"What about Zhongxingqu? Didn't the Zhongxing Canal play a little role? Li Yi was worried, and asked in a hoarse voice, "I have repeatedly explained that the excavation of the Zhongxing Canal should start from the desecration of the big river, so that when a flood occurs, it can also play a role in flood distribution, and the flood water flowing into the Dahe Gushu can be quickly diverted to the Zhangshui River and the Hutuo River." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 🤔 Didn't you do it? ”

"It was done, we did it." "Although the excavation of the Zhongxing Canal has only been carried out for a few months, due to the large number of displaced people participating in the excavation of the ditch and the progress is very fast, it has played a great role this time, speeding up the flood distribution to a certain extent and avoiding the further expansion of the affected area." ”

Hearing this, Li Yi was a little relieved, and continued to ask, "When will the flood water recede?" When will the danger be lifted? Do you have a calculation in mind? Has the disaster relief work already begun? ”

"If it doesn't rain, there will be another five to 10 days and the danger will be alleviated." Xun You rubbed his increasingly heavy eyelids vigorously, and yawned a few times in a row, "Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Chang Yuchun, Zhang Yan, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals are directing the soldiers to rush to block the breach with all their might, and seven have been blocked so far, and the remaining five will soon be closed." As long as the breach is blocked, things will be much easier. The disaster relief has already begun, and Mrs. Jing has been personally supervising it in the affected counties. ”

The Mrs. Jing mentioned by Xun You naturally refers to the eldest princess Liu Jing. Li Yi didn't expect her to rush over from Jicheng.

After thinking about it, Li Yi asked, "Where is Yun Chang?" ”

Xun You replied: "In Yangping City in Dongjun, the breach there is the largest, and we haven't blocked it for ten days. Yun Chang was sitting there in command. ”

"Let's go, let's go directly to Yangping." Li Yi turned around and shouted to Dian Wei, Yuwen Chengdu, and Lu Wenlong, "Order all departments, speed up." ”

Li Yi whipped down, and the white dragon horse hissed in pain, and its four hooves flew away.

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In mid-July, Yangpyeong, East County.

On the embankment, the flow of people shuttled, the roar was like thunder, and thousands of soldiers and nearly 10,000 people in northern Xinjiang were struggling to plug the gap.

Guan Yu, Zhang Yan, Gao Shun, Xun Yu and other officials of northern Xinjiang, as well as Zang Hong and Chen Gong, who had only arrived in Hebei not long ago, were covered in mud and came to meet the general Li Yi.

Li Yi met Zang Hong and Chen Gong for the first time, and he greeted the two very politely, and then talked to everyone about the disaster relief. Sooner or later, the breach will be blocked, and the most urgent issue at hand is disaster relief, how to let Hebei survive this disaster smoothly.

Gao Shun knelt down and pleaded guilty. The north embankment of the Yellow River in Dongjun broke four mouths in a row, and as the commander of the army stationed in Dongjun, he had an unshirkable responsibility.

"No one is held accountable now." Li Yi helped him up, "If you want to be held accountable, I am the great Sima and the general, and my responsibility is the heaviest." The second is the cloud chief, and then it will be your turn. Li Yi looked at Gao Shun's emaciated face and patted him on the shoulder painfully, "There are still many things to do, don't get tired and lie down, I'm still counting on you." ”

Gao Shun's eyes were hot, and he hurriedly lowered his head and wiped his eyes.

Zang Hong and Chen Gong looked at each other, their eyes full of admiration.

"Lord, the first thing to do in Hebei is to cross the river into Yanzhou and skin Cao Cao's butcher." Zhang Yan gritted her teeth and said, "And that bastard Gongsun Zhan, I'm going to eat his meat." In order to keep their own territory, these two traitors secretly sent people to dig embankments and release water. How many innocent people died in the flood like this, and how many fields, houses, and livestock disappeared in this way. ”

Zhang Yan roared angrily: "Hate it......"

"How many holes did they dig into?" Li Yi looked at Guan Yu and asked.

"At least half." Guan Yu was exhausted and sat on the ground very tired, "The first two places of the Yellow River North Embankment in Dongjun broke through, and we tried our best to block it, and neglected the vigilance of other sections, but two or three days later, a large area fell down, and we couldn't block it if we wanted to." ”

"The current is so strong that if you dig a small opening, the flood will immediately wash down the levee, so we don't know how many breaches they deliberately dug the ground." Zang Hong said angrily, "Cao Mengde, a traitor, has slaughtered innocent people again and again, and it will not end well in the future." ”

"I didn't expect Gongsun Chan to be so mad." Xu Shu stood behind Li Yi and sighed softly, "It seems that this matter also has something to do with Yuan Shao." In order to occupy Guanzhong, he did such a thing that people and gods were angry at any cost. Isn't he afraid of thunder and thunder? ”

"He's not afraid." Zhang Fei scolded angrily, "This time, he, Cao Cao, and Gongsun Zhan have made us so miserable, what is he afraid of?" When we recover, we will kill them to the fullest in blood to avenge our revenge! ”

Li Yi gritted his teeth, and his heart was murderous.

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In mid-July, Qinghe Country, Ganling City.

