Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43 The Yellow River Floods
A few months later, news came from the capital.It is said that it is Lu Bu's father Ding Yuan, who has an outstanding record in the war against the Huns.Received a special award from the emperor.The official worshiped Zhi Jinwu, led the governor of Bingzhou, and Tunhexi.

As Ding Yuan was promoted to governor, Lu Bu was also appointed as chief secretary by Ding Yuan, and moved to Hexi with Ding Yuan.

This year, the water of the Yellow River rose sharply, threatening Beijing.In order to ensure the safety of Jingzhao, the imperial court ordered that the embankment be dug to divert the water of the Yellow River into the village.

The order was passed to Hanoi, Ding Yuanfu.Ding Yuan picked up the imperial edict and frowned, unable to make a decision for a while.This order was a secret order from the imperial court, Ding Yuan didn't dare to say anything, so he called Lv Bu and Gao Shun to discuss it in the starry night.

Soon, he saw a burly and handsome boy walking into Ding Yuan's study.The second youth was about 17 years old when he was young, and it was Lu Bu.

Lu Bu went into Ding Yuan's study and cupped his hands to Ding Yuan, saying, "Father is well, my son greets father."

When Ding Yuan saw Lu Bu coming in, the sadness on his face was fleeting.Hehe laughed and said, "It's been raining heavily these days, my son led people to patrol the river embankment, it's been hard work."

Hearing Ding Yuan's praise, Lv Bu hurriedly laughed and said, "Father is absurd. It is natural for the child to eat the king's salary and share his worries. Has the father forgotten that the child is already a general in the army, and a little hard work is not enough. hang your teeth."

Ding Yuan smiled at Lu Bu, but when he heard Lu Bu say "eat the king's salary, share the worries for the king", a trace of indescribable sadness flashed across his face.

As soon as Lu Bu arrived, Gao also came to Ding Yuan's study by the way.This Gao Shun is Ding Yuan's favorite general, he is familiar with the art of war, and he is prudent, so he is appreciated by Ding Yuan.

As soon as Gao Shun entered the door, he hurriedly saluted Ding Yuan: "Your Excellency is well, why are you still busy at such a late night? Although the water in the Yellow River is soaring, it seems that the disaster will happen soon. But you must also take care of your health, otherwise how can you have energy?" , how to manage the Yellow River well?"

Gao Shun's words were so true that it caused Ding Yuan to sigh.

"It would be great if these big masters in the court had half as much publicity as you."

While lamenting, Ding Yuan handed an official document to Gao Shun to read.It was exactly what Ding Yuan had seen just now, and he demanded to dig out the secret decree of the Yellow River to protect the important land of Jingzhao.

After Gao Shun took it, he glanced at it quickly, his face became serious, and he didn't say a word.Then he passed the secret decree to Lu Bu on one side.

Seeing Ding Yuan and Gao Shun's dignified faces, Lu Bu was suspicious, so he hurriedly took them over for a closer look.After taking a look, Lu Bu was full of anger.

Although Lu Bu had some scheming, he usually only showed it in front of outsiders. When they were all his own people, his emotions were completely displayed on his face.

Seeing that both Ding Yuan and Gao Shun were silent, Lu Bu sighed and said first, "Grandma's imperial court only cares about her own enjoyment, and doesn't care about the lives of the people. I don't believe that the Yellow River burst its embankment, and the flood is still there." Can it be flooded to the top of the Jinluan Palace? But how can the thatched huts of ordinary people’s homes withstand the scour of the Yellow River? According to me, the embankment near Jingzhao should be dug.”

After hearing Lu Bu's indecent words, Ding Yuan wanted to scold him as soon as he said that the bull's eye was staring at Lu Bu.But looking at Lu Bu standing there with a laughing expression.Ding Yuan understood that Lu Bu was not so ignorant, he was just joking and enlivening the atmosphere.

However, Ding Yuan still had a straight face, and criticized: "You are so big, you should be careful when you speak, can you discuss the decision of the court?"

Seeing Ding Yuan reprimanding him, Lu Bu quickly confessed to Ding Yuan, "Father taught me the lesson, my son will remember it."

Looking at Lu Bu's laughing face just now, Ding Yuan was relieved.Recalling the first time I saw Lu Bu, Lu Bu's eyes were red, and his whole body was full of murderous aura, like a kindling of revenge.In the past two years, I can actually joke.It seems that Lu Bu has slowly freed himself from the hatred.It's just that Ding Yuan doesn't know how many years can Lu Bu live such a happy and carefree life?

Seeing that the atmosphere on the field was relaxed, Gao Shun took a step forward and asked Ding Yuan, "This matter is of great importance. I don't know how the governor will make a decision?"

Only then did Ding Yuan pull back his thoughts.He sighed and said, "As the saying goes, the emperor's life is hard to do? Those of us who are courtiers naturally have to share the emperor's worries."

When talking about the emperor, Ding Yuan didn't forget to bow his hands in the direction of Luoyang to show his respect to the emperor.

At this time, Gao Shun also spoke.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with the words in the secret decree. Jingzhao important land is naturally more important than ordinary people. It's just that in this way, the officials who do this will have to bear a bad name. This black pot is really Not small."

