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"Send" away Shile, but also from Shile in exchange for four or five thousand people to reclaim wasteland, originally planned to collect grain and recruit troops after the autumn harvest, to take all the green - Ye County, Buqi and other places of the Wubao armed with Su Jun as the leader, although he once assisted him to resist the invasion of Shile, but always under the banner of the Jin Dynasty, refused to surrender, Cao Wei wanted to be peaceful for a long time - who would have thought that suddenly the locust plague would rise.

The locust swarm has swept over the sky, not to mention rice and wheat, and even the grass and trees have been devoured, and it is likely that there will be no harvest this autumn.

Cao Wei beat his chest and cried blood, but he couldn't come up with a countermeasure at all. Locusts are a natural disaster, and who dares to oppose the heavens?

The locusts that were overwhelming the sky, after wreaking havoc in Qingzhou, then went south to Xuzhou, and before Pei and others could react, the forward flew over Huaishui and entered Linhuai County.

Fei Sheng's reaction was a beat slower, and at first he only thought it was an ordinary insect infestation - after all, locust plagues in the Jiangnan area were rare, and the string was naturally missing in his head - Pei should have changed color immediately.

Haven't you ever eaten pork and never seen a pig run? After all, he was a history enthusiast in his previous life, and he had also been exposed to the terrible harm caused by several large-scale locust plagues in ancient China.

Quickly instructed the concubine to mobilize all the people in the reclamation area, plus the guards, to catch and exterminate the locusts together.

He himself planned to return to Huaiyin County as soon as possible to discuss with Bian Yan what to do. It is estimated that it is very difficult to completely kill even just to prevent and block the locusts, but if there is no way to deal with it, it will be completely finished.

But just ran out more than two miles, but was chased by Fei Sheng on horseback. Pei should ask with his eyes, and Uncle Yu lowered his eyebrows and said with a bitter face: "Envoy, the people say that locusts are insects, how can they be caught?" They have set up an incense plan, and they hope that the king will go to the main priest, and ask Heaven to take back this calamity. "If Pei Gai hadn't been riding on horseback, he would have flown up on the spot, kicking Fei Sheng and making her unable to take care of herself—I still thought you were here to ask about the method of hunting and killing, and I dared to ask me to go back and preside over the sacrifice...... Is there a use for sacrifices?

I'm not a mage, can I still curse all the locusts to death?! But when I think about it again, not to mention the common people these days, even many officials are completely ignorant in natural science, and regard locusts as nothing

"Heavenly insects" are not surprising. Pei Gai still remembers that in the "New Tang Dynasty Book: The Biography of Yao Chong", it was recorded that in a certain year when Yao Chong was the prime minister, there was a locust plague in Shandong (referring to Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places east of Hangu Pass).

"The people sacrifice and worship, sit back and watch the seedlings and dare not catch them", Yao Chongshang asked to urge the officials in various places to organize the people to exterminate the locusts, and the result was

"The speaker is noisy", and many officials do not agree. Lu Huaishen, the supervisor of the Yellow Gate, also advised Yao Chong: "If there is a natural disaster, can it be controlled by manpower?" And there are many insects, and they will be peaceful, and I hope the public will think about it. "--It's also a lot of insects, and it's hurtful and angry, whether this guy's skull is filled with human brains, or shit!

Hundreds of years later, there is still such a strange trend of thought in the government and the opposition, let alone the common people in this year?

Looks like I have to go back

The "main priest" is not allowed. So he was forced to fight his horse and return, and sure enough, he saw countless people gathered on the hill next to the ridge in the distance.

Fei Sheng shouted: "Let the king come, make the king come." "While commanding the soldiers, separating the crowd, please Pei Gai climb the mountain.

The hillside is not very steep, Pei Gai knocked his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed up directly, and when he reached the top, he saw that the confession and incense candles were ready, and several white-haired old men surrounded the incense case.

Seeing Pei Gai come up and turn over and dismount, the old people hurriedly beckoned the people to kneel and bow, and at the same time offered pen and ink and woodblock with both hands: "Please make the monarch sacrifice, pray to heaven, collect the locusts, and don't let us and others suffer." ”

"Hulala", even the people and soldiers all knelt down, up and down the mountain, only Pei Gai and Fei Sheng were still standing, really standing out from the crowd.

Fei Boqian is still thinking about it, should I kneel too? Or will I kneel with him again when the envoy has finished writing the prayer and prayed?

I saw Pei Gai casually take the pen, plate and other things, slowly scanned the crowd, and then asked, "The people of the tunsuo have gathered?" A servant under one of the concubines reported: "Seventy percent has arrived, and the rest are coming." Pei Gai nodded and said, "Okay." Then he put the items in his hand on the confession table, and raised the three-foot bamboo cane that he had to leave high.

