What a terrible plague of locusts, she had seen it with her own eyes.

The locusts that covered the sky and the sun roared past, and where they passed, there was not a single grass left.

It's a horror.

In the first few years, there were two locust plagues on Gui'an's side, both of which were not too serious, and the imperial court received some food, and it passed.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanjing just nodded and asked again: "What else are you watching?" ”

Yan Er said: "There is also an excerpt from Tubo, saying that there has been little rain and drought in Tubo recently, and there has been no rain for half a year. There was no grass to feed the livestock, and the plague was rampant, and the cattle and sheep died in large numbers. ”

Zhao Yuanjing nodded, his expression a little serious.

Every year after the beginning of spring, the imperial court had to face drought in the north, floods or locust plagues in the south.

The bigger the country, the more things that happen and the more things to worry about.

Although difficulties occur every year, it is relatively rare for droughts, locust plagues and animal plagues to occur in the same year.

This means that the imperial court needs to allocate a large amount of money for disaster relief.

Otherwise, a large number of people will starve to death.

Yan Er said again: "There are still a few excerpts sent by Northern Qi over there. ”

Yun Dai chuckled in her heart and said, "I remember that Northern Qi is rich in beauty, and there are very few droughts and floods. ”

Yan Er said with a smile: "What the queen mother said is very true, and the excerpt of the Northern Qi Dynasty said another thing. A few years later, small groups of rebels emerged, stirring up trouble everywhere and causing trouble to the people. ”

Since the subjugation of the Northern Qi Dynasty, although the world is unified, there are still occasional disobedient people on the Northern Qi side who stir up trouble.

It is not easy to convince all the people of a country to submit in a short period of time.

For these small groups of rebels, the troops stationed in Northern Qi could deal with them.

They came up to ask for military expenses, food and grass.

"Transfer this to the Ministry of War and deal with it for King Qin." Zhao Yuanjing said.

King Qin was the Minister of Military Aircraft and was also in charge of the Ministry of War. But he can control the expressions of the army. He is also in charge of the allocation of military salaries to the guards in various places.

As long as you figure out the accounts with the household department managed by Jin Lan afterwards.

Yan Er said: "Yes, Erchen wrote it down." ”

Zhao Yuanjing waved his hand: "You go on, and then tell me about it after you finish reading." ”

Yan'er sat down and continued to look at the excerpts.

Zhao Yuanjing pondered for a while and said, "I don't know what the situation of this locust plague is, if it is similar to the previous two years, it will be fine." If severe...... I'm afraid the treasury is going to be tight again. ”

Yun Dai said: "The silver in the treasury is originally for the state, without the people, where will the country come from?" Don't worry about money, people's lives matter. ”

"I can't understand this truth, but it's just that I keep filling it with money like this, and it's not a way."

"Again, treating the symptoms is not the root cause. In floods, embankments can be built in advance, and in arid areas, canals can be built earlier. As for the plague of locusts...... It is also necessary to prevent it in advance. You can't let those locusts come back to eat unscrupulously every year. ”

Zhao Yuanjing sighed: "Controlling locusts is not easy to say. Since the time of the first emperor, I don't know how many ways to think of it. ”

Yun Dai smiled: "Your method doesn't work, this locust has to be cured from the root." Do you know why there are locusts in that area every year? ”

Zhao Yuanjing said: "Flying from somewhere else? ”

"There has to be somewhere to come. In fact, when these locusts stop in one place to eat the crops, they also lay their eggs in the ground, waiting to grow up the following year. Therefore, the most important thing is to turn the ground every year to get rid of those eggs. Moreover, these locusts can also be eaten, and the people are mobilized to catch and eat them together. ”

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