Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 163 Li Shimin wakes up, the disaster of the Yellow River
The Yellow River dam that Liao Fengmao went to control is located on Henan Road, close to Hebei Road, and far away from Hedong Road.

The water from the rupture of the Yellow River dam will not affect the East Road, but the victims are likely to rush here.

It can harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states, which is far more than the number of troops currently at war with East Turkistan.

"Miao Yan, there should be very few people who know this news, right?"

Fang Yuan pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice.

It is a matter of major changes, and it is necessary to prepare as soon as possible.

Once tens of thousands of refugees flood in, it will have serious repercussions.

"The news will also be sent back to Chang'an City. Without His Majesty's permission, it will definitely not spread anywhere."

Du Miaoyan didn't know why, but answered truthfully.

This kind of thing is too big. If it spreads indiscriminately, it will cause panic and will be held accountable.

"Come on!"

"Call Zhang San, Juzi, Lu Xia, Wang Wenshu, Zhou Kaile, Hongxu Qingyi, the sisters of the Xue family, and Mrs. Li's family!"

Fang Yuan returned to his seat and sat down, he pondered for a while before giving instructions.

The above are all trustworthy people, except Mrs. Li's family, it can be said that they are all members of my team.

For such an extremely important matter, Fang Yuan had to discuss a general direction with everyone first, and then hold a meeting with more people.

"I go back first?"

Seeing Fang Yuan calling these people, Du Miaoyan thought that there should be important matters to discuss.

Some of them are not in official positions, presumably they are all Fang Yuan's trustworthy people who will be called by her.

Although she thought that Fang Yuan would trust her, Fang Yuan didn't say anything, and she was ashamed to stay here with the cheek.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

Fang Yuan frowned and asked.

"No."

Du Miaoyan shook her head and said.

"Sorry, I was the one to be rude."

"You go and sit inside first, I'll go in later."

Fang Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then he understood what Du Miaoyan was thinking.

He got up and walked towards Du Miaoyan, even put his hand on Du Miaoyan's back affectionately, and pushed it lightly.

Du Miaoyan's heart trembled suddenly, but her expression remained natural, she nodded slightly and walked towards the conference room.

After a period of time, those people Fang Yuan named came one after another, and attracted the attention of many people who did not attend the meeting.

Chang'an City, Imperial Palace Imperial Study Room.

Li Shimin was dozing off after working hard for a long time correcting the memorial.

She was fine at first, but suddenly she woke up suddenly with a look of fear on her face.

The eunuchs and maids waiting at the side were all amazed when they saw this, they had never seen Li Shimin like this.

"Did anything important happen?"

Li Shimin took a sip of tea, suppressed the false alarm in his heart and asked.

He dreamed that something big happened, which was even more terrible than the second plague of locusts in the second year of Zhenguan.

But when I woke up, I couldn't remember what happened.

I only know that countless people are in dire straits.

"Return to Your Majesty, no."

"Instead, Mr. Du, Mr. Changsun and others jointly sent a letter."

"The villain saw that you were resting, so he didn't wake you up."

Eunuch Wang Degong said.

It's just letters from a few young masters, so it's probably not that important.

"Bring it here!"

Upon hearing this, Li Shimin immediately asked Wang De to bring the letter.

What he thought was contrary to Wang De, he felt that Du He and the others had important matters.

It must be a very important thing for the sons to save the time of bypassing their father and send letters directly to themselves.

"Yes."

Wang De responded quickly and took out the letter from his arms.

Li Shimin took it quickly, opened the letter and looked at it.

When I saw it, I suddenly felt a roar in my brain, as if struck by lightning.

Sure enough, when I woke up from the dream, something really big happened!

"Your Majesty?"

Wang De was shocked.

He had never seen Li Shimin show such a look.

Presumably the content of the letter was terrible, so terrible that even the monarch of a country was shocked.

"Hurry up, call the ministers from the six departments of the three provinces!"

Li Shimin shouted loudly.

The Yellow River dam is about to burst!

