Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 1460: Your Majesty is terrifying!

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"Hurry, hurry! Master ordered, everyone 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 up! Hurry up! Han Xiaodong, you go to inform the west of the village, Lao Niu, you go to inform the west of the village, Daniel and Erniu, you two go to inform the north of the village, I will inform the south of the village!"

Not long after Li Zexuan left Yunshan, Meicun and Hanjiazhuang at the foot of Yunshan all moved into action. When other places were still immersed in the panic caused by the locust plague, the hundreds of families in these two villages had already acted according to Li Zexuan. Instructed to start a self-help operation!

"Lao Hu, why go to the chicken farm to catch the chickens at this time? Where do you want to go?"

"Hurry up to eat grasshoppers in the ground! Master said, the chickens raised in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun together amount to nearly 150,000. In just over half an hour, these chickens can grow tens of thousands of acres. Eat the locusts in the good field! Hurry up, everyone! Let’s finish the gathering a quarter of an hour earlier, and the crops in the field will be less affected by the locusts a quarter of an hour!"

"Hey! Can this be the case? Our village has three or four thousand acres of land. Wouldn't it be cleared of the locusts 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 compared with other Zhuangzi outside, the people of Hanjiazhuang and Meicun had much less awe of locusts. After all, in the fall of last year, the two Zhuangzi Everyone in this group has caught Qiu 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 no fear!

Almost at the same time, hundreds of yamen in Lantian County were dispatched. They took the notice brought back by the county magistrate He and began to post them at various intersections in the city and on Zhuangzi outside the city. The title of the notice was "One Heart To fight against the locust plague"!

The content of the notice is also very simple and clear. It probably means: "Hou Ling of Yong'an: There is no so-called locust **** in the world, and the plague of locusts is not terrible, it can be destroyed;

From now on, Lantian County Government Offices will begin to purchase locusts from the people for a penny and two catties, unlimited;

In addition, the Tianji brigade composed of 150,000 chickens in Hanjiazhuang and Meicun will sweep the entire farmland of Lantian County from north to south. Hope each villager will drive out the chickens raised in this village to cooperate and make concerted efforts to eliminate them as soon as possible. Locusts in the farmland! "

Seeing this notice from Li Zexuan on the elimination of locusts, the anxiety and fear of the people in Lantian County finally calmed down, especially after seeing the news that the county government of Lantian County was preparing to buy locusts, the people would sit down again Stop sitting.

"Walk around! What are you waiting for? Lord Hou has said that there is no locust **** in this world. We all catch locusts. We can sell them 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 into the ground too! Walk around!"

Under Li Zexuan’s several rectifications, the entire county government in Lantian County has become very efficient. The people in Zhuangzi moved after hearing the wind, driving the chickens, and catching locusts on the ground. Ten thousand people gradually embarked on the road of self-rescue and disaster relief.

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At this time, the court is also very lively.

"As far as I am currently receiving, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Bianzhou, Huazhou, Zhengzhou, Jinzhou, Luozhou, Chenzhou, Xuzhou, Shangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou, Luzhou, Changan 14 All three states and more than 300 counties have suffered locust plagues, 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 , I am calling all the Aiqings to come today to discuss together the locust control plan! If you have a good plan, please speak freely!"

In the Tai Chi Hall.

The civil and military officials who had just arrived a few hours in the morning were summoned by Li Er again. Li Ergao sat up 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 heavens. The people will certainly be rumored about this. Now the most urgent task is to stabilize the people's hearts. The saint should personally kill livestock and put incense in the fields. , Pray to the heavens, and amnesty the world, so as to calm people's hearts!"

Kong Yingda, the leader of Confucianism, stood up at this moment and bowed to Li Er.

From the perspective of the ancients, this suggestion of Kong Yingda is not wrong. Looking at the kings of the previous dynasties, most of the reactions to the locust plague were like this!

Because people in ancient times did not have complete scientific knowledge, many people had a panic about the emergence of locust plagues, and the ancient concept of the unity of nature and man naturally reminds people of the anger of the gods. , A warning to the world.

There is a saying that is well said, thinking determines the way out! With the above-mentioned thoughts, the next thing to do is definitely not thinking about how to take effective measures to control the locust plague, but praying in the field, asking these locusts to show mercy. But obviously, the army of locusts will certainly not be what the emperor and the people wished. After the locusts have eaten up the food in the people’s fields, those slightly foresighted rulers will open a storehouse for the people and let the people. Don't go to nowhere to rebel!

As soon as Kong Yingda's voice fell, many ministers echoed in the courtroom.

"Your Majesty, what Kong Jijiu said is extremely true! The imperative of the court is to stabilize the people's hearts!"

"That's right! Please also set up an altar to pray and forgive the world!"

