On duty today, at the dismounted monument outside the noon gate, Yan Chengjin saw Li Dongyang again, and he was also waiting for the sedan chair.

This horse monument is like a bus stop.

From time to time, I ran into Li Dongyang waiting for the bus here.

However, his sedan chair usually comes a little earlier than Li Dongyang.

He will come out on time when he arrives at the next duty, and the sedan chair driver will also come on time.

And Li Dongyang has a lot of affairs, and the time of the next duty is erratic, and the sedan chair man will come later.

"Hello Master Li."

"The prince pretended to be sick, was it your idea?" Li Dongyang asked lightly.

Yan Chengjin was not surprised, Zhu Houzhao came to his house, and when he went back, he pretended to be sick, and Jinyiwei knew it when he checked it.

Where in the world is there an impermeable wall, now that a few days have passed, Emperor Hongzhi still used his method, indicating that he will not trouble him.

Yan Chengjin was modest: "It's a bad idea from the lower officials." ”

"I think it's a good idea." Li Dongyang had a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Li Dongyang was different from many scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

He's a flexible guy.

In order to bring down Liu Jin, he pretended to maintain a close relationship with Liu Jin and saved many officials who were persecuted by Liu Jin, including Yang Yiqing.

Fooling civil officials is within the scope of Li Dongyang's tolerance.

Compared with Liu Jian and Xie Qian, Yan Chengjin admires Li Dongyang more.

"Thank you for the compliment, the sedan chair is here, and the lower officials will take the first step." Yan Chengjin raised his legs and got on the sedan chair.

Li Dongyang waved his hand, revealing an old fatherly smile: "Slow, let's go to the official mansion for dinner tonight." ”

"This ......" Yan Chengjin hesitated.

Knowing that this guy was cautious, Li Dongyang said angrily: "What are you afraid of, the food in this official mansion can still be poisonous!" ”

Yan Chengjin thought for a while: "Then thank you." ”

Li Dongyang smiled and nodded, that's right.

Since the crown prince chose a concubine, he found that Qing'e seemed to have something on his mind, how could he not see that he had a sweetheart.

He thought about it, the person who went to the house as a guest on weekdays, except for his protégé, was Yan Chengjin.

But his protégés are not young, and they have many families, so they will definitely not be Qing'e's sweetheart.

That's all that kid is left.

I'm going to try him today.

Yan Chengjin was apprehensive in his heart, and just now he clearly saw that a trace of cunning gaze flashed in Li Dongyang's eyes.

Yan Chengjin followed Li Dongyang to the house, and after sitting down, the people brought water to wash their hands, and quickly put on a few home-cooked side dishes.

"If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."

"It's okay, this official is the second assistant of the cabinet, and he still needs to beg you kid? Why don't you see Qing'e? Li Dongyang turned around and asked.

The next person hurriedly went to please.

Hearing that Yan Chengjin went to the house for dinner, Li Qing'e has been hiding in the boudoir, holding the female red in her hand, and she is anxious.

The chubby maid on the side said coquettishly: "Miss, you think about Lord Yan day and night, Lord Yan came to the house, and you don't go to see him." ”

"Daddy made him here." Li Qing'e Bingxue is smart, how can she not see that this is her father wants to try her sweetheart, who is it.

Even if he knows in his heart, if he sees Yan Chengjin for a while, he will inevitably be in turmoil, and his father will see it, so it is better not to see it.

"Fengjiao, just tell my dad that I'm a little unwell."

Feng Jiao asked: "Lord Yan is a little handsome and knowledgeable, the master knows, maybe he will marry Miss to Lord Yan, what is Miss afraid of?" ”

"I'm afraid that my father will be forced to force me, but it's not Yan Gongzi's intention." Li Qing'e's voice was tactful.

In the capital, there are many people who come to be sons-in-law, and now in the imperial court, except for His Majesty, few people can compare with the power of their father.

Although Li Qing'e likes it, she doesn't want Yan Chengjin to be embarrassed.