The people were still crying and pleading: "We have worked hard to cultivate and finally have the mercy of heaven, and there are no storms and rains, and the crops are growing well, but we don't want to suffer this unwarranted disaster." When the locusts cross the border, there will be no harvest, and we will all starve to death, please save me, so that you can be honest with heaven, and you will be able to ask God to take back the punishment......" Seeing that the assassin Shi did not speak, he raised his bamboo cane and quickly lowered his body, and the vast majority of people also stopped wailing for the time being.

Pei Gai remained silent until the noise finally subsided completely, and then he took a long breath and said loudly in his throat: "You wait for the people to stop talking." I have heard that the locusts are the locust gods, and they have been sent by heaven to eat all the fields and crops in order to harm the Lishu, so that this sacrifice should be set up to pray to the heavens to bring disaster to the worse. ”

"Yes, it's ......" The commotion resumed. Pei should look at the bamboo cane and twitch the wind,

"Woo", shouted: "Shut up, and the old man will reply to me." The commotion gradually fell silent again, and the old men knelt in front of Pei Gai, and one of them raised his head tremblingly, and replied, "As the envoy said, please also make a sacrifice to the monarch and save us." Pei nodded and continued to ask in a loud voice, "Can't you sacrifice yourself?" Why do you want me? ”

"What power do we have when we wait for the grass people? Know the providence of heaven? The envoy was sent by the Son of Heaven to guard Xuzhou, which is a noble man like the stars in the sky, and he will be able to go up to the heart of heaven and go down to Anli Shu - the words of the envoy, maybe God will listen. Pei Cai pursed his lips and slowly pressed the bamboo cane on the old man's shoulder: "You also know that I was sent by the Son of Heaven?" What is the Son of Heaven? The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven! Thou and the rest of the people are all sons of the Son of Heaven and the grandchildren of Heaven! If there is a spirit in the heavens, what kind of locust god should An send to harm his grandchildren?! Then his empty left hand shrank into his sleeve, took out an object, and held it high: "Wait, look, what is this?!" The people near looked up and agreed, "It's locusts." It was a very big locust, the color was blue and gray, and the wings were complete, Pei Cai caught and strangled it to death before climbing the mountain, and put it in his sleeve, and then took it out, and first showed it to the big guys, so he immediately scolded and said: "People take grains as their life, but this thing eats grains and kills the people!" I was ordered by the Son of Heaven to shepherd Xu Fang, and the people of Xu Fang are all my people, and they want to harm my people, and I don't share the sky with this thing! As soon as he spoke, he shook his hand, and directly stuffed the locust into his mouth, and returned

"Crunch", chewing very loudly. Well, it's so rusty, it's unpalatable...... I would have known that I would have caught a smaller one...... But it's too small and I'm afraid that the people can't see it clearly...... Pei Cai's move, up and down the mountain, everyone was shocked - there was one who couldn't see clearly from a distance, and naturally it was passed on by word of mouth, and it was all known after a while.

Pei Gai did not wait for the people to discuss, while chewing on locusts, he raised his legs,

"Bang" kicked the confession over, then gritted his teeth, swallowed the worm dregs with a stiff neck, and said loudly: "I am the star in the sky, the little locust god, can An harm me?" If he refuses to go, I will take you and others to kill him! I'm not afraid of thieves, I can scare away by setting up an empty city, but it's a small worm?! Then he raised his bamboo cane and pointed in the direction of the reclamation: "If you don't want to starve to death, follow me and kill the locusts!" "—————————— Pei should put on a show this time, of course, he is Tang Taizong.

According to historical records, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, once ate locusts raw, and said: "People take grain as their life, and you eat it to harm the people." The people have had, and they have a spirit in one person, but when they erode my heart, they will not harm the people. Both left and right said that this thing was dirty, and he was afraid that he would get sick if he ate it, Li Shimin replied: "I hope to move the disaster, why avoid the disease?" However, Li Shimin's show is in the palace, and the common people can't see it at all, and he mainly does it for those officials who oppose locust hunting and killing locusts.

Pei should be transplanted directly and applied to the people, but the effect is only better. Because the common people in these years generally worship authority, not only afraid of officials, but also respect officials, they always feel that the children of high-ranking families, as well as those high-ranking officials and eunuchs, are not the same kind of creatures as themselves, even if they are not descended from the stars, they must have endless power.

Words like "the prince will have a kind of Xiangning" may not really be able to penetrate into the hearts of the people, and even if they knew, they would have to wait until they couldn't live at all before they could come up with it.

Therefore, many things, as long as the officials take the lead, the people will blindly obey, unless they are all at the same time

"Clan power" is firmly imprisoned, and those landowners, although they do not have a wide vision, are somewhat smarter than the common people, and can isolate the officials and the people and control the township.

