Yunyang Xiaoyingzheng [Da Qin]

After all, this case is just a trivial matter, Ah Zheng is more concerned about Meng Ao's war in Jinyang.

In June of this year, a battle report came from Jinyang that Meng Ao had successfully put down the chaos.

Ah Zheng hadn't had time to be happy about the good news, but a piece of news caught him off guard:

——A severe drought in Guanzhong.

June is the season when crops grow and desperately need water. At this time, severe drought will inevitably affect the harvest of the whole year.

Lu Buwei and others discussed the remedies in the court, and Ah Zheng couldn't sleep all night because of this, and he was so anxious that blisters formed on the corners of his mouth.There were also droughts in Qin State in previous years, but they were not as severe as this year.Although the government will distribute relief food and send people to dig ditches to make up for it as much as possible, but if it really doesn't rain, these measures will be minimal.

Ah Zheng urgently asked Lin Ju for help: "Ah Ju, if you encountered such a situation, how would you solve it?"

Lin Ju frowned, a bit embarrassed: "Such a disaster rarely happens in my country, and even if it does happen, the country has enough supplies and food reserves."

Ah Zheng smiled bitterly: "That's right, Ah Ju, your country is really powerful."

At this time, a message popped up in the game:

[Mall rice special sale big sale, only one yuan per catty, only one yuan, come and buy, come and buy! 】

The krypton gold method of breaking the game is really amazing.

Just looking at the distressed face of her little boy, Lin Ju didn't want her cub to be sad, so she asked, "Cub, is there a shortage of food in Qin Guoguo? How much?"

Azheng was stunned for a moment, but still replied: "If there is no rain in the Guanzhong area and the drought continues, at least 50 shi of grain relief will be needed."

Lin Ju did the math. If the conversion of Zai Zai’s unit is consistent with the ancient knowledge she has learned, one stone of grain is one hundred catties, then 50 stones is 5000 million catties, and the rice in the mall is one yuan per catty, and 50 stones is 5000 million yuan.

5000 million ah.

Lin Ju thought for a while, and it was not impossible to get this little money out.

Lin Ju gave herself enough psychological training before she said to Ah Zheng, "Cub, I can provide you with 50 shi of rice. Is there any place in the Qin Palace to store it?"

Ah Zheng was stunned for a moment, unable to speak for a while, and after a long time, he found his voice: "Ah Ju, you said you want to provide me with 50 shi of rice?"

Lin Ju affirmed: "Yes, Zai Zai, didn't you say that the drought in Qin State is very serious? I can provide food for Zai Zai."

Ah Zheng's hands curled up, not knowing how to react. After a long time, he said softly: "But, Ah Ju provided me with so much food, it should make you very embarrassed. This matter will not affect Ah Ju's life. Does it have any effect?"

Lin Ju chatted a little: "Actually, it's okay, it's not too difficult." After all, 5000 million is only the level of buying a car for her group of friends, and she still has this little money in her own account.

Azheng was a little surprised by Aju's ability, after all, Aju had always been in a daze before.He lowered his head and pondered for a while, hesitated, and finally said: "Ah Ju, I can't accept your help now."

"Ah?" Lin Ju felt strange, "Why? Aren't you short of food?"

There was a clear smile on the young boy's face: "The current state of Qin is not in such a critical situation, and food can also be transferred from the middle of Shu and other places. Lu Aweng and the courtiers are also trying to find a way. Ah Ju, I want You have to work harder with your own strength, if Qin is really in a very difficult situation, I will ask you, Aju, for help."

"Okay then." Lin Ju poked the young boy's skinny cheek, "If you encounter problems that you can't solve, you must come to me, and I will solve them together with Zai Zai."

"Ah."

It's just that although Ah Zheng told Lin Ju that she doesn't need her food, the severe drought in Guanzhong still exists.The grain in Shuzhong was continuously transported to Guanzhong, and Ah Zheng felt a little regretful. If there hadn't been a severe drought in Guanzhong, this batch of grain could have been used to attack Zhao, and now the foreign offensive will slow down.

With food reserves, the DPRK and China will not immediately distribute the food. After all, the drought has not yet reached its worst time.Officials in various parts of Guanzhong not only asked the people to dig canals and wells, but also prayed for rain from the gods.

As the king of Qin, Ah Zheng naturally also shouldered the responsibility of praying for rain.

The summer wind brings continuous dryness and heat. A raging fire is burning in the altar. Priests with ghost faces painted on their faces dance and carnival around the fire. Taizhu priests stand solemnly around the altar, chanting and praying to God for rain. Below the altar There are courtiers standing solemnly, and soldiers patrolling outside holding long spears. The people of the entire Xianyang City are gathered around the open space near the altar, waiting for their young king to pray for them.

Standing on the high altar, Ah Zheng was focused on two things, chanting the sacrificial words loudly and praying to God, but he was chatting with Lin Ju in his heart: "Ah Ju, do you think it is really useful to pray for rain like this?"

Lin Ju frowned and thought for a while, then said very seriously: "If you don't have gods there, it's useless to pray for rain like this, even if it does rain later, it's because of the clouds caused by sound waves Gathering and condensation have nothing to do with so-called gods. But—"

Ah Zheng asked, "But what—"

Lin Ju smiled and said: "But if there really are so-called gods in your place, Zai Zai, then I really don't know if your offering sacrifices to heaven and praying for rain is useful."

Ah Zheng thought, if there is a god in this world, that god must look like Ah Ju.Although Aju has always thought that she is an ordinary person who is subject to birth, old age, sickness and death, to him, Aju is his god.

