Hearing Li Xiu's suggestion to simply kill Wei Zheng, Li Shimin, who was angry, was also a little moved, but then calmed down, and then looked up at Li Xiu's smiling expression, where did he not know that he was talking back?

"Okay, don't talk the other way, although I'm angry that Wei Zheng doesn't know the general situation, he is still a little different from other people who forced me to make an edict, at least I know that he is not as selfish as some people, and it is a bit too much to shout and kill. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Shimin glanced at Li Xiu at the moment and said, but after Li Xiu's interruption, the anger in his heart disappeared a lot.

"Hehe, Your Majesty is wise!" Hearing Li Shimin's answer, Li Xiu immediately saluted and praised.

But at the moment when he bowed his head, he secretly pouted, Li Shimin's words were good, but the reason why he left Wei Zheng, in addition to valuing Wei Zheng's talent, actually wanted to show his magnanimity, after all, even Wei Zheng, the former prince's henchman, he dared to reuse, and other talents were not eager to be sought? It can be said that Wei Zheng is Li Shimin who set up a memorial arch for himself, and he naturally will not easily knock down this memorial arch.

At that moment, Li Shimin asked Li Xiu to sit down, and no longer mentioned Wei Zheng's matter, but opened his mouth to ask him about the locust plague outside the city.

Li Xiu also knew that Li Shimin was very concerned about this locust plague, so he told him in detail what he had seen with his own eyes yesterday, and when Li Shimin heard that the locusts swept the earth like dark clouds, and the green everywhere he passed was lost, his eyes also showed a sad look.

"I didn't expect this locust plague to be so terrible, it is estimated that this is also the biggest locust plague since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, yesterday I saw locusts everywhere in the imperial garden, and I thought that there were so many locusts in the palace, let alone outside the city!" Li Shimin finally muttered to himself even more bitterly.

He finally sat down and was about to show his ambitions and prove his ability to the world, but he didn't expect to encounter this locust plague again, and it happened in the Guanzhong region at the core of the Tang Dynasty, which was like a stab in his heart, and his previous plan was completely disrupted.

"Your Majesty, in fact, locusts are not incurable, and on the way here today, I saw a very interesting thing!" Seeing that Li Shimin's mood was so low, Li Xiu told him about meeting Xu Jingzong at the city gate today, and those scholars who showed everyone how to eat locusts.

The more Li Shimin listened, the more surprised he became, and finally couldn't help but widen his eyes and said to Li Xiu: "Locusts can also be eaten?" ”

"It's really edible, and it tastes quite good, I've already eaten it with people in the Ministry of Agriculture, and now locusts have become a delicacy in the Ministry of Agriculture!" Li Xiu nodded with a smile.

"Great, if the people of the world can regard locusts as a delicacy, I am afraid that when there is another locust plague, a considerable number of locusts will be eliminated!" Li Shimin couldn't help but be very excited when he heard this, this is probably the only good news he has heard in the past few days.

However, after the excitement, Li Shimin showed an embarrassed expression, because he also thought of his current situation, just a guilty edict has already turned the sky upside down, if the court comes forward to promote the eating of locusts, it will definitely make some people find an excuse to attack him, although this attack will not shake his rule over the Tang Dynasty, but it will affect his reputation, and even be branded as "disrespectful to heaven and earth, obstinate" and other notoriety.

"Your Majesty, the people are afraid of the locust plague like a god, if it is promoted by the imperial court, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the people, and if you want to change the concept of the people, it is not an overnight thing, so it is better to hand this matter to those young scholars, they have insight and courage, and they do not believe much in the strange forces such as locust gods, and they also have influence among the people, with their publicity, I believe that soon they will start to eat locusts, as long as this matter forms a trend, then it may drive more and more people to join in!" Li Xiu also saw Li Shimin's embarrassment, and immediately spoke out to explain.

"Alas, others think that I, the emperor, can do whatever he wants, but only you and Wuji and others know that I have too many concerns, and sometimes I know that this matter is beneficial to the people of the world, but I am tied up and can't do it at all!" After Li Shimin heard Li Xiu's words, he couldn't help but hate at the moment, he didn't need to ask to know that he must be very eager to completely cut off these things that bound him, so that he could create a prosperous Tang Dynasty according to his own ideas.

For Li Shimin's words, Li Xiu just smiled and didn't speak, in fact, he didn't think that it was a bad thing for the imperial power to be restricted, in fact, the unrestrained power was even more terrible, but now the way to restrain the imperial power is very problematic, such as those big families, they are the biggest binding force of the imperial power, but these families only care about the interests of their own families, when their own interests conflict with the interests of the people of the world, they will only abandon the people of the world, so Li Xiu does not have any good feelings about the family.

