The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

After knowing this result, the children were a little depressed. They followed Li Fu quietly for the whole afternoon and walked all kinds of terrains in the manor.

"Chengqian, Ke'er, Qingque." Li Fu looked at the three boys: "After you go back today, you should summarize what you saw and thought in the afternoon, and the questions that Uncle Wang asked you before. After walking around and exploring this afternoon, you should have your own answers in your mind. Write them down."

"Yes, Uncle Wang." The three children hurriedly bowed and responded.

"Okay, it's getting late, we have to go back quickly. After we go back to pack up and change clothes, we will rest for a while and then go to the study." Li Fu said to the four children: "Let's go, get on the carriage."

The carriage swayed back to the house.

Back in the house, the children were taken to change clothes and wash. After Li Fu cleaned himself up, he also came to the study, sat on a chair, and thought quietly.

Shitou should have delivered the message to Li Shimin by now.

Shitou went to the palace to meet Li Shimin directly.

Li Fu looked up and saw the "Trial Plan for Curriculum Reform of Jingyang County School" that he had written last night and this morning.

What has been written now is just a plan. After Lu Deming and Xiao Yu have read it and found no problems, the notice will be officially issued.

As the master of Zhuangzi, Li Fu has the advantage that he has the final say.

Whether it is to pay or not, he has the final say.

If he wants to change the curriculum system of the school, he can change it.

Regardless of the identity of the master, he has paid.

Whoever pays has the final say.

Let's have someone send it over tomorrow and let Lu Deming and Xiao Yu discuss and think about it first.

Anyway, so much has been written, whether it is the plan or the reason, it is all written in black and white.

In the imperial palace of Chang'an City, in the side hall of Liangyi Hall.

Shitou and Changsun Wuji knelt together, forming a circle, and Li Shimin also sat among them.

In front of them was a wooden tray placed by the eunuchs, and in the tray was the soil that Shitou brought from Jingyang County.

Li Fu dug it himself.

The people sitting here were all looking at the soil in the tray, and they naturally saw the locust eggs in it.

Several people were frowning.

Shitou told the situation on the farm, and coupled with the reality in front of them, people could not refute it, nor could they be lucky.

Li Shimin frowned.

Changsun Wuji was silent.

Fang Xuanling sighed.

Du Ruhui said nothing.

Shitou lowered his head, occasionally secretly looking up to look at them.

Silence, still silence.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally spoke.

"According to the calculations of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, there is indeed insufficient rain this spring."

"Alas, if this continues, drought is inevitable. Spring ploughing is coming, when water is most used. The rivers around Chang'an have reduced water volume. I'm afraid that even spring ploughing will be difficult to support." Changsun Wuji said: "At present, we need to send more people to check the situation of the major rivers in Guanzhong, including the situation of these locust eggs in the ground. After all, what we see now is only the soil taken back from the village in Jingyang County. What if the situation in other places is not so bad..."

Now, even Changsun Wuji has to pin some hope on luck.

Because the word "locust plague" is too serious.

Especially since it is only the second year since your majesty ascended the throne.....

In the autumn of the first year of Zhenguan, Guanzhong suffered a flood. In the second year of Zhenguan, Guanzhong suffered another drought and locust plague. It is a terrible thing to think about.

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

"We need to send people out to visit more places and then go to the fields to see if it is the same as in the village of Jingyang County. If not, everyone will be happy, but if so..." Li Shimin stopped here.

If so, what Li Fu asked the stone to convey has become true, which is a disaster.

"In addition, we need to ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to recalculate carefully." Fang Xuanling said: "Such a major event requires extreme caution."

"Yes, if it rains, the situation will be much better." Du Ruhui also echoed.

Li Shimin was worried, but he couldn't show it.

Drought affects the people's crops. If it is not serious, the land can still produce a little bit, but if there is a locust plague, there will be no harvest wherever the locusts pass.

Moreover, along with the locust plague, there must be a lot of bad remarks, which he needs to deal with.

Li Shimin had a blank expression and lowered his eyes to think.

Even though he was a little uneasy, he still sat there as steady as a mountain and talked about this matter seriously with everyone.

NowThe better thing is that no matter it is a drought caused by the lack of rain, or a possible locust plague, they know the news in advance, which means that there is still time for them to do something.

But several people sat here, thinking about it, and they didn't know what to do in advance to prevent the locust plague from coming again.

After all, in the past, no officials knew the news in advance and came up with any corresponding response methods.

What Xiao Yu said about the government's governance of locust plagues is also true, that is, just ignore it and wait for the locusts to disappear on their own.

It is precisely because no one cared about it before, and now they are willing to do it, but there is no reference to learn from.

If they want to do it, they can only open this precedent and leave governance experience for the future.

At present, what several people can think of is that if the locust plague really comes, the crops in the fields will not be harvested, and the court will prepare food in advance for the people to survive safely, so that there will be no food shortage and starvation.

As for killing locusts? This idea cannot be mentioned for the time being.

Shitou looked around at them. Although those sitting here were all think tanks of the court and pillars of the country, as Langjun said, they were basically brought up reading books of sages. It was unlikely that they would overturn their previous ideas in a short period of time.

Scholars still attach great importance to harmony with nature.

Killing too many lives will hurt harmony with nature. These eight words can restrain some of their ideas.

The rest are the opinions and pressure from other people in the court.

Therefore, it is very difficult for these officials in the court to jump out of their previous circles to do things. They have to withstand pressure from all sides.

Not to mention the officials in the court, even the common people have the same idea. They dare not kill locusts.

Earlier, Shitou had the same idea as the people around him, but later he stayed with Li Fu for a long time, and he became bolder and understood more.

He became a wise man in Zhuangzi, so he did not think there was anything wrong with killing locusts.