Zhao Bing accepted the praise from his subordinates. He knew very well that he had no choice but to do so. After all, a war does not rely on strong ships and powerful guns, but also requires cooperation from all aspects. Problems in any link will lead to failure. This proposal will to a certain extent increase the morale of grassroots officials and their enthusiasm for work.

However, the implementation of temporary policies will also hurt his wallet, at least his millions of dollars have already been found in his parents' home. But he also felt that it was worth spending this money. If this Northern Expedition was frustrated, the Song Dynasty would have to temporarily adopt a strategic defensive momentum, start everything over the ground, and spend a long time to restore economic strength, which would cost even greater.

However, Zhao Bing knew that it would take a long-term mechanism to keep the officials at the bottom of the bureaucracy and that was not something he could solve. At present, he could only stimulate the most immediate way, in order to "spend small money" to do big things.

Zhao Bing arranged the work in a few words. He also drank a sip of tea and began to review the memorials. The others also performed their duties and immediately started working. There was only the "gurgling" sound of water on the tea stove in the car, the rustling sound of the pen tip passing through the paper, and the discussion of the secretary and supervisors in the next room.

After the 1930s, Zhao Bing finished reading the memorials one by one, drank the remaining tea in the cup, stretched, Zhang Song and Xu Wunan presented the drafted manuscript. He took it and browsed it carefully and made modifications to several places. Then he asked the clerk to copy it, and after using the seal, he immediately sent someone to Handan.

"Your Majesty, wash and rest!" Xu Hong came forward and said when he saw the emperor finish his business.

"Yes!" Zhao Bing nodded, got up and prepared to wash up. Suddenly he remembered something and said, "You go and ask the Pavilion to send the "Xingyu Record" from Hebei and Shanxi for nearly five years. I want to read it."

"Yes!" Xu Hong opened his mouth, swallowed the words back, hesitated before responding.

The most troublesome thing about Zhao Bing when he went out was the cabinet that was in charge of classics and materials. This book was an idle person equivalent to an archivist. It was nothing to do when he was in the palace. His daily work was to classify and store the documents that needed to be archived and also manage the royal library. However, the emperor would bring some books and materials when he traveled to prepare for the needs.

The books and materials he brought in this in-person expedition were filled with three major vans, and even if he went on a slight vacation, he brought a car. The emperor protected the two places, "Xingyu Lu", was a very remote thing, and Xu Hong was worried that he would not be accompanied by the team. Fortunately, the Pavilion was a clerk who was familiar with the emperor's reading habits, so he actually brought it, so as not to send people back to Beijing to get it.

"Your Majesty, why do you suddenly read "The Record of the Sun and Rain"?" Xu Hong quickly brought back several large volumes of this article. At this time, the emperor had already lie down in the dormitory. He knew that the weather was closely related to war, and the wind, clouds, rain and snow may determine the outcome of the battle, but it is difficult to predict accurately. Besides, what Your Majesty wants is the situation in the past five years, so he asked curiously.

He also knew that "Xingyulu" has existed since ancient times, because for thousands of years, the courts of all dynasties have followed the principle of "agriculture is the foundation of the country and food is the leader". The weather is related to harvest, the harvest is related to grain prices, and the grain prices are related to local people's conditions. Good weather, good harvest, stable grain prices, and stable people's hearts; poor weather, poor harvest, and low grain prices, and high grain prices, and unstable people's hearts.

Therefore, the emperor would also be very concerned about the weather conditions and attach great importance to rainfall, so he had the tradition of reporting rain to the court. If local officials encounter rain, they need to report in writing to the central government the hectares of soil benefiting from the rain; if the seedlings grow, they also need to report to the central government the hectares of soil benefiting from the rain.

In general, the Yuze Zuoju system provided convenience for the emperor to understand the local rainwater situation. With the information of rain and snow, the emperor was able to estimate the harvest in the place, make corresponding plans in advance, stabilize grain prices, and maintain social stability. From this perspective, the Yuze Zuoju system played a crucial role in maintaining the dynasty's rule.

Xu Hong understood that this dynasty also had the practice of local officials reporting rain. During the Renzong period, he issued a special order to "edict the states in the world to have rain and snow on the moon." However, the young emperor was different from other emperors of all dynasties. The "sun and rain record" that recorded the weather in detail in the past was not implemented in all regions.

