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Chapter 211 Tang Taizong Eating Locusts
In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in the capital, and locusts arose.Emperor Taizong went into the garden to look at the grass. When he saw locusts, he picked up several locusts and cursed: "People depend on grain for their life, but if you eat it, it will harm the people. The people have made mistakes. If you give me one person, you have a spirit, but you should eat me." Heart, harmless to the common people."

After swallowing it, the left and right remonstrated suddenly, saying: "I'm afraid you will become sick, don't do it."

Taizong said: "I bow to the disaster I hope to remove, and how can I avoid it?"

So he swallowed it.

Naturally, locusts will no longer be a disaster.

——This is the historical record of the "Tang Taizong Eating Locusts" incident that occurred in Zhenguan.

In colloquial terms, in the second year of Zhenguan, when the capital suffered from a drought, Tang Taizong Li Shimin swallowed a locust and said, "Don't harm the people, eat my heart if you want to be spiritual."Later, when the drought passed, this incident was recorded in history books and became an allusion passed down through the ages. Therefore, Li Shimin became a model of a benevolent king.

At this moment, just as Lin Xuan came over, he saw a middle-aged man in a royal robe stuffing a locust into his mouth.

It was none other than Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and this was the moment when he ate locusts.

Locust, this name may be unfamiliar to some people, but if it is called grasshopper, it may be more well-known.When it comes to grasshoppers and grasshoppers, I believe that most people will not feel unfamiliar.In modern times, many people spent their childhood playing with grasshoppers. Many people have a grasshopper in their homes and listen to its calls as music.

In addition, fried locusts are also a very popular delicacy in restaurants.

But in ancient times, locusts multiplied in large numbers along with the drought, which was a natural disaster even more terrifying than the drought itself!
Because of the simple drought, there are still drought-resistant crops that can be planted, even if the harvest is less, there will still be some, and the government's relief will not make the people hungry.But once the locusts become a disaster, they will sweep over the sky and cover the earth, leaving no grass in their path, and there will be no crops left at all!
Under this kind of natural disaster, no matter whether you are a farmer, a landlord, or a bureaucrat, you will starve if you don’t have a harvest!

Some people may say that meat can be eaten without grain, but the question is, where can there be meat to eat when there is no grain to feed livestock?

"Are you here to watch my jokes for my father?" Li Shimin said with a gloomy expression after seeing Lin Xuan.

Hearing this, Lin Xuan shook his head and smiled, "I just happened to pass by."

His identity in this world is that he was conferred as a national teacher during the reign of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan. He was a first-rank official, but he had no real power. He was the number one transparent person in the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing Lin Xuan's expression, Li Shimin was even more displeased, and said with a cold face: "It's this time, and the national teacher can still laugh?"

At this time, it was only the second year of Zhenguan, and he had only been in power for more than a year, and he had not yet become the Tang Taizong who opened the prosperous age of Zhenguan.

Because the throne did not come properly, he has been walking on eggshells. What he is most afraid of is being accused by others of not being the emperor well.Therefore, every time there was turmoil in Datang, he didn't want to see Li Yuan's people.Because he is too scared, he will hear others say to him: "The Supreme Emperor asked me to tell you that you are not good at being an emperor."

Especially now, because of the locust plague, rumors spread everywhere in the capital, saying that he killed his brother to rise to power, which offended the heavens.

As for Lin Xuan, who happened to be Li Yuan's Imperial Teacher, his appearance made Li Shimin's heart tense.

In other words, Li Shimin at this time is like a child who didn't get good grades in the exam. When he sees his father, he will subconsciously think of "grades".Therefore, even if he didn't have any problems with Lin Xuan, he didn't have a good face-this was not against Lin Xuan, but because he was nervous and his heart was out of control.

This is the only thing that can make Li Shimin mess up.

Of course, he really didn't like the smile on Lin Xuan's face.

At this time, the whole country is worrying about natural disasters. Besides Lin Xuan, who just came here, who else can laugh?
"I don't laugh, so is it useful to cry?" Lin Xuan also knew that he smiled politely, which was a bit out of place.But he is a bit like Cao Cao, who knows his mistakes and corrects them, but never admits them, so he said: "I smiled at you because after seeing what you did, I realized that no matter how much suffering there is in this world, as long as you are by your side , and it will be better sooner or later. In addition, the more you are in a trough and the more nervous you are, the more you should laugh, because only in this way can a person come out of adversity in the best state!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face showed anger, which was real anger towards Lin Xuan.

"What I hate the most is people like you. You have a way of flattering horses and making excuses, but once you do something practical, it's useless at all!" Li Shimin said angrily, "If you weren't a national teacher appointed by the emperor, what would I do today?" I will definitely pull you out of the Meridian Gate and behead you as an example to others!"

Immediately, Lin Xuan was stunned.

Who the hell did I provoke, and was stunned by Tang Taizong when I first came?
"I don't like to hear your words anymore. I praise you because I really admire what you do. What does it have to do with flattery?" Lin Xuan frowned and said, "I really like to use strong words, but how can you be sure? My reasoning is just nonsense, not great truth? In addition, the most important thing is that I am not the kind of person who can only talk but not do practical things!"

He really respected Tang Taizong.

Otherwise, if ordinary secular emperors dared to hate him, such as Han Xiandi, he would have already slapped him in the face.

