In early January of the third year of Dihuang, after leaving Feng Qin's hometown of Fanyang County, Xingchun's team marched northeast and gradually entered the boundary of Wei County.

A question that seemed to be chaotic was asked from the Fifth Reunion: "Why is Wei County called Wei County?"

It sounds like nonsense like "Why do you think you are ethical and how do you think you are ethical", but the fifth reunion has been puzzled for a long time.

"I heard that in ancient times, the Wei Hou Guozhao team (Hedong), and during the Warring States Period, the Wei State also set its capital in Anyi, so that area was called the Western Wei."

"But the north of this river belongs to Wei for only more than a hundred years, and then he returns to Zhao. Why did Wei County be established and Wei County be there? Wei Bo, let's talk about it."

Feng Qin knew the stories in these counties very well and immediately responded: "The original name of the local government was Jipu County. It is said that when the Marquis of Wu of Wei, he had built a city and built a city. Most of the princes and officials of the State of Wei came here to live, so the local area called it Weicheng."

It turned out that the locals originally called the rulers' settlement area, but when they were renamed the counties in the Han Dynasty, they heard the name of the locals "Weicheng", so they named it Wei County, and the county was Wei County. In this way, the local people who were supposed to be Zhao people during the Warring States Period have now regarded themselves as Wei people. However, two thousand years later, they were classified as Handan City and became a man from Zhao.

Wei County was only half a day away, but the fifth reunion was not in a hurry. Ma Yuan took the 300 militiamen with him to rest in the Pavilion and Post. He himself ordered the five officials and the guard Zang to go east: "Take them to see the old road of the river first."

You can see the loess plateaus that look like the Great Wall appearing on the horizon from afar. Feng Qin came here when he was young and pointed at them and told the fifth reunion: "The county lord, that is Zhao Yuan. During the Warring States Period, Qi and Zhao were harming their neighbors, so he built a river embankment here."

When we got closer, the Fifth Reun climbed the earthen wall and looked around and saw a spectacular earth mark on the still frozen earth!

It winds from the west and spans Hebei, like the traces left by an ancient giant snake crawling, but the terrain is much higher than the surrounding area.

This is the old path of the Yellow River. Due to the silt and sand, the turbid river water is in Qi. The Zhao Dike flows under the clamping position, creating a real hanging river. The riverbed is high above and the residual dike is even higher.

There are some frozen swamps and puddles remaining in the wide grooves on the hill. In spring, there should be clusters of half-soaked and half-exposed clusters, as well as large areas of deserted sand, with woods and shrubs.

Occasionally, you can see densely packed fish bones and clam shells on the ground, which are white, like bone terror left by a giant beast's death.

There are thousands of rivers in the world, but the Yellow River has a particularly irritable temper. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, she has been on this old road for six hundred years, but in the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (11 AD), she left irritably.

Wu Lun called Feng Qin to the dike and asked him: "How old was Weiber when the river broke?"

"Thirteen or fourteen years old." Feng Qin was a few years older than the fifth reunion.

"Do you remember the situation?"

Of course remember.

When Feng Qin closed his eyes, he could remember the fishy smell of fish that could not be eaten in the entire Weicheng County that autumn.

He was still a child at the time and was studying at home. Suddenly, the child next door ran over excitedly, saying that the river was dry and everyone was picking up fish.

The children immediately rushed to the river a day away. After arriving, they went up and saw that the river, which was several miles wide in the past, actually dried up in the season that should have been abundant!

The puddles were full of fish struggling with death, one by one, and the young people from Weidi went down to pick them up like crazy.

But unlike the excitement of young people, Feng Qin only saw shock, fear and despair on the faces of the older generation. There were even an old man in his seventies or eighties sitting on the earthen embankment, crying like a child who had lost his mother.

"Everything is over." They cried to the sky like this, and Feng Qin didn't understand at that time.

Because the Yellow River broke down near Puyang, Zhiting County, Wei County was very lucky and was not in the Yellow River flood area, and it escaped the tragedy of flooding. But in the southeast, Qingzhou and Qingzhou were in trouble. Once the Yellow River lost control, it would flow everywhere like a wild horse that broke out of control, looking for new river channels, causing disasters to more than a dozen counties, countless people lost their homes, and people were displaced.

The neighbors lost everything overnight, and the disaster in Weicheng County was lasting and slow. After the Yellow River left the old path, Weicheng's climate became more and more strange. The rain and snow no longer came according to the solar terms, and crops were not easy to plant. At first, the young people in Wei, who thought that the migration of this evil river was a good thing, began to miss her after being beaten by life.

