broken!Li Er's son turned out to be a hidden boss

The next day, Li Wenhao, the little overlord of the court, reappeared as the first person in the court, the closest to Li Shimin.

"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing!"

"Your Majesty, my son has a book to play!"

"speak!"

Li Wenhao bowed forward, this was the first time he was so solemn.

"Returning to my father, today I found that the growth of locusts is even worse than in previous years. In addition to years of wars, key places such as Guanzhong, Hebei, and Central Plains have been abandoned for many years and have not been effectively controlled."

"I asked many experienced farmers for advice, and they all said that this year's weather is warm and early, and everything is recovering, and this locust is naturally among them."

"It's too late for the common people to control the locusts. My son is afraid that it will cause a plague of locusts at that time, and the good land will turn into a thousand miles of red land again. I also ask the court to deal with it as soon as possible."

"What do you guys think?"

Li Shimin asked.

"This……"

……

The court whispered for a long time, and finally a few people took the lead to stand up.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I think what His Royal Highness said is a bit exaggerated. It is a good thing that the weather is warmer early, which is convenient for farming. As for the matter of locusts, I think it is too early to say."

"The minister also thinks that this matter is just chasing after rumors."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if we let the people focus on controlling the locusts now, it will definitely delay the spring plowing and affect the harvest."

Wei Zheng stood up and spoke as a final word on the matter.

"Have you ever been to the field, do you know what the consequences will be if the locusts swarm and form a locust plague?"

"There is always a bad harvest in a year. If the locust plague is over and there is no harvest for a year, and you don't have to worry about food and drink, what about the people? Do they have surplus food?"

Li Wenhao pointed at Wei Zheng and cursed angrily.

"There is no trace of this locust plague, and all dynasties have been passively managed. What can His Royal Highness do?"

As soon as the words fell, an admonishing doctor came back.

"Turn over all the land and let the sun shine for two days before replanting. There is still a little time before the end of spring plowing, and this year's weather is warm. If so, it should not affect the harvest too much."

Li Wenhao returned.

"No!"

Before Li Shimin could speak, these officials spoke one after another.

This is especially true for those from aristocratic families. Their homes have countless lands. If they replant the land like Li Wenhao said at this time, the loss will be unimaginable. This is simply impossible for selfish aristocratic families.

Especially now that the Li Tang Dynasty is not friendly to their family, why should they cooperate?

It's good not to pick things out of it, and there is no shortage of food in their family, enough to feed them for several lifetimes.

"This matter is indeed a bit hasty, but the locust plague must be prevented. In this way, let the whole country prepare more wormwood, hemp and other things, and let people step up monitoring!"

Li Shimin shook his head.

He wanted to trust Li Wenhao, but he still chose to trust his instinct and courtiers in this matter.

After all, although the plague of locusts should not be underestimated, he did not mean that there would be one.

In all dynasties, there were only a handful of locust plagues.

"you……"

"Hey!"

Li Wenhao shook his head helplessly. He also knew that it was really difficult for people to re-seed.

After going to court, Li Wenhao called Jia Xu, and asked Jia Xu to send a countdown order to return to Hebei.

The most important one is that the whole army contributes to help the people plow the land and re-sow the seeds, and the imperial court supplies each household with 2 shi of grain for the autumn harvest.

Due to Li Wenhao's influence in Hebei Province, he implemented this order very thoroughly. Cen Wenwen and others knew the harm of the locust plague very well. After receiving the letter, they mobilized all the soldiers and civilians in Hebei Province and started to re-sow the seeds in just three days. .

Time passed day by day, and the situation finally developed according to Li Wenhao's worst idea.

As the center of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong already had signs of a locust plague at this time.

"Royal father, look at these locusts are all so big and there are more of them than in previous years, let the people below get ready!"

"Hey……"

Li Shimin was also worried. He thought that Li Wenhao was alarmist, but in less than half a month, these locusts became more and more, even in Chang'an City, the disaster was not far away.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, many places in the pass have been destroyed by locusts. It seems that the plague of locusts is over!"

The hasty words of Changsun Wuji running over made the hearts of Li Shimin and Li Wenhao's father and son sink to the bottom of the valley.

"Hey, what evil did my Tang Dynasty do? Doesn't God really want me, Li Shimin, to be the emperor?"

"Last year's military disaster, today's locust plague, when will the people of Tang Dynasty be able to live in peace?"

Li Shimin leaned on the table and said bitterly that there were five or six jugs beside him, and he was already in a state of drunkenness.

Seeing this, Li Wenhao asked people to help Li Shimin down, and came to Zichen Palace with his eldest grandson Wuji.

"Uncle, hurry up and send a message to the border, telling the defenders everywhere to guard against death. This is a good opportunity for the enemy to tell them that there will be no shortage of food. I have countless grains in Hebei Road to supply them!"

"In addition, order the people to set fires to burn the locusts. Like moths, locusts like light and heat. Lighting a fire at night can also have a good effect."

"Also, let all the prefectures and counties around the pass prepare more wormwood and other things. If you find traces of locusts, immediately light the wormwood to drive away the insects with smoke, and try to control the locust disaster in Guanzhong."

"I ordered Uncle Hejian to lead troops to collect food from those big households in the south of the Yangtze River. Later, I will ask Jin Yiwei to cooperate with him. If there is no food, Jin Yiwei will naturally have a way to let him go. Also, we must ensure water transportation."

"Let Li Jilong be named the chief commander of the right march, and Li Jinglong the chief commander of the west march, let them supervise the troops on both sides of our Tang Dynasty, and tell them that if there is an enemy, they will be destroyed by themselves. Our disaster this time is no less than that of last year's Jieli soldiers. Misfortune, this difficulty, I need to wait for the monarch and ministers to overcome it together."

"In addition, call me all the bosses of the restaurants in Chang'an City, including Mu Yikuan's adoptive father, Dou Yi. I want to see them in the afternoon."

"By the way, Erbo Shan and the cook from Zhuangzi are also invited. I will be of great use."

Li Wenhao said with a gloomy expression.

Those aristocratic speech officials really have a mouth.

In the beginning, when Li Wenhao talked about controlling the locusts, they all disagreed. Now that the locust plague has come, they don't think about how to deal with it and minimize the losses. All they think about is to find a mage to pray for blessings, and let Li Shimin enshrine Mount Taishan.

Feng Chan is useful, but you need iron cavalry, what are the soldiers doing?

Just as Li Wenhao sat down, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the back hall, and he quickly got up to greet him.

To be able to come here in the back hall, apart from Li Shimin, there is only Empress Changsun. Now Li Shimin is sleeping soundly, so the person who comes can only be Empress Changsun.

"Mother, why are you here, how is the father?"

"Mother came to see you."

Empress Changsun said in a low voice, with tears clearly hanging from the corners of her eyes.

"Queen, what's the matter? Why are you crying?"

"Hey! Dalang, I'm afraid your father won't be able to help you with this test. Your father just vomited..."

"I spit out a mouthful of blood, and the imperial doctor told me that your father is full of grief and indignation, and his heart is broken. I'm afraid it will take some time to recuperate."

"Don't worry, queen mother, you can take care of the emperor with peace of mind. With your son here, the sky won't fall."