Anyway, first the ledger and then marketing, Qin Ze is already very different in Wang Yuxi's eyes.

has changed from a scoundrel who does not know how to learn, to a rascal who is erudite and talented. Although he was a scoundrel all the time, he was also a golden scoundrel.

Qin Ze thinks that he is a drop of water to Datang, even if he falls from a high altitude, at most it will cause a ripple on the surface of the lake.

But he didn't expect that the ripples he caused were so big, big enough to influence Li Er's thoughts.

The locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan has reached its most serious time. A large area of grain has been gnawed by locusts, the weather is getting drier and drier, and rumors of heavenly punishment have spread to Chang'an.

Li Er has been waiting, and since Qin Ze told him that locusts can be eaten, it has been half a month now. Except for sending food for disaster relief, he simply ignored the rumors.

Qin Ze couldn't understand why this was before, but it wasn't until now that Qin Ze understood that Li Er was waiting. He was waiting for the rumor to reach its peak, and he wanted to crush it at this time and defeat it once and for all.

I have to say that in terms of forbearance, Li Er's heart is excellent.

What was supposed to happen in the inner garden of the palace was moved by Li Er to the outskirts of Chang'an.

He will sacrifice to heaven and pray for the people.

As soon as the gate of Chang'an's Fang Market opened early in the morning, countless people poured towards the outskirts of Chang'an.

The Xing'en Mountain, which flows upstream of the Bashui River, is already full of people.

All officials in Chang'an who are above the fifth grade attended the event.

By the time Qin Ze came, the sky was already bright. Nearly half of the people of Chang'an have come here, and on the stretching ridge, there are all moving black dots at a glance.

Qin Ze came with Cheng Huailiang, so he had the opportunity to come to the closest place. When he came, the sacrifice to heaven had already begun.

The three animals were already neatly arranged, and the white flags were whirring in the wind.

Li Er stood on the altar with a gloomy face, those ceremonial officials were singing in a subdued tone, and the ministers standing behind him also had a serious face. The whole scene was filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

After the ceremonial officer finished singing, Li Er began to take stock of his sins, of course, they were all false sins, and anyone who listened to them was kind words.

Li Er, who was holding a silk cloth, looked particularly pious, and those officials and ministers were all standing behind him, and they were also cooperating with the sadness on their faces one by one. Even Cheng Laoyou, who had been moving, had a black face at this time, waiting there quietly.

On the huge Xing'en Mountain, in addition to the whirring sound of the wind blowing the flags, there was only Li Er's voice.

"If the water and drought are unbalanced, they are all immoral. If I don't cultivate my virtue, God should blame me, what a crime for the people, and suffer more from poverty! If you can be pure, why should the people be uneasy and happy? ”

After speaking, Li Er threw the silk cloth in his hand and threw it into the brazier. And the ministers behind him also echoed in unison: "May the heavens follow the wish, don't disturb the people." ”

Originally, the sacrifice to the heavens should have ended here, but at this time, Li Er suddenly leaned over and picked up a few locusts from the ground.

Then he held it high to the sky and said with a look of hatred: "People take the grain as their life, and you eat it to harm the people." The people have had, and they are giving to one. You have a spirit, but when it erodes my heart, it harms the people. ”

As soon as the voice fell, he devoured the locusts in his hands. Du Laohei and Fang Xuanling, who were standing on the side, were also shocked. Hurriedly bowed down and advised: "The saint must not be like this, for fear of becoming a disease." ”

At the same time, the onlookers also made a noise. One by one, they all wanted to go up and take away the locusts in Li Shuang's second-hand, when an emperor could do this, whether it was his fault or not, the honest people had already been moved.

"What I hope for is to move the disaster to me and talk about avoiding disease!"

Ignoring everyone's advice, he threw the locust directly into his mouth, and then chewed it twice fiercely and swallowed it.

All the people present, including Qin Ze, also reacted instantly, and they all bowed down and saluted Li Er.

Some ordinary people have even cried, as if they can only use pain to express their sadness in their hearts.

At this moment, Li Er is sacred, a selfless monarch who can give up his life for the sake of the dawn people, and the real monarch of their people.

Qin Ze was also bowing down, although he knew this picture in advance, he clearly saw that Li Er was swallowing a live locust, and he also chewed it.

The roasted locusts are indeed delicious, but if they were raw......

On this point alone, Qin Ze had to admire. Regardless of whether Li Er is putting on a show or not, he deserves everyone's respect at this moment.

can be an emperor, risk his life, and devour locusts. It is the real realization of "the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light"!

That is, since Li Er, the locust, which has always been called the punishment of heaven, can no longer become a disaster, and when the people face it, there will be no kneeling and praying.

Until Li Er left, no one in the entire crowd got up. The weeping people were eager to trample all the locusts to death. In order to be able to share the pain for Li Er.

