Chapter 128: The Value of Locusts (I)

When a person makes up his mind to do something, he will find that it is not as difficult as he imagined.

Or, although it is tough, it is not so difficult to accept.

The ministers in the hall were the same, before they ate the fried locusts, in their hearts, they felt that eating this thing was similar to eating, but after actually eating it in their mouths, they suddenly found that-

Hey? This seems to be pretty tasty!

The ministers in the main hall can basically be said to have this idea.

As the first Wenchen ate the locusts, the rest of the nature were not reconciled, and they started eating one after another, and suddenly, the "crunching" sound in the entire hall was endless.

When everyone had eaten the fried locusts, Li Shimin announced that he was officially in court.

The court meeting began, and the process was basically the same as usual, and there was nothing special, but before the next court, an exclamation sounded in the court.

"Ah, Lord Zhao, you ......"

As this cry sounded, there was a sudden gasp around him.

"Hiss......"

In the sound of everyone's breathing, the official surnamed Zhao suddenly walked out, and then bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, Wechen suddenly felt unwell, and the itching on his body was unstoppable, please allow Wechen to go home to recuperate."

He scratched his face as he spoke.

I saw that the official surnamed Zhao had a red face, and there were many small red dots on his face, looking at his appearance, Li Shimin suddenly understood why those ministers took a breath just now.

He immediately stood up.

"Someone, send Zhao Aiqing to the Shang Medical Bureau, and let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat him."

"Yes!"

The official surnamed Zhao was sent away, but at this time the main hall of the court became quiet, neither the official reported on government affairs, nor the minister impeached others, and Li Shimin sat there without saying a word, and there seemed to be a tacit understanding between the monarch and the minister.

Soon, this situation was broken, and I saw an imperial doctor hurriedly enter the main hall, and then bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, after the diagnosis and treatment of fifteen imperial doctors from the Shangyi Bureau, everyone thinks that Lord Zhao is poisoned, but this is the first time we have encountered this situation, so we ......"

The implication is that there is no way, so as soon as he said this, the court was in an uproar.

"How is it possible, you were fine when you came?"

"Could it be the locust?"

"No, no, His Majesty the locust ate it, and I will eat it too, and the locust is grabbed and eaten by everyone at will, and it can't be poisonous!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly fell silent again, because everyone suddenly remembered two possibilities.

First, Li Shimin specially poisoned a locust, and whoever ate it was unlucky.

Thinking of this possibility, everyone suddenly felt particularly ridiculous.

Who is Li Shimin? That's the emperor of a country, how could he be so bored as to poison his ministers with locusts?

Moreover, the imperial doctors have said that this situation is the first time they have encountered it, and Li Shimin's suspicion has been cleared in one sentence.

So, everyone thought of the second possibility - the punishment of the locust god.

Although the people standing in the court now are people who have read the books of the sages, and everyone usually shouts things like "Zi Bu is silent, strange and confused", but this is just lip service, and for some things that are nothing more than explanation, many people still prefer to believe in the existence of gods.

Especially Li Shimin also specifically mentioned this matter before, thinking of this, everyone immediately looked at Li Shimin.

In the eyes of everyone, Li Shimin suddenly waved his hand.

"It seems that it is really the punishment of the locust god, and someone is coming, and the prince is sent to the palace."

"Yes!"

seemed to see everyone's doubts, and only after the herald went out did Li Shimin sigh at everyone.

"Alas...... In fact, this matter also has something to do with me, perhaps in order to emulate what I swallowed locusts back then, so the prince made this fried locust, and the punishment of the locust god was also said by the prince, originally I thought he was making it up, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, the eldest grandson Wuji also stood up, and then bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent, Your Majesty must not blame him, the day before yesterday, the old minister went to the outside of the city to inspect the people farming, and happened to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Jinyang, and was fortunate to hear the prince's poems."

As soon as Li Shimin heard the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, he immediately laughed.

"Oh? It turns out that you were also there at that time! ”

Looking at Li Shimin's bright smile, the eldest grandson Wuji also smiled and nodded.

"Yes, Lao Chen still remembers that the prince's poem is called "Compassion for Nong".

As he spoke, the eldest grandson Wuji walked to the middle of the main hall, and then began to recite.

"On the afternoon of hoeing day, sweat drops into the soil, who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work!"

After reading it, he arched his hand towards Li Shimin again.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can make such a poem, it can be seen that he is kind-hearted, and the matter of frying locusts must be that His Royal Highness resents this insect for destroying the crops of my people in the Tang Dynasty, so I hope Your Majesty will not blame him!"

