Section 677 The New Agricultural Book is completed
After six days of heavy rain, the rain finally began to stop.
The sun's rays spread the earth again.
Liu Che walked out of the gate of the Xuanshu Hall and looked at the rainwater from the eaves of the hall, leaning down, into the well-developed flood drainage and discharge pipes of Weiyang Palace.
Liu Che's brows were a little twisted, and his face was not very good-looking.
This disaster dealt a heavy blow to the agricultural production and life of the Han Dynasty.
The continuous heavy rain that lasted for six days caused the tragedy of dozens of residential areas along the river being flooded in the city of Chang'an alone.
More than a dozen people died.
As for the vast Guanzhong Plain outside Chang'an, the damage caused by the flood is even more palpitating.
In the past few days, magistrates have reported dozens of cases of damage to villages caused by disasters such as landslides and mudslides.
More than a dozen channels in the Zhengguo Canal were washed away by floods and mudslides and needed to be rebuilt.
But it's not without good news.
In this disaster, many officials stood out.
The most outstanding political achievement is none other than Ji Di's cousin Sima An, the court supervisor of Shanglin Yuan.
In Liu Che's previous life, he beat the big bull of the bureaucratic system in Hedong, and after discovering that the water level of the various water systems of Shanglinyuan had skyrocketed, he immediately led the miscellaneous servants and garrisons of Shanglinyuan, braved the heavy rain, patrolled the river section day and night, and at the critical moment, he even took the lead with the soldiers, holding straw and firewood, jumped into the water, and blocked the gap in the embankment, so that the entire Shanglinyuan was almost not affected in this heavy rain.
Sima An's deeds were quickly reported to Liu Che's case, so they became a typical example. Immediately, he was promoted from the superintendent of Shanglin Yuan to the lieutenant of Jingfu.
Sima An also became a member of the Han family for sixty years. The first non-liehou and non-relative official to serve as the governor of Jingfu.
But in general, this time the disaster.
Once again, Liu Che's status as a monarch was established.
Last time. The wind disaster in Jiangdu, the people of Guanzhong have not personally experienced it, so it is a superficial impression.
This time, Liu Che successfully warned of the disaster in Guanzhong, and made arrangements and mobilization in advance, minimizing losses and saving the livelihoods of tens of thousands of families.
This immediately pushed Liu Che's status to a point where no one had done it before.
Right now. Liu Che is sure that from now on, at least in Guanzhong, he will truly become the Son of Heaven who speaks his word and speaks with the constitution of heaven.
Up and down in the palace, looking at him, the eyes were even more reverent with awe and worship.
Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, China has once again appeared a living god who can prove his monarchical power and be appointed by heaven.
"I am the world!" Liu Che's brows furrowed. With his hands spread out, he laughed and said, "I am the country!" ”
The attendants and eunuchs around hurriedly knelt down, but they promised. Don't dare to speak out.
At this time, Yan Yi walked up the stairs from outside the Xuanshu Hall and saw the Son of Heaven who was pretending to be forced. He immediately knelt down and bowed: "Your Majesty has no borders!" ”
As for the two pretended words of the previous emperor. Yan Yi only thought that he didn't listen at all.
The reason is simple, some words. Only the emperor can say that even if the courtiers are in favor and patting the horse, they can't do it.
This is like when Liu Bang inspected Yongxian County, looked at the four Heavenly Emperors in Yongxian County, felt that it was very inappropriate, and slapped his ass and set up the Black Emperor.
With so many ministers, who would dare to pat the horse or dissent?
"What?" Liu Che asked.
"Your Majesty...... Shang Shulang led the editor of the "New Agricultural Book" and the minister Shang Rong Fang only told Wei Chen: Your Majesty Tianwei, the ministers have worked hard, and the ministers have now compiled and completed the whole book of the "New Agricultural Book", with a total of 17 volumes, more than 820,000 words, 1,137 drawings, 1,825 citations, and visited the old farmers in Guanzhong and the county Guoli Field, 824 people...... "Yan Yi Daxi reported and said.
When Liu Che heard this, his face also showed a look of joy.
"New Agricultural Book" is a project that he began to focus on when he was the prince.
Although after ascending the throne, the attention to this matter is no longer as daily as when he was the crown prince.
However, the relevant policy support and resource tilt have never been missed.
This can be seen from the successive editors-in-chief of the "New Agricultural Book".
Yan Yi and Ji Di both served as the editor-in-chief of the "New Agricultural Book" for a time.
The current editor-in-chief of "New Agricultural Book", although his name is not as loud as Ji Di and Yan Yi, he is also a leader among the ministers of the Imperial Palace.
Liu Che asked him to serve as the editor-in-chief of "New Agricultural Book", also to sharpen and cultivate the other party.
"The book is ready, and I will immediately dedicate it to me, and I will read it for myself!" Liu Che said happily.
Compiling a book in four years is a miracle in this era!
Back then, Xiao He copied Qin Law, deleted and added it to become Han Law, and it took more than three years.
Later, Liu An edited "Huainanzi" with more than 200,000 words, which took nearly seven years.
Now the "New Agricultural Book" has been completed in four years, which can be called a god speed!
Of course, this is inseparable from the full support of the state!
Since the establishment of the "New Agricultural Book", it has received Liu Che's full support, and at least more than 3,000 officials and scholars have joined in the editing and recording work, and Liu Che has invested nearly 10 million yuan before and after the financial allocation alone.
It is equivalent to dozens of dollars per word.
This kind of investment can be called the largest national book compilation in history.
An hour later, the complete set of "New Agricultural Books" that had been edited and sorted out was moved to Liu Che.
Because the "New Agricultural Book" is recorded on white paper, it is very light, and the full text of the total 21 volumes is only packed in a small wooden box.
This was unthinkable in the past!
Liu Che spent three days to finish the more than 800,000 words.
Overall, Liu Che is very satisfied!
This "New Agricultural Book" is fully in line with Liu Che's original compilation purpose of 'connecting the past and the future'.
It inherits the exposition of Xu Zi and others, a farmer from the Warring States period, and follows the changes and changes in agricultural technology since the Warring States period, and traces the transformation of various emerging technologies and equipment since the Han Dynasty.
It can almost be called an encyclopedia of contemporary agriculture.
More crucially, illustrations were introduced for the first time in this "New Agricultural Book".
More than 1,000 illustrations are used to detail the key points and precautions of various advanced agricultural tools and advanced ditch technologies, such as waterwheels, curved ploughs and composting techniques.
"This book can be a farmer in the world!" Liu Che put down the "New Agricultural Book", sighed with emotion, and ordered: "His order, give the editor-in-chief of the "New Agricultural Book" Shang Rong and other gold hundred gold, ten horses of cloth, give the lord as the head of the left, move the minister Shang Rong as the big farmer, and the rest of the editors, each on the merits of the reward, order the young government to have a division, immediately burn the full text of the "New Agricultural Book" engraving, survey and print a thousand sets, in order to give the county and the state guard the main thin and two thousand stones!" ”
Good things, of course, should be shared with everyone.
Not to mention contemporary agricultural guidance books such as the New Agricultural Book.
Like Qin Shi Huang collecting the atlases, history books and technical books of the Six Kingdoms, and then hiding them in the palace and not sharing them with everyone, Liu Che would not do such a stupid thing.
What's more, the New Year is about to usher in the New Year.
Liu Che needs such an uplifting bargaining chip to convince the officials and the world to persuade the conservatives that I still adhere to the agriculture as the foundation and will not change the national policy.
As for the establishment of the Yamen of the Lord Duwei, it was only a yamen established to meet the needs of the changing times.
Just get used to it! (To be continued.) )