Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 740 Map Cannon

Due to the vast ocean, Da Ming has not yet been able to share the ecstasy of discovering the Australian continent, and now a series of troubles are waiting for this ancient country.

The first trouble is naturally the border.The Mongolian plateau was first hit by black disasters, followed by more than 40 consecutive days of blizzards, which caused extremely heavy losses to the Mongolians. Many weak tribes disappeared in the snowstorm, and they were nowhere to be found.Faced with livestock that died of cold and starvation everywhere, the Mongols were in despair. Their herds were already seriously injured. How would they live the next day!What's even more frightening is that in the Monan and Mobei regions, the Mongols suffered even more severe losses. Some tribes, not to mention cattle and sheep, even the war horses that were regarded as lifeblood, died so few were left. The crazy Mongols began to migrate towards the Hetao area, trying to get a little compensation from this fertile land with drought and floods, and make do with this catastrophic year.

The only way for them to overcome the difficulties is to break into the border, plunder the farming area, and obtain food, cloth and other materials for survival from the border towns. If they succeed, their ethnic group can survive. If they fail, the entire ethnic group It also disappeared.Everything is for survival, there is no right or wrong.But the problem is that the people at the border also want to survive. They are not Sakyamuni, but they don’t have the habit of cutting off their own flesh to feed the greedy hawks. When the jackals come, they will naturally take up weapons to defend their homeland.Relying on the side wall, the Tianxiong Army waited in full force, and even more vigorously assisted E Zhe, Tie Muer and others to take the opportunity to recruit troops and buy horses to strengthen their strength, and beat up the Mongolian tribes who tried to plunder the border.The Mongolian tribes were extremely angry about this, regardless of Sanqi 21, they fought with these two anti-bones boys, and the blood flowed like a river!
————This terrible wave is still fermenting and has not yet officially broken out. Tens of thousands of Mongolian soldiers are on their way to the Hetao area hungry and hungry. They are fighting with Er Zhe and Timur, mainly Tumed, Chahar and other tribes.However, the Ming Dynasty, which has experienced many storms, has already smelled the smell of the storm, and its nerves are tense inside and outside the court, not daring to be careless in the slightest.After a catastrophe, there must be a big war. This is already a historical law, and any behavior that ignores this law will definitely pay the price of blood!
The second trouble is internal.In the middle and late March, the Central Plains, Shandong, Shanxi and other places were hit by hailstones many times, the frequency was high and the range was unprecedented:

On March [-], Miyun and Huairou encountered hailstorms;
On March [-]th, Cangzhou and Taiyuan were hit by hailstorms, and the grass and trees in Yuncheng were wiped out overnight by hailstones;
On March [-], Jinan encountered hail weather;

On March 21, Handan encountered hail weather;

On March 24, Kaifeng, Weihui, and Zhangde three prefectures encountered large-scale hailstorms, and the fields were covered with hail overnight, as many as pebbles by the river, and all the grains and wheat were eroded;

On March 26, Fengyang encountered hail weather;
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After a long drought, there must be hail. Last year, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi were extremely dry. It is not surprising that this year's hail disaster occurred.The problem is that this bloody hailstorm is too violent and spreads too far, it seems to wipe out all the farmland in the country!The largest hailstones were as big as oranges, and they crackled and smashed wildly. The wheat that was growing happily was smashed to pieces. Many prefectures and counties suffered heavy losses, and many people were even killed by the hailstones.Countless farmers looked at the rotten wheat seedlings and wept bitterly, which meant that this season's wheat was over, how could they live!The most tearful thing is that in the face of such a terrible natural disaster, the first reaction of those civil servants who had an infinite love for committing suicide was not to try to provide disaster relief, but to force Chongzhen to issue a self-incriminating edict.They said plausibly: "It's because you, Your Majesty, used sycophants and jesters, allowed him to act lawlessly and angered God, so God would send disasters to warn Your Majesty! For the sake of the common people in the world, Your Majesty, please hurry up and punish the people of the world with your sins. God admits his mistake, and promises to be a virtuous minister, far from a villain, and ask for forgiveness from heaven, so that all people can be saved from the fire and water!"

