Destiny Only Han

Chapter 873 Liu Ying: I am a duck...

"How's Mrs. Dai Zong? Qi Lu is still young...

"The clock of good fortune is beautiful, and the yin and yang are at dusk..."

"Ceng Yunxi was born with a swinging chest, and a bird with a sharp canthus..."

"I will be Ling Jueding, looking at all the mountains..."

On the top of the Holy Emperor of Mount Tai, Liu Ying, with her hands behind her back, recited his works that changed from Tang poetry to Han Fu with only one word change, enjoying the continuous praise from behind, without the slightest shyness of Wen Chaogong.

Behind him, Liu Ruyi gritted her teeth.

That guy Yuangu did him a lot of harm!

After all, when he was still studying in the palace, Yuangu once said that Liu Ying's daily truancy was a rotten wood, but he was different, he was very smart, but he just didn't want to study hard...

So he studied hard...

Well, not really.

But this is not important, anyway, as his fourth uncle’s patriarch said, a gentleman’s nature is not different and he is good at things, so whether it is studying or governing the country, he does not need to be an academic master or an actuary Do it yourself, you only need to manage a small team of no more than ten people!

It's just that he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

The prime minister of the Zhao Kingdom is Zhao Yao, who is named Yushi Zhongcheng, and in those years when he was not in charge, Zhao Yao had already emptied him. Even if he wanted to do everything himself, he had no chance to get involved in state affairs or the military...

It's just that this is not important to Liu Ruyi at the moment.

The most important thing is that he wanted to ask Wenyuan Gu, to what extent would he have to study hard to catch up with that rotten wood that can't be carved out of poetry?

This is unfair, very unfair!

So Liu Ruyi's resentment was transferred to Liu Bang who was panting heavily on the other side...

After all, everyone was born by the same father, the old man must have drunk fake wine when he was born!

Liu Bang stood there panting for a while, and his breathing gradually became calm. He stepped forward and stood side by side with Liu Ying, looking up at the beautiful scenery in front of him.

Well, Mount Tai isn't that high, but it can't support the surrounding plains, so it looks particularly majestic...

Liu Ying turned around slowly, looked at the group of princes and kings who were panting and praising him, and said: "Except for King Qi who has been sick for a long time, the rest of the princes and princes who have not climbed to the top of the mountain at this moment are waiting to be cut down." With a hundred households living in the city, the kings will cut off the fiefdom of a county!"

"My great man established the world with martial arts, and the Supreme Emperor climbed to the top in his old age. They are in their prime. Could it be that they can't even climb a mountain?"

In an instant, there was no sound on the top of Mount Tai, except for the mighty wind.

But Han Wang Han Gui was happy in his heart.

He has many brothers, and they hate each other, wishing they could kill each other...

Especially his two brothers from the same mother, Tang Wang Han Fang and Huo Wang Han Ming, didn't climb up the mountain at the moment, so the fiefdom of a county was lost, and the fiefdom shrunk by half!
So, why should he compete with him again?
Well, Tang State was originally the fiefdom of Shu Yu, the youngest son of King Wu of Zhou, roughly located in Yuncheng, Shanxi, while Huo State was the fief of King Zhou Wu's uncle, roughly located in Linfen City, Shanxi.

Among the crowd, there were gloating people on Han Wanggui's face, and Peng Yannian who had succeeded Liang Wang...

Peng Yannian inherited the throne of Liang Wang as the third son, basically it was a pie in the sky, although his concubine brothers were too jealous, but the Han country is the eldest son succession method, so it can only be yin and yang on weekdays. up.

But his nephews, especially his older brother's growing sons, were different.

He heard that his sister-in-law Qiu (sister-in-law) kept making money, saying that he had tampered with Peng Yue's last words and snatched away the throne that should have been inherited by the eldest grandson!

This is really nonsense!

However, three people became tigers, especially with the rise of Dahan Yixue, the literacy rate of the people has gradually increased. Not only is the official Chang'an Post of the Han Dynasty, but there are also many unscrupulous tabloids on the street who do not know who secretly run it. The prime minister's inner house fight, the high-ranking literati's flirting with prostitutes...

Therefore, under the instigation of his sister-in-law Qiu, and under the exaggeration of these unscrupulous tabloids, he has now been upgraded from a country thief who tampered with wills to a relative-killing beast who killed his biological father and brother...

And it's not that he didn't want to use administrative power to clean up the behind-the-scenes of these tabloids, but after those writers and newspaper owners were wiped out by him, the rumors became facts in an instant, and the yellow mud falling off the crotch was either shit or shit ...

