Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 1 Zhenguan Locust Plague
In the second year of Zhenguan, there was a drought in the capital, and locusts arose.Taizong went into the garden to look at the grass, saw the locusts, picked (duō) a few and cursed: "People live on the grain, but you eat it, which is harmful to the people. The people have made mistakes. If you give it to one person, you have a spirit, but It should erode my heart and harm the common people." When he swallowed it, the left and right remonstrated: "I'm afraid you will become sick, don't do it." Taizong said: "I want to remove the disaster, how can I avoid it?" Then swallowed it.Naturally, locusts will no longer be a disaster. ——Wu Jing

"The plague of locusts is indeed here!"

Li Tai saw locusts appearing in the vegetable garden of King Yue's mansion, so he went over and trampled them to death.

Li Tai looked serious, and said to the maid beside him:
"Baihe, please come to the gazebo with Yu Changshi, I have something to look for him!"

"As ordered!"

Bai He is more than one head taller than Li Tai, and his beautiful legs account for five points, his skin is like jade fat.

Hearing what Li Tai said, she turned around and left. She came out of the palace, and her every move was very dignified, with almost no mistakes in every step and line.

Soon, a middle-aged Confucian scholar, wearing scarlet clothes and a green jade pendant around his waist, walked quickly to the field.

Looking carefully in the direction of Li Tai, seeing the white crane walking first, he walked to the pavilion.

Li Tai smiled all over his face, saluted and said:
"Yu Changshi, you are here, the gazebo is simple, please condescend."

"Meet the King of Yue!"

Yu Zhining saluted Li Tai respectfully, and sat down without being critical.

"Nowadays the locust disaster is serious in the imperial court. I, Aye, swallowed the locusts personally, which made me feel emotional. I also want to do my part to eliminate the locusts!"

As he spoke, Li Tai took out an argument and handed it to Yu Zhining, saying:
"I have been managing farmland since I opened the mansion, and I have some experience in controlling locusts. It is a pity that my writing style is not so good. I would like to ask Yu Changshi to polish and write an article to honor my father!"

Yu Zhining looked at the article that Li Tai took over, and at the plan for controlling locusts written by Li Tai, the order was very clear.

Yu Zhining didn't know whether these were useful, but Yu Zhining knew that the Yue King in front of him was indeed not an ordinary idle prince.

How could this king of Yue be so simple?

At the beginning, Kong Yingda was a professor of Dr. Guozi in elementary school, and asked about the end of Han Dynasty who caused the end of Han Dynasty to be strong but perish.

Others have their own answers, whether it is Dong Zhuo, or the family, or the land annexation, but only the King of Yue answered Confucianism.

Because the great Han respected Confucianism exclusively, and all the officials were Confucianists, all the problems of the great Han were problems that Confucianism could not solve.

So the Han Dynasty perished, and it perished in Confucianism!

Hearing this answer, Kong Yingda vomited blood and fainted. After waking up, he resigned. Fortunately, the saint persuaded him!

Therefore, the canonization of Queen Yue directly opened the mansion.

Thinking of this, Yu Zhining didn't dare to underestimate the Yue King in front of him. After carefully reading Li Tai's arguments, he said,

"Why did King Yue entrust this matter to me?
The saint likes you very much, and the saint will definitely pay attention to your opinion. "

Hearing this, Li Tai was taken aback, and replied:
"Since the Confucian Dong Zhongshu forcibly integrated the theory of the five elements of yin and yang into Confucianism, and proposed the interaction between heaven and man.

It is also said that "the country will lose its way, but heaven will first send out disasters to condemn it; if it doesn't know self-examination, it will send out weirdness to warn and fear it; if it doesn't know how to change, it will hurt and fail."

Although I, Aye, am a righteous king, I have had a hard time these years...

In addition to the matter between me and Kong Yingda, Confucian scholars hate me so much, so I will leave this matter to you.

Otherwise, the government and the opposition..."

"King Yue, you have really misunderstood Confucianism..."

Yu Zhining stopped bringing up the topic and said,
"King Yue, if I hand over this policy, what good will it do to you!"

"If it is beneficial to Datang, it will be beneficial to me, Li Tai!" Li Tai replied seriously.

These few words gave Yu Zhining the illusion that Hong Zhong Dalu was roaring in his heart, as if the man who changed his name to Shimin made his wish to help the world and the people at the age of 20, and then realized him step by step .

"Zhi Ning will play this strategy tomorrow, and he will definitely live up to the entrustment of the King of Yue!" Yu Zhi Ning held back his excitement and replied solemnly.

After Yu Zhining finished speaking, he respectfully took away Li Tai's arguments, and quickly left for his house.

"When Yu Changshi came to our Yue Palace, he always said that the king's farming is not a disgrace to the gentleman, but it is a waste of ambition. Why is the king giving Yu Changshi such a credit now."