The river water will harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states!
This is only on the surface, it may also affect the national war with East Turkistan!

This undoubtedly also involves the issue of food!

Li Shimin's head is about to explode when he thinks that food to support the war is extremely scarce.

"Yes Yes."

Wang De repeated yes.

Arrange for someone to invite Du Ruhui and the others to come.

It's a big deal to call the ministers of the three provinces and six departments at once.

Thinking that he didn't wake up Li Shimin earlier, Wang De was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back.

Not long after, Pei Ji, Du Ruhui, Wang Gui, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other ministers from the six departments of the three provinces all arrived.

"I am waiting to meet your Majesty."

The crowd saluted.

Curious what the hell happened.

You know, Li Shimin seldom calls them all together.

"The dam of the Yellow River has burst!"

Li Shimin's words instantly changed the color of everyone.

Everyone has known for a long time that there is a problem with the Yellow River dam, and they have already sent people to repair it.

But I never thought that the Yellow River dam, which had been repaired for several months, was not only not good, but it actually broke down like this? !
"Your Majesty, is the news conclusive?!"

Du Ruhui couldn't help coughing violently, his face was red from coughing.

The news was too shocking, but none of them received it, so they doubted the authenticity of the news.

"Du He and Changsun Chong jointly signed the letter and sent it back within eight hundred miles."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Although he has not received the information yet.

But presumably children like Du He and Changsun Chong would not joke about such things
"That must be true!"

When Du Ruhui heard this, his heart sank.

It can't be faked, Du Miaoyan told him a few days ago that Du He helped Fang Yuan transport cement.

"Is it the cement problem?"

Pei Ji was the second to speak.

Open your mouth and have the idea of ​​who should be held accountable.

But what he said was also what some people present wanted to say.

If the matter is too big, someone has to take the blame, and the person who provided the cement is undoubtedly the most likely to take the blame.

"Whose question should be discussed slowly first?"

Changsun Wuji interjected.

My own son is also involved in it, and I don't know how much it is related.

Whose fault it is, or what caused it, it's better to discuss it later.

"What time is it, who else is responsible?"

"Let's discuss how to deal with the collapse of the Yellow River dam!"

Li Shimin's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice.

The matter is urgent, and I and others must come up with a plan as soon as possible.

The letter said that the Yellow River dam is breaking, and there will be a big eruption in about a day or two.

They still have a little time to discuss the response plan.

The letter from Du He and others is different from the letter sent to Du Miaoyan. This letter did not mention the secret they discovered.

Everyone stopped discussing other things and began to discuss how to deal with the collapse of the Yellow River dam.

In the end, Li Shimin and others discussed the first solution: to order the people close to the Yellow River dam to relocate urgently.

Henan Road, by the Yellow River.

The turbulent Yellow River flows continuously.

The water of the Yellow River came up from the sky, and the rumble was deafening.

It is so majestic that people can't help but feel awe when they look at it.

Liao Fengmao and others who were repairing the embankment by the river are already gone and gone.

One of them has a half-meter-long breach that keeps flowing water out, because there is a big rock blocking it in front, so the water flow is not very turbulent.

However, the water of the Yellow River hit the boulder again and again, splashing huge water splashes everywhere, which also made the boulder sway and unstable.

Judging from this situation, restoration is impossible, so that Liao Fengmao and the others have long since disappeared.

Suddenly, a huge roar sounded by the Yellow River, the big rock was washed away by the current, and the breach was wirelessly enlarged.

The endless water of the Yellow River gushes out from here, and it goes madly outwards at a speed that can be called the speed of a horse.

At this time, the imperial court has received orders from the prefectures and counties of Henan Province to organize the emergency evacuation of local people.

However, this large-scale migration cannot be fast or smooth.

While the common people complained, they packed their luggage and things they thought were valuable.

"Oh, I'm so annoying, how do you take away so many things?"

"It is said that the dam of the Yellow River collapsed. Our county is so far away from the Yellow River, and it is not our fault to collapse."

"That's right, I don't know what the county government thinks, I still have a piece of land that I can't win."

