Li Dongyang looked at it again after writing the memorabilia, and the older he gets, the more cautious he becomes, because he knows that there are many people staring at him, and he can't let himself make mistakes. After confirming that there were no typos, no inappropriate words, or places where words were easy to cause misunderstandings, Li Dongyang dried the ink and sighed: "Ten years of night rain in the rivers and lakes, the ups and downs of personnel have been new, yes and no, all turned into a cup of turbid wine and a pot of tea." ”

The meaning of these words is "There is a lot of chaos in the rivers and lakes, my heart is very annoying, and every rainy night for ten years is full of sorrow and I can't sleep." But the world is always quietly changing, and people and things have also undergone new changes. Right and wrong, right and wrong, now for him, Li Dongyang, have turned into a cup of turbid wine and a pot of tea. ”

Li Dongyang folded it and put it aside. He took out the eight-strand essay that Jiang Xia handed over to him, that is, the one that ended with "The son is Yan Yuan said, use it to do, and give it up to hide, but I have a husband with you!" Eight strands of writing for the title.

The first thing that was printed in Li Dongyang's eyes was Jiangxia's Dong Ti character, Dong Qichang's regular script is known as the most regular script, integrating the length of a hundred schools. Its word power penetrates the back of the word, and it is born with a majestic atmosphere. Li Dongyang admired Jiangxia's words very much, he continued to read it, and saw that Jiangxia's breakthrough was "It is appropriate for the sage to hide it, and the one who can do it will also show it slightly." Li Dongyang couldn't help but slap the table and shouted, "Wonderful!" ”

Then Li Dongyang continued to look down and saw that Jiang Xia's title was "Covering the sage's trip to Tibet, it is not easy to rule, since Yan Zi is a few people, and it can be said with it." Li Dongyang couldn't help but slap the table three times in a row, and exclaimed excitedly: "Miao Miao Miao, so wonderful." ”

Li Dongyang read the entire article in one go, and then he put down the article in his hand and said to himself: "This article can already be used as a gold list, this son is really a genius, the son can be taught, the son can be taught." ”

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang was about to go to Xiaoyao Villa to take a look at Jiang Xia, but Li Dongyang, who had just opened the door of the study, stopped, he remembered that tomorrow was the day of the early dynasty, and now it was not too early, and I was afraid that going to Xiaoyao Villa would delay the early dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "Forget it, anyway, there is nothing big in the future, it is better to live in Xiaoyao Villa and carve this piece of jade." ”

On this day, the bright moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the night was dark. No one knows how much happened that night, but it was destined to be an extraordinary night.

The next morning, the civil and military officials entered the Taihe Hall in the early court. Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, wearing the Dongzhu crown and the five-clawed golden dragon robe, looking very mighty.

After the prostration, the ministers stood in thanks. Zhu Houzhao glanced at the ministers, and then said: "The drought in Henan has just passed, and now there is a locust plague again, do the secretaries have a good way to deal with it?" ”

There was silence in the Taihe Palace, and no one spoke. This locust plague is the most difficult to treat, and basically no one has thought of an effective way to deal with it. After a while, Li Dongyang opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, last night Weichen looked through the ancient books, and it was recorded in the books that the trees occupied seven or eight of the land, and the locusts did not grow. The minister thought that this method could be tried, transplanting a large number of trees from all over the surrounding areas to the locust plague in Henan, so as to inhibit the regeneration of the locust, and then send more people to capture the locust, so that the locust plague could be suppressed. ”

Li Dongyang's method is actually an effective way to deal with locusts, and it is important to know that later generations of scientists have shown that locusts must lay eggs on land with a vegetation coverage rate of less than 50 percent, and if a place has beautiful mountains and rivers and no bare land, locusts cannot reproduce. This is also the meaning of Li Dongyang's sentence "If the trees occupy seven or eight areas, the locusts will not grow".

However, Li Dongyang's method will not be effective in the short term, and it is not easy to increase the vegetation coverage rate of a place as large as Henan to more than 50 percent, so as soon as he put forward this plan, Zhu Houzhao asked Li Dongyang rhetorically: "Taifu, I ask you, how big is Henan?" How easy is it for seven or eight out of ten of Henan's land to be planted with trees? How much does it cost? Can the household get so much silver taels? Also, even if the locust plague was really suppressed after the trees were planted, there were still particles in Henan at that time? ”

Zhu Houzhao's series of rhetorical questions made Li Dongyang speechless, and he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Weichen is ignorant, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”

Zhu Hou glanced at Li Dongyang, and the dissatisfaction in his eyes was not concealed in the slightest. However, the rule at the court meeting was that ministers could not look directly at Long Yan, so few ministers saw Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and only a few bold adults secretly glanced at them with their spare eyes.

Zhu Houzhao took a slight breath and waved his hand: "That's it, let's get up first." ”

"Thank you for your kindness." Li Dongyang got up and stood aside.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at everyone again and said, "Is there anyone in the Zhongqing family who has a good way to deal with it?" ”

None of the officials dared to speak.

