At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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"You are doing your best, Chengzhi is doing his best, Chengzhi's son is doing his best, what about Chengzhi's grandson? Where is his grandson's grandson? Will my Emperor Wei be wise and powerful forever?"

Guo Peng shook his head and said: "Emperor, if you take this road, don't think about it for generations to come, do what you should do well, and send what you should send out. That's enough. My only hope is to do it next time." When the peach blossoms bloom in Chang'an City in February, the State of Wei is still there."

When will the peach blossoms bloom in Chang'an City next February?

Guo Jin didn't understand Guo Peng's meaning, he only knew when February peach blossoms bloomed in Chang'an City?

But after he went back and thought carefully for a while, he still found Guo Heng, discussed with him for a while, and then issued an order, deciding to send Guo Heng away to his West Qin Kingdom.

The other children of the Guo family did not have much risk in establishing the country, but Guo Heng's establishment of the West Qin State was not a small risk.

Guo Jin showed him the map, and pointed out to him the behemoth that was gradually taking shape in Central Asia.

"This is the country of Persia. Parthia is dead, and the last monarch is dead. A general rises up in troubled times, kills the last monarch of Parthia, and replaces him. The establishment of Persia is a great trend. Judging by its momentum, it is no less than Parthia.

A few years ago, I sent people to Persia to communicate with it and establish contacts with Persia. Persia promised to do business with me. Over the past few years, some merchants have come to the Western Regions to resume business. This time you go out to seal the country, be careful. Try not to have any conflicts with Persia. "

Guo Heng looked at the map, frowning.

"Brother, if I go out to close the country, will the Persian Congress think that we want to attack them from two sides?"

Guo Jin shook his head.

"Although you go west, try not to go south, just go west, I sent people to investigate the area, there is a vast plain for you to develop, and there will be no conflicts with Persia in a short time, Persia itself still has There are many problems to solve.

When the country was first established, I knew how many things had to be dealt with. They didn't dare to make enemies with me rashly, otherwise I would definitely make him suffer. Go ahead and leave the rest to me. I'll take care of it. you do not need to worry. "

Guo Heng didn't say anything more, but silently nodded in agreement, and then began to prepare to go out to seal the country.

Guo Peng met Guo Heng before he left, and didn't say much, he just told him to pay attention to his body, if there is a war, don't be greedy for success, and if you fail, don't be discouraged.

Guo Heng looked very disappointed, as if he didn't hear what he wanted to hear from Guo Peng, but Guo Peng didn't say much.

Guo Peng didn't want to say anything more.

As time goes by, it's not that there are no good things at all. Some people leave, and some people are born in this world.

In the first month of the ninth year of Xingyuan, Guo Chengzhi's eldest son was born.

Guo Peng was very happy. He went to visit his great-grandson in person, gave him a piece of jade that he wore most often, and personally gave him the nickname "Little Tiger", hoping that he could grow up like a little tiger. Strong and strong.

The arrival of the new life made Guo Peng and Cao Lan very happy, and they went to Guo Chengzhi's palace to visit their great-grandson every now and then, overjoyed.

Guo Jin, who was promoted to be a grandfather, also felt a little relieved by this.

With this happy event, it may be able to dilute Guo Peng's depression all the time, and it is also good for his body.

A few days ago, because of being too sad, Guo Peng was ill for a while, which made Guo Jin very nervous, but fortunately he recovered soon.

People in the Great Medical Center repeatedly praised Guo Peng for his strong body, saying that he would surely live a long life.

Guo Peng, on the other hand, didn't like to see the people of the Great Medical Center very much, he didn't like them very much, and quickly drove them away——after Cheng Yu's death, Guo Peng always hated the people of the Great Medical Center.

Having said that, Guo Peng's health is still passable.

Guo Jin can then devote himself to government affairs, while promoting currency reform, while thinking about whether the situation of salt and iron monopoly should be changed.

After Cheng Yu's death, Guo Peng completely lost his interest in politics, and he would not speak out when Guo Jin asked for help, and let him solve it by himself.

As for the academic department, it will take a long time to implement every assignment, and Guo Peng doesn't need to watch it all the time.

Now he has shifted his interest to the agricultural department, especially the agricultural tools and fertilizer research and development department, and he goes to these places from time to time, which makes the officials of these two departments always very nervous, not knowing what the emperor is here for.

Guo Jin was also a little puzzled, wondering why Guo Peng went to these places every day.

Guo Peng pointed at Guo Jin's head with an expression of "you don't understand at all".

