Since ancient times, the four seasons have changed from cold to summer, and this cyclical natural cycle phenomenon makes people lament the magic of nature! For the vibrant spring that gives people hope, the ancient poet left behind the poem: "Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the prophet of the spring river plumbing duck", in the face of the hot summer sun, the peasants who worked hard under the scorching sun also felt empathy and wrote such poems that have been passed down through the ages, when the autumn wind hit the wind and swept the residual leaves in the cold, Li Qingzhao also wrote "Looking for and seeking, cold and clear, miserable and miserable."
When it is warm and cold, it is most difficult to rest" such a poem full of sorrow and sorrow, and there is a poem full of loneliness and loss and hope written by Wang Anshi, who has changed the law for more than half a hundred years in the cold and bitter winter season, and has failed to change the law! In the ancient era of our country, when science and technology were not developed, how many displaced poor people were killed by the bitter cold of winter, and how many droughts and locust plagues occurred in the hot summer, causing the people to leave their homes! Even in the eighth year of Qianlong, the hottest day in history appeared, which can be described as a catastrophe on earth! What's going on here? Let's talk about it today
First, the hottest day in the history of the Qianlong period
During the Qianlong period, the "Chronicle of Fushan County" recorded: "In the summer and May, there were many people who died in the road pedestrians, and even more in The Beijing Division, and there were also hot people in the floating trade in Beijing. "Fushan County is now in the territory of Shanxi, through this record can understand that in The territory of Shanxi in May of the eighth year of Qianlong, many pedestrians on the road were burned to death by the scorching sun, and many Shanxi people who walked the streets and alleys of the Forbidden City were also burned to death! As we all know, at present, China's law stipulates that when the summer temperature reaches 33 degrees Celsius, the corresponding high temperature subsidy will be paid, and if it reaches 37 degrees Celsius or above 40 degrees Celsius, it will stop working outside, otherwise there will be a danger to life!
According to historical records, the highest temperature in the eight years of Qianlong reached a staggering 44 degrees Celsius of high temperature weather, and in the absence of too many cooling facilities, many people were killed by the heat alive, which made people extremely sad! Not only in Shanxi, in the "Tianjin County Chronicle" recorded that "may be bitter and hot, the soil and stones are scorched, the mast is flowing gold, and many people die of heat" it can be seen that Tianjin also broke out due to the hot weather and caused many deaths! According to historical records, this high-temperature catastrophe in the eight years of Qianlong swept through the entire north China region, and the number of casualties in and around the capital alone reached a staggering 11,400 people, at that time, there were only more than ten official cellars in the country to hide ice, and the locations were all near the capital, and the people kenburn did not have it. Compared with the people elsewhere, in the Forbidden City, where the feudal imperial power is most concentrated, the life of the emperor and the nobles seems to be very comfortable!
Second, how Qianlong spent that hot period
As we all know, the Forbidden City where Qianlong is located is golden and brilliant, because all the building of the Forbidden City is glazed tiles fired by the official kiln, and the surface is poured with a layer of golden glaze, which not only looks full of royal majesty, but also has the effect of warming in winter and cool in summer! As the supreme ruler of feudal society, the emperor has a good place to cool off from the Summer Palace and Chengde Mountain Resort!
If you still feel hot, order someone to carry ice cubes to cool down, anyway, as long as it is hot, put more ice cubes, because only the capital has ice cellars in the whole country, and it is still used first in the palace! What if it's still hot? The Qianlong Emperor is very enjoyable, you can first get an iced watermelon to quench your thirst, and then lie on top of the ice silk cool mat, and then there are eunuch palace women fanning for it, feeling the cool breeze, do you think I am subjective imagination? This is real history! In a poem written by Qianlong, he described the scene of his coolness: "Ice plate and snow, the cold light of the water, the tossing and turning of the bitter heat, the heart next to Qianli."
The ice plate in the verse is not an iced watermelon, or another fruit that is iced, the meaning of snow is a cold mat, the Qianlong Emperor is lying on the cold mat, while eating the iced fruit, he still can't sleep, and he still remembers the suffering of the people! It's tempting to think that when a TV host visits a child in a poor mountainous area, he asks you why you're hungry and why you're not eating meat! In order to express his love for the people and not to make the people panic, the Qianlong Emperor also issued an edict saying: "Disasters and disasters from heaven are my responsibility, and it is I who have not done my job well, and I have provoked the heavens to send down responsibilities."
"If you have time to talk, it is better to go out and take two steps and send more ice to the people!" In that era of imperial despotism, the people could not vote on who to make king, but could only hope that the ruler was a wise king! We can't influence the amount of taxes paid by the imperial court, and we can only hope that the wind and rain will have a good harvest with good weather! The painting also said that although it was the hottest day in history, and the people of the world suffered countless deaths and injuries, the emperor lived a very moist life in the Forbidden City, so what about the life of the people? Use the real case of a family at that time to show you the misery of the people at the bottom of the people at that time!
(3) The people risked their lives to work outside for their livelihood
In the extremely hot weather of the eighth year of Qianlong, the emperor's concubines and princes and ministers could hide at home to cool off without worrying about income, and the rich merchants would not be worse off that day or two to risk their lives to earn money, but the poor people and the small merchants and peddlers would have to starve without income, and they could only risk their lives to earn money! In Shanxi, there is a family surnamed Di who runs a small dyeing workshop, because the temperature of the dyeing pool is unstable due to the hot weather, so the dyeing workshop can only be temporarily closed!
But always stay at home to sit and eat the mountain is not the way, the surname Di as the only labor force in the family, to support the elderly parents, to take care of the young beloved daughter, but also to take care of the wife, a family of five rations to him to earn money to support the family, even if it is such a hot weather, knowing that going out may die, there is no slightest hesitation and fear! Therefore, I went out to do short-term work for others to support my family, and I died of heat when I was carrying water one day! The history books record that: "Di Shi carried the water and went to a dark building, and suddenly he was pierced by a flowing fire, and everyone heard it. "When she learned of her husband's death, her wife could not care so much about rushing to collect her husband's body, wiping tears from her face, while carrying her husband's body home, and when she was about to reach the door, her wife died of dehydration.
And when Di Mou's elderly parents saw that their sons and daughters-in-law were both killed in front of them, they could not accept the pain of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people for a while, and they felt that they could only wait for death to lose the source of their lives in the future, and then they both threw themselves into the well and died! Di's young daughter died of starvation in the dyeing workshop because she was young and had no one to take care of her food! When the natural disaster has passed, things are not human, the neighbors will not see the movement of their homes, only to find that the family has already been killed! The crowd could not hide their grief, and they burst into tears, and finally buried The Di family!
Conclusion: As the saying goes: "Natural disasters are merciless, and there is love in the world." However, during the reign of that feudal dynasty, the rulers were more concerned about their own pleasures, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people! From this natural disaster in the eight years of Qianlong, we have seen the inability of the feudal rulers, and we have also seen the helplessness of the people at the bottom of their lives and the sense of responsibility for bravely picking up and supporting their families! Nowadays, although we live in an era of high material level, many people have already solved the problem of food and clothing, but for their own ideals and for their families to live a better life, many people are carrying the weight forward, and they are overdrawing the body that has long been strong! Are you also carrying the weight of life when you read the article? Let's cheer together!