Chapter 3962 Responsibility and Obligation
Although there was no concept of Little Ice Age in ancient China, since the concept of Taishi Ling, China has always had professionals and professional families engaged in astronomical astrology and calendars. Since ancient times, all calendars in China have involved farming.
Therefore, those who practice calendars must be proficient in the four seasons, climate and hydrology. This is why the ancient Imperial Heavenly Prison had no sense of existence, but was extremely important. Basically, you can see this group of people in any major event, because in essence, this is a noble official position.
This is also the reason why the Gan and Shi families are very arrogant. They are equivalent to monopolizing this profession. After all, this position was very important to people's livelihood and agriculture in ancient times.
It is obvious that the Ganshi and Shi families have indeed been neglecting the changes in climate in recent years. Chen Xi's talent is clear to them, so the Ganshi and Shi families have transferred most of their numbers to mathematics and astronomy early on.
In addition, when all the shameless families left the Central Plains, in order to save trouble, they married a girl who understood climatology and agricultural calendar in the Gan family or Shi family as the wife of a legitimate son of the main lineage. Think about it, when the Yong family left, they knew to marry a young lady of the Gan family who knew climatology. Are other families stupid?
Of course, other families are not stupid. Compared to raising one by one, it is still easier. Just marry a girl who understands this from the Gan family or the Shi family. In this way, if you give birth to a child, the mother will teach the child and continue the operation.
As for what kind of accuracy cannot achieve perfection, what perfection is needed? For major families, it is good to be able to operate. Self-taught talent is basically dreaming, so it’s better to marry a girl.
After a while, the young ladies from the Gan family and the Shi family got married, and even got married, and the widowed lady who had returned from marriage got married again.
Is remarriage a problem these days? Besides, what major families want is talents who can work, not girls’ appearance. It doesn’t matter whether they are ugly or not or not. They can observe local climate changes and hydrological phenomena, so that they can farm.
So the girls who stayed in the Imperial Heaven Supervisory and worked part-time in the Imperial Heaven Supervisory have been married one after another. What? What do you think the male compatriots in the Gan family do? They are either at the observatory, or doing simple things like calculating, observing astronomical phenomena, and recording rainfall. Their sisters can do it...
It was precisely because of this idea that when the Gan family and Shi family returned to Chang'an, they found that their little girls arranged in Chang'an had disappeared. They were either married to this family or picked up by that family. The entire Imperial Heaven Supervision was actually operating with a group of children of all ages and old men in their 80s. What's even more terrifying is that they can still operate.
Back and forth, the two families met and asked what happened, but they all said that an old friend came to him and said that he heard that you have a daughter and I have a son who is the right age. If you don’t marry me, you’ll forget it. What does such a big daughter look like in the Imperial Heaven Supervisory? The elders of the Ganshi family are naturally fine.
Anyway, they are going to get married, and the other party is also a good family, and they are at the right age, so they are accurate.
As a result, Chen Xi's talent in the country could not withstand the Little Ice River period. The Gan and Shi families directly missed it. Now they began to search for information to determine the scope and intensity of the disaster.
After all, the two families were also considered to be ordered by the ancestors, and they belonged to the matter of being trusted by others and being loyal to others. What is there to say about this responsibility?
"I will first notify Weiyang Palace and Zhengyuan, and the Taiwei, and use an urgent secret message to communicate with each other." The old man of the Shi family made a decision, "From today, all resumptions will be cancelled, everyone will be on standby at any time, calculate the accurate area of the disaster and the changes in the snow disaster as soon as possible, and be prepared. We may need to conduct on-site inspections and may die."
The Han Dynasty was ruthless that there was a large-scale disaster climate. When disaster relief was met, Tai Shiling went to the front line. If you don’t go to the front line, how do you record the disaster situation and determine climate change on the spot? You are doing this job, don’t think that something will happen.
What's more ruthless is that if a very big disaster really occurs, the emperor will go to the scene in person. Simply put, now the eldest princess is regent and the prime minister is in the world. Once the disaster reaches a certain level, the eldest princess will have to go. When the eldest princess goes, no minister can escape.
There were many records of the Yellow River breaking dam breaking during the Han Dynasty. Wang Jing was not born during the Western Han Dynasty, so the Yellow River breaking dam often made it happen, and people in the Central Plains almost used to it.
As a result, one year, heavy rain fell, and the Yellow River broke its dam and flooded sixteen counties. Because the matter was too big, Emperor Wu of Han personally went to the bank of the Yellow River, mobilized tens of thousands of elite troops, and almost brought all the three dukes and nine ministers in the court to settle the matter.
