Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2242, Huang Heqing, the sage comes out
"Liu Gong, if you don't tell me when you come to Kaifeng, I'll take care of you."

Fei Yuan looked at Liu Jin in front of him. Although Liu Jin was younger than himself, he had to consider himself a student.

The Liu Jin in front of me is already in his 50s and doesn’t want to do it anymore. He voluntarily resigned and started to travel around the world. Looking at himself, he is only a fourth-rank magistrate in his 60s. The gap is not ordinary. Sometimes people are more popular than people. .

"I have always disliked these things, and now that I have no official position, I just come to Kaifeng to have fun."

Liu Jin shook his head with a smile. Since Liu Jin became an official, he didn't like these things, and he never did them.

"You did a good job here in Kaifeng. You actually thought of digging up the silt of the Yellow River during the drought. After the silt of the Yellow River is dug out, the Yellow River will not have to worry about breaking its embankment for a long time. gone."

Liu Jin looked at the Yellow River in front of him, and chatted with Fei Yuan about this matter.

"It's all good teacher, you taught well, the students never forget your teaching, remember to serve as an official and benefit one side."

"The Yellow River floods every year, especially when it is flooded, because the river bed of the Yellow River is several meters higher than its banks. Once the embankment bursts, a large number of fertile fields around Kaifeng will be submerged."

"So in the past, people were organized to reinforce the embankment every winter during the slack season, but this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, because the Yellow River has a very large amount of sediment, accumulated over the years, and the riverbed is still rising. , there is still a risk of breaking the embankment.”

"This year we have encountered a super drought that has never happened in a hundred years. My northern area of ​​Daming has almost no rain this year. The drought is extremely dry, and the Yellow River has stopped flowing. Dig it out and lower the river bed."

Fei Yuan explained it to Liu Jin in detail as a student.

"Well, your idea is very good and practical."

"The river here is already on the ground, and it is too much higher than the two sides. It would be too dangerous if the embankment burst."

After Liu Jin listened carefully, he also affirmed him.

"Yes, I have read the local chronicles of Kaifeng and Henan. In the past, the Yellow River flooded almost every year and broke its banks every year. It is true that it has benefited both sides of the strait, but many times the people on both sides of the strait are deeply affected by the flooding of the Yellow River. suffering!"

Fei Yuan nodded solemnly, and then continued: "However, since the imperial court began to move a large number of people overseas and outside the customs, the number of times the Yellow River flooded and broke its banks has become less and less, especially in the past 20 years. The Yellow River has not yet burst its banks.”

"Oh, really?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately nodded with a smile. Of course Liu Jin knew about this period.

The reason why the Yellow River floods less now is largely because the ecological environment in the middle and upper reaches, especially the Loess Plateau, has improved a lot, a lot.

In the past, there were many people and little land in the Loess Plateau. A large number of forests and vegetation were cut down and destroyed, resulting in very serious soil erosion. Whenever the rainy season came.

When it rained, a large amount of silt on the Loess Plateau was washed into the Yellow River. On the one hand, the silt raised the river bed of the Yellow River, making the Yellow River more dangerous.

On the other hand, there is a lack of vegetation to retain rainwater. During this rainy season, the floods are more fierce and fierce, and naturally it is easy to flood and break the embankment.

Later, Liu Jin focused on relocating a large number of people from Shaanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan, especially the population from the Loess Plateau, where almost all of them were relocated.

The migration of a large number of people has greatly eased the contradiction between man and land in the Loess Plateau area, and given time for nature to recuperate.

Slowly, the vegetation on the Loess Plateau gradually recovered and became better and better, not only locking in precipitation, but also reducing the amount of sediment that washed into the Yellow River.

Naturally, the Yellow River is less and less likely to flood, with less sediment, the river bed will not rise so fast, and the flood will not be so fierce.

Of course, another reason is that the Ming court has repeatedly repaired basic water conservancy projects such as embankments and reservoirs, and strengthened the embankments of the Yellow River. When facing floods, it has stronger resistance.

In particular, the emergence of cement is of great help to infrastructure. It is not only faster to build, but also stronger and firmer.

These are the reasons why the Yellow River has become less flooded.

"Yes, Mr. Liu!"

"This Yellow River has undergone tremendous changes compared to before."

At this time, an official next to Fei Yuan stood up and said, "I am a local, and I am over 60 years old now. In the past, we locals were deeply troubled by the Yellow River."

"When it comes to the rainy season, we are always in fear, worried that the flood of the Yellow River will wash away our homes."

