Genyue Taicheng, Jiangxiao Tower.
Not long after Zhao Kai finished his lunch, the ministers who followed him on his eastward tour and the main officials of the Department of Stay in Tokyo arrived one after another, preparing to participate in the court meeting.
These ministers have been notified of the content of the court meeting, which is about two things. One is to build embankments to control Huang - Zhao Kai plans to hand over this matter to the Department of Stay in Tokyo.
Although Kaifeng Mansion is no longer the Tokyo of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty now implements the system of two capitals, Chang'an in the west and Luoyang in the east. There is no establishment in Tokyo at all. However, the Tokyo Left-behind Department was not revoked. Zhao Kai assigned the four state capitals of Kaifeng Prefecture, Huazhou, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou, located in the Huangfan District, to the jurisdiction of the Tokyo Left-behind Department.
On the boundaries of Kaifeng Prefecture, Huazhou, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou, the Tokyo Left-behind Department is responsible for military affairs, government affairs, river engineering, and camp fields.
In addition, Zhao Kai also planned to let the general judge of the Tokyo Left-behind Department also serve as the deputy envoy of the Qunmu Department, so that the Left-behind Department could also participate in the affairs of the Qunmu Department.
The Tokyo Left-Behind Department was not affiliated with the Jingxi Road Appeasement Envoy Department or the Jingxi Yingtian Envoy Department. Instead, it was directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, just like Luoyang Prefecture in the East Capital and Chang'an Prefecture in the Western Capital. It was somewhat similar to the municipalities of later generations.
However, the area under the jurisdiction of Tokyo's left-behind jurisdiction is much larger than that of the east and west cities. It includes three prefectures and one prefecture. It is also located on the front line of the anti-golden war. You can imagine its importance!
The second thing is to establish the Kaifeng Racecourse of the Group Animal Husbandry Department - this matter is dominated by the Group Animal Husbandry Department, but the Tokyo Left-Behind Department also has to have a hand!
Because the size of the Kaifeng Racecourse depends on the effectiveness of the Tokyo Left-behind Department's embankment construction to control yellowing. If they fail to control yellowing, the floods will come again next spring, and the Kaifeng Mansion will be surrounded by a marsh. Only fish can be raised, but horses cannot be raised at all!
In addition, part of the outer perimeter of Kaifeng Mansion will be allocated for the use of the Group of Animal Husbandry Division - once the gold thieves break through the yellow flood zone and enter the boundaries of Kaifeng Pasture, the horses will have to take refuge in the city!
Therefore, the protagonists in this court meeting today are Tokyo left-behind Zong Ze, left-behind Si Tong and Chen Gui and Hegong Datai Zong Ying.
"How are you going to build the new embankment of the Yellow River? Do you have a plan?"
Although the warning has been received, Zhao Kai has already settled his life. The emperor of the gold thieves, Wu Qimai, will not go south until next spring at the earliest. A new war will start as early as next summer... However, considering the hardships the Jin people suffered this summer, they will most likely send troops after autumn and use the winter when they are more adaptable to launch military operations.
Therefore, the war is still early, and Zhao Kai does not need to bring this matter to the court meeting now, let alone delay the construction of river works and racecourses in preparation for war.
"Officials," Zong Ying, the chief official of Hegong, stood up after hearing the words, "I will work with Chen Gui to draw up a case for a seven-hundred-mile embankment wall."
While he was talking, he had already taken out a blueprint and wanted to hand it to the chamberlain present, but Zhao Kai waved his hand to stop it.
"Zong Qing, Chen Qing, you two come closer and speak!"
Zhao Kai called Zong Ying and Chen Gui forward and asked them to spread the drawings on the desk in front of him.
This is a map of the situation of Tokyo's left-behind jurisdiction that draws Huazhou, Kaifengfu, Chenzhou, and Yingzhou together. The map also draws a yellow flood area that is three to four hundred miles wide!
The reason why the Yellow Flood Area is three to four hundred miles wide is because the Yellow River water after the breach does not go straight south. Instead, after rushing south to Kaifeng Prefecture, it then flows through the Wuzhang River and Gubian Canal. The five rivers, Bianhe River, Caihe River, Yinghe River, Caihe River and Guoshui River rush towards the Huaihe River. Due to the influx of Yellow River water, these five rivers are all overflowing and have varying degrees of siltation (the Yellow River water brings There is a lot of sediment, and it is easy to silt up when the water flow slows down).
Therefore, the Huangfan District is a large area around Kaifeng Mansion, but after going south, it is divided into five long strips. Among them, the Wuzhang River is not flooded very badly because of the existence of the flood discharge area in Liangshanbo. In the other four flooded areas, the flooding was more serious. Among these four flood zones, there are many places that are not flooded, but they are all classified as flood zones on the map, so the yellow flood zone is three to four hundred miles wide.
"Officials," Zong Ying first introduced the general situation of the yellow flood area, and then pointed to a long red line drawn with a brush and said: "I and others plan to start construction from the breach of Wannian New Embankment, and try our best to The long embankment will be built to the east... It will go through Changyuan, Dongming, Kaocheng and Xiangyi in Kaifeng Prefecture, go south to Wushui, and then build the long embankment along the west bank of Wushui to the Huaihe River. This The total length of the Causeway is expected to be more than 700 miles!"
Chen Gui added from the side: "After the long embankment is completed, not only will Kaifeng Prefecture be safe, but the territory of Chenzhou, Yingzhou, and even part of Bozhou will be protected. In this way, our territory will be larger! "
"When can the construction of the 700-mile embankment start?" Zhao Kai asked, "How long will it take to complete the construction?"
