In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, the summer was hot, and there was only an inch of rain; The winter is very cold, it is already the wax moon, but there is no snow yet.

This situation indicates that this year's Xiaoice period has intensified again.

In other words, last year, including previous years, was an appetizer at best, and now it is a meal.

What was the worst disaster caused by the Xiaoice River period of the Ming Dynasty, not cold, but drought.

The extremely cold climate causes the tropical sea surface climate to become colder and less warm and humid air currents are formed.

The ocean current monsoon blows from south to north, and when it blows, it is almost used in the southern provinces. The north is not blessed with warm and humid air currents, so the northern provinces are affected by drought.

And the Xiaoice River period will be aggravated in the future, now the Hongzhi period is on the main meal, and in the late Wanli period, especially the Tianqi and Chongzhen dynasties, at that time it is the north and south dishes.

The climate has dropped to the lowest point, and there will be different degrees of drought in all provinces of the country, north and south of the river. Like the northern provinces, three-year droughts abound, especially in Shaanxi and Henan.

Large-scale drought caused large-scale famine, the Jiannu outside the border repeatedly violated the border, the treasury was poor, the imperial court levied Liao, the people were about to starve to death, and these taxes were apportioned.

In this way, internal and external troubles, and encountering such a great wisdom as Chongzhen, coupled with the fact that the entire court has decayed, the Ming Dynasty collapsed.

For the demise of the Ming Dynasty and the theft of the splendid mountains and rivers by the Tartars, Xia Yuan would sigh whenever he read the history so far.

But it would be really difficult for him to find a way to get some warm and humid air to solve the drought.

The concubine really can't sit down.

Facing Emperor Hongzhi's expectant eyes, Xia Yuan said dryly: "Your Majesty, there is no solution to this matter, and the minister does not have such a great ability to get this warm and humid air current." Since the beginning of previous years, the weather has been getting colder and colder every year, and this majesty knows it.

The decrease in the warm and humid air currents over the sea is now related to the colder weather. ”

This is very easy to understand, Emperor Hongzhi understood, but after understanding, he was even more worried in his heart, and this question was clearly unsolvable.

If you want to get this warm and humid airflow to get this warm and humid airflow to make it snow, you have to make the weather warm first.

can make the weather warmer, who in this world can have such magical powers, I am afraid that I have to invite the heavenly Daluo Immortal to come to the world.

Thinking like this, the light of hope in his eyes dimmed.

Seeing this, Xia Yuan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and said loudly: "There are three warm and humid airflows, and this one has not blown to the northern part of my Daming, and there may be others that can be blown." ”

"What's three-stranded two-stranded, you can make it clear."

"Oh, according to the minister's speculation, the warm and humid air flow from the southwest or the South China Sea should have been exhausted when it reached the southern provinces of my Ming Dynasty. According to common sense, this air flow can reach the north, and sometimes even reach Liaodong. But as grotesque today, I can only hope for the warm and humid air flow from the southeast. ”

In fact, the rainfall and snowfall in the entire land of China are bordered by the Indian Ocean in the southwest and the Pacific Ocean in the east.

The northwest belongs to the incident, and there are mountains and rivers blocking it in the middle, so the northwest is the most serious when there is a drought.

In today's Xiaoice period, the only place to produce warm and moist air currents is in the tropical seas of the equator. In winter, the northwest wind blows from northwest to southeast.

By the time the Pacific monsoon comes in with moisture, it will be much later.

"Then when will this southeast air flow reach my Daming?"

"Maybe it's a few days, maybe it's ten days and half a month, it may be a month, or maybe it's not, I can't say it."

“.”

Emperor Hongzhi was a little melancholy, and ran over upside down, not only failed to solve the snowy matter, but was even more worried.

After sitting silently for a long time, he looked at the sky outside the hall, stood up and said, "That's it, there will be a noon in a while, and I will leave first." I hope that according to what Juzheng said, it will be snowing in a few days. ”

“？”

Xia Yuan was shocked, "The minister didn't say that it would snow in a few days." ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't answer again, and walked out of Kunning Palace, and then went to Luanyu and was carried away.

Empress Zhang sighed faintly, she usually didn't care about any government affairs, nor did she care about celestial phenomena, but looking at Emperor Hongzhi's worries, she didn't feel good as a wife.

Coming out of Kunning Palace, Zhu Houzhao seemed to wake up, what kind of warm and humid airflow, what monsoon. At first he could listen intently, but then he didn't let him interject, so he wandered into the world, and then he began to get sleepy.

Now coming out of the warm Kunning Palace, blown by the oncoming cold wind, he is sober when he arrives.

Xia Yuan walked silently beside him, wondering in his heart, did I say so?

When did I say when I could see snow?

Is this dog emperor deliberate, wait for a few days before it snows, give me a crime of bullying.

No, it's a son-in-law, half a son.

Zhu Houzhao regained his vigor at this time, "Let's go, master, let's go back to the East Palace, I haven't finished practicing today's magic skills." ”

"You go to Wang Shouren to practice, I'm on duty."

"Lower value? What are you doing so early? ”

"Of course, I went home to accompany my daughter-in-law, and I had to go to the household department by the way."

"Tobe?"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, "What are you going to do in the household department?" ”

"I begged for a salary, August, September, and October haven't been settled for me yet, I have to go to the household department."

"How many can you have?" Obviously, Zhu Houzhao also understands the official of the Ming Dynasty, and he gives it very little.

"Twelve taels of silver, plus nine stones of rice."

Hearing this amount, Zhu Houzhao became more and more incomprehensible, "Are you short of this bit of silver and rice?" What's there to ask for? ”

Xia Yuan didn't like to hear this, so he straightened his face and said: "The so-called food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king."

If I don't receive it, won't it seem that I am not loyal enough? Besides, if you don't want this money back, won't you let those dogs in the household be greedy? This is invisibly promoting the bad atmosphere of greed in my Ming Dynasty. ”

“.”

Zhu Houzhao was determined, as if he was stunned by his righteous appearance, otherwise how could the master make a fortune.

Now there are mountains of gold and silver lying at home, and the silver of a dozen taels is still not let go, and this kind of high-sounding reason is pulled, such a person is intolerable if he does not get rich.

Immediately, he was happy, "Let's go, this palace will go with you to ask for money." ”

"What are you going to do? Your Majesty has given you a holy decree to be grounded, and when you go, Your Majesty will think that I will pry you up. ”

"What kind of grounding decree, this palace doesn't know."

Zhu Houzhao has no fear, grounded, forbidden feet, father and son talked about the holy decree before hurting feelings, too angry.

Besides, there is no shortage of that little monthly silver now, even if there is any punishment when he leaves the palace, at most he will be reprimanded, and if he breaks the sky, he will be beaten lightly or severely.

What else?

The happiness of the only seedling is unimaginable.

(End of chapter)