Those who believed in the rumors before began to slap themselves on the spot, it was a real fan, without a trace of deception.

I don't know who suddenly lay on the ground and began to pray to the heavens, in short, soon a large number of people knelt on the ground, and they all began to pray for Li Er's blessing as if they were stunned.

Li Er's matter of eating locusts in advance should only be known to Qin Ze and Cheng Laoyou. It is estimated that the eldest grandson also knows.

But Du Laohei and Fang Xuanling definitely didn't know, so although Li Er had already driven away, they still stood on the altar.

"For Your Majesty!"

The eldest grandson Wuji was the first to scream in pain, grabbed a handful of wheat and threw it into the brazier.

Those ministers also reacted immediately, and they also followed the eldest grandson Wuji one by one and began to throw wheat into the brazier.

Wheat stalks are actually straw, but they are only a small section, and there are wisps of light smoke when this thing burns.

It is believed that this light smoke will drift into the palace of the Nine Heavens Immortals, and then bring their blessings to the immortals.

This custom still existed in later generations, but people preferred to burn paper money for the immortals.

A huge festival ended in this passionate atmosphere. Those onlookers waited until they couldn't see Li Er's carriage before they began to leave.

Cheng Huailiang, who was beside Qin Ze, was also full of tears, looked at the place where Li Er disappeared, and said very firmly: "My husband deserves to die, and he is a saint Mingjun." ”

When he said this, he couldn't wait to rush to the side and lay a foundation for Li Er.

This perseverance, even Qin Ze on the side praised it again and again.

A woman is a person who pleases herself, and a person who is a confidant dies.

It's not a great blessing in life.

Especially for a person like Cheng Huailiang, what he wants to do all his life is to return to the place where the family is glorified, and defend the dignity of the battlefield again with blood and life.

On the one hand, Cheng Huailiang is lucky, he has a powerful father, which is enough for him to be a gentleman in Chang'an for a lifetime.

On the other hand, he is also unlucky, because from the beginning his dream is likely to be a dream forever.

In any case, this time the sacrifice to heaven was very successful, especially on the second day, Li Er asked the imperial historian Du Yan to inspect the various prefectures, and brought a large amount of gold and silver to redeem the children sold by the common people and send them home.

And for those local governors who were seriously affected, they also asked in person. Especially the assassin Chen Junbin, Li Er did not hold the people under his jurisdiction accountable for gambling in the government, but praised him and said: "It is to forget to eat in the sun, not to ask for clothing, and to work diligently in the morning and night, but to worry about peace." ”

For a moment, the ministers who were originally panicked because of the locust plague breathed a sigh of relief. Since Your Majesty is so tolerant of yourself, you also have to share your worries for Your Majesty.

They all worked hard to appease the people under their jurisdiction, and when they heard that the imperial court was willing to exchange one liter of rice for ten catties of locusts, they stayed awake day and night, thinking about how to catch locusts.

The people also became fearless because of Li Er's devouring of locusts, and now if anyone still worships Grandpa Locust and Grandma Locust, they will be laughed off their big teeth.

All of a sudden, the small locust temples that had been erected in their fields were also demolished one by one. Now the people are all working hard to catch locusts.

Not only in remote villages, but even in Chang'an, there are people catching locusts. Especially those half-grown children, who used to be trapped at home and not allowed to come out, for fear of being hooked by Grandpa Locust and Grandma Locust.

Now adults and children are catching locusts together and running around the streets.

And gradually they also discovered the deliciousness of this thing, so they didn't care so much. One by one, they caught a large bag of locusts, threaded them with thin branches, and roasted them.

Ordinary people are very easily satisfied, and if you treat him badly, he will make you sleep restlessly. But if you are kind to him, he will do everything possible to repay you.

So the original set was ten catties of locusts per liter of rice, but many people didn't want rice at all, but just caught a large bag of locusts, sent them to the government office, and then turned around and ran.

The strength of the masses is great, and in just three days, a warehouse of locusts has been piled up in the government offices of Banzai County and Chang'an County.

It's ridiculous to say that the warehouse that was originally used to store grain is now full of locusts.

And with the increasing number of locusts, the imperial court couldn't sit still, so Qin Ze's task came.

On the third day, the examination of the household department also came down, and it was a booklet with a biography introduction.

There is also a small seal palm, but it is only useful when you are in the army.

Now that the test has come down, Qin Ze has no way to excuse himself. And Qin Ze also needed to go to the Right Martial Guard to find some people, but he agreed to train the second tiger as an assassin.

Although he has been told a little about the Assassins these days, the most important thing is the equipment.

You can't find this thing in the people, ordinary blacksmiths have to make double confirmation when they make a kitchen knife, if you dare to ask him to give you a sword, he will dare to tie you up.

So I can only go to the right guard and find someone who is specifically responsible for building weapons, and see if I can let them fight a few weapons.