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Jiang Xia covered the wound on his arm, and walked in the direction of Xiaoyao Villa with the guqin that he bought back for only forty taels of silver in his arms.

What Jiang Xia didn't know was that in the Qianqing Palace, the seven cabinet ministers and Zhu Houzhao were already arguing with each other.

When Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, he immediately summoned the seven ministers of the cabinet, and as soon as the seven ministers arrived, Zhu Houzhao said that after the drought in Henan, he was afraid that there would be a locust plague of a large scale, and hoped that the seven ministers would think of a strategy to deal with it first.

The seven elders who had just solved the Henan Disaster Relief Silver were suddenly taken aback, the drought in Henan had made them restless for several days, and in the end, it was all up to the emperor to find a way to tide over the difficulties. Now that the disaster money has just been sent, and the problem of drought has not yet been solved, there has been an even more terrifying locust plague?

Without saying a word, Jin Gui stepped forward and saluted Zhu Houzhao and asked, "Dare to ask the emperor, why are you so sure that there will be a locust plague in Henan?"

Jin Gui: Zhu Houzhao thought of this question before, and someone would definitely ask it, so he naturally couldn't answer this question truthfully, so he could only pull some mysterious things out. Zhu Houzhao said: "After I fell asleep last night, I saw my father in a dream, and my father told me that the locust god had descended on Henan, and there would be a locust plague in Henan, so let me pay attention." The so-called filial piety comes first, and I can't dismiss my father's intentions, so today I summoned seven ministers to discuss how to prevent it in advance. ”

"This" The seven pavilion elders were silent for a moment, they didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to call them so conclusively that the locust plague would explode in Henan after that, but it was actually because of a dream.

Dreams are ethereal and unreal. But the difficulty lies in the content of that dream, Zhu Houzhao said that the locust plague was a warning in the dream of the first emperor, and if the seven ministers said that the matter was not credible, they would question the first emperor and be disrespectful to the first emperor. And once you nod and say that it should be prevented in advance, it will definitely be another waste of money and labor. If it is really done, it is easy to say if the locust plague really starts in the end, but if the locust plague does not start, then it is a worthless work that has no meaning.

For the sake of a dream, to exert so much energy, none of the seven ministers in the cabinet is willing. I believe that there are not many people in the entire court who are willing to mobilize the people for a dream.

Liang Chu, the servant of the ministry, pondered his words for a while and said: "The emperor can get the dream of the first emperor, and it is really the blessing of the ancestors. However, the fact of this locust plague is too important, since ancient times, locusts have been flying all over the field, food has been exhausted, locusts, harvests, cannibalism, and starvation. When it comes to the locust plague, the people of the world all talk about the change of color. Now, if the locust plague is publicized only because of a dream of the first emperor, I am afraid that the victims of Henan will be completely desperate, and there will be changes in Henan by those who are not allowed to secretly provoke Henan. ”

It is no accident that Prince Liang was able to sit in the position of the servant of the ministry, not only did the seven cabinet ministers who said such a remark slightly bow, but even Zhu Houzhao was a little shaken.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao can't say for sure that Henan is not plagued by locusts, he just can't figure out why he believes in Jiangxia so much. In short, he thought that what Jiang Xia said must be true, but now that Liang Chu said this, Zhu Houzhao felt that the situation was strict, and he didn't dare to act so rashly and recklessly.

Just as Zhu Houzhao was about to nod, a faint voice rose in his heart: "If the eldest brother is right in his word, what if Henan really has a locust plague?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said: "For the sake of one of my dreams, it is natural to let the Qing family work hard and make the people worry. But have the Zhongqing family ever thought about what if there is a locust plague in Henan?"

The seven cabinet ministers looked at each other, and none of them dared to say anything. Pick it up, in case there is really a locust plague in the future, then I am afraid that when the accounts are settled after the autumn, I will face a place of no return.

Subconsciously, everyone set their eyes on Li Dongyang.

As a cabinet assistant, Li Dongyang is a well-deserved civilian official. At this moment, everyone has no idea, so I can only hope that Li Dongyang can stand up and say a few words.

In the current situation, Li Dongyang can't say it, if he hides in trouble, then how can he be the boss of the person?

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, there have indeed been locust plagues in Henan, Hebei and other places, the scale is large and small, but it is not common, about once in ten years. For locust plagues, the results of prevention and treatment in all dynasties have not been significant. Most of the time, we wait for the climate to get cold and the locust plague to get rid of itself, and if we really want to find any way to prevent it, I am afraid that it is to organize the people to hunt and kill locusts as soon as possible, and I am afraid that there is really no other way to use it. In response to the emperor's statement that the first emperor entrusted his dream, the minister thought that it could not be ignored. Recently, Master Wu Si Zang is about to come to Beijing to face the saint, so he simply asked Master Wu Si Zang to do a ritual to worship the heavens, ask God to bless the Ming Dynasty, and let the locust god leave. ”

After listening to Li Dongyang's words, the six cabinet ministers suddenly sighed in their hearts. It is no wonder that people have been able to survive two dynasties, but instead sit in the position of cabinet assistant.

Li Dongyang's words have basically blocked the locust plague.

