The cabinet princes gathered together again, and Xu Fatzi took a gourd and poured out many locusts from it, some of them were as long as fingers, their wings were strong and good at flying, their stomachs were round, and they were full of food. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Everyone almost wants to pinch and explode these hateful things, they eat the lives of countless people!

Xu Wei sighed, "I went to Tongzhou yesterday to catch it, and I asked the locals, and they all said that it was not a local species, the yellow-winged ones flew from the south, and the black-winged ones came from the west." Newspapers from all over the country have also been delivered, Shandong, Shanxi, including Henan, and even Fengxiang Mansion in Nanzhili, all of them have locusts, and almost all of the northern provinces have been spared! ”

After he finished speaking, the faces of several scholars became even more miserable, and Yin Shidan and Gao Yi shook their heads frequently, it was really too bad for this disaster to come.

The locust plague has existed since ancient times, and it is not new, but such a big plague is unique. Locusts originally lived alone, but once a certain change occurred, they would swarm and fly for dozens of miles in a day and night, and everywhere they passed, all the green things were gone.

This time the locust plague coincided with the autumn harvest, and seeing that there was still half a month, the grain could be harvested, and the people had been sweating for a year, just waiting for these days.

As a result, a plague of locusts was gone, and I couldn't even find a tune to cry.

More frightening than the locust plague is human speech.

Locusts are very harmful, and they do not know the cause of the locust plague, and they have always believed that this is a disaster from heaven, a punishment for the king's lack of way, and a warning from God.

Now that the emperor is ten years old, how can he provoke the anger of the heavens?

What's more, all the power has fallen on the cabinet, and naturally, this locust plague has become a cabinet failure.

Tang Yi just fought a beautiful battle, disposed of the Li family, abolished the twenty-four yamen, and swept away the Dongchang Jinyiwei, which seems to be a hearty victory, but don't forget, science has ruled the world for hundreds of years, and the way of Confucius and Mencius has lasted for one or two thousand years.

It has long been ingrained in everyone's heart.

Originally, when Tang Yi was strong, they didn't dare to object, but now there is a locust plague, and it is just the time for them to exert their skills, and for a while, all kinds of rumors are all over the sky, and there are voices attacking Tang Yi and attacking the cabinet everywhere.

They said that it was because Tang Yi committed the following crimes, executed the queen mother, overthrew the emperor, turned the world upside down, and God avenged his son, so he sent an unprecedented locust plague to punish the people of the world.

If you want the locust plague to pass, you must deal with Tang Yi and his gang and avenge Empress Dowager Li.

Obviously, this statement is, but under the impetus of well-intentioned people, it spread rapidly, and the people who did not know the truth rushed to tell each other, and many gentry even listened to the rumors, and they took out a lot of grain, gold and silver, to fund the king of Zhou, and support him to raise troops to hoe and sweep away thieves.

For a time, Zhu Zailing's prestige was greatly enhanced, and the number of people suddenly exceeded 50,000.

Geng Xiangxiang, who fled back to his hometown, also gathered 20,000 or 30,000 people, responded to the king of Zhou, and even sent troops to Wuchang, trying to take the heart of the Central Plains, and using Wuchang as the foundation to crusade against the thieves.

Geng directed the three brothers and sent ten articles in a row, scolding Tang Yi as worthless, and calling on the people of the world to attack him.

In addition to them, there were signs in Jiangxi, Shandong, and Sichuan, with miners making trouble, people revolting, and businessmen taking the opportunity to make trouble......

All in all, there is a situation of great chaos in the world.

Once you have power, you have to shoulder your responsibilities, and now all the emergency documents like snowflakes have been sent to the cabinet, and there are those who ask for food, some want money, and those who want to transfer troops, and so on.

All things, disaster relief first!

"Motosuke, the scale of this locust plague and the number of people affected are unprecedented. In the past, I should have immediately exempted the local taxes, and then mobilized food to help the victims, and I must not let those who have a heart instigate it, so that the people will revolt! Tang Ruji suggested.

Several other pavilion elders gossiped, and the general meaning was the same.

Tang Yi pondered for a while and said, "Let's all sit in the capital and discuss, or listen to the opinions of the front line and make a decision." ”

It didn't take long for someone to bring Shen Shixing in, compared to a few years ago, he was thinner and darker, and he didn't have the demeanor of Zhuang Yuanlang at all, but he was more calm and confident.

At a cold glance, Shen Shixing had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his expression was somewhat similar to Tang Yi, in fact, Shen Shixing had been imitating the teacher all these years, and now he has some success.

"Master, elders, in my opinion, the locust plague has nothing to do with any sins from heaven, but the climate."

"How?" Tang Ruji said curiously.

"In recent years, the north has become drier and less rainy, and the weather has become colder and colder. When I was in Hanzhong, I found that many places were over-cultivated, and there were bare hillsides everywhere. According to the old farmer, locust plagues and droughts alternate, and after the great drought, there will be locust plagues. And locusts mostly occur in open and bare areas, and this is the reason for the locust plague that has spread to several provinces. ”

Tang Yi nodded secretly, sure enough, there was no vain experience, and his knowledge came up. Tang Yi knew in his heart that the legendary Xiaoice River Period had begun to exert its might, and he could defeat the imperial power, and whether he could defeat God, he was not sure in his heart!