"We're pretty good. It's ugly to see those rich families, the carts are so full that they can't be moved."

The people were talking.

Some people are already on the road away from the Yellow River.

Some people packed their luggage slowly, as if they didn't want to leave the land where they supported themselves.

suddenly,
"Water, here comes the water!"

I don't know who screamed loudly.

People subconsciously looked in the direction of the Yellow River.

I saw a large area of ​​river rushing here quickly.

From a distance, the speed of the water flow is not high, and it seems that it is not high.

But an experienced fisherman immediately sensed the horror contained therein.

"Quick, run away!"

The fishermen were the first to react.

He ran away, never caring about his luggage or anything.

Seeing this, the others also became flustered and left quickly.

The speed of people is not as fast as the speed of water.

The people walking at the back soon saw the water coming.

The force of the current was small, but it quickly submerged their ankles.

"Run, run!"

"The water is over, the water is over!"

People shouted.

Can't wait to put on wings.

They ran wildly.

But the water was moving faster than them.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the water was up to their knees.

More and more people fled, and more and more water sources gushed out.

There were cries of panic and cries for help everywhere.

The first to suffer were young children, who were not tall and were carried away by the currents.

The second is the elderly, because of their limited mobility, they were affected by the water source and fell down when they were on their way.

"Run!"

"Look for a tree if you can't run!"

"Look for floating objects washed away by water and save yourself!"

Frantically escaping.

Several people rode back and forth to rescue people.

They are Du He, Changsun Chong, and Qin Huaiyu.

They haven't left yet, after passing the news back, they stayed in the county to find a solution to Fang Yuan with the county magistrate.

The final plan is also similar to that of the imperial court, keeping the people away from the Yellow River and avoiding being harmed.

The relocation order was issued long ago, but the effect was mediocre.

There is no way, Du He and others can only implement the second plan.

Those who have horses immediately rode back and forth to rescue the people.

Du He and the others were on the horse. Relying on the speed of the horse, they first ran to the back, rescued one or two people in danger, pulled them on the horse, and then went back to the front position, and continued to rescue people after putting the people down.

This method is very useful.

But there are too many people, and this method is not very effective.

"Save me, son, save me!"

Seeing the rescue of Du He and others, the fleeing people immediately extended a helping hand to Du He and others.

Some even went too far, they ran towards Du He and the others quickly, trying to get on Du He's horse, interfering with the rescue of Du He and the others.

As the water source got deeper and deeper, it became troublesome for Du He and others to save people, and they might be dragged into the water by some common people. For a while, they were caught in a dilemma.

At a higher place, Du He and others are stopping here to rest for a while.

"How to do?"

"It's a drop in the bucket for us to save like this!"

Qin Huaiyu looked at the fleeing army ahead with a grim expression.

Just now, he was almost pulled off his horse by several big men.

It can be seen whether there are people washed away by the water source ahead, and I can't bear it.

"Why are there only five of us?"

"Where are the officials in the county government? Didn't they also ride horses to rescue people?"

Chang Sun Chong did not answer.

But it was also ugly.

Compared with them being almost dragged into the water by the people, does he care more about the rescue of the county?

From just now to now, they have been saving for an hour, and the horses are almost too tired to run. Why haven't they seen the county magistrate organize people to rescue people.

"Don't think about it, the county must also start fleeing."

Du He said in a deep voice.

The rupture of the Yellow River dam this time could harm hundreds of thousands of people in several states.

Those people in the county must have fled quickly after confirming the situation here.

Among them, the horse can play the greatest role in escaping, and can ignore the disturbance of the flood.

There are only so many horses in one county. After Du He and the others rode five horses, the others never appeared here again.

"Then what do we do?"

Cheng Chumo touched his war horse in pain.

Soldiers regard horses as their second life.

Although Cheng Chumo has never been on the battlefield, he has always been a soldier.

He likes the mare under his crotch very much, and it hurts to see her panting with exhaustion.

"Go back and let them save themselves."

