Prosperous Tang Soul

Chapter 86 Treating the Symptoms, Not the Root Cause (Please recommend for collection)

With Sun Simiao at the side, although Li Er was still a little unhappy, he didn't show it. He ignored Zhang Yi and stood up and said to Sun Simiao, "Mr. Sun is here. I don't know why you are in such a hurry?"

"Your Majesty, it is a crime for Pindao and Jingyang County to disturb Your Majesty's official affairs!" Sun Simiao showed that he came after bowing to Li Er again: "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, we really have a last resort to come here this time! "Speaking, Sun Simiao took out a small paper bag from his arms and presented it with both hands.

When I was young, a middle-aged man who seemed to be thin walked over immediately. I saw that he was seven feet tall and ordinary-looking. He was the kind of person who was inconspicuous even among the crowd, but his steps were very vigorous. In three or two steps, he walked to Sun Simiao from behind the curtain, took the paper bag with both hands and carefully opened it for inspection before handing it to Li Er.

Zhang Yi suddenly became interested in this middle-aged man. You must know that Li Er was originally an emperor with both civil and military skills. Too much.For example, Tingfeng, whom Zhang Yi saw last time, is a very powerful master, and this one is obviously extraordinary, otherwise, it would be impossible to protect Li Er's safety at close range.

Li Er took a look at the paper bag, with a look of suspicion on his face, and asked, "Mr. Sun?"

"This is an insect egg! To be precise, it is a locust egg!" Sun Simiao immediately explained: "Your Majesty, I went to the sub-fief of Jingyang County today to inquire about herbal medicine planting, and accidentally found a large number of locust eggs in the soil in the field. There are several eggs in the holding soil. If you let it develop and wait for the weather to heat up, the consequences after these eggs hatch will be disastrous!"

"Snapped!"

As soon as Li let go of his second hand, the paper bag in his hand slipped to the ground, and he seemed to be in a daze for a long time without saying a word.

In the blink of an eye, he thought of thousands of ways in his head, but none of them seemed feasible!As an emperor, Li Er is undoubtedly the most familiar with and touched by such mythical things as locusts.

In ancient times, there was a theory of interaction between heaven and man, and often some strange and unexplainable phenomena or disasters were automatically attributed to the theory of gods and ghosts.For example, floods, droughts, and locust plagues, once these disasters happen, the emperor or officials will be pointed at.

As the saying goes, human beings can experience the mind of heaven, and the mind of heaven can naturally feel people's hearts. If those in power do not cultivate virtue, corrupt Changlun, etc., when heaven gets angry, disasters will come down. One is to warn people, and the other is to punish people to a certain extent.Therefore, in order to prevent the disaster from happening again, the best way is for the emperor and officials to cultivate their personality and self-improvement, conduct politics with integrity, or pray to heaven, or repent themselves, and show their sincerity.

However, this is not the point. The point is that the Tang Dynasty had just experienced a severe drought in the fourth year of Zhenguan. The people all over the country almost complained about their old food, and Li Er was originally out of position. The successive natural disasters undoubtedly negated him again. The authority of the throne!
However, Li Er only lost his mind for a short moment, and he soon came to his senses, and immediately told the middle-aged man just now: "On the eleventh day of the month, you immediately lead someone to investigate yourself, and report it as soon as it is verified!" Looking at Sun Simiao, he asked, "Since Mr. Sun has discovered the eggs, is it possible that Mr. Sun already has a solution?"

"Hey! Your Majesty, there is no good plan for the poor, ashamed! Ashamed!" Sun Simiao felt helpless at the moment.

If he really had a way to say it long ago, why wait until now?
At this time, Zhang Yi looked at Sun Simiao, then at Li Er, his throat rolled, and he tentatively whispered: "Your Majesty, I have a solution to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, would you like to listen to it?"

Speaking of this, both Li Er and Sun Simiao became interested, so they turned to look at Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yidao: "There is a way between heaven and earth that one thing descends one thing. Metal restrains wood, wood restrains soil, and earth restrains water. The five elements are mutually generated and restrained. As a thing of time, this locust naturally has a way of restraining each other." He said in a metaphor: "It's like Although rats are rampant and hard to get rid of with manpower, cats are just its natural enemies. Usually, once a farmer finds rats in his home, he only needs to raise cats.

And Xiaochen thinks chickens and ducks are good, especially if a certain number of chickens and ducks are stocked in the fields when the locusts are not mature, it will definitely have some effect, but this is a strategy to kill one thousand and hurt eight hundred. , because chickens and ducks can peck crops in addition to eating locusts! "

"What if it is stocked in the wild?" Li Er immediately thought of a plan to reduce the loss.

After all, locust eggs are not only found in crop fields. There are also a large number of locust eggs in the wild. Once hatched, it can be said that locusts are everywhere. At that time, it doesn’t matter whether the locusts are in the field or in the wild.What is important is how to control the locusts so that they cannot form a swarm before the wings grow. That is what he is considering now.

"Your Majesty's eyes are as bright as a torch, and I'm so impressed!" Zhang Yi hurriedly flattered him, and then hesitated: "This method is feasible, but it is feasible, but Your Majesty, the number of chickens and ducks who want to eliminate locusts is probably not a small number. Taking Chang'an as an example, I am afraid that the number needed is no less than [-], and such a large number may be difficult to collect even with the strength of everyone, right?"

Although Zhang Yi only said a few words, Li Er still heard the meaning behind Zhang Yi's words.Zhang Yi said that no less than [-] chickens and ducks are needed to solve the locusts in Chang'an. In other words, he can solve this problem with [-] chickens and ducks.

So Li Er immediately asked in surprise: "According to what you mean, if there are ten thousand chickens and ducks, can the locusts in Chang'an be solved?"

"Your Majesty, my minister's method is actually very simple. It is to organize these chickens and ducks, and let them catch locusts in a carpet-like way like grazing, so that it will definitely be more efficient than scattered stocking. But you I also know that although this method is good, our Datang territory is not small. Even with this method, it is impossible to completely understand the locusts in the disaster-stricken area. It can only reduce the disaster to a certain extent, so the small The minister said that this is a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

Although it can only reduce the plague of locusts, it cannot be completely eliminated, but Li Er is quite satisfied, and he doesn't know what his plan is. After thinking about it for a while, he said to the two of them as if he was holding a wisdom pearl: "That's how it is. I will call a group of ministers to discuss this matter tomorrow!"

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