Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2241, clean up the river on the ground
On the embankment of the Yellow River in Kaifeng City, Liu Jin is playing here.

Before crossing, Liu Jin learned from textbooks that the river bed of the Yellow River in Kaifeng is several meters higher than the ground on both sides, and the highest position is even seven meters higher than the ground on both sides. Ground River, Hanging River.

The reason why such a phenomenon is formed is mainly the result of the long-term struggle between man and nature.

The Yellow River itself has a very large amount of river sand and soil. In open and flat areas, the flow rate of the river slows down, a large amount of sediment is continuously deposited on the river channel, and the river bed and water level are constantly too high.

If it is a normal natural situation, that is, when the river bed and water level continue to rise, the river breaks down the embankment and spreads to the entire plain area, and eventually there may be diversions.

In history, the Yellow River has been diverted many times. Sometimes it enters the sea from the Bohai Sea, and sometimes it enters the sea from the Yellow Sea. This is the reason for the diversion.

But this is a natural situation, but for people living on both sides of the Yellow River, it is obviously unacceptable for the river bed to rise and impact the areas on both sides of the river to submerge farmland and villages.

Therefore, people will continue to raise the river embankment, the river bed will rise, and humans will raise the river embankment. Over the years, the long years have formed a landscape of rivers on the ground, the most famous of which is the Yellow River on the ground here in Kaifeng. It is several meters higher than those on both sides.

Standing on the embankment of the Yellow River section in Kaifeng, Liu Yuan looked at the long embankment and Kaifeng City from a distance, and couldn't help but sigh,
The struggle between man and nature is most directly displayed at this moment. Such a high drop and huge embankment are hard to see. If the Yellow River bursts here when the flood floods, the entire Kaifeng city will be destroyed. Totally 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 really drought, 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 actually stopped flowing, leaving only a small amount of water flowing downstream. This is obviously very abnormal.

All this is due to the dry weather this year. This year, there is almost no rain in the north of Daming. The drought is unprecedented, and even the Yellow River has stopped flowing.

However, stopping the flow also has the benefits of stopping the flow. At this moment, the entire Yellow River channel is extremely busy here. Thousands of people are constantly digging the silt accumulated in the Yellow River channel for many years.

Don't underestimate these thousands of people. These thousands of people are not the peasants who used to carry shoulders, but the modern construction team. A large number of excavators and construction vehicles are constantly busy.

A large amount of silt was continuously excavated from the channel of the Yellow River. However, the silt was transported away by engineering vehicles. In some areas, it can be clearly seen that the riverbed has been dug several meters deep. Cliff in general.

The amount of sediment in the Yellow River is really too big!

Especially for the Yellow River in the past, it was very difficult to clean up the sediment in the Yellow River. You can only watch it continue to rise slowly and become higher and higher, and you can only strengthen the embankments and dams on both sides. Prevent dikes from bursting.

This year's situation is special, very dry, which caused the Yellow River to stop flowing. 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 to clean up the sediment of the Yellow River.

Liu Jin knew about this matter, and it was Liu Jin who approved it at the time. This time, he came to see if Liu Long had deceived himself and whether he had put the money into the project.

Now it seems that this money was used in the project, to clean up the Yellow River.

"Well, the river channel has been dug very, very deep. If the silt is cleaned up, the Yellow River in the Henan section is estimated to have no risk of breaking its embankment for at least a hundred years!"

Liu Jin looked at the deeply excavated river, nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile.

Liu Jin was looking around, just in time to see a group of officials in government clothes talking with smiles on the big project in front of him on the embankment not far away.

Judging from the official uniform worn by the leader, he is 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.

"My lord, it's better for you to take a long-term view and take advantage of this year's severe drought to suggest to the court to clean up the silt accumulated in the Yellow River. After such a cleanup, it is enough to ensure that the Yellow River will not have the risk of bursting its embankment within a hundred years."

"Yes, yes, my lord, you have a long-term vision and act in accordance with the times."

"My lord, our Kaifeng mansion, and even the folks in Henan will never forget your great kindness."

