Vol 2 Chapter 1460: Your Majesty is terrifying!

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"Hurry, hurry! Master ordered, all the people on the Zhuangzi went to the chicken farm to drive the chickens out! Those children who passed the assessment last year quickly gathered in the village and went to the chicken farm to catch the chickens! Hurry! Han Xiaodong , You go to the west of the village, Lao Niu, you go to the west of the village, Daniel and Erniu, you two go to the north of the village, I will notify the south of the village!"
Not long after Li Zexuan left Yunshan, Meicun and Hanjiazhuang at the foot of Yunshan all took action. While other places were still immersed in the panic caused by the locust plague, hundreds of families in these two villages had already followed Li Zexuan’s instructions. Self-rescue operation launched!
"Lao Hu, why go to the chicken farm to catch the chickens at this time? Where do you want to go?"
"Hurry up and eat grasshoppers in the ground! Master said, there are nearly 150,000 chickens raised in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun. In just over half an hour, these chickens can feed tens of thousands of mu of fertile fields. Eat the locusts clean! Hurry up, everyone! When we finish gathering a quarter of an hour earlier, the crops in the field will be less affected by the locusts a quarter of an hour!"
"Oh! How can this be? Our village has three or four thousand acres of land. Wouldn't it be clear that the locusts will be cleaned up in a while? Lao Hu, wait! I'm going to the chicken farm!"
Hu Hanyun moved out of the name of Li Zexuan, and Jing Cong, the respondent immediately, was mainly because the people of Hanjiazhuang and Meicun had much less awe of locusts than other Zhuangzi outside. After all, in the fall of last year, the people of both Zhuangzi I have caught autumn locusts and sold them at Yanhuang Academy, so when the locust plague arrived today, the people of these two Zhuangzi were relatively calm. They only had anxiety in their hearts, but they did not panic!
Almost at the same time, hundreds of yamen in Lantian County were dispatched, holding the notice brought back by the county magistrate He, and began to post it at various intersections in the city and on the Zhuangzi outside the city. The title of the notice was "One heart and one mind, together Locust plague"!
The content of the notice is also very simple and clear. It probably means: "Hou Ling Yongan: There is no so-called locust in the world, and the plague of locusts is not terrible, and it can be destroyed;
From now on, Lantian County's county government began to purchase locusts from the people, with an unlimited amount of one penny and two catties;
In addition, the Tianji brigade composed of 150,000 chickens in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun is about to sweep the entire farmland of Lantian County from north to south. We hope that all villagers will drive out the chickens raised in our village to cooperate and work together to eliminate the farmland as soon as possible. locust! "
Seeing this locust eradication notice from Li Zexuan, the anxiety and fear of the people of Lantian County finally calmed down, especially after seeing the news that the county government of Lantian County was preparing to buy locusts, the people could no longer sit down. .
"Walk around! What are you waiting for? Lord Hou has said that there is no locust in this world. Let's all catch locusts. We can sell the locusts and destroy the locusts in the ground!"
"Yes, yes! Call the baby at home to catch the locusts together!"
"Hou Ye said, drive the chickens at home to the ground too! Walk around!"
Under Li Zexuan’s several rectifications, the entire county government in Lantian County has become very efficient. The people of Zhuangzi moved after hearing the wind, drove the chickens, and caught the locusts. The tens of thousands of people in Lantian County , And gradually embarked on the road of self-rescue and disaster relief.
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At this time, the Chaotang is also very lively.
"As far as the news I have received so far, the 14 states of Qizhou, Qingzhou, Bianzhou, Huazhou, Zhengzhou, Jinzhou, Luozhou, Chenzhou, Xuzhou, Shangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou, Luzhou, and Chang'an, All more than 300 counties have suffered a locust plague, and the overwhelming locusts are spreading towards Fengzhou and Qizhou. The scale of this locust plague is huge, even in the previous dynasties, it is extremely rare. Calling all the Aiqings to come is to discuss together the locust control plan! If the Qings have good plans, please speak freely!"
Tai Chi Hall.
The hundreds of civil and military officials who had just gone to court a few hours earlier were called back again by Li Er. Li Ergao sat on the head and looked at everyone with a serious expression.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the people have often believed that the locust plague from the sky represents the wrath of the sky. The people will surely have rumors about this. Now the most urgent task is to stabilize the people's hearts. The Holy Master should personally kill livestock, put incense, and sacrifice to heaven. Pray, and forgive the world, so as to calm people's hearts!"
