Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two: The Strategy of Governing the River
"To control rivers, we must first control sand, otherwise no matter how hard we reinforce it, it will rise above the dam. The accumulation of sediment is the source of river troubles."
The Xianping County government office was packed with people. Many of the normally dignified county officials were squatting aside, with Yang Lin sitting in the middle.
Hundreds of people crowded into the small county government office, making the hall a little stuffy. Although everyone was staring at a middle-aged county magistrate talking eloquently.
Yang Lin asked: "What you said is quite insightful. What is your name and which county you are from? And how to control sand."
When the junior official saw that Shaozai was cheering for him, he became even more energetic. He rolled up his sleeves and said: "Back to Shaozai, my subordinate is Zongze, the magistrate of Yanjin County. He believes that to control sand, we must build embankments to contain water and use water to control sand." .”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, and many people began to laugh.
The name sounded slightly familiar to Yang Lin, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. He waved his hand and cursed, "Is it possible that you, the county magistrate, have gone crazy? You don't want to widen the river channel, but you still have to restrict the water?"
Confining water means narrowing the river channel. Now that water is flowing everywhere, it will definitely be more difficult to control if water is constricted again.
Zongze Yuanyou was a Jinshi in his sixth year, and it has been sixteen years now, that is, when Yang Lin was born, he was a Jinshi. He is still a county magistrate after being mixed up, which shows that this person is not very good at running camps, and he has no backing. When Shaozai denied it, he did not panic, but argued loudly: "Think about it, Shaozai, the wider the river, the lower the flow rate, and the sediment accumulation will only become more and more. The narrower river, the faster the flow rate, under the impact If the speed of sediment lifting is reduced, there will be no need to raise the river bank further, and we will have enough time to control it."
When Yang Lin heard this, he fell into thinking. He really couldn't tell whether this thing made sense or not.
If building a narrow river lift can really have the effect of washing away the sediment, it is certainly feasible.
But if we take it for granted, once the repairs are narrowed and the floods become worse, it will become a laughing stock for the ages.
Looking up, Zongze's face was resolute and resolute. Then he looked at the fat-minded county magistrates next to him. Yang Lin slapped the table, stood up and said: "Fuck, forget it, just take a gamble. Anyway, no matter how bad you are, you can be as bad as you want." Go, if it succeeds, it will be a long-term solution."
At that moment, surrounded by county captains, magistrates, and registrars from the sixteen counties of Kaifeng Prefecture, a detailed river management plan was formulated.
First, trees and grass were planted upstream. Orders were sent directly to Yongxing Military Road, and people from the Anti-Security Factory were sent to supervise.
Secondly, the river embankments were rebuilt along the river to narrow the river channel and accelerate the flow of water to impact the sediment. Then, a flood control outer channel was built outside the river channel and a flood diversion area was built.
Then let Hebei roads take the lead in diverting water to reduce sedimentation, and organize the people to dredge and build embankments.
"As for the civilian husbands, they are recruited from the refugees, and they are paid according to their work every day, and they are paid once a day."
This flood displaced countless people and many houses were washed away. Yang Lin took the opportunity to order that more bricks and less wood be used in building houses.
Firstly, less trees can be cut down, but also for fire prevention and waterproofing.
After giving the order, some county magistrates began to disagree, thinking that Shaozai was on the right track and actually believed Zongze's words.
As everyone knows, in later generations of river management, the method of constricting the river and flushing sand was always used.
In Yang Lin's opinion, as long as the water and soil in the upper reaches are strengthened to reduce sediment, and then the silt is flushed and salvaged, the dangers of the Yellow River will be greatly reduced.
After the meeting, Yang Lin patted the county magistrate Zongze on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Work hard. If you have results in the future, I will guarantee your promotion."
Zongze smiled, clasped his fists and walked out of the yamen. Yang Lin curled his lips and said, "A seventh-grade junior official has quite a bit of backbone."
