Wu Qiong looked at the ministers in front of him who were looking at him, Wu Zhi didn't sleep all night, obviously because something important happened, otherwise he would call a group of officials to the palace in the middle of the night to fight the landlord?

It was impossible for Wu Zhi not to anticipate this situation, so she must have left a hint.

Sure enough, Wu Qiong felt something in his sleeve, and he raised his hand to touch it, it was a letter.

"Rong Zhen think about it, it's not too early, everyone should be hungry, let's have a supper first, Shangguan, let the Shangshi Bureau send some pastries to you Aiqing, go to the side hall to eat."

"No."

Although the other courtiers still looked a little speechless on their faces, after all, it was the order of the Son of Heaven, so they could only bow down and retreat to the side hall to wait for supper.

Wu Qiong turned his back, supported his knees with one hand, and sat on his knees, which really affected his knees a little, although he was now using Wu Zhi's body, and took out the letter that Wu Zhi put in his sleeve.

The letter is divided into two paragraphs, the first half of which is written in a generous manner, which is very calligrapher's taste.

The content is not complicated, mainly for Wu Qiong to make today's arrangements, the early dynasty naturally does not need to go, Wu Qiong is not the emperor after all, Wu Zhi obviously does not have the intention of letting Wu Qiong and the ministers have too much contact for the time being.

Then he praised Wu Qiong's method of classifying and sorting out the chapters and writing opinions in advance, which was extremely effective.

There is a lot of space in this paragraph, Wu Qiong will understand it after reading it, this Wu Zhi wants me to help her sort out the music today, that's what it means, right?

Then Wu Zhi wanted to learn more about the magical technology of Shanglu City, such as the iron carriage that could run, the mobile phone that transmitted the sound for thousands of miles, and the computer that put people in, etc., hoping that Wu Qiong could help.

This is a bit difficult to do, this kind of thing can not be done overnight, before the internal combustion engine comes out, the car is not to think about it, and electronic products are even more fantastical.

The manufacture of an internal combustion engine requires hundreds of materials and involves a variety of disciplines, so to speak, without the joint efforts of one or two generations and thousands of people.

But Wu Zhi can have this idea, and after seeing all kinds of modern magical technology, he also hopes to be able to move closer to the modern era, rather than being conformist, which is an excellent start in itself.

Wu Qiong felt that this problem could be discussed with Wu Zhi in the future, it was better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, to open a new school, to abandon the old imperial examination, and to advocate the new imperial examination, this is the shortcut to strengthening the country and enriching the people.

Of course, there are some things that can be done now, go back and take a good look at Baidu, and give Wu Zhi and Da Zhou some guidance, the problem is not very big.

Wu Qiong continued to look below, and from here on, the watershed was below.

The handwriting is messy and the records are also very miscellaneous, but after seeing the content, Wu Qiong feels that the problem is a bit serious.

It's about locust plagues!

Last year, there was a big drought in Guanzhong, Shandong and other places, as the so-called "locusts in the extreme drought", there was a locust plague last year, but the scale was not large, but this year, it was only summer, and officials in many places had already played and found that there were a large number of locust larvae in the ridges, and I am afraid that it would not be flooded this year.

In addition to pointing out the problems encountered at present, the letter also gave Wu Zhi's guidance methods, a total of two points.

The first is to sacrifice to the gods and pray to God to bless the Great Zhou.

Second, the government and yamen of various localities were ordered to patrol all localities and try their best to hunt and kill those born of locusts, and if they sat back and watched the locust plague spread, they would be punished, and those who patrolled and hunted down locusts would be punished in the same way.

As for what the officials wanted to think about themselves, it was not written in the letter, obviously the exchange of bodies was very sudden, and Wu Zhi did not have time to write it.

But it was probably something related to the locust plague, Wu Qiong already knew what was going on in her heart, and she wasn't very panicked.

It's just that the method of controlling locusts that Wu Zhi said, in Wu Qiong's opinion, is a bit too unreliable.

I was still thinking about it just now, Wu Zhi didn't think about gods and ghosts in everything, and praised her in his heart, but he still couldn't escape the limitations of the ancients in the feudal era.

The first is superstition, and the second is that we do not know the laws and principles of the development of things, and we can only rely on imagination to solve unexpected problems that we do not understand.

If the sacrificial gods can control the locust plague, starting from the Qin Dynasty, in more than 2,000 years, there will not be more than 500 large-scale locust plagues in the land of China, which is equivalent to a large locust plague every four years.

