Chapter 34                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             �

Zhou Mengchen was even more shocked by one thing.

How should the people near Xuzhou live?

This is not just about rushing through the Yellow River.

Although the floods pass through the border, the losses caused are also huge. However, compared with this, within hundreds of miles, the Yellow River splits and merges, and the Yellow River water flows freely, turning the people of the city into fish and turtles.

At the same time, I also understood why it has not been managed well after 37 years of Jiajing.

This is indeed a big project.

From these remarks, Zhou Mengchen discovered that Wang Ting might have problems of this and that, and he was indeed not an incompetent person. He opened his mouth to the water conditions of the Yellow River. This shows that he had indeed put a lot of thought on it.

Zhou Mengchen asked: "You haven't thought about how to manage it?"

"I think, why don't you?" Wang Ting opened his eyes and said with a bit of gritting teeth: "In the winter of the 37th year of Jiajing, I used civil servants to block the gap, but I failed several times. There was no way, and I went under the water. When the King of Heaven came, I couldn't let the water flow to the high places. I thought again, anyway, the old river was no longer possible, so it would be better to build a new river and let all the waters return."

“But no money.”

"The Ming Dynasty only costs so much water. It takes at least a few hundred miles to build a river. When digging the river and building a dam, it is impossible to catch a river 10,000 taels per mile. If there are millions of taels, don't even think about this. Is there a few million taels on the river? No. It would be good to have hundreds of thousands of taels. What can I do? What can I do?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "You just think of this?"

Although he heard Wang Ting’s clamor, it seemed that he was extremely wronged. Zhou Mengchen did not sympathize with him at all. The reason was very simple, because the situation in the Yellow River is very abnormal. But Wang Ting was the official in the imperial court to manage the river. Shouldn’t he be prepared in advance? When the river breaks, the old river channel cannot be used, and he remembers that the sheep will be repaired.

Zhou Mengchen also knew that from the 26th year of Jiajing to the 37th year of Jiajing, it can be said that the most difficult time for the Ming Dynasty's finances. Money was needed to be used in the south and north. Yan Song had no money to invest in the river.

The funding for the river channel is limited.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen was a little richer after he made a lot of money for the Ming Dynasty. In history, another major flood occurred in the 44th year of Jiajing, which was even worse than this time. The court began to vigorously control the water, and it was only after he could barely make a difference from Longqing to Wanli.

But no matter how limited it is, Wang Ting never thought about the millions of people who died due to the flood. Just thinking about this thing is not his problem. Why isn't it? If Zhou Mengchen had been Wang Ting, if he knew that the breaking was so dangerous, he would jump on the same day.

Otherwise, how can you meet the elders on both sides of the Yellow River?

Wang Ting felt guilty for a moment.

Bored by Zhou Mengchen, Zhou Mengchen said, "Okay, when it comes to the Yellow River, have you never thought about thoroughly managing the Yellow River in the river?"

Wang Ting said: "I thought about it, but I thought about it."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Let me tell me, what are your dreams?"

Since Zhou Mengchen accepted the river channel, he must restore the river channel to normal. It is best to treat both symptoms and root causes. But he has no plan now. After all, before that, Zhou Mengchen had never thought about managing the river. He only had a idea of ​​binding water to attack sand as to how to control the river. It was also learned from history.

It's just four words.

From now on, it seems that the problem of the Yellow River cannot be solved in just four words. Zhou Mengchen naturally needs to refer to the opinions of others.

Wang Ting sighed and said, "Let me say the truth, the Yellow River is beyond help. It is always a matter of perseverance. The major repairs of small decisions and minor repairs. It is all a problem. Just use silver to build a river embankment. When the Yellow River is about to burst, it will still be broken. God will do this, and manpower is sometimes poor. I want to know how to repair the Yellow River. But--"

Zhou Mengchen said a little coldly, and said, "Just say it, just say it. It's not for you to solve it. At least you should be worthy of what you eat in the future."

