Datang: Touching the Corpse Li Yuanba at the Beginning

Li Changge spoke helplessly. She explained to the little sisters for a long time, but no one believed it. What can I do?

"Don't worry about this kind of thing in the future. I can't sleep if my father doesn't beat me for a day. It's been like this since I was a child. I beat all my brothers and sisters myself. It's okay. Don't worry about it. It's time to go to sleep! "

flap!

Li Wenhao was just about to pick up his chopsticks to eat a dish, but a locust flew into the plate.

"locust?"

"Sister, why did the locusts appear so early this year?"

Li Wenhao asked subconsciously.

"I don't know. The locusts haven't appeared at this time in previous years. Is it because it's warmer today and the ice and snow melted earlier?"

"Yeah, I read it in the book, isn't the locust supposed to come out at this time?"

Li Wenhao put down his chopsticks, walked to a willow tree by the wall, broke off a branch and saw that there were sprouts growing on it.

"The ice and snow are melting and the weather is getting warmer. It seems that this year is a bumper harvest year. Even animals like locusts have come out ahead of schedule."

Smiling and returning to the gazebo, Li Wenhao suddenly stopped after sitting down.

locust?

Locust plague!

The locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan.

Every time a famine occurred in history, it was not unexpected, and it happened for a reason.

For example, in this locust plague, the weather is getting warmer and the vegetation is recovering, and so are the locusts. According to experience, it is not the time to prevent insects. Naturally, no one will care about this, but it is because of this that the locusts are very comfortable. In the second year of Zhenguan, a plague of locusts broke out, and it was another scene where thousands of miles of fertile fields turned red.

"Hurry up and sleep, I want to go to the palace to meet the emperor!"

Li Wenhao found a small bottle, put the locusts in it, and led the horse straight to the palace.

"His Royal Highness, His Majesty has already fallen asleep. I wonder why you came here?"

"Go and report and say that I have something to see."

"Can……"

The eunuch guarding the door obviously wanted to disturb Li Shimin's rest, but Li Wenhao didn't dare to offend him, so he could only stand at the door hesitantly.

"Hey! Get up!"

Li Wenhao walked to the door and knocked on the door, "Father, Queen Mother, are you asleep? I need to see you."

After shouting twice in a row, Li Shimin's anger came from inside the room with a strong sense of getting up.

"You rebellious son, don't let me stop once you come back, get out!"

Pushing the door open and entering the room, Li Shimin was sitting on the head of the bed in pajamas, and Empress Changsun was also dressed and leaning on Li Shimin's body. It was obvious that everyone was angry when they got up.

"Father, something serious happened!"

"What's the big deal? Is it the Turkic attack, or did the Fanbang unite break through?"

Li Shimin grabbed Li Wenhao's arm tightly and asked, this was the first time he saw Li Wenhao panic like this.

"Look, what is this?"

Li Wenhao opened the bottle, Li Shimin took a closer look, and almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"locust?"

"A locust, did you say something bad?"

"No, father, look at what time it is, how can there be locusts?"

Li Wenhao said anxiously that he couldn't tell Li Shimin that he was from a later generation, and tell Li Er that a plague of locusts was coming soon.

"Now spring and summer alternate, isn't it the season for locusts?"

"Why is Da Lang so nervous about a few locusts?"

Empress Changsun said.

"No, father and queen, take a closer look at the current weather. This is the time when there should be such a large locust. This year is warmer than usual. The ice and snow melted, the land thawed, and these beasts came out earlier."

"Looking at such a big locust, I'm afraid it is not an exception now. It is the right thing to get people to deal with it as soon as possible."

"Oh, my son still knows about farming?"

Li Wenhao curled his lips, he knows what a fart, what he knows is all from the books in his previous life, but based on the habits of locusts and the current climate analysis.

"My son is in Hebei, and he works with farmers in the fields every day, so he naturally knows something about it. Father, the courtiers need to make preparations for the court tomorrow morning!"

"Understood, go down, you will go to court tomorrow."

Chapter 182 The Sky Can't Fall

The next day, Li Wenhao, the little overlord of the court, reappeared as the first person in the court, the closest to Li Shimin.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing!"

"Your Majesty, my son has a book to play!"

"speak!"

Li Wenhao bowed forward, this was the first time he was so solemn.

"Returning to my father, today I found that the growth of locusts is even worse than in previous years. In addition to years of wars, key places such as Guanzhong, Hebei, and Central Plains have been abandoned for many years and have not been effectively controlled."

