Imperial Exam Daily

At the end of the month, Emperor Ji Wen summoned Yang Ye into the palace alone.

This is Yang Ye's second time meeting the emperor alone. Compared with the first meeting with the emperor in a muddleheaded manner, this time he has lost the restraint he had before, abandoning the prestige above the court, and the emperor is still very easy-going in private.

"This time I went to the south of the Yangtze River, I sent the assistant leader in charge to go to the disaster area with you. With the cooperation of the military officer, you can rest assured that there will be no more incidents with the Imperial College. I have already told the leader in charge to protect the relief supplies and Your safety and matters in the disaster area are still up to you.”

Yang Ye knelt down and thanked: "The emperor is considerate."

"You are a new official, so it stands to reason that you shouldn't be sent far away, but at the beginning I saw that you had a lot of insight into the locust plague, and I really became selfish." Emperor Ji Wen walked around the hall with his hands behind his back: "If you are really grateful, Then handle the affairs in the disaster area properly, and my painstaking efforts will not be in vain. Everyone in the court says that you are the person chosen by my relatives. If you don't do something hard, you will not only lose face, but also let everyone The minister joked that I don't know people clearly."

Since he made up his mind to go to the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Ye would have done the job well without the emperor's advice, otherwise it would have been a waste of all this trouble: "I will do my best to live up to the entrustment of the emperor."

"I heard from Young Fu that your husband has been pregnant for several months, and you are concerned about leaving Beijing this time."

Yang Ye said: "My husband is weak and can't take care of himself. It's really hard to let go. If he didn't have scruples in his heart, I wouldn't refuse to go to the south of the Yangtze River when I was in court."

"Thinking of your love for my wife, I will send the imperial doctor out of the palace every now and then to check on your husband's body."

Yang Ye's heart was greatly moved by the emperor's words, and the only thing that can move him now is probably the preferential treatment for Ah Xi: "I thank you, Your Majesty!"

The next day, Yang Ye and Axi greeted a small sedan chair at the gate of the mansion, Xu Qiuhe got off the sedan chair, followed by Xing Huai holding Xing Yunye.

Yang Ye originally thought that Xu Qiuhe had given birth, but he was worried that Axi would be alone in the house. When he learned that he was going to leave Beijing, he immediately sent a letter to ask Xu Qiuhe to come to the capital to take care of Axi, but he did not expect that all three members of the family would come. .

"It's a lot of fun today!"

"Young Yun Ye grows really fast, and after a few months of not seeing each other, he has grown a lot taller again."

Xu Qiuhe took the child by the hand and said, "Come and call brother and brother-in-law."

Xiao Yunye called the two of them in a decent manner, and Ah Xi was very happy, and even Yang Ye's worries about leaving Beijing tomorrow were relieved a lot.

Now that Ah Xi's natal family is here, there are Xu Qiuhe inside, Li Cheng Wenhan outside, and even an imperial doctor authorized by the emperor, Yang Ye can be regarded as relieved.

The next day he was about to set off at dawn, and Ah Xi got up early to send him outside the mansion.

Yang Ye didn't want people to see him off for a long time, and stopped them at the door: "If there is a big problem at home, you can go to Mr. Jiang, and Mr. Jiang will take care of you."

Ah Xi nodded obediently: "Ah Ye, don't worry, now that my aunt and uncle have come to the capital, I think there will be nothing wrong, I will stay at home if there is nothing to do, and try not to go out as much as possible."

"I know you are the most sensible."

Yang Ye pressed a kiss on Axi's forehead, knowing that the more he talked, the harder it would be for him to let go, so he simply asked his servants to send Axi back to the mansion, and then he went to the gate of the city in a small sedan chair to meet with his assistant. The collars meet.

It's not the first time that Zuo Zuo has separated. It was for the scientific research back then, and now for the official business. It is inevitable for him to be separated and get together in his life. Although he can't say that he is too fancy, he knows that many things are inevitable.

When Yang Ye arrived at the gate of the city, Tan Shengchang, the leader in charge, had been waiting for half a quarter. The dozens of people who went to the south of the Yangtze River this time were all refined soldiers under the command of Tan Shengchang. The carriage, the team is also very large.

Tan Shengchang is a fourth-rank official, and his official position is above Yang Ye, but military officers are not like civil officials. After the two met face to face, they didn't show too much courtesy. Sloppy.

Running all the way south, it was almost day and night. On the fourth day, Tan Shengchang took the team to rest at the Guandao Posthouse. Seeing that Yang Ye was in good spirits, he took the initiative to chat a few words: "Master Yang was born as a scholar. I think my body is pretty strong."

Yang Ye didn't answer, he knew that the civil and military officials would not deal with it, and before he left, the emperor asked him to be in charge of the disaster relief, Zuo Ling was naturally unhappy in his heart, and all the way to speed up the horse was just to give him power and embarrass him.

When he arrived at the posthouse, he ordered two jugs of wine with Xiao Er, and threw one to Tan Shengchang: "Although the lower officials are born as scholars, they are not weak. You have to walk on two legs to go to and from the county, and now you have a carriage, which is already a pleasure."

Hearing this, Tan Shengchang took a sip of wine with a smile: "I remember that in the previous dynasty, the subordinate officials sent an adult to be dispatched abroad. On the way, he vomited and vomited. When he arrived at the place where he was dispatched, he had nothing to do, but he fell seriously ill. It was almost a mistake. It is rare to have a civil servant like Mr. Yang, who is much better than those ministers in the court who have a prominent background but can only open their mouths."