Finally, Qin Huaiyu and the others said.

It's not that they don't want to save, but that there are too many people to save.

If the rescue continues like this, not only their horses will not be able to bear it, but they may also be pulled into the water.

The five of them took a deep look at the rising water level in front of them, as well as the people struggling in the water, and they all ran in the opposite direction as soon as they were cruel.

The water level is getting higher and higher.

The water potential is also getting bigger and bigger.

More states and counties were affected.

There are more people affected.

The area of ​​Henan Road closest to the Yellow River is like a purgatory on earth.

There are cases of fleeing everywhere, fleeing in the opposite direction of the Yellow River.

The order of the affected states and counties has collapsed, and the county magistrates can hardly find anyone.

a few days later.

In a small mountain village on Hedong Road.

There is already a long distance from the Yellow River.

But even so, the Great Escape must also begin here.

Not by the water of the Yellow River, but by the panic of the refugees.

In a family of four.

"Father, hasn't the flood hit us yet? Why did you run away?"

This is the question of a ten-year-old boy.

"If you don't arrive now, it doesn't mean you won't arrive later. You can see that so many people have fled to us."

The mother who was packing her luggage said hurriedly.

"But it's really far away from the Yellow River."

The boy still doesn't understand.

But obediently helped pack the luggage.

"Xiaobai, Dad has studied for several years, and he understands a truth."

"The book says that what is terrible is not the flood, but the refugees after the flood."

The boy's father stopped what he was doing, looked at the boy, and said solemnly.

"Father, why?"

Xiaobai still didn't understand.

He didn't understand this truth when he was young.

"Did you see the refugees who showed up today?"

the boy's father asked.

"I saw it."

Xiaobai nodded solemnly.

He discovered this morning that hundreds of refugees had appeared in the village.

All of them were disheveled, as if they had been starved for a long time.

As soon as they appeared, they asked for water to drink, and some even went to the well in the village to fetch water for drinking.

It's scary.

"I heard that they fled for several days."

"Fleeing people, the money and food in their hands will run out sooner or later."

"The flood may not affect our place, but tens of thousands of refugees will definitely pass through us."

"Our village is too small to hold hundreds of people. Once they come, our village will be destroyed and we will become refugees. The sooner we leave, the better our chances of surviving."

The boy's father spoke earnestly.

"I seem to understand."

Xiaobai nodded heavily, but shook his head again.

He thought he understood, but he didn't seem to understand.

"Awesome!"

"Xiaobai, if we get separated, you must remember to take good care of your sister!"

The boy's father praised the boy, and then exhorted him.

"Ok!"

Xiao Bai looked at his two-year-old sister who was sitting on the ground aside, and said solemnly.

Soon after, the family fled.

At this time, more refugees poured into this small village.

Some refugees asked for help, hoping to give some porridge and water to drink.

Some refugees are more brutal and directly force their way into the house.

The gate of Liaozhou city.

Du He and the five returned here.

Behind them was a carriage, which was carrying the seriously injured Liao Fengmao.

There is no shadow of any flood here, and people come and go without being affected at all.

"We lured some of the refugees here. I wonder if Fang Yuan will blame him?"

Du He looked at the ordinary city gate in front of him and sighed.

Along the way, he saw some states and counties that were unwilling to accept refugees.

Faced with Du He and others asking for help, they said that their own county had to save themselves.

Presumably, he was worried that there would be too many refugees, so that he could not control them and dare not rescue them.

"Let him go, the most is that the business will not be done."

Qin Huaiyu sneered.

It is estimated that there is a high possibility of not wanting to save.

After all, if the control is not good, the refugees will affect the local people, causing even greater disasters and losing official positions.

But they have attracted the refugees, it is up to Fang Yuan to accept it or not, if he has any blame, at most he will stop cooperating with the previously negotiated business.

"Let's talk about the advanced city."

The eldest grandson walked towards the city gate with a bang.

Seeing this, several other people stopped talking and went into the city together.

After they entered the city, they rushed towards the governor's mansion.

(End of this chapter)