Zhao Han had a lot of things, discussed the compilation of "Datong Law" with Chen Wenkui at noon, and summoned Cao Xuejiao, who wrote several resignation letters, in the afternoon.

Cao Xuege is one of the originators of Fujian opera, and is the author of the sentence "Every righteous slaughter of dogs, and the negative heart is more than a reader"... At the same time, he is also the director of the Qintianyuan Planetarium and the titular editor-in-chief of the Datong New Calendar.

This year in history, the Qing army invaded Fujian, and Cao Xuege committed suicide and martyrdom for the Ming Dynasty.

"Why does Cao Qing want to be a teacher?" Zhao Han asked.

Cao Xuegao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister is old and decaying, and he is seventy and two this year. Last winter, I contracted a cold and caused an old disease, and I did not get better after taking medicine for three months, and I did not recover until the beginning of spring. Chen Si returned to his heart and wanted to go back to his hometown in Fujian to recuperate. ”

Several resignation letters have been written, and Zhao Han really has no excuse to stay, so he only asks: "If Qing returns to his hometown, who can succeed him as the director of the planetarium?" The few from Europe don't need to be recommended. ”

Cao Xuege said: "Dr. Planetarium has written a different text, and he should be the first choice for the director. The minister recommended him, and he was not a fellow Fujian villager who was not a minister. His knowledge of astronomy is not the most knowledgeable in the museum. But if Your Majesty wants to be a planetarium scholar and seek new and change in the future, it must be this person. ”

"What did Zeng Yishu do as a deviant?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Cao Xuegan replied: "Zeng Yi wrote "Spinning Silk Hall Collection", which is called "Poetry", scolding people, husbands, fathers, countries, heaven, queens, friends, brothers, and nine clans. This argument may be biased, but it can be seen that Zeng Yi's writer is by no means a conservative person. There are many scholars and knowledgeable people in the planetarium, but it is difficult to jump out of the traditional rut, or it may be contrary to His Majesty's original intention to establish the planetarium. ”

Zhao Han approvingly: "Cao Qing knows me!" ”

The reason why the Book of Songs is listed as the Five Classics is only because it has been endowed with political attributes since the time of Confucius. It is clearly written about the love between men and women, but it is interpreted as a certain minister advising Zhou Tianzi, and a similar explanation runs through the entire "Book of Songs", especially the study of the "Book of Songs" in the Han Dynasty is the most outrageous.

Zeng Yishu dared to say that the "Book of Songs" was scolding, which is really a deviant!

Just like the couplet that Zeng Yi wrote to the Iron Buddha Hall of Kaiyuan Temple: The ancient Buddha is an iron man, and ordinary people say that it is a golden body.

If this kind of person is in charge of the planetarium, it is indeed what Zhao Han needs.

With Zhao Han's resignation approved, Cao Xuege presented another astronomical observation report: "Your Majesty, the south has become colder and colder in recent years, and local officials should be notified to be ready to prevent frost and snow disasters at any time. ”

The observation report is written plainly, without twists and turns.

In particular, from the observation records of several fixed water areas such as Taihu Lake on the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, etc., scholars have found that in the winter of the past few years, the area of ice floes on the water surface has become larger and larger. The original mercury thermometer has also been invented, and the number of severe cold days in the past two years has also increased.

Zhao Han carefully read the observation report, nodded and said, "The gentlemen of the astronomical officer have worked hard, and they are all rewarded. ”

The demise of the Ming Dynasty does not mean the end of the Xiaoice period.

As far as the south is concerned, the real cold season has only just begun. In other words, the extreme cold weather is spreading from the north to the south, and will not end until 60 years later.

This year is the second year of the Mander minimum, and for the next 60 years, sunspot activity has all but ceased. Under normal circumstances, tens of thousands of sunspot events can be observed in 25 years, and this data drops sharply to dozens of times during the "Mund minimum".