Seeing Chang Shi walking away, Bai He couldn't help asking out his doubts.

"He is different from you, you are the founder of my house, my mother let you follow me, everything depends on my will.

But Yu Changshi is the long history sent to me by Aye.

He is in charge of the affairs of the Yue Palace, so what can I do to him!

He was born in Confucianism, so it is normal to look down on Tian Shelang. Aye doesn't always scold other Tian Shelang when he scolds others.

So instead of looking at each other and hating each other, it's better to send him a burst of Qingyunfeng, soaring ninety thousand miles.

If he can become a fourth-rank official from the history of the fourth-rank king's mansion, he doesn't need to stay in my mansion anymore.

So this is naturally good for me, and he is also good! "

Li Tai spoke to Bai He frankly, but he didn't seem to be hiding anything.

At this point, Li Tai was also helpless. At the beginning, he rashly said that the death of the great man was in Confucianism, which made Kong Yingda almost die of anger.

I underestimated the power of Confucianism now.

The great Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism, dismissed hundreds of schools, and suppressed the studies of hundreds of schools to the extreme. After experiencing the chaos of the Five Husbands, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the learning that can really survive is naturally dominated by Confucianism.

Although I was only seven years old when I said this, I completely insulated myself from Confucian students.

After all, any student who can come in front of him knows more or less that he has no interest in Confucianism.

Even if Yu Zhining is honest and upright, the relationship between his Confucian background and himself can only be described as passable.

So it is better to give him an argument, let him use the wind and strength to cross the official position from the fourth rank to the fourth rank.

"Leave him alone!"

Li Tai waved his hand and said,

"Let's go to see the planting in the field, how is it growing today!"

"There are peonies, sweet-scented osmanthus, green lotus, and peonies planted in the yards of other princes' houses. Only yours is planted with wheat, asparagus, and courgettes. It's not half beautiful. Others don't think it's the prince's house when they see it! " Bai He said.

"I remember, I planted an acre of Baidianzi. I don't know who cared about it, and watered it with a lot of water. It almost killed the Baidianzi!"

Li Tai laughed a little when he heard Bai He's words.

"Bai Diezi is as white as snow, and he is a master of flowers. This is the kind of flower that should be planted in the Prince's Mansion!" Bai He emphasized.

"Okay!" Li Tai nodded,

"Keep it up first, these white stacks are not for viewing, they will be of great use in the future!"

Li Tai looked around the entire field, since he opened the mansion, he has spent all his time in this field house, and he knows that outsiders call him the field house king, and those boring Confucian scholars called him first.

But so what!

After all, Confucianism and Taoism can't be won by oneself, so can you still want to rebel against Li Shimin in martial arts?
So I can only choose to do some dirty work and see if I can walk out of a different path!
The biggest expectation is nothing more than that, I hope that this life will be free and smooth, and there will be no disasters and difficulties until the end of the sky.

At least the days of being a prince in the Tang Dynasty were very comfortable.

Especially the father is Li Shimin, and he is the second son Li Tai, so he is quite favored.

Ten thousand households are falsely sealed, and one thousand households are actually sealed. I can freely control the labor and taxes of the thousand households.

In the early Tang Dynasty, each household (calculated on the basis of five people) was calculated on the basis of one Ding, and the distribution of the mouth was divided into 80 mu of land. For each Ding, the rent was two stones of millet, 2 zhang of silk, 3 taels of cotton, 2.5 zhang of Nabu and 3 jin of hemp for those who planted hemp fields. The prince shared two-thirds of the food, and a thousand households was a huge sum of primitive accumulation, not to mention that the prince's position can also receive the imperial salary subsidy, which can be described as generous.

If he wanted to live in Datang and wait to die, this money was enough for him to be happy and happy, at least it would not be a problem to buy a laugh with a thousand dollars.

But it's a pity that after accepting Li Tai's identity, he had to strive for the top.

If you don't fight, even if Li Shimin loves his son and is eager to take care of him, he will be Li Zhi's brother and be a happy prince.

But even if Li Zhi passed this test, what about Wu Zetian? !

As long as his status as the direct descendant of Taizong is still there, and he doesn't take the initiative to change history, then he is doomed to be unable to escape the butcher's knife.

So I have no choice, the so-called Happy King is impossible for me to exist.

"If you want to build your own basic disk, you must first have the opportunity to work...

The army is Aye's basic base, whoever touches it will die, and even if he wins over, he is subject to others.

Confucian important ministers are Li Chengqian's basic board. As long as he does not make mistakes, those who pay attention to the monarch and ministers are all his hardcore.

The Longxi nobles can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. As long as the foundation is not involved, the Longxi nobles represented by the eldest grandson will never make a move.

As for Five Families and Seven Watches, hehe, even the old man doesn't like him, so he likes me?

It's better to find a chance to bury their whole family, maybe they can step on their corpses and get fatter.