After a few words of emotion, Li Shimin asked again about the edible locusts, Li Xiu simply asked people to catch some locusts back, and then ordered the people in the imperial dining room to fry it and bring it up for Li Shimin to taste, but Li Shimin was also greatly admired after eating, but then he frowned and said: "Li Xiu, the taste of this fried locust is indeed good, but is it a bit too luxurious to fry it in oil, after all, ordinary people can't afford to use so much oil?" ”

Seeing that Li Shimin had even considered such a trivial matter, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile again and explained: "Your Majesty is still thoughtful, but locusts can not only be fried, they also taste good when stir-fried, of course, they can also be boiled and eaten with a little salt, but in comparison, fried locusts are more acceptable!" ”

Li Xiu had eaten silkworm chrysalis in his previous life, it was the kind of fried silkworm chrysalis, although he didn't like the taste, but he could barely eat a few, and he felt nauseous after eating too much, and then once during a meal, someone ordered a walnut stewed silkworm chrysalis, but Li Xiu vomited when he saw this stewed silkworm chrysalis, and the visual impact was simply too strong.

After tasting the locusts, Li Xiu chatted with Li Shimin for a while, and when it was almost dark, he said goodbye and left, and when he passed by the city gate, he found that although Xu Jingzong was no longer there, but those passionate young scholars were still there, and some people dared to taste the locusts, and many people praised the taste, after all, most ordinary people in this era lack oil and water in their stomachs, and the locusts originally tasted good, and after frying, they were naturally more acceptable.

Seeing that the scholars were so active and had opened up the situation, Li Xiu also showed a relieved expression, but he didn't get out of the car again, and after watching it for a while, he ordered the coachman to leave.

Early the next morning, Li Xiu went out again after breakfast, and then went straight to the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday he wanted to come to the Ministry of Agriculture to see, after all, the locust plague is so serious, the Ministry of Agriculture must be very busy, not to mention anything else, just recording the details of the disaster is a big project.

The impact of this locust plague continues, and it is not only the crops in the fields that are affected, for example, there is a very prosperous small market in the agricultural department in Japan, Li Xiu likes to eat the Hu cakes sold in the market the most, but in the past two days, there is not even a person in the market, whether it is buying or selling things, most of them are actually mainly farming, so since the outbreak of the locust plague, everyone has gone back to drive away the locusts, even if they are not farming, they are busy buying food at this time, preparing for the famine that may come next, Naturally, no one does business anymore!

Looking at the empty bazaar, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head, and then walked to the Ministry of Agriculture, he came early today, the Ministry of Agriculture was eating best-selling, as soon as he entered the yamen, he smelled a smell of fried locusts wafting in the air, it seems that Chef Liu is really good at saving money, and even serving locusts for breakfast, after all, locusts don't cost money, just take a few nets to catch them.

Li Xiu thought that Yang Nong must be eating breakfast, so he was about to go to his room to wait, but he didn't expect that as soon as he came to the door of Yang Nong's room, he heard a cough coming from inside, which made him stunned, and then pushed the door and walked in.

I saw Yang Nong sitting behind the table at this time, covering his mouth with one hand and coughing violently, his face was also flushed, and he couldn't say anything when he saw Li Xiu come in, he just stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down, and then he made more than a dozen sounds, and finally stopped, and then took a few sips of water on the table, and then took a long sigh of relief.

"Yang Gong, what's wrong with you, why don't you go back and rest?" Li Xiu also showed a worried expression at this time and said, the last time he came to see Yang Nong, the other party had a little cough, and it was only a day later, and Yang Nong's illness seemed to have become more serious.

"It's okay, it's just that the wind chill has worsened, and I've already seen the doctor, and I'm taking medicine now, but I'm getting older, and I'm not recovering as fast as young people." Yang Nong waved his hand at this time and said with a smile, as soon as people get older, many physical problems will appear, and he has long been used to this.

"By the way, I heard that there are scholars at the gate of the city who preach the benefits of eating locusts to the people, and this matter must also be related to the national prince, right?" Yang Nong suddenly smiled and asked, he also heard the officials in the yamen mention this matter, so he immediately thought of Li Xiu.

"Haha~, I really can't hide it from Yang Gong, I handed over this matter to others, I didn't expect him to think of using the influence of the scholars to promote this matter, when I entered the city yesterday, I was also very surprised, but the effect was quite good." Li Xiu also explained with a smile.

"It's a good idea, and it's better to do something about it than to let the young scholars eat and chant poetry every day." Yang Nong also smiled at this time, then stood up and said, "Guogong, you came just in time, I was about to go to see the impact of the locust plague on sweet potatoes, let's go together, I don't know if these sweet potatoes can really withstand the locust plague?" ”