"Rumo, how do you think we can prevent the locust plague?"

"Returning to the master, the way to prevent locust plague is also simple, it is nothing more than to encourage the people, catch locusts, and the court can offer a reward to make food easy for insects. As for the areas that have already been affected by the disaster, they must be exempted from taxes, open porridge farms, distribute grain, and the gentry and wealthy households in various places must not be allowed to collect their debts. All in all, let the people live. After Shen Shixing finished speaking, he thought about it again, and seemed a little hesitant.

"Speak, be open and honest, and don't keep the words in your heart."

"Yes." Shen Shixing said: "Master, the disciple is worried that the locust plague is getting worse year by year, this year there is little rain, the locust plague is all over the provinces, and next year, I am afraid that the locust plague will be even greater. ”

Yin Shidan said a little unhappily: "Next year's things will be talked about next year, this year's pass must be passed, how much food is needed in various places, they must be given to them, and not a single citizen must starve to death." ”

Everyone understands what he means, we just did a lot of work, and now the pressure is huge, if a bunch of people starve to death, they will be used as a means of attacking the cabinet.

In any case, deal with the past of this year, and talk about the rest next year.

Shen Shixing doesn't like to ignore the long-term approach, but others are soft-spoken and don't dare to interject casually. Tang Yi pondered for a while and shook his head slightly.

"What Ru Mo said is reasonable, since the beginning of the 40th year of Jiajing, the disaster situation in the north has become more and more serious year by year, floods, droughts and locust plagues alternately, and in the five years of Longqing, there was 1.8 million yuan in silver for disaster relief in various places, and in the first half of this year, 1.5 million yuan was spent. At this rate, the imperial court is indeed unbearable. Moreover, just handing out silver and food may not be able to solve the disaster. ”

"Master Mingjian!" Shen Shixing hurriedly said: "The disciple thinks that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, the weather in the north is getting worse and worse, and the output per mu of land is getting less and less. If you don't let the people in the north find a way out, I'm afraid that sooner or later there will be a day when you won't be able to hold on, after all, it's tens of millions of mouths! ”

Shen Shixing pointed out the trouble, according to Tang Yi's estimate, the power of the Xiaoice River period is not at all comparable to the agricultural era, unless chemical fertilizers and pesticides are made, and countless machinery and equipment are made, canals are repaired, and wells are dug, the land in the north can have hope of increasing production, otherwise it will only decay day by day, and the output of a year will be less than a year......

In the end, it will become a bottomless pit, and the court will need to keep throwing money into it, and if it doesn't throw it away at all, it will be full of displaced people, and then it will evolve into a peasant uprising.

How to provide disaster relief is a matter of great consideration.

"Ru Mo, what do you think should be done?"

Shen Shixing scratched his head embarrassedly, "If the disciple has any ideas, it's better for the teacher to decide!" ”

"It's not good to always hide it, I heard that you have presided over disaster relief in Hanzhong, and you have done a very good job, let's hear it!"

Shen Shixing was excited, it turned out that the master had always cared about himself, and his courage suddenly increased.

"Shixiang, it was the third year of Longqing, there was a great drought in Hanzhong, thousands of miles of red land, and no less than 200,000 displaced people, all of whom were gathered in the state capital, and the grain stored in Hanzhong was not enough for a month's expenses.

Listening to Shen Shixing's narration, several pavilion elders also frowned, 200,000 disaster victims, if this is placed in the capital, it is troublesome enough, and it is not easy for a small Hanzhong to deal with it.

But I didn't hear that there was a mess in Hanzhong, and Shen Shixing was a bit of a doorway.

"Tell me, how did you solve the problem?" Tang Ruji said curiously.

"Back to the Tang Pavilion, Xia Guan visited all parts of Hanzhong and found that the fields lacked water, and the original canals were abandoned for many years, making it difficult to recover. Xia Guan had the courage to contact several wool mills, and exchanged 200,000 sheep from them, and promised to help with free-range sheep for free, and after a year, the wool and sheep would be returned. ”

"What is there to earn, is it not possible to work for nothing?"

"How so!" Shen Shixing said with a smile: "Sheep can give birth to at least one litter a year, or even two litters a year, two to four lambs per litter, 200,000 borrowed sheep, male and female, and a year later, the people of Hanzhong will have 500,000 sheep in their hands." It coincided with the opening up of Annam, North Korea and other markets, the demand for woolen wool increased greatly, the wool sold at a good price, two or three years of effort, Hanzhong has become a famous sheep town in Shaanxi, has prepared to build more than a dozen wool mills, tens of thousands of people raise sheep, textile, compared with farming, income has more than doubled. ”

Mentioned here, Shen Shixing is not without pride, for the benefit of the official one, he left a complete set of wool textile industry in Hanzhong, the climate in the north is getting worse and worse, farming is not successful, but sheep raising can make a lot of money.

When he left Hanzhong, the people sent him one ride after another.

After a few days, his heart was warm, and that achievement and pride were by no means something that ordinary people could experience. (To be continued.) )