In Chongzheng Hall, there is still a stove burning to keep warm. In March, Bianjing City is not yet warm.

The weather was cold, but Zhao Xu's heart was like a burning stove, very anxious.

Spring rain is as precious as oil.

The spring rain in the seventh year of Xining is not only expensive, but also has no market price.

From the autumn and winter of the sixth year of Xining to the late spring of the seventh year of Xining, there was only a light rain in Xinzheng County near Kaifeng Prefecture, and there was no drop of water in the rest of the place.

In this feudal dynasty with agriculture as its basis, rainwater was related to the harvest of a year, and no one from the court to the people was concerned about.

As the supreme ruler of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu was particularly anxious and his head was buzzing.

Since the implementation of the Market Change Law encountered resistance before the New Year, Zhao Xu's headache has never stopped. It is useless to find an imperial doctor. Now he is even more dizzy and can't read the memorials anymore. He can only let people around him read it to him.

Huang Huaiyi held a memorial in his hand and recited slowly: "The north is blocked, the east is blocked by the sea, the south is crossed by the Yangtze River and Huai River, and the west is blocked by Shu. Since last autumn and winter, there has been little rain and snow, and the wells and springs have dried up and the two wheat has not been harvested. The people are already desperate. In the summer, the autumn seeds have not entered, and the middle households are mostly short of food, and the wood is solid and grass roots are collected to last day and night. The poor and lower households "demolition of houses to sell money to their own household food and the government's expenses..."

Zhao Xu waved his hand irritably.

Huang Huaiyi quickly picked up another memorial.

"This is reported by Wang Guangyuan, the Hedong Transport Author..."

Huang Huaiyi quickly read, omitted greetings, etc., and read only keywords and sentences to reduce the burden on Zhao Xu.

".........Lanzhou, Hedong, Shizhou, has been suffering from drought since the winter, and has been suffering from disasters. The refugees are supported by the road, barren and sad, and have no clothes. The people in the city buy hemp, wheat, rice, rice, or grass roots, and they are locked up, and they carry tiles and wood, and sell them to the officials, endlessly..."

Zhao Xu's face was flushed, and he coughed a few times, and quickly waved his hand to tell Huang Huaiyi not to read.

Huang Huaiyi quickly browsed the remaining memorials, and the more he read them, the more shocked he became.

In addition to Lanzhou and Shizhou in Hedong, there are similar situations including Qizhou, Yunzhou, Kaifeng Prefecture counties on Jingdong Road, Huaizhou, Weizhou, Yanzhou, Chenliu and other counties in Daming Prefecture, Xing, Ming, Ci, Xiang, Zhao and other counties in Zhending Prefecture, Yanzhou, Huanqingzhou, Baoanjun, Shaanxi Road, Hebei West Road, Yongxing Army, Jizhou and other places.

He even saw the memorial handed over by Chu Jianzhong, the pacifier of Huanqing Road, saying: "I have received a hand-in-hand decree, and the Han and the French have food. The Xia people took advantage of this to recommend hunger and often used the rewards to attract mature households. They went to thousands of groups and fled together. If they did not get enough money, they would cause escape and escape, and would be inconvenient to defend the border...."

This situation also spread to the borders of the Song Dynasty and affected national defense!

Seeing Huang Huaiyi's expression, Zhao Xu still didn't know what it meant. He was anxious and walked around the floor with barefoot, knocking his head hard from time to time.

Huang Huaiyi looked worried and quickly said, "Your Majesty, why don't you please come and discuss it together?"

Zhao Xu suddenly stopped: "That's right, please come here quickly."

Huang Huaiyi went outside with a worried mood to call the young Huangmen to summon the husbands to come with an oral order.

Didn't let Zhao Xu wait too long, Han Qi, Zhang Fangping, Su Song, Han Jiang, Lu Huiqing and others came together.

Zhao Xu didn't wait for them to greet him and said straight to the point: "My dear friends, the drought is already very serious, can there be a good solution?"

Lu Huiqing is more pragmatic: "Your Majesty, it is the first priority to stabilize the situation now. I suggest opening the warehouse and releasing grain first, and sending regular rice to provide relief to the hungry people to prevent the hungry people from roaming everywhere. If you are not careful, you will become a thief, and the situation will be even worse at that time."

Su Song said: "The severe drought has just begun. It seems that it is difficult to plant spring seeds. The land cannot be planted in the first half of the year. I am afraid that the position will not be supported by the winter of this year. Open the position now, and there is no way to deal with the situation in the future."

Zhao Xu sighed, "What do you say from the Imperial Heaven Supervision?"

Han Qi bowed and said, "The Imperial Heaven Supervision believes that this year's severe drought will last for a long time, and the spring seeds are probably no longer expected."

Zhao Xu was worried: "I'm afraid many people will starve to death this year!"

Several important officials looked at each other.

Zhao Xu said: "Save the time and issue an edict to all localities to report the rainwater situation in a timely manner. If any violation is violated, it is easy to make overall arrangements."

Lu Huiqing nodded a few times. In this case, the court actually couldn't do much. It was like this. Sometimes it was not that I didn't want to do anything, but that I was really powerless.

Everyone shook their heads and sighed. Just as they were about to go back to the Political Affairs Hall, they heard Han Qi suddenly say, "Your Majesty, this is God's will. Your Majesty should overcome all the human affairs."

Everyone was surprised.

Zhao Xu's face suddenly became ugly.

What is the will of heaven? It is nothing more than the way the heavens and man respond. To overcome all human affairs, the Han and Tang dynasties also formed rules.

The so-called "successful efforts" mainly involves several aspects.

One is praying.

Pray for rain on a drought, and pray for sunny on a long rain.

If there is a natural disaster, the emperor will personally send an envoy to pray. If there is a minor disaster or a regional disaster, local officials or the people will pray.

The second is to issue an edict to express the matter.

Including the emperor's edict to punish himself, reflect on his virtues, and criticize himself for his failure to be in charge of the government.

The third is to dismiss the prime minister.

Since the prime minister has the responsibility to regulate Yin and Yang, and the disorder of Yin and Yang causes disasters, the prime minister is responsible.

Since the Han Dynasty, there have been actions of relieving the prime minister due to disasters.

Fourth, be imprisoned due to disasters.

The ancients believed that the stagnation of imprisonment would cause drought, and "the accumulation of resentment and strong resentment can also cause early." It can also cause floods. "For a long time, the yin energy is overwhelming the sun, which is caused by the injustice blocking and not being smooth."

Therefore, when water and drought disasters occur, the emperor must issue an edict to be imprisoned.

It’s okay to pray for rain and imprisonment, this is all the right thing to do in the question, but the emperor issued an edict to punish himself and a plan to dismiss the prime minister... This is to turn it into a major political event!

The emperor issued an edict to punish himself. Because it was during the disaster, the ministers followed the edict and would not be punished for their words.

Therefore, the content of the disaster-related words is very rich, either discussing the government, reviewing the administration, criticizing powerful ministers, or making suggestions for disaster relief, or even directly criticizing the emperor's virtues and politics!

Let’s not talk about virtue for now, the political field has only calmed down slightly recently. Wang Anshi’s resignation has slightly eased the government’s affairs. What does Han Qi mean now?

Is it aimed at the prime minister?

Han Qi himself is the prime minister, but he definitely didn't go for himself, so who did he go for?

Han Jiang and Lu Huiqing looked a little ugly.

Zhang Fangping and Su Song also looked at each other.

"Mr. Han, what do you mean?"

Han Jiang looked at Han Qi and asked.

"The court has just stabilized, what are you trying to do!"
Chapter completed!