Who knows the folk stories, myths and historical figures about the Yellow River?

Lin Zexu looked at the distance with a river map, which looked rigorous and pragmatic. This is a statue of Lin Zexu enjoying the sacrifice in the west hall of Jiayingguan. Lin Zexu is one of the 10 Yellow River Dragon Kings enshrined by Jiayingguan.

Lin Zexu is famous for destroying opium in Humen, but few people know that he is also an "able person" in water control. After Jiayingguan was completed in 106, in 183 1 year, Lin Zexu became the governor of Hedong Road, responsible for flood control in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. Lin Zexu is famous for his seriousness in River. It was winter when he took office. Braving the cold, Lin Zexu toured thousands of miles along the banks of the Yellow River to check the reserve of flood control materials. "No measure can make a pile, no demolition can make a hall." Find out who is cheating and fire him immediately for investigation. Daoguang praised him: "No river worker has ever inspected the crib so seriously!" "

After the defeat of the Opium War, Lin Zexu was sent to Xinjiang. At this time, the Yellow River burst in Kaifeng again, and the helpless emperor quickly transferred Lin Zexu back to block the mouth. After arriving in Kaifeng, Lin Zexu, who was beset with many diseases, carefully designed the scheme of blocking the mouth, piled piles and lifted soil with migrant workers, and finally blocked the breach.

In Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi and other places, Lin Zexu has made outstanding achievements in water control. After his death, people in Henan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other places built temples to worship him. Later, Emperor Guangxu canonized him as the Dragon King of the Yellow River and "arranged" him in Jiayingguan. "The Yellow River Dragon King is always like this. If people own it, it will have a great influence. If the emperor says' yes', it is' righting'. " Wang Xiaopian, who has studied Jiayingguan's "Yellow River Dragon King", summed it up like this.

Yongzheng was in charge of river engineering in Wuzhi before he succeeded to the throne. He once promised that if the blockage was successful, the Longwang Temple of large and small rivers would be built in Wuzhi. When he ascended the throne, the national treasury was very empty, leaving only more than 7 million taels of silver. However, Yongzheng still allocated 2.88 million taels of silver to fulfill his promise. Qi Sule, the river chief, mobilized royal craftsmen and migrant workers from Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Anhui provinces to build the Longwang Temple of the Yellow River in Wuzhi, which was modeled after the Beijing Palace. In February of the third year of Yongzheng, the Longwang Temple was built. Yongzheng personally inscribed the word "Jiayingguan" and named it Longwang Temple.

Yongzheng also ordered the construction of two courtyards on both sides of Jiayingguan. Xidaoyuan is the official office of Daotai, which governs Anyang, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo and other northern Henan areas. The host institute is the yamen for river management, and its task is of course to manage the Yellow River. Therefore, Jia became the "yellow member" of Yongzheng Dynasty. I'm afraid only an iron-fisted emperor like Yongzheng can make the ministers in charge of the Yellow River sit in the most dangerous section of the Yellow River.

Resident in Jiayingguan is Ji Zengyun, the most respected minister of river management and deputy governor of river during Yongzheng period. He sat in Wuzhi and presided over the dike affairs in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. History shows that Ji Zengyun is good at guiding the situation, which can not only save the river embankment, but also save labor and materials. During his tenure, he directed the construction and reinforcement of Wuzhi Qianli Yellow River levee, making "the levee in Henan Province as long as a rainbow".

Due to Ji Zengyun's great contribution to river regulation, Yongzheng rewarded him almost every year. Ji Zengyun later went to the Ministry of War Shangshu and Prince Taibao to enjoy first-class treatment, but he has been managing the river in Wuzhi.

Su Shi, known as Zizhan, a Buddhist named Shandongpo, a Sichuanese and a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, was the "Three Sus" in the Song Dynasty, namely his father Su Xun, his brother Su Zhe and him. Among them, Su Shi has the greatest achievement.

Su Shi learned a lot of classics and history when he was young, and he was brilliant. In the second year of Emperor Injong's reign (1057), he was praised by Ouyang Xiu, a literary leader: "I should avoid this man and give up my land."

Su Shi was an official in Kaifeng and advocated reform. When Wang Anshi reformed, he wrote a letter of opposition, transferred to Hangzhou and sentenced him to Mizhou, Xuzhou and Chaozhou. He is an enlightened and capable local official who can care about people's sufferings and do good things for them. When he was appointed as well-known in Xuzhou, the Yellow River flooded. He personally led the soldiers and civilians to build dikes to block water. When he was in Hangzhou, he handled relief matters and opened a medical workshop to treat many people. It also dredged the West Lake, built water conservancy projects and built dikes with mud (the famous Su Causeway), which was praised by later generations.

After the Ming Dynasty, with the development of social economy and the aggravation of the flood disaster of the Yellow River, the imperial court paid more attention to river management, and the river management institutions were gradually improved. In the Ming dynasty, the Ministry of Industry was responsible for river management, and the prime minister was directly responsible for the river. Later, the prime minister's river was given the title of military officer, so he could directly command the army, and local officials below the governor of the provinces along the Yangtze River also had the responsibility of managing the river, gradually strengthening the unified management of downstream river affairs. In the Qing dynasty, the river governor had greater power and was directly ordered by the court. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, the cause of river regulation has made great progress, and the technology of dike maintenance and management has made great progress, and a group of effective river regulation experts represented by Pan Jixun and Jin Fu have emerged. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, wars continued, the national government declined, and river management was at a standstill. In modern times, water conservancy experts, represented by Zhang and Zhang, strongly advocated the introduction of western advanced technology and studied the comprehensive management strategy of the Yellow River. However, due to the constraints of social and economic cooperation, it was always difficult to make achievements.