Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 162 Li Shimin wakes up, the disaster of the Yellow River
Chapter 162 Li Shimin wakes up, the disaster of the Yellow River
Chapter 162: Li Shimin wakes up, disaster in the Yellow River
The Yellow River embankment that Liao Fengmao went to manage is located on Henan Road, close to Hebei Road, and far away from Hedong Road.
The water from the Yellow River dam burst will not affect the Hedong Road, but there is a high probability that the victims will flock here.
It can harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states, a number far greater than the number of troops currently at war with the Eastern Turks.
"Miaoyan, there must be very few people who know this news, right?"
Fang Yuan pondered for a long time and said in a deep voice.
It involves major changes, so we must prepare as early as possible.
Once tens of thousands of refugees arrive, it will have serious consequences.
"The news has also been sent back to Chang'an City. Without His Majesty's permission, it will certainly not spread anywhere."
Du Miaoyan didn't know why, but answered truthfully.
This kind of thing is too big. If it is spread randomly, it will cause panic and people will be held accountable.
"Come here!"
"Call Zhang San, Ju Zi, Lu Xia, Wang Wenshu, Zhou Kaile, Hong Xu Qinggao, the Xue sisters, Mrs. Li's family..."
Fang Yuan returned to his seat and pondered for a moment before giving instructions.
The above are all trustworthy people. Except for Mrs. Li’s family, it can be said that they are all my team.
For such an extremely important matter, Fang Yuan must first discuss a general direction with everyone, and then convene a meeting with more people.
"Should I go back first?"
When Du Miaoyan saw Fang Yuan calling these people, she thought there must be something important to discuss.
Some of them did not hold official positions, so they must be people whom Fang Yuan trusted and were called by her.
Although she thought Fang Yuan would trust her, Fang Yuan didn't say anything, and she was too embarrassed to stay here shamelessly.
"Do you have anything else to do?"
Fang Yuan frowned and asked.
"No."
Du Miaoyan shook her head and said.
"Sorry, I'm rude."
"You sit inside first, I'll go in later."
Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Du Miaoyan was thinking.
He stood up and walked towards Du Miaoyan. He even put his hand on Du Miaoyan's back affectionately and gave her a gentle push.
Du Miaoyan's heart suddenly trembled, but her expression remained natural, she nodded slightly and walked towards the conference room.
After a while, those people named by Fang Yuan arrived one after another, which also attracted the attention of many people who did not attend the meeting.
......
Chang'an City, Imperial Palace Study Room.
Li Shimin was dozing off after working hard for a long time correcting the memorial.
I was fine at first, but suddenly I woke up with a look of fear on my face.
When the eunuchs and maids waiting on the side saw this, they were all amazed. They had never seen Li Shimin like this.
"Did anything big happen?"
Li Shimin took a sip of tea, suppressed the false alarm in his heart and asked.
He dreamed that something big had happened, something even more terrifying than the drought and locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan.
But I can’t remember what happened when I woke up.
I only know that countless people are in dire straits.
"Your Majesty, no."
"On the contrary, Mr. Du, Mr. Changsun and others have sent a letter jointly signed by them."
"I saw you were resting, so I didn't wake you up."
Eunuch Wang Degong said.
It’s just letters from a few young masters, so it’s probably not that important.
"Bring it here quickly!"
When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately asked Wang De to bring the letter.
What he thought was the opposite of Wang De. He felt that Du He and the others had important matters.
It must be a very important thing for several young masters to save the time of bypassing their fathers and send messages directly to themselves.
"Yes."
Wang De responded quickly and took out the letter from his arms.
Li Shimin quickly took it, opened the letter and read it.
As soon as I saw it, I immediately felt a roar coming from my brain, like being struck by lightning.
Sure enough, when I woke up from my dream, something big had really happened!
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty?"
Wang De was shocked.
He has never seen Li Shimin show such an expression.
The content of the letter must have been very terrifying, so terrifying that even the monarch of the country was shocked.
"Quick, call the ministers from the three provinces and six ministries to come over!"
