The person here is a local celebrity in Song County, who is about thirty years old. Although this person is only a talented person, he is well-known in Song County and has a good literary talent, so they usually walk around.
But after Yang Shansong saw him, he just sighed. After all, these words are still not convenient to talk to him.
It was Cui Jidi who saw his appearance, but an inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and then he just smiled and said: "Brother Yang, Brother Yang, the so-called life is short, what else can't be thought of!"
"And now it's time for work hours, I invite you to have a drink!"
Yang Shansong had something on his mind, he didn't want to drink, but after another thought, it seemed good to use alcohol to dissipate his sorrows, so he agreed.
Then the two left the county office together, and when they arrived at a restaurant, they started to push the cup and change the cup, and then waited until the wine and the dishes were over the five flavors, and they had already drunk a lot. Take a look at this Cui Jidi Yang Shansong's face was a little red, and his tongue was a little bigger, and he felt that the time was ripe.
Then he pretended to be compassionate to others, and suddenly said with emotion: "Now my Henan folks and elders are really suffering! First there was a big drought, and then there was a locust plague! But you and my brothers saw it right away, but my little brother has something. Don't vomit!"
"Ah, what's the matter? Just say it!" Yang Shansong was already a little unconscious at the moment, just said with a big tongue.
And this Cui Jidi was secretly pleased, and then said: "This time your brother is very aggressive in rectifying the officialdom, there is indeed a set, and he is worthy of the name of the special envoy of the four provinces! It is just that he used this method to deal with the locust plague. The younger brother seems to be biased... The so-called son is not confused, if God is to blame, what should I do?"
"You don't even want to tell you that, I heard that because of the locust plague, the locust god was furious, and there was a young official who took care of it. A sudden illness a few days ago was all painful to death!"
"Ah!" Yang Shansong was taken aback when he heard this. He was originally afraid of the locust plague. Now when he heard Cui Jidi say this, he would be even more afraid. On the Yang family's head, what should we do
In fact, the death of a young clerk is indeed true, but it is not a locust that condemned the crime, but a sudden acute appendicitis, and with the technological level of this era, there is no cure for it, so wait until Yang Shanlu died when he arrived at the news.
But now... it has become the material for some man-made rumors.
"No, I have to talk to my third brother about this matter! I can't go on like this, otherwise it will bring disaster to my old Yang family!" Yang Shansong just murmured.
Then this Cui Ji first saw that he had a door, and he quickly took the opportunity to say, "Brother Yang, you are too right! And brother Yang, you are the elder brother of Master Yang, and you are still the eldest brother! The so-called eldest brother is like a father, now the younger brother does Something is wrong, of course your brother has an obligation to correct him!"
"And I know that your calligraphy is top-notch. How about leaving a piece of calligraphy to advise your brother?"
"Yes -" Yang Shansong has already drunk a lot, so he agreed without thinking about it, and then didn't know how to do it. This Cui Jidi soon prepared paper, ink, pen and inkstone, and then Yang Shansong swiped it on the spot. I wrote four sentences-it is not appropriate to rectify the locust plague! If it appears, the Yang family is in danger!
The signature is-Yang Shansong tells his third brother.
Then after seeing him finish writing, Cui Jidi was secretly happy... Hey, great! After you have this thing, you talked about how effective it can be in the process of opposing the control of the locust plague... Think about it, even the brother of the special envoy has clearly expressed his opposition, which shows that he is doing what he is doing. How unpopular! And in this way, will the people below still have the energy
Then, what happened next, Yang Shansong couldn't remember.
Then after two days, this Cui Jidi had already appeared in the mansion of Fuwangfu. After he handed over the handbook to the official of the palace respectfully, the official had read it carefully. , I am still very satisfied: "Very well, you did this very well!"
"Hehe, since the prince ordered, the students dare not follow their orders! It's just that the prince promised..." the Song County celebrity asked carefully.
"Don't worry, the prince said, when you go to the scientific examination next time, you will be included in the offer! How about, are you satisfied with this promise?" The prince's official said with a smile.
"Ah, I'm so satisfied! Thank you, Lord, for your kindness!" Then, just like that, a dirty transaction was completed.
Then a few days later, the locust plagues in the four provinces were being vigorously controlled in Yangshanlu, and it was at a critical time that suddenly a rumor came out on the officialdom of Henan...