Kong Yingda, the leader of Confucianism, stood up and arched his hands at Li Er.
From the perspective of the ancients, this suggestion of Kong Yingda is not faulty. Looking at the kings of previous dynasties, most of the reactions to locust plagues were like this!
Because people in ancient times did not have complete scientific knowledge, many people were afraid of the emergence of locust plagues. The ancient concept of the unity of nature and man naturally reminds people that this is the anger of the gods and the world. Warning.
There is a good saying, thinking determines the way out! With the above-mentioned ideas, the next thing to do is definitely not to think about how to take effective measures to control the locust plague, but to pray in the field and ask these locusts to show mercy. But obviously, the army of locusts will certainly not be as the emperor and the people wished. After the locusts have eaten up the food in the people’s fields, the rulers with a little bit of vision will open their silos to the people and let the people. Don't go desperate to rebel!
As soon as Kong Yingda's voice fell, many ministers echoed in the court hall.
"Your Majesty, what Kong Jijiu said is extremely true! The top priority of the court is to stabilize the people's hearts!"
"That's right! Please also set up an altar for prayer and amnesty the world!"
Li Er, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help frowning when he heard the words, because he didn't think that prayers to the sky could make the locusts disappear.
Seeing Li Er frowned, Changsun Wuji stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, although Kong Jijiu's words have some truth, but the old minister believes that the immediate task should be to issue the imperial decree, inform the world, and call on the people immediately Take action to resist the locust plague!"
Kong Yingda heard the words and couldn't help but said: "Dare to ask Guogong Zhao, the plague of locusts is a disaster from heaven, how can the people resist it?"
Changsun Wuji said, "I have thousands of people in Datang. If everyone goes to the ground to catch locusts, why worry about the locust plague? Anyway, the old man thinks that the effect is better than praying to heaven!"
Kong Yingda was a little angry and said: "Naughty! Not to mention that locusts cover the sky and the sun is endless, just say that the people do not know how many people believe that locusts are gods. Zhao Guogong asked them to catch locusts. How are they willing?"
Changsun Wuji said with a serious face: "Kong Jijiu, you are also a person who has read poetry and books. You should know better than anyone else. The theory of gods and insects is pure nonsense. The locusts eat crops and harm the people. Pests, the minister believes that the sage should immediately issue a decree to designate the locusts as pests and encourage the people of the world to kill them in anger!"
"Yes! How could a grasshopper be a sacred insect? If you kill it, kill it. Could God still impose a sacred punishment for this?"
Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but speak.
His family's Zhuangzi is currently suffering from the scourge of locusts, but he has no good impressions of locusts! Besides, Lao Cheng doesn't know how many people have been killed in his life. How could he be afraid of killing locusts!
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also expressed their opinions at this time: "The old minister approves of Zhao Guogong's proposal!"
In fact, there are not a few ministers who understand that locusts are divine worms are nonsense, and there are many rational people, but they lack a leader to stand up! Nowadays, seeing Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui all stand on the side of "killing locusts" with a clear-cut stand, there is a lot of support.
"Your Majesty should issue a decree and call on the people to hunt down locusts!"
"Locusts are not divine insects, but pests. They should be killed!"
Li Er's frowning brows finally stretched out at this time. He nodded and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, people have relied on food as the sky, and locusts have eaten grains as their food. How can they be called gods? Today? The locust plague broke out in dozens of states and capitals of the Tang Dynasty, and the people are not living. Today, as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I issued an edict that the people of the world will catch locusts. If the sky is furious because of this, I am willing to assume the role of the emperor and bear the gods. Punish, never regret it!"
Li Er Hongliang’s voice is like an oath to the heavens and the earth. It sounds like a bell ringing in every corner of the Taiji Hall. When hundreds of officials hear it, they are all moved. Although they do not believe that locusts are gods, they are in this hall today. Everyone in, there is no disrespect of heaven and earth, let alone ghosts and gods! Li Er said these words, in their opinion, he is definitely an eternal gentleman who sacrificed his life to save the common people!
"Father! Don't do it! If God's innocence is punished by God, then let's drop it on the minister!"
Li Chengqian, who was standing under Li Er, was anxious when he heard the words and hurriedly bowed.
"The old minister asks your majesty to take back what he just said, if there is a divine punishment from the sky, the chief minister, Sun Wuji, is willing to take the divine punishment for your majesty with the old, weak and sick body!"
Changsun Wuji gave a deep ceremony and said in a deep voice.
