This document was specially brought back by Yun Zhao, and it was only the outline and brief introduction of Han Xiufen's lengthy document.
According to Yun Zhao's calculations, after Han Xiufen closed the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Dynasty seemed to have doubled its territory.
Although there are more forests in these lands, as long as it is flat land, it must be fertile land.
In addition, the climate there is warm, and plants grow wildly there. Not only do plants like this tropical climate, but even the fish and shrimps in the sea grow larger than those in the northern seas.
For now, because survival is easy, the cost of immigrating to Nanyang is minimal.
And Han Xiufen almost told all the big guys in the country in the most urgent tone that migrating to Nanyang must be the most correct national policy, sooner rather than later. As long as the Ming Dynasty laid a foundation there for hundreds of years, where? Grain output will definitely surpass that of the Ming Dynasty.
This is actually true. The land in Guanzhong, Shuzhong and the Central Plains has been cultivated for thousands of years. The land has long been overwhelmed. Rotation farming should be carried out appropriately when conditions permit.
However, Han Xiufen’s large-scale immigration memorial was shot to death by Zhang Guozhu.
Without this, it is still a problem of inequality between rich and poor.
In Zhang Guozhu's view, Nanyang is a newly opened land by the empire. If there is a large-scale immigration there from the country, there will be a terrible result-split!
Nanyang is too far away, and it is difficult for Emperor Shan Gao to rule. Han Xiufen is better there. At least no one in the dynasty doubts her loyalty.
However, rebellions are often beyond the control of one person. If most people there are dissatisfied with using their output to support the country, secession becomes the only option.
Then, the empire will send a large number of troops there to suppress the rebellion, and then... the people there will be even more dissatisfied with the court... and then, there will be no more.
The most important place in Zhang Guozhu's eyes is undoubtedly the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Even though Nanyang has become a territory of the Ming Dynasty, in Zhang Guozhu's subconscious, it is still a colony of the Ming Dynasty, not the real land of the Ming Dynasty.
Even with smooth sailing, it would take two months for a three-masted clipper to travel to Malacca. For Zhang Guozhu and many domestic officials, such a far distance is the horizon.
No matter how good the things on the horizon are, they are not as good as what is in front of you. This is the view of most Ming officials. They are very interested in robbing a handful, and are very interested in controlling the Malacca Strait to collect taxes. As for complete There is little interest in governing.
Yun Zhao remained silent on this matter, neither raising any objection nor expressing any support. He wanted to see how this matter would end.
Han Xiufen Group is actively lobbying the Congress, and Zhang Guozhu Group is also stating that it does not supportAfter adopting the attitude of immigration, some officials came forward to reprimand Han Xiufen for not doing his job properly when he was involved in politics as a soldier. Of course, they actively ignored the fact that Han Xiufen was not only the commander of the First Fleet, but also a civilian governor of Nanyang.
While the two sides were engaged in an endless war of words, a rare heavy rainstorm and flood suddenly came.
Heavy rain fell in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and the confluence was like water. The heavy rain covered Song County, Mianchi, Xin'an, Yanshi, Gong County, Shaan County, Yuanqu, Jiyuan, and Meng County in Henan from Sanmenxia to Huayuankou. , Boai, Wuzhi, Xiuwu, Qinyang, and more than 20 counties in the middle and lower reaches of the Fen River in Shanxi including Fenyang, Jiexiu, Xiaoyi, Linfen, Xiangling, Yueyang, Yuxiang, Xia County, and Jiangchuan.
The central area of heavy rain is located in the area from Longmen Town to Song County in Yihe River, Baima Temple to Changshui in Luohe River, and Sanmenxia to Yuanqu.
Since Yun Zhao took over Henan and Shandong, the place where he devoted the most effort is Hegong!
No matter which official takes office in the state capital along the Yellow River, Yun Zhao will definitely talk to him about river engineering!
So, after Lantian officials took office as local officials along the Yellow River, they did put river work at the center of their work.
Whether it was the special envoy sent by Yun Zhao, the officials sent by the Ministry of Supervision, or the supervisory officials sent by Zhang Guozhu, they all reported after they came back that the construction along the Yellow River had been managed, and the dams in many places had been strengthened. It is more than twice as high. In some places, there is not only one embankment, but they even built a second or even a third embankment. Some officials are proud to say that the Yellow River embankment is impregnable.
