The earth began to tremble. The thick and high river bank is constantly swaying. The gravel and small pieces of bricks on the river bank were beating on the ground.
Waves of air swooped down from the upstream, carrying the fine dust and raising a layer of dust on the entire river. The huge air wave pushed the dust and blew it on people's bodies, making a tinkling sound. The sound slid down the face, causing pain.
The water on the riverbed fell more than half its height in the blink of an eye. There is high ground under the river bed, even to the point where it is faintly visible.
As the governor of the river, Pan Deshan has been teaching the Yellow River for a long time. Looking at the situation at this moment, he knows very well that the upper reaches has really collapsed.
And all the check dams built upstream to intercept the diversion of river water and build water reduction dams are bound to fail.
This is a man-made flood. All the river water from Luoyang City to Shaanzhou City and further upstream rushed down.
Pan Deshan clenched his hands tightly into fists. He really didn't understand why such a thing happened.
The check dam does not intercept the water in the entire upper reaches of the Yellow River, but temporarily diverts the river water so that the river workers under the river governor's office can build a water reduction dam that is truly long-term and functional in the lower section of the check dam. .
What went wrong? Pan Deshan couldn't figure it out for a moment, and the vibrations coming from his feet became more and more intense.
Before he could think any more, he roared with a big mouth: "Run! Let the river workers run! Everyone pull down the river embankment!" No one knows now how big the peak water level of the upstream river is.
If it is too turbulent, people standing on the river embankment may be trapped in the river by the flood.
In fact, there is no need for Pan Deshan to shout. None of the river workers on the river embankment has lived on both sides of the Yellow River their entire lives.
Movement happening upstream is the best signal. When the officers rushed down on their horses, the river workers had already begun to run down the river embankment in a panic but orderly manner.
Officials from the River Governor's Yamen guarded Pan Deshan, with frightened faces on their faces, and held Pan Deshan's arm.
"Governor, let's go!" All the officials present looked uneasy, but as Pan Deshan, as the governor, stood still, there was no way they could escape from the river embankment first.
"Governor! Let's go!"
"If we don't leave, no one knows what will happen if the water from upstream comes down."
"Governor, this must be an accident. Once the peak of the flood passes, we will immediately rush upstream to investigate the situation and find out what went wrong."
"If there is an accident in the river today, the Sansi Yamen will definitely come to inquire and verify, and the court will definitely inquire and act. Governor, you have to take care of your health, and nothing will happen!" The officials around Pan Deshan began to persuade.
These people are nervous and uneasy because of the approaching flood peak, but they are also concerned about finding out the truth after the accident.
As the governor of the river and the minister of river management appointed by the imperial court, Pan Deshan could have trouble with anyone, but he was the only one who could never get into trouble.
Otherwise, all the efforts made by everyone here will be lost due to this flood! Pan Deshan's footsteps have moved a bit.
He could distinguish between officials' persuasion clearly. only. Pan Deshan, who had just turned around and took a step, suddenly stopped.
Under everyone's nervous gaze, Pan Deshan turned around again, stood back to his original position, and pressed his hands on the pair of bluestone strips.
The governor's yamen colleague looked livid and said anxiously: "Governor, if you don't leave, it will be too late!" The water level on the river bed that had dropped had begun to rise again.
This is a sign that the water upstream is about to rush down. The huge roar echoed in everyone's cochlea, almost tearing people's eardrums.
Pan Deshan seemed to have roots under his feet.
"You go down the river embankment first!" After saying that, Pan Deshan stared at the water mist upstream that was getting closer and closer.
The officials who had already started to leave the embankment hurriedly gathered around.
"Governor, now is not the time to hold on!"
"If this flood peak is too great, even the river workers born on the Yellow River will not be able to withstand it!" Some people were even more anxious and angry, shouting at the policemen who had driven down from the upper reaches.
"Somebody come!"
"Carry the governor down the river embankment!" The officers saw the peak of the upstream flood with their own eyes. After hearing Shangguan's words, he rushed in immediately.
Pan Deshan frowned, glanced at the officer with cold eyes, and then said in a cold voice: "Even if the upstream dam and water reduction dam collapsed, there must still be foundations remaining to block the flow of river water under the river bed! A section of the river in Kaifeng Prefecture has been destroyed this year. It has been reinforced and raised. I will not leave! I will be with the river embankment today! I want to see with my own eyes whether the river channel built by me and you can withstand this great storm. Water!" As he spoke, Pan Deshan's hands, which were pressed against the pile of bluestones, were subconsciously clenched into fists out of nervousness.
