This has seriously affected the harvest of millions of people, and the northwest, which already has difficulty drinking water, is now suffering from famine. The common people are struggling to make a living, and they are complaining about hardship, how can I eat?

"As the king of the northern bordering country, I can't let myself be too comfortable, so I have to starve so that I can understand the suffering of the people and come up with a way to destroy the locusts as soon as possible."

Hearing this, he was slightly stunned.

Concubine Shu once told her that the man in front of him was too ambitious and only crazy for power, and women were the most irrelevant part of his life.

At this moment, he in front of him is going crazy for power.

But Qian Yan felt that this high-ranking emperor, he may be for power, but not all for power.

Because she saw in him the responsibility and responsibility that an emperor should have.

This man seems to be everything to him.

In front of Beilinguo, let alone a woman, he can't be himself.

He will not wronged himself for the sake of a woman.

But he will go hungry for a few meals for the sake of the country and the people of the world, and he will be too busy to rest.

A person's heart is only so big, but he pretended to be the former dynasty, the harem, and the whole world.

The woman didn't know where he put it in her heart.

Maybe in his heart, there is no place for a woman to stay at all.

He is not only the man of the concubines, he is also the emperor of the common people, the father of the heirs, and the monarch of the courtiers!

Being his woman may be very tiring and bitter, but being his people should be happier than the people of the countries next to him, and he thinks like this.

It's no wonder that those concubines love him to death, in addition to his handsome appearance, monstrous power, and deep city, he also has the ambition and courage to govern the country.

He is not only the male charm between his appearance and the bed, but also the charm of the personality of a mature man!

"What is Concubine Ai thinking, is she shaking?" The man's slender fingers shook in front of Yan Yan.

Qian Yan was pulled back from her thoughts, and she smiled lightly, "The concubine is thinking, those who say that you are a tyrant may not be very easy to look at." ”

At first, the man didn't seem to understand much of what she meant.

After a few breaths, Ying Zhan chuckled, "I only do things that are beneficial to the country, and I never care about the opinions of others. Besides, a tyrant is better than a dumb one. ”

At the end, he also urged her: "It's Concubine Ai, your bowl of duck soup, but it has solved my troubles these days, and quickly say what kind of reward you want, I have no inaccuracy!" ”

"The concubine has everything, nothing in particular." He looked at the man's eyes and said sincerely: "If the emperor wants the concubine to say one, the concubine wants the emperor to drink this old duck soup, eat some more food, and rest well before dealing with the government." ”

"That's it?" Ying Zhan raised her eyebrows.

Qian Yan nodded very seriously, "Of course, perhaps in the emperor's heart, Jiangshan Sheji is the most important." ”

"But in the hearts of the concubines, the emperor is more important than anything else, and the concubines hope that when the emperor takes care of the country, he also takes care of his own dragon body, and I believe that the people don't want you to be tired of the dragon body."

Truth be told, she really doesn't lack anything.

But what the emperor rewarded her with was nothing more than some jewelry, silk and satin.

There are a lot of these things in her treasury, and in addition to some left by the original owner, many of them are rewarded by him.

And if you ask a man for this, it will be too materialistic.

If it is those positions, Tanyan is pregnant now, and she will give birth in more than a month, she doesn't want to pull hatred at this juncture.

Besides, there is such a thing as a position, which is not something that a woman asks for when she asks, but a man who willingly gives you a promotion.

Otherwise, even if you take advantage of this situation, it won't be very interesting.

On the contrary, it will make her pull the favor, and she will lose it all at once.

Sometimes, not asking for anything in return is more pleasing than asking for credit.

It's better to let him remember this favor, and sooner or later he will make up for her somewhere else.

It's called casting a long line to catch a big fish!

As a result, after the request was made, the man was silent.

She looked at the silent man and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, do you want to regret it?" ”

Ying Zhan looked straight into the woman's eyes.

seems to want to see through her eyes at any time, and explore the truth and falsehood of her words.

Immediately, he chuckled, "Since I have approved the concubine, I will say that it counts!" ”

The man turned around and instructed the servant: "Come, prepare dishes and chopsticks for me." ”

Hearing this, he smiled.

Ying Zhan saw that the woman was as happy as something, and her thin lips rose slightly.

So, Ying Zhan cleaned his hands and ate under the service of the palace maid.

He was very face-saving, and ate three bowls of rice and one bowl of duck soup.

When Li Zhong returned to the Longxuan Hall again, he saw His Majesty the Emperor eating a lot.

This...... What's going on?

He just left for a while, why did the emperor suddenly change so much?

It seems that he made the right decision to invite the concubine this time!

After lunch, Tanyan and the emperor took a nap in the apse.

When she woke up, the man next to her had returned to the front hall to become a workaholic.

Qian Yan knew that he was busy, so he didn't stay long.

She said hello to him and went back to her own pear hall.

In the afternoon of the next day, Ying Zhan summoned the minister to the morning court in the morning because of the approval of the overnight performance last night, and did not squint for a while until noon.

