Datang Almighty Dad

Chapter 380 How to cure the disaster?

In the Taiji Hall, Li Er urgently summoned civil and military officials to discuss a plan for controlling locusts.

Many people were terrified when they heard about the locust plague, and even some old ministers subconsciously stood up and said that it was a natural disaster, offended the locust god Yunyun, and needed His Majesty to offer sacrifices to the heavens.

Li Yuanying, who has always been good-tempered, didn't say anything, but just went up and beat him up. Is this group of people not serious?Let’s not talk about whether he offended the heavens, but just saying that this sacrifice to the heavens and pleading guilty belongs to the nature of after-the-fact accountability.Disaster is coming, don't think about emergency rescue, now to pursue responsibility?You're old, don't you have a brain?

Being pulled away by everyone's persuasion, everyone was silent. Emperor Li Er was very relieved, and suddenly became calm, and said gently: "Wu Lang, discussing state affairs together, it is innocent to express your opinions, reckless! You are the king of Qin, It's Admiral Tiance again, so how do you deal with it?"

What Li Er said was to smooth things over for his younger brother, and at the same time, he was also supporting him, which meant that everyone should be careful when speaking, this one holds the military power.

After calming down, Li Yuanying reprimanded all the officials: "There have been many locust plagues in the past dynasties, and countless generations of emperors offered sacrifices to the heavens to plead guilty, but how many times have the locusts been successfully controlled?"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence, only those who knew Li Yuanying well on weekdays cast trusting eyes.

Li Er persuaded: "This has been the case in all dynasties, and I don't blame you, dear ministers. They are all for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Although we know that this may not be useful, but when there is no practical solution, I would rather believe it. Since you said there is If there is a way, then don’t sell it.”

Li Yuanying stretched out a finger and raised it up, proudly said: "My method is very simple, sacrifice to heaven! Fight locusts!"

When they heard the word "sacrifice to heaven", everyone was dumbfounded, thinking that this is nonsense, just now we said "sacrifice to heaven", you came up to beat people, and then you yourself said "sacrifice to heaven"?Bullying our junior officer?

But when I heard the three angry words behind Li Yuanying, it was like a thunderbolt, exploding on the Tai Chi Hall.

Countless people cast puzzled eyes, but those generals felt a faint excitement.

"Haha, my old Cheng was the first to support the King of Qin. Damn, we killed him with 20 Turkic cavalry in the north, and we are afraid of his mere locusts? A thing that can be trampled to death..." Cheng Yaojin stood up Laugh out loud.

Fang Xuanling asked curiously: "His Royal Highness, I don't know how to fight? Although locusts are weak, they are different from soldiers and horses. They are overwhelming, and they don't get entangled with people. They will only quickly eat away all the crops along the way. As the saying goes, no grass will grow when locusts cross the border." .In addition, the locusts reproduce very quickly. It is not that the past dynasties have not thought of ways to kill them, but they have had little effect, and it is simply a drop in the bucket."

"That's right, what Fang Xiang said is not bad at all. If it can be killed, who would be afraid of mere locusts?" Many people echoed.

Li Yuanying smiled slightly and said: "If you want to kill locusts, you need to study and understand the habits of locusts, and even the cause of the locust plague. When this locust plague is over, the king will come to Sinong Temple in person to guide the insect prevention and control plan. But now, I have The three emergency plans for locust control, if acted in time, can stop the locust disaster on the front line of Chang'an and control it in the Guanzhong Plain."

Three strategies?Is it that good?We had only one strategy, and we were beaten.

Li Er was overjoyed when he heard his younger brother said that there were three strategies, but when he heard that he was going to abandon the Guanzhong Plain, his heart sank immediately, he was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Forget it, let's give up the small one to protect the big one, the locust plague has already broken out in the Guanzhong Plain, and there is no rescue." Let’s raise food and grass for disaster relief afterwards, as long as we can keep other places.”

"Strategy for controlling locusts, along the boundary of Chang'an City, dig trenches from north to south in the fields, and initially set up three lines of defense. Using the phototaxis of locusts at night, light a torch in the center of the trench to attract locusts at night, arrange pools or poisonous water pools around, and kill a large number of locusts at night. Kill the locusts."

