Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 126 The Value of Locusts
When a person makes up his mind to do something, after doing it, he will find that it is actually not as difficult as he imagined.

In other words, although it is difficult, it is not so difficult to accept.

The same is true for the officials in the hall. Before they ate fried locusts, in their hearts, eating this food was similar to eating shit, but after they actually ate it, they suddenly realized——

Huh?This shit seems to be delicious!

It can be said that the officials in the main hall basically think like this.

As the first official ate the locusts, the others were naturally unwilling to let others go, and started to eat one after another. Immediately, the sound of "creaking" in the entire hall was endless.

After everyone ate the fried locusts, Li Shimin announced that he would officially go to court.

The court meeting started, and the process was basically the same as usual, there was nothing special about it, but before the next court meeting, a scream sounded in the court hall.

"Ah, Master Zhao, you..."

Following the sound of this cry, there was another sound of gasping for air from all around.

"hiss……"

Amid the gasps of the crowd, the official surnamed Zhao came out immediately, and bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I suddenly feel unwell, and my body is extremely itchy. Please allow me to go home to recuperate."

As he spoke, he scratched his face.

Seeing that the entire face of this official surnamed Zhao was red, and there were many small red spots on his face, Li Shimin immediately understood why those ministers breathed out just now when he looked at him.

He stood up immediately.

"Come here, send Zhao Aiqing to the Shang Medical Bureau, and let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat her."

"Yes!"

The official surnamed Zhao was sent away, but at this time the hall of the court became quiet. There were no officials reporting government affairs, nor ministers impeaching others, and Li Shimin sat there without saying a word. There seems to be a tacit understanding between them.

Soon, this situation was broken, and an imperial doctor hurried into the hall, and then bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after the diagnosis and treatment by fifteen imperial physicians from the Shang Medical Bureau, everyone thought Mr. Zhao was poisoned, but this is the first time we have encountered such a situation, so..."

The implication is that there is no other way, so when he said this, the whole court was in an uproar.

"How is it possible? You were fine when you came here?"

"Could it be the locust?"

"No, no, His Majesty ate the locusts, and I ate them too, and the locusts were eaten by everyone at will, so there is no way they are poisonous!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately became quiet again, because they suddenly thought of two possibilities.

First, it was Li Shimin who specially poisoned a locust, and whoever ate it would be unlucky.

Thinking of this possibility, everyone suddenly felt extremely ridiculous.

Who is Li Shimin?That is the emperor of a country, how could he be so bored that he specially used locusts to poison his ministers?
Moreover, the imperial doctor had already said that this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and Li Shimin's suspicion had already been cleared with one sentence.

So, everyone thought of the second possibility—the punishment of the Locust God.

Although the people standing in the court hall are all people who have read the books of sages and sages, and everyone usually shouts things like "you don't speak, you are strange, you are in chaos", but this is just lip service. For some things that are nothing more than explanations, Many people still prefer to believe in the existence of gods.

Especially when Li Shimin mentioned this specifically before, thinking of this, everyone immediately looked at Li Shimin in unison.

In the eyes of everyone, Li Shimin immediately waved his hand.

"It seems that it is indeed the punishment of the Locust God. Come and send the prince to the palace."

"Yes!"

Seemingly aware of everyone's doubts, Li Shimin sighed at everyone after the messenger went out.

"Alas... Actually, this matter has something to do with me. Maybe it was to imitate my swallowing of locusts, so the prince made this fried locust, and the punishment of the locust god was also said by the prince. Originally, I thought it was him. It was fabricated, but I didn’t expect it to be true.”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Changsun Wuji also stood up and bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"His Royal Highness is kind, His Majesty must not blame him. The old minister went outside the city to inspect the people's farming the day before yesterday. He happened to meet His Royal Highness and Princess Jinyang, and was fortunate enough to hear the Prince's poems."

Li Shimin immediately laughed when he heard Changsun Wuji's words.

"Oh? So you were with the auxiliary machine at that time!"

Looking at Li Shimin's bright smile, Changsun Wuji also nodded with a smile.

"Yes, the old minister still remembers that the prince's poem is called "Compassion for Farmers"."

After speaking, Changsun Wuji walked to the center of the hall, and began to recite.

"At noon on the day of hoeing, the sweat drips down to the soil, who knows that every grain of the food on the plate is hard work!"

After reading it out, he bowed his hands towards Li Shimin again.

"Your Majesty, the fact that His Majesty the Crown Prince can compose such a poem shows that he has a kind heart. The matter of frying locusts must be because His Majesty resents these insects for destroying the crops of our Tang people, so I hope His Majesty will not blame him!"

