In the second year of Zhenguan, February, spring.

In the courtyard of Guozijian, in a clearing on the north side, I saw hundreds of internal guards working hard, and among the crowd, a young man in white looked particularly dazzling, because everyone else was working, but this person was idle, pointing at the crowd from time to time.

At the same time, Xu Ziling has transported a large number of potato seedlings to the disaster-stricken areas in Guanzhong for trial planting.

In the past few months, Li Shimin has continued to mobilize grain and grass from the south, and the imperial treasury has been stretched.

At this moment, Li Shimin enjoys a very good reputation among the people.

In the second year, in May, the first batch of potatoes finally came out, and the yield was extremely high, and the impact of the drought on Guanzhong gradually weakened, and Li Shimin became famous among the people.

The heavenly statue was also moved by Li Shimin, and the miraculous rain rained for days, and the growth of chestnut rice in Guanzhong was gratifying.

During the court meeting, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and rewarded Xu Ziling lavishly, gave 100 pieces of silk cloth, 50 stones, and crowned the guerrilla general from the six ranks.

After the dissolution of the court, Li Shimin left Xu Ziling as usual.

"This potato is really good!" Li Shimin laughed.

Xu Ziling knew that Li Shimin would never talk nonsense with himself when he stopped him, but he didn't break it, and played Tai Chi with Li Shimin: "Thanks to Your Majesty's love, it is all your Majesty's credit." ”

"Now, with this potato, Datang can be regarded as having escaped a catastrophe, and now I can clean up the family and Pei Lin with peace of mind!" Li Shimin said with deep eyes.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! Lao Du's voice sounded outside the hall in a panic.

This old Du is very calm on weekdays, why is he so pompous today? Xu Ziling was puzzled in his heart, this Lao Du may not say what explosive news he is going to say, if not, it is estimated that Li Shimin will kill him!

Sure enough, Li Shimin frowned unhappily and said, "What's the matter, so flustered!" ”

"Guanzhong...... Overwhelming...... Overwhelming locusts! Lao Du gasped.

"What!" Li Shimin exclaimed.

The destructive power of the locust plague on the banker, Xu Ziling can deeply understand, and later generations have experienced it once when he was young, the kind of scene that covers the sky and the sun, Xu Ziling will never forget it for a lifetime, no, two lifetimes.

"Quick, gather all the people back and discuss countermeasures!" Li Shimin said to Lao Du, and at the same time his face showed a deep look of worry.

Xu Ziling admired Li Shimin's approach so much, if ordinary people encountered this continuous blow, they would more or less complain, but Li Shimin did not, his first consideration was to solve the problem, this is the quality that an emperor should have!

So, the group of ministers who had just dragged their tired bodies to the meeting were called back before their buttocks were hot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe there will be some complaints about me, you are also directed back to rest at this moment, the drought and your hard work, I can see it for all to see, I also want to have a good rest like you, but, just now, I learned another unfortunate news, the locust plague in Guanzhong!"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, the ministers immediately became noisy.

"I wonder if you have any suggestions?" Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty!" Pei Lin is the first of the three princes, and he has always been low-key, but he is the first to say it at this moment.

"Oh? Does Pei Gong have any suggestions? Li Shimin also asked suspiciously.

"Since the beginning of the Zhenguan year, first there was a drought, and then a locust plague, and it must have done something wrong to offend the heavens, so the minister suggested, sacrifice to the sky!" After Pei Lin finished speaking, a minister immediately seconded the proposal, and even Wei Zheng thought so.

Xu Ziling was dumbfounded, these stupid forks, their brains are broken, this is a matter of hanging from the sky? What's even more ridiculous is that Wei Zheng even thought that this plan was feasible?

It's no wonder that Xu Ziling has this kind of thought, his thinking has a large part of the influence of later generations, and he doesn't understand the Tang people's thinking about these things. Once the Tang people encounter something that cannot be solved, or cannot be recognized at the moment, these people will first be associated with ghosts and gods, and worshipping the shrine god Ji God is also a sacrifice to the god even when he is sick, which can reflect this.

After seeing that most of the people in the hall agreed with Pei Lian's suggestion, Li Shimin was very disappointed, so he asked, "But there are still different opinions?" ”

Xu Ziling thought that Lao Du, Fang Xuanling and others would definitely have different suggestions, but after Li Shimin asked, no one responded in the hall for a long time.

"Yes!" Xu Ziling's voice was so harsh in the quiet hall.

But Li Shimin's face was inadvertently happy, and he said, "Oh? Xu Qingjia, do you have any suggestions, let's talk about it. ”

"Suggestion, I haven't thought of it yet, but this Pei Guogong ...... "Guogong? Last time I was in Huazhou, Lu Yizhu said that when the dynasty has the support of the Guogong, it seems that the eight achievements are this Pei Lonely!

Xu Ziling paused and then continued: "The subordinates must not agree to the suggestion he said!" ”

"Heaven is to be worshipped, but it is by no means now, what needs to be done now to solve the problem, not to pin the problem on those unwarranted ghosts and gods!" Xu Ziling said, "The people are looking at the locusts and sighing among the people, but we are extravagant and worshipping God? Joke! ”

"Ahem, you guy, just this mouth, out of eating, there will be these flowery intestines, you can tell me, what do you suggest? Shut up if not! A royal historian jumped out first.

Needless to say, this must be Pei Lian's comrade, and it's no wonder how a character like Pei Lin can be angry with Xu Ziling, so it is also appropriate to find a representative.

"Out of the ...... to eat" to eat, Xu Ziling suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, yes, eat, Lao Tzu can eat the locusts, the mouth of the people of my Celestial Empire is a powerful weapon, even those lobsters can be wiped out, what is this little locust? Besides, this thing also contains high protein, which is good for the body!

"Thank you...... This one...... Uncle's reminder! Xu Ziling didn't know what to call that guy for a while, this broken dynasty, can't shout that adults are really fucking painful!

"Your Majesty, the minister really thought of an idea, according to this law, this locust plague can be solved immediately!!"

"Oh? Seriously? Tell me about it! Li Shimin was completely shocked by Xu Ziling's words, and asked excitedly.

Not only Li Shimin, but even everyone in the main hall looked at Xu Ziling curiously, wondering what kind of idea this traitor would come up with.

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