The embankments they built did survive inspections by officials.
After two days of heavy rain, Yun Zhao issued an edict, ordering the state capitals in the heavy rain areas to inspect river works without slacking off. If a crisis was discovered, the gap would be blocked at all costs.
After the torrential rain turned into heavy rain and continued for the fifth day, Yun Zhao learned that two gaps had appeared in the Yellow River, and these two gaps were blocked by officials and the people desperately. After hearing the news, seeing that the heavy rain still showed no sign of stopping, he issued an urgent order, ordering Zhang Guozhu to lead the Guanzhong regiment to set out to help local officials move the people in the territory out of the low-lying areas. To protect the lives of the people first, it was necessary. Villages and cities can be abandoned.
At the same time, Henan and Shanxi regiments were ordered to train and march towards the disaster area at starry night.
On the seventh day, when heavy rain fell in Guanzhong, Yun Zhao once again issued an urgent order, ordering officials along the Huangzhou Prefecture to give up protecting the Yellow River embankment and turn all their efforts to migrating the people. No one is left behind.
At the same time, he personally led most of the Yunyang Corps stationed in Tongguan and advanced toward the disaster area at starry night.
After seeing the turbulent Yellow River in Tongguan, Yun Zhao once again issued an urgent order - to evacuate all the people along the Yellow Border. He no longer expected that the dams, which were said to be impregnable, could Protect the people.
As soon as Yun Zhao left Hangu Pass, the bad news had already arrived...
Yanshi, Gongyi, Qinyang, Wuzhi, Xiuwu and other counties were flooded with water, and the fifty-two prefectures in Henan were flooded. The county was affected by the disaster, with fifteen breaches in Xingze, Yangwu, Xiangfu and Lanyang.
Among them, the Zhongmu Yang Bridge was 16 feet wide at the beginning. With the violent impact of the torrent, it soon collapsed to more than 260 feet wide, and Zhongmu County and nearby villages and towns suddenly became Zeguo.
After the Yellow River breached at Zhongmu Yangqiao, its main stream went straight to the Jialu River and entered the Huaihe River from the Wohe River. Along the way, it flooded countless houses and dozens of fertile fields in Kaifeng, Chenzhou, Shangqiu in Henan, Yingzhou, and Sizhou in Anhui. Tens of thousands of hectares, the victims were crying.
When Yun Zhao arrived at Zhongmou, his heart went cold when he looked at the breach of the turbid waves. He could no longer tell which was the main river and which was the breach. Looking around, it felt like he was in the sea.
When he met Zhang Guozhu, who had messy hair and eyes as red as rabbits, this man who was as strong as a stone, when Yun Zhao dismissed everyone and met alone, he burst into tears.
“It happens once in a thousand years, Your Majesty, it happens once in a thousand years. The water in the Yellow River suddenly rose two feet. The water in the Yi River, Luoshui River, Qin River and the main stream rose at the same time. The water volume was ten times that of previous years. The water flow was at its highest. , covering half of the Longmen Grottoes.
Your Majesty..."
Yun Zhao had completely calmed down at this time, quietly waiting for Zhang Guozhu to vent all the grief in his heart.
After a long time, Zhang Guozhu finally calmed down. After washing his face, he said to Yun Zhao: "Your Majesty, there are more than 1.7 million people affected by the disaster, and preliminary statistics indicate that more than 13,000 people died. This number is not the final one." The numbers will be counted again in three days, and the death toll will probably double."
Yun Zhao turned his back and said calmly: "The rain has stopped, let's start plugging the gap."< /p>
Zhang Guozhu said: "It has already been done, Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to deal with those officials at this time."
Yun Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Who am I going to deal with? I just cultivated it myself. We have lost nine officials above the rank of li chief, and more than 80 officials of the li chief category. Who do you want me to deal with?
This is a natural disaster, if I am not clear about it? I know it’s useless to be a thief, otherwise, I would have issued an edict to punish myself.”
Zhang Guozhu shook his head and said: “Your Majesty, this is not your fault. We have been very careful, and the local officials have indeed issued it. Without his strength, if not for His Majesty’s previous warning, the death toll would never have been more than 20,000, but at least more than 500,000 would have died."