"You can also do practical things? That's fine, you can give me a solution to the locust plague!" Li Shimin said: "If you can't, you are my father's man, and I won't kill you, but I will let people cut you off." Drop your tongue, so that you can't talk nonsense for the rest of your life!"

Hearing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help rolling his eyes, and said, "If I can solve it, what should you do?"

"That means I was wrong, I can take the blame for you, and I will never break my promise even if I beat you or scold you!" Li Shimin said.

Immediately, Lin Xuan said: "Okay, I'll chat with you for a while!"

"Okay!" Li Shimin said, making a gesture of invitation.

"The first is the famine. Judging from your reactions, there shouldn't be much food in the capital right now?" Lin Xuan smiled and said, "You take the lead in eating locusts, probably because you want the people in the capital to eat locusts. Get through this famine. But I bet it won't do much to help you feed your people."

Hearing this, Li Shimin asked, "Why?"

Although he was in a rage at this moment, he still had the patience to listen to what others had to say.

"Because of the low efficiency of hunting, the vast majority of the people cannot catch enough locusts to eat." Lin Xuan said: "Plus, locusts are not suitable as a staple food, and the common people will get tired after eating a few times. Therefore, in the end, there will be people who prefer to eat locusts." Fleeing famine and going far away, I don’t want to stay and prey on locusts! In addition, some locusts will become spirits and even eat people after turning into monsters. Can ordinary people prey on them?”

Immediately, Li Shimin was stunned, subconsciously said: "Then what should we do?"

"So, you need the help of your own teacher!" Lin Xuan said with a smile.

Li Shimin: "..."

He found that he couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the national teacher's speech.

"I have three carefully prepared books here. After you read them, all problems will be solved." Lin Xuan said, and took out a copy of "A Complete Collection of Locust Catching Techniques" and a copy of "Locusts on the Bite of Tongue". And a "Detailed Explanation of the Economic Benefits of Locusts".

In fact, he doesn't know how to cure any locust plague, after all, he has never seen it before.

But he has tens of thousands of searches, he doesn't know it, he can learn from people who know it!

The "Encyclopedia of Locust Catching Techniques" was written by a master in a parallel world. There are as many as a thousand catching methods recorded in it, which are applicable to all types of locusts in ancient and modern China and abroad, and are extremely powerful.In the world where the great man lived, the locusts were hunted and exterminated, causing the collapse of the biological chain. In the end... those are not important. The important thing is that as long as you learn these technologies, you can become the killer of locusts. It is like a god to catch them. .

This can perfectly solve the problem of hunting efficiency!

As for the biological chain, this world does not have the kind of great people to take the lead. With the reproduction speed of locusts, it is basically impossible to become extinct.

And "The Locust on the Tip of the Tongue" is a cookbook.

This also comes from a parallel world, where, after Stephen Zhou, the God of Cookery reincarnated, did not create peeing cow balls, but created "locust food culture" during the ups and downs of life.Because Hong Kong in that world happened to be plagued by locusts at that time!
Later, the pest plague ended, and Stephen Zhou returned to the position of God of Cookery, but the indissoluble bond with the locusts did not end.

In that world, he studied hard for decades in the second half of his life, and finally wrote the book "The Locust on the Bite of the Tongue" when he was approaching his sixtieth birthday.For a time, the Three Realms were in turmoil. Even the Jade Emperor brought the locusts to the Peach Fair, and the locusts in the world were eaten as protected animals. It is strictly forbidden to kill wild locusts... These have nothing to do with Lin Xuan, what has to do is, "On the Bite of the Tongue" The Locusts can indeed solve the problem of locust taste.

There are thousands of ways to eat it. You can eat locusts for 360 days a year, but the dishes are not heavy, and you will not get bored!

As for "Detailed Explanation of the Economic Benefits of Locusts", it comes from a parallel world, a man named "Huang Huateng", the richest man in the world.

Relying on his business talent, which can be said to be unprecedented, he managed to expand the locust business to the whole world, making people in the whole world treat locusts as a delicacy, and making derivative products such as locust oil into the ordinary. Common people's home.The resulting economic benefits, from breeding to catering, have fed more than one billion people, which can be called the most classic case in the history of world economics.

Huang Huateng has a famous saying, "Create the economy with your heart, and the locusts will change the world", and he did it!
"Encyclopedia of Locust Catching Techniques", "Locusts on the Bite of the Tongue", and "Detailed Explanation of the Economic Benefits of Locusts", these three books put together are enough to solve the locust disaster that Datang encountered at this time!

"The talent of the national teacher is simply shocking, unprecedented, and no words can describe what happened!" Li Shimin said with emotion after reading the three books.But after a pause, he whispered again: "It's just the national teacher, do you have a grudge against the locust? Or, which locust monster provoked you? Do you want me to send an army to destroy it?"

Lin Xuan: "..."

Mom sells batches, can you not focus on the locusts?

However, it would indeed be too perverted to blame those three books on him. Fortunately, there is no locust rights protection law in this world.

"You are not joking." Suddenly, Li Shimin took off his coat, pulled out a thorny bramble from the nearby garden, and said, "Before I offended the national teacher, now I take the thorn to plead guilty, and ask the national teacher to help loosen the skin and flesh." , so that I can keep my eyes open in the future, so that I won't mistake Daxian for mediocrity again!"

(End of this chapter)