Said that he was totally fooling around! It's going against the sky! How can mortals change the locust plague brought by God? Even his perverse behavior, even his elder brother can't stand it anymore, and openly expressed his opposition to him...
And this rumors all say there are noses and eyes, including a handwriting written by his elder brother in black and white, which is evidenced by pen and paper.
Then the control of the locust plague was originally rare in history, let alone such a large-scale control, so the confidence of the people below was not very strong, and now it is done like this...
After Yang Shanlu learned of this rumor, he also knew that this matter could not be taken lightly, so he quickly sent people to investigate thoroughly, including the perpetrator of this matter... His cheap eldest brother Yang Shansong was already sober. Know that you are being used!
Only when he went to find the famous person in Song County, he could not find anyone... He was told that he had gone to visit friends and would not be able to come back for a year or a half. Therefore, Yang Shansong became more convinced that he Used as a gun! What else can I do? In addition, he relied on his identity as the eldest brother, so he was tense and did not explain to Yang Shanlu.
On the contrary, the master in Fuwang's Mansion was very proud after hearing about the impact of this incident on the people, and even the happy ones were all rolling around! Haha, see how you kill the locusts! Even next, you have to see what you should do!
After all, if something like this happens, if you don't clean up your eldest brother, it will definitely have a serious impact on the work of locust control! It might even fall short! But if you clean up your eldest brother, you will definitely have a ruthless reputation! Look, in order to gain a reputation for yourself, you don’t even recognize your own family, so this dilemma... Let me see what you will do!
"My lord, this matter has been clarified..." In the special envoy's mansion, because this matter is of great importance, Hai Jilian, the head of the Supervision Department, has already found out the whole story for the first time, just because it involves Yang Shanlu's eldest brother, he They specifically reported to Yang Shanlu face to face.
Including Sun Changming, who also has the Department of Civil Affairs, also came to report to him the impact of the incident. That is, in some places, the work of eliminating locusts has been repeated. After all, the brand of the special envoy, the eldest brother, is still very confusing.
After listening to the report, Yang Shanlu frowned... He knew that his eldest brother was not a good man, but his opponents really did everything possible... He even used such despicable methods! Okay, if that's the case, let's ride a donkey, read the songbook, and wait and see!
Of course, the top priority now is that it still needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.
So on the second day, Yang Shanlu personally rushed to Song County, and after the two brothers had a close conversation, Yang Shansong publicly stated that because he drank too much that time, he caused improper words and deeds. The work of locust control has caused troubles, and I deeply apologize to everyone, and he is willing to bear the responsibility caused by this incident... Take the blame and resign!
Then after this statement came out, those people in Fuwang's Mansion were all dumbfounded... Damn it, that's okay! He is the eldest brother, but he still listens to a younger brother? And also made a resignation, which has nothing to do with Yang? We wasted a lot of effort co-authoring...
But in this way, the troubles of the grassroots staff and the common people are gone, just like the original young officials, when they went down to urge the common people to eradicate the locusts, the common people came to say-then why the eldest brother of the envoy is opposed to the eradication of locusts What? Then it is difficult for them to answer. But now
Then, including those who had doubts in their minds, they are now relieved, so in this way, the great cause of locust eradication will continue to unfold!
The so-called nothing is difficult in the world, I am afraid that people who have a heart, after insisting on killing locusts day and night for half a month, the effect of controlling locusts finally began to show!
Even before this, let me talk about a by-product brought about by the control of locust plagues. After Yangshan Reed settled in Henan, it was already in some mountainous places in Henan, such as Xinyang Jigong Mountain, Nanyang Funiu Mountain, Dengfeng Song Mountain, Zhengzhou Some chicken farms have been set up in Manshan and other places to improve the livelihood of local people.
But these days, when the ordinary people came to pay for the locusts, they would give an extra egg in addition to the original good price of 20 cents per catty.
And this is another benefit brought about by the control of locust plagues. For agricultural production, locusts are an out-and-out natural disaster! But for the chicken industry, it is the best feed! Even after large-scale feeding, the hen's egg production has increased greatly! From the original two to three days, one egg has become one every day, is there any
And this benefit can be given back to the people! Can you eat fragrant eggs to kill locusts? Even if it is done well, five or six eggs can be exchanged each time? This makes them more motivated.
