Chapter 88, Chang'an County has something to say
The quiet and terrible thing in Yanxing Hall is quiet.
The next moment, the civil and military officials who had been silent for a long time suddenly became noisy.
"The locust plague in Qingping County has been settled? How is it possible?"
"Then Qingping County is the first place to break out in locust plague. The disaster must be the most serious. How could it be completely pacified in just a few days?"
"Quiet!"
Xue Ji suddenly shouted, her eyes filled with electricity, and swept towards the crowd of noisy people at His Highness. Only then did the civil and military officials shut their mouths.
The jade hand holding the dragon chaise tightened tightly. Chu Zhi looked at Zhao Junjie standing with his head held high in disbelief.
The locust plague in Qingping County has been subsided!
The locust plague in Qingping County has been subsided!
There is only one sentence left in my mind.
Since the locust plague came to Qingping County and gradually spread throughout the country, Chu Zhi hasn't known how long it has been since he slept well and has heard good news.
Now that I suddenly heard that Qingping County, the source of the locust plague, had completely calmed down the locust plague. How could Chu Zhi not be excited?
Zhao Junjie didn't care much, and then said loudly.
"After the start of the locust plague in Qingping County, the soldiers of Nanying rushed to Qingping County without stopping. They saw all the way, and the crops and seedlings were burned, and the creatures were tragic and wailed everywhere."
"The locusts are everywhere in the mountains and fields. Even the soldiers of the Nanying camp have all taken out to catch the locusts, which is still a drop in the bucket and has no results."
"The son of Chang'an County rushed to Qingping County..."
When all the civil and military officials heard this, their faces froze and became a little strange.
Why is it Chang'an County again?
Why is he everywhere?
During this period, they were hearing this name and their ears were about to develop calluses.
Then he listened to Zhao Junjie continue to say.
"The first thing Chang'an County did when he rushed to Qingping County was to take out all his accumulated wealth to implement the opportunity to catch locusts for all people."
"Under the hard work of Chang'an County, the doctors of the Imperial Hospital and the soldiers of the Nanying Camp forgot to eat and sleep, the locust plague in Qingping County and adjacent Hua County was completely killed within three days, and there is no locust again."
After saying that, Zhao Junjie handed the books of the deeds that happened in Qingping County at that time to Xue Ji.
Xue Ji quickly took the present to Chu Zhi.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates have ordered all the things that happened in Qingping County these days to be recorded in the book. Please check it out."
Reducing the throbbing in his heart, Chu Zhi sat upright on the golden chair and carefully looked at the book in his hand.
His Highness and his officials couldn't help but stretched their necks, obviously very curious about the things recorded in the book.
Although they are so pedantic and inaction, if there is really a way to control the locust plague, everyone hopes that the locust plague can be calmed down.
If Qingping County is really completely killed within three days as Zhao Junjie said, then wouldn’t it mean that other prefectures and prefectures in Dayan can also be implemented in the same way?
Looking at the details of the book recording everything that happened in Qingping County from Chang'an, the expression on Chu Zhi's face suddenly changed.
Seeing that the whole county was in dire straits, starving people were everywhere, locusts gnawed on crops, and the people were walking corpses, Chu Zhi looked angry.
Seeing Mu Changqing suddenly appear in Qingping County, spending all his wealth regardless of his own interests and inspiring the people to participate in catching locusts, Chu Zhi's face showed a long-lost smile.
Seeing that water could carry a boat or overturn it, Chu Zhi was shocked again after losing the people's hearts and the country was not governing the country, so he was shocked.
Until he carefully read the national locust hunting plan recorded in detail on the last page, Chu Zhi couldn't help but sigh.
Then he stood up and the phoenix eyes were filled with brilliance.
"What a nationwide locust hunt, Zhao Duwei, if you make great contributions this time, I will definitely reward you with great rewards!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Junjie hurriedly fell to the ground.
"My subordinates dare not take credit. The locust plague in Qingping County can be calmed down because of the reason why Chang'an County is alone. Otherwise, my subordinates will still be like headless flies in Qingping County."
"Get up, Chang'an County has made great contributions and I will naturally not treat him badly. Also, many soldiers from the South Camp and the Imperial Hospital have made great contributions."
Walking down from the palace, Chu Zhi bent down and helped Zhao Junjie up with a gentle tone.
"I am afraid!"
He handed the booklet in his hand to Xue Ji, and Chu Zhi looked at the civil and military officials in front of the palace: "Look at it, this is the irreversible locust plague in your eyes."
I wanted to say something, but in the end I only sighed.
The court has become so decayed that no matter how many words are, it is useless. If this locust plague can be smoothly calmed down, the civil and military officials in the court need to be thoroughly cleaned.
At this moment, Chu Zhi was already in a state of murder.
However, it is still necessary to calm the locust plague now and the help of these people is needed. This is not the time to act rashly.
Through these continuous chaos, Chu Zhi also understood a truth from the overturn of heavy snow to the spread of smallpox plague, and now the raging locust plague.
It is not a good phenomenon to blindly seek stability. Dayan is already waving to this point, with internal and external troubles. If he no longer uses tough measures and waits for the roots to rot underground, it will be impossible to solve the problem at that time.
The civil and military officials circulated the books in their hands with each other. After reading them one by one, they were stunned and silent for a long time.
It turns out that the locust plague was eliminated in this way?
It's so simple!
But after thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is very difficult!
It was the first to spend all the money to buy locusts, and they were self-conceived that they could not do such courage.
At this moment, many officials seemed to remember that when they were young, they were full of energy and studied hard for the sake of the integrity of the world.
But when I really entered the court and became an official, and after so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, the vitality that was dedicated to serving the people in my heart seemed to have disappeared without realizing it.
"Tell me all."
Sitting back on the golden chair, Chu Zhi looked at the civil and military officials with different expressions and spoke.
In the end, Qin Guangdong took the lead in speaking out.
"Reply to Your Majesty, since the national locust hunting plan is so effective, I suggest that you implement the national locust hunting plan in all prefectures and counties in Dayan immediately."
"Qin Qing's words are reasonable, do you have any other opinions?"
Nodded, Chu Zhi looked at the others again.
In Qin Guangdong's dissatisfied eyes, the official who had previously argued with him walked out again.
"Reply to Your Majesty, this national locust hunting plan is of great good, but it also requires countless silver coins to acquire the locusts in the hands of the people. Even if the price is lowered a little more than ten cents, the entire big swallow locust is still a considerable amount of money to catch. Lord Qin is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and he should also know that the treasury is empty now and he can't afford so much silver."
This is the truth. Now the treasury of Dayan is empty, and two or three states can handle it. However, now all the twenty-seven states in Dayan are affected by locust plagues, and the imperial court cannot afford so much money.
After hearing this, Qin Guangdong was speechless. He was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and he naturally knew how much money there was left in the treasury.
The atmosphere that had just calmed down in Yanxing Hall instantly solidified again.
Just then, a chuckle suddenly sounded in the hall.
Everyone looked at the sound and found that the laughter was the hero of the disaster, Zhao Junjie.
He looked at the civil and military officials in front of the palace mockingly again, and Zhao Junjie nodded and said to Chu Zhi.
Chapter completed!