Chongzhen was extremely annoyed by this. Damn it, why is it Lao Tzu's fault every time there is a natural disaster?I spent so much money and received so much arrogance to support you, just to let you find fault with me and force me to criticize?He naturally knew who the "sycophant" these civil servants were talking about, except for the bastard who was alive and kicking in the south and would die if he didn't make any noise in a day, who else could there be?He thinks that he is not wrong. People like Yang Menglong who can both govern the country and destroy the enemy are in danger, and they don't know anything about politics. ?Moreover, Yang Menglong also gave him a good reputation. Whether he was asked to govern Huguang or let him manage the Liaodong Army and the military, he did a brilliant job, which not only greatly improved the situation of Daming, but also won him a reputation as the emperor. How could it be a crime to offend God?It's really unreasonable!Not only Chongzhen can't figure it out, but the people of the world can't figure it out either. The champion Hou has made outstanding military achievements and managed Huguang in an orderly manner. How could he become a courtier and jester?
But the civil servants didn't think so.From their point of view, Yang Menglong promoted western learning and miscellaneous learning, and established schools so that everyone could afford to read books, so that the gold content of the word "scholar" plummeted, and he started mining, textiles, and industries. The stuff that ruined the simple folk customs of the people in Heluo, Huguang and other places, everyone is proud of doing business for profit... The most disgusting thing is that this guy also used cheap potato noodles to hit the grain market and hoard a lot of them Many grain merchants were forced to jump off the building, and the Jiangnan cloth merchants suffered heavy losses by using flax to hit the cotton cloth market. They used refined rock salt to fight a price war with Jiangnan salt merchants, and the salt became the price of cabbage, causing many salt merchants to vomit blood. The most heinous thing is this The guy even snatched the prince's education right, which is the patent of their civil servants. They have enjoyed this patent exclusively for almost 2000 years, and now a warrior snatched it. How can they bear it!Such a guy is not a courtier, who is a courtier!Usually everyone can't do anything about that bastard, but now a large-scale natural disaster has occurred, and countless people have no food and clothing. Of course they want to take this opportunity to kill him!As for the common people... Wait, wait until we kill that courtier and jester, carve up his property, and give it to you from between our teeth. If unfortunately you starve to death, it can only be said that your fate Well, in short, what we honest gentlemen do is all for the benefit of future generations. We will never make mistakes, and it will only be the world that is wrong!

Chongzhen angrily said to the queen: "All the officials are too selfish. In this catastrophe year, they only care about internal fighting, and no one offers me a disaster relief plan. It really chills me!"

Queen Zhou was silent for a long time, and said: "Why don't you call the champion Hou to Beijing to discuss countermeasures?"

Chongzhen smiled wryly: "Now the officials are eager to peel off his skin and eat his flesh. If he is called to Beijing, it's hard to say whether they can discuss a countermeasure. There is probably no way for him to go back alive!"

Empress Zhou said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, the champion is so powerful, he will definitely find a way!"

Chongzhen laughed even harder: "This is Tianwei, what can he do? Maybe I really have to wrong him temporarily... Sigh!"

Queen Zhou still said the same thing: "The champion will find a way!"

She has always been full of confidence in Yang Menglong, even to the point of blindness.

Chongzhen murmured: "I'm afraid he is in danger now? Hailstorms happen frequently in the Heluo area, and all the crops are often smashed to pieces overnight. No one will be spared..."

Just as he was talking, Wang Chengen ran over and presented a newspaper with a worried face: "Your Majesty, there is a new newspaper in Nanyang, and the headline is about this natural disaster..."

Chongzhen took it over and opened it, glanced at the headlines, and four capitalized and bold black characters came into view:
Natural disasters?Man-made disaster?
Looking at the signature again, good guy, it was actually written by Yang Menglong!

