What do you think?

Stunned, right?

Scared?

And this group of later people watched their reactions with satisfaction, and couldn't help but be amazed by Childe's shooting, which was exactly the same as Childe thought.

Eldest grandson Wuji: "......"

Fang Xuanling also gasped: "This ....... Is this really edible? ”

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter, is there any problem?" ”

Wei Zheng frowned: "Your Majesty, although grasshoppers can be hunted, they can be eaten....... But it has never been seen in eternity! ”

Li Shimin didn't wait for him to finish, and directly interrupted him, "How do you know that you can't eat it if you haven't eaten it?" What if it tastes great? ”

Wei Zheng couldn't help but be embarrassed, "Your Majesty thinks twice......."

Li Shimin's eyes flickered, I hope the taste will not be too disappointing!

And at this time

The people of the princess's mansion have cleaned the grasshoppers with concentrated salt water and controlled the water clean.

Then, under everyone's gaze, they brought out barrels of yellow-orange-orange oil.

Hiss!

This is...... Oil?

So much?

Everyone couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

You must know that the oil in Datang is very small, only the nobles will use oil to cook (or cold dishes), I didn't expect them to have so much oil?

When they saw the four words on the oil pot, they couldn't help but be stunned.

Grain and oil from the heart!

The name "Benxin" has been too familiar for a while now.

The success of the previous grain store marketing made the "Benxin" grain and oil store an instant hit and famous throughout Chang'an City.

At this time, it was seen again, and everyone recognized it at once.

Moreover, there are people from the "Benxin" grain store who are accompanying them, and they also stand up at this moment: "From today, the Benxin grain store will launch a new product of grain and oil, I hope everyone can taste and buy it, on a first-come, first-served ......"

How could Qin Shou let go of this opportunity?

It's good to be able to promote your own grain and oil while exterminating locusts!

The crowd watched as they poured buckets of oil into the pot without blinking.

Nima!

Just pour it in?

It's too extravagant!

Many people can't wait to go up and beat this group of losers to death.

Then they watched as they put the locusts into a pot of boiling oil.

"Crackling ......."

The smell of frying wafts away.

fragrant

It smells so good!

It's so fragrant!

When the fragrance wafted over, the eyes of the surrounding people were staring at the oil pot, and everyone at the scene only felt that their souls had been hooked out.

"Goo-toot!"

The audience was filled with the sound of swallowing saliva.

The taste is mouth-watering, but still no one comes forward!

Seeing this, the guy from the grain store just now said, "Today, everyone who tastes the first 100 grasshoppers can receive a small barrel of grain and oil for free." ”

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, in the era of less oil in the Tang Dynasty, oil is as expensive as gold.

Immediately, several people came to try it.

There was also the emperor who tried it, and Li Shimin knew that everyone was watching him, so he also tried to taste it.

With a light bite,

"Click!"

His eyes widened instantly

The whole expression is frozen.

Fragrant!

Crisp!

The entrance directly amazes the taste buds of the whole mouth.

Li Shimin's eyes were full of disbelief, and his eyes seemed to be hysterical.

Qin Shou really didn't lie to himself

Absolutely delicious!

An inextricable taste

And the few people who had just tried it also looked blank, as if they had lost the ability to think, and someone pressed the pause button......

After a few seconds, they exclaimed:

"Oh my God, I feel like my palate is exploding!"

"It's fragrant and crispy, I never thought there would be something so delicious."

"I feel like I'm sinking."

"Give me a few more ......."

"......" Li Shimin also couldn't get enough of it, and reached out again to grab it himself.

When everyone saw it, they immediately let down their guard and rushed up.

"Is it really that good?"

"I'll taste one too....... Oops, don't squeeze it."

"Alas, this brother, ....... Give me one too."

soon

The scene was like it was boiling.

"Whew, it's so delicious, don't squeeze it"

"My ..... It's my turn! ”

"I've never eaten anything so delicious!"

"Ahh

There are too many people who eat it, and the freshly fried ones are not available at all, and some of them are even snatched away before they have time to cool down.

These people can't eat much oil and water all year round, let alone fried food, let alone fried grasshoppers.

The first time I tasted it, I was so excited that I almost fainted!

Many even burst into tears.

Someone came out to preside over the order: "Don't squeeze it, let's try it for free, and there are ......."

"Watch out for the frying pan!"

"Oops, there's no grasshoppers anymore......"

But even so, how can the current scene be controlled?

.......

Li Shimin looked at the scene in front of him, and his eyes shone brightly.

