As Yang Guang expected, the Dugu family and the Dou family, who already had a good relationship, reached a tacit understanding on certain issues of interest. For example, the two families had an amazing consensus on staying away from the Yuan family. It is true that the purpose of the three major factions of the Guanlong nobles in establishing the Wuchuan Alliance was to twist the scattered Guanlong nobles into a unified force and jointly fight against the imperial power and the advancing Shandong gentry. The Yuan family ceded a lot of strength to the Dugu and Dou factions who had acquiesced, and finally became the alliance leader and became the alliance leader family as they wished.
In order to establish the authority and prestige of the alliance leader, the Yuan family spent a lot of money to plan three major actions: first, in order to help the Guanlong nobles take over the Hehuang area, which was fertile and suitable for farming and animal husbandry, they joined forces with Tuoba Ningcong to attack Yang who was traveling westward. assemble, and then teamed up with Liu Shu to plan the coup at Renshou Palace; when Yang Liang rebelled, the Yuan clan was the most active and most invested vanguard; when it came to the military reform, it was the Yuan clan who planned the military coup...
The major sects of the Dugu Sect and the Dou Sect did not stand idly by as the Yuan clan led the big actions. Each sect had people, money, and weapons. However, everyone believed in the Yuan clan and the Yuan clan. But all the big operations were messed up. However, although the other two factions were dissatisfied and suspected that the Yuan family was not capable of leading everyone, the Yuan family lost more material, financial and power. In addition, they really needed such a vanguard to charge into the battle, so the two factions did not express their dissatisfaction. He didn't even mention the "change of leadership" that was due long ago, and continued to let the Yuan family be the leader of the alliance.
The reason why we should stay away from the Yuan clan is that, firstly, Yang Guang's suppression of the Yuan clan is well known to everyone in the central government, and it is not appropriate to get too close or too obvious with the Yuan clan; secondly, Yang Guang no longer has the ability to stabilize the throne and bring peace to the world. However, the Yuan clan still adheres to the previous ideas of respecting strength, respecting the strong, and violent "revolution". Instead of restraining themselves, they have become Bengali, openly or covertly fighting against the emperor. Going against him, what is this if he is not seeking death? Who dares to be friends with such a family?
In addition, the Dugu family and the Dou family believe that the world is about to undergo major changes. They believe that Yang Ji's strong rise, as well as Yang Guang's emphasis on and extensive appointments to the royal family, have transformed the main contradiction in the power field from the Guanlong nobles and gentry to the world's aristocratic families. This gave rise to an opportunity for the imperial family and the world's aristocratic families to join forces to "resist the Sui Dynasty".
Although the people in the court have not yet moved closer to each other, they have this foundation, so at this stage it is best to wait and see what happens, and not to be the leader like before, otherwise they will suffer and benefit the various gentry forces in vain. But Yuanshi, who had lost miserably, obviously didn't think so.
The above is the consensus reached by the two families about the future; but in the immediate future, Yang Ji has seriously threatened the interests of the two families. The most typical one is that Yang Jian added Huining County, which is rich in silver and copper, to Liangzhou, and A few days ago, Yang Guang gave the governor of Fufeng County to Qian Shixiong of the Wei Wang clan. If this continues, what's the point?
If Yang Ji had a foreign surname, the Guanlong nobles might be able to tolerate it in order to expel the nobles. However, Yang Ji is not only a royal family, but also the son-in-law of the Xiao family and the Pei family. Combined with Yang Guang's trust in him and the conflict between him and the Guanlong nobles . In the future, it is very likely that there will be a situation where even Yongliang and Guanlong nobles will bow to orders.
But Yang Ji was at the height of his power, and the emperor and the nobles wanted him to fight with the Guanlong nobles. The Guanlong nobles found that the only way was to avoid his sharp edge, attack in a roundabout way, and sit back and watch the situation change.
To put it bluntly, you can't confront Yang Ji head-on, because conflict is useless, and because central officials all know that Yang Guang has not read the impeachment memorial against Yang Ji at all.
However, the Yuan sect headed by the Yuan family is suffering from a demonic disease. In this case, they can only distance themselves silently. What's more, they are also very greedy for the seats vacated by the Yuan faction; rather than letting these seats fall to other big forces such as the Shandong gentry, it is better to let go of everything and fight for them; if they win, they will still be in the hands of the Guanlong nobles. Isn't it?
Of course, these decisions are currently only known to the core figures of the two major factions, and "little players" like Li Yuan are naturally not qualified; besides, Li Yuan is now a close official of the emperor, and the Dugu and Dou factions are afraid that Li Yuan will act like Yu Wenshu for the benefit of the Li family. That sold everyone out.