Yang Menglong's writing skills are really not very good, and he is all straightforward. In this article, he uses plain language to explain to readers the causes and processes of terrible natural disasters such as heavy rain, snowstorm, hail, typhoon, and drought. I also read his article. Only then did Chongzhen know that when rain falls on the ground, it will evaporate, turn into water vapor and return to the sky, and the water vapor will condense when it is cold. Frost and snow fall to the world, and it may turn into hail at the turn of spring and summer. "The principle is the same as the water droplets condensing on the lid of the pot. If the temperature of the lid is normal, you will always see a lot of water droplets coming from the lid when you open the lid." If you find a way to reduce the temperature of the lid to below zero, those water droplets will turn into ice beads and attach to it. These are all natural phenomena, so there is no need to make a fuss.” After introducing the principles of these extreme climates, Yang Menglong It also introduces many methods of observing and forecasting these extreme weathers. The meaning is the same: the so-called "Tianwei" is farting, but it is just some extreme weather. As long as you pay attention to it, most of them can be prevented!

Chongzhen's eyelids twitched wildly, and he said in a low voice: "He is too courageous, dare to say such a thing!?"

Empress Zhou watched with Chongzhen, her complexion was also slightly pale. In the eyes of the ancients, "Heaven" is extremely mysterious and majestic, and it dominates everything. Even the emperor who is almost a demigod has to call himself "Son of Heaven" and consider himself the favorite of heaven. These concepts are deeply rooted and have influenced Chinese people for several years. Thousands of years, especially with the help of Confucianism, it has become more and more solid.However, now Yang Menglong has let them see through: the so-called "sky" is just formed by water vapor transpiring from the ground, it is majestic and ethereal, and has no divine power at all!It is very stupid to attribute natural disasters to the emperor's immorality and God's anger. When encountering such a natural disaster, he does not want to organize the people to rescue the disaster, and pins his hope on the emperor's sinful edict to calm the anger of God and eliminate the natural disaster. To shirk responsibility is to disregard human life!
Such a powerful map cannon. Not only the civil and military ministers of the current dynasty were sprayed all over the place, but almost none of the civil servants for thousands of years were left, and they were all sprayed to pieces!
The most amazing thing is that at the end of the article, this guy also wrote: Some hail disasters can also be resolved. As long as they are discovered in time and try to use rockets to sprinkle salt, dry ice, silver iodide and the like into the cold clouds, the big hail disasters can be eliminated. Convert hailstones into small hailstones and turn small hailstones into rainwater, thus reducing losses.Chongzhen was dumbfounded again watching this passage, boy, are you going against the sky?Queen Zhou stayed for a long time before saying: "The Champion... is really too bold, it's simply whimsical! However, it would be a good thing if these methods can be proven to be effective. At least Your Majesty, you don't have to bear so many infamy." Got it!"

Chongzhen smiled bitterly: "Prove it? How to prove it? Are you sending people to fly to the clouds to spread salt? There is no way to prove it!"

The queen still said: "The champion will always find a way!"

Chongzhen looked at her angrily and amusedly, wanted to say a few words, but couldn't speak, and finally turned into a sigh: "You..."

After several years of operation, the influence of "Nanyang Daily" has spread throughout the north. The dignitaries and dignitaries naturally disdain this kind of newspaper that writes articles in vernacular, but the poor students and ordinary people like it very much, thinking that the articles in the newspaper are not only It is easy to understand, and there are a lot of invaluable information and knowledge to learn from. Therefore, the circulation of "Nanyang Daily" has increased to 50 copies, and the supply is still in short supply.But the capital is the capital after all, no matter how much the supply exceeds the demand, the supply in the capital will not be cut off. At this moment, there are people everywhere in the streets and alleys holding newspapers and eagerly reading or even reading them to everyone. Needless to say, the article by Yang Menglong A thousand waves were stirred up, and everyone was stunned.In the next few days, thinking about the lid of the pot at home has become a favorite thing for many people. Every time after cooking, someone will remove the lid when it is cold to see if there are really water droplets falling like rain. Those who have the conditions even get ice cubes to put on the lid of the pot, and then uncover it to see if the water droplets inside have turned into frost flowers or ice beads. The ancient saying of "a gentleman cooks far away" makes them throw them into the Jiuxiaoyun. outside.

Numerous experiments have proved that what Yang Menglong said is not bad at all. Water, ice, frost, etc. are indeed formed by the condensation of water vapor. Clear things from north to south.

(End of this chapter)