The news of the fire in the princess's mansion naturally can't be hidden, after all, the fire is soaring in the middle of the night.......

There must have been a lot of people talking about this in normal times, but now everyone's attention seems to be on it, because the locust plague has arrived.

The sporadic locusts even landed in Chang'an City.

Another aspect is that in addition to the "pest list", the "locust extermination list" was posted on the street, on which the six methods of locust extermination were written.

The most striking of these is the last one, which is edible and less nutritious than minced meat.

This is what shocks the people the most and what makes them have different opinions.

Li Shimin came in a hurry, saw that Qin Shou and Gao Yang were fine, comforted a few words, and turned around to leave.

Exterminate 100,000 locusts urgently!

Seeing that his father-in-law was leaving, Qin Shou hurriedly stopped him and told Li Shimin some details of the locust extermination.

"Father-in-law, the man who transports the grain has to change it......"

"Why do you want to change?"

"Such a reliable person, after all, he still has a solid heart by his side, and he is at ease when I sleep."

“......”

When Gao Yang heard this, his body couldn't help but be shocked, he was really afraid of something.

Li Shimin held his forehead, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and finally just looked at him deeply, and then hurriedly left.

This made Qin Shou a little confused.

However, it is gratifying that the father-in-law also sent 100,000 yuan for the purchase of grain, although it is not too much, but it is enough to think that the father-in-law is just a landlord.

......

Chang'an is a few miles away.

At this time, the crowd was surging.

In the past few days, the "pest list" and the "locust extermination list" have let countless people know that locusts are pests and can be killed and killed, and the fire in their hearts has already ignited a raging fire.

Now I heard that His Majesty actually came to exterminate the locusts in person, and it attracted countless people to come to exterminate the locusts.

The scene was extremely spectacular

The emperor, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, these important ministers of the court are all there, and the sergeants can be seen everywhere, the left and right camps, the left and right Yulin Army, and the left and right Longwu Army were all transferred by Li Shimin.

People from the three provinces and six departments also came, and Fang Zhizhi and Changsun Chong were also listed.

"Doctor Qingguanglu, why didn't Fang Yiai come?" The eldest grandson rushed to the house and left a straight road.

"What are you looking for him?" Fang Yi raised his eyebrows.

Why did this guy remember to ask his brother today, wasn't he disdainful before?

"It's okay, I'll ask." Eldest Sun Chong smiled.

Princess Gaoyang's mansion was on fire, and he wanted to ask Qin Shou how it was.

"......" Fang Zhizhi was a little puzzled.

Qin Shou didn't come, he didn't really care about the locust extermination, now he cares more about buying back grain, and he firmly believes that the price of grain will rise.

Of course, Li Shimin will not let him show up.

At the same time, many protégés of Confucianism came, and there were not a few officials above the fifth rank in the DPRK.

Hearing that His Majesty had gone out of the city to exterminate the locusts, these Confucian scholars were furious and rushed over to stop them.

They even found the great Confucian Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda, the 31st grandson of Confucius, was born in such a cultured family, and learned Confucian culture with his ears and eyes, without the slightest habit of being a gentleman

He was not originally a contentious person, but at this point he could not tolerate it, and couldn't help asking, "What the hell is going on?" Under the plague of locusts, why did His Majesty go out of the city to destroy the locusts? ”

The great Confucian Kong Yingda's face was gloomy and terrifying, and his brows were furrowed enough to trap people to death.

The Confucian protégés who surrounded them said indignantly:

"Isn't that what pest list is making trouble? During this time, everyone knows that the pest list and the locust extermination list are noisy! ”

"Exterminating locusts? Don't laugh, how can locusts be killed? ”

"That's it, I hope that Mr. can persuade Your Majesty, don't do anything to exterminate locusts, work the people and lose money,......."

Kong Yingda nodded, "It's time to advise Your Majesty." ”

He then asked, "Did Wei Zheng give advice?" ”

"Nope!"

Kong Yingda couldn't help but be stunned, and a trace of doubt seemed to flash in his eyes.

Unfortunately, this group of Confucian scholars was stopped by the sergeants.

But they still did not give up, and recited aloud "Spring and Autumn Dew" and "Shangshu Weizi Chapter" outside.

"The general and the like, the things of heaven and earth, those who have impermanent changes, are called different, the small ones are called disasters, disasters often come first, and different ones follow, and the calamities are the condemnation of heaven, and the power of heaven is also different, and the power of heaven is also reprimanded, and they do not know it, but they are afraid of it......"

"Heavenly poison and famine are the punishment of the Emperor of Heaven......"

This made Li Shimin very headache.

And that's not all

When the people from the high gate of the Shi clan heard about it, they all came, but they did not come closer, but watched from a distance.

Since Li Shimin promulgated the edict on the reform of the imperial examination and the matter of disaster relief grain, the attitude of the five surnamed Qiwang and other scholars towards the Li Tang royal family has changed all of a sudden, and it has become extremely cold.

Therefore, this time to exterminate the locusts, even if they have countless disciples, they are only watching from the sidelines

They didn't learn the words of Confucianism, and they didn't know that the extermination of locusts would offend Confucianism and cause an uproar, but they didn't say anything, they just looked at it......

