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Chapter 20 Spring rain is as expensive as oil ([-])

The first year of Chongzhen.

February sixteenth.

Taihe gate early.

The rain outside Taihe Gate has been pouring down.

The courtiers in the Great Hall of Supreme Harmony are bustling with each other.

Yang Reform ignored these NPCs as usual.Sitting on the throne in a daze.But the eyes cooperated very well, sweeping across the foreheads of the officials from time to time.Let everyone think that the emperor is paying attention to me.

Last night, it started to rain. The spring rain is as expensive as oil, and it has not stopped until now.Yang Reform had a sudden whim in the middle of the night and asked the little eunuch to catch the rain with a copper basin.

The ministers "sprayed" each other for a long time, and soon found that His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the Dragon Throne in a daze, and had no intention of arguing any longer.Even if no one appreciates the performance, the performer also finds it boring!Just like a novel that no one reads, it becomes an eunuch when it is written.

The hall finally fell silent.

"Aiqings finally finished their quarrel?" Yang Reform came back to his senses and asked.

The ministers spurted blood.I thought to myself that the emperor was too "bad" for making us waste our efforts for a long time, vomited up all the saliva, and asked us if we were done arguing.

"Loves, let's forget about the quarrel for the time being, let's talk about other things first, and relax. I see that some of the lovers are arguing with red faces and thick necks. How about taking a break?"

The officials were speechless for a while, wondering what the emperor had done.Every time we talked about something else, it made us embarrassed.

Yang Reform had already opened his mouth again, and said: "I see that the drizzle outside the palace has been falling continuously since last night. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, and all the lovers will talk about it."

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the emperor was fine, and nothing happened. They were asking about the rain, and yesterday was the "Vernal Equinox Festival", so they must have expressed their feelings.

"My Majesty, as the saying goes, 'Spring rain is as precious as oil', this drizzle is as precious as oil, it is a good thing, and it indicates that my Ming Dynasty will definitely have a bumper harvest this year. Congratulations, Your Majesty." A minister who is good at flattering has already thought of a good harvest of grain.

"Your Majesty, this is a good thing. With so much spring rain, there must be no shortage of rain in spring plowing this year. It is a good omen for a good harvest!"

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"Reporting to Your Majesty, yesterday was the 'Spring Equinox Festival', and it is a pity and a celebration to have rain today."

"Your Majesty, this is an auspicious sign from the heavens!"

"...Your Majesty Hongfu..."

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"..."

There was an endless stream of flattery, and Yang Reform ignored it.

"Everyone, please listen to me first." As soon as Yang Reform spoke, the ministers below fell silent, waiting to see what the emperor had to say.

"Ai Qing, do you know how long it has been raining? How much has it rained? You Ai Qing keep saying that 'spring rain is as expensive as oil', and that this year will definitely have a bumper harvest. But, let me ask you, how much rain has it actually rained? How can one know the exact number?" Yang Reform said today's theme.

"Uh……"

"This……"

"what!"

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Depressed, a group of ministers felt aggrieved in their hearts. We were the courtiers in charge of the center of the Ming Dynasty, not the Dragon King who was in charge of how much rain. Ask us what we are doing?

A group of ministers were holding back their ears red and their necks thick, but they didn't know where to start.

After a long silence, one of the old ministers came out and played: "Your Majesty, the old minister estimated that the rain started to fall from yesterday's ugly time (from 1:3 a.m. to 11:1 a.m. in modern times), and it is now almost At noon (from [-]:[-] a.m. to [-]:[-] p.m.), it has been raining intermittently for five hours. As for how much rain has fallen here, I don’t know how much, but I can’t estimate it, it’s been like this all the time.”

"Well, yes, what Ai Qing said is right. I woke up when it rained just in time yesterday. When I saw the spring rain falling, I sighed. The rain did fall in time. Yesterday was the 'spring equinox', and it fell today Rain, there must be a good harvest this year, I——think so too."

Yang Reform changed the subject again and said, "Since this is a good thing, who can tell me how much rain the seedlings in this field need? How long will it take to make the people in the world have a good harvest? Is it a blessing from heaven, not a disaster?"

Speaking of which, it's a little cold.

The ministers thought to themselves, did not expect the emperor to care about this matter?It seems that there is still some thought.But does this have anything to do with us?We just collect land rent. As for how much grain can be grown in the field, it has nothing to do with us. It is the business of the tenants. Borrowing usury, selling our sons and daughters to pay us rent, just to put some usury money out, and take in a few concubines and buy a few maids to serve us.

