"Interesting, I didn't expect to meet him?" Li Xiu walked into the study again with the thick stack of scrolls, just now he was going to settle accounts with Qi Niang, but when he saw a familiar name on the scrolls, it made him angry, this name is very special, that is Shangguan Yi. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When it comes to the name Shangguan Yi, there may not be many people who know it in later generations, but he has a famous granddaughter, that is, Shangguan Wan'er, the female prime minister around Wu Zetian in history, can have a granddaughter like Shangguan Wan'er, Shangguan Yi is naturally not an ordinary person, in fact, he was the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he was quite famous, and later because he helped Li Zhi draft an edict, he was ready to abolish Wu Zetian's queenship, which made Wu Zetian very resentful of him, and later executed him, and Shangguan Wan'er also entered the palace at that time.

Not to mention Shangguan Wan'er's name, Shangguan Yi alone is enough to attract Li Xiu's attention, so he asked Qi Niang about Shangguan Yi's situation in detail, but Qi Niang didn't know much about him, but he knew that on the night of the fifteenth, other scholars made fun of her and Hate'er, but Shangguan Yi helped them say a few words, so she had a good impression, so she asked Li Xiu to help pay attention to his work papers, which can be regarded as a good person with good rewards.

Although Shangguan Yi's life is not as famous as Liu Renliang and Su Dingfang, but he can be the prime minister of a country, and he has almost no background, this kind of person is definitely not a simple person, and he is about to start the imperial examination.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu immediately ordered someone to take his post, and then personally wrote a letter of recommendation to the chief examiner of this year's imperial examination, and only the name Shangguanyi was written on the letter, although he did not have any friendship with the chief examiner, but with his fame and status, his recommendation would be taken seriously.

After doing these things, Li Xiu found that Princess Pingyang also went out, Ma Ye and others were making up for sleep, after all, many people played all night yesterday, although Li Xiu also slept late yesterday, but now he can't sleep, he can only wait for the news of Princess Pingyang, and as a result, he waited for a day, and when it was almost dusk in the afternoon, Princess Pingyang came back from outside in a carriage.

"How about it, the eldest princess has agreed?" When Li Xiu saw Princess Pingyang coming back, he immediately stepped forward eagerly to ask, but when he saw Princess Pingyang's solemn expression, his heart couldn't help but sink, and he had a bad premonition.

"I don't know what to say?" I saw Princess Pingyang's face tangled at this time, and she sorted out her thoughts before explaining again, "I went to my aunt today, because this matter is not easy to say, I had to find a way to test her attitude, but my aunt's reaction to this matter is very strange, it seems that she is not opposed, but she is not very supportive, and in the end, I can't figure out her true attitude?" ”

"How so? Could it be that the eldest princess is not satisfied with Uncle Ma's son-in-law? Li Xiu couldn't help but whisper to himself when he heard this, it is said that as Ma Ye, he is also a good match with the county lord of Guanghua, and this eldest princess really has nothing to find fault with.

"On the way, I also thought about this problem carefully, maybe we are really too optimistic, my aunt is old, and her thoughts are a little stubborn, for example, for the marriage of women, in her opinion, only people from big families are the best candidates, but although Uncle Ma is now ranked as the prince of the country, his background is not very good, so it is very likely that my aunt will not look down on it!" At this time, Princess Pingyang tried her best to sort out this matter according to the idea of the county lord of Guanghua, and then slowly spoke.

"If the eldest princess only cares about family background, then it's bad!" Li Xiu also frowned when he heard this, he knew that some people in the Tang Dynasty did like Princess Pingyang said, what they value most is family history and inheritance, such as the five surnames and seven wangs, both men and women, are proud of marrying with these big families, and even some people seem that even emerging nobles like the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Xiu cannot be compared with those who are from big families.

"It shouldn't be as serious as my husband thought, after all, although my aunt didn't agree, she didn't refuse, so I think she may be a little hesitant, if it really doesn't work, I'll go to my cousin to discuss, although she may be embarrassed to speak, but for the sake of her own happiness, I still have to persuade her to talk to her aunt!" Princess Pingyang stroked the hair in her ear at this time, and said softly again.

"This ...... That's all it can be! After listening to this, Li Xiu also nodded helplessly, he really can't help with this kind of thing, he can only come up with ideas behind his back, and the real person who really contributes will probably have to look at Princess Pingyang and the county lord of Guanghua himself.

