The Red Chamber: My Stunning Confidante with a Variety of Styles

The capital city, the Golden Temple.

Zhao Qi looked at the courtiers with a dark face, and all the courtiers lowered their heads in unison.

In the past few days, news of locust plagues has poured in like snowflakes from all over the world, and the whole world seems to be shrouded in locusts covering the sky and the sun.

However, none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could come up with an effective response plan.

"Ai Qing, please tell me, how should we deal with this locust plague?" Zhao Qi asked the courtiers again.

However, everyone was silent when they heard the words, and no one answered him.

Zhao Qi smashed the dragon chair heavily, and was furious: "My civil and military officials, the pillars of my country, the current locust plague, but there is no one who can share my worries!"

Now that the locust plague is raging, the country is about to be shaken, but he is helpless, can he not be angry?

"Your Majesty, calm down, the ministers are incompetent." A group of courtiers quickly knelt down towards Zhao Qi.

"Calm down, calm down! How do you tell me to calm down?" Zhao Qi said angrily.

An old minister tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to resign."

After these words fell, many courtiers also followed up and said: "I am incompetent, I would like to sue my old man and return to my hometown."

This made Zhao Qi even more angry: "You are all gone, who will share my worries!"

All the courtiers knelt on the ground, but they couldn't say a word.

Just when the atmosphere was extremely tense, a eunuch suddenly ran over: "Your Majesty, Heyuan County is in a hurry."

Zhao Qi was shocked and flustered when he heard the words, Heyuan County was on the only way for the locust plague to go south, and the urgent report came at this time, what good news could there be?

The hearts of all the courtiers also skipped a beat, Zhao Qi was furious, but there was bad news again, it really was a house leak and it was raining overnight.

Zhao Qi took a deep breath, forced to suppress the distracting thoughts in his mind, and said to the eunuch: "Read!"

The eunuch opened the letter and read aloud:
"On the first day of September, the plague of locusts reached the county seat, and the people of the city went out to catch locusts, and blocked them with a big fire."

Hearing this, everyone's hearts were suspended. The crowd tactics to catch locusts, supplemented by fire to drive and block them, is currently the most conventional method, but according to past experience, the effect is not great.

"However, migratory locusts are not afraid of fire, and go straight to the fertile fields. The common people catch them, but with little effect."

Ugh!
All the courtiers showed disappointment, it really was like this, it really was like this again, this locust is really irresistible!
Zhao Qi clenched his fist tightly, his face was full of anger, one bad news after another, which made him completely out of anger.

At this moment, they suddenly heard the eunuch continue to read:

"Fortunately, the imperial court's locust catcher arrived in time, and the people brought the locusts with them, killing millions of locusts in an instant, and the locust plague in Heyuan County was relieved."

what?
These words made Zhao Qi and all civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stare wide-eyed and exclaimed.

They thought it was another bad news, but who knew it was a good news!
Millions of locusts were killed in Heyuan County!
This is the only victory so far since the locust plague broke out!
"There is a law to solve the locust plague! This is the luck of the people, the world, and the court!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations to Your Majesty! The locust plague is over!"

"This is the blessing of the people in the world, the blessing of the country and the country!"

……

A group of courtiers began to shout excitedly, and many of them praised Zhao Qige's meritorious deeds.

Zhao Qi stood up from the dragon chair, paced back and forth excitedly, and asked the eunuch after a few steps:

"Do you know what was used to catch the locusts?"

The eunuch shook his head: "Your Majesty, I don't know, but the [-] li rush was sent by the head of Heyuan County himself, and he is waiting outside the hall."

"Come in!" Zhao Qi said hastily.

Not long after, the head secretary of Heyuan County entered the hall, Zhao Qi asked without waiting for him to pay homage:
"What do you use to kill locusts?"

This master is also a straight-hearted person, he was taken aback when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, the locust catcher was sent by the imperial court, don't you adults know?"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers felt their faces burning hot.

That's right, the locust catcher was sent by the imperial court, but they didn't even know it was their dereliction of duty.

Zhao Qi glanced at everyone, and asked the master book: "There is no need to ask more about the details, just answer them."

The head of Heyuan County quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the bagpipes given by the locust catchers are called bagpipes. Just blow them, and the locusts will fall to the ground and die as if they were drunk."

As he spoke, he took out a bamboo pole from his pocket and blew it vigorously.

However, everyone didn't hear a sound.

This made all the courtiers look at each other in blank dismay.

Only Zhao Qi, the six ministers and several university scholars looked at Yan Jin together, with inexplicable meanings in their eyes.

In their eyes, the corners of Yan Jin's mouth trembled. He remembered, isn't this what Jia Jue made after betting with him?
When Jia Jue showed him the finished product that day, he still sneered at the so-called bagpipes.

But after a few days, someone took it and said that it was a fetish for locust extermination.

"Talk about the events of that day in detail." He stepped out and asked the master book in a trembling voice.

The master was at a loss, but he explained the matter in detail, including how they prepared, how they were defeated by the locusts, and at the critical moment, the locust catchers came and gave them bagpipes. Afterwards, how they played the bagpipes, and how the locusts fell.

After everyone listened, they all understood that the bagpipe was responsible for killing the locusts this time. Although it was silent, it could really kill the locusts.

Yan Jin took a look at the bagpipes from the master book, and sighed: "This bagpipe is indeed made by Mr. Jia. That day, Mr. Jia made a total of [-] bagpipes by himself, and left his name on it."

The people around him quickly looked at the bagpipe in his hand, but saw a few small characters on the tail: Jue, Sanjiu.

After finishing speaking, he walked into the main hall, knelt down to Zhao Qi, and shouted:
"Your Majesty! This humble minister is stubborn and stubborn, almost misleading the people of the world and the country! It is not the child who is ignorant, but the old man of this humble minister! This humble minister deserves death, and please Your Majesty punish him with death! "

Up to now, people still don't know that Jia Jue's seemingly nonsensical method of exterminating locusts is really effective, and the effect is immediate, and the effect is amazing.

When Jia Jue brought it up, they mocked Jia Jue in every possible way, especially Yan Jin, who criticized Jia Jue to nothing.

But now, it turns out that everyone was wrong, and Jia Jue was right!

Yan Jin, who blocked Jia Jue, became a man who harmed the country.

If the bagpipe really cannot be born, the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhao Qi looked at Yan Jin, his face was full of shame, it wasn't just Yan Jin who didn't believe in Jia Jue, including himself!
Jia Jue not only slapped Yan Jin in the face, but also his face.

Fortunately, he is still looking for ways to break the situation all over the world, but he turns a blind eye to the real good strategy. If this matter is recorded by the official historian, he will be a fool!

Fortunately, it can be remedied now.

"Spread the making of this bagpipe all over the world, and I will eradicate the plague of locusts! In addition, the name of the abolished bagpipe will be given: Gongzidi!" He looked around the courtiers and said loudly.

"Of order!" the courtiers replied together.

Zhao Qi paused, and then said: "I will pass on my will, and I have the third son of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Jue, for his meritorious service in exterminating the locust disaster and saving all the people in the world from the fire and water. I will give you a special reward..."