There were generally eight types of natural disasters in ancient times: drought, flood, insect, famine, hail, wind, epidemic, and earthquake, of which floods ranked second.
As for floods in ancient China, the Yellow River ranked first and the Yangtze River ranked second. This does not mean that flooding in the Yellow River is more serious than flooding in the Yangtze River, but that the level of flood control in ancient times could not prevent the Yellow River.
In modern times, floods in the Yangtze River are far more serious than those in the Yellow River. After all, the water volume of the Yangtze River is twenty times that of the Yellow River, and it has many tributaries.
The Loess Plateau in the upper reaches of the Yellow River brought a large amount of sediment, and the sediment gradually settled, causing the river bed to continue to rise. Over time, people in ancient times had to raise the river embankments to consolidate the river channel. As the river bed rose, the river The embankment was raised correspondingly, so that the lower reaches of the Yellow River became ground water, which was higher than the ground and became a hanging river.
Later generations returned farmland to forest in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, controlled water and soil erosion, and built flood reservoirs and river embankments, which greatly reduced the flooding of the Yellow River.
But in the Sui Dynasty, once the Yellow River rose, it was best to run away.
This run refers to the emperor and nobles, not the common people. The common people have to stay and build embankments.
After a heavy rainstorm, the Luoshui River in Luoyang City surged and was about to overflow the embankment. Yang Guang had already taken the lead to run away, but he would not run far. He could just run to Beiman Mountain to hide. The terrain there was high, and Luoshui River would Even if it floods, it won't be able to reach it.
What's more, thunderstorms just come in waves and can't last long. As long as the rain stops, the water level will drop.
Luoshui is a tributary of the Yellow River. Just looking at the current turbulence of Luoshui, you can tell that the Yellow River must also be swollen.
Luoyang, the eastern capital, has a drainage system that is better than that of Daxing, the capital, but no matter how good the drainage system is, it cannot withstand a big river in your city.
At present, countless soldiers and civilians have rushed to both sides of the Luoshui River in the city to build dams with stones and raise the embankments to prevent flooding.
The most critical ones are Hanjiacang located in the northeast corner of the imperial city, Huiluocang located about ten miles northeast of the city, and Xingluocang located in the southeast of Gong County at the confluence of the Luo River and the Yellow River.
Among them, Xingluo Granary is the most important, because this granary is close to the Yellow River and Luoshui River, and grain is currently transported northward from this granary. If it floods, at least 200,000 people in the future expedition to Goguryeo will starve.
Even though the problem of flooding had been considered when building the warehouse, the rain this time was so heavy and fast that dozens of warehouses were flooded.
The rain stopped at about three o'clock in the night, but it would take another day until the water level went down.
In Luoyang, the damage was not serious, but hundreds of people who built embankments died, and the roofs of half of the people's homes collapsed. But when Yang Guang learned that one-third of Xingluocang was flooded, he was completely angry.
When you are angry, you have to vent it. Who can you vent to? Whoever builds the granary should be hired by him, Yu Wenkai.
In the early morning, in a villa in Beimang Mountain, Yang Guang cursed Yu Wenkai with a muffled face. If it weren't for the fact that he was the emperor and had to pay attention to his manners, he would have really wanted to give Yu Wenkai some big-eared melon seeds.
"Impregnable? Is this what you call impregnable?" Yang Guang pointed at Yuwen Shu and cursed: "You built the warehouse. Now the food is flooded. You go and help me solve it. The soldiers are hungry, so you go and find food for them. .”
Yu Wenkai had a dark look on his face, Damn it, even if you ransacked my house, I wouldn't be able to get you millions of stones of food?
I have no food but only one life. Just kill me.
Yu Wenkai knelt down and said, "I cannot absolve myself of the blame. Please forgive me."
"No punishment!" Yang Guangmao waved his sleeves: "You want to give up? Don't even think about it. Go find food for me. You will make up for me as much as the water is flooded."
Yu Wenkai raised his head with a look of astonishment on his face. This is the first time I have seen such heavy rain in my life. You can't let me bear the responsibility alone? It’s true that I built the granary, but is your son still the supervisor?
"Why don't you go quickly?" Yang Guang scolded again.
Yu Wenkai's old face twitched and he looked at the other ministers. Su Wei and Niu Hong quickly winked at him: "You leave first, don't stay here."
"I excuse myself," Yu Wenkai left with a sad face.
After the people left, Niu Hong said: "The waterproofing of the three granaries in Luoyang is still very good, but no one can
Unexpectedly, the rain last night would be so heavy. Xingluocang is now only one-third flooded, which is a blessing. The Ministry of Water Resources has reported that the thunderstorm last night mainly fell in Yiyang, Luoyang and Yanshi. In this area, the rain clouds have weakened in Yanshi, which shows that the scope of the disaster is not large. "
"It's not that big, isn't it?" Yu Shiji frowned and said, "Nearly three million stones of grain were flooded, and crops in a whole county were damaged. With such a huge loss, the imperial court had to allocate grain for disaster relief, and it also had to make up for the three million grain deficit. , such a loss has never happened since His Majesty took the throne."
fart! Is there not much loss in repairing Luoyang? Or is there little loss in building the canal? Chidao and Hebei civil uprisings, which one did not suffer greater losses than this one?
