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Especially in ancient times, when agriculture was the foundation and depended on the sky for food, the situation was even worse.

In the spring and summer of the fifth year of Xining, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in an unprecedented drought. From Jianghuai to Hebei, everything has fallen into drought, and since the New Year, I am afraid that only the Lingnan region has seen decent rain.

From the north of Meiling to the south of Yanshan, the sun is shining brightly, and it is almost rainless.

In fact, the drought began as early as last autumn, and after the continuous rain that caused the Yellow River to burst, there has been little rain in the Yellow River basin.

After careful calculation, there has been no effective precipitation for seven or eight months!

In the beginning, no one cared about this situation. Perhaps because the rain lasted for too long and brought severe flooding, people wished that it would clear up earlier, and they were a little disgusted with the rain, but they would be happy if it didn't appear.

So this kind of habitual thinking lasted for more than half a year, and by the time people woke up, it was too late!

Mai Gai three-layer quilt, sleep with steamed buns in the coming year! Perhaps there was no heavy snow in winter, but it was unusually dry and warm, and the experienced old farmers had already realized that there would be a drought, but they realized that it was useless, and this kind of thing still had to be vigilant by the court and the government.

But Emperor Zhao Xu, the Great Song Dynasty did not notice this!

In the autumn and winter of last year, the eyes of the imperial court were mainly focused on the Yellow River on Hebei Road, and the sunny and rainless weather was conducive to the project.

As for Zhao Ji, his energy was even more scattered. Governing the river is one thing, and cracking down on the old ministers led by Han Qi is an important part of it. Where else can I take care of? After that, it was a great success, and it was natural to be complacent. In addition, the river control project was going very smoothly, and the financial revenue at the end of the year had increased greatly, so Zhao Ji was in a good mood and took other things into consideration. As a result, after the New Year, it was time for spring ploughing, only to find that it had not rained for a long time.

As for the ministers, the prime ministers in the center may not have noticed this. For example, the ruling Prime Minister Wang Anshi is now focusing on changing the law. Others didn't care too much about the weather. There are some reports of drought and lack of rain in the localities, but after all, it is a sporadic situation in various places, and no one has taken a comprehensive view. In addition, it seems that it is common to have little rain in winter, and I think there will be more rain after spring and summer, so no one cares.

Things about weather disasters. It stands to reason that Si Tianjian is the most responsible and has a certain ability to observe. However, the current Si Tianjian Zheng'an Chongning himself is not good at meteorological inference, and the officials of Si Tianjian themselves are not firm in their abilities and positions. Naturally, we can't come up with a convincing prediction.

Moreover, it is an ancient tradition to report good news and not to report goodness. Forecasting a drought, which is going to hit the nail on the head, who can be happy to hear it?

Even if the forecast is accurate, but it is a disaster, what can be done? Which one is not in a hurry, and who cares about their forecasting skills?

But if the forecast is wrong, it is a fallacy to confuse the public, and the words of disaster have a great impact on the stability of the feudal dynasty, and the emperor can spare them?

The officials of Si Tianjian are not easy to be. A lot of times it's a bit of a dilemma. However, accurate forecasts do little good in comparison. If the forecast is wrong, it will be a catastrophe, and who will take the risk easily? If a disaster does happen, then it will be a dereliction of duty afterwards, which is much easier than the crime of rumors and demagoguery.

The sky is unpredictable, and this will be their best excuse, at least their life charm! Si Tianjian is An Chongning. As the name suggests, people advocate tranquility, and naturally report good news but not goodness. There are two concubines in the harem who are pregnant, and the official family is on the rise, and it is definitely very unwise to touch the head at this time.

As for Weiyuan Hou Lin Zhao, who had a certain amount of foreknowledge, because he had other plans and ulterior motives, coupled with Di Qing's sentence: Xiao Ci is the enemy of Great Mercy, so he pretended not to know, and endured it without saying anything.

As a result, all parties in the Great Song Dynasty were negligent or unintentional, and the drought and lack of rain did not attract attention, and the drought came suddenly.

By the time everyone came to their senses, it was already the beginning of April!

Spring ploughing has begun a lot, and the seeds have been planted. At first, there was no moisture in the soil, and the farmers tried to water it, or they thought that the seeds would always germinate because of the rain that would soon come.

But more than a month has passed, and there is still not a drop of rain. Twenty-three out of ten of the seeds germinated, and the farmers carried water to water the only seedlings they had, but soon they found that this seemed to be a drop in the bucket, and the soil was so dry that the little water they brought could not sustain the seedlings at all. And soon, they discovered the astonishing fact that the rivers around the village were much shallower and began to dry up. In some places, even drinking water is threatened!

A drought occurred unexpectedly and swept the entire Great Song Dynasty in an instant.

In the vertical arch hall, Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair with an iron face. He was very angry, why was his road to the emperor so bumpy? In the past few years on the throne, he has not been born in peace. The border troubles had just been lifted, and the floods had just passed, and the drought had struck again, and it was still so severe.

"In the past two months, there has been almost no rain except Lingnan. The banks of the Yellow River are particularly severe, such as Bianjing, which has not rained for seven months......"

"The spring ploughing from Huaibei to Jingdong has been seriously affected, and the reduction of production is inevitable."

"The situation in Jiangnan is slightly better, after all, there are many rivers and lakes, and water can be diverted for irrigation!"

"If the drought is not alleviated in time, if the summer sowing is missed again, I am afraid that the harvest will be lost in many places!"

The Prime Minister and the Hanlin scholars gathered here to report on the disaster situation across the country. When the word "no harvest" appeared in everyone's ears, it was a shock!

A lot of places? How many places are there? Everyone knows it. Except for Lingnan and the southwest, almost the entire Great Song Dynasty fell into drought, and if all of them were lost, it would definitely be a terrible nightmare for the Great Song Dynasty!

"The worst of the situation is not only that, because of the drought and lack of rain, the water level of the canal continues to drop, and some sections of the river are stranded and no longer able to sail."

"What?"

Hearing this news, Zhao Ji was like a thunderbolt from the blue.

The canal transportation is the lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty, and millions of people in Bianjing all rely on the canal to support the money and grain of Jianghuai, if the canal cannot be shipped, this artery will be broken. Can Bianjing hold on? Can Da Song hold on?

It was only at this moment that the Great Song monarchs and ministers found out that the situation was far worse than they imagined!

It's just that the bad luck has just begun, and more troubles are coming!