Yuwenshu climbed to a high place by betraying the Guanlong nobles; although he was also a member of the Guanlong nobles, he loyally followed Yang Guang when Yang Guang was still the king of Jin. Not only did he betray the new people recognized by the Guanlong nobles, Yang Yong, the lord, also completely betrayed the Guanlong nobles. After being attacked by the Guanlong nobles,
While being despised, he became Yang Guang's confidant and received generous rewards. If Yuwenshu hadn't neglected the importance and far-reaching influence of the martial arts competition and almost ruined the martial arts competition, he would definitely be Yang Guang's number one favorite now. And today's Li Yuan is very similar to the original Yuwenshu. It's no wonder that the Dugu family and the The Dou family was on guard against him.
"Farmer proverbs often say, "After a severe drought, there will be a great disaster." The great disasters here are usually earth dragons, locust plagues, floods, and plagues. Yang Guang glanced at Changsun Chi and Dugu Shun meaningfully and asked, "Dugu Qing, you just said that there is a locust plague in the north. Is the situation serious?"
Dugu Shun pondered for a long time, then smiled bitterly and said: "Sage, locusts reproduce very quickly, and I can't tell whether it is serious or not. But according to local officials, the number of locusts is increasing every day. If there is no reasonable means to control locusts, the number of locusts in the five years since the founding of the emperor will be great." The locust plague may happen again."
When everyone heard this, their hearts sank, and even Yang Guang's expression changed drastically.
The disaster of locust plague was fresh in Yang Guang's memory; that year, Yang Guang was the Grand Administrator of Bingzhou and Shangshu Ling of Hebei Daoxingtai, and the northern part of Bingzhou was the most severely damaged area during the locust plague that year. Thick locusts were seen everywhere. Eat it if it's green. Wherever they passed, not only crops were devoured, but even big trees were eaten bare. The locust plague caused such losses that a great famine occurred in the northern parts of Bingzhou and Yongzhou.
Su Wei suddenly thought of something and said: "Sage, I remember that there was a locust plague in Liangzhou in the first year of Daye, but it was ignored later. I think King Wei has a way to control locusts."
Yang Guang's eyes lit up and he asked Yang Ji: "King Wei, how did you treat it?"
"Sage, if you want to control locusts, you must first understand how the locust plague occurs!" Yang Ji said: "The main reason for this phenomenon is that drought has many benefits for the reproduction, growth, development and survival of locusts. Caused by There are two main reasons for the disaster: on the one hand, the water level drops in drought years, the soil becomes relatively solid, and the ground vegetation is sparse, so the number of locust eggs laid increases greatly. On the other hand, the plants in dry places have low water content, and locusts This is food, grows faster, and has higher fecundity. This is the fundamental reason why locust plagues occur in the north but not in the south."
After Yang Guang heard this and thought about it carefully, he found that during his time in the south, there had not been a single locust plague, so he asked, "In other words, locusts are afraid of water?"
"Exactly!" Yang Ji nodded: "In terms of preventing locust plagues and plague, the Turks have done a good job for us. Once they discovered that there is no snow in the grassland in winter, they all judged that locust plagues and plagues are prone to occur next year, so they The withered grassland was burned by fire. The fire cooked the locust eggs in the soil and burned the mice to death. The grass ash also provided fertilizer for the next year's grass. It was a triple benefit."
"We have mountains and forests, so of course we cannot set fires to prevent disasters like the Turks, but it is natural for poultry to eat insects, and locusts and insect eggs are the best food for poultry. If every household in the north raises chickens and ducks, they can find them everywhere. Insects eat. Although this method will not kill the locusts, it can also reduce the number of locusts."
"If a locust plague has occurred, there are two ways to deal with it. One is to use the principle of moths flying into the flame, and people will burn piles of bonfires in the wild at night, and the locusts will fly in and die. The other way is to eat. People eat it!"
When the last words came out, the huge Chinese Palace fell silent for a moment, and the collective was shocked and speechless, and then there was an uproar.
Yang Guang waved his hand to silence the ministers, looked at Yang Ji in disbelief, and asked, "King Wei, can locusts be eaten?"
"Of course locusts can be eaten, and they are very delicious!" Yang Ji smiled and said to Yang Guang, "Did the saint forget snakes and scorpions before?"
For a moment, Yang Guang stopped talking. He used to think that snakes and scorpions were poisonous and should not be eaten, but later he was deceived by Yang Ji and ate them several times, and he fell in love with the delicious food. Now Yang Guang even eats mice and centipedes. Based on this logic and experience, locusts are really edible during this period of time.
