After walking in the hall for two times, Zhenwu's thoughts revolved back on the drought. This disaster relief not only affects his prestige, but also reconciliation of the officialdom in the northern provinces, but also an opportunity to win the hearts of the people. Naturally, he cannot start or end. If the drought continues and spend all the money raised, he can only use his treasury to fill the hole in the disaster area.

Although the treasury is not short of money, it will not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. If it costs a lot and is easy to cause trouble, at least a hat that is very popular is inevitable. If it is not much, it is not necessary.

He suffered a severe drought when he ascended the throne and changed his reign. He was also filled with anger. When he learned that the silver he raised was 12 million taels, he wanted to spend a big son of the national treasury and provide beautiful relief to the drought, which beat Kangxi's prestige in one fell swoop. For him, Kangxi's prestige was too high. He did not want to live under the shadow of Kangxi, which would be detrimental to his future reform.

However, the consumption in the disaster area was too great. Although he was rich, he could not help but consume it. Moreover, there were too many places to spend money now, and he didn't dare to spend the money at all.

Thinking of this, he felt a little sad. The army needs money, and the construction of workshops requires money. Once education is expanded, it requires even more money. He also needs to build a summer resort for Kangxi. The low-interest loans of the "Four Great Hengs" must be supplemented in time. Australian immigration is also the big deal. It is really a matter of money that only when it is used.

It seems that we have to find a way to get some gold and silver, preferably gold, so that the gold standard will be implemented in the future. Shandong will have super large gold mines. However, he does not want to move domestic gold mines. There are many super large gold mines in Australia, America, and Africa. However, the Qing Dynasty has banned mines for decades. There are very few talents in this area and need to be vigorously trained, so it is difficult to quench near thirst.

Starting a war? The South China Sea vassal states, the Mughal Empire, and the Ottoman Empire are all good targets. However, before the northwest was decided, he really did not dare to act rashly. It seems that only by exploiting the Japanese, Japan has a lot of gold and silver mines.

Zhenwu was thinking about how to squeeze Japan, but Bao Fuquan came in with a happy face and reported: "Emperor, the Imperial Heaven Supervisor Solang, Ji Lian, are looking for a meeting outside."

So fast? Why didn't Lingtai Lang Zhang Xianwang come? Zhenwu immediately realized that he happened to meet Solang. Ji Lian came to ask for a meeting. Since the two of them came to ask for a meeting, it must be good news. He stopped and walked: "Xuan and the others come in."

After Solang and Jilian came in and kowtowed to pay tribute, Solang said, "Congratulations to the Emperor, Imperial Heaven Monitor has observed that there will definitely be rain in three days."

Three days later, it was raining? Zhenwu stared at the two of them eagerly and asked, "Maybe sure?"

Jilian was a French missionary, but he had been in Beijing for many years and had already spoken fluently. He immediately kowtowed and said, "It's true to go back to the emperor."

Suolang also said, "I also know that it is a big deal. I dare not speak nonsense. It will rain three days later. It was confirmed by Ji Lian and Lingtai Man Zhang Xianwang after repeated proofs."

Zhenwu nodded slightly. It was important to be serious. The Imperial Heavenly Prison did not dare to report it. It was indeed good news that it would rain in three days. It could reduce a considerable loss. He pondered slightly and said: "The astronomical calendar is widely used. It cannot be limited to a corner. It is used for war and navigation. The Imperial Heavenly Prison expanded the recruitment of astronomical students. It must not only be selected from the failed scholars, but also vigorously cultivated from young children."

When he heard this, Suolang couldn't help but be overjoyed. Zhenwu attached so much importance to astronomy, which was a great opportunity for the Imperial Heavenly Prison. He hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Slaves honor the order." He raised his body and then complained: "Your Majesty, officials of the Imperial Heavenly Prison will not be transferred to their posts for life. They are also a family property of descendants, and their salary is not high. It is really difficult to expand the enrollment of the Imperial Heavenly Prison. The Imperial Heavenly Prison may be deprived of the holy grace."

The officials of the Imperial Heaven Supervisory Bureau were not allowed to change their posts in their lifetime. The descendants were born in the family? Zhenwu couldn't help but secretly complained, what are these breaking the rules! After pondering a little, he understood a little that the Imperial Heaven Supervisory Bureau was responsible for the management of the calendar, observing the image, reporting the time, and also had the responsibilities of selecting calendar notes, issuing divination, and choosing a place every day. It is also closely related to many state government affairs, etiquette and even royal behavior. This rule should be to prevent the leakage of some royal secrets.

It is obviously impossible to abolish this matter rashly, but if it is not abolished, it will inevitably lead to people being overly circumstantial and unable to escape the pattern of one generation being worse than the other and gradually decline. After a moment of contemplation, Zhenwu said: "The descendants' and grandchildren's family is the fundamental reason for the decline of talents. The Imperial Heaven Supervision will sort out appropriately, isolate the astronomical calendar calculations, astronomical observations, etc., and abolish the descendants' family.

After a slight pause, he continued: "The current rank of the Imperial Heaven Supervision is too low, and it will be upgraded from the fifth rank to the third rank. You can discuss with the Ministry of Personnel and write a note."

When he heard that the Imperial Heaven Prison was upgraded to the third rank, Solang and Jilian were all overjoyed, and immediately kowtowed a few times and said, "The slaves are honored."

