"Get rid of the moths and thieves, they will not harm me, Tian Zhi. Tian's ancestors have gods, who are responsible for the fire." Shi Xiaoya Datian
Seeing the two people whispering something on the side, You Chu was very curious, but he didn't dare to look around, and felt very aggrieved. After meeting this Wang Fu, he found that the other person was not as popular as people said.
He was so bohemian and arrogant, but he was very magnanimous. Although the other party didn't deliberately put on any airs, it always made You Chu feel a vague sense of alienation, and there was also a very depressing aura that made him afraid to speak freely.
, this feeling made him feel familiar in his memory.
You Chu remembered that when he was still very young, his father was Zuo Fengyi's superior accountant, and he went to Luoyang with him to visit the Sangong at that time. The feeling of meeting the superior at that time was the same as the feeling now.
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The emperor seemed to remember that You Chu was present, and was about to turn around and say something. When his eyes inadvertently passed over the ditch, he suddenly paused, as if he saw something.
He pointed to one of the shallow ditches and said, "What's in the soil? Dig and see."
Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the emperor without knowing why. Zhao Wen only saw that the place was full of yellow soil and there was nothing there, and they couldn't help but feel a little confused. However, Zhang Xiu didn't care so much and walked directly down the field.
, bent down to search for a while, and quickly picked up a clod of soil from the broken soil and walked back. He was a little unsure whether this was what the emperor wanted to see. There were more than a dozen yellow clods neatly arranged on one side of the clod.
The long strips of insect eggs are so densely packed that one can’t help but frown when looking at them.
This is what the emperor wants to ask: "Do you know what this is?"
Everyone present, such as Zhao Wen, Liu Yao, etc., all came from powerful families. Even Zhang Xiu had never had time to go to the fields and countryside to see this thing.
The emperor looked around at the confused crowd, looked at the handsome young man who was standing behind You Chu just now and was about to stop him, and asked again: "Mr. Zhou, you don't know either?"
Zhou Yu, the Yulin Lang in front of the palace, did not expect that the emperor would ask him questions in person, and immediately blushed, because although he, the Zhou family, has extensive land in Lujiang County, he travels on smooth roads all day long and sleeps in high halls. He has never seen such a thing with his own eyes.
.I think the emperor had personally summoned him several times since he entered the imperial court from Runan. Zhou Yu admired the emperor for his intelligence at such a young age. The emperor appreciated Zhou Yu's outstanding talent, learning and appearance.
Now in front of the emperor who favored him, Zhou Yu didn't even know this, which made Zhou Yu feel ashamed. But the emperor had something to say, and he had to answer, so he could only say vaguely: "This thing should be an insect."
"It's not just insects." In his previous life, the emperor had been to a greenhouse where local farmers raised locusts and saw this kind of thing with his own eyes, so he said bluntly: "It's also produced by locusts."
"Locusts?" Zhao Wen remembered that when the emperor had predicted drought locusts to them before the end of the year, he had said that locusts like to lay eggs in the soil. At that time, he, like Dong Cheng and others, believed that locusts were transformed from fish and shrimps.
Now the emperor had someone dig up an unknown object and said it was a locust egg. Although Zhao Wen was a little surprised, he still half believed it.
Everyone in General You Chu looked cautious, and they also knew that locusts were no small matter. Once a locust plague was caused, it would eat up the seedlings, and the more serious consequences would be disparity between politics and religion for the people. However, these things are really the eggs of locusts.
?No, locusts lay eggs?
His past life experience made him not believe in this conclusion, but when You Chu saw the emperor's face as if he was facing a formidable enemy, he still said cautiously: "There are many such things in the fields. Even if they are harmful, just dig them out of the soil."
If you stay out of the sun, you'll be safe."
Zhao Wen glanced at You Chu and blurted out: "How do you know that this thing is not unique to the field and is not found everywhere?"
Liu Yao watched for a long time and then said: "I heard that the locusts must be born at the end of the big swamp, and they must be in places where there is sudden growth and sudden dryness. For example, south of Youyan, Qingxu Yanyu
There are many lakes and ponds in the county, and once they dry up due to drought, locusts will surely appear."
What he said is not wrong. In drought years, the lake water area shrinks into depressions, providing many suitable places for locusts to lay eggs. Therefore, people often see locusts emerging from the dry lake shore, and mistakenly think that locusts are
After the locusts gradually migrate to low-lying areas prone to waterlogging and disappear, people will mistakenly think that the locusts have transformed into fish and shrimps again.
It is now difficult for the emperor to explain living things to these ancient people whose thinking is still limited to rotten grass growing fireflies, and he does not have time to prove to everyone the fact that locusts lay eggs, so he can only say in a non-negotiable tone: "This thing appears in the field, it is special.
It is ominous, so it is better to get rid of it quickly and make it extinct."
"Only." Zhao Wen habitually said with a respectful and acknowledgment tone, temporarily ignoring the presence of an outsider like You Chu: "After returning home, Kechao will search for Zhongtai to issue documents everywhere, and then ask the country to issue an edict.
It's just that the common people in Li are ignorant and don't believe that locusts lay eggs and are unwilling to work diligently. If they force the order, they may become dissatisfied, so they can only persuade them with gentle edicts."
He was focusing all his attention on the emperor at this time, because he was afraid that the emperor would insist on his own way. Before the eggs were fertilized and confirmed, he decided that these were locust eggs and forced the people of Guanzhong to dig up the eggs in the fields, causing a stir.
, had the opposite effect. After seeing the emperor calmly nodding, indicating that he had listened, Zhao Wen's heart sank, and he continued: "As for the military villages, civilian villages and other official fields,
You can issue an edict instructing all officials to handle it carefully without making any mistakes."
"This is what a mature person would say when planning a country." The emperor sighed leisurely. Sometimes when governing a country, it should be done slowly rather than hastily, and in a clear order. From this point of view alone, Zhao Wen is a very qualified prime minister.
Liu Yao added based on his knowledge of traveling between Qingxu and Qingxu: "Since locusts are born in dry swamps, it means that these things cannot withstand flooding. When the fields are flooded, they will not be able to breed insects."
Looking at the weather today, there will definitely be a drought this year. How much water will be available by then? The emperor thought to himself that he was going to take a look at the ditches and rivers near Chang'an. He might as well take this opportunity to take a look, so
He looked at You Chu again and said, "Are there any overturned cars or other objects nearby?"
"Yes, it's not far ahead." You Chu, who finally took a breather from the serious discussion in front of him, immediately found a chance to speak and pointed to a place at the end of the road.
The emperor followed his gaze and said, "Okay, give him a horse, and I'll ride over and have a look."
After saying that, he took the reins from Zhou Yu's hand and quickly climbed onto the horse. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu also got on the horse and threw the clod of soil in his hand to the ground. The soil collapsed on the solid road surface.
The top was smashed to pieces, and all the yellow insect eggs came out.
The emperor was holding the reins, looked down, left a few words, and then rode away: "Crush it."
So the group of people following behind deliberately stepped over these insect eggs on horseback, and soon the insect eggs were integrated with the broken soil and dirt road. 14