Wanli Youming

Chapter 475

Chapter 475

After Zhu Yijun received this letter, he summoned Shen Shixing and asked, "The scholars really want me to ask the sky for rain?"

Shen Shixing raised his thick eyebrows slightly, and got up with a happy expression and cupped his hands and replied: "Returning to Your Majesty, the people of the world have been looking up to the rain for a long time, and they really have a heart of resentment. If Your Majesty can really pray to the sky for rain at this time, it will really show His Majesty's benevolence in loving the people." Virtue, and let the people know that the sky has no way, and it is not the king who is not benevolent!"

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, and then said: "But Master really thinks that if I ask for it, I can ask for the rain?"

Shen Shixing replied calmly: "It's up to people to plan things, and it's up to Heaven to make things happen. Your Majesty is willing to work hard for the people. To the people, it is rain and rain."

"Master, I understand! However, I was thinking that instead of just comforting the people spiritually, it would be better if they could really ask for rain."

Zhu Yijun said.

Shen Shixing had no choice but to bow his hands for a moment: "Please also express your Majesty's instructions."

"Master, have you discovered that whenever heavy rain is approaching, there must be dense dark clouds?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Shen Shixing nodded.

Zhu Yijun said again: "So I asked the people of Qin Tianjian to study the weather in the past five years, and summed up several phenological phenomena. I know what kind of clouds are easy to rain when they appear, and I also asked them to try to use lime The principle of water generation when it meets water Try to think about whether it is possible to artificially generate rainwater. Last year, they came up with a method, which is to use kelp, green water, and caustic soda to make a yellow powder (silver iodide) and put it in a special furnace. After being burned in the middle, it can use the airflow to rise to achieve rainfall, or cannon and salt powder can be used to shoot into the clouds!"

"But it's only suitable when the weather is slightly colder, so I thought to wait a little longer and pray for rain when the clouds are also suitable. In this way, maybe I can really pray for rain."

Zhu Yijun said to Shen Shixing: "Praying for rain will not be carried out for the time being. When the weather is cooler, when Qin Tianjian observes changes in the clouds, after I know about it, I will issue an order to pray for rain."

"I would like to abide by the holy decree."

Shen Shixing then drafted Wang Jiaping's chapters according to the edict, in order to wait for the Qin Tianjian to select a good day for praying for rain so that when the emperor prays for rain to calm the hearts of the people, he can also use practical and artificial methods to achieve rain.

"This is obviously laziness. I don't want to pray for rain! It's because of practical research that we have to choose the right time to ask for rain!"

"The emperor of this dynasty is good at everything else, but he is not as diligent as Taizu in offering sacrifices to heaven and earth."

Wang Jiaping didn't want to believe that the emperor was waiting for the opportunity to ask for rain, but thought that the emperor was deliberately delaying.

Because he knew very well that the ceremony of praying for rain was very hard, and many kings in previous dynasties were unwilling to do it, because praying for rain required the emperor to walk from the palace to the altar area outside the palace, and then personally pray to the sky for rain.

For the pampered emperor, this is indeed a very hard job.

Wang Jiaping also instinctively thought that the emperor was unwilling to work hard.

Therefore, Wang Jiaping joined forces with Zhao Nanxing and others to publish the second memorial requesting the emperor to pray for rain immediately. The reason is that the drought is severe and we cannot wait any longer. That is, human can achieve.

Zhu Yijun ignored it and let the cabinet deal with it.

Now that the cabinet has a division of labor, Zhang Xueyan, a bachelor, is in charge of affairs related to internal affairs.

Therefore, Wang Jiaping, Zhao Nanxing and other joint memorials finally came to Zhang Xueyan's hands, and Zhang Xueyan decided to deal with the opinions.

Zhang Xueyan knew that this seemed like a small matter of hoping that the emperor would offer sacrifices to the sky and pray for rain immediately, but it involved the issue of who would dominate the imperial power and the scholar power.

If he, in the name of the emperor, allowed Wang Jiaping and others to invite the Ministry of Rites, Qin Tianjian, etc. to prepare a big gift for praying for rain, it would be equivalent to obeying the authority of scholars.

