Seeing that all the officials were looking forward to landing Yuanchi to resolve the locust plague in Qingzhou, the empress nodded slightly:

"Lu Qing, you have also served in the household department for many years, and during the time when Li Si went to Qingzhou for disaster relief, you were also in charge of the household department, and it was hard work."

The empress's words seemed to be breezy and willowy, but Lu Yuanchi's face changed suddenly, and Wei Qian also secretly screamed that it was not good.

Obviously, he didn't praise him, he hid a knife in his words!

You're in charge of the household department, why didn't you come up with a good plan before?

I have to wait until Li Si is in trouble now, oh, you jump out and say you have a way?

Isn't this an obvious attempt to bypass your immediate boss and take credit for yourself?

Coupled with Lu Yuanchi's identity as Wei Qian's son-in-law, it made the empress even more angry.

Lingyan Ji's coercion has always been extremely deterrent, and few ministers in the DPRK and China dare to contradict her.

At this time, among the henchmen of Wei Qian, the Duke of Fuguo, one person stood up to clear mines.

Criminal Department Shangshu Chang Yun, says:

"Your Majesty, the current disaster situation in Qingzhou is like fire and water, and the officials in the court and the central government have no good solutions, so it is better to listen to Lord Lu's methods first."

The empress snorted coldly: "Okay, Lu Qing, you can talk about it." ”

Lu Yuanchi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said:

"The minister's method is one word, catch!"

Scratch?

As soon as this word was spoken, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military almost had their eyes flying out.

Locusts are covering the sky and the sun, tens of billions, you are the whole country, how many people set a KPI to catch, and that will never be caught.

Doing a full set of acts, Chang Yun was the first to throw out doubts and asked:

"Lord Lu, it's child's play. Not only are locusts large in number and eat in incredible quantities, but what is even more terrifying is the extreme summer heat, which allows them to multiply very quickly.

If for thousands of years, it can be caught clean by grasping, how can the locusts change color in the past dynasties? ”

Lu Yuanchi expected that some people would question it, and said: "Ordinary arrests must have little effect, so the minister suggested using a reward system." ”

Reward system?

Hearing this method, Mu Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, it seems that Lu Yuanchi is really a bit of a brain compared to those wine bags and rice bags.

The empress asked, "How is it rewarded?" ”

Lu Yuanchi's method is very simple, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward.

The imperial court rewarded those who caught locusts at the price of one penny per ten catties of locusts.

It doesn't matter if you're a beggar or a rich man, the uniform price rewards.

Mobilize the people's enthusiasm for arrest to the greatest extent.

Mu Bai made a simple calculation, according to the monetary system of this world, one tael of silver is equivalent to 4,000 yuan.

One tael is exchanged for one thousand yuan, and one penny is equal to 4 yuan.

In other words, the reward price of one pound of locusts is 0.4 yuan.

Baiguan is not a pig's head, you operate like this, it's very good, the people are crazy to catch locusts, where does the money come from?

The imperial court can't even get the money for disaster relief, where is the reward money?

The empress was not very interested in this method, and asked, "Does the treasury have any money left to pay for this reward?" ”

Lu Yuanchi knows the accounts of the household department best, no!

Although the capital is Changling this time, except for the founding ceremony to spend some silver, there is no need to break the bank.

But it's just enough, and it's too much money to spend on locusts at once.

Lu Yuanchi said: "Your Majesty, the money in the treasury is indeed not enough. But recently, Jingzhao Mansion sent officials to exterminate a group of bandits in Poisonous Snake Ridge, this group of people robbed the rich and plundered the poor for many years, and the officials actually looted countless treasures from the cottage basement, equivalent to one million taels of silver. ”

Wow!

One million taels of silver!

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in Weiyang Palace.

"I can't imagine that a nest of bandits in Viper Ridge has so much money, they should be killed!"

"With this million taels, coupled with Lu Caizi's reward system, the locusts will definitely be wiped out."

