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Chapter 31 The plague of locusts is coming
In the early morning of the second day, the civil and military officials got a strange news that the early court was cancelled, but almost all the princes in the court were summoned to the imperial study by Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, are you serious?" Sun Wuji, Duke of Qi, asked with a look of surprise, "There will be locust plagues in Guanlong?"

Prime Minister, Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling also frowned when he heard the words, "Your Majesty, officials in more than 100 counties where Guanlong is located have never reported that there are signs of locust plague. Where did you get the news?"

Chi Jingde, the Duke of E, Cheng Yaojin, the Duke of Lu, and others all shook their heads and wanted to say something, but in the end they didn't say anything.

Li Shimin looked at the important ministers that the court relied on, and suddenly felt ridiculous.

"My lords, I just explained that the plague of locusts will be in a month or two..."

"One or two months later?" Yuchi Jingde was the first to yell, "Your Majesty, what you said is too mysterious, how do you know what will happen in one or two months? Medical skills, even divination?"

The matter of Li Shimin rescuing the imperial concubine was already known to all the ministers, and now hearing what Li Shimin said, he couldn't help but make Yuchi Jingde and other veterans make fun of it.

Sure enough, what Yuchi Jingde said made Cheng Yaojin beside him burst into laughter, and the rest of the princes wanted to laugh, but they all held back.

Li Shimin glared at Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin, "What do you think? Is what I said ridiculous?"

Hiss... When Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde heard the words, they gasped suddenly, and immediately turned into good babies, standing with their hands down.

Whenever Li Shimin speaks like this, besides representing that Li Shimin is already very serious, it is also a prelude to his impending rage. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde have been with Li Shimin for so many years, and they know very well what they cannot do next.

But it was obvious that whether it was Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, or the other princes present, they all had expressions of disapproval, and they didn't take Li Shimin's words too seriously.

"It seems that you really don't believe what I said!" Li Shimin looked helpless.

But this can't be blamed on these dukes of the country. It really didn't happen. It's really difficult for them to believe what I said.

"Your Majesty, this is a serious matter." Fang Xuanling cupped his hands and said, "The plague of locusts is not an ordinary matter. Once the information is wrong, the consequences will be unimaginable. Your Majesty, please learn from me."

Song Guogong Xiao Yu also stepped forward and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I have been paying attention to the land of Guanlong. The growth of crops this year is very gratifying, and there will definitely be a bumper harvest."

"But now you are saying that the land of Guanlong is about to usher in a once-in-a-century plague of locusts. Once the news spreads, it will cause panic among the common people..."

"Yes, yes..." All the princes agreed one after another, and basically they all had the same attitude.

"Okay!" Li Shimin stood up and said, "It is good to have a dialectical attitude. You are all important officials of the Tang Dynasty. If you have questions, even I can question them."

"But gentlemen, today's matter is just like Fang Xiang said, it is a big matter, so I will prove it to you!"

"Come here, prepare the car, and the gentlemen will go with me to the land of Guanlong. We will know it at a glance!"

Li Shimin waved his hand, and walked towards the outside first. When the princes saw Li Shimin coming, they were shocked for a moment, and then followed. A group of people quickly drove their carriages to Huangzhuang outside the city.

Chang'an originally belonged to the land of Guanlong, and Huangzhuang outside Chang'an is the most fertile land in the land of Guanlong. Li Shimin wanted to obtain the most direct evidence, and wanted to keep it secret so that no one would know. preferred.

Arriving at a field ridge, Li Shimin directly called Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin, who were smiling the most in the imperial study, and at the same time signaled the imperial guards to stay away and not to approach.

"Come on, just the two of you, here, and start digging."

Hearing Li Shimin's order, Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin looked at me and I looked at you, both stunned, "Your Majesty, what are you doing? Dig the soil and let the guards come!"

Li Shimin sneered coldly and said: "You have already said that there is really going to be a plague of locusts, let the imperial guards know, and it will not cause chaos in the world, so of course you are the ones to dig, do you still want me to dig?"

After being taught a lesson by Li Shimin, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde's faces drooped in an instant. The first rank of officials crushed people, let alone the emperor, so he could do whatever he said. The two could only hold back their anger and start digging.

Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and others saw Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin digging the soil, and they all came to watch. They were full of curiosity at the moment, because they really didn't understand why Li Shimin was so sure.

The most recent official newspapers in the land of Guanlong have never mentioned any signs of a locust plague. Why does Li Shimin have to compete with so many princes for a piece of information that he does not know from where?

If nothing was dug out, how would Li Shimin end up?Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling were actually worried about Li Shimin first.

And just when they were thinking about how to get Li Shimin down the stairs if nothing was dug out later, Cheng Yaojin suddenly exclaimed, "Holy shit, what is this? It's really a locust cub!" "

Immediately after, Yuchi Jingde also exclaimed, "Your Majesty, there are really locust cubs here, and there are so many of them!"

The exclamations of the two Dukes almost at the same time shocked the other Dukes, and everyone gathered around them.

When the princes of the state saw a large number of pale white locust cubs appearing in the deep dug out, their eyes almost popped out, even Li Shimin did the same.

Although Li Shimin is the initiator of today's action, even though Li Shimin has always said that he believes in Li Fu, he actually has illusions in his heart, but the moment he really saw the locust cubs, his heart was disturbed.

"My God, it's thanks to Fu'er that there are so many young locusts, otherwise there will be a big mess!" Li Shimin murmured involuntarily.

"Your Majesty, what did you say..." Changsun Wuji was the closest to Li Shimin, but he couldn't hear what Li Shimin was saying clearly.

Li Shimin quickly shook his head, Changsun Wuji didn't care too much, looked at the locust cub wriggling in the tunnel in front of him in shock, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, your information is too accurate, who reported this, when Great credit!"

Fang Xuanling narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and said to the other princes present: "Masters, let's all do it together, find more places, spread out, and see if there are other places."

"Yes, that's exactly what it should be." Xiao Yu immediately realized that the two pits in front of her didn't mean anything, but if this situation existed in other places, then it could really prove that the plague of locusts is really coming!

(End of this chapter)