Chapter 70: The Feast of Holidays

In the Changqiu Palace, everyone looked at Fuquan in disbelief, waiting for his next step.

Fuquan said in a positive voice: "I have heard that locust larvae hide in the land, and after the adult worms soar into the sky, go with the wind, travel hundreds of miles a day, and everything is edible, so the treatment of locusts needs to start from two sides, one kills the adults, and the other kills the larvae." ”

Zhang Rang's face changed, and he said viciously: "Vertical nonsense, locusts are gods, how can they be hunted and killed at will?" Your Majesty, please cure this man for his sins. ”

It's just that before Zhang Rang could continue, Fu Quan waved his arms and shouted, shouting loudly: "My nephew asks Your Majesty to rule the middle of the reign of Zhang Rang for the crime of disrespect, and his crime can be punished." ”

After saying a word, the whole hall was shocked, everyone looked at Fuquan, and even the temple people and palace maids inside and outside the hall looked up, after all, it is rare to dare to insult Zhang Rang in the palace like this.

It is extremely rude for the Han Dynasty to insult me in front of me, and it can be said that it is extremely shameful to give me.

Zhang let himself also be shouted by Fu Quan, stunned for a while, and then his angry eyes widened, and the few sticky fake beards under his forehead were also a little out of shape, uneven, and said angrily: "Thief, you dare to be so presumptuous, and you are angry with me." After saying that, he made a tiger pounce with his hands, and he was about to attack Fuquan.

"Stop, the forbidden place in the palace, what kind of system will you become. Zhang Changshi, do it in front of Your Majesty, what do you mean? Liu Hong hadn't woken up from what had just happened, but Queen Song beside him had been sober, and when she saw that Zhang Rang was going to be unfavorable to Fuquan, she hurriedly shouted.

Sure enough, Zhang Rang shouted loudly, and then woke up, and unwillingly glanced at Fuquan, and said in his mouth: "I'm angry!" I'm angry ......."

Indeed, it is strange that he was so humiliated and insulted by a young man in his own territory in the palace, and he even threatened to punish him for the crime of disrespect and kill himself.

Liu Hong also recovered from what happened suddenly, and asked with an indifferent face: "Tannu, what do you mean?" How is Zhang Changzhi disrespectful? Hugh is talking nonsense. ”

The eunuch is his retainer, even if Liu Hong likes Fuquan again, he will not allow him to humiliate himself so close to the eunuch, after all, it depends on the owner to beat the dog.

Fu Quan stood up straight and said: "Zhang Rang insulted Emperor Guangwu, the ancestor, and his crime can be punished." At that time, the edict of the ancestor said: 'Obey the current government, persuade the nongsang, and go to the locusts and thieves.' 'This is good governance in addition to locusts, and now my nephew offers advice to hunt and kill locusts, but the constant attendant says that I am a demon, and I dare to ask my uncle, my words are the same as those of the ancestors, and now my words are evil words, what are the words of the ancestors? Zhang Rang's argument, where is the ancestor, and his words insulting the ancestor as a demon, isn't it disrespectful? ”

Isn't it disrespectful to insult the ancestors of the world as demons?

As soon as the words were finished, everyone was dumbfounded, and Fu Quan's last sentence was like a knife blade piercing everyone's minds.

Indeed, if you say this, Zhang Rang must be disrespectful to the ancestors, and when it comes to crime, Liu Hong, as a descendant of Guangwu, will not be able to punish Zhang Rang.

"Your Majesty, the slave doesn't mean it, it's ......" Zhang Rang was at a loss for words by Fu Quan's sophistry at this time, and then he realized that he had dug a pit and jumped in by himself, his face was extremely ugly, and he cried and begged Liu Hong for mercy.

Of course, Liu Hong would not really cure Zhang Rang's crime, but he said with a smile: "You, a Tan slave, have quick wisdom and harm Zhang Changshi like this." If it is as you say, I am afraid that all the princes of the Manchu Dynasty will be disrespectful to the ancestors. ”

Fu Quan smiled and didn't answer, Liu Hong was smart since he was a child, and he used sophistry to prove that Zhang Rang was disrespectful to Liu Xiu, which Liu Hong quickly saw through and returned his own army.

After all, Zhang Rang was not the only one who regarded the locust plague as a warning to the gods, and there were not a few people who were bound by the Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory in the minds of the Manchu Dynasty, and most of them did not dare to catch locusts like Zhang Rang.

