After Shao Song

Chapter 132 Ice and Snow Disaster
Regarding the death of Taishang Yuansheng Emperor Zhao Huan, Zhao Jiu was just unhappy when he heard about it. After all, he didn't like anything related to this person. However, he calmed down and thought about it carefully. If he died, he would die. Then he would still be dead. Ansheng.

Anyway, according to ancient funeral rituals, he, the father, has already passed to Zhezong, and the royal family does not have to keep filial piety for this cousin. Not to mention that the wedding of Foyou and Yue Yun is scheduled for September next year, so there is no delay. .

What?You said he is the Supreme Emperor?The Supreme Emperor, who was involved in the rebellion, was being polite by not giving him a glass of poisoned wine.

Anyway, the attitude of the Tokyo Secret Pavilion and the southeastern officials was the same. People like Ma Shen, Li Guang and even Fan Zongyin who originally had a certain sympathy for him could no longer have any sympathy for him after he participated in the rebellion. mutual affection.

How can there be two days in the world?As an orthodox Confucian disciple, who doesn’t understand this truth?
Even Lu Haowen only asked for him to be buried. He was already considered the most kind person in the court.

As for Zhao Guan's family, it is even more impossible to go to Hangzhou to hold the funeral in person. They can just find a younger brother to do it for them.Finally, Zhao Huan was given the posthumous title "Yin", and he was buried near Dongxiao Palace.

However, some ministers were worried that if the two emperors died in the same year, would there be conspiracy theories about Zhao Jiu in future generations?This Zhao Jiu showed his hand. It's not like he asked Zhao Ji to have a secret meeting and have an affair. He couldn't stop Zhao Huan from scaring himself to death. He couldn't care less about how future generations arranged it. Anyway, Tang Taizong did it much more ruthlessly than him, and he was still not an eternal wise king. evaluation of.

After figuring this out, Zhao Jiu lost his temper and announced the breakup after the meal.The next day was a day off, and then we continued to discuss the adjustment of military-civilian relations, and asked all commanders and local officials to write a statement.Sum up experience and propose solutions.

He took this day off not because he was giving snacks to that loser, but because of the urgent reports coming from all over the southeast.This year, the Yellow River was safe and sound, but from the south of Huaihai to the Yangtze River Basin, a freezing disaster that had never happened in a century actually occurred. Heavy snow fell to the ground, freezing livestock to death and countless people.

What's more terrible is that I don't know who spread the word, but it is said that the official family has no king and no father, the position is not right, and the bloodline is doubtful, which is a warning of natural disasters.

Li Guang and Liu Ziyu were both furious and frantically arrested those who spread rumors within their jurisdiction.But the reason why rumors are rumors lies in his absence (as long as they are not organized).However, the people at the bottom, especially those in the south, did not feel the war, but only felt the increase in taxes. They did not love the emperor as much as those in the north, which caused widespread rumors.

Zhao Jiu had expected such troubles since the Baima Incident, so he wasn't too angry and only told officials from all walks of life to actively provide disaster relief.

But the matter in the south has not yet been resolved, and something happened north of Yanjing. The heavy snow in western Liaoning collapsed countless houses and froze to death many cattle and sheep. Especially the Khitan Autonomous Road suffered serious damage. Yelu Yudu was already crying and shouting to The imperial court applied for assistance.

This is the first large-scale natural disaster that the Zhao family has encountered in the nearly 14 years since they took the throne.If it weren't for the seaport's profit last year, Zhang Junzhen found the Spice Island for him and made at least a hundred helpless, and contributed half to the official family, he would have really emptied the treasury.

Moreover, disaster relief is not all about money.Cotton, food, and personnel placement are all problems that require a large number of low-level officials to do it themselves.

Of course, if the military discipline is strict enough, it can also make great efforts to fight disasters.

Zhang Xian patted his chest and promised, and after getting permission, he led the imperial army to provide disaster relief for the people in western Liaoning. The praise he received was amazing. The spirit of the Yue Family Army was carried forward in his hands, helping the people, hoeing snow and providing food. Without taking a single step, his performance allowed him to be officially promoted to the commander-in-chief of the former military camp.

Although other troops did not dare to look at the back of Yue's army.At least it didn't cause any trouble. After all, after ten years of war, no one wants to see more deaths in the country.

The conflict between the military and civilians was temporarily alleviated.But the court's life was still difficult, because natural disasters were even more terrible.

Taxes can be reduced or reduced for Zhao Guan's family, but the corvee must be increased, otherwise the heavy snow will collapse the house, and who knows how many people will freeze to death.For a time, there were complaints from all over the country.

Officials within the system and some scholars with a sense of justice all feel that these nonsense are too much. Is Zhao Guan doing this for himself?

During the inspection of the Huaihe River, Yan Xiaozhong, the censor Zhongcheng, used his verbal skills to scold a civilian husband who had read a little but was full of complaints and fainted.