Zhou Mengchen thought Wang Ting was disgusting. If you feel that you cannot take on the responsibility of the river, leave as soon as possible. Instead of now, you say that manpower is sometimes poor and the river cannot be repaired. Or, Wang Ting has such a small repair and repair, which leads to such a big disaster.

Wang Ting is also a little angry now.

Anyway, Wang Ting already knew that sooner or later he would be a dead person. When he arrived at this situation, he would not be afraid of anyone else. Moreover, he was full of grievances. In his opinion, no one could go up in the situation of the Yellow River.

It was just because he had a close relationship with Yan Song at the time that Xu Jie took it. In other words, the current situation of Wang Ting was not because of the Yellow River breaking, but because of the party struggle.

Actually, what he was thinking was not unreasonable.

Because the Ming Dynasty has been in the past 200 years, the Yellow River has been breached more than 500 times. On average, it is more than once a year. If every breach is killed, no one in the Ming Dynasty can control the water.

The reason why he had the current situation was that Xu Jie was injured by accident. Although Xu Jie wanted Zhou Mengchen to go out, he did not deliberately exaggerate it, but the real situation in the local area was presented to Jiajing in the form of a refugee picture.

It made Jiajing extremely furious and finally ordered the killing of Wang Ting.

In fact, Xu Jie did not do this. According to the general situation, someone from above covered him up. At most, Wang Ting dismissed from office and went home, so he did not have to go to the execution ground.

"Okay, I'll say that," Wang Ting said; "I won't talk about the money. The imperial court is so harsh about the rivers. It is necessary to protect the ancestral tomb. If there is a problem with the ancestral tomb, there will be no need to know how many people will have to land on the ground. The canal should be protected in the middle. If the canal is silted, it will affect the canal, and we cannot have a good time. In addition, we must also protect the people, otherwise you will not be used to seeing the clear stream."

"Is it difficult to control water? It's not difficult. As long as you have money, open a river and let the Yellow River flow eastward, isn't it enough? But can this be done? Can you do this? Do you still want the canal?"

"It's really hard for people to be underwater. If you have to go upward, there will be more sand and make it not silt. This is really a problem for people to do. What is the person below? He is a god or a dragon king. With a wave of his hand, he will be obedient to the flood."

"Pa" Wang Ting smashed the wine glass on the ground and said, "Who can do this well and who can do it well?"

If the Yellow River flows directly eastward, the Shandong Peninsula will block it. In ancient times, the Shandong Peninsula was an island with a relatively high terrain. It can only be north-south and south. However, it will pass through the canal. In this way, a large amount of mud and sand in the Yellow River will rush into the canal. Within a few years, the canal will be silted and leveled by mud and sand.

Therefore, for the sake of the canal, many people have proposed that the clear and turbid flow is to force the canal to separate from the Yellow River here. Although it is barely done, it does indeed violate the water nature.

Artificially increasing the difficulty.

Originally, the Yellow River was difficult to deal with. With so many other off-site factors, it was even more difficult to control the Yellow River at the hell level.

Zhou Mengchen suddenly stood up and said, "I can do it well. Don't think that you can't do it yourself or others can't do it. I haven't taken office yet, but a problem has been solved. The canal doesn't need to worry about this time."

“There is a solution to any problem.”

"You are in a bad mood today, so you can stop talking. However, I remind you that you don't have much time left. Some things you don't say are brought into the ground. I don't care, but don't you really want to leave something for this world?"

Zhou Mengchen left after he said that.

Before going out, he suddenly stopped and said, "You can live here in the future until your day comes."

This day is naturally the day of execution.

Wang Ting looked at Zhou Mengchen's back as he left, and suddenly felt a little stuck in his heart, and he couldn't feel happy if he didn't vomit.

After all, Wang Ting was born to read the books of sages. Before he died, he was extremely afraid. But after he was sure that he could not change, he was not as afraid as he was. After arranging family affairs, Wang Ting suddenly had a desire to talk.

Yes, as Zhou Mengchen said. When he was about to leave this world, don’t people want to stay something?
Chapter completed!