As the "first brother" of the court, the words of the eldest grandson Wuji are weighty, and as soon as his words came out, more than a dozen ministers immediately followed.

"What the eldest grandson said is extremely true!"

"The ministers seconded it!"

"Wechen also seconded it!"

“……”

Seeing so many people "pleading", the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly became even stronger, and he hurriedly raised his hand towards everyone.

"Everyone, please hurry up, since all Aiqing has said so, I will not blame him anymore, but he still needs to explain the punishment of this locust god."

Hearing Li Shimin say this, the ministers immediately shouted "Your Majesty is wise" again, which made Li Shimin smile.

At this time, Gao Ming also stepped into the court, and then arched his hand towards Li Shimin.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately nodded.

"No rudeness!"

"Thank you, Father!"

After Gao Ming stood up, Li Shimin told Gao Ming what he had just done, and when Gao Ming heard it, he was immediately stunned.

"Allergic to locusts?"

At this moment, Gao Ming began to ponder the cause and effect of the matter.

"Could it be that after Lao Li heard me say about the punishment of the locust god yesterday, he let people catch locusts and then use these ministers for experiments?"

I have to say that Gao Ming really guessed a lot, and the only thing he didn't guess was that Li Shimin had already experimented with more than 2,000 soldiers of Qianniuwei before experimenting with these ministers.

And the only difference is that the soldiers of Qianniuwei are more lucky, while Lord Zhao, who has already entered the Shang Medicine Bureau, is more unlucky.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately looked at the imperial doctor next to him.

"Is that Lord Zhao's situation serious now? Are you already unconscious? Are you vomiting? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the imperial doctor was a little stunned, but he quickly reacted and arched his hand towards Gao Ming.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Zhao did not faint or vomit, but there were a lot of small red spots on his body, and his face was still a little hot, and he also said that his body was very itchy."

Hearing the imperial doctor's answer, Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay if he doesn't, it seems that it's just a slight allergy, you can see what medicine you give him, and then let him go back to rest, as long as he doesn't eat locusts or shrimp in the future, he will be fine in a few days."

"Yes!"

The imperial doctor agreed and went down, and after the imperial doctor left, Gao Ming heard Li Shimin's voice ringing in his ears.

"Allergies? What is that? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's voice, Gao Ming looked back and suddenly found that Li Shimin was already standing next to him, and he didn't know when he came over.

However, Gao Ming also knew that now was not the time to dwell on this, so he immediately nodded towards Li Shimin.

"Some people are destined not to eat locusts or shrimp, and once they eat them, they will have allergies, as for this allergy...... It is the punishment of the locusts god. ”

When he said this, Gao Ming began to admire himself.

"I can find this kind of reason, I am really a witty teenager!"

Fortunately, for Gao Ming's statement, Li Shimin immediately nodded in agreement.

"I also think that this should be the case, locusts are such things, such as shrimp in water, locusts when they come out of water, if they can't eat locusts, naturally they can't eat shrimp."

Hearing Li Shimin's explanation, Gao Ming was suddenly a little stunned, and he only remembered at this time that during this period, everyone seemed to regard shrimp and locusts as the same species.

The main reason why people confuse locusts and shrimp is because when the river bed dries up, there are no fish and shrimp, and locusts are overflowing; When the rains are abundant, the locust eggs are blistered to death, and the shrimp in the riverbed are plentiful.

Therefore, not to mention the common people, even the officials at the top believe that locusts and shrimp are the same species, which is the consensus of the Tang people.

But this also saves the clever thing, of course he won't ask for trouble to explain the origin of species, and he can't explain it, so he just follows Li Shimin's words.

"That's right, people who can't eat locusts can't eat shrimp and vice versa, but this kind of example is very rare, it can be said that it is one in ten thousand, so you don't have to worry, after all, everyone here can eat it, and this locust is a good thing!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"The nutrition of this locust is comparable to that of chickens and fish, and regular food can strengthen the body, but it also has the effect of dietary therapy, which has a certain effect on the treatment of whooping cough and qi diseases."

In the Tang Dynasty, whether it was asthma or bronchial asthma, as long as it was difficult to breathe, it was called "qi disease", and Gao Ming was not lying when he said this, because locusts did have a therapeutic effect on bronchial asthma.

Therefore, as soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji's eyes suddenly lit up, and then they asked Gao Ming in unison.

"Is that true?"

Seeing that the two had such a tacit understanding, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Nature is true!"

Hearing Gao Ming's affirmation of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin and the eldest grandson Wuji immediately glanced at each other, and then laughed together.

"Great!"

Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji are so happy because of two people, and these two people are none other than Princess Li Lizhi of Changle and Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang!