In the face of catastrophes, the government often did nothing, which was the biggest pain point of the ancient dynasties, on the one hand, because of the limited conditions, and the desire to act was often powerless, and more because of the official-oriented thinking, the officials were seriously out of touch with the stratification of the people.

Usually, it is only after a catastrophe that the disaster is rushed to provide relief, and then one or two corrupt officials are corrupted and perverted the law, resulting in starvation everywhere, and provoking civil unrest is another disaster.

Even if the disaster in the fourth year of Zhenguan happened under the emperor's nose, the losses caused were still unbearable pain for the Tang Dynasty.

Especially when the matter of Xuanwumen had only passed, the people of Guanzhong remembered that Li Shimin killed his brother and forced his father, and many of them thought that the stubborn old man had taken advantage of the drought of Zhenguan for four years, thinking that it was a natural disaster to blame Li Shimin, which led to this great drought and jointly forced the palace.

That feeling of helplessness Li Shimin still wakes up in his dreams from time to time when he thinks about it, and Li Shimin has never been afraid of the enemy on the surface, but with the power of ghosts and gods, Li Shimin is helpless in the face of it.

Li Shimin, who was able to launch the Xuanwumen coup, was definitely not a rigid person, he calmed down, carefully thought about Merton's attention, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt.

First of all, Guanzhong is the hinterland, and it is impossible for foreign enemies to invade in a short period of time, even if it is an emergency, the sixteen guards who are still in Guanzhong can put on armor and become a qualified soldier at any time.

Moreover, most of the soldiers of the Sixteenth Guard were children of Guanzhong, helping their hometowns, not only did they not resist emotions, but they also had to be grateful to Li Shimin.

Therefore, the risk of using the officers and soldiers of the 16th Guards is almost zero, and Li Shimin has no possibility of refusing such a risk-free thing and a huge benefit.

And this is also related to the Guanzhong area of the century-old foundation, once the Guanzhong area solves the irrigation problem, Li Shimin will be the heart of the people of Guanzhong, all the people will spontaneously support Li Shimin,

With bumper grain harvests every year, the problem of grain that has always been in short supply in Guanzhong will also be solved, and there will be no longer any need to mobilize grain from various localities at a huge cost every year.

The more Li Shimin thought about it, the more excited he became, and discussed the disaster relief plan with Fang Xuanling from time to time. Fang Xuanling was also very excited, he found that this kind of army disaster relief method is very valuable in the face of some huge natural disasters. These organized and disciplined soldiers are able to make a huge difference.

The more the two of them discussed, the more excited they became, and one by one the brilliant plans were quickly finalized.

Merton breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the people in this pass were completely saved, although he didn't dare to say that he could restore production, at least he could save some of the food and survive this disaster.

In this way, Mojia Village finally didn't have to worry about becoming the only crab that escaped.

"Lord Dragon forgiveness! The Dragon King forgives his sins! The other villagers were just deceived by Mojia Village, and asked the Dragon Lord to forgive him, but the old farmer has always been respectful to the Dragon King, and if you want to punish the old man, punish the Mojia Village. "The village elder on the official road led a few pious superstitious people, and pleaded guilty to the dragon king in fear.

"Foolish!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly. He now had a way to deal with the drought, and he was very dissatisfied with the old man begging the dragon king for rain and groveling.

Isn't this the foolish policy that you have been preaching? Morton secretly said in his heart, of course, he didn't dare to say this sentence in his heart, otherwise it would be another meal.

"Old man, you don't have to ask for rain anymore, in a few days the imperial court will organize the people to fight drought and provide disaster relief." Li Shimin couldn't bear to let the old man continue to suffer, so he persuaded.

"Imperial court disaster relief? The court can control people, and it can also control the Dragon King, I see that you were with the people of Mojia Village just now, you must be with them, and you want to lie to me. The village elders didn't believe Li Shimin's words at all, if the government had been able to fight the drought and provide disaster relief, there would not have been such a big famine in the past few years.

Li Shimin glared at Morton hatefully, and looked at the stubborn old man helplessly, he kindly persuaded the old man, but he didn't expect that he was still considered to be in the same group as Mojia Village.

Merton was speechless, not thinking that he would do nothing and still be affected by the pond fish.

"Ahem! Old man, you don't know this, Mojia Village has developed a tool for dryland irrigation, and has dedicated it to the imperial court, and the imperial court will organize drought resistance in a few days. Morton spoke up to help Li Shimin relieve the siege.

