Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 127, there must be a famine

Zhou Jing blushed, feeling as if he had been slapped several times.

Emperor Hongzhi felt very refreshed at this time, feeling the bad breath in his chest dissipated in no time, and looked at Zhou Jing with a smile on his face.

This week, because of the 2 taels of silver, he came to make trouble with him every now and then. He had no other skills, so he knew to keep an eye on his internal money every day.

He managed to earn some money, and he was like a thief, thinking about it every day. The treasury increased revenue and reduced expenditure. He didn't even mention it once.

"Your Majesty, the little prince will definitely not let it go after suffering such a big loss. I guess he will make a comeback."

"The climate in the past few years has been abnormal, and the winter has become extremely cold. Their life must also be very sad. If they don't go south to plunder, it will be difficult to survive the winter."

"I suggest that you should not relax your vigilance because of this victory. Instead, you should be more careful to prevent the little prince from making a comeback again."

Ma Wensheng looked at Zhou Jing, did not continue to talk about clairvoyance, but very solemnly reminded that precautions should be doubled to prevent the little prince from making a comeback.

"Well, Aiqing has considered everything carefully and ordered the border towns to strengthen their defenses. They should make more use of the role of clairvoyance in detection, grasp the little prince's movements in time, and take precautions."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded solemnly and said, the wounded wolf is often more ferocious and terrifying. The current little Tatar prince is like a wounded wolf, but also a hungry and cold wolf at the same time. , will definitely go south to offend the frontier again.

"Your Majesty, this winter is really too cold. I estimate that it will have a great impact on farming. The wheat harvest in the northern region may be short of harvest. Get ready."

"Check the granaries in various places, transport grain from the south in advance, and prepare for the famine."

Liu Jian listened to the cold wind raging outside, thought for a while and said.

"The weather is a bit colder, but it's the same cold every winter, maybe it's not like this?"

After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said.

"Last year, Liu Jin talked about the impact of geography and climate on agricultural production in Wangyue Tower. The minister paid special attention to it. Our Ming Dynasty is based on agriculture. This agriculture is related to our country. It can truly make the country prosperous and the people safe."

"So I have also consulted a lot of historical records during this period of time, and I have learned something from them. As Liu Jin said, the climate in my Ming Dynasty has always been either floods in the south and drought in the north or floods in the north and drought in the north. The disasters in the north are particularly serious."

"Not only are droughts and floods extremely serious and difficult to manage, but there are also many disasters such as snowstorms and locust plagues. There are relatively few years with good weather, and more or less disasters often occur."

"This winter, the frost has already begun in the mid-autumn last year, and the winter period is nearly a month earlier than before."

"At the same time, recently I also went to the river outside the capital to break up the ice in the river. I found that this year's ice is nearly a foot thicker than last year, which means that this year's winter is particularly cold."

"According to what Liu Jin said, light, precipitation, and temperature are the three major elements of crop growth. If the temperature is too low, it will have a great impact on the growth of crops. Therefore, I conclude that this year's northern regions will have poor harvests or even no harvests. When a famine occurs, we should prepare as soon as possible.”

Liu Jian sorted out his thoughts slightly, and then slowly expressed his research inferences.

"Sure?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't sit still immediately, and began to walk around anxiously.

In the past, everyone didn't realize this, or they didn't do in-depth research on this aspect. After all, those who are in power are Confucian sour literati. They only advocate loyalty and filial piety and rule of virtue. Things are regarded as small ways, and they will never spend their time on special research. More thoughts are spent on the Four Books and Five Classics that have been circulating for thousands of years, and they are happy to write some research experience for these Four Books and Five Classics. thing.

But what Liu Jin said in Wangyue Tower last year not only opened many people's eyes to see the world and the vast world beyond the Ming Dynasty, but also made many people try to study some of the climate, Geography, etc. have an impact on many aspects.

In particular, some people, in order to prove that everything Liu Jin said are fantasies and nonsense, even concentrate on finding some evidence to prove that Liu Jin is full of nonsense.

Little is known about the world outside of Daming, so we should look for information and research from Daming himself, search through historical records, and continue to make some conclusions and analysis.

Unexpectedly, it further proved that everything Liu Jin said is true. Liu Jian is one of them. After checking and researching carefully, he actually has his own harvest, and now he also concludes that this year the northern region will Lack of harvest, or even no harvest, will inevitably lead to famine.

"It shouldn't be wrong. I carefully compared some records in history. Whenever the winter is too cold and lasts too long, there will be a famine in the coming year."

Liu Jian said with certainty.

"If this is the case, we should make preparations as soon as possible, transship and stockpile food in advance."

Emperor Hongzhi believed in his teacher's words very much, and he also believed in Liu Jin's words to a certain extent now. This is honeycomb coal and clairvoyance.

The briquette not only solved the problem of heating and burning firewood for the people in the capital in winter, but also bulged up the pockets of Emperor Hongzhi;

These two things also made Emperor Hongzhi believe in Liu Jin's words. Now Liu Jian also talked about Liu Jin and deduced the famine from this. He has no reason not to take it seriously.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Mr. Liu is making a fuss over a molehill. If it's not cold in winter, is that still called winter?"

At this time, Zhou Jing stood up to express his opposition. He knew that once he wanted to transship and hoard grain, the treasury would definitely have to spend money, and as the secretary of the household department, this was what he was most afraid of.

And because of the clairvoyance invented by Liu Jin, he was slapped several times, and he was also very upset. Now that Liu Jian mentioned Liu Jin again, he naturally wanted to stand up and oppose it.

"There is no detailed standard for the coldness of this winter. How can it be said that the thicker ice layer in this river means that this winter is colder than before. Guangdong in the south is not even frozen in winter. Isn't it possible? How about this year’s winter being warmer than usual?”

　A book friend asked who the little prince was, so I checked some information here.After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the main leader of the Tatar tribe formed by the division of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was called the Little Prince by the Ming Dynasty. There were many Little Princes, who often invaded the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

　　The little prince Batu Mengke in the Hongzhi period was also called Dayan Khan. This little prince is actually a title, not worthy of someone's name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)