To the west of Chang'an, Tianshui, Wuwei and other places, the red land is thousands of miles away.
The only trees with a hint of green look so conspicuous on this land.
It's pleasing to look at from a distance, but when you get closer, the scene is extremely terrifying.
What kind of green tree is this? A completely dry tree full of green locusts.
These locusts greedily gnawed on the stubborn trees that kept sprouting buds. When the trees exhausted their last bit of strength and the buds they had sprouted were eaten by the locusts, where would there be any left? What green trees exist?
A group of locusts, led by one of the well-fed locusts, jumped down from the tree and buzzed towards the looming green direction further east.
As the locusts passed through the border, any seedlings that managed to survive were eaten away.
This ignorant ancient man lived in dire straits, burning incense, worshiping Buddha, performing altar rituals, and constantly sacrificing animals, hoping that God would accept the magical power of this locust. Li Shimin had already summoned all the civil and military ministers again Summoned.
Although it was late at night, no one had any complaints. Do they dare to complain? Anyone who complained was dragged out and slapped with a few boards.
"Say, what's going on? I asked the world to monitor the locusts. Once the locusts appear, they will spare no effort to kill them. Or the seniors raised chickens, ducks and geese and let them prey on the locusts. Who arranged this? It has not been implemented in place, and now there is a locust plague everywhere, what do you think we should do?"
Immediately, several old scholars came out.
"Your Majesty, this locust plague is a warning sent by God. It is best to ask Your Majesty to issue an edict of sin and then go to the Ancestral Temple to kowtow and admit your mistake, so that God can take back these locusts."
These old scholars don't know the origin of locusts, so saying this can make people understand.
But just after they said this, Li Shimin snorted coldly.
With Xu Yunyan spreading knowledge about locusts for him, would he believe these things?
Just when Li Shimin snorted coldly, the aristocratic families who had been suppressed by Li Shimin began to jump up again.
"Your Majesty, what the officials said is true. These locusts are God's warning to Your Majesty.
This year, there was first severe drought, then floods, and then locusts.
Your Majesty did nothing, did not go to the Ancestral Temple to admit his mistakes, and did not issue an imperial edict. This is something that God cannot stand.
Please also ask Your Majesty to issue an edict as soon as possible and then go to the Ancestral Temple to admit your mistake. This is the best strategy. "
When people from these aristocratic families said this, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Pei Ji and other civil servants who supported Li Shimin were filled with hatred.
Those military generals were eager to come forward and fight with them.
But Li Shimin didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of confirming Li Shimin's guilt and leaving Li Shimin with nothing to do. In order to protect them, they had no choice but to admit their mistakes and issue an imperial edict, allowing the world's wealthy families to fall on Li Shimin again. .
Li Shimin snorted coldly after seeing these wealthy families saying this, and then looked at them.
"Do you think that I have really lost my virtue? Did God send such a warning?"
After Li Shimin finished speaking, it was absolutely impossible for his confidants to acknowledge Li Shimin's words.
Li Shimin said this immediately after he finished speaking.
This is a special situation. Many things happened in history. It was not that the emperor was immoral, but that they just happened. You can't say that whenever these things happen, it means that the emperor was immoral, right?
Just like after Li Yuan ascended the throne, there were droughts and floods in some places, especially along the southeastern coast. If there were no floods every year, it wouldn't be a year.
While these civil servants and military generals were here to support Li Shimin, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with him, the aristocratic families and old scholars were actually united this time, and they were here to persuade Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, we all know that Your Majesty is benevolent and loves the people, and is a rare and good emperor.
However, God has sent such a warning for no reason, so I still ask Your Majesty to go to the Ancestral Temple to admit your mistake and issue an edict to punish yourself.
Maybe we can solve this problem and give the people peace. Your Majesty can't watch the people living in such dire straits and cherish your own feathers. "
When Li Shimin heard what they said, he even laughed.
"You all think these locusts are a bad thing?"
Everyone doesn't know why, isn't that the way it should be? Then everyone nodded here and agreed that locusts are not a good thing.
But Li Shimin stood up.
"You say he is a bad thing, but I think it is a good thing."
"A great thing?"
When they said this, he made Li Shimin proud even more.
It's like the look of an unsophisticated person after seeing something extraordinary. It's very funny.
After Li Shimin laughed, he directly looked for his backup plan.
"Pass the message, General Zhongwu Li Ying enters the palace."
Following Li Shimin's words, these aristocratic families and a group of civil and military officials, as well as Monk Zhanger, were now confused.
"Your Majesty, now is the time to discuss and issue an edict of guilt and go to the Li Tang Clan Ancestral Temple to plead guilty. Why did you find a general to enter the palace? Although we all know who this Li Ying is."
Soon, Prince Li Chengqian led the way, followed by Li Ying, each carrying a covered food box and walked in.
"My son, I will meet my father."
"I will see your Majesty at last!"
After the two of them saluted, Li Shimin urgently helped them up with his bare hands.
As soon as Li Chengqian came in, Li Shimin looked at the things in their hands and looked at Li Ying. After Li Ying nodded, Li Shimin put all his heart in his stomach.
"Everyone, I said these locusts are a good thing given to us by God. Do you believe it or not?"
