The summary written by Wen Tiren was quickly delivered to Chongzhen, and along with it, of course, all the notes that needed to be reviewed by Chongzhen himself.

Chongzhen opened the summary written by Wen Tiren according to the custom, and first understood what are the important contents of the twists and turns to be dealt with today.

All the twists and turns received recently, even most of them in the past few years, are bad news, disasters here, rebellion there, and Emperor Chongzhen has basically not been at peace since he ascended the throne. So this time, when Chongzhen opened the summary, he didn't report any hope, just repeating his duties mechanically and boringly.

As an emperor, Chongzhen may not be a Ming monarch, he has many character shortcomings, which makes traitors take advantage of him, and enemy countries pick up many advantages from him. But no one can deny his diligence and dedication as an emperor. No matter how bad the news is, no matter how many twists and turns, even if he is tired and unfocused when dealing with it, he will always finish the work he needs to do and then rest. Fairly evaluate the merits and demerits of every emperor throughout the ages, Chongzhen can't get high scores, but a model worker can't run.

However, after just a few glances, Chongzhen stood up excitedly. "The Crime of Natural Disasters is Not in the Imperial Court", the name alone is enough to make Chongzhen excited, not to mention that there are credible arguments in it? Chongzhen can't wait to see the specific content of this piece, as for what the other pieces say, in front of this, it doesn't matter, who cares about it!

Wen Tiren's ability to figure out Chongzhen's mind is a must, this fold is placed on the top of all the folds, Chongzhen's hands are trembling excitedly when he picks it up, he hopes that the theory in this fold can really justify itself, but he is afraid that what he will see is just a bunch of illogical flattery. Fortunately, seeing that the name of the fold was Chen Hongmi, the prefect of Suzhou, Chongzhen thought about the stubborn figure, and his heart was a little steady, this strong order that would rather be demoted than increase taxes should not be flattering.

Seeing that the rain described in the song was formed because of the cold water vapor in the hot wind from the south, Chongzhen's brows were tightly locked, can you control this song blowing so much? Do you still know why the rain falls, and you think you are the Dragon King? However, when he continued to see the examples of hot water vapor condensing, Chongzhen felt that his heart was hot: That's right! I've seen this phenomenon too!

Chongzhen felt that the biggest mountain that was pressing on his heart had just vanished, and he could finally come out of his self-doubt. Although he issued an edict two years ago, Chongzhen did not think that he was really derelict in his duties. However, the frequent occurrence of natural disasters has indeed become more and more obvious since he took the throne. This made Chongzhen always in self-doubt, entangled in whether he had provoked the heavens and brought disaster down. Now that rain is a so-called "natural phenomenon" and not controlled by the sky, the blame is no longer on oneself in any case.

After being happy for a while, Chongzhen remembered to verify the condensation of the water vapor that Chen Hongmi's compromise said. So he called Cao Huachun and asked him to go to Shangshan Jian to find someone to steam the steamed buns, and steam them directly in the Huangji Palace, he wanted to confirm the condensation of water vapor with his own eyes, and once verified, he planned to demonstrate it in public in the Huangji Hall tomorrow morning.

Although Cao Huachun was inexplicable, he still arranged for the little eunuch to go to Shangshan Prison to call someone, but seeing Chongzhen's rare happiness, he was also happy in his heart.

Chongzhen got up and paced a few steps, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and wanted to see what was said behind this recital, and then he saw that the compromises said that there was a precedent for this year-to-year disaster. Fang Mou Du is a traitor? It can be seen that natural disasters have nothing to do with Your Majesty and the imperial court. Immediately struck the festival and praised: "I didn't expect that even an upright person like Chen Hongmi would learn to say flattering words, this comparison of me to Tang Taizong is really too reputation." ”

He also reads, "The reason why Zhenguan is able is not because of its solid energy, but because it has been able to overcome natural disasters, just as Mencius's 'Heaven will descend on people's clouds, Zhenguan can be tested by natural disasters." Today's Majesty is either not virtuous in Zhenguan, and today's princes are inferior to Fang Du, but only those who defeat natural disasters are said to be virtuous. After a natural disaster, His Majesty will be virtuous, and the ministers will be able, and then the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous. Chongzhen directly patted the case: "Okay! ”

The ancient sages, the first to recommend Yao Shunyu soup, and then the Qin Emperor, Han Wu, Tang Sect, Song Zu, Chongzhen's ancestor Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation is actually similar to these people, but no matter how high the evaluation given by this dynasty, outsiders will inevitably be suspected of touting. However, no matter how it is ranked, the virtuous monarch after the unification of the Qin Dynasty, Tang Taizong cannot fall out of the top ten, and even in the top five in most rankings. Chen Hongmi's compromise said that once they can defeat the natural disaster, Chongzhen's virtuousness can catch up with Tang Taizong, which makes Chongzhen, who has always been determined to be the master of Zhongxing and take Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty as an example, and even Han Guangwu does not dare to ask for the luxury of being side by side, suddenly saw hope.

Chongzhen couldn't wait to continue watching, wanting to see what else Chen Hongmi had high opinions, and then hit him with a blow on the head: Chen Hongmi actually said that the disaster would be at least eight years and at most twenty-three years. Especially the prediction of at least five consecutive years of severe disasters from next year makes Chongzhen see no hope.

The great joy and sorrow made Chongzhen feel dizzy, shook his head, put aside the feeling of discomfort, Chongzhen stabilized his mind and carefully looked at Chen Hongmi's detailed explanation, and then the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became. Although he is younger than Chen Hongmi, he was also born in the Wanli period. I only thought that the cold of winter in the past few years was a special case, but when I think about it, I feel that it is indeed getting colder and colder every year. I used to think that it was because of the "firepower" when I was a child, which caused the clothes to get bigger and thicker over the years, but I didn't expect the weather to get colder year by year.

"Otomo, do you remember when you were a child, which one was colder than winter and now?"

Cao Huachun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and recalled in his heart: "When the old slave was a child, his family was not clothed, and the cold was definitely cold, but it was not very comparable to today. However, if it is said that when His Majesty was young, the old slave remembered that it was not as cold as in recent years, and almost every year His Majesty's winter coat was thicker than the previous year. Even further, after the old slave entered the palace at the age of twelve or thirteen, he no longer lacked food and clothing, and now looking back, the first few years after entering the palace were indeed not as cold as later. At least the clothes you wear in winter don't need to be as thick as in recent years. ”

Chongzhen listened to what Cao Huachun said, a trace of warmth flashed in his heart, and he remembered clearly how thick his winter clothes were every year: "Then do you have more specific memories, when did it start to get cold?" ”

Cao Huachun saw the seriousness of Chongzhen's question, and knew that this question should be very critical, so he didn't dare to perfunctory: "The old slave can't remember clearly, but there should be a record in the palace." It should be well documented that the amount of firewood and cotton wool used increased significantly in winter of that year. ”

When Chongzhen heard that it was well documented, he ordered Cao Huachun to send someone to search for the calendar years in the palace, especially focusing on the key nodes mentioned by Chen Hongmi, around the thirteenth year of Wanli and the twenty-eighth year of Wanli.