After listening to Gao Shun's analysis, Ding Yuan nodded and said: "General Gao Shun is right. The emperor raised us veterans just to be useful one day. If that's the case, let me take the responsibility for all these crimes." Bar."

Hearing that, Ding Yuan became confused.Lu Bu hurriedly stopped Ding Yuan and said, "Father, don't panic. Although the water of the Yellow River is soaring, it's not yet time to burst the embankment. Maybe this time it's just a surprise. There won't be a big flood. "

Although Lu Bu said so on his lips, he had other thoughts in his heart.Lu didn't think that the imperial court's secret decree would definitely not be sent to Ding Yuan alone, maybe there would be other officials who also received the imperial court's secret order.In this way, as long as you wait a few days, other officials will respond. If others have already dug the Yellow River to eliminate the flood, then the embankment in Bingzhou will naturally not need to be dug.

Having said that, if the Yellow River is dug up in Bingzhou, and other prefectures and counties also dig up the Yellow River, wouldn't it mean that too many people will be harmed, and the chaos in the world may begin soon.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu suddenly thought of one thing: the Yellow Turban Uprising.I thought to myself: Could it be that the Yellow Turban Uprising has something to do with what happened today?It seems that the so-called * is really not fake at all.

After listening to Lu Bu's words, Ding Yuan also nodded and said, "My son is right. This method of breaking the embankment is indeed a last resort. This matter concerns the livelihood of millions of people, so we officials must be extremely careful. .”

Speaking of this, Ding Yuan ordered Lv Bu Gaoshun and the two of them: "From today onwards, the three of us will live and eat on the river embankment, and observe the water level of the Yellow River at any time."

In the next few days, Ding Yuan took Lu Bu and Gao Shun to set up a tent on the embankment of the Yellow River. He observed the water situation of the Yellow River all day long. Soldiers patrolled everywhere on the embankment of the Yellow River, observing the situation on the embankment back and forth.It's different from the previous few days.Now the people guarding the embankment of the Yellow River have disappeared.Since receiving the secret decree, Ding Yuan has ordered the people in several nearby counties to evacuate.Strive to minimize the loss caused by the breach of the embankment.

But the strange thing is that although it has been raining like the previous days, it has been raining heavily these days.However, the water level of the Yellow River not only did not rise, but dropped a little.This surprised Ding Yuan endlessly.But at the same time, there are many doubts about Ding Yuan's family.

Today, Lu Bu and Ding Yuan were discussing the matter of the river embankment in the big tent.Gao Shun rushed in with an angry face and brought a piece of paperwork.

This always prudent man, when he saw Ding Yuan and Lu Bu, he couldn't help complaining while presenting the documents to Ding Yuan.

"The officials of the imperial court are really outrageous. I think this good Han Dynasty is about to be ruined by them."

Seeing that Gao Shun had such a big complaint, Ding Yuan quickly opened the document and read it.You never know the full extent of things until you see them.Ding Yuan had just finished reading the paperwork.So he couldn't hold back and shouted: "The ten constant servants are wronging the country, and the ten constant servants are wronging the country."

It turned out that it was to protect Sidi's safety when the water in the Yellow River surged.The imperial court ordered several states and counties along the river to dig the embankments to release water to ensure the safety of Jingzhao.

When the court ministers made this decision, they naturally thought of Jingzhao's safety.But when this decision was passed on to Shi Changshi, Shi Changshi didn't just think about Si Di's safety.

You must know that Shi Changshi has used various channels over the years.I got a lot of property, which naturally included a lot of fields near the Yellow River.Once the Yellow River breaches, the safety of Jingzhao must be guaranteed.But the properties of these ten marquises must also be guaranteed.

In addition, Shi Changshi didn't have any idea about water control.Not only issued a secret order to break the embankment to the states and counties upstream of Jingzhao, but also issued a secret order to break the embankment to the states and counties downstream of Sidi.

And those local tyrants related to the breach of the embankment also used their connections to protect their properties at this time.

Ever since, a strange phenomenon occurred on both sides of the Yellow River.Wherever the common people live together, the Yellow River bursts one after another.This natural disaster, which was already serious, was considered to have been magnified many times in this way.

And all these disasters, it goes without saying, all fell on the poorest people in the Han Dynasty.For a time, the entire Han Dynasty starved to death, which was horrible.

At this time, in the land of the Han Dynasty, the two sides of the Yellow River were busy. In addition to the fleeing people, there were also some people wearing yellow scarves who distributed talisman water to cure diseases and save lives.

However, this natural and man-made flood is not the most serious.Not long after the flood, a rare plague began to spread on both sides of the Yellow River.

The ancients had poor medical skills and were very resistant to this highly contagious disease.As a result, a strangulation operation against plague patients slowly rose in various places.And the local governments not only ignored these killings of plague patients.Instead, various methods were used to drive and concentrate these patients.Undoubtedly, it also provided convenience for this kind of killing.

However, where there is oppression there is resistance.Crowds of refugees and plague patients, when they were desperate, thought of the same thing in their minds, which was rebellion.

(End of this chapter)