The people of Pang County came to tears, and the locust plague was unspeakable.

Tianxin seems to be a declining land, full of food and sleep in Dubei Village.

Three quarters had passed, and there was still chaos in the court. Emperor Ping, who was only nine years old, couldn't sit still for a long time, and looked at the Empress Dowager with his eyes, hoping that she could let her go back to play, but the Empress Dowager was like closing her eyes and recuperating, and never looked at herself. In the past, it was always an hour or so to end the early dynasty, today the practice is to eat only a little something, before the court, the aunt secretly told herself, has prepared a box of snacks, and will give it to him to eat after the dispersal of the dynasty, this is almost two hours, and the stomach has long been hungry and growling. In this Weiyang Palace, only the nurse and aunt love herself the most.

After another moment, the dynasty finally dispersed, Wang Mang took the edict of the Empress Dowager and the edict of the Son of Heaven, and led hundreds of officials out of the palace. Emperor Ping waited for the Empress Dowager to leave the throne, saw her figure disappear behind the screen, regardless of the eunuch and the palace maid's careful shouting, three steps and two steps to run back, the box of snacks has been thinking about it for a long time, but it is a pity that the Empress Dowager stipulated that he could not eat anything in private, saying that he was afraid of poisoning, once he was discovered, he would punish the eunuch and the palace maid, and several times Wang Zhengjun was in front of him to let people slap his palace maid, scared him to cry, and was reprimanded, and he fell asleep with Aunt Ci for a few days.

My aunt's dim sum tasted good, but it was very coarsely made. There is no way, she secretly did it in the imperial dining room, and she didn't dare to let people know. Aunt Ci watched him eat in a big gulp, and couldn't help but help him pick up some of the scraps that fell on his body, and asked, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has chosen a queen for you, do you know who it is?" ”

Emperor Ping is struggling with dim sum at the moment, where can he care about answering this. Aunt Ci glanced back at the door, her eyes darkened, and said faintly: "I hope she is not like her father, otherwise, alas, ......"

When he heard the news of Chen Tang's passing, Du Wu felt sentimental. Although he also understands that he should be open to this kind of thing after two thousand years, he is still a little sentimental in his heart. In the past few days, he has been closed in the Great Sima Mansion, and Zisu has also taken a few days off to study because of Chen Tang, but the galangal comes to say hello from time to time, as if he is a member of the Great Sima Mansion.

Du Wu was chatting with Galangal, and the old housekeeper came in to report that the old man had come back and asked him to come over. Du Wu straightened his clothes and went to the front yard with the old housekeeper.

When I entered the hall and gave Wang Mang a salute, I saw a middle-aged man sitting on the east seat, about forty years old, with a Chinese face, big earlobes, a high nose bridge, and a tightly locked brow, which made three or four forehead lines more obvious. Seeing Du Wu coming, he straightened up. Wang Mang laughed, took Du Wu's hand and approached, pointed to the middle-aged man and said, "Sir, let me introduce you, this is the great Si Nong Linlan of this dynasty, the big Si Nong, this is the gentleman of the house, Du Wu." ”

Du Wu hurriedly saluted, and Lin Lan saluted back: "I have long heard that there is a gentleman from the Anhan Mansion, who knows astronomy and geography, and even the principle of cooking is a must. ”

Du Wu was a little stunned, so he looked at Wang Mang. Only then did Wang Mang speak: "Sir, please take a seat." Recently, there have been different degrees of drought on the ground in five prefectures, and locust plagues have also appeared on the ground in Qingzhou, and the people have been displaced and miserable, and the old man is anxious. Today's morning dynasty is just a general framework for disaster relief, after the dispersal of the dynasty Dasi Nong felt that it was not perfect enough, asked the old man for advice, the old man thought, there is a think tank at home, why bother to find others, just bring Lin Sinong to see Mr., Mr. Don't blame! ”

Only then did Du Wu understand what was going on, and wondered if this was another temptation. If it is a temptation, once he finds that he has a great talent, Wang Mang will definitely let himself help him plan to usurp the Han Dynasty, although for him, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, but it may be difficult in the future, because Wang Mang will be defeated. If not, then you really want to save the people from fire and water, no matter what, it is always right to save people, although these people are their ancestors.

Thinking of this, Du Wu asked: "Don't dare to ask for advice, Dasi Nong has something to say, and the kid must know everything." ”

Da Si Nong said with a smile: "Mr. is too humble, today's big framework has been set, but it is not systematic, if Mr. is in charge of disaster relief, what aspects need to be done immediately, please make it clear to Mr." ”

After a moment of silence, Du Wu stood up and paced a few steps in the hall.