The original text of the Hanshugou chant, the emperor sent Ji Ren, and Guo Chang sent tens of thousands of soldiers to pass the Huzi River. Therefore, the emperor was responsible for the work of thousands of miles of sand, and then he was on the river, and he was in the white horse and jade bi, and ordered all the ministers to follow the officials and the generals to carry their own money to fight the river.
There were many unpleasant rules in ancient times, but there was also an advantage that the predecessors did this right thing, so when the same situation occurred, future generations must keep up.
Emperor Wu personally took over. Many of the three Dukes and Nine Ministers, including the Grand Historian Ling, carried sandbags to the river embankment to block the Yellow River. What should I do if the same situation occurred later? Of course, continue!
Your ancestor, Emperor Xiaowu, did this, so you should do it too, so no one can escape when there is a large-scale climate disaster.
Therefore, after seeing the changes in the sky, the old men of the Shi family realized that they would not be able to survive this year. Because of such a climate and such a blizzard, they needed to go on-site inspections in person. Even if they were sheltered by a frame, they would definitely be ruined in the midst of a blizzard and a tiring journey.
But those who work in this industry must be able to afford this responsibility. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Gan and Shi families have always eaten this bite of rice. The country has destroyed Gan and Shi, and since the Taishi Ling is almost monopolized by them, isn’t it because they have fixed responsibilities?
"Closing it out, prepare to go to various places to investigate." Shi Tao suppressed his grief and ordered his old man. He knew very well that when he went deep into the field for field investigation, there would definitely be people who would not come back. This is not something you can only take a few guards, but that he could not withstand this kind of tossing at this age.
"Yes, patriarch!" The younger generation was a little eager to try this kind of thing when they had never experienced it. But when they were older, they looked solemn. They knew the danger of this matter very well, so they quickly organized the team in the way of old and new.
Before the heavy snow turned into a blizzard, most of the people in the Gan family and the Shi family were already wearing thick velvet coats, carrying a lot of dry food, walking or riding horses, to the data collection point they placed in the wild. Over the years, these thousands of years of hydrological and climatic data have been recorded by their lives, and only such large-scale data can make accurate judgments.
Before Chen Xi returned home, he was summoned to the Government Affairs Department by Li You.
"What happened?" Chen Xi asked.
"Two things, two letters, you will know by yourself." Li Youyan said concisely, Chen Xi nodded, directly reached out to take it, opened it, the first letter was Liu Bei's.
The content is not complicated, but it is very fatal. Liu Bei went to Bingzhou. The heavy snow in northern Bingzhou has exceeded the height of people, which has completely surpassed the record in the past decade. Although there are no problems in the local area because of Chen Xi's orders for food and material reserves that have been implemented by Chen Xi for the past few years.
But according to Liu Bei's description, there is not much food problem, but the charcoal fire is obviously insufficient and the snow is too heavy, resulting in no place to collect firewood. Under normal circumstances, when the snow is not heavy in winter, the people themselves will go out to collect firewood or go to the mine to pick up coal, but now there is no way to do this.
According to Liu Bei's estimate, most people's firewood should not be able to withstand the 20-year-olds, but Liu Bei did not think that the snow could melt within 20-years. The snow was high for one person. Even if the snow stopped behind it, it would be difficult to go out. In addition, the temperature this year was obviously cold in the past year, and the fire kang needed more firewood.
In short, the core issue is very clear. The people may not be able to hold on, especially the people in Yanbian area in the north. Because of Chen Xi's habit, the ranch has various materials of huge scale. Even if they are buried in snow, the problem is not big, but the people in the north cannot do it.
"This is really bad." Chen Xi had a headache. Because of his spiritual talent, Chen Xi had not considered the issue of climate disasters for ten years, because his spiritual talent can level the operation of the climate. As long as he can withstand it, he does not need to worry about climate disasters.
But this time, Chen Xi resisted it, but because of the large territory and too small population, the climate regulation level is still within Chen Xi's limit, but the output of mental volume cannot withstand the harshness of the climate. Simply put, it is a large-scale catastrophic climate, which has become a small one.
Although the Little Ice Age was in the late Han Dynasty, various large-scale catastrophic climates occurred frequently, resulting in the fact that even if it was curbed, it would be very fatal to normal climate.
"Let the Governor of Bingzhou call for supplies, prepare to sweep the snow, open the treasury, and provide coal balls to the people, the same way as the way His Royal Highness the Princess puts snacks." Chen Xi pressed his temple. The snow was so thick that he could only sweep the snow. "First open up all the main roads to ensure the smooth roads, send a message to Xianhe, so that Xianhe is ready to call supplies."
Li You nodded. Chen Xi's thoughts were basically the same as his. Since the snow disaster could not be saved, it would be realistic. Rescue the disaster as soon as possible. As for other matters, we should postpone it first.
Chapter completed!