Chapter 754 The Power of Heaven and Earth
It is mid to late May, and it is still raining in Jinyang.
Farmers wearing raincoats, under the command of Wubao commanders and manor owners, swarmed into the farmland, opened the field ridges, and released the accumulated water.
This behavior happens almost every once in a while.
Some irrigation canals were full of water and could not flow out at all. People just sat in the mud and cried bitterly.
There was a war the year before last, and we had a good harvest the year before that. Last year there was heavy rain and there was a war, and this year it is raining again. Can we still live like this?
When Yu Liang came to Jinyang, he saw such a scene.
"Is there going to be a famine in Bingzhou this year?" He was a little surprised.
"Yuangui, it's actually not that serious." Zhongshan Shihui, who came to greet him, said: "The high fields are okay, and the low fields are seriously waterlogged, but the harvest is not completely lost. To be honest, Jizhou, Youzhou, etc. Zhou is the worst."
Shan Shihui was born in the Shan family in Hanoi.
Grandfather Shan Tao, a famous scholar and one of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", served as a lieutenant in the Sima division. He was later ordered to suppress Yecheng and monitor the Cao Wei clan. During the Taikang period, he became an official as Situ.
Fu Shangai, who was the governor of Bingzhou, has passed away.
Shan Shihui also had an older brother, Shan Wei (also known as Yanzu), who had defected to his uncle Shan Jian (former general of the Southern Expedition and governor of Jingzhou) in the early years, and this society was already in Jianye.
Shan Shihui worked as a minister of Sanqi and had no power, so he followed the emperor all day long and gave out ideas. Later, he felt it was too dangerous, so he resigned and returned home. This made Jin Shang very resentful - - People like Hanoi Shan who are deeply entangled with the interests of the Sima family have abandoned him. What can I say?
But it won’t work if you don’t become an official.
The Shan family’s hometown is in Huai County. It was badly destroyed by wars all year round, and the clan members also fled to Luoyang. The whole family is sitting on nothing, no matter how hard it is, they can’t bear it!
Shan Shihui once had the idea of going south to build Ye, but his brother Shan Wei wrote back and asked him to serve in the north for the sake of the family.
After all kinds of efforts, he established a relationship with the Prime Minister through an old person from when Yu Chen was the prefect of Ji County.
Pei Chun was promoted to the governor of Bingzhou, and the two officers of Biejia and Zhizhong were promoted to senior assistant. According to the regulations, Cao from the Ministry of Personnel should be selected and appointed, and the subordinate Caos should be assigned by Pei Chun, the governor himself.
It was against this background that Shan Shihui took up the post of Bingzhou Governance and was in charge of all Cao Cao's documents - this position was somewhat similar to that of an aide and had no hierarchy, which was actually a flaw in the official system of the Jin Dynasty.
Sun Xun was born in the Sun family of Taiyuan. He served in the court in his early years, and later wanted to be appointed as the prefect of Yingchuan, but failed. When Sima Yue was cleaning up the court, he was implicated and lost his official position. He later lived in Luoyang for many years. Finally, he got involved with Wang Yan and was appointed Bingzhou Biejia.
At this time, he has been ordered to move the governor's office to Lishi - Bingzhou can only manage Zhengjun No. 1 (Xihe) and Jisujun No. 1 (Kelan). In theory, he can also manage Yanmen County. In fact, he can only manage Yanmen County. Not.
It can be seen that both the Yu and Wang families are vigorously wooing scholars. Luo Zhi's party members may be heavy, but it is inevitable to install their own people.
Yu Liang knew that Shan Shihui was one of his own, so his attitude was more cordial. He only heard him say: "Yanjie, why are you still staying in Jinyang?"
"Your Majesty has not left yet. "How can I leave without permission?" Shan Shi sighed and said, "Pei Shijun and Shao Fujun followed the king to visit Qixian, Jingling, Zhongdu and other places in the south, and I had no choice but to stay. Besides, the governor's office is still here." Before they are evacuated, someone has to watch the door."
"That's it." Yu Liang looked at the rain outside the shed and suddenly wondered what would happen to Hebei?
"Why did Yuan Gui go north this time?" Shan Shihui asked after considering his words.
"Hanoi is transporting grain and grass to the north and stationing it in the Shangdang mansions. When transporting grain, the servants and servants complained that the roads were in disrepair for a long time, and the carriages, horses and even people were damaged." Yu Liang said: " I've been walking along, and it's true. I'm thinking about how to repair the post road."
"Yuan Gui can't do it!" Shan Shi heard this and quickly advised him: "We just finished the big battle last year. Zai Min’s strength has been exhausted and it’s time to recuperate.”
“Didn’t I know this?” Yu Liang said angrily.
The civil uprising in Runan had left him in disgrace. When he saw his brother-in-law's gloomy expression, Yu Liang was really a little scared, and he still remembers it vividly.
“Of course we need to provide food for road construction.” He continued: “This spring’s heavy rain will continue until summer, and the harvest is about to fail. Maybe we can work for relief. I will report this to the king. The post roads in Shangdang, Jinyang, and Xinxing should also be renovated. Otherwise, how will the funds be transferred during the Northern Expedition in the future? "
The situation in Shanshi is embarrassing.
Yu Yuangui seems to be more "sensible". That's fine. If he's not good enough, what will he do in the future? He had been branded as the Yu family, and it was too late to jump ship.
"I won't enter the city anymore. I'll go to the north to have a look." Yu Liang raised his head and looked at Jinyang, with a trace of ferocity on his dark face. He found a raincoat and put it on, greeted his followers, and went directly to Go north.
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Thirty miles north of Jinyang there is Sanjiao Station, named after the intersection of three roads.
A small earthen city was built next to Sanjiao Post. I heard that it was the headquarters of a certain Longxiang Mansion, and it seemed that the soldiers of the Mansion were to be placed there.
