In the monsoon climate area, it will basically rain in autumn, and the autumn rain in Kaifeng will be accompanied by a cool breeze, the ground will be moist, and the dust in the air will disappear. Under the gray sky, everything looks a little like light and dust.

The conference room of the imperial court was full of important ministers, and everyone listened carefully to the speech of Zhao Guanjia, and no one dared to speak, "This year's drought is over, the railway has played an effect, and the disaster relief has been completed smoothly......

Zhao Jiaren was not happy, nor was he unhappy. The drought that covered almost the entire Huanghuai Plain finally came to an end with this autumn rain. There was no rain before the summer harvest, and after four months of drought, the rain only allowed winter wheat planting to proceed normally, and the autumn harvest on the Huanghuai Plain was no longer expected.

"This incident has shown us that the drought affects not only the harvest, but also the water transport. The water level of the canal was lowered and it was almost impassable. Fortunately, the water conservancy department made timely adjustments and carried out dredging of the canal. Zhao Jiaren didn't want to say something discouraged, so he said the problem on the bright side. When the dredging was taking place, the river was even less navigable, and the drought itself was hindering relief.

The ministers still didn't dare to say anything, such a big disaster was really something they had never seen before, especially in the first year of the Great Song Dynasty's land adjustment. After being silent for a while, the Minister of Agriculture broke the silence, "Official, now many places are saying that the construction of the railway has injured the dragon vein, so there is such a heavenly appearance. ”

"Humph!" Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but snort coldly, he didn't find it strange that in the 21st century, infrastructure construction was overhauled in various places, and there were heavy rains in some places, because the urban drainage system could not keep up, resulting in large-scale waterlogging. Even after decades of industrialization, there are many sayings in cities that "hurt the dragon vein" and "stimulate the dragon energy". Of course, Zhao Jiaren does not believe this statement, but he also suspects that the dust from the large-scale infrastructure construction may be the possibility of causing local heavy rains.

There was no good emotion in the official's voice, and the Minister of Agriculture quickly shut up. Then I heard Zhao Jiaren ask: "Does anyone still think that I have to make a guilty edict?" ”

The faces of the ministers changed, and the faces of the ministers of agriculture turned blue. As a science and engineering man, he didn't really believe in this statement, but there were too many such statements, and the Minister of Agriculture, who felt the huge pressure, couldn't help but put it forward as soon as his mind was confused. Just when his mind was in full confusion, he heard Zhao Jiaren continue: "This disaster relief has been completed, and this kind of catastrophe must have been chaotic in the world before, and this natural disaster did not leave the disaster area full of hunger, and the people were not displaced. The autumn harvest is all over, which has never been encountered before. It is very understandable that the court and the people were frightened and frightened. Ladies and gentlemen, it is inevitable that people will be afraid. It's human nature to be saddened by your own financial losses. So we have to look at this thing that never happened based on the understanding that everyone is normal. Let's think about these two points, first, everyone is normal. Second, this has not happened before. Think about it. ”

There was silence in the conference room again, and after a moment of silence, the Minister of Finance said in a loud voice: "The official family has built a railway with foresight and has created an unprecedented great cause. Even natural disasters can't shake me in the slightest. Long live the official family! ”

Without waiting for others to follow up, Zhao Jiaren stood up, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay!" Don't follow up on that. ”

The other ministers knew the temperament of the Zhao official family, and he had always spared no effort to do things for the Great Song Dynasty, so everyone was always at ease when they sang praises of virtue. Seeing that the official family didn't let him go off topic, everyone didn't follow up. The Minister of Agriculture had already sobered up at this time, and seeing that the official family did not want to do anything with him, the Minister of Agriculture hurriedly asked: "Does the official family want us to publicize from these two points?" ”

"This is not external propaganda, but internal understanding must be unified. In terms of the current situation, unless the climate shows that all the territories of the Great Song Dynasty have no harvest for a whole year, no, it will not even be possible to harvest all the grains for a whole year, at least three years, and the entire Great Song Dynasty will have no harvest. Of course, this is not possible. Only this extreme situation will make the current Great Song Dynasty appear full of displaced people. As experts, the Minister of Agriculture, the Minister of Commerce and Trade and the Ministry of Transport should be able to produce accurate figures. ”

The three ministers named had regained their composure at this point, and they all said that this was indeed the case. The Great Song Dynasty controlled vast lands from the Arctic to the South Pole, and such an extreme situation proved that the entire earth's environment was no longer suitable for existing life. This is a situation that has nothing to do with the individual.