Some of the nearby landlords and gentry also came.

They want to see how His Majesty exterminates the locusts.

......

The locusts finally came, covering the sky and the sun

At first glance, it was cloudy in the distance, getting closer and closer

It was still a clear sky just now, but in an instant it was dark

Then the first sound people heard, the sound of buzzing wings, rushed to the face like a sandstorm,

All the populace fell silent.

"Goo-toot!"

The people present swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and all of them were silent

Even the faces of those wealthy scholars and Confucian protégés all changed at this time

This meeting .......

Is this the sound of locusts?

Why is it so big?

It's like hell!

Everyone was stunned by the scene of the locust plague, and the fear in their hearts dipped them like a tidal wave, and they could not breathe.

The people looked at this scene in horror and exclaimed:

"Oh my God, it's scary!"

"Can we really hunt down this scale?"

"God, how many locusts are there!"

"I'm going to die, so much, will I eat people?"

At this time

Even those who had seen the pest lists posted on the streets before, and who had been bold about exterminating locusts at the beginning, were now timid

Those who were officials and soldiers looked at the sky at this time, their hands trembling, and their hearts pounding.

Until the locusts fell before their eyes.

They haven't gotten back to their senses yet.

The officials are still like this, not to mention the common people.

Even Li Shimin's heart was also straight at this time.

"Whew~"

His eyes lit up and he took a deep breath.

After so many years of fighting in the south and the north, how can you be frightened by locusts?

If you can retreat, can the people who grow grain have a way out?

So, under everyone's gaze, Li Shimin did not retreat half a step, but walked over to the locusts.

The emperor was still like this, and the soldiers below suddenly saw that blood gushed upward.

The onlookers looked at them with burning eyes, waiting to see how the locusts would be exterminated.

"Humph!"

And in the eyes of the scholars and Confucian protégés, even if Li Shimin faces the locust plague, what can he do?

Can locusts really be destroyed?

It's just for show.

They thought that catching locusts was nothing more than gold, fire, and so on, and that in the case of such a high density of locusts, it would inevitably have little effect.

But soon, their eyes were amazed.

What is this?

I saw Li Shimin pulling up something with the sergeants.

The sergeants worked together to stretch out the nets and yarns that were joined together..... made of a barricade.

Each of them held a stick in his hand and then raised it high and faced the locust

The same is true of the people, except that they carry nets of rags and straw.

In fact, the method of making these things has already been announced in the Six Methods of Exterminating Locusts, but due to the short time, everyone can really use whatever they can find.

And then

The locusts visible to the naked eye fell like a stream of water in the nets, in the veils, in the rags......

"Oh my God, there are so many locusts!" Another man exclaimed.

"Stopped, stopped"

"Really stopped ......"

A large number of locusts hit those nets and naturally fell down.

This made those officers and soldiers and the common people very excited

At this point, people finally reacted

At this moment, people looked at the locusts that were stopped so closely.

It really works!

It turns out that locusts can really be stopped.

Li Shimin was also stunned, his eyes lit up suddenly, he looked at everything in front of him a little sluggishly, he didn't expect it to be really effective.

Although he believed Qin Shou's words about locusts, he didn't have much confidence in hunting locusts, and in his opinion, these measures were more to give the people a confidence to kill locusts.

As it seems now, it is really effective, although it is impossible to stop them all, but it is also an indisputable fact that the migratory locusts have been stopped in piles.

People were amazed to find that these seemingly inconspicuous things actually stopped a large number of locusts. I couldn't help but get excited

A fire had already burned on the side, and the locusts that had been stopped were thrown into the fire like firewood and grass, making a crackling sound

"Okay, great!"

"Why are you still a god worm? I'm phew."

"Yes, it should be called a pest!"

"It's really enjoyable, it turns out that locusts can be killed like this!"

"If we work harder and kill more locusts, our food will be less wasted!"

"Isn't this thing as scary as it seems......

When the people saw this, the scene suddenly relaxed

The scene applauded and cheered, one after another.

This......

All around, those people from the high gate of the scholar clan were stunned

Those Confucian protégés were also stunned

At this moment, everyone's people froze, like stupid.

This..... Did you really stop the locusts? Can it really kill locusts?

Unseen, unheard!

After a few moments, they finally came to their senses. Those people from the high gate of the scholar clan looked at Li Shimin who was standing in the distance, their expressions were a little trance, and a trace of anxiety and jealousy surged in their hearts, which had never been seen before.

Those Confucian protégés looked at the scene in front of them at this time, and their whole bodies trembled with anger, and their faces were pale,

"Iniquity!"

"How can you do this? Confucian Dong Zhongshu said that this is a divine worm, and such a large-scale hunt will inevitably anger the heavens......"

"Throughout the ages, locust outbreaks have been made by His Majesty to apologize to the gods for all the people, and now where is the Gangchang!"

"It's messed up, it's all messed up!"

Li Shimin, who was encouraged, turned red at this time, and he shouted to the people of the Hundred Horse Division, "Are you ready over there?" ”

"Ready!" Someone from the Hundred Riders responded!

"Release them all!"

And then

The crowd was dumbfounded.

What the hell is this?

.....