Later, Liu Hong asked again: "How to cure locusts?" ”

"I see that the eggs of locust larvae are hidden in the moist soil near the water, and they can be killed by ordering people to dig them up and boil them in fire and water; Adults have short-term and long-term treatment, short-term can be set up at night at the edge of the field, fire digging pits, burning and burying, but can only alleviate the locust plague, if you want to long-term then you need to plant trees by the river, so that locust larvae have no place to grow, and need to raise more chickens, ducks, which have locusts for food, this is the root cause, can prevent this disaster...... "Fuquan later generations often heard the old man talk about Yao Chongzhi locusts, and then I was bored to consult some locust control information, today is good, it was actually used.

Liu Hong's eyes lit up and he asked in surprise: "Is this really the case?" ”

"There are also locusts outside the city of Luoyang, my uncle-in-law only needs to send someone to try it, so why bother asking me?" Fuquan asked rhetorically.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Hong ordered Zhang Rang to pass on the edict to Shangshutai, and Zhao Yue Cavalry Captain sent troops to hunt locusts outside Luoyang City after the holiday. Then he let Fuquan leave and went out of the city with his uncle to help him take care of the locust hunting.

False festival is that the emperor borrows tokens of the festival to his courtiers, so that they can hold the festival to complete the order on behalf of the emperor, and then take it back after completion.

This...... Liu Hong's order made Fu Quan cry and laugh, this is because he still doesn't believe in himself, otherwise why don't the others even Henan Yin pass on the decree, but only let his uncle go to hunt locusts.

After receiving the edict, Fu was also full of doubts and uneasiness. He is a nerd, and naturally he also thinks that locusts are gods, how can they be easily killed, and when Xiao Huangmen told him that it was his precious nephew who spoke to Liu Hong, he looked angry.

When Fuquan returned home, after Fuquan finished blowing his nose and glaring, he almost picked up the cuffs of his robe and came up to do it to himself, but with Liu Hua by his side, it would naturally not happen.

Liu Hua pampered Fuquan, and after Fuquan told the locusts where they came from, he didn't ask again, but went back to the backyard and continued to take care of his three-year-old cousin, Fujun.

At this time, the child is naughty, he loves to run around, and the house is not less made by him, Liu Hua doesn't have much energy to ask about it.

Since it was the emperor's edict, Fu Wan thought that he was a loyal minister of the Han family, even if he was unwilling, he could only receive the order, changed his robe, and took Fuquan to the barracks to lead the troops after taking the festival.

There were many ways to send troops in the Han Dynasty, and holding a festival was one of them. The Han Festival is made of bamboo, which is about eight feet long according to the measurement method of the Han Dynasty, which is about five feet to five feet six inches now; The top of the festival is decorated with oxtail, so it is also called "Yang Festival" or "Fashionable Festival", it has a total of three, the color changes from time to time, it was originally red, when Emperor Wu sent troops because of the prince of the Emperor's temperance, it was added to the yellow Yang on the first weight, to show the difference; Wang Mang seemed to be yellow when he was thrifty, and after the establishment of the country, he returned to the old Han Dynasty.

The Yue cavalry battalion is all elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty, and the camp is naturally stationed outside the city, otherwise how can there be thousands of cavalry drills in the narrow place in the city?

Fu Wan and Fu Quan rode on horseback, and Huang Zhong and Fu Wan's cronies and guards led the way.

Since Huang Xu recovered from his illness, Huang Zhong went through Fuquan to "undress and push food", and there was a BMW gift, and since then he has been raised under the Fuquan Gate, after all, he is also down, even if he returns to his hometown, there may be a way out, and he is not valued by the Hou Mansion, there is money and food supply, and it is not right to stay under the Fuquan Gate?

"Rebel, killing locusts hurts heaven and peace, if the locust god appears, I will not spare you." Obviously, without Liu Hua staring, he had no scruples and began to criticize.

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"Later Han Book Volume 1" note: "section, so for the letter also, with bamboo for it, the handle is eight feet long, with the ox tail for its triple weight." Feng Yan and Tian Yishu said: 'Today, with the responsibility of one section, the power of the three armies will be built, how can it be especially favored by its eight-foot bamboo and the tail of the yak!' ’”