Chen Gui said: "I am going to use 200,000 people to complete the 700-mile embankment in two months! The construction will start in November this year and end in the first month of the second year of Hongwu."
"Two months, two hundred thousand people...is it really enough?" Zhao Kai was a little hesitant.
"That's enough!" Chen Gui said with a smile, "I got some inspiration from the Battle of Ru's Great Wall, and I want to use sacks and sacks of earth to build the embankment... This saves the need for rammed earth and can greatly shorten the construction period. I, I have already found someone to try it. With the cooperation of three strong workers, I can build fifty bags weighing fifty kilograms in one day!
Of the 200,000 civilians, only 150,000 are working on the front line. They can build two to several hundred thousand earthbags every day. If you fold this in half, there are 12,300,000. In fifty days, you can build six to seven thousand. Ten thousand, enough to build a 700-mile dike! "
Zhao Kai asked: "Is this long embankment reliable?"
Zong Ying replied: "Don't worry, officials, there is only one embankment in this dirt bag, so... the west side of the embankment will not be flooded!"
"Ximian won't..." Zhao Kai understood immediately!
There is an embankment on the west side, but there is no embankment on the east side, and the terrain on the west side is slightly higher. Therefore, the water flows to lower areas, and the sandbag embankment will naturally not be squeezed or submerged by the flood... As for whether the east side will be flooded, Zhao Kai has no choice. He can't release water to drown the people under his rule for the sake of the welfare of the people ruled by the Jin people in the east of Huangfan District, right?
Zhao Kai nodded and asked, "Why do we need to start work in winter?"
Chen Guidao said: "Because the climate is cold and dry in winter, the water in the floodplain area is shallow and the swamps are frozen, making it easier to construct. The people only need to place the soil bags on the frozen mud... After the spring comes next year, the flowers will bloom. These bags of soil will naturally push down and form a long embankment.”
"Is this possible?" Zhao Kai was a little doubtful.
"Don't worry, officials," Chen Gui said with a smile, "This is a commonly used method when building islands and dams in the north.
However, this earth-bag dam was only built on the fly, and it only needs to be used as long as it can be used. When spring comes next year and the flowers bloom, I will send people to reinforce and build more buildings, so that everything will be safe. "
As he spoke, the engineering expert's face suddenly became serious, "But I'm afraid that the golden thieves won't let us build with peace of mind... If the golden cavalry comes on the ice, we will be in big trouble!"
Once the Yellow Flood Area is frozen, a natural chasm will become a thoroughfare. You have 200,000 people working on a big project here, but the gold thieves found out and didn’t send troops to kill them?
"Don't worry," Zhao Kai said with a smile, "I have reliable news that Wanyan Zonghan and his son have gone north to Huining... and most of the Jurchen and Bohai warriors among the Jin soldiers have returned to their hometowns to rest. The gold thieves are here There will be no big moves this winter, and I will send elite troops to be deployed along the Yellow River Flood Zone to protect the safety of the people, so you can build with peace of mind!"
When Zongze heard Zhao Kai talk about Wanyan Zonghan and his son going north, he immediately became vigilant, "Guan family, Nianhan and his son are probably planning some big move northward! This winter can be stable, but next year..."
"There will be a war next year!" Zhao Kai did not panic at all, "So the Tokyo Left Behind Department still needs to work hard to prepare... The dams in Huazhou and Kaifeng Prefecture should be built taller and stronger, preferably on top of the dams Set up defenses and use it as a city wall. But Zongqing doesn’t have to worry too much, the focus of the Golden Thief’s troops cannot be Kaifeng Mansion.”
"Kaifeng Mansion is naturally safe...unless the Jin people, like us, make great efforts to control the water this winter." Zongze frowned and said, "But Hedong and Hebei will definitely be attacked by gold thieves. ...Officials and the imperial court must take precautions early!"
If the Huangfan area is not managed well, it will be difficult for the army to pass through. Even if it comes, the logistics line will not be maintained, so the safety of Kaifeng Mansion is very guaranteed.
"Of course the court will be prepared," Zhao Kai sneered, "and I will personally cross the river to fight the golden thief!"
He glanced at Zongze and thought to himself: Old man, I can cross the river without you asking!
"Crossing the river?" Zongze was surprised, "Is it too risky?"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "Hebei and Hedong are vast areas, and they are extremely important to the imperial court. If I don't go there in person, the gold thieves will be able to do whatever they want and attack wherever they want. Hebei and Hedong have limited troops and are hard to guard against!
And once I cross the river, the gold thieves will definitely be afraid that I will launch a major offensive in Hebei. They will not dare to do anything wrong unless I repel me! "
In fact, Zhao Kai had already planned to cross the Yellow River in the second year of Hongwu!
However, he did not cross the river to launch a major offensive against the Jin Kingdom, but to consolidate the defenses of Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou, and Xiangzhou... because these three places have always been the iron smelting centers of the Song Dynasty. ! In particular, Cizhou is rich in magnetite. If smelted with charcoal, excellent quality iron can be obtained.
With the iron materials from Cizhou, Zhao Kai's army can be equipped with high-quality iron armor!
Therefore, Zhao Kai plans to cross the river next spring and station himself in Handan in Cizhou, Hebei Province. At the same time, he will mobilize the people of Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou, and Xiangzhou to build dozens of fortresses in the east of Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou, and Xiangzhou. The city, assume a posture of building the city step by step and advancing the fortress!
He doesn't care how many ways the gold thief will come, he just builds fortresses along the way... pile up cheap fortresses with sandbags all the way to Yanjing City!