The locust plague mentioned here is the kind of people who starved to death directly in the disaster area. As for the locust plagues of other years, as long as they don't finish the food, the people can fill their stomachs, and there is some surplus food left, it will be a good harvest.

These natural and man-made disasters caused the ancients to often go hungry, the average life expectancy was not long, and the total population was never able to rise.

In addition to the Qing Dynasty, relying on geographical discoveries, the promotion of the civilization from the American continent three treasures of potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, not only to maintain stability, but also to push the population to as much as 500 million.

Before the Qing Dynasty, when the population was at its largest, it was during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and there were more than 100 million people and less than 200 million, which was already a great achievement.

Wu Qiong knows this, of course, because he is engaged in writing, and he usually sees a lot of these things.

As for what Wu Zhi said, it is useless to catch locust larvae everywhere. As mentioned earlier, if manpower culling works, can there be a locust plague in the land of China once every four years?

It is still necessary to control the locusts scientifically.

After reading the letter, Wu Qiong was thinking about sorting out what she knew, and in the modern era of extremely low productivity, she could use effective methods to control locusts.

A small yellow door walked in from outside, bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, all of you have finished eating in the side hall, Prime Minister Cai asked if you can continue the discussion."

Wu Qiong nodded and said:

"Let them in."

"No."

The ministers had actually been waiting outside for a long time, and after hearing the order of the Son of Heaven, they hurriedly entered the Qiankun Hall one by one, and then sat down one by one, and an old man with a long beard who Wu Qiong couldn't name, grabbed a smooth long board in his hand, and said in the column:

"Regarding what Fang just said, Your Majesty, please make a decision as soon as possible."

Wu Qiong looked at this old man, and he didn't have any impression at all, the wat he was holding in his hand didn't have his name and official position written on it.

This wat is like a notebook in hand, and the officials will hold it to the court, and they will record some things they want to announce in advance, or the emperor's orders, etc.

Wu Qiong touched her head and made a gesture of embarrassment, then looked at the old man and said:

"Aiqing, what do you think?"

The old man obviously did not expect the emperor to ask him directly, he organized his language a little, and said:

"Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, this locust plague, just now, there are already signs of a catastrophe, this year I am afraid that not only Guanzhong, Shandong and other places can not be taxed, even the imperial court has to get a large amount of money and grain relief, the construction of the Great Wall, the replacement of front-line soldiers and equipment, it is not overnight, when the people's livelihood is the priority."

It's just that as soon as the old man finished speaking, a middle-aged man in high spirits walked out, he was burly, his skin was rough and dark, and he looked like he was getting up in the army, and he immediately arched his hand and said:

"Situ Yushi's words, you should be killed!"

"He Shangshu, you have to confuse the holy hearing, you guy, all day long, you have to instigate the saint to start the war lightly, soldiers, it is a major matter of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, you must fight cautiously, do not fight, to educate Rong Di as the main, the mighty as the supplement, Fang is the royal road!"

After Situ Yushi finished speaking, He Shangshu sneered and sneered:

"Situ Yushi has never been to Yanmen Pass, if you have been, you will know that the little locusts are uneatable, and those barbarians on horseback are indeed going to eat us alive!"

"You!"

Situ Yushi and He Shangshu quarreled, and several ministers next to them also stood up together and joined the confrontation.

"He Shangshu is serious, not so."

"There have always been border troubles, and the Great Wall cannot be repaired."

"We have to provide disaster relief first."

"Then you say, what should I do if the border is tight?"

"Your Majesty has already rewarded you with silver money and cloth, and the Huns should thank God for their ......"

"They're barbarians!"

"If there are too many displaced people, I am afraid of disaster."

"The treasury is not enough......"

Wu Qiong understood it, in short, it was originally planned to repair the Great Wall this year and replace the border defense equipment with the latest ones to resist the invasion of the Xiongnu Turks, but suddenly there was such a big locust plague.

Some ministers demanded that money be set aside for disaster relief to deal with the displaced people and possible civil unrest, while others demanded that the frontier should be given priority and that the military affairs of the frontier should not be delayed.

The two factions argued endlessly about this, and to put it bluntly, there was not enough money.

What to do?

Wu Qiong thought for a while and said:

"Let me think about this and give you an answer tomorrow. By the way, let's talk about locust control first. ”

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(The next chapter is coming soon!) ）