Although it is midnight, this is midnight in Chang'an.
After all, Chang'an is different from other general states and counties. This place gathers a large number of China's unemployed elites, and these people basically have nightlife - of course, this nightlife does not mean the nightlife of later generations, but that these people are
White-collar workers are rare in agricultural societies. In other words, many people have to work at night.
Of course, because the tallest buildings in this era were generally only six or seven floors, not as common as thirty floors in later generations, the accommodation capacity was so great. Therefore, although Chang'an in this era also claimed to have a population of one million - it has now even reached three.
There are millions, but this kind of elite is still a minority. However, because of the general environment, the ordinary citizens of Chang'an, whether they are shop owners or helpers in shops, or even servants and housekeepers of wealthy families
Guards and the like are often on duty at night.
Chang'an has always had a curfew. The reason why the Lantern Festival has become a famous event in the history of China is precisely because Chang'an is "not forbidden" on this day. However, due to the emergence of cement and the elimination of city walls, the city has always been under curfew.
As the area continues to increase, the curfew will naturally be cancelled-because it is basically impossible to impose a curfew.
Of course, it can also be said that there are objective environmental reasons.
The previous curfew was because Chang'an is the gateway to Longyou Road, and Longyou Road covers most of the Western Region, as well as the legendary "Hometown of the King", which is Wuchuan Town, and the entire six-town area, which has always been grassy.
It is an area where heroes are prone to causing trouble, so it is impossible not to strictly control it.
But now, as the city defense value of cement buildings is gradually demonstrated and perfected, it is obviously no longer so easy for the heroes in the past to cause trouble. At the same time, the city wall no longer plays the role of the core of defense, but only hinders construction, so it is also regarded as
They were demolished one after another - the final result is naturally that the city wall that used to surround the city has now turned into countless streets and alleys.
The curfew, which no longer made sense, was made more difficult and of course was lifted.
In this state, it is natural that squads of the Forbidden Army patrolling various places will still appear from time to time at night, but in general, pedestrians at night are no longer subject to strict restrictions. Small shops and the like at night have disappeared with the disappearance of the city walls and the lifting of the curfew.
, of course, there are more and more - and at this time, the chamberlain suddenly hurried out of the palace, and then a large group of high-end carriages carried important officials of the court one after another to the vicinity of the Suzaku Gate.
In less than twenty minutes, half of the night owls in Chang'an started talking! If it weren't for the imperial guards' control, a crowd would have gathered in front of the Zhuque Gate.
but.
Such a big scene not only shocked the people of Chang'an, but also the many ministers who were summoned by Li Er. Naturally, they were also confused and frightened. Many times the ministers called themselves "fearful" when facing the emperor.
It's not just talk about the situation.
But when they actually met Li Er, Wei Zheng, Fang Du, Duan Lun, Changsun Wuji and other ministers, they felt relieved——
It's really a big deal,
Everyone circulated a number of memorials - not just one, but a stack! They were all applied to the emperor to organize manpower for biological control.
After reading the contents of these memorials, the group of ministers present understood why Li Er suddenly summoned so many ministers in the middle of the night. They thought it was some kind of rebellion or something.
It turned out to be an insect infestation!
But of course there are also people who don't know much about this, such as Du Ruhui - this guy is actually from a wealthy family in Jingzhao, Chang'an, and his family background is actually not low, but compared to Wang Jing's group, Du Ruhui's talent and skills are better
There are too many. Of course, being talented and scheming does not mean that Du Ruhui does not have similar problems to Wang Jing and Pei Ji, the descendants of Guanggai. For example, at this moment,
After Du Ruhui read the memorial, he looked at Li Er in surprise, "Your Majesty, this is a pest."
Although Du Ruhui did not go into details, the meaning of his words was very obvious. It was just a matter of pest control for farmers in the countryside. Although it was also related to people's livelihood, it seemed that there was no need to summon so many ministers at once!
When Du Ruhui asked this question, Li Er couldn't help but laugh. At the same time, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others on the side also laughed. Only Changsun Wuji, a person with a similarly high background, also had doubts in his eyes, but with Du Ruhui
The difference is that this guy was more scheming, so he didn't ask his doubts out loud.
But at this moment, Changsun Wuji's thoughts were exactly the same as those of Du Ruhui.
But since we are just controlling pests, why did we call so many ministers here? Isn’t this ridiculous?
Although Changsun Wuji has never been afraid of public opinion, he is different from Wei Zheng and other ministers in this regard - if Wei Zheng and others hate those clear-minded Confucian scholars who take advantage of ordinary people's emotions for their own benefit, Changsun Wuji simply does not
Pay attention to these people! No matter what public opinions these Confucian scholars create, Changsun Wuji can see the flaws at a glance, and in a few words, he can defend the other party to the point of autism in a matter of minutes.
Top liberal arts talents like this who are both talented and stable and loyal are described by the Chinese people with a common standard virtual image, half of them are the deer being chased, and the other half are the dragons chasing the deer.
But I’m not afraid of those people talking nonsense, but Changsun Wuji feels that Li Er should care about this. If this is the case, then why do so many people come here in the middle of the night when it is not a big deal?
For the current Li Er, the Tang Dynasty is not said to be in its infancy, but it is definitely in the "stage of body growth". The impact at such a juncture is quite important, of course, the general impact, such as this actual
Large-scale summonses in the middle of the night where there is no big event are like that. Although the movement is very loud and attracts people's imagination, in fact, it can't do anything big. Changsun Wuji will not take action at this level. However, it is precisely because he is not
Changsun Wuji was particularly surprised by the big event.
But then, seeing the other people in the palace looking at Du Ruhui with suppressed smiles, Changsun Wuji couldn't help but gradually became aware of it.
, could it be that if the pest is cured, the food production will be greatly improved?
As soon as this conjecture appeared, before Changsun Wuji had time to think about it carefully, he saw Li Er directly talking to Du Ruhui about science with a happy face and a smile.
"Don't look at Keming and laugh. It's normal for him to be ignorant as a scholar. But this pest has been cured, and the food of the Tang Dynasty will be provided."
