For Wei Yuan's words, Feng Yunshan was puzzled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone understands this truth, but the key is that it is too difficult to dredge the siltation of the river. Not to mention this era, it is the era of modern construction machinery in later generations, and this project is also so huge that a country can hardly afford it. Therefore, Feng Yunshan felt that Wei Yuan's words were tantamount to nonsense. But in the historical evaluation of this person, he should not be a person who talks nonsense, listening to his tone, it seems that he already has an idea.

Sure enough, Wei Yuan touched his gray beard and explained: "Your Majesty, as early as more than ten years ago, the grass people saw the frequent flooding of the Yellow River, so they went to the scene around the Yellow River to inspect the scene for half a year, and came up with an idea of controlling the Yellow River. At that time, the grass people made a special trip to Qingjiangpu in Susu to suggest to the governor of the Jiangnan River of the Manchu court, and use the people's power to manually dig the river from Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, so that the Yellow River could be diverted to the north......"

"What!?" Hearing Wei Yuan say Lanyang in Kaifeng Mansion, Feng Yunshan exclaimed, he never expected that what Wei Yuan said would be so accurate!

You must know that the historical record is that two or three months later, the Yellow River broke through this place called Lanyang County and forcibly diverted its course to the north. Feng Yunshan remembers it very clearly, or because this place called Lanyang County is the famous Lankao County in later generations, the place where there was a county order called Jiao Yulu!

Feng Yunshan had to admire this ancient man named Wei Yuan for judging the location of the Yellow River break.

"Mr. Wei, I came to ask you, why do you want to dig an artificial river channel from Lanyang County to let the Yellow River flow north? You must know that this excavation of the river channel will inevitably make the monstrous water of the Yellow River rush to the north, and the land of Shandong will fall into an ocean. Feng Yunshan asked.

"Your Majesty, it is better to be prepared for a disaster than to be unprepared, and manual excavation can dredge the river in advance, where the water of the Yellow River should flow, and arrange it in advance, so that this monstrous water can flow into the predetermined place, so that the impact on the affected areas can be reduced to the smallest extent and the disaster can be controlled in the smallest range!" Wei Yuanyu reported, after speaking, he looked at Feng Yunshan in front of him with a pair of seemingly muddy but full of Han Jing eyes, and looked forward to it abnormally in his heart: Could it be that the newly enthroned emperor of the Chinese Empire, as soon as he sat on the throne, thought about solving this eternal problem and governing the Yellow River?

So, Wei Yuan no longer reserved, and blurted out all the thoughts in his heart: "Your Majesty, the grass people implore Your Majesty to control the Yellow River as soon as possible and save millions of lives!" The grass people are willing to smear their livers and brains on the ground for His Majesty to drive. After saying that, he immediately knelt down and bowed, and made a great salute, showing his allegiance.

Wei Yuan was indeed looking forward to it, because he heard from Feng Yunshan's tone that he had the intention of controlling the Yellow River, and from the mouth of Liu Changyou, who came to invite him, he also learned that the emperor was very concerned about the Yellow River breach.

"Mr. Wei, please get up! Mr. is compassionate and benevolent to the world, which deeply touched me! Feng Yunshan hurriedly helped Wei Yuan up, and sighed: "Don't hide it, sir, I have sent someone to investigate some of the circumstances of the Yellow River breach, and found that the Yellow River had broken four times in just a few years before, 14 years ago, 13 years ago, 12 years ago, and four years ago. The cause of these four Yellow River outbursts, except for the catastrophic flood 12 years ago, the rest of the times were caused by silting up the downstream river channels. I asked the Manchu officials who said that the continuous and widespread outbursts of the Yellow River were a very dangerous sign that it might be on the eve of a diversion. Therefore, I launched the Northern Expedition in advance, broke the Manchu capital in one fell swoop, and allowed the governor of Shandong, Chong'en, to lead the people to return to Shun, and let him continue to serve as the governor of Shandong, all in order to pacify Shandong as soon as possible and concentrate on controlling the Yellow River as soon as possible. ”

Feng Yunshan threw out his analysis and plan, looked at Wei Yuan, and said, "How to govern the Yellow River, can Mr. have any teachings?" ”

Wei Yuan didn't expect Feng Yunshan to attach so much importance to the Yellow River and value himself so much, he couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement, as if he was a few years younger and full of energy.