Li Shimin shouted loudly.
The Yellow River dam is about to burst!
The river water will harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states!
This is just the surface, it may also affect the national war with the Eastern Turks!
This undoubtedly involves food issues!
Li Shimin's head was about to explode when he thought about the extreme shortage of food that had been used to support the war.
"Yes, yes."
Wang De responded repeatedly.
Personally arrange for Du Ruhui and others to come.
It's a big deal to call the ministers from three provinces and six departments at once.
Thinking again that he had not woken up Li Shimin earlier, Wang De was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back.
Not long after, Pei Ji, Du Ruhui, Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other ministers from the three provinces and six departments arrived.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Everyone saluted.
Curious about what happened.
You know, Li Shimin rarely calls them all together.
"The Yellow River dam burst!"
Li Shimin's words instantly changed the mood of everyone.
Everyone has known for a long time that there is a problem with the Yellow River dam and has sent people to repair it.
But I never thought that the Yellow River embankment that had been repaired for several months not only failed to heal, but actually collapsed like this?!
"Your Majesty, is the news confirmed?!"
Du Ruhui couldn't help coughing violently, until his face turned red.
This news was so shocking, but none of them received it, so they doubted whether the news was true or false.
"Du He, Chang Sun Chong and the others jointly signed the letter and sent it back in a hurry from 800 miles away."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
Although he has not received the information yet.
But kids like Du He and Chang Sun Chong would not joke about this kind of thing
"That must be true!"
When Du Ruhui heard this, his heart suddenly sank.
It can’t be false, Du Miaoyan told him a few days ago that Du He helped Fang Yuan transport cement.
"Is it a cement problem?"
Pei Ji was the second to speak.
When you open your mouth, you have the idea of holding someone responsible.
But what he said was also what some people present wanted to say.
If something is too big, someone will always take the blame, and the person who provided the cement is undoubtedly the most likely to take the blame.
"Whose problem should we discuss later?"
Chang Sun Wuji interjected.
My son is also involved, so I don’t know how much it is related.
Whose fault is it, or what caused it, it’s better to discuss it later.
"How long has it been? Are you still thinking about who is responsible?"
"Let's all discuss how to deal with the collapse of the Yellow River dam!"
Li Shimin's face darkened and he said in a deep voice.
The matter is urgent, and I and others must come up with a plan as soon as possible.
The letter said that the Yellow River dam is bursting, and there will be a major explosion in about a day or two.
They still have some time to discuss a response plan.
This letter from Du He and others is different from the letter sent to Du Miaoyan. This letter does not mention the secret they discovered.
Everyone stopped discussing other things and began to discuss how to deal with the problem of the Yellow River dam collapse.
Finally, Li Shimin and others discussed the first response plan: ordering people near the Yellow River dams to relocate urgently.
......
Henan Road, beside the Yellow River.
The turbulent Yellow River flows endlessly.
The water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, and the roar is deafening.
It is so spectacular that people can’t help but feel awe when looking at it.
Liao Fengmao and others who were repairing the dam by the river are no longer there, gone.
In one of them, there was a half-meter-long breach, and water kept flowing out. Because there was a big stone blocking it in front, the water flow was not very turbulent.
But the water of the Yellow River hit the big rocks again and again, causing huge splashes, splashing everywhere, and making the big rocks shake unstable.
Looking at this situation, repair is impossible, so that Liao Fengmao and others have long been gone.
Suddenly, there was a huge roar beside the Yellow River, the big rocks were washed away by the water, and the breach was expanded wirelessly.
The endless water of the Yellow River gushes out from here, rushing outward crazily, as fast as a horse.
At this time, orders from the imperial court have been received. Prefectures and counties in Henan Province are organizing emergency evacuation of local people.
However, this large-scale migration cannot be fast or smooth.
While complaining, the people packed their luggage and packed away items they considered valuable.
"Oh, I'm so annoyed. How can I take away so many things?"
"Speaking of the Yellow River dam bursting, our county is so far away from the Yellow River, and the bursting will not be our turn."
