Obviously, Boss Zhu's heart is getting darker and darker.

As long as it can be handed over to the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, Boss Zhu will give it all to the prince Zhu Gaochi.

Let's just say that in the past year, the time and number of times the prince has come to his mansion have become less and less.

And the prince is getting busier and busier!

After walking around the experimental field for most of the day, Zhu Di returned to Beijing with some uncertainty.

It's just that as soon as they entered the city, several eunuchs in the palace rode horses and walked out with anxious faces.

Seeing Zhu Di's convoy, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

"What?"

Sitting in front of the carriage, Yishaha asked in a deep voice.

"Henan Secret News!"

A eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a secret letter to Yishiha.

Afterwards, several eunuchs followed the sides of the convoy and walked into the city.

Yisha turned his head and whispered to the carriage: "Your Majesty, Henan Secret Report!" ”

"Bring it in!"

Zhu Di's eyes opened instantly, and he said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

He handed the secret letter into it.

Zhu Di took it and opened it directly.

"How daring!"

Before he finished reading it, Zhu Di was furious.

Guo An was taken aback, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?" ”

Zhu Di finished reading it, then looked at Guo An, gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that those thief officials in Henan would dare to be dishonest!" ”

"Huh?"

Guo An was stunned.

Zhu Di handed over the secret letter in his hand to Guo An.

"See for yourself!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Guo An hurriedly looked at it.

And Zhu Di shouted outside the car: "Yi Lost, go back to the palace!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The speed of the convoy increased significantly.

However, it did not affect Guo An to look at the words on the letter staggeringly.

After reading it, his face was also gloomy.

"How stupid are these officials?"

"Hmph, who knows if they're just scared and don't dare to play, or if there's something behind it?"

Zhu Di snorted coldly.

"Probably not!"

Guo An said with a look of uncertainty, "Now that there are so many businessmen investigating all over the Ming Dynasty, what can those officials hide?" ”

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "In this matter, I always ask Jinyiwei to investigate and investigate, so that the truth can be revealed!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An hurriedly flattered.

Zhu Di instructed to the Yisha outside: "Summoning the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Household Department, and the Ministry of Officials to enter the palace!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yisha hurriedly answered, and hurriedly gave a few orders to the eunuchs on the side.

Those eunuchs hurriedly went towards the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Household Department, and the Ministry of Officials.

Wait until Zhu Di takes Guo An and returns to Wulou.

Yang Jing, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, Jianyi, the secretary of the ministry, and Yu Xin, the secretary of the household department, also hurriedly walked in.

After the salute, they all looked at Zhu Di with puzzled faces, and the officials who didn't know where they were provoking His Majesty again!

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "Jinyiwei is playing, a locust plague has begun to occur in Runing Mansion in Henan, have you received a report from Henan officials?" ”

"What?"

Yu Xin and Yang Jing were suddenly shocked, and they were a little incredulous.

"Your Majesty, is this serious?"

Zhu Di said unhappily: "Such a big thing, Jinyiwei dares to deceive me?" ”

Yu Xin hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the household department has not received any gifts!" ”

Yang Jing also hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not received any gifts. ”

"Hmph, yes!"

Zhu Di sneered directly, "The locust plague, Henan officials conceal it, and they don't inspect the imperial history at all, our Ming officials are really a group of good officials!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!"

Yang Jing and Yu Xin hurriedly pleaded guilty.

Zhu Di ignored it and continued: "The people of Henan are just a little better, but now there is a locust plague again, if the locust plague cannot be eliminated in time, this year the people in the north will be another year of famine." ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true!"

Guo An nodded.

Zhu Di continued: "It's just that the Henan officials and the inspector of the imperial history can't hide this matter, which makes me particularly puzzled and a little worried.

I decided to send a few officials to Henan, mainly to preside over the extinguishing of the locust plague.

Also, investigate the matter thoroughly!

I don't know which Aiqing is willing to go? ”

Hearing this, Yang Jing, Jian Yi and Yu Xin glanced at each other, and finally Yang Jing and Jian Yi looked at Yu Xin together.

Yu Xin sighed helplessly and arched his hand towards Zhu Di.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go!"

"Since Yu Aiqing is willing to go, then I can rest assured!"

Zhu Di's expression eased slightly, and when Yu Xin was in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, he was ordered to formulate the "Regulations for Scattered Grain in Disaster Places".

