Chapter 984
Song Qingming was not clear about the injury. There was no evidence of this matter, and there was no physical evidence. It was a case of no headlessness, and the Song family did not make a big fuss about it. Song Luo was injured in the street. He looked at the matter with many eyes, and the people could see clearly that ordinary carriages collided.
The carriage and the driver who bumped into the Prime Minister's carriage were investigated, and there was no suspicion, but Emperor Yuan still made these two matters public.
Bai Beitang knew that His Majesty was suspicious, so he must have suspected that someone had done it on purpose by the Song family's father and son who were injured one after another. Even if he couldn't hold on to the handle, he would still take it out and knock everyone. How long has Song Luo been lying at home??!
Not only that, he entered the Song Mansion like a flowing water, leaving him alone to face the mountain of official duties and His Majesty's harsh criticism. He was really annoying. When Bai Beitang entered the imperial study, he still cursed in his heart. He didn't know that Song Luo was so cunning!
The air pressure in Emperor Yuan's body was so low that Bai Beitang accidentally glanced at him and was so scared that he shivered. Before he could salute, he heard Emperor Yuan ask, "What do you think about the winter drought?"
Winter drought... Bai Beitang quickly searched for the latest official duties in his mind, and finally found matters related to winter drought. He stammered: "The fortune of the East Vietnamese country is prosperous, and this time it is not a continuous season of drought, it is bound to..."
"It's useful." Emperor Yuan said impatiently, what is continuous drought? Continuous drought refers to continuous drought in two or more seasons, such as continuous drought in spring and summer, continuous drought in summer, continuous drought in summer, continuous drought in autumn and winter, continuous drought in winter, continuous drought in winter or continuous drought in spring, summer and autumn.
It is because of the droughts in all seasons, the people are working hard, and crops are difficult to harvest. Emperor Yuan was so angry that his teeth were itchy. If it was not a season of drought, it was worth the blessing of Baibeitang? It was not a drought in winter?
Bai Beitang was silent. He guessed wrong again, thinking that His Majesty summoned him to the palace for the private salt case in Liangjiang. All he had thought of was to deal with the private salt case. This suddenly turned into a winter drought, and he was unprepared.
The atmosphere in the imperial study room was awkward for a moment. At this time, Eunuch Hong suddenly walked out and looked a little more happy when he came in again: "Your Majesty, Song Xiang was anxious when he heard about the winter drought. He didn't care about healing his wounds, so he took Shangshu Song into the palace and asked His Majesty to summon him."
Bai Beitang's face was pale. Didn't that guy lie down in the mansion to recuperate, so why did he enter the palace? And Song Luo could not count it. As soon as His Majesty mentioned the Dongdrought, he went to the palace to see His Majesty for the Dongdrought. It really cost him his life!
Comparing the two, it is not clear at a glance who is higher and lower?
Eunuch Hong's words were also to speak nice things for Song Luo in front of His Majesty. When did this old eunuch be so good to the Song family?
When Bai Beitang was calm, the Song family father and son came in and saw that Bai Beitang looked no surprise when they saw Bai Beitang. When Bai Beitang looked up, he saw that Song Luo was still bandaged, and there was a strong smell of medicine on his body.
As soon as he came in, the entire imperial study was filled with the smell of his medicine. Emperor Yuan frowned and said, "How is Song Aiqing's injury recovering? This is soaked in a medicine jar, this heavy smell of medicine!"
"Report to Your Majesty, your injuries are no longer serious, and your dizziness has improved. I just heard the dog mention the incident of winter drought. I feel very guilty. I have been recuperating for several days and have never shared my worries for Your Majesty. The incident of winter drought is related to the spring plowing in the coming year and involves the rest of the people."
"I can only take the liberty to enter the palace to seek a meeting, and I will try to resolve the winter drought as soon as possible." Song Luo did not even give Bai Beitang a trace of Yu Guang, and continued, "Your Majesty also asks you to take a look."
The father and son of the Song family came prepared and had long written the method of solving the winter drought, which was handed over to Emperor Yuan by Eunuch Hong.
Song Qingming's face was solemn. His father's purpose of pretending to hit his head had been achieved. His Majesty deliberately announced their injuries to Zhu in the court, and even expressed his suspicion, suspected that the powerful ministers took action, which scared the ministers so much that they did not dare to act again.
Since the purpose is achieved, it is not that important to raise the injury or not. In fact, the injury has been cured almost the same, and it is only for Your Majesty to see it. The most important thing is the solution they presented to Emperor Yuan.
Winter drought occurs in winter, with precipitation in winter, and drought in various places. Most farmlands in the north are leisurely, and wheat is dormant. Winter drought is less harmful to crops; while the winter temperature in South China and Southwest regions is still very high, and crop production is still there, and the harm of winter drought is still severe.
Precipitation is concentrated in summer, with strong northerly winds in winter, and precipitation is generally very little. In northern regions, winter crops have stopped growing, and there is not much water required after entering the overwintering period, so there is little impact.
However, winter drought reduces soil bottom moisture, which will affect the greening growth of overwintering crops and the emergence of spring crops; if winter drought is continuous with spring drought, its harm will be more serious. It is unknown whether spring drought occurs this time, but it must be prevented before it occurs.
If there is a continuous drought in winter and spring, there will be food disaster next year!
Once the people lack food, the consequences will be unimaginable. Being able to eat enough and dress warmly is the basic need of the people. Song Qingming dared to bet that the court's granary had already given birth to big rats. If it were really opened to store grain, reality would probably give His Majesty a heavy blow.
When the people are not full and don’t wear warm clothes, chaos will arise. Just think about selling children and women, or even fighting with each other until... Song Qingming thought of the worst consequences, how can he be safe?
Therefore, after discussing with his father, Song Qingming decided to put his injuries aside. Now is the time for the Song family to stand out. For the sake of the people, they will temporarily put the dispute between the imperial party aside, not to mention that the goal they wanted has been achieved.
Facing Bai Beitang's somewhat angry gaze, the father and son ignored it directly. Emperor Yuan hurriedly launched their solution. After reading it, his eyebrows did not let go and his fists were slightly clenched. Eunuch Hong didn't know why His Majesty was so strict.
Seeing this, Song Qingming bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the welfare of the people is the most important thing. This is the best method at the moment. Although there is water storage in the winter drought areas, the water stored can only last for half a month. It is also said that it is difficult to have rain when you look at the image. It is difficult to store water again."
"Recently, water supply has been used to ensure the water supply of farmland and the people's daily water use, but lakes and underground are hard to raise. If water is not transferred from other places, it may be difficult to maintain. Only this water transfer plan can relieve the thirst of South China, especially the southwest."
To adjust the water is to transfer the water to arid areas from other water sources along the river troughs and other methods. The reason why Emperor Yuan changed his face was because the father and son proposed to re-activate the water trough built by the previous dynasty!
To be honest, the emperor and empress of Daqi began to lay river troughs for water transfer in order to prevent winter drought and prevent spring plowing from being affected. However, when the project was over, it encountered great changes and Daqi was destroyed. The previous dynasty's project was also shelved.
The father and son of the Song family proposed to finish the project, which could be used for use, but this was not what made Dongyue carry forward the love of the previous dynasty and use the previous dynasty's projects to make people livelihood. Emperor Yuan's face would be so ugly!
Chapter completed!