As the "first brother" of the court, Changsun Wuji's words carry weight. As soon as he said these words, more than a dozen ministers followed suit.

"What Master Changsun said is absolutely true!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal!"

"..."

Seeing so many people "begging for mercy", the smile on Li Shimin's face suddenly became wider, and he immediately raised his hand towards everyone.

"Aiqings, please hurry up. Since all aiqings have said so, I will not blame him anymore, but I still need him to explain a thing or two about the punishment of the Locust God."

Hearing what Li Shimin said, all the officials immediately shouted "Your Majesty is wise", which made Li Shimin smile.

At this time, Gao Ming also stepped into the court hall, and then cupped his hands towards Li Shimin.

"My son sees my father!"

When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded immediately.

"No gift to be flattened!"

"Thank you, Father!"

After Gao Ming stood up, Li Shimin told Gao Ming what happened just now, Gao Ming was stunned when he heard it.

"Are you allergic to eating locusts?"

At this moment, Gao Ming began to think about the cause and effect of the matter.

"Could it be that after Lao Li heard me about the punishment of the Locust God yesterday, he sent someone to catch the locusts, and then experimented with these ministers?"

It has to be said that Gao Ming did guess a lot, the only thing he didn't guess was that Li Shimin had already experimented with more than 2000 Qianniuwei soldiers before experimenting with these ministers.

The only difference is that the soldiers of Qianniuwei are more fortunate, while Master Zhao, who has already entered the Pharmacy Bureau, is more unlucky.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming immediately looked at the imperial doctor next to him.

"Is Mr. Zhao's condition very serious now? Is he in a coma? Has there been any symptoms of vomiting?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the imperial doctor was a little dazed, but he quickly came to his senses and cupped his hands towards Gao Ming.

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, Mr. Zhao did not faint or vomit, but there were many small red spots on his body, his face was still a little hot, and he also said that his body was very itchy."

Hearing the imperial doctor's answer, Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's fine if it's not there. It looks like it's just a mild allergy. Give him some medicine and let him go back to rest. As long as he doesn't eat locusts or shrimps in the future, he will be fine in a few days."

"Yes!"

The imperial doctor agreed and went down. After the imperial doctor left, Gao Ming heard Li Shimin's voice ringing in his ears.

"Allergies? What's that?"

Hearing Li Shimin's voice, Gao Ming turned his head and found that Li Shimin was already standing next to him, and he didn't know when he came over.

But Gao Ming also knew that now was not the time to worry about this, so he immediately nodded towards Li Shimin.

"Some people are destined not to eat locusts or shrimps. Once they eat them, they will be allergic. As for this allergy...it is the punishment of the locust god."

When he said this, Gao Ming began to admire himself.

"This kind of reason can be found, I really am a witty young man!"

Fortunately, Li Shimin immediately nodded his head in agreement with Gao Ming's statement.

"I also think this should be the case. Locusts are like shrimps in water, and locusts come out of the water. If you can't eat locusts, you can't eat shrimps either."

Hearing Li Shimin's explanation, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment. It was only at this time that he remembered that during this period, everyone seemed to regard shrimp and locusts as the same species.

The reason why people confuse locusts with shrimps is mainly because the riverbed dries up during droughts, and there are no fish and shrimps, but locusts flood; when the rainfall is abundant, the eggs of locusts are soaked to death, and the riverbed has more shrimps. .

Therefore, not to mention the common people, even the upper-level officials believe that locusts and shrimps are the same species, which is the consensus of Datang people.

But this saves Gao Ming's work. Of course, he will not ask for trouble to explain the origin of species, and he can't explain it, so he just followed Li Shimin's words.

"That's right, people who can't eat locusts can't eat shrimp, and vice versa, but such cases are very rare, and it can be said that there is no one in a million, so don't worry, after all, all the adults present can eat Yes, and this locust is a good thing!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly laughed.

"The nutrition of this locust is comparable to that of chicken and fish. Regular food can strengthen the body, but it also has the effect of diet, which has a certain effect on the treatment of whooping cough and gas diseases."

In the Tang Dynasty, whether it was asthma or bronchial asthma, as long as it was difficult to breathe, it was called "breathing disease", and Gao Ming was not lying when he said this, because locusts did have a therapeutic effect on bronchial asthma.

So, as soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, the eyes of Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji lit up, and they asked Gao Ming in unison.

"Is this true?"

Seeing the tacit understanding between the two, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"Of course it's true!"

Hearing Gao Ming's affirmation of Datang, Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji immediately looked at each other, and then laughed together.

"Great!"

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji are so happy because of two people, and these two people are none other than Princess Changle Li Lizhi and Princess Jinyang Li Mingda!
(End of this chapter)