"Really?" The village elders did not believe. Mojia Village is overwhelmed with wells and watering the ground, and of course he knows that the acre of land near the official road is almost finished.

But he didn't have that much money to buy tools and hire people, so it was more reliable to ask the Dragon King.

"If the imperial court does not provide disaster relief, Mojia Village will personally help your family dig wells for irrigation!" Merton patted his chest and reassured.

Under the unremitting publicity of Moton and Mojia Village, the story of Mozi's trustworthiness for thousands of years has been widely spread, coupled with the good trustworthiness of Mojia Village, which has greatly improved the credit of Mojia Village, and the village elders immediately believed most of them, as for the other small half, doesn't Mojia Village also have a guarantee of irrigation for his family?

"Great, thank you Young Master Mo, Young Master Mo is the villain's benefactor, the villain goes back to set up a shrine for the young master, and thanks the young master for his great kindness during the New Year's holidays." The village elder said excitedly.

"Don't, the Mo family doesn't believe in superstition!" Merton hurriedly refused, so as to persuade the excited village elders to leave.

Just kidding, the emperor is next to him, and he wants to set up a shrine for him, isn't that adding fire to roasting him?

"Superstition?" Li Shimin looked at Merton suspiciously, the Lisheng Ancestral Hall was the highest honor in the hearts of ordinary people, and it made the Mo family sneer.

"The Mohists call some behaviors that make people blindly believe in the pretense of ghosts and gods as superstition, and the harm of superstition is very great, ranging from being cheated of money to losing people's lives." Merton gave a rough explanation of the methods used by witches in the market to pray to God, incense ashes to cure diseases, and to hunt ghosts.

"You're saying that the witch kills the ghost because the paper figure is coated with turmeric, and the blood stains appear on the wooden sword?" Fang Xuanling's face instantly became solemn, this is not a trivial matter, it is simply a matter of carelessness.

Merton nodded and said, "That's not actually bloodstains, but the lye on the wooden sword that met turmeric and turned red." This was the first to be discovered by Hua Lao, turmeric is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, and he knew it as soon as he smelled it, which saved a life that delayed treatment in time. ”

"The ghost knocks on the door because the blood of the yellow eel attracts bats, and the blood stains on the paper appear because the font is smeared in advance! These witches are really harmful! Li Shimin's face was pale, what Merton said was reasonable, and the various methods were very detailed, which made people have to believe it.

There are countless of these witches in Datang, and you can imagine how many people have been deceived because of this.

According to Mojia records, in the previous dynasties, there were gods and men who buried soybeans and idols in the soil together, watered day and night, and the bean sprouts swelled and sprouted when exposed to water, and little by little the idols were pushed out of the soil from the ground. Thousands of believers were absorbed overnight. ”

"Shhh

Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin gasped, if it weren't for Morton saying it himself, if the two of them saw the gods planted in the soil little by little, I am afraid they would also be tricked.

Fang Jun looked at Merton with admiration, and although Merton was often called the background, he was never bored.

"There are even some careerists who will bury the anti-character stone dare dang into the ground in advance, and after a period of time, lure people to dig it out and gather people to rebel." Merton broke another big news.

"Fish belly collection of books, bonfire fox chirping!" Li Shimin's face was extremely embarrassed.

This kind of method is not uncommon, at the beginning of this method was the first person to rebel Chen Sheng, who directly stuffed a note into the belly of the fish belly, and learned a few fox calls by the bonfire, the means were extremely inferior, but it was a success, and the huge Great Qin Empire fell apart.

"Your Majesty, these superstitions are so poisonous that they must be banned." Fang Xuanling was also shocked into a cold sweat, he didn't expect it. Small superstitions, which are so common, hide such a great harm.

Li Shimin nodded heavily, but those who threatened the rule of the Tang Dynasty must be eradicated immediately, and the afterglow swept over the clay sculpture of the dragon king on the side, Li Shimin was furious in his heart, and the rain in front of him was not superstition!

Li Shimin grabbed the long knife worn by Li Junxian, and the knife flashed, and the clay dragon head fell to the ground with a bang.

Merton grew his mouth in surprise, and he was confused, in the romance, but Wei Zheng beheaded the Dragon King of Jinghe, and Li Shimin protected the people, and now he has become Li Shimin and the Dragon King.