Although she avoided Yan Chengjin and disappeared, she would be suspected by her father, but after all, it was just suspicion, if she passed at this time and saw Yan Chengjin flowing strangely, she could be seen by her father at a glance.

The fat maid walked quickly to the main hall, bowed to Li Dongyang and said, "Master, Miss said that she was a little uncomfortable, so she didn't come." ”

Li Dongyang put down his chopsticks: "Have you seen it, doctor?" ”

"Miss said, just get some sleep." The fat girl was obviously a little weak-hearted, and Li Dongyang saw it.

Yan Chengjin muttered that Li Dongyang had many children in history, but almost all of them died of illness, and he had to inherit an adopted son from his younger brother.

Won't it ......

Li Dongyang groaned a few times, his daughter was very smart, he guessed his intentions, he couldn't force it, and he had nothing to talk about with Yan Chengjin, so he talked about the affairs of the court.

"In the past two years, disasters have been frequent, and there has been a locust plague in Hejian Province, and this year's summer tax revenue will be reduced a lot."

Yan Chengjin felt normal, the world was so big, either there was an accident in the east or something in the west.

The news is closed, and ordinary people may not feel it.

But the prefects of various places have gathered the sparse performance into the cabinet, and Li Dongyang will of course feel that there are many things.

If there are news reports, locust plagues, landslides, floods, droughts, banditry, and so on will probably be reported every day, let alone dealt with, and they will not be able to see it.

However, historical records record that at this time in Hejian Mansion, there was a locust plague.

The locust plague has not occurred once or twice, the imperial court has its own way to deal with it, and in front of Li Dongyang, Yan Chengjin did not express much opinion.

chatted about the literary world for a while, less about officialdom and more nonsense.

Speaking of which, the Ministry of Politics and Industry has been in the Ministry for some time, and His Majesty has no intention of letting him be promoted.

Yan Chengjin naturally wanted to be promoted.

But this is clearly the same as Li Dongyang, there is no difference from bribery, and he also has some thoughts about Li Qing'e, if he really becomes Lao Taishan in the future, it is inevitable that he will be chewed on the root of his tongue.

It was getting late, and Yan Chengjin got up to say goodbye.

The next morning,

Hejian Province,

A rare gust of wind blew, flying sand and rocks, and a black cloud in the sky was slowly moving.

Wang Xing, the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, was frightened.

Yesterday there was a lot of smoke, but not only did it not drive it away, but this morning I felt that there was a lot more.

In just half a day's work, there was nothing to be seen in the farmland except locusts.

Next to Hejian Mansion is Suncheonfu, and within three days, these locusts will fly to the territory of Suncheonfu, and perhaps even over the Imperial Palace.

Where did Wang Xing dare to delay, he hurriedly sent someone to set off quickly, and sent another report to Beijing.

When Li Dongyang was on duty, he saw Wang Xing's sparse performance: the locusts in Hejian Mansion are increasing day by day, and the smoke is useless, and there is not a single inch of grass left where it passes, and now it is migrating to the north, and three days later, it is afraid that it will invade the territory of Shuntianfu.

When they saw the recital, Li Dongyang and Liu Jian were shocked.

"Don't write a ticket, send it directly to Fengtian Temple, I'll go over with you!"

Liu Jian and Xie Qian also knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately rushed to Fengtian Temple.

After Emperor Hongzhi finished reading the report, Li Dongyang said: "The report was sent to the capital, and after another half a day, I don't know what happened to Hejian Mansion." ”

"Tens of thousands of locusts, like a piece of dark clouds, covering the sky and the sun, have attacked countless farmlands, and eaten up the crops that have just grown. Liu Jian said.

Li Dongyang sighed: "The number of locusts today is not comparable to yesterday. ”

Emperor Hongzhi paced back and forth in front of the emperor, and the method of controlling locusts since ancient times was to expel them with fire, but the crops would be burned together, and the effect was not good.