In July of the fourth year of Yuanguang, the Yellow River broke its mouth in Dingtao again. It was summer. The heavy rains for many consecutive days increased the water level, and the river water leaked for thousands of miles.

In fact, this breach has an inseparable causal relationship with the last time. Zheng and Ji Anhua tried hard to block the breach of Dunqiu, but they failed to solve the fundamental problem. The river flowed from the southeast of the Huzi River and into Juye Ze. The river channel of the Huzi River was limited and could not bear much water at all. When summer arrived, the water volume soared, and the barely built river embankment collapsed immediately. Dingtao Country was the first to be hit and became a vast ocean.

The emperor was furious and almost fainted.

Just as the preparations for the Western Expedition were in full swing, and when the emperor thought that the sacrifice of the gods had been successful and he had obtained his destiny, the Yellow River, which had just been blocked successfully, broke its mouth again, which undoubtedly slapped him loudly in the face and made him a joke.

How to face the accusations of the court and the opposition?

How to face the motivated group of heroes?

Can the Western Expedition continue?

The emperor was confused and dumb, and his face was red and pale, and he had no reaction at all.

Han Anguo and others were frightened and quickly called out loudly. After a while, the emperor let out a long breath and waved his hand weakly. "Duke Han, you should act on behalf of the Prime Minister. First, call on the ministers to discuss and see how to deal with it. I feel a little uncomfortable and need to rest."

"Now!" Han Anguo did not dare to neglect, so he answered loudly, asking Sang Hongyang to summon the imperial physician and take good care of the emperor. He took Zheng Shi and others out of the hall together. Zheng Shi was ashamed and followed closely. He was one of the responsible persons. When the Yellow River broke its mouth again, his responsibility was unshirkable. If the emperor wanted to find a scapegoat to explain to the people of the world, he would undoubtedly be the most suitable one.

They did not go far, but they urgently discussed matters in the side hall.

After entering the seat, they looked at each other, not knowing where to start. The matter started in a hurry, and they were not prepared at all, and they were all a little panicked. After a while, Xu Le and others arrived and were ordered to discuss countermeasures with Han Anguo and others.

Han Anguo has the highest official position and the oldest age. He first calmed down and asked the first question: "How many counties will this breach affect?"

Everyone looked at each other, no one knew. Seeing this, Han Anguo had to ask King Wuqiu Shou to ask the emperor for instructions and call the map. He estimated that the damaged area was damaged. As soon as he spoke, Sang Hongyang rejected it.

"The maps of the world are all in Chang'an. There are only maps of the Western Regions here, and there are no maps of Shandong."

Han Anguo suddenly realized that he had made up his words and quickly closed his mouth. In order to sacrifice to the gods, the emperor had been in Ganquan Palace for nearly a year. In order to prepare for the war in Hexi, the emperor had maps of Hexi around him, and other maps were in Chang'an, so he was eager to find somewhere.

Seeing Han Anguo’s embarrassment, Master Yan said: “Although there are no maps, there are many people from Shandong here. According to the river trend, they can roughly analyze the affected areas. First, get a general plan, and then send someone back to Chang'an to call the maps, go to Shandong for on-site inspections, and verify each other.”

Han Anguo nodded repeatedly. He was from Liang and was named Cheng Anhou, just southwest of Dingtao. He had done the domestic history of Liang and was familiar with the situation around Liang. Zhufu Yan and Yan An were both from Qi and had some understanding of the terrain of Shandong. They calmed down and analyzed it, and then they felt that this breach was not as serious as they thought, at least it would not be troublesome than the last breach. Then they breathed a sigh of relief.

However, no one came to a conclusion. The actual benefits are one aspect, and invisible harm is more troublesome. The Yellow River broke again proved that the emperor used the disaster relief funds donated by the aristocratic family to build the Ganquan Palace, and sacrificing Taiyi God with great fanfare was a complete mess. Now God used the Yellow River to break again to prove the emperor's stupidity, and countless people were waiting to see jokes. How to explain to the world may be more important than how to solve the Yellow River break.

Young people want face, and the emperor’s most urgent thing now is to prove that he is destined to be the destiny. After several great victories, he had just established a little confidence. How could he bear such a sudden slap?

Han Anguo suddenly felt a little lucky. Fortunately, Dong Zhongshu was not here, otherwise he would have made a big fuss again. But then he thought about it, Han Anguo felt that he was glad that it was inappropriate. He had just read Dong Zhongshu's article. Although he no longer insisted on the response of heaven and man, Dong Zhongshu's attitude towards opposing troops to Hexi was also very clear. Now that the Yellow River breaks again, does not prove his correctness?

