Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 684 Mai Cheng
"Sorry, you have to die."

After Qin Tian finished speaking, someone took Zhang An out and beheaded him.

For Qin Tian, ​​what he wanted has already been obtained, and Zhang An has no value to use anymore. Of course, even if Zhang An has value to use, if he can't use it for him, he should be killed.

Qin Tian didn't care about a rebel's life at all.

After Zhang An was killed, Qin Tian finally showed a smile here.

"It seems that there are indeed iron mines in the fiefdom of the King of Chu." He said these words leisurely, and couldn't help but feel happy again.

Originally, he wanted to build the Tang knife, but the price of iron was too high, and Datang didn't have that much money to do it for a while, but if there were iron ore, it would save a lot of money .

After destroying Chu King Li Hedong, Datang was almost able to make Tang swords.

Qin Tian was very excited, while Cheng Chumo and others stood aside, somewhat incomprehensible.

Although it solves a big problem, it's not like this, right?

"Brother, what shall we do next?"

"Continue to exterminate the locusts. After the plague of locusts is eliminated, join the other two groups of soldiers and horses, go straight to Jingzhou City, and compete with the king of Chu."

When Yang continues to exterminate locusts, if human beings really start to do something, it will be very scary.

But at this time, in Chang'an City, it was another situation.

The news about Qin Tian's extermination of locusts in Dangyang City spread, but the rumors were not very pleasant, because Qin Tian's method was a bit clumsy, and he even used the relief food to force the people to remove the locusts. If the locusts were not removed, the food would not be given .

The matter spread in Chang'an City for half a day, and in the early morning of the next day, someone stood up.

"My lord, I want to impeach Qin Tian."

The weather in Chang'an was already hot. Li Shimin was a little puzzled when he heard that someone wanted to impeach Qin Tian. Qin Tian went to quell the rebellion. How could someone impeach him?
He took a look and saw that it was Linghu Zan from the court, and he became more and more confused, because as far as he knew, this Linghu Zan had no enmity with Qin Tian before.

A person who has no hatred to stand up for impeachment, I am afraid that something is somewhat true.

"What does Linghu Aiqing want to impeach Qin Tian?"

"My lord, Qin Tian actually exterminated the locusts in the land of Jingchu. It seems that the locust god punishes the human world. He can only sacrifice to let the locust plague recede. How can he artificially exterminate the locusts? This is going to bring disaster to my Tang Dynasty. "

After Linghu Zan said this, many people in the court also stood up and echoed.

"Yes, my lord, the locust plague can only be sacrificed, otherwise it will anger the locust god and cause greater harm to the Tang Dynasty. It is not good to eliminate the locusts."

"Yes, within two years, there may still be locust plagues in Datang."

"Please issue an order to stop Qin Tian's eradication of locusts."

"Your Majesty, that's not enough. Do you know how Qin Tian got rid of locusts? He actually took advantage of what the people didn't eat and gave them relief food as a bargaining chip to force those people to get rid of locusts. Anyone who didn't get rid of locusts would starve to death." who."

"This kind of behavior is simply outraged by both humans and gods. The relief food is used to help the people, but he uses it to persecute the people. This is even more contemptible than stealing the relief food."

"He has completely disgraced my Tang Dynasty, His Majesty must punish him severely..."

Above the court hall, the voices of impeaching Qin Tian came one after another. Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair, but his expression became more and more ugly. As the emperor, he naturally would not think that the locust god punished the world. To get rid of the locusts is not very exciting to him, but Qin Tian uses the relief food to force the people to get rid of the locusts, which is a bit ugly.

There are so many ways to get rid of locusts, why use this method?
Li Shimin's eyebrows were frowned, as if there was a simmering anger, he glanced at the noisy group of officials, and couldn't help but feel like having a fit, but at this moment, Changsun Wuji stepped forward.

"My lord, I have something to say."

As soon as the voice fell, the whole hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone still gave Changsun Wuji, the prime minister, face.

Li Shimin could only bear with it, and asked, "What does Changsun Aiqing want to say?"

"Your Majesty, in my view, the raging locusts are only caused by the severe drought. The severe drought is conducive to the reproduction of locusts, so there are too many locusts to cause a plague of locusts. It has nothing to do with the punishment of the locust god. The locust god punishes the world. , Who is punished, and who did something wrong? Therefore, I feel that there is nothing wrong with eliminating locusts."

When Changsun Wuji said these words, Li Shimin's mind suddenly moved. Generally, if there are any natural or man-made disasters, the emperor will issue an edict to punish himself, but because Li Shimin won the throne improperly, he is very taboo about this. It will remind people of his seizure of the throne.

As for Changsun Wuji's words, there are obviously hints.

Maybe Changsun Wuji didn't think that the locusts were caused by severe drought at all, and he didn't know what was good for reproduction, but he knew very well that this punishment was absolutely unacceptable in the world.

Everything in Datang belongs to Li Shimin, and punishing the world is not punishing Li Shimin?
Li Shimin understood the meaning of Changsun Wuji, and many officials in the court also understood the meaning of his words, so those who shouted that they could not get rid of locusts all shut up.

"Changsun Aiqing's words are justified. The locusts are harming our people and should be eliminated."

In this way, no one dared to say that the God of Locusts would punish them. However, there were still people clamoring about Qin Tian using the relief food to force the people to get rid of the locusts.

"Your Majesty, Lord Marquis Qin is wrong to do this. He must be severely punished. Otherwise, how will the common people think of me? If the common people make troubles again because of this, I'm afraid the counter-insurgency will not be able to proceed."

"Yes, my lord please punish Qin Tian severely..."

Everyone felt that Qin Tian's eating was a bit too ugly, and that he had lost the face of the officials of the Tang Dynasty. They still wanted to severely punish Qin Tian. Li Shimin was still holding back his breath.

However, at this moment, Li Ji stood up again: "Your Majesty, I have some good news to share."

Li Shimin was going to have a fit, but when he saw Li Ji standing up, he could only bear with it, and said, "What good news does British Duke want to say?"

"Your Majesty, I have received news that the wheat planted in the south has been ripe and harvested, and the grains are full. The harvest is good. If it is widely promoted in the south, next year's grain production in the Tang Dynasty will double. In this way, grain and grass It will no longer be the main problem that troubles me in Datang."

Hearing that wheat in the south can really be grown, Li Shimin was overjoyed, and the other officials were also very happy after hearing this.

"Okay, okay, the order goes on. After harvesting this year's rice, all wheat will be planted in suitable places. Next year, I will send people to the south to buy wheat."

Li Shimin's excitement was beyond words, and at this moment, Xu Maogong said again: "Your Majesty, I still have something to say, which is related to the locust eradication."

At this time, Li Shimin's expression moved slightly, as if he understood something.

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(End of this chapter)