Yun Zhao laughed miserably and said: "Not enough people died. Could one hundred thousand people be our victory? Guozhu, don’t say anything anymore. The top priority is to quickly block the gap and let the Yellow River return to its original path."
Zhang Guozhu sighed: "Your Majesty, I agree. As Han Xiufen said, the people in the country were moved to Nanyang."
Yun Zhao looked at Zhang Guozhu strangely and said, "How did you change?"
Your Majesty, come out and take a look. You’ll know.”
Yun ZhaoyuZhang Guozhu left the tent and came to the river embankment together. Zhang Guozhu pointed at the trees in the water that were completely covered with spider webs and said: "Your Majesty, those are spider trees."
He pointed at the trees again. The green tree without any spider webs said: "Your Majesty, that is a snake tree."
He then pointed to the rats scurrying under his feet and said: "All the rats in the disaster area are probably here."< /p>
"Where are the people?"
"They are all at a high place. The regiment trainers are using rafts to pick them up one by one. It is estimated that it will take more than ten days..."
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Zhang Guozhu didn't say anything else, but Yun Zhao knew from Zhang Guozhu's words how difficult post-disaster treatment was.
"Is this why you agree with Han Xiufen to move the people to live in a better land?"
Zhang Guozhu lit a cigarette and took a puff and said: "The people here are living well. It's too bitter, it's time to live a lighter life."
Yun Zhao took the cigarette from Zhang Guozhu's mouth, took two puffs and said, "What do you think?"
Zhang Guozhu suddenly asked. He opened his arms and said: "Our land is large enough to allow people to leave dangerous places and live in better places. As for the Yellow River, let it go."
Yun Zhao patted Zhang Guozhu's Shoulder said: "I have known you for so many years, this is the first time I have seen you cowardly. Why, do you want to run away?"
Zhang Guozhu took the cigarette from Yun Zhao's mouth again, took two hard puffs and said : "I can only say this to you, don't say it outside."
Yun Zhao laughed twice and said: "Go to work, I believe you can lead these people to return the Yellow River to its old ways. "
This document was specially brought back by Yun Zhao, and it was only the outline and brief introduction of Han Xiufen's lengthy document.
According to Yun Zhao's calculations, after Han Xiufen closed the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Dynasty seemed to have doubled its territory.
Although there are more forests in these lands, as long as it is flat land, it must be fertile land.
In addition, the climate there is warm, and plants grow wildly there. Not only do plants like this tropical climate, but even the fish and shrimps in the sea grow larger than those in the northern seas.
For now, because survival is easy, the cost of immigrating to Nanyang is minimal.
And Han Xiufen almost told all the big guys in the country in the most urgent tone that migrating to Nanyang must be the most correct national policy, sooner rather than later. As long as the Ming Dynasty laid a foundation there for hundreds of years, where? Grain output will definitely surpass that of the Ming Dynasty.
This is actually true. The land in Guanzhong, Shuzhong and the Central Plains has been cultivated for thousands of years. The land has long been overwhelmed. Rotation farming should be carried out appropriately when conditions permit.
However, Han Xiufen’s large-scale immigration memorial was shot to death by Zhang Guozhu.
Without this, it is still a problem of inequality between rich and poor.
In Zhang Guozhu’s view, Nanyang is a newly opened land by the empire.Large-scale immigration there will have a terrible result - division!
Nanyang is too far away, and it is difficult for Emperor Shan Gao to rule. Han Xiufen is better there. At least no one in the dynasty doubts her loyalty.
However, rebellions are often beyond the control of one person. If most people there are dissatisfied with using their output to support the country, secession becomes the only option.
Then, the empire will send a large number of troops there to suppress the rebellion, and then... the people there will be even more dissatisfied with the court... and then, there will be no more.
The most important place in Zhang Guozhu's eyes is undoubtedly the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Even though Nanyang has become a territory of the Ming Dynasty, in Zhang Guozhu's subconscious, it is still a colony of the Ming Dynasty, not the real land of the Ming Dynasty.
Even with smooth sailing, it would take two months for a three-masted clipper to travel to Malacca. For Zhang Guozhu and many domestic officials, such a far distance is the horizon.