Another minister couldn't stand it anymore, and came out to play: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to celestial phenomena, and you have to ask the Qin Tianjian to know. I'm afraid I don't know either."

Very good, the evasion is very artistic, but it is also true. In ancient times, there was such an institution, and it was the Qintianjian that was in charge of this kind of thing.Yang Reform nodded and said, "Well, that's good, the people from Xuanqin Tianjian will come quickly."

Yang Reform and the ministers had been "confronting each other" in the hall for a long time, and there was nothing to say, everyone was very embarrassed.

Fortunately, the people from Qin Tianjian came, otherwise, if this embarrassment continues, I'm afraid they won't even have food.

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"Chenqin Tianjian... XXX... kowtow to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." A group of "green-robed officials" and "green-robed officials" kowtowed on the ground.Guessing, he was afraid that the emperor would ask questions, so he called all the people who could be called by Qin Tianjian.

"Get up. I have something to ask you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron." They all got up.In this hall, the blue and green robes are serious "little officials", quite conspicuous among the group of red robes.

"Today, I discussed this spring rain with all my lovers. They all said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but I want to know how long it has been raining and how much it has fallen. All my lovers recommended Qin Tianjian to solve my doubts. What do you say Speak."

The people of Qin Tianjian were dumbfounded, what is this called?Rain is a good thing, yesterday was the vernal equinox, and it rained today, it seems that this year is a good year, but how long and how much it will fall... seems too much.Who is okay to get up in the middle of the night to pick up a plate?

Everyone in Qin Tianjian was hesitating whether to answer the emperor's words.

Suddenly one of them came out and played: "Your Majesty, I have also observed this spring rain. It is indeed timely. This year must be a good harvest. As for how long and how much it has been raining, I am sorry that I am incompetent. I am really not prepared, maybe If you are prepared in the future, you can count how much rain will come."

"Well, what's your name?" Yang Reform saw that there was another "capable person" and became interested.

"Report to Your Majesty, Li Zubai from the Li Zubai Department of Qintian Supervisory Department."

"Li Zubai?" Yang Reformed silently in his mind, as if he had no memory.I didn't care too much.

Yang Reform saw that this person looked like he was playing.I thought that I wanted to tease the elites of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect to have a knowledgeable one.I immediately became happy in my heart, and said: "Li Aiqing, like this, when I saw the rain yesterday, I occasionally thought about it, and thought of my Ming Dynasty's grain harvest, so I asked how much rain it was, so I asked the little internal official to use a basin After catching the rain, Li Aiqing quickly counted it for me, I am eager to know..." Yang Reform was very happy, and finally met someone who was pleasing to the eye, and he didn't "soak" in those sour things all day long Own.

Yang Reform yelled again: "Come on, bring up the basin."

The little eunuch immediately walked over slowly, holding a basin in his hand, which was covered with a wooden lid.Opening the lid of the basin, it turned out to be a copper basin, the whole body was yellow, and the clear water inside was about a finger deep.

"Li Aiqing, hurry up and tell me how much water is in this basin and how much rain has fallen?"

In fact, Yang Reform himself has also experienced the nine-year compulsory education in New China. He has learned the calculation of area, volume and weight, and rainfall. Teacher, if you want to count, you have to review it again.

However, since he came to the Great Ming Dynasty to be the emperor, there is no reason to make his own calculations. What does the emperor do?It is a person who is served by people from all over the world, so of course he has to find someone else.

All the ministers were dumbfounded, thinking in their hearts that the emperor really dared to think and do it. Wasn't the rain in the sky just a decree from the Jade Emperor and the Dragon King running errands?Why do we mortals have to count this thing?
However, what the emperor asked was this year's grain, and it was only right and proper. He was diligent in governing and caring for the people.It's hard to say anything.I could only stretch my neck to see how the supervisor Li Zubai measured the rainfall.

Li Zubai was also unambiguous.

He played again: "Your Majesty, I need tools to measure the caliber and size of this copper basin. Please allow me to fetch them."

Yang Reform couldn't wait to see how the people of the Ming Dynasty measured the rainfall.Immediately said: "Big Companion, call someone to fetch it immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll ask someone to pick it up." Wang Chengen immediately agreed.

(End of this chapter)