Daqin: Assist Zulong at the beginning and become a public enemy

Chapter 326 The Great Drought in Guanzhong
Chapter 326 The Great Drought in Guanzhong
Wei Bao escaped, Xingyang was recaptured again, and the first step of the Qin army's military plan was basically completed.

Originally, Wang Ben wanted to go further, but suddenly there was a military report that the land in Guanzhong was hot and droughty, and the Wei River was almost dry.It is not easy to mobilize a large army. Only the Lantian camp recently trained hundreds of soldiers who fell down due to the heat.

This time, all the generals of Wang Ben who had vowed to smash the Wei State in one go all died down.

After all, he didn't take the weather into consideration when he was thinking about sending troops.But now it seems that the weather in Guanzhong this year is more severe than that in Shandong.

The Wei River is almost dry.What kind of concept is this?The severe drought in Guanzhong was tantamount to worsening the situation for Daqin, who had been relying on the granaries in various parts of Guanzhong.

Even though Qin has many granaries, no one knows how long this severe drought can last. If it lasts for a whole year, all food crops will be wiped out, even if Qin has a strong foundation, it will be difficult to persist.

Wang Ben considered again and again and decided to suspend the offensive plan, take Luoyang as the center, gather the scattered people in the Central Plains to the surrounding cities, reclaim wasteland, and build cities, which will be the key to going east again in the future.

But he didn't expect that the power of this severe drought was indeed beyond imagination.

In July, the entire Guanzhong land was like a huge furnace. The fiery red sun released endless heat, seeming to vent the anger it had suppressed for almost a year.The hot summer of this year seems to far exceed all the summers in Guanzhong in the past hundred years.

All parts of Xianyang, Neishi County, Longxi County, Beidi County and other places encountered severe drought at the same time than at any time in history.

There has been no decent rain in Guanzhong for two full months from May to July, and most of the tributaries in Guanzhong, with the Wei, Jing, and Luo rivers as their main streams, have dried up.

Even the Weishui, Jingshui, and Luoshui, the three major rivers in Guanzhong, have seen their water volume drop sharply.Zheng Guo was in charge of supervising the construction of the Jing River and the Luo River for ten years, and the Zheng Guo Canal, which irrigated countless fertile fields in Guanzhong, also rarely stopped flowing.

Every day, dozens or hundreds of people in various parts of Guanzhong died of heat stroke because of the extremely hot weather.

All parts of Guanzhong have once again invested in vigorous drought resistance.

With Yingzheng's consent, Li Si and Feng Quji discussed and planned to allocate the refugees around Xianyang to dig ditches to fight the drought.

Originally, there were not many refugees around Xianyang, but because of the battle with Kanto, nearly a million refugees flowed into Guanzhong. These people reclaimed farmland in the hinterland of Qin State. Except for a small part that was handed over to the treasury, all others belonged to the common people. A good policy in itself.Everyone thinks so, including the hundreds of thousands of people who are willing to stay.

only.Today, the severe drought that Daqin has never encountered in hundreds of years has made these hundreds of thousands of people the biggest burden of Daqin today.

Just after reclaiming, all the farmlands planted with things have turned into bare land. The few stones of food that the hundreds of thousands of people who were waiting to be fed could not last for so long, and the severe drought was added.Hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land could not be planted at all, and a series of troubles such as food, drinking water, clothing, and cloth came one after another.

How to deal with these hundreds of thousands of people suddenly became the most pressing issue for the Great Qin Dynasty.

If it is not handled well, these nearly [-] people who were originally grateful to Daqin will become the biggest disaster in the still peaceful Guanzhong.

Drought resistance, scorching heat, and more than [-] people who may erupt at any time make the Great Qin Dynasty, which lacks an emperor, very busy!Li Si, Feng Quji and other officials have not closed their eyes for three whole days and nights.

Under the current severe situation and Li Si's deliberate overtures, Li Si and Feng Quji, who had already broken up in front of Hu Hai, began to join hands to deal with this important matter that related to everyone's life and death!

All kinds of rumors began to spread around Guanzhong.

Many rumors are attributed to one point, that is, His Majesty the First Emperor was not sincere enough to the heavens, and he has not offered sacrifices to the heavens this year, which led to the anger of the heavens and the people's resentment.

The people in Guanzhong did not mean to blame the emperor for their turbulent words.Instead, he strongly urges the emperor to immediately hold the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, so as to appease the anger of heaven and ancestors, and to pray for rain in parallel, so as to calm the hearts of all people in the world.

Since the First Emperor unified the world and proclaimed himself emperor.The first imperial edict issued was Mingzheng Daqin Code, the country name, national fortune, national calendar, national Shuo, national color, national discipline, national water, etc. are clearly stipulated in a series.

Daqin Guoshuo, October is regarded as the first year of Zhengshuo, the period of court celebration.

Worshiping heaven in January and worshiping ancestors in July are the most important things besides the emperor's ascension to the throne.

But this winter, because the matter in Liaodong was still undecided, Ying Zheng didn't have the heart to sacrifice to heaven, which delayed the important day.

In July, it was also put on hold because of the drought and the Battle of Xingyang.

Unexpectedly, these two things have become things that Wanmin strongly demands.

If it was another emperor, maybe he would consider offering sacrifices to heaven.However, having experienced Yingzheng from unity to division of the empire, he doesn't believe in these sacrifices to the sky at this moment. No matter how the officials below ask, he just refuses to give in.

He believed more, instead of offering sacrifices to the heavens, he begged the gods.It's better to let Ying just come back and ask him if there is a way to make it rain.

In all parts of Guanzhong, which are a little anxious due to the heat and severe drought, a very strange picture has been formed!

People from all over the world neither caused trouble nor rebelled. They begged the emperor to make sacrifices to heaven, ancestors, and rain as soon as possible.However, the Daqin Chaotang headed by Li Si did not say a word, kept mobilizing food, digging ditches, and widely distributing medicines to fight drought and save the people, but kept silent about the emperor's affairs.

Facing the turbulent Guanzhong public opinion, Feng Quji and Li Si had a huge disagreement on whether to inform the emperor of the severe drought in Guanzhong.

Feng Quji insisted that Li Si report the severe drought in Guanzhong to the emperor, but for some reason, Li Si flatly rejected Feng Quji's suggestion, which was obviously not selfish.

But Ying Teng and Wei Liao have ambiguous attitudes.

Facing Li Si who had the support of Yao Jia, Hu Wujing, and Zheng Guo, Feng Quji, who was helpless, had nothing to do.However, the more Li Si refused to send a letter to report to the emperor, the more Feng Quji, who thought something was wrong, wanted to report the drought in the Guanzhong area to the emperor. The first few times broke up unhappy.

Seeing Feng Quji who left with a livid face and waved his hands angrily, several inexplicable lights flashed in Li Si's eyes.

"Your Majesty, I think that I want to tell His Majesty about the matter in Guanzhong!" Yao Jia looked at the two prime ministers who broke up again, and finally carefully expressed the thoughts that had been pent up in his heart for a long time.

Although Yao Jia would firmly stand on Li Si's side when Feng Quji was arguing with Li Si, but when there was only one of his own, Yao Jia would continue to speak out what he thought in his heart, and this had nothing to do with fighting for success , just to put forward an opinion for Li Si to have more consideration.

This is also the reason why, no matter what, Li Si always believed in and reused Yao Jia as always.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Li Si no longer kept secrets, looked at Yao Jia in front of him and said helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to tell Your Majesty, but I can't."

(End of this chapter)