"It's rare that Li Jing doesn't listen to their nagging, why bother to mention them again to annoy me, come on, do it." Yang Ye raised the wine jar and touched Tan Shengchang, Tan Shengchang slapped his thigh: "Come on!"

It was rare for the two of them to drink happily for an hour.

A meal of wine resolved the unwarranted barrier between the two, and the journey down was not so dull.

On the eighth day, the group arrived in Jiangnan. There were still two days before their destination. There were four provincial cities in the south.

After entering the south, Yang Ye obviously felt a sense of dampness and heat. The burning sensation of the sun was not as strong as they had come all the way, but it was just sweltering and sweltering. Li felt suffocated even more.

Helpless, Yang Ye had no choice but to ride a horse to breathe. After two days of practice, his equestrian skills have improved.

When they arrived at the provincial capital of Suliu, the local magistrate greeted the group at the gate of the city. A reception banquet was prepared in the magistrate's mansion. After a day of rest, Yang Ye and Tan Shengchang, together with the magistrate, looked at the map of the provincial capital of Suliu the next morning. .

The provincial capital of Suliu has a vast terrain. There are twelve counties under the provincial capital, and five of them suffered from drought. Before the people from the court came, the magistrate had already visited the disaster area. The disaster situation this time was worse than in previous years. Because this section of land has suffered from frequent droughts in recent years, this year the magistrate learned a lesson and reported to the imperial court early in order to ask the imperial court to send people to rectify it.

The three of them went to the disaster area in a light car, and the magistrate explained the local situation along the way: "Drought disasters have also occurred in previous years, and most people have consciously stored food by themselves to prepare for the disaster year, but last year's drought crops did not grow at all. Well, there is another plague of locusts, and the harvest is very small. If there is no harvest this year, I am afraid that we will not be able to survive, and there will inevitably be a large number of refugees."

Yang Ye said: "The magistrate can prevent problems before they happen, and report to the court as soon as possible. It has done a good job."

If people from the imperial court come again when the disaster has already spread, I am afraid that the disaster will not help the situation. It depends on how much the relief food allocated by the imperial court can cover.

When they arrived in Mancang County, Yang Ye and the magistrate went to the village together. They stepped on the village road. The sand was like boiled foam. Layers of heat waves wrapped the soles of their feet, and they could feel the heat through their boots.

Yang Ye looked at the villagers who were working in the field and weeding. The man was almost barefoot, hoeing the ground, and the water wheel was creaking, blending with the cicadas hiding in the trees.

The crops are bright and yellow, and the yellow leaves are curling up. In that state, even if they are not killed by drought, they will not be able to produce good food.

Against the sun, Yang Ye saw a lotus pond, and the water level in the lotus pond was also very low. He twisted a lotus leaf and put it on his head. On the ground, I saw many villagers walking around.

"What is this doing?"

The magistrate said: "Report to my lord, the villagers are catching locusts."

Yang Yesin stepped into the corn field.

The magistrate jumped to catch up: "My lord, the leaves of the sorghum cut people, you should be careful."

Tan Shengchang sneered: "How can there be such a hypocritical adult."

There are locusts the size of a little finger on the long, dark-green corn leaves. There must be ten or twenty locusts on each leaf.

Yang Ye caught a locust from a leaf. The main body was greenish and the locust hadn't fully grown up. The wings on the tail of the big ass were still small. There were only two small pieces attached to the back. A drop of caramel-colored sticky substance spit out from the mouth, which was a little disgusting.

When he went to the countryside to investigate, he saw many children like to catch this kind of locust, twist their heads and tie it to the foxtail to catch crabs.

These locusts are not too many nowadays, and the green ones are still scattered locusts, but once the locusts gather in groups, the pheromone locust alcohol they emit will attract the rest of the scattered locusts to gather, and change the biological form of the scattered locusts. After the migratory locusts become a colony, they will change from green to black and yellow, and they are really difficult to deal with at that time.

The gregarious locusts are very good at flying after their wings are plump, enough to fly up to a thousand meters in the air, and they are resistant to flying and can fly long distances.Often it is the gregarious locusts that really cause disasters. When they come, they will cover a large area in black and land on the crops for a while to eat. In less than two hours, the crops will be gnawed until there are only bare poles left.

Tan Shengchang, who had never seen a real locust plague, felt a little unbelievable when he heard Yang Ye's words, but the magistrate was in the provincial capital all the year round, and came out from time to time to observe the people's sentiments, and praised Yang Ye's words as the scene when the locust plague came.

"The reason why some folks call locusts gods and spirituality is that they have been unable to solve this problem for many years, so they are strange and confused. They comfort themselves as gods, and it is reasonable for them to be unable to resist. The migratory locusts that live in groups are really ferocious, they come and go fast, and it’s as if the sky is about to change when they fly in a cloudy sky, and the locusts are heading in one direction again, looking like they are very disciplined.”

Yang Ye looked back at the magistrate and Tan Shengchang: "Not only that, the migratory locusts after living in groups will release a smell that the natural enemies of chickens and ducks don't like to smell, and the natural enemies will feel uncomfortable after eating the migratory locusts. The villagers feel that the locusts Wonderful, even natural enemies dare not eat it, if it’s not a god worm.”

Hearing Yang Ye's remarks, the magistrate secretly lamented that the officials personally selected by the emperor were extraordinary, and the locust disaster may have been forgotten. After all, the officials in previous years patted their buttocks and left after distributing disaster relief food. Few people visited the villages in person. To be honest, those who care more are just offering sacrifices to the gods and insects with the villagers and praying for a good harvest, but the result is nothing.

He cautiously asked Yang Ye: "In this way, how do you think you should deal with this locust?"

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