"Your Majesty, this year's winter seems to be a little colder than usual!" As soon as Wu Yong entered the door, he saw Liu Hongzheng holding a book, so he bowed his hand and said.

Due to the snow in Luoyang these days, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, did not go to Huaguang Hall to study, but took turns to take the three emperors to the Wende Hall in the North Palace every day to give lectures.

In the Wende Palace, there is no coal, but it is still warm as spring.

"Indeed, in recent times, the northern states and counties have been writing about the disasters brought by the severe cold to the people." Liu Hong put down the book and said with a sigh.

After more than a year of getting along, he has regarded Wu Yong as his only playmate, and the daily conversation between the two is also very casual.

Now that it has entered the cold winter, the territory of Dahan is vast, and the temperature difference between the north and the south is also very large. In the southern area south of the Yangtze River, even in winter, the minimum temperature is around 10 degrees, which has little impact, but the Han population of nearly 60 million, 40 million are concentrated in the Central Plains.

At this time, the people in the Central Plains area wore layer after layer of winter clothes. The rich people still have extra winter clothes to wear, but the poor people don't even have a decent winter coat, so they can only wear summer clothes.

If you don't have to be forced to do nothing, who wants to play like this

"Ingenuity"? All the people of the world are the same. In the harsh winter season, many people still flock to the streets and wilderness, either to collect firewood or find ways to get food and try to survive.

The four-year winter of Jianning was particularly cold than before. For the people of the north, this was a catastrophe of great magnitude that no one expected.

Initially, it started from Youzhou and Merge Prefecture, and then spread to Liangzhou and the Western Regions. At the beginning of the year, the imperial court appointed Sikong Qiaoxuan as the captain of Tuntian and the general leader of the border immigration.

At the same time, Cao Song, the secretary of the Great Nongqing, was appointed as the Governor of Tuntian, assisting from the side, and was in charge of planting cotton and sugar beets!

In the beginning, because the people could not leave their homeland, few people responded to the call of the imperial court. With the continuous natural disasters in the following months, the number of people who emigrated to the border also increased.

In this era, the bankruptcy of ordinary people is a very serious matter. For all classes, land is fundamental to survival and the lifeblood of ordinary people.

Now, the imperial court has given a way to live, and immigrants can get land, houses, and even cattle at the border.

This undoubtedly has a strong attraction for ordinary people. As a result, many people chose to leave their homeland and go to the border area to fight once.

For this reason, the imperial court also specially purchased a large number of ploughing cattle from the Central Plains, so that the people could rent ploughing cattle to plough the land, but this cold winter almost ruined their hard work for a year.

The snow was vast and knee-high, and countless ploughing cattle were frostbitten and froze to death. The newly cultivated fields were destroyed in the blizzard, houses collapsed, and within days, more than 100 people had frozen to death in Youzhou and Bingzhou.

When the news reached Luoyang, the officials were heartbroken. But to make matters worse, the entire north was hit by this bitter cold.

The trade roads in Liangzhou were also blocked by heavy snow, and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, hurriedly ordered Taiwei Li Xian to open the treasury for disaster relief.

Fortunately, there is a lot of food stored in Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places, and they can also resettle the victims, but the problem is that more and more people are freezing to death, and it takes a lot of money to build houses, including distributing clothes.

In the temple, the hundred officials were all anxious, and there were constant reports of disasters in various places, and Taiwei Li Xian also immediately summoned the hundred officials and asked the hundred officials for their suggestions.

In the end, the imperial court directly issued an edict and sent the branches of the three prefectures to give relief. In fact, it should have been a subordinate of Sifu Peng, and there is no general nowadays, so it can only be a temporary edict like this.

When the edict was issued, the officials of the court immediately mobilized. Because of the cold weather, Jizhou's water transportation could not be used, and it could only be used through Chidao, so the imperial court ordered the soldiers to wear thick clothes and be responsible for transporting grain, grass and clothing to various places.

Of course, these soldiers are not only responsible for transportation, but also for the rescue of disaster victims, etc., in addition, the transportation of some cattle, and they cannot be allowed to freeze to death.

In addition, in the extremely severely affected areas of various prefectures and counties, people can be temporarily resettled in neighboring counties, even though it is a cold winter, at least the county town has a better ability to withstand the cold.

In particular, Wu Yong's suggestion of the fire pit gradually spread in the cold area, which made the people under the cold have a trace of warmth.

At the same time, the families also began to contribute to the disaster, not for anything else, but for these places where sugar beets or cotton could be grown.

Before, they all thought that these desolate places had no merit, but the appearance of sugar beets and cotton gave them hope.

"The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The ancients did not deceive me! "Today is the emperor Liu Kuan for the Son of Heaven to give a lecture, he talked about the current family relief situation, immediately sighed.

"The approach of the family is an eye-opener for me!" Liu Hong sighed. Then he said with a sad face: "I am most worried about the Xianbei tribe, this winter is bitterly cold, it is estimated that they will intrude on my Han again." "In the first year of Liu Hong's ascension to the throne, Xianbei united with the Hao tribe to invade Youzhou and annex the state, which caused him a great psychological shadow.

In the cold winter season, the Hu tribes in the north are basically in a white snowfield. In the snowfield, the biggest enemy is still the wind and snow.

When it comes to the real winter, the snowfall will not stop for a moment. At that time, the roads will be closed by heavy snow, there will be no supplies, and the only food source will be the only source of food, otherwise there will be only one result, starvation.