"I asked many experienced farmers for advice, and they all said that this year's weather is warm and early, and everything is recovering, and this locust is naturally among them."

"It's too late for the common people to control the locusts. My son is afraid that it will cause a plague of locusts at that time, and the good land will turn into a thousand miles of red land again. I also ask the court to deal with it as soon as possible."

"What do you guys think?"

Li Shimin asked.

"This……"

……

The court whispered for a long time, and finally a few people took the lead to stand up.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think what His Royal Highness said is a bit exaggerated. It is a good thing that the weather is warmer early, which is convenient for farming. As for the matter of locusts, I think it is too early to say."

"The minister also thinks that this matter is just chasing after rumors."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if we let the people focus on controlling the locusts now, it will definitely delay the spring plowing and affect the harvest."

Wei Zheng stood up and spoke as a final word on the matter.

"Have you ever been to the field, do you know what the consequences will be if the locusts swarm and form a locust plague?"

"There is always a bad harvest in a year. If the locust plague is over and there is no harvest for a year, and you don't have to worry about food and drink, what about the people? Do they have surplus food?"

Li Wenhao pointed at Wei Zheng and cursed angrily.

"There is no trace of this locust plague, and all dynasties have been passively managed. What can His Royal Highness do?"

As soon as the words fell, an admonishing doctor came back.

"Turn over all the land and let the sun shine for two days before replanting. There is still a little time before the end of spring plowing, and this year's weather is warm. If so, it should not affect the harvest too much."

Li Wenhao returned.

"No!"

Before Li Shimin could speak, these officials spoke one after another.

This is especially true for those from aristocratic families. Their homes have countless lands. If they replant the land like Li Wenhao said at this time, the loss will be unimaginable. This is simply impossible for selfish aristocratic families.

Especially now that the Li Tang Dynasty is not friendly to their family, why should they cooperate?

It's good not to pick things out of it, and there is no shortage of food in their family, enough to feed them for several lifetimes.

"This matter is indeed a bit hasty, but the locust plague must be prevented. In this way, let the whole country prepare more wormwood, hemp and other things, and let people step up monitoring!"

Li Shimin shook his head.

He wanted to trust Li Wenhao, but he still chose to trust his instinct and courtiers in this matter.

After all, although the plague of locusts should not be underestimated, he did not mean that there would be one.

In all dynasties, there were only a handful of locust plagues.

"you……"

"Hey!"

Li Wenhao shook his head helplessly. He also knew that it was really difficult for people to re-seed.

After going to court, Li Wenhao called Jia Xu, and asked Jia Xu to send a countdown order to return to Hebei.

The most important one is that the whole army contributes to help the people plow the land and re-sow the seeds, and the imperial court supplies each household with 2 shi of grain for the autumn harvest.

Due to Li Wenhao's influence in Hebei Province, he implemented this order very thoroughly. Cen Wenwen and others knew the harm of the locust plague very well. After receiving the letter, they mobilized all the soldiers and civilians in Hebei Province and started to re-sow the seeds in just three days. .

Time passed day by day, and the situation finally developed according to Li Wenhao's worst idea.

As the center of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong already had signs of a locust plague at this time.

"Royal father, look at these locusts are all so big and there are more of them than in previous years, let the people below get ready!"

"Hey……"

Li Shimin was also worried. He thought that Li Wenhao was alarmist, but in less than half a month, these locusts became more and more, even in Chang'an City, the disaster was not far away.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, many places in the pass have been destroyed by locusts. It seems that the plague of locusts is over!"

The hasty words of Changsun Wuji running over made the hearts of Li Shimin and Li Wenhao's father and son sink to the bottom of the valley.

"Hey, what evil did my Tang Dynasty do? Doesn't God really want me, Li Shimin, to be the emperor?"

"Last year's military disaster, today's locust plague, when will the people of Tang Dynasty be able to live in peace?"

Li Shimin leaned on the table and said bitterly that there were five or six jugs beside him, and he was already in a state of drunkenness.

Seeing this, Li Wenhao asked people to help Li Shimin down, and came to Zichen Palace with his eldest grandson Wuji.

"Uncle, hurry up and send a message to the border, telling the defenders everywhere to guard against death. This is a good opportunity for the enemy to tell them that there will be no shortage of food. I have countless grains in Hebei Road to supply them!"