The white and chubby eunuch was Wang Chengen, he picked up a teacup on the table and sent it to Su Baiyi, and said, "Your Majesty will reward you with a bowl of tea!" ”

Su Baiyi immediately made a flattered look of thanksgiving, and then served the tea.

Ten seconds later, Wang Chengen and the tall and mighty guy exited the room together, and only Su Baiyi and the emperor were left in the spacious room, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed than before.

"How old is Mr. Su?"

Zhu Youzhen asked while looking at him while drinking tea.

Su Baiyi said: "Don't dare, Your Majesty can call me Baiyi!" Then answer the question honestly: "The villain was born in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli!" ”

"Huh!" Chongzhen smiled strangely, and his heart moved slightly.

In fact, as the emperor, like Su Baiyi, he was also born in the 38th year of Wanli, and suddenly thought of a dream when he first ascended to the throne, and his face couldn't help but be a little unfathomable.

However, he is a high emperor, but he can't say it to Su Baiyi in person, because the emperor is the emperor, and he must be different.

"It's okay, everyone in the world calls you Xiao Zhuge , so what's the harm if I just shout Mr.?" After speaking, he frowned to himself, lowered his head and took another sip of water, and sighed lightly: "I don't know if the fact that I saw you today will be said by future generations to ask ghosts and gods without asking the common people......

Although the clerical office has been instructed not to record the matter, although the secrecy has been done well.

But who made him an emperor?

An emperor's words and deeds are always the focus of the whole world's attention, and even if they are not leaked at this time today, he will definitely be known by future generations one day.

"So what?" Su Baiyi said: "Emperor Wen of Han is a generation of holy monarchs, and he is slightly flawed. Moreover, the minister felt that when the people of later generations said that they did not ask the common people to ask ghosts and gods, the love should be better than dissatisfaction. Your Majesty is also a generation of Ming monarchs, ordinary people can ask about ghosts and gods, why do you think Your Majesty can't? ”

Chongzhen was happy to hear this, laughed, and said, "Okay, let him go!" ”

Let's just say it, in fact, I invited Su Baiyi here, and it seems that I am asking those ethereal things, why not for the world, for the people, and for the Ming Dynasty?

"Back to Your Majesty!" Su Baiyi took a deep breath and said: "The minister's meteorological technique is to reason with things, and to reason with words, all of which are reasonable and well-founded things, but in fact, they are not the affairs of ghosts and gods, and Your Majesty should not worry about the holy name behind him." ”

"Hmm!" The emperor nodded: "It seems that Cao Huachun has told you, so it's okay, then let's get down to business." For Su Baiyi's boldness and frankness, Emperor Chongzhen admired it from the bottom of his heart.

"Since I succeeded to the throne, the heavens have been very different. The land of Sichuan and Shaanxi has been plagued by famines, from the first year to the last year, is it the fault of God, is it the loss of my virtue? Since the beginning of winter last year, the land of Beijing has continued to have no rain and no snow, I really don't know how the people of the world will spend this year? ”

The emperor let out a lot of emotion, suddenly looked directly at Su Baiyi, and asked, "Since Mr. Su is proficient in meteorology, do you know why?" ”

Su Baiyi's expression was also very solemn, he raised his head to look at Chongzhen, and said slowly: "The minister is incompetent, and I don't know why the celestial phenomena are like this." ”

Just kidding, it's all the Xiaoice River at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but why is there a Xiaoice River, why is there such an abnormal celestial phenomenon.

Not to mention now, even when science and technology are highly developed in later generations, there is no accurate standard answer, how can he Su Baiyi know.

Looking at Chongzhen's increasingly gloomy face, he hurriedly said: "But one thing is certain, the reason why this drought happened must be an accident in the operation of heaven and earth, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty's virtue." It is that Emperor Taizong of Tang is alive, Emperor Wen of Han is reborn, and Sichuan and Shaanxi are still the same drought. ”

That's a bit of a weight.

What time is it now?

The peak of the feudal period, according to Dong Zhongshu's set, is the induction of heaven and man.

But as soon as Su Baiyi opened his mouth, it was equivalent to waiting for the induction of heaven and man, if he had to be sprayed into a sieve by those Confucian ministers in the court, but in front of him was the young emperor, Su Baiyi secretly exonerated him when he spoke, and he naturally would not pursue it.

Because the emperor has never been a practitioner of Confucianism.

Of course, this is also to test the emperor's bottom line, to see if he can accept some novel ideas, if he can, continue to sell some other things, if he really can't, then there is no need to mention other matters.

Fortunately, I don't know if the emperor Chengfu Shen still didn't think about it for a while, he actually smiled, looked at Su Baiyi with a smile, and said, "If the people of the world think like you, it would be good." ”

Su Baiyi hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is here this time, and there is still two good and bad news to report!" ”

"Oh?" The smile on Chongzhen's face retracted and said, "Then let's talk about it." ”

"Yes!" Su Baiyi said: "Let's talk about the good news first." Just now, His Majesty said that there has been a great drought in Beijing since last year, and Your Majesty can rest assured, according to the minister's observation of the weather, there will be a heavy snow falling tomorrow morning. ”

"Really?" Looking at the starry sky outside that was dark but full of stars, Chongzhen said with some doubts: "Is it good that the sky is not clear?" ”

Get some sleep tonight and snow tomorrow morning?

