The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Brother, the people below are all looking at you, why don't you say hello to them in a friendly way?" Li Fu stood beside Li Shimin and whispered.

Li Shimin heard it, understood it, smiled, and waved to the people below.

I was just thinking about the locusts, and I haven't come back to my senses yet.

The people standing under the city gate were also excited when they saw the emperor greeting them.

"Fathers! Fellow villagers!" Li Shimin spoke loudly.

The people below gradually quieted down and listened quietly.

"Recently, I have heard reports that many locusts have appeared in the fields outside. The locust plague has already begun to appear. Don't worry, fellow villagers. The court has already known the situation and has already started to prepare for it in advance...

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I also know that when the locust plague occurs, rumors will definitely emerge everywhere, but the locust plague is the will of heaven that cannot be violated. In the past, it was beyond human power to control the locust plague.

But today, I want to say that human power can control the locust plague!"

"Left servant, right servant, Zhongshu Ling, and Bingbu Shangshu will all go out of the city and walk among you to lead you to control the locust plague and protect the food in the fields!"

At this time, Li Shimin looked at Wang De, and Wang De hurried over with a plate.

Li Shimin took a locust from the plate.

"People depend on grain for their lives, and if you eat it, you are harming the people. The people have committed a crime, and it is my fault. If you have spirit, you should only eat my heart and not harm the people!"

After that, Li Shimin put the locust directly into his mouth.

This scared the ministers on the left and right.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that!"

"Your Majesty, you must not do that!"

"Your Majesty, you will get sick if you do that."

As he spoke, the ministers on the city wall bowed and advised.

"You can't eat it!"

"I hope that if it really has spirit, it will transfer the disaster of the people to me alone! I am not afraid of diseases. If it has no spirit, what can I do even if I eat it?"

After that, Li Shimin ate a lot of it one after another.

The court officials were almost scared to death by Li Shimin.

At this time, the people outside the Suzaku Gate were already very moved by Li Shimin's words.

Looking again, His Majesty actually ate locusts for them!

How could this be possible? ! !

"Your Majesty!!"

"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"

The common people also tried to dissuade him, but Li Shimin had already eaten several of them.

They tasted really good.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!" Li Fu shouted, and bowed to Li Shimin.

Under Li Fu's lead, the common people under the city wall also shouted.

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live your Majesty!"

The civil and military officials on the city wall also shouted.

Outside the palace, the Jinwu guards on duty clenched their weapons, their faces were serious, and their eyes revealed excitement.

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!!!"

Standing on the city wall and enjoying the cheers of the crowd, Li Shimin's face was still tense, but his eyes were indeed smiling.

"Prince Jingyang, do you have anything to say to the people?" Li Shimin looked at Li Fu.

This kid is really good at creating an atmosphere.

Li Fu hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty has already said it all, in all aspects, no matter how big or small, if I say more, it will only be a repetition of what others have said."

Li Shimin laughed.

Li Fu did not want to be in the limelight, hiding behind and giving advice was the only way to be in the limelight, and the leader still had to do it.

Li Chengqian and his teachers also participated in the worship of the locust god from the beginning, but he did not come to greet Li Fu in such a serious occasion.

And he looked at his uncle Wang doing this in front of his father, thinking.

I will find a way to take a look at the locusts in the plate later.

Or, when I return to the harem, I will ask my father, and I also suggest that my father find a doctor to treat him, so that he will not really get a stomachache.

After coming down from the city wall, Li Shimin asked the ministers to go about their business, and he returned to Liangyi Hall with the crown prince Li Chengqian and Jingyang Wang Li Fu, without even bringing Changsun Wuji and the others.

Wang De still personally carried the food box, which contained the uneaten locusts.

After returning to Liangyi Hall, Li Shimin dismissed the other palace servants in the hall.

"Aye, do you want to call the imperial physician to take a look at you? You just ate those locusts, and I am worried..."

Li Shimin smiled and waved his hand: "Those locusts were brought here by your uncle, no problem, do you want to try them?"

The smile on Li Shimin's face became interesting, and he signaled Wang De to come and see him.De opened the food box and showed the locust to Li Chengqian.

This was the smile of the father teasing his son.

Li Chengqian was stunned.

"This is..."

"It's fried, edible." Li Fu also smiled: "Chengqian, would you like to try it?"

Li Chengqian hesitated.

Li Shimin picked up another one from the plate and put it into his mouth.

"It's a good delicacy. It looks a little hard to eat, but it actually tastes very good. Chengqian, sometimes, you really can't stick to the surface." Li Shimin smiled.

Li Chengqian walked forward and picked up a locust from the plate. His little face was wrinkled like a bun.

He mustered up his courage, closed his eyes, and ate it all at once.

What Aye can do, he can do too!

Li Chengqian didn't have time to taste it carefully, he just chewed it a few times and swallowed it.

It just felt like eating fried meat, which was crisper than fried meat and a little salty.

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian with praise.

Good boy! Courageous and courageous, worthy of being the offspring of Li Shimin!

"How is it?" Li Fu asked with a smile.

"I didn't taste it carefully." Li Chengqian told the truth: "But now I feel that it's nothing, the taste is still quite good."

"These are all cleaned, without the head and legs, and the wings are also pulled off." Li Fu said: "It's just like ordinary fried meat, not much different."

"If it's not processed, it's even uglier." Li Fu continued: "But once people know that this thing can be eaten, the meaning will be different. If there is no food, people will starve, who will care about this thing, whether it looks scary or not?

It can be eaten and can survive, that's fine."

Li Chengqian nodded.

He figured it out. Aye ate this on the city wall in front of many people and civil and military officials.

It's also to tell everyone that this thing can be eaten if it's done well.

Then, if Mr. Xiao and his uncle go out of the city to help the people deal with the locust plague and then kill them, there won’t be so many people who strongly resist killing the locusts.

Then things will go much more smoothly.