The emperor's luan drove through an unknown number of fields, and he did not fail to pass through this way, which were originally large tracts of fertile fields. At this time in the past, it should have been a green crop, full of grains, and endless.

Now there is nothing.

Even the trees on the top of the field have been gnawed off their branches, bare, and the big thorns pierced into the eyes, and the world and the earth were cut into a thousand holes.

Countless displaced people who had to leave their hometowns after the disaster followed Luan from afar, kneeling and crying along the way, and the wails shook the sky.

Li Shimin finally couldn't help it, stopped driving, and walked out of it, wearing an imperial robe that was extremely dazzling in the sunlight. The cries around him became louder, and they kept kneeling down and kowtowing, begging the Son of Heaven to be gracious.

Unprecedentedly, after Luan drove away from Chang'an City, he neither avoided nor was he quiet, but he was surrounded by the officials of his entourage, and the guards besieged the city outside, and even the strength of the guards looked shabby.

The emperor walked with a look of pity and sorrow, but the ministers were very nervous, and followed the emperor closely, looking back and forth nervously--it was very irrational and extremely unsafe to directly expose so many homeless people. A group of ministers persuaded them to expel the exiles, but the emperor would not let them, and those were his people!

There was nothing left in the field. Not even the residue of the wheat stalks could be seen, and occasionally a few lucky pieces remained, and a large locust was lying on it, feasting on it.

"Your Majesty!" A shout came from afar, and the well-dressed Jingyang County Commander waited over with a cadre of Jingyang County Ya: "Weichen didn't know that His Majesty came to Jingyang in person, and it was too late to take over." I hope Your Majesty will forgive you! ”

Jingyang County Ling bent down deeply.

"Let's get even. I just came out today to observe the disaster. I saw this all the way, and I didn't know what kind of crime Qing had. Li Shimin waved his hand: "Has the food for disaster relief ever arrived in Jingyang?" Has it been distributed to the hungry? ”

"Your Majesty, Jingyang County has received a total of 10,000 quintals of grain for disaster relief, and now it has organized the hungry people to set up a porridge shed outside Jingyang City for the hungry people to protect themselves from the rain, and the porridge shed provides food and drink every day. It's just that there are too many hungry people, and now the porridge shack outside Jingyang has collected nearly 10,000 displaced people. And there is still a continuous influx of hungry people from all over the country, and the remaining grain and grass can last for about another month. The county commander's mind was very clear, and when he saw the emperor asking, he explained to the emperor in a hurry.

Li Shimin nodded, looked into the field, suddenly opened his legs, and walked towards a large group of hungry people kneeling outside in the distance.

The officials were immediately shocked, and hurriedly gathered around, but Li Shimin waved his hand and retreated, and saw Li Shimin walking in front of the group of hungry people. Raising his eyes at the hungry people with skin and bones, he stretched out his hand and bent down. He lifted up the nearest hungry man.

The hungry man didn't know what to react to, he was helped up by Li Shimin in a daze, and looked at Li Shimin in a daze, his lips trembled, and old tears flowed, but he couldn't say a word.

"Get up! Everybody get up! Li Shimin hid his face and wept to the large number of hungry people who knelt on the ground behind: "I, I'm ashamed of you! ”

Seeing the emperor hiding his face and crying, the group of hungry people cried uncontrollably.

"The world of the former Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, and the Emperor Taishang felt that the people had suffered from the war, so he raised troops to pacify the world, and finally returned the people to a world where they lived and worked in peace and contentment. Since I ascended the throne, I have always kept in mind the teachings of the Emperor Taishang, worked diligently, worked for the benefit of the people, dreamed of sleeping at night, and did not dare to make any mistakes, for fear of hurting the people! Now, a plague of locusts has fallen from heaven, and it has harmed the people. I am so frightened that I can't sleep at night, thinking carefully about what I have done since I ascended the throne, and I can't let the calamity of heaven befall me alone, and don't affect the people! But Kor and the others are still ruined and exiled here. I'm shameless! Li Shimin wept bitterly and said to those victims.

The ministers who followed him, seeing that the Son of Heaven felt sorry for his subjects, disregarded their own safety, did not avoid the filth of the hungry people, and helped the hungry people up with their own hands, and burst into tears, they also began to wipe the corners of their eyes with feelings.

A locust flew past Li Shimin's eyes, and suddenly, he saw Li Shimin's eyes suddenly glaring angrily, pointing at the locusts flying by, and shouting angrily: "The locusts are just flying and eating my seedlings, harming my people's livelihood, and making my people unpeaceful!" Are you really divine? If it's for God, why would he harm the world?! ”

As he spoke, he saw Li Shimin turn around suddenly, jump from the ridge of the field into the middle of the field, grab a few fat locusts from the remaining bunch of crops with one hand, hold them tightly in his hands, his eyes are round, and shout angrily: "People take grain as their life, and you eat it to harm the people." The people have had, in one person, if it is really a spirit, but when it is my heart, it will not harm the people! Today I will eat you, and I will destroy the locust gods, and repay the people! ”

In other words, he will immediately send the locusts in his hands to his mouth!

