Chapter 2217 Forecast of the Meteorological Office
Liu Jin was very happy when the old man gave birth to a son. He originally wondered whether it was because he was old and in poor health, so his concubine had not moved for a long time.
Now it seems that I have worried too much. Being in your early fifties is still a prime time in future generations, especially as a minister in the government and the public. At this age, you are still young and can make a lot of achievements.
age.
Why is old?
Originally, he thought about mentioning to Emperor Zhengde that he would return home to retire, but the fact that he was old and had a son made Liu Jin full of energy again. He felt that his health seemed to be okay, and it seemed that he didn't need to rush to travel around the world.
Maybe I can do it for a few more years.
Anyway, Zhu Houzhao will not let him go home for the elderly even when he is on his behalf. Whenever he reaches a certain age or has physical problems, it is not easy to go home for the elderly.
Of course, this is what Liu Jin himself thinks.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao had already made the decision under the persuasion of Emperor Hongzhi. As long as Liu Jin mentioned returning home for retirement, Zhu Houzhao would agree to it.
If this was known, Liu Jin would have left long ago.
Liu Jin wanted to go home to retire, not because he was in poor health or too old, or because he didn't get along with the emperor and couldn't work in the government or the public.
It's just that Liu Jin feels that he is getting older and doesn't want to do anything anymore and wants to travel around the world.
Now that Liu Jin has a son, he suddenly feels young and energetic again, and he doesn't want to resign for a while. Since he is young, he can continue to work for a few more years.
Liu Jin was in a good mood and full of energy. Everyone could see it when he went to court. They were all wondering if Liu Jin was up to something good. It seemed that they hadn't seen Liu Jin like this for several years.
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Inside the study room of the Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, based on the cold weather last winter and the current temperature and precipitation conditions in various parts of our country, the Meteorological Office of the Ministry of Revenue predicts that this year our country and even the world will experience a large-scale and substantial reduction in agricultural production!"
Tong Rui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, reported the situation speculated by his meteorological officials to Emperor Zhengde.
Meteorological officer is a brand-new official position established at the suggestion of Liu Jin. Its main responsibility is to monitor the meteorological conditions of the Ming Dynasty and even the world, sum up experience, and forecast various possible meteorological disasters in advance to prevent them.
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Although there are no weather satellites of later generations in this era, it is impossible to accurately monitor the climate.
But there are still many ways to predict weather and monitor climate.
With the support of Liu Jin, Ming Dynasty established an extremely large number of weather stations all over the Ming Dynasty and around the world. The main responsibility of these weather stations is to record local temperature, precipitation, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes and other weather-related information.
, and then summarized them via telegram to the capital of Ming Dynasty.
Meteorological officials in Beijing can analyze the information collected from various places and roughly infer some weather conditions.
For example, in the northern region, weather stations in the Northern Grassland Province, Liaodong Province, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces have observed that the weather shows an obvious trend of rapid decline to the south. Then it can be inferred that a cold wave has occurred, and we can prepare for the upcoming weather in advance.
Warnings are issued for areas facing cold waves.
Another example is the southern region, which has a plum rain every year. By monitoring the time, location, and precipitation of plum rains in previous years, we can roughly figure out the time and order of plum rains in various places in the Ming Dynasty.
According to this rule, the arrival of the plum rain can be predicted. For example, if the plum rain stays in the south for too long, the rainfall in the north will be less than in previous years, and drought may occur in the northern region.
On the contrary, if the plum rains stay in the south for too short, drought may occur in the south and floods may occur in the north.
Through this method, you can basically predict the weather, know what is about to happen in advance, make preparations and precautions, and reduce losses.
This period was during the Little Ice Age, and the weather often experienced abnormalities, which had a great impact on all aspects.
In the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth years of Hongzhi, a large-scale extreme climate hit the world, resulting in a significant reduction in global food production.
In Europe, Europe experienced an unprecedented famine, which once led to the outbreak and epidemic of the Black Death.
In the end, it was the Ming Empire that, in order to dump its own grain, dumped grain on a large scale to Europe at cheap prices. This solved the great famine in Europe. Otherwise, Europe would not know how many people would die.
The extreme climate of the Little Ice Age was also common. The Ming Empire had relatively good weather in the past few years, which almost made Liu Jin forget that it was now in the Little Ice Age.