This is an important reason for the policy of fooling the people in the feudal era, although the common people have knowledge and can produce more materials, but it is not easy to manage with knowledge.

So theoretically, as knowledge spreads, and even most of the gentry become meritorious people, the more difficult it is for the government to control the locality, but that is not really opening up the wisdom of the people, but only leading to the decentralization of power to the gentry class.

Fortunately, there were no squires in the tun reclamation land, although some of them were able to read and write, whether they were brought from Jiangbei or fled from the mountains, but after all, they lost their land and family property, and it was difficult to steal the power of the local government.

The land is reclaimed by the Ministry of Military Justice, so there is no barrier from the gentry class, and the government decrees can be directly implemented to every common people.

So in the minds of the people, Pei Yuanjun is the representative of the government, and

"Heaven" is not much different. In particular, the soul in Pei Gai's body comes from the information society two thousand years later, and he knows the importance of public opinion very well, he once ordered Pei Lian, Zhen Sui and others to spread rumors everywhere, and create their own tall image in the minds of the people - destroying Wubao and killing Haoqiang is one thing, the purpose is of course not to unify the government decree and loot materials, but purely to get rid of the bully, An Lishu;

It is also a matter of the "empty city plan" to scare away Qu Liu, which shows that the monarch is deep and wise, and is fully capable of ensuring local peace.

All kinds of rumors spread more and more evilly, and even said that Pei Yuanjun was able to call the wind and rain and scatter beans into soldiers, so he stood at the head of the city and cast spells, and killed General Hu on the spot...... Don't you see the head of Hu Bing hanging out of the city gate?

What, only a few? That's because you don't have good eyes and don't see clearly, besides, you only saw one city gate, and you have seen three other gates?

Especially the people in the tun reclamation land, the source of information is even more single, and they only hear about the heroic deeds of Pei Yuanjun and his concubine all day long.

In addition, they were uprooted from their hometowns, and they were almost starved to death, but they were saved by Pei Zhijun, and deep down, I also hope that this envoy can be infinite, and can keep his own family safe forever - it is a kind of self-hypnosis caused by good wishes, and work together to create an illusory and glorious image.

And Pei should face this group

The "foolish people" did not talk about science and anti-superstition out of the times and reality, but took advantage of the people's belief to trumpet that the Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven, and I am his representative, so the locust plague is a fart in front of me!

Naturally, the common people can listen to this kind of talk. Of course, just talking about it, there are no practical measures, the locusts are not wise, and they will not bow down because they are afraid of Pei Yuanjun, and then take the initiative to evacuate.

So how should the locust plague be controlled? Fortunately, Pei Cai still remembered the story of Yao Chong's extermination of locusts, and Yao Chong suggested at that time

"Set a fire at night, and burn it and burn it, and the locusts will be exhausted", that is, use the phototaxis of the locusts to trap and kill them.

No matter how clever the means are, Pei should not be clear, so he has to do this step first. So he commanded the people, and they took a bundle of straw, and kindled a flame to drive away the locusts, and drove them all into the great fire that was burning in the ground.

locusts fight fires,

"Crackling", the smell of burning, wafted within dozens of miles. After working so busy for several hours, seeing that the sky was getting dark, Pei should estimate that he would not be able to go back today, so he had to stay in the reclamation land, and only sent his servant Pei Bing to report to Bian Yan on horseback, asking him to quickly organize the locust extermination movement in various townships.

I hope Bian Wangzhi is not a superstitious fool like Lu Huaishen who is unreasonable. The night is low, the old and weak have gone to bed, the young and strong are still holding the fire in the field to extinguish the locusts, and the four fields are dotted with stars, all of which are bright.

Pei was not used to going to bed so early, and he also took the servants to patrol the fields, looking at these lights from afar, as if he had returned to the era full of light pollution before the time...... I shouldn't be able to go back, so I have to struggle hard in this ignorant year, but can my own crossing be like these fires, at least dispel a small piece of darkness and kill a small group of locusts?

He was sighing to himself, and suddenly heard the song next to him shouting: "What person?!" Pei Caixun followed the prestige, and saw that in a field of wheat that was still dark between the lights, there was a small figure swaying.

Immediately, the song raised the fire, and it turned out that a man was squatting by the ridge, with his back to Pei Gai, but he turned his head in shock.

Pei should take a closer look, he is a ragged half-grown child, only thirteen or fourteen years old, seeing his cheeks bulging, his jawbones shaking, and he doesn't know what he is eating.

The tribe asked, "Who are you, dare to rush into the envoy?!" The boy almost cried in fright, and quickly turned around, and prostrated himself in the mud, and kowtowed repeatedly.

Pei should wave his hand and say that he is still a child, don't scare him-

"What are you eating?" The boy stared at him with frightened eyes and replied tremblingly, "The locust god ...... Locusts ...... "cat pounces Chinese