Some people don't believe it.
Some people believe it.
Because there were so many people from all over the country coming to see Tianyan, the hotel in the city could not accommodate them. The government arranged for some people to live in tents outside the city.
Among them are two grandsons. The grandfather's name is Sun Tinghe, and his grandson's name is Sun Huchen. The village is on the Loess Plateau.
Sun Tinghe had attended school for several years and was able to read and write. Although he was not a scholar, he was a well-known figure in the village.
Invited by the government, he came with his grandson.
He wanted to train his grandson Huchen to become a scholar. However, Sun Huchen was not very good at studying. Instead, he was strong and liked to dance with guns and sticks.
He asked the country boxer in the village to teach his grandson how to exercise, and named him Huchen.
Shanxi is a poor and remote place, and there are not many people who can make a name for themselves by studying. There are many heroes who have made meritorious deeds on the battlefield. The most famous one is Guan Erye.
Studying literature and martial arts, no matter which path you take, as long as you can become a talent.
Sun Huchen is not only a martial arts seed, but also has a straightforward personality, with a clear distinction between love and hate.
Sometimes, it gives Sun Tinghe a headache.
night. Inside the tent. The grandfather and grandson washed their feet and lay down on the bed. Sun Tinghe was old, lacked energy and was already drowsy.
Sun Huchen, however, was full of energy and tossed and turned.
"Grandpa, we can see the emperor tomorrow." Sun Huchen said excitedly.
"Yes. I can see the emperor." Sun Tinghe said casually, turned over, and planned to fall asleep.
"Grandpa, what do you think the emperor is like? Like Mr. Guan, with a face as thick as a jujube and a beautiful beard?" Sun Huchen asked.
Sun Tinghe couldn't hold back his laughter and said: "Second Master Guan may not necessarily have a face as thick as a jujube. It's all what the storyteller said."
"But there is one thing. Mr. Guan Er can kill the general's head in the midst of thousands of troops. When the emperor is on his horse, I heard that he is holding a horse spear and riding his horse like flying. He kills the generals of thousands of households in the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, just like picking something out of a bag."
"They are all heroes."
"He is a hero. He is a hero." Sun Huchen nodded repeatedly, and then said with admiration: "Since ancient times, heroes have been surrounded by people."
"For example, Zhou Cang next to Master Guan."
"It would be beautiful if I could serve the emperor and carry a horse for him."
Sun Tinghe laughed again and said, "Zhou Cang was also made up by storytellers. There is no such person."
Sun Huchen rolled his eyes at his grandfather. He kept making up random sentences, which was really not interesting at all.
"Grandpa, wait until the emperor controls the Yellow River. Let us turn the Loess Plateau into Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall. We Shanxi people can also live a good life."
Sun Huchen lost his temper, and the topic suddenly shifted to the Yellow River.
"Don't have high expectations. Grandpa and I are old, and all I have seen since I was a child is the Loess Plateau, with mountains connected to mountains."
"The Yellow River water is half a bowl of sediment and half a bowl of water."
"It is a good thing that the emperor is working hard to govern. But making the Yellow River water clear and turning the Loess Plateau into Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall is as difficult as reaching the sky." Sun Tinghe shook his head and said.
"Grandpa. Are you a man of the Han Dynasty? Why don't you believe in the emperor?" Sun Huchen said unhappily.
"I'm just talking about the matter. The emperor is a good emperor. But the Yellow River is really difficult to regulate." Sun Tinghe said.
"Humph. I believe in the emperor. He will definitely be able to do what he believes." Sun Huchen got angry and turned over, pointing his butt at his grandfather.
"Haha." Sun Tinghe laughed, feeling happy and planning to sleep.
"Grandpa." However, Sun Huchen didn't hold it in for long before he called out again.
Early the next morning. After Sun Ting and his grandparents got up and washed themselves, they walked out of the tent and had breakfast with other Shanxi fellows.
The food was very good.
There is meat.
Sun Huchen ate very deliciously. Sun Tinghe felt sorry for his grandson and gave him his own flesh to eat.
After eating, a large number of imperial guards and officials organized them and brought them to an open space.
The periphery of the open space was fenced with cloth.
within the perimeter.
There are guards wearing strong armor and officials wearing black gauze hats everywhere. In the middle, there were two huge tables. I don't know what was placed on the tables, and they were covered with black cloth.
The leading figures and influential squires from each village in Shanxi stood in order.
Sun Huchen was among the crowd, looking left and right, curious about everything, especially envious of the gleaming armor of the Ouchi guards.
"The Emperor has arrived."
"Common people are exempt from kneeling."
The eunuch's sharp voice sounded. Surrounded by a large number of officials, imperial guards, and eunuchs, Wu Nian, wearing a dragon robe, entered the enclosure and came in front of thousands of Shanxi people.
"His Majesty."
Everyone followed the officials and bowed to Wu Nian.
Wu Nian nodded, looking at the thousands of faces in front of him, filled with hope.
Policy is top-down.
The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, but the poor mountains and bad waters breed unruly people.
I want to implement the policy to the local level. We need the support of the famous Su Lao in these places.
Without their support, it's all just talk.
The same goes for regulating the Yellow River and Loess Plateau.
"Everyone, what I am going to do is very strange. You should watch carefully." Wu Nian's loud voice spread throughout the surrounding area.
There is a difference in accent, but Shanxi people can understand it.
Everyone stared with wide eyes, watching the development of the situation. Sun Huchen turned his attention to the two large tables, and his intuition told him that the world was on the tables.
The two teams of Ouchi guards lifted up the black cloth on the big table, revealing the true content inside.
Everyone's eyes suddenly froze, and then they began to whisper.
"What's this?"
"Are these mountains and rivers? It's so real."
"Probably mountains and rivers."
Even the officials, imperial guards, and eunuchs also turned their attention to the two tables. In the mountain village at that time, Wu Nian had not finished his words.
Why is the Yellow River water so turbid?
Why is the Loess Plateau so desolate?
Now the answer is about to be revealed.
Some smart officials, such as Hojo Ushimasa, Ishiaki and others, looked at the two tables with thoughtful expressions.
There are indeed mountains and rivers on the two tables.
To be precise, it is the sand table in Shanxi and the Loess Plateau.
But it is different from the sand table.
There is water, mountains and soil in the sand table.
The terrain on both tables is identical. It’s just that the mountains within a table have vegetation, but the mountains within a table have no vegetation, just bare loess.
Wu Nian didn't know when a small wooden stick appeared in his hand. He pointed at the two tables beside him and said, "You guessed it right. This is indeed a map of mountains and rivers."
"To be precise. It's Shanxi."
"This is the Yellow River, this is the Loess Plateau."
"Look at the picture and remember the formula. Up north, down south, left west, right east. This is what the Yellow River looks like in our land of China."
After Wu Nian finished speaking, a serious look appeared on his face and he said, "Next, let me demonstrate why the water of the Yellow River is so turbid."
"The Loess Plateau can be so desolate."
Say it. Wu Nian nodded to the two Ouchi guards holding buckets beside him.
The two imperial guards simultaneously lifted the buckets and poured water into the "loess plateau" on the two tables.
