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Throughout March, there was no rain in the north, many rivers and streams were cut off, ponds dried up, and local governments began to hold rain prayers of various sizes.

Kangxi is no exception, praying for rain in the palace, not eating meat for more than ten days, on the sixth day of the first month of April, Qintian Supervisor Zheng Ji Li'an reported that there may be light rain in recent days, Kangxi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately issued an order to hold a pheasant sacrifice tomorrow, that is, to ask for rain in the mound.

At dawn on the seventh day of the fourth month, Kangxi was dressed in sacrificial clothes, leading the guard of honor, followed by the accompanying officer, and rode from the Temple of Heaven to the Yuanqiu Altar.

Kangxi in front of the first layer of God on the altar, first put on three pillars of incense, then offered three petals of incense, and then went to the holy position in turn to offer incense, returned to the second layer of worship, and bowed three times and nine times, and the officials also knelt and bowed. The second item is to offer the jade silk and pray for rain in Chapter 133 of the jade silk. The third is to offer sacrificial meat. Fourth, the first gift: before the emperor ascends to the altar and worships God, he kneels and offers the knight, and puts it in the middle position, and then everyone kneels, and the priest stands in the center of the altar, kneels and reads the blessings written to God, and the emperor leads the ministers to perform three bows .......

Kangxi has always regarded agriculture as the foundation of the country, but North China is ten years and nine droughts, in this era of relying on the sky to eat, praying for rain has also become a compulsory homework for Kangxi every year.

Back to the Heart Cultivation Palace, the rain did not come, but Yinzhen's secret fold arrived.

Just looked at the beginning, Kangxi felt his heart tremble, and there were more than 200 outlaws with sharp blades and bows in their hands to assassinate Yinzhen on the streets of Guangzhou City! Cannibalism! These four words popped up in his mind, "A bunch of brutes!" He muttered hatefully, and began to pace quickly around the hall, who was it? Prince? The eighth? The third is impossible, the fourth? It can't be, Prince? There is no reason, Lao Fourteen is separated from the Eighth Party, he should be the happiest, how could he kill Lao Fourteen at this time? Could it be the eighth? Because of the betrayal of the old fourteen?

Kangxi turned around and glanced at the two Qinghai bows sent with Mi Zhe, his eyes narrowed slightly, this Qinghai bow can't be taken without three or five years of training, the eighth has this scheming and hidden Chapter 133 Pray for rain and endure ability, and he won't jump out so quickly when he pushes the prince, is there still someone hiding in the dark? But why did they just attack the old fourteenth, where are these evil obstacles, where is the example of the boss still alive, don't they have the slightest sense of awe?

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, the prince, he has been trained by him for more than 30 years, and now he is also ready to move, the boss, the third, the fourth, the eighth, the ninth, the thirteenth, and the fourteenth are not even fuel-efficient lamps, the prince is not over yet, and there is a scandal of fratricidal brotherhood, and now it is not a question of whether there is a prince or not, how to suppress these restless unfilial sons?

Silent for a long time, Kangxi still didn't know the essentials, so he had to put down the problem first, and then sit back to take a closer look at the dense folds, seeing Yinzhen from the two rivers to transfer grain by sea to Tianjin, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, everyone only saw Cao Yun, but didn't think that the sea could also transfer grain, this old fourteen's vision is really unique, when he was released out of Beijing, now it seems to be extremely correct.

Through this one thing alone, he will bring the customs, the sand boat association, the 'four constants'

The role of the play to the extreme, this is to open a new model, if it works, in the future, the two Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang, the two rivers of taxes, grain can be taken by sea, so that can reduce a lot of pressure on the transport, on weekdays really do not see, the old fourteen tinkering with these things, in an emergency can also come in such a handy, is directly related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

When he saw Yinzhen's words to prevent the plague in advance, he couldn't help but bow his head slightly, this problem is that it should be prevented as soon as possible. Later, seeing the promotion of three high-yield crops, Kangxi hesitated, corn and sweet potatoes were planted in a small amount along the coastal area of the south of the Yangtze River, and the yield was quite gratifying. Besides, the climate and soil in the north are very different from those in the south of the Yangtze River, so can these crops be promoted in the north? This year's spring drought has already caused serious damage, and if the promotion does not work or even fails, the pressure will be great this year.

At the end of the letter, Yinzhen mentioned the establishment of coastal defense in Macao, Kangxi not only laughed secretly, but the old fourteen was more radical than all the ministers in terms of guarding against Westerners, and he didn't know where his sense of distress came from.

At this time, I heard Li Dequan say softly: "Congratulations to the emperor, it's raining." ”

"Yes." Kangxi was overjoyed, and looked out the window excitedly, sure enough, it was drizzling outside, he couldn't help but get up and walk to the door, there had been no rain for more than a month, although it was a light rain, it could also be inspiring.

Kangxi was excited, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Yongzao hurrying in the light rain, looking at his hurried steps, it didn't seem like a good thing, he couldn't help but sit down after returning to the imperial case, Xiao Yongzao was already trotting in, and after seeing the salute very steadily, he handed over an 800-mile urgent document with both hands, "Your Majesty, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Funing in Fujian, the hungry people rioted, and now it has spread to Longyan, Yanping, and Tingzhou, and Fujian is already a half of the province erosion." ”

Kangxi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, it turned out to be a riot in Fujian, during this time he had been paying attention to Shandong and Shanxi, he secretly gritted his teeth, good means, even I had concealed it, suddenly he frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter, Quanzhang and Funing, last year I intercepted 300,000 grains to help the people who were affected by the disaster, how could the hungry people riot?" ”

Xiao Yongzao kowtowed heavily, and then said, "Back to the emperor, before the hunger riot, there was a widespread exposé, saying that local officials embezzled relief money and grain, and secretly colluded with the wealthy families, hoarded Juqi, and took the opportunity to annex the land. ”

"How daring!" Kangxi gritted his teeth and sneered: "I am lenient in my policy, and I have raised a bunch of officials who are not as good as pigs and dogs, and they dare to reach out even for disaster relief money and food." After a pause, he asked; What about the local officials? ”

Seeing that Kangxi was angry, Xiao Yongzao said repeatedly: "The slave should die, the emperor is angry, those local officials have been killed by the hungry people who rioted." ”

"Cheap them." Kangxi said a word, then lowered his head and looked at the folds, these are two folds, one is on the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Fan Shichong, and the other is on the governor of Fujian, Lan Li, Lan Li has been divided into three ways to suppress, and Fan Shichong proposed to suppress and appease at the same time, Kangxi looked through it but was silent.

Fujian is already barren and poor, and the people are strong, this disaster, the number of thieves is as high as 100,000, it is extremely difficult to quell, the court does not know how much manpower and material resources to spend on this. Xiao Yongzao originally thought that Kangxi would have a thunderous anger after seeing the twist, but he didn't expect it to be silent, and he couldn't help but glance at it boldly.

But seeing Kangxi contemplating with his face up, he couldn't help but quickly lower his head, Kangxi pondered for a long time but changed the topic, "Wang Yinzhen of Suijun has already transported grain from Tianjin Customs by sea on a sea ship, and you have arranged for people to receive it by the household department. ”

"Hey, the slave will go to the household department to explain when he leaves the palace." Xiao Yongzao hurriedly kowtowed and replied, but he was curious, Yinzhen didn't know how much he donated this time?

Kangxi has continued: "The disaster situation in various places, have the statistical results come out?" ”！！！