Han Manor.
After Li Er and Fang Xuanling left, Han Qiu tidied up the courtyard. He remembered Wu Cong, whom he had seen in Chang 'an the other day.
On that Chang 'an Street, the little girl opened the curtain of the palanquin and begged her father to save the passers-by who had fainted from hunger. Who would have thought that this little girl would become the supreme empress in a few decades?
There was another legend about Wu Zetian. It was said that Li Shimin asked Yuan Tiangang to calculate the fate of the country. Yuan Tiangang said, After three generations of the Tang Dynasty, the female protagonist, King Wu, replaced the Li family and occupied the world.
The Minister of Works, Wu Shi, would never have thought that his son would not become a high official, but his daughter would become the Empress.
Night gradually fell. Han Qiu considered that the weather had turned cold and it was time to put on some clothes to keep out the cold.
When Han Qiu was thinking about adding winter clothes, Li Er and Fang Xuanling had already returned to Chang 'an. In the Li Zheng Hall, Li Shimin could not wait to introduce Uncle Han's power and magic to Empress Zhangsun.
Empress Zhangsun was surrounded by clouds and mist.
When Empress Zhangsun heard that the chicken and duck army could cure locusts, she couldn't help but laugh." Your Majesty, are you joking…"
" Who's joking with you? Tomorrow, I'll issue an imperial edict to dispatch the chickens, ducks, and geese in Guanzhong to Lantian County to deal with the locust plague…"
"Your Majesty, you are truly formidable. Not only can you command the soldiers of the Great Tang, but you can also command chickens, ducks, and geese in battle!”
Li Shimin listened to Empress Zhangsun's ridicule and did not refute. He would know if Uncle Han's species restriction could control the locust plague!
……
The next day, he went to court.
The civil and military officials of the court were all in the court, and Li Shimin sat on the throne.
Li Shimin received two national policies from Uncle Han that he could use immediately. One was to use labor as relief to appease the people. Second, species restrain each other, drive away chickens, ducks and geese, and control locust plagues.
Just as the eunuch announced that there was a memorial, the Imperial Censor Wei Zheng walked out of the court."Your Majesty, we have found out that Chang 'an Grain Department's Chief Shi Zhangsun Qi embezzled 13,000 stones of grain for disaster relief. The amount of greed is so huge that it is rare in the world!”
"What?! Thirteen thousand dans!"
Li Shiming knew that Zhangsun Qi would be greedy, but he never thought that Zhangsun Qi would be so greedy. Ten thousand dan of grain was enough to solve the drought in Youzhou Province!
However, what Wei Zheng said next stunned all the officials.
"Your Majesty, of the 13,000 dans of grain, 12,000 dans came from the same place!”
"What place?"
"Han Family Residence!"
Boom...
All the officials in the court were discussing among themselves. Could the Han Family Village produce 12,000 stones of grain?
How was this possible?
This must be fake!
All kinds of questioning voices sounded in the court.
Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said," Your Majesty, Zhangsun Qitanmo's grain has been transported back to the Han Residence. It's 12,653 stones!" Not bad at all!"
For a moment, the hall fell silent. All the officials were secretly guessing what the background of this unknown Han Family was, and how they had stored so much grain.
All the officials were curious, but Li Shimin was not surprised. He knew that the Han Family had a very high yield crop called corn!
"Wei Zheng!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Deal with this case strictly!"
"Yes!"
"Wei Zheng!"
"Your subject is here!"
"Take my imperial edict immediately and head to Youzhou. Transfer Zhangsun Wuji back. You are responsible for urging the governor of Youzhou to immediately come up with a disaster relief plan.”
"Yes!"
When the officials heard Li Shiming's decree, they immediately understood that Zhangsun Wuji had only been appointed as the disaster relief governor for a few days, and he had already been dismissed!
It was no wonder that he was spared. It was really because his clansmen were not strong enough. Zhangsun Wuji was in the front to provide disaster relief, while his clansmen were greedy behind!
……
After Wei Zheng left, Li Shimin looked at the officials with a red face. He was about to announce Uncle Han's method to deal with the locust plague. Whether this method was effective or not would be known in a few days.
Li Shi Min stood up and looked at the official,""Lantian County has a locust plague, do you have any solutions?”
The moment the words 'locust plague' came out.
The expressions of all the officials in the court changed. They were frightened, fearful, angry, and dejected.
The locust plague was a disaster of extinction, and its terror was no less than a drought.
Li Shi Min looked at the expression of the officials and puffed out his chest. At this moment, Li Shi Min was extremely proud. All the civil and military officials in the court and many virtuous officials did not have a solution to the locust plague, but I do!
Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, Qin Qiong, Li Xiaogong, and the others all raised their heads to look at Li Shimin, speculating. Could it be that the Emperor had a solution to the locust plague?
Li Shiming imitated Han Qiu and said," Species are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. Locusts are afraid of birds. I have decided to mobilize all the chickens, ducks, and geese in Guanzhong and send them to Lantian County to deal with the locust plague in Lantian County!”
"Ah!"
"What?!"
"Chickens, ducks, and geese against locusts?"
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this won't work. Since ancient times, no one has used this method to deal with locust plagues..."
As soon as Li Shiming finished speaking, the court began to discuss and refute him.
Li Shimin had already expected this scene. After all, mobilizing chickens, ducks, and geese to deal with the locusts was a bit like a joke, and it was a bit of an official's identity.
"What's wrong? Do you have a better idea?”
Li Shiming raised his voice amidst the discussion of the officials, and the hall returned to silence.
"If you don't have a way to deal with the locust plague, do as I say! I received guidance from an expert!" After Li Shimin finished his speech, the officials looked at Fang Xuanling. The expert the Emperor was talking about couldn't be Fang Xuanling, right? After all, the Emperor was always with Fang Xuanling…
Fang Xuanling felt very innocent when he saw all the officials looking at him. He wasn't the one who came up with this idea, but he couldn't explain it.
"Li Xiaogong!"
"Your subject is here!"
"I order you to head to Guanzhong as soon as possible and gather all the chickens, ducks, geese, and other birds in Guanzhong to support Lantian County as soon as possible. There must be at least a million chickens, ducks, and geese. Spread them out and ensure that there are more than ten birds in every mu of land!”
"Yes!"
Li Xiaogong was very unwilling to command the chickens, ducks, and geese, but he had no choice. The Emperor's imperial edict had already been issued, so he could only brace himself and do it.
However, he was still very suspicious.
Would this method of dealing with the locust plague really be effective?
"Wait!" Li Xiaogong was about to return to the court when Li Shimin remembered something and stopped him.
Li Xiaogong stood in the hall and Li Shimin said,"These chickens, ducks, and geese can't be fed with any grain. Let them eat locusts on an empty stomach!”
"Yes!"
After Li Xiaogong returned to the court, the officials in the court could not help but laugh. This Great General Li Xiaogong actually began to command chickens, ducks, and geese and became the Poultry-General!
Although they had heard Li Shimin's words and received guidance from an expert, these officials did not believe that chickens, ducks, and geese could control the locust plague...
Li Shi Min saw the disbelief on the faces of all the officials and thought to himself,"Just wait and see. When the locust plague in Lantian County is under control, I'll see what else you have to say.”
……
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