Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Locust Plague Appears, and the Wind and Rain Rise (Three Watches, Ask for Collection)
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Parting, this is not a pleasant thing for anyone. (Please search, the novel is better and faster!) And minx though, oh no. I haven't known Yang Jingjing for many days, but her simple and cute personality and brutal and willful temper make Jiang Xia feel quite cute.
Many times when I think about Yang Jingjing, Jiang Xiajue, a girl, is like an elf, living in her own simple world, and she can't hide any careful thoughts in her heart.
Bid farewell to Yang Jingjing and walk all the way out of Yongding Gate.
Yang Yiqing stood next to the carriage and saluted Jiang Xia with a fist: "Thank you Jiang Gongzi for your guidance this time to be able to convince the emperor, and if you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely repay the great kindness." ”
Jiang Xia nodded and said, "What Lord Yang has done is for the people of Limin, and he admires him for being so high-spirited." In the meager strength that came out was not enough to worry about it, Lord Yang was serious. ”
Yang Yiqing nodded and said, "Farewell." ”
Jiang Xia also returned the salute with a fist: "Farewell." ”
Yang Yiqing got into the carriage, and the carriage went all the way forward, Yang Jingjing suddenly stuck her head out of the window of the carriage and said to Jiang Xia: "Brother Jiang, don't forget our agreement, remember to come to Gansu to see me." ”
"Definitely!" Jiang Xia said.
Yang Jingjing suddenly said again: "I know how big the big meat buns in Manfulou are, I will work hard"
The smile on Jiang Xia's face instantly froze
Henan, which spans the four major water systems of the Haihe River, the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Yangtze River, is crisscrossed by more than 1,500 rivers in the territory. The ideas of Taoism, Moism, Legalism, Celebrity, and Vertical and Horizontal all originate from this. But it is such a place that should have been a place with beautiful mountains and rivers and a prosperous culture, and it has always been a place of continuous natural disasters, with a major drought and a flood for a while.
In later generations, there were many people in Heihenan, but in fact, this place is located in the center of China, so it is also called "Central Plains", in the ancient saying, "chasing the Central Plains" shows its regional importance, "occupying the Central Plains, radiating the Quartet" has become the ancient political zhì family and today's merchants to establish themselves in the world.
The kings of the Shang and Zhou dynasties often lamented that "the heavens are undecided", and later set the capital in the Henan area, which also proves that people at that time even believed that this was the center of the universe.
Under so many disasters, Henan people have exercised a kind of essential self-improvement, a kind of tenacity in the bones.
In the fifth year of Zhengde, there was another drought here. After a period of delay, the relief grain and grass of the imperial court finally arrived, and for a time porridge sheds were built everywhere in Henan, and the county government began to promulgate a series of measures to restore production. The people of Henan finally saw a little hope again.
More than a month passed, and the people finally stopped the appearance of starvation with the relief of the porridge shack. Immediately after that, the county government still designed water conservancy plans, put grain seeds, and the people resumed production.
Unfortunately, it was in the hottest dog days. The morning was still sunny, and the sun was getting hotter and hotter. At noon, it suddenly got dark, and the whole world seemed to be filled with "buzzing" sounds.
At first, everyone didn't think anything was going to happen, and some people even thought it was going to rain, and they were very excited.
Suddenly, I don't know who shouted, "Oh my God, locust!"
The locusts in the sky flew down all at once, and the dense large area made people can't help but feel numb when they see it. The people were holding their heads and scurrying around, and some of them waved their things twice and then could no longer bear the feeling of the locusts coming one after another, and ran away with screams.
"Heaven is going to kill me. A teacher in his seventies screamed in grief when he saw this scene, and finally fell to the ground and died.
The locust plague was like the Yellow River bursting its banks, and it was out of control. It didn't take long for Henan to be full of locusts.
Such a major event was naturally the first time to send the news into Beijing with an 800-mile expedited horse, and the faster than it was the flying pigeon of Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Compared with before, the flying pigeon in the East Factory was faster, and Liu Jin was a day faster than the Jinyi Wei in the Beijing Division.
A small note with seven words simply written on it: "The locust plague is rare in a hundred years." ”
The meaning is very simple, the scale of this locust plague is simply a once-in-a-century occurrence. Liu Jin pinched the note and immediately entered the palace. Zhu Houzhao was playing crickets in the palace with Gao Feng and Gu Dayong in the Qianqing Palace.
Liu Jin hurriedly walked into the Qianqing Palace, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao, he knelt on the ground and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, there is a locust plague in Henan." ”
Zhu Houzhao, who was originally playing, immediately stood up, he looked at Liu Jin and said in a deep voice: "Is the news serious?
"It's true, the scale is rare in a century. Liu Jin said.
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and he muttered, "It's still here after all." I thought that my eldest brother had made a mistake in his estimation, but I didn't expect to be turned into a mistake by him in the end. Zhu Houzhao threw the steamed specially made sunweed grass in his hand to the ground, and then waved his hand to Gao Feng and Gu Dayong and said, "You go out first." ”
Gao Feng and Gu Dayong immediately put away the crickets and porcelain basins and bowed and retreated, Zhu Houzhao walked to the dragon chair and sat down and said in a deep voice: "Liu Jin, immediately announce that the seven ministers of the cabinet will enter the palace to see the driver." ”
"Yes, slave and maid obey. Liu Jin bowed and retreated.