Zhao Qian originally thought that the three of them would say something comforting, but he didn't expect that these three would directly talk about the earth's environment. As a science and engineering man, Zhao Qian found that he had no ability to refute at all. Yes, of course, Zhao Qian can envision a catastrophe that will sweep the entire earth, but what is the point of envisioning a catastrophe of world destruction? Is it a pole in front of the ministers of the court?

Proven by these experts from the global environment, Zhao continued: "Based on this reality, we will definitely encounter very big problems in the future, problems that we have never encountered before. In the past, if there was a major disaster, the population in the affected areas would not be half of what it used to be, or even lower. They are desperate, and the imperial court's help for disaster relief is to send charcoal in the snow. They will feel the warmth of the court and at the same time curse the injustice of the heavens. This is unlikely to happen in the future, and most of what will happen in the future will be the people who complain about why the imperial court did not come to help in the face of unharvested crops. The relief of the imperial court will be distributed to the affected people through the government, and few disasters can drive them out of their homes, and of course they will feel that the imperial court is sorry for them, or at least they will say such things. ”

"How so!" The Minister of Agriculture asked aloud, as if he had been whipped with a fiery whip. Although the Minister of Civil Affairs did not speak, his expression was not much different from that of the Minister of Agriculture. It can be seen that what Zhao Jiaren said touches on the reality faced by these people.

Zhao Qian knew which side his father was on, but his father's position did make Zhao Qian feel that it might be a bit too much. Just when Zhao Qian was as silent as the other officials, Zhao Jiaren continued: "The Great Song Dynasty has become stronger, if you had said so before, you would have cited many examples of the Great Song Dynasty becoming stronger. The current situation proves one thing, the natural disasters that could shake the Great Song Dynasty in the past cannot even drive the people out of their homes. Nor can it be said that in the event of a major flood, people in dangerous areas must be moved to safe areas and then moved back when the water recedes. However, with the gradual completion of infrastructure construction, the threat of major floods to the people will become smaller and smaller. Later, when there was a major flood, as long as the levee could be maintained, the people did not have to move. It will become the norm for people to live and work in peace and contentment. It may take hundreds of years before we can really control the climate, but in a dozen years we will be able to effectively protect against most natural disasters. Because our Great Song has become stronger, it has really become stronger! ”

No officials cheered at this fact, not even Zhao Qian. He probably guessed what Dad was going to say, and sure enough, Daddy Zhao Jiaren continued: "In such a situation, whether we stand with the people, whether we really want to stand with the people, this is the test of the future." It's not about asking everyone to serve others, no one has hands and feet, why do we serve others, why are we being served by others. If the relationship is not normal, it should not be. When we stand with the people, we mean whether we can face the problems encountered in production and progress together with the people. The times have progressed, and in the past, in the event of natural disasters, they would build a few soup kitchens, and people who did not starve to death could receive porridge for free when they came here, and that era had passed. In the past, those who did this were loyal and good ministers. In the new era, people who solve problems like this are lazy and backward. They must be suspended from work and punished for their education. Times are different, ladies and gentlemen. Times are no longer the same. ”

Times have changed, Zhao Qian has heard this sentence many times, and he has said it many times. There has never been such a deep feeling for Zhao Qian as today. Needless to say, in ancient times, even more than 30 years ago, whoever could arrange a good soup kitchen in a disaster year was a loyal minister and a good official. However, times have changed, and everything has changed. Everything that used to be turned on its roots is subverted.

There is indeed nothing wrong with the practices of the old era, but the times have changed, and the things of the old times can no longer justify the same practices of the new era. Grievances, uneasiness and even panic are very understandable, but these things can only be swallowed. Because times have changed.

"How do we call standing with the people, it's very simple, standing with the people, standing with the working people is very simple. Just like this natural disaster, the working people feel pain when they see the crops without harvest, where is their pain, and what is the pain for. Their misery was that so much of their labor had been in vain, and their chances of holding back their efforts to obtain the autumn harvest through summer planting had been destroyed. This is the pain of the working people's attempts to get paid for their labor and to make progress. I still say that no one has the obligation to serve others, and the idea of lying there doing nothing and asking others to support them is wrong, at least in the new era of the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty is a country that progresses through labor and study together with the family, and learning and labor is the right and obligation of every Great Song people. No one can deprive the people of the Great Song Dynasty of their power, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty also have such obligations. Labor creates man himself, and if he wants to understand himself and solve difficulties and pains through progress, he must learn and work. Standing with the people of the Great Song Dynasty and having the people of the Great Song Dynasty in your heart, you have to start from this root. This disaster relief proves that a new era has begun, so let's all move forward together. ”