Suddenly, Yang Lin suddenly remembered, Zongze, isn't he the famous general who crossed the river three times?
Unexpectedly, a famous general of a generation, who has been in high and low officialdom for more than ten years, is still a county magistrate——
The person who gives orders from above has a strong background, and the efficiency below will be high. This is an eternal rule.
Yang Lin is now very popular and is a popular figure in front of the emperor. As soon as he issues an order, all the officials below him immediately get to work.
Everyone wanted to show their face in front of this young young master, maybe he would be noticed and promoted, but it was much better than working hard in his own small county town.
In order to supervise them, Yang Lin directly built a large tent on the high ground by the river in Xianping County and settled here with the troops of the Long Live Battalion.
It only took three days for construction to begin in various places. Yang Lin got up early, washed up briefly, and then took the troops from the Long Live Battalion to patrol around.
From a public point of view, building the river is a long-term plan, which affects the lives of millions of Han people along the river. From a private point of view, if the river troubles are not eliminated, our own horse-drawn carriages and water transport will lose an unknown amount of money every day.
Countless strong men were sweating profusely in the muddy fields. The Long Live Battalion had taken over all the grain business in Kaifeng Prefecture. The looted goods in the past few days were all piled up at the headquarters of the Long Live Battalion. Food was given to whomever they were told to give. These men could not help but work hard.
Ordinary refugees are also grateful that the imperial court gave them such a chance to survive. Repairing the river is a big deal for them, because they have lived here for generations, and every flood is a disaster.
However, there are still some naughty dogs. Dogs can't change their habit of eating shit, so they just want to get food by doing nothing.
Yang Lin walked by on the first day and watched silently without saying anything.
After returning to the big tent, Yang Lin looked gloomy and summoned Lu Qian from the Long Live Camp to see him.
After Lu Qian received the money, he saw Yang Lin's unkind expression and said, "Young Master, your classmate's wife, we have already started arranging manpower."
Yang Lin nodded and said: "There's no rush. I only brought a few guards today to patrol both sides of the river embankment. There are many people who rely on their rogue nature to mix among the refugees and act arrogantly."
Lu Qian clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Young Master, when we were smuggling salt, we didn't see anything like this. These are still light, and those teeth took advantage of the flood. After the flood, many orphans lost their parents and came here to deceive the children.
Young girls, as well as those who buy and sell beautiful women, my subordinates are secretly investigating."
Thinking of his adopted sons, Yang Lin felt a little heavy. Such a disaster in this era would inevitably give birth to a large number of homeless orphans.
The tragic end of these people is unimaginable to ordinary people. It is worth mentioning that the nursing home, Anjifang and Luzeyuan systems that were vigorously promoted by Cai Jing in the Song Dynasty were undoubtedly the peak of the relief system in the Northern Song Dynasty and the highest in history.
Unprecedented, even higher than the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
The nursing home specializes in taking in "the widowed and lonely", the elderly over the age of sixty who have no one to support them, as well as orphans, street children, disabled people, and refugees and hungry people who have no basic livelihood.
Anjifang is specially responsible for treating patients who have no money for medical treatment, that is, "treating people who have diseases without complaining". After patients enter Anjifang, they will receive free treatment.
There is also the Luze Garden, which is specially responsible for burying the deceased in nursing homes and Anji Square, as well as those who are "exposed in the trenches" after the "lonely old people died of illness" in the society. For this reason, the Luze Garden also has a dedicated official florist.
Money buys a cemetery.
This notorious and well-known traitor, his life can be summed up by the word "treacherous", and he deserves this word, but the treatment system for orphans and widowers was also formulated by him.
"Catch them, gather them together, and behead them together on the river embankment, offering sacrifices to the river and to the sky."
At this time, a soldier came in, crossed his hands and said: "Young Master, there is someone outside asking to see you."
Yang Lin was in a bad mood and asked casually: "What birdman?"