"The plague of locusts is more severe than that of tigers!"
"Have you heard? His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict. Whoever can solve the upcoming locust plague will be rewarded with ten thousand gold, promoted to three levels in a row, and made a Duke!"
"Now the locusts are about to become a disaster. If there is no solution, most of the territory of the Ming Empire south of Beiling will become a place where locusts are raging."
"The key is that no one in the entire court can come up with a good solution to this matter."
"His Majesty the Emperor was so anxious that he didn't sleep for several days."
Waves of discussion rang in his ears, and Chen Changfeng felt a wave of irritation.
He opened his eyes and was about to reprimand, but found several delicate women in ancient costumes standing in front of him.
The furniture in front of me was not what I had imagined.
"Your Highness, you are finally awake!"
"Your Majesty has just sent an order to summon you, Prince, to the Tai Chi Hall immediately." A maid found Chen Changfeng awake and looked excited.
Chen Changfeng looked around, with a look of confusion still on his face.
He only remembered that the special forces team he was in was performing a mission, but unexpectedly, one of his team members was trapped.
As the captain of the battalion, he had no choice but to go to the camp to rescue the team members.
Unexpectedly, Chen Changfeng was assassinated by the enemy and fell into the valley after being shot.
When I wake up now...
A brief burst of severe pain suddenly struck, and Chen Changfeng found that there was suddenly an extra memory in his mind.
"Chen Changfeng, eighteen years old, is the son of the late Empress Xu of the Ming Empire, the sixth son of Emperor Chen Yuan of the Ming Empire, and the crown prince of the Ming Empire."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?" the maid of the East Palace shouted softly.
Chen Changfeng came back to his senses, and only now did he realize that he had actually traveled through time.
And he traveled to a Ming Empire that was completely different from what he remembered.
Besides the Ming Empire, there were other powerful countries.
"I'm fine." Chen Changfeng shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
The maid was a little speechless, thinking that His Highness the Crown Prince really had no ambitions, and she was so sleepy that she slept until now last night.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has a decree. You should hurry up and go to the Taiji Palace." The maid reminded again.
"Going to Tai Chi Hall?" Chen Changfeng was stunned.
Then I remembered through memory that not long ago news came from the state capital south of Beiling, saying that they had discovered a large area of locusts this year.
It's autumn now, and in one month's time, the Ming Empire's food will be harvested.
If there is no way to deal with the large-scale locusts that appeared this time, the Ming Empire will definitely repeat the mistakes of last year.
Last year's locust plague caused heavy losses to the Ming Empire.
The people south of Beiling had almost no income, and hundreds of thousands of people became refugees.
The imperial court spent a huge amount of money on disaster relief and suffered serious losses in national power.
At that time, the Chu Empire in the east took advantage of the situation and invaded the Ming Empire, taking away thirteen cities in the southern county of the Ming Empire.
I thought that after experiencing it once, the locust plague would never happen again.
The Ming Empire can also cultivate and thrive, strengthen the people and enrich the country.
But I didn't expect...
At the same time, Chen Changfeng also realized that the impression given to him as a prince was that he was uneducated, had no ambition, and just walked his dog and fought cocks every day.
He was very unpopular with the emperor of the Ming Empire.
No one in the court supported the prince.
The emperor already had the idea of deposing the prince.
Yesterday, the emperor of the court had asked Chen Changfeng to go there early today.
I don’t want Chen Changfeng to be drunk last night and sleep until now.
If the emperor finds out about this, his position as prince will definitely be deposed.
I finally became a prince, but I can't lose it like this.
"Yes, His Majesty sent the eunuch Liu Xi over just now. I saw that Your Highness is still sleeping..."
"I'll go over now." Chen Changfeng stood up and got out of bed before the maid finished speaking.
It's just a locust plague, and it hasn't happened yet.
After all, he is an experienced leader of a special force. Although he was as old as he is now, he could still easily solve a locust plague.
