Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 36

The three sons of the Cheng family were dreaming sweet dreams, and they were woken up almost instantly by the whip. When they opened their eyes and saw the bloodstains on their bodies, they quickly got up and ran away.

"Hey, Dad, what are you doing? Didn't you just drink some wine from you? As for, ah..."

"Don't hit, it hurts, ah, dad, this is fatal, dad is crazy, run away!"

"Hurry up and call your mother, housekeeper, why are you standing there... If you don't call out, you will die, ah..."

The young masters of the Cheng family ran outside crying and howling, Cheng Yaojin chased after them desperately, Mrs. Cheng finally heard the movement and hurried out to stop him, the young masters of the Cheng family saw the opportunity and quickly escaped from the house.

Cheng Yaojin refused to let go and was grabbed by Mrs. Cheng, "Master, what are you doing so early in the morning? Is it fun to beat your son?"

"If the next door surname Yuchi hears this, it won't be a joke!" Mrs. Cheng stretched out her hand and snatched Cheng Yaojin's leather whip.

As a result, Mrs. Cheng didn't say anything, but as soon as he said this, Cheng Yaojin snatched back the leather whip she had just taken away, and roared furiously: "Even if this old man is laughed to death by that old Yuchi, the whole family can't let that old man die." Three beasts were killed!"

"What? Master, what are you talking about, you are sleepy!" Mrs. Cheng was momentarily stunned.

Only then did Cheng Yaojin tell his wife what happened yesterday, and the rumors about his three sons in Chang'an City today.

"Master, what should we do about this, you have to save a few children, they didn't do it on purpose!"

Mrs. Cheng was so confused that she cried anxiously, "You can't just watch them die!"

"It's not that I watched them die, it's that the whole family has to die!" Cheng Yaojin yelled loudly, stomped his feet, and hurried into the palace to find a way to go.

When Cheng Yaojin arrived at the imperial study, he found that Fang Xuanling and other important court officials were already waiting there.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin coming, Li Shimin joked with a smile on his face, "I'm not wrong, Zhijie will definitely come to see me in the palace!"

Hearing this, Cheng Yaojin Zhijie knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have no way to teach their children. They are ignorant and have committed serious crimes. Please forgive them for the sake of their children. Let the old minister do his best!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, the room in the imperial study burst into laughter, and Li Shimin even laughed so hard that he waved his hands.

"The child is still here. Thanks to you, this old guy, you can speak out. Chu Mo is almost becoming my son-in-law. You, this old guy..."

"I told you yesterday to keep your mouth shut, but you kept your mouth shut like this, disrupting all my painstakingly prepared plans!"

Li Shimin's words made Cheng Yaojin feel ashamed for a while, and repeatedly kowtowed to admit his mistake.

"It's the old minister's mistake. The old minister shouldn't have brought the locusts home and let those beasts see him. I'm guilty. Your majesty please punish me!"

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin was serious, Li Shimin shook his head and waved his hands again, "Okay, get up. Sooner or later, the locust plague will be made public. It's not a bad thing to leak it in advance now. It's just that there are some things that need to be done in advance."

"Ah?" Cheng Yaojin looked surprised, "Your Majesty, is this true? Will it not cause riots among the people?"

Fang Xuanling laughed, "Zhijie, Your Majesty has already said so, why are you still competing? If the people break out in riots, can we still stand here and talk?"

"Okay, I don't want to blame you, you shameless old man still doesn't believe it." Li Shimin laughed and cursed, looking at Fang Xuanling, "Prime Minister, I will leave this matter to you."

"It is imperative to urge officials in all states and counties to set an example, let them set an example, and drive the people to eat locusts together!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured." Fang Xuanling nodded in agreement, "I have made a preliminary plan to start with Chang'an City, and let the restaurants and inns of the major families start buying locusts aggressively from today."

"Then I'll do my part too!" Cheng Yaojin hurriedly said, "There are also many restaurants in my family, and my wife, she also said it was delicious yesterday. I believe she will spread the word, and soon the noble ladies in Chang'an City They will all eat locusts together!"

Cheng Yaojin's words are rough and reasonable, if the ladies in Chang'an City can also eat locusts together, it will play a very positive role in controlling the locusts this time!

"Okay, then I'm looking forward to it." Li Shimin said with a smile: "If [-]% of the noble ladies in Chang'an City can eat locusts, I will give you a great credit!"

Soon, inside and outside Chang'an City, rumors spread that locusts were edible and that they were royal tributes.

Restaurants and inns in Chang'an City released news one after another, and began to buy locusts. The adult insects cost three cents a catty, and the young ones five cents a catty.

Once the news was announced, it immediately attracted the attention of all the working people, after all, this is real money!

It would be great if the locusts could be sold for money, and when someone actually took the locusts to the government to exchange for money, countless people could be seen everywhere on the ridges of the Tang Dynasty, crazily catching locusts.

The news that the locusts were caught and sold for money in the whole Tang Dynasty naturally spread to Li Fu's ears from Cen Wenwen.

"So, it was because the Cheng family dug locusts and ate them that this happened?" Li Fu looked shocked.

It was rare for Cen Wenwen to see that Li Fu was interested in outside affairs, so he nodded quickly and said, "That's true. I heard that when the Cheng family's third son ate fried locusts, he secretly drank the fine wine hidden by Lu Guogong, which caused Lu Guogong to carry a whip. Chased and beaten all over the streets.”

"As a result, after eating the fried locusts, he forgot to beat his sons. For three days in a row, he had a big banquet at home every day, drank and ate locusts, and now the restaurant opened by Cheng's family collects the most locusts. "

"However, the Fang family, the eldest grandson's family, and other state officials are also buying, and even the restaurants owned by the government are also buying."

"But I heard that Cheng Chumo's method of eating locusts came from His Majesty. He said that it was a new way of eating in the palace. It was a must-order imperial meal for His Majesty every day, so many ordinary people started to catch locusts themselves. Fried and eaten."

Li Fu was amazed when he heard this, and suddenly complained in his heart.

[Fuck me, Li Er is not really the son of destiny, God will help him. 】

[The plague of locusts is about to happen, so his imperial chef prepared this dish for him, which fascinated so many princes. 】

【But how did the chef know that locusts are edible, and they are fried? 】

Li Fu was shocked to be honest, when he was making complaints, Li Shimin happened to be outside his palace and heard his complaints.

Realizing that Li Fu was shocked, Li Shimin couldn't help smiling, and walked towards the inside, just in time to hear Li Fu asking.

"Then the way to eat locusts, was it the imperial chef or the emperor who came up with it?"

Cen Wenwen shook his head and said, "I don't know about this subject, but I just vaguely heard about one thing, saying that there is an expert behind your majesty, who was worshiped by your majesty as the emperor's teacher. This method was taught by the emperor's teacher to your majesty."

(End of this chapter)