Later generations have shown that this situation began in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, which coincided with the peak of the drought at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

There is no convincing scientific conclusion as to how sunspot activity relates to the Earth's weather.

However, according to historical records and scientific research, southern China will usher in a truly extremely cold weather in seven years. The Yangtze River, Hanshui, Taihu Lake, Dongting Lake, and Poyang Lake, in the coldest time, freeze and freeze in winter for three or four consecutive years, and it is not even possible to sail on the Yangtze River in winter!

The last record of the Yangtze River freezing was in the 39th year of Kangxi, that is, 54 years after this time, Zhao Han would be 82 years old if he was still alive.

Cao Xuege bowed and retreated, while Zhao Han fell silent.

There is no need for any scientific observations, people can experience that the winters in Nanjing in the past two years have become colder and colder. The cold winter weather, along with the flood and drought disasters, has shifted to the south, and the situation in the north has improved.

After sitting down for a while, Zhao Hanfu laughed again. Kangxi can make a prosperous world, will he be afraid of Tianwei?

As long as you pay close attention to the rule of officials, frequent natural disasters can exercise the execution of the imperial court!

In late March, the director of the planetarium, Cao Xue, gave a lecture. Because of his leading editor-in-chief of the "Datong New Calendar", the prince of Tejia has a young title to show the emperor's favor.

With Cao Xuegan's resignation and return to his hometown, this year's drought in the south of the Yangtze River has also kicked off.

In late April, Pang Chun came to Li Banghua and Song Yingxing, three cabinet ministers, and urgently visited the emperor with various books.

Pang Chun said: "Your Majesty, there is a great drought in the south of the Jianghuai River this year, and some prefectures and counties have not rained since the beginning of spring. Although the local officials organized disaster relief, and the Jianghuai Jiangnan water conservancy was also very complete, it was still difficult to resist the power of heaven. Please put off the war in the north and consolidate the newly occupied areas, and don't go out to fight until next year to clean up the Tartars. The amount of the resettlement plan in the northern provinces has also been halved this year, and the household department needs to transfer money and grain for disaster relief. ”

"Alas!"

Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh: "Let the Tartar survive for another two years." ”

This year's Lianghuai area is better, and the drought in the Jiangnan region is even more serious than that in the Chongzhen period.

Historically, June of this year was supposed to be a rainy season. However, the Qiantang River was so dry that it dried up, and the Qing soldiers took the opportunity to cross the river to occupy Jinhua and Shaoxing. And the Southern Ming army, without the Qiantang River for defense, King Lu could only flee to Zhoushan in a hurry.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Pang Chunlai originally planned to retire after recovering Liaodong and return to his hometown to recuperate, but now he is delayed because of the drought.

Zhao Han asked: "This year, drought has been reported in the southern provinces one after another. In addition to Jiangnan and Lianghuai, which other provinces are severely affected by drought? ”

Song Yingxing replied: "The drought in the south of the Yangtze River is the worst, followed by the Jianghuai disaster, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Hubei, and Sichuan again. ”

Zhao Han listened to it very loudly, the Dongting Lake Plain is a granary. In the past few years, there has only been a bumper harvest for one year, and the rest of the years are all major droughts and small droughts.

As for Jiangnan, more cotton and mulberry trees are planted, but the number of grain fields is very small, and the drought will only cause a shortage of raw materials for the textile industry. As long as the relief is effective, it will not cause too much food problems.

