The surging river flooded the territory of the five states of Daming, En, De, Cang and Yongjing, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.
After the breach, the water level dropped suddenly, and the violent Yellow River also calmed down. Hundreds of ships of all kinds...both official and private... drove in the turbid yellow flood area, searching and rescuing the trapped people.
This is an unprecedented search and rescue operation. Before this, search and rescue was not one of the government's various post-disaster tasks, and the affected people had to fend for themselves.
What prompted this joint search and rescue was the "Cuju Bao", which specializes in reporting on football events. Since the beginning of autumn, it has been rainy, which has caused the much-anticipated autumn championship to have to be postponed repeatedly. However, "Cuju Bao" has remained unimpeded, although it still talks about football.
However, they began to secretly bring in private goods... For example, in the 'Independent Football Commentary' section, some celebrities criticized the people with righteous words, only caring about the teams they supported and not caring whether the Yellow River was a veto embankment or something like that!
This time the Ergu River burst its banks, the "Cuju News" broke the headline on the front page. The title was 'Yellow River bursts its banks, the event is postponed again'!
However, in the main text, most of the text is used to describe the seriousness of the Ergu River disaster. Although it does not directly condemn the person responsible, it clearly mentions that this project cost tens of millions, with the efforts of the whole country, it is said to be able to prevent hundreds of years of floods...
In this era of limited information, this is the first time that there is a media that allows the general public to receive a message at the same time. For ordinary people, they can only sigh a few words, "What a sin" and "I don't know how much they have been corrupted."
So much.
However, there are still a large number of scholars in Bianjing City. Especially those young students who are not deeply involved in the world. After learning the news, they immediately ignited the passion to take the world as their own responsibility, and expressed their desire to provide disaster relief to the court through various channels.
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The imperial court naturally laughed at the enthusiasm of the scholars... Disaster relief has always been the responsibility of the government. If in the previous dynasty, anyone who dared to take the initiative to provide disaster relief would be regarded as trying to win people's hearts and lose their heads. Although the dynasty was unprecedentedly enlightened
.But we are also willing to let ordinary people intervene.
Annoyed by the noise, someone came up with an idea to let them search and rescue the trapped people. This would not only satisfy their needs, but also make Bianjing city quiet.
The princes felt that this was a good idea, so they issued a summons notice and sent ten official ships at the head, along with volunteered civilian ships, to sail to the Huangfan District.
However, before them, there were already dozens of boats that had been searching and rescuing. These boats were all owned by Sihai Trading Company. They had rescued thousands of trapped people in the past few days, but they still had no intention of giving up.
On one of the leading ships, there stood Chen Ke, who was supposed to be recuperating at home. He looked haggard, his eyes were red, and his face was covered with messy stubble. It looked like he hadn't slept for several days.
The autumn wind was blowing, and Chen Yi picked up a big cloak. He wanted to put it on him, but Chen Ke refused. He asked in a hissing voice: "Is there no news yet?"
Chen Yi hugged the big cloak and said softly: "It has been four days. The hope of Mr. Jia's survival is very slim..."
"..." Chen Ke felt deeply sad for a while. Then he said in a deep voice: "If we look for him again, we will see the person alive and the corpse if we die!"
"Yes." Chen Yi had no choice but to pass on the order.
For several days, Chen Ke has been immersed in deep self-blame because in order to stay out of the incident, he forced Jia Dan to deal with the tiger and wolf. As a result, the embankment was breached and no one was alive...
But he is also in trouble. At this critical moment for establishing the throne, every move he makes will cause various unpredictable reactions. And it is such a matter that is directly related to Zhao Zongshi, how can others allow him to interfere?
As for what Chen Ke has been waiting for, it is not the flood, but the occurrence of another incident... Man is not as good as God, and no one can predict that this autumn will be flooded like this.
But he still couldn't forgive himself, because if he were Chen Ke from five years ago, he would definitely fight side by side with Jia Dan regardless of the cost!
No matter what, he will inevitably fall...
"Third brother, you don't have to blame yourself so much." A tall young man walked out of the cabin. He was Chen Zhen, the general manager of the northern branch of Sihai Trading Company. After several years of experience, he had lost the impetuousness of the past.
Everyone calmed down: "What happened to Brother Jia was purely an accident."
"If I didn't have any selfish intentions, why would he go to Zhao Conggu?" Chen Ke sighed deeply and said bitterly: "If Zhao Conggu hadn't bullied others too much, how could he have gone to the river embankment...
"As he spoke, his nose became sore, and he hissed: "It's all my fault..."
"How could it be your fault?" Chen Zuda disagreed: "Even if you agreed to Brother Jia at that time, what can you do with your current situation in Beijing?! This river work is related to Zhao Zongshi and Zhao Conggu.
Honor and disgrace, how could they let you interfere?"
"It will be different after all..." Chen Ke said sadly: "This dyke burst was said to be a natural disaster, but it was actually a man-made disaster. The selfish motives of all parties were entangled, which drove a pure minister like Zhengfu to a dead end.