Because that happened in the third year after Wang Mang became emperor, some people gradually said that this was a warning from God to the traitors. Some people started to say that Zhai Yi was not dead yet, and some people said that Liu Ziyu was still alive as the emperor's son, and the trend of "smuggling the Han Dynasty" began in that year.

Feng Qin also asked the fifth reunion a question that he was puzzled by: "Da Yin was in the court, so why did the emperor not send people to return the river to the old way back then?"

The fifth reunification really knows one thing, because his old friend Huan Tan happened to be the Grand Senkong officer when the river was breached, in charge of this matter.

Huan Tan was also ordered to preside over the working meeting of water conservancy experts on Wang Mang and made records. He heard that the fifth reunion was coming to Weicheng County, so he handed the document to him. After the fifth reunion view, it was of great benefit.

The fifth reunion wanted to attract Feng Qin as his confidant. Since this dull gourd rarely spoke once, of course he had to grasp it. He said: "At the time, the emperor solicited hundreds of talents who could govern the river, and everyone's opinions were different."

"The Changshui School Commander and others thought that the places where the river collapsed were often located in Zhiting, Shouliang (Dongjun), and Heping (Pingyuanjun), and that area was low and the soil was soft. According to Yu Gong, this area was originally uninhabited in ancient times and was specifically used to pour out the water. It would be better to migrate the people and evacuate the three counties and no longer build official pavilions or houses."

Good guy, I just vacated the three counties to release floods for the river. You must know that these three counties are all rich places, with a total population of more than 2 million. How to move? Where to move? The true surrenderism really embarrasses Dayu.

Another censor, who was completely contrary to this, proposed a grand blueprint: "I think that "Yu Gong" has the words "Jiu Rivers are the way". Dayu relies on the diversion of the nine rivers, all in Jizhou. We should roughly dig in Hebei. Even if we cannot dig out nine rivers, as long as we can dig four or five rivers, it should be beneficial."

If you dig nine rivers, Qin Emperor and Han Wu probably don’t have the ability to do this, and it’s even more unreliable.

After discussion, the culprit that caused the Yellow River to break was "the river water was heavy and turbid, and it was called one stone of water and six dou of mud". The fifth reunion went to Xin Qinzhong, which was the upper reaches of the river, and the river water was extremely clear.

But it is different in the Guanzhong area in the middle reaches. The ecology has been destroyed by more and more people, and soil erosion has intensified, making the river water more turbid. It is easy to collapse during the rainy season, and the embankment has to be raised, so it is higher than the flat ground, just like building a wall to store water. Once it breaks, it is unimaginable.

During the Wu period of Han Dynasty, the rivers broke out, and now they decided to make another decision. The scholars and officials in Wang Mang's court did not know how to control water, but the retro came back to this point, and none of the ideas came out were reliable.

As for Huan Tan, he was also an outsider. He only suggested that he should follow the example of Han Wu and take the initiative to manage it: "In Han Wu, ten thousand soldiers were sent to build blockages and ordered the blockage of firewood and bamboos made of Qiyuan. He successfully allowed the river to leave the gourd and return to the old way."

"If this dynasty can follow the example and implement the plan after it is set, the cost will be only tens of millions, but it can tame the river and allow the downstream refugees to have something to do and eat, so that they will not be desperate and become thieves. In this way, the superiors can inherit the business of Yu and the subordinates can eliminate the harm of the people."

However, the result was that Wang Mang did not adopt Huan Tan's idea in the end. Instead, he felt that it was better to be loose than to block. He decided to obey the water nature and make the river water freely spread in the new road and no longer return to the old road.

So why not cure it? After saying so much, the Fifth Reun still did not give Feng Qin a clear answer, but the locals secretly speculated: "Once the river returns to the old way, it may flood the Yuancheng on the shore, and there is an emperor's ancestral tomb there!"

Is it necessary to let the people feed fish or let the ancestral corpses take a bath?

It is hard to guess Brother Mangzi’s idea, it is hard to say that this is a conspiracy theory, or it is true. After all, as far as the fifth reunification is concerned, Wang Mang does attach great importance to his hometown. It is theoretically Wei Cheng, but in fact it is similar to the direct administration of Yuancheng County. The priest of Yuancheng County is under the jurisdiction of Zong Zheng, and he does not even need to make plans to Wei Cheng. However, the fifth reunification has the obligation to protect the safety of Yuancheng. Why?

