King of Song

Chapter 444 Arbitrary Power
With the help of water potential?

Anyone who knows a little bit about river engineering knows that the so-called water potential is the speed of water flow, but this requires a drop, but after the Yellow River leaves Sanmenxia, ​​it is a flat river. Where is the drop?How should Lin Zhao borrow this water force?Is it possible to artificially create a gap?

"Come up!"

Lin Zhao was well prepared, and then someone brought up a large wooden plate with a small canal on it, filled with sand, just like a model of the Yellow River.Hearing that Lin Zhao made a sand table during the war in the northwest, everyone thought it was very novel. Could it be that he also used this thing to control the river?

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, for the sake of intuition, I made such a model, which is very similar to the water and sediment conditions of the Yellow River." Lin Zhaodao: "If the water flow speeds up, the sediment is not easy to settle, and even the already silt can be removed. The sand is washed away. But Hebei Road is all plains, but there are ways, we can artificially create a gap!"

"Could it be possible that you want to build dams on the Yellow River? Are you kidding me?" This can be done on small rivers and canals, but on the Yellow River it seems a bit of a fantasy.Therefore, when Lin Zhao's words fell to the ground, he immediately had some ridicule and doubts.

"It's impossible to repair a dam, but we can repair half of it!" Lin Zhao said with a smile: "We can use the method of beaming water to flush the sand!"

"Beaming water to flush the sand?"

"That's right!" Lin Zhao explained: "The so-called beaming of water to flush the sand means to tighten the river channel and use the momentum of the water to impact the sediment at the bottom of the river bed, so as to achieve the purpose of dredging and preventing floods."

While speaking, Lin Zhao began to demonstrate on the model, and soon built a half-way dam on one side of the river, and then injected water upstream.The water inlet is large and the water outlet is small, and the water level is also suddenly outside the city. Therefore, the water outlet on the other side flows very fast, and the silt and sand at the "river bottom" are also washed up and flow down continuously with the water flow.The presentation is very intuitive and clear.

"If you want to go deep to the north, use the embankment in the south and make the north go deep; if you want to go deep in the south, go to the dike in the north and go deep in the south; If you want to use this method instead, what do you guys think?" Lin Zhao's rhetorical question made all the watching ministers speechless.

It took a long time before an official of the Ministry of Industry who used to control the river exclaimed: "It is better to control the river with people than to control the river with the river. Fuhe is impatient. Use his nature to use his strength. It can be shallow or deep. The governance is in my hands." The Marquis of Weiyuan's method is really ingenious, the Yellow River can be cured, the Yellow River can be cured!"

Such words of rejoicing expressed the aspirations of Emperor Zhao Xu and many ministers. It is naturally best that the Yellow River can be managed in a way.The princes admired Lin Houye even more, and some people were extremely curious, how could Lin Zhao be so capable?
"Everyone has seen Dongyang's river governance strategy, but do you have any objections?" Zhao Xu asked in a deep voice.

The Wuzhang River became a temporary court hall. As soon as these words came out, all the ministers fell silent. Lin Zhao was fully prepared in all aspects, almost leaking, and could not find any flaws at all. How could he refute?After all, in terms of strategy and method, this set seems to be much more reliable than Liutahe and the original Erguhe plan.

Under such circumstances, the officials who participated in these two programs were inevitably a little uncomfortable.It doesn't matter if you are right or wrong, as long as you are right. The river governance politics in the Northern Song Dynasty are reflected in these aspects.It's just that Lin Zhao is impeccable, and they can't tell why. Now they can only hope that the project will fail, and then they will be impeached. The hero will be the one who laughs at the end.Furthermore, it is clear that the officials support Lin Zhao, so it is not a good thing to violate the holy will at this time.

Zhao Xu said in a deep voice: "Then I want to appoint Dongyang as the Minister of River Control, do you have any objections?"

It is already a tradition that whoever offers advice will control the river. Naturally, no one objects to it as a matter of course, and there is no reason to object.

Lin Zhaoan breathed a sigh of relief, this troublesome but profitable matter finally fell into his hands.It's just that the people present didn't have much envy, and most of them still felt that managing the Yellow River was a thankless task.Although there are good methods and materials, it does not mean that they are foolproof and will surely succeed.After all, Lin Zhao is young, he only wants to make contributions, hey!He is playing with fire and setting himself on fire.

No, it should be playing with water to seek death, both Lu Huiqing and Wang Yu thought so.Although Lin Zhao often challenges some things that cannot be violated, can his luck always be so good?At least the two of them were gloating.

"Okay, then it's settled!" Zhao Xu said loudly, "Lin Zhaozheng was promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for all matters related to river governance."

The former minister of the Ministry of Industry had been dismissed because of the unfavorable governance of the river. Although they were all ministers, the minister of the Ministry of War was just a sham with a false name, but the minister of the Ministry of Industry was different.Now, Lin Shilang's title is worthy of the name.

Lin Zhao didn't express his gratitude in a hurry, but bowed his body and said, "Your Majesty, river governance is a great plan for the country, and I am obliged to do so. But before that, I have a few requests!"

"Bold, are you going to make a deal with His Majesty?" Immediately, a clown came out to question him, thinking that Lin Zhao was ignorant of flattery.

