I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 50 The Little Ice Age
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the torrential rainwater flowed down the gray tiles, and the heavy rain hit the bluestone slabs, which made people feel flustered.

In the side hall of the East Factory Yamen.Lu Gong was still kneeling on the ground talking non-stop, Li Tian, ​​who was pinching the teacup, paced back and forth, his thick eyebrows were knit together, and his face was solemn.

A gust of cool wind passed through the hall, Jiang Bao hurriedly closed the door, lit the charcoal stove in a corner of the hall, and gently placed it at Li Tian's feet.

Standing still, Li Tian put his hands on the table and looked down at Lu Gong:

"You said that Liu Gang had to collude with Mingjiao because of his 60-year-old mother. Is there any evidence?"

Lu Gong paused slightly when he heard the words, pursed his lips tightly and said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the general has no evidence, but Commander Liu has commanded the Jinyiwei since the Yongle period, and he has received the emperor's favor. The general thinks that no one can order him to do such a treasonous thing except Commander Liu's mother. "

Thinking of how Liu Gang struggled in Kunning's side hall that day, Li Tian believed Lu Gong's words very much.

After all, Liu Gang brought a knife into the palace that day. If there were any evil intentions, Liu Gang could not have let such a good opportunity not to do it.

"Huang Yan, can I believe what you say?"

After taking a sip of tea, Li Tian asked casually.

Huang Yan was encouraged by the words, the emperor asked him in front of Lu Gong, did he trust Dongchang more than Jin Yiwei, he was overjoyed, and immediately cupped his hands and said:
"Your Majesty, you don't need to think about it. Give this old servant a month, and this old servant will definitely investigate this matter to the bottom."

Hearing that it would take a month, Li Tian couldn't help sighing. The traffic in ancient times was still too backward. In later generations, it would take a plane to fly to Fujian in at most three hours.

Seeing the emperor sighing, Huang Yan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty, do you think one month is too long? If you don't count the loss of horses, 20 days is actually fine."

Not counting horse losses?Li Tian shook his head. In the past dynasties of the Han Dynasty, except for the Han and Tang Dynasties that controlled the Western Regions, there was no shortage of horses. The horses of the Song and Ming Dynasties were all treasures.

As soon as Li Tian shook his head, Huang Yan couldn't make up his mind now, unless dozens of horses ran away and died, it would take ten days from the capital to Fujian no matter how quickly.

Waving his hand to signal Lu Gong to get up, Li Tian said without any concealment:

"Ji Mian instigated Shandong Jinyiwei to intervene in Yantie, and I have already drowned in the Taiye Pond. You have the same fate, but after hearing so much from you, I think you are still somewhat useful."

Lu Gong didn't expect that Ji Mian would actually die, and when he thought that he had escaped, he felt a little scared in his heart, and fell down on the road in panic and kowtowed:
"Jin Yiwei has disappointed His Majesty."

"Jin Yiwei really disappointed me. Dongchang was the first to report the rebellion of Fujian mountain people to me, if it wasn't for Huang Yan.

I'm afraid I'm still kept in the dark by Liu Gang.Alright, I will give you three months to investigate this matter, if this matter is found out, I will spare your life. "

After Li Tian finished speaking, Huang Yan at the side suddenly changed his expression, and hurriedly cupped his hands and asked:

"Your Majesty, will Dongchang continue to follow up on this matter?"

Seeing Huang Yan's nervous expression, Li Tian was inexplicably upset, and said with a tight brow:
"Is there nothing else to do in Dongchang besides this?"

"I know I was wrong." Huang Yan confessed his crime in panic, and hurriedly stood obediently where he was, without further words.

With a cold snort, Li Tian shook his sleeves, raised his eyes and said in a deep voice:
"Even though the powers of Dongchang and Jinyiwei overlap, I know it well." After speaking, Li Tian took off a jade hook from his body, looked at Lu Gong and said:
"Lu Gong, this is my token. You can entrust it to your confidant for safekeeping. If there is any news within three months, you can go straight to Miyagi with this token, and you don't have to report it to anyone."

Hearing this, Lu Gong hurriedly stood up and took the jade hook respectfully, put it close to his body, with a flash of determination in his eyes, he pulled out the embroidery knife and cut off a bunch of hair, and said:

"Thanks to His Majesty for not giving up, the final general will never let His Majesty down again."

"I hope so."

In ancient times, there was a saying that parents should not be insulted by their body, hair and skin.

Cutting off one's hair is equivalent to beheading oneself in a certain sense. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao liked to use this trick to make amends. Lu Gong was obviously using the most decisive way to assure Li Tian.

A lock of black hair floated to the ground, Lu Gong turned his head out of the side hall, and his nimble figure disappeared into the pouring rain until he disappeared.

In the side hall, Huang Yan was so angry that he wanted to slap himself a few times. The emperor obviously didn't intend to give Lu Gong a token before, and he blamed himself for making His Majesty think that Dongchang was going to fight for power.

Seeing Huang Yan's remorseful face, Li Tian couldn't help but burst out laughing, but he didn't bother to say anything, guessing the emperor's mind is the bounden duty of a courtier.

The heavy rain outside the house was still falling, and the sound of the rain was like jade plates smashing into the ground, and a burst of moisture hit his face, Li Tian couldn't help shivering.

Seeing this, Jiang Bao hurriedly picked up the fox fur coat on the side and put it on Li Tian:

"Your Majesty, do you want the Secretary of Salvation to send some more charcoal stoves?"

Huang Yan also hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, it's raining like a bucket outside, why don't you go back to the palace after the rain subsides."

Li Tiantian was too lazy to stay in this deserted Dongchang yamen, he waved his hand and said:
"No, I still have to go back to the palace to approve the papers."

After getting into the carriage in the rain, Li Tian fiddled with the silver charcoal in the charcoal stove, glanced at Jiang Bao who was squatting in the corner and said with a smile:

"Don't squat there like an idiot, come here and enjoy the fire."

Although Jiang Bao has profound internal strength, he will not mobilize the whole body's true energy to drive out the cold when it rains, and move his feet that are freezing cold, saying duplicity:
"The old slave is not cold."

Curling his lips, Li Tian feigned anger and said:

"If it's not cold, you have to come over and turn over charcoal for me."

Jiang Bao's heart was warmed by Li Tian's words. He took the iron hook from Li Tian's hand, and while turning the charcoal fire, Jiang Bao said:

"Your Majesty, this old slave has lived for so many years, but this is the first time he has encountered such a cold day."

Hearing Jiang Bao's words, Li Tian couldn't help but think of the famous Little Ice Age in history.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty was not only due to financial corruption in the later period, but another major reason was that it encountered the Little Ice Age once in 400 years.

The Little Ice Age will lead to a sharp drop in temperature, causing the dry north to become even drier, resulting in reduced food production and unrest among the people.

But this is not the most serious thing. After all, Daming's granary is located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and the grain production in the north has decreased, so some of it has to be shipped from the south.

The most serious thing is the nomads in the north, who will continue to move south due to climate change. The final result is that there will be constant wars on the frontier and there will never be peace.

Could it be that the signs of the Little Ice Age are starting now?Li Tian couldn't help thinking secretly.

Jiang Bao didn't understand why he just said something casually, and the emperor fell into deep thought, scratched his head, added two pieces of raw charcoal to the charcoal stove, and stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)