In the north of Qihe County, Shandong Province, Chen Jingfu walked along the bumpy field terrain and squatted down from time to time to dig a shovel of soil.

In the distance, you can still hear the people who were forcibly driven away by soldiers crying and shouting...

Chen Jingfu sighed deeply, looked at the situation in the four fields again, and took out the drawings to mark it.

What he is doing is to prepare for the Guhe plan if the Yellow River is diverted to Shandong.

From Dayu to Song Dynasty, the Yellow River left four rivers in the mountains and rivers. Over the past few hundred to thousands of years, the fields changed. The old rivers had either become flat mulberry fields or streams. How could there be the shadow of a surging river?

Seeing this situation, people have to sigh at how terrible the power of heaven and earth is. Life is just a fence.

"It seems that the old path of the Eastern Han Dynasty is no longer enough to carry the water of the Yellow River. If the Yellow River changes its course, it can only lead it into the Ji River and walk into the Xiaoqing River to the sea..." Chen Jingfu murmured to himself.

Ten-year-old Chen Huang was squatting on the ground and slashing around with branches, and suddenly asked, "Father, are you thinking about how to return to the north of the Yellow River?"

"What are you talking about?" Chen Jingfu said: "I have to stop the Yellow River from changing course, but I am worried that if I can't stop it, I have to find a way to regain the river!"

Chen Huang still didn't understand it very much, so he leaned against his head and asked, "Why should I stop it?"

"The son is ruthless! Once the Yellow River clashes with Shandong in the north, do you know how many people will die?"

"But the Yellow River should have gone to the north." Although Chen Huang's voice was childish, the classics and historical allusions came out at the beginning.

"Since the 12th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Wang Jing governed the river, the Yellow River flowed into the sea from Linzi County for thousands of rides, and it has been stable for more than 800 years, and has not changed its route. If it weren't for the separatist rule of the vassal states after the Five Dynasties, and even dug the Yellow River to flood the enemy and use water instead of soldiers, perhaps the Yellow River is still following the old path of Wang Jing, right?"

Chen Jingfu scolded: "Xiaoru, what do you know? Five Dynasties and Song and Jin were all things in the past, what's the use of more?"

"But my father often teaches children to never forget the past and the future." Chen Huang said: "In the Song Dynasty, I was afraid that the Yellow River would be beneficial to the Khitan, and 'exhausted the power of the world', which was wrong; since the Jin and Yuan dynasties, the Yellow River has been repeatedly dug to attack the enemy, causing the river affairs to become worse and worse, and eventually the Yellow River went south and seized the Huai River into the sea. This is also wrong; in order to ensure the canal, our dynasty and control the river, it cost huge minus, and the riverbed is built higher and higher, which is still wrong."

"The riverbed of the Nanhe River is too high, and the Sihuai River channel is too small, and it is flooded every year. People are constantly working labor, and blood food taxes are invested in the river government every year. Henan and the two Huai Rivers have suffered from the Yellow River for nearly 600 years, and the number of disasters is tens of millions, which is enough to see that the flow of the Yellow River in the south is simply wrong."

When Chen Huang said this, his little face was tightly tense, and his eyes were solemn that was inconsistent with his age.

"My father often tells his children that water conservancy is the foundation of people's livelihood. When managing rivers, we should only look at the river itself, not how many political achievements it has, and whether it can weaken the enemy country... Did my father forget these words?"

Chen Jingfu was stunned and stared at his youngest son, feeling a little helpless.

There are many things that a little kid doesn't understand, and he can't explain it clearly even if he tells him.

Leading the Yellow River to the north? In the current situation of the world, who can spend a lot of manpower and material resources to do such delusions?

It is extremely rare for the Duke of the State to take out money to manage the river, but it is definitely not such a big move to manage the river. It is enough to fix the current river channel.

Huai'an is not even in the hands of the Duke. Can you still go and tell the Duke, "For the sake of the people of Huai, please ask the Duke to temporarily damage the interests of Shandong. Jiannu should not fight, Jiangnan should not make any reservations. Take out all the military expenditure and manpower, and change the Yellow River back to Shandong first?"

What's the difference between taking death?

A yellow-mouthed child, I don’t know the world is so strong that I want to kill your father...

Chen Huang raised his arm and pointed to the empty village in the distance, saying, "Father, please see, the Duke of the State has ordered the migration of the people. Half of the people have been moved away. As long as all the people are moved away, dig the river channel, dig the riverbed, cut the bend and straighten it, and then the river water can be slowly diverted. The southern river channel is complex, and the lower reaches of the Yellow River have become a "ground river". The Shandong river channel is now just excavated, and it can go straight into the sea, which is not easy to accumulate."

"Although things are difficult, once done, the Yellow River will not be damaged or broken in the future. This is the benefit of the people of Henan and Huaihe River. In the north, the drought and water shortage will be destined to lead back to the Yellow River, and canals can be opened to irrigate the dry land. This is the benefit of the people of Shandong and Hebei. The court does not have to spend taxes every year to control the river, which is the benefit of the people of the world..."

Chen Huang just untied the corner on his head this year and began to tie his hair. He no longer felt that he was a child, and he always imitated Chen Jingfu's appearance in his words.

But his eyes had the clarity that Chen Jingfu did not have, without any impurities.

The child of Huangkou did not know the pros and cons, but still uttered his last sentence in a loud voice.

"In the eyes of the child, returning to the north is a plan for the people of the world and future generations!"

