After all, in He Shen's opinion, Liu An, as a veteran of officialdom, must have been doing such a thing as organizing people to kill locusts by hand.

It's just that this time the locust plague came too quickly and spread too widely, and the effect was not great.

However, the truth is completely different from what He Shen thinks, and even the opposite is true...

Hearing He Shen's words, the prefect Liu An looked shocked and replied word by word.

"My lord, how can locusts be killed by manpower?"

"The locust plague is the locust god in the sky, the heavenly punishment that descends, once it is killed by manpower and offends the gods, it will bring even greater disasters next year."

On the other side, Kazuji also has the same expression, the same tone...

He Erhe looked at He Shen and said in a loud voice: "Master, locusts can not be killed by manpower, this is the ancestral training since ancient times.

After hearing Liu An and Heer's words, He Shen couldn't help but be stunned.

The plague of locusts is a punishment from heaven, and locusts cannot be killed by manpower, otherwise they will offend the gods...

Is this world, the human beings of this era, so ignorant and ignorant?

If it were a human race in the desolate world, let alone whether there was such a god, even if there were, the human emperor would have gathered a large army and raised the ashes of the locust god...

The view that the locust plague is regarded as a punishment from heaven is quite ridiculous in modern times, and it is ignorance, feudal superstition...

However, seeing Liu An and He Er's serious faces at this time, He Shen realized one thing...

Even though the current era has entered the eighteenth century, the Qing Dynasty is still a divine monarchy, lagging behind the entire era...

Qianlong reigned in the 18th century and ruled the Qing Dynasty for a total of 60 years.

At the same time, the Industrial Revolution began in Europe.

Hero. The kingdom became the hegemon of the world, began to colonize all parts of the world, and laid the foundation for the future empire on which the sun never sets.

Law. The Great Revolution broke out in the country. Life.

And in North America, a man named Washington was born.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty, led by Emperor Qianlong, turned a blind eye to this change, and was still immersed in the dream of the Heavenly Empire.

Do they really not know? No, they know, but they have been turning a blind eye in order to maintain their own rule and power.

Just like Emperor Qianlong, as a state with many nations. The emperor of the family, in order to achieve the goal of ruling the country, he worked hard and learned knowledge: mastered five languages.

These five languages are Manchurian mother tongue, Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Uyghur.

Later, during his confrontation with Tsarist Russia, he learned Russian.

As the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who mastered the most languages, how could Emperor Qianlong be completely unaware of the changes in the world.

It's just that, out of the need to rule, he has been pretending to be a blind and deaf man.

Just when He Shen was thinking to himself...

On the other side, He Er felt that as a qualified housekeeper, it was necessary to inform He Shen of some basic "common sense" that the people below knew.

In Kazuji's opinion, He Shen would say things like "culling locusts" entirely because he was standing too high and had no common sense.

And although Liu An said the same, he was just a "small" five-grade prefect.

He didn't want to touch this moldy head and sweep away the face of Heshen, a high-ranking official of the third grade...

Only Heer, who is loyal to Heshen, will explain slowly to Heshen in a helpless tone.

"Master, do you know that the locust plague is the locust god, which has a very good market among the people, at least, the common people believe it."

"Under such circumstances, if we rashly organize manpower to kill locusts, I am afraid that not only will we not be able to get the help of the people of Taiyuan Mansion..."

"On the contrary, it will cause panic and shock among the people, and if you don't do it, there will be chaos."

"It is precisely because of this that during the tenure of local officials, when they are in office, they generally consider themselves unlucky when there is a locust plague in the territory under their jurisdiction, and no one will be thankless to organize manpower to cull locusts."

"Of course, if a local squire organizes the people to voluntarily kill locusts, the government will not stop it."

Listening to He Er's words, he glanced at it again, without saying a word, Liu An, the prefect of Taiyuan who stood in place and pretended to be dead, He Shen suddenly felt that the lives of the people were so different...

The more because of this, He Shen not only did not recognize Heer, but instead had a gloomy face, stared at Heer coldly, and said slowly.

"The sage said, the son is silent, and the power is to blame God."

"And Er, just now, the left sentence is heavenly punishment, and the right sentence is locust god, I thought you were not my steward, but the god stick of the locust temple."

"In my opinion, although you are not very competent as a steward, if you go to the Locust Temple to be a host, it is just right."

Seeing that He Shen was so angry, although He Er couldn't figure it out at all, he hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake...

And Liu An, the prefect of Taiyuan, couldn't help but feel a mess in his heart.

He is older than the officialdom, and he doesn't know there, and Shen is beating himself through Heer.

Or, to put it mildly, he is referring to Sang scolding Huai, on the surface he is scolding and Er, but in fact, he is scolding Liu An...

