I am Da Song

Chapter 229 The Tradition of the Soldiers of the Song Army
The members of the Yuanyou Party are a group full of contradictions. For the sake of party struggle, they disregarded the interests of the country, and some things they did made the whole Song Dynasty hate them.

However, if these people do not have an overview of government affairs, are not responsible for national laws and regulations, but handle government affairs at the local level, they can indeed be called good officials and good officials, and they can always benefit the people of one side.

Such as Su Shi, such as Su Zhe.

Mei Zhili introduced: "Su Chi is the eldest son of Duke Wen Ding after Su Zhe, our prime minister."

Wending is Su Zhe's posthumous title.

Being able to obtain posthumous posthumous posthumous title and serve as the governor of the country, Su Zhe's talent is beyond doubt.

Mei Zhili introduced: "Su Shi and Su Zhe are the two ministers who are most proficient in water conservancy since the founding of our dynasty. They both have very unique insights into the management of the Yellow River."

Zhao Huan nodded slightly, he really knew a little about this aspect.

It is mainly about Su Shi, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, who has many labels, namely, the Northern Song Dynasty writer, calligrapher, gourmet, painter and last but not least a famous historical water control celebrity.

The Ministry of Water Resources of the Republic of the later generations carefully selected and released a list of water control celebrities in the 5000-year history of the Central Plains. There were only twelve people.

They are "Ancient, Dayu; Spring and Autumn, Sun Shuao of Chu; Warring States, Ximen Bao of Wei, Li Bing of Qin; Western Han, Wang Jing; Eastern Han, Ma Zhen; Tang Dynasty, Jiang Shidu; Song Dynasty, Su Shi; Yuan Dynasty, Guo Shoujing; Ming Dynasty , Pan Jixun; Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu; Republic of China, Li Yizhi."

Su Shi is among the 12 people.

As we all know, in the Song Dynasty, the river was changed three times, which caused floods.

The water control deeds that Su Shi is famous for happened during the second change of Yihui River.

When he knew Xuzhou, Emperor Shenzong changed the course of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River broke through and flooded the ancient city of Xuzhou.

When everyone panicked and was about to flee, Su Shi stepped forward and shouted the slogan: "I am here, water will never defeat the city."

The translation is, as long as I, Su Shi, are here, the flood will never destroy Xuzhou City. If I am here, Xuzhou will be there!

Su Shi not only has determination and perseverance, but also has unparalleled talents.

Facing the spread of floods, he personally designed a set of flood control projects with an extremely professional and superb design level.

Only a few thousand people can realize: "Split the cables under the city, and kill the wrath of the river".

This is like a magical skill in the monstrous flood.

But the difficulty is that thousands of people are needed to complete this flood fighting project.

Restricted by the national policy of the Song Dynasty with strong branches and weak branches, there are no important people in the local area, and there is no money for money.Xuzhou has almost no independent ability to resist disasters.

In desperation, Su Shi rowed a small boat overnight and hurried to the Wuwei Camp of the Imperial Army, asking the Imperial Army to send troops to fight the flood.

But you must know that the Great Song Dynasty was extremely strict about military power. The Forbidden Army was only under the direct command of the emperor. No emperor ordered the Privy Council to dispatch troops. All commanders and envoys have no right to transfer troops privately, and Su Shi, the local magistrate, has no right to call up troops.

This is the iron law set by Emperor Taizu, whoever dares to violate this rule, only Jian Er!
However, Su Shi, disregarding the danger of life and death, shouted hoarsely in the Wuwei camp, and asked the soldiers of the Imperial Army to send troops to fight the flood.

Finally, Wuweiying was moved by Su Shi's enthusiasm regardless of personal safety, and the whole army said impassionedly:
"Even the prefect is not evasive, I am a villain, and I should serve my life."

Therefore, the flood of the Yellow River this time was also due to the service of the army, guarding Fang Yi's peace, blocking the flood, and realizing the great feat of the people's army.

In this feudal era, it is a feat far ahead of the times for a local civil servant to successfully command the army to fight against floods and rescue the people and benefit the people.

It was precisely because of Su Shi's pioneering work that Zhao Huan ordered the Song army to stop the Yellow River from breaking its embankment regardless of the cost, so that it passed through the court very smoothly without causing any objections.

The Song Dynasty may have despised the Forbidden Army because of its emphasis on literature and despise military, but the loyal and enthusiastic soldiers in the Forbidden Army have been defending the country with all their strength.That's why loyal soldiers like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong emerged in times of national calamity and devoted themselves to serving the country.

However, although Su Shi achieved great success in local water control, whether he managed Xuzhou or Hangzhou, he completely solved the local floods, but his influence in the court was relatively limited.

On the contrary, it was Su Zhe who once served as Prime Minister of the Left, who once completely planned the governance of the Yellow River, and his influence is more valued by today's courtiers.

Mei Zhili said: "During the dispute over the Huihe River, our court changed the direction of the Yellow River three times. Due to political, economic and party disputes, the dispute over whether the Yellow River should flow eastward or northward has lasted for a hundred years. The main reason is that the imperial court wanted to bend the river. Follow people's wishes. During the administration of Empress Dowager Gao, she supported the proposal of Wen Yanbo and others to close the northern flow and force the Yellow River to flow eastward. Zuo Prime Minister Su Zhe once strongly opposed it and proposed a set of rectification plans. The dispute for returning to the river is over , Empress Dowager Gao’s series of eastward flow broke the embankment, which proves that Su Zhe’s plan is more reasonable.”

"As the eldest son of Su Zhe, Su Chi has been familiar with the floods of the Su family's ancestors, and has a lot of literature and experience to follow. As long as the court gives him firm support and provides generous manpower and material resources, Su Chi will be able to quickly sort out the situation on the front line. Block the gap in the Yellow River."

After listening, Zhao Huan didn't know whether he should praise the ancestors of his ancestors, whether they were ambitious or ignorant and fearless.

That is the Yellow River!

Don't you see the Yellow River whose water comes from the sky.

Stretching and vast, the world's scenic spots across the Central Plains.

When that is a toy?It can be handled at will.

When I thought about it, I went to change the river course, changing the flow direction of the entire Yellow River.

The technology of later generations is more developed, and they are not as sloppy as you.

It was Zhao Huan who had some ideas in his mind, and said very realistically: "Since Su Chi has the talent to help the country and the world, let him take full charge of the Yellow River governance plan on the front line. I will provide him with the most sufficient funds and the best manpower. I hope he can become my court king and come up with the most complete and reasonable river control plan to minimize the possibility of flooding in the Yellow River."

Wang Jing was a water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In order to cooperate with him in controlling floods, the Great Han sent hundreds of thousands of civilians to start the river control project.

The minister was indeed very talented. He went to the front line to survey the terrain, plan the embankment line, and personally coordinate the construction of the project, making the water control a great success.Become a model of water control for a generation.

Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, water control in any dynasty cannot avoid the various water control strategies summarized by this celebrity.

At the time of the imperial court meeting, Su Chi on the front line had already followed Wang Jing's lead and personally took the officials by boat to go deep into the country of Ze, and arrived near the place where the embankment broke in Guantao County.

The heavy rain was still pouring, and the boatman on the boat wiped the rainwater all over his face, and after his sight became clearer, he shouted loudly: "Su Shilang, the current is too fast, we can't move forward, otherwise the boat may capsize at any time."

　When asking for tickets at the beginning of the month again, ask for a wave of monthly tickets~
　　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)