Luo Yan is waiting, waiting for Li Shimin's choice. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There aren't that many good things in the world, and that's no different at this time. On one side is Luo Yan alone, and on the other side are all the heads of the three provinces and six departments. If Li Shimin can't make up his mind at this time, then he will not hesitate to return to Lantian and use his influence to carry out the practice of exterminating locusts in a county. Luo Yan doesn't want to be a saint, but he also doesn't want to bury his correct thoughts, and then lead to the destruction of life.

This is not the first time Li Shimin has found himself in a dilemma. It's not the first time I've made the choice Luo Yan gave him.

Although he also heard the strong opposition of his powerful ministers, with his blind trust in Luo Yan's past words and deeds, and the urgency of the situation after the outbreak of the locust plague, Li Shimin finally chose this path that few people walked: "Go in, and when you go back, write everything you know." Xuan Ling, inform the officials of the fifth grade and above in Beijing that they will not be absent from the court meeting early tomorrow morning, if there is no other reason. ”

Li Shimin has already expressed his choice very resolutely, even if there are still ministers who are bitterly opposed at this time, but there is no room for recovery. "I know what you're worried about, but in any case, we must ensure that the people survive this disaster. The so-called sacrifice to heaven and cultivation of virtue is just wishful thinking on our part. If Heaven is able to recover this calamity in time, it will ask me to fast for a year, and I am willing. But, okay? ”

The two-word rhetorical question made the important ministers who originally wanted to dissuade him close their mouths at the right time. Okay? Definitely not. If it really worked, the history books would have been capitalized and close-up, and they would still need to be sad here.

This is the weakness of these important ministers. Since no one has anything to do, it is better to break the established rules. Try it.

Luo Yan was very happy. He liked the feeling of being trusted, and he liked that he was able to turn what he knew into a help to the people. Now that Li Shimin has made a choice, it means that as long as he can withstand the pressure of the court tomorrow and cooperate with Li Shimin, then this locust plague will always be much less destructive than what is written in the history books in his head.

Bowing to Li Shimin, Luo Yan did not wait for these high-ranking officials in front of him, and hurried out of the main hall, seemingly unwilling to stay for a moment.

"Alas, I don't know what he thinks. When this natural disaster hits, can it be eliminated by manpower alone? Fang Xuanling sighed, as if he still had some objections to what Luo Yan proposed.

He has always believed that man will conquer heaven. With what I know about him, he was able to come up with a very effective way to do it this time. What's more, what can we do if we don't believe him, Your Majesty believes enough. The eldest grandson Wuji walked behind Fang Xuanling, and he also sighed shallowly. However, this sigh is different from Fang Xuanling's.

"I think you two, let's think about how to choose tomorrow in the court." Du Ruhui saw it clearly: "You didn't see that when he asked His Majesty to choose, he was clearly full of ambition." If he hadn't been so sure, I don't think he would have come up with such a solution. However, will you really have to sing against Your Majesty at that time? ”

Naturally, the court has let go of its rhetoric. At that time, the principle of the minority obeying the majority was basically practiced. Of course, if you insist on going your own way, you can pass it if the impact is not great. However, the three provinces and six ministries already have the right to reject Li Shimin's edict. The question of how to choose. Not only was Du Ruhui worried, but after listening to his words, the other courtiers around him also began to worry.

Early the next morning, before Li Shimin arrived, the Taiji Palace seemed to explode. A year ago, there was a small court meeting in three days and a large court meeting in ten days. This great court meeting requires all officials above the fifth grade in Chang'an to participate.

However, the last great court meeting was held for three days, and originally only one small court meeting was needed today, and officials from the three provinces and six ministries came to perform the work. However, yesterday afternoon I was suddenly notified that I would not be absent unless there was a special reason. After the imperial historians pointed out the officials one by one and reported them to the Zhongshu Province, the first exceptional court meeting of the Zhenguan Dynasty began in the rising sun.

"Yesterday, the Si Agricultural Division inspected seven lands in Chang'an County and found that the locust eggs in the soil were different from usual. After repeated deductions, it was concluded that a large-scale locust plague in Gyeonggi Province was likely to occur soon after. Today, you have summoned your servants to discuss this matter. The locust infestation is imminent, do you have any good ideas, and try to say it for everyone to refer to. Li Shimin was not interested in listening to the trivial things that many ministers under the rank said, so he said the subject as soon as he came up, and quietly watched the reactions of the ministers in the palace.

It happened suddenly, Rao is a lot of people have ups and downs in the sea, and their efforts to nourish their qi are profound, but they still can't stand such a major news. Knowing that this matter needed to be discussed by the courtiers, the imperial historian did not report the people who talked to each other in the class at this time. It's them, and they're talking to each other at the moment. Not only for the news itself, but also for the handling method that Li Shimin said.

