The ceremony of asking for gods became the ceremony of asking for locusts. Li Tai clearly saw how crazy the locusts were in the wild.
When the locusts pass by, the green vegetation in the wild was gnawed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the weeds that just grew in the fields were chewed clean by the locusts' mouths.
In the whole world, as long as locusts pass through the border, there will be nothing green left.
Looking at the desperate scene, the people knelt in front of the statue of the Locust God and cried bitterly, and even kowtowed to the statue of the Locust God.
They were muttering, "God Locust, please accept the magical powers!" "God Locust, please accept the magical powers"...
The people are ignorant and numb, but they know what can make them unable to survive!
The locust plague that attacked again for the people kicked them into the abyss.
The officials of the Sinong Temple were also confused. Since ancient times, natural disasters have been caused by the king's lack of cultivation of virtue.
But nowadays, saints take the lead in swallowing locusts, admit their mistakes and accept advice humbly, so how can they not cultivate their virtues?
Building a locust temple and communicating with the locust gods to calm the locust plague has been a way since ancient times. If this doesn’t work, then what can it be!
Not to mention the people at this moment, even the upright officials in the Sinong Temple are so confused that they are a little confused.
Because they thought that things in the Bible had a violent conflict with reality.
They have a lot of knowledge, but when their knowledge is broken, they may not be much better than these foolish people.
They were also overwhelmed with the situation in front of them.
Li Tai pulled Zhao Yuankai's sleeve a little, and stood on tiptoe and said something in Zhao Yuankai's ear.
Zhao Yuankai widened his eyes, looked at Dou Jing first, then at Li Tai, but shook his head!
Li Tai didn't say nonsense, just waved his hand and said, "Go quickly!"
Zhao Yuankai had no choice but to leave the stagnant atmosphere, Zhao Yuankai couldn't help feeling a little relaxed. He sighed and hurriedly found someone to ask the craftsmen to go.
Li Tai looked at Dou Jing, looked at him who was paralyzed on the ground, and said:
"The locust plague is coming again. It seems that the locust god Dou Sinong has placed hopes on is not protecting my people in the Tang Dynasty."
"King Yue..." Hearing Li Tai's words, Dou Jing wanted to argue something but closed his mouth helplessly!
Because the locust plague has returned, and it was back on the day of the ceremony of inviting God.
No need to fight for anything more. Your own method of treating locusts has failed, and now it is meaningless to say anything.
"Since the road chosen by Dou Sinong cannot be done, then follow my path!" Li Tai continued.
Dou Jing couldn't help but feel a little surprised when she heard Li Tai's words. Is Li Tai trying to seize power?!
Zhao Yuankai came to Li Tai and held an axe in front of Li Tai.
Li Tai was not polite either. He raised his axe with both hands, looked at the sculpture of the Locust God, and curled his lips, "Prepare a table for me!"
Zhao Yuankai naturally had no objection, so he immediately brought a table over and placed it in front of Li Tai.
"King Yue, what are you doing?!" Kong Yingda looked at Li Tai's appearance, but said in a little horrified manner.
"Don't you see it anymore!" Li Tai looked at Kong Yingda and said for granted.
While Li Tai was speaking, he had already stepped on the table set up by Zhao Yuankai, raised his axe and slashed hard at the statue of the Locust God!
With a touch! The axe hit the neck of the statue, and the feedback force almost made Li Tai unstable!
"What are you doing? It angered the Locust God, but you have good fruits to eat!" a commoner said kneeling.
"Well! Then!" Li Tai held the axe in both hands and said with a serious expression.
"You all kneel down on the so-called locust god. Does he care about you?
Aren’t you still trapped by locust plague and then planning to just wait for death?!”
Hearing this, the people were talking a lot, and they couldn't even deal with the locust god's trick. They really didn't know how to deal with the locusts.
With their limited knowledge, they are really helpless.
"King Yue, don't mess around, this is not a trivial matter!" Kong Yingda watched the people below move from confusion to despair, afraid of triggering civil rebellion and said quickly, "Get down quickly and put down the axe!"
As he said that, he stretched out his hands, but Zhao Yuankai blocked Kong Yingda's way!
"Zhao Yuankai is not the time for you to flatter Shangjun!" Kong Yingda couldn't help but shouted angrily at Zhao Yuankai.
But Zhao Yuankai ignored it.
Zhao Yuankai knew very well that since he had defected to Li Tai, no matter what Li Tai wanted to do, he would let Li Tai finish the matter.