Therefore, Xianbei will invade the Eastern Han Dynasty frontier every year. At this time, Liu Kuan also sighed lightly and said: "In recent years, Xianbei has been growing stronger, and Wuhuan, who is good friends with our Han people, is often attacked by them, which is really helpless. Although the two countries share borders, the people live a more miserable life. ”

"After all, when it comes to winter, it will be cold, whether it can survive the winter depends on whether the spring and autumn can accumulate grain.

"This winter is even more difficult. If it weren't for the fact that my Han received a lot of supplies, it is estimated that they would not have been able to hold on for a long time. Although Liu Hong has not experienced the cruelty of war, he hates Xianbei very much.

After listening to Liu Kuan's words, his eyes suddenly became firm: "After I recuperate for a few years, I will definitely give this Xianbei some colors to see!" Speaking of this, he looked at Wu Yong, and said in a somewhat soothing tone: "The beets and cotton that Wu Yong contributed, as well as the fire pit, let me see the hope of defeating Xianbei. At the mention of Wu Yong, Liu Kuan also smiled, his eyes were full of pride: "The greatest luck in this life is to teach the two of you." For Wu Yong's future, Liu Kuan is very optimistic.

In particular, Wu Yong's open-mindedness is incomparable to his scholarly order, and it is difficult to imagine that this is done by a child.

"The teacher has a lot of reputation, the kid is valued by the Son of Heaven, and it is the greatest blessing to be able to listen to the teachings of the three emperors!" Wu Yong hurriedly got up and bowed.

The three of them talked again, and Liu Kuan and Wu Yong got up to say goodbye, leaving only Liu Hong in a daze in the Wende Palace.

At this time, the Zhongchang attendant Hou Lan came in and said, "Your Majesty, the new cotton clothes you want are ready!" Liu Hong's eyes lit up, and he urged: "Go, take me to have a look." ”

"Your Majesty, take a look at this recital...... Hou Ran wasted no time in taking out a recital from his arms.

"What's the matter?" The moment Liu Hong saw the folding, his face fell, and he immediately said impatiently: "I don't have time to watch it now, I'll talk about it later." ”

"This is Shang Shutai's urgent performance." Hou Lan was still smiling, and then said: "However, Your Majesty, here are the talents of this year's state and county inspection, Your Majesty needs to show and announce a few ...... in the world" Liu Hong was no longer in a hurry, he was completely impatient to meet Hou Lan, and he was in a hurry to go out.

"I'll talk about it when I get back." Hou Lan refused to give up, and hurriedly chased after Liu Hong, like an annoying fly, chattering: "Your Majesty, this is ...... It's about to come to the end of the year, it stands to reason that this can not be delayed, the people of Shangshutai are waiting, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that it will be the end of the year, and many local states and counties have not yet received the edict. Liu Hong stomped his feet: "It's really troublesome, take the Zhu pen." "At the end of the year, Liu Hong asked Zhu to approve a lot of notes, there were death row prisoners to be executed, there were officials who had a good table, and there were pensions from the clan, and so on, he was already annoyed.

Especially at this time, he was in a hurry to leave, but Hou Lan said so, he knew the severity, and knew that this table was the usual practice over the years.

If this is delayed in order to play, Shang Shutai will definitely blame this on his own playfulness, and when the time comes, I am afraid that he will be lectured by Taifu Hu Guang again.

The eunuchs on the side were busy adding ink to Liu Hong's vermilion paint pen. Liu Hong took the note, and he didn't bother to look at it carefully, there were thousands of words in it, probably the deeds of these officials who were listed, Liu Hong only scribbled a sentence under this note: "According to the standard." He threw away the pen, strode out of the door, and muttered, "Send it early next time." And as he spoke, the man was far away.

For the newly made cotton clothes, he has long been itchy. Hou Lan was in this Wende Palace, but he was smiling, he carefully put away this copy of the Shangshutai handed over the table of the note, in the note, there are both Liu Hong's Zhu Pi, as well as Shangshutai's handwriting, among them, there is also a name of 'Duan Cheng'.

Hou Lan smiled and dried the ink of the Zhu Pi on the piece, and then carefully put it away. He knows His Majesty's character very well, maybe Hou Lan doesn't know His Majesty's heart, but he absolutely understands His Majesty's living habits, once something happens, he will be in a hurry, at this time, he can't take care of anything, if there is an emergency at this time, this music is not a big deal, only need to deal with it urgently, Your Majesty will never take a second look at it.

Otherwise, with His Majesty's temperament, if there is Duan Cheng among the people who see this list, with His Majesty's attitude towards Duan Cheng, it is very likely that he will beat the song back and let Shang Shutai discuss the candidate again.

Since the death of his uncle Dong Chong due to the Qiang Hu Bing incident, Duan Cheng has been alienated by Liu Hong, the son of heaven. Later, Duan Cheng took refuge in their ten permanent servants, and Hou Lan and others were also trying to pave the way for Duan Cheng.

And now...... It's done. With this note, Hou Lan only needs to add the seal, and then send the note to Shangshutai, and then Shangshutai will draft the holy decree of the table.

At the same time as the decree is issued, the newspaper will also be copied out at the same time, so it will not be long before this minister who is listed will not only be able to soar, but will also be known to the whole world and become a model for officials in the world.

Hou Lan's face was expressionless, he was already behind his back, and walked out of the Wende Hall slowly, the snow was flying outside, the whole world was snow-white, and the world covered in silver was really beautiful, but many things were not as simple as they appeared.

In the distance, he saw that His Majesty's car had been heading towards Dongming Gate, leaving only two car prints on the snow, and the different shades of marks were imprinted in Hou Lan's eyes, and he couldn't help but laugh coldly.