People who have not lived in ancient times cannot realize how important rain is to crops. In this era when production materials and agricultural technology are extremely scarce, "relying on the sky for food" is the most basic and only reliance.
Drought is not enough, and waterlogging is not enough. To have two good years with good weather in ten years is already an eye-opener for God. As for the other years, as long as you don't starve to death, it is already a blessing...
This year's severe drought has already made the people gradually lose hope. The dry and cracked land is like an evil ghost from hell, waiting to swallow countless lives.
Seeing the crops in the fields withering day by day, the faces of the elders are full of sorrow, and the younger ones have already felt the coming despair...
Severe drought, severe floods, locust plague...
God always seems to be at odds with the people living under his nose, and is always unwilling to give him a few good years with good weather. Could it be... as the landlords said, it's because of His Majesty the Emperor?
If one's moral conduct is deficient, will God send a punishment and a warning?
But God, you have to be reasonable, right?
The emperor is your son, and he is patrolling the world on your behalf. Is he immoral or not? What does he have to do with ordinary people like us? Why can't we have a full meal?
I heard that the emperor didn’t even issue an edict to punish himself?
It's really too much...
If you make a mistake, you have to admit it. The emperor can't be unreasonable, let alone admitting your mistake to your god, what's the shame?
Inevitably, a feeling of resentment arose in my heart. The emperor made a mistake, why should he hurt us?
I heard that the Lord's family has united with many aristocratic families to write a letter asking His Majesty the Emperor to admit his mistakes and issue an edict, so that God will forgive him and send rain.
It's just a pity that the emperor was too stubborn and refused to admit his mistakes. Instead, he threatened to kill all the ministers who submitted the letter...
Mom, is it possible that the peaceful years that have just passed have returned to the time when the world was in chaos at the end of the previous dynasty?
The emperor went too far in doing this...
Despair for the severe drought, fear for the future, and the support of the aristocratic families, the people gradually gathered a dissatisfaction with the emperor. And this dissatisfaction was the biggest reliance of the aristocratic families. They believed that His Majesty Li Er would not
They would go on a killing spree and ruin the peaceful and prosperous age they had created, so they dared to intimidate the emperor and were confident!
However, when a rumble of thunder rolled from the sky, countless people woke up from their sleep, and all the resentment and dissatisfaction disappeared!
When people opened the windows, the south wind carried cool raindrops into the room, and they dripped on their faces. Only then did they realize that it was actually raining outside.
The first rain since spring comes quietly at the darkest moment before dawn...
When the sky gradually gets brighter, thin and dense raindrops fall from the sky like silk threads. The eaves on both sides of the street are dripping, slowly, one after another. The gaps between the stone strips on the street are overflowing with rainwater, clear and bright.
, occasionally larger water holes reflected the gray sky.
The seedlings in the field pulled out two thin and tender new shoots in the face of the rain. The originally dry waist gradually became plump with the moisture of the rain. The wilted leaves greedily sucked the water and stretched in the gentle breeze.
With a graceful figure...
A belated rain wrapped the entire Guanzhong in a thick feeling of joy.
It turns out that it was not the emperor's fault that it didn't rain. Otherwise, why would it have rained if the emperor didn't issue a sinful edict?
The common people are simple and honest. If you make them unable to have enough to eat, they will rebel against you!
But if they see even a little bit of hope, they will honestly use their hard-working hands to maintain their lives...
When the rain gets heavier and the fine rain turns into a downpour, all dissatisfaction and complaints are washed away by the rain. People begin to look forward to the future and pray that there will be no more disasters until autumn.
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A heavy rain wiped away all the restlessness.
The situation in the court suddenly reversed!
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And as this heavy rain spread throughout Guanzhong, there was also the famous name of Erlang Fang of the Fang family who could "reach the sky and the earth, and control the wind and rain"!
