In August of the fourth year of Hongwu, in the imperial study of the imperial palace, the emperor Sima Shu sat in front of the imperial case, he did not review the folds at this time, squinted his wise eyes slightly, frowning and thinking about a certain question.

A few days ago, the imperial court received an urgent report from Qingzhou Thorn Shi Mountain, saying that there was an extremely serious locust plague in some areas of Qingzhou, and there was a tendency to spread to the whole territory of Qingzhou.

After receiving the urgent report from Qingzhou, the cabinet did not dare to delay, and they hurriedly organized people to prepare to support Qingzhou while informing the emperor Sima Shu. Sima Shu did not dare to slack off after receiving the news, the locust plague was definitely the biggest victim of dynastic rule in ancient times. Every time a locust plague occurs, it is often accompanied by displaced people everywhere and starvation in the wilderness.

After instructing the cabinet, Sima Shu still did not let go, he checked the urgent report sent by Qingzhou, and thought about the solution to the problem. In an emergency report, the Qingzhou Thorn History Mansion said that in the four years since entering Hongwu, several counties in Qingzhou have experienced drought of varying degrees, and in August, several counties have suffered a locust plague that is rare in a century, and the people there will definitely have no harvest this autumn, and many people have fled to the Qingzhou County Administration.

In ancient times, due to the fact that the 'locust' and the 'emperor' and the doctrine of heaven and man induction were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the imperial courts of all dynasties did not form an effective strategy in controlling the locust plague. You must know that in the thousands of years of Chinese history, locust plagues are very common and extremely harmful natural disasters.

According to later statistics, the locust plague in China averaged once every 8.8 years during the Qin and Han dynasties, 3.5 years in the Song and Song dynasties, and 1.6 years in the Yuan Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties were both 2.8 years, and the scope and extent of the disaster were the highest in the world.

Sima Shu was looking at the newspaper delivered by the Qingzhou Thorn History Mansion, while searching in his mind, in his previous life, he had also seen a lot of methods related to locust plague control on the Internet, and was ready to sort it out and hand it over to the cabinet for implementation.

The locust plague is not easy to manage, even in modern times, it is also necessary to go through a long period of agricultural management and local water and soil transformation, so that the local climate changes, so that the locusts can not survive here, and the locust plague is fundamentally cut off. Besides. It's to raise poultry and other locusts to feed on locusts. There is also drug spraying, and the other is not to destroy the natural enemies of locusts, that is, birds and other things cannot be killed at will.

Sima Shu carefully sorted out the methods of locust control that he saw on the Internet at the beginning. Write it down with a pen. But there are no modern high-tech pesticides here. What to do? Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I remember when I visited the forum in my previous life, I met a few high-ranking people chatting. It seems that in ancient times, some people boiled herbs into juice and sprayed locusts, which could prevent locusts from flying everywhere.

At that time, he also sighed that the wisdom of the ancients was really broad and profound, and at that time he remembered the names of several herbs in an interesting way, when the locusts encountered this medicine, they would fall to the ground, and they could be eaten after being caught, and there would be no great harm to the human body.

He was going to ask Master Zheng Yin for a while, Zheng Yin was not only the spiritual leader of the Lingbao Sect, but also a doctor with very high medical skills, he had a deep study of Chinese herbal medicine, and now many of the finished medicinal products produced by many herbal medicine factories in Dajin are his research results.

Seeing that it was dark all night, Sima Shu dropped his work and returned to the harem, and Concubine Xian Luzhu asked softly while coaxing her daughter to sleep: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that there was a locust plague in Qingzhou?" ”

"Well, yes, this thief really doesn't let the people of the world have a good time, and the people finally enjoy a few days of stable life, and now they will suffer again." Sima Shu said with emotion.

"Then Your Majesty, do you think the concubines have anything to help?" Lu Zhu looked at Sima Shu with a tired face and asked with some distress.

"Huh? You ...... "Sima Shu wanted to say what you could do as a harem concubine, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized that this was not a good opportunity for nobles to devote themselves to charity?" Sima Shu has always wanted to popularize the humanistic care of ancient China.

In ancient China, the Chinese people were influenced by Confucian culture, and many times some squires were willing to engage in some charitable undertakings for a good reputation, such as building roads and bridges, donating to build schools, etc., and even some people were willing to give food to help the victims during natural disasters. However, such behavior is afraid of taking on the crime of 'buying people's hearts', and they do not dare to publicize it, because when a person's or family's reputation is famous in this way, it means that it will arouse the suspicion of those in power.

"Don't say it, I really need your help." Sima Shu was thinking quickly about the question in his brain, and he answered Lu Zhu's question on his lips.

"Oh? Your Majesty, please command, the concubines are willing to help Your Majesty. Luzhu was originally a word of concern, but she didn't expect Sima Shu to really have something for him to do.

"It's not a big deal, I hope that tomorrow you will join the concubines of the harem to organize a charity banquet, this banquet is mainly for the wives and ladies of the nobles of the Jingshi."

"Your Majesty, what is a charity banquet?"

