Kunning Palace.

Empress Zhang sat on the seat and held a cat in her arms, lit a charcoal stove in the hall, gently stroked the big orange cat in her arms with her hand, and listened to the words quietly, and then said:

"The slaves and maids in this palace have always been arrogant and arrogant when they go outside. If you don't see it, why do you drive them out for this? This palace sent them over, isn't it also afraid that those subordinates in your mansion will be rude and uneasy to serve. In the end, it came out of the palace, and this waiter is a housekeeper. ”

"Don't worry, don't worry about the queen mother, you don't need those female officials and grandmothers, it's good for the sons to serve Xiurong."

Hearing this, Empress Zhang was happy, "You are a scholar, where did you come here to serve people?" Besides, there is no reason to serve the wife of a husband. ”

“.”

Xia Yuan was silent and silent. Since the queen doesn't believe it, then he can't help it, anyway, he served his little daughter-in-law yesterday with doubtful life.

The barren tiger prison closed and opened the floodgates three times.

"That's it, since Ju Zheng said so, then the palace will send these slaves and maids over again, as if he doesn't worry about you."

"Besides."

Speaking of this, Empress Zhang paused, and then said: "Besides, Xiurong has been living outside the palace all these years, and she is not as delicate as ordinary princesses, and when those grandmothers serve her to bathe, she is not very used to it, so if she sends these slaves over, Xiurong doesn't want to." ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuan nodded again and again, "Yes, yes, Xiurong doesn't want to." ”

But don't send those female officials and grandmothers, not to mention the two hundred and fifty or eighty thousand dragged one by one, those old grandmothers still have thick putty on their faces, and they are scary to look at.

Empress Zhang took the fat orange lying on her lap into her arms, looked out of the hall inadvertently, and immediately seemed to think of something, and said:

"People often say that Ruixue is a good year, and now it has reached the wax moon, and a snow has not fallen, but this day is very cold. Your Majesty has been worried about this matter a lot these days, this palace knows that you are proficient in the art of public opinion, what is the way to make it snow? ”

“.”

Xia Yuan was silent. From that opening of the underground palace, to what moats, dragon veins, and the collapse of Puzhou, a series of serendipitous things, plus the endorsement of the emperor. He has been forced to carry the character of Master Kanyu.

After he returned to Beijing from Puzhou, he had received a lot of greetings, pick up this and take a look, Hou Ye, pick up that one and take a look, uncle, in short, all the dignitaries in Beijing.

The prayers of these people were earnest and almost humble, but their demands were without exception, asking him to come to the house as a guest, instruct him on the feng shui of the house, and then bother to choose a cemetery.

Isn't that?

Why would I choose a cemetery?

I can also point and point, and I can point.

And with the emperor and empress, it was even more powerful, on the day of returning to Beijing, the emperor asked when it would rain; Now the queen is asking how to make it snow.

Is it because you have a misunderstanding about Kanyu, or is there a misunderstanding about me?

"This snow is related to celestial phenomena, and it is inconvenient for the sons to talk about it."

"It's okay, it's all a family, and the queen mother will tell you to say it." As she spoke, Empress Zhang said to a female official standing beside her, "Go, please come over." ”

"This palace knows that you are cautious, this celestial phenomenon can only be asked by the emperor, this palace will call His Majesty, and you will speak freely at that time, and you don't have to worry about committing a taboo."

“.”

Xia Yuan closed his eyes, I thank you so much.

At this time, when he first arrived, not long after Emperor Hongzhi went to court, he heard that it was about celestial phenomena, put down government affairs, and rushed to Kunning Palace in a hurry, and summoned Zhu Houzhao by the way.

The matter of celestial phenomena, as the prince of the Ming Dynasty, naturally has to care about it.

In Kunning Palace, Emperor Hongzhi sat on a chair, waiting for Xia Yuan to explain the celestial phenomena, and his eyes were looking forward to snow.

Empress Zhang sat next to her with the cat, and Zhu Houzhao also sat on a small bench.

Such a big battle, Xia Yuan sat on the small brocade pier and felt uncomfortable, now the three most noble people of the Ming Dynasty are sitting here, if you don't say that you are ugly today, I am afraid it will not be reasonable.

Considering the words in his heart, Xia Yuan stubbornly spoke: "If you ask Erchen to say when it will snow, Erchen can't say." But Erchen can talk about why it doesn't snow, including why it doesn't rain. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Emperor Hongzhi and asked: "Your Majesty, there is no snow in Beizhili now, if the minister is not mistaken, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other places should not have snowed either, right?" ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't seem to be stunned when he heard this, but said in a deep voice: "Juzheng's expectations are good, it is indeed not down, I have received reports from these places in the past two days. ”

"But it's definitely snowing in Jiangnan, Huguang, southwest and other places."

Xia Yuan asked while sorting out the wording: "Erchen dares to guess, Your Majesty may think, since the weather is so cold, it stands to reason that it should snow, is that so?" ”

Zhu Houzhao interjected: "It's going to snow when it's cold, isn't it going to rain?" ”

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at him, and then said: "I think about it like this, it's cold and snowy, this is the norm." But now this celestial phenomenon is extraordinary: the summer heat is unbearable, but there is only a single inch of rain; The winter was bitterly cold, but not a single snow fell. ”

"Your Majesty, it doesn't necessarily snow when it's cold. In other words, the reason why it snows is not because of the cold weather, but because of the cold weather, it also needs warm and moist airflow. When cold air and warm and moist air currents meet in the sky, it turns into snow and then falls. ”

"It's the same with rain, which also needs warm and humid airflow."

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment and asked, "What does Juzheng mean - the reason why the celestial phenomena of my Ming Dynasty are so grotesque is because there is no such warm and humid air flow in the sky?" ”

"I can't say no, it's just less."

Zhu Houzhao interjected again, "Then where does this warm and humid airflow come from?" ”

This question was to the point, and Emperor Hongzhi did not go to him with his eyes this time, but cast an inquiring look at his son-in-law.

Xia Yuan recalled the geographical knowledge of his previous life, and said slowly: "The warm and humid airflow is not to make it, but how to form it." It is formed on the surface of the sea for many reasons: it is affected by decreasing temperature, humidity, temperature difference, air pressure, humidity of the air.

In short, the greater the rate of decline in humidity, the more sunlight there is, the more water vapor is formed, and the stronger the warm and humid airflow. Then it was brought to me by the ocean current monsoon, and then it began to rain and snow. ”

“.”

After hearing these words, Emperor Hongzhi fell into silence for a long time, is this the art of public opinion?

Why is this trick different from what those people in the Qin Heavenly Prison said, I didn't understand it very well.

When Queen Zhang, who was sitting next to her and petting the cat quietly, saw him like this, she knew that he didn't understand, and couldn't help but say:

"This palace understands, Juzheng means that there is a lot of water in the sea, teach the sun to bask in it, and then let the wind on the sea blow, and blow the sea water to my Ming Dynasty, so that it can rain and snow."

As she spoke, Empress Zhang's eyes flickered, her eyes fell on Xia Yuan again, and she said softly: "Ju Zheng thinks of a way to see if it is the method of opening the altar or how, and get some warm and humid air flow for our Ming Dynasty." ”

“.”

Hearing the words in front of him, Xia Yuan still nodded secretly, although the queen's understanding was biased and could not be said to be irrelevant, but at least it was a little bit touched.

But when he heard the words that followed, he fell silent.

Where do I have such great magical powers?

It is also practiced by stepping on horses and opening altars.

The root of the little daughter-in-law's superstition has been found, if nothing else, it is genetic.

(End of chapter)