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In the Tai Chi Hall, Chen Yuan, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was sitting on the dragon chair with a very ugly expression on his face.
Among all the court officials, no one could come up with a solution to the locust plague.
If there were another locust plague, the Ming Empire would probably disappear from this world.
These are nothing.
What made Emperor Ming even more disgusted was that the envoys from the Chu Empire in the east who came a few days ago acted strangely in front of him.
"Isn't it that the Ming Empire is said to be full of talented people, but it can't solve the locust plague?"
"The people in the south of Beiling are really suffering."
"If you really can't solve it, why don't you make a suggestion? His Majesty the Ming Emperor, allocate all the land south of Beiling to our Chu Empire."
"Our Great Chu Empire has a prosperous country and strong people. Even if there is a locust plague, we will definitely be able to ensure the livelihood of the people south of Beiling."
The envoy of Da Chu looked sarcastic and glanced at the civil and military ministers in the court, his eyes full of disdain.
Being ridiculed by the Chu envoy, the Ming Emperor's face became increasingly gloomy.
All the civil and military officials were furious, but they had no way to refute the Chu envoy.
If they had a way to solve the locust plague, we wouldn't be in this situation today.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sat on the dragon throne, his fists hidden in his sleeves clenched tightly.
"Prime Minister, is there anything you can do?" The emperor's eyes fell on Yao Xiaoren, the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.
Yao Xiaoren looked ugly, and then he knelt down in the center of the hall: "Your Majesty, I am a poor old minister, please forgive me."
The emperor's fists clenched tighter and his fingers turned white.
"Chen Wen, what about you? Is there anything you can do?" The emperor looked at Chen Wen, the second prince of the Ming Dynasty, to the side again.
Chen Wen was known for his resourcefulness and was known as the most talented man in the Ming Dynasty.
All the civil servants in the court respected him.
Chen Wenzheng prayed that the emperor would not notice him. When he heard the emperor ask about him, his heart skipped a beat.
"Father, my son is incompetent, my son..."
"That's all!" The emperor interrupted the second prince, looking extremely disappointed.
The emperor looked at the officials in front of him, his eyes full of disappointment at this moment, and it seemed that all the strength had been drained from his body.
The clenched fists slowly loosened.
He was dedicated to making the Ming Empire prosperous and powerful, but he could not resist God's will after all.
In the locust plague last year, the Ming Dynasty lost thirteen cities in Nanjun, and directly lost one-third of its national power.
When this year's locust plague comes, the Ming Empire will definitely be completely annexed by the eager Chu Empire.
It was God's will to destroy his Ming Empire, and it was not Chen Yuan's fault.
"His Majesty the Ming Emperor, as long as you say a word, I, Da Chu, will be willing to help you with this."
"No matter what, the people south of Beiling are innocent." The envoy of Dachu was now very happy.
He knew that the Ming Emperor was a benevolent emperor and did not want to see the people suffer.
The locust plague is a natural disaster and there is no way to solve it.
Maybe the emperor of the Ming Empire would really transfer the land south of Beiling to his Chu Empire.
"Your Majesty, no, the Chu Empire is so ambitious. If we give them the south of Beiling, they will want more in the future."
"Yes, Your Majesty, let's find a way. The locusts have just appeared and there has not been a large-scale outbreak. We still have time. There must be a way."
"There is a way, which one of you can think of a way?" Emperor Ming sighed.
If there was a way, would the situation be like today?
As the envoy of Da Chu said, the people are innocent.
If God wants to destroy the Ming Empire, then let it be destroyed.
After all, people are innocent...
"If Da Chu is willing, I agree..."
"Wait a minute, I have an idea!" When the Ming Emperor was about to agree to the Chu envoy's suggestion, Chen Changfeng's voice suddenly sounded.
Under the attention of everyone, Chen Changfeng came to the Tai Chi Hall with a determined expression. This chapter has been completed!