Wentang

Chapter 482

Prince?Yueshan?How did they come here?With this in mind, Li Shimin said, "Let them in."

Zhao Meng immediately shouted: "Prince Xuan, Qingshui is waiting to see you."

The warrior who reported the letter immediately left to pass the message, and the ministers present became quiet when they heard that the prince had arrived.

After a while, Li Chengqian and Yue Shan came to the front of the hall one after the other.

"I saw my father."

"Meet the saint."

"Mianli, how did you two meet? Why are you looking for me?" Li Shimin asked.

"Saint, when I was asking my mother how I was, I happened to meet His Highness the Crown Prince who was in a hurry to see you. After learning about what His Highness wanted to report, Your Majesty asked me to bring him to see you." Yue Shan said.

"What is it that even the queen can't handle?" Li Shimin seemed to be talking to Yue Shan, but his eyes turned to Li Chengqian.

Yue Shan tactfully stepped aside and said, "Let His Royal Highness speak for himself."

It was the first time in his life to play in front of so many ministers, so Li Chengqian was inevitably a little scared.Yue Shan comforted in a low voice: "Just treat it as a research report to the teacher in the school, and treat them as classmates or puppets."

Compare the Daxing Palace to the school, and the ministers to the classmates?Hearing what he said was funny, Li Chengqian felt amused, and his tension eased a lot.Gratefully glanced at Yue Shan, raised his head and said:
"Father, there may be a plague of locusts in Yongzhou."

What?Plague of locusts?Both Li Shimin and the officials showed surprised expressions, but they were surprised in different directions.

The ministers were surprised what did the prince mean by this?Plague of locusts?Where did he draw his conclusions?Could it be that Yue Shan calculated it?
Li Shimin was surprised, how could it be such a coincidence?As soon as I got the news from my side, you are talking about this matter. Could it be that Yue Shan did this deliberately in order to make the crown prince famous?

Thinking of this, he looked at Yue Shan with probing eyes.

Yue Shan could naturally see what he meant, and immediately said: "I swear that I never disclosed any information to the prince. He discovered this matter himself. If you don't believe in a saint, you can ask."

For a moment, the officials were in an uproar, because Yue Shan's words revealed three meanings.First, the plague of locusts is really about to happen;
Second, the news that Yueshan already knew about the locust plague, doesn't that mean that the emperor also knew about it, and thinking about today's locust show, all the mysteries have been revealed.The emperor asked everyone to eat locusts to deal with the locust plague.

After confirming the news, many Zhongzhi people breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor is not stupid.But then his face darkened, locust plague, is it really coming?
The third piece of news is that the prince also found out about the locust plague without anyone telling him. How did he find out?
Li Shimin was equally curious, so he asked, "How did you find out about this, please tell me the truth."

"I go to the academy every weekend to do private research with the students there. Half a month ago, I heard from my classmates that the number of locusts in the wild is much higher than in previous years. According to the old farmer's inference, a locust plague is likely to occur..." After the adaptation period, Li Chengqian's sense of tension was completely relieved. Way to behave.

It is not a secret that Li Chengqian went to the academy to do research, and anyone with good knowledge knows it.At first, some people criticized it, but soon got used to it.

As for the resolutely opposed...not at all.First, they used the weekend time. Ever since Yue Shan proposed the concept of rest days for the last two days of the seven-day week, everyone has accepted it.

The prince used the rest day to conduct private research, and no one could find fault. Besides, private research is a good thing, and it can let the prince know the sufferings of the people. Who would dare to object?
As for Yue Shan's theory of seven days a week, it is of course not the legend of the creation of the world in seven days by God in the Bible, but based on the sun, moon, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Qiyao's reincarnation every seven days is exactly seven days. This is an astronomical phenomenon that China has discovered since ancient times.

"The locust plague is a catastrophe. I was very anxious when I heard about it. I asked the masters of the academy to change the original research topic to locust plague, and mobilized the students of the academy to conduct a survey of twelve counties in Yongzhou with me..."

"I finally came to the conclusion that locust plagues will occur in Yongzhou and even the entire Guanzhong area this year." Speaking of this, he took out a thick stack of paper from his sleeve and said: "This is our detailed investigation report, please look at it, father."

Without Li Shimin's instructions, Zhao Meng stepped forward to pass the investigation report to him knowingly.

Li Shimin buried his head and carefully flipped through the pages. The more he looked, the wider the smile on his face, and finally he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Okay, okay, okay, my prince has finally grown up, haha..."

"Come on, you guys also have a look at this research report." After finishing speaking, he threw the report to Zhao Meng, and Zhao Meng passed it on to the people below.

The first one to watch was Chen Shuda, who had a complex expression after quickly flipping through the pages, followed by Xiao Yu, Yuwen Shiji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and so on.

Of course, more than 1000 people would not read it all. Only Zaifu and the core officials could read the memorial. After they read it, the report returned to Li Shimin.

"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, I have someone who will succeed me in the Tang Dynasty." Yuwen Shiji said first.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, I have someone who will succeed me in the Tang Dynasty." The rest followed suit.

"Haha... Zhu Qing has been praised too much. Children don't praise themselves, so as not to be arrogant." Li Shimin's mouth was modest, but in fact, his mouth almost couldn't close his mouth when he laughed.

"I asked you to talk about the locust plague."

"His Royal Highness's research report is very detailed, and the evidence is conclusive, I think it is credible." Fang Xuanling said.

"The minister also thinks it is credible." Yu Wenshi said.

"It's the ministers' dereliction of duty. As the prime minister, I don't know anything about such a major event. I still need the sage and the crown prince to remind me. Please punish me, Your Majesty." Xiao Yu said with an ugly face.

"Please punish the saint." The others also said quickly.

If there is a locust plague, it is indeed those ministers who have neglected their duties.It's okay to say that there was no warning in advance, but now the folks probably have gone crazy and they don't know, that's their problem.

"You are serious, this matter is not the fault of one person." Li Shimin first appeased the ministers, then turned his head to look at the other ministers present, and said angrily: "Now do you know why I invited you to this locust feast? ?”

"There has been a lot of rumors among the people, but the court still doesn't know anything about it. It's sad."

"Everyone here and the officials in the world, is it true that no one has noticed the omen? I don't believe it. But why don't you dare to go to the court? Because you are afraid of taking responsibility."

"It's a shame that you still call yourself scholars. Confucius said to be benevolent and Mencius said to get righteousness. Where's your benevolence and righteousness? It's just a group of cystic worms."

The words were so harsh that some people couldn't bear it anymore, and came out and said: "I don't agree with the sage's words. The locust plague is a natural disaster. It is the act of the heavens to warn the emperor. How can human power stop it?"

"The sage used locusts to feast the officials today, which is already disrespectful to the heavens. Now he humiliates the officials again. This is not what Mingjun said. I ask the sage to take back his words."

Hearing that Li Shimin's eyes turned cold, he was about to say something, but Yue Shan stood up one step ahead of him: "This official who doesn't know what kind of official, you said that the locust disaster is the act of the heaven to warn the emperor, I want to ask you, what is this?" Who told you that?"

The official's face turned red, he snorted coldly to express his disdain, and said: "This is what the ancestors said, and it is recorded in the book. If Qing Shuihou doesn't understand, go home and read a few more books, so as not to embarrass yourself in the court."

Yue Shan was also not angry, but said with a smile: "Oh, it was said in the book. Then Confucius also said that the words are strange, why don't you listen?"

"And, are you really ready to talk about God's will in front of me?"

(End of this chapter)