Without waiting for Liu An to explain, He Shen followed and said: "Governor Liu, let me ask you, do you really believe the theory of heavenly punishment and the locust god that the people have spread in their mouths?" ”

Hearing He Shen's inquiry, Liu An didn't know how to answer for a while.

Judging from Liu An's own reaction before, even if he doesn't believe in the theory of the locust god and the theory of heavenly punishment, he is at least a supporter of this statement.

However, at this moment, Liu An, for fear of touching He Shen's mold, did not dare to tell the truth.

He had the intention to lie and deal with the scene, but he was afraid of making He Shen even more angry...

After that, Liu An hesitated for a long time, but still chose to tell the truth.

He arched his hand and said, "My lord, the theory of heavenly punishment and the theory of the locust god have been circulating among the people for a long time and have far-reaching influence. ”

"In the eyes of the lower officials, this kind of thing is rather credible than not, and it needs to be treated with caution......"

When He Shen heard this, a smile appeared on his face.

After a pause, He Shen said, "Okay, since you think so too, this locust plague is God's punishment for the people..."

"Then let me ask you, why did God send heavenly punishment to you in Taiyuan Mansion?"

"Is it you, the prefect, who did something wrong? provoked the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, or is the current emperor's virtue at a loss? As a result, during his reign, disasters followed...

Hearing He Shen's straightforward words, Liu An was suddenly trembling with fright, but he didn't dare to speak casually anymore.

Seeing that Liu An was submissive, he just lowered his head to listen to the training and pretended to be a turtle with a shrunken head, but He Shen was not polite at all, and continued to reprimand with a cold face.

"As the highest magistrate in the land of a prefecture, you do not think about the livelihood of the people, but because of the ignorance and superstition of the people, you are bound and repeatedly delay the right thing..."

"As a result, the locust plague has intensified, and now it has the potential to spread throughout Shaanxi, what is the use of local officials like you..."

“………”

"What the adults said is that the lower officials are guilty, and the lower officials are guilty......"

Liu An, who has a "lower" official position, did not dare to refute, but kept asking for guilt.

“…………”

Looking at such a serious and scheming Heshen, Liu An sighed in his heart, could it be that this time he met a great Qing official...

You must know that when a normal minister goes to the locality, according to the usual rules, he will usually cooperate with the local officials to give the disaster relief money to the greed.

The so-called, inspecting the disaster area, understanding the disaster situation, and even helping the victims are just a face-saving effort, how serious the disaster is, whether the victims are helpless or not, the minister will not care...

In order to provide disaster relief and exterminate locusts, He Shen must first unify the ideas of the people in the officialdom...

“………”

When he presided over the culling of locusts in Taiyuan Mansion, the officials under him disobeyed the yin, and in the end the locust plague was not extinguished, but got into trouble.

It is precisely because of this consideration that Liu An, as the head of the officials in Taiyuan Mansion, is naturally inevitable to beat him on Shen's side.

However, in order to extinguish the locust plague in the future, there are still many places that rely on Liu An, so after knocking Liu An with a stick, He Shen immediately gave a sweet date.

He Shen patted Liu An on the shoulder and said, "As court officials, we should put the court first, we should devote ourselves to relieving the emperor's worries, and be more considerate of the difficulties of the court and the emperor." ”

"If this locust plague can be controlled and quickly extinguished, the emperor will have one less piece of heart, please send it to the merit, and the second place in the ranking will be you......"

Speaking of this, He Shen smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "Governor Liu, as court officials, we have a long-term vision. ”

Hearing He Shen say this, Liu An thought that he finally understood He Shen's thoughts at this moment.

He Shen wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this locust plague to make meritorious contributions and be promoted!!

Liu An had long heard that the current Qianlong Emperor was quite fond of He Shen.

As long as He Shen makes meritorious contributions, Emperor Qianlong will definitely reward and promote...

Compared with embezzling this disaster relief food fund, it is obviously better to be promoted.

When the time comes, when He Shen eats meat, he can also drink soup...

Get promoted and get rich, get promoted and get rich, after being promoted, where are you still worried about money...

Thinking of this, Liu An couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

“………”

After all, if the emperor wants to reward He Shen in the future, he, the prefect who follows He Shen before and after the saddle, has no merit and hard work, will inevitably be able to get a dip, and he can even be directly promoted to a grade and become a fourth-grade member...

After thinking about all this, Liu An said resolutely: "The lower officials understand, it is within the duty of local officials such as us to solve problems for the court and share worries for the emperor." ”

"For the millions of people in Taiyuan, as the adults said, we must organize manpower to kill the locust plague, the adults are far-sighted, think far-reaching, and the officials admire, and in the future, they will definitely look forward to the adults and horses!!"