"You, just play your tricks, let me tell you, no matter how much you play tricks, you can't compare to the benefits these things can bring you. This is the most important thing! You not only have to feed everyone, We need to have more and more surplus food.”

Guo Jin didn't understand why Guo Peng said this, and many courtiers also didn't understand that it was a whim to pretend to be Guo Peng, and he didn't take it seriously.

But soon they realized that they had made a huge mistake.

The winter in the ninth year of Xingyuan was extremely cold, and the cold wave came earlier than in previous years, so that the grain production in some northern areas was affected.

After the autumn harvest, some counties and counties in northern Hebei reported the matter to the court, which attracted the attention of Zhuge Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture.

After thinking about it, he was a little worried, and reported to Guo Jin, saying that the decrease in grain production would cause fluctuations in grain prices in northern Hebei, and he hoped that storage could be used to stabilize grain prices if necessary.

Guo Jin was busy with the final advancement of the currency reform, so he ordered Zhuge Jin to act accordingly.

Zhuge Jin then made a series of preparations.

At the end of November, the weather became colder. On the first day of December, the governor of Xuzhou reported a very surprising news to the court-the Huaihe River was frozen.

Not only the Huaihe River, some tributaries near the Huaihe River have also been frozen one after another, and some sections of the Grand Canal have also been frozen. The ice layer is relatively solid, which has affected some official and commercial ships.

The governor of Xuzhou is organizing manpower and material resources to break the ice on the frozen river to ensure the smooth passage of official ships and commercial ships.

When the news came, the senior officials of the entire Luoyang court were surprised.

The Huaihe River is located in the Huaihe River and Huaihe region, and it has always been warm and humid. It is common for rivers in the north to freeze, but they have never heard of the Huaihe River being able to freeze before.

Why did it suddenly freeze on the Huaihe River?

After Guo Jin heard about this incident, she had to put down her currency reform work and held a state affairs meeting to discuss this unusual phenomenon.

After the ministers met, they discussed the matter with each other and felt that something was wrong. In previous years, rivers in the north were frozen, and some rivers in the Central Plains were colder. They had never heard of the Huaihe River being frozen, but now, the Huaihe River is freezing.

Some officials suddenly came up with the thought of the connection between heaven and man, and looked at the emperor Guo Jin, who had a bad complexion, and wanted to say something, but hesitated again and again, and dared not say it.

Let's wait and see first.

This wait and see made Zhuge Jin think of something.

He remembered the big debate on the Grand Canal in Yande three or four years ago more than ten years ago.

"Your Majesty, the Huaihe River is frozen, and some states and counties in Hebei have reduced grain production this year. I think this is not accidental."

Zhuge Jin stood up and spoke first.

Guo Jin frowned.

"You're saying this isn't going to end here, not just this year, but..."

"In the next few years, it may be like this every year."

Zhuge Jin looked around at the stunned colleagues, and said, "Do you still remember the edict issued by the Supreme Emperor in June of the second year of Yande when Cao Gong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, studied the construction of the Grand Canal?"

When Zhuge Jin said this, quite a few of the officials remembered the fierce debate over the Grand Canal that year.

Guo Jin also remembered.

Back then, when Guo Peng said that the Grand Canal would be built, all the officials thought it was a waste of money and people, and it was not necessary at all.

Guo Peng insisted on doing so. He believed that the weather was getting colder and colder. In a few years, the cold would affect the grain production in North China and lead to a large-scale reduction in grain production.

At that time, if there is no reliable channel to transport food from the south to the north, the population base in the north will inevitably lead to food shortages and even famine.

However, ordinary roads have limited transportation capacity and relatively large losses, which are not enough to support the huge food shortage in the north, so it is necessary to build a reliable waterway.

With the huge transport capacity of the waterway, the large-scale project of transporting grain from the south to the north was completed to ensure that there would be no large-scale famine in the north.

At that time, the courtiers felt that Guo Peng was whimsical, and there was great resistance.

However, Guo Peng resisted all opinions and demanded implementation. He used his power to force the imperial court to start the construction of the Grand Canal, so the construction of the Grand Canal officially started in the fifth year of Yande.

The opening of the Grand Canal not only facilitated the transportation of grain from the south to the north, but also facilitated the migration of the population from the Central Plains to the Jiangnan area.

But the most fundamental problem is to facilitate the transportation of grain from south to north, in order to combat climate change.

Back then, Guo Peng once said a word at the court meeting.

Zhuge Jin, who happened to participate in this meeting back then, remembered.

