Chapter 95: Li Er, you are a king in vain!
It has been a few years since he sat on this throne, although His Majesty Li Er is often disturbed by nightmares, but His Majesty Li Er thinks that what he has done is not as good as his brothers.
Even under the governance of His Majesty Li Er, the Tang Dynasty is now thriving, and its exploits are directly catching up with the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and he is expected to become the next emperor through the ages.
But this year's locust plague was a big slap in the face to His Majesty Li Er, and even His Majesty Li Er, who fanned him, was a little blindfolded.
Although the Tang Dynasty has not yet had a conscription edict, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all know that in the golden autumn, it is when His Majesty Li Er leads the army to meet the Turks.
Everything had to be prepared for the Turkic War in the Golden Autumn, but I never thought that at this time, there would be such a big Lou Zi in the Tang Dynasty.
The drought in Shandong is not a small drought, it is a big drought with a huge impact, and even under the great drought, this huge locust plague has been produced, all the way to several areas in Chang'an City, nearly a thousand miles of territory have been swept away by locusts, countless victims have wandered in all directions, and even now Chang'an City has gathered dense locusts!
All of this is like one huge slap after another, slapping His Majesty Li Er's head dizzy, and pumping His Majesty Li Er's blood for a long time!
"Your Majesty, now that the locust plague has arrived in Chang'an, please make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, the impact of the locust plague will become bigger and bigger, and it will become more and more dramatic!"
The ministers were dumbfounded, but Wei Zheng was the first to take the initiative to stand up, the more at this time, the more chaos can be, because the people can be chaotic, the states and roads can be chaotic, but the Tang Dynasty can't be chaotic, Chang'an can't be chaotic, and the court can't be chaotic, otherwise the world will be chaotic!
"What is your best plan?"
His Majesty Li Er was holding back his anger at the moment, but he only felt a headache, and even in this broad daylight, His Majesty Li Er was in a trance.
As if seeing his younger brother and brother with a bloody face, he pounced on him with his teeth and claws, and said with a smile on his face full of blood: Li Er, return me to the throne, and His Majesty Li Er will return my throne!
It seems to hear those former rebels and thieves laughing loudly: Li Er, you can't do it, you are not a good emperor!
It was as if he heard his father saying: Li Er, do you know if you are wrong!
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"Your Majesty, whether it is a drought or a locust plague, it is a natural disaster, non-human beings can resist, now the drought is raging in Shandong, the victims of Shandong have fled all the way, I have accepted a lot of victims in Chang'an City, if it is just the drought in Shandong, the ministers and others have a way to solve it, but in the face of this hundred years of the unprecedented locust plague, Henan Province, Hebei Province, Guannei Province have been greatly affected, and under the locust plague, the autumn grain is only afraid of no harvest..."
Before the ministers could finish their report, His Majesty Li Er roared angrily: "I want you to find a way to solve these problems, not for you to analyze the problem, who has a way to solve these damn locusts?" ”
His Majesty Li Er's face was pale, and he only felt that he couldn't breathe a little out of breath.
"Your Majesty, the locust plague is a natural disaster, and the ministers have no way, and now they can only encourage the people in my Chang'an City to catch these pests, although they can't be eliminated, but if they can be killed, they will be some, and if they can be less, they will be some!"
In the face of the monstrous anger of His Majesty Li Er, Fang Xuanling still stood up, after all, no matter what, the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty still had to continue to operate!
It's just that even Fang Xuanling, who is called Fang Xuanling, has no way at the moment, even if he has thousands of ravines in his chest and all kinds of schemes in his belly,
But in the face of this once-in-a-century plague of locusts, there is no way,
It can even be said that any dynasty, any emperor, any emperor, encounters such a locust plague, it is a matter of no choice!
If you want to succeed, the right time, place and people, all three are indispensable, the locust plague is a natural disaster, how can you go against the sky?
"Your Majesty, the locust plague swept Henan, Hebei, Guanzhong Sandao, the three roads must be affected by countless disasters, this autumn grain grain is not harvested, please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to stop collecting taxes, otherwise, it is bound to be ruined again, wolf smoke everywhere!"
Du Ruhui also said in a deep voice at this moment, as one of the three major think tanks around His Majesty Li Er, in the face of such a locust plague, Du Ruhui also has no way, the power of natural disasters is difficult to resist!
"Your Majesty, under the locust plague, there must be no income from the autumn grain, and the people of the three realms are bound to become disaster victims.
Wei Zheng also said at this moment, because the entire grain and grass of the Tang Dynasty are under Wei Zheng's control and supervision, His Majesty Li Er naturally knows what Wei Zheng said about opening a warehouse for disaster relief, what kind of warehouse is opened, and what kind of grain is sent!
It is clear that the military rations prepared this year will be distributed for disaster relief, otherwise, where will the treasury get so much grain and grass to help nearly 10 million people in Sandao!
"At the same time, I implore Your Majesty to slightly increase the taxes of other state roads to make up for the people of Henan, Hebei and Guanzhong!"
Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said at this moment, although Wei Zheng was the most unwilling to give more taxes to the people of the world among the ministers of the entire Tang Dynasty.
But at this moment, Wei Zheng has no choice, as the general person in charge of grain and grass in Datang, Wei Zheng naturally knows that even if all the military food collected is used to help the victims, there will definitely be no way to resettle all the nearly 10 million victims in the three provinces.
There is still a big gap in this, in order to prevent more victims from starving to death, the only way to increase the taxes of other provinces, tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and temporarily maintain the stability of Datang.
His Majesty Li Er's face was already extremely pale when he heard this, and when the news of the locusts sweeping Chang'an reached His Majesty Li Er's ears, His Majesty Li Er knew that this matter was not trivial.
But I didn't expect that even Wei Zheng would say such a tax increase, as His Majesty Li Er, who aspires to become the first emperor of the ages, naturally he doesn't want to increase taxes at will like that tyrant, but even Wei Zheng said these words, it is conceivable that today's Datang is really on the verge of storm!
In a trance, His Majesty Li Er only felt that it was pitch black in front of him, and a figure full of blood was floating in front of him!
"Hehe, my brother, is my brother's throne easy to do? How are you doing? ”
"My good brother, isn't the crown prince's throne particularly comfortable? How strong are you from our brothers? ”
"Li Er, you are guilty of making trouble, killing your brother and killing your brother, if today's retribution is not happy, and you still have the face to call us a rebellious minister and thief, if you say who is a rebellious minister and thief, you are a rebellious minister and thief!"
"Li Er, you are a king in vain, you can't be this emperor, you don't deserve to be an emperor!"
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