servants who were blocking the way and scolding them, and they looked extremely angry and said.
What is Liu Jin's identity? Let alone a small official like you, even Liu Long, the chief envoy of Henan Province, would call Liu Gong when he saw Liu Jin.
Even though he is no longer the chief minister of the cabinet, given Liu Jin's influence in both the government and the public, the officials who came to visit him were at least third-rank officials.
Several officials and yamen servants heard the words of the servants around Liu Jin, and all of them widened their eyes. They did not expect that the person in front of them was even more fierce than themselves. The key is that this arrogant look seemed to be very...
A great big shot.
This made several officials and government servants couldn't help but look at Liu Jinlai carefully. The ordinary-dressed man in front of them seemed to be really extraordinary.
Of course, not only officials and government servants were looking at Liu Jin at this moment, but Fei Yuan and many other officials were also looking at Liu Jin at this moment.
Naturally, ordinary low-level officials did not know Liu Jin, but when Fei Yuan saw Liu Jin, he couldn't help but slightly widen his eyes, looking a little unbelievable, and then he quickly ran away.
Came over.
"Liu Gong, Liu Gong!"
"It's you, it's you!"
Seeing Fei Yuan's appearance, everyone else was dumbfounded. They didn't expect that Fei Yuan would greet the young man in front of them so attentively and enthusiastically.
"Who is this?"
Everyone was asking questions one by one. If you take a closer look at the plainly dressed man in front of you, you will see that he is really good-looking and has a good face. If you look at his demeanor, he is also quite extraordinary.
It's just that there are not many people in the government and the public who can make Fei Yuan so enthusiastic with the surname Liu.
"Fei Yuan, you did a good job."
Liu Jin looked at Fei Yuan and said with a smile.
This Fei Yuan was admitted as a Jinshi when Liu Jin presided over the scientific examination. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, he can be regarded as Liu Jin's student.
Of course, Liu Jin has never played these games, and has never relied on these to build relationships, so Liu Jin will naturally not admit this, but Fei Yuan and his fellow Jinshi candidates that year will think that they are Liu Jin
s student.
"Students are ashamed, students are ashamed!"
When Fei Yuan heard this, he immediately shook his head, and then introduced to the officials around him: "Everyone, this is Liu Jin, Duke Liu, the chief assistant of the cabinet!"
After hearing Fei Yuan's words, everyone's eyes widened slightly. Only then did they know the true identity of Liu Jin in front of them. They all quickly saluted respectfully. As for the first few officials and government servants, their mouths opened wide.
, I also felt uneasy in my heart.
No wonder these servants are so well-dressed. This seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, the servants of Liu Jin's house, not to mention these official servants and yamen servants, even Fei Yuan must be respectful.
Respectfully, after all, the master behind this is Liu Jin.
"Mr. Liu!"
All the officials saluted Liu Jin in unison.
"Haha, I'm no longer the chief minister of the cabinet, so I can't say that anymore."
Liu Jin looked at everyone and signaled that they didn't need to be polite.