The joints of both hands turned white because the fists were clenched too tightly. Pan Deshan is not leaving! The officials present suddenly felt helpless.
If he doesn't leave, even if someone wants to leave now, they can't. A look of death appeared on everyone's faces. I'm afraid I have to explain it here today.
An official of the Governor's Yamen with a background in psychology suddenly stood on the stone strip aside. He is a very young official.
Everyone knows him. Yu Min, Yu Jinli. He is responsible for calculating the food payment due to river workers in the river governor's office.
On weekdays, it can be said that every penny is worth every penny. But he is also kind-hearted. Except for matters concerning money and food, he can be regarded as an outstanding young man.
"Yu Jinli! What are you going to say!" Yu Min's lips turned white. At this moment, he was facing the crowd with his back to the upstream.
Although I can't see behind me, I can't see what's going on upstream now. But the wet and numb air waves on his back made him realize that time was running out.
Yu Min opened his mouth and shouted loudly under the gaze of everyone including Pan Deshan: "What we have been doing for many years in river management is to make the Yellow River peaceful and the people on both sides of the river no longer suffer from disasters. Whatever happened to the river today, no matter what happens, Whatever the actual situation upstream is, it is all our fault. What the Governor said is right. Although the upstream dam and water reduction dam have collapsed, the downstream embankment has been reinforced. If we can't even rest assured about the things we have done under our own hands, How can we convince the millions of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait? How can we convince all the princes in the court? How can we thank Your Majesty, the Prince, and the Grandson for their kindness and trust? Today! I, Yu Jinli, am here with the Governor! People are here! The river is broken. People are dead! I, Yu Jinli, won’t leave either!” Rumble… The flood peak in the upper reaches finally came down, and the surging river water kept hitting the embankments on both sides, splashing thousands of huge waves.
The water waves were stirred up one after another, falling on the river embankment like a downpour. Just the wave before the peak of the flood had already made everyone soaked to the skin, their hair was messy, their clothes were disheveled, and they were in a state of embarrassment.
The earth seemed to be turning over. The river embankments that had been reinforced and thickened layer by layer were surging like soft mud, making it difficult for people to stand firmly.
Everyone on the river embankment couldn't help but bend down and squat down.
"I'm not leaving!"
"Labour and management are not leaving either!"
"Today I will be with the river embankment I built!"
"People are in the river! The river collapses and people are dead!"
"I am ashamed of your majesty and the imperial court! Twenty years later, I will have to regulate the river for the imperial court again!"
"Niang Xipi's! The labor and management are waiting for Hong Feng to come and kill him!"
"..." Amidst the roar of the huge waves, everyone calmed down and found their feet surprisingly stable. The sound of wind, water, and people.
At this moment, everything is mixed together.
"Stay still!"
"Grab the person next to you!"
"Don't let go..." Huge waves kept rolling under the river embankment. Every time it hit the river bed, it set off a huge wave on the river surface.
Pan Deshan squatted behind a pile of bluestones and shouted at the officials around him who had not walked down the river embankment.
If you don't die this time, you will definitely be able to manage the river. With this group of people who are not afraid of life and death, Ming Dynasty will one day be able to tame the big river around him and call the Yellow River the real Anlan!
The huge waves roar and the Yellow River roars. Between heaven and earth, there is only one color left, and it is difficult to distinguish other objects. ...Peng! A loud noise sounded in the court hall of the Chief Envoy Si Yamen in Kaifeng City.
Pei Benzhi's face lost all color in an instant. He looked angrily at the dust-covered police officer who was rushing back from the river embankment, and roared angrily: "Today, Governor Pan and his people were on the river embankment. Something happened upstream. You idiots, don't you know how to save Governor Pan?" !" Because a banquet was planned to be given to Pan Deshan today, people from the three government offices gathered at the Chief Envoy's office.
In the courtroom, Henan Province's Inspector Gao Guang and Henan Province's Commander-in-Chief Yu Ma both looked tense and ugly.
When Pei Benzhi was still cursing angrily. Yu Ma had already stood up and looked at his generals: "There is an order!" The generals stood up without thinking.
"The general is here!" Yu Ma looked solemn: "Order all the soldiers and horses from the city guard station to rush to the river embankment, rescue the people under attack, and look for the officials of the governor's office of the river. Make no mistakes and set off immediately!"