"But in the past 20 years or so, we don't need to worry about this period at all. The younger generation has even forgotten the horror scene when the Yellow River flooded."

"Based on my observations of the Yellow River over the years, I found that the water in the Yellow River is gradually becoming clearer."

"Clear?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows slightly.

"Yes, Mr. Liu!"

"When I was a child, one-third of a bucket of Yellow River water was silt, and the silt content was very high. This is also the main reason why the river bed of the Yellow River kept getting too high."

"And in the past ten years, the sediment in a bucket of Yellow River water has become less and less, and the color of the Yellow River water has been changing."

"The turbid yellow water has gradually become clearer. If this continues, the water in the Yellow River may become completely clear in a few decades."

The official said to Liu Jin very seriously.

"Go fetch a bucket of river water and bring it up."

When Fei Yuan heard this, he turned his head and told the yamen servant next to him that he immediately went to fetch water from the river. Although the Yellow River was almost cut off now, it hadn't really stopped after all, it was just like a small river or a stream.

"The water of the Yellow River has become clear, which shows that the vegetation and forests on the Loess Plateau have recovered very well."

After Liu Jin finished listening, he also nodded and said.

A large number of people have migrated out of the Loess Plateau, and the environment has been recuperated.

This period was the Ming Dynasty again, and the environment of the Loess Plateau had not yet reached the level of later generations. After more than 20 years of recuperation, the environment of the Loess Plateau must have greatly improved.

"Well, I will change my itinerary a little bit, and I can visit the Loess Plateau."

In his heart, Liu Jin also slightly modified his itinerary, and planned to go to the Loess Plateau to see the vegetation recovery on the Huangtu Plateau.

"The water is coming, the water is coming."

At this time, the yamen servant hurried over with a bucket of water. The people walked very fast, but every drop of water would spill out.

"Leave this water, wait for it to settle for a while."

Fei Yuan hastily ordered that the Yellow River water, which looks yellow from a distance, can actually be very clear after it settles down.

Everyone just waited for more than ten minutes before they completely settled down and poured out the excess water on the surface.

"Liu Gong, Lord Fei, when I was young, there was at least as deep a layer of sand in this bucket of water."

The official who spoke just now carefully gestured at the barrel.

"But now the sediment content is much less. It's just that there is a layer of sediment on the bottom layer, which shows that the sediment content of the Yellow River is getting less and less."

"This is also the reason why the water of the Yellow River has become clearer, because the sediment content in the river water has decreased, so it looks clearer and less turbid."

"When the Yellow River was rich in water, the water in the Yellow River was clear, not yellowish."

"Yes, there is such a situation. Some time ago, I also heard a few elderly fishermen discussing this matter, saying that the water of the Yellow River is much cleaner than before."

This is another official who stood up and said.

"The Yellow River has become clearer, which is a good thing. It means that there is less sediment in the Yellow River, and the riverbed of the Yellow River will not rise so fast."

"Coupled with the fact that the sediment in the river bed has been cleaned up now, it is estimated that there will be no need to worry about the flooding of the Yellow River within a hundred years."

Liu Jin smiled and nodded.

"Liu Gong, since ancient times, there has been a saying that the Yellow River is clear and the saints come out!"

At this time, the official said to Liu Jin very seriously.

"Huang Heqing, is the saint out?"

"what does this mean?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Jin thought for a while and asked.

"At this time, there is an ancient allusion, which is said to have been circulated since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It means that when the Yellow River becomes clear, it must be a saint in the world. The Yellow River has become clear."

The other party quickly explained to Liu Jin seriously.

"Haha, it seems that in a few decades, when the water of the Yellow River becomes clear, we will have a saint in Ming Dynasty."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said with a smile.

In fact, Liu Jin certainly heard that the other party was flattering him.

"Liu Gong, you are the sage of the world!"

Fei Yuan smiled and said to Liu Jin, this flattery was obviously well timed.

"What kind of sage am I? This is going to break me."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head. What kind of sage is he? He is just a time traveler who has done some things he wanted to do.

It's nothing at all, and it's not a sage, and it doesn't dare to call itself a sage.

Of course, this is Liu Jin's own opinion. In fact, in Daming now, countless people think that Liu Jin is a sage in the world. The Ming Empire can exist today because of Liu Jin's painstaking management and reform.

If it wasn't for Liu Jin, would Daming be as prosperous as it is now?
That's simply impossible. Everyone knows exactly what kind of life everyone lived in the past.

PS: Ask for tickets~~
(End of this chapter)