"At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor also said that one day the Huaihe River will freeze, and you will know what the canal is for."

Then the entire state council fell into a period of silence.

About a stick of incense, Emperor Guo Jin sighed deeply.

"The Supreme Emperor saw today 20 years ago."

The elites of the Wei Empire were speechless, and they all felt shocked and incredible.

The Wei Empire really had this day when the Huaihe River was frozen.

There was nothing to say, Guo Jin immediately announced at the state affairs meeting that everyone would do three things.

First, before the climate crisis fully erupts, use the Grand Canal to transport as much surplus grain from the south as possible to the north, to Hebei, and to Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Pingzhou.

Second, more grain warehouses should be established in these areas, and as much grain as possible should be stored in order to prepare for a large-scale reduction in grain production. The stored grain in these areas can come in handy.

Third, accelerate the transfer of the population from Hebei and the Central Plains to the Jiangnan and Lingnan regions, increase efforts, set standards, and use more aggressive preferential policies to persuade.

Once the job is assigned, someone needs to execute it.

In order to better promote these tasks, Guo Jin defined the South Study Room as a centralized office dedicated to handling these three things, and mobilized elite officials from various departments to grant the status of the South Study Room to the South Study Room and walk in the South Study Room.

In order to coordinate all aspects of work, Guo Jin turned his attention to the extremely capable older generation of officials.

In the end, he once again selected veteran Guo Jia as the leader of a group of Nanshufang servants, and granted him a temporary job as the president of Nanshufang.

Specially responsible for handling relevant government affairs and making special reports to Guo Jin.

In order to ensure the separation of civil and military affairs, Guo Jin also specifically removed his position on the staff desk, and asked him to hang up a second assistant position in the cabinet, and transferred the military staff officer to a civilian position.

Then it was a matter of course to grant the temporary position of president of Nanshufang.

Guo Jia didn't know what happened at first, but he was stunned on the spot when he learned about it.

Because he also asked Guo Peng why he did such a waste of time and money. Guo Peng said that when the Huaihe River freezes one day, you will know why I did it.

Now the Huaihe River is freezing, and Guo Jia knows why.

But from then to now...

Is Guo Peng really human?

Once the problems that had been buried in his heart for many years broke out, Guo Jia really doubted whether Guo Peng was human or not.

Of course, Guo Jia is definitely not the only person who has such doubts. Many senior officials will basically feel surprised when they think of the big debate back then.

They have never taken it seriously, but Guo Peng prepared for them 20 years in advance.

When the crisis came, a Grand Canal ran from north to south, becoming an important lifeline for the Wei Empire to fight against this climate crisis.

Guo Peng didn't even give them a chance to discuss whether this incident was a warning from heaven.

If no one knows about this matter, it can still be said that this is a warning from the heavens, and the heavens and humans are right, but...

The Supreme Emperor said this 20 years in advance, is this also a warning from the heavens?

Is the Son of Heaven really the Son of Heaven?

The elites who are well aware of the relationship between heaven and man suddenly feel that the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng, who has not shown his face for a long time, has become even more mysterious.

But his advance preparation paid off.

After the entire imperial court experienced a short period of panic, it quickly sorted out the way to deal with this matter, and set up corresponding handling bureaus, and began to deal with the crisis.

And all this is because they have the Grand Canal running from north to south.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the Supreme Emperor Guo Peng who was plunged into the pile of farm tools and couldn't help himself.

Chapter 1638 One thousand five hundred and seven If Wei Guo needs him to be a god, he will be that god

Guo Jin came out of the south study and went to the official office of the Ministry of Agriculture. In the corner of the official office of the Ministry of Agriculture, he found Guo Peng who was discussing the improvement of agricultural tools with a group of craftsmen.

Guo Peng asked them to improve the columbine, so that the columbine can improve its efficiency, and at the same time, it must be able to adapt to the complex environment of paddy fields in the south and meet the sowing needs of various crops.

The improvement of the Aquilegia has now been basically completed. Because of Guo Peng's push, the craftsmen call the improved Aquilegia "Phoenix Car".

At present, artisans are discussing the problem of anti-corrosion of wooden agricultural tools, so that the agricultural tools can be used for a longer period of time, instead of being replaced after a period of use, which increases the burden on farmers.

After listening to the opinions of several craftsmen, Guo Peng asked them to practice according to their own ideas.

During the discussion, Guo Jin came.

"His Majesty!"

The craftsmen stood up and saluted Guo Jin.