Yang Ji said: "The meat of locusts is tender and delicious as shrimps. Long-term consumption can prevent the occurrence of convulsions, convulsions, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath in children. By the way, locusts also have the effect of nourishing yin and yang, which can be said to be a man's treasure. . If old people in their sixties or seventies eat it, they may be able to regenerate their dead trees and give birth to children."
"Really?" Gao Jiufeng
He asked movingly. His son was not up to par. He had long wanted to practice the trumpet, but the penis under his crotch was difficult to control. If locusts had this effect, then he could eat several bowls a day.
People with this intention also looked at Yang Ji with expectant eyes, hoping that he would give a clear answer.
"It's true! It's because people in Liangzhou ate locusts that the number of newborns increased every year. Otherwise, how could there be so many newborns?" In order to strengthen his persuasion, Yang Ji said nonsense seriously: "Let's not talk about it for the time being. , take myself as an example. I was married for many years but had no children. Then I ate locusts and gave birth to three sons in one year. Isn’t this the best proof?"
The civil and military officials in the palace changed from completely unbelieving to half-believing. After all, Yang Ji got married in the third year of Renshou, but in the next few years, he never had any children. However, last year, he gave birth to three sons at once, maybe Locust It is not known whether it really has this magical effect. Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji strangely and asked, "You don't seem to have any medical skills, right?"
"I don't know how, but the Imperial Physician Chao will know it! This is what he said about his efficacy." Yang Ji said, "The Imperial Physician Chao's Order is in the main hall. If the saint doesn't believe it, you can ask him."
Chao Yuanfang heard his white beard trembling and his face contorted. He knew that locusts could cure convulsions and other illnesses in children, and he had also given Yang Ji various prescriptions for using locusts as medicine, but what kind of man's treasure was this? Not what he said.
Thinking of this, he said: "Sage, what King Wei said is true, but what a man's treasure is depends on the person."
The emperors and ministers of the Great Sui Dynasty had the evidence of the leaders in the medical field, and their half-beliefs and half-doubts suddenly turned into convictions.
Yang Guangmao said happily: "The Imperial Medical Office immediately worked out the various medicinal effects of locusts and then issued an edict to the world."
The development of the Sui Dynasty depended on population. Only with population could there be food and troops. At this time, the south had not been developed, especially the Jiaozhou and Lingnan areas that people were afraid of. It was basically a primitive area where smog was raging and wild beasts were rampant. However, Yang Guang, who had been to Lingnan, knew that it was a treasure land with fertile land and abundant water resources. If Jiangnan and Lingnan were fully developed, the Sui Dynasty would basically have no worries about food.
And all of this requires people.
If three out of ten men had more children due to eating locusts, that would be a quite remarkable number.
"Here!" Chao Yuanfang responded helplessly, but at this moment he had fallen into the miasma arranged by Yang Ji, and he knew that locusts were not poisonous. He felt that if more than 50 million people in the Sui Dynasty ate locusts, the locust plague would be greatly reduced. .
"Xiangguo Su, immediately spread the method of controlling locusts in Liangzhou to the north, and ordered the officials to mobilize the people to burn the locusts at night." Yang Guang gave the order, and then said: "Order the north to capture some locusts and send them to Daxing City. I will divide them. Give it to you."
"Thank you, Saint! Saint is wise!" The ministers were overjoyed and thanked him profusely.
"Xiangguo Su, the temperature is high at this time of year, and ordinary people don't have ice cellars in their homes, so locusts tend to stink easily." Yang Ji said, "You can ask people to remove their wings and feet, scald them to death with boiling water, blanch their saliva, and then dry and roast them. Dry it, then it can be fried or fried to eat.”
"Well! Thank you, Your Majesty, for reminding me." Su Wei said solemnly, "Otherwise, I will definitely miss important national events!"
Yang Ji "..."
When he saw the excited expressions on the ministers' faces, he suddenly felt dumbfounded. It seems that men are all the same in pursuing endurance and hardness. This has nothing to do with status or age.
Especially older men with status and financial resources care more about their endurance and hardness. For example, old men such as Gao Ying, Su Wei, Pei Ju, Pei Ju, Changsun Chi and Dugu Shun are already eager to try. If the prediction is correct, these people will definitely send people to notify their families as soon as possible after the dispersal of the dynasty, asking them to send people north to Yongbei to collect locusts.
Judging from this, the locust plague will turn into a locust disaster in the near future.
As the morning court ended, news spread that locusts were edible, could prevent convulsions in children, and could nourish yin and yang, and spread in Daxing City.
Seeing the business opportunities contained in the locusts, a businessman with a sharp mind immediately packed his bags and headed north, preparing to collect a batch of "useless" locusts and sell them at a high price.
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