One meal a day is actually quite good for the victims. The court put a lot of effort into this, but the resettlement problem is still difficult to solve.

In the Ganqing Palace of the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen moderately expressed his satisfaction: "So, the victims can all have porridge to eat, have the subsequent resettlement problems been solved?"

Zhu Cilang shook his head: "No, Father. Now is the autumn harvest, and it is the season for a bumper harvest. However, there are disaster victims at this time. How do they live this winter and how do they live the spring of the next year? These are all urgent problems to be solved."

Chongzhen was shocked: "In your opinion, what should we do?"

Zhu Cilang shook his head again: "I didn't think of any good idea. We just temporarily solved the urgent needs of these refugees. Whether I can withstand the autumn harvest next year, I have no good idea."

Large-scale grain production reductions caused by the Little Ice Age are an important factor in the sharp decline in population. Starving death happens every day.

Chongzhen sighed: "Since I ascended the throne, natural disasters have been frequent. I think it was because of the wrath of God, my virtues have come. I often think that if you were not too young, I should have given this throne to you. Perhaps, if you become this emperor, the people in the world will be more peaceful."

The reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty has always been different and there is no consensus. In the past, many historians have mostly explained it from the perspectives of politics, economy, military, etc., but in recent years, many scholars have begun to start from the natural environment and examine it from a new perspective, believing that the Little Glacier is the main cause.

During the Little Ice River Period of the Ming Dynasty, a total of 49 large-scale rebellions and revolutions occurred around the world. The first was between the late Yin and Shang dynasties and the early Western Zhou dynasties, the second was between the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Western Jin Dynasty, the third was between the late Tang dynasties and the fourth was between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Every outbreak of the Little Ice Age will cause social unrest and change dynasties, which will lead to a sharp decline in population.

There was only so much food in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cixuan resettled this group of refugees and did not use the imperial village to store grain. But what should be done this winter? It will continue until the beginning of next spring. The problems of these refugees must be completely solved.

The ancients often blamed the monarch for the differences in climate, while in the West, religious judgment was used as a means.

During the Chongzhen period, it was almost extremely cold for decades. The average annual temperature during this period was very low. Droughts and floods occurred one after another in summer, and extremely cold in winter, and even blizzards fell wildly in Guangdong and other places.

The extreme cold suddenly intensified, and grain output suddenly decreased. The cold cold in the north caused the rainfall area to move southward, which led to almost consecutive disasters across the country in the Ming Dynasty. Before the Qin and Jin Dynasties, then Heluo, followed by Qilu, Wu and Yue, Jingchu, and Sanfu, and a nationwide drought occurred.

Chongzhen always blamed himself deeply for this, and he always thought that he was the result of his own misfortune as an emperor. He even had the idea of ​​abdicating. It was just that the prince was young and could not control the government. Otherwise, he really wanted to abdicate as the Supreme Emperor.

Zhu Cilang was shocked when he heard this: "The Father must not belittle himself. Natural disasters are not the fault of his father. If this is true, natural disasters and man-made disasters are like Jiannu, and livestock like Mongolians do not reproduce. These have nothing to do with the Father. Besides, wasn't this the same when the late emperor was in power. It can be seen that there was a change in this day, which has nothing to do with the emperor's loss of virtue."

What his son said made Chongzhen feel a little calmer. Zhu Cixuan didn’t want to be the emperor, but he wanted to.

Once he became the emperor, he could do something big. Unlike now, many things are always hindered everywhere.

But he was just a child. Even if Chongzhen abdicated, how many civil and military officials in the court could listen to him. None of the civil officials and generals could be suppressed by him, Zhu Cilang, who was a young man.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was suspicious and suspicious, all the civil and military officials in the court were respectful and afraid of this emperor. Chongzhen did a very good job in this regard. No minister was not afraid of the emperor, because Chongzhen started anger, even he himself was afraid.

Zhu Cilang is not good. He just relied on the civilization he had accepted and had a little understanding of history to seize the opportunity of this era. If it were really better than the way to control the inferior, Zhu Cilang was far inferior to Chongzhen.

He is too young to suppress his ministers. Unless he will grow up in the future...

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Chongzhen being an emperor. If he has a father to protect himself, he will be a family after all. Zhu Cilang can have time to change this era step by step.

"Ciyang, why can't the people live a good life under my rule? Although these refugees can be temporarily resettled, will there be more victims in the future? What will we use to provide relief to the people?"

Zhu Cilang was silent, and he had no choice but to do anything about this kind of unlucky thing. Fortunately, he replied: "Father, wait for the food from our imperial village, and let all the people in the suburbs of Beijing be planted next year. By that time, we can all settle any number of refugees."

Zhu Cilang is right. If nothing unexpected happens, the grains of these imperial villages can be used as seeds for plowing next spring, even the small geys will be able to cope with them.

The high yield of sweet potatoes and corn is better than corn that relies on the weather, and its drought and flood resistance can definitely help the people withstand it.

Chongzhen also understood this truth, and now he became increasingly firm in his belief: "No matter what, the food in the imperial village must not be moved, nor must it be."

Tens of thousands of acres of sweet potato seedlings in the imperial village were harvested, and these sweet potato seedlings made great contributions to disaster relief. It can be said that without these sweet potato seedlings, these refugees would have to cause trouble.

Until now, the number of refugees pouring into Beijing has finally decreased a lot. However, Beijing has also become bloated, and the temperature has suddenly changed.

It was originally late autumn, and the weather should have been very hot. In the past few days, the temperature suddenly dropped sharply and the cold air was overwhelming.

Even when Zhu Cilang got up early in the morning, heavy snow fell from the sky.

The immobility of the climate shocked Zhu Cilang. He did not expect that the weather during the Little Ice Age would be so terrible. This is autumn.

If the food in the field is not harvested, it will be frozen to death. The frozen food will not be cultivated in the coming year.

"Hurry, prepare the horse quickly, I am going to the imperial village!"

What Zhu Cilang is worried about now is the sweet potatoes in the field. The sweet potatoes are still buried in the field and have no harvest. No one knows whether this heavy snow will freeze the sweet potatoes buried in the soil.

If the sweet potatoes in the field are frozen and rotten due to the extreme weather, all efforts will be in vain.
Chapter completed!