I just don’t know if there will be enough money and food to settle after the flood.
When we arrived at Shiling, a small earthen city was also built on the mountain, called "Shiling Pass", which was also the residence of Longxiang Mansion.
There are a few soldiers guarding Shiling Pass, and the accent is from Qingzhou. At the beginning of the year, the first batch of Qingzhou soldiers brought by Liu Ling, a foreign soldier, had returned to their hometown to work in farming (10,000 people at the time of the expedition, but more than 6,000 were left when they returned home). , the second batch of 5,000 people came to rotate.
The Shiling Pass was filled with food, about 400,000 hu of dendrobium, so that the soldiers had no place to live.
Yu Liang felt relieved after seeing it.
The grain stored in the sheep intestine warehouse in the northwest of Jinyang is slowly increasing, and it is said that it has exceeded 700,000 dendrobium.
The terrain of these two places is relatively high and they are not likely to be flooded. They will definitely play a huge role in the future.
On the first day of June, Yu Liang and dozens of his followers passed through Jiuyuan (now Xinzhou) and Jinchang (now Yuanpingnan, northwest of Dingxiang) and arrived at the junction of Xinxing and Yanmen counties.
When he stepped onto the long embankment of the river, he suddenly saw the mighty water rushing in, even mixed with many fallen trees and swept away human and animal corpses. In the river, there were more living people floating and sinking, arms stretched out and shouting, but after a while they disappeared.
No one dares to rescue him, that would be a loss of life.
Yu Liang frowned and looked at the mountains and hills to the left and right.
The herding people shouted and took a large group of cattle and sheep to hide in a place where they thought they were safe. But as he hid, he realized something was wrong. It turned out that the stream in the mountains that had been dry for many years suddenly flooded, and a large number of livestock rushed down.
The creek was full of bluestones, which quickly sank after collisions between humans and animals.
The rain is still falling and the water level is still rising.
The shepherds who were hiding on the side watched helplessly as the flood gradually reached the shore, so they tried their best to climb higher.
A cow or sheep accidentally slipped into the water and was swept away in an instant.
Someone fell into the river, hugging the trees rushing down from the upper reaches and yelling.
The power of heaven and earth is so great!
Yu Liang saw the two groups fighting, and his followers also looked solemn.
Many of them have been on the battlefield and fought face-to-face with thieves, but they suddenly felt powerless when facing the power of nature.
"If Bingzhou is like this, what will happen to Hebei? The Hutuo River flows to Jizhou, right?" Yu Liang murmured: "The rain in Jizhou and Youzhou is heavier than that in Bingzhou. This How many people are going to die?”
Even if the water conservancy facilities are perfect, it is impossible to prevent a disaster of this level, not to mention that the Pichi has been blocked and abandoned due to years of war.
"Boom!" A loud noise erupted from the north. Yu Liang looked up and saw many trees being swept down and repeatedly impacting the river bank.
His eyelids twitched.
Among the trees, there seemed to be many civilians and soldiers mixed in. They should be representatives of Yanmen County in the north.
"General, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time." A follower advised: "The power of heaven and earth is beyond the power of human beings. If we stay any longer, there may be unexpected disasters."
Yu Liang turned his head. Looked around.
Yancun is lonely and has few registered residences. Except for a few herdsmen, few farmers were seen.
In this case, the bad thing is that there are not enough manpower to be recruited for disaster relief, and the good thing is that there seems to be little need for disaster relief...
"Where is Liu Fujun? "Yu Liang asked suddenly.
"I heard that we are going to Dingxiang County. This county straddles both sides of the Hutuo River. It is feared that it will be seriously affected. Mr. Liu should have summoned people to strengthen the dam." A follower replied: "This is barely the Hutuo River. The upstream, middle and lower reaches are probably terrible.”
Yu Liang was stunned. After a moment, he sighed: "Let's go back to Jinchang County."
Such a disaster is rare in the world and cannot be undone by human power.
Besides, this may not be the worst time of the disaster...
At this time, should King Liang be thankful that there are no disasters in Henan? In the end, Bingzhou and Hebei are still dependent on Yu and Yanzhou.
This is not the first time. King Liang should know who is his strongest backing, right?
Things were just as Yu Liang and others guessed.
By mid-June, flash floods occurred all over Taihang, and mudslides occurred frequently.
The giant pines that had grown for many years fell to the ground under the power of heaven and earth, and were swept by the floods towards the land of Hebei.
Some valleys were directly filled by mudslides.
Some river valleys have directly turned into natural ponds, and even barrier lakes hang dangerously on top, like time bombs.
Changshan, Zhongshan and other counties have already suffered floods due to heavy rains. After the Hutuo River surged across the board, they were in dire straits.
After the flash floods washed down countless mud, rocks and giant trees, the counties in northern Jizhou were completely paralyzed.
Liu Chou, the governor of Jizhou, reported: "It rained heavily, especially in Zhongshan and Changshan. Hutuo overflowed, and the valleys were swamped. Giant pines were uprooted, floating in Hutuo, east to the Bohai Sea, and everything between Yuan and Xi was like mountains." ”
From the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains to the Bohai Sea, across the entire Hebei, downed trees can be seen everywhere in the wilderness.
Some people roughly estimate that millions of trees were washed down.
There may be few living people in the Taihang Mountains, and the people of Jizhou and Youzhou also suffered heavy casualties.
After reading the history books, it seems that there has never been such a severe flood.
The drought and locust plague almost ten years ago were also rare in ancient times. The Luo River and the Yellow River were cut off, and the Huai River could be forded directly. The locusts ate up all the vegetation, including the hair and leather of cattle and horses. After...
The Jin Dynasty was really full of disasters!
(End of this chapter)