Niu Hong sneered, just because these are man-made disasters, but last night was a natural disaster?
"It's better than this," Pei Ju said: "Three million stones of flooded food can still be used after being rescued. Let's use this as disaster relief food and allocate it."
Good guy, you are so cruel. Niu Hong glared and said, "Food soaked in floods will deteriorate and become moldy. If not eaten properly, it will easily cause an epidemic. Mr. Pei, you don't understand, right?"
Pei Ju said sadly: "Then what do you think we should do? Where can we allocate relief food now? There will be no problem if we can eat it within a day or two."
"What about in one or two days?" Niu Hong asked, "then we can prepare food for disaster relief?"
Pei Ju shook his head and said nothing. He had no choice. The emperor's attitude towards Yu Wenkai had already shown that don't expect the court to provide food. If the food soaked in water is cleaned and eaten as soon as possible, it will still be fine.
But the problem is that if it is not cleaned properly, as Niu Hong said, an epidemic will occur. After all, it is not food soaked in water, but a flood.
Even those that have been soaked in water will become moldy and cannot be eaten.
Su Wei said directly: "The soaked grain needs to be processed as soon as possible. It is not suitable for cooking, and it is not suitable for disaster relief. It is a matter of your majesty's sage. I think that the disaster-stricken area is not wide, and the grain used for disaster relief is limited, so we should open a warehouse to allocate grain. .”
Yang Guang was silent for a moment and said calmly: "The military rations cannot be moved. They are what feed the soldiers. Of course, the people also need to provide relief. Since we don't need much, we ordered officials at all levels in Luoyang to raise grains to provide relief to the victims."
The ministers were stunned. Skin us?
When Niu Hong saw this, he immediately agreed: "Your Majesty is wise and I agree. The Dugu family are relatives and should set an example."
After saying that, Niu Hong looked at Zhao Guogong Dugu Zuan.
example? I, a foreign relative, have become obsolete. Why don’t you let the Xiao family set an example? Old cow, old cow, you are such a troublemaker.
Dugu Zuan stood up and said seriously: "I would like to raise three thousand stones of food."
"That's not right," Yang Guang raised his hand and said, "You are my cousin. Please show my love for the people and prepare 30,000 stones immediately."
Good guy, do you still know that I am your cousin? You usually train me like a subordinate, but now that you have any use for me, you are now your cousin?
"I have received the decree. Even if I sell the iron, I still have to raise 30,000 dan to share your Majesty's worries," Dugu compiled.
This sentence made everyone present roll their eyes. Thirty thousand dan is just a waste of money? Your family relies on the canal, so you can make this much in a month, right?
The Dugu family is the richest man in Henan. This is something that everyone knows. How dare you say that.
Now that Dugu Zuan has pledged his donation, several other big families in Henan are too embarrassed not to contribute. After all, the disaster is in their hometown, and it is unrealistic to expect others to help.
So the Zheng family, the Yuan family, and the Changsun family all recognized him.
In the Sui Dynasty, there were many officials who cried about poverty. The main reason was that they had to cry about poverty, otherwise everyone would know that I was rich.
The problem with rich people is that they don't want others to know that they are rich, and those who show off their wealth are mentally ill.
[In view of the general environment,
These elders in the court are all smart people. Don’t they understand who the emperor is and who he is?
Yu Wenkai and Yang Ming are in love, and he really has no way to make up for such a big shortfall, so there are only two ways, if someone can intercede for him, or he is seriously ill and dying, then this matter can be avoided.
past.
This is also the consistent approach of officials. When encountering a problem, instead of solving the problem, you try to deal with the person who asked you the question.
Dying and asking for help are the only two ways to deal with the emperor.
So while Yu Wenkai wrote to Yang Ming for help, he dropped his head on his bed and began to pretend to be sick.
It was easy to pretend that he was ill, because he was already ill. As long as he stopped taking the medicine, he would look like a seriously ill person. After all, it is impossible for a person of his age not to be sick at all.
Luoyang City is already cleaning up the siltation after the floods receded. Half of the civilians are urgently repairing roofs. The entire city is dirty and messy.
Just like the flood situation reported by the Ministry of Water Resources, the affected area was not wide. The main loss came from Xingluocang. In other areas, 700,000 shi of food could be used for disaster relief.
Officials in Luoyang have already come up with this number.
After Yang Guang returned to Luoyang Palace, he began to think about how to make up for the deficit in Xingluocang. He would definitely not count on Yu Wenkai. Didn't Yang Guang know that Yu Wenkai did not have this ability?
He was just angry at that time, so he gave the other party such an order. Of course, Yu Wenkai had to get him some food. If he hadn't repaired the granary, what would have been such a big loss?
If the army's food and grass supply cannot keep up, this will be a big problem.
But for a while, Yang Guang really couldn't find a way. The three warehouses in Luoyang had drained the entire country, and there was a food shortage in Guanzhong. Where else could he get food now?
Peeling skin from aristocratic family? It doesn't work. Exempting slaves from taxes has already made them very dissatisfied. If they try another powerful medicine, they may cause trouble.
It was at this time that the news of Yu Wenkai's death reached the palace.
It turned out that he was pretending to be ill, but in the end he didn't drink medicine for several days, and his body couldn't resist. It was self-defeating, and a generation of engineering giants passed away.
Yang Guang was also stunned, you are really good at death.