No matter how good the things on the horizon are, they are not as good as what is in front of you. This is the view of most Ming officials. They are very interested in robbing a handful, and are very interested in controlling the Malacca Strait to collect taxes. As for complete There is little interest in governing.
Yun Zhao remained silent on this matter, neither raising any objection nor expressing any support. He wanted to see how this matter would end.
The Han Xiufen Group is actively lobbying the Congress. After the Zhang Guozhu Group also stated that it does not support immigration, some officials came forward to reprimand Han Xiufen for not doing his job properly by taking part in politics as a soldier. Of course, they took the initiative. It ignored the fact that Han Xiufen was not only the commander of the First Fleet, but also a civilian governor of Nanyang.
While the two sides were engaged in an endless war of words, a rare heavy rainstorm and flood suddenly came.
Heavy rain fell in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, and the confluence was like water. The heavy rain covered Song County, Mianchi, Xin'an, Yanshi, Gong County, Shaan County, Yuanqu, Jiyuan, and Meng County in Henan from Sanmenxia to Huayuankou. , Boai, Wuzhi, Xiuwu, Qinyang, and more than 20 counties in the middle and lower reaches of the Fen River in Shanxi including Fenyang, Jiexiu, Xiaoyi, Linfen, Xiangling, Yueyang, Yuxiang, Xia County, and Jiangchuan.
The central area of heavy rain is located in the area from Longmen Town to Song County in Yihe River, Baima Temple to Changshui in Luohe River, and Sanmenxia to Yuanqu.
Since Yun Zhao took over Henan and Shandong, the place where he devoted the most effort is Hegong!
No matter which official takes office in the state capital along the Yellow River, Yun Zhao will definitely talk to him about river engineering!
So, after Lantian officials took office as local officials along the Yellow River, they did put river work at the center of their work.
Whether it was the special envoy sent by Yun Zhao, the officials sent by the Ministry of Supervision, or the supervisory officials sent by Zhang Guozhu, they all reported after they came back that the construction along the Yellow River had been managed, and the dams in many places had been strengthened. More than twice as high, in some places, not only one embankment, they even built a second and even a third embankment, so that some officials proudly said that the Yellow River embankment is impregnable.
The embankments they built did survive inspections by officials.
After two days of heavy rain, Yun Zhao issued an edict, ordering the state capitals in the heavy rain areas to inspect river works without slacking off. If a crisis was discovered, the gap would be blocked at all costs.
After the torrential rain turned into heavy rain and continued for the fifth day, Yun Zhao learned that two gaps had appeared in the Yellow River, and these two gaps were blocked by officials and the people desperately. After hearing the news, seeing that the heavy rain still showed no sign of stopping, he issued an urgent order, ordering Zhang Guozhu to lead the Guanzhong regiment to set out to help local officials move the people in the territory out of the low-lying areas. To protect the lives of the people first, it was necessary. Villages and cities can be abandoned.
At the same time, Henan and Shanxi regiments were ordered to train and march towards the disaster area at starry night.
On the seventh day, when heavy rain fell in Guanzhong, Yun Zhao once again issued an urgent order, ordering officials along the Huangzhou Prefecture to give up protecting the Yellow River embankment and turn all their efforts to migrating the people. No one is left behind.
At the same time, he personally led most of the Yunyang Corps stationed in Tongguan and advanced toward the disaster area at starry night.
After seeing the turbulent Yellow River in Tongguan, Yun Zhao once again issued an urgent order - to evacuate all the people along the Yellow Border. He no longer expected that the dams, which were said to be impregnable, could Protect the people.
As soon as Yun Zhao left Hangu Pass, the bad news had already arrived...
Yanshi, Gongyi, Qinyang, Wuzhi, Xiuwu and other counties were flooded with water. Fifty-two prefectures and counties in Henan were affected by the disaster, and there were 15 breaches in Xingze, Yangwu, Xiangfu and Lanyang.
Among them, the Zhongmu Yang Bridge was 16 feet wide at the beginning. With the violent impact of the torrent, it soon collapsed to more than 260 feet wide, and Zhongmu County and nearby villages and towns suddenly became Zeguo.