Because of this, when he heard Liu Ying's reduction of food, he immediately felt very happy, and he felt a bad breath!

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Taishan Palace.

Front hall.

Wang Ling sat in the middle, in front of a large group of prime ministers and county magistrates who had been summoned.

Of course, there are many more people on their way here on horseback.

After all, the railway has not yet spread across the country, and riding a horse is the most common way for people to travel.

But disaster relief is like fire fighting, it is always better to be early than late!

As for not directly ordering, but asking the princes, state ministers and county magistrates to come in person, the main reason is to make disaster relief policies according to local conditions. After all, the water, soil, style, and human conditions vary from place to place, and there is no one-size-fits-all plan. .

Prime Minister Zhao Yao stood up and said, "The State of Zhao has been digging ditches all these years. Your Majesty once said that the climates of the State of Zhao and the State of Yan are similar. There is little rainfall in spring and summer but frequent rainstorms. Therefore, it is necessary to build more reservoirs and dig more ditches. ditch."

"The so-called misfortune depends on blessings and misfortunes subdue. Although there is little rainfall in Zhaodi this spring, relying on the reservoirs and irrigation canals dug before, the summer grain production will not increase, but at least it will ensure a bumper harvest this year..."

On the other side, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Zhongshan Kingdom, Hou Hefu Huhai, said, "Zhongshan Kingdom is roughly similar. Since I became a vassal, eleven new irrigation canals have been built, basically covering the farmland of the whole country..."

He said with a self-deprecating smile: "After all, Zhongshan is a small country with few people, so it can't compare to a big country like Qi and Zhao..."

Well, he is called 'He Fu Hu Hai'.

This person is from Yue, and he joined the Han army with Mei Yan, all the way into the pass to destroy Qin, and also ordered the Sanqin. After that, he and Mei Yan were assigned to Lu Ze's command. He was granted the title of Marquis, with [-] households in Shiyi.

His daughter married Lu Ze's second son, who is now the prince of Lu State Lu Chan, and with Lu Zhi's "matchmaking", Lu Ze's third daughter became the queen of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Therefore, Hefu Huhai can also be regarded as a relative of Liu Heng...

Of course, he is actually a member of the Lu family's relatives, so it is very meaningful to be the prime minister of Zhongshan country.

But Wang Ling said it didn't matter.

The prime ministers of the vassal states were appointed by the central government, and they were originally used to monitor the vassal kings.

So Wang Ling nodded in satisfaction when he heard that Zhao and Zhongshan had already planned ahead, and that this summer's grain production would not be reduced due to natural disasters, but his expression was still a little uneasy.

On the other side, Gao Yuanhou Bingqian, the prime minister of Liang Guo, and Changwu Hou Danning, the prime minister of Lu Guo, also said that the situation of Liang Guo and Lu Guo is similar to that of Zhao Guo and Zhongshan Guo. Although it does not rain, the people of the two countries are actively saving themselves , Extensively dug irrigation canals, grain production will be reduced but not completely lost.

Especially Liang Guo.

As a country that guards Juyeze, which is bigger than Liangshanbo in later generations, they even seldom grow wheat, but rice, which consumes more water...

Correspondingly, domestic irrigation canals are even denser.

After all, most of the people in power at this time are the first or second generation of heroes. As a generation who grew up from the people, although they may become extravagant and profligate after they develop, at least there is a bottom line, knowing the suffering of the people, He is very concerned about public utilities such as reservoir irrigation canals.

Well, more importantly, the main person in charge of the construction of the water conservancy project is not the princes, but Liu Ying.

To be precise, it belongs to the capital water supervisor of Shaofu.

This government agency, similar to the Ministry of Water Resources and the Fisheries Bureau of later generations, is in charge of river canals, ponds, dikes, and fish ponds. In addition to being responsible for the construction of water conservancy projects, it also supervises whether the fishermen's fishing nets are in compliance with the rules and whether they have violated the prohibition. fish……

After all, Old Master Meng said that if you can't get into the pond, you can't eat fish and turtles...

As a centralized classical feudal kingdom, the Han Dynasty promulgated regulations that lasted from the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Warring States Period to the former Qin Dynasty, requiring the people not to hunt during the breeding season of birds and animals, and not to use fire to open up forests during the period when it is easy to cause wildfires. Prohibition of sustainable development such as not using dry pond water during the dry season.

Violators must be punished.

Therefore, Wang Ling simply inquired, and asked the officials of Prime Minister Zuo's mansion to file the documents submitted by the other party for subsequent policy formulation or accountability, and immediately said seriously:

"Your Majesty summoned you to come here, not only for the drought, but to prevent possible locust plagues!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

"The plague of locusts?"