"Where there is a drought, there is no harvest of grains, and there is no drinking for people and animals, the impact is not only in the current year, but also in the next year, so stabilizing people's hearts is the first priority. In the next proposal, in the court, should be thrifty and diligent, the Son of Heaven should pray to the heavens and worship the earth, and the hundred officials should wear cloth and vegetarian food to alleviate the anger of the people. In addition, the imperial court will provide money and food, and send important ministers to the disaster area to preside over disaster relief matters. Third, the imperial court can ask high-ranking officials and dignitaries to donate money and grain to solve the urgent needs of the national treasury. Speaking of this, Du Wu glanced at Wang Mang, saw that he was not displeased, and his heart was silent, so he strengthened his courage and continued:

"Fourth, after this calamity, the people's lives will be miserable, and they can try to exempt a part of the tax, as for how much is appropriate, it must be determined by An Han Gong and Dasi Nong according to the plan for this year and next year.

Fifth, after the catastrophe, there will be a great epidemic, the imperial court should be at the same time as the disaster relief will be the rotting corpses or bury, or burn, not to expose the corpses to the wilderness, if the epidemic has started, burn the lime with mountain stones, scatter in the plague land, can reduce the epidemic slightly.

Sixth, disaster relief must be fast, otherwise once the hungry people can't bear it, it will inevitably cause a civil uprising, and then the imperial court will not only waste money and food, but also lose people's hearts, and it will inevitably give people with a heart an opportunity.

Seventh, there is a locust plague in Qingzhou, please issue a strict decree to the imperial court, you can not eat locusts, but you can catch locusts and purchase them by the government, which can not only let the people have something to do so as not to be confused by demons, but also increase the income of the people, and reduce the number of displaced people, killing three birds with one stone. ”

Lin Lanzheng nodded while listening, and suddenly heard that the locusts could not be eaten, and couldn't help asking, "Sir, why can't you eat locusts?" Locusts, animals can also be hungry, and the people have a grit hatred for them, according to historical records, every time there is a locust plague, the government will ask the people to prey on locusts to satisfy their hunger, why is it not allowed to eat when they come to Mr.? ”

"Because locusts are poisonous."

"Hahaha......" Wang Mang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Mr. is ridiculous!" ”

Du Wu smiled helplessly, thinking that the ancients really didn't understand, and it was not easy to refute it face to face, so he thought for a while and asked Wang Mang: "Boss, can you see that the locusts in the locust plague are different from the locusts in ordinary times?" ”

"This ......" Not only Wang Mang, but Lin Lan was also stunned. He was born in cloth, from the history of Hucao Peng step by step to today's Dasi Nong, the matter of farming is like dressing and eating, but today this problem still stumped him.

"It starts with the origin of the locust plague. Every autumn, locusts lay eggs underground, and when the flowers bloom and the ground melts the following spring, the eggs develop into larvae, which break through the soil and feed on the stems and leaves of crops. This is also our common locust, the grass is green, and this is what the old man and the big Si Nong see. ”

"Well, yes, it does." Wang Mang and Lin Lan glanced at each other and nodded to each other.

Du Wu paused and continued: "Every winter, the cold weather will freeze more than half of the locust eggs, which also makes the number of locusts scarce, and it is not easy to gather into a swarm in the second year, and it will not become a locust plague, this locust can be eaten.

Last winter, there was not much snowfall, the weather was relatively warm, a large number of locust eggs did not freeze to death, this year's spring, they feathered into too many adult insects, but the people's crops due to the drought are not enough for them to eat, how can such a number of locusts survive, that is, keep migrating, which has evolved into a locust plague, not to mention whether we can catch locusts that fly so fast, even if they are caught, this locust has changed from grass green when living alone to yellowish brown when living in groups, it is highly poisonous, because they eat everything, Even the same kind of people eat it, this kind of locust, chickens, ducks and geese do not eat, how can it enter the belly of people? ”

Lin Lan wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said with some shame: "I just heard that Mr. is well-read and has a strong memory before, and today I listened to your words, and I really benefited a lot, please accept Lin Lan's worship, this worship is on behalf of the people in the world." After speaking, he solemnly gave Du Wu a salute.

Wang Mang was already fascinated by what he heard at the moment, and he couldn't help but have a look on his face, this Du Wu really gave him a long face, and he wanted to carry it even more at the moment.

"Both, please get up," Wang Mang helped up the two who saluted each other, and said with a smile, "With you two in the big Han, why worry about the world uneasy!" ”

Lin Lan's eyes lit up, and she turned to Wang Mang and said, "Duke An Han, the subordinate has a reluctant request, and I also ask Duke An Han to agree." ”

Wang Mang smiled: "Oh, Dasi Nong tried to say, within the old man's authority, he will definitely agree." ”

"Please borrow Mr. An Hangong's use, and when the disaster relief is completed, he will return it immediately, and he will not break his promise."