Datang Longya

Chapter 247

He established the Hongwen Academy in the name of recruiting talents for the community, but he recruited "Eighteen Scholars", but the gimmick of "teaching the world" in the Academy of Arts attracted great Confucian scholars including Han Chongwen, and learned scholars from all over the world Also yearning.

The bad atmosphere brought by Tao Yuanming in the Jin Dynasty!Why don't you bend your waist for five buckets of rice, so that educated people will abandon the officials as if they were shoes, and would rather marry Lubei Mountain and enjoy themselves.

ps: Why not Jielu Nanshan?

Because those people in Jielu Nanshan still longed to be recruited by the court to become officials, they just took advantage of Zhongnan's seclusion to improve themselves.

Under the influence of such a climate, it is no wonder that there are too many recommendations.

However, if the influence of the Academy of Arts is expanded, it will be able to attract learned scholars hidden among the people to Chang'an like a magnet.

After all, as long as one is a scholar, the gimmick of "educating the people" cannot bear it.

After thinking about this clearly, Li Shimin simply said: "As you wish, I can transfer all the masters from Guozijian and Hongwenguan to the Wenyuan."

When Leng Feng heard what Li Shimin said, he immediately burst into laughter. With these people being taken advantage of, no, with these lovely people teaching in the Academy of Arts, his burden was much easier.

"But~" Li Shimin changed the subject: "I have a condition!"

Leng Feng knew that such a tall corner was not easy to dig, but in order to be lazy, he could only ask: "What conditions?"

Li Shimin pointed to his chair: "You have to find a way to minimize the threat of the locust plague to the imperial power!"

After all, imperial power is very important in Li Shimin's heart. If the locust plague is inevitable, he must find a way to minimize the impact on himself.

Leng Feng thought for a while, then suddenly remembered the old story of himself blowing up crocodiles, and said to Fang Xuanling: "Mr. Fang, the governor of Yuezhou, Feng Yanxiao, did he submit a memorial to the imperial court last year?"

The magistrates at this time are not as boring as the magistrates in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. If there is no major event, they have to give a memorial to the emperor to express themselves.It is "Is your majesty in good health?" "Oh, long live the emperor!"

For non-major events, local officials in the Tang Dynasty would not submit memorials.

Fang Xuanling's memory is particularly good, and he recited all the articles at once: "The minister frowns and laughs thousands of miles away, and now he occupies the lake. The business travelers are afraid of it and dare not enter it. Although the people are near the lake, they dare not fish far away. Don’t dare to grow rice... Gong Gong, this is the letter you are talking about.”

Changsun Wuji interjected: "Duke Yan showed great power in Yunmeng Lake. If the people in the two lakes can live and work in peace and contentment, and the fishing and rice industry is flourishing, the merits of Duke Yan should be more than rumors and jokes. But what does this have to do with the locust plague? "

"It does matter." Li Shimin stood up, took a few steps left and right, and said to Leng Feng, "Could it be that you want to stage the old story of Yunmengze, blow up locusts, and destroy the locust god?"

Leng Feng shook his head again and again: "The crocodile is a crocodile with rough skin and thick flesh. You must use Thunderbolt. Locusts can trample several of them to death with one kick. It is a waste to blow them up with Thunderbolt!"

"Then what else can you do?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Is there any other way for the Lord of the Kingdom of Yan, to fake God for His Majesty's face without thunder, and punish the locusts?"

Changsun Wuji also looked at Leng Feng curiously, he really wanted to see what Leng Feng could do.

After my brother-in-law got the news last night, he called him, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng to the palace overnight to discuss countermeasures, and the four of them discussed all night but failed to come up with any good solution.

Wei Zheng is not here today. On the surface, he is looking at the people's sentiments, but in fact he is out of the city with four apprehensions, looking around for experienced farmers to test whether Leng Feng's prediction is groundless.

Leng Feng pointed at Li Shimin very impolitely and said: "When we exploded the dragon before, the name of the emperor as a real dragon has already been used. Last year there was a drought, and this year it is estimated that there will not be much rain. The dragon is in charge of moving clouds and distributing water. Using this reason, isn’t it making the emperor feel uncomfortable?”

Li Shimin nodded. Indeed, with the remarks last year that "the emperor is the real dragon emperor", there were also some rumors in arid areas, but with the clear spread of Yunmengze, this rumor was suppressed. Just go down.You can't make yourself worse!
Fang Xuanling also nodded in agreement.

Changsun Wuji took a sip of tea, and then said: "What good plan does the Duke of the State of Xi have? Let's just say it directly. It's really uncomfortable to be so secretive."

Smart people are like that, getting impatient the closer they get to the truth.

Leng Feng laughed and said: "You have forgotten one person, locust plague, locust plague, who else in the royal family can restrain the locust plague?"

"Royal family, restrain the locust plague?"

Li Shimin was taken aback, there are such people in the royal family?Fang Xuanling also couldn't believe it, but Changsun Wuji slapped the table:

"Guanyin maidservant! No, queen!"

"Empress?" Fang Xuanling laughed out as soon as he solved the confusion: "Duke Yan, Duke Yan, what kind of idea are you talking about? The empress is a phoenix, not a bird. A phoenix is ​​a divine beast that swallows the sun and the moon." Essence, drink the morning dew in the mountains, how can you catch bugs!"

Li Shimin also laughed: "Bad idea, bad idea, how can the queen take the lead in catching bugs!"

Leng Feng shook his head, sat cross-legged on a chair instead, and said in the tone of a fortune teller: "I didn't say catch bugs, come here, let me ask you, the dragon walks the lakes and lakes, leads the shrimp soldiers and crabs, and the phoenix is ​​the ruler." What?"

Fang Xuanling said sternly: "The old man also forgot the words in which ancient book he saw. The ancient gods and beasts, dragons rule fish and shrimps, Qilin is the king of beasts, and phoenix is ​​the leader of birds."

Leng Feng clapped his hands: "That's right, I'm not talented. I have raised countless chickens, ducks and geese on my farm, and the farmers are almost unable to keep them. There is a serious shortage of people collecting grass seeds to feed the chickens. Those poultry will starve." If you are full, just wait for those damned locusts to feed them!"

"When you started raising chickens, were you ready to use them?"

Li Shimin was taken aback. Before, he wondered why Leng Feng raised so many poultry, but now he understood that it was used to deal with locusts!

However, Changsun Wuji shook his head again and again: "It's not feasible, it's not feasible, Mr. Yan has never seen locusts everywhere, covering the sky and blocking the sun! You are like a village full of chickens, let them out, and eat them as soon as possible. It's impossible to eat up so many locusts even if you die."

Leng Feng ordered the table: "If I really counted on them, I wouldn't have to drag the generals to lose money to transport food. Originally, I only thought about the male chickens, ducks and geese that were fattened up in the locust plague, and then slaughtered and eaten. Meat, hens, ducks and geese can both lay eggs and eat meat, so it can be worth part of the food. But..."

"But now you associate them with the queen."

Li Shimin sat back on the chair and stopped smiling.

(End of this chapter)