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Since you have no way, then I will teach you a way." Next, I was given three steps to deal with the locust plague in Henan, first, the Ministry of Officials issued a document to inform all counties and governments in Henan, ordering them to buy a large number of chickens and ducks, and herd chickens and ducks in the places where the locust plague was infested. ”

Cao Yuan took a step forward and knelt down and said, "Weichen has the order." ”

"Second, after the court meeting was dispersed, the celebrant immediately purchased several herbs such as Lu Jiecao, Banxia, Aracea, and Chuanwu from the Tai Hospital, ground them into powder, and then sprayed them in places where the locust plague was infested."

Liu Jin is the palm print of the celebrant eunuch, and he immediately stepped forward and knelt down and saluted: "The slave obeys the order." ”

"Third, the household department immediately allocated silver to all parts of the south of the Yangtze River to buy grain and transport it to Henan, and now that the drought in Henan has just passed, there is a locust plague, and the price of grain will definitely rise, so it must be dealt with in advance."

Li Dongyang also knelt on the ground and saluted: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

"Okay, that's it. Chickens and ducks can use chickens and ducks to eat locusts, spraying potions can kill the eggs laid by locusts, and buying grain can curb food prices. With such a simple method, none of the civil and military officials could have thought that I would ask you, what is the use of the imperial court raising you? ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao say this, the civil and military officials immediately knelt down, and everyone shouted: "Weichen can't share the emperor's worries, Weichen's crimes deserve death, please forgive the emperor." ”

"That's it, let's all disperse."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, then got up to leave.

The hundred officials retreated, Li Dongyang stood up with the support of Cao Yuan and Liang Chu, he was also about to leave the Taihe Palace, but Liu Jin suddenly came over and said to Li Dongyang with a smile: "Lord Shoufu, the emperor summoned you to the Qianqing Palace to see the driver." ”

Li Dongyang glanced at Liu Jin, and a feeling of uneasiness rose in his heart for no reason. Liu Jin's smile always made him feel very uncomfortable, Li Dongyang nodded and responded: "Yes, there is a rumor from Gonggong Lao." ”

Li Dongyang followed Liu Jin out of the side door of the Taihe Hall and walked all the way to the Qianqing Palace. Liu Jin was in a hurry, so when Li Dongyang arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace, he was still slightly panting.

Liu Jin stood at the door and said to Li Dongyang: "Lord Shoufu, go in, the emperor is waiting inside." ”

Li Dongyang glanced at Liu Jin, nodded slightly, and walked into the Qianqing Palace.

In the palace, Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, holding a book in his hand and looking at it. His expression was calm, and he didn't see anything unusual. Li Dongyang knelt down to Zhu Houzhao and saluted: "Weichen Li Dongyang, see the emperor, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live." ”

"Taifu is flat." Zhu Houzhao said lightly.

"Your Majesty." Li Dongyang got up.

Zhu Houzhao took out a book from the bookcase in front of him and said, "Fang Cai saw the fold handed over by Taifu, and Taifu wants to return to his hometown?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Weichen is old, deaf and dizzy, and dizzy, and can no longer serve the court, so he wants to return to his hometown, and ask the emperor for permission." Li Dongyang said.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and he said, "Taifu, if I am not mistaken, you should be a jinshi in the eighth year of Tianshun, and then enter the court as an official." In his life, he has gone through the three dynasties of Yingzong, Xianzong and my first emperor Xiaozong, plus I can be regarded as a veteran of the four dynasties. ”

"The emperor cares, and the emperor remembers it well." Li Dongyang replied that he didn't understand why Zhu Houzhao would mention this.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and sighed sadly: "The patriarch of the Four Dynasties, but he didn't expect that he would be a rebellious minister and thief with bad intentions!" ”

Li Dongyang was stunned for a moment, and then the whole person subconsciously knelt on the ground, he thought that the current emperor's evaluation of himself may not be high, but he never thought that one day he would be able to crown his head with the words "chaotic ministers and thieves".

After Li Dongyang came back to his senses, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and I hope that the emperor will be clear." ”

"Discerning? Do I still need to see? It is clearly written in black and white, you can see for yourself. Zhu Houzhao threw the book in his hand in front of Li Dongyang, and Li Dongyang hurriedly picked it up. The five big characters of "Da Ming Wenwu Collection" Li Dongyang almost lost his impression, and after turning his head carefully a few times, he remembered that this was a book he wrote when he was young.

Li Dongyang opened it and took a look, because Zhu Houzhao specially folded it, so he flipped to the place where Zhu Houzhao wanted him to see it. And the sentence "Thirty-one years ago." It was even sketched by Zhu Houzhao with a red pen.

Li Dongyang didn't react at first, but then a cool breath rose in his heart.

Where is Li Dongyang today still like when he was young before, he knows all the taboos of the imperial court, and Li Dongyang knows better than anyone what "Zhizheng thirty-one years" represents, Li Dongyang immediately broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, and he kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, this book was written by Weichen when he was young, and it has been twenty-one years ago. Wechen was young and ignorant at the time, so he made this big mistake, and I hope that the emperor will see that Wechen is old, and he will work hard for the Ming Dynasty without merit and hard work, so spare the minister this time. ”

Li Dongyang, who has always been known for his composure and calmness, finally came to the verge of collapse when faced with this matter, and his whole body trembled as he spoke.