The eldest princess Liu Jing rushed out in surprise.

Li Yi stood in the lobby, his long hair was scattered, tall and mighty, with a faint smile on his face, and a little dust on his thick and slightly messy beard, obviously coming all the way.

Liu Jing stood up suddenly, two clusters of blush suddenly appeared on her charming face, and her eyes welled up with affection.

Li Yi heard the sound of footsteps coming softly, hurriedly looked up, and when the four eyes met, Li Yi was suddenly suffocated, and his heart beat violently in an instant.

The next moment, the two hugged each other tightly.

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Following the eldest princess Liu Jing to the south, there were also important ministers in the court, Yang Biao, Zhen Ju, Sima Fang and others.

After Li Yi met with Liu Jing, he called a meeting of the courtiers.

At the meeting, Li Yi gave a general account of the situation in Guanzhong, Guanxi, and Guandong, and finally said: "Because the Yellow River burst its banks, we had to withdraw from Luoyang, and the strategy to force Yuan Shao to withdraw from Guanzhong immediately failed, and the counterinsurgency became even more unrealistic. ”

After listening to Li Yi's account, Yang Biao and the others were silent.

Li Yi sneered in his heart, he knew that this time things had changed, which was the reason why these people were making small moves behind their backs, mainly Huangfu Song, Yang Biao and others, their power in Guanzhong was the strongest, especially the Yang family, which could be said to be deep-rooted.

However, now is the time to settle accounts with these people. Li Yi looked at these people and sighed helplessly: "This counterinsurgency was abandoned halfway, Hebei suffered a rare flood in a century, and the financial resources were very tight, so the counterinsurgency matter could only be put aside temporarily." Do you have a solution to the current difficulties? ”

"At least 30% of Hebei's financial endowment depends on Jizhou. Jizhou was hit by the disaster, and the financial resources were sharply reduced, and no matter what method we used, we couldn't conjure up money and food, so ......" Yang Biao paused for a moment and said with a wry smile, "We can only do everything we can to reduce expenses." ”

"Cut back?" Li Yi pondered for a long time, and then said, "This doesn't seem to be a good way." ”

"yes, it's not a good idea. To reduce expenditures, first of all, it is necessary to cut the daily expenses of the Hebei prefectures and the salaries of officials at all levels in Hebei, and secondly, to cut the salaries of the officers and men of the Northern Xinjiang Army. Zhen Ju said to Li Yi, "Since the Northern Xinjiang Army has stopped fighting in the past two years, has the general considered reducing the army in large quantities?" ”

Li Yi's expression was cold, and he shook his head again and again: "The main reason for the failure of this counterinsurgency and the failure of Guanzhong and Luoyang to fight is the lack of troops. In my opinion, the Northern Xinjiang Army should not only not be reduced, but should be increased. In addition, Hebei has been hit by a disaster, the homeless victims have to be relieved, the affected counties and counties have to be restored and rebuilt, and officials at all levels have a lot of things to do. ”

If the officials are not cut down, the army is not reduced, and taxes are not increased, and the financial expenditure is increased on the basis of the original expenditure, so where does Hebei get so much money and grain? All the old ministers unanimously expressed their opposition.

"General, if you insist on doing this, it will be the people who will suffer in the end. Without food and without enough relief, the victims will die. Sima Fang excitedly dissuaded.

"Whose fault is it that the victims are not receiving relief and are starving?" Li Yi said loudly, "The officials worked hard, day and night, and finally couldn't get the money, so whose fault is it?" The soldiers of Northern Xinjiang fought bloodily and finally couldn't even eat their stomachs, whose fault was it? ”

Li Yi pointed to his nose and said, "It's my fault." ”

Then he pointed at Yang Biao and the others and said, "It's also your fault." We have repeatedly said that we have restructured and rejuvenated the country, but after a few years of restructuring, we have not even been able to survive a disaster. I don't see any hope for the big man of ZTE. ”

"If the Yellow River breaks out in a major flood every three forks, if the desert and border counties break out from time to time with heavy snowstorms, if drought and locust plagues continue one after another, if Hebei falls into one disaster after another, will we just wait for death? Is it just watching the collapse of the society and the extinction of Hanzuo? ”

The lobby was silent, and everyone fell into deep thought.

Zhong Yi knew what Li Yi meant, and Li Yi must have taken this opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the discussion among the members of the General's Mansion to implement it throughout Hebei, so he asked: "Lord, in today's desperate situation, do you have a better solution?" ”

When the others heard Zhong Xuan's words, they also looked at Zeng Cheng in surprise.

Li Yi smiled slightly, and immediately threw out the plan he had already thought of.

If it were in the past, people like Yang Biao would definitely oppose Li Yi's plan, but at this time, they really couldn't deal with the current situation, so they had to agree to Li Yi's method.

Finally, Li Yi can smoothly protect the two capitals in the three prefectures of Hebei and govern according to his own ideas.

This disaster was a crisis for Li Yi and Hebei, but with Li Yi's efforts, the danger was finally over, leaving a chance to rise.

However, in a short period of time, Li Yi had to enter Hebei to recuperate again, accumulating strength for the subsequent actions. (To be continued.) )