Chapter 43 Flooding of the Yellow River

A few months later, news came from the capital. It is said that Lv Bu's Laozi Ding Yuan, because he fought against the Xiongnu and had an outstanding record. Received a special award from the emperor. The official worshipped Jinwu, led the governor of Bingzhou, and Tunhexi.

With Ding Yuan's promotion to assassins, Lv Bu was also appointed by Ding Yuan as the main book and moved to Hexi with Ding Yuan.

This year, the water of the Yellow River soared, which was a critical sign. In order to ensure the safety of Beijing, the imperial court ordered to open the river embankment and divert the water of the Yellow River into the countryside.

The order was sent to Hanoi, Ding Yuanfu. Ding Yuan picked up the decree of the court, frowned, and it was difficult to make a decision for a moment. This order was a secret order from the court. Ding Yuan did not dare to say anything, so Xingye came to Lv Bu and Gao Shun to discuss it.

Soon I saw a burly and handsome teenager walking into Ding Yuan's study. The second teenager is about 17 years old, which is Lv Bu.

Lv Bujin's Ding Yuan's study arched his hand to Ding Yuan and said, "Father, hello, my child, please say hello to my father."

Ding Yuan saw Lv Bu come in, and the sad face on his face flashed away. He laughed and said, "It's raining heavily these days. My son took people to patrol the embankment. Thank you for your hard work."

Hearing Ding Yuan's praise, Lv Bu hurriedly smiled and said, "Father praised it. It is natural for the child to eat the king's rookie and share his worries for you. Did the father forget that the child is already a general in the army, and there is no need to worry about it.

Ding Yuan smiled at Lv Bu, but when he heard Lv Bu say, "The rookie of the king, share his worries for you", a trace of difficult sadness flashed on his face.

As soon as Lv Bu arrived, Gao also came to Ding Yuan's study by the way. This Gao Shun is Ding Yuan's favorite general. He is familiar with the art of war, and he is important to people and hates Ding Yuan's appreciation.

As soon as Gao Shun entered the door, he hurriedly saluted Ding Yuan and said, "Your excellency is well. Why is the adult still busy so late at night? Although the water of the Yellow River has soared, the disaster is about to happen. But adults should also take care of themselves, otherwise how can they have the energy to control the Yellow River?

Gao Shun's words were so true that Ding Yuan lamented.

"If only these big men in the court had half of your public heart."

Ding Yuan lamented and handed an official document to Gao Shun to watch. It was Ding Yuan who had just read the secret purpose of digging the Yellow River to protect the Beijing Zhaozhong.

After Gao Shun took it, he hurriedly looked at it, and his face became serious without saying a word. He also passed on the secret decree to Lv Bu on one side.

Seeing that Ding Yuan and Gao Shun's faces were solemn, Lv Bu was suspicious and hurriedly took over and took a closer look. After watching it, Lv Bu's face was full of anger.

Although Lv Bu is a little scheming, he usually only shows it in front of outsiders. When he is his own people, his joy and anger are completely on his face.

Seeing that Ding Yuan and Gao Shun were silent, Lv Bu sighed and said first, "Grandma's bird court cares about his own enjoyment. I don't think about the life or death of the people. I don't believe that the Yellow River has burst, and the flood can still flood the Jinluan Hall? But how can those thatched huts in ordinary people's homes withstand the erosion of the Yellow River? According to me, it's time to dig the river embankment near Jingzhao.

After listening to Lv Bu's unruly words, Ding Yuan said that he stared at Lv Bu and wanted to scold him. But he looked at Lv Bu standing there with a smiling expression. Ding Yuan understood that Lv Bu was not so ignorant. He was just joking and enlivening the atmosphere.

However, Ding Yuan still had a straight face and criticized, "It's so big. You should pay attention to speak in moderation. Can you discuss the decision of the court?"

Lv Bu saw Ding Yuan's reprimand and quickly admitted his mistake to Ding Yuan and said, "What my father taught me was that the child remembered it."

Ding Yuan looked at Lv Bu's smiling face just now, and felt relieved. Thinking of the first time he saw Lv Bu, Lv Bu's eyes were red, and his whole body was full of murder, like a fire of revenge. In the past two years, I have been joking. It seems that Lv Bu has slowly been freed from hatred. It's just that Ding Yuan doesn't know how many years can Lv Bu live such a happy and carefree life?

Seeing that the atmosphere on the court was relaxed, Gao Shun took a step forward and asked Ding Yuan, "This matter is of great importance. I don't know how the Assassin will make a decision?"

Only then did Ding Yuan pull his mind back. He sighed and said, "As the saying goes, the emperor's life is difficult? We ministers naturally share our worries for the emperor.

When talking about the emperor, Ding Yuan did not forget to arch his hand in the direction of Luoyang to show his respect for the emperor.

At this time, Gao Shun also spoke.

"In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with this secret message. Beijing is naturally more important than ordinary people. It's just that in this way, the officials who do this will have to be scolded. This black pot is really not small.