Zhao Yuankai stopped in front of Kong Yingda and said, "For the staff, this is the Sinong Temple business. Are you going to intervene?"
"If Zhao Yuankai, you flattering minister, will cause civil rebellion if you are not handled properly. Can you afford this responsibility?" Kong Yingda said.
Hearing this, Zhao Yuankai, who was a little brave, couldn't help but hesitate a little, and a shout came from behind him.
"I can afford it!"
Li Tai looked at Kong Yingda and said, "My father is the emperor, and I am the grandson of heaven."
Since the Locust God does not protect my people in the Tang Dynasty, the locust will be a locust demon from today and will not be worshipped by the incense of my people in the Tang Dynasty.
If there is another person who worships the Locust God, he will be like the head of the Locust Demon!"
As Li Tai said, he pulled up the axe again and chopped the head of the locust god statue.
Li Tai only felt that his axe seemed a little lighter as he roared. He chopped it up with an axe, but saw that the locust god's head was cut off by Li Tai!
The Locust God's head rolled down, and rolled on the ground several times in full view of everyone!
The people looked at the scene in front of them and their heads were buzzing, but they recalled Li Tai's words again.
Li Tai is the son of a saint, the emperor is the emperor, and he is the grandson of the heavens. The saint has the right to enthrone the righteous god. Li Tai just cut off a god who does not work. Is there any problem?
It seems that there is no problem! Shouldn’t the emperor and the grandson kill officials who cannot work?!
Kong Yingda was also stunned for a moment, because there was no better explanation than this.
The saint did not lose his virtue. The locust demon was the one who lost his virtue. Because he was incense by the people, he did not work and continued to let the locusts harm the world.
Therefore, it is too reasonable for Li Tai to kill the locust demon in the name of Tiansun and give the world a bright world.
Regardless of whether you recognize this logic or not, at least if the people agree, it will be at most whether Li Shimin will collect debts.
At least the basic theory of celestial human sensing, which restricts the monarch, has not been destroyed, and it still has the effect of restricting the monarch's behavior.
Of course, there is still a big problem now. Kong Yingda looked down at the kneeling people, but his face looked a little ugly.
If the plan of the Locust God failed, there must be other plans to give hope to the people, otherwise the desperate people will be despaired again because the saints are unethical and Li Tai is domineering.
At this time, Li Tai said, "Heaven moves hard, gentlemen strive for self-improvement, people rely on themselves, and so do you.
Those who are willing to believe that I can cure locusts will be selected for each village and we will solve the locust plague together.
This wave of locusts in May has become a climate I can’t subdue, but if everyone joins hands with each other, they can still suppress them!”
"Hey... Tiansun, there will be locust plague in July and August?" The people below changed their faces when they heard this!
Li Tai calculated the time. Generally, the hatching of locusts is about two or three months, which is about one season. Now it is almost June at the end of May, so the calculation time is almost the same.
Li Tai said: "At the early July, at the end of August, the locusts will definitely come again.
If you are willing to work with me to fight the locusts, then come out and act with me. I promise to solve the next locust plague!”
When the people heard Li Tai's words, they were naturally skeptical. Although Li Tai seemed to be very imposing and was a grandson, Li Tai looked just an eight-year-old child after all.
How can such a child be believed? No matter how sensible Li Tai said, the people are unsure.
Li Tai looked at the people talking a lot, but no one stood up and frowned.
To be honest, if I had known that this would have happened, I would have put a few escorts in it, but this was an emergency. Li Tai did not expect that the locust plague would hit again on the day of the ceremony of the god-inviting ceremony.
I can only take advantage of the situation to persuade these people.
But because this matter was an accidental change, I did not have the overall understanding of this matter.
The people discussed the following heated discussions, but they may not trust themselves. After all, they are just children, so how could these people believe in children?
At this time, a gentle young man in blue clothes spoke, "King, I'm waiting, but I'm in charge of the meal!"
"There are three young and middle-aged people in a village, so they can control food and accommodation!" Li Tai said decisively when he heard the elegant young people's words.
Hearing this, the people present were delighted and talked about it, feeling that this matter was feasible.
They really don't believe whether Li Tai can solve the locust plague, but they know that locust plagues are everywhere now, and young laborers eat a lot but try to consume food.
Let these young people follow Li Tai to save at least three people's food rations, and the saved food may make six more people live in the village.
"We are willing, we are willing!" These people naturally agreed when they saw food.