At this moment, Li Dongyang has just finished teaching Jiangxia's book "The Mean", and is resting in the special room of Mr. Study in this Xiaoyao Villa.
The more he came into contact with Jiang Xia, the more he felt that Jiang Xia was a manufacturable material. This person is extremely smart, can often draw inferences from things, and has a large memory, almost to the point of memorization. This made Li Dongyang very happy, and he believed that it would not be long before Jiang Xia would be qualified to take a township test.
Of course, compared with Jiang Xia's intelligence, what makes Li Dongyang even more pleased is Jiang Xia's character. After nearly two months of contact, Li Dongyang can be sure that Jiang Xia is by no means a treacherous person. On the contrary, he could feel that Jiang Xia was very emotional, and although his words and deeds were out of step on weekdays, he had good thoughts in his heart. In general, Li Dongyang was very satisfied with Jiang Xia, and this satisfaction also made Li Dongyang sincerely teach Jiang Xia as his only personal disciple.
For Li Dongyang's careful teaching and care, Jiang Xia can also feel it very clearly. He was an orphan himself when he entered the Thousand Gates, and his master taught him all kinds of different knowledge all day long, and one of them did not remember that what was waiting for him was that he was locked up in a small dark room for three days, without food or water. In that extremely oppressive situation, Jiang Xia also grew up extremely fast.
However, there are also many people who have not been able to grow up, after all, there were more than 100 orphans in his same period, and only three people succeeded in entering the Thousand Gates. Most of the rest were thrown back into the streets to continue to be orphans, and some disappeared inexplicably
Jiang Xia had never felt this kind of care from his elders, but Li Dongyang made him feel it.
At this time, Jiang Xia was shopping outside, and now Li Dongyang likes to drink tea very much, so he specially went to Fengbaozhai to pick out a set of high-quality white jade tea sets for him.
At this moment, Jun Yang suddenly entered Li Dongyang's study room, and he knelt down on one knee in front of Li Dongyang and said, "Master, the emperor has sent you to the palace to see you." ”
Li Dongyang frowned slightly, generally Zhu Houzhao would not pass him into the palace without special circumstances, he asked Jun Yang: "Only pass me alone?"
"And the other six Cabinet Lords. Jun Yang said.
Li Dongyang's eyes lowered, he reached out and knocked on the table, shook his head and said: "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, I hope it is not something that really happened in Henan." ”
After speaking, Li Dongyang immediately got up and said, "Let's go, enter the palace." ”
At the back door of Xiaoyao Villa, Li Dongyang got into the carriage and changed into court clothes in the carriage. Entering the palace, Li Dongyang met six other cabinet ministers at the left door. These six people were waiting for him, but after seeing Li Dongyang, the six people greeted him one after another, and then asked Li Dongyang: "Lord Li, do you know what the emperor is calling me so urgently?"
Li Dongyang shook his head, and said as he walked in the direction of Qianqing Palace: "I don't know, but it's a blessing or a curse, and it can't be avoided." If you come, you will be safe, and after entering the Qianqing Palace, you will see it yourself. ”
"Good. The six of them followed Li Dongyang to the Qianqing Palace.
When they arrived at the Qianqing Palace, the seven people saluted Zhu Houzhao one after another. After Zhu Houzhao let the seven people get up, he did not give Li Dongyang and Jin Gui a seat as usual, Zhu Houzhao's gaze swept over the seven people, and then he said indifferently: "Nearly two months ago, I once told you that the first emperor gave me a dream, and told me that there would be a locust plague in Henan, but you don't believe it. ”
Hearing this, the faces of the seven ministers of the cabinet changed greatly, and the only one who did not change was Li Dongyang, but he closed his eyes and sighed softly. Although he was still standing, his body was no longer as straight as before, and Li Dongyang muttered to himself: "Sure enough, it's here." ”
As if to confirm what Li Dongyang said, Zhu Houzhao said: "Dongchang Fanzi passed the book from Henan Flying Pigeon to Beijing, and Henan has been plagued by locusts when he entered Beijing, and the scale is rare in a hundred years. If there is no mistake in the urgent documents of Henan 800 li, it will enter Beijing three days later. Now I ask you, how to deal with it?"
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a good way to deal with the locust plague. Even later, when New China was just founded, it was also a heavy loss when it encountered locust plagues.
Zhu Houzhao saw that none of the seven people spoke, and he didn't speak again, and there was silence in the Qianqing Palace for half a day.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and asked, "Taifu, tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"
Zhu Houzhao asked by name, which revealed a piece of information. This information is also understood by the other six adults, that is, the emperor is dissatisfied with Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang looked up at Zhu Houzhao, this person can be regarded as one of his disciples, but Li Dongyang only taught him for three years, and then he was taught by others. Li Dongyang knelt on the ground and said in a steady voice: "Back to the emperor, the minister has no way to deal with it for the time being." ”
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