However, from the emperor's words just now, Wei Yuan also realized that the Yellow River had indeed reached a dangerous situation. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, since the Yellow River has fallen into danger, the original management plan of the grass people may not work!" The grass people's overall plan is to divert the Yellow River to the north. However, depending on the time constraints, different plans are available. ”

"If there is a year, the grass people originally wanted to excavate and dredge the old road of the Yellow River in the Eastern Han Dynasty, from Chaocheng, Yanggu, Liaocheng in Shandong, to the north of Yucheng Beiluochuan, and then through Shandong Lin, Huimin and other places, to Lijin and the sea. But now that time is pressing, the only way to do this is to divert the Yellow River into the Grand Canal and the Daqing River in eastern Shandong, and to capture it into the sea. However, there are many tributaries of the Daqing River, and once the Daqing River enters the sea, it will affect Hepu, Shoudong, Dongping, Wenshang, Pingyin, Chiping, Changqing, Feicheng, Qihe, Licheng, Jiyang, Qidong, Huimin, Binzhou, Putai, Lijin and other prefectures and counties, and all the places through which the canal and the Daqing River pass will be affected, and the losses will be very huge. ”

So many states and counties! Feng Yunshan immediately realized that he still wanted to be simple! After all, he was not a professional like Wei Yuan who had studied in depth, but based on the opinions provided by several officials under the Yamen of the Governor of the Donghe River, he made a preliminary plan against the map, and fortunately, he asked Liu Changyou to invite Wei Yuan.

Liu Changyou, who accompanied Wei Yuan on the side, also interjected: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that although the Yellow River has broken frequently in the past few years, it has not broken for four years now, and there may be two or three years to remediate, so it is better to consider Mr. Mo Shen's plan, and use more than a year to excavate and dredge the old road of the Yellow River in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then introduce the Yellow River into the old road." Although it took a long time and the project was a little larger, it could completely solve the problem of the Yellow River breaching, and according to Mr. Mo Shen, if there was no catastrophic flood, it would be able to keep the mouth open for at least 50 years! Mr. Moshen, right? ”

Wei Yuan nodded: "Your Majesty, Lord Zimo, it is true!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Feng Yunshan expectantly, hoping that the controller of the empire would say it and it would take a year to implement the plan he provided.

Feng Yunshan shook his head decisively and said, "It's too late!" Let me tell you plainly, it is likely that in only two months, the Yellow River will burst! And the location of the break is the border of Lanyang County, Kaifeng Prefecture, which Mr. Wei said. As for the reason, you don't have to know! Therefore, I asked Liu Aiqing to find Mr. in a hurry. In two months, I want a solution in two months! ”

Liu Changyou remembered the absurd dream that the emperor said when he was in Guangzhou, and couldn't help but doubt: Your Majesty said it so categorically, could it be that there are really dreams of prophets in this world?

Wei Yuan thought quickly, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Zimo, if it is really only two months, and you know that it is roughly in the territory of Lanyang County, then now you can only use the Daqing River that directly leads the Yellow River to Shandong, that is, the Zhaowang River in the territory of Caozhou Prefecture upstream. In the middle, there is a distance of about seventy or eighty miles, fortunately they are all plains, and there are several small rivers passing by, connecting them, it should be able to save a lot of distance, calculated, it should be more than fifty miles of river channels, you can introduce the water of the Yellow River into the upper reaches of the Daqing River! ”

Feng Yunshan secretly thought about how much the excavation of the fifty-mile river was, and after thinking about it, he still had no clue, so he asked: "Liu Aiqing, you go and calculate, the excavation of the fifty-mile river channel is more than ten meters deep on average, can it be completed within two months, and how much manpower is needed?" ”

Liu Changyou just wanted to agree, but Wei Yuan next to him raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Zimo, according to the experience of following Lord Tao, the governor of Shandong, to govern the Yellow River, the project of digging the river and building the embankment for fifty miles will be completed within two months, which will cost about seven or eight hundred thousand people. ”