Therefore, there are really not many things I can choose as the basic disk! "

Li Tai sighed silently,

"Look at Yu Zhining's choice.

A little throwing stones to ask the way, if he can't do it, throw a few more times, anyway, I'm just an eight-year-old kid now, I still have time! "

Let Yu Zhining go to cast stones to ask for directions, while he continued to stay in the garden of Yuewang Mansion to record his planting experience.

"Bai He, you tell me to go down, I don't want to see locusts in my Yue Palace.

Let the people in the yard form a patrol team during the day, and if any locusts come in, I will trample them to death.

At night, light a bonfire for me in an empty space in the vegetable garden, attracting mosquitoes to come and burn them.

I can't control other places, but if the crops in our Yue Palace are eaten by locusts, someone will be responsible after all! "

Li Tai gave Bai He instructions one by one with a serious expression.

"No! Respect Your Majesty's Order!" Bai He nodded and responded.

Bai He doesn't know why Li Tai attaches so much importance to the vegetable garden, but since Li Tai ordered it, he should do it carefully.

Li Tai looked at the vegetable garden and silently thought:

"Yu Zhining's share will be discussed, no matter whether he says he has my help or not, I think Aye will think of me soon.

Most of the content in it is related to farming, and Yu Zhining was born in a wealthy family with a wealthy family. He is a wealthy and noble family who does not touch the spring water, so he doesn't know much about specific farming.

Each of the content of the theory needs to be implemented in a down-to-earth manner. Only those who have farming experience can put forward practical methods.

So as long as this theory goes up, Aye will notice himself who has been farming all the time.

You don’t need to boast about yourself, the vegetable garden you planted yourself is the best business card!
This is your best chance.

Even if Aye won't let him take charge, as long as he can control locusts, even if he becomes a mascot, he can earn political qualifications for the future!

Don't be afraid to be famous early! "

Of course, the worst thing is that Yu Zhining's theory was voted on the court, and it didn't even make a splash.

However, for Li Tai, at most he would lose such an opportunity, so just wait for the next opportunity.

In fact, Yu Zhining felt like he had found a treasure when he got the governance method proposed by Li Taihe.

Li Shimin just performed a performance of swallowing locusts. Regardless of whether it is true or not, at least during this period of political correctness is to control the plague of locusts.

As long as officials with enough political sensitivity, even if they don't know the solution to the locust plague, they will hang their heads on their shoulders today, and write a gorgeous article on locust control with the spirit of staying up late before the exam.

The content of the article is naturally to praise Li Shimin's swallowing of locusts, which is an act of a sage king who sheds tears and surprises those who hear it!

In fact, Li Shimin was also patient, watching the memorial sent by the civil servants below.

After deleting a lot of "Have you eaten, saint?" "Did you sleep well, saint?"

After waiting for the boring memorials, there are very few articles that are really related to the specific control of locusts.

Even if there is an article that mentions controlling locusts, the most important thing is that saints need to practice virtue diligently. Under the influence of heaven and man, the plague of locusts will naturally disappear.

To some extent, these articles pointed at Erfeng and scolded him for being wicked!

Li Shimin became more and more angry when he read these articles, but he couldn't help it.

Because since Dong Zhongshu proposed the relationship between heaven and man, linking natural disasters with the character of the king, as an emperor, he has to bear this responsibility after a disaster occurs!

As the saying goes, "The country will suffer the failure of the wrong way, but the sky will first send out disasters to condemn it; if it does not know self-examination, it will send out weirdness to warn and fear it; if it does not know how to change, it will hurt and fail."

At this moment, Li Shimin really has no choice but to face the locust plague situation!

Li Shimin looked at these memorials, and the more he looked at them, the more angry he became, he couldn't help stretching out his hand and pushing, and the memorials were pushed down to the ground with a clatter.

Li Shimin said angrily: "There are thousands of words in the letter, but there is no practice. To cultivate morality, how do I need to cultivate morality!"

Facing Li Shimin's anger, everyone around immediately knelt down on the ground, and the entire East Palace was peaceful for a while.

But at this time, the inner warden outside the room sang loudly, "Mr. Xing Guo sees you."

"Let Xuanling come in." Li Shimin calmed down when he heard Fang Xuanling's arrival, and said.

Fang Xuanling came in and saw the scattered memorials under Li Shimin's feet being rearranged by the servants, and asked,
"Why is the saint angry?"

"It's not caused by the locust plague!" Li Shimin pressed his temple and said, "A thousand words in a letter will not solve your worries!"

"If that's the case, this minister has brought a good prescription, hoping to help the sage get rid of his illness." Fang Xuanling said calmly.

"Oh?!" Hearing this, Li Shimin was both surprised and delighted.

He took a volume of memorials from Fang Xuanling's hand, which was exactly the one that Yu Zhining rushed out overnight.

(End of this chapter)