Everyone looked at each other, no one spoke, the atmosphere was awkward and dull, as if a storm was coming.

Fu Yishan and Liangshan held their eyes wide open and watched closely the Yuzhang County soldiers who were practicing in the mountains and forests.

Guan Fu stood aside, waiting anxiously, and rubbed his hands constantly. As soon as Liang Xiao put down his eyes, he hurriedly snatched it, put it on his eyes, and searched for the hills in the distance. "How, how, did you win?"

Liang Xiao said angrily: "You can't watch it yourself?"

"I'm not...ah,ah,ah, these useless grandsons!" Guan Fu was so angry that he cursed, almost stepped on the air. The guards beside him quickly reached out and grabbed him so that he would not fall head-on.

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows and showed a knowing smile at Wu Que who had just put down his eyes.

Today is not an ordinary exercise, but a confrontation exercise between the soldiers of Yuzhang County under Guan Fu and the three hundred entourages brought by Wu Shi. Wu Shi was on a tower ship and came to Yuzhang in the name of visiting friends to say goodbye to Liang Xiao and his wife. Liang Xiao asked him and Guan Fu's subordinates to conduct a confrontation exercise to test the training results during this period.

Wu Que and Guan Fu both participated in the war to pacify the two Vietnamese and had a personal experience of the jungle war. Guan Fu followed Liang Xiao's advice and stayed in Yuzhang with peace of mind, waiting for the opportunity to send troops to pacify Nanyue. Wu Que is about to go to Yizhou and face the possibility of fighting with the natives of Yizhou. Jungle war has become their common topic. When they meet, they will naturally have to compete.

The result of the comparison made Guan Fu very depressed. Although he had produced the best elite, he still lost the game. Wu's subordinates took away the red flag symbolizing victory and captured the mountain first. This hit him a lot, and he was not decent and cursed. But he was not scolding Wu's subordinates, but his subordinates.

"Okay!" Liang Xiao screamed, interrupting Guan Fu's anger. "Come here, see if the result is to scold him."

Guan Fu walked over reluctantly, sat opposite the quilt, lowered his head, muttering in his mouth, and wondering what he was doing.

"From the results, you lost. However, from the timing, you have made progress again this time, and the progress has been obvious." Liang Xiao sat down at the head of the horizontal line, put on a war game on the big stone, and repeated the game. "In general, this is the most exciting confrontation I have ever seen. The battles of both sides were used well, and their personal skills and tactics were also performed well..."

Guan Fu slowly raised his head and stared at the moving war games. Although it was just a small-scale war for the top of the mountain, it tests the soldiers' skills and tactics and the front-line generals' command ability. From the final analysis, although Guan Fu's subordinates lost, their performance was still good, and Liang Xiao gave a very high evaluation.

Guan Fu initially thought that Liang Xiao might have given him face, but after seeing the specific numbers, he realized that his subordinates' performance was not as bad as he thought, even surpassing any previous internal exercise.

Guan Fu was puzzled, so he took off his helmet and scratched his head hard. "How could this happen?"

Liang Xiao put down the chess piece, picked up the teacup, and took a sip of wild tea. "I think there are two reasons: First, those who went on the battlefield today were selected soldiers, and their average combat power was significantly improved. Second, they met an opponent with equal strength today, which inspired their fighting spirit."

Guan Fu was thinking, stared at the chessboard for a long time, and finally clapped his hands with regret. "It's a pity that he still lost."

"Losing may not be a bad thing." Liang Xiao shook his head. A rough guy like Guan Fu only knows how to show off his courage, but he is not a qualified general after all. He only asks about the outcome, but does not know how to learn from the outcome. No wonder he has not been named a marquis until now. "In fact, I am very surprised that I can fight like this today. Don't forget that Wu Jun is the leader of the second censor of Huainan, and his subordinates are also famous swordsmen in Jingchu. Looking around the world, except for His Majesty's Guard, he probably can't pick up three hundred marquises with such a high overall level."

"Take it seriously?" Guan Fu stared at Wu Que suspiciously.

Wu Que smiled and nodded. "These three hundred swordsmen are the best martial arts guards in the Huainan Prince's Mansion. They are incomparable to warriors like Guan Jun, but compared with ordinary rangers, they are all slightly better."

Guan Fu laughed and was completely depressed. Some of his subordinates were his own troops, and some were the county soldiers of Yuzhang. He could really be proud to be able to fight against all the opponents of the guards of the Huainan Prince's Mansion.

"Next time, I'll see Guan Jun rampage in Nanyue."

