"Li Gang, you disappointed me too much!"

The emperor said coldly.

Li Gang stood there and excused himself, refusing to admit his mistake and bowing his head.

At this time, the other ministers saw that the atmosphere was tense and also came to persuade them.

"If you don't get along, you have to pick a stack of people and leave?" Luo Cheng sneered, in the past, Luo Cheng still respected Li Gang a lot, and felt that this person had a good moral character, and he could be regarded as the prince's master. After all, the crown prince is the future emperor, and the prince needs good morality, and it doesn't matter if he is talented, but as long as his morality is good, he can take over the class.

But now it seems that Li Gang can't do it either, and he also has a lot of selfishness, his biggest selfishness is the emperor's desire to reform, like those Confucian scholars since the Han Dynasty, but his own talent is not good, but he always thinks that his own is right.

If the emperor does not accept his transformation, he will pick and leave.

He really felt that he had seen through Li Gang a little.

"If you want to resign, I won't allow it."

Li Gang replied, "The minister can't advise His Majesty and ask for his resignation." ”

"Good, good, good." The emperor said three good words in a row, but he still did not accept his resignation, "I will not allow you to resign, I think that you are indeed not qualified to serve as a scholar and crown prince, I will dismiss you now." ”

There is not a big difference between resignation and resignation.

If Li Gang's resignation is approved by the emperor, then even if he is a minister, he can still enjoy the treatment of Zaifu before his resignation, but the resignation is different.

"I degraded you as Yanshi County, Eight Pins."

Li Gang's face was pale, this is really not a little bit of affection, originally as a scholar of Dongge University, this is a second rank, and he is still the teacher of the noble prince Zhan Shijun. But now it has been reduced to an eight-grade green robe, and he can't even wear a green robe.

As for the knighthood, of course, it was also taken away.

"You go to Yanshi, assist the county commander in digging locust eggs, prepare for disasters and famines, don't talk to me about high-profile songs, and do something practical in the current disaster."

"Old minister Li Gang, thank you."

Li Gang is also stubborn, originally Zaifu's resignation, it will also have to be signed by the government Zaifu, if he admits a mistake, Zaifu will help say something good, maybe things will turn around.

But now he directly received the order to thank him, and when he was still in the palace, he took off the three-beam Jinxian crown on his head, and untied the thirteen golden jade belts around his waist, and then took off the purple robe, and finally put his jade wat on the table, and even the golden crane charm and the golden crane bag were taken off and placed on the table.

He wore a white tunic and bowed to the emperor with his bare head and said goodbye.

Luo Cheng looked at him awkwardly, and he didn't bother to persuade him again.

"Feng Lishi, send Li Xiancheng out of the palace on behalf of me."

Feng Lishi carried Li Gang out of the hall, in front of the palace gate, Feng Lishi said kindly, "Why should Li Lao be rash, I know that you have good intentions, but it is not such a advice, and today I was going to discuss how to prevent disasters and prepare for famine, you are good, as soon as you come up, you will give Your Majesty such a shot, Your Majesty's temper is not unknown, you do this, it is not worth it." ”

Li Gang actually felt a little regretful in his heart the moment he walked out of the hall, not that he was in love with the stack position, but he felt that he was too irresponsible.

I'm afraid that if I leave in the future, there will be even fewer people in the Xuanzheng Hall who can advise the emperor, who else can be as outspoken and willing to admonish as himself, the emperor who is rigid and self-serving, I am afraid that he will do whatever he wants.

"Hey, thank you Gong Feng, please go back."

Feng Lishi could only shake his head, beckoned to call two Qianniu Guards, and asked them to send Li Gang out of the palace.

"Old Li, when you get to Yanshi, be pragmatic, pay close attention to disaster prevention and preparedness, as long as this locust plague passes, if Yanshi has a good disaster prevention effect, Your Majesty will definitely let Old Guan Li reinstate."

Li Gang silently walked down the steps, not knowing what to think.

Feng Lishi looked at his bleak back, just sighed, and turned back to the hall.

In the temple.

Yu Shinan, a university scholar, suggested to the emperor, "Starting from Emperor Guangwu of the Later Han Dynasty, every time there is a locust plague, he will worship the locust god and pray to the god to solve the locust plague." ”

Luo Cheng was dismissive of the proposal of this famous contemporary calligrapher.

"Zi Bu is silent, strange and confused, how can there be any locust god and insect king in this world? A few years ago, when I rectified the world's obscene shrines, I asked people to demolish all those locust temples and insect king temples, and the world worshipped the locust gods when they encountered locust plagues, is it useful? The locust plague is over, not because the locust god has played a role, but because the time is up, the locust will die, and the locust will live for a few months after hatching. ”

Asking the locust god to beg for a few months, the locust plague is over, not because they ask for the locust's credit, but because it only has such a long growth cycle.

"Instead of begging for the locust god and insect king, it is better to organize the people to dig up locust eggs, so that a large number of locusts can be killed in advance, reduce the number of locusts, and after the eggs that have escaped the net hatch, while they can't fly, they must also find a way to hunt and kill again. Mobilize all the people and do something tangible. ”

"Your Majesty, by all means, the minister thinks that the great locust plague that is rare in a hundred years may be related to the destruction of the locust temple in our dynasty, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict to order all counties and counties to immediately resume the construction of locust temples, rebuild locust statues, and supply incense!"

Luo Cheng couldn't help but slap the table again.

This Yu Shinan, he thinks that he is the same as Li Gang, deliberately pretending to be confused, he doesn't believe that Yu Shinan, the most famous calligrapher of contemporary times, and also the author of articles and poems, such a famous son of a family, would really believe in any locust gods.

"Yu Shinan, you also disappointed me."

Yu Shinan didn't dare to refute.

"It's not yet the locust hatching season, but it's not far off, so we have to go to places where drought and locust plagues are likely to occur, and then increase our food reserves, and we have to start digging locust eggs. The imperial court explicitly ordered all provinces, counties and counties to let the government and yamen at all levels take action to organize the people to dig locust eggs and organize ploughing of those places that are easy to lay eggs. ”

Digging eggs can kill locusts, and ploughing can also kill many locust eggs.

"The people dig up locust eggs, which can be fed to chickens and ducks, or they can be exchanged for the government, and one pound of locust eggs can be exchanged for three catties of grain, and as many officials as there are."

Chu Liang came out to object, thinking that the imperial court could get so much food in exchange for such useless things, after all, there will be droughts where there are locust plagues, and food is precious, so it has to be kept for disaster relief.

"In that case, then I will let the royal family use the money from the inner treasury to purchase grain from other places, and then go to the disaster area to buy locust eggs, one pound of locust eggs for three catties of grain, as much as you want! I will never break my word. ”

The emperor is willing to use the money from the inner treasury to buy grain in other places in exchange for this locust egg, not to use the money from the treasury, nor to use the food in the disaster area, Chu Liang has nothing to say at this time, but he still feels that the emperor is a little messy, what is the use of this locust egg, let the people dig it, it is also to save themselves, why bother to exchange it for food.