Why did Emperor Wu turn a blind eye to the Yellow River flood?

"roebuck would never do what Xi would do? Vast and boundless, it is a river. When there is no peace in the river, when there is no achievement, there is no peace in the mountain. "

This is a song of praise made by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago when he inspected the breach of the Yellow River after Guan Chan in Mount Tai. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked people to build a river bank to block the breach, "sinking a white horse and jade into the river" and praying for the blessing of the river god.

After hard work, the Yellow River breach in Zhangzi, Puyang, Henan Province was finally blocked. This successful experience in river management has also become a brilliant achievement of Liang Wudi's martial arts all his life. In fact, the "natural disaster" of the Yellow River moving south and the Huaihe River entering the sea has lasted for more than 20 years. During this period, the central government did almost nothing, allowing "natural disasters" to evolve into "man-made disasters" to make the victims eat easily.

In BC 133, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty plotted Ma Su's plot to trap Hun Khan, thus opening the curtain of the Sino-Hungarian war for nearly half a century. In the second year, the Yellow River burst, and Liang and Chu areas 16 counties were affected. After receiving the disaster report, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the minister to be responsible for blocking the mouth. But because of the fierce water potential, it was decided again. River regulation or war? This problem must have deeply troubled Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. In ancient times, floods, droughts, locusts, earthquakes, landslides, plagues and other disasters were all regarded as punishments from heaven to warn emperors who replaced herders. But the emperor was so eager to make contributions that the Huns had to bow their heads. In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to put into the efforts of the whole country. The manpower and material resources needed for river regulation are also quite huge, and it is more likely that it will be blocked for many years, and it is futile to make a decision again. In river regulation and war, it is almost impossible to have your cake and eat it.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally chose war. Since then, the central government and local officials have not organized river regulation, but only provided relief to the victims. After retaking the Hetao from the Huns, some victims were even moved to the newly established Shuofang and other places to enrich the border counties. In the next 20 years, the flood of the Yellow River repeatedly threatened the people of Liang and Chu.

Mencius said, "The people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the second." But in fact, the king's will is always overwhelming. People's livelihood is the ultimate consideration for the emperor to expand his territory and the great country to rise.

Historical records and Hanshu have repeatedly mentioned this great flood that lasted for more than 20 years. He even described the tragic situation in the disaster area at that time: "The flood was caused by China, which destroyed the rivers and lakes, Cao, Wei, and the city walls. From overwork, I drifted thousands of miles and lived in the woodland, lonely and helpless." The people in the land of Liang and Chu suffered from floods and struggled for twenty years on the verge of life and death, which was exactly the twenty years when the army of the Western Han Dynasty expanded its territory and was invincible.

During the Yuan Shuo and Yuan Shou years, the Han army recovered the Hetao, incorporated the Hexi Corridor into the dynasty territory, and completely drove the Xiongnu to Mobei. During Yuanshou and Yuanfeng years, southwest yi was conquered, and the southwest boundary of the dynasty was as far as Gaoligong Mountain and Ailao Mountain. During the Yuanfeng period, the Han Dynasty fought against Korea, and its jurisdiction extended from the south to Jianghua Island in the middle of the Korean Peninsula. A short whip with a ring at one end that can be held.

In the first year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that his merits were complete and his imperial power was no longer lasting, so he led his ministers to hold a retreat in Taishan.

However, in the past 20 years, huge military expenditure has hollowed out the national treasury, but the grain output has been decreasing, especially in the land of Liang Chu, where water is everywhere. Emperor Wu of song finally thought of the Yellow River burst. A year after Zen,

The concentration of power has brought about a high concentration of social wealth and resources and promoted the efficient development of society. However, despite being ignored and suppressed, the individual's spirit and thoughts are shrinking and becoming closed.

Two thousand years later, the western powers opened the door of the Great Qing Dynasty with strong ships and guns, and the Qing government was helpless. A minister solemnly wrote to the emperor and suggested that soldiers be given long bamboo poles as weapons, because he found that foreigners had no knee joints, and once they were knocked down by long bamboo poles, they would definitely not be able to stand up and fight again. This is not a joke, but a true history. Here, perhaps we can see that China's modern backwardness lies not only in politics, economy, military affairs and culture, but also in the people themselves who should be full of speculation and creativity.