CCWAD – Chapter 39

Chapter 39 Chapter 39: Natural Disasters and Human Calamities Epigraph: "As I stood on the cracked bed of the Yellow River, gazing at the ravaged land strewn with corpses of the starving, an old farmer knelt before me and cried, 'Your Majesty, we are not waiting for a female scholar, we are waiting for a meal!' At that moment, all my ambitions were shattered." --- The drought in the north was even more severe than described in the memorials. Yan Qing, setting aside state affairs, traveled north…