He felt a little unbelievable.

But it won't take long, it will be verified tomorrow, and it seems that there is no need to be in such a hurry to deny it.

He took a deep breath, looked at Su Baiyi with a little apprehension in his heart, and said, "Sir, let's talk about the bad news." ”

The snow falling in Jingshi may be good news, but he vaguely feels that the bad news that Su Baiyi said is the point.

Sure enough, Su Baiyi's face became a little serious, he took a sip of water and then sighed deeply, and said, "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being rude, from the first year of Chongzhen to this year, there has been a drought in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and this is just the beginning." ”

"What did you say?"

After hearing Su Baiyi's words, the emperor suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, so frightened that Su Baiyi almost thought that he was going crazy.

Fortunately, he just stood up.

Showing off your stature?

Su Baiyi took another breath to calm down his small chest, and said, "Your Majesty, don't be excited, please listen to the minister, it's good to have a plan early!" ”

When the emperor sat down with a pale face, Su Baiyi felt a little pity for him, and secretly said that he would not say anything, and let him understand it slowly. Thinking about it and shaking his head, the great drought in Sichuan and Shaanxi not only ruined the entire Ming Dynasty, but also ruined countless good Chinese people.

These people are roaming freely on the land of China, harming others and themselves, which is not only the pain of the Ming Dynasty, but also the pain of the entire human race.

is to scare the emperor, he also has to say, at least, let the court prepare early.

"Chongzhen five years, that is, this year!" Su Baiyi said unceremoniously: "There is a great drought in Shaanxi, and there is no harvest in the whole country, including the whole mansion of Hanzhong, and it is the same!" ”

In the first four years, there was a drought in Shaanxi, which was developed little by little from northern Shaanxi, and the harvest in the Guanzhong area was not as good as usual in the fourth year of Chongzhen, but Hanzhong Prefecture was hardly affected.

From the fifth year onwards, there is no harvest!

"Impossible!"

Chongzhen jumped up from his seat with a pale face.

"Hong Chengchou is the minister of my humerus, can he not know how to lead the people to divert water for irrigation?" Chongzhen smashed his fist on the case: "Mr. wouldn't think that the Weishui Yellow River would stop flowing." ”

He is right, even if the weather is dry, but the people near the river can use the waterwheel to irrigate, even if not a drop of rain falls, the harvest will not be lost.

Su Baiyi couldn't understand, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, please sit down, the minister is sincerely afraid." In fact, what the minister wants to say is that this year there is not only a drought, but also a locust plague! ”

Poof!

Emperor Chongzhen sat heavily on his chair.

The good mood brought by the good news before, the impact is not left!

"Your Majesty!" Su Baiyi sincerely bowed his hand to Zhu Youzhen this time, and for some reason, suddenly a sense of pity surged in his heart. This emperor may be suspicious, perhaps selfish.

But he has a motivated heart, and his heart is not tied to eating, drinking, and having fun, but to the world and the people.

Such an emperor is at least worthy of respect!

"The minister doesn't dare to deceive the sky, but please don't worry too much about it, because there is worse news." Looking at the emperor with blank eyes, he gritted his teeth and continued: "For six years, there has been a great drought in Sichuan and Shaanxi; In seven years, there was a severe drought in the five northern provinces of Henan, Shandong and Shaanxi; Eight years, a great drought; Ten years, the drought locusts rose together; Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, all droughts! ”

The minister also knows that these news make His Majesty very worried and sad. Kechen thought that instead of being unprepared and helpless at that time, it was better to get the most unfavorable news in advance, and then think of a way to deal with it in time! ”

But after waiting for a long time, the emperor did not answer.

Su Baiyi looked up and saw him staring coldly at the ceiling, not knowing what he was thinking?

After a while, Zhu Youzhen woke up from his meditation, and said with some interest: "Why, is it really that I shouldn't be the son of heaven?" Drought? Could it be that my Ming still offended the locust god? ”

"Your Majesty, yes!"

Su Baiyi said: "Locusts are actually not so terrifying, they are not the locust gods. ”

Looking at Zhu Youzhen's puzzled eyes, he had to popularize scientific knowledge and explain slightly: "According to Chen's observations, every locust can lay tens of thousands of eggs, and under normal circumstances, none of these eggs can survive. But if the weather is drought, after the soil is compacted, it is the favorite environment for this kind of insect eggs, and the eggs can survive in the drought, at least 8,000 out of 10,000, naturally, this is why there must be locust plagues after the drought. ”

"I see!" Chongzhen looked at the dim candle worriedly, and his eyes were a little dull: "In another ten years of drought, how many people in the world will be displaced?" Where do my taxes come from? The people are miserable, they have become thieves for a long time, so the rivers are declining, unless Da Luo Jin Xian goes down to earth, who can save me Daming? ”

He was in a trance, and he rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and even asked Su Baiyi: "Such a big drought, I don't know what way Mr. can teach me?" ”

After saying it, I regretted it a little.

But what made him dumbfounded was that Su Baiyi nodded very seriously and said, "Yes!" ”