But what else can be done? Many people are accustomed to following the precedent, and the precedent is not the practice of accumulating virtue. To put it more clearly, the emperor took hundreds of officials to bathe and fast, and the people took their wives and children to worship the gods and Buddhas in the temple. Later, there were large-scale relief measures and other measures, and the people were placed under the rule of various states and counties as much as possible, so that there would be no displacement. When the locust plague has passed, the seeds and food will be compensated and the replanting will begin.

Baiguan was extremely puzzled in his heart. Although the locust plague had not yet occurred, didn't the officials of the three provinces and six ministries tell the emperor what to do? If you have to mobilize the people to hold a big court meeting, in the end, you won't just say these words.

Li Shimin still has a trace of longing for these courtiers at the moment. He hoped that one of them would stand up and take the initiative to say something that would not be as shocking as Luo Yan's remarks, but would be able to effectively solve the locust plague.

Wait, wait, listening to the discussion in the hall for almost a stick of incense, Li Shimin finally couldn't sit still. There's no way, what are you guys still doing here. "That's enough, I gave you such a long time to wait, not to let you talk to each other." This angry shout made the originally noisy court quiet down for a while, followed by the unanimous plea of the ministers.

Li Shimin, who has long been tired of this, can only say angrily at the moment: "Okay, okay, I feel upset when I see you like this." Luo Yan, if you don't come out at this time, what are you doing there? Do you want me to go down and ask you to go down in person? "I really don't want these courtiers to continue to delay time, Li Shimin can only show the trick he has prepared a long time ago - summon Luo Yan.

It was only at this time that the courtiers looked back and found that at the back of the Wenchen procession, there was a man in a green official uniform in the distance. When the attendant pulled a sharp voice to the outside of the hall, Luo Yan walked in from the back of the long line without hurrying. When he reached the same level as those officials from various ministries, he bowed down and greeted Li Shimin.

Yu Shi had the heart to accuse him of a crime of dishonorment, but he was handed over by Li Shimin himself, so he couldn't be impeached by himself without saying a word. In this case, I am afraid that Li Shimin will vent Fang Cai's anger on them. There is no choice but to let Luo Yan do this.

Dig and dig in his sleeve, and when he was young, he took out a book that was not thick. After opening the strip, Luo Yan read to himself: "The first chapter of the theory of exterminating locusts, kill locust eggs." Dig one foot of earth, rake it repeatedly with an iron rake, and then compact the land with stone rollers. Drive poultry into the field and make them peck...... Chapter 2, Killing Adult Worms. During the day, the people were driven to catch insects, which could be fed to poultry and livestock, or burned to the ground. A fire is lit at night so that it flies to burn on its own......"

Luo Yan thought of this, but to make the greatest possible use of all the existing conditions, not only human extermination, but also the natural enemies of locusts to carry out ecological disasters.

A kind of courtier, although he doesn't understand it very well, still thinks it's very powerful. As for the disaster relief, it is nothing more than some words about opening a warehouse to release food, prohibiting alcohol and prohibiting luxury, but the courtiers can understand.

After reading it, they understood the general meaning, didn't it mean that the locusts should be exterminated by manpower? It's not going to work, it's going to anger God.

Before the senior officials of the three provinces and six ministries opened their mouths, many people began to oppose it.

"No, it's absolutely not going to work. The plague of locusts is the will of heaven, and how can we act against it? ”

"Don't rely on Your Majesty's grace to act recklessly and covet merit, and you can't do such things that are contrary to God."

And Luo Yan's old acquaintance Pang Fengcheng took the lead in opposing at this time: "Your Majesty, don't listen to the fallacies of this junior, the locust plague is already a warning from heaven, we only need to cultivate yin virtue diligently, and the disaster will naturally disappear." This Luo Yan is young and has a very utilitarian heart, so he must be thinking about inviting heaven this time. Your Majesty must not listen to his rebellious words, otherwise the heavens will send even greater calamity, and we will not be able to bear it. ”

The evil heart is obviously not small, Pang Fengcheng not only opposed Luo Yan's method with a speech, but even bit Luo Yan. If these charges are confirmed, then Luo Yan doesn't have to think about seeking in the sea in the future, just go home and farm.

Although Li Shimin is still a little wavering, Luo Yan's importance cannot be erased by Pang Fengcheng's words. Sighing, Li Shimin motioned for Fang Xuanling to come forward and explain.

"Okay, Pang Shilang, you can step back first. The signs of locust infestation were first discovered by Luo Yan, and then he quickly galloped hundreds of miles to report it. If you talk about inviting merit, he could have asked for merit as early as yesterday, so why should you and me question it here. But what do you think of these things that he said? If so, why? If so, why? Today's court is to discuss these things. ”

The words made the ministers silent for a while. Since Fang Xuanling said that Luo Yan reported it yesterday, today's words, including Li Shimin's previous call, called him up. Could it be that this locust extermination was led by Li Shimin and let Luo Yan take the blame?

Li Shimin didn't know at this time, he took the blame for Luo Yan again. (To be continued.) )