When Liu De heard the word locust, his eyelids moved, and he knew that it was time for him to stand up and solve problems for his father.

The locust is the sworn enemy of the Chinese dynasties, and since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the fear of locusts has been deeply engraved into the memory of the Han nation.

It is really too destructive for locusts, once locusts appear in a certain place, it will be overwhelming, and not a single inch of grass will be left, and for agricultural civilization, the destructive power of locust plague will exceed a qiē disaster.

In later generations, it was not until the time of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty that under the advocacy of Yao Chong, the fear of locusts among the people and officials was broken.

Before that, the locusts were regarded as messengers of calamity from above, and the common people could only watch the locusts eat up their crops, but they did not dare to retaliate against the locusts, and even sacrificed to the locusts, hoping that these guys would be full this year and not use them next year.

Unfortunately, it often backfires, and the following year, with the right light and temperature, the locust larvae will emerge from the soil and continue the work of their parents.

Fortunately, this year's successive waves of locust plagues are relatively small, and because the outbreak is between June and August, this time is the breeding season for birds, like swallows or something, so these waves of locust plagues have been controlled by nature itself and have not spread into a national disaster.

But even so, these waves of locust plagues also greatly damaged the vitality of the Han family, especially the locust plague in Hedong County, which directly led to the outbreak of the Wuchu Rebellion next year, the price of grain in Chang'an soared, and Dou Ying actually had to borrow money from usury merchants when he went on the expedition.

Moreover, if Hedong is affected by the same disaster as in the previous life. If the director can't import grain into the customs, there will inevitably be a chain reaction, which will make Liu De's five-baht plan this year come to naught.

Thereupon. Liu De stood up and said: "Father, please wait a while, the son thinks that the locust plague is not terrible, as long as the measures are appropriate, it can be controlled!" ”

Fortunately, this was before the abolition of Confucianism, and no one has yet admired any celestial induction.

So. Liu De said that the risk is very small.

And, most importantly......

Emperor Gao's throne and the world are imminent!

So up to now. The emperors and courtiers of the Han family believe in fists and facts more than in unreliable God.

It's just that having said that, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, and the ministers still don't believe Liu De's statement......

Since the Warring States period, the sons of a hundred sages. I haven't said that I can deal with locust plagues with a pat on my chest!

Liu De also knew that he could not find a precedent. So he bowed his head and played: "Father can order Hedong Taishou to drive 5,000 poultry to the land of flying locusts, and you can know that what his son said is true!" ”

He knelt down further and said, "If you let the people gather a bonfire in the fields at night, you can also extinguish the locusts!" ”

Seeing that Liu De was so sure, Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, couldn't help but be curious and asked, "How do you know?" ”

Liu De raised his head and grinned at his father, and replied, "Back to my father, there is no it." Chazhier! ”

"Rite said: Gewu Zhizhi, so Cangjie created words. The Suiren clan drilled wood to make fire, King Wen played gossip, and Zhou Gong was easy, the kid was dull, not as good as the ancient sages, but he also knew that locusts and locusts were just insects, both insects, and they had their own natural enemies, and poultry frogs and birds ate insects for a living, which was determined by heaven, so the sons thought that the poultry could be exterminated, and the locusts must be like moths by nature, good light and fire, and the people made fires at night, and they could also destroy locusts if they wanted to! ”

Hearing Liu De say this, Liu Qi, the son of heaven, also felt that it seemed to be the case.

After thinking about it, anyway, even if Liu De's plan is ineffective, it is estimated that it will not be much worse, not to mention, if it succeeds, he will be able to relieve him of the crime of incurring God's anger and punishing the locust plague.

In this way, it seems that fasting and bathing or something can be pushed back to see how it goes.

So he said: "Prime Minister, the edict of Hedong Taishou, according to Liu De's proposal!" ”

Liu De put down a big stone in his heart, and at the same time, Liu De also knew that it was estimated that in the future, Dong Zhongshu would have to talk to him endlessly, because as soon as his two locust extermination plans came out, they would shake the theory of heaven and man induction that Dong Zhongshu had made up in his brain at home.

If locusts can be subdued by manpower, doesn't that mean that many disasters can be reversed by manpower?

Liu De shook his head, what Dong Zhongshu thinks, he can't care about it!

Of course, Liu De knows very well that Dong Zhongshu's theory of heaven and man induction is not so much a superstitious thought, but rather that Confucianism really has no choice, so he came up with such a way to put the emperor's power in a cage.

