With Li Shimin's order, someone sent him a portion of food.

It seems that every minister has his share.

Some of my poor psychological qualities finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I just heard Li Shimin's order to "give food" and thought I was sentenced to death...

It turned out to be a false alarm.

"You guys don't have to be restrained, just enjoy it."

Li Shimin smiled loudly, then opened the food box in front of him.

Seeing this, all the civil and military ministers opened their own food box lids.

hiss……

A series of sucking sounds came one after another in the hall.

It turned out that the food box contained a plate of golden fried locusts.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall was extremely awkward.

The minister who recognized the locusts looked ugly. He asked his colleagues if he didn't know each other, and then he was not doing well.

Those with intensive phobia were so scared that they almost threw out the food box and plates, but then they thought that it was the food box given by the emperor, so they quickly stopped.

Just after a cup of tea, no one dared to touch the things on the plate.

"What? It seems that your family looks down on the things I have given?" Li Shimin immediately looked unwilling.

The civil and military ministers said they did not dare and hurriedly went to grab the chopsticks.

But when you grab it quickly, you start to scrutinize when you drop the chopsticks, as if you are moving slowly compared to someone.

What the hell is this? I want to vomit when I look at it, and I can't even do it!

The more everyone looked at it, the more disgusted they became, and they were very disappointed at one point.

Only Li Shimin was secretly happy inside.

Thinking of him, in the past two years since Li Shimin ascended the throne, every natural disaster, no matter how big or small, there are always some people who jump out to force him to reflect on and admit his mistakes, and those remaining people are not in charge of themselves and are hanging up.

He really couldn't say anything about his suffering.

Now that the situation is reversed, you guys should understand that false feeling.

That old friend's son can be considered a blow to my anger.

"Are you all afraid of angering the locust god, so you dare not take the chopsticks?"

However, Li Shimin did not force them too much. He stopped when he saw it was good. He raised his chopsticks and picked up a fried locust and put it in his mouth. While chewing, he said, "But I'm not afraid."

With the crisp sound of the crackling sound, the ministers were almost disgusted and quickly dissuaded.

"Why is this the case with Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, no! The locust is poisonous. Please take care of the dragon's body!"

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin was firm: "Even if it is poisonous, I must eat it!

Your family only knows the severe drought in Guanzhong, but they don’t know that the locust plague is not far away.

Thinking of these locusts coming to swarms and harming the hard-working food of farmers, I wish I could eat them raw."

"this……"

The ministers were stunned.

There is actually a locust plague. Is this the so-called disaster that never happens alone?

But how did Your Majesty know?

"The locusts are not descended from heaven as rumored, but are laid eggs in dry ponds by adults. Once the two conditions of high temperature and drought are met, they will hatch in large quantities and gather into disasters."

Li Shimin began to popularize science for his ministers through Luo Taisui's theory.

"Now I have just experienced a warm winter, and it continues to drought, and it is very easy to cause locust plagues.

So, do you guys understand?"

"I am stupid." All the ministers bowed their heads.

Things that cannot be explained in this era are often put into the theory of ghosts and gods. It is indeed not easy for them to scientifically understand the habits of insects.

Even Li Shimin only knows a rough idea.

Next, Li Shimin explained in detail how to prevent locust plagues and how to remedy them when dealing with locust plagues.

Only then did the ministers establish a preliminary understanding of the species locust.

"Your Majesty is well-informed, and I admire you!"

"If it weren't for your Majesty's mention, I wouldn't have known that there were so many ways to do this small thing."

"For the sake of the people, Your Majesty has really put in good intentions!"

"I am really a wise king!"

"In this way, it is indeed not appropriate to make a big fuss. It should give the people time to recuperate. I have no consideration."

"I understand. Your Majesty wants to use this little locust to warn me and others that we should not use military force and should be based on the people."

"It's still your Majesty who thinks carefully."

"Yes, your Majesty is wise!"

...

There was a sudden burst of praise in the hall.

At this time, Li Shimin spoke again.

"Do you guys have any misunderstandings about me?" He smiled slightly, obviously Zhizhu was in control, "People's livelihood is important, but this battle still needs to be fought.

Otherwise, wouldn’t the Turks underestimate my Tang Dynasty?”

The ministers were stunned.

"Our Tang Dynasty has been hit by disasters one after another. If we make great moves at this time, wouldn't it be..."

Just like this, it was just a twist and turns, and finally returned to the original issue.

If you don't fight, you will miss the opportunity.

Fight! The food and grass are not good.

What should I do?

"After all, it's a problem of food." Li Shimin was calm and unhurried. "If there was enough food, the people would not worry about famine, and the soldiers would have no worries."

The ministers looked at each other.

The principle is this principle, but where does the food come from?

Once famine is famine, the imperial court's food reserves are not enough for disaster relief. We can't let the soldiers who charge into battle go hungry, right?

"Then let the Ministry of Civil Affairs buy grain twice the price." Li Shimin said bluntly.

this……

The ministers were dumbfounded.

This is what money can solve, but nothing is wrong?

So the question is, where does the money come from?

"Don't worry, please listen to me and say slowly..."

Li Shimin immediately revealed Luo Taisui's grain short price war layout.

Although this is not the first time he has heard it, he still can't help but admire. The person who can think of this method is really a genius!

This layout is arranged in a series of steps, connected and closely linked, and it is like a mature economic strategy, slowly emerging in front of all the ministers.

The hall was completely blew from the silence at the beginning to the later discussion.

"It's amazing! This can solve the problems of military rations and disaster relief food in one fell swoop."

"I, the Tang Dynasty, did not have no food, but was piled up in the hands of a few people and waited for the price. In this way, these people had to take out the food and sell it at a low price."

"I want to get it and I'm so willing to do it. The world has such a brilliant plan. Your Majesty is really a god!"

"If Your Majesty did not care about the people, how could he come up with such a brilliant plan? I have such a wise ruler in the Tang Dynasty, which is really a blessing for all people!"

"It makes us ministers ashamed!"

"I am ashamed of Your Majesty and ashamed of the world!"

...

The ministers worshipped again.

Li Shimin was very satisfied with everyone's reaction and smiled and said, "Since I know I am ashamed, then I will try to prepare a locust feast for you.
To be continued...