Sacrifices and praying for rain were activities at the Tang Dynasty at the level of "governance of the country" and contained multiple functions such as humanistic education and civilization inheritance.

Li Shimin agreed that the Taishi Bureau made today's rain prayers so large, so naturally there were certain political considerations.

"Sacrifices are not things that come from outside, they come out of the heart, and they are born in the heart. The way of heaven and earth is that they will be sick from time to time, and they will be hungry from time to time. Teaching is the people's cold and heat, and teaching is the people's cold and heat, and teaching is the people's wind and rain, and doing things is the people's wind and rain, and doing things is not stable, and they will be ineffective..."

A high platform was temporarily built in front of Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace.

Today's event was hosted by Li Chunfeng.

After a series of obscure opening remarks, the biggest rain prayer event in the 18 years of Zhenguan has officially begun.

Li Kuan stood in front of the crowd, looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but frown.

Didn’t it be said that today’s white clouds have the most recent number?

Why does the sky seem to be blue?

Although the entire rain prayer activity lasts for more than an hour, it seems that it is really not going to rain at this sign now.

If the number of clouds is relatively small, even if artificial rainfall is more successful, it will take some time to rain heavily directly.

"Your Highness, the scorching sun is in the sky, and I can't stand it. If it doesn't rain, it will affect the people's views on the court."

Changsun Wuji stood very close to Li Kuan and also took the initiative to talk to Li Kuan.

However, inside and outside, it was obviously a look of watching the fun.

"If you have a bad health, then you can resign as soon as possible and go home to hold your grandson. Otherwise, if you fall directly at your job one day, everyone would think that Your Majesty would treat the officials seriously."

Li Kuan retorted in anger.

Sooner or later, the Changsun family will disappear into the long river of history.

Now looking at Li Shimin, he is too unmoved, but it doesn't mean that he is afraid of him.

Others think that the Changsun family is at its peak and is deeply trusted by His Majesty.

In fact, which powerful minister and relative in history was not trusted by the emperor at its peak?

But the ending is very good. How many people can enjoy their old age?

Changsun Wuji obviously did not see through this point, and he still wanted to keep the wealth of the Changsun family for a long time every day.

"Your Highness the King of Chu is not worried. You should pray that the people from Guanshishan Academy can be more angry, otherwise you should be ready to welcome the anger of the people. The higher the person stands, the more miserable he falls. Young people should not be so arrogant, so high-profile."

Changsun Wuji was in a good mood at this time. Although he was criticized by Li Kuan, he had a rare smile on his face.

This scene made the officials who could not hear the conversation between the two in the distance thought that the Chu Prince's Mansion and the Changsun Family had already reconciled.

On the contrary, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu and others next to him could hear the conversation between Li Kuan and Changsun Wuji clearly, and everyone couldn't help but frown.

"The ceremony is being held now, so you should say less."

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but glance at Li Kuan and Changsun Wuji, and was speechless at them.

If these two families don’t fight to the death, it seems that they will not stop.

...

With the sound of the Big Ben at Mingde Gate, many people in Chang'an City stopped their work and began to pay attention to the changes in the celestial phenomena.

Driven by the Changsun family, Gao family and others, the court's rain prayer activities today and the artificial rainfall activities of the Guanshishan Academy Meteorological Research Institute are well-known to everyone.

"Auntie Liu, do you think it will rain today?"

In the western market, Butcher Zhang sat behind the chopping board, waiting for customers to buy the last lean meat in the scorching sun.

And he was holding a palm-leaf fan in one hand, not caring about it, wanting to make himself cooler.

From time to time, I would fan the pork on the chopping board and drive away the flies flying on it.

"Your home has no farming and it doesn't rain. What does it have to do with you?"

Aunt Liu is in a bad mood. Although she cleans the West City all day, she does not rely on farming to make a living at home.

But her mother's home is outside the city, but there are dozens of acres of rice. Whether it rains today or not, the harvest will definitely be affected.

In addition, with the arrival of drought, the food prices in Chang'an City have risen by 10%.

But their wages did not increase at all.

"That's not the case. Although our family does not have farming, the pigs I bought also have to eat. The weather has been dry, and the piglets must not eat well, and they naturally grow badly. If people are unwilling to sell them so early, it will indirectly affect my business."

"Take it down! You just stand and talk without a pain in your back."

"No, Aunt Liu, why are you doing that? You are not worried that it will not rain today, and the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy will be scolded by everyone, are you thinking too much? Although your nephew is also a student of Guanshishan Academy, he is just helping with some work in the Meteorological Research Institute. Even if it really doesn't rain today, no one will cause trouble for your nephew, right?"