Even beyond that, there are more intuitive data.
Just like according to the statistics of agricultural expert Han Lin, after randomly sampling 100 acres of land in four counties, the number of locusts per acre has dropped from more than 500 per acre to 6 per acre. More than a dozen, a full drop of nearly ten times! It can be said that the locust damage has been effectively controlled! And there will be no more locust plagues!
As for Yang Shanlu, I am even more happy... You know that it is May, and it is the season for locusts to breed! But now that the male and female parents of these locusts are all eliminated, they can no longer lay eggs, and can no longer reproduce the next generation!
In this way, the locust plague, which was originally destined to happen and will expand hundreds of thousands of times in scale, has been killed in the bud! This time the locust plague war has achieved a decisive victory!
Even after Yang Shanlu heard the news, he was still very emotional. You must know that in the original history, locust plagues began to appear in Chongzhen nine years ago, and then in the past few years, with the intensification of the Little Ice Age, it has reached even more. To the top!
And how big is the scale of the locust plague? According to historical records, for example, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the locust plague started from Guanzhong in the west and reached Xuzhou in the east, covering a range of thousands of kilometers! The width can reach 400-500 kilometers, and the span covers almost half of China!
Even when the locusts took off, they felt like they had suddenly entered the night...
And what about the harm caused by such a large-scale locust plague? Based on the historical records of a case in Shandong...
The locust plague in Yizhou, Shandong, the locusts overwhelmed (the locusts in the field would accumulate as high as one foot!) Hundreds of trees without leaves, two thousand wheats. The people dig grass roots and peel the bark, father and son eat each other, bones are crisscrossed, and babies give up all the way... Such miserable things are really horrible... But now
According to statistics from the Department of Civil Affairs, the locust plague also caused certain losses to the crops in the fields. On average, nearly 15% of the crops were destroyed in the four provinces of Henan, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Huguang! However, this is a big victory compared with the original history of a white land and a thousand miles without green!
Even Yang Shanlu can pat his chest and say... This war against locusts has changed because of me!
Of course, in order to win this war, or even just a phased victory, Yang Shanlu paid a very high cost. For example, just buying the locust stems had already spent a whole hundred thousand taels of silver! As for other manpower and material resources, it is impossible to calculate!
Not only that, Yang Shanlu must fight against locusts as well as people! Fight against Bai//Lianjiao! Overcome obstacles along the way.
As long as Yang Shanlu has no complaints and no regrets, as long as the people can live without crying despair, that is the best return to him!
On the contrary, King Fu was shocked and frightened after learning the news... In their eyes, how could such natural disasters as locusts be controlled by humans? So they didn't need to worry at all, but what about now
And what I’m afraid of is that if even the locusts are successfully controlled, is there anything wrong with them? Even want to bring him down
So Fu Wang, after an urgent discussion with several other princes, decided to release the ultimate big move... That is to say, taking advantage of this last opportunity, he went to Beijing to file a court case!
As for the reason used, it is also very simple. While the locust plague has not broken its roots, it is said that this is the induction of heaven and man! Because after Yang Shanlu took office, he went against it! Killing like hemp! That's why it aroused God's anger! Bring down the plague of locusts! And it is still a huge locust plague affecting four provinces! Never before! Therefore, in order not to waste the lives of the people, Yang Shanlu must be investigated! And severely punished!
(Actually, the reason why it spread to the four provinces is because of the development of the Little Ice Age, so the four provinces were severely drought-prone, which caused the locust plague, but they didn’t care about it. The dirty water just spilled on Yang Shanlu...)
And their reason is still very powerful! Because in this kind of ancient times three hundred years ago, the so-called celestial and human induction is almost the inertial thinking of people... It is like if God does not rain often, the emperor will be forced to commit crimes... because the emperor did it. Things were wrong, so God condemned them to punish them!
So it is the same now. It is precisely because the surname Yang is driving backwards in these four provinces, God is angered and the locust plague is brought down!
So after making this decision, they decided to release the ultimate big move... Go to Beijing to file a court case! Must bring down Yang's shaved head! Otherwise, I won’t be able to pass this day! (End of this chapter)