"Even so, I don't know what the county government is thinking. I still have a field that I haven't won yet."
"We are relatively well off, but it's hard to see those wealthy families who can't pull the big and small cars when they are full."
The people were talking a lot.
Some people have already taken to the road and headed away from the Yellow River.
Some people pack their bags slowly, as if they don’t want to leave the land where they grew up.
suddenly,
"Water, water is coming!"
I don’t know who screamed loudly.
People subconsciously look in the direction of the Yellow River.
I saw a large area of river rushing towards this side.
Seen from a distance, the speed of the water flow is not large and does not seem to be high.
But experienced fishermen immediately realized the horror contained in it.
"Quick, run away!"
The fishermen were the first to react.
He ran away, no longer caring about his luggage.
When other people saw this, they began to panic and left quickly.
The speed of people cannot compare with the speed of water.
The people walking at the back soon saw water coming.
The force of the water flow was very small, but it quickly covered their ankles.
"Run, run!"
"The water is coming, the water is coming!"
People shouted.
I wish I could have wings.
They ran away like crazy.
But the current ran faster than them.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the water rose to their knees.
More and more people are fleeing, and more and more water sources are pouring out.
There were screams of terror and calls for help everywhere.
The first to suffer were the young children, who were not tall and were carried away by the current.
The second is the old man, who fell down due to the influence of water when he was walking quickly because of difficulty in moving.
"Run!"
"If you can't run, find a tree to hug you!"
"If you are washed away by the water, look for floating objects to save yourself!"
Running away like crazy.
Several people rode horses back and forth to rescue people.
They are Du He, Changsun Chong, Qin Huaiyu and the others.
They hadn't left yet. After sending the news back, they stayed in the county to find a solution for Fang Yuan with the county magistrate.
The final plan was similar to that of the imperial court, to keep the people away from the Yellow River to avoid being affected.
The migration order has been issued long ago, but the effect is mediocre.
There is no other way, Du He and others can only implement the second plan.
Those who have horses immediately ride back and forth to rescue the people.
Du He and the others were on horseback. Relying on the speed of the horses, they first ran to the back, rescued one or two people in critical condition, pulled them onto their horses, then went back to the front, put the people down before continuing to save people. This method is very useful.
But there are too many people, so this method has little effect.
"Save me, sir, save me!"
When the fleeing people saw the rescue efforts of Du He and others, they immediately extended a helping hand to Du He and others.
Some even went too far. They quickly ran towards Du He and others to get on Du He's horse, interfering with Du He and others' rescue.
The water source is getting deeper and deeper, and it is becoming troublesome for Du He and others to save people. They may also be dragged into the water by some people. For a while, they are in a dilemma.
At a higher place, Du He and others were stopping here to rest for a while.
"What should I do?"
"It's just a drop in the bucket if we save it like this!"
Qin Huaiyu looked at the fleeing army in front of him with a grim expression.
Just now, he was almost knocked off his horse by several big men.
I can see that there are people in front of me being washed away by the water, and I can't bear it.
"Why are there only five of us?"
"What about the county government officials? Didn't they also come on horseback to rescue people?"
Changsun Chong did not answer.
But he also looks ugly.
Compared to the fact that they were almost dragged into the water by the common people, he was more concerned about the rescue of the county?
From the beginning to now, they have been saving people for an hour. The horses are almost too tired to run. Why haven't they seen the county magistrate organize people to save people?
"Don't think about it, people in the county town will definitely start fleeing too."
Du He said in a deep voice.
This time the Yellow River dam breaks, it could harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states.
Those people in the county must have fled quickly after confirming the situation here.
Among them, horses can play the greatest role in escaping and can ignore the interference of this flood.
There are only so many horses in a county. After Du He and the others took five horses, the others never appeared again.
"Then what should we do?"
Cheng Chumo touched his horse sadly.
A soldier regards his horse as his second life.
Although Cheng Chumo has never been on the battlefield, he has always been a soldier.
He liked the mare under his crotch very much, and it was heartbreaking to see her panting from exhaustion.