And if he did not allow Wang Jiaping and others to do what he requested when drafting the paper in the name of the emperor, it would mean that he had obeyed the imperial power.

This is a choice often encountered by those who have the right to vote, that is, to choose whether to follow the power of the soldiers or the power of the emperor.

And because this time Wang Jiaping and others were really thinking about the country and speaking out for the public opinion, Zhang Xueyan was even more difficult to make a decision, so he chose to ask the chief assistant Shenshihang for instructions, and asked Shenshihang how to draft.

Shen Shixing glanced at Zhang Xueyan and said, "Do you still need to ask?"

"Your Majesty is a person of flesh and blood. You must always think about your Majesty's personal feelings, and think about whether you respect your Majesty. Otherwise, it is not the new ritual way of governing the country. It is a chaotic ritual in the name of thinking about the common people."

"Understood! Then be strict! For the sake of the people, we will not pursue it for the time being. If we continue to coerce the people to force us, we will deal with it strictly."

Zhang Xueyan really planned to severely punish Wang Jiaping and other officials.

Wang Jiaping sighed after receiving the Zhang Zou, but did not continue to play, but one day when he and Zhao Nanxing and others gathered together in the other garden, they talked about it again, and couldn't help looking at the dry vegetation in the courtyard in a daze , and said to Zhao Nanxing who is also here with him:

"The drought is like a fire, and Wanmin's heart is like soup boiled with charcoal! Even if you can't ask for rain at this time, just showing it can calm people's hearts!"

Zhao Nanxing said: "Isn't it because Shenwu County is in charge of the country and cares too much about the emperor's feelings, and even indulges the emperor's willful behavior. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't kill scholars and bureaucrats at every turn. Otherwise, with the benevolence of today's son, we can be more good!"

"You're right, the emperor can use his own money at will, because Yuanfu advocated that the emperor should also have private property, saying that if the emperor's property cannot be preserved, no one in the world can have property. They are all treating the Son of Heaven the same as me."

Wang Jiaping echoed and waved his sleeves: "But the emperor is the master of the world, not us subjects!"

Zhao Nanxing said at this time: "The repair of Xiyuan has been completed, and the Ministry of Industry has asked His Majesty and the nobles in the palace to move to Xiyuan. It is heard that Xiyuan does not use cinnabar and other things to show the dignity of the heavenly family. Planting flowers and plants, setting up pavilions, not following the rules, just seeking livability and exquisite elegance, so that it is difficult for people to know where the emperor sleeps at any time unless they are the shadow of His Majesty; I am afraid that His Majesty is already thinking about moving to Xiyuan When it comes to one thing, I don’t care about praying for rain.”

"At this time, it is time to stop moving to Xiyuan, otherwise the people in the world will be even more dissatisfied, and they will say that your majesty only cares about pleasure and does not care about the people."

Wang Jiaping said something.

"Exactly that!"

Therefore, although Wang Jiaping did not go to the Shu to ask the emperor to pray for rain immediately, he went to the Shu to ask the emperor to stop moving to Xiyuan.

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"I am also a human being, and I need to be respected and understood. I also need to have fun with relative freedom. I also have my own opinions. Not everyone can teach me how to do things!"

After Zhu Yijun received this memorial, he secretly complained about these few words, and summoned Shen Shixing to ask: "This Wang Jiaping is very concerned about the country and the people, and he is really sincere for the country."

"What Your Majesty said is true! Among the ministers of Qingliu, he is the most respected by scholars."

Shen Shixing replied.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes, pondered for a long time and said:

"I remember that there is no governor in Hanhai to manage the people who have moved there, and to lead the army to build the city and guard against the Raksha people. Let him go!"

"He is a minister who cares about the country and the people. He should not care about personal gains and losses, and he is not afraid of the bitter cold there, just as he does not consider other people's feelings. He is willing to wrong others for the country and the people. Presumably, he is also willing Those who wronged themselves for the country and the people!"

(End of this chapter)