After listening to the reports of various ministries, Zhao Han made a decision: "The amount of immigrants this year will be halved, and the focus will be on consolidating the territory of Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and Liaoning." Ordered the army not to enter the Hetao, and let Li Zicheng fight in the grassland. Hebei's Datong Army should not seize Zhangjiakou. The Liaodong army, maintain the current occupation area, defend the Liao Great Wall in the east, and do not attack Salhu again. ”

After speaking, Zhao Han added: "The war in the southwest will not stop. Last year, there was no major war in the southwest, and Guizhou, western Sichuan, southern Sichuan, and Guizhou were consolidated, and Yunnan must be taken this year. ”

Li Banghua said: "Last year, we didn't go to Shadingzhou, this person became more and more inflated, expanding everywhere in Yunnan, but it aroused the public anger of various Tusi in Yunnan. At this time, it is a good time to send troops to Yunnan, and the Tusi from all over Yunnan will not help Shadingzhou to fight. ”

"Then send troops after the summer grain harvest!" Zhao Han said.

Yunnan puppet emperor and Mu Tianbo, although they have long been attached to the Datong court. But only nominally, they still have an army, and the army is not allowed to enter the territory of the Datong court.

Yunnan Tusi Shadingzhou rebelled for nearly two years, and Mu Tianbo fled everywhere, and Mu Tianbo could only shrink in Zhanyizhou (Xuanwei) to nibble on ham. If it weren't for the fear of provoking the nearby Datong army, Sha Dingzhou would probably have wiped out Mu Tianbo.

Shadingzhou was unable to expand northward, so it fought towards the west of Yunnan, and the Tusi along the way surrendered one after another.

The surrender was only the beginning, although he could retain his power, he had to pay tribute and taxes to Sha Dingzhou every year. In order to expand the army, Shadingzhou set the amount of tribute higher and higher, which made the Yunnan Tusi miserable.

By the way, in March of this year, Sha Dingzhou's envoy arrived in Nanjing, and for the second time, he sent down a table to ask for a minister, and implored Emperor Zhao to make him a consolation envoy in Yunnan.

In order to show his sincerity, Sha Dingzhou also offered 20 Yunnan horses and a number of Yunnan native products. Thirty Yunnan girls were sent, and I don't know which state or county they came from, saying that they were for Emperor Zhao to be used as palace maids.

Zhao Han accepted the gift with a smile, and then drove the envoy out of Nanjing City.

When the envoys returned to Yunnan, Sha Dingzhou would definitely be angry, and this humiliation was tantamount to a slap in the face. But the angrier the better, it is best to be angry and take the initiative to attack the Datong army, so that the Datong army can go over the mountains and mountains to find its main force.

"Can you squeeze out food for disaster relief, and at the same time fight in Yunnan?" Zhao Han asked Fei Chun.

Fei Chun stubbornly said, "Yes! He also said, "Please cooperate with the Ministry of Commerce, prohibit grain merchants from hoarding, and set official prices for grain in various localities." If there is a violator, the grain merchant's license will be withdrawn, and the family will be exiled to a wild land! ”

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Yes!" In the year of natural disasters, the heavy method should be used. ”

In the evening, Zhao Han came to the queen's dormitory and lay down to rest physically and mentally exhausted.

Fei Rulan sent the palace maid away, personally massaged Zhao Han's shoulder, and asked, "Is there something difficult in the court today?" ”

Zhao Han closed his eyes and enjoyed the massage, and said: "The sky is not beautiful, this year is a spring drought in several provinces, and the grain harvest must be seriously failed." According to the report of local officials, the water in the Qiantang River is about to bottom out, and the drought is worse than that during the Chongzhen period. ”

"Don't worry about the husband, as long as the monarch and the minister implement benevolent government, there will be a day when the wind and rain will be smooth." Fei Rulan comforted.

Zhao Han said helplessly: "I don't want the wind and rain to be smooth, I only want small disasters." This God, there are disasters at every turn, who the hell can stand it? Fortunately, there was no major drought last year, otherwise the war in the north would not have been fought. ”

By the way, South Vietnam and North Vietnam have been at war again in the past two years, and Vietnam's grain is not enough, and it is equally difficult for the imperial court to go to Vietnam to buy grain.

What kind of civil war is there to fight at the end of the day? Isn't it good to grow grain and sell grain to China with peace of mind?

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