In early autumn, the crops in Chang'an City are growing well, and if nothing else, this year will be a good year. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tang Zhou occasionally goes to the fields to take a look, because this year's crops are too difficult, and the things that are too difficult to get are often more and more cherished.

In the evening of this day, Tang Zhou sat in the courtyard of the Tang family's manor, Lin Qingsu was playing with his daughter on the side, and the whole courtyard was peaceful under the sunset.

It's a good feeling, and it's even better if you can be so laid-back for the rest of your life.

And just when Tang Zhou was drinking tea and watching Lin Qingsu and Tang Wan play, a grasshopper suddenly jumped on Tang Zhou's lap, Tang Zhou stretched out his hand to bounce it, and then paid attention to his daughter.

He doesn't care much about his son or daughter, whether it's a son or a daughter, as long as it's his own.

So he was very fond of Tang Wan, and he was so fond of Lin Qingsu that he was jealous.

In Tang Zhou's view, his daughter is to be spoiled.

When he thought like this, a grasshopper suddenly flew again and landed on Tang Zhou's hair, he reached out to catch it, the grasshopper didn't even hide, after catching the grasshopper, Tang Zhou took a closer look, it was a grasshopper with gray wings, very fat, and a pair of front paws kept pulling tentacles.

After seeing this grasshopper, Tang Zhou frowned slightly, and then got up and rummaged among the flowers and plants in the courtyard, but under this turnover, he found that there were a lot of grasshoppers among the flowers and plants.

Lin Qingsu was originally playing with Tang Wan, but when she saw Tang Zhou flipping around among the flowers and plants, she was a little puzzled and asked, "What is Master Hou doing?" ”

Tang Zhou straightened up and said, "You come to see this." ”

Tang Zhou shook the grasshopper in the air, Lin Qingsu was not afraid of this, she frowned slightly after reading it: "There are so many?" ”

Tang Zhou nodded: "Yes, after the great drought, there are locust plagues, and now there are so many locusts in the Tang family's manor, I am worried that there will be no shortage of fields, you can rest at home, I will go out and have a look." ”

"Master Hou, it's not early, let's go again tomorrow."

Tang Zhou waved his hand and refused, then took Li Hu and Ma Qing and rushed to their fields.

The Tang family's field is not far from the Tang family's manor, and soon they came to the field, they picked up those soybeans or cotton and took a look, and under this look, they immediately panicked, because at this time, although the locusts are not very many, but at a glance, there are five or six locusts on each soybean plant eating the leaves, and the locusts have a strong reproductive ability.

"Little Hou Ye, what should I do?" Ma Qing is the most panicked of the three, he experienced the locust plague when he was a child, and he still has an impression of this situation, in his impression, after the locusts fly all over the sky, before the tea is done, a piece of the world will be eaten and nothing left, that scene is not only scary, but also will leave a very unforgettable impression.

He really didn't want to go through that again.

After the locusts, there are no crops, and everyone is afraid that they will go hungry.

Tang Zhou looked at the crops in the field and pondered for a long time, and after a long time, he said: "While the locust plague has not yet come, we must find a way to exterminate the locusts as soon as possible. ”

After saying this, Tang Zhou and the others walked back, and when they went back, many people were also looking at their crops, and they looked at it and sighed, obviously, they also realized that something was wrong.

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Overnight, the number of locusts suddenly increased by an unknown amount.

The next day, when Tang Zhou went to Shangzao and passed through the fields, the locusts buzzed and flew wildly, and even when they knocked down the carriage, the sound was louder than the sound of a bowl falling on the ground, and it gave people a feeling of discomfort, as if they were about to get goosebumps.

Tang Zhou sat in the carriage with an extremely cold expression, and the matter was much more serious than he imagined.

When I came to the palace, the palace gate had not yet opened.

If it was this time before, I am afraid that everyone would have discussed it in the early court, but since Li Shimin's health has become worse and worse, the matter of the early court has been postponed, which is naturally a good thing for some ministers, so there is no need to get up so early.

It was already dawn, Tang Zhou stood beside the carriage without saying a word, and at this time, Cheng Yanjin came over with a sad face: "Tang family boy, do you know the situation in the field?" ”

It sounds strange that the two ministers suddenly talked about the crops in the field when they were in the early dynasty, only the peasants would talk about the crops, right?

But at this time, no one found it strange, and the people who heard this even suddenly joined in.

"Alas, I really didn't expect it, this year my Datang is such a natural disaster, yesterday the housekeeper in my house came to tell me that there are a lot of locusts in the crops in the field, this is simply a sign of the locust plague."

After an official finished speaking, he sighed again, and Cheng Yanjin also shook his head, although he didn't care about the crops in the field, but there were people in the house who took care of it, and now that such a big thing has happened, how dare the people in the house hide it?

Tang Zhou saw everyone like this, and said: "At this time, the locusts are not very powerful, and if the treatment is timely, it is not irreparable losses." ”

"You mean to cure locusts?"

Tang Zhou nodded: "That's the only way." ”

Everyone's expressions changed slightly, and when they were about to say something, the gate of the palace suddenly opened, and then a eunuch shouted loudly: "Go to the court......"

Everyone glanced at each other, and then entered the palace one after another, Li Shimin's complexion was not very good, if it was before, after the minister found out about this, he would try to say as little as possible, but today's matter is particularly serious, and before Tang Zhou said about the locust plague, the officials in charge of agriculture in the DPRK and China brought up the matter of the locust plague.

When Li Shimin heard that there were many locusts in the field, he was afraid that he would cause a locust plague, and his heart sank, and then he said: "Send someone to worship the locust god and beg him to leave quickly." ”

If there is a plague of locusts, the most common thing for the court and the common people to do is to sacrifice to the locust god, because they feel that the locust god is the locust god to punish them, and he will leave after the sacrifice.

Although the sacrifice to the locust god sometimes works and sometimes does not, whenever this kind of thing happens, everyone still goes to the sacrifice.

At this time, Tang Zhou stepped forward and said: "Holy Lord, it is not enough to only worship the locust god, and the minister asks the Holy Order to mobilize the whole people to control the locust before the locust plague is serious." ”

As soon as Tang Zhou's words came out, an official immediately jumped out and said: "Ridiculous, really ridiculous, the locust plague is the so-called punishment of the people by the locust god, how can the locusts be cured?" If he is cured once and angers the locust god, he will come again next time, and the locust plague cannot be cured, so he should sacrifice to the locust god and ask him to leave quickly, which is the right way. ”

After an official stood up to oppose it, other officials also stood up and echoed: "That's right, that's right, this locust plague can't be cured, otherwise the next locust god's anger will be even more serious, and the little marquis must not harm everyone." ”