Moreover, since the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, whenever there is a catastrophe in the Ming Dynasty, and the disaster relief cloud grain, Yu Xin will inevitably be indispensable.

Therefore, for Yu Xin, Zhu Di is very relieved.

On the side, Yang Jing and Jian Yi were a little apprehensive about Zhu Di's demeanor.

But they really have to accept disaster relief.

Yu Xin arched his hand and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, Weichen will do his best!" ”

Zhu Di looked at Yang Jing and Jian Yi again, "Although this disaster relief will be carried out by Yu Qing's family, it is necessary to investigate the reasons why Henan officials are not good, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Officials also need to send people to assist Yu Aiqing!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Jian Yi and Yang Jing hurriedly responded.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, then looked at Yu Xin, "I don't know what else Yu Aiqing wants?" ”

Yu Xin thought for a moment, and then asked directly: "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do, and I want to ask His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County!" ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Di's eyes were certain, "What does the Yu Qing family want to ask?" ”

Yu Xin said directly: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen went to Henan this time, mainly to prevent and control the locust plague.

Weichen remembered that a few years ago, His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County suggested that His Majesty use the locust plague to defeat the Tatars in one fell swoop.

Therefore, before Wei Chen left, he wanted to ask His Royal Highness the King of Shunde County for advice, what better way to control and eliminate the locust plague? ”

Zhu Di nodded: "This matter should be asked!" ”

Everyone in the hall looked at Guo An with a brush.

Guo An thought for a moment, and then said directly: "Back to Your Majesty, for locusts, Wei Chen has really read some books before. ”

“……”

Zhu Di and Yu Xin couldn't help but look weird.

Who's okay to read books about locusts? And, what else can you collect?

In the Song Dynasty, Mr. Dong Jixing's "Book of Saving the Famine and Living People" recorded that locusts are like ants (i.e., flies) at the beginning, and can only jump but cannot fly, and are easy to pounce......

It is also remembered that the locusts in the deep grass of the wheat seedlings and crops invade the morning every day, and gather all the grass to eat a little dew, and their weight cannot leap.

Underground, there are still insect eggs......"

"However, according to my synthesis of some books on locusts, I have concluded that locusts are born like corn at first, swirl as large as flies for several days, and can jump in groups, and are called locusts. And for a few days they flew in groups, and they were called locusts and for a few days, and they conceived their children on the ground. The son of the earth will be a locust in the eighteenth day, and the locust will be a locust. If it is passed on, the harm is widespread. ”

"To control locusts, we can start from three time periods, the period of insect eggs, digging up the soil to destroy its eggs.

During the period of the beetle, it can only jump and not fly, it is easy to pounce, and it can also eat, and it can be specially captured, and the court should set a reward, and no one can stop it.

When it grows wings, it becomes a plague of locusts.

At this time, the locust plague began to be uncontrolled, and it was thousands of miles away from the ground, and starvation was everywhere!

Therefore, it is necessary for the people in the locust plague to work together to dispatch an army of chickens and ducks, so that the chickens and ducks can go out to eat and eat locusts.

Or, weave a web to catch locusts.

You can also dig into the pit one by one, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and wait until the night, and lay coal or firewood in the earthen pit.

Set it on fire and emit a dazzling fire, and the locusts will be drawn in.

Wait until the locusts burrow into the pit and detonate it with gunpowder, or add firewood to burn the locusts to death! ”

“……”

As Guo An spoke, the entire hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone was full of surprise.

"His Royal Highness the King of the County knows so much about locusts, and has such a method of restraint?"

Yu Xin saluted respectfully towards Guo An.

"It's all from books, and it doesn't deserve to be like Yu Gong!"

Guo An hurriedly said.

Yu Xin said again: "The words of His Royal Highness the King of the County are very important for Xiaguan to control the locust plague!" ”

"It's nature!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and did not be too polite, but continued: "In addition, I also found out that locusts have the habit of migrating, concentrating, and choosing spawning grounds!

Therefore, in any case, the most important thing is to control the locusts and destroy the eggs laid by the locusts in advance! ”

Hearing this, Yu Xin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness, I don't know how to find the eggs of locusts?" ”

Guo An continued: "During the dry season, locusts like to lay their eggs in the moist wasteland.

In the rainy season, or in the state capital, the locusts prefer to lay their eggs in higher areas such as unflooded river embankments and ditches.

Especially in some hard, but not too hard, not too soft soil......"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was even more surprised, "These, Guo Qing also saw it from the books?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, these are not!"