"Go back and let them save themselves."
Finally, Qin Huaiyu and others said.
It’s not that they don’t want to save, it’s that there are too many people to save.
If they continue to rescue like this, not only will their horses be unable to bear it, but they may also be dragged into the water.
The five people took a deep look at the increasingly higher water level in front of them and the people struggling in the water. They became cruel and ran in the opposite direction.
The water level is getting higher and higher.
The water is getting bigger and bigger.
More states and counties were affected.
More people are affected.
The area closest to the Yellow River in Henan Road is like a purgatory on earth.
There are people fleeing everywhere, fleeing in the opposite direction of the Yellow River.
Order in the affected prefectures and counties has collapsed, and county magistrates can hardly find anyone.
A few days later.
In a small mountain village on Hedong Road.
It is already a long way from the Yellow River.
But even so, the great escape will still begin here.
It is not affected by the water of the Yellow River, but by the panic of the refugees.
In a family of four.
"Dad, the flood hasn't reached us yet, why are we running away?"
This is a question from a ten-year-old boy.
"If you can't come now, it doesn't mean you can't come later. Look at how many people have fled to us."
The mother who was packing her luggage said hurriedly.
"But it's really far away from the Yellow River."
The boy still doesn't understand.
But he obediently helped pack his luggage.
"Xiao Bai, dad has studied for several years and understands a truth."
"The book says that the terrible thing is not the flood, but the refugees after the flood."
The boy's father stopped what he was doing, looked at the boy, and said solemnly.
"Dad, why?"
Xiaobai still doesn’t understand.
He didn't understand this when he was young.
"Did you see those refugees who showed up today?"
the boy's father asked.
"I saw it."
Xiaobai nodded solemnly.
He discovered this morning that hundreds of refugees appeared in the village.
All of them looked haggard, as if they had been hungry for a long time.
They asked for water as soon as they appeared, and some even went to the well in the village to fetch water.
It feels quite scary.
"I heard that they were on the run for several days."
"For those who are on the run, sooner or later the money and food in their hands will run out."
"The flood may not affect our place, but there will definitely be thousands of refugees passing through our place."
"Our village is too small to accommodate hundreds of people. Once they come, our village will be destroyed and we will become refugees. The sooner we leave, the better our chances of survival will be."
The boy's father spoke earnestly and thoughtfully.
"I seem to understand."
Xiaobai nodded heavily, but then shook his head.
He thought he understood, but he didn't seem to understand.
"Awesome!"
"Xiaobai, if we get separated, you must remember to take good care of your sister!"
The boy's father praised the boy and then warned him.
"Okay!"
Xiaobai looked at his two-year-old sister sitting on the ground and said solemnly.
Soon after, the family began to flee.
At this time, more refugees poured into this small village.
Some refugees asked for help, hoping to be given some porridge and water.
Some refugees are more brutal and forcefully break into houses.
......
Liaozhou City Gate.
The five Duhe people are back here.
Behind them was a carriage carrying the seriously injured Liao Fengmao.
There is no sign of flooding here, and people come and go without being affected at all.
"We lured some refugees here. I wonder if Fang Yuan will blame us?"
Du He looked at the ordinary city gate in front of him and sighed.
Along the way, he saw some states and counties that were unwilling to accept refugees.
When Du He and others asked for rescue, they said that their own county must also save itself.
They must be worried that there are so many refugees that they cannot control them and dare not rescue them.
"Let him go, the worst he can do is stop the business."
Qin Huaiyu sneered.
I guess it’s more likely that I don’t want to save him.
After all, if the control is not good, the refugees will affect the local people, causing even greater chaos, and official positions will not be guaranteed.
But they have attracted the refugees, and it is up to Fang Yuan to accept them or not. If he has any blame, the most he can do is not cooperate with them in the business they negotiated before.
"Let's talk about it first in the city."
Changsun shouted and walked towards the city gate.
When several other people saw this, they stopped talking and entered the city together.
After they entered the city, they rushed towards the governor's mansion.