"impossible?"

"Didn't it mean that it was a disaster caused by offending the Locust God? But I sacrificed on time before..."

"I also sacrificed..."

Zhao Yao patted the table vigorously: "Quiet!"

In the silence, he looked at the Wang Ling who was full of habit, cupped his hands and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, please continue."

Wang Ling shook his head helplessly.

Although he is the left prime minister of the empire and a rich hero, he is not Cao Shen with the highest merit after all, and the guys in the palace are mostly meritorious officials. When they conquered the world, their status in the army was not much lower than that of Wang Ling. There won't be that much respect for him.

As for Zhao Yao, although he didn't have any military achievements, who didn't know that he was actually Liu Ying's confidant?
What is the difference between offending Zhao Yao and offending Liu Ying?
And offended Liu Ying...

Right.

Facing a pair of eyes looking at him from both sides, Wang Ling said seriously: "It is His Majesty's judgment that it may cause a locust plague."

"Your Majesty said that there is no locust god in the world. Locusts are just insects that grow in the ground. As long as they are treated in time, there is nothing to fear. There are several large-scale plagues of locusts breaking out on the northern grasslands every year. But since the Xiongnu surrendered to the Han, Beiting After the establishment of the Protectorate, the plague of locusts has almost been brought under control without causing much harm."

"No one else, just raise chickens, ducks and geese in those inaccessible river valley wastelands before."

"Your Majesty also said that the origin of the locust plague is probably those deserted beaches."

"Locusts like drought, and drought is often accompanied by locust plagues. When it doesn't rain and the water level of the lake and river drops, the exposed riverbed at the bottom of the lake is the best place for locusts to lay their eggs!"

Prime Minister Liang Guo and Fu Huhai asked anxiously, "Then, what should we do?"

After all, Liang State has a large lake named Juyeze. If the plague of locusts really started from the barren beach as Wang Ling said, Liang State must be the first to encounter disaster!
Wang Ling raised his finger: "It's slack season, and most of the farmers are at home, so His Majesty said, let you call on the people to go to the fields, lakes and beaches to dig locust eggs!"

"One catty of insect eggs is exchanged for ten catties of grain!"

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To the northeast of the Taishan Palace, near the foot of the mountain, is the farmland opened up by the soldiers guarding the palace and the palace people in their spare time.

Anyway, they are idle when they are idle, the important thing is that the food grown here is all their own extra income, and they do not pay any taxes!

Therefore, under their careful care, especially many soldiers are farmers, and the instinct of tending crops is engraved into their DNA. Under intensive cultivation, the crops grow much better than those in the large farms around Mount Tai.

Therefore, it will attract some uninvited guests.

Like voles.

These small animals hiding in the caves don't know that all the gifts given by fate have already been secretly priced.

So on a sunny afternoon, accompanied by a cheerful scream, a rough and fat man went down with a shovel, and instantly dug out a nest of trembling voles hiding in the hole.

Then, a dozen specially trained small hounds swarmed up and caught the fleeing voles.

Only arrest, not kill.

After all, Jiaziyin and Big Fatty are not trying to exterminate rats, but reminiscing about their childhood.

After a while, the smell of barbecue began to fill the air. The aroma of firewood smoke was superimposed on the Maillard reaction when the meat was grilled.

It was a woman in a long lake green dress with legs below her chest.

Under the sun, her white, tender and flawless round face was almost transparent, flamboyant, with a somewhat cute smile, which combined the innocence of a girl and the charm of a young woman, which made people unable to look away.

However, the big fat man simply greeted the young woman with a round face and long legs, and immediately started to barbecue with all his heart.

After all, this is an acquaintance, and they are siblings.

The young woman with a round face and long legs came over, probed her head and asked, "Sister, brother, what kind of duck are you roasting? It smells so delicious..."

The fat man hesitated for a moment and did not speak.

But the clip sound was so short that Doudou restrained the maliciousness in Doudou's eyes, and said solemnly: "Roast duck...yes, roast duck!"

ps: In fact, China has been a country with frequent locust plagues since ancient times. Flood, drought, and locusts are known as the three natural disasters in Chinese history.According to the statistics of "History of Famine Relief in China", locust plagues occurred once every 8.8 years on average in the Qin and Han Dynasties, 3.5 years in the Song Dynasty, 1.6 years in the Yuan Dynasty, and 2.8 years in both the Ming and Qing dynasties.

pps: Digging locust eggs for food happened more than once in the liberated areas during the Anti-Japanese War.

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