Is it inevitable or coincidence that Sun Jiacheng succeeded in begging for rain in Yongzheng Dynasty?

Before answering this question, I'd like to assume what would happen if Sun Jiacheng failed to beg for rain? This is a very serious problem. If Sun Jiacheng's request for rain is unsuccessful, Liu Qing Party will lose face and Yongzheng will be annoyed. In the end, Nian Gengyao and the Eight Ye Party will laugh (of course, the Eight Ye Party will laugh anyway).

Obviously, it's not Yongzheng's character to make Nian Gengyao laugh and make the Eight Ye Party look like a joke. Therefore, Yongzheng will not fight this kind of uncertain dark war. If he doesn't play well, he will only hit himself in the face. Yongzheng was furious because of the Nuo Min case and the fraud case in the examination room. Now that it has failed to rain, doesn't it make everyone laugh?

So the rain is planned, and both Sun Jiacheng and Yongzheng are prepared. Of course, the play must be performed completely, and the thirteenth master played very well. Why do you say that? Of course, there is a reason.

1. There is A Qin Tian Jian in the imperial court. He is in charge of weather and is the director of the National Meteorological Administration. After the rain, the thirteenth master told this story and told it in a dialogue with Yongzheng.

The thirteenth master said: I asked Qin yesterday, and they said there might be heavy rain after the drought. Yongzheng said that he would visit Jiangsu and Henan during the flood season.

From this conversation, we can easily know that there was a drought until the day when Sun Jiacheng asked for rain. What everyone is most concerned about is that it hasn't rained for a long time and the world is seriously dry. Yongzheng and thirteen masters estimated that they asked Qin every day. Why didn't it rain this year? Qin estimates that they are busy calculating and monitoring the weather all day, and dare not slack off. So, the arrival of the heavy rain, yongzheng and thirteen ye have long been under control. Seeing Yongzheng take out his pocket watch to see the time, he should be in a hurry: time is almost up, why hasn't the rain come yet?

This is the first reason, which shows that Yongzheng also knows that it will rain this day, and he just needs to wait. Thirteen seems to be in a hurry. Yongzheng's casual appearance can be seen. Just a suspense.

2. Sun Jiacheng pretends to be Yu Chenglong's interpretation of the Book of Changes. This is the cleverness of Sun Jiacheng. He has moved out of Yu Chenglong and I Ching at the moment. Just Nian Gengyao is a big traitor?

Obviously, it's not that simple. He just wanted to lead Yongzheng to ask for rain, but he couldn't directly ask for rain. He wanted to borrow the emperor's mouth to ask for rain, which was heavy enough. At the same time, remind Yongzheng that it will rain today, and Yongzheng will act to make Sun Jiacheng beg for rain. The next thing is to wait for the rain. Some people say that Sun Jiacheng said that Yu Chenglong had deduced the Book of Changes, but in fact he had already deduced it himself, and the result of the deduction was that it was going to rain. As we all know, the Book of Changes itself is a prophecy, and the study of the Book of Changes by the ancients was the first, so it is normal for it to rain on the day of the performance.

3. Some officials recommended by Nian Gengyao knew about it. Careful viewers will find that on the day Sun Jiacheng asked for rain, Nian Gengyao was entertaining officials who recommended him to ask for rain. Nian Gengyao asked one of them if it would rain today. The white-bearded official estimated that he could learn the art of pinching his fingers, and reluctantly said that it would not rain on such a fine day.

Why is he so vague? What do you mean, "I'm afraid"? But in the face of Nian Gengyao's arrogance, he had to cater to Nian Gengyao's meaning. To be sure, the official also calculated that it would rain that day, but it's hard to say.

To sum up, Sun Jiacheng's success in seeking rain is not a coincidence, but a necessity. Because this rain is related to the political game of several forces, Yongzheng, as the emperor, and Sun Jiacheng, as the leader of the clean stream, cannot lose. Once lost, Nian Gengyao and the Eight Ye Party are bound to laugh even more. Can Yongzheng tolerate such a result?

Not fighting an uncertain war is not gambling at all, but absolutely controlling the probability of events, which many people can't learn. You will be invincible if you learn it. Just like in the Kangxi Dynasty, before Shi Lang sent troops, he used a penny to scatter a lot of copper coins to boost morale. Take a chance and it's over.