Wu Que flattered Guan Fu again calmly, and Guan Fu became even happier and was so happy that he immediately became furious with Wu Que. They joked for a while, judged the gains and losses of the exercise, and rewarded the soldiers on both sides who performed outstandingly, and then returned with great pleasure.

Liang Xiao bid farewell to Guan Fu, boarded the quilt's boat, and returned to Mount Lu.

Seeing Guan Fu getting smaller and smaller on the shore, gradually unable to identify it, Liang Xiao turned around and looked at Wu Qun and the soldiers behind him. "I don't know when I will meet next time when I say goodbye this time."

"I hope it won't be too fast, I'm afraid I won't have time to prepare." Wu said with a smile.

Liang Xiao also smiled. Wu was worried that he was not that he had no time to develop Yizhou, but that he did not want to develop to that point. Going to sea was just a last resort. What he most hoped was to stay in the Central Plains, to become famous in the world. If we look at the true nature of history, his hopes were not possible at all, but history is different now. Liang Xiao felt that there might be a day when he realized it.

However, he did not want to tell Wu Que about this possibility. Once a person has a way out, he will not do his best. If he knew that he had the opportunity to share the world with the emperor, Wu Que might not be so dedicated to developing Yizhou. But for Liang Xiao, no matter how the situation in the Central Plains changes, he hoped that Wu Que would retain a strong sense of adventure rather than staying at home and surviving.

"Mencius said that life is caused by worries and death is caused by happiness. If there is no opponent, anyone will lose sight of it. Mr. Wu, if you want to be an opponent with the emperor, this is a great responsibility given to heaven."

Wu was laughed and said nothing, but there was a little more heroic look in his eyes.

When he returned to Lushan Villa, Liu Ling had already prepared the relevant materials. As soon as Wu Que arrived, he loaded the ship immediately. Liu Ling finally handed a roll of drawings to Wu Que and said solemnly: "Mr. Wu, this is the latest design of the building ship. After arriving in Yizhou, you can change it according to the drawings."

Wu was about to open the drawings, but found that the soap bag was covered with sealing mud. Liu Ling obviously did not intend to let him look at it now. He was puzzled and looked at Liu Ling in confusion.

"This is whether you can defend Yizhou's trump card." Liang Xiao held Wu Que's hand. "With Wu's ability, it is not difficult to establish a foothold in Yizhou. Your real threat is not the native barbarians in Yizhou, but the navy who fought across the sea. These designs allow you to defeat the more with less and defend the sea defense line."

Wu was understood and hurriedly handed it to his confidant and put it away, saying seriously: "Don't worry, Master Weng, the person is there."

Liu Ling hurriedly said, "Wu Junyan is serious. I have no other intentions, but I just don't want to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, this is the design of a warship, not a facility like Ping An wheel, and it has no meaning to keep it confidential."

"I understand." Wu bowed again, said goodbye to Liang Xiao and Liu Ling, and sailed away.

At present, Wu was disappeared between the water and the sky, and Liang Xiao got on his horse and walked side by side with Liu Ling.

"The news came from Huainan that the river broke again." Liu Ling said softly: "I don't know what the emperor is going to do this time, whether to sacrifice to Taiyi God again, or send someone to block the break."

"It's useless to block it." Liang Xiao shook his head.

Liu Ling tilted his head and looked at Liang Xiao with a smile. "Why, do you agree that it's better to be scattered than to be blocked?"

Liang Xiao sighed lightly, his eyes a little helpless. In his memory, the mother river of the Yellow River is also a disaster river. It has been diverted many times in history, and Shandong has been repeatedly affected by disasters. However, the crux of the Yellow River's breach is not the lower reaches, but the upper reaches. The excessive development of the Loess Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain is the fundamental reason for the continuous breach of the Yellow River.

"No, whether it is blocked or loosened, it may be a treatment for symptoms but not the root cause."

"How can we treat the symptoms?"

Liang Xiao shook his head. "I don't know either. Maybe this question is more important than the gains and losses of Qin's politics that Mr. Dong is currently studying. It should be arranged in a coordinated manner, a large research plan is made, and a field investigation is required to draw conclusions."

Liu Ling said with a smile: "Congratulations, your opportunity is here."

Liang Xiao was stunned for a moment. "What?"

Liu Ling smiled even more charmingly. "Wei Qihou sent a message that he had submitted a memorial to the emperor, asking you to be responsible for the management of the river. It is estimated that the emperor's edict will arrive in less than a few days, but I just don't know how big a jade ring will be given this time."

Liang Xiao was shocked and immediately cursed. "This old man, is he going to cheat me?"

(To be continued.)
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