Datang Longya

Chapter 248 Gather Locusts? (Ask for fresh monthly tickets)

This matter sounds absurd at first glance, but in operation, it is indeed a "miracle" that is no less than "the thunder from the sky in Yunmengze".Although the strategy of fooling the people is a taboo in governing the country, if fooling the people is effective, it is worth a try.

Fang Xuanling said worriedly: "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate. You did defeat the locust god, but you deified the queen. This is not something an emperor should do."

After finishing speaking, Fang Xuanling looked at the two officials who quickly recorded the daily notes.

The Living Notes are records of the emperor’s words and deeds, which are kept as a warning for future generations, or to provide data for historiography. At least so far, the Living Notes are still the most orthodox historical materials in the country.

Because it is "true", it will record what the emperor and ministers communicated. Even if the emperor visited the kiln today, the two people who recorded the daily notes would not have the slightest idea of ​​"keeping secrets for the lord", they would Meticulously write down "On X month X, year X, the emperor arrived at the X Red Courtyard, and was lucky enough to meet prostitute-prostitute XXX."

Now the three princes and one emperor are thinking about using the world as a stage to perform tricks for the people in the imperial study. If this gets out, all of them will be buried by historians.

Especially Yao Silian, if he is asked to compile the history of Zhenguan, he will definitely criticize this behavior vigorously and serve as a warning to future generations.

Changsun Wuji saw that Fang Xuanling was looking at the living notes, and he thought about it, and deliberately slowed down his speech, so that the two long histories could be remembered clearly:
"Fang Xiang, that's not what I said. According to the old man, benefiting the world and stinking oneself is the way of a sage. Counting the locust plagues in the past dynasties, which one was not the people's livelihood, and which one was not hungry. If this If the law is effective, it can save the people from the fire and water, and break the status of the locust god for future generations.

Leng Feng looked at the two Chang Shi who were so excited that they wanted to cry, and he wanted to laugh. Chang Sun Wuji flickered, and directly turned his fraudulent gang into a saint gang. , Few people above the court can do it.

Li Shimin made the final conclusion: "After thinking about it, even if I bear the infamy, I still want to help the people to get over this locust plague! Duke Xing~"

When Leng Feng heard Li Shimin calling him, he quickly changed from sitting cross-legged to sitting upright.

"How to deal with this matter, I will leave it to you to take full responsibility, Mr. Arithmetic of the Academy of Arts, I will find it for you, so you don't need to go back to the Academy to teach recently, you can also call those three children back to help you .”

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin looked at Leng Feng with burning eyes.

Leng Feng also looked at Li Shimin suspiciously, is it over when he finishes talking?Look at me - what are you doing?

"I take orders! I take orders!" Fang Xuanling saw Leng Feng staring at the emperor in a daze, and hastily reminded him, "Be good, what you said in court is true!"Really rude!

"Oh, minister—take orders~"

Leng Feng casually bowed his hands to Li Shimin, he really didn't like the ancient kneeling and bowing salutes.

Because there are too many rules, the posture of the hands is different when kneeling, and the meaning of kneeling is different.

Li Shimin has long been used to Leng Feng's demeanor, so he didn't take it seriously, he looked at the sky outside the hall and said, "It's getting late, why don't you three stay and have a meal, and stay overnight in the palace."

Leng Feng is leading his daughter-in-law "back to her mother's house" and must have a meal. Although Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji were not assigned tasks by the emperor, since they are insiders, when Leng Feng has something to do, they will We must also try our best to support them. Li Shimin stayed them overnight in the palace, in fact, he asked them to have a small meeting.

The dinner was good, it was the craftsmanship of the chefs in Tianxialou, but the amount of meatballs was a bit too much, other people's banquets were served on plates, but Li Shimin's banquets were prepared by basins.

Chef Wang in the back kitchen of Tianxia Building probably smoked from his ancestral grave. Li Shimin especially liked his braised meat and meatballs, and even wrote a piece of "The Best Meatballs in the World" for him.

With the old man's business sense, how can he not operate it, so the first page of Tianxialou's new menu is a single dish: "Meatballs that His Majesty likes to eat", with a price tag of [-] guan!

One hundred guan, it can be said to be a sky-high price, but anyone who reads this dish can't help but want to try the meatballs that the emperor likes to eat, to see how it tastes, and Chef Wang is busy all of a sudden. The king ant.

It was strange that only Leng Feng, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Li Shimin were eating, but five cases were presented.

After a while, Leng Feng knew why the emperor had put up five cases.

Wei Zheng, who was covered in dust all over his body, knelt down on the ground without changing his clothes: "Your Majesty, I have visited the surrounding area of ​​Chang'an for a day, and have already found out the situation."

Li Shimin put down his chopsticks and hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Wei Zheng lamented: "I found an experienced hunter, traveled around the barren mountains, looking for locust eggs, and found that most of the hundreds of locust eggs in a hole were alive, probably..."

Wei Zheng couldn't bear to say the following words.

The hunter said that after winter, it is not easy to have three or four intact locust eggs in a pothole. Now, there are more than 80 eggs!

Leng Feng had already prepared himself for this. Fungus and winter snow are the enemies of locust eggs. Drought in a place is not terrible. What is terrible is that there is no rain all year round, and locusts will multiply rapidly.

The most frightening thing is that the one hundred locust eggs in one hole were laid by one female locust!

Hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin suddenly lost the mood to eat.

There are eighty holes in one pothole, who knows how many locust eggs in the Guanzhong land will turn into locusts!

Leng Feng didn't have a headache at this time. Instead, he thought of the flock of chickens he raised. The chickens and ducks in later generations were all fed with fodder. It is not as good as the taste raised in the country.

The chickens and ducks in Tianxia Manor have been hungry and full since the day they were born. It's really pitiful. Why don't you take this opportunity to stock up some good things for them!
"Your Majesty~"

Leng Feng's voice woke up Li Shimin, who was still in a low voice. Li Shimin looked at Leng Feng with questioning eyes.

"Well, I think, we can't pay for loose food, why don't you help me make an announcement."

Hearing Leng Feng's words, Wei Zhengqi's beard blew up: "Old man, I heard that you organized generals to disperse rations, and everyone praised you, but your act of paying rations is really unimaginable! Do you still want to hoard them and collect money from the people?" ?"

(End of this chapter)