Li Tai was very satisfied with this scene. The staff of the duck farm expansion were solved!
Li Tai wanted to find the first young man who spoke to help him, and let him be a manager, which would be considered a reward for his kindness.
When I looked up, I saw Qingyi turning around and preparing to leave. I felt a little trouble and left, hiding my skills and fame.
"Zhao Shaoqing, you can arrange the personnel registration and give priority to choosing good children with fields at home." Li Tai said to Zhao Shaoqing beside him.
"No!" Zhao Shaoqing quickly agreed when he heard Li Tai's words.
After Li Tai handed over this matter to Zhao Shaoqing, he hurriedly ran towards the direction that left the person, shouting while running, "Langjun Qingyi, Langjun Qingyi, wait a moment."
Everyone looked at the clothes on their bodies, but saw the man in green stop, turned to look at Li Tai who was chasing him all the way, and said in confusion: "King Yue, why call me?"
"Why did Mr. Qingyi walk so fast that I almost couldn't catch up with you!" Li Tai took a few breaths.
"I am not from Chang'an, nor have I purchased land in Chang'an, so I am not the one I need for King Yue!" said the Qingyi Langjun.
"Uh..." Li Tai suddenly felt shocked, raised his head and said to the Qing-style Lang Jun,
"My husband guessed what I was going to do, so your voice was intentionally shouted."
The man in green clothes had his eyes like stars. Although he was wearing green clothes, he said indescribable confidently:
"The King of Yue is in war with ducks to cure locusts, and there is some news among the scholars in Chang'an.
If Shi Zizhen has developed artificial hatching eggs, a large number of people will need to manage chickens and ducks.
The real difficulty is how to quickly deliver these ducks to the required village when locusts come.
Therefore, the King of Yue took advantage of the situation to recruit locusts and failed and recruited manpower from each village, so that they could send the ducks to various villages.
Flowering on the trees will benefit endlessly!”
When Li Tai heard the words of the Qingyi Langjun, he felt that he had really met a talent and said seriously:
"As the husband said, I recruit these people precisely because they are good families in each village.
They are the people who want to be rescued from their hometown fields the most, and they are also the people who need help from our Tang Dynasty.
You are really a talented man who can see this. I don’t know what you call him?”
"Qing Hippo Zhou, you can call me Ma Qingyi." The Qingyi Langjun said to Li Tai confidently.
Ma Zhou? He is actually Ma Zhou, Qing Hippo Zhou!
Li Tai's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at the green man in front of him. If Li Tai had originally wanted to make friends with this green man, then now he wanted to take down Ma Zhou.
Li Tai said decisively to Ma Zhou:
"Your Excellency has extraordinary knowledge and is unparalleled ingenuity. You have the ability to know autumn, so you are willing to check for my omissions and fight against locusts together.
I am willing to hire you as the chief clerk of the King of Yue to solve your doubts!”
"The King of Yue is thin, from the sixth rank!" Ma Zhou was a little dizzy when he heard Li Tai's words.
He didn't expect that Li Tai would make such a big investment in him, and he started to take up a sixth-rank official position as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Mr. I am not satisfied. However, I need to be personally enthroned by a saint from the sixth rank or above. I am not qualified to enthrone directly. However, as long as I am successful in fighting locusts, I will definitely recommend Mr. to be the sixth rank!" Li Tai decisively offered the maximum price!
Just kidding, this is Ma Zhou. If he can really dig it up, he will be afraid of Li Jiancheng if he will seize the enemy in the future?!
Even if Changsun Wuji meets Ma Zhou, he will be afraid!
Ma Zhou looked at Li Tai, and his eyes were shocked, joyful, fearful and suspicious.
If Li Tai was Li Chengqian, he would naturally join Li Tai without hesitation.
The problem is that Li Tai is not the prince, which makes it difficult for Ma Zhou, who has a long-term vision, to decide.
He knew very well that if he agreed to Li Tai now, he would be considered a party to Li Tai for the rest of his life.
In the future, I will definitely succeed and lose.
But with Li Tai, there is a chance, especially now the government and the public are paying attention to locust control. If done well, it will definitely attract attention.
Ma Zhou is confident that he can stand out from talents, but no one has ever put him in his pocket!
If I missed this opportunity, I think I could only go to General Chang He as a disciple.
Now as long as I promise Li Tai, I can be an official. If Ma Zhou is not moved, it is naturally impossible.
Ma Zhou couldn't help but hesitate when facing the choice Li Tai gave him!