...

Chen Jingfu looked down at his son without answering.

How could he not know these truths? He usually told this kid bit by bit.

But these words are said generously, but when it comes to doing... how to do it?

The entire Shandong civil and military officials are preventing the Yellow River from breaking the embankment and diverting the route. They go to propose that the artificial diversion and diverting the route will be changed?

"Anyway, you have moved so many people..."

"Chen Jingfu! Are you a detailed work sent by Nanjing?!"

Close your eyes and it seemed as if you could see the ferocious Qin Shanhe chopped himself into two pieces with one knife...

a long time.

Chen Huang suddenly asked again: "Father, was the child wrong?"

Chen Jingfu sighed.

——From the perspective of the world, what you said is of course a big mistake.

He twisted the beard on his chin and grabbed it, but said, "You are right. You should only look at the river itself when managing a river."

When the father and son said this, they suddenly saw a fast horse coming.

"Mr. Chen, Zuo Ge summons you..."

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"The Lord has met you all, generals."

Chen Jingfu entered the tent, and after saluting, he sat carefully at the bottom of his head.

There were many people in the tent, and he only recognized a few, Zuo Jinglun, the top leader, Qin Shanhe next to him, and a young man with a cold face was Wang Zhu, the second brother of the Duke.

This time, there were more people around Wang Zhu, who were rough and gloomy, and were covered in dust and dust. However, he was the commander of the Jinyiwei, Chen Jingfu had seen him once before...

The other officials didn't know each other very well, and there were a few female officials sitting opposite him. Chen Jingfu didn't look at them and lowered his head.

Soon, everyone had arrived. Zuo Jinglun stroked his long beard and showed a smile on his face.

"According to the news just obtained, General Hua and General Zhuang have begun to sweep away the ambush in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, temporarily preventing the collapse of the Yellow River..."

Everyone was full of vigor and was overjoyed.

Several carefree generals began to complain that they would not have done the useless work of relocating the people if they had known this, which caused public resentment.

Zuo Jinglun raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop talking.

"Don't be too happy too early. General Hua and General Zhuang are insufficient in their military strength and cannot fully control the upper reaches of the Yellow River. I discussed with General Qin and sent another army to Kaifeng west... General Qin."

Qin Shanhe stood up and said, "Lin Shaoyuan, go."

...

Chen Jingfu had a low position and the least experienced one. He sat down honestly, listening to Zuo Jinglun and Qin Shanhe assigned errands.

Not long after, when a general heard that he would continue to move the people, he stood up and fisted and said, "Old Master, General, the general is not lazy, but the relocation of the people has caused complaints. The general really doesn't understand why he still needs to continue?"

Qin Shanhe shouted, "Since I received the military order, I still asked so much about what to do?!"

"After a military order, even if the generals die, the generals will not blink. But the generals have done enough to force the people!"

Zuo Jinglun raised his hand and sighed, "I have summoned you to come today to understand your situation. If there is any difficulty, it is okay."

The general bowed his hand again, knelt on the ground, and took off his helmet.

Chen Jingfu looked at him and saw that he had a big scar on his head and his blood had not dried.

Qin Shanhe frowned in front and said, "What's going on with you?"

"Just this morning, a mother in the family of Ma Sanshun, a villager in Xiaomazhuang, had a mother in the bed and was unwilling to move. The Mo Jiang failed to persuade him. As soon as the time came, he ordered the soldiers to force them away. Ma Sanshun was angry and broke the Mo Jiang's head, but Mo Jiang thought he was not wronged!"

"Ma Sanshun's mother was seriously ill and could not see the wind. The road was bumpy and hard, and it was hard to guarantee that she would not die on the road. If that time came, the general would be the murderer of her! In order to protect her mother, Ma Sanshun should kill the general."

The general raised his head, his voice choked.

"In the past half month, there have been seventeen elders who died at Mo Jiang's hands. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. They are happy and full of longing, but they are forced by Mo Jiang... Sometimes when their heads are knocked against the wall, a single life will be gone..."

"Before today, Mo Jiang was still thinking that even if he did this, he would save more people. But now he knows that we are all in vain, and we are in vain... Since the Kaifeng major event is about to be settled, Mo Jiang asked General, why do you still force them?"

...

As he asked this question one by one, several other participants came forward to tell the difficulties encountered in the recent migration of the people.

Whenever Chen Jingfu heard them say "The New Year is coming soon", his heart was touched and tears rolled in his eyes.

Zuo Jinglun stood up and went over and helped them up one by one.

"You all have difficulties, and I know them all, and I will report them to Your Highness and the Duke of the Kingdom..."

When Chen Jingfu heard this, he knew what the purpose of Zuo Jinglun summoning civil and military officials to discuss today.

Should we continue to move the people? I believe that Shandong officials and generals are also considering this issue.

If you don’t move again, if the Yellow River is still at risk of collapse; but if you continue to move, how tired the people will be in trouble and money, and there will be complaints...

After a while, Zuo Jinglun suddenly asked Chen Jingfu and handed over a detailed letter of information.

"We have swept these places at present. Jingfu believes that the Yellow River still has a risk of collapse?"

Chen Jingfu took the information.

"Shang Hu Dao, Li Guling, Nanhuzi, Huayuankou..."

But what he thought was another thing.

——For the thousands of years of plans for all people in the world and future generations.

Although I know this idea is whimsical, I am now asking myself... Chen Jingfu, what do you want to do?
To be continued...