At this time, the fat chicken was already prepared outside the Huangji Palace, and was summoned, and soon boiled water in public in the Huangji Palace. Then under Chongzhen's order, he opened the lid of the pot several times, moved aside, and let the distilled water on the lid of the pot drip like rain, and the steaming water vapor was also seen clearly by everyone.

In fact, some of these ministers may not have seen steamed steamed buns, but the literati and scholars are basically not short of interest in tea, so they have actually seen the water boiling for tea, only Chongzhen even drank the tea, when it came to him it was warm but not hot, so I had never seen the water boiling. It's just that the ministers who have studied a lot of Baguwen will never really pay attention to this thing to know it. But there is no doubt that these ministers still have the basic logic, and they all understand that it is true that hot water meets condensation. So after Chongzhen signaled the fat chicken to retreat, the civil and military officials looked at each other, and bowed down and shouted: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations, Your Majesty! ”

Chongzhen understood that everyone recognized Chen Hongmi's statement: the crime of natural disasters is not in the imperial court. So he said happily: "Rejoice, rejoice!" I'm not a faint king, and you're not a minister! ”

Wen Tiren is incompetent in practice, but he is an expert in figuring out people's hearts, so he took the lead at this time: "Your Majesty, since this matter has been confirmed, the top priority is to explain the principle of rain to all the people, so that the ignorant Li Shu can understand that natural disasters are not warnings, but natural phenomena, so that the foolish people will not be provoked by the rebels, and then rebel." ”

At that moment, the imperial history of the Donglin Party stood up and sang the opposite: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate." The son said, 'The people can make it happen, but they can't know it.' If the people know that natural disasters are not warnings from the sky, they will lose their sense of awe, and the good weather will not be regarded as the virtue of the court, which is not conducive to the long-term stability of the court. ”

Others also stood up one after another to take a stand, but basically it was still the same set of party contention, the eunuch party was attached to Wen Tiren, and they all said that they should tell the world that the Donglin Party would always contradict Wen Tiren, saying that they could not let the foolish people open their minds. Only Yang Sichang and a few others who did not rely on both sides stood still and ignored them. Anyway, this matter is not close to his authority, and he himself is bored thinking about what impact this phenomenon will have on the battle, and whether this year's celestial phenomena will have an impact on the plan to suppress the bandits.

Wen Tiren snickered in his heart, this time the Donglin Party made a mistake. This is also what they didn't see Chen Hongmi's prediction, otherwise if they knew that there might be heavy disasters in the next few years, they would never say anything about the bad harvest years in the future, this is to stab Chongzhen in the heart. However, this situation was obviously expected by Wen Tiren, and even his previous statement was to induce the Donglin Party to disagree with him, and he and the Donglin Party had long been incompatible. And among these people in the Donglin Party in Chaotang, since Qian Qianyi, a talented but more virtuous guy than him, was defeated by him because of fraud in the imperial examination, there has been no truly talented opponent. However, among the young people of the Restoration Society, there are a few hard bones that are not easy to gnaw.

Chongzhen sat on top of Jin Luan, so angry that he almost exploded: these idiots know about the party struggle without knowing the situation! The prediction of the disaster situation cannot be known to too many people, especially when the prediction is not necessarily accurate, otherwise it will cause large-scale panic and chaos, and affect the stability of the DPRK. Chongzhen understands this, and he also knows that Wen Tiren and Chen Hongmi are measured, and the Yiren who made the prediction is obviously not a person who is not measured, so he is not worried that someone will spread this. But among so many people in the court, it is difficult to guarantee that there are not a few fools, or even spies, so it is definitely not possible to discuss this matter in the court, so you can only invite a few cabinet auxiliary ministers after the court meeting, as well as a few Shangshu who have not entered the cabinet in the six ministries, to discuss in private.

Chongzhen motioned to Cao Huachun to let the following be quiet, and Cao Huachun stepped forward and shouted: "Hundred officials are quiet!" The following immediately fell silent, and Chongzhen said loudly: "There is no need to discuss this matter, the cabinet directly drafts a ticket to spread to the world, advertising the people, the amount of rain is a natural phenomenon, and it has nothing to do with people." You must write the specific statement yourself, and it must be easy to understand, so that the people all over the world, whether they are Hongru Baiding, white hair and drooping hair, can understand what this natural disaster is all about! ”

Wen Tiren bowed down and should be.

Chongzhen didn't wait for them to play anything, and directly continued: "Chen Hongmi also said in the recital that natural disasters have been in all dynasties. The Hanlin Academy went back today and turned out all the classics related to natural disasters for me, especially the records of disasters in the late Han and Tang dynasties. Cheng Zu had the foresight to sort out all the books, can you find them before tonight? ”

Fu Guan, editor of the Hanlin Academy, made a list: "Back to Your Majesty, the classics are vast and difficult to traverse. But there are enough records to be found by tonight, and any more is just complementary to each other, and has no practical significance. ”

Chongzhen has always been very satisfied with Fu Guan, thinking that Fu Guan's qualifications in the Hanlin Academy are almost over, and he can be promoted if he has the opportunity: "Okay, find it as soon as possible, and then send it to Wenhua Palace." ”

Without waiting for Fu Guan to reply, Chongzhen continued to ask the Ministry of Rites: "The changes in the heavens since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, especially the annual scenes since the Divine Sect, should be recorded by the Ministry of Households?" Sort out a copy as soon as possible, and send it to the Mandarin Hall before tonight, maybe it can be done? ”

Song Zhipu, the left attendant of the household department, came out of the ranks: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed a record, but I don't know when Your Majesty will have a record to this day?" ”

Chongzhen hesitated: "Hmm...... Wanli ten years later, the sooner the better. ”

"Commandment."

After this incident, the early dynasty returned to the usual rhythm, and Chongzhen was not a person who couldn't hold things in his heart, otherwise it would be impossible to defeat Wei Zhongxian, so although he was anxious, he didn't show it on his face. Baiguan also found that today's emperor is different from the past, some of the emperors on yesterday have not seen it, although the important ministers are strange in their hearts, but they can also understand, after all, yesterday heard such good news, the emperor was happy for a while, and it was normal for him to relax. They will not ask Chongzhen to always handle the government in the same masochistic way as before. So I found that Chongzhen didn't finish reading yesterday's recital, and all the officials didn't say much about it, anyway, there is no urgent matter today, it's all some government affairs day after day, and there is no hurry.

So although the fat chicken demonstration took up a lot of time before, today's morning court ended earlier than in the past.

Chongzhen didn't say much after the dispersal of the court, and only went straight to the Wenhua Hall with Chen Hongmi's recital. Cao Huachun understood what Chongzhen meant, and sent the little eunuch to stop all the scholars in the cabinet and the six Shangshu, so that they didn't have to go back to work, and went directly to the Wenhua Palace. Except for Wen Tiren, everyone else was confused, but they all understood that there was probably something inconvenient to discuss in the court.