In fact, the time of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty was that prime minister Tian Fu threw it away for more than ten years in order to protect his selfish desires in Hebei. This time, many court officials repeated the mistakes of that year, thinking that the river break was the will of heaven, and if it blocked, it would go against God.

So Wang Mang allowed the river to rage, but became more and more active with the Huns and Jucheng.

It was a matter of a moment. The fifth reun thought to himself: "If we used the money, grain and manpower that fought with the four barbarians to control the river, and tried our best to block the broken doors, so that the river water would return to the old way. The Yellow River was peaceful and the world would praise you, Wang Mang, might be a true saint."

But history has no if. For more than ten years, many counties in Yanqing have still been yellow areas, and most of the Taishan bandits are refugees from rivers.

Last year, there were thousands of refugees in Heping. Under the leadership of Chi Zhaoping, a woman known as an immortal, the matter became a script to "provoke the Yellow River to rebel the world."

After observing the river, the fifth reunion also had to continue on the road. He saw that the situation in Wei Chengjun was quite good. He leaned against Taihang in the west and connected with Heji in the east, with a strong and strong shape, and led the great rivers and north and south. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi and Jin competed here. During the Warring States Period, the Wei people resisted Zhao and resisted Qi. Since Qin, Liyang and Baima have always been in danger, and the victory and defeat of Chu and Han have been divided here.

King...a land of kings and domineering!

Unfortunately, after this break, the geographical location of Wei Cheng County was greatly reduced, far less than that of the Qin and Han dynasties.

Fifth Reun looked back at the river bank that was like a broken body and was worried: "The river has been removed naturally, and it will be easier for foreign enemies to invade Wei from the east!"

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Although the capital of Wei Cheng County was in Yecheng, the center of the eastern counties was Wei County. The commander of the Han Dynasty and the ruler of the Xin Dynasty were all stationed here. This was also the purpose of the fifth reunion's trip, trying to win over the powerful forces in the eastern region and control the county soldiers here.

There were 4,000 soldiers in the county, stationed in three places: 1,000 in Yecheng. As Li Neng took a step back, he had already controlled the thief Zhang Zhi, the fifth reunion commander, but the quality of the components was not complete, and the combat effectiveness was very problematic. Moreover, most of the military officials were right-wing children of Yecheng, which was not easy to be eliminated. The fifth reunion would rather go public through a backdoor listing and train new recruits to replace them.

In addition, Wei County is 2,000 and Yuancheng County is 1,000, theoretically all under orders. If the fifth replies want to deal with Li Neng, their support is indispensable. At least they must ensure that they do not stab the knife in the back.

I heard that the order of the Dayin Xingchun came to Wei County later than the fifth reunion to welcome him immediately with the officials.

The ruler Shixiong was promoted to the Northern Army Captain. His family background was extraordinary. He was the grandmother of Emperor Xuan of Han. Like the Xu Marquis of Pingen in this county, he was considered a relative of the Han Dynasty. However, he did not decline in the new dynasty and was instead named "Horse of Peace".

Shi Xiong is the eldest son of Marquis of Heping and the noble family, and he is in his thirties. He has been staying in the greenhouse of the Northern Army and has never seen the fierce struggle outside. The Fifth Reun clearly reminded him in Yecheng, but as soon as he arrived here, this stupid man was overshadowed by the powerful men in the east of the county.

After the conversation by the river, Feng Qin began to be more willing to provide some information to the fifth reunion: "The one who truly grasps the two thousand counties in Wei County is the military officer Chai Rong."

But the fifth reunion could not meet this person. As soon as the Wei Cheng County subordinate Shi Xiong and the military officer Chai Rong met, they told him a piece of urgent news that they had been in a hurry.

"Dayin, Yuan Chengzai sent someone to ask for help."

"The thieves who were wandering in Heping went out to collect food and invaded Yuancheng with thousands of people, asking Wei Cheng to rush for help!"

Come on if you really say it!

This is the internal troubles that have not yet subsided, and external troubles have come again. The fifth reunion only thinks of the God’s prophecy beside the embankment of the river and curses himself secretly.

"Lun, you crow's mouth!"

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ps: The debate on river control during the Wang Mang period is shown in the "Hanshugou Ji", and Comrade Huan Tan attended the meeting and recorded it.
Chapter completed!