After listening to Gao Shun's analysis, Ding Yuan nodded and said, "General Gao Shun is right. Isn't the emperor raising us old ministers just to be useful one day? In this case, let me bear the blame for all this.

Ding Yuan became confused when he heard it. Lv Bu hurriedly opened his mouth to stop Ding Yuan and said, "Father, don't panic. Although the water of the Yellow River has soared, it is not the time to break the dike. Maybe it's just a thriller this time. There will not be too much flood.

Although Lv Bu said so, he had another thought in his heart. Lv did not think that the secret edict of the court would not be sent only to Ding Yuan alone. Maybe there would be other officials who would also receive a secret order from the court. In this way, as long as you wait for a few days, other officials will react. If others have dug the Yellow River and eliminated the flood, then the embankment in Bingzhou naturally does not have to be dug.

By the way, if Bingzhou digs the Yellow River, and other states and counties also digs the Yellow River, isn't it going to hurt too many people? I'm afraid the chaos in the world will begin soon.

Thinking of this, Lv Bu suddenly thought of one thing: the Yellow Turban Uprising. He said in his heart: Is the Yellow Turban Uprising related to today's events? It seems that the so-called official forcing the people to rebel is really not true at all.

Ding Yuan listened to Lv Bu's words and nodded and said, "My son is right. This method of breaking the dike is indeed a last resort. This matter is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people, and we officials naturally have to be very careful.

At this point, Ding Yuan ordered Lv Bu and Gao Shun, "From today on, the three of us will eat and live on the embankment and observe the water level of the Yellow River at any time."

In the next few days, Ding Yuan, with Lv Bu and Gao Shun, set up a tent on the Yellow River embankment. Throughout the day, he observed the water situation of the Yellow River, and patrolling soldiers could be seen everywhere on the Yellow River embankment, observing the situation on the embankment back and forth. It's different from the other day. Now the people guarding the embankment of the Yellow River have disappeared. Since receiving the secret order, Ding Yuan has ordered the people of several nearby counties to begin to evacuate. Strive to minimize the losses caused by the breach of the levee.

But strangely, although it has been raining as before. However, the water level of the Yellow River not only did not rise, but also dropped a little. This surprised Ding Yuan. But at the same time, there are many doubts about Ding Yuan's family.

On this day, Lv Bu and Ding Yuan were discussing the river embankment in the big account. Gao Shun broke in with a document with an angry face.

This always stable man, as soon as he saw Ding Yuan and Lv Bu, he couldn't help complaining as he presented the document to Ding Yuan.

"These officials of the imperial court are really outrageous. I think this good Han Dynasty will ruin them."

Ding Yuan saw that Gao Shun had such a big complaint, and he also hurriedly opened the document and read it. I really don't know if I don't see it. I was shocked when I saw it. Ding Yuan just finished reading the document. He couldn't help shouting, "Ten permanent servants mislead the country, and ten permanent attendants mislead the country."

It turned out that in order to protect the safety of Si Di when the water of the Yellow River soared. The court ordered several states and counties along the river to dig open the embankment to release water to ensure the safety of Jingzhao.

When the ministers of the court made this decision, they naturally thought about the safety of Jingzhao. However, when this decision was passed on to Shichangshi, Shichangshi didn't just think about the safety of Si Di.

You should know that the ten permanent waiters have been through various channels over the years. I got a lot of property, which naturally includes a lot of land near the Yellow River. At the opening of the Yellow River, the safety of Jingzhao should be guaranteed. But the property of these ten marquises also needs to be guaranteed.

In addition, Shi Changshi had no idea about this water control. Not only did it issue a secret order to break the dike to the state and county in the upper reaches of Jingzhao, but it even wanted to issue a secret order to break the dike to the state and county downstream of Sidi.

And those rich people in various places related to the breach of the dike also use their own relationships to protect their own land.

So, there was a strange phenomenon on both sides of the Yellow River. Where the people live, the Yellow River has burst one after another. This already serious natural disaster is considered to have been magnified many times.

And all these disasters, self-evidently, came to the poorest people of the Han Dynasty. For a while, the whole Han Dynasty was starving and miserable.

At this time, on the land of the Han Dynasty, the two sides of the Yellow River were busy. In addition to the people fleeing everywhere, there were also some people wearing yellow scarves, spreading runes everywhere to treat diseases and save people.

However, this natural and man-made flood is not the most serious. Not long after the flood, a rare plague began to spread on both sides of the Yellow River.

The ancients had a poor medical level and were very resistant to this highly infectious disease. So a hanging operation against plague patients slowly emerged in various places. And local governments not only ignore these killings against plague patients. Instead, various methods are used to drive these patients away and concentrate. Undoubtedly, it also provides convenience for this kind of killing.

However, where there is oppression, there is resistance. When flocks of refugees and plague patients are desperate, they think of the same thing in their minds, that is, rebellion.