Beside Fei Yuan, many officials under him 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 Mr. Liu above. Without the affirmation and help of Mr. Chief Executive, how can we apply for a payment to dig out this silt."

"If you want to say credit, I don't dare to claim credit. All the credit is due to the chief minister. At the same time, colleagues have been busy with this matter these days, so it is hard work."

"Don't dare, dare not, all of this is due to you, my lord."

"Yes, yes, we just did some insignificant things. The key is that you, my lord, took a long-term view and seized the great opportunity of the century-old drought to dig out the silt in the Yellow River."

"That's right, that's right, my lord, your political achievements will definitely be filled with a strong one, and you will be promoted soon."

"Haha, it's not easy to get promoted. I'm waiting for an official. I should be based on the principle of serving as an official and benefiting one party. The main thing is to think about doing practical and good things for the people in my heart."

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 a good job in this matter, there is still hope to move up a bit.

In the past, if you want to be promoted, you need to have a background, background, connections, and the most important thing is to have money. Now, relatively speaking, there are still rigid assessment indicators. Only officials who are evaluated and evaluated can be promoted. qualifications.

Now that I want to achieve performance, if I want to get promoted, there is still great hope.

"stop!"

"who?"

"Didn't you see that the adults are here?"

At this time, the reprimands from the yamen servants and officials came, and everyone looked over quickly.

"What are you, dare to be rude to my husband?"

The servants around Liu Jin looked at the officials and yamen servants who blocked the way in front of them and scolded them indiscriminately, and said extremely angrily.

What is Liu Jin's identity, let alone you, a small official or yamen servant, even Liu Long, the chief envoy of Henan, will call Liu Gong when he sees Liu Jin.

Even though he is no longer the chief assistant of the cabinet, given Liu Jin's influence in the government and the opposition, the officials who visited him were at least senior members of the third rank.

Several officials and yamen servants heard the words of the servants around Liu Jin, and all of them widened their eyes. They never thought that the person in front of them was even more fierce than themselves. Fantastic big shot.

This made several officials and yamen servants couldn't help but look at Liu Jin carefully. The ordinary dressed man in front of him seemed to be really extraordinary.

Of course, at this moment, not only the officials and yamen servants were looking at Liu Jin, but even Fei Yuan and many other officials were also looking at Liu Jin at this moment.

Ordinary low-level officials naturally don't know Liu Jin, but when Fei Yuan saw Liu Jin, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly, looking a little unbelievable, and then ran away in a hurry come over.

"Liu Gong, Liu Gong!"

"It turned out to be you, it turned out to be you!"

Seeing Fei Yuan's appearance, the others were all dumbfounded. They never expected that Fei Yuan would need to go forward to greet this young man in front of him so attentively and enthusiastically.

"Who is this?"

Everyone asked questions one by one, this plainly dressed man in front of him, take a closer look, this looks really good, he really has a good skin, and look at his demeanor, it is also quite extraordinary.

It's just that this surname Liu can still make Fei Yuan so enthusiastic. It seems that there are not many people in the government and the opposition.

"Fei Yuan, you did a good job."

Liu Jin looked at Fei Yuan and said with a smile.

This Fei Yuan was awarded 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 with these things, and has never relied on them to build relationships, so Liu Jin will naturally not admit this, but Fei Yuan and his fellow candidates for Jinshi in those years would think that they were 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 beside him, "Everyone, this is Liu Jin, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet!"

Hearing Fei Yuan's words, everyone immediately widened their eyes slightly. Only then did they realize the true identity of Liu Jin in front of them, and immediately saluted respectfully one by one. As for the first few officials and yamen servants, they opened their mouths wide , I also felt uneasy in my heart.

No wonder these servants are so bullish in their clothes. The seventh-rank officials in front of the prime minister's door, the servants of Liu Jin's mansion, let alone these officials and servants, even Fei Yuan must be respectful. Respectfully, after all, the master behind this is Liu Jin.

"Uncle Liu!"

All the officials saluted Liu Jin in unison.

"Haha, I'm no longer the chief assistant of the cabinet, so I can't say that anymore."

Liu Jin looked at everyone and signaled that there is no need to be too polite.

(End of this chapter)