When Li Shimin said this, everyone here was in an uproar. Even Li Shimin's confidants were a little suspicious of Li Shimin's words.
"How is this possible? The locusts came from heaven to warn Your Majesty. How could they be given to Your Majesty? We don't believe it."
Looking at these people who just couldn't believe it, Li Shimin laughed.
"Okay, you don't believe it. In fact, sometimes I don't believe it either, but facts speak louder than words. I want to ask you, why do these locusts rise?"
After Li Shimin asked this question, Xu Yunyan's mouth cracked and he almost laughed, while the other princes and ministers who loved Li Shimin were honest here.
Now that Li Shimin has a way, they shouldn't act recklessly, but that's what the big family said here.
"Your Majesty has lost his virtue and sent such locusts from heaven."
"Yeah?"
Li Shimin smiled after they finished speaking, laughing at the ignorance of these wealthy families.
After laughing, he signaled Li Ying to come out.
After Li Ying came out of the queue, she gave everyone a fist in the air.
"Since you are saying that His Majesty has lost his virtue, God sent down locusts, but have you found out where this locust loyalist appeared?"
"Where else could it be?"
An old scholar came out and said, "Locusts are everywhere in the red land. Where do you think they are?"
"yes!"
Xu Yunyan said to this old scholar right here.
"Since the land is thousands of miles away, our people must not be able to live here."
After Xu Yunyan finished speaking, the aristocratic family followed closely.
"Of course there is no way to live here. Your Majesty is immoral. There is drought and floods. How can they live with these locusts?"
Xu Yunyan looked at them, then looked at Li Shimin who was supporting him and letting him fight them, and started talking to them here.
"Since everyone knows that the land is thousands of miles away and the people have no way to live, and such delicious food comes down from the sky, why don't we catch him and eat him to satisfy his hunger?
Since the people have no way to survive in this deserted place, why don't they eat them? Isn't it a good thing to be able to survive like this? "
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, several people from aristocratic families came out.
"Younger Huangkou is so good at talking nonsense again, how can you eat this locust? This is a disaster from heaven. You are not afraid that this locust will eat your heart and liver after it is eaten in your stomach."
"Yeah?"
This Xu Yunyan said with a smile when everyone kept accusing him that he should not eat locusts, anger God, and then bring more serious disasters.
"I seem to have grown up eating locusts since I was a child, and I haven't seen this locust eat my heart and liver."
After Xu Yunyan's words, the faces of these aristocratic families turned pale, while the generals laughed darkly.
"Good boy, you've eaten locusts before, and we've eaten them too. I was so hungry that I couldn't help but want to eat them when I saw one flying.
The birds can't be caught, but the locusts fly slowly, and they still eat them. Sometimes they encounter the locusts with their mouths wide open, and they burrow in on their own, and the food is quite satisfying. "
Cheng Yaojin was gesturing here. In fact, it was impossible for him to eat such a thing. Xu Yunyan gave Cheng Yaojin a fist after Cheng Yaojin's words.
"What General Cheng said is true, but what you eat is not very delicious. Look at what I eat."
After he finished speaking, he and Li Chengqian gestured to each other and opened the food box in their hands. In an instant, two colored glazes with fried golden grasshoppers sprinkled with condiments appeared in front of everyone.
"My lords, take a look, is this the locust?"
While talking, Xu Yunyan had already picked up a few locusts and threw them into his mouth, and the clicking sound was clearly audible.
"It's delicious. If you drink it with two ounces of wine, it will feel good."
Xu Yunyan started to eat locusts here. Cheng Yaojin saw that they were eating locusts, not pretending to be here, and Li Chengqian also picked up a handful and stuffed them into his mouth, unable to help but move forward.
"I'll eat some too."
When it was as big as a cattail leaf fan, I grabbed a handful and stuffed it into my mouth.
"Oh, it's so delicious."
Cheng Yaojin ate it, and those civil and military officials who supported Li Shimin, as if they were about to sign a pledge of surrender, stepped forward and picked up some locusts and threw them into their mouths.
But this one?
"Huh? Delicious!"
The originally gentle group of people suddenly started fighting here.
"Old man, you eat so much, what should I eat? Leave some for me."
A civil servant ate a large amount of food without showing dignity. Another person next to him, who was very friendly with him, stared at him because of this scene.
This made the officials very curious, and while these people were sparing no effort to eat here, Li Chengqian watched the wavering aristocratic families and old scholars take out another plate from the second layer of the food box and pass it over.
"My lords, come and have a try, it's extremely delicious."
After Li Chengqian brought it over, he picked up a handful first and stuffed it into his mouth, eating it until his mouth was full of oil.
The old scholar had no choice but to pick one up and take a bite.
"tasty!"
The old scholar knelt down instantly.
"Your Majesty, we are here to inspect it. This is really a delicacy sent from heaven."
The old scholar also agreed, and these aristocratic families had no choice but to taste a few.
"Huh? It's indeed good. It's crunchy and crispy. The chicken tastes much better than eating grains and noodles. Is this really a good thing sent by God to Li Shimin? Let the people who are thousands of miles away from the red land have a way to live?"
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