Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 424
After a long while, the eunuch felt that there was nothing wrong with him, and then pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, this old servant deserves to die. This old servant was impulsive."

Li Yuan waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and asked, "How does it taste?"

The eunuch smacked his lips, shook his head and said, "I ate too fast just now, the old slave doesn't remember what it tastes like. But now, it seems that there is no peculiar smell."

Li Yuan let go of his heart, and said to Xu Qing: "Roast the rest, I will try it too."

Xu Qing grilled more than a dozen skewers. When Li Yuan started to eat, he was still a little scared, but as he ate, he said that the locusts were comparable to fresh shrimp and chicken, and they were dissatisfied with Xu Qing. It was baked too slowly, so I baked it myself and ate it.When it was over, he even asked someone to bring some good wine, and had a drink with Xu Qing, and he didn't seem to be overwhelmed by the locust plague at all.

After eating the locusts, Li Yuan drunkenly said to Xu Qing: "You, you still ate well when you were young, hiccup."

Xu Qing thought for a while and returned: "Your Majesty, it is because there are so many seasonings that the locusts can be made delicious today. However, when the young minister was wandering, he ate raw food without even fire."

Li Yuan got up, stretched his waist and said: "Tomorrow's court will order the world to kill locusts and eat them. If they dare to eat the people's crops, they will let the people eat them back. Also, tomorrow's court will grant you the title of Marquis of Xuanping, There is one important thing for you to do."

Xu Qing couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what else is there?"

"Zhen, let you inspect the seven counties in Guanzhong!"

If someone else listens to this sentence, they will faint on the spot.This land in Guanzhong, also known as Gyeonggi, according to ancient rituals, is the emperor's private land.The land outside the pass belongs to the people of the world.Since the land in Guanzhong is the emperor's private property, it stands to reason that the emperor should take care of it himself.In normal times, the emperor will hold a ceremony to sacrifice to the suburbs, and appoint the prince or other relatives to inspect.But today, it is a great honor to hand over the inspection task to Xu Qing.

The festival in the suburbs of Beijing has passed, and this inspection is really to quell the locust plague.Because of Xu Qing's three strategies for pacifying locusts, it was natural for Xu Qing to go on inspection.Tomorrow, when Xu Qing conferred the title of Marquis, he already had the great gift of a fake axe, but this time, once he inspects the seven counties in Guanzhong, he is like a governor, representing the royal family, and the etiquette will become a "fake yellow axe" .That is, quasi-imperial power.

Xu Qing naturally didn't know what Li Yuanzhi was talking about.

Li Yuan explained: "Xu Qing, you have nothing to do here anyway. Those who can do more work, I won't let a talent like you idle here."

Xu Qing smiled wryly, looked at the sky and it was getting late, so he resigned and left.

The next day, Xu Qing went to court.

Li Yuan chose the first step, and he denounced the local officials for their obedience and disobedience. After he reprimanded, he put on his firm stand, as if whoever dares to contradict me, I will give you mourning and joy.Anyway, the imperial decree has already been issued, even if other people object, it is called overwhelming water.

Then, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty followed Li Yuan's tone and condemned all those who did bad things.The nature of this matter is so decided, the court's discussion will be copied out, and the common people will know it in the form of a notice.

Since the local officials and subordinate officials were to be removed, some officials had to be re-elected, and some experienced subordinate officials had to be selected from the people in Chang'an.Next to the main hall, there are alternate officials waiting at any time, summoned to select one by one, and the major forces divide the cake.However, the candidate for the commander-in-chief this time has not yet been decided, but Li Yuan asked everyone to stop recommending.

Afterwards, Li Yuan told the story of Xue Yantuo, and asked the officials from the Ministry of Officials to stand up and count Xu Qing's merits from the last time he was promoted to the present.In the end, it was concluded that if Xu Qing did not get promoted, the common people in the world would not agree, and the talents in the world would never serve the imperial court again.

What kind of promotion is it? The third-rank and fourth-rank senior officials are all a radish and a pit, and Xu Qing cannot be allowed to take another idle job.So at this time, someone stood up and asked for orders, saying that Xu Qing's title should be promoted.As soon as these words came out, several people stood up, the more important ones such as Pei Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others, and the unexpected and reasonable Changsun Wuji also stood up to support Xu Qing.

Xu Qing's Marquis Xuan Ping settled down in this way, proclaimed the decree on the spot, bestowed seals, official robes on the spot, and declared the fiefdom.A burst of congratulations sounded beside Xu Qing.

Feng Hou worships the prime minister, an extremely human minister!
Just like celebrating the new year, Xu Qing forced a smile on his face and returned the greetings with everyone.In fact, he was reluctant in his heart, because he had another hard job to pick up later, and that was going on tour.

At this point in the discussion, almost all the people in the court knew that Xu Qing was the candidate for the commander-in-chief of the seven counties.Because of this, they really admire Xu Qing.Of course, those people around Xu Qing are also people above scarlet clothes, and the other green robes are still standing in their positions obediently.

After a while, when he returned to the court, Xu Qing was indeed appointed as the governor. As expected, there was no voice of opposition.

Immediately, everyone went to the harem for lunch.At first, I thought it was boiled meat again, but I didn't expect that this time Li Yuan only put a plate of locusts on each table.All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty covered their mouths and gagged, even Cheng Yaojin was no exception.

All the ministers can't object to what the emperor bestows.But when Xu Qing picked up a locust on the plate and threw it into his mouth, and chewed it crunchily, some ministers dared to try it secretly.Although the locusts look a little ugly, but the protein of Naihe is particularly delicious when baked.With the first attempt, there will be a second attempt.

Cheng Yaojin was the last one to eat, and also the fastest one, just because he wanted to finish eating quickly and grab the plates from other people's tables.The plate is made of silver, and you can put it in your pocket and take it home after eating.

But at this time, Cheng Yaojin walked slowly and panted heavily.When Xu Qing noticed something strange, Cheng Yaojin fell to the ground, gasped and said loudly: "This, this locust is poisonous inside!"

Everyone then looked at Cheng Yaojin, only to see that his lips were as fat as sausages, and his face was already big, but this time it was already comparable to a ball.Cheng Yaojin scolded: "Then, that little bastard, dare to harm your Grandpa Cheng?"

The ministers were all shocked. If they could not feel the strangeness in themselves, they would have vomited on the spot.It was Li Yuan who also found out about Cheng Yaojin, ran down, looked around and said, "Who else feels uncomfortable?"

Seeing that no one came out, Xu Qing walked in and asked, "Brother Cheng, do you think you can't eat crabs and shrimps?"

Cheng Yaojin nodded, his mouth was too swollen to speak.At this time, Xu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Everyone, don't be afraid. The locusts are not poisonous, but some people have abnormalities because their bodies are not used to it."

(End of this chapter)