What? ? ?Insecticide at night?Phototaxis?What is phototaxis?
Stupid, moths to the flame, do you know?I know you don't read books, the origin of this idiom is...

Du Ruhui clapped his palms and praised: "Your Highness is very knowledgeable, you can think of the principle of using moths to fight the fire to lure and kill locusts, I admire you!"

Duke Wei Li Jing nodded his head and said: "Know yourself and know your enemy and win every battle, Your Highness is brilliant!"

Li Yuanying raised his hand to stop the crowd's flattery, and continued: "Policy [-], collect all the chickens and ducks in Guanzhong, Hedong, and Henan Roads, organize them into an army of locust extermination, and spread them in the fields to eat insects day and night. Hmph, one thing can kill one thing. With an army of chickens and ducks in hand, why can't an army of locusts fight?"

Pfft... This, this thought... Yu Chigong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Of course, this is not derogatory, but I really did not expect that King Qin actually meant this when he said fighting locusts.

But there is a big problem here. It’s not that no one has thought of this idea, but chickens and ducks are not easy to collect. After all, they are the property of the people, and it is impossible for the imperial court to plunder property with a single edict.Secondly, although there are a lot of chickens and ducks in these three places, it is difficult to collect and transport them, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Changsun Wuji raised this question.

Li Yuanying said: "Of course we can't collect it for nothing. The imperial court came forward and bought it at a [-]% increase in the market price. The people can choose to ask for money or food. We have a lot of new food. We can cope with it. In addition, it can be used as a temporary loan. After the disaster , How many chickens and ducks are borrowed, and they will be returned in full. Let the people freely choose how to trade.

No one is allowed to sabotage and coerce, but anyone who enriches his own pockets or oppresses the people, and takes the opportunity to make money for the country, will not be forgiven by the military law. The king will send a law enforcement team of [-] people in various counties to supervise the battle. "

Hiss... cruel enough!There are three state roads, hundreds of local county governments under it, tens of thousands of troops, and people eat horses and chews. Calculated in this way, it is no less than the consumption of a big war.

"Your Highness, the last general, Old Cheng, asks for orders to lead the right military guards to supervise the battle and enforce the law!" Cheng Yaojin was a little fan of the King of Qin, and he was clever, so he immediately stood up.

"Okay!" Li Yuanying glanced appreciatively, "This is an errand that offends others. General Cheng deserves to be my big brother in the Tang Dynasty. But I uglified the front. As the saying goes, soldiers in troubled times are like bandits! You Wuwei is going to Those who supervise the war and enforce the law are to protect the good people, if anyone dares to know the law and break the law to disturb and oppress the people..."

Cheng Yaojin patted his chest and said in a loud voice: "Going into trouble for the country, don't avoid swordsmen! You Wuwei has always had strict military discipline, and the general will have confidence. Please rest assured, Your Majesty and Your Highness. If there is any mistake, the general will come and see you!"

"Good job! When the plague of locusts is over, I will reward you with a hundred altars of fine wine."

"Baitan?" Old Cheng's eyes were straightened, and he said with a sassy smile: "Your Highness, how about, how about rewarding me in advance?"

Li Yuanying really wanted to kick in the past, a good atmosphere, how could it change in an instant?
He gave this guy a hard look, "Drinking is a mistake, drinking in wartime, what about the military regulations?"

"Ahem, don't dare, dare not, don't want it, I'm going to be joking."

"Wait, Your Highness, why does Lao Cheng come to be the law enforcement team, I can too!" Yu Chigong said indignantly.

"The last general Hou Junji is also willing to..."

"The last general Duan Zhixuan..."

Sitting on the dragon chair, Li Er's face darkened, and he thought to himself, what kind of things are these?Do you dare to say that you didn't go for the wine?
"Enough! Who will the law enforcement team send? We will discuss later. After all, different places need different manpower. Goro, you said the first and second strategies, what is the third strategy?"

(End of this chapter)