Chapter 127, there will be a famine
Zhou Jinglao's face was flushed, and he felt that he had been slapped a few times.
Emperor Hongzhi felt very cool at this time, and felt that the evil breath in his chest disappeared all of a sudden, and he looked at Zhou Jing with a smile on his face.
This Zhou Jing, because of the 20,000 taels of silver, I came to make trouble with myself every three or five days, and I didn't have any other skills, and I knew to stare at my own insides every day.
He finally made some money, he was like a thief, thinking about it every day, and he knew that the open source of the treasury was on his head, and he didn't even mention it once.
"Your Majesty, this little prince will definitely not give up after suffering this big loss, I guess he will make a comeback."
"The climate has been abnormal in the past few years, and the winter has become extremely cold, and their days must be very sad, if they don't go south to raid, it will be difficult to survive the winter."
"The minister suggested that we should not let our guard down because of this victory, but should be more careful because of this, so as to prevent the little prince from making a comeback again."
Ma Wensheng looked at Zhou Jing and did not continue to talk about clairvoyance, but solemnly reminded that he should take extra precautions to prevent the little prince from making a comeback.
"Well, Aiqing has considered it thoroughly, and has sent an order to the border towns to strengthen prevention, and to make more use of the role of clairvoyance in investigation, grasp the movements of the little prince in time, and take precautions."
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly and decreed, this injured wolf is often more ferocious and more terrifying, and the current little prince of Tatar is like a wounded wolf, and at the same time a hungry and cold wolf, he will definitely go south again.
"Your Majesty, this year's winter is too cold, and the minister estimates that the impact on agriculture will be very great, and the wheat harvest in the northern region may be poor because of this, and there may be no harvest in serious cases, so the minister suggests that we should prepare in advance."
"Inspect 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 about it and said.
"It's a little colder, but it's just as cold every winter, maybe it's not like that?"
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi frowned and said.
"Last year, Liu Jin told about the impact of geography and climate on agricultural production in the Moon Tower, and the minister paid special attention to it, and I was based on agriculture, which is related to the national capital of our Ming Dynasty, and only by letting the people of the world have enough to eat can we truly make the country and the people safe."
"So the minister has also consulted a lot of historical records during this period of time, and he has also gained something from it, as Liu Jin said, the climate of my Ming Dynasty has always been either flooded in the south and drought in the north or flooded in the north and drought in the south, and the disaster in the north is particularly serious."
"Not only are the drought and flood problems extremely serious and difficult to manage, but there are also many disasters such as snow disasters and locust plagues.
"This winter, the frost began to fall during the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, and the winter period was nearly one month earlier than before."
"At the same time, I recently went to the river outside the capital to break the ice in the river, and I found that this year's ice is nearly a foot thicker than last year's, which shows that this year's winter is particularly cold."
"According to Liu Jin, the light, precipitation, and temperature are the three major elements of crop growth, and the temperature is too low, which has a great impact on the growth of crops, so the minister concluded that this year's northern region will have a poor harvest or even no harvest, and there will definitely be a famine, and we should prepare as soon as possible."
Liu Jian sorted out his thoughts slightly, and then slowly inferred his research inference.
"Really?"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately couldn't sit still and began to walk around with some anxiety.
After all, the people in power are Confucian sour literati, who will only advocate loyalty and filial piety, and advocate the rule of virtue.
But last year, Liu Jin's words in Wangyue Tower not only opened many people's eyes to the world and saw the vast world outside the Ming Dynasty, but also made many people start to try to study some of the climate, geography and other influences on many aspects mentioned by Liu Jin for the first time.
In particular, in order to prove that everything Liu Jin said is fantasy and nonsense, some people are even more concentrated on finding some evidence to prove that Liu Jin is full of nonsense.
If you don't know much about the world outside the Ming Dynasty, you can find information and research from the Ming Dynasty itself, rummage through historical records, and continue to make some summaries and analyses.
Unexpectedly, it further proved that everything Liu Jin said was true, Liu Jian was one of them, checked and checked, and carefully studied, he actually had his own harvest, and now it is also concluded that this year's northern region will have a poor harvest, or even a bad harvest, and there will inevitably be a famine.
"It shouldn't be wrong, the minister carefully compared some historical records, whenever the winter is too cold and lasts too long, there will definitely be a famine in the coming year."
Liu Jian said with great certainty.
"If that's the case, then you should be prepared as soon as possible, transfer and stock up on food in advance."
Emperor Hongzhi still believes in his teacher's words very much, and for Liu Jin's words, he Hongzhi Emperor now believes a little, this is honeycomb coal, and clairvoyant.
Honeycomb coal not only solves the problem of heating and burning firewood for the people in the capital in winter, but also makes Emperor Hongzhi's pockets bulge; This clairvoyant also made a contribution, relying on the help of clairvoyance, he hit the little prince who went south.
These two things also made Emperor Hongzhi believe Liu Jin's words a little, and now Liu Jian also talked about Liu Jin, and deduced the famine from this, and he didn't pay attention to it.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Liu Gong is making a big fuss, it's not cold in winter, is it still called winter?"
At this time, Zhou Jing stood up to object, he knew that once he wanted to transfer and hoard grain, the treasury would definitely have to spend money, and as a household secretary, he was most afraid of this.
And because of this clairvoyance invented by Liu Jin, he was slapped a few times, and he was also very unhappy in his heart, and now that Liu Jian mentioned Liu Jin again, he naturally wanted to stand up against it.
"There is no detailed standard for the cold in this winter, how can it be said that the thicker ice in this river can mean that this year's winter is colder than in the past, and this southern Guangdong is not even frozen in winter, can it be said that this year's winter is warmer than in the past?"