Jinzhou was also seriously affected by the disaster. Li Ruopu, the magistrate who was demoted here, didn't complain so much, but said to the general judge Lu Jiusi: "The saint said that the people can let them know, but you can't let them know. But look at these people. South That's all for people, but the people in Hedong should always know that it was the officials who rescued them from the fire and water. This natural disaster will not make anyone feel good. If you put in more effort to help your hometown but have to insinuate something, I don't like it. If it gets to the ears of officials, I really don't know how they will feel."

Lu Jiusi also had a heavy workload, and sighed: "What Zhizhou said is true, but Jilai's heart is not like a snake swallowing an elephant, and his desires are hard to calm down. It's just his nature. The official is the Son of the Holy Tomorrow. I guess he will laugh it off after hearing this. I It's all about doing your job well." He is even more stressed. His son and younger brother are both young children. If he doesn't light a brazier at home for a day, he is afraid that people will freeze to death. But now the price of charcoal is almost the same as that of refined copper. .What they don't know is that since the large-scale natural disaster occurred, Zhao Guan's family has no time to go to Tianjie Street to listen to what people say about him. He spends the whole day either leading his ministers to dig out snow or locking himself in a small dark room to wreak havoc.

Yes, this engineering dog is trying to solve the problem of cold weather again. Earth mines have already appeared in this era, but the practicality and modernity are still incomparable.He looked for a lot of information and found that there is a record, "The ring house is an earth bed, with a fire burning underneath and sleeping, eating and living on it. It is called a kang to keep it warm."

However, according to his inquiry, most of these Tukang are found in the Northeast, which is now the Khitan Autonomous Road and Liaodong areas. After years of war in Hedong, Hebei and even the Central Plains, trees are scarce and charcoal is expensive to process.Even with the craft of earthen kang, most people don’t have firewood.

But at least they had some methods. The Zhao Guan family quickly ordered Zong Ying to promote the use of earthen kangs on a large scale. At least one person could survive alone. Zong Ying also thought this method was very good, so he hurried to do it.

Instead, Hong Shi asked, "Why don't the officials let them use charcoal?"

Zhao Guan's family looked at this third-generation official, but at least they didn't reply, "Why don't you eat minced meat?"If coal is so easy to get, why would I have to work so hard?

As a result, what Hong Shi said next actually made his eyes light up, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so happy to build palaces that he cut down too many trees. There was not enough firewood. Later generations used coal powder as a substitute, "Book of Jin·Biography of Wife's Wife·Yangxiu" It is said: "Combine charcoal scraps to make animal shapes and warm wine, and the fire will burn, and the beasts will open their mouths to people, and it will be impressive." There is also Yu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty who said in "Xie Zhao Wang Lai Si Bu Qi": "The bird feathers are not covered with feathers." Warm, like animal charcoal, overcoming the cold.' In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was also called fragrant coal cake. My brother Hong Zun liked these miscellaneous books and notes very much and studied them a lot."

Isn't this the prototype of briquettes?Zhao Guanjia's eyes lit up. He grabbed Hong Shi and wanted to shake him out of the secret recipe. "Where is your brother? Can he make these briquettes? Call him quickly!"

Hong Shi was almost shaken by him and vomited. It took him a long time to calm down and said: "Guan family, you can call my brother over and give it a try. But where are the coal mines?"

Zhao Guanjia waved his hand, "Don't worry about this, I'll come find you." Just kidding, there are no coal mines in Shanxi, do you think my previous life was in vain?
It is now the Song Dynasty, and there is not much mining, but the above-ground and underground storage must be large, making it easier to discover.

Hong Shi didn't know that his own words by chance would elevate his younger brother to the throne of a giant in Yuanxue.

——Small Extra Theater——

Documentary "Remembering Nostalgia" Dubbing

In the history of Jiangxi, the Southern Song Dynasty is definitely a dynasty that cannot be ignored.According to county records, in Raozhou alone, there were 23 prime ministers and 2097 Jinshis in the past dynasties, including 13 champions, 6 second prizes, and 5 top prizes.There are countless examples.

The Hougang Town in Leping, Raozhou that we walked into today is a bit special, because not only does it have a family with four Jinshi, a father and son, but also Hong Zun, a pioneering scientist who was born here and left an ancient house.

Hong Zun's father, Hong Hao, was the ancestor of the Hong family in Leping.Hong Hao, courtesy name Guangbi, was born in Leping, Raozhou, Song Dynasty. He was a famous patriotic minister in the Song Dynasty.When he served as Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, and was detained in the desert for ten years. He was unyielding and returned with a full festival.

As the second son, Hong Zun, unlike his older brother Hong Shi, who became a close minister of Emperor Shizu of Song Dynasty and made his way to the top, prefers to delve into some science and technology, such as medicine, gunpowder and even coins, but his most famous deeds are undoubtedly in Jianyan 13 Between years and 15 years.With the support of Song Shizu, he carried out innovative development of pulverized coal and directly became the ancestor of modern briquettes.

This also saved countless people who were struggling to survive due to climate change.

　There is motivation only when there is need, and the Zhao Guan family continues to develop technology trees.

　　XZ was harmonized and had to fight Jinzhou

　　
　
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