The Yellow River has nine meanders, flowing through the ages.
In July of the eighth year of the Qingli Dynasty, the Yellow River burst in Puzhou, changing its course for a thousand years. Fang Zhiyuan, a young judge who was demoted here, narrowly escaped death in the torrential flood.
Instead of waiting for the court's approval, he went upstream alone. From the Xuanhe River in the lower reaches to the Hukou in the middle reaches, from the ravines in Shanxi to the wasteland in Hetao, he wants to use his feet to measure every inch of the river.
The old boatman said: "The Yellow River has not changed. It's the banks that have changed."
The vegetation on both sides of the strait was cut down, and the Loess Plateau turned into loess. Fang Zhiyuan finally understood the truth of the "Millennium Anlan Mystery". But what if we knew the truth? He is just a seventh-grade judge, and those people sitting in the temple are debating whether to block the Yellow River back.
Fang Zhiyuan made a crazy decision - he wanted to write to the emperor, bluntly stating that the Yellow River should not be blocked, but should be channeled. He knew it could cost him his life. But he still has to go.
Because, some things have to be done by someone.