He didn't confront Zhu Houzhao head-on, and he didn't say that Zhu Houzhao was going to make people panic with a dream, which seemed too ridiculous. On the contrary, many of the questions he raised were based on what we could do if there was a locust plague.

First of all, Li Dongyang first showed that the probability of locust plague was not high, suggesting that Zhu Houzhao should not believe too much in the ethereal dream. Then he said that there are too few means of prevention and treatment, which is also true. Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even when the new China was just established in later generations, people were still helpless against the locust plague. In the end, Li Dongyang's most absolute sentence is "The first emperor entrusted the dream, and it cannot be ignored." ”

In this way, Li Dongyang opposed the hype of locust plague because of a dream, so as to make people's hearts panic. At the same time, he took off the hat that was unreasonable to the first emperor. This trick cannot be said to be insignificant.

But Zhu Houzhao is not a fool, Li Dongyang's words blocked all the locust plagues, which made Zhu Houzhao even more uncomfortable than persuading him to question the dream of the first emperor. Because there is no dream of the emperor at all, this is just Zhu Houzhao's excuse.

Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang, his eyes calm. And Li Dongyang looked at his nose and nose, and didn't seem to notice that Zhu Houzhao's gaze was falling on him. Recently, Zhu Houzhao has a problem with Li Dongyang in his heart, and Li Dongyang sent people to follow him and target Jiang Xia everywhere, which made Zhu Houzhao already dissatisfied. Now that there is such a thing again, Zhu Houzhao is even more unhappy in his heart.

However, Zhu Houzhao was not the first person to become the emperor, he was silent for a while after hearing this, and then nodded slightly: "What Taifu said is very true, just follow what Taifu said." ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao couldn't hold back the lack of interest in his heart and waved his hand: "Okay, that's all for today, let's disperse." ”

After hearing this, the seven ministers immediately knelt on the ground and saluted Zhu Houzhao and said, "The ministers are leaving." ”

After speaking, the seven ministers withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing the seven ministers leaving, Zhang Yong, who was guarding outside the Qianqing Palace, entered the Qianqing Palace. When he arrived at Zhu Houzhao's side, Zhang Yongdao: "Your Majesty, Lord Yang Yiqing, the governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi, has been waiting for the announcement for a long time, do you think he is announcing his audience?"

"Yang Yiqing?" Zhu Hou immediately remembered this person after reciting this name.

The governor of Shaanxi during the Hongzhi period, soon after his accession to the throne, was invaded by tens of thousands of Mongol troops, when Cao Xiong refused to send troops to rescue, relying on Yang Yiqing to lead the light cavalry from Pingliang day and night to arrive, and finally repelled the Mongol army. Since then, Yang Yiqing has been in charge of military affairs in Yansui, Ningxia, and Gansu, and the evaluation of Yang Yiqing when he takes the school examination every year is excellent, which shows that he has done a good job there, and I don't know what happened to him this time when he came to Beijing.

Zhu Houzhao put Li Dongyang's matter aside first, nodded and said, "Announce his audience." ”

"Yes. Zhang Yong replied and stepped back.

Every time it took, Yang Yiqing came to the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Yang Yiqing immediately knelt down and saluted, shouting long live.

Zhu Houzhao asked Yang Yiqing to get up and speak, and Yang Yiqing got up after thanking him. Zhu Houzhao asked: "Yang Qing's family has ordered the three towns of the military affairs to be so ordered that the Mongolian army does not dare to offend lightly, and it is very good, I don't know what happened to me in Beijing this time?"

Yang Yiqing saluted Zhu Houzhao and said: "Back to the emperor, Weichen has been in Shaanxi for several years, inspected the local mountains and rivers, and carefully studied the layout of the border defense. Weichen wanted to build city walls, piers, and garrisons along the border of Shaanxi, and recruit defenders. In Shaanxi, a unified city defense was built to connect the mountains and rivers to dangerous places, so that Shaanxi would become an iron bucket and would no longer give the Mongols any opportunity to take advantage of. For this alone, Wechen believes that it can ensure that Shaanxi can be protected for at least a hundred years. Please ask the emperor for your permission. ”

After Yang Yiqing finished speaking, he took out a book from his arms, and he was a little excited when he handed it to Zhu Houzhao.

As Yang Yiqing himself said, in addition to training the border army in Shaanxi for so many years, he was inspecting the local mountains and rivers. Now, if his proposal is adopted by the imperial court, then the people of Shaanxi will not be attacked by the Mongol cavalry for a long time. This is a career that will last forever, which is why Yang Yiqing is so excited and nervous.

Zhu Houzhao opened Yang Yiqing's recital and looked at it, first he saw that Yang Yiqing had indeed worked this recital, there was not only text on it, but also a picture. There are topographic maps, maps of various forces, and schematic maps of border defenses. With these, Zhu Houzhao understood the importance of building this border defense at a glance.

Zhu Houzhao himself is a martial artist, and he is also quite proficient in military affairs. After only looking at the first half, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but nod slightly, he knew that this side of the defense was very necessary to build.

But then Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and the second half of the recital was about the silver materials and time needed to build the border defense. Required taels of silver: 800,000 taels.