"Hehe, the charity banquet is simply a fundraising event, in which you can find something valuable and commemorative to sell to everyone, so as to raise some money. At present, Qingzhou is suffering from a locust plague, and in order for the people of Qingzhou to survive the locust plague safely, in addition to the imperial court's vigorous relief, this civil force must also be mobilized. As the saying goes, 'it is difficult to prosper the country', and through a donation activity, the hearts of the people in the court can be greatly united. ”

"I see, the concubine understands, please rest assured, tomorrow the concubine will go to the queen to discuss this matter."

After listening to Sima Shu's explanation, Lu Zhu's eyes lit up, a harem woman like her, staying in the palace all day and night, will be bored for a long time, if it is really like Sima Shu said, through this charity as a long-term cause of the harem to do, it is not a good idea to relieve boredom.

On the second day of the court meeting, the atmosphere became tense because of the locust plague in Qingzhou, and the ministers could not put forward effective suggestions for the management of the locust plague because of their limited understanding, and Sima Shu was deeply dissatisfied with this. Although he already had a draft in his heart, sometimes he still needed to train his courtiers, otherwise after they developed a habit, they would always throw problems to the emperor instead of finding a way to solve them themselves.

"Do you Aiqing have a way to deal with the locust plague?" Sima Shu frowned and looked at the silent ministers, and said with some dissatisfaction: "The imperial court didn't let you eat white rice when you raised you!" Everyone has been thinking about it for a few days, can't they come up with a feasible way to deal with the locust plague? If the locust plague in Qingzhou is allowed to spread, how will the local affected people live? Speak! How have you become dumb now, don't you always argue over some small things? ”

The minister hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The emperor is wise, and the ministers are afraid." ”

At this moment, I saw the guards outside the court hall shouting loudly: "Your Majesty, Master Zheng Yin asks to see you." ”

When Sima Shu heard this, the starring actor came, and his face became better, and the ministers below wiped the cold sweat that had just appeared on their foreheads with their hands, and said in their hearts, "I really deserve to be a great heavenly master, save everyone from the dire situation." ”

Sima Shu didn't even look at the relieved courtiers below, and said, "Quickly let the Heavenly Master come in to see me." The guards listened to the emperor's orders and hurried down to deliver the message.

Master Zheng Yin was led into the palace gate by the guards, and when he saw the magnificent and domineering buildings inside, he walked through the square, and the steps led straight to the Taiji Palace! Five steps on both sides of the steps, those guards stood upright, their expressions were quite serious, the guards led the heavenly master Zheng Yin to the front of the hall to report inward, Zheng Yin looked up at the plaque, "Tai Chi Palace" three gilded characters are dragon flying phoenix dance, domineering and awe-inspiring, the national fortune of the Great Jin Dynasty was finally changed against the sky today.

I only heard the eunuch inside preaching: "Heavenly Master Zheng Yin has come to see you." Heavenly Master Zheng Yin tidied up his clothes, and when he saw the door of the hall open, he raised his head and entered the inner hall with a graceful bearing.

The moment the door of the temple opened, everyone in the hall intuitively felt that someone was coming in the glow, his whole body was shrouded in the glow, a white dress floated out of the dust, a baby-like immature face, a free and easy temperament, wise and agile eyes, everything was so sacred and inviolable, I saw him lift the hem of his clothes, kneel down and say; "Zheng Yin, a minister outside the world, has seen the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Sima Shu was also attracted by Zheng Yin's momentum for a while, and when he heard the voice of the visitor, he didn't come back to his senses for a while, but only listened to the personal attendant Xiao Deng Zi next to him whispered: "The emperor, the emperor." Only then did he wake up, and he retracted his expression and said, "Flat." Zheng Yin slowly raised his head, got up and stood in the hall, his temperament was free, without a hint of panic and nervousness.

Zheng Yin looked up at the king on the dragon chair, the young man had grown into a heroic and upright young emperor, his facial features seemed to be carved, his eyes were deep, revealing a sharp light, his sword eyebrows were in his sideburns, he had a short beard, and his temperament was awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Sima Shu steadied his mind and asked according to the pre-planned plan, "Heavenly Master, I heard that you have a feasible way to deal with the locust plague?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the grass people do have a way to deal with the locust plague."

Master Zheng Yin claimed that there was a way to deal with the locust plague, and the ministers did not doubt it, because with the development and growth of the Lingbao Sect, Master Zheng Yin was almost synonymous with 'living immortals' among the people. Even the ministers standing in the court have not heard of the master's miraculous medical skills, and in their opinion, the method proposed by the master must be a good way.

"Your Majesty, the people have suffered a locust plague, if the imperial court is not effectively dealt with, the locust plague will surely spread, causing the people of our Great Jin Dynasty to be displaced, starvation, serious can cause the people's hearts to be turbulent, the country is not peaceful."

Sima Shu nodded and said: "The master is right, the imperial court must not let the locust plague go unattended, but must strengthen management and minimize the damage caused by the disaster, and the Heavenly Master will present your prevention and control method!" ”

Zheng Yin stood up, straightened the hem of his clothes, took out the locust plague prevention and control method that he had sorted out last night according to the emperor's prompts, and presented it with both hands, only to see Xiao Dengzi take it and present it to Sima Shu.

Sima Shu pretended to be serious, and nodded in agreement from time to time, and after reading it, Sima Shu handed the paper to the ministers below. However, the other ministers were not as calm as Sima Shu, especially some ministers of the family raised their own questions. (To be continued......)