The beautiful legend of Mulanpi

Stories and beautiful legends about Jiujiugou.

There is Xiangshan Palace in Goukou Village, Xindu Town, which is dedicated to Qian Siniang, a Changle woman who came to Putian to build a fortress in the Song Dynasty. The story and legend of her and Mulanbei are still spread among the people. In Jiangdong Village, Huangshi Town, there is Pukou Palace to commemorate Concubine Mei of the Tang Dynasty. Legend has it that she once herded geese by the ditch when she was a child. There is Li Fu Temple beside Baitang in Hanjiang River. In the Song Dynasty, Li Fu donated money to run schools, built embankments and cultivated fields, and presided over the construction of 34 large and small bridges in Putian. In the Ming Dynasty, it was included in the "Xinghua Five Sages Temple".

From the above, as a component of the Mulanpi Project, the Jiujiu ditch has the functions of irrigation, water storage, flood control and drainage, navigation, and supply of domestic water, etc., which is very important to the prosperity of Xinghua Plain and the development of Putian. Progress plays an important role.

Cai Jing and Mulan Pi

Cai Jing, the Mulan Pi site, is often portrayed as a "fan" who seizes power and harms the country, whether in the official history of Tuotuo of the Yuan Dynasty, miscellaneous miscellaneous histories, or on film and television stages. A traitorous minister." Not to mention historical theory and drama. He is also the only historical figure in the feudal dynasty who has served as prime minister for the longest time and has been up and down the most times. Thirty-five years after Cai Jing's death, he and Yue Fei issued an edict to rehabilitate Zhaoxue. Seven years later, he was moved to the tomb and buried in Fengting's hometown, where he returned to his roots. In recent years, the relationship between Cai Jing and Mulan Pi has attracted the attention and thinking of academic circles. Mulan Pi is one of the most complete ancient large-scale water conservancy projects in China. It is also an important historical witness of the Northern Song Dynasty's reform and development. The personal roles of Mulan Pi Zhucheng and Cai Jing are extremely crucial. Before the Shenzong era of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and it became increasingly weak. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the finances "did not produce much"; during the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty, the revenue could not meet the expenditure and there was a deficit. What's even more embarrassing is that the imperial government must "gift" 50,000 taels of silver, 130,000 bolts of silk, and 20,000 jins of tea to Xixia every year, not including the heavy weight of silver, tea, silk, and clothes that must be "gifted" to Fanbang during festivals. burden. Faced with the accumulated social ills at that time, those original reformers such as Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu, and Sima Guang all died young and failed. Some of them were exiled, some were dismissed, and some were demoted. In March of the third year of Xining (1070), Cai Jing was promoted to Jinshi Jia Ke. From the fourth to the ninth year of Xining, he served as a regiment training official in Shuzhou and a Qiantang county captain. At this time, Wang Anshi was trying out a new law in Yin County (Ningbo), Zhejiang Province. Gong Maoliang of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem that said, "This water should also be connected to the Yin River." Cai Jing was the active executor and promoter of Wang Anshi's "Xining Reform". Before Mulan Pi was built, the water in the stream and the sea was indistinguishable from sweet to salty. The surging sea tide goes up the river. According to old books, the sea tide can go straight to Xianyou Linpi (ancient name Lingpi), which is nearly a hundred miles away from the current mouth of the sea. The stream has no railings and no storage. When encountering floods, it will overflow. The currents are flowing across the river, and the land is salty. In the past, "only cattail grass grew, not seedlings" in the northern and southern oceans. Regarding the water potential of Mulan River, "Mulan Pi Zhilue" written by Ming Dynasty states: "According to the water of the thirty-six streams of Yongchun, Dehua, and Xianyou, it flows down from Weixinli (today's Huating and Laixi areas). The sea waves and tides surge up from Baihu Lake (now Kuokou Port). When spring and summer come, the surrounding areas are flooded with water. If there are floods in autumn, the surrounding areas are flooded with water. There are six ponds that can be used to accumulate resources, but the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and the accumulation in the lower reaches cannot collapse in the upper reaches. "In order to change this natural condition. To achieve the pattern of "gathering thousands of streams into one river, there is an infinite source; blocking one river and feeding thousands of wells, there are infinite lakes" (Zheng Qiao's words), water conservancy projects must be built to achieve this goal. In the eighth year of Xining (1075), it was the fifth year that Wang Anshi implemented the "Farmland Water Conservancy Law". Farmland water conservancy was established in various parts of the country and achieved due results. "Since then, in Xining, the people from all directions have been cultivating the land, and the surrounding area is thousands of miles away, creating fertile farmland." ("Song Hui Yao Collection" Shihuo 70-24) This decree can be said to be a measure to enrich the country in a broad sense based on the development of production. At this time, Cai Jing was serving as a county captain in Qiantang, Hangzhou, with the ambition of taking the world as his own responsibility and the temptation of hometown complex. Regarding the petition to build the Pei in Punan, Fang Tianruo, a contemporary of Pu, made a detailed statement in "Mulan Water Conservancy Chronicles": "At that time, Cai Gong's brothers Jing and Bian were inspired by the prophecy of nirvana and thought about Zili. At that time, there was a righteous man named Li Hong in Fuzhou, who was rich and willing to give. Cai Gong sent a letter to recruit him, so he spent 70,000 yuan to lead his family. The seven men of Qian entered Pu and settled at the foot of Mulan Mountain. They were carrying coins like clouds and scattering gold like mud. They were exhausted before the battle was completed. So Cai Jing returned to the court and recruited fourteen people who had wealth and ability to assist him. I am generous enough to donate 700,000 yuan to help this Pei!" This article records that Cai Jing's construction of Mulan Pei was truly disclosed to the world for the first time, and he affirmed Cai Jing's original intention of building Pei. The attitude of seeking truth from facts itself is also worthy of recognition.

Fang Tianruo, courtesy name Yanji, Yiye, zhengzhongzi, was born in Fangxiang, Guanfang Lane, Putian City. In the fourth year of Shaosheng's reign (1097), during the Imperial Examination for Jinshi, the "Countermeasures" discussed the importance of reviving Xi and enriching the legal system. He also said: "The ministers of the Yuan Dynasty should be punished, but not be punished, and the descendants should be imprisoned; if not imprisoned, The assets should be lost, but the loss of government and punishment cannot be greater than this!" Zhang? was overjoyed after reading his answer sheet, and appointed the second person (second place), initially transferred to Zhang Xinjun Jiedushi. In the third year of Yuanfu (1100), Xu Duo was recommended and called as secretary of provincial government. Fang has a good relationship with Cai Jing. After Cai Jing lost power, Tianruo was demoted to Yuezhou Observation and Promotion Officer. After returning to the prime ministership in Beijing, he was called as a school secretary, served as a general judge in Quanzhou, a transfer judge on Fujian Road, and then moved to Hunan as an envoy before leaving. Later, when he learned about Quanzhou, he was moved to the post of secretary, junior supervisor, and editor of Youwen Palace. However, he was attacked by those who did not act and spoke, so he became an official. Therefore, Fang Tianruo's "Mulan Water Conservancy Chronicle" is a very valuable historical material. Note: At the foot of Mulan Mountain, 5 kilometers southwest of Putian City, at the confluence of Mulan Creek and Xinghua Bay. Founded in the first year of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty (1064), it is a famous ancient large-scale water conservancy project and one of the five major ancient bets in the country. It is still intact and plays its water conservancy effect. National key cultural relics protection unit. "Puyang Collection" Mulan Pi