Qingzhou, Qingzhou City, prefect.
"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
“I’ve met Envoy Zhou!!”
Throughout Qingzhou, officials from various states and counties came to the prefect's mansion.
The official in charge is none other than Chen Jia, the governor of Qingzhou.
"This trip to Qingzhou will be led by Mr. Zhou. If you have anything, just report it to him directly." The eldest princess Huaizhen responded simply. She pointed at Zhou Zhenwen and signaled that you can just go to him directly.
"This..." Chen Jia looked a little embarrassed and looked at Zhou Zhenwen.
Zhou Zhenwen didn't mind very much. He had some knowledge of the eldest princess's character of Huaizhen, and said slowly: "Since the eldest princess has given orders, you should act according to the orders."
"Yes." Chen Jia quickly understood, bowed to Zhou Zhenwen, and said: "Zhou Qinwen, locusts have gathered in various places in Qingzhou. Coupled with the drought in many places this year, there may be a locust plague... "
When Chen Jia said the word locust plague, Zhou Zhenwen clearly felt the group of officials standing behind him tremble slightly.
Obviously, for them, this news was like a bolt from the blue.
My family knew their own affairs, and they were very aware of the situation of the grain reserves. Even in order to stabilize people's hearts, the court did not make the situation of Qingzhou's grain reserves so clear, but rather vague.
But as Qingzhou's parent officials, how could they not know?
"What's so scary about a locust plague?"
Zhou Zhenwen looked at these officials with a calm expression and stood with his hands behind his hands: "I am standing here today just to deal with the locusts and control the locust plague!!"
"The locust plague... to put it bluntly, aren't they just bigger flying insects?"
"Afraid?"
"Can you make the locusts retreat by themselves if you are afraid?"
Zhou Zhenwen's eyes swept across the faces of the Qingzhou parent officials, and he said in a cold tone: "Perhaps some of you want to say that the locust plague is a natural disaster that is difficult to stop. It is impossible to defeat a natural disaster with human power!!"
"And I tell you that you believe your destiny is determined by fate!"
"I, Zhou Zhenwen, don't believe it. I only believe that man can conquer nature!!"
"Even if the heaven and the earth fall apart, I, Zhou Zhenwen, will still be better than half the world!!"
"If the locust plague is coming, then let it come. I want to see how ferocious the locust plague is? How unstoppable it is!!"
Zhou Zhenwen walked among these officials and said lightly: "I know what you are thinking. You know the situation in Qingzhou best. Once the locust plague appears in a large area, you know best what the consequences will be!!"
"Let me put it down here. If the locust plague gets out of control and Qingzhou is destroyed, you will definitely die before Qingzhou is destroyed, and you will definitely die before tens of millions of people in Qingzhou. You can try..."
As soon as these words came out, sweat broke out on the foreheads of the Qingzhou officials, and they all heard the seriousness in Zhou Zhenwen's words.
This guy really dares to attack them! !
The man in front of me is not some powerless supervisory censor... he is the most powerful chief minister of the cabinet in the entire wilderness, and the leader of the Tsing Yi Party, the largest party in the imperial court!
With his power, he could move his fingers casually, and even if they escaped from Qingzhou, they would never be able to escape the pursuit of the court.
"Come here, give the things to them." Zhou Zhenwen sat down and ordered.
"Yes." The guards handed the printed booklet to every official.
Qingzhou officials quickly read through it, looking at the contents above, which was somewhat shocking.
After burning a stick of incense, a Qingzhou official couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, do you really want to eat locusts?"
Many officials couldn't help but look up at Zhou Zhenwen, waiting for his answer.
"Do you think what I wrote down is a joke?" Zhou Zhenwen's tone became colder and he stared at the official who was speaking, "Not only do you have to eat, but you also have to eat in large gulps. We want to make eating locusts a trend!!"
"From now on, not only you have to eat, but I also have to eat, and even Her Royal Highness the Princess has to eat!"
"In Qingzhou, everyone from the princess to the common people must eat locusts. We must make eating locusts a habit and let the common people catch locusts spontaneously."
"Chen Jia!"
"Yes!" Chen Jia, the governor of Qingzhou, was startled and responded quickly.
"Sit down and record." Zhou Zhenwen pointed at the table on the other side and ordered.
"Yes, sir."
As the most powerful governor in Qingzhou, Chen Jia now looks like a senior official in the government. In front of Zhou Zhenwen, he is extremely humble and respectful, with a low posture.
"I said, remember!"
Zhou Zhenwen looked at everyone and ordered: "How to promote the commercialization of eating locusts."
"Ah?" The governor Chen Jia finished writing this line, and he was a little sluggish. Wasn't Zhou Zhenwen here to control locusts?
How...why does it seem like you are planning to turn locusts into a business?
Is the commercialization of eating locusts advancing?
What the hell is this!
"Just remember it if I ask you to!"
"Don't you understand?" Zhou Zhenwen said coldly.
"Yes, yes." Chen Jia nodded quickly, not daring to say anything more.
The eldest princess Huaizhen on the side watched this scene with interest.
With her knowledge and knowledge, she also thought of many ways to control locusts along the way.
She also heard about Zhou Zhenwen's suggestion of eating locusts.
As early as halfway, she knew that she had been tricked by the emperor. He didn't want her to get along with Zhou Zhenwen.
It's obvious that I'm afraid of eating locusts, so I asked myself, the eldest princess, to come over and help!
'Ah! He is such a grown-up person, yet he still resorts to childish tricks! '
The eldest princess Huaizhen was also a little speechless about Emperor Xuan's little thoughts.
It's better to just say no to this kind of thing, isn't it just eating locusts?
What's this!
Along the way, the eldest princess Huaizhen thought a lot. The biggest problem was that if Zhou Zhenwen's method was used to control locusts, there would definitely be problems with implementation. It was inevitable that policies would be deformed when they were passed down from above.
Because as long as you are a human being, you will have your own thoughts and understandings. It is normal for things to change in the process.
Take the subsidy for catching locusts as an example. If one hundred locusts are caught, the court will reward them with a drop of money.
This is a good thing in itself, but if the geese are plucked, if the policy is passed from the capital to the states, it may become half-money, that is, five hundred copper coins.
From the state to the county, it becomes three hundred copper coins. From the county to the county, there may be only one hundred and fifty, or even one hundred copper coins left.
From top to bottom, it is obviously a matter of one thousand copper coins for a drop of money, but in the end, only one hundred copper coins may be left in the hands of the people.
There are even some unscrupulous businessmen and relatives of county officials who directly spend money and use a few copper coins to buy locusts at low prices, defraud the court of rewards, and harvest the people like crazy.
They can really do these things.
Under the protection of officials, the people are like fish, fish that can be continuously exploited.
This is also one of the local characteristics.
'The methods are all good, but how much can be implemented in the end and how much can be accomplished... depends on the ability of the executor! '
'This Zhou Zhenwen is really surprising. He suppressed the officials of Qingzhou so easily and made them surrender. Even the largest governor in Qingzhou behaved like a child in front of Zhou Zhenwen! ! '
'But the commercialization of eating locusts... I didn't expect this! '
The eldest princess Huaizhen looked at Zhou Zhenwen, looking forward to what kind of method he could come up with to solve the locust plague in Qingzhou.