It's just that this cage is made of paper, and in the end, the emperor did not lock it up, but locked up the entire Chinese ideological circle.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said again: "Liu De, come with me!" ”

After finishing speaking, he left the throne, and the ministers hurriedly knelt down and said, "Congratulations to my emperor!" ”

Liu De shrugged his shoulders and obediently followed his father's footsteps, he knew that this was going to settle accounts!

Sure enough, after following the cheap dad into the apse, the cheap dad waved away the left and right attendant eunuchs, and said to Liu De: "You come over to me!" There was already a look of impatience in his tone.

Liu De immediately obediently went over, knelt down and said, "Father has a teaching?" ”

"Liu De, you are getting bolder and bolder!" Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, sat down on the couch angrily and asked, "You dare to hide from me and the queen privately, thinking that I have no choice, right?" ”

Liu De hurriedly said: "Back to my father, how dare my sons do this?" ”

Of course, Liu De knows that Cheap Daddy can be angry with him, which shows that Cheap Daddy still values him very much, and he is most afraid of the kind of thing that doesn't say a word and doesn't say anything, but he turns his head and kicks Liu De out of Chang'an.

And it's good to get angry, and when it's angry, you can put it out.

"What's the matter with you and the Queen?" Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, looked at his son and really wanted to slap him to death!

It's just a matter of teaching and receiving other things privately!

Anyway, it's an internal matter of the court, who dares to talk too much?

The point is that the matter of adoptive is really taboo!

Back then, Empress Lu was so strong that she forcibly killed Emperor Hui's favorite concubine and passed her son to Empress Xuanping, but after the prince ascended the throne, he said to the left and right: I am not strong, and there will be changes in my strength!

So it immediately caused a catastrophe, and the Son of Heaven was directly abolished and killed by Empress Lu in the name of 'not being able to serve the temple', and Emperor Hui was no heir since then.

Therefore, for a long time, the successive generations of the Son of Heaven are very sensitive to the succession within the court, when the first emperor, Mrs. Shen was so favored, but because there was no heir, so she has been begging the first emperor to pass the successor king to give her a son, so that she can live in peace, but the first emperor thought about it again and again, and finally cruelly refused.

Could it be that the first emperor didn't favor Mrs. Shen?

Isn't the real reason just that I'm afraid of giving people excuses and leaving people to speak?

Generally speaking, even if he succeeds, he can only succeed a minor prince. Like Liu De, people in the world will not gossip in the future? Even if Liu De sits on the Son of Heaven in the future, how can he convince the public?

The more Liu Qi thought about it, the more angry he became, and he said: "The Queen Mother is too, messing around with you!" ”

At this point, Liu De also let him say it, but he was very obedient and obedient and said: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong, the son just saw that the queen mother was lonely, and he felt pity and closeness in his heart, plus the son of the mother has three sons under his knees, and the son feels that even if he is passed on to the queen mother, there should be no problem......

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, sighed, what Liu De said, it is also reasonable, he himself thinks that the queen is very pitiful, so it is normal for Liu De to feel that the queen is pitiful.

The wood is already in the boat, what else can he do, he can only pinch his nose to admit this matter, and help Liu De wipe his ass with the queen.

He looked at Liu De, the heir he had chosen, and his thoughts turned around in his heart.

This month's illness has made him feel that his body is not as good as before.

As a king, when he found that his body was likely to have problems at any time, the first thing he thought of was what happened after his death.

But this successor must be perfect and let people ascend to the throne without being picky.

Like Liu De's private inheritance with the queen, it will definitely give the princes an excuse, and it will make the world gossip.

"That's it, that's it, let me bear the sin alone!" There was an uncertain look in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, he stood up and looked at Liu De and said: "Only this once, not next time, there will be a next time, I will be disappointed in you, do you understand?" ”

"No!" Liu De hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Okay, you go down first, the queen's side, don't mention the matter of succession, I have my own plans!" Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, said lightly, in his heart, the determination has been made. (To be continued......)

PS: Well, before the emergence of the theory of celestial and human induction, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was basically useful to God and used it, and there was no need to throw it aside~

It's this chapter today.,I feel a little dizzy again.,I can't spoil my body anymore.,Let's take care of my body first~

Ahem~

Ask for some recommendation votes~ Well, there are fewer tickets now~ I'm a face-saving guy~cough~