A trace of moisture floated onto Ah Zheng's face. After he read the last sentence, he raised his head and looked at the sky. The clouds began to gather continuously to form dark clouds, and the wind blowing in the distance also brought a hint of coolness.Everyone felt the traces of rain, and the people gathered around the altar cheered again and again, it was raining.

It's raining.

It's really raining.

The king prayed for rain for them.

The people of Xianyang City looked excitedly at the young king who couldn't see his face clearly and wore a crown on the high altar. For the first time, they realized in their hearts that the young man was their king.

After praying for rain successfully, Ah Zheng naturally drove back to the Qin Palace. Lu Buwei sat beside the car and drove for him personally. Looking at the continuous and heavy summer rain, a trace of fear emerged in his heart.

The child behind him is the king of Qin, the man whom the destiny belongs to.

After Ah Zheng returned to the Qin Palace, he rewarded the Taizhu and the priests who were in charge of praying for rain. He was in a very happy mood. Although the heavy rain could not completely solve the drought, the autumn grain harvest in Xianyang was finally not in vain.

He ordered the officials to quickly send people to check the rainwater situation in other places in Guanzhong, so that Zhili Neishi could make timely adjustments to the distribution of disaster relief food in various places.

He summoned Lu Buwei and asked him, "When did Zheng Guo start building water conservancy?"

Lu Buwei said: "Returning to your lord, the construction of the canal is a major event. Zheng Guo needs to repeatedly deliberate on the topography of various places in Guanzhong before he can make the final design. This matter cannot be rushed."

Ah Zheng nodded: "Then how do the people in Tingwei's Mansion think about the previous law?"

Lu Buwei did not answer Ah Zheng, but asked Ah Zheng a question: "Does your majesty know why people in all countries should pay attention to filial piety?"

Ah Zheng looked at Lu Buwei sharply, and after a while he said slowly, "In order to consolidate the rule."

Lu Buwei said: "Every country educates the people to regard the king as the father of the king. Only when the people are filial to their parents from an early age will they extend this feeling to the king and respect their king. The king is in charge of life and death for the people, and parents are in charge of life for their children. They are all the same. Only when the people fear their parents, will they fear the king. If the king abolishes or amends that law, how can you guarantee the loyalty of the people of the country to you?"

Ah Zheng looked at Lu Buwei: "It is obviously an unreasonable law, but it must be allowed to exist?"

Lu Buwei said: "In order to prevent some parents who are not as good as beasts from taking advantage of the loopholes in the law, Qin Guo specially ordered the government to prepare three questions. All cases, especially death penalty cases, need to be transferred to the court for review. Just like the last time In this case, the woman was not convicted of unfilial piety, but was acquitted. Amending the law will affect the whole body. If the king is worried that such a thing will happen again, it is better to order Tingwei to be more careful when reviewing the case. Reduce the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Ah Zheng clenched his fists. In the final analysis, he was still not strong enough, so he couldn't even amend a single law even though he looked powerful.

He looked at Lu Buwei with a calm face in front of him, and said slowly: "If that's the case, then let Xiang Lu say it."

Lu Buwei bowed his hands to Azheng and saluted: "Your servant will leave."

Ah Zheng was depressed, thinking that he hadn't seen Zhao Ji since the last dinner, so he decided to take a car to the palace where Zhao Ji lived to see her.

When Ah Zheng walked into the palace, Zhao Ji was sitting in front of the dressing table, and a tall eunuch was painting her eyebrows and powder.

Seeing Ah Zheng walking in, she waved away the eunuchs beside her, and said with a smile, "Why is Zheng'er free to visit A ​​Niang today?" There was a bit of blame in her words.

Ah Zheng didn't understand Zhao Ji's implication, and asked her directly: "Mother, why didn't you go to the court meeting yesterday?"

Zhao Ji paused for a while holding the hand of Rouge, and said with a smile: "You are here in the court, and Lu Buwei is here, so it's okay if I don't go once or twice."

Ah Zheng smiled and said, "I originally thought that A Niang was very interested in political affairs."

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "I worry about those political affairs every day, and I'm not happy at all. Forget it, let's not mention those things, Zheng'er come and take a look, what do you think of this color?"

Ah Zheng looked at the small silver carved box in Zhao Ji's hand, which was divided into different spaces and filled with powders of different colors. He couldn't help being curious: "Aniang, what is this?"

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "This is...the rouge for tribute. It comes from the Xiongnu's Yanzhi Mountain. It is made from a certain kind of flower. It can be applied to women's faces to add color. How about it, A Niang? Isn't it beautiful?"

Ah Zheng took a closer look at Zhao Ji's face, and felt that her face was indeed a little redder than before, and there was no other difference.

So he said seriously: "I can't see it."

The author has something to say:

1. The historical "Hunger of the Year" occurred in the third year of Qin Wangzheng, and the plague of locusts occurred in October of the fourth year of Qin Wangzheng. In order to make the rhythm more compact, this article happened in the first year of Qin Wangzheng. Please do not treat it as real history.

2. One stone in the Qin Dynasty is almost 27 catties now, so the heroine forgets too much.

3. Rouge, red and blue flowers from Yanzhi Mountain, also called safflower (the safflower of safflower oil), can be extracted to make rouge.

So after Han Huo Qubing attacked the Xiongnu, the song wrote "I lost Yanzhi Mountain, making my women colorless". The so-called "colorless" means losing Yanzhi Mountain, the origin of rouge raw materials.