"Your Majesty!" The ministers next to them suddenly exclaimed, and immediately all knelt down: "Your Majesty! Locusts are plague insects, never enter the body, fear of stubborn diseases, and devour the heart! Cannot! Your Majesty, no! ”

"Even if you have a stubborn disease, what about your heart? What is the way to avoid the disaster? Now it eats the people's food, and it eats the people's lives! I don't believe that just locusts and insects can snatch food from the mouths of my Tang people, so that my Tang people can't live in peace! I see that this flying locust is very fat, and I will eat it like minced meat! Li Shimin gritted his teeth, ignored the obstruction of a group of courtiers, turned to face the people, and shouted: "These things eat the crops, I can't wait to swallow their flesh and drink their blood!" If it has eaten the grain, then the bento feeds on it! Today I should wait for you to try! ”

After that, he stuffed all the fat locusts in his hand into his mouth at once, and chewed hard!

"Your Majesty!" Several old ministers have already grabbed the ground with their heads, and the old ones are in tears. Gao Shilian almost fainted, if it weren't for Du Ruhui next to him who immediately supported him, I am afraid that he would have fallen to the ground.

"Hahahaha! Your Majesty is so courageous! What a guts! Lao Cheng admires! At this time, another extremely untimely laughter came out, Cheng Biting Jin came out of the crowd, walked forward, bent down and grabbed a few locusts from the ground, and laughed: "Just flying locusts, the ears of disaster insects, Lao Cheng can chop a piece of something with one foot, you are really so ignorant, you actually respect it as a god?!" Lao Cheng accompanied His Majesty to eat this Raushzi locust god today, and was about to see if it became the ration in my Lao Cheng's stomach, or whether it would eat Lao Cheng's heart! ”

As soon as the words fell, another voice came, and a general with a black charcoal head walked out, it was Wei Chigong, and he grabbed a few locusts like Cheng Biting Jin: "I have killed countless people in my life, but I haven't killed any evil gods!" I've eaten countless delicacies, but I haven't tasted any locust gods! You old man Cheng dare to accompany His Majesty to eat together, what are you afraid of?! A certain person also came to eat with His Majesty! ”

"And me!" Duan Zhixuan also walked out, followed by Qin Shubao and other generals, and a group of people walked to Li Shimin's side, all of them caught a few locusts, looked at each other and laughed, and together they put the locusts in their hands into their mouths and chewed on them!

"Your Majesty cares about the people, tries locusts for the people, and the ministers admire it, so you should accompany Your Majesty to eat it together!" Wei Zheng also laughed, and regardless of the manners of the scribes, he grabbed the locusts from the ground, and although the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang, Du and other ministers did not speak, they also stood up firmly and came to Li Shimin's side.

"Good! I have all the ministers in Datang working together, and I am no longer afraid of the locust god of Raushzi! ――I'm a big Tang Dynasty, why am I afraid of it?! I, the people of the Tang Dynasty, what are I afraid of?! Li Shimin looked at the loyal generals who came to his side with relief on his face, and laughed loudly: "Come!" Ladies and gentlemen, eat it for the people! ”

With everyone taking the lead, the other civil and military officials had to shout "I am willing to eat with Your Majesty", caught the locusts together, closed their eyes and stuffed them all into their mouths, and chewed hard.

The locusts went down, and all the hungry people around were stunned, and there was silence on the field, and the needles could be heard.

After a long time, those hungry people reacted, and suddenly the surroundings were like exploding a pot, and countless hungry people kowtowed to Li Shimin in the shouting, and they didn't know what to say or do, so they could only kowtow hard, and kept shouting Your Majesty.

Xia Hongsheng hid among the ministers, and it was time for those who had secretly arranged for the hungry people to appear in his heart.

As soon as the thought came to me, I heard a loud cry from among the hungry people: "Folks! Your Majesty's golden body has already tried it for us! The locusts can eat it! I can eat it! You can eat it! They eat our crops and leave us with nothing to eat! Then let's eat it! Eat it! ”

Immediately, another echo was heard: "Yes! It eats our crops, and if we don't have anything to eat, let's eat it! Eat all the locusts in the world! ”

"Eat it!"

"That's right! Eat it! It eats our crops, and we eat it to feed our stomachs! ”

More voices chimed in, and some of the hungry people poured out, and began to rush into the fields to catch the locusts and swallow them into their stomachs.

More and more people rushed to catch locusts, and the hungry people were the most susceptible to incitement, and more and more hungry people began to rush into the fields with the current, and began to catch locusts and eat them!

Xia Hongsheng, who was hiding among the ministers, smiled, summer is coming again, I hope that the monsoon from the sea can bring enough water, and the locust plague that swept through the Guannai Province is about to pass. (To be continued......)