"Listen to what Dongyang said!" Zhao Xu didn't take it seriously, the river treatment was the top priority, and he didn't care too much about small things.Furthermore, we have to see what Lin Zhao said.

Lin Zhao said in a deep voice: "First of all, river governance is a matter of engineering, and one must not fear the words of heaven, earth, ghosts and gods!"

This is very important. During the Renzong period, when the river was harnessed, the Chanzhou area was about to start construction, but there was a letter saying that it was just above Bianjing.The construction there is tantamount to breaking ground on the emperor's head and affecting the emperor. This kind of nonsense directly affects the progress of the project.Therefore, Lin Zhao raised this question early in order to prevent someone from making trouble in this regard.The ancients were superstitious, and they would rather believe what they have or not, and it would be better to get a vaccination first.

"That's it!"

"Your Majesty, controlling the river is not a one-day effort. During this process, there will be criticisms. The reputation of the minister is small, but the river control project cannot be stopped, let alone be destroyed overnight. It has been demonstrated today that this method is feasible. You have no objection, and I hope it will continue to be the case in the future." Lin Zhao said in a deep voice, "If it takes a year or two to achieve preliminary results, after ten years of persistence, the flood in the Yellow River may be completely resolved."

Lin Zhao's meaning was very clear, he asked Zhao Xu not to listen to slander, but to fully support it, otherwise the river governance would be unsustainable.In the past, there were quite a few examples like this. Just when there was some improvement, there were various impeachments, intermittently, and in the end nothing was achieved.Zhao Xu has a deep understanding of this, he does not hesitate to use people, but now everyone has no way to govern the river, and they are afraid of the head and the tail. Only Lin Zhao is willing and capable, so naturally he should fully support it.This time, Zhao Xu wanted to treat river governance as a purely engineering problem.

"Dongyang let it go, I believe in you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" Lin Zhao continued, "Please also grant your Majesty the right to make decisions along the river!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar.Arbitrary power along the river?Doesn't it mean that along the Yellow River, Lin Zhao can be arbitrary in all matters related to river governance?This is a shocking statement in the Song Dynasty, which is famous for its decentralization, and it is somewhat taboo.

Lin Zhao didn't care about that, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty, the governance of the river is not just about the river, but also the people along the river. If the river governance is a major plan for the country, no one can afford it if it is influenced by the young people?"

This sentence reached Zhao Xu's heart, and the memorial to impeach Han Qi immediately appeared in his mind.The Imperial City Division has secretly investigated, and some of these things have been verified, so Zhao Xu believed it a little more.There are too many things involved in river governance, so it is naturally closely related to the interests of many people.At that time, it will be much more troublesome to oppose it openly and make trouble secretly. Lin Zhao made this point very prescient, otherwise he might not be able to move a single step in the land of Hebei.

It's just that Lin Zhao is given such great power, what if he does bad things secretly?Therefore, Zhao Xu was somewhat concerned.

Lin Zhao naturally understood, and immediately said: "Your Majesty can send a censor or someone you trust to go along with the minister to monitor, but...they are only responsible for observing and recording the deeds of the minister, and report directly to His Majesty. His Majesty is the master. It is convenient for them to point fingers."

"Okay, then I'm sure, I can give you a sword to do things cheaply!" It's all about this, what else can I do?Hesitating what can be done well?In extraordinary times, it is okay to take some risks.Even if some ministers objected, Zhao Xu didn't care.

Yujian, Tianzijian, Lin Zhao said secretly: This should be the embryonic form of Shangfang's sword!

"Dongyang, the Yellow River is in your hands. The responsibility is heavy, and I hope you will do your best!" Zhao Xu encouraged each other with high expectations.

"I must do my best!" The country is his own, and Lin Zhao will naturally do his best in the matter of governing the Yellow River, which is much better than others.Successfully controlling the river will bring unlimited benefits. Although it is too late to realize those, the arbitrary power along the river is actually obtained.

Now go to Hebei, with this "Shangfang Sword", he can run wild in Hebei, and have the qualifications and strength to compete with Han Qi.On the one hand, it is revenge, and on the other hand, it is very satisfying to think about using Zhao Xu's hand to deal with Han Qi and let the enemy fight among themselves.The most important thing is that the power in his hands has suddenly changed from a low-level official to an important role in the Song Dynasty, which is no small matter.

Later, Yushitai sent Cheng Xueli, who was known as fair, and Zhao Xu also sent his trusted eunuch Huang Huaixin to Hebei to monitor Lin Zhaozhi River.During the reign of Taizong, there was a precedent for a servant serving as the supervisor of the army, so it is not surprising that the eunuch went there.It happened to be the person next to Zhao Xu, so I was relieved to see him in person.

Now that the matter has come to an end, it has been settled, and only waiting for the heavy rain to stop, Lin Zhao went to Hebei Road to start the river regulation project.At the moment, they are busy. They need to find a suitable location to build a kiln to produce cement on a large scale, as well as to make Iron Claw Dragon and Junchuan Loquat. There are quite a lot of messy things.

However, Lin Zhao is now the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the matter of river governance is bigger than heaven, and all departments of the imperial court dare not slack off, so naturally they cooperate with all their strength.The third department allocated funds, the Ministry of Industry built it, and the Privy Council even dispatched troops to help. Everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Xu summoned Lin Zhao into the palace.

(End of this chapter)