The move of leading two thousand warriors to raze a mountaintop at the southern foot of Lishan Mountain to the ground cannot be concealed from anyone, and the rumors of truck after truck carrying talismans and inscriptions to the top of the mountain have long been known to the world. As for the man on the Tai Chi Hall
The bet was even more widely circulated by interested people.
Will it rain within seven days?
Officials from the Taishi Bureau were the first to look disdainful. They concluded based on the color of the clouds that the water vapor condensation has been more obvious recently than in the past, but it is not enough to cause rain. The probability of rain is not even 10%.
This kid actually dares to brazenly say that it will rain within seven days. Are you better than us professionals?
So when His Majesty Li Er consulted the Taishi Bureau, Li Chunfeng reported the truth, so the emperor and his ministers went up the mountain to find Fang Jun to find out the truth.
All the officials in the DPRK did not believe it.
"This son is so shy and charming that he has no shame!" This was what a certain official in the court who was born in the Cui family of Qinghe said, and it was also the thought of most officials.
In everyone's opinion, Fang Jun's move was to help the emperor gain time for change and gain His Majesty's favor, but to compromise his own reputation and integrity was extremely shameless!
Even Fang Xuanling couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Ordinarily, having reached his current status, Lao Fang's knowledge is naturally different from that of ordinary officials. He doesn't care too much about his reputation as a clean and honest person. But the performance of the second-in-command in the family has really made him overjoyed, so he embraced it with great enthusiasm.
I hope that I can inherit my mantle in the future. Now this reputation is the biggest obstacle...
The happiest person is Changsun Wuji.
The new iron-making method developed by Fang Jun deeply frightened the Changsun family, whose backbone was the iron factory. The fact that the weapons supervisor tore up the iron supply agreement with the Changsun family and instead purchased iron like the Fang family made the Changsun family even more worried.
The family is in panic.
Better iron quality and cheaper price, how can we compete?
This is simply going to break the backbone of the Changsun family!
If it had been another family, Changsun Wuji would have gone into battle naked, openly and secretly, until he swallowed them all!
But the Fang family couldn't let Changsun Wuji hesitate. The method must be used, but it had to be much gentler...
Fortunately, this Fang Jun wanted to die on his own!
He had just started to take advantage of the situation to suppress Fang Xuanling, and the stupid boy dug a hole for himself and jumped in!
Will it rain within seven days?
Do you think you are Zhuge Liang in the play, and you can control the wind and rain?
However, reality slapped everyone in the face!
There was lightning and thunder last night, and in the early morning it rained heavily. Everyone was dumbfounded!
All the so-called childish and even stupid tricks that they slandered and ridiculed before have now become unpredictable tricks!
There is no need for the emperor to personally preside over it, there are no Taoist priests with profound cultivation, and there are no monks with boundless Dharma...
He led two thousand warriors in the army, burned a handful of fire from the sky, and then it rained?
This is simply a method that reaches heaven and earth!
Could it be that this kid really has magical powers and can control the wind and rain?
No wonder people dare to swear boldly that "it will rain within seven days." Even if the second roommate is not possessed by a god, he must be a semi-fairy, right?
The two most powerful gods of the Tang Dynasty, Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, are not so capable!
The most important thing is, it rains!
The common people don't care about your fights in the court, they only care about the rain!
The cool rain fell from the sky, and the crops that were about to die from drought came back to life. The ground was green and full of joy!
The crops are saved, food can be produced in the autumn, and their lives are saved. Nothing is more important than this!
So, within one day, Fang Jun's name as "god" spread throughout Guanzhong, and soon after, every family built a shrine and offered incense to thank Fang Jun for asking God for heavy rain! In front of the gate of Fang Mansion
, starting from early in the morning, there has been an endless stream of villagers coming from outside the city, placing fruit and vegetable incense candles, and kowtow to Fang Erlang to pray for heavy rain and the kindness of countless living people!
Suddenly, Fang Jun's reputation rose to a lofty height!
Thousands of families are born with Buddha!
Even Fang Xuanling had to be suspicious. Could it be that his Erlang was really the reincarnation of a god, possessed by an immortal?