The reason is nothing more than the workload of making the "Sunny Rain Record". If you estimate according to the three shift work system, if you want to successfully complete the "Sunny Rain Record" record, at least three people need to work together. For prefectures and counties, the salary of three people is also a large expense, which will increase local fiscal expenditure and lead to their unwillingness to do it;

There is also the main readers of "Xingyu Record" with only the emperor. Just imagine that if there are thousands of counties across the country, if each county is reported, even if the emperor reads day and night, he will not be able to read every "Xingyu Record" in the country. This also makes the weather report more like a temporary job. If the emperor cares about it, he will selectively forget it.

However, Xu Hong found that the emperor was very concerned about this work. After he led the guard camp, he often dealt with the imperial office at that time. He found that when he reviewed the memorial form of local officials, he would extract all the contents related to the weather and summarize them separately into a book, and keep them for the emperor to inquire.

This matter is not a big workload, but it is very cumbersome. Xu Hong asked after asking, he found out that the emperor was very concerned about weather changes as early as the time of the General Administration. In Qiongzhou, not only did he ask the prefectures and counties to summarize and report the weather conditions every month, but also required the garrison to make detailed records of the tides, sea conditions and river water volume.

Therefore, even now, as long as the officials and military generals who come from the General Administration and work in the local area still retain this habit. When submitting the memorial, they will report the weather conditions by the way, and carefully report the weather conditions in the head and the garrison on a monthly basis. Some officials even go on business trips and encounter rain along the way, they will record them and report to the emperor.

The memorial form is a document for senior local officials to report to the emperor and is also an important communication medium between the emperor and ministers. By reviewing the memorial, the emperor can understand the daily work of officials and local emergencies. Although the mixed weather content is a bit "boring", officials are very enthusiastic about reporting this information. Floods and snow disasters will be reported, and the daily rain and snow dimensions will be reported.

After a long time, Xu Hong also knew that the emperor's access to weather conditions in various places was not just these local officials.

The best thing to do with the weather changes is the navy. They set up a special agency to record the weather changes, the tide conditions of rivers, lakes and seas and the detailed water conditions at twelve hours a day; the second is the Dushui Department and the Cao Department, who also need to record the weather and water conditions changes at major river nodes and report them to the court in a timely manner.

Xu Hong can also understand this, after all, weather and tide changes are of great significance to naval warships sailing, which not only affects navigation safety, but also the outcome of the battle. The same is true for Dushui and Caosi. They can predict flood situations and water depths by recording the amount of precipitation, determine whether a disaster will occur, whether the waterway can be navigated, etc., and make preparations early based on this.

The most detailed and most sources of weather reports is the Affairs Bureau. They not only report local weather conditions, but also record the growth of crops, prices of grain, meat and vegetables, and changes in the surrounding water system during the same period. Moreover, these reports are not limited to the Song Dynasty, and there are also areas ruled by the Mongols and Yuan ruling, and even overseas situations.

Now these climate information are sorted out separately through the Secretary-General and the Bureau of Affairs, and will be reported to the imperial court after summary. Over time, Xu Hong gradually understood that it was through these that the emperor understood the local people's conditions and the agricultural situation in a place. He could "macro-control" the grain based on the rain and snow conditions and predict the financial situation.

Multiple channels for reporting can reduce the concealment of officials as much as possible. This phenomenon is actually not uncommon. In order to cater to the emperor's desire for good weather, many officials choose to report good news but not bad news. It is fine if they don't report small things. If they encounter natural disasters but don't report them, they will cause serious consequences.

Rainwater, harvest, grain prices, and people's conditions are closely related. The emperor asked many local officials to report rain and snow weather at the same time. With more channels, the information will be more reliable, making it easier to verify the real situation, so as to promptly check for omissions and fill in the gaps and respond calmly to avoid irreparable losses...

The report of the sun and rain is time-sensitive, and in Xu Hong's opinion, it was useless after that year. The emperor asked the "Xingyu Record" from many places in the Central Plains for nearly five years, which made him curious, so he asked this question.

"I looked through the "Zhending Earth Record" compiled in the early years of Zhiyuan in the Mongolian Yuan, and found that there were records of "less snow in winter, often flooding in spring" and "more snow in winter, drought in spring". Therefore, I wanted to check the records of recent years to see if it is true!" Zhao Bing signaled him to put the text by the bed and said.

"As the saying goes, the wind and clouds are changing, and gods and ghosts are hard to predict. Can these things be seen from them?" Xu Hong said in surprise.

"This is a bad statement! The heaven and earth move, and the universe is in order. There are still traces to follow." Zhao Bing shook his head and smiled.

The ancients did not know that there is a modern discipline called climatology. Unlike weather, it specializes in meteorological characteristics such as cold, warm, dry and wet within a standard time, so as to find local climate change laws.

"Is this useful?" Xu Hong asked again.
Chapter completed!