I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 215 Invite the ministers to eat locusts

On the morning of the next day.

The ministers walked into the morning court one after another, stepped into the main hall, and then stood in the main hall according to their official ranks, waiting for the arrival of the new morning tide.

As a minister who entered the court.

These ministers have already learned one thing, that is, the Great Qin Empire is suffering from a plague of locusts at this time.

A large number of locusts are raging in the Qin Empire.

So in today's morning court, all the ministers were very careful, for fear of provoking Yingzheng's anger. At this moment, Yingzheng suddenly walked in from a distance, then walked to the dragon chair and sat down.

"You ministers must already know about the locust plague, right?"

Sitting on the dragon chair to win the government, the ministers opened their mouths to ask, the ministers nodded, and then said to Ying Zheng in unison.

"Your Majesty, the locusts are now raging across our Great Qin Dynasty. Now our ministers are doing everything we can to find ways to control the plague of locusts. Unfortunately, there has never been any strategy for controlling locusts throughout the ages, so we can only do nothing. ..."

The helpless voices of the ministers reached Yingzheng's ears. Yingzheng laughed and said to Prime Minister Li Si a few times.

"Did you hear that? These ministers can only talk about this!"

After finishing speaking, Yingzheng waved his hand and said to the ministers in front of him.

"You don't have to worry, I have already thought of a solution to this locust plague, but before that, I have something to give you!"

"Your Majesty wants to give me something to eat?"

The ministers were a little surprised for a while.

But there are not too many things, the reason is very simple, as the emperor usually rewards the ministers with some food.

This is also a relatively common thing. Although Ying Zheng seldom does this, it is also possible.

At this moment, many ministers are pondering in their hearts.

Thinking about the food produced in the imperial dining room of the Great Qin Empire.

Or food like snacks.

It should be very delicious, right?
Just when the ministers were guessing in their hearts.

Ying Zheng waved his hand, and then outside the hall, pairs of eunuchs walked into the hall one after another, and then he saw only these eunuchs, each holding a tray with a dozen small bowls inside son, and then walked to the side of the minister.

Distribute bowls and chopsticks to these ministers.

Food in a small bowl.

When these, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty saw this, all the ministers were stunned.

The reason is very simple. The reason is that the food contained in this tray is too special. It is not a serious food, but locusts that seem to steam you to the extreme.

Moreover, these locusts have not undergone much treatment, they are nothing more than being caught and cleaned, and then steamed in a steamer.

There are no complicated condiments added to it, at most it just adds some salt.

It is conceivable how unpalatable this thing is, all the ministers couldn't help frowning for a while, and looked at Ying Zheng on the dragon chair.

"My dear friends, do you know what this is?"

At this time, Ying Zheng took a small bowl, and opened his mouth to ask the ministers.

"The ministers naturally know that what is contained in this bowl is nothing but the locusts that are raging all over our Great Qin now!"

All of a sudden, the ministers opened their mouths and said to Ying Zheng, Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction, and then said to the ministers.

"Since you know these are locusts, do you know what to do with them?"

"I don't know very well!"

For a moment, the ministers shook their heads, but Yingzheng stood up, holding the locusts in the bowl and said to the ministers.

"There are three ways to deal with these raging locusts!"

"The first way is to burn the locusts passing by with fire. The second way is to eat them, so that people all over the world eat locusts. This can save food and eliminate the locusts. The third way is to find, Find a way to dig out the locust eggs buried in the ground, and then clean them up, so that the locusts can't become anything great!"

After Yingzheng's voice fell, the ministers realized that Yingzheng wanted them to eat locusts. For a while, the ministers frowned.

I thought the locusts would not be poisonous, right?

At this moment, Yingzheng continued to speak.

"It is not necessary to burn locusts with fire, or to search for and clean up the eggs. I don't need it, and you have to wait for these civil and military officials to do it, but eating locusts is something within their capabilities. Now you, as an official As an official, what you eat is the salary handed in by the people, so naturally you can do what you can, and try your best to do things for the people, let this locust have a taste of it!"

When Ying Zheng's voice fell, the ministers' scalps went numb, and some people who were proficient in medical science even stood up.

Facing Ying Zheng with the locust in his hand, he said earnestly.

"Your Majesty, this locust is poisonous. How can you eat it? Your Majesty has a body of gold, so you must not taste it!"

Well, this minister is very smart and he does not dare to say that he does not want to eat locusts.

Well, how could he say this?Ying Zheng ate it himself.

As a minister, if he doesn't eat, what will he do?
Is there still a win in the eyes?
What will be the consequences?
He lost his official position and went to work for a small job.

If it is serious, Yingzheng may even snap it off with a single knife.

Under such circumstances, how dare the minister say that he will not eat it?So he can only bring the topic to the locust itself and say that the locust is poisonous.

As such.

You don't have to eat to win the government, and they are ministers.

There is no need to eat locusts either.

I have to say that this minister is very smart, but after hearing his voice, Ying Zheng sneered, only to hear Ying Zheng say disdainfully.

"Locusts are poisonous, why don't I know that well? I ate a lot of locusts yesterday, but now they are still good? What is poisonous? Do you think I can't guess your thoughts?"

"Wei Chen doesn't dare, Wei Chen doesn't dare!"

Hearing that Yingzheng had actually eaten locusts, the minister's expression suddenly changed.

I couldn't help but exclaimed in my heart.

Your Majesty has already eaten.

That means that they can no longer fool Yingzheng, and can only bite the bullet and eat it.

Ying Zheng didn't want to talk nonsense with these people, so he waved his hand and ordered.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense anymore, these locusts are like fire, and the locust plague is now raging in our Great Qin. Instead of empty talk, it is better to eat more locusts, dear friends, let's eat!"

Speaking of Ying Zheng, he picked up the bowl, held the chopsticks in his hand, and then picked up a few locusts in the bowl, stuffed them into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them into his stomach.

With Ying Zheng setting such an example, the ministers naturally did not dare to show any slightest neglect. Even if they did not want to eat, they could only bite the bullet and eat the locusts into their stomachs.

Half an hour passed in a short time.

Only then did the ministers on the field eat up the locusts bit by bit, unwillingly.

And in the process.

Yingzheng sent a large number of eunuchs to patrol back and forth.

(End of this chapter)