After the Yellow River breached at Zhongmu Yangqiao, its main stream went straight to the Jialu River and entered the Huaihe River from the Wohe River. Along the way, it flooded countless houses and dozens of fertile fields in Kaifeng, Chenzhou, Shangqiu in Henan, Yingzhou, and Sizhou in Anhui. Tens of thousands of hectares, the victims were crying.
When Yun Zhao arrived at Zhongmou, his heart went cold when he looked at the breach of the turbid waves. He could no longer tell which was the main river and which was the breach. Looking around, it felt like he was in the sea.
When he met Zhang Guozhu, who had messy hair and eyes as red as rabbits, this man who was as strong as a stone, when Yun Zhao dismissed everyone and met alone, he burst into tears.
“It happens once in a thousand years, Your Majesty, it happens once in a thousand years. The water in the Yellow River suddenly rose two feet. The water in the Yi River, Luoshui River, Qin River and the main stream rose at the same time. The water volume was ten times that of previous years. The water flow was at its highest. , covering half of the Longmen Grottoes.
Your Majesty..."
Yun Zhao had completely calmed down at this time, quietly waiting for Zhang Guozhu to vent all the grief in his heart.
A long timeAfter that, Zhang Guozhu finally calmed down. After washing his face, he said to Yun Zhao: "Your Majesty, there are more than 1.7 million people affected by the disaster, and preliminary statistics indicate that more than 13,000 people died. This number is not the final number. There will be another count in three days." , I'm afraid the death toll will double."
Yun Zhao turned away and said calmly: "The rain has stopped, let's start closing the gap."
Zhang Guozhu said. : "It's already being done, Your Majesty. It's not appropriate to deal with those officials at this time."
Yun Zhao smiled bitterly and said: "Who should I deal with? Just the officials above the rank of chief of the district who were trained by me will be lost." Nine people were killed, and more than 80 officials of the rank and file were gone. Who do you want me to deal with?
This is a natural disaster. If I don’t know clearly that there is no use for God, otherwise , I will also issue an edict to punish myself."
Zhang Guozhu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, this is not your fault. We have been very careful, and the local officials have indeed made great efforts. If it had not been for Your Majesty's previous actions. Warning, the death toll will definitely not be only more than 20,000 people, but at least more than 500,000 people will die."
Yun Zhao laughed sadly and said: "If we don't die enough, is it our victory? ? Guozhu, don’t say anything anymore. The top priority is to quickly block the gap and let the Yellow River return to its original path.” Go to Nanyang."
Yun Zhao looked at Zhang Guozhu strangely and said: "How did you change?"
Zhang Guozhu said: "Your Majesty will know after you come out."
Yun Zhao and Zhang Guozhu left the tent and came to the river embankment. Zhang Guozhu pointed to the trees in the water that were completely covered with spider webs and said: "Your Majesty, those are spider trees."
He pointed to the green trees without any spider webs and said: "Your Majesty, that is a snake tree."
He also pointed to the rats scurrying around under his feet and said: "The rats in the disaster area are probably They are all here."
"Where are the people?"
"They are all on high ground. The regiment trainers are using rafts to pick them up one by one. It will take ten people. Above the sky..."
Zhang Guozhu didn't say anything else, but Yun Zhao knew from Zhang Guozhu's words how difficult it was to provide treatment after the disaster.
"Is this why you agree with Han Xiufen to move the people to live in a better land?"
Zhang Guozhu lit a cigarette and took a puff and said: "The people here are living well. It's too bitter, it's time to live a lighter life."
Yun Zhao took the cigarette from Zhang Guozhu's mouth, took two puffs and said, "What do you think?"
Zhang Guozhu suddenly asked. He opened his arms and said: "Our land is large enough to allow people to leave dangerous places and live in better places. As for the Yellow River, let it go."
Yun Zhao patted Zhang Guozhu's Shoulder said: "I have known you for so many years, this is the first time I have seen you cowardly. Why, do you want to run away?"
Zhang Guozhu took the cigarette from Yun Zhao's mouth again, took two hard puffs and said: "I can only say this to you, don't say it outside."
Yun Zhao laughed twice and said: "Go to work, I believe you can lead these people to return the Yellow River to its old ways. ”