Hundred officials followed the ceremony and said: "Please take back what he said before, if there is a divine punishment from heaven, the ministers are willing to accept the divine punishment for your majesty!"
The king loves the people, the minister loves the king, and the minister is willing to die for the king. This picture of the harmony between the king and the minister can be regarded as a good story in the early Tang Dynasty!
Li Erchang let out a sigh of relief, and then shook his head and said, "I am the king of a country. I do it for the people of the world, and for the people of the world. I have a clear conscience and do not believe that God will punish me for it! Zhao Song, immediately punish me. Just said that, the decree was announced to the world!"
Zhao Song said with a heavy face: "Old slave follows the order!"
Kong Yingda said at this time: "Your heart is for the people, and you will surely touch the heavens! But at present, there are endless locusts in all states and counties. When you can catch locusts only by manpower, when will you catch them? At that time, the crops in the fields, I am afraid Those who have been harmed a long time ago have been completely wiped out! Therefore, the minister also hopes that His Majesty can make early plans to make all the prefectures and governments prepare to open warehouses to release grain and soothe the people!"
Li Ermian did not see any panic, but smiled confidently: "Kong Aiqing still remember the government decree issued by the imperial court to raise chickens and reduce taxes last year?"
Last summer, under the persecution of Li Er, Li Zexuan offered three strategies to control locusts. One of them was to raise chickens and reduce taxes to attract the people to raise chickens in large numbers, and then use chickens to kill them when the locust plague arrives. Part of the locust!
However, because the prediction of the locust plague cannot be leaked out, the three locust control policies were only known to the three important imperial officials, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and these ministers were all ordered by Li Ersan to keep them strictly confidential, so the officials generally did not know how to raise them. The deep meaning behind the decree of chicken reduction!
Kong Yingda heard the words and nodded and said: "Of course he remembers! It's just that your Majesty mentioned the decree of raising chickens and reducing taxes at this time. What good is it to control locusts?"
Li Er smiled, then nodded to Changsun Wuji, and said, "Auxiliary machine, you come!"
Changsun Wuji arched his hand, and said to Kong Yingda: "Kong Jijiu, last year under the imperial court’s decree on raising chickens, the number of people raising chickens in various states and counties increased sharply, and this chicken loves to eat locusts. Let the people drive all the chickens raised in their homes into the farmland, and it must be able to wipe out a lot of locusts! And last year the imperial court sent a fleet to the south to exchange grain, and now the granaries in Datang are full of grain, even if the people lose part of their crops, The imperial court also has the ability to save people from fire and water!"
Not only Kong Yingda, but other ministers above the court~EbookFREE.me~ were shocked when they heard this. They were surprised not by the strategy of using chickens to eliminate locusts, but thinking of the imperial court last year to introduce chicken-raising reductions. Policy, this year the locust plague is coming, and Li Er and Changsun Wuji have just proposed the strategy of using chickens to kill locusts. Why are there so many coincidences in the middle?
Could it be that when Li Er put forward the decree of "reducing taxes by raising chickens" last year, he had already expected the locust plague this year?
Reminiscent of last year's imperial court sending a fleet to the south to exchange food, all of this seemed to have been calculated by Li Er. Kong Yingda and other ministers looked at Li Er with a hint of astonishment!
Our majesty can know the future? Terrible, really terrifying!
This is the same thought of the minister who does not know the truth at this moment!
After a long silence, Kong Yingda felt that something was wrong. He bowed his hand to the grandson Wuji and said: "Chickens can eat locusts, but last year, people everywhere were buying chicken fry, which caused the price of chicken fry to skyrocket. There are only 20 or 30 chickens in each household, but each household has at least 30 to 40 acres of land. These 20 or 30 chickens are nothing short of a drop in the bucket!"
When Changsun Wuji heard it, he couldn't help being silent for a while, because what Changsun Wuji said was the truth. Last year, the price of chicken seedlings in Chang'an City was definitely the most expensive year in the past ten years. Even if the court introduced a policy of reducing taxes for raising chickens, the common people Our family can't raise much!
It's not that I don't want to raise it, but I can't afford it!
Li Er, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help but sink.
"Twenty or thirty is not enough, and one hundred and fifty thousand is enough?"
At this moment, a loud voice came from outside the Tai Chi Hall, and then, I saw a handsome young man walking in stride. Although this young man did not wear official uniforms, he was outstanding in style. It is not Li Zexuan who can still who is it?
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