Out of the great importance he attached to the Little Ice Age, Liu Jin made preparations in many aspects.
On the one hand, there was the large-scale discovery of mechanized agriculture. The Ming Empire, which occupied several important fertile lands around the world, vigorously developed mechanized agriculture, making the Ming Empire's food output very sufficient. The food grown in one year was enough to last for several years.
Another aspect is the continuous development of science and technology to improve the ability to respond to natural disasters, especially the construction of water conservancy, railways, and highways, which greatly improved the Ming Empire's ability to respond to disasters.
The last step is to establish a weather warning system, and set up an office under the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Meteorological Office, to monitor and predict weather.
Through a large number of weather observation stations set up throughout the Ming Dynasty and even around the world, and with the help of telegraphs and telegrams, weather conditions around the world can be controlled and predicted.
Obviously, these are plagiarisms from later generations.
But its role is also very significant, and the meteorological yamen is playing an increasingly important role.
In the southeastern coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty and the Nanyang region, the meteorological offices set up weather stations on various Nanyang islands to monitor the occurrence of typhoons and the areas they may pass through.
Through wireless telegraphy, early warning can be issued to areas that are about to experience typhoons, which greatly reduces the losses of Ming Dynasty.
Among other things, since the establishment of this system, the number of ships involved in accidents in the southeast coast and Nanyang region of the Ming Empire has been greatly reduced.
Because the direction, location, and intensity of typhoons can be predicted and warnings can be given in advance, ships can avoid them in advance. You must know that during this period, ship accidents at sea are closely related to typhoons. There are incidents every year on the southeast coast and South China Sea.
The ship was in trouble due to a typhoon.
Another example is the most important rainy season every year.
Through the weather monitoring stations in the south, you can roughly know the situation of the plum rain. If you stay in the south for too long, the reservoirs in the north can start to store water in advance, and store more water for irrigation during drought.
If the plum rains stay in the south for too short, then the reservoirs in the north can start to release part of the water in advance, so that they can have more flood resistance capabilities when encountering floods and make the water in the rivers more stable.
There are still many benefits to establishing a meteorological office and weather station. It allowed Daming to have a certain degree of control over the weather and climate, and could better arrange production and life.
“Wide, massive production cuts on a global scale?”
When everyone heard it, they immediately paid great attention to it.
Agriculture is very important at all times, because agriculture is related to the foundation and foundation of the country, and is related to major issues such as whether the people can have enough to eat.
"What kind of situation is it?"
Zhu Houzhao also showed a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, according to the information observed by meteorological yamen officials from meteorological observation stations around the world in the past six months, the situation is very similar to the situation in the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth years of Hongzhi."
"We have encountered a super cold wave all over the world, and it is already March, but the temperatures everywhere still show no signs of warming up."
"So it can be boldly speculated that agricultural production this year will be greatly affected, leading to a large-scale and substantial reduction on a global scale."
Tong Rui also reported to Zhu Houzhao extremely seriously.
"Um!"
Zhu Houzhao nodded solemnly after hearing this, and then said to Liu Jin, Wang Shouren and others: "How do you think we should deal with it?"
"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to deal with this matter."
"The first step is to check the granaries in various parts of the Ming Dynasty and verify the grain reserves in the granaries in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. If there is any shortage, we will immediately transfer grain from the production areas to replenish it to ensure that even if there is a famine, there will be enough food in various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
, which can allow the people to eat with peace of mind for several years.”
"The second step is to make relevant early warnings in advance, so that local governments can prepare relevant production and life warnings in advance."
"The third point is to expand grain planting areas and increase grain production in tropical and subtropical regions such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Nanyang and Huangjinzhou to cope with possible famines."
Tong Rui also quickly stood up and said that to deal with such things, the Ming Dynasty has also formed a famine mechanism, the most important of which is food. As long as you have food in your hand, there is nothing to worry about.
"A large-scale, large-scale production reduction may allow our farmers in Ming Dynasty to increase their income this year."
"Europe, the Ottomans, Persia, the Middle East and other places have been eating cheap food for several years. It's almost time to harvest them."
At this moment, Liu Jin was not worried at all about the possible famine. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, this was not a big deal at all.
What Liu Jin was thinking about now was that it was time to use grain to harvest a wave of leeks.
ps: Boss Mei’s dream came true. I saw it at 4 o’clock last night~~ Today’s update is a little late!