What I have learned since I was a child is also Confucianism, and I also deeply reflect on what Confucians such as Dong Zhongshu and Ban Gu said that the various changes in nature are the reactions of the personified and morally volitional "heaven" to the social politics of the time.

I also understand that the locust plague mentioned in "Spring and Autumn Dew" and "Shangshu Weizi Chapter" is the argument that "natural poison descends on famine" and the punishment of the emperor.

But even so, there were doubts in my heart, why could the locusts eat the food of the people, but the people could not kill the locusts, and begged the gods to be spared?

However, Confucianism blamed all this on the immorality of the king, and asked the emperor and his ministers to cultivate morality, move the heavens with actions, and pray that the locusts would disappear naturally.

So, he wanted to try to exterminate the locusts.

But at the same time, Li Shimin also understands that this concept has influenced all dynasties since the Han Dynasty.

It has long been indestructible in people's hearts.

This is also why when Li Shimin talked about killing locusts, it caused an uproar in the court

Regarding the pasting of the "pest list" and the "six methods of exterminating locusts", he himself did not even dare to issue any instructions, but let people do it in private.

Because he knows that if one is not handled well, the dynasty will be sluggish, and he will even leave an infamy in the history books.

Exterminating locusts, which was something that I couldn't think of before, didn't expect that now not only are they hunted and killed in groups, but they are even eaten.

It's really exciting!

Although it is difficult to defeat the locust invasion comprehensively by manpower, it is especially important to eliminate people's mental fear of locusts.

This is also the most gratifying thing for Li Shimin.

.......

How so?

Confucian men watched the emperor and the people eat locusts, that kind of posture is as delicious as eating minced meat, this kind of scene makes all the Confucian students suffocate their chests, and the huge stimulation makes them look straight in front of them, and their eyes are even darker, and they tremble.

Impossible!

Don't....... How can Confucian people be wrong?

What we see today has caused a great subversion to their cognition.

In the past, Confucian scholars believed that the monarch was a bridge between the universe and human society, and that his actions and policies would be supervised by the heavens, who would warn the rulers of their mistakes with some kind of disaster or strange phenomenon.

The theory of catastrophe and alienation under the induction of heaven and man not only enabled the imperial power to operate under certain moral constraints, but also provided a powerful theoretical basis for Confucian scholars to participate in politics.

Therefore, they have always been committed to explaining the catastrophe, and only in this way can they serve their respective interest groups.

But now the locusts are not only killed, but they are also being eaten in the stomach.

Where is there still half a minute of awe of the "divine worm"?

There is no awe, let alone admiration.

"......." Kong Yingda and several other great Confucians were already trembling and swaying at this time.

Seeing Kong Yingda's crumbling situation, the surrounding Confucian students hurriedly supported him

After a long time, Kong Yingda's situation has only improved a little

His eyes were sunken, and he looked at the Confucian scholars in front of him, and his mouth was bitter.

"The words of Confucianism, the theory of gods and insects, from today on, the building has collapsed!"

"Let's go, there's no point in staying any longer!"

From this moment on, the theory of catastrophe was completely broken.

They knew that from now on, it would be difficult for them to open their mouths and say to Your Majesty: "Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster, please pray for the blessings of the people, and issue an edict for your own sin......"

But as soon as their footsteps moved, they were intertwined with the people who were catching locusts, because they wanted to bypass the people who were frantically grabbing fried grasshoppers to eat, and the people were diametrically opposed.

The Confucian students, who were already in a terrible mood, couldn't help but explode at this time.

They pushed away the crowd in front of them, but accidentally pushed a little girl to it

When many people saw this, they were immediately angry.

Between the pushes, some young men couldn't help but punch and kick the group of Confucian students.

While scolding in his mouth: "What kind of things are you, shouting about gods and insects every day, why don't you see you when the people's food is eaten?" ...... who kicked you to death"

"A group of dogs who are sanctimonious on the surface, but secretly suck human flesh and blood, the books are all fucking read into the dog's stomach."

"Kick these shameless ....."

When did the Confucian scholars who are usually high in the sky receive this kind of "courtesy".

Suddenly, they all had gray faces, their hair was scattered, and their clothes were torn.......

One of the Confucian scholars was directly trampled on the ground, with footprints on his body and face.

Finally, the group of people left, and someone on the side kindly came to help the fallen Confucian student, and when he saw that it was a common man, he couldn't help but scold: 'Who asked you to help me?' Get out of the way! ’

That person is really honest, and he let go of it when he heard the words!

"Ahh It's broken, it's broken........"

Confucius suddenly fell to the ground again, and he almost fainted from the pain.

.......