." He said with a self-deprecating smile: "We in the Song Dynasty have no shortage of talented people, famous ministers, and honest men who serve their duties with sincerity and worry about the country and forget themselves. However, there are very few such people. Such people are real national treasures, but now they are
Die young!”
"Speaking of which," Chen Zhen wanted to divert his brother's attention, but he also couldn't explain it himself: "How did things get to this point?"
"It's nothing more than selfish motives." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "You didn't care about political affairs before, so you don't know how much effort you put into deciding on this river construction plan. To put it simply, there are two main factions that are tit for tat. Our Highness supports it.
One faction, Zhao Zongshi supports the other, no need to say more about who wins and who loses."
Chen Zhen nodded and listened to his brother continue: "After His Highness's plan was rejected, he still submitted a letter requesting that the project be slowed down and that it would take three to five years to gradually block the north flow and deepen the two rivers. As a result, his suggestion
It was rejected again.”
"In order to show his ability and fulfill his promise to the general, Zhao Zongshi rushed to complete the work within one year. At that time, Jia Zhengfu strongly opposed it, but was easily suppressed." Chen Ke whispered: "So the Ergu River project, from the plan to the
Zhao Zongshi is responsible for all the quality."
"And Zhao Conggu is only a supervisor, so the right or wrong of the project plan has nothing to do with him," Chen Zhen said with some clarity: "But if it turns out that it is a problem with the quality of the project, he will not be able to escape."
"Yeah." Chen Ke nodded and said: "Zhao Conggu should have thought that he had little responsibility at first. Because the two most likely situations at that time were that the flood overflowed the dam, which means that there was no problem with the construction of the project itself. It was designed.
If there is a problem, it naturally has nothing to do with him. The two opened the north flow channel, which also shows that there is a problem with the design, and it has nothing to do with him."
"In this case, even if Han Gang leads people to guard the river bank, why can't Zhao Conggu, who has tens of thousands of soldiers, send him away to dig out the Beiliu River?" Chen Zhen asked confused.
"This is selfishness." Chen Ke said lightly: "First of all, he was worried that once he dug out the flood discharge and saved the river course, Zhao Zongshi would probably rake it back, saying that the Ergu River project itself was fine. It was Zhao Conggu who was frightened.
He dared to dig up Beiliu without authorization. Zhao Zongshi pushed two, five, and six, but he got stuck."
"Both, the Beiliu River has now become thousands of hectares of fertile land. The powerful people in the capital spent a lot of money to get these fields out, and they didn't want to be such a bad person." Chen Ke continued: "So
Han Gang guarded the dike and prevented the flood from flowing northward, which was exactly what he wanted... You see, it's not that I didn't want to divert the flood, it was this guy who blocked it, so the flood overflowed the dike. After all, this is
Under such circumstances, he bears the least responsibility."
"Then why did Han Gang guard the embankment? Doesn't it mean that the flood overflowing the embankment also indicates that there is a problem with the design?" Chen Zhen asked in confusion.
"Digging the Beiliu means admitting a mistake and proving that our original proposition was correct. This is unacceptable to Zhao Zongshi." Chen Ke sighed lightly: "So they hope to see the flood overflowing the dam, so that
It can be said that the design of the river is just a bit narrow, not a matter of general strategy, so it does not mean that Zhao Zong is wrong. It can also be blamed on natural disasters. After all, this autumn's flood has not been seen in many years. They will choose the lesser of the two disasters, so they will resolutely stop it.
Open the Beiliu."
"But no one expected that the embankment would burst..." Chen Zhen also sighed: "This project cost so much money, and it is said to be impregnable. Everyone is too relieved. I heard from the people in the capital water supervisory department that Brother Jia
It was not until the end that we discovered the danger of the embankment bursting, and we never thought it would happen so soon."
"Yes, no one expected that the embankment would burst..." Chen Ke nodded and saw a speedboat approaching. Soon it was approaching. Chen Xin climbed onto the ship from the speedboat by climbing the cable and saluted Chen Ke: "Your Majesty
Shi Zhongcheng issued a summons to your Excellency, ordering you to go to the Yushitai immediately for examination!"
"What happened?" Chen Zhen asked in shock.
"It should be about the Ergu River Project..."
"What a joke, what does it have to do with my brother!" Chen Zhen said angrily: "Why do they want to get involved with my third brother!"
"I don't know." According to the regulations of the state, officials below the fourth rank, who receive a summons from the censor Zhongcheng, must report to the censor station without delay, otherwise they will be recorded a demerit. So Chen Xin rushed to report the letter as soon as possible. Where?
I know why.
Chen Zhen wanted to speak, but was stopped by Chen Ke: "I will know what the situation is when I get back. If you continue to search, it's the same thing..."
"You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see corpses when you die."
"Yes." Chen Ke nodded.
"Third brother, will you be okay?"
"Haha," Chen Ke shook his head and said with a smile, "You underestimate your brother too much. Am I so easy to get along with?"
"Brother, take care!"
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