Zhao Nanxing then looked at Wang Jiaping with sympathy: "So, is the prince really going to Hanhai Daze, which is thousands of miles away?" ”

Wang Jiaping nodded, and then sighed: "It's really only when the board hits you that you know how much it hurts!" ”

"Shenwu County may have a point, as a courtier in the future, you should consider Your Majesty's feelings, don't feel that you are speaking for the common people, and you don't care if your father is uncomfortable."

"Otherwise, the monarch will do the same to us."

After Wang Jiaping said this, Zhao Nanxing and the others also acquiesced to silence for a while.

Stay until the next day.

It's not dawn yet.

The soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division began to drive away the idle people and set up a fence at the place where Zhu Yijun was going to pass under the command of the imperial history of the city patrol in each city early.

Jin Yiwei is also scattered in this area, whether it is formal or plain clothes, and occupies a place in the teahouse and wine shops in this area, and some are still holding fire guns and bows and crossbows in their hands.

When the first rays of light shone through the clouds, rows of armored soldiers from the Son of Heaven's personal army and guard stepped out of the Forbidden City majestically, standing on both sides of the royal road in five steps.

Then there was the eunuch Ouchi wearing a three-mountain hat and clapping his hands.

Less.

Zhu Yijun really set off from the palace and began to walk to the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs to worship the sky and pray for rain.

The ministers were all accompanied by court clothes.

Zhao Nanxing was the most excited.

Although he was at the bottom of the line, seeing the Son of Heaven on foot to beg for rain from a distance made him feel an inexplicable sense of achievement, that is, the sense of accomplishment that the imperial power was controlled by his own scholars, and a sense of accomplishment that the Son of Heaven was really controlled by his own people and was willing to work hard for the people of the world.

In front of Zhao Nanxing, Chen Younian, the right temple of Dali Temple, had even begun to choke out, and it had not rained yet, so he burst into tears first.

The people and the people were also empty, and they came to the side of the royal road one after another, and watched through the wall of soldiers and horses of the five cities who blocked the fence and held spears.

Some old eunuchs really burst into tears because of this, and kept trying the corners of their eyes, and said to their own people and neighbors: "The Son of Heaven has begged for rain for us!" ”

"The Son of Heaven went to the altar on foot to pray for rain for us, and we, as people, should kneel and follow and pray!"

There was also an old boy who was moved by the Son of Heaven begging for rain, and he couldn't see the emperor working so hard and his own people stood aside to watch the excitement without any respectful order, so he knelt down first, and let his relatives, friends, and neighbors kneel down with him.

After seeing these people kneeling down, Lao Tongsheng felt a little better, and he could look at Zhu Yijun walking on the royal road with more peace of mind.

The common people were influenced by these squires and scholars, and they also looked at the Ming Emperor of the Golden Armor Guard, and then looked at the sky.

"The emperor has worked so hard for us, God should also be gracious to rain, right?"

"It can't stop raining, the emperor is out!"

"The emperor is a good emperor, and the sky has to follow the good sky, I'm afraid it will rain!"

Therefore, after the people knelt down with the famous and famous village sages around them, they muttered hopefully.

At this time, there was a child, Miki, who couldn't help but look at the sky and said, "I didn't see any dark clouds?" ”

Boom!

Miki's father, Tu Ermu, directly slapped him in the head: "What kind of mouth does the child intervene, it is impossible for God not to even give the emperor face!" ”

Tu Sanmu pursed his lips and didn't speak again.

Zhu Yijun completed the entire rain prayer ceremony very seriously, including walking to pray for rain on foot, and then walking back to fast.

For Zhu Yijun, who has always paid attention to exercise, this amount of exercise is nothing.

Even if it is fasting, it does not have much impact on him, who has always learned moderation in food and beauty.

However, what Zhu Yijun was not happy about was that the sky did not seem to give him face because of his piety, and it still did not rain for the next few days.

Even the artificial rainfall in Qintianjian had to be postponed due to the change in cloud conditions.

However, many ministers were still moved, and many of them praised them one after another.

At first, the people were also quite moved, because the drought brought about a lot less anger, and the low-level harm such as weapons and thieves was much reduced.