Zhenwu said in a very good manner: "The Imperial Heaven Supervision should not involve too much government affairs. We should be committed to the research on celestial phenomena and meteorology. We should not be self-confidenced. We should be good at learning from the strengths of a hundred schools of thought. The application of celestial phenomena and meteorology will become more and more widely. We must vigorously cultivate talents and recruit talents. We will gradually improve the treatment of you and produce research results. I will also give you another reward. I will not be stingy with the title.

In addition, with the expansion of the overseas territory of the Qing Dynasty, the prosperity of the navigation industry, the growth of the Qing Dynasty's Royal Navy, the astronomical phenomena, meteorological conditions, currents, and storms on the ocean, they must also be studied by special people. This matter must be set up specifically. You must first build the shelf, slowly recruit talents, and cultivate them to enrich the daily life. The relevant funds will be allocated from the treasury as usual.

Furthermore, when observing astronomical phenomena, the weather is inseparable from various instruments. Most of the instruments in the Imperial Heaven Supervision still use the old instruments of the Yuan, Ming and other previous dynasties. There are not many new instruments supervised by the Emperor Taishang, only astronomical instruments, horizons, horizons, ecliptic theodolites, equatorial theodolites, etc.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. You must find ways to add more instruments and cultivate more talents who can make instruments. I noticed last time when I went to the observatory, you didn’t even have telescopes. Telescopes have been popularized in the navy. I really don’t know where the money allocated every year is used.”

Suolang was originally full of joy when he heard it, but the last sentence he heard was so scared that he kowtowed repeatedly: "Back to the emperor, I don't dare to be greedy for ink, and there are very few officials below who dare to be greedy for ink. The telescope for observing the celestial phenomena is not comparable to that of the Imperial Heavenly Prison, but I don't want to."

Zhenwu also felt that the words were a little heavy. The Imperial Heavenly Prison was a clear-water yamen. Even if he wanted to be greedy, he had no chance to be greedy. He pondered slightly and said, "I will build a glass workshop this year and find someone to develop it."

Seeing that Zhenwu had revealed this, Solang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and said, "The slaves respect the order."

"Kneel down and rest." Zhenwu ordered lightly: "I have confirmed the time of rain and come and report it quickly."

"Slaves respect the order." Solang and the others hurriedly bowed and retreated.

When the two left, Zhenwu felt much more relaxed. In three days, it would be rainy, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, millet, and beans, and the relief money and food could be saved. Now he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. After pondering, he called out: "Come."

Bao Fuquan, who had been waiting outside the hall, hurriedly stepped in and bowed and said, "The slave is here."

"I will send an order to pray for rain on March 27th." Zhenwu said in a deep voice: "I will fast for all officials for three days."

"Zhe." Bao Fuquan hurriedly beat Qian'er to agree, and was extremely happy. The supervisor of the Imperial Heaven Supervision came to report the good news just now. As soon as it rained, the drought was relieved. Zhenwu's mood must be very good. Their eunuchs and palace maids were much more relaxed when they served. However, they could not talk too much about this matter. They could only pretend not to know. Seeing that Zhenwu had no other intention, he bowed and retreated.

Yu Zhenwu said that praying for rain in the Circular Mound is just a show, but this is a must-do. He had already led all officials to pray once before. When the heavy rain was approaching, he naturally had to pretend to pray again. Not only did he go to the Circular Mound to pray for rain, but he also took the opportunity to kill a few corrupt officials. Only in this way can he be called following the will of heaven, so he can be satisfied with the people's will, and it is natural to rectify the administration of officials. In this way, he can endure this drought and spend tens of millions of dollars in vain.

After going to the study room, several ministers were secretly happy after hearing the eunuchs who were sent by the eunuchs. Xiao Yongzao stood up and asked the eunuchs in a low voice, "Does the Imperial Heaven Supervisor meet the emperor today?"

This is a taboo. Bao Fuquan is much more in charge of the eunuchs and palace maids who are close to Zhenwu than Li Dequanyan. Those who are not strict in their mouths are not as simple as sitting on the bench. The little eunuch dared not reply, but was unwilling to offend Xiao Yongzao. He hurriedly bowed and said, "I don't know if I don't work today. Please forgive me."

But Ma Qi waved to the eunuch and said, "Go." He said with a smile and said, "Fast for three days is enough to get a glimpse of the truth. Why should I make things difficult for a slave? The emperor is very strict in internal supervision, which is a blessing for the court. This Forbidden City is really like a sieve, and it is not beneficial to us."

Zhang Penghong changed the topic, but said: "Everyone, after the drought is relieved, the people will naturally be busy returning to their hometowns to rush to play. However, the work-for-relief projects in the capital cannot be stopped. The new military camp in the West Mountain, the firearm camp in the South Suburbs, the three granaries in the East City, the dredging of Tonghui River, and the expansion of the Rehe Palace are all delayed. How to ensure the progress of these projects, the emperor will definitely ask, do you have any good ideas?"

Xiao Yongzao frowned slightly and said, "The stalls for labor-for-relief this time are indeed a bit large. Not only in the capital, but also in Tianjin's Haihe diversion is also a major project. Once it rains, it is really difficult to guarantee the manpower."
Chapter completed!