Guo An shook his head slightly, "These are summarized by Weichen through observation and experiments!" ”

"I see!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then asked again: "I don't know if Guo Qing has any other way?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is gone for the time being!"

Guo An replied.

Zhu Di nodded again, and then looked at Yu Xin.

"What else does the Yu Qing family want?"

Yu Xin glanced at Guo An, opened his mouth slightly, and then bowed.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, His Royal Highness, Weichen has nothing else to do!"

Zhu Di said: "In this way, then go back and arrange the household affairs and go to Henan as soon as possible!" ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Yu Xin, who was already a little old, bowed to Zhu Di, and then withdrew very neatly.

Zhu Di said to Yang Jing and Jian Yi again: "This time, the officials who go to Henan with Yu Qing's family must be shrewd and capable, and they must not have any collusion with those officials in Henan.

Otherwise, I will definitely investigate to the end! ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Yang Jing and Jian Yi responded with solemn faces, and then hurriedly withdrew.

Thereupon.

In the hall, Guo An was left alone again.

"Guo Qing, since ancient times, I thought that the land of my Central Plains was full of natural disasters, and locust plagues were even more numerous.

However, whether it is a flood or a drought, there will be an omen.

Only the locust plague was as usual beforehand, but once it broke out, everyone was caught off guard.

The plague of locusts that covered the sky and the sun was like dark clouds, all over the sky.

Wherever you fly, you can be bare by these locusts in an instant, and there is no green at all.

The food that the common people had worked hard for a year to plant and rely on for their lives went into the stomachs of these animals.

When the animals are full, they lay more eggs.

Maybe there will be an even bigger locust plague next year! ”

"yes!"

Guo An echoed.

Zhu Di's expression was gloomy, and he continued, "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the locust plague in Jinan in the fifth year of Hongwu, and then the locust plague in Xuzhou and Datong;

In the sixth year of Hongwu, locust plagues in Beiping, Henan and Shanxi;

In the seventh year of Hongwu, locust plagues in Pingyang, Taiyuan and Fenzhou; A few months later, Huaiqing, Zhending, Baoding, Hejian, Shunde, and Shandong locust plagues!

In the eighth year of Hongwu, there was a locust plague in Beiping, Zhending, Daimyo, and Zhangde Prefectures!

The Ming Dynasty has been in a row for four years, a large-scale locust plague, and the people are miserable!

With such a scourge, many ignorant people still worship the locust god and dare not exterminate the locusts, which makes the emperor sad and I am also very worried! ”

Guo An echoed: "It is time for the people to know that only by exterminating locusts can they no longer suffer from locust plagues, and future generations will no longer suffer from locust plagues!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he stared at Guo An tightly, "Can future generations no longer suffer from locust plagues?" ”

Guo An said slowly, "Your Majesty, if the locusts are completely exterminated, then there will be no more locust plagues?" ”

"There are endless locusts, how can they be wiped out?"

Zhu Di asked in a muttered voice, but there was still a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Thinking of the scene in the future, Guo An subconsciously said: "Then it has been weakening the locusts!"

In addition, let those healers, or peasant people, study some drugs that only poison locusts, and then use the drugs to poison locusts! ”

"Drugs?"

Zhu Di was still a little confused.

"It's medicine!"

Guo An said, "Your Majesty, the locusts are endless, and the people of the Ming Dynasty alone can only be weakened and cannot be exterminated."

In this way, only poison can be used.

Moreover, it is specially used to poison locusts, but it is not very toxic to people.

Spray these medicines in the soil so that those locusts have nowhere to escape! ”

"Wonderful!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Di asked excitedly: "Guo Qing, who can develop these drugs?" ”

Guo An said: "Back to Your Majesty, the development of medicines is a big matter, and Your Majesty should select a few doctors and people from farmers, or more than a dozen doctors and people from farmers, to develop them."

If there are more, I am afraid of chaos! ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded and asked again, "What else?" ”

"Your Majesty can write the harm of the locust plague and the method of curing the locust on the newspaper of the palace, and encourage the people to exterminate the locusts, so that the people should not believe in any locust gods.

In addition, the officials of the prefectures and counties should be allowed to patrol the territory every year in the spring and autumn season, and if they encounter the first locusts, they should try to kill them, and they must be eliminated.

If you sit idly by, you will be guilty of thinking about it."

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face was happy, "Guo Qing still understands us, it should be so!" ”

……

(End of chapter)