Butcher Zhang thought about it and felt that he should have found the reason.

"Who said I was worried? Don't look at the sky now. Although there is still the sun, the clouds are getting more and more, and they are slowly getting darker? According to my experience, it is probably going to rain later.

People from the Taishi Bureau said that it will rain today, and with the help of artificial rainfall from the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy, there will definitely be heavy rain later."

Aunt Liu’s idea represents the inner considerations of many people.

Whether they believe it really or fakely, they are at least thinking so.

"It's wind blowing, it seems that the dark clouds have really become a little more!"

Butcher Zhang stopped the movement of inciting the palm-leaf fan in his hand and felt the flow of the air.

...

"Ito-kun, do you think this rain prayer event in Tang Kingdom will be effective?"

At the residence of the Japanese envoy, Kubota Shiro also stood in the yard with Ito Koyuki, watching the changes in the sky.

Not only did the Tang people themselves care about such a big disturbance, but the envoys of various countries were also extremely concerned about it.

They will try their best to record every move of the Tang Dynasty and then go back and study it slowly.

For things they think are good, they naturally hope to imitate them in the country.

"We also paid attention to the previous few times of praying for rain, but in the end, there was no drop of rain. We have never encountered drought before. We really don't know what happened. Just watch more and listen more and express less opinions here."

Japan is surrounded by the sea and the water is sufficient.

For them, there are only floods and no droughts.

"I went to Guanshishan Academy yesterday and found that people from the Meteorological Institute seem to be really preparing for artificial rainfall. In the past two days, hot air balloons have often taken off the sky above Guanshishan Academy, and I don't know if it has anything to do with today's activities."

"Look, look over there, is there a hot air balloon rising slowly?"

As soon as Kubota's words came to the ground, Koyuki Ito pointed to the sky not far away.

There is a hot air balloon rising constantly.

"The Tang people's idea is really imaginative. Can the purpose of artificial rain be achieved by arranging hot air balloons to launch? I don't deny that hot air balloons are a very great invention, but this does not mean that using hot air balloons can make rain."

Obviously, Kubota does not believe that the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy can successfully implement artificial rainfall today.

In his opinion, wind, rain, thunder and lightning are all things arranged by God Amaterasu, and how can human resources change it?

People from the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy who want to rely on manpower to change this matter is likely to be retaliated against.

"This time the rain prayer is a little different from the previous few times! His Highness of the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty has returned from outside. I heard that the activities of the Guanshishan Book Meteorological Research Institute were arranged and directed by His Highness of Chu himself. With His Highness of the King of Chu's status in the Tang Dynasty, he could not touch anything, but this time he arranged for people to do artificial rainfall. I think there should be some things in it that we don't know and don't understand."

After staying in Chang'an City for so many years, Hiroyuki Ito's level of thinking about problems has increased.

However, many theories that have transcended the times are not something you can think of if you are smart or not.

"That's right, many people in Chang'an City think so too. But just such a little dark cloud in the sky doesn't seem to rain at all. During this period, there are more dark clouds every afternoon than in the morning. Everyone thinks it's going to rain, but in fact it doesn't fall once."

Kubota looked at the clouds above his head and slowly floated in the air, not at all like a storm coming.

"Let's take a look first. If the plan does not change, His Majesty Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty should have started praying for rain, and the personnel from the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy have also begun to take action!"

...

On the high platform in front of the Daming Palace, Li Shimin was carrying out rain praying activities in accordance with the procedures formulated by the Ministry of Rites and the Taishi Bureau with sweat on his face.

The process of activities these days is much more complicated than in later generations.

As the emperor, Li Shimin knew that he had to abide by these rules.

"Second brother, the wind seems to have become stronger and the clouds have become more, but it still doesn't seem to be raining."

Behind Li Kuan, King Li Ke of Wu couldn't help but lean forward.

In recent years, Li Ke has been quite calm.

However, this is only on the surface, who knows how he is thinking about it in his heart.

"The staff from the Meteorological Institute have just taken action. Don't worry, there will be changes later."

In later generations, artificial rainfall usually takes ammunition or silver iodide sown, and it will only take an hour to rain.

People from the Meteorological Research Institute of Guanshishan Academy rely on hot air balloons to sow silver iodide this time. The time from the beginning to the rainfall may last longer, and Li Kuan is not in a hurry at all.

He had already exchanged all the silver iodide, but he didn't believe that he could not even have a drop of rain today.

"Your Highness, I see that there seem to be a lot of hot air balloons flying over Chang'an City. Could it be that it is related to this artificial rainfall?"

Cen Wenben, who was standing by, didn't say much today, but he saw all the changes around him.
To be continued...