The frenziness of grain hoarding and water storage has also begun to lessen, and some grain traders have even begun to take the initiative to lower grain prices.

However, as the days went on and it still didn't rain, the people gradually continued to be impetuous, food prices rose again, disputes over water reappeared, and the problem of public order became serious again.

"Hit!"

Even some people began to complain about the dragon king, thinking that the dragon king was too much, and it was clear that the emperor had personally begged for rain, and he didn't give himself a way to live, so he began to organize activities to fight the dragon king.

"Thief God, the emperor doesn't give face, is this not to live, Lao Tzu still believes in a fart fairy Bodhisattva!"

Although the people of this land have been domesticated for thousands of years and domesticated the cultural gene of benevolence, they still have the resistance gene of expanding the territory and fighting with the sky.

Zhu Yijun's prayer for rain can indeed be regarded as giving the pressure of not raining to the sky and the Bodhisattva gods who are worshiped by the people.

But Zhu Yijun didn't feel that the next thing had nothing to do with him because of this.

He hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to make further progress in the thinking of the Han people.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun asked about the drought situation again on this day, and said:

"I have prayed for rain and it has not rained, it seems that the sky is really a ruthless person, so I would rather let the people suffer, rather sit and watch me pray for rain hard, than be indifferent, maybe the sky is like a stone, a grain of sand, unconscious!"

However, at this time, Chen Younian, the right temple of Dali Temple, came out at this time and said: "Your Majesty, it still doesn't rain, it may be caused by the lack of amnesty in the world." ”

Shi Xing, the right attendant of the military department, also said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is caused by the unclear disadvantages of the times. ”

Ban Jin, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, said: "Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of the ministers, it should be caused by the excessive taxation in Jiangnan and the failure to reduce the burden on the people. ”

"Ridiculous!"

"If it doesn't rain because the criminals are brought to justice, then how can there be justice in this heavenly way?"

"I have set up a secret newspaper box in the world's post station, how can I not accept people's words?"

"If there is a drought because of heavy taxes, it is completely unreasonable, if the heavens are for the people, how can they use the means of harming the people to warn me?"

"From my point of view, after Heaven only let me be the Son of Heaven, I don't care about anything, and all the difficulties that exist now are just a test for me, a test for you!"

"And it's not because I'm insincere, it's not because you're unfaithful, it's just an objective test, we need to explore the solution, to follow the actual natural laws to find the solution, it's pointless to guess here for a long time, I believe that God doesn't let us talk here, guess what we did wrong, let him be dissatisfied; It is not that we only know how to ask Him to save us, and that we only want Him to save us, but that we should find our own solutions. ”

After Zhu Yijun said, he said: "Qin Tianjian has reported, the clouds are expected to be good tomorrow, we will go to Jingshan tomorrow to see if it can rain through practical learning." ”

Chen Youning and the others had no choice but to surrender their hands and say: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

So, on the second day, there were clouds that needed to be needed for rain.

Zhu Yijun really led the ministers to the sunny side of Jingshan, and began to ask King Su, who was in charge of rainfall in charge of Qintianjian, to arrange for people to give artificial rainfall.

For a while, King Su asked people to burn the yellow powder burner.

Then, Zhu Yijun and the ministers saw a large amount of yellow smoke drifting into the air along the air current.

At the same time, heavy artillery from the Ordnance Bureau began to fire into the sky and flowering shells with salt powder and yellow powder.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

Suddenly, the earth trembled.

And not long after that, the clouds in the sky really became thicker and thicker, and gradually became darker.

"Your Majesty, there are dark clouds!"

Shen Shixing said happily to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun also nodded and smiled: "It seems that it is still useful to learn." ”

Chen Younian looked unhappy: "How can it be like this, there is no amnesty for the world!" Is it really going to rain? ”

Wang Xijue asked Shen Li in surprise at this time: "Can people really manipulate the weather through practical means?" ”

As soon as Zhu Yijun's words fell, the raindrops the size of beans fell on his cheeks on the spot, and also on the cheeks of the ministers.

Immediately, the sound of squirming through the forest and beating leaves appeared in the forest.

After a while, large and small white beads jumped on the steps of the bluestone slab, and water mist began to appear around the mountain, thick as a veil.

(End of chapter)