The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Yang Bo took up the conversation, took a puff of his pipe, and said with a wry smile: "The area around Xuanda has the largest snowfall ever recorded in history. The lives of the common people are very difficult, and the supplies of the defenders cannot be transported."

"Xi'an is not doing well. After four feet of snow, there are hungry and cold victims everywhere. I have ordered the governor of Shaanxi to open the charity storehouse to help the victims." Yan Song sighed.

"This heavy snow disaster not only affected the north, but even the snow line moved south." Shen Shixing said solemnly.

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Chapter 1768 Snow in June, cold air [7]

Shen Shixing said sadly: "In the past, the snowfall in my Ming Dynasty stayed on the line of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains, and it will not go south. This is also the dividing line between the north and the south. But this time, the area north of the Yangtze River is full of heavy snowfall. Now in June, It’s snowing in Yangzhou too.”

Everyone was startled.

Is it still snowing in Yangzhou?This is June.

This weather is too abnormal, right?

"The heavy snow had a devastating impact on my Ming's agriculture." Shen Shixing was in charge of agricultural production, and he had a deep study of the seriousness of the matter, and said with emotion: "In the north of my Ming Dynasty, wheat was mainly produced, and the snow is thick. It would have been good for wheat. But unfortunately, it was snowing in June, and the wheat was frozen to death. This year, the grain production in the north is basically over. From Shandong, Zhili, Henan, to Liaodong, these major grain-producing provinces, one by one They all complained of suffering for "[-]" days."

"The south is not much better," Li Chunfang also reported: "Because of the cold wave, although there is no snow in the south, the temperature is unbearably low. Rice can't be planted at all. In the past, Suhu was ripe all over the world, but now the Suhu area It has become the hardest hit area of ​​harvest failure.”

Yan Song frowned.

He knew that this was the Little Ice Age, which had an impact on Daming.

This is not a fabrication. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it can be said to be unlucky, and unlucky things happened again and again.Natural disasters and man-made disasters continue.

The Little Ice Age lasted for nearly two centuries, seriously affecting the grain harvest of Ming Dynasty.

For modern countries, this small ice age may not be fatal, but for the era of feudal dynasties, which depended on the sky for food and food was bigger than the sky, large-scale harvest failures would definitely have devastating consequences.

In the late Ming Dynasty, refugees were everywhere, and a large-scale peasant uprising broke out. Wasn't it because the common people had no choice but to become refugees because they couldn't eat?

In other words, in fact, Chongzhen is unlucky, that is to say, his fate is not very good, and he is also lucky.

(Chongzhen's face is full of cows, confidant! Baby's heart is bitter!)

Yan Song knew that the biggest impact of the Little Ice Age was the agricultural harvest.Not only was Daming seriously affected, but several great empires that existed at the same time were also greatly affected, and some national fortunes were changed.

Scientists have found that every time the temperature drops by one degree, the snowfall line will move 300 kilometers south, the wheat harvest line will move 200 kilometers, and the rice harvest line will also move south significantly.

It is still snowing in June, and the wheat in the north, the rice in the Jianghuai region, and the rice in the south of the Yangtze River are all finished.

But the cruel fact before Yan Song is...

Where to go for food! ?

Daming has a population of 1.6 million, but there are only 1.6 million mouths.

They all have to eat three meals a day, not one meal less.

If there is less, the consequence will be thousands of Li Zicheng, Gao Yingxiang, and Zhang Xianzhong standing up.

Yan Song smiled wryly.

paralysis.

Why is this cabinet old in power, and all the moths have caught up?

He thought about it for a while, and decided to take a vacation: "Everyone go back separately first, think of a way, and the boss of this pavilion also wants to go out for a private visit."

He rode a horse and took Elizabeth to Beijing to inspect the disaster situation.

In Beijing's Forty Nine City, although it was snowing heavily, the situation at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the Shoushan District, was relatively good.

Wang Jiaping, governor of Shuntian Prefecture, is leading people to inspect the disaster situation.

By the way, as Yan Song is getting promoted step by step, his party is also constantly promoting talents.

For example, Wang Jiaping, who was promoted by the Tianjin Judiciary, was recommended by Yan Song to succeed him as the Governor of Shuntian.

This step, the improvement is not small.

The Tianjin Tiju Department is also a fourth-rank official, which is equivalent to today's customs director, with more powers and masters of Ming trade and customs duties.

But from the director of Tianjin Customs to the mayor of Beijing in one fell swoop, the span of this step is not small.The official position is also promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank in one fell swoop, skipping the third rank.

Despite Yan Song's high position and weight, the promotion of Wang Jiaping this time caused quite a bit of controversy.There was a complaint from the Zhejiang Party, and it was even handed over to Emperor Jiajing's dragon case.

Fortunately, Wang Jiaping left a very good impression on Emperor Jiajing.

Jiajing has all the five elements but lacks money, and the tariff index proposed by the Tianjin Shipbuilding Department is getting higher every year.

The indicator is 100 million, and Wang Jiaping handed over 150 million.

The index became 500 million, and Wang Jiaping handed over 800 million...

The index was 1000 million, and Wang Jiaping gave 1500 million.

The target is 1500 million, and the completion is 2000 million.

Today, the Tianjin Shipping Department has become an important source of income for the Ming treasury. To be precise, 6% to 7% of the tax revenue of the Ming treasury depends on tariffs... far exceeding the agricultural tax in the past.

It is no exaggeration to say that half of Daming's life was given by Shibosi.

Under such circumstances, how could it be possible that Jiajing didn't like Wang Jiaping, a man who was able to earn money?

Therefore, although Yan Song's promotion of Wang Jiaping was a bit big, Jiajing still transferred Wang Jiaping from Tianjin to Beijing to serve as Shuntian Governor.

Yan Song's next successor, Wang Xijue, will be promoted.