Li Er, who was sitting at the top, couldn't help frowning when he heard this, because he didn't think that prayers to the heavens 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, the old minister believes that the immediate task should be to issue the imperial decree, to inform the world, and call The people immediately acted to resist the locust plague!"

Kong Yingda heard the words and couldn't help saying: "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 the Tang Dynasty. If everyone goes to the ground to catch locusts, why worry about the locust plague? Anyway, the old man thinks that the effect of prayer is better than praying to heaven!" /

Kong Yingda was a little angry and said: "Naughty! Not to mention that the locusts cover the sky and the sun is endless, just say that the people do not know how many people regard the locusts as the gods. Zhao Guogong asked them to catch the locusts, how are they willing to ?"

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. The theory of gods and insects is pure nonsense. Locust eats crops and harms the people. It should be a pest. The minister believes that the sage should immediately issue a decree to designate 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. Can God still impose a sacred punishment for this?"

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but speak at this moment.

His Zhuangzi, he is suffering from locusts at the moment, but he has no good feelings for locusts! Besides, Lao Cheng doesn't know how many people have been killed in his entire 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 suggestion!"

Actually, there are not a few ministers who understand that locusts are nonsense. There are still 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", 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. 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, which harms the common people. How can they be called gods? Insects? Today I have a locust plague in dozens of prefectures in the Tang Dynasty, and the people are not living. Today, as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, I issued an edict to make the people catch locusts. If the sky is angry because of this, I am willing to be the emperor. Take the divine punishment and never regret it!"

Li Er’s loud voice, like an oath to the world, resounds like a bell in every corner of the Tai Chi Hall. When hundreds of officials hear it, they are all moved. Although they don’t believe that locusts are gods, today No one in this hall is disrespectful of heaven and earth, let alone disrespect of 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! If God's innocence is punished by God, then let's drop it on your son!"

Li Chengqian, standing under Li Er's head, 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 heaven, the chief minister, Sun Wuji, is willing to take the divine punishment for your majesty with the old, weak and sick body!"

The grandson 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 breathed a sigh of relief, then shook his head and said: "I am the king of a country. I am 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 inform the world what I have just said and proposed purpose!"

Zhao Song said with a heavy face: "Old slaves follow the order!"

Kong Yingda said at this moment: "Your heart will be for the people, and you will surely touch the heavens! But now there are endless locusts in all states and counties. When you can catch locusts only by manpower, when can you catch them? At that time, in the fields. The crops, I am afraid that they have been completely wiped out! So the ministers hope that your majesty can make early plans to make all states 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 court last year to raise chickens and reduce taxes?"

Last summer, under Li Er’s persecution, Li Zexuan offered three strategies to control locusts. One of them was to raise chickens and reduce taxes to attract people to raise chickens in large numbers, and then use chickens when the locust plague arrived. Come and kill some locusts!

However, since the prediction of the locust plague cannot be leaked out, the three locust control strategies were only known to the three important imperial officials, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and these ministers were strictly kept secret by Li Ersan and Wushen. I don't know the deep meaning behind the decree of raising chickens and reducing taxes!

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 to reduce taxes at this time, what is the benefit of controlling locusts?"

Li Er smiled, then nodded to Changsun Wuji, and said: "Auxiliary machine, you do!"

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 is the favorite to eat. Locusts, if the people were to drive all the chickens they raised into the farmland, it would be able to wipe out many locusts! And last year the court sent a fleet to the south to exchange food, and now the granaries all over Datang are full of food, even if the people lose For some crops, the court can also save people from fire and water!"

Not only Kong Yingda, but other ministers above the court~IndoMTL.com~ They were all shocked when they heard this. They were surprised not by the strategy of using chickens to eliminate locusts, but thinking of the imperial court’s introduction of raising chickens last year. Given the policy, this year the locust plague has come, and Li Er and Changsun Wuji have just proposed the strategy of using chickens to kill locusts. How come there are so many coincidences?

Did Li Er already anticipated a locust plague this year when he proposed the "reduction of taxes on chicken raising" decree last year?

Looking back to last year when the imperial court sent a fleet to the south to exchange food, everything seemed to be calculated by Li Er. Kong Yingda and other ministers looked at Li Er with a hint of astonishment!

How can our majesty know the future? Terrible, really terrifying!

This is the minister who doesn't know the truth at the moment, the same thought!

After a long silence, Kong Yingda still felt something 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. Each household can raise only 20 or 30 chickens at most, but each household has at least 30 or 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. Policy, the people can't support much as a family!

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, is 150,000 enough?"

At this moment, there was a loud voice from outside the Tai Chi Hall, and then, I saw a young man with a magnificent figure walking in strode. Although this young man did not wear official uniforms, he was extraordinary in style. Who else could Li Zexuan be?

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