"General, take the order!" All the generals took the order one after another, turned around, and walked out of the Chief Envoy's Yamen in a resolute manner.
During this period, everyone in Henan Province knew that river management was a top priority. Although the River Governor's Office used people to death, everything they did was for the people of Henan Province.
No one wants to waste time at this time. Gao Guangguang, who has been appointed as the inspector of Henan Province since the Ministry of Personnel, is the calmest at this moment.
He has the calmness of officials who are high above the temple. Seeing that Yu Ma had arranged for the soldiers and horses of the Dusi Yamen to go to the river embankment, Gao Guang turned his head and looked at the chief envoy with a livid face.
"Uncle Pei Fang, please be patient. We still don't know what is going on on the river embankment right now. Governor Pan is also a good person and has his own destiny. It is impossible to say that he has already led his people to deal with the water situation." Pei Benzhi stood up and held up his hands on the river bank. On the table, he took a deep breath and sighed: "How can I not know that I should be calm at this moment and find out the situation on the river. But Gao Yingcha also knows that the government's management of the river cannot be separated from the river governor's office, let alone the river governor's office. "Governor Pan." Gao Guang walked to Pei Benzhi and said, "Governor Pan is a great talent and was granted authority by the court, but he only used it to regulate the river and never made profits for his own selfish purposes. Governor Pan's character is obvious to all in Henan Province. Don't worry, Uncle Fang, Governor Pan will be fine with this." Pei Benzhi shook his head, left his seat and walked out of the Yamen.
Gao Guang and Yu Ma followed behind, frowning. Pei Benzhi walked all the way outside the Yamen and did not ask anyone to carry the sedan over. He only asked the officers to lead the horses so that he could go to the river embankment to see the situation with his own eyes.
And while waiting for time. Pei Benzhi's face was gloomy and he said in a solemn tone: "Something happened on the river. No matter what happened upstream, it is an indisputable fact that the dam and the water reduction dam collapsed." Gao Guang fell silent. This was true.
The dams and water reduction dams built upstream, which cost countless money and money, have indeed collapsed at this moment.
Pei Benzhi continued: "The imperial court is now implementing the New Deal, the Hongwu New Deal! How many people have changed in the court this year? Locally, His Highness the King of Qin has also arrested batches of people. But is there really no one who is dissatisfied? No. ! There are countless people who are dissatisfied with the Hongwu New Deal of this dynasty! Now something happened on the river, and Governor Pan was promoted by the grandson and placed in the position of governor of the river. If something happens on the river, Governor Pan cannot escape the blame, and when it comes In the court, the grandson will inevitably be implicated. At that time, what will happen to the Hongwu New Deal that is in full swing in this dynasty?" Gao Guangzi understood the truth here.
He also looked solemn and ugly. However, matters in the imperial court are now not something that an outsider like him can comment on.
When a few people were still worried about how much trouble what happened on the river today would cause in the court.
The chief envoy Si Yamen's servants have already brought horses for the superior officials. Pei Benzhi's eyes were focused, and his sharp edge was revealed. He quickly walked down the stairs and took the rope to mount the horse.
"You two, please follow me to the river embankment to see the situation first!" After saying that, Pei Benzhi whipped up his horsewhip heavily.
The horses neighed. On the street, horses' hooves clattered and they ran wildly. …
"drive!"
"drive!"
“Drive!” Da da da… da da da da da… In the Fengyang Prefecture of Zhongdu, across the Huai River, between Guzhenyi and Wangzhuangyi going north, there are rare two official couriers at the same time, one going south to the other and one to the north. Down.
On the official road between Guzhenyi and Wangzhuangyi. The team of more than a thousand people was marching northward at a steady speed.
This is the team of the Emperor Taisun's northern tour this year. This morning the team left Fengyang City, crossed the Huai River, and then headed north along the official road without stopping.
Following the official road and passing through Guzhen Station, Suiyang Station and Baishan Road Station, the team can enter Henan Road.
"Urgent report from Fengyang City!"
"Urgent report from the Chief Envoy of Henan Province, Si Yamen!" The two Xinma teams going north and south caught up with the northern patrol team almost at the same time.
Zhu Yunxi, who was riding a horse in front of the entire team and chatting with Gao Yangzhi, Bai Yuxiu and other accompanying officials, frowned when he looked at Xin Ma who had arrived.
His heart beat uncontrollably. A bad premonition arose in my heart. ………………Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