Although his rest time was irregular, Li Zhong reminded him that when he had a meal, he was more punctual than before, so he thought it was the effect of persuasion.

When he woke up, Li Zhong stepped forward to wait for him to change his clothes, and said: "Your Majesty, the amount of food of that hemp duck has been tried, and the palace maid yesterday was not wrong, that hemp duck is big and has strong predation ability." ”

"A hemp duck can eat at least 150 locusts a day, and more than 200 locusts weighing about half a catty, and even, they don't even let go of locust eggs and pupae, it's completely a carpet sweep!"

After hearing this, the corners of the emperor's mouth curled up with satisfaction.

"Li Zhong, pass on my will, let the northwest region add the method of killing locusts by hemp ducks to the original bonfire trapping method, the trench burial method, and the insect egg removal method."

"As for the ducks, I will directly order the provinces to transfer 100,000 ducks from all over the northern border country to the northwest! If it's not enough, make up for it with other insect catchers, be sure to do it quickly! ”

"In addition, add another national locust hunting method, no matter whether it is the common people in the northwest or those who are suffering from famine, for every basket of locusts eliminated, you can exchange a basket of rice!"

Li Zhong: "The emperor is wise, in this way, in addition to the hemp duck to exterminate the locusts, the people of the northwest can also participate in it, and those people who are famine will not be hungry, and they can still have something to do, and they will not steal and rob because of this!" ”

At this moment, the emperor's eyes were firm, as if he must win this battle of locust plague!

Li Zhong: "By the way, Your Majesty, do you still want to go to the locust worship ceremony of the temple fair in the neighboring province after a while?" ”

"Of course I want to go." Ying Zhan hooked her lips.

On the same day, the holy decree was sent from Beijing to eleven provinces, mobilizing the ducks from all over the country, as well as the rest of the ducks and birds that could eat locusts.

The emperor's order, a hundred calls!

Due to the proper governance of the emperor, the masses in the northern border country are quite united.

is not like those princes and nobles, each with their own conspiracies and thoughts.

Even though they had never seen such a ridiculous secret order, they did it obediently.

A few days later, Ying Zhan received a secret letter from the eleven provinces.

"Your Majesty, the eleven provinces have sent us a reply, due to the urgency of time, we can only send 70,000 ducks to the northwest in a short time, although the number of ducks has not reached the number you expected."

"However, the duck is not enough, the pheasant will make up! Officials from all over the country gathered 40,000 pheasants and 10,000 pink starlings to transport them to the northwest as quickly as possible! ”

"The pheasant's ability to prey on locusts is not as powerful as that of the duck, but the pink bird is on par with the duck, so that the duck soldiers and chickens, the red pink bird will go to the northwest, the locusts flying in the sky and crawling in the ground can't escape!"

Ying Zhan smiled heartily at first.

Then he solemnly instructed Li Zhong: "Remember to ask the household department to immediately allocate the silver to various places according to the price and quantity of local livestock." ”

"Yes." Li Zhong said: "However, there are several official letters that say that some chickens and ducks were voluntarily sent to the northwest by the people of the eleven provinces to help our compatriots in the northwest. ”

There was a look of relief in the emperor's eyes.

He exhaled heavily, "There are many disasters in the north this year, and the people are already having a hard time, and their hearts are understood, but if there is a disaster, they have to bear the burden of the north country, and we must not suffer our people anymore." ”

"The emperor is really benevolent, righteous, and wise!" Li Zhong's voice was high.

In June, the emperor went to the locust temple in a neighboring province to worship the locust god.

Throughout the ages, things that ordinary people can't solve are easy to involve ghosts and gods, or superstitions.

The northern border country of the traditional feudal society, and the people of the northern border country believe that heaven and man are one.

Ordinary people like to associate good and bad things with God.

Guotai and the people's security is "God bless the people".

When there is a disaster, it is "natural anger and human resentment" and "natural and man-made disasters".

Even the emperor is ordered by heaven, so he is called "the Son of Heaven".

Therefore, once there is something happening in the heavenly family, the people will contact the northern neighboring country.

There is something going on in the north of the country, and the people will contact the Heavenly Family, and even think that the Son of Heaven is not ruling properly.

Therefore, Ying Zhan, as the monarch, had no choice but to pray for disaster through the belief in the locust god sacrificed by the gods, and on the other hand, to carry out social governance through manpower to exterminate locusts.

If you go to the locust temple in a neighboring province and take a horse-drawn carriage, it takes about three to five days to go back and forth.

On the eighth day of the sixth month, Ying Zhan took thousands of royal forest troops and rode a carriage to the locust temple in a neighboring province.

As for the harem concubines, Concubine Wen asked Zhang Guiren and Yin Guiren to follow the emperor and serve left and right.

In the early morning of the second day after the emperor left the palace, he was awakened by a stomachache.

When she lifted the quilt and got up, she felt a little dizzy and hot.

As a result, I went to the thatched house and found out that it was diarrhea.

At first, she thought it was caused by the yin deficiency of her physique, and she caught a cold.