The Shangyuan Festival has just passed, but Li Xiu's fame has skyrocketed again, the reason is the word poem circulated by Qi Niang and Ha Er, which was originally a poem that was asked by the later generations, that is, the guy who wrote the poem "What is the love in the world", the other party not only wrote good words, but also wrote poems.

However, compared with Yuan Haoqing's poems, what really caused a huge sensation was Xin Qiji's poem, although the long and short sentences had appeared as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but they were not valued by readers, until Li Xiu's long and short sentences came out, which made all the readers suddenly find that the original long and short sentences also have such a charming side, and now many readers have begun to seriously study the long and short sentences, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the long and short sentences will bloom in the Tang Dynasty in advance.

In Li Xiu's current status, the fame brought by poetry does not have much effect on him, and he has never cared much about this kind of thing, so no matter how the outside world discusses him, or how many people want to visit him, he ignores all of them, after all, he also knows his own catties, if he sits and talks with those scholars, maybe people will find out that he is a person who does not learn at all.

In addition, Li Xiu didn't have the heart to pay attention to other things now, because since he saw Li Shimin that day, he put all his energy on the upcoming locust plague, and the first thing he did when he got up every morning was to lie on the windowsill and look at the world like Li Shimin's others, hoping to see a few dark clouds, even if it was a light rain to relieve the drought.

However, what is disappointing is that not to mention the rain in the recent period, there is usually no cloud in the sky, and every day is a blue sky, which is too luxurious if it is placed in the later life, but now Li Xiu is more and more upset the more he looks at it, and even begins to miss the dark and heavy sky.

More and more people began to pay attention to this drought, and the court had already made a noise because of praying for rain, and some ministers with ulterior motives took the opportunity to challenge Li Shimin, urging him to issue an edict to pray for rain, but the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling and others were desperately opposed, after all, they were all the beneficiaries of Xuanwumen, and if Li Shimin issued this edict, they would also erase their credit.

It is precisely because of the matter of praying for rain that the court is more and more noisy, and under the spread of some well-intentioned people, this quarrel is no longer limited to the court, but even the people have begun to talk about it, most of the ancients are superstitious, and everyone is very clear about what Li Shimin did, so many people think that Li Shimin offended God by killing his brother and father, so God sent this natural disaster to warn the Tang Dynasty, and there are even rumors that if Li Shimin does not issue an edict of guilt, I am afraid that God will send a greater natural disaster.

When Li Xiu heard the rumor behind, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, it seems that the person who secretly makes ghosts is really powerful, the so-called greater natural disaster naturally refers to the locust plague later, if Li Shimin does not make an edict against himself, and there is no rain in the sky, the result will be a bigger locust plague, and then the pressure on Li Shimin will double, and if one is not done well, it may be a big chaos in the world.

However, although Li Shimin was under tremendous pressure, and he also knew that there might be more pressure in the future, he was bitten to death and did not let go, that is, he refused to issue an edict of guilt, with Li Shimin's pride, it was impossible for him to admit his mistakes in front of the people of the world, so this edict of guilt could not appear.

In the face of the bloody storm in the court, although Li Xiu was concerned, he did not have the idea of interfering, after all, it was Li Shimin's own evil at the beginning, so he also has to suffer the corresponding consequences today, not to mention that although the court and the people quarrel very fiercely, but after all, the military and political power is in the hands of Li Shimin, as long as he refuses to speak, no one can do anything about him, the only thing that makes people anxious is that it is the impact of the locust plague later, if there is a famine due to natural disasters, or even a large number of displaced people, I am afraid that even if it can be calmed down, Guanzhong will also be greatly injured.

The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the earth has returned to its former green, at this time locusts have begun to appear, but they are green locusts, this kind of locusts generally do not form locust plagues, but this year, the number of green locusts is also very large, whenever Li Xiu walks through the grassland by the river, a group of locusts will be alarmed, which also makes him more worried, because as the weather gets hotter and hotter, the faster the locusts hatch, when the locusts turn gray-yellow, coupled with the stimulation of certain conditions, a large number of locusts will evolve into locust plagues.

It is precisely because he knows the above, so Li Xiu has also been observing the changes of locusts, and the Ministry of Agriculture has begun to seize the time to transport sweet potato seedlings to the state capitals of Guanzhong since the beginning of spring, and urge local officials to plant sweet potatoes, so that even if the locust plague really comes, other grains have not been harvested, and they should be able to satisfy themselves with these sweet potatoes.

In mid-May, Li Xiu was teaching a few children to read at home, when he suddenly heard a panic outside, when he walked out of the school, he saw the black and oppressive dark clouds in the western sky, no, to be exact, it should be a cloud of insects!