I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 826 Reasons
As people grow older, they always like to remember.

Zhao Xi is no exception, but his memories are not about how to make Song Dynasty strong. His memories have been filled with his former self since the Queen Mother passed away.

Hence the strange trip.

It seems that what should be done is still to be done. Since the trip is to survey the topography of the Yellow River floodway on the spot, we can't just return to the court as if we have finished our minds. Therefore, Zhao Xi ordered the team to turn northeast.

To the northeast of this place, it should be where the Fen River flows into the Yellow River.The Weihe River and the Fenhe River are the two largest tributaries of the Yellow River. With the survey of these two places, this trip can also be explained to a certain extent.

As for further upstream, to be honest, Zhao Xi can clearly understand that with the current level of construction technology, it is impossible to open a flood discharge gap somewhere in Taihang Mountain and Luliang Mountain, let alone build a dam.

Zhao Xi also doesn't want to build a nondescript dam at this time, and finally let future generations debate whether it should be preserved as a heritage or demolished for practicality. Don't cause trouble for future generations because of your own whim.

Zhao Xi probably remembered that this journey should be at the junction of the Guanzhong Plain and the Northern Shaanxi Plateau, and the mountains to the north are the Qiaoshan Mountains.At this time, the damage to the vegetation is not too serious, but there is a certain degree of confidence in changing the soil erosion.

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The entire exploration team only stopped at Hezhong Mansion to replenish some materials, and then continued to go northward along the Yellow River.This is almost the same line that Su Song and others surveyed earlier.

Su Song has been waiting for the official to summon them to check the topographic sand table prepared by Shen Kuo, but the official has never done such a thing.The official walks here and watches all the way, and from time to time the team will stay in the wild, and he took a few people to wander around some market towns.

When it comes to surveying the terrain, the official is more like a private visit in a micro-service.

Zhao Xi still believed in Su Song, Shen Kuo and others' rigorous approach to work. This trip, the survey was just an excuse, and Zhao Xi couldn't give up halfway, so he directly regarded the survey as a release.

Staying in the inner garden all day, all he could see was the government affairs of the palace wall. Zhao Xi rarely had the opportunity to travel like this, so he was a bit willful.

The only good thing is that he didn't see anything that he couldn't see... This time it wasn't really a microservice private visit, it was a trip, and it was nothing more than a strict order not to disturb the local area. It's not that local officials don't know whereabouts.

The same as in ancient times and modern times, they will present the best to Shangfeng. Zhao Xi wants to see the real local governance of the Song Dynasty, but it is impossible in this way.

Zhao Xi also knew that he was a low-level official, so why didn't he understand these tricks.

He doesn't seem to care much about these now, he just regards it as a relaxation.

Although the court's memorials were delivered in time every day, Zhao Xi only read them occasionally, and did not express any opinions on the court's various disposals.

On the one hand, it is one aspect of this long trip to relax oneself, and it can also give the prince, who is in charge of supervising the country, a chance to perform well in the cabinet and court officials.

The crown prince is different from himself. Zhao Xi’s experience was in the period of great change and turbulence in the Song Dynasty, and it was easy to gain recognition and prestige among the ministers. However, it is more difficult for the crown prince to gain recognition than himself when the government affairs are stabilized. Be big.

Just like that, the team has reached the northern Shaanxi plateau.

From the topography, Zhao Xi can be sure that he has reached the northern Shaanxi plateau, but in terms of landforms, Zhao Xi doesn't care much about the landforms of the northern Shaanxi plateau that later generations recognize.

"Zirong, where does this place belong?"

The ground is loess, but it is not the kind of yellow to whitish soil that Zhao Xi saw later, nor is it the kind of landform where no vegetation grows.The weeds on the side of the road were messy, but they were equally lush and lush. It was not the desolate and desolate impression in Zhao Xi's memory at all.

After camping, Zhao Xi asked Su Song.

"Go back to the official's house, north of Yanchuan, under the jurisdiction of the Yongxing Army."

The officials seldom asked about this journey. Su Song always thought that the officials were familiar with the sand table made by Shen Kuo, so he didn't think much about it.Unexpectedly, the official asked again at this time.

Sure enough, we have already reached the northern Shaanxi plateau, but it seems that this landform should not be able to be reforested?Zhao Xi was very puzzled, so he casually grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground...
"Is it possible to cultivate this soil?"

"Official house, the soil quality is suitable for farming. In the early years, it belonged to the frontier, with vast land and few people. In recent years, the country has been stable and strong, and the population has increased dramatically. Along the way, I found that the land was still barren when I was surveying a few years ago. A little cultivated land has been cultivated."

"Due to the development of the country's industry and the lack of worry about food, the trend of land reclamation and farming is not obvious, and there is no scene of large-scale land reclamation. I think that with the increase of Dingkou, there will inevitably be large-scale land reclamation and farming. ..."

Su Song thought that the officials were worried about seeing such a desolate situation, so he made some explanations.

"What was the original situation here?"

"Originally? There are records in the previous dynasty: At that time, China was flourishing in Xinjiang, and the Tang territory was [-] miles away from Anyuanmen to the west. Luyan faced each other, and mulberry and hemp covered the fields. Officials, in the previous dynasty, this place should be mostly mountain forests. "

"During the previous dynasty, this area was the main area for grazing horses, with trees and forests as the main areas. In this dynasty, since the rebellion of the western thieves, from the north of Qinzhou, the Northwest Army had to build camps to fight against the western thieves, so they took more from nearby. Logging and construction took decades to become what it is today."

As Su Song said, he kicked the soil on the ground casually with his feet, and it seemed that he could still see the roots of the trees that used to be.

When he was investigating with Shen Kuo and others a few years ago, he felt sorry for this phenomenon... Some officials have done experiments on water and soil erosion, and he very much agrees with the viewpoint of maintaining water and soil to control the flooding of the Yellow River.

When the official asked questions like this, Su Song probably understood the official's intention. The official's focus was not on barrenness, but on the issue of water and soil conservation.

These days, Su Song has forgotten the purpose of the official's trip.

It's not that Zhao Xi is unclear, but needs to be confirmed, because what he saw was different from what he remembered.Obviously, the Loess Plateau at this time was not so bad that it was irreparable.

"Let's go east tomorrow, I'll look closer to the Yellow River..."

Zhao Xi probably understood that the bad environment of the Loess Plateau started from this dynasty.

During the time of the first emperor, the Xixia harassed the frontiers, and the country suffered repeated defeats. In order to defend against the invasion of Xixia, more than 200 fortresses were built from Linfu and Qinzhou in the east to Qinzhou in the west.These fortresses were built in the north and west of the Loess Plateau, causing some damage to the originally few forests here.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the military strength of these fortresses, many troops are stationed here, and in order to solve the military supplies, they also recruit reclamation and develop agriculture... In this way, how can the environment not be deteriorated?

Fortunately, the status quo is not irreversible.This is caused by Guochao, let Guochao improve it!

(End of this chapter)