"Little locust, deceive me into being an incompetent person in the court?"

The praise was endless.

Wei Qian's henchmen also breathed a sigh, once this matter is done, then there is hope that Lu Yuanchi will replace Li Si.

Lu Yuanchi was secretly happy in his heart, the position of the Hubu waiter from Shangshu was originally a matter of kicking his feet.

However, how could the empress give Lu Yuanchi the opportunity to make great contributions.

On the contrary, it was Mu Bai, she wanted to promote with her heart.

Suddenly, I heard the empress ask loudly: "Mu Bai, do you think this method is good?" ”

The voice echoed above the main hall, and there was a dead silence.

Mu Bai?

Who is this called?

The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and there is no surname Mu!

Everyone looked left and right, and exchanged heads and ears.

Did Your Majesty call the wrong name?

Above the court, a magnetic voice came:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Lu's method is inappropriate!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and the short ones had to stand on their toes.

At the end of Wenchen's camp, there was an extremely handsome man in the pile of five-grade small sesame grains in crimson official uniforms.

One or two hundred pairs of eyes were brushed at once, and Mu Bai was also calm.

However, a huge question mark appeared above the heads of the ministers.

Who is this man?

Seeing everyone's reaction, the empress thought that it was time to throw out Mu Bai's trump card.

"Zhongqing, this is the Household Affairs Department of the Provincial Judgment Shangshu that I have just appointed, Mu Bai. This person is full of talents, has learned through the past and the present, and can be called the first talent of my Liang Dynasty. ”

Airplanes!

The first genius of the Great Liang Dynasty?

These words came out of the empress's golden mouth, which was tantamount to directly awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The officials are stunned and shocked, is it really that powerful?

And the person who was most injured was Lu Yuanchi.

He knows best what the talents of the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee are, who dares to preface the word "talent" in front of him?

It stands to reason that a small judge of the provincial household affairs is not a big official, but he doesn't steam steamed buns to fight for breath!

He Lu Yuanchi was not convinced.

Everyone can see that his rhythm has been disrupted, and now he cares about any birds and locusts, what he cares about is the name of the number one talent in this dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Minister Lu Yuanchi, please have a poem with Lord Mu."

Lu Yuanchi directly wrote the battle letter, and his tone was full of gunpowder.

When the court is facing poems, it is like when there is a meeting, someone proposes to go up and sing two songs, and the officials are very happy in their hearts.

The ancients loved poetry as much as we did for popular songs.

And the competition between talented people is also through poetry.

The empress had confidence in Mu Bai, and she smiled:

"Mu Qing, the first genius in Jiangnan wants to write poetry with you, are you willing?"

Mu Bai smiled secretly in his heart, and I was a traverser to the poem, isn't that a light lantern and an ugly offering!

Ke Mubai bowed down and apologized: "Your Majesty, the minister can't compose poetry......"

Lose!

Above the court, a wave of disdain soon swept in.

Don't mention the generals, which of the civil servants hasn't kept the four books and five classics in their hands since childhood?

Who hasn't written two clumsy essays?

If you can't compose poetry, do you dare to take on the title of the first genius of this dynasty?

Okay!

Lu Yuanchi hurriedly seized the opportunity to make up for the knife:

"I am a great beam to establish the country with military force and rule the world with literature. Poetry and poetry are just a small way, you still don't know, how to participate in the court's major events? ”

Lu Yuanchi hit the nail on the head, and also pointed out the arrogant mentality of the sour and rotten literati present.

Worry appeared on the empress's pretty face, Mu Bai's first battle was unfavorable!

Is he too anxious to pull him into the court?

How do you know that Mu Bai came to the center of the hall unhurriedly, and after attracting all the disdainful eyes, he said:

"Your Majesty, the minister just can't compose poems along the way, but when he writes backwards, the minister is still very good at it."

Pour...... Poetry upside down?

There are black lines on the top of the heads of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, this kid is not joking, right?